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The National tribune., 1891-08-20

OUR advice TO farmers is to not wait
long for higher prices sor their wheat, but
sell whenever there is a good figure offered
them. The reason for this is that We are a
Nation Of Spectators, and we inevitably
oyerdo everything. Just now everybody is
excited over the wheat crop. Everybody
thinks that wheat is going to impossible
figures, and in the cities and towns every
dry-goods clerk who has s. is investing it /" in
a flyer on wheat" Consequently the thing
Will be vastly oyerdone, and crash within
n few weeks is inevitable. If there is a legi-
innate reason for IN advance Of 50 cents a
bushcl, the thing will be so worked and
forced that it will take an advance Of 10
cents OF 81 to let the gamblers out This has
always been 50, whenever there has been a
short crop OF a war in Europe. Prices have
been forced up far above their legitimate
1t will be worse this year than ever, because
grain-gambling is more highly deyelopt than
ever. There are Boards Of Trade in every
little city, bucket-shops peryade the land,
and bucket-shop sharp5 send their sedue-
tive circulars to everybody who is thought
likely TO have few dollars to gamble " in
sure thing in grain" The wise farmer will
take a good price for his wheat, make sure
that he gets his money in crisp greenbacks
or shining standard dollars, and then let
the spectators and their dupes fight
it out among themselves. The chances
for losing money are much greater than
ior making it by holding Off 1t is all
very well to say that "people must have
bread, no matter what the price" This is all
very well mp 10 certain mark Beyond
that the poor people of Europe cannot 90.
They will make use Of all sorts of substitutes
beans, peas, potatoes, turips etc.-and
the men who gamble on famine prices will
get badly left.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

"Nope,' said prominent citizen to a dealer
in farm implements, who had lately located in
Oklahoma, "that thar style NV wagon won't sell
here"
Why not2 1t is strong and cheap"
"Probly. But, stranger, it's so rugged that
the tongue can't be turned straight up in the
air au' fastened thar"
Well who wants to point his wagon-tongue
toward heaven? Do the people here expect to
drive their mules up into the sky?"
Not rs / know NV. But bein as thar hain't
no trees in this part Nv the Territory, when
We want to string up an undesirable citizen
we're obliged to do the next best thing. Thar's
most always a wagon around handy, so we jest
turn the tongue up an string him up to the
ring at the end Nv it. These yere wagons won't
sell, stranger
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
WHY IT Is.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please inform us
through your valuable paper why it is That the
price Of sugar is reduced TO the consumer by being
placed upon the free list; and If cheap sugar. why
would not everything else be corrcspondingly
cheap IL the tariff WAS reduced or entirely taken
of? The soldier-hat here claim that every
thing we purchase would be cheaper By the
amount Of taril taken of. and that the tariff and
internal revenue maintained in order to pay
pensous.-JoHs q. MORELASD. Knox County, Ky,
The explanation is simple For some
reason we have not succeeded so we'll as
other countries in producing our own sugar
BY the same system of protection France,
Germany, and Austria, neither of which has
one-iifteenth az much territory as we have,
succeeded in not only raising all the sugar
their people use, but immense quantities for
export. They have thrown so much sugar
into the markets Of the world that the price
of the same has been greatly reduced, and
some years it was SO low that Cuban plant
ers allowed their sugar to run 10 waste.
The almost invariable rule has been that
when we have adequately protected any
article that we could produce at home,
the encouragement given our own producers,
and their superior enterprise and skill, have
soon reduced the price below that of the
foreign article.
But sugar has been an unaccountable ex-
ceptiOn TO this. So Ear we have had but
little success with sorghum, our cane sugar
has not deveIopt as il should, and we are as
yet only in the experimental stage with
beets-upOn which the Europeans rely for
sugar. We have hopes that the bounty will
develop the industry 50 that American soil
and American farmers will shortly supply
all the millions Of pounds of sugar which
our people consume every year.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
"DoN,T CONSIST

