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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-31
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prolonged and bitter struggle in Congress
over the policy of protecting farm products.
The AMERICAN FARMER is on the side of
the farmers and bitterly hostile to the an
nounced program OF placing wool on the
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THE FORBES PICTURES.

| ,hoever has failed to improve the
opportunity to get the Forbes War Pct
ures will regret it when he sees them in
the hands of some of bis comrades. They
are absolutely the most truthful and
lifelike of any pictures drawn of the
war. Every man looking at them will
recall just how he and his comrades
appeared in the "days when he went
soldering" There is time yet to get
the set from the beginning. Send in
your coupons and orders.
We take pleasure in giving a few ex-
tracts from the many complimentary
letters received:
The books are very interesting indeed. and
bring to- mind very distinctly the times when we
were soldier boys"
s.H. WENTWORTH. Albany. N. Y.
am very much pleased with Part l. because
A. J. HOLMES, Boone. Iowa.
I don't want TO miss n number
GEORGE III. BRYAN, Bridgeport, Conn.
] trying to interest old veteran comrades,
aud induce them to get this grand history of our
work offered generously. All getting
interested.
3. G. BARTo. Lansingburg. N. Y.
They are grand, and the very thing for
soldiers. o. J. LYON, Sabetha Kan.
have read the Army Sketch Book, No. 2. with
great interest II reminds me OF true army life,
just ii when was in the army. 1t is very
amusing TO any old soldier. l want every number
of the Sketch Book.
e. Fl. DUGAN Auroraville. Wis.
The Army Life Sketch Book is Just the thing to
put any who was in the of the rebellion.
from Isl io 65. in mind of old times. and would
be without it for twice the price which you
charge for it. IL ought to he in every family.
JOHN r SWEET. Apponaug, r l.
No. l of War Pictures came early. and have en-
joyed it. The reading is very nice and important;
evidently written by who what he de-
scrbes naturally.
u. G. BARTo. Lansingburg n. Y.
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WE note with sincere pleasure the
growing feeling of affection in the GAR.
for the Sons of Veterans. A fine illus
tration of this took place recently during
the Encampment of the Department of
California and Nevada. The Division
of California, S. of ", held it's Encamp-
ment at the same time and place, and
there were the pleasantest possible ex-
change of courtesies between the two
bodies, and overtures were made toward
a much closer relation. This is as it
should be. Our best friends are our own
sons, and we want them as close by our
sides as we can have them.
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THE signal failure of the New York
Times in its researches among the 5000
pensioners in New York State tends to
discourage other papers from similar ex-
periments. We are sorry. We have
all along urged the soldier-hating papers
to give us less rhetoric and defamation
and more actual investigation into facts.
They will now be more fearful than
ever to investigate.
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dreds of millions of pounds of unsold
wool in the farmers hands, and the men
who should be working it up into cloth
ing are sitting idly in their cherries
homes, sorrowfully wondering where they
are to get bread for their wives and chill
dren?
What man can justify the wickedness
which has brought about this deplorable
condition of things?
The men whom we defeated on the
field of battle have taken bitter revenge.
Already have they cost the people of
this country-not the rich, but the poor,
those who earn their bread by the sweat
of their brows-more than the entire
valuation of the South at the beginning
of the war. The money they have
robbed the wage-worker and the farmer
of since the beginning of 1893 would
have paid for every acre of land, every
house, every fence, every head of live
stock and every negro slave in the South
at the beginning of the war. They
doubtless nurse this sweet revenge in
their souls, and rejoice over its complete
ness when they meet together, but how
terrible it has been for the country,
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., MAY 81, 1894.
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

