The National tribune., 1909-05-27
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1. S. N, Albany, n. Y: A veteran of
the civil war has the right to employ
another person to file his homestead
application. The fee charged by the
Land Office is So for filing an applica-
| ton. Any amount in excess of this
sum is all velvet for the party employed
to file the application. IL men who do
this sort of work really go out and
view land to make good selection
they may be at some expense. but the
chances are that they merely take the
plat, pick out any vacant quarter Sec
| ton, pay the So and pocket the balance.
ANY cOmrade who wants information
as to his rights and particulars about
homestead lands should write to Hon.
Fred bennett Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Washington, d. c.,
and they can get advice free of charge.
The National Tribune prints book
containing q synopsis of the various
land laws, and the location by districts
and Counties, of vacant land. 1t IS sent
to any address for 25 cents in stamps.
C. b. A., Harrisburg. Pa: 1t cost the
Government about s1.500.0eo to send
the fleet around the world.
NJ. "A. W., Westminster, Mass:
veteran who separates from his wife
without getting divorce anu AFTER
wards dies, the widow is entitled to a
pension.
C. C. b., Burlington. 1owa:s 1t is the
plan of The National Tribune to print
everything received from the comrades.
So many good things come, as well as
sad ones, that it is necessary to print
the overflow in the Repository, and now
we have found it necessary to add the
Scrap Book, the first number of which
has just appeared, 166 pages, which we
send to any address for rs cents.
3. L. T., Scranton, Pa: The saying.
''In time of peace prepare for war" has
usually been accepted without analysis.
The great powers are now at danger
point in burdens imposed by the cost of
military and naval arnnaments.
+. e. T., Helena, Ark: A dozen or
more States have what Is known as
State flowers These were adopted
either by legislative enactment or by
prominent societies suggesting them.
The latest State to fall into line IS Flor
ida, the Legislature just having desig-
mated the emblem flower to be the
orange blossom, which is certainly most
appropriate. as that flower is not only
fragrant and beautiful. but It typifies
an important industry.
J. A. T.. Topeka. Kan: The poem
entitled Opportunity" written by the
late Senator ingalls,, of your State, Is q
splendid bit of verse. but we do. nos
believe in its sentiment that Opportunity
knocks but once at each mans door.
The following comes nearer the truth:
They do me wrong who sa4 come no
When once KNOCK. zandsfail to find
yor in; kfa&
For every day stand auts4e your door
And bid you wakeE in.is Use 70 fight 4ett
anu N.l HI
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane:
Each night I burn the records of the
At sunrise every seskis bprn again.
Laugh like a boy at splendors that have
To vanished joys be blind and deaf
and dumb; -a
My judgments seal the dead past with
But never bind q moment yet to
come.
Tho deep in misery, wiring not your
hands and weep.
lend my arm to ali wiio say"I CAM"
No shame-faeed outcast ever sank so
deep
But he might rise and be again a
man. -
w. A. c., National Military Home.
Kan: The collecting of stamps. coins
ri hou ta INF
industry. Every large city has dealers
who make one feature or q combina-
ton their sole business. while devotees
are numbered by thousands. A COM
plete collection of u. 8. postage and
revenue stamps would cost large sum
of money. From 1899 to 1845 letter
postage ranged from six to Is cents,
according to distance. In 1845 the rate
was reduced 10 Ave cents for 800 miles
or less, and 10 cents for greater dis
tances. In 1851 1t was made three
cents for 1000 miles, prepaid. or other
wise, five cents, and was doubled for
greater distances. In 1863 there was es-
| tablished uniform rate of three cents,
which was changed to two cents per
half ounce in 1883 and to two cents per
ounce in 1885. Until 1S45 letters were
single or double. as there was one piece
| of paper or two. Postage stamps were
| introduced in 1847, but did not become
general until 1855, when letters were re-
quired to be prepaid. Stamped en-
| veIopcs were first furnished in 1852, and
postal cards in 1872. Registration was
established in 1855, postal money or
| ders in 1854. free delivery system in
| 1865, greatly extended in 1892. Rural
| delivery was introduced in 1889. In
1908 letter postage to England was re-
duced to two cents. The value Of your
| revenue stamps depends upon scarcity
and their condition.
w. L. H., Brunswick, Me-: Any sol.
| dier of the civil war can take up q
! homestead of $50 acres of any unap
propriated Government land and have
deducted from the five years necessary
to secure title the time he served in the
army. There Is no provision of law fol
soldiers in giving them land outright
except the additional right in cases
where a soldier took ltss tiRn 16o acres
prior to 1879. fhszf
N. s.. Kingsley, PA: Veterans of the
civil war have a preference over citi'
zens in the matter oflbeinG selected fol
a Government position In The lists certi
fed for appointment fby the Civil Ser
vice Commission. {E8as&
r.. F. M, Foster. W. VI: The Flat
head Indian Reservation lin Montans
will probably be opensd ur this coming
Summer or or Eaii: s3aleFA of the civi
for chance to draw an allotment. The
lands have been surveyed, and as sooI
as the Indians complete their selec
tions the remaining lands will be opeI
to white occupancy, and the allotmenti
may be made by drawing, as in case.
of other reservation openings.
G. r. p, Ray, Ind.I:s TIE matter o.
assessing and taxing Teals Estate in th'
tatA ic 1nl a ~