In scroed against pensions the Nashville
Tanner insists that "the total number OF
troops on the Confederate side, who are
supposed 10 have wrought such frightful
disability among The surviving Union sol
diers, was only Go0,O0Ol"
Further along il draws picture Of The
"ex-CoHfederates who fought the Union
soldiers cheeufllly bearing their share OF
the taxes TO pay pensions"
Now the captured rebel archives show
that there were $4,000 rebels killed on the
field OF battle. As fully five men are
wounded 10 every man killed, this would
make in round numbers nearly 100000 men
who were killed or wounded Then it is
also known that about 100000 rebels died
OF disease during the war;
il does not look as If there could be very
many Of that 100000 left to "choerfully
bear the burdens of paying pensions"
Does it?
Again, fully 100000 Union soldiers-one-
quarter Of the total number enlisled-haye
died since The close Of the war Death has
doubtless been equally busy in the ranks Of
the rebels. Again we suggest 10 the Banner
that if there were only 100000 rebel sol
diers in all, and $4,000 Of these were killed,
100000 died Of disease, and, say, 100000
have died since the war, the portion Of the
pension-taX now paid by the surviving
eX-Confederates" must be infnitesimally
small The Banner should take a pencil
and set down and figure before it begins TO
write SO wildly.
OF course, the total Of COO Oo0" is all
nonsense. No man knows or can tell
how many men were in the rebel army.
There can only be estimates based on such
facts as are auaihs7le The first OF these
facts is tia. the census Of 1859 showed The
following number Of plitc males between
the ages Of Is and a. in The II States which
attempted TO secede:
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

The dying baggage man turned uneasily on
his pillow and there was look Of pitiful plead
ing in his eyes.
lie wants something" said his brother.
"What is it, Jim?"
But the poor fellow only shook his head and
muttered incoherently in his deIirium.
lie wishes TO look once moro at a trunk"
said the physician, who was a sage.
A trunk was brought to his bedside, and as
the fast glazing eyes Of the dying man rested
on the familiar object, he uttered sigh Of
satisfaction and sat up. Then, crying,
"SkOWhegan." as if calling the name of sta
ton, he sprang from the couch, seized the
trunk by the handle, swung it over his head as
If it had been Of but feathers weight, brought
it down on the floor with a crash that broke
the cover of and uprooted the handle Then,
picking it up in sections he fired them far out
through the window with deftness born of
long practice and fell back on the bed with
smile Of happiness on his lips. lie was dead.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

WI have received from 81 q G. Taylor
Co.. Philadelphia one Of The largest tin-plate
firms Be- thc'Uouu,ry, smp., OF their tim
plate manufactured by Anne can workmen
from American steel. and coatad with tin in
the Taylor works Builder to whom we
have shown The specimen pronounce ID equal
10 the hes, plate mauulacturtl anywhere IN
The world. IN note ace apanying the
sample Messrs Taylor Say:
We uo,u Dob some papers there ID feeling ~ our
Inability Ia H. orders. Nc cHu muIy sav we are
mol in Dusua-- i1r un nor ID DO. gI u any parlso-
ular bI ur parr. $50 feel Chat lHc protection uf
f0rded ag iHf Mckinley Dill RI ola1lc a. % &C.
c0mpi-li lhn which wac intended. namely. 10
make .uI.tc here iH Ameflrs aud that we are
doing aud -.ai be glad 10 rcc vc amy orders Tor
tlesamc. We DO not recommend poor, inferior
matoriaI. aud .his we win uo, make. SIC are now
prepared lo farui-h amy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT orders
Tor Tic Finest quantities.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

TIE German Cabinet is rent with bitter
discord Premier Capiyi, who represents
the aristocraac landholders isstubbonly op-
posed 10 any reduction IN the duties on grain
Opposed to him is the Minister Of Finance,
Dr Miguel, who is keeuly alive 10 the dis
tress OF The working classes, on account OF
the short crops and high prices Of bread
Etufis This distress has been heightened By
the act OF Russ.a IN prohibiting The exporta-
ton ofrye. A large portion OF The Germans
are habi,ual.y too poor 10 purchase wheat
and therefore make use Of the cheaper
substitute The Struggle Of The laudholders
TO keep their grain at the highest price, and
OF the common people 10 get cheap bread,
makes very exciting fight, and victory has
come TO mean the political death Of either
Miguel or Calrivi. So far the Kaizer holds
the scales evenly between the two, bat il is
felt that Miguel viii win.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

CoNaI HOMER EAEN Cmphatically de-
mics the Tory that there is an arrangement
between lim and Secretary Foster by which
40 more pension certificates ac to De pre-
scented lor payment until after Sept. ]. He
Says that on The contrary an the pension
agents aro provided with funds 10 make con-
tinuous da. y payments. Nor Is 81 true that
no oreIua. certificates have been issued
since the la Of July. The work Tor the
lsca' year just ended shows tia, there were
Il45g7 more certificates issued ihan f,r the
fiscal year ending june 30, I--s. During
tie past month 2s52 original certificates
were issued under old laws while % 19i
original certificates were issued under ,he
act OF jane ~ 1880 The issue Of original
certificate in July, ls5s was 3f44.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

