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in the interest of various special industries hut has
never wholly succeeded. There are certain natural
laws of trade which legislation not repeal though
1t may temporarily interfere with their operation
"
An ARrAvsAw man, who proposes to furnish Chicago
with gas rs per feet says that of the
coal found in the coal lands he 90 cubic
feet Of candle forty gallons OF ubroatng oil
worth SG5o gallon and 200 pounds OF carbon
per pound This deducng the mining and the
freight (about $3.50 toni, leaves the product worth
S3oSsso Chicago seems to have struck coal gusher.
BEAvMoNr's specially is in smashing boundaries.
WELL well WE'LL r. b. Thurber, ono of the lord high
and apostles OF the gold standard He who
promised the entire community prosperity all the way from
Genesis to Revelations bankrupt! Now, by all the most
high gods VIII he explain that was just chance blow
or will he claim that he drusged2
In good prophet that knows his own weather.
keeper in Chicago was kept from committing sui
eide by the police Evidently Windy Ctys police force
knows whence its income is derived
MARRIAGE cures all the bills the duke is heir to-
KAISER WrurLm thinks that the sword is noble weapon
the people with but if he wishes really effective
he should try pension roll
C,AuNeEys jokes should be ineligible to even an Eng
shman
Now is a nice time purchase your winter fuel We
make these suggestions in the hope that they will help you
to keep cool.
Now the seed oil trust Wouldn't that deeo
You?
lp were for the puzzle pictures which have the
press of the country by the throat life would be glad
sweet song.
YES Constant Reader the governor of the Philippines is
an Ohio man.
TmpE things than poverty. We might he as
rich as trust ana be compelled to taxes all of our
holdings.
HorsroNs school teachers generally have something com.
ing to them.
coHrpmu1oRs to the " M. c. A. seem to fear that if
they come forward too soon they will get hurt in the rush
ruE result to show that got three yachts fit
to be world racers
AccoRptNG dispatches slight GOODNESS has sprung IN
between people who were recently kicking about the heat
Honsos insinuates that he'd like to kiss freedom into
every country earth.
QUAY should wear a shirt waist. He seems TO h.v,
yanked that useful garment off from Miss Pennsylvania
Now n is rmored shat the postmaster general will r..
sign for the good OF his country.
J. PiEasoNr MORGAN it was heralded with blast Of rm
pets would settle the strike We are stil waiting.
SPAIN has back silver her real deeadenee as
nation began some months
EVANS denies that he is to get better job 1t is lust
possible however that Mr. Evans doesn't know.
MANY girls who missed being June brides are Of the opn
ion that any old month would do
DsrArenEs from the North that the hot wave is com
ing this way Wen give it chill lit does
The difference between Chaee and prize fighter is that
the former doesn't talk all the time,
PERnAPs Teddy has got the constitution with him AT
any rate it appears TO be hopelessy lost
II DOESN'T seem possible that those gowns Queen Vii |
lelmina is building will TT her
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The Texas School Journal has become the exclusive prop
erty of Mr. Stanley Ford The headquarters the publ
cation will be in Austin hereafter The subscription prSe
of the Journal has been raised from 81 $3.50 having
been demonstrated that high educational journal can
not be issued a the former price
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WELL we'll well Z. b. Ihurber, of the lord high
executiones and apostles OF the gold standard He who
promised the entire community prosperity all the way
Genesis to Revolutions bankrupt Now by all the most
high gods! VIII he explain that it just a chance blow
or wiz he claim that he was drusged2
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PERHAPs Teddy has got the constitution with him. A,
any it appears to be hopelessly lost
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II IS good prophet that knows his own weather.

keeper in Chicago kept from committing sui
eide by the police Evidently the Windy Citys police force
knows whence its income is derived.
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II DOESN'T possible that those gowns Queen vii
ielnna is building will ever 1T her
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The difference between ChaFee and prize fighter is tina,
he former doesn't talk all the time.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
apartment 1856. Editorial Department 45t.
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Now ms the cotton seed oil trust Wouldn't that deeor,i
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-13