<ne Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of 1928
survivors and 1852 widows. and
something over 5000 cases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes a total of %, 497. or sew
eraI thousand more men than
The United States had I'm Mexico
at any one time during the war.
These all receive either s. Or
g12 a month.
Among the names are those
Of the widow of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. a New Yorker by birth,
who was Acknowledgement of
the United States Army at the
outbreak of the war, and used
his position to aid the rebels in
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position to become
Acknowledgement of the South
erH CoRfederaey. and OfIfciated
as such until the rebellion coll
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing "a pension since june
g. 1857.
The widow Of Thomas J..
('sStOnewaH'' Jackson, who
was next 10 Lee the most pOpss-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow Of Maj.-Gen. George
Z. Pickett, who commanded a
division i'm the rebel army.
The widow Of Mai .-Gen. Gideon
J.PiIIOw. who commanded a die
vision in the rebel army.
The widow of Lieut.-Gen. A. p.
Hill. WliO commanded one OF
flle three corps of Lees army.
The widow of Sidney Smith
Lee. who was dismissed from
the Navy for "gOing over TO the
enemy" and afferward became
Commodore iEG The rebel navy.
Brighten. JAS. R. Chalmers.
who was FORESTS chief lieu
tenant.
Maj.sGen. Dabney HI. MaHry.
who commanded the rebel
troops at the battle of Chicka-
saw Bayou.
Hon. =. B. Maxey. late United
States Senator from Texas who
has been drawing his pension
since May -. 1857. He WIS a
MaiOr-GeneraI in the rebel
army.
Hon. Jas. Y. George, Senator
from Mississippi. and who
served i'm the rebel army as a
Colonel. The number OF his
certificate is 1914.
Hon. A. III. COiquiff, Senator
from Georgia, WHO was a Major
General i'm the rebel army.
draws a pension under certifi.
cate 80. L99.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who were educated
at the GOvernmente expense, and
afierBard fought 10 destroy the
Government. They went On the
roll at once, while last April
Ihere were pending the claims
OfI45.520 widows of Union sol.
diers who had not yet been able
10 get on the roll.
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AN EXTRA COPY.

Of this weeks NATIONAL TRIBUNE, which
they are requested 10 hand to some other
eomrade who, they kiOw, is not subscriber,
but should be. Every man who wore the
blue should be on the subscription-list of
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE during this great
Sight for veterans rights. Try to bring all
the boys into camp. The more subscribers
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has, the better
tight il can make.
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IT IS with pain that we note that the
issue of pension certificates for the week
ending May 10 fell to total Of 1856.
OF these but 610-or less than two-ffths
we're on original claims, and but 173
or less than one-seventh of the whole,
were under the old law, and 305, or one
fifth, under act of June 81, 1890. The
remaining 976, or more than three-ffths
of the whole, were " Increase and Addi-
tional mainly nominal" Reissues"
Duplicates" and similar formal work
Giving the Bureau entire credit for the
whole work, and assuming that there are
yet $4,000 cases pending in the Bureau,
at this rate it would take 433 weeks-or
eight wears and three months-to clear
the docket and dispose of all the cases.
Of course it would not take quite so long
for over 100000 veterans now living
will be dead before the end of another
eight years, and the Pension Bureau will
have no need of further bother about
them.
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If the New York Times had been
able to find some cases that even looked
suspicious what a hullabaloo it would
have raised, and how all the other
papers would have started out fraud.
hunts in their neighborhoods. Their
silence is very eloquent.
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OF course, it is just as proper for Coxey
to list the stallion he paid $4,000 for
for 1925 for taxation as it is for Armour,
Cudahy, Yerkes, etc., to engage in SINH
lar tax-beating, but it is a trife incon-
sistent. We naturally expect reformers
to set good example.
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Mr.. WILSON is trying hard to get
sufficiently acquainted with his tariff bill
to recognize it when it comes back to
the House.
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THERE is better time coming for the
pension claimants and pensioners. The
old soldiers and their sons will make
themselves heard at the polls this Fall
in way that will lead to some decided
changes in policy.
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IF Gresham had been Secretary of
State when the French were in Mexico,
how he would have cringed before and
courted the usurper Macmillan.
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by officials supposed to be the servants
and executants of Congressional will.
What words can fifty characterize this
fragrant usurpation of power2