The Minneapolis Times Is little more
ouispolzen than some OF its soldier-hatiug
colleague it says sweetly, thai the Grand
Army Of the Republic was Grand Army
ofmiliiary idlers-men guilty Of putting on
uniforms. taking Government pay aud
bounty and following a drum; men whose
conduct was less scif-sacriGcing, and whose
occupation FIR four years was The trumpery
Of throat-cutdug.'
"Tmmpery Of throal-catung" is very
good-yery delicate and refined, isn't a.?
Tie editor Of the Times took Do part il the
miserable business, we suppoe lie calmly
but firmly s,aid at home, and stuffed his
bullying pockets with soul-aa,iaiyiBg green
bacls
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
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ADDRESSES, Isf-NTNlIs, ETC.-Ad-
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but each subscribe. auull in every case give
fhc odd G U.I as TeW H4ur lI renewing
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label 0n taa la-i rurUr lreplr'a, ANA specify
nnyraTr0yaous On changes tLDg desire made IA
nuIuJ uf .aultss
CBETlf.-fU NDTsNC7.. - Cores ppndcnco is
solicited lTow every section in lpgHrd To Grand
ARMY Som. Ui Veterans Pension. Military Ag-
riculturl industrial and Household matters,
and Letters 90 tln Editor Will always receive
prompt attention. write ON ONE SIDE 81 the
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The National tribune., 1891-08-20
ANOTHER PENSION LIE NAILED.

Some time ago the Louisville CoUrier-JOur-
nal pretended 10 have gotten hold Of a genuine
case ffraud on the pension list. Itst4ted that
aman named Jas. w. Lucas, of Princeton, Ky,
who served through the war in rebel regi-
ment, and was captured toward its close,
seeing how easy it was for everybody to get
pensions, had applied and was promptly put
on the rolls This appeared in the Courier
Journal last May, and Immediately the whole
soldicr-hating press went into transports
over it, IL was what they had long been
looking ior-one real case Of fraud, with
names and dates. Commissioner Raums
attention being brought to the matter, he
caused an investigation TO be made, which
showed the entire ialsity Of the story, and
he wrote the facts to the Courier Journal
But the presentation Of the truth had no
effect upon the soldier-hating shriekers, and
as late as July %, even so respectable a
paper as the Boston Post contained the fol-
lowing editorial:
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

A NrNnER Of comrades in various parts
Of the country have been iusulted by receive
ing from the publishers circulars asking
them to engage IN selling the Life Of "Jeiier-
son Davis" Many Of them have sent bacl,
very scarcAing replies which leil little room
for doubt in the minds Of the publishers as
10 The way al Union veterans regard the
Rrch-traIt0r
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

THE Boston Huald wants the whole pen
sion system revised by Commission OF
three distinguished Union Generals-Gen
}. D. Cox, Of Ohio; Gen. Carl schuIz, Of
New York, and Gen Jos r. HaUley, Of Con-
necticut" A. The FIRST two Of these Gener-
ais have always been inyeterate enemies OF
pensions, and the last bui a lukewarm ad.
yocate the pension system would be likely
to come out from their revision in a shape
that would delight the heart Of the Free
trade Copperhead coalition.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

TnE Departmental Massachusetts prompt
~ starts the bah rolling Cor the great Na-
tional Eucampmont al Washington next
year by promising a delegation Of 5000
comrades. Wethink that this is within the
limits for more than that many are iii. ely
TO come from The old Bay State, and they
will bring with them their wives, sons, and
daughters
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
SoMETHrSG WRONG.

Enthusiastic Antiquarian Ito friend ~ have
just been fortunate enough to secure some very
valuable additions to my cabinet These are
the skulls Of the renowned Sitting Bull. They
were sent to Lne by Capt. Flint, of the Regular
Army.
Friend-But there are three Of them.
Autiquarian-Oh yes. The Captain assures
me that the smallest is the skull of Sitting
Bull when a small boy, the next in size when a
Of his death.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
A CYCLONE.

