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The National tribune., 1895-02-21


There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of 1928
survivors and .2S2 widows. and
something over 5000 cases were
pending at Latest reports. This
makes "a total of 25. 497. or sew
eral thousand more men than
the United States had i'm Mexico
al any one time during the war.
These all receive either S. or
SIC "a month.
Among the names are those
Of the widow Of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. ~ New Yorker by birth,
who was Administered of
the United States Army at the
outbreak Of the war, and used
his position 10 aid The rebels i'm
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position to become
AdiutaRf-Genera of the SOutii-
ern Confcderacy. and Ofticiated
as such until the rebellion col
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper las been
drawing "a pension since June
q. ISS~.
The widow Of Thomas j.
{ssSt0neNalI" Jackson. who
was next 60 Lee the most p0pI-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
Thewid0w of Mai .-Gen. George
IL. Pickett. who commanded "a
division i'm the rebel army.
The widow of Mai .-Gen. Gideon
J.PiEl0w. who commanded "A di-
vision i'm the rebel army.
The widow of Lieuf. -{1en. A. H.
Hill. who commanded one of
The three corps Of Lees army.
The widow Of Sidney Snniff.
Lee, WHO was dismissed FROM
fhe Navy Tor going over TO the
enemy and afierWard became
u Commodore i'm IIfe rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. R. Chalmers.
who WIS FORESTS chief lieu
tenant.
Mai.-Gen. Dabney H. Maury.
Who commanded the rebel
troops at the battle of Chicka.
saw BayGu-
Hon. y. R. MaXey. Late United
States Senator frGEn Texas. who
has been drawing his pension
since May 81. 1857. HE WAS "a
Ma1Or-GeneraI i'm the rebel
army.
Hon. Jas. Y. George. Senator
from mississippi, and WHO
served in the rebel army as "A
Colonel. The number of his
certificate H. I@.2I4.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who were educated
at the Governments expense. and
afternard fought 10 destroy the
Government. They went ON The
roll at once. while last April
there were pending the claims
of I45.520 widows Of Union SOL
oilers uiio had not yet been able
TO get ON the roll.
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The Dry Tortugas.

plToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I read in
war times OF soldiers being court-martialed
and sent to the Dry Tortugas Please give
description of the same.-H. G. FI5HBACK,
Sylvia Kan.
The Dry Tortugas is the name of 10 inlets
or keys belonging to Monroe County, and
situated at the entrance to the Gulf of
Mexico, and 100 miles west southwest of the
southern extremity of the Florida mainland.
They are very low, and partly covered with
mangroye bushes. On one Of them is situ-
ated Fort Jefferson, strong work of the
old-time class, and lighthouse. The pris-
oners were employed on the fortifcations.-
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
THE AMERICAN FARMER.

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The National tribune., 1895-02-21

SECRETARY CARLISLE, before the
Committee on Ways and Means, had to
pull all the underpinning from Wilson's
and Vests bosh about comfortable
surplus in the Treasury" by admitting
that he had to use s105,0O0,000 of the
gold received from the loans to pay cur
rent expenses.
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THE DRoUTH SUFFERERS.

The situation in western Nebraska,
Kansas, South Dakota, and Colorado
has not improved. 1t rather grows
worse. 1t seems as if all the elements
are conspiring against these unfortunate
people. The terrible blizzard added
much to the misery. The cold found
the poor people without any fire, and
they suffered untold hardships. The
snow covered the ground to such depth
that what stock they have was prevented
from picking up any food on the prai-
rles, and are starving to death. Every
comrade can help little toward reliev-
ing the necessities of their stricken fell
low-veterans. Deny yourselves a few
cigars, theater ticket, or some other
luxury, comrades, and send the money
to the drouth sufferers. Every dime
will do some one great deal Of good
All contributions sent to us are for
warded at once to the GAR. Depart.
'ment Commander of Nebraska, whom
we can rely on applying it properly for
the relief Of the comrades in his State.
There are also many needy comrades
in Kansas, Colorado, South Dakota, and
other sections visited by the drouth
Those who want their contributions sent
elsewhere than to Nebraska should so
direct, or else send it themselves to the
GAR. officials among those they wish
to help. +
We acknowledge the receipt of the
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
THE CENTURY WAR BOOK,

Teach your children the history of the
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with bound volume Of that incompara-
BILE record of our great civil strife. The
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as good, at one-seventh the money.
Three hundred and twenty large, beau
fully bound pages, $50 illustrations
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His Ideas.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: You are
right; if they have got to borrow money to
run the Government it ought to be borrowed
from our own people, and keep the interest
at home Don't anyone know that if we
had enough revenue they need not pay the
notes right out when redeemed, and lick the
calf right over again. You pat Jones, of
Virginia, on the back he is doing us good
work. think when he barred his bosom
and picked out the place to be hit, he was
around behind some big hill, and it was not
ID. b. H., either.-P. Il. H., Victoria, Mo.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
TRIBUNE TS,

