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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23
One Mans Food Another's Poison.
London Graphicl

Why will people persist in laying down one
rule with regard to cures and dietary and not
considering that both must vary according to
constitutions? Some will tell you that Welsh
rarebits are most indigestible and cucumbsrs
will give you the nightmare. / always find
toasted cheese most excellent dish for supper,
and have eaten whole cucumber late at night
without feeling any evil effects. You often
find certain things get bad name which they
never deserve. Port wine has long been con-
sidered the essence OF govt, but years ago |
recommended it as Q cure fer the govt and /
have known many persons who have used it
for such purpose with signal success. OF late
years whisky and potash was said to be q cure
for rheumatism. / took some of the mix ure,
and, though was quite well before, it brought
on rheumatic symptoms An old friend stuck
maniully to whisky, potash, aud lemon;juice
and never got rid Of his rheumatism. / told
him he had much better drink good bottle Of
claret every day. He did so, he continues to do
so, aud has been perfectly we'll ever since. The
great thing to reoolIect In both these cases is
that tho wine must be of tho best quality, and
you must never overdo the quantity.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23
He Wrote a Book on America.
Mem York WOrld.l

The Rev. Charles A. Berry, the latest Briton
to write book about America. saw soma pic
turesque scenes and heard some entertaining
tales in the Canadian Rockies. He discovered
that it was the correct thing for stage-drivers
to get drunk before 8 In the morning, and he
learned all about the smuggling Of whisky Ia
kerosene barrels and in eggshells from which
the original contents had been deity extracted.
Even logs of TIMBER" says Dir. Berry, have
been known to convey more spirit than saw
dust" For these and other wonders of the
West the reverend gentleman had an open
mouth and an ever-rsady memorandum book.
1t is interesting, in connection with the Rev.
Berry's trips, to remember that 1t was just 80
years ago last Tuesday that Charles Dickens
sailed from New York for home after doing
the States" and then proceeded to set the
fashion of doing them up in book.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23
UNSURVEYED LANDS.
The Plant of an Idaho Settler on the Gov
eminent Domain.

eminent Domain.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have been
very much interested in reading an article I'm
the columns Of your valuable paper in regard
to the public surveys, and hope our Representa-
tives may not only get an appropriation of
10000, but twice that amount. / have with
hundreds Of others, been living In this section
1.-THE st. Joe River since 1885, on unsurveyea
lands, and although we have sent in petition
after petition for surveys to be made yet there
has been no notice taken of them. l think 1t
is time Congress should begin to appropriate
something for the relief and comfort of living
subjects, instead Of devoting so much to the
erection Of monuments and other useless things.
While VIC arc not averse to IGNORING by suit
able monuments our departed heroes and great
men, we are decidedly opposed to having mil
lions devoted to such purposes when hundreds
OF thousands of living citizens, and many of
them old soldiers, too are now trying to make
homes for themselves and families on unsur-
veyed lands, but are kept back because they
have not the means to invest in extensive i'm
provements on this unsuryeyed land, when
they are liable to be improving piece of land
they cannot hold when surveyed, because 1t ia
likely to be in another township or be railroad
land, which. in the latter case, they could not
get unless they paid just what the railroad
company have mind to charge them for it
and they always charge just what the land is
worth In the market when surveyed.
am aware that they try to make US believe
that the railroad company cannot charge more
than $3.50 per acre, but this is all bosh. know
Of number of instances where they have
charged from 81 to $19 per acre. We are living
here on this beautiful river, where there are
thousands acres of the best agricultural land
there is in the State of Idaho; still we are
ignored by Congress and not allowed survey;
and yet If we attempt to clear our lands by
cutting the timber and disposing Of the same,
so that we may enlarge our tilable acreage, we
are pounced upon by some United States Tim
Der Agent our logs seized, and, as was the case
last year, some of US were placed under arrest,
and had to give $500 bonds to appear at Boise
City. This involved trip of 700 miles, and,
of course, to the prisoners expenses. In fact,
we have been subjected to gross negligence by
Congress in not appropriating sufficient funds
to survey the entire agricultural portion of this
State, and the same can be said of number of
other States.
! hope through the columns Of your paper
you may publish this, and add from time to
time any comments or suggestions, so that this
subject may be kept before Congress, that just
ice may be done for her living subjects and
heroes, who, in my estimation, should receive
the first benefits Of liberal Government
SETTLER, st. Joe, Idaho.
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builds her up; II she suffers from any of the
distressing arrangements and diseases that
afilict her sex, it corrects and cures
It's an invigorating, restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine, and the
only guaranteed remedy for the ills and all
mems tnae u, pe *s woman - reua.es ua
digestion, enriches the blood, dispels aches
and pains, brings refreshing sleep, and re-
stores health and strength
All female complaints and weaknesses
are positively and permanently cured with
the Favorite Prescription" It's the only
anteed. If ii doesn't benefit or euro, in
every case, you have your money back.
Something else may be better for the dealer
to sell-but think for yourself whether it can
b "just g good for you to buy.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23

