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(6 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, B. 0.; 'THURSDAY, JANUARY H. 1892 -TWELVE PAGES. Ill f MORAL TrIBIKE. (Established 1877.) PUBLISHED WEEKLY, iQWlE IDOLLAR PER YEAR, ilNVARIASLY IN ADVANCE. Six , 76 cents. No sulMaription tor a less p&riod roflolved. OPBOIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. HIOSCIW Hint ins, oflMnvtee tlmn h.v roglfl ferni letter, jHietnl ntonvy cutter, or ctral't on Kw Vuk, will be at the risk ot' the sunflor. AKNt.S.-We employ no agents. Tun KAtnowAi. I'lW'M'NB bus iiiHiiy volunteer oan- 1IMOK, SIHt Uly MV KHHHy UOIIOtit 1111(1 faitfclul; hi ihmmnw who coiiiinc Mioir sub tttriinton t iJmmh nnna In thwr own judges of Mii iwnwHisiblllt.v. Tlw iwimr will bo Mint only ou rtajeijrt of the mibocnittion price. AinwitasNi-s, luwrnvALS, Krc.Ad dm will be rimiifwl us often as desired, Inrt inoh tniteorilKM Miouid in every osm give tin old ns wfll dm now atddwse. In roucwuur uittwrllMni MUtMild ! call-fill to SOIItl 118 tllO lahel mi tho ls iwht motived, and speolfy 1 any wnr cwons or uiiungcti i uey uosirc niuuc in uhhh or MlftrnSS. h !t S!,OMl)KNCK. Cwrospondonco Is fio1i''Hil f roMi ovtny section hi rinrnrd to Grand Amu , toitiK of VotiM-nii. l'imiou. Military, Ag rlct.l'utiil. Iiiduattiul tind Houwliold mm tors, and l:s t the Editor will always rouoivo pruuiH hhiIhmi. Wviw on om; simsof the NiMi :H . We do not rvtttiii oomntunicutlnut; or MHiiii'ti4K nuhw t ! are Hoeomiwtniod by h wi-t to tibnt eftHt and the nuoonsnry IMMNMinMtttd titntot iki oitvumstnueos guarauteo Itanr iMtbMcniiou at any Hohi 1 dnte. AMV(Mtl OOillUIUMiCtllklllgtO auiiic x ahioh a i. tkiijiwic, Washington, D. C. w A WWtMHWI COT l Ml M M0fr-tAM MATTER. : ev ta Nauomal Tribune. WA8U1KUTON, 1). C, JAM'AliY 14, 182. & Oomrade in Every Township and Past T0MLTHECANNOMR "OTie Cuunonoer" is undoubtedly the best selling war-book now before the jwople. It is unique in its way, being the vull-t4)l(l noiutfl oxjiKrioiia oC h rtvx4c eohiiur iu luudk T the very l&rdit ftUtang iu the war. lHiy voiontu, oopecHitty of Ohe Army of the J'hiku, wuut u uiiy ol the bunk, and xitKf ovury ihiiii Mild wohimh 'lnhe ikther twrvoA iu tbtrtt wmy. It will o like ht cukes Mtuoitf Cheiti. "VS'e wMtii a ftHd live ooitirade in every Pout Mid every Towiwlup iu the country to tke hol4 of the beol; nd puttk it. Good wuw eH be mle every dy by it Hitle. Set4 for a Tewatdttfi, atM Hj)cify two or lttreo otwew dial you want If you cannot get your fliwt eliokte. Auk fur "terms to ngairte." AddvwM THUINAflUWNAiLTJWimj.VIC WashliiKton, I). C iitwy DM mIm Nire fAc Mho, and otwry nMHf f M, JUkW te fWJ? KATJQKAL TIUUVKJL Jt gkm wn momT frdtfr ior inm My amity weddg jMgfHr, ff ee ONf (MM 0Mte If WiOfc, aio OUIt LAiDY yUMSOKinifiltS. "We Hiave a full im1 very olioice list of nroNtimiMi, oMeoia fer our lady Huhwirib . Ve want le ealt apcal aUoutiou lo our I)Httmn', because cliis i Uie iirat time goodb of diie etaMj have boon olfurott by any uews jxipor. Our Wa4c4ie lae proved a croat hucccsh, a4 we AiHfHMic of tlaiu at far lees price thau the imiutty jewel ir. U(HeMtbt, tky are all oitkor Elftin or WakltaHi, tie Swim Watabe bein; boMbt Uy iif. lor jf MHiia pwrpumsa, havtHg trved nimatiafumwy v,1tor Uiey bave been tried. We eaiut way loo Miuck aoout oiir Cltina. Ka InAy'tj tttU4v hw4 litok a prtd decorated tto4 mnA dtnttor wit tl tbey are ttttlMerihenj to Vm KATIOKAL TRfKL'KK, aui wUl pur cIhhk ar wrk to Hieure cue of our MtH of Cbita, vbxjb are oflfor4 ia atlier eolumn. &UVL WAIC IUKDICS. Hke uAar of Gram', iifeoriaau's, or Skori da lAMnlni, or MeCiel(auffi Own Meek, la MlbMHti40N with The CimmtjHiiHtiH Mga mm Mt Vn NAnoKAi. IIuwkk, Iikh jirovet a proat wtccew. Kieiiler that mtfa e( ot Woke im the regular cIoiIi-IkhmmI fljie, HihtitAd by Cliarb 8 L. Welwtor & I'., ac orMUNtlly a4d by wilwcjiptiou, and tkat iiw? ooat euly 50 eenl eaok anil the pit at aye, provided a aulnicriptWH Ar Tiik National !HtttrB aad rr CemulHun, Blfximr (or one year, at the retjetive pTHie of each, mj mmii witk the order. Ilie ImkAsi CMtiot be formatted at tltta priee oh any oUtor terma. Tliaa TjtK Tjuinjkk, tb MaitHKiue, and GtauiVi Momora cobt Um; Tmh TlMJWL'Ki: Mnr.mi, anil 91ier mm Mhm! ooHt 41i; Tmk TjaiNrKrM Mgaip,MdSheridau' Metaotrseoitt $4&Q; iwr. JDniHVtiK, HaftaKmu, mid MeC4ula!i'M ll4kttMl M?4. " . . ouit amCAsr watoji ofi'isr We eiwiieatiy oaU the mU-u.Uoh of our raadoiw Ut be Kimt waidi oiler wbiok ap ihmiw in aiiutlier eotttmu. Tim Ui vaatly the betflW-af valuable UmejwewMi evor made 1y my mjwr. a'h wa4dt are aimply Uic lieat nad atiy wfawe in Uie world, and owing to a tweak ia l4e wak tmat we are able to offn iiImmu tfta- a fractMHt of wliat tboy have lieau Wnrtofora wllit. at. Mew loK tbi Ineak wiil lawt no one caa toll, w it bulieovea ovry our w1 wauUs a bik-oiaa waUJh at MiiiMifoe4HUy lw prwete take intmedi uteadvauUite of the oAur. Olmepm mtted M ymr HuailHnocH to far mttKATJOKAL miltUh'Jtt lj de m nt ewr, to y,w iUe paper tmre mmr 4m dmmttuhtiug the oumm: o IU itora. l 'Ac dqtiomatie aiwonpliorc in iA(OMioaa.httotioHte1uiM threatening than laid. Mw(ie utUwaoa oattBel he said to l(Mdi MMwe DHMMofWt. Tlio UaUm(Hy of the baflom ad dAkwn of tbu UatUuiore, aad of aioj AjMHiriMMM oauiaat of the Val 1' wit ii aidiiir giwas an oKeeedinxly tqy lMl)c u it,, wWek fo moviau our pole to a M$bg wratk. SJaanfie tbe lame ex,p!ana U of tike OuiloaH oAetals, It 1 very eloar tlMl a wiliaiaoM aiwauU was made ujron our BnHiuiatMidj' WMHie tikey wore tbe Auier iMM tMrm, and Ukat uke pefliee und o1 oMirjr joMMd ia nke imNlom. Oemmodoro MkkriMyK that M tlie aWk wounda wore lu ko Utdk, and tikai tike bullet wounfin vw wtitmHo&ly mA ky tike carkinos vWdk ttfea Va)HiraiN0 iwliee oarry. Tlio a!)