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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-11
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CRAars.-At East Douglas, Mass, recently. SAM
Sibley Post ls7, always attending the Post meet
ings regularly, and took great interest In all its
doings Last Sabbath DULY 2D We paid our last
tribute OF respect, and laid him quietly at rest
hoping and trusting that he has gone join the In
Vulnerable host Of the Nation 3 defenders.-M.ML
DAvIs-At Dayton. o.. July Is. j. o. Davis.
Davis enlisted on April Is, 1851 q private In Co,
A. Ilth Ohio for q period of three months; return
ed home u. the expiration of term. and on May 2.
1854 enlisted In Co. c. 13Ist Ohio for period of 100
days. Serving the second term of enlistment, he
again returned to Dayton, where he has since
resided. He became member OF Old Guard Post,
April o. 1865 and has always been q prominent
and energetic member, to which fact every men,
Der of the Post will gladly testify. He served
aocsp,ably two terms as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
de- Camp the STAFF of Department Commander
T. Ii. Bowling No member of Old Guard Post
had the interest of the Post more at heart than did
our deceased comrRde. His was the largest q. A. r.
funeral ever seen in the city, showing conclusvely
the high esteem in which he WAS held by his COM
Old Guard Post %. and copy was sent to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE and to the only remaining
member of the deceaseds family.
DENSIs.-At South Omaha. Neb. July 8. the re-
suit of an accident, Samuel w. Dennis. Sergeant,
Co. A, 9Th Iowa, aged 81. Conrade Dennis was
working in ono of his sand pits when the sides
caved in and fatally injured him. He enlisted
Sept. % 1861. az Corporal In the 9Th Iowa. and
when he was mustered out Sept. %, 1854, hs held
the rank of Sergeant. He was a member and Past
Commander Of Robert r. Livingstone Post, 282.
CAnRIs.-At StcphensvilIe, Fla, July 49, of the
effects of chronic darrhea contracted while In the
SERVICE DIR. John b. Carrin, Co. e. 130th Ill. and
nth I'll. He q faithful soldier. patriotic and
devoted and q Christian he consistent He
leaves family.
VAUGHS.-At Pierrepont, July 81 ls02, of Bright's
disease. Rubin Vaughn. Co. j, 18th ~ Y. Csy aged
SO. He q member OF Hartweil T. Martin Post,
and was drawing pension Of g month.
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Canals In the United States.
Harper's WeeK5y.l

To-day there are, according to official statas.
tics, some 1900 miles of artificial waterways
in the United States, and through these and
the natural inland waterways pass in single
year IL, 600, 900 tons of freight. In the older
portion of the country the canals have ceased
to have their relative Importance and some u
them are in way to be abandoned. The Erie
and Champlain Canals in our own State, whica
q score of years ago was the subject-mattsr Of
the most excited political struggles, now attract
little attention, and so acute o business man a.
Gov. Flower has announced that he is not sure
that they repay the expenditure made upoa
them. But in the West the st. Mary's Falls
Canal, the famous Soo." and the waterways
connecting the Great Lakes in this country and
in Canada, are of the highest importance, and
the scheme for securing not less than 20 feet Of
water between Duluth and Buffalo or EsB
York is one that is being steadily pressed By
men who never own that they are beaten, and
seldom have been. That, with the Nicaragns
Canal, would cause the current of the worlds
commerce to flow from the heart of the fag
West to the remotest shores OF the Orient more
safely and swiftly than the ships of the Pho
nicians reached the Ultima Thule.
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The Aaaerican Farmer is thoroughly non
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and the development of the sheep-raising
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deyotes considerable space every issue To
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the discussion Of matters of interest TO flock
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devoted TO Dairying, Poultry. Bookkeeping,
Horses, Swine, Grain-groxing, Stock and ali
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One of its peculiarly valuable features is
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PERSONAL.