Called back to
health-every
tired, ailing ner-
vous woman. The
medicine to bring
her back Is DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. II
she's weak, rum
down, and over
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23

Brig Gen. Joseph r. Anderson, C. g. Army,
ordered to North Carolina for duty connected
with the defenses of that State
The Confederate troops, under the command
of Maj Leonidas Polk, advanced into
Kentucky and occupied Hickman, Chalk Bank
and Columbus.
Sept. About $50 q. m. the Confederatsa
opened fire on the 18th Pa. Reserve Corps at
Great Falls, Nd, and after throwing about 80
shells. ceased firing at IL o'clock. No casual
ties.
Brig. Gen. Earl Van Dorm, c. s. Army, trans
ferred the command OF the Department OF
Texas to Col. IL. E. McCulloch, LIST Texas
Rifles
Sept. ga detachment Of the 9Th Kan. Cav.
engaged in q skirmish at Papinsville, Mo.
Capt. Andrew Hull Foote, U. 8. N, assumed
command of the naval forces on the western
rivers.
Sept. 6.-The Sd W. Va. had two men
wounded in a skirmish at Rowell's Run, w.
Va.
The Union troops, under the command OF
Brig.-Gen. u. s. Grant, occupied Paducah KY,
| and Brig.-Gen. L. A. Paine was assigned to
command Of troops. The u. s. gunboats Tyler
and Conestoga, under Flag Officer Foote, CO.
operated.
Brig.-Ge Charles F. Smith, q. s. Army, was
assigned to command In western Kentucky.
The LIST N. L. No. was engaged in skirmish
ut Monticello Bridge, Mo.
Flag Officer VIM. w. Mexican, q. s. Navy,
ordered TO the command Of the Gulf Blockading
Squadron. He assumed on the 22d, relieving
Flag Officer William Mervine.
Sept. 6-Nov. &C. S. steamer Sumter, Comdr
Semmes, arrived at Maranham, Dutch Guiana,
aud left on Sept. Is. The Brigantine Joseph
Parke. of Boston, was captured on tho 25th. and
kept three days as scout ship, when she was
burned. On Oct. q the schooner Daniel Trow.
bridge, Of Now Haven, was captured and
burned. On Nov. the Sumter arrived at
Martinique, West Indies
Sept. 6.-Nov. l4.-The q. g. steamer Iroquois,
Comdr. James g. Palmer, left Hampton Roads,
Va, Sept. g. In search of the Sumter. She ar
rived al st. Thomas. West Indies on the 18th,
remaining In that port until the 18th. On the
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23

RE old gentleman we
left sitting up in bed
munching his candy,
after satisfying his ap-
petite for that particu-
lar luxury, said to
Jack, his body-serv-
ant: Now for home,
to see how the craps
are coming on +; but we
will come to the next
SALE" This old gentle
man was known rs
Blunderbuss, W b ! C b
was shortened by COM
-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23

Save your money on wagons, harness, and
saddlery by sending US your name and address
on postal for catalog. See advertisement
in last weeks paper.
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Well Designed
400 RECITATION s