! itie OUiloaiw te make the uflkir BDIioar mm ordinary Nation row wWl not atom! eKaiainwiion, auft we mut bold Chile iea HUiot aoaouut for tke 1kody otttrajje. 3f tmsmtbrn- U VStM NATIONAL SWm'XK HtUt & Mm xoUh golting ommmeabm4bm"tUt. oirculation of thepqpor fudfiw dwWd e, and vfith Utile truullc 1M mttt i4mtrflm- tmji tt. Sonilt OOM1AKISONS. Whan Goa. Slooura stated tkat Great Jrlta$u pnys JCJ5,410,S22 $27,051,110 a year for pensions, he did not nccomiMiny Hkia, as be slieuld, vitk a comparison of the fighting done by tke reoipients of those ponsionR, and that done by the reolpionts of tbe $80,247,208, whiok is the annual value of our pension roll. It will be aeon at once tkat Croat Britain is paying nearly one tkird almost cxaotly 30 per cont. as much. Our ponsion roll has on it all the widows of tho.e who served lin the war of 1812. Undor the laws as they then stood, any young woiiiou who married a soldier of that war in his old age received a pension aftor his death, and as long as she lived. There are now 7,J00 of these widows on the roll, and 284 veterans. They received last year $1,124,030. The ponsions foi services in the wars of tke 1812-1 .1 period play iicarcely any figure at nil in British expenditures. .Since that time tke United Stales ha8 been at war as often as Grout Britain, if we own nt our Indian Btrujtglos, which have been as destructive of life as the collisions which England has had with small coun tries aad more or less barbarous pceples. The Seminole war coat us more lives and more treasure than her rows with Afghau iatau, A bysaiuia, Egypt and the Booers. The Mexican war was about the size of her Cti moau war. We are paying to the partici pants in this and their widows $2,247,1)72 a year. This loaves us paying about $35,000,000 a year not throe timos as much as Great Britain's pension roll to the survivors of an army (and their widows) which was more thau 10 times as great as the British army ever has boon, and which in this generation has fought more bloody battles and lost more mon IcHled on tho field of battle than England has fought or lost in the 800 years that she has been a nation! In other words, as a just compariwm of pension rolls should be with tke amount of lighting and kaid serv ice that the pensioners represent, it would be more bropor to compare our ponsion expen ditures since the close of the war with all tkat England lias paid out since tke Iwttle of Hastings, for tke tmffioiont reason that iu fear years we pat more men ia front of tke enemy than ahe has tlouo altogether since the daytof William tho Conqueror, and they four-lit more groa,t battles and left more of tboir dead ou the field than all the Eaglish" armie that over were mustered. Thtestnte mout seems extravagant, but we coafidontly okalluuge Gen. Sleoam or auy otkerawailant of tke penafnn Byatom to disprove it. Next, lot us take German expenditures in coraparieoa. Lt year Germany paid out for pensions 63,7$6,456 markg, equal to $15,1 64,1 56 of or money. Tk a 1 i t tic over one-sixth of tbe annual value of our pompon roll. As we have repoatedlj' pointed out, this aura represents but a fraction of what the Nation does for its votorans. The pen sion roll is Mphtened at the expense of the oivil lint, and instead of pensions veterans and their widows are given employment under tke Government in positions suited to tkeir duuOnlity. Taking tkis fact into consideration with the amount paid to thofeo who are totally uafiUod for any labor, it will be found tkat Germany really jys more peaMions tkaa we do. Xow let us compare the fifth ling done by tbot.e peauion ors. In this generation Germany has had three war 4a 1804, a brief atruggle with Denmark, whose little army was speedily overwhelmed )y the united forces of Prus sia and Auotria; in 1896, a six -weeks' cam paign against Anatrta, who was utterly de feated in a Mingle battle, Sadowu; and iu 1870, '71, a trinnottdoes Uu-gle with France, whfc begun on tke ISth of July, 1870, and virtually ended by tke capitulation of Paris, Jan. 28, 187L In thin war of six months' duration Germany put in the field about 1,106,006 mon, nearly the number we had under arm in 1804. The Koyal Statistician of Germany reports the losses during the war to have been: KSNIod . ,.,,.nM,mv,MIM)tHMM ! . 17.872 . W5.1K7 OH ft A ft .m,l(, nntwSIMtl,(,t Compare Ibis wttk our war, in which we put twice m raany mon in tho fieid, and which laaied ght timos as long, and in wkiok we lout, aooarding to the Statistician of the War Department: KlUwJ.. 