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The National tribune., 1895-12-05
VISIT TO FARRAGUT POST.

An interesting occasion in Grand Army cir
clcs last week was the annual visit of the De-
partment Commander, Anderson, to Firragut
Post. The Commander was accom- panied by the
principal officers Of the Department, marshsled
by Chief OF Staff James Il. Carter.
One of the most interesting events OF the eve-
ming the mnstering-in of Comrade William
L. Morgan, who went into the United States
service when eight years aud six mon tbs of a-e.
He was not large enough to carry the regulation
army gun, and so was provided with special
short t-barrel rife.
Another pleasing incident Of the occasion was
The National tribune., 1895-12-05
a PENSION DECISION,

Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the Interior
Department has decided that when pension
has been obtained fraudulently the attorney
procuring the pension is not entitled to the
fee, and must refund it. The decision is ex-
pected to have the effect of making attorneys
more particular in looking into their cases.
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the presentation of a, petition, signed by 81
members of the Post, requesting the present
Commander. A. +. Diusmore, to consent to be
nominated for reelection. Comrsde DiDsmore
granted the request aud was nominated amid
ore auuiauSe-
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for CaStoria.
When she became Miss, she clung TO Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them CAs.oriA.
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representative otey, of Virginia. will pre-
sent bill at this Congress providing for the
payment TO destitute ex-Confederate sold iers of
the interest on tho fund Row in the Treasury
received from the sale of abandoned property
in the South during the war. Mr.. 0icy thinks
il would be graceful thing for Republicans
Congress 10 pass The Lill. Here is what he says
in defense Of the bill:
There has been paid into the Treasury the
sum Of S26, GOO 600, all of which should 20 to the
south. Former Republican Congresses have
declared that they would pay this money 10 the
rEhtiui owners il they could determine who
they are Now. the Southern people would be
Wiling that q be interest from the money should
ali 20 tic cx-Confederates who in needy cir
camslaBces, and where there is no longer any
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Hoping this is not too long for your column.
/ am-"OSE FROM OKLAHOMA TERRITORY"
EDITOR BETTER HALF: IS the bloomer quss-
tion is being discussed in the Better Half"
thought / would express my thoughts abjut
them. | agree with Marie Ward in this much
that the blOomer girl can enjoy herself more
than the girl who is hampered with long, in
convenient skirts. She has no fear Of an acct
dent, she can mount and dismount her wheel
in crowded thoroughfares, with much more
convenience. Some women too timid, and
many of them have not the proper figure to
wear boomers. and therefore find fault with
the costume, but they will wear exceedingly
1ow-cut dresses. which at any time are more
improper than bloomers. Some say il is sinful,
but at the same time do things that are more
sinful than wearing boomers. And for work
what could be more convenient in the house or
ont of doors, for wedding garden, milking. and
all such tasks as most farmers wives and
daughters have to do, and not only farmers,
but every lady that has work to do. think a
woman would be presentable at any time in
this costume. Imagine how easy it would
be in going up and down stairs. sweeping. wash
ing and ironing. How ones work would dis
appear like magic, for a womans work IS never
done.
Mae Jolliffe. no doubt, would be striking
figure in oyeralls and blouse.
Kansas is noted for its modesty. Let the
boomers bloom on the blooming maiden.
ANNETTA CHAPMAN.
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VETERANS IN THE CITY,

Capt. George II. Patrick, Goth, 53d and 56th
Mass, of Montgomery, Ala. and Past Com
mander Of the Department of Alabama, GA. Il.
Comrade Patrick is one Of the leading lawyers
of Alabama, and has lived in the State ever
since the close of the war;
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There is great talk of the disappearance of
the part and its quaint dropping locks in hair
dressing, and really it does not seem quite so
universal as it was six months ago. Every once
in a while now one sees a woman with bang,
or with hair rolled softly back la Pompadour.
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time. Imagine. ii you can, young lady
skating in a reception toilet. or vice versa
Let us hear from Eastern readers.
Hoping this is not too long for your column.
/ am-"ONE FROM OKLAHOMA TERRITORY"
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rp.r or THE coRprnope

