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The National tribune., 1891-04-30

background the fact that for every dollar
that has gone into the pockets Of the dis
abled veterans and their dependent ones
since the war four dollars, and something
more, have gone into the vaults Of the pie
ihoric moHey-lenders. But that is the kind
Of liar-direct aud indreot-that the Her
ad and IFS coparceners are.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30
HEAVENLY.

Divine-'Tis sad that you must be cut or
just at the beginning Of your bright career !;
but, my dear friend, you are going to the city
whose gates are of pearl and jasper, and streets
are Of gold. They
Dying New Yorker (feebIyl win the streets
be clean?
Diyinc--Yes, not a bot or blemish.
New Yorker (happily Then die content.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

SOUTH JOLIET, Ill, comes up smiling
with 100000 manufactory Of tin plate, 10
be managed by Englishmen whose family
has for generations been engaged in the sue
cesslul making Of the article. The opera
lions for this will furnish better market
for farm products than the whole Of some
foreign countriea
The National tribune., 1891-04-30
TIE FLYING MACHINE.

Bill Nys is not at all sanguine about the
Chicago serial ship. He says it is about as liable
to skim along above the clouds as the old Com
stock mine of Virginia City is to crawl out Of
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

THE report comes throbbing and thrilling
along the submarine cable that the Standard
Oh Company has succeeded in bribing the
British House Of Commons. 1t is claimed
that this is the first time this thing was ever
done This may OF may not be so. Recent
developments show that a British n. p
may be Ear below the moral average Of an
American NJ. C., and the presumption is laiI
that he is quite as susceptible to the per.
suasion Of a wad Of ready money rs he is e
the temptation Of even more dagrant crimes
The National tribune., 1891-04-30
WORSE THAN SWORD swALLowINa

Wizzlewazzle Sitting up in bed -Rumdiddyl
Ahbahoogen! Punk aah - gug- gug-help!
Help! Pm choking! Ug-gug-g-g-
Mrs. W. lin wild alarm)-Oh, what's the
matter, Laben?
Wizzlewazzle (awakened) oh had ter
ribe nightmare. Dreamed / was reading one
of Rudyard kipling's stories. and got an East
Indian word stuck in my throat
The National tribune., 1891-04-30
a StOgy by Rev, DR.. RombsYt,

We take pleasure in presenting this week
o charming story by the Rev Dr. Mombert
whose scholarly writings on ecclesiastical
and biDi@l subjects have instructed and
delighted 80 many thousands. Dr. Nom
bert wie.ds gifted pen, aud he is as good q
gtoIy-teller as be Is historian and essayist.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

THE good work zoe. bravely on. A COM
pany with 81 900 600 capital has been formed
10 work tle un mines near Ashhy's Gap, in
the Blue Ridge place familiar to All the
veterans Of the Armies Of the Potomac and
thc Shenandoah. Another company, Of
similar capital, has begun work on the tin
mines % Southern California. How this
sends The iron into the souls Of the English
toadyug New York Times and Ercniag Post
THE Rev Dr. II J.. Waylana has come oui
D. a strong advocate Of spelling reform.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

THE difference between reciprocity and
free trade is the difference between making
good bargain and being swindled on, Of
your eye-teeih.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

ACCORDING to the "reminiscences which
ex-Treasurer Chittenden has published in
booll-iorm, Gen. SCOTS loyalty was of
more burning type than is generally credited
10 him. One evening in February, 1861,
just before the official count Of the votes for
President and Vice-President, Mr.. Chitten-
den called on the old General TO learn if he
knew anything Of reported plot to prevent
the count by force. Scott was lying on a
sofa, and seemed very infirm, but the in
trinity did not extend TO his mind lie
raised up IS the object Of the visit was stated,
aud his eyes blazed.
"Pray tell me why it viii not be counted? "
he asked, without any apparent effort, but
with voice which rang like an order
through a clear-toned trumpet. "There
have been threats on that subject" he con-
tinued, "but / have not heard of them
lately. ] had supposed had suppressed
that infamy. Has it been resuscitatcd? ]
have said that any man who attempted by
force OF supplementary disorder to OBJ
struct OF interfere with the lawful count OF
the electoral vote for President or Vice
President of the United States should BIZ
dashed to the muzzle of a IL FOUNDER and
fired out Of the window Of the Capitol.
would manure the hills Of Arlington will
the fragments Of his body, were lie a Senator
or Chief Magistrate Of my native State. j
i NV duty 10 suppress fnsurrectionn
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

