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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
> wA>llIAGFoN. ID. C.. JULY :, 1892
FARMERS, ATTENTION T!
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The american Farmer is the oldest agri-
cultural paper ia America, having been
fublis III in Baltimore slice 1919.
" Lasi Winter it passed into the hands of a
new = gemenf, who have greatly enlarged
and approved it Il is cow a superb journal
Of 30 l.r@e r=ges. with handsome cover,
and GatIy illustrated. 1t is issued Oh the
LIST AMI - h of each month, and gives
lsr.er amount If beiter reading matter for
the mo3ey than any other agricultural paper
In the country. All the leading agricultural
writers eenir bu'e to it, and great amounts
of money are constantly being expended to
secure The best available information On all
farming matters.
# The American Farmer is thoroughly non
Of pro:cc ion upon every farm product which
comes into injnrinus competition with those
of foreign countries 1t is particularly
earnest in it's support of the tariff on wool
and the development of the sheep-raising
industry Of this country until our own
farmers will supply every pound Of wool
and mutton that our people require. 1t
devotes considerable space every issue to
Information in regard 10 sheep-raising and
the discussion Of matters of interest to flock
owners. Besides this it has departments
devoted 10 Dairying Poultry, Bookkeeping,
Horses, Swine, Grain growing, Stock and all
branches of farming.
One OF its peculiarly valuable features is
that il publishes in every issue the latest
issued maps of the Weather Bureau, giving
the temperature and rainfall all over the
country for the previous two weeks. This
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condition Of The craps everywhere as the
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are placed in exactly rs good position TO
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6ughly acquainted with the many merits of
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

THE French who are in constant foyer
about their cherished military secrets being
stolen-and especially in terror lest the Ger
mans get hold Of tlem-are now in state
of great perturbation over the report that our
Military Attache at Paris, Capt. H. d. Borup,
Of the Ordnance Bureau, has bought some in
formation of clerk in the War Department,
and communicated TIE same to the German
and italian officers It is very likely that
Capt. Borup, who has been ordered home, has
bought the information for the use of our
own Government, bat very unlikely that he
has let anybody elss into the secret That
was his business. There was no other reason
for his being sent abroad than to get what
ever information he could in regard to the
progress Of the art of war in France.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

READ our portrait card offer in another
column. It is the biggest thing out. Every
comrade wants good pictures Of the boys
who tramped, bunked, and fought by his
side during the war. 1t will delight all the
remaining years of his life if he can take
back home with him the pictures of those
he meets in the Great Reunions Mt Wash
ington next September. THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE gives every one an opportunity to
get very cheap beautiful GAR. cards, with
portraits ON them. These cards will be one
of the great features of the National En-
campment. Every comrade should supply
himself with them before he comes on.
Read our advertisement, and send in your
orders at once, that you may be sure Of
having them in time, for the rush for them
will be great.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

THERE may be no politics in the ap-
pointment of Col. John w. Foster rs Secre-
tary Of State, but it is chuck-full of sound
business. There is no man in the country 80
thoroughly yersed in International law and
diplomatic practices. He has had unusual
experience having been Minister to Mexico,
Spain ard Russia, besides representing the
Government in great number of important
negotiations His appointment will be par
ticularly gratifying to the Mexicans and
South Americans, for he is regarded highly
by the leading men among our Spanish
American neighbors, and his relations with
them have been intimate for many years.
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HARD LUCK.

Stranger" said discouraged looking man
on country road, stopping the driver of a red
blackboard behind which q mule was hitched,
kin walk behind in your mules dust?"
walk behind in the mules dust? Get
right in here and ride with me. That mule
would kick your brains out if you got within
reach Of his heels"
That's what Im snfferin' for"
who are You, anyhow"
The champion dampbool in seven States"
Good gracious! What have you done?"
Its this way, stranger: moved here week
before last and got acquainted with the Wild
der McTabb, who has eight children and face
that would stop Chinese funeral. She let it
drop casually that she owned $4,000 worth Of
bonds, and l dyed my whskers and acted
giddy till she accepted me. We were married
yesterday, and this morning she showed mo
them bonds. They were issued Is years ago
by tho Hudson Bay & Gonetoglory Railroad,
aud she had pspcred the garnet with 'en.
don't feel in no mood for rdin', bnt if you'll
let me walk behind in that mules dust I'll be-
much obliged"
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TOO MANY FOR HIM,