Comrade James z. Bates of D. A. Russell Post
49, GAR, Department Of Massachusetts, Of Whit
man. Mans., proposes to visit Washington during
the Encampnent next month accompanied by his
wife. Comrado Bates IL the Postmaster at Whit
man. and as he never was In tho Capital but once,
and then only passing through when the Sixth
Corps came to drive Early away in July, 1854, he
expects to take In all the sights in and around
Washington.
g en-. Benjamin F. Butler says, epigram aticalIy
In speaking Of extrRdittng Andrew Carnegie that
he doesn't see how a man can be taken in foreign
country for acts alleged to have been committed in
this country In his absence The persons response.
BILE for all the blood stained folly at Homestead
are In the United States.
Mrs Cutler. wife of Capt Lyman B. Cutler, Of
the Goth and s3d H., at present an empoye Of tho
United States Senate. was taken to Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital last week. suffering from an In
durable disease and her death Is only question Of
time Mrs. Cutler has been Ill for some time, and
everything has been done for her that science could
suggest, but a cancer Is slowly eating away her
life Capt. Cutler Is prominent In Grand Army
circles in Washington, and his many friends both
here and in Illinois will sympathize with him in
his affection.
Tho first pensions ever granted by the United
States were provided for In bills introduced In Con-
gress in April. 177S. On May Is. IT'S Congress
passed bill granting that all officers who shall
serve to the close Of the war shall receive haIfpay
for seven years thereafter and all private soldiers
shall secure a reward of $50" The Same Congress
gave permission to South Carolina and Georgia to
raise 5000 troops Of able-boded negroes for serv
ice. for whom Congress agreed to pay 1900 for
every soldier thus mustered into the SERVICE pro-
vided "that no bounty pay be allowed said
negroes" and also provided. that every such
negro shall be emancpated at the end Of the war
and receive $50"
1t is great undertaking, for monument building
IA costly and slow. but the negro race will yet sec
reared At Springfield. ILL.,, the proposed memorial
to the black heroes who fell In the attempt TO aid
the North to save the Union and free the alaves.
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Popular Science Monshly.I

The chief tools of the shoemaker then con-
sisted of his hammer, his awl, his lapstone, his
knives, and his harness for "setting-up" hi
boots or shoes. The essentials of q shoe are
the upper, the sole, the counter or heel stiffen'
ing. and the heel. These parts are again sub.
divided into the "vamp" for covering the
front of the foot, the large aud the small quar-
tiers for encircling the ankles, the button piece
etc. The work of the shoemaker is TO prepare
and close these various parts OF the upper and
the Innings together, to bring them into the de.
sired shape, to fasten them TO the sole which
has been previously cut, TO attach the heel, and
then to give the various parts the desired nnisA
and style. These processes indicate the lines
along which machinery had TO be applied. All
the operations have been subdiyided to the
minutest detail, and In the performance OF All
of them machines-more or less satisfactory il
their workings-hsEe been devised. The parts
of the uppers are now sewed together by ma
chinery, and they are pegged, sswed, or screwed
to the sole by machinery. Instead of the lap
stone and the hammer for condensing the
leather are now swiftly revolving rollers and
instead of the patterns for cutting out the soles
are dies or sols-shaped knives set in machine9l
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CoMMANDER-IE-CHIEF PALMER has been
In Washington for few days looking after
the work of getting ready for the National
Encampment He expresses himself highly
gratifed at the progress being made. and
predicts, from knowledge gained by visits to
IS Departments of the Gfaad Army of the
Republic, that the coming National En-
eampment viii be the high-wa.er mark o.
che G.A.R."-that the attendance will be
much larger than at any other Encampment
sTer held, or that ever viii be held. All the
veterans want 10 come to Washington before
shcy die, and bring their wives and children,
and they are going to swarm hither from
every part Of the country.
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Diamond-M Mining In South Africa.
Popular Science houthtu.1


The De Beers and the Kimberley mines are
probably the two biggest holes which greedy
man has ever dug into the earth, the area d
the former. at the surface being - acres, with
Q depth of $50 feet the area and depth Of The
latter being even greater. These mines are n
longer worked from the surface, but frofR
shafts sunk at some distance from the original
holes, and penetrating to the blue ground b.
transverse drivings, at depths varying from
500 to 200 fest. The blue ground, when an.
tracted, Is carried in small iron trucks to sh1
floors" These are made by removing the
bush and grass from a fairly level piece Of
ground the land is then rolled and made q
hard and smooth as possible. These hoors,
are about 600 acres in extent. They are
covered TO the depth of about foot with the
blue ground, which for time remains on them
without much manipulation. The heat Of the
sun and moisture soon have wonderful effect
upon is. Large pieces which were as hard a
ordinary sandstone when taken from the mine,
soon commence TO ernmbls. At this stage Of
the work. the winning of the diamond assumes
more the nature of farming than Of mining;
the ground is continually narrowed 10 assist
pulTerization by exposing the larger pieces to
the action OF the and rain. TIE blue
ground from the Kimberley mine becomes
quite well pulverizsd in three months while
that from De Beers requires double that time.
The longer the ground remains exposed, the
better it is for washing" The process of ex-
posurs being completed, the blue ground Il
then carried to very large. elaborate, and
costly washing machines, in which, by means
of the action Of running water, the diamonds
are separated from the ordinary earth. Il may
be mentioned that in this process 100 loads OF
blue ground are concentrated into one load Of
diamondiferous stuff. Another machine, the
"pulsator," then separates this latter stuff,
which appears to be mass OF blue and darh
pebbles of all shapes, into four different sizes,
which then pass on to the assorters. "The a.
sorting is done on tables, first while wet, By
white men, and then dry by natives" The
assorters work with q kind of trewel, and
their accuracy in detecting and separating the
diamond from the eight different kinds Of min.
eral formations which reach them il almese
unerring.
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HE MER1TEp HIS FATE.

