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erty By brother Of the Soldier who ~ prominent
citizen OF central Mississippi. with = view to ind
ing the family Of the original owner. who, as has
been stated officer in an Illinois or Indiana
regiment. The only mark Of Identification TO be
found ON tise we'll preserved sword IA te initials
II. W c. scratched the butt Of Sire handle bus
II Il hoped they will lead 70 is return, to the
family Of the brave offiezr vino died for Cause be
dared maintain at Malvern Hill Should the
weapon ever be Claimed ts names and CORE
spoudeuee Of the parties Interested will be MAIDS
kaowB through the CF,fsisa- Ledger. ANY Informs
lion the subject will he glsiy received by Capt
John c. Doagherty, formerly OF tile lO0,h Pa
Jackson. Miss
ID. a. ScOyilIe, of Aurora Ncb.. Adjut1nt OF
Chandler Post Of the GAR, assumed command Of
the Soldiers and Sailors Home OF Nebraska
April l. having been appointed Couauiandsas by
Gov. Crounss- Mrs. Laura A. Bates, of Aurora.
has also received commission as one ef the Board
Of Managers Of that Institution This Is her fourth
term on the Board of Managers. and she is reeog-
nized Of the most efficient officials connected
with the Home.
Mrs. @. j. Arnold daughter OF The late John q.
Huti. Of the lst n. J. Cav. desI in Milwaukee WIS.,
on Feb II. aged Il years. Mrs. Arnold was the
mother of Louis Arnold. of the G. c. q. She vas q
devoted wife, mother, and daughter. and a noble
woman has passed from earth to heaven Ieaviaz
in the Fathers Mansion prepared for those who
love him.
eonIrade of Co. J. lsth Mich, Teeumseb Mich,
says: :" It may be interesting to old soldiers 90
know that now old lades-Army Nurses-can
draw pension. The law has passed Congress
whereby ladies who served thus faithfully in army
navy, and field hospitals thus favored. This
IA" has been brought about by the untiFag efforts
OF Congressman James 8. German. Of Michigan,
whose attention was called to the fact by II. w.
Stevens, Of Tecumssh. Mich, that through ali the
long years of suffering by his comrades in ths
army hospitals, the loyal women and Army
Nurses were as deserving Of pension were the
soldiers themselves. While n visit TO Tscum-
sch. Stevens invited German 70 go with him aud
call ON Mrs EIizSoeth NJ. RsnBister. Hho lives in
that place. and got from her a statement of her
services Nurse while in the lIospiisIs- There
after bill was framed sad introduced in Congress-
and after long and srdious work By SIr. German it
passed and bscame = law. Stevens made ont tho
application Of Mrs. B.Enister. forwarded proof %
her services. etc, and in She issue of the Dssrois
Tribune and other State papers Of Feb. Is. 1888,
Mrs Elizabeth VI. BauHisters name appears - No.
1 OF pensions allowed Army Nurses, and the
records show that there - about 600 still living"
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TIE seizure of the Pellew Islands by
Japan startles the western world. The
Islands are about 25 in number, and have
40 miles Of territory-ahout the size Of a
small County-and 10000 people. They
have been held by Spain since 1543. The
startling feature comes in this sudden ag-
gresziveness of an Eastern people. Some
writers have predicted all sorts of dreadful
things when the Chiaese shall wake up'to q
sense Of their power, put themselvesin line
with modern civilization, and start out to
assert themselves With a population of
400,00a,000 they can send out armies and
navies. that, organized, drilled, and armed
according to modern ideas, could probably
overrun any other Nation In the world The
Japanese are not one-tenth as numerous as
the Chinese, but they are very warlike
people, and have taken on ali the forms Of
European civilization. Their army and
navy are upon European basis, and quite
capable of fighting anything that may he
brought against tiefa The Japanese En-
pire has population Of 100000, which
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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DO YOU WANT TO CO
TO THE
WORLDS FAIR?
We WELL GIVE YOU
A Z RE TICK EFT

