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The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Secretary Wilson surprised the Amer
icus Club, of Pittsburg. with the an
nouncement that camphor production
had been added to the resources of this
country. He said:
For years the Department has been
distributing camphor tree seed and
thousands of trees are now growing
throughout the South and in the Pa
cific Coast States. Two years ago a
serious effort was made to develop the
manufacture of camphor from these
trees
by improvements in manufacturing
processes satisfactory results have been
accomplished and large manufac-
turing concern is now building up
camphor grove of 1000 acres in Flor
ida. from which it hopes to make its
camphor. This firm uses more than
$500, 900 worth of camphor every year"
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE'S CIRCU-
LATION.
An Advertiser Finds That 1t Reaches to
Every Part of the Country, and the
Paper Is Carefully Read BY All.


Every Part of the Country, and the
Paper Is Carefully Read BY All.
Editor National Tribune: have often
wondered when told of the continued
large circulation of The National Trib-
une as to the reason why. when the
country is buried daily and weekly un-
der tons of printed matter of all sorts
and colors with a general ground tone
of yellow, what it was that sustained
your large circulation. I no longer
wonder; 1 apologize and confess, as my
business interests have led me to a just
and fair estimate of your paper. And
it gives me pleasure to say to you that
I can conceive of no possible improve
ment upon your method in interesting
the old soldiers or instructing the pres
ent generation in regard to the evenS
of the great war. 1t occurs to me that
should all other data be lost a complete
file of your paper would furnish rich
mine for any future historian; and,
further. I find your weekly summarize
ton of domestic and foreign news re-
markably well adapted to keep your
subscribers, who possibly may not have
Informed. And as an advertising me-
dunn 1 can only give you bit of fact:
Four weeks ago the o. L. B. Cane Co.
put an advertisement in your paper
offering to send canes by mail. The
company has received orders from 2I
States, and one G. A. r. Post. No. 54.
South Dakota, has sent orders for full
equipment of the souvenir canes as Il
marc hing emblem. The advertisement
has already paid for itself.
Allow me to say that we here in
Washington are too near to the event.
the final disappearance of the old via
duct. to realize it's Importance. To
guard the Virginia approaches to the
bridge were the first troops ordered
over it. A million followed. Over it
again came the wounded from the SAN
culinary battles of Virginia. 1t is a
thing of the past. but the time Will
come when the descendants of those
who crossed it in 1S61-65 will prize a
from its old frame even as an
Englishman would prize a piece reft
from the ribs of the old Fighting
With congratulations for
your good work / am-R. E. Whitman,
u S. A. Retired, Washington, D. c.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
DIAMONDS IN ARKANSAS.

There has been much talk of dia-
monds in this country. and u few small
ones have been found. mostly in Indi-
ana, which gcologists have decided
were probably brought down by the
glaciers from a diamond field in the
Hudson Bay country. At last DR.
George +. Kunz, the leading authority
on diamonds in the country. announces
that the diamond field recently discov-
cred in Pike County. Arkansas. is the
real thing, and so far as he knows the
only real diamond reef in the country
The field was first discovered in 1912
but recently attention has been revived
in it and DR.. Kunz and Geologist Wash
ington have been carefully studying it
but found no diamonds themselves
tho by others 130 have been collected
found in tw-os and threes. Borings lac
and $50 feet deep which have been
made have revealed the same rock
Some of the deposits of rock are as
large as a single mine at Kimberley
Only one stone has been found in the
rock itself, two in the decomposed wasl,
or broken up rock. and the rest on the
surface. The stones are white, yellow
and brown. The largest. a clear, fine,
white crystal, is about 6k carats
weight, while another just as fine, a
beautiful yellow, weighs Az carats in
the rough.
A syndicate has been formed to work
the field, which may prove of surpass-
ing value, and then again may not. A
birds nest is the place to find eggs, but
there are plenty of birds nests in which
there are no eggs.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
Trade with our outlying possessions