From the dispassionate point of view
of one clear outside the row, it would
seem that the leaders of the coal miners
strike are the tools-witting or unwit-
ting-of combination of shrewd specu-
lators who are pretty well loaded up
with coal and want to raise the price.
No other explanation seems possible to
reasonable man. A more inopportune
time for a strike could not have been
chosen. Summer is here, when the need
of coal for domestic purposes is the
smallest. 1t will be many months be-
fore it is necessary to begin getting out
the supply for next Winter. A large
proportion of the factories are closed
down altogether, and the rest are run
ming on short time and allowances.
Every railroad has cut down its train
service to the minimum, and so the de-
mand for coal is everywhere but frac-
ton of what it ordinarily is. To have
started strike at such time seems the
hight of folly, and the leaders have SO
far given absolutely no reason for their
seeming stupidity. They are entitled to
the thanks of the community, however,
for one thing. Since they intended to
strike, it is something to be thankful for
that they chose the time of all others
when such thing would inconvenience
the public the very least.
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<ne Which is Not "Purged," and In Which
There Are No Suspensions.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. MARTIN l. SCHMID. of the County
nf Delta. Stat" of Colorado, did by his deed of
a-t. dated July II. 1890. and recorded July p,
0. i'll ooE ~. page 2i5. uf the records of Mont
r e county. convey TO HENRY J. ALDKICH.
u.tcc. tie following described real estate.
situated in the county, Of Montrpse; State Of
n. and in II W. oi the n. III, NJ. crn'aining 81
acres more or less. TO secure the Payment Of his
principal note of $50 together with ten coupon
n ptcs Uf ST ench. dated July y. isD0, and pay
able TO the order of the Colorado Securities
.mpany ard due on the first days Of January
a ri July respectively after the date of the said
y incipa note with interest Un the said coupon
il ties NJ the rate two per cent. per month amer
IN itu. ity.
Whereas, 1t Is provided in and by said deed of
trust that in default of payment Of said principal
note or any Of coupon notes or any part thereof
at the time the same shall become due and pay
able. then Of said notes wit Interest up to the
date of sale ut the election "f the lrenl holder
thereof shall at uncc become dnc and payable.
and on request said irtr tee shall advertise AMI
s.ll the said premises, and
Whereas. default has been made in the pay
mcnt of coupon ties due July isy;: January
!, 1891, and July ], 1891, and such default still
c ntnucs, nll If said uot's have been declared
due and payable by the legal holder thereof,
Now, therefore, Al the request of the legal
holder of snd notes, will. rs trustee ns af 'rc-
said, on Saturday. the 18th day of December,
1891, between the hours of II IN. aud o'clock p.
III Of that day at The fremont street door Of the
Court House, In the City of Denver. County oi
highest bidder, for cash. all the above described
premises. and all rights and equities. including
homestead and all water rights privileges CON
nectcd in any manner with said land for the
purpose of paying the said notes, and all interest
thcn Oh. together with nll cNpci SC of T. Is
proceeding, ms by the terms Of sa d deed OF trust
! am iul authorized and empowered to do.
HENRY J. ALDRICH. Trustee.
Dated Denver, Colorado. November 10, 1891.
tFirs, pub. Nov. II, 1904; last Dec r. isoi.l
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
silver Progressing.

There is no mistake that the cause OF
silver is rapidly advancing in the East.
Tie echemeof Clsyeland where brokers
have-and are soon to again-present
treasury notes at one window Of the
Treasury Department and take gold out
and carry 70 another and pay it in "to
strengthen the gold reserve" is making
thousands OF people thoroughly under.
stand what single standard means-a
harvest for Wall street.
! Last week Wharton Barker OF Penn
sylvania wrote an open letter to Gov.
Mckinley OF Ohio demanding his posi-
tion on the silver question il he had any
hope OF icing the Republican standard
beassr in 1896. The agitation among the
thinlging successful men helps the cause
a the people more than all the "bloody
bridls~ speeches ever delivered.
The following great yastern news
>upere sa.e come out for silver:
The .aes York Recorder, New York
ess, Ycw York Finantial Record and
lvesfor, Bosto,t (. Philadelphia
ss, Cincin-
ellington
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
CAeRILLO'S BONES.

Alleged Discovery OF the skeleton Of tho
Spanish Adventurer.
For years an interesting dispute has
been going on between Santa Barbara
and Santa Catalina, CAL, as to which
belonged the honor of furnishing the
last resting place for the bones of Juan
Cabrillo, the Spanish adventurer who
discovered the island and harbor of
Santa Catalina three hundred or SO
years ago.
A recent event, however, seems to
throw the burden of proof on Santa
barbara. The matter has been kept
secret for some time, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner. hut the facts are that
a grave was found on the island of
Santa Catalina that was SO evidently
that of some person Of Importance that
the discoverer notified the owners of
the island and the remains were taken
out almost complete. The body was
evidently buried with as much pomp
rs circumstances would permit. The
head was laid to the north, and in it
was heap of shell beads, cut with
great labor from the shells found on
the beach, several beads of abalone
being among them. Near by was a
fine stone mortar and pestle, an Indian
paint pot and various objects which it
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
EAST ART WORK.
A Charcoal Sketch Worth One Hundred
Dollars Drawn In Ten Minutes.

