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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

TEACHING THE OLD MAN GEOGRAPHY.
haps Of their comrades Now the fun had all
evaporated and everybody was aorose with
strong tendency to outbreaks of profanity
The old man surveyed the scene with evil
dent satisfaction "Yo' Yankees will git
over thar about the middle o. July" he
chuckled. "Now, l reckon that's Goober
Crick, an as have done seed hit you'll let
me go back home, l s'pose; won't ye?"
"That's probably Goober Crick, or at least
Goober Crick is somewhere under that muddy
freshet, "acquiesced Shorty. 'But L m not at
all sure that it's the crick Looks more like
misplaced chunk out o. the Mizzoori River
I'm not sure, either, that your eyes kin SET
that distance. Well have to walk you till
we find a section of the crick somewhere that
kin be recognized by the naked eye. Come
along, and step lively"
The old man groaned, but there was no
hope for him from these relentless executants
of orders. For half hour more they plOdded
on. The mud grew deeper at every step,
but the boys mercilessly forced the old man
through the worst of it, that they might
reach some point where they could actually
see COOLER Crick. He could not palm off on
them any common old mud freshet for creek
that had a regular place on the map.
Finally they came near the pOntOonS, and
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MASTERING OUT THE VOLUNTEERS

There is a good deal of bitterness and
discomfort among the volunteers about
mustering-out which might have been
avoided if the War Department had
shown little tact. The situation is
this: There are more than 100, 900
volunteers who have spent some months
now in camps Of instruction, perfecting
themselves in soldierly knowledge, in
the expectation of active service. They
enlisted to fight, and gave up good,
paying positions and the comforts of
home, from patriotic desire to serve
the country. They are no less anxious
to serve the country now than then.
But no hint or intimation comes from
the War Department that they will
ever be called upon to do more than
they are doing to-day. Of course, there
is an expectation that they will be
needed for tour of garrison duty in
Cuba or Porto Rico. But they are not
even told this If they were, it would
make them much more contented to re-
main in the service. To spend next
Winter in Cuba or Porto Rico, enjoying
the delightful climate, and spying out
the good business opportunities pre-
sented there to enterprising young
Americans, would make very pleasant
prospect probably to a majority of
them. But with the fatuousness that
has generally characterized Regular
Army officers in their treatment of
volunteers they are not consulted at all
on the subject. The War Department
persists in considering them as it does
Regulars, who have enlisted for a certain
period, and are bound to go where they
are ordered, and do as told, without ask
ing any questions. 1t will be remem-
bered that similar inexcusable blunder
was made in the treatment, at the close
OF the rebellion, Of the men who had pat
riotically veteranized during the darkest
period Of the war. After Lee and
Johnston surrendered, and the latter
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01
FOUR NEW PREMIUM BOOKS.

Inc Tour new books offer another present an
ampd opportunity good reading nothing.
Richardson's Personal History of Gen. first popular
FORM Our edition contains
and substantially bound
orable contribution literature $3.50
Gen. La Fayete Bakers History the Secret throws the full light
complete personal acquaintance the and the
time least understood phases
Our edition bound in leatheree uniform with all library
Of the Boy Spy and Klegg little need be said readers
These two books first published They combinations
trials and adventures their respective heroes masterpieces
class They have been offered for They
be had q premium with The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
We the right withdraw of these books
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STILL DwINDLING.