Trade with our outlying possessions
"non-contiguous territories" the Census
Bureau terms them-is increasing at a
most surprising rate. The most strik-
ing increase is with Porto Rico. Ten
years ago we were only selling Porto
Rico about s2,000,000 worth annually
and buying from her about as much.
This year we bought from her $22,-
900, 900 worth, and sold her S25, ,00O, 900.
Our trade with Hawaii has much more
than doubled in 10 years. In 1897 we
sold the Philippines only S94,597 worth,
while this year our bill will run up S.
661,427. We buy now s11,51O,43S a
year from the Philippines. We are ap-
parently doing far better considering
everything than other Nations are with
their colonies. With all the noise
France has made over Madagascar, CO.
chin China, etc. she only sold them in
the last year for which we have figures
SS7, 100000, where our sales amounted
to 100000. Germany only sold her
colonies s11,000,00O worth. 1t looks as
if within few years we would outstrip
the colonial trade of all other countries
except Great Britain and be running
close to her in spite of the trade with
India and Canada.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

The passing of the Mammoth Cave,
in Kentucky, is an astonishment Be
fore the war it was one of the great
sights of the country, and everybody
either visited 1t, or planned TO do so
at some future time. Every distin-
guished man and woman was among
the visitors. The visitors averaged 100
day year in and year out. and they
yielded fine revenue to the proprietor,
who charged them 81 piece. Now
not a dozen go there a week.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Now the deadly rinsing tank of the
soda water fountain is coming under
fire. and all manner of diseases are said
to be spread by the glasses being
rinsed in water that is only changed
once a day. or once a week, or even
once a Summer. How about the vastly
filthier tank under the bar, in which
the whisky and beer glasse are rinsed =?
Give it a hard swipe. for it is forcing
vat for all of the most poisonous bac-
terra.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

One of those pessimistic women wri-
ters says that 1.-The matron is happier
than the maid. and the widow happier
than either" This shows the chronic
feminine propensity to leave out the
most important factor in every equa-
ton. In this case it all depends on the
man. With some men the matron is
far happier than she would have been
as maid. With some men their wild
ows will be far happier than their
wives.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
The object of all this dangerous drill

The object of all this dangerous drill
in rapid-firing is, of course, to pour
upon an enemy such swift storm OF
missiles as will sweep him out of exist
ence inside of few minutes. The most
astonishing progress has been made in
this direction in the last decade. When
the Oregon was built she was one of
the very finest fighting machines in the
world. In five minutes she could hurl
S19,456 foot-tons upon her enemy. This
was blow of inconceivable force.
There was nothing to liken it to but a
cyclone or an earthquake. Now, 10
years later, comes the Georgia, deliver
ing a blow about three and half times
as great. In five minutes the aimed
shots from the Georgia will have d
striking force of 2,763,S33 foot-tons-
enough one would think to tear up an
ordinary island from its rocky founda-
tiOnS
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
Jim" c. Dahlman, omaha's cowboy

Jim G. Dahlman, Omaha's cowboy
Mayor, is breezy, hopeful, wide
reaching child of the setting sun, whom
we rather like. He is running over with
faith in himself, and the longing to cut
out big jobs which is so characteristic
of those who dwell on the boundless
prairies. Somehow we fear that now
Jim will find that his eyes are much
longer than his arms, and that he can
not quite reach around all that he has
mapped cut. He wants to elect himself
Governor of Nebraska, raise the salary
to $40, 900, "to keep me from grating.
and elect William ]. Bryan President
of the United States. Raising the sal
airy of the Governor to $4,000 is far
the easiest part. This will not be to
keep Jim or any other man from graft
ing. The Grand Juries and the courts
are attending to that very satisfactorily
nowadays But the prosperous farm
ers of Nebraska, who are now lending
money to the rest of the country, will
not be hard to convince that their Chief
Executive should have better nay than
the $4,000 of the older and poorer days
of the State. AS for being elected Gov
ernor, Jim will have to face a Republi-
can majority of 1878 at the last
gubernatorial election, and it will take
more than the wisdom gained In riding
the range to accomplish that AS for
electing William j. Bryan President.
that is something as far beyond Jim's
manipulating as tieing q bowknot in
the rainbow. Only the next Republican
National Convention can settle whether
Mr. Rryan shall ha prasidan+ or not
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Again we have il forced upon US that
the price of our wheat is not fixed by
our home demand, but by the much
smaller amount which we sell abroad.
II is our surplus that settles the price.
We shall not know what our wheat Is
worth until we have more definite news
from the crops in Russia, Argentine
Australia and India
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Tho gct-rich-quick men in Louisiana
have begun another hunt for Inc pirate
Lafities buried treasure. Probably
Laiitte never buried much treasure
The old scandals had il that Lafittc
speedily converted all his booty thru his
chants in New Orleans.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Tho question has been raised whether
farnr;ie phrase by writer's the drip
ping tanks of hard pressed cattle.
can be correct. Cattle. like dogs, sweat
thru The nose and tongue, and not thru
the hide
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
WASHINGTON, D. c., AUGUST s, 100
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address as well.
~- When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Even as late as 1910 the biggest
ocean-going ship was only 200 feet long.
Now those 700 feet long are quite COM
mon, while the Mauretania and Lusi-
tania. now building. are 1000 feet long,
and will be followed by others
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