AND READINGS VIII send 70 aay address on receips
Of IS cents handsome book boauG q paP-r cover sIc
100 of thu best reTttsssoss tsted.
Address J. 8. OGILvTE, u Hess strsei, New fork.
Mention The National Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08

down to the larger streams, and from there
IL Is sent IN RATS 70 the shippers on the sea-
coast. Possibly it has lain two or three
seasons where 1t has been cut on account of
the slight rainfall being insufficient t. float
lt 20 the coast. Ii is Ia its rough state, the
only dressing done being simply TO remove
the bark and TO fashion it into a square
shape
Ia this manner it is shipped TO this and
otner countries. How il is made into cigar
boxes Is Il process that can be readily imag-
mel. First OF all, If the log is too long il is
sawed of to desired length and takea to
the mill. Here by means Of an endless
pand aud veneer saws 1t Is sawed into one
quarter aud three-sixteenth inch lumber
The cut timber is then taken to the drying
room, where 1t Is placed in racks where the
circulation OF air is free, and subjected to
hot steam until the moisture OF the wood IS
all dried out. The lumber is then planed. The
seasoning and planning constitute the most
important elements IN good cigar box.
lhe TIMBER is now finished, trimmed, and
the edges smoOthed, aud it is sawed cross
wise into the sides, bottoms, and covers.
The solicitors pick out the more perfect
pieces for the front and the worst are left
Tor the bottoms and backs of the boxes.
After this the pieces are ready to be put
together, but they must first receive what
ever printing and enclosing the cigar
HAA@.AAAoSSdACA may n DUA OTQl-
nariIy needs four or five impressions. Be-
sides the band, which is stamped and
printed on the top, there are legends,
such as Bouquet Henry Clay, y Flavor
ties" and similar distinguishing words
printed on the sides The district internal
revenue number of the cigar factory using
the box and the quantity are impressed in
some instances on the bottom Of the box,
while Others use printed labels that are
pasted on the box after is is put together
The pieces are nailed into hooks first-that
Is, an end and side piece are put together
The hooks are Joined and tho box is ready
for the top and bottom. The latter is nailed
on and muslin or brass hinge is pasted or
screwed on the former, which secures the
box.
Ss Then the boxes go into the FASTING room,
and here the edges, labels, pictures etc. are
put on, after which it is put one side to dry.
Sometimes fancy touches in way of var
nishing aud putting on a fancy paper are
desired, but the ordinary box goes without
these additional fourishes. After this the
boxes are ready to receive the cigars
When it is recollected that O cigar box
fultils Its mission the moment 1t receives its
cigars, and must be destroyed as soon as it
becomes empty, according to the laws of
the United States, the number of boxes
used with the progress of the cigar indus
try and the law prescribing them as the
| only box for the packing of cigars, almost
equals the number of hairplns mAnufact-
ured
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
THE VIGILANTE SENATOR.
How Col. Sanders of Montana Meet
and Treats thu Interviewer.

How Col. Sanders of Montana Meets
and Treats thu Interviewer.
From the Richmond Times.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Sl.-Most of the
newspaper correspondents in this city are of
the opinion that Senator Sanders is an orig
inal somebody. One of the new men 10
deeply impressed with the Montana mans
originality. 1t seems that the recent arrival
was DESTROYS Of interviewing the senator,
and meeting him at the capitol notified him
that he expected a talk on the irrigation of
arid lands. Now, Col. Sanders is a very
pleagant man to know when you know him,
but it happened that the correspondent aud
he had never meC before.
80 you want to interview mel" said the
senator.
The would be interviewer nodded.
would you have any objection to letting
me know who you areN Queried the colonel.
Here Is my card"
THANK you, but even that doesn't give
me the information I am looking for.
Where were you bornl Who was your
father or who was your mother! Did either
Of them ever do anything calculated to earn
the applause of men! Did you receive all
the benefits which are supposed to spring
from q common school education, or was
kHOHleubS pulupSu III you AIOul dCdueLnIC
and collegiate sources? Are you bright
mentally anc do you know how to transfer
your impressions to paper? Have you &C
complished anything which would fairly
entitle you to reasonable amount of re.
nownm
The interviewer was dazed.
81 ask you these things" continued the
colonel, because am very much in ear
nest. Why should / be interviewed by a
man of whose ability or lack of ability
know nothing? might talk to you mos:
entertainingly. might conversationally out
| shine historic characters and promulgate
ideas of which fortunes and nations might
lie upreared, but all this would avail me
nothing if you were-excuse the term-a
chump; should appear like fool. But il
you are brainy and keen witted and able to
write it wouldn't make much difference
what l said. | could be as dull and prosy as
Senator-no. won't mention his name-and
you would be able to so sketch my conversa.
ton that the world would admire and say,
| What a statesman
ut doesn't make much difference what
| the man who is being interviewed says, the
main point is the interviewer. That's why
insist on knowing newspaper man before
| talk to him for publication"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
Beginning OF Millionaire's Wealth
From the Baltimore american.

