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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
LOCAL nENErlrs or PENsIoNs.


We have dwelt repeatedly and strongly
upon one advantage of pensions that the
soldier-haters pesistently ignore. That is
the benefit TO the communities in which the
pensioners reside. Pensions are vastly the
best and most equitable way by which the
Government can distribute to the people
at large the revenues it receives for duties
imposed TO protect our industries. The fol-
lowing editorial from the Bangor Me daily
Netcs shows that there is at least one paper
and one section where the benefit Of pension
payments is appreciated:
Enierprising reporters Of The Neirs have been out
IN Bangor, talking with the prosperous merchants
regarding the pension checks which the survivors
Of the war are now receiving. They have learned
that during tho months Of March. June, September
and December there is more ready cash payments
made IN Bangor than any other time. aud the in
ference is that the money comes from the pensions,
which are paid at those dates. IL can be safely
said That there is not town in eastern Maine where
one or moro recipient OF pension does not reside.
The pensioners are everywhere and in ninety nine
cases out OF hundred they are worthy, deserving
people who get the money. Being not over rich
I'm this worlds goods the pension checks must be
c'-lied as soon received in order to meet bills
that are due, and so the money finds its way into
immediate circulation. passing from the pensioner
10 the local trader. from him the wholesaler and
from him TO the banks, paying debts aud bestOw-
ing blessings all the way.
great deal OF talk has been made about the eK-
travAGRnce Of Congress i'm voting 50 much money
for pensions, yet if Uncle sam spent his
money more foolishly THIN in this way he would
be much better aud much more economical old
fellow than lac il. The soldiers went when they
were wanted. They saved the country. When
they were at the front fighting aud gaIIantly risk
ing and losing their lives he Nation would have
done anything for them. The whole country was
at their feet, and VOWS Of eternal gratitude were
made by all. The country il safe. The SOL
diers saved IT, and the United States is dear to-
day as ever. The time when that long-ag pledged
eternal gratitude should be redeemed - here. The
soldiers are old and many Of them cannot care for
themselves. They have been promised aid; they
need aid, and the pensions will gave aid. Let the
old soldiers be remembered.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15

JrDGE PAsCHAL, Of Texas, recently re-
fused naturalization papers 10 an avowed
Anarchist on the ground that he could
not and would not become a proper citi-
Een o. the United States, inasmuch az he
was opposed 70 all forms Of Government
Tins was eminently proper II should be
made The duty Of all Judges 10 inquire
much more closely into the character Of
would-be citizens than has been the Gus
tom and exercise a sound discretion rs 10
refusing the rlghts Of citizenship TO men
VINO aro likely 10 be Objectionable in that
relation. We have enough bad citizens OF
native birth without adding 10 the number
obnoxious foreigners We must endure
those who are born upon our own soil, but
we can, at least, avoid the burden Of bad
Foreigners.
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Oklahoma Photographer ito ild-loOking
sitter from the Panhandle Now, sir. fix your
eyes on this spot on the wall and sit perfectly
still.
Withholding Sitter Throwing up his hands
as the photographer exposes the muzzle of the
cameraJ Don't shoot! Don't shoot! sur
render! My Lord! What a gun!
PhOtographer-sit down. Sit down. This
is only the instrument with which take the
negative. Sit down!
Withholding Sitter with sigh of relief)-
That so? ! reeokened it was one NV these yere
Gatlin' guns I've heered tell about.
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John North lin Kentucky hardware 5torel-
The gentleman going out must be the owner Of
a much more fractions mule than mine. Did
you notice how carefully he tested the rope be-
fore purchasing?
Dealer-Mule? Oh, no! That is Col. Gore,
the Chief OF the Vigilance Committee.
John North-Ah, indeed In which army
did he server
Dealer-Neither. You see, when a gentle
man has ofiiciated at five lynehings we call
him Captain, at 10 a Major, and so on up.
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a QUEER thing about the arming Of the
European troops Is that each Nation evil
dendy expects to lose more ammunition
than j. captures in time Of war Everyone
has made the caliber Of its musllets little
different from that Of every other Nation.
the aYowed reason being that its enemy
shall not be able 10 use any ammunition il
may capture against it, None seems to
think Of The advantage 10 itself from being
able 10 use the ammunition ii may capture.
The Russians recently adopted a caliber
only - Of 40 inch greater than that Of the
French, but difference enough for the pur.
pose. The calibeIs adopted by the principal
countries are:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15

GERMANYs desire to push her sugar into
this country had much to do with her
abolition Of the restrictions on our pork.
She will become a sharp competitor with
Cuba in the sugar business, and if Spain de-
sires TO retain her monopoly Of our markets
she must make still greater concessions, for
the Germans are hustlers in business, and
the slow-going old Dons will find hard work
competing with them.
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
wAsIINGToN, D. c. OCTOBER Is, 1891.
our GREAT WArcu orrEl.