i beg pardon, Madam, but you seem to be
in trouble" said the book agent. HAS death
robbed you of some one noar and dear?"
They took my husband to the lunstic asy-
lum this morning." answered the lady of the
house, tearfully.
"That is very sad. Financial trouble, per-
haps?"
We'll, no. He always made plenty of
money, being what you might call handy
man. You see, he was a tanner by profession,
but he doctored horses, and painted signs, and
dug wolls, aud hung wall paper FIRST rate, and
cooked In hotel for three months last Winter,
and took photographs for a spell, and then
taught singing school. He used to lecture on
the hound builders before that aud could
beat anybody ever saw telling character by
the handwriting. Then he got chance to boss
job of bridge building. He was good auc-
tionser, and coald cut hair and carve tombstones
as we'll as the next man. He made pain-kiler
that sold like hot cakes, and was the kindest
man in the neighborhood to sit up with the
sick. He ran for Sheriff, and when he was de-
feated went right to work and invented
washing machine. You just ought to have
heard him play the fiddle. If he had kept his
mind he would have started an agricultural
paper next month"
Excuse me, but what caused him to lose his
mind?"
well, he got to working at Waterbury
watch and trying to get rid of superauous
Tom-cat at the same time. The 40 foot main
spring got out of the watch, and he couldn't
or wouldn't realize that he couldn't get it back,
and kept working and working and working.
and in the meantime the cat that he had re-
peatedly taken away and lost kept coming back
and watching him work. He had just begun
to preach, and consequently could not express
his feelings. And finally he got wild-eyed and
whooped all night. and they had to take him
away"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

THE Census knocks the wind out of q
good many cherished notions, and one is
that religion is dying out in this country.
In 1880 the Methodists, Presbyterians, Con-
gregationalists, Roman Catholics, Dutch
Reformed and Lutherans reported an aggre-
gate membership of 9,739, 100 In 1890 the
membership of the same denominations ag-
gregated IL, 487 1892, an increase in 10 years
of about 33i per cent. while the total in
crease of population was about IS per cent.
Other denominations show similar growth,
but the figures are not available for COM
parison. So We are not going over to inf.
deity at all, but are headed just the other
way, and are making very fair time up the
steep and narrow grade.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

BALLoT-Box stufing is actually crime
now in New Jersey, and after two years of
bitter contest by legal subterfuges and de-
lays 20 active political heelers of Jersey City
have been sent to the penitentiary for nine
months and upward, and are now wearing
cropped hair and striped clothes, and per-
forming hard work. Again there is reason
to admire the sterling quality of Jersey
Justice" A batch of similar convicts in
every State is urgently needed before the
coming election.
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Total..-..--.-.-... 4k Is. 2l9 2S3 166
Necessary to a choice, 223.
If Harrison and Cleveland carry the States
they carried in 1888, the former under the
new apportionment will gain IL votes, Civ
ing him 245, and the latter seven votes,
giving him IFS. Then the States which
have been admitted since 1888 have alto
gether 20 votes. 1t is claimed that Harrison
viii get all Of these, which would make his
total vote 265, or AZ more than a majority.
The elements of uncertainty are the State
of Michigan, which will cast her vote under
the new law, by Congressional Districts; the
States of New York and Indiana, which
cast their votes for Cleveland in 1884 and
for Harrison in 1888; and the State of Mary
land, which gave Cleveland plurality of
only 6,1s2 in 1888; Connecticut, which gave
him but s36 plurality; Virginia, which gave
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07
PERSONAL.

A celebrated American artist with whose name
all lovers Of good pictures are familiar says the
New York Times. was narrating some of his war
experiences at his club recently. He served with
distinction during the three last years Of the war
and wns known q gallant soldier. He tells tho
following story of how persistent book agent
caused him to enlist in the army: 81 am not dis
posed to boast of the motive that prompted me 10
enlist" said he to a group Of deep.y-inlerested
friends. but will tell you what it was. Soon
after the war broke out was induced by per-
sisent and smooth-tongued book agent to subscribe
for an expensive illustrated publication. 1t was to
DO delivered in parts. ono part each month"; and
payment of ~ was to be made at each delivery.
We'll. after awhile got tired Of tho thing and
found the payments irksome. But could not
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