As the excursion train swirled by Q man
burst headlong out through one of the win
dows and plunged into the pond close to where
two men in boat were fishing.
"Help! help!" he gurgled, as they rowed
toward him.
"How came you to fall out of the window p
shouted one of the rowers.
"I didn't fall /; I was thrown out. You see, ]
had begun to take straw vote of the exeur.
sionists to ascertain their attitude toward the
Presidential candidates, when, without warn
ing-Help help! You are surely not going
to sit still and see me perish?
ooh, mol" answered one of the men. "We
are simply going over to the other side Of the
pond and watch the sunset Beautiful view D
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NOT INvULNERABLE.

No matter how carefully q man armors
himself against the ills and evils of this life,
he is never invulnerablc at every point.
remember young man who regularly wore .
pack of cards over his heart and a maidstone
in his watch-pocket, and had the Lords Prayer
tattooed on his forearm. In his right hand
trousers pocket he carried the first joint of q
Chinaman's little toe and in the left-hand
pocket buckeye picked from a tree - years
old on Friday night when he saw the new
moon over his right shoulder. In another
pocket he carried the left hind foot of rabbit
killed in graveyard at midnight, in the dark
of the moon by O cross-eyed negro. He also
possessed q stuffed bat-skin, . penny taken from
a dead gamblers eye, and piece of hang
mans noose."
"And what happened to him?"
ooh, he was run over by swill-cart and
killed."
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"After all, an affection is sometimesa bless

Alter 81, an amictlon Is sometlmesa bless
Ing in disguise"
Doubtless"
"Yes. I visited the circus yesterday and
was almost driven frantic trying to watch the
simultaneous performances in three rings.
But near me were three crossed eyed men and q
deaf man, all of whom seemed to enjoy every
thing to the utmost. The cross-eyed men
seemed to see everything, and they fairly
shouted with delight"
"What did the deaf man do?"
oh, he listened to the jokes Of the clowns"
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The Evening Star. of this city, made an
exoellent suggestion opropos Of the way Con-
Eres saddied the whole cost Of the National
xncampment upon the taxpayers Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, that Congress appropriate
100000 in aid of the Worlds Fair, and
have il paid out Of the revenues Of the
City Of Chicago. That would be Just as
night and sensible as the way Congress
treated the City of Washington.
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THOUGH Adlai Z. Stevenson vigorously
denies that he was ever member of the
Knights Of the Golden Circle, or other
reasonable organization, the proof that he
was not only an active member but high
officer seems conclusive. The zest with
which he bounced old veterans and their
widows from the postoffices of the country
during his term as First Assistant Post
the years had brought to the Copperhead
venom in his blood.
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II yoa come 10 The Enoampment scitkout
sayply of 1KE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Portrait Cards IL riu be great disappoiat-
semt 10 yow comrades. 1Eey all Eant your
picture 10 take home gih them to took at sn
gfter gears when they are thinking and talking
ebcG yo&
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Don't PIT off your orders for THE M
ITONAL TRIBUNE Portrait Cards a single
day. II is only fep aueeks ao,c until the En-
campment, aad there WN be great rush for
them as the time nears. First come, first served
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K YOU ARE CnMISG.

Encampment, send THE NATIONAL TgIB-
UEE postal card, with yopr name, address,
regiment, brigade, and corps.
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LOST, INDEED.

"Do you remember that modest little Miss
Sweetley who was here last Summer The
poor girl has lost her good NAME"
How did it happen?"
"Shs married q man by the name of Whistle
tail"
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THE PLAY WAS MONTE CRIsTo."