Coy. HILL, of New York, has greatly in
creased his availability as Presidential
candidate by coming out squarely against
free trade, and for protection.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

Has it an anti anarehistic significance that
!" Hemp" Washburne has been elected Mayor
of ChicagO2
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

Puck: There was no tariff on negros, even
before they were put on the free list.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

EX-SENATOR INGALLS, with the aid of two
able bodied negroes, is putting in 80 acres of
potatoes. Have his enemies no bugs to loose
upon this devoted patch2
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

Mas. PEYToN RANDOLPH died in Balti-
more last week, and his obituaries mention
as one OF his claims 10 distinction that he
was engineer officer of Pickett's Division
when it made its charge at Gettysburg
Small credit that. The engineering OF
Pickeits charge was ipezcusabIy bad.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

A CLEVELAND CO) man who applied for a
divorce on the ground that his wife smoked
cigars, has been denied it. The Judge probably
thought he ought to be grateful that she didn't
smoke cigArets.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON D. G. APRIL 30, 1871
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

ITALY has suffered from a terrible explosion
of powder. But it was mild compared to what
she would have experienced if she had con-
tinued to monkey with the American temper.
The National tribune., 1891-04-30

.aso al I'D r..rsa-s, rs.r orae % .sa5,s.ass r.rrta
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
We Eat on the Run.

at is grave mistake" said the doc.
tor, Ito eat quickly. Those animals in
tended by nature to feed hurriedly have
been provided with gizzards, or with
the power of rumination. No matter
how good mans teeth may be, if he
bolts his food his stomach must suffer
thereby. When a person swallows an
imperfectly masticated piece of animal
food, the result is that the food, instead
of fulfilling the purposes of nutrition,
acts, on the other hand, as a source of
irritation to the stomach. Thus either
the physical condition runs down or ad-
ditional food is required to maintain
the general standard of health. Amer
leans are called pie eaters Do you
know why? Because pie is something
that may be eaten on the run, while the
the great American enterprises may
thus go on unimpeded by loss of time.
over-hasty feeding is the bane of our
American life. We are all of us becom-
ing dyspeptics. Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14

"0no thing, though: ! really ought
to call on her before leave town. She
has always treated me well, and IL is
hardly the thing to drop off so sudden
ly and completely. Might arouse her
suspicious if she happened to think of
me. She will have heard OF this case,
and I'll appear welded to law--ab-
sorbed in my work. Speak in an easy
way of Tom Blake and make grace
full exit from her life. Why haven't
thought of it beforeP I'll go tomorrow
night. Tomorrow Why, that is st.
Valentines day! Well, hardly care to
go there that night Somebody else
would be there-he would any night,
for that mattcr-and it's the last oppor-
tunity, If | leave town next morning.
"Parshall, you have some supersti-
tious nonsense sneal1ing through your
head, but we'll put stop to that.
won't go at all"
st. Valentines day--a whirl of snow.
No one could go out and (perhaps) no
one come in. To one girl the longest
day she had ever known, as she wan
dered, restlessly, from one room to
another, disdainful of the dainty con-
coctions of lace, bon bons, and tender
sentime nts, with which the good saint
had favored her. She drew a sigh of
relief, when, at last--dinner over-her
guardian departed to his club and she
was free to betale herself to the little
drawing-room, which was her special
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14

mo TO find ont, since II would explain
something which has been puz2ling me
since last night"
She looked at him intcrrogatively, but
he said, soothingly:
~ have also had valentine, and
should like to show It to You"
She took The little roll of paper
which he passed to her, with trembling
fingers. lie tried not to watch her face
as she read it, but how could he help it?
He saw her eyelids quivcr. How slow
she was! In fact she was reading each
line twice over to gain time. lie could
wait no longer
This was with it," he said, holding
out something in his hand. Then she
had to raise her eyes, and as they met
his after glance at the ring, the
bushes that swept one after the other
over her cheek so cnraptured him, that,
throwing caution to the winds, he broke
out:
Can it be true? l love you more than
any one else ever could-but | can't
speak unless you say that may?"
A beautiful light came into the gray
eyes. With trembling smile she held
out her hand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14

