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The National tribune., 1891-02-26
PREFERENCE To VETERANS.
senate 5.Ids. HOUSE, REs. $3.50.

BILL 20 insure preference in appointment. en-
plOymenI. aud retention therein, in the public
service Of the United States, 10 veterans Of the
late war.
BE enacted by The Senate aud House Of Repre-
sehatVe " the United States Of america 10 Co 4greSs
assembled:
SECTION ]. In every Pebble Department. and upon
all public works Of The United states Government
aud In competitive and hon-compeliiive eHamina-
lions under the United States Civil Service Laws,
or rules and regulations Of the wherever they
apply, hOn0rably discharged Union soldiers. sailors
aud marines shall be preferred for ceTlihcaiion
appointment. employment aud retention therein:
age, loss Of limb, or other physical impairment
which does not la fact incaIaciLAie. shall not De
deemed 10 dfquAify them. provided they possess
the business capacity 10 ill the position
iEvolved; and persons thus preferred, unless APP
pointed OF employed for definite statutory term,
shall not be dismissed from their positions, except
upon charges aud after n hearing.
SEC 2. All heads OF Departments officials. boards
Of examiners other persons having power Of
appointment employment. or certdcatiou for such
appointment or employment In tho public service
81 the United states. set forth in Soc / Of this
Act are charged with n faithful compliance with
the terms thereof both ia letter and spirit aud a
failure 10 80 comply shall be n misdemeanor 20 De
prosecuted either by information or indictrn emit
and punishable accordingly.
sDc. 3. All laws or parts Of laws. inconsistent
with tic provisions Of this act hereby repealed
SIC. 4. This act shall take effect Immediately
The foregoing bill, fraught with so much
Importance 10 the veterans Of the late war,
and certainly in line with the promises
made them IS or 30 years ago, is now on
the calendar Of the Senate without recon-
mendation from the Committee. Justice
honor, due respect for the Gath OF the Gov
ernmentar all involved here. This measure
should become law.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

IN a letter TO Representative Reyburn, of
Pennsylvania, against the bill to mark the
rebel positions at Gettysburg, Gen. J. w.
Hofmann, 5Gth Pa, Philadelphia, Pa, makes,
among other points, one very strong one,
which has hitherto escaped attention. lie
says:
In the legend upon our memorials. the brigade
and division in which the regiment or battery
served Ia designated only by its number, while ia
carrying out the direction in tie bill the Commits.
sion will necessarily enbazon the whole Geld in
front 81 the Union memorials with the names of
the commanders OF tho Conlederales brgAsles and
divisions for they are known In official reports
only by tie name Of their permanent com IN anders.
aud thence would be- brought about the great in
Inconsistency Of Government honorinE upon the
field Of battle, upon enduring tablets. and sending
down Co Posierity with the injunction. no rem
sure, the names Of those who that iicid fought
10 destroy IT, while IL passes la silence aud neglect
Tie gallant officers who led its own brigades aud
divisions 10 the victory that preserved lie existence
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: wAsIGTaN c. THURSDAY FEBRUARY e.

The attention Of England is called TO
something under her own fag which far
surpasses the horrors of Siberia. 1t is the
evils Of child marriage in Hindustan. Ac-
cOrding TO the Hindu religion a girl must be
given in marriage as boon as she ceases to
run naked" If this is not done her father
is guilty of a great sin. Many girls are
married as early ms four years, and with
none is it delayed beyond IL. Tens of
Thousands Of Hindu girls are mothers at II
The horrors of this system are indescriba-
BILE. The only thing that can make the poor
girls condition worse is to be childless or
become widows. The English have pro-
hibited the burning Of widows, but this is
considered doubtful mercy, as any woman
of intelligence and spirit would consider
death in the flames preferable TO the lifelong
misery of being regarded by all rs an
accursed being who defiles everything she
touches. 1t does not matter if at eight or 10
she has been given to some old rake who
was trembling on the verge of the grave.
She is held blamable for his death, and
there is no escape from her miserable con-
dition, except by her own death. There are
in Hindustan to-day 2l,OOOOOO of widows.
or within 100000 of as many as the whole
population of England.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
DOWN IN GEORGIA.