110.070 27.17S WmHdl4l ?. . MMMMftaaffl ? TMd ,S16 That is, or lowos in actual killed and wounded in oonneriK tke rebellion were almost exactly 3 times a great as those of Germany in her six months' war against Franoe. Ooasoouently it should be assumed at the owiaot a pension-roll 3$ timos us largo as tkat of Germany, based upon our greater losses in battle. As she is paying $1S,1H4,15S a year IwsWes giving oniplo--mont in lien of ponsions this would bo an equal jwyment by us at loost 3J times as muck, or $53,1 UM. Then we should take into account tkat wkoie she had an average of lOWl.OW men ia the fleld for six months we had as mnay in the Hold for four years, eight timosns lmg,and tkoy were oompollcd lo underxs a knndred fold more kardskip thau tke German troops who wore con stantly ia a healthful, well-improved, well sottled country, very near their own homes. They wore not required to flounder for months in the miasmatic swamps of the Chickakomiuy or tho Mississippi. They did not have to spend yoars on the sand banks before Charleston, or campaign in the postileudul morasses of the Carolinas, Florida and Louisiana. When all those facls arc takon into con sideration, our ponsion roll seems very small in comparison with those of Great Britain and G or in any. iimcctjox of siVAToit v rorui.Ait VOTH There is no mistaking the fact that the proposition to elect Senators by tho direct vote of the people is rapidly gaining favor. At least a dozen bills have already hoen in troduced into the House to secure that result. That introduced by Representative Bryan, of Nebraska, is attracting most at tention. It contaius the following provision ;, JVfrt'WoJ.Tlmt whenever the people of tiny Ftalc Bhull.oithor through thdrLuKislrtture or by IhcCoii-fctilutfoiioftlie.Sutc.iiinL-cprovislon for elections of United Stntoi Sotintors by direct vote of the pe4)let then theronftcr the United Suites Senntorn shall be elected In such State by n direct voto of the people, a plurality him) I elect, and the electors iliull hnvo the qiinlillcHtioiii requisite for electors of the most nuiuorotiM branch of thoStnto Legisinturo. This leaves it optional with each State as to how it shall elect. The main difficulty we see will he in getting adopted the necessary amendment to the Constitution. Constitutional amend ments State or National arc notoriously difficult to get through. People are ex ceedingly conservative in matters of organic law, and it usually requires a great convul sion, like that which brought about the adoption of tho Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, or intense and long continued agitation, to secure any change, important or unimportant. - The election of Senators by tho Legisla l in os like that of the election of a Presi dent by Electors is a Tclic of the distrust of the judgment of tho people by the found ers of our Government. We suggest that the suro&i and quickest way of bringing about the proposed change is a course like that which reducwl the Presidential Elec tors lo the position of mere political automa ton's. ijC the question of the Seuatorship be made an isMic in the State election immedi ately preceding the election of the Senator, and all theVcandidates for the position be pnesed upon by their respective parlies, and nothing be left to the Legislatures but to register the will of the people as expressed at the poll. It would not take long to make this the established custom all over the country, and it would be as unheard of for Legislatures to elect other than the popular candidate, as it is now for a Presidential Elector lo exorcise tho liberty given him by the Constitution and vote for soma other candidate than the oue whoso name headed Uie ticket upon which he was elected. It is vory easy for mon to attract public attention if they care not what they do to make a en?fllion. This seems to be the case with Mr. "Back' Kilgore, of Texas, whoso most striking performance in tke five years ke has been in Congress was in kicking a dooropen during tke last session in resisting a lawful order of Speaker Reed, lit added to tkis notoriety last week when he stopped the passage of the joint resolution to send cargoes of broadstuffs to the starving Rus sians by saying: "Since Congress seems in clined to look after everybody's peopla but our own, I object." This, of course, attracted general atten tion lo Mr. Kilgorc, and he undoubtedly enjoys the unenviable prominence. Nothing can be more indefensible tlmn his churlish blocking of tke wkeols of a most laudable proposition. "Looking after" the Ruseiau people will not in the least hinder our making the most ample provision for those of our own who may need it, and Mr. Kil gore has not yot pointed out where our own are in need of any special looking after. His act was a piece of senseless, malicious bun combe, of which he should he heartily ashamed. Humanity dictates that our people should generously contribute to alle viate the sufferings of the famishing people of Russia. Our ears have never been douf to the call for help from suffering people of othor lands. Why should wc now withhold our help in the face of the greatest misery of modern timos? We should help the Russians for humanity's sake; we should help them for the sake of gratitude because of the friendship their Nation gave us in the days when we sorely needed friends. But all tins is naught to Mr. Kilgoro when he wants lo make a display of himself. Chakmjs Richet, the French sciontist, soys that the populations of the United States and Russia will go on increasing rapidly for the next 100 years, while that of the Euro pean Nations outside of Russia will remain nltnost