into his head. Haven't been rs sweet
to him us could be? Haven't I made
It point to speak to him, no matter
who else was with me? And I'm al
ways deferring to his opinion-what
more than have done could any self
respecting girl do, to show man that
she liked his society? Yet the other
night at the Van Dykes, he did not
come near me! But know, knoW he
saw Tom Blake kiss my hand in the
conservatory. saw his face as he
turned away it went to my heart. l
know he will never come near me
again-I can see just how it looks TO
him. He doesn't know how tired am
with the empty iargon which l hear all
the time, and thinks that l am perfect
ly satisfied with my life. Apparently
any one of my friends would throw his
life at my feet, But none of them
would! Not even Tom Blake. He is
so polished, his mind is perfectly
smooth. He wouldn't consider it good
form to fall violently in love, anyway!
Doesn't he think l have intellect
enough to know real man when l see
one? How manly he is! Working away
so quietly, and yet with such conf
dence, you feel sure that he will sue
ceed. Oh! if it wasn't for that money,
/ know what would happen, and what
a happy girl should be! Yes, for just
once will admit it to myself; 1 should
be glad, gLGd to know that he loved me.
But even if he does, he will never tell
me SO: perhaps it would spoil the charm
if he did. But I would be willing for
him to try it. Blushing! Well, should
think l might, after that. wish did
not think of him so much. He doesn't
know that | heard what he said to Mr..
Carter the other night, that "A man who
will let his wife cut way through the
world for him with her money is moth
ing but a parasite Well, might as
well realize the fact that we are as far
apart rs the two poles, and shall never
come any nearer by any motion of his.
How that would sound to any one-just
as if I contemplated making move
myself! Why is there not something
that it would be right for me to do?
Must see the best gift which life could
give me drift away and not move q
finger to stay him? All things may
come to him who waits but they don't
to her. l don't know why l should
laugh. It's no laughing matter. Per-
heps I'd better give up thinking about
it and listen to the sermon. l might
OH! st. Valentines day. Why couldn't
1? l could! There wouldn't be any
harm in that. | 'ciU'"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
QUEER PENSION CLAIMS.

Some Peculiar and Laughnblo Reasons
Given in Applications.
The oddity of human nature has found
an apt illustration in some of the many
claims for pensions that have been re-
ceived under the new law. Many men
have stretched their imaginations as
| well as their consciences in their efforts
to be placed on Uncle Sans great and
rapidly growing pension roll. They Ill
lege every disease and ailment known
to the science of medicine, and then
urge the claims with energetic per-
sistency. Some of the causes alleged
are as odd as they are interesting An
ex-soldier in Ohio wrote:
~ don't exactly know what disease
| am suffering from, but do know that
] deserve n pension, us am suffering
the pains of death all over my body"
Under the provisions of the recently
passed dependent-pension law, it is only
necessary for a claimant TO show that
he is incnpacitated from manual labor,
whether the causes are due to army
service or not, in order to have his
name placed on the rolls. To show his
inability to perform manual labor the
affidavits of neighboTs are necessary,
reciting that fact.
A veteran in Howard County, Mary
land, sent the testimony of neighbor,
who, no doubt, meant well enough, but
did not know how to express himself.
The latter swore to the statement that he
had known the claimant for ten years,
and that "he would not work unless he
was compelled to-" The witness, of
course, meant to say that claimant
while really unable to work by reason
of his physical infirmities was frequent
ly compelled to attempt labor in or
der to sustain himself.
The widow of man who shouldered
musket in the Pennsylvania reserves
wanted pension. and was asked if her
husband was ever wounded"
"oh, yes" she replied, "hc received
an axe wound of the right foot"
Being asked to explain the circum-
stances surrounding the wounding of
her better half, she said he cut his foot
while splitting wood. 1t was not dur
ing the war that this occurred, but in
1879, at their home in Pennsylvania.
The pension attorney wanted to know
what bearing such an occurrence could
possibly have upon the pension law,
and the widow answered, curtly:
Well, sir, the axe he cut his foot
with is the same one he brought home
with him from the war. 1t was an army
axe"
A rather remarkable declaration was
made by Michigan veteran. He stat,
ed under oath that he picked up shell
on the battlefield of the Wilderness, and
took it into his tent. While holding the
missile between his knees, examining
it, the shell exploded, badly shattering
his nervous system" but miraculously
causing no other injury.
An eX-cannoneer of one of the regu-
lar batteries claims that he stopped
cannon ball with his abdomen. and has
since been greatly troubled with stom-
ach disorders. The ball, he says, was a
spent one, and came bounding along.
striking him squarely on the exterior OF
the inner man, and nearly knocking
him into the middle of the following
week.-Washington Post
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
ST. VALENTINES DAY.
Trnces of Ancient Customs in the Old
saints Anniversary.