The richest man in West Virginia is ex-
Senator Johnson N. Camden. His wealth
is estimated at between $1,000, 900 and &c.
100000. Few know anything about the
nucleus around which grew Mr.. Camden's
vast possessions and how he obtained it.
It was the year 1860 when oil was first
discovered in West Virginia. Mr.. Camden
had few acres OF land in the Burning
Springs district, about thirty miles north
of Parkersburg, on the Little kanawha
river. In this land Mr.. Camden bored two
wells. They were the second and third wells
bored for oil. only one having been sunk
few weeks previous to them, and that one
was only partially successful, so far as
striking oil was concerned, and wholly so
as regards profit, for its owner didn't know
what in the world to do with it. The ques-
ton of saving the oil and storing it, instead
Of letting it ooze out and run off into the
rivulets and streams, became one Of grave
concern.
However, necessity was the mother Of in
vention then as now, and Senator Camden
determined that the product Of his wells
should not 90 to waste. His exchequer was
mighty slim at the time but, with the assist
ance of some good friends, he bought q big
old f1atboat and moored it to a tree on the
river bank. From his two wells he troughed
the oil into the boat.
In the meantime Mr.. Camden had made
a contract with Gen. Sam Carnes Of Bos-
ton. who was the pioneer oil rehner, to de-
liver 1900 barrels at Parkersburg in bulk at
the rate of % cents gallon. The capacity
of MIR. Camden's fatboat was just about
that amount, and the prospect Of $4,000
all his own-was to him at that time some
thing prodigiou5.
When his boat was filed he set out for
Parkersburg, thirty miles away, with his
precious cargo. He drifted with the stream
and. after many hardships, reached his desti-
nation. Gen. Carnes was there with his
empty barrels. They transferred the oil
from the fatboat to the barrels with
scoops and pals. and when the work was
finished Mr.. Camden received S20, 900 In cold
cash.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
HIDING PLACE Foa MONEY.
Criminals and Eccentric Persons
Usually Hide Their Money.
EroIn III Riia

1T is hard to tell where eccentric people
will not hide money!" said detective the
other day. 81 was once sent for to find the
money of man who had died suddenly and
left no visible trace of his wealth. The fam
lily had made careful, systematic search
before arrived. / learned that be was not
misery and inferred that he had not used
any of those complicated methods Of con-
cealment which are one OF the miser's chief
characteristics.
II found that his business took him fire.
quently from nome, aud that he he'd for
merly been a sailor asked what room he
usually slept in, and they said, All over the
house, adding that they had fully examined
every place in which he was ever known to
be. asked about his clothing and insisted
upon seeing it. Some one brought his gar.
ments in at last, and very shabby looking
they were. went over them without sue
cess until my eye caught the binding.
"'He always kept them we'll bound said
his wife; sailors are good sewers.'
''The binding was wide, but we soon
had it Off, and there we found, folded
lengthwise and protected with oil silk,
fourteen 800 notes and a score of flyers.
A systematic search is often not as good as
a shrewd guess by an experienced person.
"Yes, there are men who conceal wealth
away from their homes. Criminals almost
always doit. Middle-aged countrymen will
do it, but when they get old they are almost
always sure to hide it near the spot where
they pass most Of their time. 1 have
found money in the covers of old family
Bibles, behind mirrors, in the boredout-
legs Of chairs, behind oupboards
nailed tightly to the wall, in false
ceilings. balusters, pincushions, in
the lining of old hats, il clocks, stoves and
bronze images, in vases with the bottoms
covered inside with plaster Of paris,i ia black
bottles weighted with mercury and marked
poison, in canes, shoes and vest Innings, in
potted salmon tins and tea canisuers, in
cracked walls covered with wall paper, in
all sorts of bedding and upholstery, and in
almost every conceivable place."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
SAYING NICE THINGS.
Complimentary Speeches Made by
Historical Characters.

