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Oxford eagle., 1895-03-21
SOUTHERN oLEANiNoS

says dispatch from New Orleans:
Secretary Hester has issued state
ment showing actual deliveries from
the state of Tcxas. for the first six
months % this s-a<on 10 February =.
Of ASA. 80 bales. against i.sss. .sle for
the same time las, season. making .
net tncrvase of i.go7. .sss-
Secretary Hester says that the de-
liveries from the state Of Texas from
ami after March last year were ssSs.-
sts haies. the commercial erop Of Texas
last year having been ..e5a. u-so bales
Mr.. Hester has also issued a state
meat giving al analysis Of tn. move
meat Of cotton into sight. dividing the
cotton belt into three xroap-s. via:
first. Texas and the Indian territory:
-eeond. ether gulf states. embracing
Arkansas. Mississippi and Tennessee.
third. Atlantic states. embracing Sorth
Carolina. south Csroliaa, G~oxgia.
kIariia .sd Aiah~nz-
This analysis shows cotton br0agas
into sight for the srst ssx 4cnths Of
the s~.Soa 10 February ~ in<la~ir~s
Texas. ..sGf.gso bales. against i.sIf.
80 IN 1894 and !. soa 81 in Issc
other xaif states. :. e.s9s. DC bales.
against I.sss. 5sS in I>os and I.ss5. W 10
f-s1
AtlsatSc state. S.t1sss9 halss,
sEaiass :. -. w. in 1906 and :. "a. .s.s iu
l~S1
AA.A.~~s Ea~-sr.gt.x ta..iErsstssA
Arrangements are b-ing made te
hold a state immigration esav~ntioa In
Ficr~nc-. Ala. July q Ta- prvr-o~<si
couvcnts.s~ Will b~ sst~nsse,i By s~se-
gates frosz every euuEty IA the ssate.
and t. os9~rt anil parp-=@ Viii BE- 4
devise HseAas for iner-zsizx the tiste %
'n'zi<ratLoa which - tnrEiax ts~Ar's
this state. aad - ~nllst the css-sp~r.r
tioa q every -.-etioa - the state in tAs
movement Th~ flor~ne~ Ba~in~s.
league has taken active st~p- IA The
matter. and has apPoint~st a eosa1it-
tee 80 perfect arrzsx~n~ats for the
eouventi1GA
Ho0- Hector u Lan~. state eorsHrnas-
sion~r of agriculture. = f-2rsfly in
favor sf th= cssaventien. an.i has writ
ten that h~ viii iena ms aid sowsr,i
making Is a Saso--<
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
1 can't see what is the matter;

can't see what is the matter;
The Governments oil gone wrong;
They're treatin' me mighty shabby,
And have been, all along.
They're holdin' back my pension,
But why, Pm sure / can't see.
For never deserted the army
The army deserted me.
It's hard, disabled old soldier,
Who fought in the field so brave,
Should receive no reward for his service,
And go down TO a potter'5 grave.
Uncle Sam won't allow me pension,
And the Justice in that can't see,
For never deserted the army
The army deserted me.
I'm needn' the money they owe me
For whippin' the Johnnies in gray;
No soldier fought harder'n did,
don't care what others may say.
Ny comrades are nearly all drawin',
Aud that's what Pm wantin' to be,
For never deserted the army
The army deserted me-
My Cap'n might help me little,
But can't make him see as do.
Just because went off without askin',
He says / was not the =" true blue
My home was close by and | went there
Without his consent; but you see
never deserted the army
The army deserted me.
My comrades are down on me also,
And don't try 10 help me along;
When ask 'em to prove / was loyal,
They refuse, and then sing great song
About cowardly deserters; that's wicked,
And I'm sure you will with me agree,
For never deserted the army
The army deserted me.
suppose had better quit tryin',
For nobody cares how fare;
Don't want 'em to give me pension
Ifthey think don't need it, so therei
I'll try to dig out a scant living
On my four hundred acres Of farm.
They can call me deserter forever.
If they think it will do any harm.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
A CHANGE OF VIEW.
why He Discovered That Life After All
Was Worth Nothing.
Mem /