Acting Secretary Doe has awarded a medal OF
honor to JAS c. Walker, Co X 3Ist OHIO for
most distinguished gallantry in action at Mis-
sion Ridge, Tenn, Nos. 2l, 1863 He volun-
tsrily carried the regmcntal flag in a charge, in
which the flag received s9 bullet marks and
tbe staff 10
Gossip here about the Supreme Court vacancy
inciines to the view that the President is hesi-
tating between Judge Rufus Pcckham and
Judge d. Cady Herrick, both New York men
aud personal friends Of the Chief Magistrate
Peckham has never been in politics, while
Herrick had distinguished himself in local poll
ties before securing judicial recognition. Owing
40 conflict with Hill, Judge Herrick is known
as an sBti-IIill man.
Senator Mcmillan, Of Michigan. now possesses
a large estate, Eagle Head, near Manchester
by ihe-Sea- Mass. a truly ideal spot 1t will
take the Senator but about - hours by rail
road to reach his place 1t comprises 7s acres
fronting on the ocean. During the long ses-
sions OF Congress the Senator has taken short
trips Of recreation 10 Coney Island and Nara
gsnsett. but Eagle Head will now afford place
of easy access while at the Capital The pur-
chase price has not been stated, but Summer
resort property in the neighborhood of Eagle
Head is valued at from $1,000 70 5000 per
acre
The new baby" member OF the new House.
The youngest and tenderest OF all the young
ones. is George n. Southwick Of Albany, N Y,
the Republican successor of Gen Tracey He
will at first be mistaken, probably, for a page
boy.
One OF Inc striking coincideuts Of the new
Congress is that the new members and the old
ones are equally divided in number. or the
35O members which make up the House, LIS
served IN the last Congress and exactly the
same number never served in Congress at all.
There are IL who served previous to the last.
Eine Of them Republicans and two Democrats.
II
Sopnlism seems to have been nrettv we'll
checked off, for there are only six Populists in
thenew House, two coming from North Carolina
and one each from Colorado, Kansas Nebraska
aud Alabama, whereas there were IL in the last
House. All the Delegates from the Territories
are now Republican, for the first time.
1t will not be many days before the new
reservoir on the site of old For; Reno will be
ready for use. Ii Was year ago September
The National tribune., 1895-12-05
SECRETARY SMITH ON PENsro

SELREIhRf SMlI RI oN PENSiONS1
In his annual report, Secretary Smith, speak
ing OF pensions, says:
"The amount paid for pensions for 1896
$139 S077. 337 30-was s.. S76.25 in excess of the
amount paid for pensions in 1894 The act of
March 2. 1895 increasing all pensions below Sc
per month to that rate. and another act of the
same date repeating the act of March 3. 1893
which forbade payment of pensions to nom
residents after July /. 1893. increased the pay
ments during the last four months of 1885 about
$275. 900. 1t is probable, however, that the ap-
preparation for the present year-S1d0. 900 000-
will be sutficient, unless pensions increased
by further legislation, as pensions must other
wise decrease from natural causes"
In reviewing the work of the Indian Bureau,
Secretary Smith calls attention to the strict en-
forcement which has been given TO civil-service
reform, both as to those places covered by the
classified service and those to which the rules
OF this service do not apply. The Secretary
dwels upon the necessity of eliminating poll
tics from the management Of Indian affairs. and
of conducting each reservation upon strictly
business principles, the object being to make
every Indian who remains upon the rcserva-
tion self-suppOrting.
The report estimates the amount of public
lands undispcsed of TO be about 600 loco 900
acres at the close of the fiscal year, and shows
that the total receipts during the year for pub
lie lands amounted to over $4,000 coo. The
unadjusted land grants to railroads amount TO
nearly 10000, 600 acres
Under tho subject of forests the Secretary
calls attention TO the fact that II. 600 900
are now included within forest reserves, the
object being to thus preserve the forests for
future use, and through their preservation to
control the supply of water SO that il may be
stored and utilized for irrigation.
The National tribune., 1895-12-05

JVTAN TEDDY Catharine DOlerhie, Ludlow, KY
w Information of William DOlerhie, Co. H. lolst
Ohio. ANY information concerning him wilt oblisc his
mother When last heard from in Arizona, four years
ago 7i0-6t
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MATER DOLOROSA.