staionary. At the end of the next century there will probably be 2,500,000,000 people in the world, where there are now 1,450,(100,000. Of those 350,000,000 will bo in Russia and 300,000.0 0 in the United SUitos. The 2,500,01)0,01)0 people in tho year 2,000 will be divided by language as follows: ItHean 3SW.O00.000 JSaglibh MO.OOO.OOO J roHOli 1 OOjOO'J.CKX vj wr f H Hii t IvW.uOy.iXXj Hpnnikh and I'oriHguebc...... iW,ULrV0(Xj Cliitiunc. ........... ... M04O09,O00 Skxatok Pki'I'ku's bill proposing lo establish a Bureau of Irrigation in the Agri cultural Department would seem to have morit. Oar immense area of arid lands cilia for an intelligent, comprehensive policy on the part of the Government with reference to their treatment. There arc few methods by which the country could he more en riched than by a system of irrigation which will reclaim vast stretches of country which are now barren for want of water. An efficient Bureau of Irrigation would formu late and apply such a system and be of enormous bbnefit. OUIt JCNCYCLOriSUIA. Our Encyclopedia is the standard Encyclo pedia Bntaunica Americanized. It has been entirely rcwrittou, it contents brought do;vu to lbOO, and ihouaands of American biographies and subjects added which do not appear in the original work ntall. It is now tho best Encyclopedia in the world. The 20 volumes of which it consists are seut postpaid with Tin: Natioxai,Tmhux i: lor one year for $7.50. TIIK LOGAN MONUMKNT PNI. The following contributions to the Logan monument fund have been received : Jooph i:usct, Salisbury, Md 35 John II. Campbell, Jnoksen. Cal......... 05 A. V. Slnyton, Grand ltuplds, Mich.- 1 00 Win. Ariedt Volhiia, Iioh......-... 1 00 James Clark, Chatham, Out- - 1 00 J. 2d. Gemmlil, Ilarpor'n Ferry, Iowu. 1 00 . S. WiKon. Watcrport, N. J ... "5 Jama O. Xiokcrsou, llomlouk Lake, IC Y A. II. Meet?, O.iitno, Iml....... 10 M. N. Newman, 10 II. Hatllcld, 10 A. Mill", . 10 Geo. Hartcr, - " .................. 10 K. (.'. Gosliom, " 10 Geo. Nosson, " 10 J Allvlli III Yrnt.Stine. " 10 T. II. Hunter, M 10 Joe Taylor, 10 Jus. Stvnliu, " 10 II. Calkins. Hampden Sidney, Va SO Vt llryau, ToroHto, Cunuda 10 Calhoun Tost, H3, Hardin. III. 10 00 17 CO Previously lUiknowledKcd 12,733 itt Total S12.75C 52 ' 0 The hopes of the free silver men of favor ublo legislation at this session have received a crushing blow. Chairman Springer, of tho Ways and Means Committee, must be con ceded to be fully informed as to the program decided upon by the dominant party in the Houso of Representatives. He made this announcement iu a speech at the banquet of the New York Business Men's Democratic Association, Jan. 8: I can statc.without any fear of successful contra diction, thai there is not the alightext probability of a freo coinage bill becoming a law duriiic this CoiiRrcs-, nor Is it likely that any amctidmout to tho xihtliic law will be mndc. If any measure on thii subject Is passed it will be one which Demo, crats North, South, E.nt nnd Wool oati and will cordially support. When this declaration is read a second time there arises a suspicion of lack of frankness. At first it would stem that Mr. Springer and his party did not intend to allow a free coinage bill to paes the House. A cloaei rending shows that he does not promise this, but asserts that such a measure has not the "slightest probability of becom ing a law." Is his sole reliance upon the certainty that the President will veto such a hill? It may be. If the House pnseeaa free-coinage bill it will he concurred in by the Senate. Then tho responsibility of pre venting the measure becoming a law will be thrown upon the President, and his mewwige leaves no doubt that his veto power will be promptly exercised. ! I !-- .11-1 I I ,.- Ik Senator Dolph'a bill should become a law it would immediately provide for an organized militia on the scale of the greatest armies of Europe. It prohibits any State from receiving any Government aid for its militia, unless it shall have organized and disciplined at least 1,000 men for each Senator nnd Representative. As there are 83 Senators and 350 Representatives, this would imply a National Guard 433,000 strong. Tin: introduction of bills iuto Congress to remove Gen. Grant's remains to Arlingtou has stirred the New Yorkeis into a little activity, aud Treasurer Holchkiss reports having recently received contributions to the amount of $1,000, of which $150 came from the Harlem Republican Club, $-15 from G.AJt. veterans and the remainder from various sources. At this rate the grand children of the G.A.R. contributors will not see the necessary $1,000,000 raised. Coi. WATTKkhO.v, the only genuine,name-blown-in-the-bottle apostle of the star-eyed Goddess of Reform, shows signs of forgiving Speaker Crisp for having beaten Roger Q. Mills, but Kunnel Jones, of the St. Louis Jtepnllic, is as yet implacable. There was always much more sand aud grit iu Missis sippi water than that of the Ohio, and doubtless both editors are affected by their daily beverage. - Mi:s. Fi.owkk, the wife of tho new Gov ernor of New York, is disgusted at the con dition in which Gov. Hill loft the Guberna torial mansion. "There wasn't a whole set of anything," she says. The ssime might be haul of the ex-Governor's ideas ou politics nnd statesmanship. Bka.II. is in much belter fiuuncial