THE Republicans of the Eighth Iowa
District are likely to do very creditable
thing by nominating Col. W. 2. Hepburn,
now Solicitor of the Treasury, for Represent
alive. Col Hepburn was one of the very
best of the many good soldiers that Iowa
sent out. The way he used to warm it I"
to the guerrillas of western Tennessee and
northern Mississippi was joy to the loyal
heart. He made splendid Representative,
too, and his magnificent reply to the froth-
ing of A. J. Warner, and the snarling of E.
S. Bragg, when it was attempted to pass the
Dependent Pension Bill over Cleveland's
veto, delighted every veteran and friend of
the veteran in the packed galleries of the
House.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

This calculation would give Harrison 10
ito get" out of the doubtful column, and
Cleveland so. As Harrison will, in all prob
ability, get the two Senatorial votes in the
Michigan Electoral College, and, at least,
half Of the Representatives. votes this will
add eight moro to his column, leaving him
but II ito get" to insure his election.
Therefore, Indiana can elect him, if all the
Others 20 to Cleveland; or Connecticut and
West Virginia can do it, or Virginia alone
can do it.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07
FROM THE HAwvILLE CLARION.


On Thursday last, just after the sun had
kissed this world smiling good night and
sunk into its bed of crimson and gold, the
spirit of John P. Buckover vacated its habita-
ton Of clay, and wendell its way to tile land of
light to walk foreyermors tho glory-lit hills of
Immortality.
How We shall miss from our midst his fami1-
lar face divided by perennial smile. Only tho
night before he was taken from US he was the
life of the social given by the ladies of the
Methodist Church at the residence Of Judge
Hammerssw, as he, with merry auip and jest,
caused smile to chase smile around the room.
What if ono of his merry conces did miss fire
for the time being? No one holds it against
him now.
Why is candle like one of Byron's sweet.
est creati0ns?" he asked
No one knew, and when all had run up
against the conundrum and fallen, poor John
was exceedingly mortified to find that he had
forgotten the answer; but he was always the
soul of honor, and at half past O'Clock upon
the following morning he began to visit, one
after another, the residences O.: all who had at
tended the social, meeting each at the door
3iti, this statement:
The answer is, Because it is made of grease.
Byron's creation WAS Maid of Athens. See 2"
In less than II hours no was dead.
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Tame Wild Geese.


Wild geese, under certain conditions when
caught, become quite domestic In Meeker
there are three owned at the Meeker Hotel
which have been there nearly five years. They
were caught when young and for while after
being grown their wings were kept clipped.
Afterward no attention was paid to them, and
they were left to take care of themselves, bat
they have never attempts to leave, though
they ramble about the town unrestrsined.
The supposition usually prevails that wild
geese build their nest in the long grass and
bushes fringing the isolated streams and lakes,
where they usually congregste to rear their
young. Such, however, is not the case, for
their nests are often found in the tops OF trees.
Quite resort for wild geese is found at the
headwaters of the Yampa River, and year
ago two boys living near Steamboat Springs
found nest in the top of buttonwood tree.
The goose was sitting on the nest, and the two
boys shot her off and then climbed up to in
spect the nest. It contained quite number OF
eggs and the next thing discussed was how to
get them to the ground. First they tried
dropping them, the boy on the ground holding
his hat, but after breaking two that plan was
abandoned, and then the boy up in the tree
thought OF novel plan that worked to per-
lection. He took off his boots and socks, and
placing the latter inside the boots 70 form soft
lining, carefully placed the eggs within, then
fastened the boots to the wastband of his
trousers by loosening his suspenders upon
either side and passing the ends through the
fingers straps of the boots and again buttoning
them to the waistband. Thus arranged he
successfully descended the tree.
The eggs, it seems, are next to indestructible
and will stand plenty Of rough usage. In ths
present case the boys were on horseback and
rode around all the afternoon with the eggs
strapped in a coat or saddle. They were placed
that night into pan until the morning follow
ing, and then it occurred TO one of the boys TO
place them under hen. which was done.
Seven of the eggs Matched and the goslmgs
grew to be full grown geese. They would 90
to the river every day and retarn to the secus-
toned roost every night regularly and wsib
around for their breakfast before going 10 the
river again In the morning.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PALMER was in
Washington last week looking after matters
connected with the coming National En-
csmpment. He reports that wherever he
has gone-and he has Travelled extensively
In the course Of his official duties-he has
found the greatest interest in the matter.
and evidences that it will be the largest
gathering of veterans ever held, or that ever
Will be held.
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sLaHDERnsa AMERICAN MANHOOD.

