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The National tribune., 1894-11-29
OUR COMPLETE MEDICATION.

One of the most cheering signs of the
brighter day dawning for the veterans is
the unmistakable evidence Of change
of public sentiment regarding them.
Two years ago the air was simply sur
charged with lies and calumnies regard
ing the veterans. So persistent and
vehement was this defamation that it
cooled or shook the friendship of some
of our frmest friends, and put them in
an attitude of apology or outright con-
domination. The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
fought heroically against this storm, but
to little purpose. Fully one-half of the
press of the country, and more than that
proportion of the public speakers, were
rancorously against us, those who should
have been our active helpers stood aloof,
and our enemies, though really a
minority, swept the country in 1892.
One Of their political blunders was in
giving us the vindication that we had
vainly sought for in another way. We
had begged long and fruitlessly for such
an investigation as would set the vet
Grams right before the eyes Of the people.
We outlined a plan which would do
this most effectively, and for months
urged it upon the attention of the press
and the officials of the Government
The comrades joined in with US, and
sent petitions signed by tens of thou
sands asking that it be adopted. Our
readers well remember, how this was
treated.
Our enemies were going to investigate
us in their own way. They were going
to organize a court TO convict and to
prove the truth Of the terrible charges
they made against us.
They have been at the work nearly
two years; they have spent outright
100000, secured from Congress for
that purpose, and no one knows how
much more. They have had at their
command all the great power of the
United States, and have not hesitated to
use it to the uttermost. The whole army
of officials may be said to be hostile to
us, and ready to do anything desired to
further the designs Of our opponents.
While the results of this cruel pro-
cedure against us have been immensely
hurtful and unjust to individuals, its
| general effect has been more complete
and splendid vindication than we could
have obtained in any other way. The
collapse of the prosecution has been so
utter and humiliating that the whole
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Hon. VIM. l.. WILSON seems to be
hampered by judgment which is IAN
all-around misft. Not merely was this
manifested in his too-generally-known
bill, but it was conspicuous in his going
to England, in the teeth of a political
campaign, and in the speech that he
made at the banquet rendered him. His
worst enemy could not have planned
any thing so effective against him. A
more recent manifestation was a costly
demonstration OF the fact that people
want to hear no more of him and his
vicious theories. He supposed that the
people of Baltimore, where tariff reform
has always been very strong until he
gave sample Of it, desired to hear him
"expound its great truths" A lecture
association engaged him for $500, and
advertised him heavily. 1t took in lust
500, and is out over $500 for expenses
If he had intended going on the lecture
platform, England was the place for
him, and just before the election the time.
He could only draw now as a horrible
example.
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A ZEAL THANKSGIVING.

To-day we can 90 with really glad
hearts to the places where we are to
offer praise and devout thankfulness to
the Giver of All Good Things, and
afterward greet our children and our
children's children around our we'll
spread boards with the feeling that
sorrow has endured for night, but joy
is coming with the morning.
We will be happiest when we recall
the feelings with which we gathered at
the same places one year ago. Then
we had to make an effort to discover
things to be thankful for; we had to
search for silver Innings to the clouds !;
we had to summon Hope to spread her
wings and hide Sorrow. Now the clouds
seem breaking up in silvery brightness,
and Hope needs no summoning. She
came on the evening of Nov. 6, to
reside permanently, and brought her
twin sister, Confidence, with her.
We feel to-day as if our two years
soiourn in the Valley of Tribulation
had ended, and that we are about re-
entering the sunny fields of prosperity
and peace from which we were lured.
The miseries of last Summer, when the
country seemed about to be given over
10 the horrors of anarchy, appear like
far-away nightmare. The day Of the
wageless workingman, the empty dinner
pail, the hungry wife and children,
seems passing away into glad promise of
plenty of work and wages.
In all directions there is much to
encourage us. Hurtful demagogs have
been shorn of their power; the miasma
OF mischievous vagarles and pernlcious
theories has rolled away; sound, health
full Americanism dominates once more.
There is peace at home and abroad.
While not so abundant as in lavishly
fruitful years, yet our crops have been
fair, and deficiency in some has been
made up by plenty in others. We shall
have more than enough to feed our own
people, and with returning wisdom in
the management Of our National affairs,
frightened capital takes fresh heart, re-
sumes its active functions, the hum Of
the wheel and spindle is heard again in
the land and the relighted furnace fires
beam cheerily upon the workingman's
home.
Let us think of one year ago-six
months ago-and be deeply grateful for
the change that has come.
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country has been compelled to recognize