1t seems that at least the United States is to
have an Archbishop Of Canterbury, or his
equivalent The powers that be in the Protest
ant Episcopal Church have decided that there
shall DO an official head to the Church in this
country. and that. his title shall be The Prmus.
He will be elected by the House Of Bishops,
and it is expected that the first to occupy this
position will be the Bishop of Chicago. He
will not be an Archbishop of Canterbury in all
that the name implies, as it will not be part of
his duties to administer the oath Of office to
Presidents of the United States, divorce them
from their wives, or sit in the Senate, and
take precedence of everybody but the President
in official professions, but with these exceptions
he will be fairly good reproduction of the
Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate Of all
England.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

A coMEADE at Arcade, Neb.. writes
that a man in that vicinity has been
soliciting contributions for the drouth
sufferers and applies what he receives
to his own use. People should beware
Of all unauthorized solicitors IT is
better TO send all contributions to GAR.
Headquarters, Lincoln, Neb, or else 10
the Posts in the various Counties. Then
they win be sure to be properly dis
tributed.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

EVEN during the Governments great
est stress for money in the hight of rebel
lion it refrained from mortgaging the
country to the Rothschilds. 1t appealed
to its own patriotic people for money,
and got it.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

IT is very difficult to make the aver
age everyday man understand why
few weeks ago the Government could
get III for a 1o-year Lond payable in
coin, and now but 1O4 for 3O-year bond
payable in gold.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
NATIONAL TRIBUNE oLUBBIse LIST.

The National Tribune and Any Other Paper
or Magazine Sent Together at Reduced
Rates.
We will send The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
and any other paper or magazine in the
country at a reduced rate for the two. The
following is partial list of the publications
we club with:
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In very gracious, patriotic message
Gov. Richards has signed bill passed
by the Wyoming Legislature to estab-
lish a Home for the disabled soldiers
and sailors of that State.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

berries all around them, persist in eating the
non-nutritious and unpsiatable berries of the
poke-root. The examination that be has ar
rived at is, that they eat these when they get
too fat to fy easily in order to reduce their
flesh, which has accumulated on diet Of
grain and insects. This is highly important.
if true. But some means ought TO be taken 20
keep this knowledge from the turkeys and
chickens, or they will Jay in a supply of poke
berries to be eaten just as soon as they read the
Presidents Thanksgiving Proclamation.
-
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: No. we never
saw a clam-bake some bread" or any of those
marvels you mention.
BY the way, did you ever see an oyster-stew
some clans?
Or a fsh-bait hook?
Or shoe-solc y boot?
Or whaebOne a codfsh7
Or a postage-stamp buttert
Or gridiron a shirt?
Or fence-p0st pickett
Or roll-caIl a halt?
Or mousetrap hawk?
Or cabbage-head barrel
Or rosebud pcaeh-tree.
Or a hat pin shawl?
Or wsathercoeS a pistoI2
Or a rabbit-skin a fox?
Or rope-walb plank3
Or shipwreck train?
Or naphtbs-aunch a steamship
Or a huckIeberry anybody?
Or a yardstick pig?
Or bridegroom her husband?
Or butter-print newspaper?
d. H. W.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

DIDN'T we hear something two or
three years ago about the wickedness of
selling out the country to the Roth
schilds?
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
"REMINISCENCES OF THE ATLANTA
CAMPAIGN.

Maj.-Gen. Richard w. Johnson, who COM
manded a brigade or division in the Army of
the Cumberland from the formation until
severely wounded at New Hope Church, and
who commanded a division of cavalry at
Nashville, has written an interesting sketch
of some of his remembrance of the Atlanta
Campaign, which will appear in an early
issue OF The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Many
thousand readers will be glad to hear from
their old commander
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

THE GAR. Post at carlton, Kan, is
getting up a carload of supplies to send
to the distressed comrades in the north
western part of the State.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
following since last week:

VIM 2. Allen, West Pownal Me. $500
Samuel Trip, Siddick, Iowa LOO
.J3..n Eichler, White River LOO
Mr.. and Mrs. NE. Spinney, Kit
terry Depot, Me. LOO
Joseph Fl. HalIett. Lonoak. Cal /. 200
George Long. Canoga, n. Y. 200
John A. Allen. Wiekizer, Pa. 100
A.a Webb, franklin, \. j. ;. eco
Lydia Webb, Franklin, n. j. LOO
Rachel Parker. Franklin, n. j. 800
NJ. S. Rapn Wakefield, Ill. - LOO
S. o. Smith, Newark, y. J. =. LOO
Mrs Lucretia Beardsly, Norwalk,
Conn. 80
Mrs. A. B. Lockwood, Norwalk,
Conn. so
Total S21. 90
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

Dr. GEORGE Haggart does not think that the
little BIRDS are such fools as some people think
he would even make out that they know all
about anti-fat. The problem on his mind has
been why birds with plenty OF nice Juicy
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL

One Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WARRINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 2l, 1895.
The National tribune., 1895-02-21

.ert.to A. re p.ssoro. ro,r oos As ssoonooss rre'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
The Solution of Street Rail Strikes
with a Timely Suggestion.