Yrs Constant Reader the governor of the Philippines is
an Ohio man.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-13

DIsAreHrs from the North that hot wave is com
ing this way Wen give it chill iii does.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-13

Now nice time to purchase your winter fuel w
make these suggestions in the hope that they will help yo
to keep cool.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-13

lF not for the puzzle pictures which have thu
press of the country by the throat life would be glad
sweet song,
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The railroad companies making better roadheds in
eNas and generally improving their property preparatory
to handling with greater and facility the immensely
crcasng business OF Texas With freight rates
in The State this business would increase much that
would require much Improvement rolling stock and
roadbed to handle it.Denisou Herald.
The railways are simply keeping up with the times
creased traffic forces added facilities the OF trans
portation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-13

TlfrRE things than poverty. We might he a,
rich trust ana be compelled pay on all OF our
holdings.
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MANY girls who missed being June brides are Of the opn
On that any old month would do
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION.
4, iie2, iies. liOT and 1909 Franklin Avenue.
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EVANS denies that he is to get better job 1t is ius,
possible however, that Mr. Evans doesn't know.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-09-05

grocery-like in its odor that Shorty I'M
hesitatingly struck match. and was de-
lighted TO see half-dozen fine hams hang
ing from the roof. There were flitches of
side-meat, barrels of sweet potatoes, rice,
stock-peas, etc, and n number of jugs,
kegs and wine baskets.
AS l imagined" said Shorty to 81, who
had come in, the Mayor of Savanny was
not the man to allow his son to waste
away with hunger, or grow lippers and
Sole-leather hide from n steady diet OF
alligator meat. Well there's no time for
long stories. l think I'll take a ham and
that demijohn over there, which | guess
the Colonel and Adjutant will appreciate
You'd better have each of the boys take
a piece of meat. Better let Tom Radbone
throw that sack of meal over his shout
der. You'd better not take anything
ouIl have to go inside and report to
the General. Wen stop some place out
side and cook supper, as soon's he dis
misses us"
IF | go away without this ham," said
81, picking out the finest one, my Sun
day-school training has been wasted. and
my gizzard would never forgive me-"
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fact, changed the mans address at the
| Pension Bureau to some other place and
Went there and obtained the letters. The
vouchers. of course. he had to forge; but
| that was simple. In one case he rented
a box IN country poStoflice and had the
mail Of two of his dead clients sent there
He had about twenty of these CHASTITY
tricks in operation when he was appre-
hended: and the exposure inspired the
POSTMASTER General to issue Immediately
rigid rule requiring the delivery of pen
sion letters thereafter only to the pen
Sloner in person. or To some member of his
family designated by him.
According to these. men in Indiana and
Rhode Island regard forgery and perjury
as triffing misdemeanors, and pleasantly
while away the time with acts the pen
atty for which is ten years in the peni-
Tertiary and Il fine not exceeding 5000
This, too, while the Pension Commits
sioner is spending 100000 a year in de
tectlves to catch just such criminals, and
is filling the papers with his triumphant
announcements every time he can catch
an Old veteran so much as executing his
voucher day or two before it is due.
In the last eight years-under Lockren
and Evans-there has been fully ST.
Ouo,OO0 spent in special investigations of
every man and woman on the pension
roll, with every possible incentive to find
preteNts for dropping them from the roll.
with every encouragement given to any
body who would give injurious gossip to
furnish such pretexts. There have been
systematic hOuse-to-house visitations of
everyone upon the roll. Never were peo-
pie subjected to such drastic espionage,
and it is simply incredible that there can
be such things now.
Many years ago, when the administra-
ton of the Pension Bureau was III the
period of development that the Customs
and Internal Revenue and other Bureaus
were at the same time, there were I'M
doubleday great Irregularities, as every
where. But these have been corrected by |
experience, by more stringent safeguards. |
and by the certainty of severe punish |
nent.
1t has been repeatedly demonstrated !
hat there are far less frauds in the pen |
'ion expenditures than any other branch |
If the Governments disbursements.
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PERSONAL.