Rev. Starlight Standardization, de hat dat
sont 'roun' to gRdder your oferins WIZ a
highly 'speetabul plug dat my ole woman d
jest ironed up slick an smoof to do credit 10 q
Minister of de Gospel. De hat OATS jest come
back TO me wild tree lead nickels an handful
O. pants buttons, is an ornery SLOUGH, wild q
'spishus lot OBJ chicken fedders sticken in IL.
Amt eastin' no 'spersions dat Elder Splash
Blossom, who tux up de colleckshun, has been
in de habit OBJ Robin hen-roots, but I'll say
dat de fedders in dis ere hat Ia 'mazin' like
dem which WIZ on de chickens dat we had TO-
dinner at Brudder Squash Blossoms house, an
he wuz uebber knowed to raise chicken OBJ
his own. Desc eussory remarks III be eI-
plunged from do record IL Brudder Squash
Blossom secs dat my own hat is brung back
while de choir is singing 81 lub to steal while
away"
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

A LETTER from a comrade and subscriber
in Berlin gives funny account Of a solemn
official manifestation Of hatred for the Amer
lean hog and all bis products. A citizen Of
Berlin who formerly resided in America,
and retained a pleasant memory Of lis de-
lightful foods, received an Official notice of
package awaiting him al the Custom house.
lie went thiiher, and found that kind
friend in Chicago had sent him present Of
delicious sausage lie was first required 10
pay the duty Of two marks 30 pfennige lG2l
cents, and was then informed that be could
not have the package, but il must be Off
cially destroyed. One official took the pack
age and ordered a clerk 10 follow him with
writing material The consignee Of the
package was also ordered TO follow. The
official went TO glowing furnace, into which
be cast the obnoxious Wand, and watched
il disappear in flames The clerk wrote ont
an exhaustive report Of the transaction
which all signed; the consignee was directed
10 be grateful 10 the kindly Government
which protected him and his family from
the deadly trichina, aud then allowed TO 70
his way.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
A SPLENDID SOUVENIR.
Free for a Club of One.
FOR so DAYS ONLY.
Fac-Simile Of the Thirteenth
Amendment.

We have come into possession Of wal
Eelic of priceless value-a fac-simile of the
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
OF the United States, which abolished slavery
and made this free country indeed.
The fac-simile contains the autograph
signatures OF Abraham Lincoln, President oil
the United States; Hannibal Hamlin, Vice
President; Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and OF 36 Senators
and ll5 RepTesentatiyes-most of them then
or since among the most prominent men in
the Nation. 1t is a priceless collection Of
autographs.
We have had the fac-similes carefully
engraved, 50 as to exactly reproduce all
these autographs, and had it printed on
heavy tinted paper. 1t makes a splendid
ornament for the house or the Post
Price, securely packed in a pssteboard
tube and postage paid, 25 cents. Or,
We will send it, for 30 days only, FREE
20 anyone who will send us for 81 a new
subscriber 10 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for
one year.
Anyone who Tenews his subscription be.
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offer by requesting the picture when b,
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The National tribune., 1891-02-26

DIR. c. A. KIYGsBURY, Of London, Eng,
calls a halt on some Of the extravagant state
ments which are being made about hypno-
tism and its dangers. IL the first place, he
says that the proportion of persons who can
be hypnOtized is very small. Out of 1,112
experimental on at the Hypnotic School at
Nancy, only ICE passed into a state of SOM
nambulism This is a little over one in
every six. Next, nearly all of those who
pass into il are very easily aroused from it,
a slight n-picl, a noise in the room, or even
the operator walking away from them being
sufficient None Of them can be made to do
injurious, criminal or indecent things. The
remarkable exhibitions given by so-called
professors are all with carefully prepared
subjects" with which they have worked
night and day.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

SOME of the New York nabobs, who are
grooming over the enormous amounts squan-
dered on pensions for veterans, have been
astonishing the LondOlers by giving 5000
for small but very rare volume of Shak-
spere's Sonnets, or at the rate of $50 for
every page in it, and $4,000 for Gutten-
berg Bible. 1t was not that they cared fig
for these books as books; they only wanted
them for the qualification of their vanity in
possessing something that others wanted
badly, but could not afford.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