Oar offer of free pound-tTip tickets to the
GAZE. National Eacampment last year was
so successful that we have decided to repeat
the plan upon a larger scale for the benefit
Of intending visitors to the Worlds Fair at
Chicago.
Last year hundreds of our readers got
fiTst-eIass rouBd-trip tickets from their
places Of residence TO Washington and
return by a little effort IN making VI clubs
for THE NATIONAL TRIBEEE.
Our pfan worked very successfully-every-
body was more than satisfied. Very many
were able TO visit Washington who wanted
TO do 50 very much, but felt that they could
net incar the expense, AID We gave them an
opportunity WHICH they gladly improved
There was nowhere single expression OF
satisfseti0p.
We will do the same thing this year
with regard to those who wish to visit the
Worlds Fair ne wiH gre first class
round trip fieset from any point in the United
States 10 Chicago and return for club Of
subscribers, Dr0gOTfiOnGte TO tie distance The
point Is from Chicago.
This ticket Will be fer the most direct
route between the two places, and it viii have
all the adv antagss IN regard To the time for
which it will be good length of stay in
Chicago, speed Of trains etc, tn It any first
class ticket viii have. In brief, il will be
the best kind Of a ticket, which will be a
great superiority, as there will doubtless be
many tickets offered by various parties
which will be only for very slow trains, in
ferioT ears, Limited as to time etc Our
tickets win all be fer frst-class, fast trains.
and have every privilege given the best class
Of tickets.
The carrying out Of this scheme involves
an Immeass amount of correspondence and
clerical work On our part and we are now
pFepari. schedule of the sizes of clubs
which we viii require from different points
We will publish this as soon as completed
which may be some time hence.
In the meanwhile, these who intend te
work for these tickets sl8suld begin at once
They can send in their subscribers as fast
they obtain them, notifying US that they
are for a Worlds Fair Ticket and they
will be properly credited 10 them If they
afterward change their minds they can have
the subscribers sent in applied on any othel
premium that we offer.
We should very much like to have those
who expect 20 get up clubs for these tickets
write 10 US immediately Of their intentions
IS this viii help US in making up on
bGuCAa8C- ht vi li Scuu bDciu
Of sample copies they wish TO show friend
and acquaintance in the work of soiieitiB,
Subscribers
Remember, all names sent Il
count on this offer must be yearly
subscribers at ST each. No sub
scPiptionS sent prior to April
will count OH this offer.
We ask all our friends nho want to go T.
Chicago to 90 to work at once. They cal
easily secure a round-trip ticket by Iittl,
work in pushing the circulation of TIL
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Mark all comDuni
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
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PREPARE FOR THE BATTLE.

There will probably be an extra session Of
Congress in September, and then the vet
Grams may expect bitter assault upon the
whole pension system. 1t is not easy to see
how this can be avoided. The enemies of
the veterans are confident and determined
to make fight to finish.
They have worked long and hard to
prejudice public opinion against the whole
pension system. They have deluged the
country with the most infamous ISLANDERS
of pensioners. Men have been elected to
Congress pledged TO sweeping reductions of
the pension roll, if not its abolition.
The fight must come. How ara the vet
Grams preparing for il? Unless they are
willing to accept disastrous defeat they
must grid themselves up for determined
battle. They must organize and be ON the
alert They must assert themselves every
where in the defense of justice to them
selves, their comrades, and the widows and
orphans of their dead comrades. They
must repel the calumnies of their malign-
ers, and resent the defamations against
them in the public prints, and the mouths
of demagogic speakers
They must exert themselves to extend
the circulation of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
1t is the only great paper that can be re-
iably counted on to fight the veterans
battle. Comrades should take special care
to see that it goes every where where the
soldier-h hating papers are read, that its truth
may counteract their venomous lies The
best service that can be rendered the cause
of the veterans is to increase the number of
readers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE in each
community.
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makes it superior to several of the Kingdoms
of Europe, rs the following table OF popula-
tions will show:

The japanese population is increasing
very rapidly, and the Government no doubt
feels the necessity for finding some outlet
for it. Every foot of ground in the Empire
is now carefully cultivated, and it is only
natural that more land should be sought in
the islands OF the Pacific, which are thinly
peopled by mi-barbarous tribes, and the
seizure of the Pellew Islands seems to be
Probably Spain will do nothing to recover
her lost territory. She has gotten so weak
that almost nybody can rob her with i'm
punity. 1t is not improbable that this gem
Grafton will see Japan grow into a great
maritime power.
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of trials and sorrowS. I've had my dear ones
taken from me one by one. I've had my home
sold over my head twice by the officers of the
law. I've suffered from fire and food I've
had my best friends turn from me more than
once, and had my faith in others killed at 3
single blow. I've been robbed by those trust
cd. and I've suffered from disease till / felt
that instant death would have been welcome.
But what hurt me more than anything else
WIS the way my daughter-ia-law used to eus
the bread ="
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COMPLETE TIE xYoRI<.