sLANDERnNG AMERICAN MANHOOD.
The soldier-haters In Congress took the
the Pension Deficiency Bill to repeat the
shameless ISLANDERS about the pension roll
being loaded down with bounty jumpers,
shirks, bummers, coffee-coolers, deserters,
etc.
1t passes comprehension that public men
| should be so lost to shame and patriotic
pride as TO disgrace American manhood in
this way. Say what any one may, it cannot
be denied that the cream of American man.
hood was in the Union armies from 1861 to
1865. They held the very best material
that our country could produce. We have
always claimed that our free institutions,
our domestic life, our homes of freemen, our
schools, aud our churches produced higher
type of manhood than was possible in any
ether laad. The great crisis of the rebellion
was a supreme test whether this claim was
well founded. If we were really pro-
ducing truer men than other lands, they
would show this in the intense trial
when the Nations life and all of its
cherished institutions hung in the balance,
wavering between destruction and saliva
ton. We assert that the result was splen-
did v;ndication of our claims 1t showed
that we had a breed of men in this country
uuequalled in the world for lofty selfsacri-
fice, for courage and patriotic devotion. We
can challenge the world to show such mag
uifcent forgetfulness of selfinterest, such
superb fighting, indomitable fortitude, and
heroic dying We confidently invite COM
parsons with the best manhood of other
lands in like times of National trial. We
of the country were capable of this exalted
heroism-youpg men, nurtured on patriotic
traditions, sons of parents 10 whom duty
was the supreme law, going forth from
homes whers religion, morality, industry
and uprightness had always ruled, going
from schools and churches which had taught
patriotism aud fidelity TO principle as the
highest law of life.
Now there are men so lost to shame as to
rise in their places in Congress and proclaim
to The world that the mass of these young
men-who maintained such bloody struggle |
for four long year.-instead of being self |
sacrificing valiant patriots were horde of
cowardly shirks, intent only upon picking |
up few dirty dollars by any dishonorable |
practice and avoiding every peril, except |
Was there ever such an exhibition of parti-
san maiignance carried 10 it's extremity?
We might, perhaps, forgive these SANDER
ers for their personal malice against the
veterans as individuals, but how
can we forgive them for their brutal attempt |
to degrade American manhood in the eyes
Of the world Other Nations are Justly |
proud OF their soldiers. They extol their |
their fortitude, their fidelity, their
as the highest illustrations of
the National manhood. Only in this
country do we have public men mean
enough to traduce the manhood Of our peo-
pie for the qualification of partisan malig-
nancy.
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GET OUT YOUR STATES,

Now, gentlemen, the candidates are in the
field, the campaign is formally opened, and
you can exercise the great American priv
ilege of figuring out TO your satisfaction just
what States each one will carry, and how
the result viii be determined. The follow
ing table of the electoral votes this year, and
the way they were cast in 1884 and 1888,
will furnish the necessary data:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

THE Kaiser does not propose to have any
secession trouble in Germany He has or
dered the prosecution as common criminals
of the members of the societies for restoring
Hanover to her former independence.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

Partlow told me just now that she's going
away next Summer to stay three whole Weeks
over in Onderdonk County. You know pve
been keeping company with her right along
for about seven years now, and 10 don't seem
as if could bear the separation.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

THE New York papers don't mention that
the bands played TSee the Conquering He-
roes Come" when Talnnany came marching
home. In fact, there is no report of any
music on tho returs Of the braves from the
war-path to chicase nt little variation
on an old theme (raEled "Who will Care
for Tammany nows" might have been APP
propriate. i 81
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

The proposition to have grand parade
of the Sons Of Veterans on Pennsylvania
avenue tho day previous to the opening of
the National Encampment is meeting with
very general approval so far.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-07

= THE reports from all over the country are
to the effect that Commander-iu-Cbief
Palmer has captured the comrades where
ever he has gone They feel that he is one
them in heart and soul. He has hearty
breezy, soldierly way of talking and acting
which captiyates the old soldiers.