4 Gornrade in Every township
and Post
TOSELL THE CAKNONEER

THE CannOneer" il undoubtedly the best
selling YEARBOOK now before the people. il
b. unique in its way, being the well-tOld
actual experiences Of a private soldier in
much Of the very hardest fighting in the
war.
Every veteran, especially Of the Army Of
Tie Potomac, wants copy Of the book, and
also every man and woman whose father
served iD that army. il viii 10 like hot
cakes among them.
We want good live comTade in every
Post and every Township in the country 10
take hold Of the book aud push IT, Good
wages can be made every day by It's sale.
Send iOr a Township, and specify two OF
three Others that you want If you cannot
get your first choice Ask for terms Il
agents" Address
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, y. c.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

A DOLLAR bill may carry to its receiver
the yilest infection. 1t is a sponge that
takes mp filth and disease-germs from every
hand through which it passes, and from
every body with which it comes in contact.
The smaller the denomination of the bill
the more likely it is to be contaminated.
Not so the silver dollar. 1t is purity itself.
No evil associations can contaminate it
For your health's sake, therefore, eschew
the small notes, and insist on being paid in
silver
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

IHE Methodist women have appealed TO
the ministers Of the church 10 raiify the
recent victory Of the sex IN y popular vote
on the question Of admitting women to a
voice Ia AZ the councils Of the church. This
appeal is necessary because, though the
majority was overwhelming in favor Of the
women, lhe ministers have an absolute veto
and can entirely disregard the gog populi II
they choose. IL is hardly likely that they
wall. To b. Methodist is to be progressive.
and progress is now undoubtedly il the
direction OF woman suffrage. IL is difficult
10 assign any good reason nhy women should
not vote, aud still more difficult 10 furnish
reason, either good or bad, why they
should not vote in church matters
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
The prompt completion Of the canal.

THE National Association of Naval Vet
Grams Of the United States are moving ear
nestly in the direction of reforming the law
so as TO give oil honorably- discharged SOL
diers, sailors and marines an actual prefer
ence in employment, and the association has
drawn the following bill, which it is press
ing:
Sec !. In every Public Department, and upon
and in competitive examinations under the United
States Civil Service laws, rules and regulations
Of the same wherever they apply, honorably dis
charged Union soldiers, sailors and marines shall
DO preferred for ceTtifcatOn, appointment, en-
plOymenl and retention therein: sge loss Of limb
or other physical impairment which does not in
fact incapaciiate shall not be deemed disquaIfy
them. provided they possess the business capacity
necessary 10 al the position in VOWED; and persons
thus preferred shall not be dismissed from their
positions, except upon charges and after hearing
Sec 2 All heads OF Departments officials
Boards Of Examiners or other persons having
power Of appointment. employment, or certihea-
ton for such appointment employment in the
public service OF the United States. as set forth Ia
Sec. Of This act charged with a faithful com
pliance with the terms thereof both in letter and
spirit and failure to comply shall be misde-
meanoT 20 be prosecuted either by information or
Indictment and punishable accordingly.
Sec. g. All laws parts Of laws inconsistent
with the provisions Of this act hereby repealed
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

IT WILL be q misfortune if Congress
should let anything interfere with the pass
age Of the Nicaragua Canal bill. We have
now q splendid chance to get that great
inter-Oceanic highway completed on terms
exceedingly advantageous to us; its con-
struction will be the greatest benefit to the
world and 10 ourselves 1t will bring all
parts of our extended coast line into easy
communication, and double or treble the
effectiveness Of our naval armament in time
of war In this respect alone it will save
as many times any expense it may be to our
Government 1t will develop all our Gulf
Coast by placing our ports there directly
on the highway Of the worlds commerce.
Galveston, New Orleans and Mobile will be
as directly in the line Of travel az Alexan-
dria, Naples, Rome, Genoa and Marseilles
now are. All this will be certain inside of
few years if Congress will only give a
little help. The influences against it are
the Pacific railroads, which fear to lose some
trade by its completion; England, who is
jealous Of our acquiring control of such an
important highway, and France, who knows
that it ends all hopes of further work on the
Panama Canal These influences have their
representatives in Congress, who are trying
TO throttle the enterprise by delays and de-
feats. Congress should utterly disregard
them, and do all that is necessary to insure
the prompt completion of the canal.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
HIs TROUBLE.