A Charcoal Sketch Worth One Hundred
Dollars Drawn In Ten Minutes.
Improvisation as an art is usually as
sociated with music. but artists also
can dash off, picture when the
spirit moves them: and the spirit seems
to have been very vigorously at work
on Mr.. T. Il. Hardy, whose seascapes are
so widely renowned or n certain fcs-
tive evening not long ago, says the
London Telegram. There was stretched
before him, SO it is credibly reported,
sheet of paper measuring about three
feet by four on an easel, and upon this
canvas he was invited to execute char
coal drawing in ten minutes. The sub
iect chosen by him was 'Thc POOL
below London bridge. with the usual
accessories of the tower looming in the
background and barges and steamers
coming up the river on the iloodtide.
So dcftly did the artists hand trace
the design already recorded in his
brain that the whole picture was fin
ished within the very short space of
time already Wentioncd. aerial and
wave effects" we read, were obtained
by rapid rubbing with the hand CT n
cloth" 1t might naturally be expected
that n drawing done under such trying
circumstances would be somewhat
'slietchy," and no doubt the details in
it were rather suggested than carefui
ly filed in; but the result was very far
indeed from being a mere smudge, and
the company of brother artists, literary
men and actors before whom the feat
was exhibited were loud in their
praise. Their appreciation indeed was
shown in the most practical of all pos
sible ways. for Mr.. Hardy's charcoal
sketch. which had taken him only q
sixth part of an hour to complete. at
once changed hands for the price OF
twenty guineas.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
r,s., ~ Summer 1,oar,.crs.

City faInilics tisct have aauariums iii
their houses have been puzzled how to
keep fish alive and the fresh water
properly rcplenishcd in their absence
for three CT four months at the seaside
or in Europe. A New York dealer in
aquarium supplies uptown has solved
the problem By starting O fish boarding
house. He has large house in IIar-
lem, and his patrons ut this time of the
year send thithcr their aQuarirsns. to
be kept until their return in the fall.
shelves are provided on the four sides
CT the room. on each floor, and the
carctakcr makes his rounds each morn
ing. A part of his contract is that
when fish dies he is compelled to re-
place it. He says it is profitable
business
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
DOGS AS SOLDIERS.

Regularly Enlisted In the Ambulane8
Corps OF the Germany Army.
The time-honored injunction to Let
slip the dogs of war; is being given a
new meaning in Germany. That
country is leaving nothing undone to
make its army organization the most
perfect in Europe, and among the
preparations for the next campaign is
regular system of dog drilling. The
dogs have been trained to go with the
ambulance corps, seek out the
wounded, bring them water and help
to draw them on little hand-carts to
the field hospital. They perform all
these services with intelligence and
skill.
They are now attached to some of
the regiments as regular four-footed
soldiers. The first lesson which they
have to learn :; ,i:, They are
taught to repress the outbreak of bark
ing and to replace this mode of signal
ing by low growl, audible only to
their friends. This is difficult les
son; but a more tedious one has to fol-
low. This is to teach the dog that
men are friends and enemies, and that
the way to distinguish them is by the
color of their trousers. Soldiers are
dressed up in French and Russian uni
forms and made to whip the dogs,
while soldiers in German uniforms are
told Off to pet the canine recruits and
regale them on sausage,
The dogs render good service at the
outposts, on account of their quick
sense of hearing; and they are alst
trained to carry dispatches in leather
satchel which is buckled on the iroI
collar they wear.
Gray Pomeranians make the bes
soldier-dogs, on account of their grear
muscular strength, their quickness il
learning and their unObtrusive color
For ambulance service. however, Prof
Bungartz. the animal painter, who i
Interested in this branch of the Re,
Cross society and has himself trainc,
many dogs for it, declares that Scotcl
collies are the best breed.
The Delta independent., 1894-11-21

less than forty years. won the race
without much difficulty. Mr.. Atkinson
bill Atkinson they call him in Geor-
gia-reprcscnts much that in the old
days would have been held in light es-
teen, says llarpcr's Weekly. His ante
cedcnts are humble. and he earned as II
boy the money with which to pass
through the University of Georgia, and
afterwards to study law. lie entered
politics as soon as he obtained his ma
jority, and if some stories are to be
credited, he had political ambitions
long before he was old enough to vote.
When he was sixteen years old he drove
load of cordwood to Newman, the
nearest town to his fathers farm. As
he stood at the head of his team wait
ing for customer, some lads who
knew him ut school jcered ut him, and.
with laughter. called out: Look at
Bill Atliinson!'
"Ncver mind" Atkinson is said to
have replied; ''look at Bill Atkinson,
for some day Bill Atkinson will be gov
ernor of Georgia.
Mr.. Atkinson has served several
terms in the state legislature, and has
also been speaker of the house. He
was chairman of the state democratic
committee during the last presidential
campaign. In the legislature Mr.. At
kinsons greatest prominence has been
gained by leading the opposition to the
effort to give to the state, and secure
state support for it, the home for con.
fedcratc veterans. This institution
was built by private subscriptions, but
it is now in ruins for lack of funds.
Though the republicans joined with
the populists, and there were disscn.
sions within the democratic party, At
kinson has won by very much reduced
majority. -. -.