-Four methods have been suggested for
preventing repetition of such a strike
as for over two weeks barricaded the
public streets of the city of Brooklyn.
The first is to eight it out on this line
if it takes all summer" to continue to
leave the streets in the possession and
control of private corporations; to con.
tinue to leave them to make what con-
tracts they can with their men; to CON
tinue to forego transportation when the
companies and the men cannot agree;
and continue to saddle the public with
the costs of maintaining a camp in the
city whenever the corporation and it's
men get into dispute, in the faith that,
after few lessons, the criminal classes
will learn that rioting is dangerous busi-
ness, and will not repeat the lawlessness.
The second plan is for the government
to leave the city railroads to be owned
and operated by private corporations,
but to bring them under more direct
government control; to provide some
tribunal to which men in the employ
of the corporations can present real or
fancied grievances.
The third plan is that which New York
City has voted to adopt in its new rapid
transit scheme; to procure, by purchase
or by original construction, the railway
lines, and to lease them for operation to
private corporations, under such con.
ditions as will secure to the government
right of control over all questions
likely to affect seriously the pnblic vel
! fare.
The fourth plan, which is for the city
to both own and operate its railroads.
| Where this method has been adopted, as
it is now, not only in Glasgow, Birming.
ham, and Manchester, but in other
smaller English cities, the financial re.
suits have been good; the receipts have
not only paid all the operating expenses
and the interest on the borrowed capital,
but have also provided sinking fund
out of which the debt can be gradually
paid; the fares have been reduced; con
veniences for the public, especially foi
the working classes, have been increased
and the hours Of labor of the employees
have been reduced.
While theorists differ as to this fourth
plan the tendency of the times, led by
actual experience, is rapidly toward such
a solution of several municipal veXations
Glasgow, birmingham and Manchester
are three of the best governed cities in
the civilized world and what they pro.
nounce good can well be carefully exam
ined by other municipalities Throughout,
the world, As with street cars, so witt
gas works and water works, If the first
should be owned and operated by th,
people, how much more the last two?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
Mnnicinnl Reform on rrlal.

The reform wave which is sweeping
over the country will now have prac.
tical test. 1t is one thing to cry out for
reform and quite another to have an
official clothed with the proper author
ity to work out reform. The mayor OF
every city should have full charge of the
police and fire departments, with power
of removal at will for cause. lie should
also have the veto power over council;
this veto power would act as Il check on
reckless local legislation by men who
too frequently have very little regard
for the peoples money. A mayor should
be something more than mere police
judge. Clothed with powers giving him
abundant authority the responsibility
for the administration of the city during
his term of office would be fixed. The
mayor could on taking his Office outline
a policy in message to council, calling
attention to the financial resources of
the city, the needs of the city in the
way of public improvements and advise
council along correct lines. Then cOun-
Gil would know where the mayor stands
and would legislate accordingly; If the
legislation was not in accord with pub.
lie demands or public good the veto
would be the peoples check.
New York went through searching
reform move. The Lexow committee
revelations stirred up our entire country.
A reform government was elected by the
people, and now the people Of New
York have clothed their mayor, Mr..
Strong, with powers such as above indi-
Gated. He is the complete master of the
situation and has large number of very
important offices to fill. The entire city
government is under his control and il
there is not reform it will be his fault.
The reform movement is on trial in
New York city. The other munidpali-
ties of the country are watching the re.
suit, and for the good of American
municipal government it is hoped that
Mayor Strong will prove faithful to his
trust and fulfill the expectations Of the
people. Should he fail; should he prove
himself a half way reformer; should lie
conduct his administration on narrow OF
petty partisan lines, municipal reform
will receive Il black eye that years OF
soothing applications will not heal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
After ne sleeninr Cars.