Clergyman preparing Texas gentleman for
the scaffold What brought this trouble upon
you, my friend2
Texas Gentleman-CoIor-b blindness
ClerRyman-Color- blindnessP
T. G.-Yes; could never distinguish be-
tween tho color of my own horses and those OF
other people.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

ALL women are not tho gushing, impulsivs
creatures the sex Is represented 10 be. I'm
do the best l know how" cautiously replied
Pennsylvania bride last week to the question
whether she would love, honor and obey " the
blushing young man by her side.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
REASONS FOR INVITING HIM.

Wife docking over the list OF invitations
There, see you have invited Uncle James to
tea again. You know he never will come.
Husband know that, my dear; but Pm
always curious to know what new pretext he
will devise for declining.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Out in Louisville they are justly eriticizing
prominent actor for saying stOOpid," "OP-
portoonity," and similar slovenly pronuncia-
tions Of u in accented syllables. This is an
iuexcusable Vulgarism.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26
NO UNIFORMITY.

Prosey-Anatomists say that it is the rarest
thing to find all the organs Of the human body
in proper proportion.
Nosey-Yes 1 have frequently noticed that
among the men know. Those who have the
biggest mouths have the smallest brains.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

AT the recent Aston Willing wedding the
presents were valued at over s., 100000. The
Astors and Their friends will be remembered
as New YoIkeTs who ar. being taxed to death
10 pay pensions to veterans.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Since they have got TO making artificial eyes
Of celluloid, "fiery eye" is liable to occur
almost any time that man is careless in light
ing his cigar.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

IN spite Of themselves prosperity is about
10 visit Mobile and New Orleans They will
be the leading benefcisries Of the policy OF
reciprocity with South America
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Solomon had 300 wives. It must have taken
him clear till breakfast time to explain to all
of them how it happened that the lodge did
not adjourn until o'clock.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Edith (plueking daisy)-He loves me; he
loves me, indeed.
Adolphus-See, Edith, even the flowers tes-
tify to my love for you.
Edith (reaching for another)-I'n now see If
he'll always remain faithful to me.
Adolphus-Pye some curiosity myself to
know the answer to that
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

IT is not to be expected that vessel Cap
tain will read book or a paper straight
through, because by profession he is q skipper.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

is there no way Of bringing about peace
In baseball circles and sparing the country
che horrors Of internecine WARP
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

"WINNINo golden opinions from eli sorts
Of people the Mckinley bill.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

WHAT a lot Of crowded. the assailants of
The Mckinley bin have Laid up for them
selves
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Puck: The cup that cheers not inebriates-
hiccup.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Foodlum-How much are you asking for po-
tatoes this morningp
Dudelsah-Seffenty- fife vents Q beck.
FOodlum-Seventy- five cents peck Why,
swipcs only asks GO cents.
Dudelsah-Vy you don't get dem of swipesP
FoOdlum-O. he happens to be out of EN- this
morning.
Dudelsah-Yell, when Pm oud Of dem sells
dem for GO cents beck, too.
The National tribune., 1891-02-26

Isrlsso ~ r ..eros rosy o,os a, ssoosOouss s.rrs'
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON. D. C., FEBRUARY 2a, 1891
Arizona republican., 1891-08-29
YHE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN.