Because Of one small Iow-laid head all crowned
With golden hair,
Forcvermore nil fair young brow5 TO me
halo wear:
j kiss them revercntly. Alas i know
The pain bear.
Because of dear but close-shut holy eyes
or Heavens own blue,
All little ewes do fill my with tears
Whate'cr their hue;
And motherly gaze their innocent,
Clear depths into.
Because OF little pallid lips, which once
My name did cIll.
No childish voice in vain appeal upon
Ny doth filI;
/ count ii all my joy their joys TO share
And sorrows small.
Because OF little dimpled hands
Which folded lie.
All little hands hcneeforih TO me do have
pleading cry;
L clasp them they small wandering birds
Lured home TO fly.
Because of little death cold feet, for earth's
Rough roads unIncet,
I'd journey leagues To save frOm sin or harm
Such little feet,
And count the Iowliest service lone for them
So saeTed-swceti
NJ. Il. PAUL. iB AltrtriSt Interchange
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uTANTED-9Irs. Margaret Convey, Osweso, N y,
w desires the addresses Of comrades who served
with her son i'm the Navy during 8'65, under the
pilne of Thomas Convey. Information wanted 10
establish pension CLAIM. HSrL
The National tribune., 1895-12-05

Senator HIPS entrance upon the lecture field
has not been encouraging in financial sense
at least. He had an audience of only 400 at
Milwaukee at his first appearance last week
1t was explained that the high prices kept
many away. As the lecture" was merely a
warmed over CAM paign speech, the more reason
able explanation seems to be that people did
not care to pay a high price for something that
before the election they had a surfeit Of
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"They say" that the Administration fears
to let the sugar bounty case 60 TO the Supreme
Court. lest the court decide the bounty to be
Constitutional, aud so strengthen the "pater-
nal ideas of the Populists, who want the Gov
ernment to take charge Of pretty much every
thing that enters into the daily lives of our
people.
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WHAT SECRETARY LAMONT URGES.

One of the principal matters to which Secre-
taTy Lamont calls attention in his annual re-
port arc tho need of three battalion formation
He says that it is proposed that two companies
be added to each of the % infantry regiments,
so that each shall consist of three battallons of
four companies and that two foot batteries be
added to each of the five artillery regiments.
Four companies rs large body as il is now
possible for one officer TO lead and control IN
action. The National Guard of several of the
States more progressive than the General Gov
ernmeni, already has the battalion organiza-
tion.
Speaking of the National Guard, he says that
the conditions are favorable to the develop
ment of q volunteer force of upward OF 100000
men of tho highest efficiency aud prepared for
any service. Legislation, however. is necessary
to put to the best use the relations which have
been established between the Army and the
troops of the States.
The variety Of weapons which now obtains is
so great as to preclude the employ ment of con-
siderable bodies of the militia OF different States
in cooperation. and the longer the Federal
Government delays action the greater the pos
sibity that different States will select diferent
models of rifles, requiring different forms OF
ammunition. thus rendering almost impossible
the employment in joint action of the troops of
the different States. He urges that Congress
grant authority TO the Government to sell to
the militia the equipments needed.
The report deals with the inadequacy Of the
sea-coast defense. He says:
1T rests with Congress to determine by its
appropriations the period which shall elapse be-
fore our coasts shall be put in a satisfactory
conditi of defense. The amount required
for the 18 ports is about $50, 600. aud the
entire work can be completed within 10 years.
We have established gun-factores capable of
assembling and finishing the number Of guns
and mortars required, with the 100 already con-
tracted for with the Bethlehem Company and
to make the necessary carriages. We have the
foundries to produce the large forgngs needed
within the required time. To establish these
Government and private plants was great and
necessarily slow undertaking; TO operate them
at their full capacity is business prudence and
economy
The National tribune., 1895-12-05