VIN NI.AI v AINH O IEh,
We earnestly cali the attention OF our
readers TO the great watch offer which APP
pears IN another column. This is vastly the
best offer of valuable timepieces ever made
by any paper. The watches are simply the
best made anywhere in the world, and owing
10 a break ID the watch trust we are able to
offer them for fraction of what they have
been heretofore selling at. How long this
break viii last no one can tell, so it behooves
every one who wants high-class watch at
an unprecedently low price TO take inmedi-
ate advantage Of the offer.
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PENsIoNING LETTER CARRITRs


1t seems TO us that no Glir-minded man
doubts the justice Of a retiring pension for
disabled letter carriers, and that everyone
of these faithful servants of the public should
be provided for in the event of his disability
incurred in line OF duty. This measure has
been advocated for some years by the Vet
eran Letter Carriers Association, and is
rapidly making progress in public favor.
The only objection TO it is that il is an
entering wedge TO establishing a civil pen
sion list, which many people regard as a
bugbear We have never been able TO see
anything alarming in the spectacle Of a civil
pension list Any man who deyotes him
self TO the public service, and discharges his
duties conscientiously for a long term of
years, should be able TO look forward to a
provision for his sickness or old age. We
think this is dictated by public interest, ms
il will tend 10 bring the best class OF men TO
the service, and keep them more faithful TO
the public interests. Some objections raised
TO the first bill proposed for pensioning letter
carriers have been renewed by nodifica-
ton Of the bill. The FIRST two clauses will
now read as follows:
]. That when a letter carrier shall become IN.
oapactAted for duty by OF permanent dis.
ability incurred while in Government employ. and
who has bees la the service not less than Is years
lac shall receive yearly pension equal 10 10 Of
the salary lac may be receiving at the date Of retire
ment for each year Of service but ia no case shall
such pension exceed 2O-SO Of his salary. Wig;
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15

The Reverend Mr.. Harps (at church fair
We are having glorious success, Brother Hawk!
At this rate it will not be long till the ladies
accumulate the sum necessary 10 liquidate my
back salary.
Hawk Ia new convertl indeed, brother.
Reminds me Of the days when was travelling
with circus selling tickets. The ladies who
are selling fancy goods are ahead Of me. though.
They keep all the change, and 1 used to be
obliged TO give back part Of it. But can give
them pointer or two. ! see that the real
lemon peel they are using in the lemonade is
bran new. Well, you just tell them for mo to
fish out those fOaters when the performance is
over and dry them on board for use at the
next festival. Handled with care, the same
foaters can be used as many as seven times.
The rush seems to be over at the "Rebecea at
the Wei" booth. How would it do to change
the sign to read Rebecca at the Keg"S
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AID No wnNnFR

Eccentric Passenger lin packed street car -
Take my seat, madam.
Lady Passenger lin a clear voice)-Thank
you, sir.
Eccentric Passenger beg pardon,
but what did you say. madam
LADY, said THANK you, cir"
Eccentric Passenger WhOop! Aloo !
AloO! WHOOPl (Goes insane.)
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UNDOUBTEDLY.

"The Church at Dinkcyyille burned last
night"
Good graciousi"
YES burned with all its contents-pews,
pulpit Bible and all"
"Holy smokeln
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15

ITALY viii soon follow with removal Of
the restrictions on American pork. The
New Orleans incident is being forgotten.
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III. That letter carrier who has served 20 vears
or more. aud arrives at the age Of sixty GOl Years
can claim 10 be retired. and thereafter receive n
yearly pension Of One-hAlf Of his salary
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FF'3F'Et1 70 TIT IIHFN you 'l'I y ~ q U
fsh-hoOks on the gridirOn, as ! ordered?
Imps-Yes, Colonel.
satan-Well, stuff the frebox beneath it full
Of charcoal and get your gongs
Foreman Of Imps-WhaPs up, Colonel?
Satan-One Of the men who says els this
hot enough for your" will arrive in few min
utes, aud l want to give him proper recep-
lion
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From Tower Post. II, Pawtuclzet r. L. IS GO
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Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
AZTEC WATER BOTTLE.