The REPUBLICAN, has double the circulation of any other daily newspap In Arizona, ,an d is the only one taking full press dispatches.
Arizona republican., 1891-08-29
Mckinley Prices on Doughnu

While was in Spokane Falls the Mo Kinley bill ''struck the woodpile." A man who for years had brought wood down from the mountains at the usual price of S4 a cord announced one morn. ing that the price had risen to $5. When asked why, he answered, "Well, you know everything is gone up since the Mckinley bill" But few days later bis sales fell of and he was glad to get back to the old price of $4 cord. While l was at Tacoma dilapidated specimen of humanity, who had evi- dently been on an all night debauch, staggered one morning at daybreak into a low restaurant which runs all day and all night. He called for coffee and doughnuts. From the time when q drunken mans memory runneth not to the contrary four doughnuts had cousti- tuted a portion. But this time the waiter appeared with a cup of coffee and three doughnuts
 What do you mean by bringing me only three dongmuts?' exclaimed the surprised customer.
 ''Why, sir," stammered the waiter ''you see since the McKin"---
 Up sprang the irate customer, and seizing the waiter by the collar exclaimed with an oath: Boy, if you undertake to work that air racket onto me I'll knock your two eyes into one. Bring me that other doughnut-"
 And theother doughnntcmne.-Jo Joseph Nimmo, Jr., in New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1891-08-29
When Free-Trade Ccanos-

The members of the British Iron and Steel institute, all experienced manu- lecturers, after their extended tour of observation through American industrial c-nters, testify that owing to the high rate of wages in this country American mannfactories could not continue with out Protection. When Free-tradeccgnes, and the American worlsingman sits on the fence and looks up at tho snokeless cAimnoys of the silent factory which had furnished him the means of keeping himself and family in comfort and re- Yectabihty, it will be sorry consolation for him to reflect that its owner, the -robber baron" had been forced by i'm ports and competition of cheap foreign goods to shut down, and can no longer '-fatten on the substance of tho people" The foreign mill owner and the foreign workingInan will then do all the ''fasten- ing.-
Arizona republican., 1891-08-29

All Contracts and bills or advertising pay. able monthly.
 Preferred Locals 10 cents per line first insertion, and cents per line each subsequent insertion.
Arizona republican., 1891-08-29
PROSPERITY OF WoRK,nGMsN.
How Protection Banefits the Is>boYprs O
 Michi1nD

How Protection Benefits the L.aborors os
 Michigan.
 The work of the Michigan bureau of labor and industrial statistics during the year 1890 consisted of personal can vass of S,s3S workmen employed in POI shops and manufacturing industries in 20 villages and cities
 The industries canvassed were those engaged in the manufacture of various kinds of agricultural implements and iron working establishments.
 Classified Weekly Wages-The number of employees who receive under 6 is $40, or 9.5 per cent; $5 but under sS IS l68, or l.S7 per cent; $6 but under g is 553, or $6.25 per cent; $7 but under S is 1,lSS, or 13.44 per cent; SS but under So IS 55l, or 6.23 per cent; $9 but under $10 IS l,2oo, or l4.2 per cent; $t0 but under $l2 IS 1,Osl, or 1928 per cent; $12 but under sl5 is l,s49, or 20.S4 per cent; $15 but under SEQ is ,228, or 13.S9 per cent {; go and over 14, or 1.5l per cent.
 Two thousand three hundred and twenty-eight employees own homes, of whom ,242 are married men. Forty six per cent. of married men own homes.
 The Germans are the home owning nationality; S7 per cent. own their own house and lot; 35 per cent. of the Hol- flanders; 33 per cent of the Irishmen; 30 per cent. of the Scotchmen; 28 per cent. of the Polanders; % per cent of the Englishrnen; 9 per cent. of the Amer jeans; IS per cent. of the Canadians
 Total value of homes, $3, ,055, ,965; aver age, S1, ,312.7O.
 One thousand and forty-six foreigners brought money with them when they came to the United States amounting to $l76,354; average, $l68.57. Total present worth of foreigners(3 6, ,293 report lng), S2,593,6 ,6l0; average, SSl7.9S. Total increase over total amount brought, 1,527 per cent.
 Three thousand six hundred and tweu- ty-seven persons own sewing machines, which is 69 per cent. of those who sup port families.
 One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five own musical instruments, which is 2l per cent. of total employees.
 Number who take newspapers and magazines. 5,949, which is 67 per cent. of total employees; 6l per cent. of those who take newspapers are Americans.