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THE PROCESSION.

The parade proper formed only small
part of the seemingly endless procession
that passed through the main driveway of
the park. From little after II o'clock the
road winding through the panhandle way
thronged with vehicles and foot passen-
gers, and as they swept through the main
avenue of the park it looked like the ad-
vance of an army or some grand review.
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were indispensable to the success of the
grand ceremonies. Certainly that grand
stand would have seemed very lonesome
without that merry, surging, bright.
colOred, chattering, tiptoeing, cheering
crowd around it.
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This fact is of much more than usual i'm
portance to the farmers at this time, when
there is SO much going on in Congress that
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man engaged in tilling the soil The session
Just opened has already begun the discussion
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SOME REASONS WHY.

People who express surprise at the num-
Der of disabled men on the pension roll
should take glance at the Med cal History
of the War;" and their surprise will speedily
broken-down men on the roll.
To begin with, the Surgeon General re-
ports that there were 6,049,048 cases treated
in the hospitals. These were so serious that
304, 1863 resulted in death, or about one in
every CO. As the number of cases was more
than twice as many as the total number of
enlistments, this shows that on an average
every man was twice in the hospital for
wounds, injury, or disease. AS one man in
every nine actually died while in service, it
must follow that the eight who survived
must have received pretty serious injuries.
Coming down to details, we find the enor-
nous number of 280,040 men treated for
gunshot wounds, of whom 49, 205 actually
died, leaving 230, 835 to live on for term of
years, more or less disabled. There were
1865 so badly injured as to be of no fur
Their service to the United States, and were
accordingly discharged.
The deadly miasmas of the Chickahominy
swamps, the South Carolina islands, the
Louisiana lowlands, and the Mississippi mo-
raises, sent 1877, SIG cases to the hospitals
which resulted in 10, 1876 deaths, and 1882
men so broken down as to require their
discharge from the service.
The terrible exposures sent 466, 1886 men
to the hospitals with diseases of the lungs
and throat, of whom 24,1O0 died, and 90, 935
had to be discharged because their affection
had developed into consumption.
Camp diarrhea claimed ST., SIG victims, of
whom "A, 553 actually died, and 16, 487 were
discharged from the army.
General debility caused the discharge of
15,e40 men from the army rheumatism
of 1868; heart disease of 10,797. Alto
gether there were 285,245 men discharged
for disability. This represents only the men
who were then so broken down as TO be in
capable Of further service. 1t takes no
account of the hundreds Of thousands more
who, though badly injured, chung to their
colors to the end, in the patriotism and pride
of youth, and then went home to fight a
long, bitter, losing struggle with the adj
vancing years. When they finally lost the
fight, they left to the care of the country
they had saved at such great cost to them
selves their bereaved widows and orphans.
Does one not rather wonder that the PEN
sion roll is no larger?
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THOUGH the House passed the bill to adj
NIT Arizona to Statehood some time ago, the
bill is quietly sleeping in the room of the
Senate Committee on Territories, and will
during the session. Senator Plat, of Con-
necticut, the Chairman, is opposed to the
admission of the Territory because of the
insufficiency of its population, it having but
1920 residents at the last census, or hardly
more than one-quarter the number neces-
sary to entitle it to Representative.
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EX-SENATOR BLAIR, who is now Rep
res entative from New Hampshire, is doubt
full whether he will re-introduce his educa-
tional bill into the next Congress. The peo-
ple he says, do not seem TO want to be edu-
Gated, and even the Republican party ap-
pears to have gone back on him. He must
not be discouraged. There is an inexplicable
perversity in human nature which makes it
resist at first the best things that can be
offered it. The Christian religion had to
fight desperately with sword and spear
many centuries before it could get Europe
to accept its blessings.
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did; they suffered the same hardships; they
incurred precisely the same dangers. They
received SIS month for portion Of their
service, and SIC month for the remainder.
Gen. Gibbon was educated at the expense OF
the Government. For 10 years before the
war he received the pay of Second Lieu
tenant, First Lieutenant, and Captain.
Shortly after the outbreak of the war he
was commissioned q Brigadier- General of
Volunteers and received the generous pay
and allowances Of that position until June
Z, 1854, when he was promoted to Major
General of Volunteers, and received the pay
of that grade until Jan. Is, 1866, when he
was mustered out of the volunteer service
and became Colonel in the Regular Army,
with the pay of $110 month, Sic month
for forage, six rations, besides rations. pay,
and clothing for two servants, free quarters,
fuel, and light, etc. In 1870 this was
changed to salary of $500 year, which
he enjoyed for Is years, when he was pro-
NOTED to Brigadier- General at a salary of
S., 500 year. This he received six years,
and was retired April 20, 1891, as a Briga-
dier-General, with three-fourths pay, or
S4,125 year.
1t will be perceived that the Government
has dealt and is dealing much more literally
with Gen. John Gibbon than it is with
Private John Jones and Corp1 Thos. Brown
and Serg't William Smith, ETC., who marched
with him from the Peninsula to Appomattox,
and who faced the rebel lead at Gettysburg
and in the Wilderness
1t would be quite as much in order for
them to demand an investigation into how
he became a Brigader. General on the Re-
tired List at $34375 month as it is for
him TO urge an inquiry as to how they came
upon the pension roll at SILL month.
Such an investigation would not fail to
show that their right was at least quite as
good and clear az his.
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IT looks as if Archbishop Corrigan got
down on the wrong side of the fence in the
dispute over the public-school question. He
does not live far enough into the United
States to understand the feelings of the mass
of American Catholics who live outside OF
New York City, and are more genuinely
American in their ideas than the serfs Of
Tammany are ever likely to be. He has put
himself in danger Of sharp discipline from
Rome.
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"THE ckHkOHEER.