For the week ended Aug. 81 the
number of original claims allowed by
the Pension Bureau dropped to Sal,
the lowest of any week, at least, since
the passage of the act of June q, 1890.
This is simply deliberate and willful
destruction of the just hopes of the
veterans, and breaking of the promises
made to them in 1896. 1t has bitter
cruelty in it that far outdoes any Incl
dent Of the recent war.
The Pension Bureau is filled with
claims that should be adjudicated. 1t
has machinery of nearly 1000 clerks
and employees, collected, organized,
trained and paid large wages, for the
purpose of adjudicating these claims.
1t has at the head a high-salaried Com
missioner, who has no other business
than to see that these 1000 men under
him work diligently and skillfully in
the direction of settling claims.
From every part of the country come
the most sorrowful appeals from aged
and stricken men and women to have
their cases settled at once, that they
may be given the means to support life
and buy medicines. Every mail that
reaches Washington is burdened with
letters from veterans who have furnished
the most absolute proof years ago of the
Justice of their claims, and have waited
weary years to be allowed what is right
fully their own.
The answer TO all these appeals, the
echo of all this misery and suffering,
the response to all who implore for
justice, is the steady shrinkage of the
weekly allowances, until the point seems
already in sight when nobody's claim
will be granted, and the 1000 Pension
Office employees will be simply occupied
in pulling down pension cases, gazing
vacantly at the well-remembered and
time-stained papers, aud tossing them
back into the dusty pigeon-holes. while
the Commissioner of Pensions draws his
salary and occupies himself with such
diversions as the City of Washington
affords.
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Ito be eOntinuedl
Work of the Pension ONCE.

The report of certificates issued for the
week ending Aug. ~ shows
Army invalid: Original, 20; increase and
additional, AS; reissue, So; restoration and
renewal, q; duplicate, is; accrued, 9S;
total, $50.
Army invalid (act June 81, 1901: Original.
247; increase. 100; additional, 81; reissue.
%; restoration and renewal 80; supple
mentals, 1; duplicate, 81; accrued, So; total,
5S1.
Army widow. etc: Original, IS; increase
and additional |; reissue, /; duplicate, 10;
accrued, 2; total. IL.
Army widow, ETC. TACT June 81, iSs0):
Original, 166; reissue, 2; restoration, 2;
supplementais, l; duplicate, 10; accrued,
1; total. 1S7.
and additional, 2; restoration and renewal,
1; duplicate, 1; accrued. 1; total, Z.
Navy invalid (act June u, 1890: Original,
81; increase and additional, 2; reissue, 3;
restoration and renewal, 1; duplicate, 2;
accrued, 4; total. 50.
Navy widow, etc. TACT June q, 1890:
Original, 8; accrued, 1; duplicate, 1; total.
II.
Army Nurses-Duplicate, 1.
1912 Widow: Original, l.
Indian Wars-SurvivorS: Accrued, 3.
Indian Wars-Widows: Original, 3.
Mexican War-Survivors: Original, q
duplicate, 1; accrued, a; total, Z.
Mexican War-Widows: Original, 3; du-
plicate, 1; total, a..
Totals: Original, SAL; increase and adj
ditional, 299; reissue, IS; restoration and
renewal, 81; supplementals, 2; duplicate,
81; accrued, 210. Grand total. PSI.
For the week ending Aug 20 the report Of
Totals Original, 626; increase and ad-
ditionaI, 2S3; reissue, So; restoration and
renewal, 81; supplementals, 2; duplicate.
u; accrued, 210. Grand total, 81.
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THOSE who are best acquainted with