Every man who had occasion to travel
has felt the extortlon of the sleeping car
companies The charge of So for berth
for one night is out Of proportion, con-
sidering the fact that the porter has TO
receive % cents for giving you service
without frown and q grOwl
Last winter the regulation of the
charge was up in the Ohio legislature
and this year nearly every state in the
union has a bill against either the Wag.
ner or the Pullman company
In New York one bill calls for a uni
form rate of so cents for berth without
regard to the distance. The maximum
charge now made in that state, which
was fixed 10y law several years ago, is
$3.50 for a berth In Pennsylvania a
prevailing bill names 81 for the first 100
miles and so cents for each additional
100 miles. One Illinois bill names 81 for
twenty.four hours or less. Texas de-
mands Uniform rate of 81 night. In
Arkansas the proposition is to allow
sleeping cars to charge but half cent a
mile and to keep the upper berth closed
when not in use. In Kan.
sas and Indinana bills to reduce the
charge to 81 have been defeated. Ne.
braska has eleven bills regulating sleep
ing car charges and none of them pro-
pose to allow charge of more than 81.
Washington is considering bill allow.
ing 81 charge for twenty.four hours
and SI.50 for twelve hours and 80 cents
for a seat for six hours. Massachusetts,
has one bill providing for 40 cent
charge.
The sleeping car is a decided luxury.
also positive convenience, and it is APP
preciated by the public. The improve
ments and betterments of the service
are also appreciated, and no reasonable
person would ask for reduction in the
tariff, below point where good SER
vice could be maintained, yet the 81 tar
i'll is many points too high, and can be
scaled down with much advantage to the
pocketbooks of the travelling public.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21

IT looks as if the long expected Amer
lean opera by an American composer, on
an American theme, had come. The au.
thor, Walter Damrosch, has chosen as
his subject, IIawthorne'S Scarlet Letter,
on which a libretto has been written by
George Parsons Lathrop, which is uni
versally pronounced to be first class.
The parts of the opera that have already
been performed in public have raised
high degree Of expectation for good re.
suits in the minds of competent critics,
and there is u movement now on foot to
have it presented in New York in a COM
plete and thoroughly acceptable man
ner Success in this field would be n
very pretty feather indeed in the cap of
young Mr. Damro>ch. and great result
for the nation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
Diseased MILK Cattle.

We notice that tuberculin has made its
appearance in Stark county at one dollar
the dose. This is practically the Koch
consumption cure that was heralded with
such flourish about two years ago.
Koch always has claimed that his disci-
pies were too enthusiastic over the pro-
posed remedy; that he could not restrain
them and the press, and that the result
brought discredit upon remedy that
will yet be accepted by the profession as
being all that he ever claimed for it. One
result already achieved, which nobody
anticipated, is the use of the extract in
diagnosing tuberculosis in cattle.
berculin is injected hypodermically into
cattle suffering even in small degree
from tubercle-no matter in what odd
corner of the body-that the fact is
always registered by resulting fever
which is recorded on fever thermOme-
ter. The test is a very delicate one and
is believed to be infallible. In New
York state, and around Washington,
where the government has taken hold of
it, the results are surprising. Many
heard upon which the test was applied
have been almost annihilated. For in
stance the heard at the National Soldiers
Home was found to be so badly infected
that nearly every COW had to be
slaughtered. In Richmond, Va, a herd
owner of prize Jersies asked the seere-
tary of the department of agriculture to
send an expert down. This was done
as the promise that all infected cattle
should be killed. So many were found
diseased that, after several had been
killed, the owner went back on his prom-
Use. In every case dissection showed
that the slaughtered animal was afflicted
with tuberculosis. The State of New
York has been sued by Governor Nor
ton to recover the value of five
COWS belonging to him which
the state ordered killed. We presume
there is some question of fact underlying
the Governors claim for damages-prob-
ably blunder of some kind on the part
of the state official. In the District of
Columbia, in New York and other east
ern states, all cows are being inoculated.
Diseased cows are remorselessly killed
without compensation to the owners,
while healthy ones are labeled with a
metal tab attacked to the ear
Here in the West the same idea will
eventually prevail, that no dis
eased milk COW should be ali
lowed to furnish milk for domestic
use But the only way in which such
stock can be eliminated and the infection
stamped out will be by state action.
Advertising the remedyat one dollar the
dose will ntver fill the bill until human
nature is made on a different pattern.
Many experts are of the opinion that
when consumption in milk cattle is thus
eradicated the disease in the human
family will receive very perceptible
check. Looking at the the facts that
have been marshalled, with such intelli-
gence as a layman can be expected TO
exercise, we cannot see how any other
conclusion is possible.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21

New York's Legislature yesterday
dipped into etiquette A bill was under
consideration requiring a street car con-
ductor to see that every female passen-
ger has seat; that if all the seats are oc.
cupied by male passengers, that the CON
ductor ask said male passengers to va
cate and allow the female to have a seat.
The most ludicrous feature of the bill
was the provision that when male pas
senger surrendered his seat to female
passenger, the latter was prohibited from
saving "thank you"
The same Legislature undertook also to
rerestrain and restrict the "licker.up" in
dividual who goes out of public centertain-
ments between acts, but it scored a fail
ure. 1t may also be added that the bill
designed to COMPEL good manners and
which forbids the words "thank you
for a favor, also failed for lack of votes.