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ceptable holiday gift for q soldiers son. Il
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and is absolutely true. 1t tells a boy just
what he wants to know-how the soldiers
actually lived, marched and fought, what
pleasures and enjoyments they had, what
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A vERITABLE sOLoN.

"Aurm! Aw-hum!" hestated the Judge,
who had been elected by the Alliance Party.
"Um! What comes next2"
"You should now charge the jury" an
swered the lawyer to whom the Judge had
turned.
Gentlemun," said the Judge. with honest
regret in his tones ~ hate to do it, but the
law must be obeyed, let the chips fall where
they may. But as know you all to be poor,
hard-workin' men, I'll make it as light as pos
sibIe l therefore, gentlemun of the jury,
charge you % cents apiece"
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1T develops that citizens Of Texas have
strongly Endorsed applications before MI.
Cleveland for every place in his gift, except
the Minister to Japan, which carries salary
of $4,000 year. This omission is particu-
larIy mysterious when it Is remembered
that in Mr.. Ceveland's former Administra-
ton the Minister to Japan was Texan
ex-G0v. r. 3. Hubbard.
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THE probable postponement of the extra
session till September, and the obstinacy of
the opposition to the reelection of Speaker
Crisp, are not at all satisfactory to that
gentleman and his friends. If the extra
session were called in the Spring. his re-
election would be pretty certain, for there
would not be an opportunity for the radical
revenue reformers to organize against him.
Now they will have several months to per-
feet their campaign against him.
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Spelling reform means saving to pupils
the years of effort they now make to learn
to spell the English language, and the devo-
ton of the time to learning things that will
be of vast Importance to them in the battle
of life,
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lands term.

IT is not creditable to our farmers that
the average production of wheat last year
was only 1874 bushels per acre. 1t should
be at least so per cent. more than this. An
average production of this amount means
mortgages, and finally bankruptcy, when
an average of 90 bushels would mean pros
perty and wealth.
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The Presidents general pardon of all
Mormons who have forsaken polygamous
reformation, meets general approval. The
Government does not wish to engage in any
thing that looks like religious persecution.
1t merely wishes implicit obedience to the
laws, and this it must have.
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WE are not getting all of the Italians,
fortunately. Of the immigrants to Brazil,
33. per cent are Italians, and GA of those
to the Argentine Republic. Of the Co., 900
foreigners in the latter country, 10000 are
Italians IF this proportion keeps up, the
population of South America will lose it's
Spanish and Portuguese character, and take
on an italian aspect.
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A GENIUS.

