davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

TIE Portland 0regonian, which has daily
spasms over the pension question, is having
very severe ct over the passage by the
Oregon Legislature of bill appropriating
$4,000 for the establishment of a State
Soldiers Home. 1t denounces this as til.
establishment of a pauper aristoeracy;D
that the proper place for an INDECENT vet
eran is with the other paupers in the
County poorhouses, etc This is a fine
way to educate the rising generation
into being public-spirited citizens ready
to Go their duty to the country in an
ernergency-to make them understand that
if they receive any physical injury in that
service grateful country viii make no dis
tinction between them and paupers who
have become SO by vice OF Incidence. VIVA.
an ungratefui viper the editor of the Ore
goniun must be TO sting with insults the
men who made it possible for him to have
and enjoy all that he has and enjoys.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
THE efforts of the toadies and aristocra.s

THE efforts of the toadies and aristocrats
have at last been successful, and we are to
have" Ambassadors at the principal courts,
instead of ENJOYS Extraordinary and Min
| listers Plenipotentiary.n The thing is OF
little consequence one way or the other,
only the sham of il makes one tired. The
whole Ambassador" business is n worn out
relic of the past There can be no real Am
bassadors anywhere, except from despotic
monarchies like Russia and Turkey, and it
is idle to give officials titles which are far
above the powers they exercise. In the old
fashioned diplomacy the Ambassador repre-
sented the person of the monarch, and could
make war and peace the same as his master
could. Nowadays diplomats are merely
clerks of their State Departments, and can
only do what their Minister of Foreign fairs
or Secretary of State instructs them to do.
The telegraph and fast mails have taken
away all their liberty of action and discre-
tlOn. But our 'snoDS who are travelling
abroad have long yearned to be presented at
court by the american Ambassador" and
have kept up an agitation until the thing
was accomplished. AS 80 far it does not
carry any increase of salary it is not worth
while making much fuss over the matter.
Probably, however, the next move of these
worthless will be to raise the salaries of Am
bassadors from $17.500 to $4,000, 30 as to
put them on footing with the British Am
bassadors at the principal European courts.
This should be resisted to the uttermost
There is no functionary of the Government
of so little use as our Ministers. They have
almost nothing to do beyond getting rich
Americans presented at court, and plotting
them into such society as they may be able
to break into. IF there is to be any increase
it should be in the Consular salaries. We
have the poorest paid Consuls in the world,
and they are required to do an immense
amount Of really important work.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
ESTABLISHED 1871
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR,
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Oh months rs cents. Nc subscription for a less
period received.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

MONEY sent us. otherwise than by regis
tered letter, postal money orSier, or draft on
New York, viii be at the rissI Of The seuder.
AGENTS.-we employ no agents. The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE has many volunteer cam
vassers. and they ere generally honest and
faithful; but persons who coniide their SUBJ
scriptions TO them must be their OWN judges
of their responsibility. The paper viii be sent
only on receipt of the subscription price.
ADDRESSES, RENEWALS, ETC.-Ad-
dresses viii be changed as often as desired,
but each subscriber should in every case give
the old rs well IS new address. in renewing
subscribers should be- careful TO send us the
label on the last paper received, and specify
any corrections or changes they desire nlade IN
name or address.
CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence is
solicited from every section in regard to Grand
Army. Sons of Veterans, Pension. Military, 8g-
ricultural. Industrial and Household matters,
and letters to the Editor will always receive
prompt attention Write on oEE SIDE of the
paper only. We do not return comm u-ications
or manuscripts unless they are accompanied
by request 10 that effect and the necessary
postage. and under no circumstances guarantee
tbeir publication at any special date.
Address ali communications to
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. @.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
THE SILVER LINING.

The mill-hands bore the manged victim OF
the accident home and laid the poor broken
form on the bed, and then stood with barred
bowed heads before the agonized wife.
"One of the boys has gone for the doctor,
ma'am," said Slabbs, the foreman of the mill
hands. ave hope it amt as bad as it looks
You see, Mr.. TANNERS fell into the machinery
and -
The injured man opened his eyes and
whispered, weakly:
Pm afraid it has killed me, Maria. But If
1t has there is one consolation-it pulled that
COMPOUNDED plaster off from my back that you
and have been working at for week."
And then he gasped twice and died with
sweet smile on his lips.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
WORTHY OBJ DEATH.