Saints Anniversary.
Searching among the dusty volumes
for some account of st. Valentines day
and its customs, we find that little is
known concerning It's origin. Valcn-
tine, who was a priest OF Rome, mar
tyred during the third century, and
whose day is the one set apart for the
exchanging of tokens between lovers,
it seems, had nothing to do with tho
case
In ancient Rome it was the practice
to celebrate during February the
Lupercalis, fcaSts in honor of Pan and
Juno. At this festival the names of the
young women were put into box,
from whence they were drawn by tho
men. who then paid particular atten
ton TO the young women whose names
they drew. Whether this custom gave
rise to the saying, marriage is IL lot
terry" or not, we do not know. though
it is highly probable. The priests of
the early church who wagcd dcspcr-
ate warfare against all forms of
heathen superstition found that the
wiscst plan was to graft the forms of
the now religion upon the old, so they
substituted names of particular saints
for the names Of women, and st. Valen-
tines day coming in the middle of Feb
ruary, chose that day for the celebra-
ton of their new feast.
Traces of the ancient Roman custom
are in England and Scotland, where, on
st. Valentines eve, II number of youths
and maidens assemble, and each writes
his real or Il fictitious name upon 4 sep
arate billet. These billets are then
rolled up and each girl draws youths
name and vice versa. This gives each
person two partners or valentines, but
the youth being more constant by
nature according TO the historian) is
more constant to his valentine. He
gives ball in her honor, treats her to a
present. wears the billet upon his
sleeve for several days days, mark
you) and the result is often marriage.
In the early days of England the Gus.
tom of choosing valentine either mar.
ried or single took place and present
was given the choosing party. Among
the nobility these presents consisted OF
jcwclry, and often precious stones of
great value.
The belief existed among the lower
classes that on st. Valentines day the
birds chose their mates; also the first
unmarried person of the opposite seq
that one met in the morning of that
day was destined to become his future
husband or wife. In earlier times the
day was used only for sending mes.
sages of love; comic valentines were
unknown. Most of the early customs
have died out, though the overhowins
bag of the postman and the appearance
of the bright eyes watching for his COM
ing on Valentines day, show that one
of the customs has stood the test of
centuries and bids fair to remain with
US always.-Laura A. Smith, in Indian.
apoiis Sentinel.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