country has been compelled to recognize
it. Instead of developing the "well-
known frauds in thousands of commune
ties" as the Presidential message prom
ised, there has been entire failure to
develop any serious frauds, while there
is not community in the North and
West but furnishes crying instances OF
injustice to well-known and well-deserv-
ing veterans.
Consequently, there was a pleasing
absence everywhere during the last
campaign of the clamor which had been
so distressing in 1892. Few men or
papers had the hardihood to rise up any
where and decry the veterans, when they
were certain to be confronted with a
cloud of living witnesses to testify to the
falsity of the allegations and the cruel
injustice of the policy which had been
pursued. The wayfaring politician, even
though he was a fool, could not fail to
read clearly that the peoples sympathies
had changed, and gone over to the side
of the slandered and prosecuted veter-
ans. Every defeated Democratic Repre-
sentative from north of Mason 81 Dixon's
Line who has spoken since the election
has testified that the cruel and unjust
pension policy was largely responsible
for his defeat, and has condemned that
policy in as unmeasured terms as we
have.
This cannot help bringing forth good
fruits in the future for the comrades. 1t
cannot help inaugurating an era of
liberality and justice for them which
will partially atone for what they have
suffered, and we heartily congratulate
them upon the Frightening skies. A
glorious work was done for them on Nov.
6, and they will soon begin to reap its
benefits.
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WHILE the officials in Washington
and the bankers in New York are work.
ing and scheming various financial rack
cts to obtain more gold to sustain the
reserve, the people of Colorado are find
ing that the sluice and the pan can be
worked with more certainty and success
They talk very confidently out there of
producing S25,000,000 worth of gold
next year. and of being able to furnish
all that the world may need. When
in confidential mood they will say
that as long as they could mine silver
at % or 30 cents an ounce, which they
could unload on the Government at from
60 cents upward, it paid them better to
mine silver than anything else. Now,
since that market is cut of, they will
do the next best thing-mine gold and
they expect to get the thing so fine that
they will make as much money off gold
as they did off, silver in it's palmiest
days. More power to their elbows!
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

The upshot of the disgraceful affair
in the Tenth Georgia District is that j.
&C. Black, who beat Thos. e. Watson,
the Populist two years ago by the grosest
unfairness, and this year had counted
for himself more votes than there were
in the District, has agreed to decline
his seat and submit the matter to a
special election. The main value of this
incident is its showing that even in
Georgia the people have become very
tired of fraudulent election methods,
and determined upon a change for the
better.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

EITHER the japanese are highly
gifted liars, or the Chinese as fighters
are absolutely not worth the salt in
their rations of rice. Probably both.
Port Arthur had been made one of the
strong places of the world. An able
German engineer planned and construct
ed its works according to the best mod
ern ideas, and it was armed with Krupp
guns. 1t is reported to have been gar
risoned by 10000 Chinese, with Ameri-
can and European breech-loaders. The
japanese made direct assault upon it,
and say that the Chinese resisted with
the greatest stubbornness; that the artil-
lery, in particular, was we'll served. Yet
the japanese claim to have lost only
200 men in the assault. If there had
been any sort of decent fighting, they
should have lost that many in every
regiment. A garrison of 10000 very
ordinary soldiers, armed with breech-
leaders, and behind such works, ought
to be able to beat back any direct attack
made upon them. no matter by what
number. The more men there were in
the assauIting column, the more there
would be killed. Had there been 10000
Americans behind the works of Port
Arthur, they would have simply piled
up the whole assaulting column on the
glacis in their front.
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ANOTHER TONGUE sr1LLEn.