Sawney-Jonks is a fool!
Fiint-H'm! Why SOP
Sawney-At the club last night he said to me-
81 saw girl to-day whom I met in Genoa last
year" And I said "Genoa2" And he said
That's what 1 said" And said, See ?''
And he said, "Naw!" and walked off. The
fellow is fool!
Fliut-H'm Cont exactly seq
Sawney-Why, he said he met her in Genoa,
and / said "Genoa?" And he said
Flint know what he said He said "Ge-
noa," and you said "Genoa," and he said that
was what he had said, and you said
Sawney-He said he met her in Genoa. See
And / said "Genoa?" 'Yeknow'er? See it
now3
Flint-Ur-r-r.r! Yes / think, myself Jonks
acted the fool. He ought to have slain you on
the spot.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
DO YOU WANT TO CO
TO THE
WORLDS FAIR?
WE WILL GIVE F8U
A FIRE e TICKET.

Our offer of free round-trip tickets to the
GAR. National Encampment last year was
30 successful that we have decided To reDeai
the plan upon larger scale for the benefit
of intending visitors to the Worlds Fair at
Chicago.
Last year hundreds Of our readers got
frst-class round-trip tickets from their
places Of residence to Washington and
return by little effort in making up clubs
for TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Our plan worked very uccessfuily-every-
body was more than satisfied Very many
were able to visit Washington who wanted
to do SO very much, but felt that they could
not incur the expense, and we gave them an
opportunity which they gladly improved
There was nowhere q single expression of
dissatisfaction.
We viii do the same thing this year
with regard to those who wish to visit the
Worlds Fair. We ell giue q frst-cIass
Fo&Rd-tfip ticket from aRy point in the Uaised
States TO Chicago and return for a club of
subscribers, proportisHate TO the distance the
point is from Chicago.
This ticket viii be for the mort direct
route between the two places, and it viii have
al the advantages in regard TO the time for
which it viii he good, length of stay in
Chicago, speed of trains, ETC., tl4t any first
class ticket VIII have. In bTief, it will be
the best kind of ticket which viii be a
great superiority, az there viii doubtless be
many tickets offered by various parties
which viii be only for very slow trains. in
ferior cars, limited as 10 time. ETC. Our
tickets viii ali be for frst-class, fast trains.
and have every privilege given the best class
Of tickets.
The carrying out of this scheme involves
On immense amount of correspondence and
clerical work On our part, and We are now
preparing schedule of the sizes OF clubs
which We viii require from different points
We VIII publish this as soon as completed
which may be some time hence.
In the meanwhile, those who intend TO
work for these tickets should BEGIN al once
They can send in their subscribers as fast
they obtain them, notifying US that they
are for Worlds Fair Ticket and they
WI be properly credited TO them. If thew
sfterward change their minds they can have
the subscribers sent in applied on any other
premium that we offer.
We should very much like 60 have those
who expect to get mp clubs for these tickets
write 10 US immediately of their intentions
o. this VIII help us in making IN our
schedule We will send them anv numhsr
of sample copies they wish to show friends
and acquaintance in the work of soliciting
subscribers
Remember, all names sent In
count on this offer must be yearly
subscribers at 81 each. No sub
scrlptions sent prior to April
VIII count on this offer.
We ask all our friends who want TO 90 "a
Cnicsgo to go to work at once They can
easily secure round-trip ticket by little
work in pushing the circulation of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Mark all commuui-
cations Worlds Fair Ticket" and address
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
1923 New York avenue,
Washington, d. @.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
WORSE THAN NERO.