THERE are 900 children in the Sci
diers Orphan Home at Xenia, o.
THE Woman's Relief Corps depart
ment of Illinois, has arranged to put up
n soldiers monument at the Soldiers
Home, ut Quincy, at cost of $500.
COLONEL MARSHALL, of Baltimore.
conspicuous at the late banquet of the
New York Confederate Veteran Camp,
is said to be the last survivor of General
Lees old staff.
ANrIETAM Posi-, No. Ga, Parsons
Kan, has post burial place in the
cemetery, laid out in circular form,
graded, and shaded, which cost So, ,0OO
1t is proposed to erect grand monu-
ment in this soldiers cemetery.
THERE is prospect that monument
will be erected at Gettysburg in MEM
ory of General Meade and his corps of
commanders, Reynolds, Hancock,
Sickles, Sykes, Sedgwick, Howard, Slo-
cum and Pleasanton. The only mount
ed figure will be that of Meade. The
! corps commanders on foot will be group
ed about the commander.
LOYAL farmer, of Springfield, N.
Y, has ordered soldiers monument, to
be completed by June 1, 1891. The
monument is to be finished in good
style, with emblems and inscriptions.
A soldier standing at rest is to crown
the granite shaft The whole is to cost
$500 1t is to be placed in the ceme-
terry. The people of the town are very
happy over it,
THIS instance OF the late General De-
ven's bravery is cited. At the crossing
of the Rappahannock, in the
battle of fredericksburg his
brigade led the way over the
lower bridges, and when the retreat
was ordered he asked that he and his
men might be the last to return.
General Franlslyn, to whom the request
was preferred, turned and said to
General w. f Smith, "Well, Badly,
there doesn't appear to be anybody else
asking for that honor, so we'll let De-
vens wait till the last If he wants to-"
THE man who could fairly claim to
have received the first shots fred dur
ing the war of the rebellion died Oh
Sunday night at the age of SO. He was
Captain John McGowan, who command
ed the steamship Star Of the West, char
tered to take soldiers to the relief OF
Fort Sumter. She was fired upon as
she entered Charleston harbor, January
/ o, 1861. Hostilities had not been de-
clared, and, although there was grea.
deal of feeling aroused when accounts
of the attack reached the North, ID
was pent up until the news came that
Fort Sumter itself had been fred
upon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14

stock TO the crowd! hdce been rather
unsocial of late, but this is going too
far. st. Valentines, eh? So it is!
Rather an expensive joke-this ring is
the real thing-odd, too," and he held
it up TO the light. lit is only part of
q ring. j can see that there must be
another band with clover leaf set the
other way to fit into this. Two four
leaved clovers mated-pretty idea! 1t
ought to be very lucky combination.
Now, who could have sent it to me?
The address looks 4 little like Temples
at least, as it might if he were trying TO
disguise lis hand. Well. could stand
it better from him. Search the world
over-there is only one place where l
care to look, ami I'm not likely TO find
il therel
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
The Man Who Laughs.

Laughing at trifies is grace in child
hood. Then it is normal. But the per-
petual grin, chuckle or Singer of age
confesses lack of education or Of brain.
OF course, nothing can be done in the
matter. The world viii always be al
the mercy of tho man who laughs.
There might, indeed, be chance of re-
forming him through marriage with the
woman who giggles; but laughing jack
asses do not mate, and If they did one
could only contemplate with horror the
possible result of such un:on.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
TWO SOLDIERS AT GETTYSBURG.

The armies they had censed TO Hght
The night wns still and dark,
And many thousand on the field
Were lying stiff and stark.
The stretchcr mon had come along
And gathered all they could.
A hundred surgeons worked that night
Behind the cump OF wood
They flnshed the lanterns in my face,
And rs they hurried by;
The Sergeant looltcd md said Hes dead, "
And made no reply.
The bullet had gone through my breast
No wonder was still;
But once will be nearer death
Than whom upon that hill.
a grayclad picket came along
Upon his midnight beat
He came so near me that tried
To move and touch his feet
At once he bent and felt my breast
Where life still fought Mt bay;
No one who loved me could have done
More than this man OF gray.
Ger me, all chilled with blood and dew,
His blanket soft he spread;
A crimson sheaf OF wheat he brought
A pillow for my head.
Then knclt beside me for an hour
And bathcd my lips and brow;
But for the man who was my foe
I'd not to living now.
Then US the coming daylight shown
He bent his lips 10 say,
God spare you brother, though you wear
The blue, and the gray!"
Tho sounds OF war are silent now;
We call no man our foe,
But soldier hearts can not forget
The scenes OF long ago.
Dear aro tho ones who stood with US
To struggle or to die;
No one can ofiener breathe their names
Or love them more thanI.
But from my life I'd give q year
That gray-clad man 10 see;
TO clasp in love the foeman's hand
Who saved my lifo n me.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14

shot through both arms near the elbow,
His hands hung limp and useless and
the blood was dripping from them. But
up under the arinpits he hugged his
broken Belgian muslset.
81 didn't lose my gun, Mr.. Adj-toni
got my gun, sab" the ex-slave called
out proudly. Not murinur escaped
him about the shattered arms, but he
had saved his gun and he claimed credit
for it--St Louis Globe -Dcmocrnt.