Tourist Ito Kentucky gentIeman)-DO cy-
clones ever occur in this region, CoIoneI2
Col. Gore-You would have thought they did,
sur, if you had happened into the editorial
room OF the Eeekiy IYhipsag about ten minutes
after the appearance OF the issue of the papuh
which mentioned mo as bOttIe-scared vet
eTan instead of a "battle-scarrcd veteran"
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
A REEEL PENsToNrR.

The latest development II the system 81 pensions
Tor everybody - the disclosure Of lhc fact that a
I1eutuckiRn who served ia tle Confederate army
and was taken prisoner by the Union forces Just
before the close 81 the has been added by Com
missioner Iasum TO The Nations roll Of honor -
and 81 pay. but there + nothing 20 very outrage
Gus la this, according TO tie way that pensions
have been granted by this Administration. Mr..
Harrison has allowed at least one private pension
bl 10 become lawn a covardly way, without
his signaiure-whosc beneficiary was a dcserier
from the Union ranks 10 ihe Coulcderates aud ~ ho
fought against the Gag Ia that capacity Moreover.
apart from such fragrant instances Of pervefsion Of
ibe Nations bounty, the Title OF ensoner has been
systematically degraded by the loose methods pre-
vaiing under this Administration. Il is estimated
that about 40 per cent Of the pensions granted
under Tanner aud Raum arc fraudulent. and the
moderation Of this estimate has not been chal-
leuged.
Now, the cold, solid facts are that this is a
lie made out Of whole cloth. Jas. w. Lucas,
Of Princeton, KY, was a loyal Kentuckian,
who swears, and supports his affidavit with
those Of lifelong acquaintance, that he
never served in the rebel army or had any
thing TO do with it. lie enlisted Dec. 5
1863, in Co L. Sd Ky. Cav, and served with
it until Aug. 8, 1865, and was pensioned for
severe injuries received from his horse fall
ing upon him when shot in battle. So much
for that Next
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

Allsali Ike-What's no done?
Hank Bitters-W'y. wife she took him up to
Dabbss yesterday to DO photographed. Wal,
the little feler was sorter restless an so Dabbs
gave him his pistol to play with, an then
aimed the camera at him. But the child was
still restless, an so Dabbs says: Hankey, fix
yer eyes on this yere hole"-pointin' to the
muzzle NV the camera-"an' little rabbit will
jump out" Wal, what Hankey do? By
George! He jest drawed a bead on the muzzIs
nv the camera an let drive. Wanted to ketch
the rabbit on the fly, you see. Shot the whole
insides out of the machine an narrerly escaped
blowin' the top Nv Dabbs's head of. What do
you think NV that?
Alzali Ike enthusiastically George
He's good I'm, Hank
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
A sCANnALOUs 80.

Little Coke Litteton--Why do you always
address them as "Gentlomen Of the Jury"
Pa? Are they always gentlemen2
Col. Littleton-Just as much as myself and
the other lawyers, my son just as much.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

TIE man who has a good crop Of Winter
apples may hold his head up along with
him who has his granary full Of wheat, for
the ind cations are that he Will get an un-
usually good price Cor them.
The National tribune., 1891-08-20
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
CASH IN TuI. TREASURY.

Tic Treasurer Of The United States OIL
Ciallyreported lhat The cash in the Treasury
at the close Of business on Monday, Aug
lG, was sl5299i7l47l
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

~ hear that Carper, while waiting ia the
PostolIice yesterday was set upon by Is men
and beaten within an inch Of his life"
Fact; you see. Carper got excited over
SANDER which had been circulated about him
and cried out that Smith was q liar, and forgot
to say which Smith"
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

MEhope that John A. Anderson, Of Madi-
son, Mimi, is fair sample OF the farmers Of
his locality. Last week he thraslcd out
GJs5 bushels Of wheat from - acres Of
ground, making an average Of 43E bushels
per acre and Tie wheat weighed 81 pounds
70 tbe bushel al the elevator Mr. Anderson
seems to have escaped the Expressions Of
the iniquitous Mckinley Bill in remark
able degree
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