Prisoner hope you will be easy with me,
your honor. i am down in the world. and
Justice-Down in the world, Ell? Well, then,
I'll send you up.
Prisoner-But, your homer, never would
have committed the ofense if my temper had
not been ruffied.
Justice-H'ml Maybe it is rufled yet.
Officer. iron him!
And yet the temple of justice did not fall
and crush that Judge.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

STILL there is no response to our challenge
for some pension-hating paper to point out
shirks and bummers who infest the pension
roll. If there are tens of thousands of these
they must be somewhere in the country, and
It should be very easy to find them.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

THE English Tories are mourning over
another revolutionary" step, which, they
wall, is long stride on the road to the ruin
Of British institutions. The House of Com
mons has adopted, By a vote of 279 to 226, a
resolution favoring salaries for members of
Parliament. This is measure that the
common people have been agitating for long
time. They complain, with truth, that with
no salaries only wealthy men can afford to
be elected to Parliament, and therefore the
masses cannot be represented. The old
fogies think there viii be no salvation in
the country wheu men go the House of
Commons for the salary they receive, and
not, as now, for the honor of seat in the
body.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

ONE of the professional criminals whom
Italy thought to get rid of by deporting to
America has made his way back home, and
thrown a stone at the King. The secret
opinion of the Italian Government is that
the New Orleans 1ynching was not SO ex-
tensive as it should have been.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

Mrs. Quartz dislike very much to COM
plain, Dir. Waters, but the milk you have left
US for the past four mornings has been wretched
so weak that it was positively blue.
Waters (the milk-rnanl-It was all due to
the weather, ma'am. 1t has been so dismal for
the past few days that the COWS have all had
the blues terribly.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
A BIG HEAD.

Returned Traveier-Among the most inter-
esting relics of the Moundbuilders that we dis
covered was mummy in a perfect state of
preservation whose skull measured 43 inches
in circumference.
Friend (who stayed at home)--Why, did
not know there were any male pianists in those
days.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
your comrades.

KANSAS foes not seem to be as tired of
Woman Suffrage as has been represented.
The women registered by thousands in the
State last week, and they propose to vote.
Whatever they may do cannot help being
an improvement on the way that the men
have been running things in the sunfower
State.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

Ta-RE is evidence of a healthy public
opinion all over the country in favor of
hanging condemned murderers, instead of
making them objects of compassion and
Executive clemency.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

a NOBLE ATOGENEEY. an interest
ing serial story, by Nine. Sophie Redfield de
helssner, of the Russian Legation, will soon
begin in the columns of TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

TIE sooner Secretary Morton attaches =
reliable cyclone-indicator to the Weather
Bureau the more popular he will become in
the wind-swept West.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

Haze yoa done your duty in getting one more
subscriber for THE M 7IONAL TRIBUNEs
You should do this for at is the best scay 10 Aezp
your comrades.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30

THERE is mild consolation in knowing
that the British Parliament is wasting time
even more senselessly than the SID Congress
did
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
NOTICE TO BooK-BuyERs

We can furnish any book not out of print
either American or foreign, at the publish
sris price.
The National tribune., 1893-03-30
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON. D. C., MARCH 30, 1893.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
PERSONAL POINTS.

Richard A. Proctor, whose grave in
Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, now
rests. thanks to George w. Childs, be-
meath filing memorial stone. lies near
distinguished company oil such men OF
good repute as Henry Ward BeeChor,
John Brougham, Lester Wallack, Will
liam j. Florence and Fiia Greene Hal
leck.
a famous literary controversy was
settled at spiritualistic scanco in
Washington the other evening. Frau
els Bacon was summoned from the
spirit world, aud in answer to Il ques-
ton promptly answered: ii did not
write Shakespeare. So far as / know
William did 1t himself"
The Society of Antiquity, OF Worcester,
Mass. is taking steps to secure the pre-
servation OF the Gen. Rufus Putnam
house, in Rutland as memorial OF that
distinguished revolutionary leader.
Car!yles home in Choyne row, Chel,
sea, il in feariuily dirty and neglected
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20

Perhaps some of our readers would
like to know in what respect Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is better than any
other. We will tell you. When this
remedy is taken as soon asa cold has
been contracted, and before it has be-
come settled in tho system, it will
counteract the effect OF the cold and
greatly lessen it's severity, and it is the
only remedy that will do this. II acts
in perfect harmony with nature and
aids nature in relieving the lungs, open
ing the secretions, liquetyinG the mucus
and causing its expulsion from tho air
cells OF the lungs and restoring the sys-
tenn to strong and healthy condition.
No other remedy in the market pos
sesscs these remarkable properties.
No other will cure q cold 80 quickly.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
NIch MANS Son.