to Chicago and see what he is to have there
for us to see. Some of us remember that
he had very good show at the Philadel-
phia CENTENNIAL; but what he had there
was almost as nothing compared with
what he will have at Chicago. In the first
place, this is good deal more of country
now than it was even fifteen years ago, and
the government is greater and richer. Be-
sides we know more about expositions now
than we did then. Uncle Sam is particu-
larly fortunate in having at his command
a number of gentlemen from the military,
naval and civil service who have had expe-
rience in exposition work, who know what
to do and what not to do.
In the second place the government is to
spend five or six times as much money at
Chicago as it spent at Philadelphia. The
government building alone at Chicago will
cost more than the whole of the show
which Uncle Sam made in the City of
Brotherly Love- At Philadelphia the gov
ernment had 102, 900 square feet of exhibi-
ton space. At Chicago the principal
building alone will have an area of 262, 500
square feet, to say nothing of annexes, of
open air displays, of the great battleship,
Of the aquaria, two in number, each 1876
feet in diameter. I couldn't begin to tell
you all the government intends exhibiting.
1t will be Worlds fair in itself.
A great many people fail to understand
the scope Of the government show at the
fair. At the Paris exposition Uncle Sam
was simply general agent for other ex-
hibitors. He sent out letters to manufac-
turers and others asking them what they
had to sell to foreign peoples, and inviting
them to send their samples to him at
rams, ana ne WOuiu sec oii0y we're
properly displayed. Some sent their sam
Piles and some didn't, and Uncle Sam did
only fairly well as an agent in charge.
He didn't have money enough to make a
very good display with, and besides he
didn't know much about the business.
But while he was very weak at Paris, and
our citizens who reside abroad haven't yet
done blushing for him, he learned few
tricks there and now flatters himself that
he knows something about the exhibition
business. Among the things which he
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
TVHE NATIONAL BANK OF CALIFORNIA,
Corner of Spring and Second streets,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Dr. w. L. Graves, 4. F. G. Klokke. o. T. John
son, W. Hadley, Dan Mcfarland, M. H Sher-
man. Fred Eaton, John Wolfskill, Thos. r. Bard.
j. M. G. MARBLE, President,
0. H. CHURCHILL Vice-President
PERRY WILDMAN, Cashier.
1881 A. HADLEY, Asst. Cashier.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20

SOUTH SEA ISLAND WARRIORS.
learned was that success depends quite as
much upon the manner in which you dis
play goods as upon the goods which you
have to display. Installation-that is what
the exposition people call it's an art in
which the French and Italians excel, as
they excel in most arts
why, at Paris" said Secretary Bick-
ford, of the government Worlds fair
board, Sin many lines we had the finest
things in the show, but we didn't know
how to show them. We had the best
wheat, and the best bacon, and a lot of
things of that sort, and we got the medals
on them. But the Italian and the French
exhibits in these very lines attracted fifty
times the attention from the people that
ours did. That was simply because they
were better displayed. They spent hun
dreds of dollars in displaying to the best
advantage barrel of -four worth six or
eight dollars. They could fix up side of
bacon so that it looked like a work of
art, and everybody stopped to look
at it, while the crowds walked by
our display without more than glanc-
ing at it. Installation is half the battle in
an international exposition, and this is a
lesson our exhibitors must learn. They
must know sooner or later that, no matter
how valuable or perfect their wares, when
they go into competition with Europeans
they will find it necessary to employ skill
and taste and money in properly installing
them.
Because Uncle Sam was general agent
for manufacturers and other exhibitors at
PAris many people appear to think he is
going to play the same role at Chicago
Every day manufacturers write here to in
quire If the government is prepared to take
charge of their exhibits at Chicago, saying
they would prefer to put their goods in the
government building. OF course Uncle
Sam isn't going into that business at all.
The law provides distinctly that the gov
ernment display shall be one designed
solely to exhibit the functions of govern
ment. The government produces nothing,
sells nothing. Therefore twill at Chicago
have nothing to do with articles of trade,
with samples of goods, nor even with the
products of the soil or domestic animals,
except in such ways as the government,
through its processes of Investigation, edu-
cation, prevention of disease or improve
ment of species and methods, is brought
into contact with such things.
For instance, our good friend Jerry Rusk
imagined some months ago he was going
to have charge at Chicago of an immense
exhibit Of domestic animals. Uncle Jerry
wanted to make this exhibit the greatest
and grandest thing of the sort that was
ever seen. No doubt such display will
be made, but it will not be under the aus
pices Of the agricultural department. This
department, under the law, will be able to
show its methods Of inspection Of cattle
and meats, and the processes and results
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
CITIZENS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES,
Corner Third aud Spring streets.