Eben Hammerslaw (at theater entrance)-
Why, hello. Joash / want expectin' to see
you in town. Been in to see the show! How'd
you like it?
Joash Greyneck Coming out)-It hain't
much good.
WHO'S doin' the actin'?"
Jay Gould and some other fellers."
Git out! 1t couldn't have been Jay Gould"
Wal, know it WAS got in late, an jest
as took my seat Teller with beard cumb
up On top of rock in the middle of the stage
and hollered The world is mins!' jest got
right up an came ont agin."
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THE H4TTOEAL TRIBUNE'S portrait
cards are the biggest thing cat. See ddue7fise-
meaf fa an1fIer column.
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FROM THE HAwvILLE CLARION.

In describing the personal appearance OF Col.
Windsmith, the Alliance statesman, in orr
last issue. We mentioned that he came upon
the stage clad in bland smile bed-tick shirt
and a long-tsiled coat which looked like q
linen.duster dyed black. To correct q missp-
prehension which seems to prevail among
those of our readers who were not present
whom the Colonel spoke, We will add that he
wore pantaloons also.
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THE country breathes sigh of relief over
the adjournmenftof the first session of the
SD Congress. more NOR unsatisfactory body
than the present House never convened,
and every day of its session was a fresh
offense against the peoples expectations
of what was right and proper from such a
body. The House entered upon its duties
with much flourish of trumpets and ex-
travagant declarations of what it was going
to accomplish. 1t has not failed to disap-
point every hope. Taken as whole its
members were far below the average in
ability. Men like Jerry Simpson, who had
created quite sensation locally, were found,
when tested by the larger standards of pub
lie life, to be si,sular'y deficient intellect
ually and in the qualities which go to make
up competent public men. The best that
can be said of the House in its past session
is that i. did cot do nything like the harm
that many feared from it.
al al I'll B.,
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COIN TO THE SOLDIERS HOME.
IBY LU 3. CAKE. OMAHA. WEE. I

Michael N. Rice, an old Iowa soldier. crampe
nd disabled by rheumatism, was trying TO max
is way to the Soldiers Home He had no mono,
nd Law in an open lot Sunday night. In lieu Of
iven lodgmsnt there. He was In a pi,iabls COZ
World Herald. December. 1880.
To tn Soldiers Home I'm goin',
Old and feeble. sick and poor:
have fought and toiled and suffered
There's no more I can endure.
Losin' family. son at Shiloh,
And tn wounds of Lookout's climb.
And tn siarvin' there In Libby
Broke me down before my time.
To IN Soldiers Home dread isi
have starved 20 keep away;
Were goin' to the poor-houss
would feel no worse to-day.
When marched away 70 battle
With my wife and chiid's las. kisa
Who'd q thought a Union soldier
Ever would como down to thisf
Dark sready. I'm a-freezin'i
I've no money for a bed
Camp out for tn night. old soldseH
On tn land for which you blsd.
See tn home fires Ii, with money
Made while Fought Is Il rightf
As IN 81, they're home there
And I'm eampin' out tonight.
In tn WAT they called Us heroes
Union sayiors! But, somehow.
Battie-scArred and wound disabled,
We are pension grabbers now.
SILVER on tn ground old soldisrI
Homeless. friendless, staryin', tool
Feast on by your FIRE. bondholderi
r. n
OH that had died I'm battle,
In tn foremost of tn Sight.
Nation-honored 'mong tn heroes,
Stead Of here q tramp tonight.
LIES long march and battle over.
Sieepin' In the soldiers home
That is honored, howes-covered,
As tn May Memorials come.
What. In jail Say. am dresmin'r
No, I'm warm. The last kno'd
/ was freezin', Layin' out there
On sh' ground beside tn road,
Now In jail! Why, what have donst
Since last night there's not been time
For tn wrongs of an old soldier
To become felon's crime.
deho, Jaiior! want our here
I'm . soldier of th' war,
And. by all tn gods Of battle.
What am pu, in hers FORT
By tn boy lost at Shiloh,
BY tn wounds here in my face
From tn front at Lookout Nountain,
Tell me, why Is this disgrace,
Found me freezin's Had to Jail me
Cause there was no better placer
Thank God then, 1t Is tn Nations,
Not my crime, nor my disgrace.
Paint picture for the people
Fore another war shall come;
From tn roadside. through tn jail doos,
Takes ye to tn Soldiers Homs.
There's the old Sag, Oh, bless nj
Love !. now as I did sheni
T. save tn Union would soldier,
Fight for. bleed for 1t again.
Float II o'sr me till tn bugIs
Sounds again for all that roam.
And around tn Stars We rally
Coin to tn Soidisrs' Home.
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Hare you asked all your acquaintance to
subscribe for THE M 7IONAL TRIBUNE?
II not ito so at once, to give the paper more
po~er in championiny the cause Of the reserans
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON. D. c. AUGUST II, 1892