COmrade c. G. Thamer, 4Tth ILL.,, York,
| Neb., has just returned from Il visit to
his old home in Breitenbach. HeSs-Nas-
sau, Germany, from which he has been
absent As years. He found his brother
alive and prosperous. COmrade Thamer
is Il farmer.
Ex-Secretary John ". Noble, of st.
Louis, acquired an interest in forestry
when a member of President Harrison's
Cabinet, and intends TO devote the re-
inainder of his days to forestry, irriga-
ton and reclamation of arid acreage in
the West.
Senator George f. Hoar celebrated his
10Th birthday at his home in Worcester,
Mass. Aug. %. The day was passed
quietly with members of his family. The
Senator is in good health and excellent
spirits.
\. b. Cummins, of Des Moines, the Re
publican candidate for Governor of Iowa,
IS u years old, and was born OF Scotch
Irish parents in Greene County. Pa. He
had common-school education, and
worked as an express messenger and To-
connective engineer before deciding to be-
come 4 lawyer. He was admitted to the
bar in Chicago. but removed to Iowa in
1878, and has since gained distinction in
the profession.
Mrs. Dye, widow of Gen. VIM. Nee.
Dye. died at Chicago. Sept. l. Gen. Dye
WAS q Captain in 1861. He became
Colonel of the Goth Iowa. and served with
distinction west of the Mississippi and at
VickSburg and Mobile. He was promoted
TO BrigadierGeneral, but resigned from
the army to take a position under the
Khedive of Egypt. He was afterward
Chief of Police of Washington, ID. c.,
and then for many years Commander of
the Korean army. He died Nov. Is, 1899.
Much the brightest man in the South
ern Confederacy was Lieut.-Gen. Richard
Taylor, son of 'Old Rough and Ready"
President Taylor was not distinguished by
wit or eloquence. On the other hand, he
talked little, but to the point, and let his
deeds speak for him. But Gen. "Dick"
I ayior, besides being an able soldier, a
fine speaker, and Il writer of more than
ordinary talent, was brilliant man of the
world, and when he went to England after
The war captivated the Prince of Wales's
set. At the close of the war he was in
of everything between the Ale
5hcnies and the Mississippi, and surren-
Tered TO Gen. Candy. One of his daugh-
ers-Aiiss Louisette-has just died at
Pass Christian, La. Two of her sisters
survive her. 1t is not known that any
If them inherited their fathers remark
bile mental gifts.
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DE lTH OF GEN LUDLOW

Brighten. William Ludlow, a brilliant
officer and the only General in the army
who graduated from West Point. died at
Convent, n. j., August 80. of consump-
ton, contracted in the Philippines He
was born in 1913, and came of dis
tinguished New York family. He gradu-
ated from West Point in 1864, eighth in
his class, and was Immediately assigned
to duty with Sherman's army He be
came Chief Engineer of the Twentieth
Corps, and then of the Army of Georgia,
and was breyettcd Captain for distin-
guished gallantry at the defense of ALA
toOna. He was brcvetted Major and
Iieutenant-Colonelf for distinguished serv-
ices on the march to the sea and through
the Carolinas. After the war he was Ell
gagged In various important engineering
works, and was for a term Engineer
Commissioner of the District of Columbia
AT the beginning of the Spanish War he
was promoted to Brigadier- General of
Volunteers, displayed conspicuous gal
iantry at Santiago, and as A1iIitary-Gov-
ernOr of Habana did great work in
restoring order in the city, abating many
of the disgracefHl practices which had
been customary under the Spanish rule,
and in cleaning up that plague-spOt. He
was promoted to Brigadier- General in
the Regular Army, and would have
reached the command of the army, had he
lived. He was assigned to duty in the
Philippines, but contracted the fatal dis
ease almost as soon as he arrived, and
had to he invalided home. lie was a
man of the highest qualities in every way
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WONDER" said Shorty. as they crossed the
bridge. Il was afraid that some of those
fellers would jump us and try to take
away the proceeds of our honest labor
Pete was struggling along valiantly in
the rear, but il is very hard work to carry
pot of honey under your left arm, with
gallon jug of molasses and a Springfield
rifle in your right. and a heavy load on
your shoulders, and Pete was falling be
hind. a couple of soldiers noticed this
and made a ruSa for him. Pete heard
them, and in his desperation gave the
honey jar a fling over the left. that he
might change the molasses jug to that
hand.
There was an appalling crash. for the
jar struck a torpedo, and everybody was
covered with a shower of clay and sand.
The men pursuing Pete ran back into the
fort, but 81 and the rest, after finding
Pete unhurt, hurried on to the house
where Gen. Hazen had made his head
quarters.
81 handed his ham to Shorty, smoothed
himself down a little. buttoned up his
blouse, entered headquarters with a mill
tary stride, took the position of 4 soldier,
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HEADQUARTERS FOR THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE

We have secured room 135, HOlenden
Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. for the headquar-
ters of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
during the National Encampment. This
is directly across the hall from the Ma
tional Headquarters of the G.. A. r., W.
r. c., and Ladies of the G. A. r., and ali
comrades are invited to make use of it.
They can make appointments to meet their
friends there, direct their mail to be sent
there, and otherwise make it their con-
veGience. We shall be glad to meet there
all the readers of the paper
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PORT HUDSON:
A Renaissance OF the Civil War.
BY Col, Prentiss Ingrahan.

This is a tribute by a gallant Confed-
crate officer, who was among the defend
ers of Port Hudson, TO the brave boys
in blue who besieged that place, and par
ticularly to those who formed the cele-
brated Forlorn HOPE. 1t will appear in
an early number of The National Tri-
bune.
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AFIELD WITH CR0CKER'S BRIGADE.
By David M. Strain, co. 3. 15th Iowa

By David N. Strain, CO. B, 18th Iowa.
This is Il simple narrative of the every
day dcings of this famous brigade, which
was composed of some of the best fight
ing regiments in the magnificent Army of
the Tennessee.
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A VERY strong reaction against the So
called higher criticism of the Bible has
started among the scholars of Germany
and will in time reach this country The
German students of the Bible are the
most profound in the world, and they de-
clare that there is absolutely no scholastic
basis for very much, at least, of the de-
structive criticism of the Inspired Writ
ings.
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a New Jersey clergyman claims to be
able to cast the devil out Of women. Why
fool around with the women? They are
all right. Let him come on here and
tackle the Pension Bureau.
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THAT Argentine and Chile agreed not
to fight puts stop to all prospects Of
real war in South America. These other
so-called wars are mere squabbies of fac
tons of politicians. But Argentine and
Chile have real armies, and would 90 az
1t ''alle samce white man."
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WE SEM to be selling guns and car
tridges with equal impartiality to all
sides IN the South American wars. The
money Of the man who wants an office
Is just rs good as that Of the one who is
already in and proposes to stay in.
Neither gets credit
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The wHIP-HAND which the Steel Trust
has had on the Labor Unions has been
that the strike was a violation of regu-
larry executed agreements. There is a
prejudice in this country in favor of men
keeping their word.
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KANSAS towns are introducing blood
hounds to run down petty burglars and
thieves. Great stories are told of the
ability of these to take a scent from
tracks and follow it, and the moral effect
will be prodigious
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DR. GATLING says that his motor pillow
will break up thirty acres of ground in
day, where a man and team will only
break up two. 1t won't stop at the end
of the row to discuss the silver question.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-09-05

THE SIDERABLE balloon will always be
an empty dream. Nothing that merely
floats can ever be steered.
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DESPITE his broken leg, Gen. Stewart
will be present at the National Encamp-
ment, and his friends are quite confident
that he will win the race for Commander
in-Chipf
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CHAs. i. WARD, who died in the poor
house at Chattanooga, Sept. 2, was one of
the men who made the big guess of his
life wrong. He was with Adams in
founding the Adams Express Company,
but at the beginning Of the war sold out
and invested his money in Confederate
bonds. Tie character Of his ventures ever
after seemed TO be the same.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-09-05