"Pensmith, the successful writer of French
Canadian dialect stories, was never in Canada
in his life"
"Then how did he master that peculiar
dialect?"
Ellis plan of working is a simple one. He
has for an assistant Norwegian who shutters
badly. Pensmith writes any kind of 3 simple
tale, gets his assistant half drunk, and makes
him read it into photograph. The utter
ances Of the photograph are then copied YER
batim, and the result is French Canadian
dialect story that the great magazines fight
for"
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THE revenues of the railways of England
lands in the Kingdom, and all the gold, sill
yer, and paper money in the world would
not be sufficient to buy the railroads of the
world at their present valuation.
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LORD STANLEY and Premier Thompson
both disapprove the idea of Canadian an
nexation, but the movement will 60 on I'M
checked, all the same, until both peoples get
ready for the union. This may be within
10 years, and most certainly will be inside
of 25 years
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SENATORS PETER, of Kansas, and Kyle,
Gratis in recognizing the Senate. getting in
return the Sergeant alarms, which means
the lions share of the subordinate Offices
and other patronage of that body.
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THE wretchedly unscientifc character Of
tax legislation generally is well illustrated
by a statement in Gov Flowers message
that though the State Of New York has in
creased enormously in the last 90 years, the
reported taxable personal property in the
State was S7O,0O0,0 900 less in 1891 than in
1871. This means that the business of beat
ing the tax-laws has become recognized
and very profitable speciality among New
York lawyers, and they make money for
themselves and their rich clients by cheating
the State Treasury.
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IN his unavailing fight against Murphy,
Mr.. Cleveland presents the unusual spectacle
of President-elect who is not without in
fuence, save in his own State.
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SENATOR JOHN G. CARLISLE is still CO.
quoting with the Secretaryship of the
Treasury, but it is believed that he will ac-
cept it as soon as he gets things go arranged
in Kentucky that he can get his seat in the
Senate back at the end of President Cleve-
land 3 term
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APANAMA Railroad contractor thinks that
many of his men warded off the miasma
by smoking cigarets. He leaves it to the
public to Judge whether it was better to die
by miasma or cigarets.
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SOME couY,Y1soNs.

We have been treated to any number of
comparisons of the size of our pension-rolls
with those of European Nations-with Ger
many's in particular. We have tried hard
to get those papers which make these to go
few steps farther, and compare the fight
ing and service which those pensioners rep
resent with the same class in Europe All
our efforts have been in vain, however.
There are some facts which those papers do
not intend that their readers shall know if
they can help it.
For example:
There were 2772, 40S enlistments in the
Union army, and 1872, $40 in the navy, max
ing total of 2,9O5,019 in all, which was
four times as many men as Germany sent
into France in 1S7071, and nearly five times
as many men as ever England had at the
front in any war 1t is more than 100 times
as many British troops as she had in the
Waterloo campaign.
There were 110O1O Union soldiers known
to have been killed on the field of battle,
which is four times as many as the Germans
lost in overrunning France, and about 30
times as many as England lost in the Water
loo campaign.
The Germans lost 81 per cent. of their
men killed in the Franco Prussian war; the
Allies lost 80 per cent. killed in the Crimean
war the Austrians lost 26 per cent killed
in The war of 1866 with Prussia The Union
army lost AZ per cent killed in the war of
the rebellion, or over so per cent. more than
any European nation has lost in any modern
war since statistics have approached exact
ness.
The Union army lost in actually killed
more than the entire force of the Allied
armies or the French at Waterloo
The most sanguinary battle in the Franco
Prussian war was Gravelotte where the
Germans had about $50 600 men engaged, of
whom ,449 were killed or mortally wounded.
The Union men had less than 10000 men
engaged at Gettysburg, and lost 1921 men
killed and MORALLY wounded. Thus, with
less than half the number of men engaged
the Union army lost more at Gettysburg
than the German army in its bloodiest
battle.
The war of the rebellion lasted four
years, the Franco-Prussian war eight months,
so that our fighting period was six times
longer.
In the Franco Prussian war the Germans
lost So, 492 wounded-not mortally-and the
Union army lost 275175 of the same class,
or nearly four times as many.
altogether the pensioners Of the United
States represent more hard fighting than has
been done by all the armies Of Europe IN three
quarters of century, or since the close of the
Napoleonic period.
They represent more men killed on the
JtCtu W UuNtc tHuH 1SfydhtI ftuo tVot, Ntt tVto,
in all the fighting she has done in 800 gears
since she has become Nation.
Any proper comparison, then, would be of
our pension roll with the whole of the pen
sion rolls of Europe, or with the whole
amount that England has paid for pensions
in the eight centuries of her history.
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THAT daintiest. eleanest and brightest of
all the funny papers, Life, has just cele-
brated the completion of its 10th year of
existence, and INDUCES in some pardonable
Growing over It's well-earned success. II
thoroughly deserves all the good things
that have come to il, for it has brought an
infinite number of good things TO others.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-01-12