f2s, 1913
As we know that the rebels put into the
ranks every white man capable Of carrying
a musket five miles, there is little doubt
that they bad very nearly The whole Of these
,I2s,l93 men. This view is confirmed by
the rolls Of the only State which kept regu-
lar statisiics-Norh Carolina These show,
while her military population in 1860 was
only 1880, she actually put in the field
80 regulaily-organized regiments, aud not
counting irregular forces-l25 600 men. As
North Carolina was not especially ardent in
Ler Scccssionism, we must assume that the
other States did at least as well, which
would make the total rebel force between
100000 and 10000.
Another conhrmatory fact is The vast
number Of regiments and other organiza-
lions they kept constantly in the field from
the beginning 10 the close OF the war They
did not follow our plan Of raising new regi-
menis every year, bot after l5G2 organized
uo new ones, but sent their couscrpts and
substitutes into The old ones, by which these
were kept from 2J0 to ! 100 strong. Very
many Of the regimental rolls now in posses
sion Of the Government show that from first
to last they had from . 600 to 1900 names.
IN al and counting only those regularly
Organized aud which maintained their
organization, there were 52g regiments and
- battalions Of infantry; III regiments and
81 battalions Of cavalry; regiments and ]
battalion Of partizan rangers; 5 regiments
and batiali9ns Of heavy artillery, and 2Gl
batteries Of light artillery, making an
equivalent Of TGi regiments OF 10 comuanie.
each. Even as late as Gettysburg we find
one Of these regiments losing 7Os men
another 2G5; a third 232, and q Others los,
ing fsom ia 70 200 men each, showing that
they were Far from being skeleton organ.
iza,ions.
The talk about total OF only 100000
men, il is al once seen, Is the vericst bosh
There are more than 100000 men YET aliy,
in the South who served in the rebel army
The National tribune., 1891-08-20

T,Jrseo ~ s .sa,eror rasr o.sz IS saso,aoss ,sres
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-04
BRIGHT BITS.

THE tramp Is man who has tried nearly all
the walks Of life YonterS Statesman.
Which one do you wish to marryY"
THE younger sister"
(which one is she?"
81 don't know. They both claim to be-"
Brooklyn Life.
DYING BANK CAsHIER-And who are you,
Specter 4 am the angel of death
Dying Cashier-I have no doubt that you are
the angel OF death. but-but you will have to be
identified. Boston NetCs.
PUPPETTE-why here is your sister, Willie.
You said she WASH at home.
Willie De. Eeyster-I made a mistake. l
thought You vas trying to collect bill for a dry
goods house.-CloGk ReUiet0.
FAIR VIsIToR-I am collecting subscriptions
for poor boy who cannot work. He has both
limbs paralTzed.
Mr.. Grough-Why doesn't ne become a dis
trict telegraph messenger!-LtJe. -
To LEAVE his last address he goes,
And with tag is numbered;
To have his days prolonged he kn6
That he must be well numbered.
Washington Star.
BRINE-Have you read Smartelllck's new
novel? ..... ~.
Jones-No; what's it about9
Brine-Well its mostly about 475 pages long,
as fas as can judge.-:Detroit Free Press.
Conductor Shaking him vigorously Ticket,
tparLlAtly rOuSllG llns6II)-tOr
heavens sake, Nancy, get up and build it your
SELF This Is Sunday !-ChfcagO Tribune.
THE style of her dresses is quiet"
They say of Miss Dasher the fiirt;
But I'm rather disposed to deny it,
For she wears an accordion skirt.
-NeD York Press
Mrs. CHuGwArER (reading the paper to her
hushand)-Here's an account Of q new engine
that runs by ammonia
Mr. Chugwater-Skip that, Samantha Bet
81 it's puff of somebody's baking powder
Chicago Tribune.
HosTETrER McGINNIs-It Is mean of you to
be always abusing your friend Jones behind his
back
Gus de Smith, can't see it that way II 1
abuse HIM to his face he will pound the life out
OF me.-IerGs S1fttngS
THAT ruined city they have just discovered
turns out to be the tabled town of New York, "
said Prof Bones Of Melbourne.
Was it destroyed by volcanic action?"
No. 1t Was burlod in mud and garbage by
Titanic inactioa."-Ltfe.
FIRST GILDED YoUTH-There goes that Brown,
who is constantly taken for me- Wonder what q
the reason? He doesn't look like me in the
least.
Second Ditto-No that's so; but you may look
like BIN, you know.-BrOoklpn Life.
Cant l sell you a nice umbrella?"
What do want with an umbrella such bright,
dry weather as this?'
We'll, only you can buy them now q good
deal cheaper. Umbrt las you know, go up very
much In wet weather "-PhtlGde lphid Times
'JUsT fahncy, Weginald, I've forgotten ma
cahrd case"
''Nevah mind. deah boy; I'll lend you some of
mine"
"But-ah-the name would be different, you
know"
bah Jove, 10 it would What head you
have, Algy Life.