WHY He Discovered That Life After All
Was Worth Nothing.
Detroit NetcsI
He entered the Doctors office hastily, but
there was no evidence of excitement III his
manner His haste was that of busy man
intent upon getting through with confer
ence without unnecessary delay, and in no
way suggested any great emergency.
.sDoc, want an antidote for arsenic, " he
said, calmly, but still with the suggestion OF
haste.
'For yourself?n asked the Doctor, with
some surprise
Eyes; you see it's this way: Ten minutes
ago there wasn't thing in the world for me
to live for. | was broke and in bad health
and no prospects anywhere. Well, 1 took
couple of grains of arsenic, and hadn't more
than swallowed it when 1 got telegram that
nv uncle in New Jersey had died and left me
$500, OOO I'd like to get that money; can
you help me out?"
The visitor had lighted a cigaret while he
spoke and placed his feet ON the table. The
Doctor was hIlstling about for the needed
remedy. and soon returned with it in glass.
Here, take this," he said, exctedly.
The stranger looked at the medicine as a
connOisseur might lavish tender affection ON
a class of fine old wine, and said:
Funny thing, amt it, DocF 1t isn't
often that a glass of dope stands between
man and loss of $500, 600. But L reckon
that's lust about what this one IS worth.
Don't look that valuable, does it?"
And he drank the potion calmly. A few
minutes later he was lying on the couch in
the inner Office in agony. But he didn't die,
and Yesterday he went East to claim his
estate.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
MARCHING
THROUGH
GEORGIA.
BY MAJ.-GEN. O. 0. HOWARD.
The Story Told by an Army
Commander.
A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY.

We will shortly begin the publication OF
Ma. Zen. o. o. Howard's great description
of the March Through Georgia and the
Carolinas, ending with the Grand Review al
Washington.
This will be a great contribution 10 the
History of the War.
Gen. Howard, who commanded the Army
of the Tennessee on those great achieve
menis, was, next to Gen. Sherman, the rank
ing officer of all the forces.
He will tell the story Of the marches,
ekirmisbes, and battles, the swift sweep
IRON Atlanta 10 Savannah, The tolsome
struggles with the Carolina swarpps, mud,
rain, and retel enemies. and Of the grand
triHmphal pageant at Washington, in his
own strong, graphic, vivid style.
The series wall beg n with the pursuit Of
Hood after Atlanta. and end with the Grand
Review at Washington.
Renew your subscriptions promptly, that
you may not miss a single number.
Everyone interested in the history Of the
war should be sure to take The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE during the continuance of this
series
They t1tH BE- published ia no OTHER paper.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
"LINcoLN,s WORDS"

The second number Of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE LIBRARY is out Its title is Lin
coins Words" and il contains IN brief, COM
pact form Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, bis
Second Inaugural, and a number of seiec-
tons from his speeches and letters, embody-
ing utterances which electrified the whole
people during the war, and which viii he
treasured and quoted as long as this is a
Nation. Nothing in the English language
outside of the Bible approaches these utter
ances in majesty of thought and exaltatioD
OF humanity, duty, self sacrifice, and the
truest and highest Americanism. They are
words that should be taught every American
child rs ex expressive of the b CHEST conceptions
OF our cOuntry's citizenship.
The painl hlet is a handy little manual TO
put into child's hand Tor this purpose, and
everyone vino has learned 20 read aud begin
ming to think should be given one, aud have
the passages in it explained and impressed
upon bis or her memory.
The cheap price mt which we offer the
pamphlet putt it in the reach of all. Price
five cents, or six for % cents.
Address,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
1923 New York Avenue, Washington, ID. c.
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MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA.

Among the many interesting things
which will be contained in the third
number of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Library, Miscellaneous Memoranda"
and which will appear this week, will be
"The Military, Civil and Legal Begin
ming and Ending of the War; giving
the dates which inaugurated and ended
the great struggle; "The Tallest and
Shortest Men in the Army; " Proper
ton of Dark, Light and Medium Men /;
" Average Hight of the Men From
Different States y; "Average Weight Of
the Soldiers and Sailors -; Onion and
Confederate Generals Killed on the
Field of Battle" with dates Of same
National Cemeteries, number buried in
each, Superintendent, etc. Price 5
cents; six copies for % cents. Sent to
any address, postage paid, on receipt of
price.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

ARCHBISHOP RYAN addressed the
Naval Post, GAR, Of Philadelphia, last
Saturday evening. He declared that
hereafter the Catholic Church must be
considered to be in full harmony with the
Grand Army of the Republic. Bishops
or priests who teach their people other
wise will violate the true intentions of
Catholicism. Archbishop Ryan said
that he was fully aware of the import
ance of his utterance, but he had re-
ceived his authority direct from the Pope
himself. The Grand Army is not to be
regarded to be secret society in any
sense. 3'
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

THE PRESIDENTS FINANCIAL SCHEME.
Reduced to its simplest analysis, the
Presidents financial scheme is to retire
currency:
Which has been in successful opera.
ton for So years;
Which was of the greatest assistance
in carrying the war to a successful con.
clusion;
Which carried us successfully through
the panic of 1873 and the Resumption
of Specie Payments;
With which we enjoyed the greatest
and longest prosperity this country has
ever known;
Which is good the world over, and,
with the Bank Of England notes is the
only paper currency that is taken at par
in every part of the world, and
Which costs the people absolutely
nothing.
He proposes to substitute for this:
Bonds upon which the people have to
pay interest, and National bank notes
which will be under the control OF the
bankers of the country.
He proposes to substitute for a sys-
tenn which has beed tried by the sever
est tests, and worked admirably at all
times, one which has been untried, and
as to the workings Of which one can
only surmise.
He does not remove the difficulty at
all. The National bank notes will have
to be redeemed in gold the same as the
greenbacks.
There is no use in seriously consider
ing the matter. The country will never
think of consenting to the retirement
Of the greenbacks.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