When they say that Senator Morgan ;;
death killed Senator Pettus it is mos
likely true. At Pettuss age. with All
the vicissitudcs of a stormy career. the
thread of life was badly fraycd, and
the death of the last OF his lifelong as
sociatcs and friends was quite sufficient
to snap the cord
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Prohibition is striking around the
country in most unexpected way. 1t
is long leap from Maine to North Da-
kota. and still moro surprising one from
Kansas to Tennessee and Georgia.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Chairman CARRIER has not added
much To our knowledge by the an
nounoc:ncnt that if Bryan is nominated
ne viii accept, and make the race As
long IS nc can induce the Democratic
Party to give him such splendid free ad-
Tertia:ns for his lecture business, Mr.
Bryan is going TO stay as near the
party's front as be can
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
Apropos of the South American revo.

There was General who promised to
send into the field zoe volunteers from
his district. There, he said, the people
were furious to avenge their wrongs
with powder and shot.
"The General retired to his district,
and in a week his 200 volunteers ar
rived in three freight cars, bound hand
and foot. Along with them the General
sent this message to headquarters:
Il transmit herewith the zoo Volun-
teers promised. Please return the ropes
at once.'"
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Senator Tillman has challenged Sem
ator Foraker to a joint debate. Much
bigger men than Tillman have done
that same thing, and never ceased to
regret their foolhardiness
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

The Fish Commission will try to do
mesticatc in this country a Philippine
oyster which weighs four pounds. II
would seem as if it should make its
home along with the giant Mississippi
catfish, which are as long as fence
rail
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
s1.t Ohio Annual Reunron.

The goth Reunion of the S1st Ohio
will be held in the Memorial Building.
at Newark, O., Thursday. Sept. IL, 1907.
The Association will be called to order
at 10 o'clock q. m. If you miss the
morning roll call you may he marked
for extra duty" c. c. Marsh. Presi-
dent. Columbus, o.; s. A. Mcneil, Sec
ratarx- Richwood- q
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

George Curry. who has recently been
appointed Governor of New Mexico,
says that he will now bend himself to
the task of proving 10 The country that
New Mexico is lifted for Statehood
Let him begin by having the name
changed
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

The trouble Japan is having with
ForInosa and Korea is not likely to in
cline her to mixing into other difficult
ties until she can sec the end of her
present jobs.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

The revival OF canal digging is gem
eral France is about to spend $l5.-
100000 is making canal TO connect
MarseiIles with the valley of the
Rhone and which win have the great
est tunnel in tho world. Considering
the country to be benefited. this is a
largef expenditure than any other in
the world.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Judge H. Fl. Hoyt, of Duluth, says
that the finest hunting in the world is
Immediately around that famous ''ze-
NTH city Of the >unsalted seas" Wolves,
deer. bear, ETC., are abundant. but he
says nothing about the Piegan Indians.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

Say what you please about the Japan
csc occupation of Korea, they Will at
least not murder missionaries nor allow
others 10 do So
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

A genius proposes to make the doors
of bank vaults more secure by fasten-
ing them with the patent car window
devices. which no one can open.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

The Philadelphia Ledger suggests as
the best reason for Gov. vardaman is
that she hit the man she shot at, which
shows clearly that the crime must have
been accidental.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
EDITORIAL.