spoke words of the highest patriotism and
comradeship, will no more forever be
lifted to welcoming cheers at Campfire,
Reunion or Encampment. Gen. VIM.
I'll. Gibson, who divided with Corporal
Tanner the honor Of being the most
popular speaker in the Grand Army of
the Republic, passed over to the majority
last week at his home at Tiffin, o. There
was something unusually pathetic in his
career. Along in the SOS Mr.. Gibson
was regarded as one of the very foremost
among the rising young men of Ohio.
His high character, his winning manners,
and his eloquence seemed certain to win
for him in time the highest honors in the
gift of the people. There was nothing
that he could not reasonably aspire to.
The newly formed Republican party
elected him Treasurer of the State, an
Office then held by his brotherin-law,
VIM. G. Breslin, Democrat. When the
time came for Gibson to take the office
it was revealed to him that a syndicate
of so-called financiers had about $780,
900 of the States money in their posses
sion, and were using it in various schemes.
Persuasions, such as no man can listen
to unmoved, were employed to get him
to accept the Treasury and conceal the
deficit until it could be made up. To
not do so would be to overwhelm his
brother-in-law with disgrace; to ruin
many men who stood high in public
esteem, and to work untold injury in
many directions. IF he would but
temporize the money would be re-
placed, and all would be well. In
an evil hour he consented. The panic
of 1857 made longer concealment i'm
possible, and then furious storm broke
about his head. Mr.. Breslin fed to
Canada, while Gibson remained at home
to bravely accept the consequences. He
was indicted, and barely escaped con-
viction, for the laws of Ohio are very
stringent as to any use of public money
for private purposes. He had not re-
ceived cent Of thee money, nor par
ticle of benefit from it. His only
offense was in concealing his brother-in-
laws ofense. But his political career
was ruined forever. Shortly afterward
the war broke out, and he went at once
to the front, and seemed to court an
honorable death upon the battlefield as
an atonement. He became Colonel of
the 49th Ohio, and wherever there was
danger he sought the front, and the
very thickest of the battle. But when
men seek death it flies from them. He
was repeatedly wounded, and several
times with the bayonet, but none gave
the coveted peace of the grave to his
wrecked life. He came back Briga-
dier-General, with many complimentary
mentions from his commanders for un-
usual gallantry in action. The only
public Office he held after the war was
that of Adjutant-General of Ohio, in
which he did much valuable work for
the National Guard. His greatest hap
piness was in meeting his old comrades,
and no man was more welcome in any
gathering of the veterans than "Silver-
Tongued Bill Gibson"
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

THE Wilson Bill hit the upper PENN
sula of Michigan very hard with its
free lumber, free ore, free wool, and
other provisions. The peninsula consti-
tutes Congressional District, which in
1890 gave Republican majority Of
5000, but this year the Republican
candidate was elected by $4,000 major
ity, and the District asks for the banner
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contributed few dollars toward paying their
railroad fare. The clergyman had a hslf-fsre
pass, but even with this they didn't have
enough. and they decided to open the packages
and take some "money" ozt When they found
nothing but waste paper they fell in dead
faint and a physician had to be called in to
restore consciousness.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

THE Sub Committee of the House
Committee on Appropriations having
pension appropriations in charge held a
conference last week with Commissioner
Lochren, and decided to recommend an
appropriation of s14O,OOO,OOO for the
coming fiscal year. This is s1O,000,-
900 less than the estimate for this year,
so We are to expect another saving :"
of this amount to be reported at the end
of this fiscal year. The Commissioner
didn't indicator at least didn't give
out for publication-how much he pro-
posed to "save " on the s140,000,0O0
recommended for the fiscal year of 1896.
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THERE ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH FOOLS.

THERE ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH FOOLS.
/ almost feel despairful of the newspapers as
public educators when read that a Clergyman
and layman, both from the enlightened coun-
try around Buffalo, N. Y, have been swindled
by the green goods men. If there is any fraud
that has been constantly aud thoroughly ex-
posed it is the green goods swindle. l never
felt that this exposure came in the necessity of
apubiic duty. because the men who are swindled
are themselves swindlers at heart, and victims
to their own wickedness. They are simply the
worst part of that great class of men who be-
lieve that they can get something for nothing.
and are willing to commit crime to do it. The
green goods men merely smarter scoundres
than they are. The details of this latest swim
die are rather comical to read. The clergyman
and his friend went to Jersey City intending
to invest 5000 in the STUFF" but the slick
scoundrel with whom they dealt discovered that
they had 1904 between them, and worked them
for it all. He strictly enjoined them not to
open the packages until they reached Buffalo,
and as he had got all their money he generously
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

Yes, indeed; but what now"
"Pve just been called to attend my first
pstent-a child who had sucked the paint off
his toys. couldn't remember reading in my
books of any direction for such a case, but I'd
been looking over a book of Household Recipes,
and recollected one of how to remove paint"
Yes; and you -
Recommended that the child be soaked in
benzine, aud pressed with hot iron over a
piece of wooden CLOTH"
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

REPRESENTATIVE BALDWIN, who
spoke of service during the war as "a
pleasant picnic" was left at home by
10000 plurality. How the veterans do
remember thingsl
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

Life: Cholly-What did she mean by saying I
couldn't be any bigger donkey than I was?
Shell suppose she meant that you had your
growth.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

THE Treasury is selling more bonds
to get more gold, to flow out and make
a bigger deficit, so that it will have to
sell more bonds o'get more gold, and so
on ad infnitum.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

Teras Siftings: A small boy in an Austin
Tex Sunday -school was asked: "Where do
the wicked finally go?" "They practice law
for spell and then go to the Legislature" was
the pat reply of the Observing youth.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29
TRIBUN ETS.