VTANTFD-By Harman Hilscher Waterville,
w Douglas Co., Wash.-The address OF two com
rates of the 18th Ind Cav who knew me at Columbus,
Miss. while i Orderly at the Freedman's Bureau
i'm ISfj 7I6-2t
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Senior Mayorga is said TO be the probable
successor of DIR. Guzman as Minister from Nicar-
aqua. lie was at one time the Secretary Of
the Legation under Guzman. Recently his
brother entered the Nicaraguan Cabinet, and
this is regarded as placing him in the line Of
advancement for the post at Washington
which he has long desired. DR. Guzman will
not return to Nicaragua, but will practice medi-
cine here
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WANTED--ADDRESSES.

VyTANTED-ADy eOnEade who served as soldier
w during close of rebellion. April and May, 1885,
at Camp Butler H. would confer favor upon me for
his pOstOfce address, IL is of great Importance 10
a 747-4t
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1t will not be many days before the new
Reservoir on the site of old Fort Reno will be
ready ior use. IL was year ago September
The National tribune., 1895-12-05

orers prayed for the conversion of Robert G..
Ingersoll.
The National tribune., 1895-12-05

The Magpie" combination-black.an and
white-is as popular this season as it always is.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-24

passable-to do just enough on them
"to clear the law''-with result that
every rain puts the roads back where
they were before any work at all was
done upon them. 1t ought to be seen
that in the end this is the most expen-
sive plan that could be pursued. Make
the roads as wide as possible, round
them well, keep the side drains well
open and their outlets clear, and even
hard storms will not wash them. Com
paratively few towns can expend large
sums in making scientific rock-bal-
lasted roads, but all can use good COM
mon sense in directing the labor that
is to be expended upon them. Our
roads are poor, not because large
amount of labor has not been ex-
pended upon them first and last, but
because SO much of this labor has been
and therefore wasted. =
Webb Donnell, in N. Y. Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-24
Close Bodices.

Close-ftting bodice fronts are rarely
seen now, but their absence doesn'
lead to any lack of variety, for tn,
NUMBER of loose fronted models is al
ready amazingly large. Between thu
closely fitted front, over which sin
gle box plat is laid to follow the line
of the fit smoothly to front that is 9
billowy wonder of puffery bag proJec
tions, there is an intervening variety
that is almost endless. Strict adher
ence to the very spirit of the fashion
demands that the bodice should be
made and cut permanently with bag
gy front, but gowns already on hand
can be made to serve. Here is one
simple way: A baggy front may
be made either of material
to match or to contrast with the bod.
ice, a folded collar, from which box
plated or loosely bagged piece de.
ponds, being the usual model. The
bag is adjusted at the foot either to a
belt or to a small piece finished with
rosette at each side. Hooks con-
cealed under this piece serve to- attach
the foot of the bag to the foot of the
bodice. The box plat or bag fastens
on the under surface of the dress at the
sides, the edge being loose. This idea
is sometimes simplifed to single box
plait, the two edges of which come to.
gether on the under side. there being
fastened by buttonholes that fit over
the buttons by which the renovated
bodice fastens down the front. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-24

quickly and easily, but road machines
are expensive, and for the making OF
farm roads, especially, the homemade
scraper that is figured herewith serves
a very good purpose, while for making
smooth rough country highway, and
for gradually working the earth from
the sides to the center of the road,
this scraper, preceded by harrow,
will be found of very great assistance.
The trouble with most of our country
roads is that they are fat, so that the
rainfall either stands on the surface
and makes it extremely muddy, or,
if the road be in a rolling or billy
country, the water runs along the mid
die of the highway, and badly washes
it. The shoulder" at the sides of such
roads should be loose earth scraped
into the middle of the highway,
so that it will be rounded from
side to side. Then if the side
bitches are kept open all rain
water will quickly run off, and do no
injury either by making mud or by
washing. These two points, I think,
account for large share of our poor
highways "a fat surface and poor
drainage at the sides. If towns would
only see that it is much better to make
thorough work as far as they go, there
would be great lessening of the pres
emit trouble There seems to be a pre-
vailing purpose in many places to do
just enough to keep the roads just
Morris tribune., 1895-07-24
RENTING ON SHARES.
The Terms Demanded by Landlords In
the Middle States.