shape than the Argentine Confederation, for while she has an enormous debt, it ia owed to her own people, and the interest is spent at home. On the other hand, the Argentine debt is to Englishmen, and the interest is a fearful drain upon the resources of the country. Again Peace spreads hor wings over the troubled East, and war is no longer immi nent on the Danube. Bulgaria has decided to give France satisfaction, aud the various bears, eagles, lions, eta, in the European menagerie will proceed to smooth down their rufiled feathers, bristles and similar integuments. Minnkai'OI.is has raised quickly nnd easily a fund of $100,000 with which to entertain the Republican National Con vention. Yet that gathering will not he of one-hundredth part so much of peenniary advantage to the city as the National En campment will be to Washington. Su.vatou Chandler is in the anti-freo paw war to stay, and is making it particu larly lively for the railroads of New Hamp shire. More power to his elbow. Let us have lower fores for everybody, and no favors for anybody. If you have any thought of attending tho National Encampment do not fail to send a postal caid with your name, regiment, brigade and Corps to Tub National Triii une. If eticli siihtcribcr to TITE NATIONAL TJIUWNE will diarte himself icith ijiUiwj one new mibscribcr the circulation of the paper will be doubled at ouce, and with little trouble. Let eacli subscriber try it. TRIBUNETS. CKVKNQE. f-flf. "Aw, duab boy." said Fweddio Spntts, "I am fwi-htfiilly deapewato whan I am awouaetl! Baw Jawve. I am ! Tim awftihuoou, ai I was standing on the cornah, a nawty of vulnh sales ladies came up, sud ono of thorn said, 'Aw, Julia, what is that? And the othor an swored, 'I don't know, but it look as if it had a kind heart.' Deab boy, I wji" nevah more infuwiated iu my life. I just spat on the pave raont in fwontof them as hitwd a-sevah I could and said 'Women!' just as loud as I could scweatn." THE I'HARISKR. Little Jimmy Ragtag-Mli, Rob! Goin' to tho circus? Ltttlo Robert Keed -No, Jamos, that evil placo has no charms for me. Jimmy But the clowns an' tuniblsrs is jost bong! I wish I could go, but I ain't got any money. Robort I am sorry, Jatnw, that you desire to be amused by the jests and jumping of evil men; but if you persist iu your sinful wish, I will loud you the nscssenry 25 cents for three days at 10 cents per day interest. sufficient caosk. 1 ft fv d tf.mm m ri Lord 'Ennory 'Ob?on-Dobgon 'Eard the news, mo dear fellah? Count Jockokitto, the Jlitaliau nobleman oo married tho woalthy Misa Gotrocks ha year hago, committed suicide lawst night. Marquis LeFraug Zat ecz tcrriblement! How arrived it ? Lord 'Obaon-Dobson Hit was eaused by tho 'eartleseucss hof 'is wife. Not coutont, ye knaw, with the honor hof wearing 'is title, she hawtked the Count for hu dolhir, Iawst night, to buy ha nursing bottle for tho baby. Hand this was inoro than 'is proud spirit could hen durc. ALL COLONELS. Toiirkit (iu Kontucky) rs thsro a privato dotcctive agency iu this city, sir? Col. Goro Np, sub. No openin' fuh one, either. Thuh ah no privates heuh to detect, suh ! A LIAU A.NVHOW. I Citizen (to mendicant) Look hero, you mis erable fraud ! Mendicant What d'ye mean? Citizen Why, confound yon, your sign says " I am blind," when iu reality you can seo as well a.s I can ! Mendicant Is dat what do sign says? De man dat hires out de sign3 must havo took ad vantage of de fact dat I can't reud an' shoved db ouu off onto me. I'm deaf and dumb. A LOGICAL ritOONOCTICATION". Yes." said Uncle Prime, "(that boy of Wil liain's is a cuter. Tho pair of ducks bis father gave him raised a brood of ekjit gosling1!, and ViBt5P&iM Ea r3 v i u:i it it ijki iniii nun rm 1 .,': -III! U J c J-YsSffiaf W h a I r r1 jjggsfo & J (ml Mm viWl it . irM I I r 'M mvL fw t in. - fti tbe way ho has V cila it ovtr kfc floek h really shMRtofak Dunks ain't smavt. anyaow. and ho has firtl thm roguiarlj h a mixtMM of en-third eora and tw-thirds gmvot, aad a tkoy have rutxnr dotectwl tn oHHOrMiso, tkoy have waxtt Ait an tn frantl. Waoa tfaU 1m7 grows an h will sntae at ta Say rtntaadons ef an orphan ayIoa.M iy THE SAXX 8AT. . -zz " Kseper f Zoo Thls feaiulo glradu has a tonjjue 17 inches Ioh. Criwhetl-loeking Visitor Where 3 the racls giratri? "In the shall at the ethsr sido ef tka greunds." " Believe Pit po ever aad snako hands with him. I'm BiHrried, myssif." A MKW YH.R'8 TRAB1Y. Old StnMnKtoH Ah-h-h-k! This padding goes right to the spot! The Plum Pudding Pardon no if I disa gree with yen. Stuffington'3 Inner ManOuh! Aour-r-r-r! Um-m-m-m! Oh, Lord! Wkoop! (Strikss aud works no more.) And the bond ptaysd "Hfe Faneral's To morrow." eUILTLRSS. Sheriff (cnltisjc from courtkouss window) I. C.Jonos! I.C. Jonas! John Jones (in from tke woods) Who in thunder ken if yeu do? I hain't bean doln' noth'n' uuluwful, tkat I know of! PERSONAL. Col. J. D. Stevenson, who teetc the fat N. Y. out to California in ldJ8, durinur th Mcxioan war. ia still Mrinjr i Shh FniHefego, and w 91 yeura of ae on New Ywr'n Day. The hoitHo I Loi Aagele.1 that waa presented by the women of California to Mrs. Jennie Benton Fremont, widow of the htt Gen. John C. Fre mont, iiat hut prnettaaNy phl fer. It la described as a very pratty eight-room oUuk of ttie Qen Anne style. The Nuw Yerk Lesi-)ntHre