THE President is not q "ready
writer" and his messages show that he
is going through a weary apprentice
ship in the art of composing State
papers. At first he tried sentence-mak-
ing in imitation of Lincoln's sublime
utterances and Grants soldierly senten-
tiousness. 1t was a doleful failure. He
did not live near enough to the people,
as Lincoln and Grant did, to catch their
inspiration. Then he tried economic
matters and wrote an essay on Free
Trade so crude and school-boyish that
the veterans Of his party had hard work
to preserve straight faces while praising
it. Since his second term began he has
mainly confined himself to "condens-
ing" as it is called in newspaper offices,
the reports of his Secretaries, and CON
sequently made messages as dry and I'M
interesting as Autumn leaves. A large
portion Of the recent message is Of this
character. He lacks real writer's
sense of proportion" For example,
in his reference to Turkish matters, he
makes the insignificant fact that the
Sultan has exempted from taxation an
American College for girls stand out
quite as prominently as the horrible
massacres Of the Christians and mis-
sionaries. Very few care fig about
the exemption from taxation and other
concessions. They are trifing at best,
and the power that makes them is like
ly to be overthrow any hour. He
does the same in his treatment of Cuban
and Nicaraugan matters, dwelling on
the unimportant and unessential, to the
neglect of the important and essential.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

LABoucHERE, in the London Truth,
tells why England has so few friends:
"Other Nations refer to their neighbors
as foreigners We describe them as
damned foreigners 1t is this contempt
uous attitude of mind, obtruding itself in
even the most trifling transactions we
have with them, that makes our neigh
bors detest lis. Nor is it altogether sur
prising that they should"
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
rnE AMERICAN FARMER.

There has been a great reduction
of the subscription price of The Ameri-
can Farmer. This is the Oldest agricul-
tural publication in America, and one Of
the very best. 1t is now offered at the
exceedingly low price of 25 cents a year.
This is so cheap for such a splendid
paper that every farmer must feel that
he must have it. lie cannot afford to-
do without so good a thing that costs him
so little. A club of five viii be sent for
81. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and Tho
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year for $1.10. Send in your subscrip
tons at once.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

JUDGE KENNEDY, of Pittsburg, set a
good example recently in chartering a
Croat Benevolent Society, which he did
with the express stipulatian that the
records should be kept in English. If
people are going to be American citi-
zens, they cannot begin too soon to do
their business in the language Of the
country.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

is great favor to our readers, who viii
thus be given the opportunity of reading
from week to week the Great Captains
own account of the struggle, with his
opinion on the men, things, and events
of the contest. Every one interested in
the history Of tie war wants to read it,
and now will have to do SO. The pub
lication VIII soon be begun, and con-
tinuc until the cnti,e book is given.
Hurry up with your renewals and sub
scriptions, so as not to miss number.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

THE disability act of 1890 is all right,
when interpreted and executed accord
ing to the intent of the Congress which
passed the law. 1t was all right during
the first two years of its existence, when
interpreted and applied by the Admin
istration of President Harrison. The
only difficulty with it is the belief of the
present Administration that they re-
ceived "a mandate from the people " to
narrow down and restrict its application.
They have distinctly avowed this pur-
pose from the first, and the avowals have
been clearly set forth in the Presidents
Messages, and the reports of the Secre-
tary of the Interior, and of the Com
missioner Of Pensions.
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The National tribune., 1895-12-12

DISSATISFACTION with the new rifle
adopted for the Array seems to become
more pronounced daily. 1t is felt to
have been mistake to adopt a foreign
gun, when several Of those offered by
American inventors are superior. The
Navy. rifle, which is an American gun,
is believed to be better in many respects
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
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The National tribune., 1895-12-12
"yEsTFD RIGHTS"

