Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 5, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 June 1899 — Page 6

Washington Inaugurates a New Departure in the Ceremonies of Decoration Day.

THE SOLUTION OF A VEXED PROBLEM ▼•Ivateer Bands of Children Front the Pobltc Schools Performed the Loving Duty of Strewlss Floorers on the GrtTei of the Dead Besardless of Seetlon. Washington, May 31.—Washington has inaugurated a new Memorial day custom. Soldiers’ graves were decorated by volunteer bands of children from the public schools. The plan has been carefully considered, and was carried through with the hope that it may become permanent. The veterans of the civil war are growing old and few. It is apparent that within a short time the work of decoration must necessarily pass to other hands. An Appropriate Time. This seemed to be an altogether appropriate anniversary to delegate the patriotism of the country which has been arcused to a high pitch by the recent war with Spain. Why should not the school children give natural expression to it by bringing tbgether the flowers and placing them upon the graves of all soldiers. This has met with a hearty response, which promises well for the perpetuation of the new custom. a Children at Every Cemetery. Bands of children, divided evenly as to the sexes, visited every cemetery In and about Washington. Their official badges were white and pink carnations. They strewed flowers on the graves of all American soldiers, of Union and confederate, and of those who aerved against foreign foes. The programme had been carefull planned. The assignments were made for all of the cemeteries. The decoration was , done with the Grand Army posts, the Confederate Veterans and other war organizations as witnesses, rather than as active participants in the •trewing of the flowers. Pay Solve a Vexed Problem. The spirit with which the children and their teachers entered into the work is all that those who suggested ‘ the idea could have asked. If the new custom proves what it promises to be In Washington, it is expected to spread to the whole country. If it does, it will solve the problem of joint decoration of Union and confederate graves, and the children of the public schools will hereafter do the memorial honors to the soldier dead. DECORATION DAY AT MANILA.

The Graves of Three Hundred Soldier* Covered With Silk Flan* and Beautiful Flowers. Manila, May 31.—Memorial .day was celebrated at Battery Knoll, where Scott’s guns were planted against the ! Filipino trenches in the first day’s fighting at Manila. Nearly 300 soldiers lie buried there on a bleak mound surrounded by rice fields* rough boards marking the graves, which are ranged In unbroken rows. Beyond these are 6panish block houses and bamboo hedges, which were mown by shells (rum the American guns. The few soldiers who could be •pared from the trenches came to Battery Knoll, dusty and bronzed, bearing flowers with which to strew their comrades* graves. A silk flag was placed above each mound. The day was as mild as a New England spring .day, when, just before sunset, a few hundred -Americans gathered in a circle around Battery Knoll in blue and brown uniforms. Among the soldiers were groupes of American ladies, and Brown-faced natives peering curiously at the unwonted spectacle from points near by. The guns of the monitor Monadnock bombarding Paranaque, boomed a sigy nificant reminder of the nearness of \fZr. Just as the Sixth artillery band bega^n a dirge, the thunder of the Monadnock’s guns ceased, while taps sounded from the bugle. Col. Charles Denby, of the United States Philippine commission, presided at the exercises. He spoke briefly of the peculiar solemnity of the day to Manila. The chaplain of the British cruiser Powerful made an invocation. Chaplain Pierce, of the Twenty-third Infantry, and Chaplain Cressey, of the .Minnesota volunteers, delivered orations, and the soldiers sang appropriate hymns. When tap# sounded the soldiers took the flags from the graves o to send to relatives of the dead. Similar services were held over the, dead in the Paco cemetery. Col. Denby was the orator on this occasion. The graves were decorated with a vast quantity of magnificent flowers. High mass for the dead of the Boman Catholic communion was celebrated at the Paco cemetery in the morning. Orations were delivered by Father McKinnon and Chaplain Stevenson of the Idaho regiment. Santiago Celebrated. Santiago de Cuba, May 31.—Decoration day was elaborately observed here, notwithstanding the fact that there are few graves of American soldiers in this part of Cuba. Maj. Joseph G. Saunders arranged an impressive eermony, which was carried out over the graves of the victims of the Vir* ginius tragedy of 1873, when some thirty Americans and six British subjects, with many Cubans who were conveying assitance to the Cuban insurrection on the American schooner Virginins, were captured by the Spanish gunboat Tornado, aud soon aftershot by the Spanish. The graven located with considerable diffiby Maj. Saunders, a near relaof A mambcr of the unfortunate

crew. Fl^gs were displayed at half mast, a salute was fired it noon and a regimental bond played a dirge. Mr. Lloyd, deputy collector at Guantanamo, arranged for ceremonies there. The Cubans were favorably impressed with the, idea of decorating the graves of their own aoldiexa, and did so to some extent.