hai quHe a number of manihert wh saw srvi duriHg the lat war. Two, Sraler Krowii and AiHiWymnH Vfebstor, wire liviine in th South whn lh war broke ent awi ImHtHed lHme U job th tTnionarmy. Thr, Sttnator Suxton hm! Aimblyaittn Uwak ami War den, eulidted in New York regimenta when but J yeara of age. Savsrnl ef the more than 20 member who saw arvtee wre severely wMided. and th Speaker of the Awerabtjr, Dr. Btiah, wiw a prinoaer for several month. Perhaps the moat ditHiti xufched mem)er of this hnnU ef patriate id Gen. Martin T. MeMaheii. who wan recently Riven Iho Medal of Hotter, although ho ia not the only eno who received special honora fer bravery on the field of battle. MaJ. Choriew B. Throekmertefl, 2d TJ. S. Ark, who h beinfi: tried by eourt-iHartfcil h Xew York ftr cendHot unbeaomins an wfiteernad agaHtlamnn, one of the speeineMtiorH heine Dm duplieatiAn of hh pay McoHuirt and giving ehaekfi en bank to pay dehta when he had no fund in the banks, ia a Virgin fcui by Wrth. and served in the Union army from 131 to th etoae of the war. in the 4th TJ. S. Art., bcaklea being en the stnflhef Gena. Hulleek and Sherman. Alt hii blood relatiotw even his own futlier, who at the oloe of the war whi a Colo nelwere in the Confederate serviec. The Mojor wai very highly thought of by Gen. Shermnn.and intreduoed a leUer in the trial allowing the warm friendship that ax hted between them jiwt prior to the General's death. Gen. Howard ie also a warm friend of the Mwjor'a. It. R. Kiehardi. 12th X.Y. Ind'p't battery. Artillery IWigade, Second Carpe, of the Arm of Rielmrdd & Jordan, of Troy. Jf. Y.. haa irkponed af hfcj entire srtook, goodwill, etc, to the " Conaolidated Tmiwfer Co." and 1mm aeeepted the mane gem ant of theTroy department for that company. Comrade Rlehardt) srv.h that he will be at the next Xatiouul Eneauip meht iu Vaahington if ftlivtf. Cnpl. Samuel R. Honey, tho newly-eleetad M"ayor of Newport. K. I., kj an Engliahmnn hy birth and SO years ohl. He enlisted in the ISth U. S. Inf. in 1S0, and was promoted Sergeant-Major of the 2d battalion of that regiment in August, 1800. He wan eommirHloned Seeand I.ieutannnt, same regiment, in AiiKiwt, lg2; promoted First Lieu tenant In February. 1808; transferred to the 33d Inf. in September. 18S. and promoted Captain in November, ISSS. He was honorably discharged In 1ST0 at his own request. He was brevetted for gal lant nnd meritorious 9ervleea in the Atlanta cam paign and for the battle of Jonosboro, Go. Gen. B. F. Butler ia reported to be worth several million dollars. Betides posoHaing an abundance of real estate in Boston, Washington and Chioago, he owns tho big Craig Itnneh near Pueblo, Colo., formerly the property of Col. Craig, of tho Regular Army, the largest riuioh In theStato; has 150,000 acrea of ooal and mineral land: in Virginia, and control part of the Mom grant of 600,000 aares in New Mexioo. Judge Walter Q. Greaham, of the United States Circuit Court, reeently left nn important decision in n horse-oar while coming from his residence to Iho law chambers iu Chiengo one day last week. Ho was obliged to kill time ingeniously for n couple of houri on thw aeoount, while two United States Deputy Marshall wero out in soareh of tho document, whieh they finally recovered. Mr. Montgomery Meig, sou of the late Gen. M. C. Metgi, positively denies thnt it was by his father's order that the name of Jefferson Davis, as Secretary of War In President Pierce's Cabinet, was erased from Cabin John Bridge near Washing ton. Further than this, Mr. Meigs says that ayear or two ago his futlier wrote a public oard denying the statement, and deohired that ut tho time of the erndure he no longer had any control over tho uqueduet which supplies the District of Columbia. The cnueua of Democrats of the New York Gen eral Assembly, held on Monday. Jan. !, unani mously choie Dr. Robert P. Bush, of Chemung County, for Speaker of that body, and on Tuesday ha was formally elected to Unit ofllcc. Dr. Bush, who was born iu 1312, was educated at the acade mies at Franklin aud Cortland, graduating from the Medical Department of the University of Buf falo, and Bellevue Medical College. He has been prnotieiug his profession in Horsehead, N. Y. Ho oulisted as a private soldier in the 12th N. Y., serv ing with that regiment for two years, participating in tho battles of Hull Bun, Yorktown, Seven Days' Fight, Frederloksburg and Antiotum. He was Captain nnd Major hi tho 185th N. Y. Ho was capt ured nt Hatcher's Run, In Virginia, was exchanged soon afterward, and served out his enlistment. Dr. Bush first ran for the Assembly in ISS-l during the Blulnc campaign, and was defeated. In 1835 he was elected, and he has been re-elected each suc ceeding year. New Hampshire's War Governor. Nathaniel S. Berry, is living In Bristol. N. II., at tho ago of 16 years, nnd is to be seen walking about tho village daily when the weather is fair. Dr. Joseph W. Sawyer, of Saiigus, Mass., n mem ber of the Ancient Fusiliers and Tigers, a veteran of tho old 19th Mass.. and a highly popular com rade, received as a Christmas gift from Commde M. Cribblns. of Co. F. 7th Mich., which served in same brigade with the 10th, a handsome eane of fanoy wood, richly carved with representations of the National ilag. Masonic emblems, badges of tho Second Corp, and G.A.R. and