An 81, 500 bookkeeper has robbed the Shoe &
Leather Bank of 1854, 900. How did such a
financial genius restrain himself from going
into Wall Street,
We begin to think better of Altged. He has
Mt least sense enough to recognize that the
people want to hear more of him, and has
been dumb as an oyster ever since the election
Is
AT the recent election the following-named
members of the GAR. were elected to import
ant offices in st. Louis Mo: JAS. E. Withrow,
reelected Judge of the st. Louis Circuit Court;
Leo Rassieur, Judge of the Probate Court;
David Murphy, Judge of the Court of Criminal
Correction; Thomas b. Rogers, (Adjutant-G Gen.
eral GAR, Department of Missouri,) Clerk of
the Circuit Court.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

Hare yoa asked all yoar acquaintance 10
subscribe for THE NATIONAL 7RIBUNEf
If not, do so at once, to give the paper more
poaper 10 championing the cause of the Ueteraas
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

Col. JOHN r. FELLOWS
of the Confederate army, of the rebel
Legislature of Arkansas, later Repre-
sentative in Congress from New York
City, and now District Attorney of that
city-receives $4,000 a year, and does
not seem to have been doing anything
toward earning his salary by prosecuting
criminals and attending to business.
The Good Government people are after
him with very sharp stick, and it
looks as if he would have to look some
where else for an income than to the
City Treasury.
The National tribune., 1894-11-29

THE NATIONAL 7RIBU NE is the oaly
champion the soldiers haze among the great pa
pers of the country. Tile best soay to help all
Oeteraas is by getting it more subscribers
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is good paper
for puzzlers TO take Send 81 for years sabserip
ttea
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1s1tasO OFFICE As ssoOs0csss NATTER
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One Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions,
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PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
He wrote poem in dream
That would have made hit;
But when he woke, to save his life
He could not think of it.
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So now, pencil in each hand,
A pad tied on his breast,
And a whisky sour or so inside,
He takes when he goes to rest.

WHERE HE GOT IT.
"An observing man gets useful hints in the
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BUTTONS OF ALL SORTS.


The Popular Ones Are Made Of Dresden
China, Cut Jet and Pearl
The button makers craft is susceptible of
quite as surprising a development as any
other branch Of industry. Buttons, orig
inally strictly utilitarian article, now Of
ten form the sole trimming Of gowns or
coats and are amply sufficient for that pur-
pose. We have long been able to have our
cloth and silk buttons made to order of the
same material as the costume for which
they are intended. More recently we have
been supplied with composition buttons,
which are an astonishing imitation Of the
silk and serge covered article and wear in
definitely, which the latter do not.
This being n season of buttons, a great
variety is shown in more expensive styles,
as carved mother Of pearl and cut jet, while
with the fashion Of Dresden china umbrella
and parasol handles have come Dresden
buttons of various sizes, decorated in the
same manner and used on rich costumes,
especially on court coats Where buttons
are adopted as a garniture, ii they are in
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tended to give the effect of fastening any
thing together, it is much the best way TO
have the corresponding buttonholes made
and really button the thing instead Of
merely securing it by the thread with which
the buttons are sewed on. It is more trou-
BILE, but well made buttonholes are a dec
Grafton in themselves, and there is some
thing anomalous in the position of a button
without "A buttonhole.
Although the double skirt or overskirt is
steadily advancing in popularity, the plain
skirt refuses to retire from public favor,
and it is to be hoped that it will continue
to hold its place, for it is lighter and more
convenient in every respect than the draped
skirt. The latter appears 20 advantage In
muslin, gauZe and thin evening materials,
but in wooden goods for street wear it is un-
deniably weighty. 1t is being used for all
sorts of gowns, however, and probably by
next winter IL will be firmly established as
the ruling mode, and we shall see heavy
cloths and even velvets made up in that
style
A sketch Is given Of double skirted toi
| let in silver gray vignone. The plain un
| derslSirt is Of checked silk to match, Will,
| the second skirt is draped in box plait
over the hips, confined by strap, whicl
| is buttoned in place. The vest, tight sleeve
and revers are also of checked silk, whil
the upper half of the sleeve consists Of I
| balloon puff of vignone surmOunted by
| wide epaulet of the same material but
| toned down the Top Of the shoulder
JUDO CHOLLET.
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A Juvenile Heroine.

GUuFoRD, Ind, April 2.-While two lit
tie girls, daughters of Farmer Collier, liv-
ing two miles from town, were crossing
the railroad on their way TO school one of
them caught her foot in the frog Of the
switch The other went to her assistance,
but before she could extricate the foot a
train came around curve With a self
sacrificing heroism not TO be expected in
one of her age the little girl bravely stood
beside her helpless sister, suffering the
loss of one foot, while the other little one
had both legs crushed by the wheels, She
will die. The little heroine may recover