The danger Of having a weak head
and a rich father is again illustrated in
the son of ex-senator Fair, who counts
his wealth by the mitiions. The heir
to these millions has led life Of riot.
His latest escnpade is his marriage to
professional lewd woman notorious
in San Francisco. Wit her Nc has
started for Europe.
The broken-hearted old father has
changed his will, leaving to his
scapegrace son one hundred dollars
instead Of the fortune OF about $4,000
900 which would have gone to him. a
life Of ease without labor or response
bi!ity has ruined this son of father
who began with nothing and made his
own way.
Sons Of poor men 20 wrong, but this
young man has gone the way OF the idle
rich to whom money is mere means
of sensual qualification. The elder Fair
had better start in his poverty than
his son had in his fathers wealth.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
IntornnI Tnxes ON robncco.


The Democratic proposition to in
crease the internal revenue tax on
tabacco is bringing out responses. 1t
is true that men can do without tobacco,
so that it is not II necessary OF lie as
bread is. Neither do tea and coffee
stand with bread, yet they are classed
among the necessaries.
Tho man with whom the use OF to-
bacco is habit OF long standing would
much sooner give up his tea or coffee
than have his precious weed taken from
him. To the laborinS man in particular
tobacco is comfort not to be replaced
by anything else. 10 increase internal
taxes on tobacco is short cut to the
workngman's pocket He must pay or
he must do without.
The proposed increase OF. tho tobacco
tax would make little difference to the
consumers OF high grade tobacco and
segarg. By cheapening the quality n
little and cutting into wages segars now
sold at five cents and upwards would be
sold ut the same prices.
1t is in the lower grader of segars, the
"two-fors" and the stogies that sell at
retail seven for IL dime, that tho in
creased tax would show itself most.
Further reduction OF wages for making
these segars is hardly practicable, GER
tainly it is far from desirable. A poorer
article of "two-fors" might be sold at the
same price, but stogics would certainly
go up.
These and the lower grades OF smok.
ing and chewing tobaccos are what the
poor man buys. He must pay more
that the products OF foreign labor. per-
haps those products that compete with
his own industry may come through
the custom houses at lower duty. This
is part OF the Democratic scheme OF
"tarill reform"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

All railway travellers have, at one
time or another, experienced difficulty
in opening and closing windows in the
cars, and among the ungodly classes
much profanity has thereby been pro-
voked. The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
Company has adopted, in this connec-
ton, Il system OF weights aud pulleys,
operated by very simple device, and
through the medium OF which the win
dows may be raised or lowered without
the slightest trouble.
The queen regent OF the Neither
lands recently gave to her daughter,
the little Queen Wilhelmina, number
oil wooden figures. clad in uniforms
used in the army OF the netherlands.
The uture ruler, it is hoped by her
mother, will be able to recognize the
grades Of the real soldiers by studying
the wooden figures.
John Smelling, who is firm believer
in the efficacy OF the rabbit foot in pro-
noting luck, explains the success OF the
Vigilant upon the theory that he paid
negro boy to place right under the
Nigilants jib.boom more than week
ago, while she was in dock, the foot OF a
rabbit which was slain in Il graveyard
at u o'clock at night, dark OF the moon.
"Therc is contest between Burling-
ton and Rutland, VT, as to which town
shall be designated for the conservation
Of Bishop.elcct Hall, OF Oxford, Eng
land" says the New York Tribune.
"Some papers have spoken OF DIR. Hall
rs British subject. But he became an
American citizen many years ago.
The New Orleano Times Democrat says
that n young whale, sixteen feet long
and weighing about 5000 pounds, was
found washed high and dry on the reef
hall n mile west Of the West Jetty light.
1t was alive and attracted many visitors
from the village.
Ninety.two cardinals vebeen created
since the advent OF Leo NH to the
pontificai throne, that number having
died during the same time. The Col
lege OF Cardinals numbers siEty-three-
OF whom twonty-nine are foreigners and
thiriy.iour are Italians.
Bishop Potter, of Now York, IS said
to be IN active sympathy with the
Burial Reform Association OF that city,
and it has been reported that lie has
provided in his will that he shall be
buried in wicker coffin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20

condition, and it is proposed to buy it
by public subscription and set il apart
as place Of commemoration.
Queen Vicioria's fltty.Gve pet dogs
have dining room that is handsomely
carpeted and ornamented with the por.
traits OF their ancestors in oils and
water coors.
A celebrated Philadelphia dancing
master, David L. Carpenter, who died
the other day at the age OF eignty-six,
introduced the polka into this country.
Lord Dunraven is the only living de-
scendant OF King ollioli Chem, the
monarch who ruled over ireland 1000
years ago,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20