THOSE who are best acquainted with
Aguinaldo say that such thing as ;
settled, just Government is an i'm
possible conception to him. His highes
ambition is to loot Manila, kill some o.
his special enemies, and then migrate
somewhere to enjoy the proceeds of hi;
patriotic valor." The trouble with
Aguinaldo, as with many other gentle
men of similar birth and breeding with
whom we shall have intimate relation;
in the future, is that his early influences
were detrimental. Piracy was the
aristocratic profession in the Philippines
until the Spaniards substituted more
peaceful, organized plumber for it. The
Spaniards were not actuated by any
high motives in making the change.
They simply calculated that more could
be gotten out Of the same number Of
men by making them work, and then
taking all that they produced, than by
chasing them down at sea, cutting their
Threats, and taking what they might
have with them. Naturally, a man
brought up in a community where such
idea. prevailed has about as good an
idea of a republic as Tenderloin
hoodlum has of a 5-o'clock tea.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY raises himself still
higher in American esteem by asking
the President not to order him to very
pleasant duty in Paris with the Peace
Commission, as he feels he can give the
Commission all the information it wants
from Manila, and there is work there
that demands his presence for a long
time to come. And he closes by asking
Secretary Long to send him a battle
ship and an armored cruiser.
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day regiments !" and the "eleventh
hour recruits " were being mustered out
by the hundred thousand, the splendid
soldiers who had enlisted at the first
and served four years were held to serv.
ice and ordered out on the plains to
| fight the Indians. The result was an
immense amount Of very just discon-
tent and a great number of hardl y
blameable desertions. The War De
partment can clear up this situation
very agreeably by little frankness and
tact. The volunteers have certainly
the right to be informed at this time as
to what use the Government desires to
make of them, and be asked whether
they desire to remain for that service.
If the Government needs them for gar
rison duty in Cuba and Porto Rico this
Fall, Winter, and next Spring, and
can then expect to release them, to be
replaced by men enlisted especially for
that duty, let it say so, and offer them
some choice in the matter. Those who
have business interests at home which
demand their presence-those who have
careers in this country which they de-
sire TO should be given an hon
orable discharge. Those who are will
ing to engage to 90 to the islands for
such further service as may be required
of them should be retained. They have
already been perfected in their soldierly
duties at great expense. They will
make as effective garrison, patrol, and
fighting soldiers as can be found, and
the Government should avail itself of
their services. 1t is probable that this
process of election would reduce most of
the regiments to battalions, but the bat
talions would be very effective, the Gov
eminent would save what their training
has already cost, and the process would
give complete satisfaction.
Certainly, out of the 100000 soldiers
whom it is now contemplating discharg-
ing, the Government could get at least
$4,000 well-seasoned, well-disciplined
soldiers, who, if allowed to in something
like their present organizations, with
their own officers, would be glad to
render the Government most efficient
service for the next few months.
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GEN. MERRITT never showed very
strong appetite for the Manila job, and
he has already left for Paris to give the
Peace Commissioners his advice and in
formation on the Philippines question.
He was hardly long enough in the
islands to get acquainted with the post
man and be entitled to vote in the
Township.
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ENGLAND gives her colonies no repre-
sentation in her Parliament, but gives
them all the local selfgovernment they
are capable of. France gives her
colonies representation, but compare
lively little local selfgovernment. Eng
lands colonies are always success.
Frances always a failure.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

THE Gar of Russia has issued a most
important document. setting forth that
the maintenance of great standing
armies has not brought about that as
surance of peace that was hoped for,
that these are a great burden, ETC., and
asking that there be a general dis
armament. The first trouble is that
nobody will actually believe in Russia's
sincerity. However, it will furnish
something TO talk about for awhile.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

WHEN we first took California it was
about twice as far away by sea as the
Philippines are, and even still farther
away by land, for it took full three
months travel, accompanied by all sorts
of dangers and hardships, to reach there
overland.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

AFTER all, the Treasury Secret
Service is about the most economical
feature of the late war. Despite all its
sensational shaking up of the Spanish
spies, and other performances, it spent
only S7,779.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

WHILE all Europe is lost in admira-
Zion of the splendid chivalry of the
American soldiers and sailors in the
treatment of their vanquished enemies,
the New York Evening Post has moth
Ing but sneera
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

IT Is computed that the Spanish tax
gatherers have wrung every year from
the Porto Rican common people fully
60 per cent. Of each ones income. The
poorer man was the heavier he was
taxed.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

IT Is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. Spain is freed from fear of a
Carlist uprising, because we have taken
Manila and cut off the vast sums which
the religious Orders in the Philippines
sent to Spain to carry ON the last Carlist
war.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

PHILADELPHIA is expressing strong
desire to have the National Encamp-
ment come there next year, instead of
in 1900, as has been planned.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

THERE have been many deaths in the
army from diarrhea and kindred all.
ments. Mournful as these are, they dc
not make more than feeble comparison
with the terrible ravsges of the same
diseases in the Union army. The Sur
geon-Generals report shows that there
died between 1861 and 1865 of
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

CARL ScHURz thinks that we haven't
ability enough to govern any more
territory. Ever since the people utterly
wearied of Schurz, and permanently
shelved him, he has had sad misgivings
about our sound judgment as to any
thing.
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
JOHN McELRoY, ROBERT W. sHoPPELL,
BYRON ANDREWS.