IT WILL not be great while until the
Monroe Doctrine will be expanded to in
flude our absolute and unquestioned CON
srol of the Isthmus of Panama.
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ANOTHER man who once occupied a
front seat on the National rostrum, but is
rapidly fading into the dim blackness of
tie forgotten, is John p. Altgeld.
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So FAR nobody has discovered any sec
ond George Washingtons in South Amer
lea.
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ALFONSO XIII. is now 16 years old,
has seen his first bullight, and is de-
ciarcd Of age, and fit to rule. 1t does not
seem possible that he is less fit than the
Kings ald Queens who have ruled over
Spain for the last three centuries.
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having been lost, the Labor organs turn
upon Shaffer and rend him. They de-
clare that the interests of labor have
been sacrificed to further the ambitions
of this creature, Shaffer." So goes the
world
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Mr.. BRYAN still leads the Democratic
procession. But it is in hearse.
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SOME british PENSIONS.

The cheap, pooTly-inf0rmed writers who
are constantly comparing cur pension ex
pend lures with those of Great Britain
and other European countries do not know
that in the first place, our pension roll
represents more hard fighting than the
pension rolls of all the countries of Eu-
rope put together, and secondly that there
are immense sums which are properly
pensions, but do not appear at all under
the head of pensions in the budgets.
Take Great Britain, for example:
The grant of 100000 to Lord Roberts
for his services in a war which was not
nearly so big as the campaign west of
the mississippi for instance, is not his
first heavy draft upon the Treasury. In
1880, besides his title of nobility, and
other honors, he received $4,000 for his
march to Candahar, which was merely n
somewhat bigger military operation than
some Of our Indian wars
| Lord Wolseley was given S12j,0 cash
and lot of other things for his little
scrap with the Ashantis. He received
100000 more for his Egyptian cam
paign, of few weeks, in which he fought
one little slSirmish at Tel-el-Kebir.
Lord Kitchener was given for his
Soudan Campaign $4,000, besides his
title, and other considerations.
Sir Jeffery Amherst and his heirs have
been drawing pension of $4,000 a year
since 1886, for his services in North
America.
Sir Stapleton Cotton and his heirs have
been drawing d pension of $4,000 a year
since 1925.
For storming an Afghan fortress Sir
John Keane and his heirs have been draw
ing pension of $4,000 year since 1899.
Sir John Colborne and his heirs have
been drawing a pension Of $4,000 u year
since Waterloo.
Where the heirs" are included, as in
many of the pensions, the payment runs
on indefinitely.
Sir Hugh Cough, and his next two
heirs" have drawn a pension of $4,000 a
year since 1919, for his campaign against
the Mahrattas.
Sir Henry Hardinge and the next two
successors to his title" draw 5000
year from the British Treasury, and
$4,000 year more from the East In
dian.
Sir Colin Campbell has drawn n
pension of $4,000 year ever since the
Indian Mutiny.
Sir Robert Napier was given n pen-
sion of $4,000 year, with a continu-
ance to his immediate successor, for his
Abyssinian campaign, in 1868.
Besides these the fortunate Generals
got other rewards, in the shape of titles.
privileges, etc, etc. Their immediate
subordinates also got substantial ire
wards" ''gratuities," etc, which in this
country would be considered as pensions
Gov. SHAW, of Iowa, is a very pood
man, has made an excellent Governor. and
doubtless would make an equally satisfac |
tory President. Senator Deliver is an on |
thusiastic friend, and has lanched great /
big boom for the Governor for 1901. Bur /
the Governor is experienced enough to /
know how likely are the very best things .
TO get frost-bitten when blooming eorIv
not only in the garden and orchard. bpt
IN the political fields. So he rescues his
boom from the premature Senator. and
puts it carefully back ii the cold-framc
for little longer. Iowa never elects any
but prudent men Governors.
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Now AN old sailor, grimy and tarred-up.
Says that when the Sapnish ships were
charrcd up,
1t made his senses so reel
. That he turned the Brooklyn's
wheel
10 put the helm hard-down, instead of
hardup.