THE Journeymen Tailors' Associations
continue to petition Congress to limit the
amount Of clothes that dudes are allowed
to import free of duty. Success to their
efforta
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THE probability increases that the Demo-
Gratis will control the Senate. Let them
have it. Give them full swing to carry out
their promises to the people.
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MARyLASpERs think that all the roads

MARYLANDERs think that all the roads
in the State can be macadamized for $780, OO,-
900. and they propose that the Counties
shall issue bonds to that amount, bearing 3
per cent interest, which the State shall in
dorse. This would be q practical way Of at
once removing burdensome evil.
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rr TOTALLY nnrs

Mr.. Hubby Justwed-And did my little
WHEY pick that great big turkey all by her
self?
The Little Wife-Yes. darling; but / assure
you it took great deal of pluck.
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FATAL SURPRISE.

Conductor (horrifed) heavens! A
dead man! How did it happen?
Passenger-He took hold of the car window,
and a moment later fell back dead.
Conductor-Possbly he ruptured blood
vessel trying to lift it. Some of these windows
do go up pretty hard.
Passenger-He raised this one with one hand
without the slightest exertion. In my opinion,
it was the surprise that killed him.
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If each subscriber to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE aciH charge himself aoith getting
one me,u subscriber the circulation of the paper
wiH be doubted at once, and Wisa little trouble.
Let each subscriber try 1t.
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THE bonded Indebtedness of New York is
$s7. Sis, 436, or shout one-fifth as much as
that OF the Government OF the United States.
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Haze gow asked all your acquaintance to
subscribe for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNEf
If not, do so at once, to glue the paper more
poper in championing the cause of the reterans
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boat recently. while on his way to New York. was
GO years of age. He commanded the I'd n. J. Cav.
during the war. and subsequently served three
years In the Regular Army. He was also Lisu-
tenant Colonel Of the LIST ". J. Cav.
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A a1npY CONDUCTOR.

Finicky Woman ION street-car) - Con-
ductor, this is positively disgusting. Some
body has been expectorating all over the floor.
Kah!
Conductor - Possibly it was your dog,
madam.
"My dog, sir-r-r?"
"Yes'm. He's spitz dog. amt hs?"
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THE LOGAN MONUMENT FUND.

The following additional subscriptions
have been received since our last report:
lnteres. Investments. ......... s2s5 90
Previously acknowledged. 35S 6s
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TT WORKS THAT WAY.

Heidi you enjoy the return voyageF
She-No; was utterly retched all the way
over.
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NORTH DAKOTA is pretty well controlled
by the Norwegians, who hold the balance OF
power in both Housee of the Legislature.
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zsrers0 AT T w.s,~srox secosOss BATTER