Capital .... 5000, 10000
Il. s. G. LOWE President
II. w BROTHERTON. Vice-president
f. d. HALL. Assistant Cashier
Directors: T. 8. G. Lowe, L. w. Blinn, Ja-
bez Percival, q. +. Cronin, T. W. Brotherton.
General banking business. Bonds for sale
and other frst-class Investments ~ Inn
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20


should its help be required. The weather
bureau, now attached to the agricultural
department., will predict the weather "be-
fore your face and eyes," so that you may
solve the mysteries of the scientific ground
hog
OF course the patent office will make a
very striking display. For this the mu-
scum of models will be literally drawn
upon, not indiscriminately, bnt with care
aI fiiI SELECTION Of certain lines of invention
like the sewing machine, the reaper, the
ocomotive-showing the first patents or
germs, and all various stages of evolution
up to the present time. Probably nothing
in the government exhibit or the entire
fair will attract more attention than the
display which the postoffice department is
to make of it's function-all the mysteries
and marvellous perfection of the mail serv-
ice unfolded before you. This will include
a complete postoffice in operation in full
view of the public, the railway mail cars,
the wonderful canceling machines and the
even more wonderful skill and proficiency
of the men who distribute mails, to say
nothing of the famous dead letter office
and it's museum of curiosities.
The Indian bureau will display the
IueCuOuS anu reSulUS Oh Une WOrk among
the American observation-disclosures of In
dams transplanted from the plains, women
weaving rugs and baskets, Indian schools
and Indian home life. But there will be
no wild west show, for the reason that the
governments function is to repress saw
agery in the Indian, not to encourage it.
Interesting and instructive will be the ex-
hibit which the geological survey is pre-
pairing of its explorations under the sur
face of the earth, with collection of gems
whose value runs to almost fabulous fig
ures. can only mention in passing, leav
ing to the readers imagination to dwell
upon, such exhibits as those of the coast and
geodetic survey, which explores the coasts
and the bottom of the sea; the bureau of en-
craving and printing, which will show how
our money is made; the great government
printing office; the fish commission, and
many other of Uncle Sans almost innu-
merable departments.
A pathetic feature of the government
show will be models illustrating the cruel
and wanton methods of destruction by
which that noble king of the plains, the
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
wAsHINGToN's CAMP CHEST.

WASHINGTON'S CAMP CHEST.
American bison, has been all but annihi.
lated and Catlin's famous gallery of Indian
portraits and pictures, which will speak
more eloquently than words of the degen-
eracy which has come upon the American
aborigines through contact with civiliza-
tion.
must say word or two in closing of
the part which the Smithsonian institu-
tion and the National museum are to take
in this grand entertainment which Uncle
Sam is now hard at work providing for us.
These concerns are a worlds exposition in
themselves, with their infinite variety of
articles illustrative of the methods Of
savagery and civilization, the ingenuity,
the progress, the domesticity, the customs,
the habits, the tragedies of all mankind
They will show thousands upon thousands
of such articles as the relics of Washing
ton, the swords and other trophies of Gen
eral Grant both in war and peace, the pot
terry, the weapons, the articles of dress, the
ornaments, the musical instruments, the
tools and utensils and what not of all the
quaint and curious things you can imagine
from all the lands under the skies.
In my opinion Uncle Sans part of the
great show will alone be more than worth
the price of admission.
ROBERT GRAVES.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20

of it's experiment stations, and the work
that it has done in tracing out the distri-
button and development of animals, crops,
fruits, trees, plants and grasses. But the
display of all these things in bulk falls un-
der the authority of the agricultural sec
tion of the fair itself So it is in other de-
partments.
And having explained this, let me give
you, in "a running, rapid way, an idea of
what Uncle Sans show at Chicago is to
be. First in spectacular interest, of course.
will be the exhibits of the war and navy
departments-the military camp, the sig
nal bureau, the hospital and ambulance
corps, the field guns, forts mounted with
heavy ordnance, the cavalry, army drills
and tactics; the great battleship, with its
armor, its big guns and machine guns, its
electric search light, the sailor lads, the
marine corps, the torpedo system, and all
the paraphernalia of modern naval war
fare, with no end of articles, quaint and
curious, illustrative of the history and de-
velopment of the navy
Unfortunately, the Capitol, with senate
and house in session, cannot be trans
planted to Chicago But there will be
mammoth model of it, and models of all
the principal public buildings in the United
States. Not only this, but there will be
models of the public works, such as canals,
lighthouses, improvements ofrivers, break
waters, etc. The life saving service will
be there il active and serious operation
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
E. f. SPENCE, JOHN N HUNT,
Pres't. Sec'y and Treas.
Savings Bank Of Southern California,
Southeast corner Spring and Court streets,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.

DIRECTORS:
Geo. II. Bonebrake, II. L. Drew, J. M. Elliott,
G.. N. Hasson, F. c. Howes, John B. Hunt,
Hiram Mabury, 4. f. Spence.
Interest paid on deposits. Money to loa on
first class real estate 3-26-12m
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20

prescribe Simmons Liver Regulator, and il
deserves all the praise it receives.-Dr. d. W.
Atkinson, Sloan Springs, Ark.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
EIRsT NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES.

Directors-E F. Spence, J. D. Bicknell, s. H.
Mott, VIM. Lacy, Il. Mabury, J. M. Elliott, D. NJ
McGarry i iu1