AiSbOTlCAl NnhEdCber5.
From the London Standard
There is delicious story told Of an old
minister of the Church of Scotland who was
often obliged to employ assistants during
the latter part Of his life. One of these WAS
rather vain of his qualifications as preacher
but affected TO be quite embarrassed by any
compliments he received on that score. On
his first appearance after the sermon the
old divine went up to the probationer and
was going TO shake hands with him. Antic-
ipating nothing short OF high-hown
praise, the young man exclaimed !:
my good sir, no compliments, no
compliments, begw "Ne, IA" replied the
parson; nowadays Pm glad o. anybody"
How far this decidedly left-hande1 compli-
ment fell short of the recipients anticipation
he alone could tell; but his feelings must
have bsen somewhat similar to those of that
tedious orator, who. having been in vain
told by Henry ". of France that he would
be obliged TO him il he would make his
flattery as brief as possible. was at length
crushed by the king rising and saying:
You must be kind enough to say the rest
to NJ. Guillaume' the court fool
In the worlds history compliments have
oftimes played an important part--so YER
elRns, statesmens, courtiers, scholars and all
otaers OF the great human family disdain-
ing not the use of hattering speech to
gain their ends. A good instance is the TO-
lowing: An English nobleman, who,
after the manner of his peers, had married
beautiful actress, once applied with much
dignity in the green room to Mr.. Sheridan
Tor inc arrears Of her salary and vowed
that he would not stir till they were paid,
My dear lord, said the ingenious man
ager, this is too bad; you have taken from
US the brightest jewel in the world, and you
now quarrel with us for the little dust sh =
mas left behind her." The nob.eman inn
mediately burst out laughing, and over a
bottle of wine the debt was cancelled
Fontenelle. when 30 years old passed be-
fore Nine. Helvetius without pereeiving
her. Abr cried the lady, that is your
gallantry, thenl To pass before me with
out even looking at melp If lad looked
at you, madame,p replied the old beau, II
could never have passed you at ALL
To be eulogized when dead is more often
the lot of man that to be praised in life, but
surely quainter compliment was never
paid dead maaT than was received by
Ialleyrand, for when his demise was an
nounced to one of his acquaintances the
latter exclaimed: "He must have had
some good reason for dyingl / think l will
be at least i'll myself and forthwith went
to bed. Yet another compliment to dead
man was uttered by the Warehouses Of,
who, when told that the celebrated physi-
clan Borden had been found dead in his
bed exclaimed: "Ah! death was so afraid
of him that ne did not dare attack him ex-
cept when he was asleep"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
COTTON BaOKaRs FAIL.

-le Long Continued Decline in Price
more Than They Gould Stand.
NE" YORK, Jan. 7.-Hanckel & Riordan,
'0''on brokers of 43 Cotton exchange, failed
o-oay. The firm Is composed of T. M.
1anokel' James Riordau and B. r. Riordan.
Yales hlordan said to-day: "Our trouble
s sns oeen the result of the long continued and
s saa uhprecedented decline in cotton, which
a4s caused great financial embarrassment
~ a.o one south. We have suffered many losses
a a'sly through southern customers.
nru tne financial drop to-day was
t s,ose Than we could stand, many of
e9os s Tor whom we have been carrying lines
NJ lung cotton being unable to respond
p momP'ly to our calls for margins. We are
a IIie az present to give figures as to our
cot +t'l'les. Among the members Of the
f fs !, exchange the failure is thought to
ebop. gag gag one. The liabilities will reach
Fst5a, $4,000. The firm hope to make a
t stions on the basis of to-morrow's quo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
BLAINE WAS MIS- SEQ.

-anquet OF the Merchants AS
D.. eoc.ation of Boston.
baponaooN MASS, Jan. THE annual
lion u, VI the Boston Merchants Associa-
Event .. s' 'endome this evening was the
sbsep,o :, 'ne year In club circles. The
pc,sI VI Secretary Blaine, who was ex>
10 pon o 90 present, detracted from
nsnberTgD interest, but the $50
lsari sT.,. ana guests who were present
AnsrioaS SS sees on reciprocity with South
'lea, N.,GiIl representatives from Vene.
VS. exnso.aSS aud this government. IL
5aine VEG Veg That letter from Secretary
sgast ogn WIND De read, but it was explained
SSterstarTs 70 ., tne confusion growing out of
,asaAiosto Gaines illness yesterday in
'oOt owl 1ne letter failed to reach Bos-