EDITORIAL.
The old question of how the innum-
cradle fish in the sea get their living has
been answered by steamer slowly
dragging a net of fine bolting cloth
across bay. From the catch it was
calculated that an acre of salt water
produces about as much vegetable mat
ter as an acre of the best meadow land.
There is one minute eplant-plankton-
which natures in about three hours,
and multiplies itself by breaking about
five times day. If there was nothing
to feed upon it it would in a month
make a mass larger than that of the
sun. Therefore the herring, each fe-
male of which lays about 10000 eggs
a year, find abundant pasturage.
The two-cent fare is here, and is go
ing to stay. The sooner the railroads
cheerfully accept this, and rearrange
their business on that basis, the better
dividends they will have. Trying to
obey the law in such a way as to make
it odious is exceedingly short-sighted
and Improbable. The people will not
sat angry at the law. but at the rail-
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

We have as much land in corn alone
as Japan's cultivated area-96, ,000, 900
acres.
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
b. F. Harper, Auditor.

There arc now some 10000 claims on
file for additional bounty, and they
come in at the rate of about 500 daily.
AS there has been no increase of clerical
force the office is burdened with the
work Of examination, and it will re-
quirc considerable time to go thru the
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
Total pay before joining his

regiment ...... ........
At the first regular pay day, or two
months after muster-in, an ad-
ditional installment of bounty
VIII be paid 5
st the first regular pay day after
six months service an additional
installmcnt of bounty Will be paid
At the first regular pay day after
the end of the first years service
an additional installment of
bounty will be paid .......
At the first regular pay day after
Is months service an additional
installment of bounty will be
palo ........-.-
At the first regular pay day after
two years service an additional
instalInent of bounty will be paid
At the expiration of three years
service, or to any soldier enlisting
under this authority who may be
honorably discharged after two
years service. the remainder of
the bounty will be paid. .....
II. If the Government shall not I
quire these troops for the full period
three years. and they shall be muster
honorably out of the service before I
expiration of their terms of enlistmel
they shall receive. on being muster
The National tribune., 1907-08-08
PLAIN FACTS AS TO BouNTIEs.

| The first bounty granted during the
war of the rebellion was by the act of
July %, 1861, which gave every volun-
teer for three years Sl0e.
This has been Interpreted by B. F.
Harper, Auditor of the Treasury for the
War Department, to mean that a man
must have served at least two years to
be entitled to it, unless previously dis
charged on account of wounds received
in line of duty.
| A discharge on account of sickness or
for promotion after less than two years
service does not entitle a soldier to the
bounty.
The act of July 80, 1861, gave TO all
those who enlisted in the Regular Army
between July l, 1861. and June %. 1868.
500 bounty. This is subject 10 the
same two-year limitation as the bounty
to volunteers.
The act of July IS, 1866, gave to all
the above classes of men who had seIveI
at least two years and received no more
than $100 bounty an additional bounty
of S1O0. All claims under this act not
filed prior to July 2. 1889, were held
to be barred by Statute of Limitations
General Orders. No. 100. June %,
1863, from the War department read:
Ordered. That all ,uea cnli:iting in the
Regular Army for five years service
within 80 days from this date shall re-
ccive premium. advance pay and boun-
ty of S402, as follows, viz:
Premium paid on enlistment. .-... 81
Advace pay, first payment after first
muster 10
Advance bounty. paid at depot after
being accepted 20
lOtdi ~
Bounty TO be paid at the second
regular payday after enlistment 80
Bounty to be paid at first pay day
After eight months service. 50
After II months service. ....... So
After two years service. so
After three years service. 40
After four years service. 80
Bounty to be paid at expiration of
service ..--...- --... 80
The National tribune., 1907-08-08

On being mustered into the L. S.
service, under this authority, and
before leaving the recruiting sta
ton or depot to join his company
or regiment, the recruit shall re-
ceive one months advance pay.
First installment of bounty. ....
Premium
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-05-10
LINCOLN FILES COMPLAINT
Charges Six Nebraska Railroads With
Discrimination in Freight Rates.