| COMPLETE THE WORK.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE believes most
emphatically that the time for "po!tering
round with pension legislation has ceased,
if it ever really should have begun, and that
not only should every case now before the
Pension Bureau be settled without the least
delay. but that the work should 60 farther,
and every man who served in the Union
army and received an honorable discharge
should be put on the roll. This is the true
way to make the pension roll a roll of
honor" 1t is the only way. The Nation
certainly owes this much, at this stage OF
their lives, TO the men who saved her from
destruction at such fearful cost to them
selves She has the wealth, the actual in
come, to do this, and it is the least that she
can do to show her Justice and her spprecia-
ton of the gaIIantry and selfsacrifice of her
sens.
The measure that should be taken up and
passed at the next session of Congress is the
one that we have advocated for years
"THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Service Pension
Bill" This provides that every man who
served 80 days in the Union army and WIS
ilouorahly discharged should receive one
cent per diem per month for every day
served, but that no pension should be less
than So per month.
As to the reasonableness and justice of this
measure there can be no question. If ever
men earned pension they were those who
served from 1861 to 1865. THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE Pension Bill contemplates only
proper expression of the Nations sppre-
citation of the services of those who COM
posed the Union army.
1t should be passed, and it can be if the
veterans and their friends will only unite
in support of 1t and in the demand that it
be made into law.
To do this will be the most effective way
to encounter our enemies They are trying
now to stampede US and our friends by this
senseless clamor about the number of
"shirks," towards" coffee-cooIers,' etc,
on the pension roll. They do not believe
these lies Themselves; they cannot, if they
study the character of the men who are re-
ceiviDg pensions, but they believe in the
efficacy of stubbornly asserted lies to deceive
the people.
The best reply that we can make to these
is strenuous insistenee upon the immediate
settlement of all cases now before the PEN
sion Bureau and the passage Of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE Pension Bill. This will
show that we believe in ourselves, that we
are confident of the justice Of our cause, and
that we know our comrades are entirely
worthy of the dole given them through the
Pension Bureau. Instead of remaining on
the defensive let US assume the aggressive
in our own behalf The righteousness of
our cause will bring us victory, If we only
90 to work properly to win it.
Let the watchword be:
Settle tie claims before the Pension Bureau
and pass THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Pension
Bill
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The Department of Pennsylvania has
enthusiastically Endorsed Quartermaster-
General John Taylor for Commandsr-in-
Chief Comrade Taylor has all the req Sfsites
for that position. He was fine soldier, has
splendid executive ability, and is widely
known and universally popular among the
comrades. For years he has rendered the
Order very acceptable service as Quarter
master General
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The rapid growth of cotton mills in the
South brings prominently to the front the
question of the employment of negro labor.
AS the negro population forms the bulk of
the labor element of the section, it becomes
serious question whether it shall be relied
upon to furnish the required help, or foreign
labor be introduced. The general opinion
is in favor of the negroes The experience
of the South before and during the war,
when quite extensive factories were run. in
some instances almost wholly by negro labor,
strongly supports the value of the negro as
a factory hand.
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EVERYBODY ought to go to the Worlds
Fair. A visit there will be an education
that will pay in actual dollars and cents
The best way to get your transportation is
by raising a club of subscribers to THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE. We give such liberal
discount that fine days wages can be made
by soliciting subscribers.
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SAMPLE COPIES.

TRIBUNE to those who are not subscribers
10 the paper, but who should be interested
in il. We ask every one who receives a
copy TO give ii careful examination, and
compare it WITH other family weeklies. We
are sure they viii find it better paper for
themselves aad families than any ether that
they can And. ltiss superior paper In every
respect, snd constantly strives to lead all the
other publications in the eauntry by the
higher quality Of the matter Ii furnishes lis
readers 1t spends mere money in getting
up paper Of The highest possible class than
any other and ali matter which appears IN
its columns is written especially for It 1t
has no boiler plate" stuff or syndicate
matter 1t is bright, live, able, progressive,
and independents. It serves no party, and
hiss no entaHgling alliances with any men
or faction. Ii aims only TO represent the
loyal, working progressive people of the
cOuBtry, 90 tell the truth of history, and
champion the cause of the men whose valor
and blood made the ceantry as great and
prosperous as 1t is.
The paper should be IN every family, and
we ask al who read this to not only SUBJ
scribe for it themselves, tut to esdeaEor TO
get Others interested m IL Ii costs bat 81
q yeaI-4Co eeAas auckland 50 is within
the reach Of everyone. No other paper in
the country gives SO much Of the best read
ing matter for the money.
Address all comm. III ications TO
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. c.
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FROM TIE HAwvrLLE "cLARroN."