other devices. Tho gift will recall to the genial Doctor, who Is Past Commander of Gen. E. W. Hincks Post, 05. of Saugus, pleasant memories of the National En campment at Detroit, and tho Michigan comrades he met there. Senator Plumb died n millionaire, but ho wns once just ns green as any other youth about busi ness matters, if tho story an old friend in Knnxos tells of him is true. Tho futuro Senator had saved HfWfKlaal!)Md Itsaa dpiM alnewtltmMni. Ma waMl ' Ml meney, nndlawa 4n asfcedi Mm ftle mf Mia HanJe fcr Kt W Mdt lo rtRW a fteak'. The yenng mnn HhiHwI' p nMt wW, -Kn?" XwJcaaw n ekeek fw MW nMHtnt wd Mvwplted tka bnaW. JWf4r.! " tha Mwteiwma , mtwyo, M ate, slre f aWl PMt My name tm paper MnhMt t Keen Ikw pwejew I Knve ye my mtmay witnoMt btlline; reeetpt awl I wnnk It baek en the Mtme tern" A4 it eaH aananlereMe anMe; n waiwiwtinntiw.na it was the easlemnry tUntg lo awke fceeHn tor nieaay. The roe) witnte t he bUa ftev. Alvin . Mnwey. af Imnaea, u eKlnwM at SteW. and Ma peM.t property at ftwn .& m $t.tO. m, aMI n son, nt present PoHnwleAM, Monnl VmnHm In4.,. nnd a daughter, Mrs. Xenaies. An interesting event nwHc pteee nt St. tas X a Aw weeks ago, whieu reenllatl soma af' the ex erting event ef tke war. It wm at a Keimtan ef the 3d .Mo., nnd tke veterans f Um rexlmant were praaenteil wkk Uteir ekl IkHr, wkeh mi carried by them in the early part ef the war bV wWeh was enptured at ChiekamaMga. 'Bhe pre arnlatlon wna made by K. tl. HJaxrabotlMim, of Waterferd, Mie. a sakHer ef tke letk MtesA who eame on pnrpate to make tka preentatfee. Mr. Higffinbethnm's aaeonnt ef tho capture ef the flag I interesting: "My regiment was eat to pieeet nt tho battle af Chtekamflnfa. At ana Rfllwt Ltw. ever, we had gained nn advantage ever tke 3d Mo., ami I, with ether soMtera, ww in pasomkm of grouH4l from whieh most ef thm had been driven. I ww wonmled hi the hand, ant net serlensly. In leaking about I dfeoovered three member ef the 2d Mo. behind n pile of mile. One ef thee mu tko eater-bearer. I demanded their sHrremler, nad lhay esmpiied, Uirning aver their arrrw le mo. We want baek a short dtetenee ant ef itangar whllo r washed my wound. I found my prisoners l bo very agreeable men, aud wo soon formed qnlto a Hkmg for eaeh ether. The eater-hearer asketl me to promise him to keep tke flag for khn, and, if powble. return it to him, so that ha eonld reUtrn it to tlio hidteswho presontwl it to tke regiment. I premised to do so. Shortly nAerwnd nn Akhde Camp ef Gen. Lengstreet demanded tkat I sur render the flag to him, bnt I refeeedi knowing that he wna not the proper efileer. Me attempted to foree me to give tt up, but with the aid ef the prisoners we retained the Hag. I mm afterward Hent to Atlanta, then to JMehmond, ami Afterward foundnn opportunity to send the Hag to my home in Mississippi, where it has been ever sinee. I have negleeled il, or it might have been returned to the regiment sooner." That sfnHeh Demoomtle Jeurnal, tke Jfew Terk KVW, says tkat Congreeaman Hnleh, ef Mlssanrl, has been heard to say that when he wna a Colonel In the Confederate army belittle dreamed that ho weald some dny be in the Cnpltol at Washington sitting in Judgment en the emira ef a Federal sol dier for a pension. But. there was ao one readier than ho to pass Jhvorably en a just ektlm. When he was a member of the Pension Committee of tho 49th Congress he would take the eases assigned to him, hand them to his Committee Clerk, nnd say : You nro a lawyer I refer these easea to you jnet ns a elalm against a decedent's estate hi handed ever to a maMer in elianeery. Take this evhieneo and marshal it, pro and eon, nnd iftbe Unnkeo is entitled to a pension write a favorable vepert; otherwise rejeet the einim.'" We think that this is a pretty eool way for an ex-rebel to be petering upon the elnims el the men whem he fought against. If he In too lazy to look over the evideneo himself, his constituents should see to It that a man Is returned in his place who would de the work, ami not permit it to be dona by an Irresponsible shirk. In the beginning of the year 18l Ikere were but 23 surviving widows of JtevelHt4omtry seMlerstand several ef these died during the year, fke eklest of tkose how alive are Hnney Raines, ef (Bhrter'a FHrnaoe, Tenn., aged WO, and Ann Marin Yeimg, af Easton, Pa., who k in her Mtet yarn. In a few mere yearn the teat relio of that war win knre paesod away. Gen. Sheridan, whese fomena mkl mf the 9nen nudoah Valley in 1S1 wna made with a viwr of depriving Knriy's troops of the meaneefeubwlenee for their annoying excursion down toward Mary land, is credited with the remark that he meant to dean cut the Valley so thoroughly that thereafter "a Grow flying ever it will have te carry his rations." But a letter of Gen. Grant to Gen. Hal leek, advising Just sueh measures, and reeently reprinted from ofllekil records, contains the phrase, "so tkat erews flying ever it fer tke baMmee ef this season will have to carry their provender with them." Instructions to this efteefc .xvere sent) to Gen. Hunter in the Valley before Sheridan was placed in command there. MUSTERED OUT. CoLBoraw. Near Faribault, Minn., Nov. 27. Jos. ColboHru, Co. F. 1st Wis. (ICO days' men). A.eem rntie gives the following account ef hie death. He says: Joseph Colbourn was shot by hie stepson, 