WASHINGTON, D. G., SEPT. l, 1898.
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That is, more able-bodied young men
died from these causes alone than we're
in the entire army sent to Cuba, yet the
people are surprised at the size of the
Densiop-roll.
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The adventures of ST Klegg and his tall
friend, Shorty, both Of the 200th Ind, were
so numerous and so interesting during their
service in the civil war that it will take the
author long while to relate them, and the
sketches win appear in many issues. His
friends have seen their graduation from raw
recruits to veterans, and have followed them
in their campaigns to Murfreesboro', after the
battle of Stone River, and there they have
been quartered for the Winter. They are
now on the Tullahoma campaign, moving
towards Shelbyville.
Tho Third Day of the Deiuge Was Even
Worse Than Its Predecessors-"S Shelby
Vile Only 10 Miles Away"
1t seems impossible, but the third days
rain was even worse than that of the two pre-
ceding The drops seemed much larger, to
follow each other faster, and with less inter
val between the downpours.
"Does it always rain this way in June
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ENTERED AT WASHINGTON pOsT0FHoEA sEoONDolass MATTER
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ANIMALS Thai COUNT.
Instances That Prove Their Possession OF
the COMPUTING Faculty.

Instances That Prove Their Possession of
the Computing Faculty.
Several years ago there lived in Gin
binnati mule which was employed by
street railway company in hauling
cars up steep incline This animal
was hitched in front of the regular
team and unhitched as soon as the car
arrived at the top of the hill 1t made
o certain number of trips in the fore
noon Il have forgotten the number, but
will say 80 for the sake of convenience
and like number in the afternoon,
resting for an hour at noon. AS soon as
the mule completed its fiftieth trip it
marched away to It's stable without or
ders from its driver.
To show that it was not influenced
by the sound of the factory whistles and
bells the following remarkable action
ON the part of this animal is vouched
for by the superintendent of the line,
who gave me these data: On certain
occasion, during musical festival, this
mule was transferred to the night shift,
and the very instant it completed its
fiftieth trip it started for the stables 1t
took the combined efforts of several
men to make it return to its duty At
night there were no bells or whistles to
inform the creature that quitting
time" had come. 1t had counted the
trips, and having finished its full quota
of 90 it thought that the time for rest
and food had arrived.
Some monkeys give unmistakable evil
dences of the possession by them of the
computing faculty. In 1889 1 made the
acquaintance of very intelligent CHM
panzee which could count as high as
three. That this was not q trick sug-
gested by sensual impulses had ample
opportunity of satisfying myself. The
owner of the animal would leave the
room, no one being present but myself,
and when / would call for two marbles
or one marble or three marbles, rs the
case might be, the monkey would grave
ly hand over the required number. Ro-
names mentions an ape which could
count three, the material used in his
experiment being straws from the ami
mails cage. Wolff, Darwin, Forbes and
Hartman also give instances of the COM
putting faculty in apes and monkeys
James Weir in Lippincott's Magazine.
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MAY BE THE MISSING LINK.
That Mysterious and Useless Organ OF
Man, the VermifOrm Appendix.