DR.. r. G. Flower, the specialist oil
Boston, will visit the following places,
where he may be consulted profession
ally:
Steubenville, O., Imperial Hotel, Mon
day, October 80.
Columbus, O., Neil House, Tuesday,
October 81.
Springfield. O., Arcade Hotel, We'd
nesday, November |.
Cincinnati, o., Grand Hotel, Thurs
day aud Friday. November and3
DR.. r, q. Flower needs no introduce
ton to our readers. His intuitional
powers in diagnosing disease, with his
recognized skill and success in the
treatmentoi chronic diseases, has placed
him Tor years at tho head OF his special
ties. This will be the doctors last visit
this year to this section OF the country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Lacking in tho First Principles
PerclYal-Father, don't want TO 90 to
that college. It's poor concern. His
Fathcr-Poor, my son? It's an OLD,
wealthy aud famous institution that
numbers among its graduates some OF
the most noted men in the land. What
possible objection can you have against
it? Perciyal-1 don't like ita yell.-
Chicago Tribune.
Jaysmith-'I ought not to have bot
that $l3. l might have known that |
would lose it. unlucky number. ="
Cumso-"Nonsense! The man who won
it be. Sl3, too, didn't hep Jaysmith-
mo; he gave odds. He bot $2B."--
Harlem Lie.
A Paisley gentleman, hearing that two
OF his female relations had quarrelcd,
asked "Ha'e they ca'ed each ither
ugly? INA, ma" "Ah, weel then |
can max it up atweon them yet y
IH.BRS.
Vistor-So your brother is taking
lessons on the violin. Is he making
progress? Little Girl-Yes'm; he's got
so now we eau tell whether he's tuning
or playing.-Good MerS.
Deeds, not words" is an injunction
the silvGr-tongued real estate agent
must often have considerable difficulty
in folIowing.-Buba'O Courier.
Tho time spent in brooding over
troubles, ii properly employed. would
enable you to surmount them.-Non-
treGt Star.
A washing match would not at
tract much attention. 1t would be
classed as scrub-race.- Picayune.
The soul without Imagination is what
an observatory would be without tele-
scope.-H W. BescRer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20
Biz Lnn1 swindlc.

The New York iIorId has turned up
what has all the appearance OF Il swindle
based on West Virginia land. The land
is where it is represented to be, in Nc,
Dowe!l county, and it is valuable. The
point OF the revelation is that the land
is not owned by certain Standard Coal
and Timber Company which lays claim
to it.
A great deal OF money has been real
lied by the sale OF this company's bonds,
and ii the company does not own the
land, the bonds represent, OF course, SO
much money lost to the investors, The
World article alleges forgery in the re-
cent conveyances and bases the title OF
tho Standard Company on that forgery.
Nobody is more Interested than West
Virsinians arc to bring to light any
crookedness in which West Virginia
land is made to figure. Ii eastern
sharpers have llceced investors it is to
be hoped that they arc within reach OF
prompt punishment; and ii any West
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-20

Special Dispctch 10 GIc IRteligenccr.
PARKERsBuRG. W. Va, Oct. 10.-IIarry
MAYHEM, lineman for the telephone
company, was working on an electric
light wire this morning at the top of 4
twenty-five foot pole. He caught hold
OF live wire, aud the severe shock
threw him to the ground. He lighted
on his head on the brick street. sustain
ing serious and painful injuries. Con.
cussion Of the brain is feared. Strange
to say no bones were broken. 1t is
thought lie will recover. He is a son
OF Manager Mayhem, OF the telephone
exchange.