Tho Terms Demanded by Landlords In
| the Middle States.
| Hardly any two farms are let on ex-
| actly the same terms, but in the main
| it may be said that. all terms come
down at last to somewhere between a
''third and half" division OF the pro-
ceeds of the property. In the north
eastern part of Ohio, we understand
that it is almost an established custom
to rent a dairy farm at the halves-the
owner to furnish land, cows, possibly
some tools, the tenant to do all the
work, furnish the work team, pay half
of the taxes, and, in the advent of
purchased feed for the dairy, he is to
pay one-half of the cost of the feed
needed, and the owner of the farm the
other half. Now and then man who
rents desires to own part of the cows
and raise some young stock. In this
event the owner of the farm pays to
the tenant 6 per cent. interest on the
market value of the few cows that the
tenant may furnish, and at the ex-
piration of the lease the increase
of the herd is equally divided.
WuoTo O1G UcuduU OeS1TCS 10 own Cn6
stock, it is customary in the middle
states to agree upon a cash rent for
the farm, and the tenant ''hoes his
own row." specifications usually be-
ing agreed upon as to how the farm
shall be managed, how much plowed,
how much seeded down, and all tools
supplied by the owner of the farm to
be kept in repair, well housed, and
reasonable amount allowed for their
use.
Where land is let by the acre, it is
hard to tell at distance just what
would be fair rental, including taxes
and keeping things in repair; but in
many parts of Ohio such lands, and
good houses, handy to market, rent
from 50. SO. to So per acre, and if near to
a city where milk can be retailed,
garden truck raised, and like advan-
tages, it may be double this, and possi-
bly, more for a general farm, while
truck patch would bring a rental ''out
of sight. Country Gentleman.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-24
SUMMER UNDERWEAR.
Comfortable Garments for the Hot-Weath'
err Season.

Comfortable Garments for the Hot-weath
er Season.
There seems to be reaction in pub
lie opinion in favor of cotton under
wear. and English manufacturers ar
now advertising sanitary cotton gar
ments with the same furore with which
they recently advertised sanitary WOO
garments.
These new garments are made of cot
ton stockinet, and are intended to b.
worn next to the skin. They are rec
commended especially for summer, be
cause they are cool, and being ope1
and loose in weave they absorb the
perspiration as successfully as a gar
ment of wool. while they are new
err irritating to delicate skin,
as wooden garment is like
ly to be. One Of the most accept
able features of these cotton garments
is that they are excee dinghy inexpen'
sive. A dainty garment, sleeveless
and low-necked, in shape, is sold as
low as twenty-five cents. These gar.
ments are much more durable than the
gauze and fannels, which are also
more costly. These vests are worn
next to the corsets, the chemise being
dispensed with or used as cover. The
tendency is to decrease rather than to
increase the multiplicity of under-gar'
ments demanded by modern fashion,
and the corset-cover is now seldom
worn at the same time as the chemise.
This woven undervest of stockinet
takes the place of the latter garment.
IN. Y. Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-24
The "Churnability" of Cream.

The 'churnability" of cream is in
large part due to the individual pecul-
iarities of the COW. Some people, says
Hoard's Dairyman, count this an inn
portant point and breed for it, with the
result that they have cows that give a
very understanding cream. In some
degree this is also breed characteris-
tic. Milk containing large butter
globules will yield an easier churning
cream than milk with small butter
globules The cream from the cows
fresh in milk churns more readily than
from the same cows at later period;
feed also affects the churnability of
cream, but how or why we do not
know. Succulent feed promotes
churnability. The silage feed to GER
tain of these cows explains in some de-
gree why it takes less time to churn
cream from their milk. It is quite
possible, also, that the different creams
coming from different herds have diff
ferent species of bacteria predom-
mating in them.