That Mysterious and Useless Organ OF
Man, the vermifOrm Appendix.
A distinguished paleontologist claims
to have discovered facts serving to show
that the vermiform appendix, that lnys-
teriously useless organ that has annoyed
the human family so much Of late
years, is no more nor less than the rudi-
mentary remnant of the gizzard with
which he believes the monstrous pro-
genitors of man of the tertiary period
of the earth's existence were supplied.
Some of these gigantic creatures, lizards
in form, birds in kind, animals in some
functions, are believed to have devel-
oped by the gradual stages described by
the supporters of the theory of evolu-
ton into the semblance of a human be-
ing.
If the bird form be the original of the
human race, it is reasonable to believe
that it may have been supplied with
gizzard, which in the bird of modern
time possesses definite and important
function in the digestion of the food
The bird having no teeth the food is in
many cases swallowed whole. Some
birds can crush the food with their
beaks, but normally the digestion is
permitted largely through the agency of
the gizzard, where the food is ground
into fine particles. The interior coating
of this organ is rough and muscular.
Many birds swallow, as far as the giz-
zard, small pebbles that aid the process
of attrition Thus if the latest theory
be correct curious paradox is present
ed. Whereas In the beginning, as now,
the gizzard performed it's functions
most satisfactorily when supplied with
indigestible substances, its rudiment
that now remains in the human struc-
ture becomes a center of dangerous con-
ditions as soon as any foreign substance,
and especially any hard matter, is de-
posted in it.
One of the marvels of anatomy for
some years has been this strange sac in
the upper intestines, apparently with
out the least function in the digestive
system and capable of being removed
without affecting the health of the pa
tient save to favorable degree. Re-
searches have revealed many traces Of
such rudiments in the human system.
Darwin s studies brought to light many
resemblances between man and the
lower orders. 1t may now be that the
despised yermiform appendix will be
exploited as the real missing link
binding man to the past ages, when life
assumed many forms that are today I'M
MISUNDERSTANDING Star
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When a man breaks down with that
dread disease, consumption, and recognizes
his condition, he starts out to fish for
health. He tries this thing and that thing
He consults this doctor and that doctor
He INDUCES in all kinds of absurd athletic
exercises. He tries first one climate and
then another. He tries the rest cure and
the work cure. He grows steadily worse.
That is the story of most consumptives.
Finally, when the consumptive dies, the
doctor shrugs his shoulders and pronounces
consumption incurable. A thirty years.
test of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery has demonstrated that it cures %
per cent of all cases of consumption, if
taken in the earlier stages of the disease
before the lungs are too far wasted In a
consumptive there is a weaker spot than
even the lungs. That spot is the stomach.
consumptive never really begins to die
until his stomach gives out. The Golden
Medical Discovery" not only braces up
the stomach, but acts directly on the
lungs, healing them and driving out all
impurities. Honest medicine dealers will
not urge you to take an inferior substitute.
II had a very bad cough, also night-sweats,
and was almost in my grave with consumption, y
writes Mrs. Clara A. Mcintyre, Box III, Ash
land, Middlesex Co.. Mass. friend of mine
a dream and told me to take DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, and, thank the Lord, did
so. By the time had taken half Of the first
bottle felt much better. / Kept on until had
taken three bottles That was all needed.
got well and strong again"
Whenever constipation is one of the COM
plicating causes of disease, the most perfect
remedy 10 DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets,
which are always effective, yet absolutely
mild and harmless. There never was any
remedy invented which can take their
place. They never gripe.
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Dangers From violent Exercise.

There is considerable diversity Of
opinion as to the safety with which wo-
men may indulge in violent exercise in
view of possible injury. AS regard the
heart, there appears to be but one opin-
ion-namely, that that organ, accus-
toned to quiet life may be danger
ously and permanently crippled by the
excessive strain in athletic sports Ex-
perience in medical practice, says an
eminent authority, teaches that the pa
tient with weak heart must be ex-
tremely cautious in his exercises, and
the demonstration of dilatation of the
healthy heart under sudden, violent,
exhausting effort which has been made
was of surprising nature. Many elm
ical observers in Germany and i'll this
country have detected by percussion and
observation of the changes in the heart
beats that there is under strain and exer-
ton considerable dilatation, which con-
tinues for a shorter or longer time after
the exertion is over Ocular proof of
this has been afforded by the Roentgen
rays. This shows not only the need Of
caution by those i'll good health, but
more particularly so in the case of those
who suffer from any weakness, consti-
tutional or otherwise. in this organ
New York Ledger.