From the beginning we have labored IN
ceasngly for the advancement and upbuildiBg
of this community-at all times and in all
seasons our first Thought has been for the
public good. But there is limit to all things,
and we wish it distinctly understood that here
after we will lend no more printers ink to be
used in tar-and- feathering any persons not
subscribers to this paper. Ink costs money,
and it is too much to expect US to bear dead
loss time after time for the benefit of persons
to whom we are under no obligations what
ever
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THE papers talk as if the ice-chest of the
previous Administration has been removed
from the White House to the Attorney
Generals Office and its refrigerating ca
pacity much increased. President Harrison
was only negatively cold, but Attorney Cen
eral Oiney seems to be IA vigorously freez-
ing az a mixture of SNOW and ice.
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wELL-GRoUNDED FEARS.

"My poor fellow" said the kind old surgeon
to the maugIed victim of the train wreck. ut
is my painful duty to tell you that you cannot
possibly live half an hour longer"
ooh, my God!" screamed the dying man, in
awful agony of mind. az cannot die! Save
me, Doctor Save me- !"
II have done my best, snd it will not avail, I"
answered the surgeon But try to meet the
inevitable like man. We must all die, and
eyes" shrieked the victim; "but am the
inventor of q fountain pen. Ar-r-r-ri"
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THE New York Times announces itself as
now regular Democratic paper. To be
consistent with its traditions it will now
have to turn around and fight the Demo
cratic party.
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MEMORIAL DAY.

As Memorial Day approaches we feel that
we ought to remind our readers that we
have on hand limited number OF Mrs.
Kate B. Sherwood's BEAUTIFUL " Memorial OF
Flowers" and Guarding the Flag" which
have been so popular among the comrades
as rituals for the observances on Memorial
Day. Sent to any address on receipt of Is
cents
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You can make better days wages solicit
ing subscribers for The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE for Worlds Fair ticket than in any
work you can go at. Your ticket will be
werth in actual cash much more than it costs
you to get it.
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WORE IT IN FRONT.

Justice (sternlyl-Tut tut, prisoner! Don't
tell me this is your first appearance here. /
am certain have seen your face before.
Prisoner (sourlyl-Ah that's the way I
have been wearing it ever siuce was born.
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THERE was fine chance for soEse Hawaiian
Barbara Frietchie to have won undying
fame by taking up the Gag the men hauled
down."
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Dem Chicago people are de biggest hogs on
earth!" growled the Disguised pickpocket.
" Dey jailed me before I'd been in town half
an hour"
What for?
"What for. Because de Worlds Fair mo-
nopoly don't propose to allow no opposite OATS
why, Dey are aoiH' to do all de stealin' dem
selves no matter If all de balance of de profesA
starves"
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Do you want better watch than your grand
father carried, for nothing. If SO, send Us a
club Of only five yearly subscribers to The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. See our offer in this
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THE Atlanta Constitution is determined
not to allow any one TO outlie it On the PEN
sion question, no matter how great the
strain may be on its imagination. Here is
specimen of one of its daily efforts:
Tho chances are that 1t will take 5000 G09000 to
pay the pensions that will be on the rolls at the
end of the present year. Under the dependents
pension bill passed By the Reed Congress, 200 600
new names havs been added to the pension list
and the amount paid cut was increased under this
bill s7s,G90 600.
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SAVE your railroad fare to Chicago to
spend after you get there, and get ticket
by raising a club for The NATIONAL TRIB-
TryE
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{ Any of our subscribers can now have watch
eaDsd ensssga tor anyone free Of cost. Resd
oar offer on another page.
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wnRsr OF ALL.

"Uh-yes," sighed Mrs. Lineogg'e. Life
is full of misery at best, and I've had my share
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If all the fraudulent pensioners now drawing
pensions were removed from the list tile sppro-
priaiious would not exceed S75,OO0000 annually.
Instead of that however it will up TO $500 600
900 next year, and if the applications now on file
should be passed upon favorabIy, as Mr. Rsum has
passed upon all examined during the past year. the
amount will be increased to something over $780,
co., G0 annually, which il than all the other
expenses Of the Government combined.
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Already there are more names on the pension list
than the total number of soldiers in the Union
army. Instead of dying off they are increasing by
the thousands. Unless something Is done TO stop
the fraudulent issuing of pensions, within two or
three years it will take from $3.50 600 900 to 500 COO
600 annually.
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