Lincoln, Neb., May THE execu.
tive committee of the Lincoln Com.
merCial club authorized the filing OF
complaint with the Interstate com.
merce commission against six Ne.
braska railroads charging discrimina-
ton in freight rates against the city
Of Lincoln. Attorneys were employed
10 draw up the brief. The complaint
Is against the Rock Island, Union Pa
cific, Missouri Pacific, Burlington,
Santa Fe, Missouri, Kansas and Texas
and subsidiary lines. The complaint
Is based upon the allegation that the
rates from the south on lumber,
cement, glass. salt, coal. brick. rice,
sugar, egg case filters and other COM
modities are higher to Lincoln than
the rates on the same commodities to
Omaha over the same roads. though
the distance to the latter city is from
two to seventy-ive miles further. The
commission is asked to have it's hear.
ing in this city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-05-10
BOISE WATCHES VISITORS
Only Fear of Trouble Is Possible Out.
break Of Crank"

Boise, Ida, May S.-As a precau.
tionary measure, street preaching or
speaking will be stopped in Boise dur.
ing the trials of William ID. Haywood
and the other leaders Of the Western
Federation of Miners for the alleged
murder of Frank ~Steunenberg. 1t is
feared that freedom OF speech in the
street may lead to local agitation for
or agains. the prisoners and possible
disorders and Mayor Haines has de.
cided that it will be better to issue
and enforce a strict order covering
the matter. The city continues en-.
tirCly quiet and there is not the slight.
est indication of possible disorder.
The occasional crank is the man
feared rather than any concerted or
suddenly aroused general movement,
Police and detectives watch the rail
road and highways entering the city
and it is the general belief that they
will be able at all times to- fully con.
troll the situation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-05-10
BAILEY OF LINCOLN PRESIDENT.
United Commercial Travellers Elect
and Adjourn.

Hastings, Neb., May 6.-The tenth
annual meeting of the United CONNER.
cial Travellers grand council Of Ne.
braska closed with the election and
installation of officers. BY unanimous
vote it was decided to hold the next
council meeting at Norfolk on May 2
and 3 next year.
The following officers were elected:
Grand counselor, f. A. Bailey. Lin.
coin; grand junior counselor. NJ. Sain,
Beatrice; grand past counselor, Lewis
+. May, Fremont; grand secretary, F..
w. Hawken, Fremont; grand treasur.
err, ID. c. Hewitt. Hastings; grand con
ductor, S. F.. Erskine, Norfolk; grand
page, G. W. Hinzle, Omaha: grand sen.
tinel, Paul Trueblood, Grand Island.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-05-10
penositlon in Mover Case.

Webb Cily, Mo, May S.-R0bert
Hulser, a miner, made a deposition
here in the Moyer-EIaywOod case,
swearing before Justice Cresswcll that
while in the office Of Mine Manager
Cornish at Victor, Colo, in Septcm.
Der. 1903. he heard Cornish say to the
present adiutant general of Colorado:
1--WE have Meyer where we want him
and will put him under the ground.
Huisor says Paymaster Travel said
then: I'VE have the money and must
up this miners union" ilulser says
up this miners union Hulser says
the military officer said; "All right,
gentlemen, I'll do all | can for you
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-05-10
Goes to Study; Now Soldier.

Omaha, May 4.-Because he neg
lected to take out naturalization pa.
pers in this country before returning
to Germany to study music, Herr 10.
seph Calm, n of the best known
musicians in this part of the country,
has been compelled to change his
plans, and now is drilling as a pri.
vate in the kaiser's army, with every
prospect OF so continuing for a period
of two years. He was arrested on a
charge of attempting to evade army
service.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-05-10
HOME FINANCING.
The Ever Present Problem Of Providing
For the Future.

hIU tkt'S
There is one problem that dominates
the home-an obtruSive. p~ervaSive
problem that ofttimes fills the whole
horizon of life-One that. like BanQuo's
ghost, twill not down" 1t is the ever
present question of home financing.
When we have mastered the "to have
the problem of the ito hold confronts
us. 1t Is the question of providing for
the home which can never he properly
answered until we realize that pro
vide IL a verb that should eyer he
corrugated In tive lenses. present and
future.
There Is in our American life too of
ten 81 blind optimism Ia living up to an
income. in assuming that because the
sun of prosperity shines warmly today
there is no need of providing umbrel-
las for II possible rainy tomorrow.
Those who wisely live within an in
come rarely have to face the problem
of trying to live without one. There
are two simple guarantees against fu-
ture poverty and dependence on 9th
ers. two great safeguards for home
and family-a bank book and an insur-
ance policy. They represent the ma
terial defense of the home. n bulwark
of loves forethought standing strong
and firm in the hour of need.-Delinea-
tor.