0. Peasley, Nov. 27, nnd instantly killed. They had had some dispute about a horse. Colbourn was in his buggy. leaning over, aud Peasley was about 16 or 18 feet distant. The charge of goeseshot entered Col bourn's head just baak and nbove Hie ear. Peasley came into town nnd gave himself up. He afterward had a preliminary examination, and wns bound over for murder in first degree, to await tko next term of eeurt, whieh is not until next May. Peasley is now in jail. Comrade Colbourn waa n member of Michael Cook Post. 123. but as tile Post wns not able to learn when he was to bo buried it did not attend." BieHONSKTrn. At Miles City, Mont., Dee. 18, Na poleon Btcsonnette, aged 17. While yet a lad not 17 he responded to the first call for troops in 1841, marching lo the front with the Mlh Yk, with which regiment he remnined during the four bloody years thnt followed; engaged in all the hard-founht bat tles of the Army of the Potomac, including tke memorable Meld of Gettysburg. Though coming out unsoalhed, so nir as wounds were coneerncd, he assimilated iu Die swamps of Virginia the seeds of the disease which euofced him thenceforth many years of suffering, and filially terminated m his death. He leaves n wife and one daughter. MuaruY. At New York City, Dee. 2S, Geo. Mur phy, Captain, 13th N. Y. Ho enlisted ae a private, and was brevetted Cuptain for bravery in action. At the bnttlo of Fredericksburg he wns wounded. Comrade Murphy had a fine record in the fire de partment for life saving, and was known as a brave and fearless fireman. In 1S77 he wna badly injured nnd never fully recovered, but went back to tho department nnd wns eoiineeted with Sngine Com pany No. 10. of Blaokwell's Island, up to three mon t lis ago, when ho was retired. He leaves a widow and one son. Mayo. At New York City, Jnn. 1, Dr. Henry Mayo. U. S. Navy, aged 72. He wns appointed Assistant Surgeon iu the Navy Feb.21, J8I6; Pass ed Assistant Surgeon, Feb. 4, 1S81 ; Surgeon. Jan. 2-1,1360; Medical Inspeetor. March 3,1871; Medi an! Director. Deo. 23, 1872; aud was placed upon the Retired List Feb. 2, J875. Coot-Kit. At Manchester. N. H.. Dec 27. of pneu monia, Samuel Cooper, 1st N. II. Art., nged 3$, JIo wns an Englishman by birth, and after the war became a draftsman iu the Manchester Lecomotivo works, retiring about 10 year since. He has held various positions in the G.A.R., Department of New Hampshire, and wns historian of hie regi ment. CfcAKK. At Melroso, Mass., Dec. 30, John JT. Clark, aged 75. In his early life Comrade Clark was connected with the militia, and waaaCwom houu ollielnl previous to tbe war. From )ix3l lo lb03 ho was Chairman of the Melroso Board of Selectmen ami of the Board of Recruiting Otllcers, with the rank of Colonel. Afterward, for many years, ho was Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County. He was a Mason, and leaves three children. Bario. AtMeruleu. Conn., Jan. 2. of apoplexy, John H. Bario, Colonel, 2d Muss. Militia, agcd 50. Col. Bario was an Inspector iu the Postomee De partment until a dny before his death. He waa eoiiHidered ono ef the shrewdest delaeUves iu the service nnd worked up many di 111 cult eases. Van Flkkt. At Atkinson, Neb., Dee. 13, John Calvin Van Fleet. 2d Minn. L. A., agel 71. He en listed Feb. 20, 181; wns at tho evacuation ef Oor Inth. May 29, 1862, and was n member in good standing of Edward Lenox Post. 3. As a hus band, futlier, and comrade he was loved by all who knew him. He leaves a wife. Nash. At Montrose, Colo., Dee. 23, of consump tion, tlio result of a wound iu the lunge, received nt Sliiloh, Joseph W, Nash, Co. S, 31st Iowa, His family has a reiiiarkably good war record. Tho father served iu the 37lh Iowa Gray beards, two sons in the 2d Iowa, and one in the 3tut Town. Members of Montrose Post, 33, escorted the re mains to the train. DAWaOH. At Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 1, Thomas Dawson. Captain, -18th N. Y. Cnpt. Dawson was noted ns being one of the bravest men in the With. Eldkidob. AtSewell, N. J., Deo. 23. David Eld ridge, Co. C. 12th N. J., nsed 10. He served throughout the war in his company. Ho was a member of Gen. Howell Post. 31. Woodbury, and Ilia remains were interred by tho Post. Pikuck. At Russell, Iowa, recently, of rhoamat ios, eontrnoted whdo in the service, Stephen Pierce, Co. 11, 138d Ohio N. G.. nged 61. His term of ser vice was very short. Ho enlisted Muy 2, 1844, and was discharged Aug. 20 of samo year. Bonnsy. At Pembroke, Mass.. recently, of heart disease, J. G. Bouney, Co. A, 3d Mass. His funeral was attended by Posts 88 and 121, W. R. G. Ml, nnd bis fellow-workmen in the Carver Coltou-tSia Works. Ho leaves a wifo and one daughter. Lokllbn. At Lone Pino. Pa., Nov. 30, of heart disease, Charles Luellen, Ringgold Pa. Cav. Bat talion, nged 60. Comrade Luellen served three years. FKBJtcn. At Clifton, W. Va.. Dro. 18. Robert French, Co. A, -1th W. Va. Comrade Freuoh served three years in the Itli W. Va. Coatm. At Aurora, Mo., Dec. 28, of la gripDe, Perry W. Coats, Co. I, I8th Mo., nged 70. flia name wns on tho pension-rolls. Milliskabx. At Aurora. III., Deo. 30; ofl la grippe. Tliomns Mtllineaux, Co. C, 10th Mo., aged 02. He was receiving a pension. Wilso.V. At Aurora, III., Dec. 23,of heartitroublo, n. II. Wilson, Co. I; 10th lad., aged SO. Ho was a pensioner.