There is one view of this question of
"vested rights in pensions that the
comrades must not lose sight of. We
do not want the Commissioner of Pen
sions tied up so tightly that the next
Commissioner will be prevented from
reviewing and reversing the decisions OF
the present one. Let that be kept care
fully in mind. When a new Admins
tration comes in we want great deal
undone that has been done by this one.
The present Administration thinks that
it received a mandate from the people
to reduce pension expenditures and cur
tail the benefits of the pension laws.
The next Administration will be certain
to receive an entirely different mandate.
We do not want any legislation that
will tie their hands. 1t may be better
to wait patiently few months longer,
when the laws will be interpreted and
executed by different set of men.
Let the comrades consider this care
fully.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
THE DEsERTER'S WALL.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: inclose here
with a few verses which / composed some time
ago while in pension Office in Knoxville,
Tenn.
The subject of the poem was one of our claim
ants, but, being deserter, could not get his
claim allowed, and his cry was always that he
didn't desert the army, the army deserted him.
The case was rather ccmical, as the old fellow
pretended to be in destitute circumstances,
when in reality he was said to own about 400
acres of land.
Hope you will find place in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUVE for the iuclOsed.-Mrs. u. H, Mar
shall, Ill.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
ITALY, in her play to be considered

ITALY, in her play to be considered
one of the great powers of Europe, is
keeping up with the procession in COB
bling up Africa. Her Gen. Baratieri
has succeeded in completing the conquest
of the Kingdom of Abyssinia, which has
been an Independent power since before
the time when its ruler, the Queen of
Sheba, visited King Solomon. The son
Of Solomon and the Queen succeeded his
mother on the throne, and his descend
ants have held it ever since. The King
dom is about as large as the State of
Texas, and has about 100000 partially
civilized people. Italy follows the gen.
eral rule of establishing "protectorate,"
in which the King will reign, but Italy
govern the country.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
A SERVICE PENSION.

commencing our advocacy of service
Pension Law to be passed by the pres.
ent session of Congress. 1t is beyond
doubt that the comrades are deeply
aroused on this subject, and are SUBJ
stantially unanimous for the prompt
passage of such bill.
The only difference of opinion is as
to what shall be Incorporated in such a
measure, and what its terms shall be.
Our advice is, and we want to urge
it upon the comrades as strongly as
words can express: "Eake the bill as
simple as possible. a."
The simpler and palmer the bill Is
the greater will be its chances Of speedy
passage, and the more hope that it will
receive the Presidents approval.
We can go before the country con-
idently with bill that proposes to give
every man who served at least so days
and was honorably discharged pension
Of IS a month.
We can point out that this has been
the invariable practice of the country,
after certain time had elapsed after all
Of It's previous wars.
We can show that 80 days service in
such a dreadful war as that Of the rebel
lion far exceeded the average service of
those who received a like amount for
previous wars.
We can show that the time which
has elapsed since the close of the re-
bellion approaches that which inter
vened between the close of the Revo-
luton, the war of 1928, the
Mexican war and the passage of Ser
vice Pension Bills, and that the reasons
of age, decrepitude and need of the
survivors which then influenced Con-
gress exist with equal force now with
reference to the survivors of the war of
the rebellion.
And we can show to exactitude just
what such bill would cost. This is
highly important in the present condi-
lion of the public finances. We
might say that it is all-important, for
there are many Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes and millions Of people who
would favor very liberal pension bill
if the Treasury were "fush," who will
now insist on careful estimate of every
cent that a measure is likely to take
out Of the Treasury.
Every sensible comrade will see this
at once on our mentioning it, even if be
has not thought of it before.
Our plain, obvious policy, therefore, is
to drop for the present the Per Diem,
Additional to Disability, and other COM
plicating and uncertain features, and
unite solidly upon a plain, simple bill
which will give every honorably-dis-
charged veteran who served 80 days a
pension Of IS month.
This will do world Of good. 1t will
at once bring relief to tens of thousands
Of deserving comrades. 1t viii stop all
clubbing, all circumlocution, all official
pretexts for delay. All that will be
necessary will be for the comrade 10
show that be served at least 80 days and
was honorably discharged. The law
will be mandatory upon the Commits
sioner Of Pensions to Immediately place
him upon the rolls at IS a month.
After having secured this, we can take
UP the Per Diem and other features,
and agitate them with more hope of sue
cess, for probably the Treasury will be
then in much more satisfactory con-
dition.
Let MS make oar first step IA a uuoni-
nous demand for a plain Service Pen
sion Bill.
L.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
"MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA"

"MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA"
We give this week the first Install
ment of Gen. o. o. Towards intensely
interesting account of the March to the
Sea and Through the Carolinas. 1t is
a great story of a great achievement
and every American heart will be
thrilled by its perusal. 1t will appear
in no other paper,
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

IT Is rather funny, with the Populists
claiming that the mass of the people are
with them, and that the Senate is the
tool of the bankers and capitaiistic cor
porations, there should be but 10 Popu-
lists among $50 members of the House
of Representatives, and six Populists
only out of SO Senators.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

THE Germans are considering the
feasibility OF sending their criminals to
their colonies. Leading writers urge
that this succeeded wonderfully in the
case Of Virginia and Australia, whittier
the English sent their convicts.