THEY REMEMBERED THE M1I5E. And in Honor of Her Murdered Crew Decorated the Skeleton of the Ship With Flower*. Havana, May 31.—Decoration day was observed here yesterday in a notable manner. At nine o'clock Mrs. Estes G. Rathbone and a committee of women who had been selected for the purpose, were taken in Rear-Ad-miral Cromwell’s launch, escorted by a detachment of marine?, to the wreck of the battleship Maine, where they strung the skeleton of the unfortunate cruft with ropes of laurel and wreaths of flowers. North and South Reunited. Philadelphia, May 31.—Memorial day was more elaborately observed in this city yesterday than, for a number of years. Government and municipal offices were closed as were the schcols, and business was generally suspended. Prominent local orators delivered addresses during the ceremonies by the G. A. R., at the various cemeteries. The trend of all the speeches was that the war with Spain had cemented the north and south in a bond of friendship never to be broken. Over the grave of Betsy Ross, In whose house the first American flag was made, there were appropriate services, followed the raising of a large flag by her great granddaughter, Mrs. Mar%> Sydney Garrett. An address was made by John Quincy Adams, of New York. OiavM of Victim*-of Two Wan. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 31.—With elaborate exercises the graves of the 13.000 Union soldiers buried in the National cemetery here were decorated yesterday. Resting beside the dead of the civil war in this cemetery are several hundred volunteers of the Spanish war who died at Chickamauga, and the decoration was a joint affair, participated in by veterans cf both wars. At Louisville and New Albany. Louisville, Ky., May 31.—Union soldiers who sleep in the cemeteries of Louisville and New Albany, Ind., were remembered with flowers yesterday. The exercises, while simple, were impressive. The day was generally observed as a holiday, business houses and schools being closed. Decorated by School Children. Gettysburg, Pa., May 31.—Memorial day was observed at the National cemetery here with elaborate ceremonies, and the graves of fallen heroes were decorated by school children and veteran soldiers of the civil war. .

At the Tomb of Gen. Grant. New York, May 31.—The sarcophagus of Gen. Grant in the tomb at Claremont cemetery was covered with flowers, after impressive ceremonies by U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. of Brooklyn, an addressbv Gov. Roosevelt and a presidential salute of 21 guns fired from the United States, cruiser Brooklyn, which lay in the Hudson just below the hill, with all hor battle flags flying. More than 10,000 pel-sons witnessed the ceremony. Soldiers* Monument Dedicated. Ashland, N. H., May 31.—A soldiers’ monument erected by the grand army with the assistance of the Woman’s Relief corps and the toivn was dedicated yesterday with appropriate ceremonies in the presence of a large gathering of citizens and visitors. The Longest Parade la Tears. Chicago, May 31.—Gov. Tanner, Mayor Harrison, Gen. Thomas Anderson and other military and executive officers yesterday reviewed the longest Memorial Day parade that has turned out in this city in years. The weather was perfect, and the city was filled with out-of-town visitors. A most enthusiastic greeting was given 2,000 soldiers of the Spanish war, a continued ovation marking their progress along the line of march. There were no special features attending the decoration of graves at the various cemeteries. The Day at St. Louts. St. Louis, May 31.—Flowers were strewn on the graves of the 16,000 American soldiers whose remains rest in the National cemtery at Jefiersun barracks by members of the local G, A. It. posts, as has been the custom fvr years- past. This tribute to the soldier dead was preceded *by a parade. la Georgia and South Carolina. Atlanta, Ga., May 31.—National Memorial day was fittingly observed in Georgia and South Carolina. The department of Georgia G. A. R., embracing the states of Georgia and South Carolina, contains four cemeteries, at all of which appropriate services were held. At Marietta, Ga., there are 10,2i>} graves; at Andersonville, Ga^ 13,710; at Beaufort, S. C., 9,350, and at Florence, S. C., 3,100. The New Union. Davenport, la., May 31.—The Grand Army posts of Davenport, Rock Island and Moline, 11L, joined yesterday afternoon in the memorial exercises at the national cemetery on Government island. For the first time the graves of over 1,900 confederated, who died while imprisoned on the island during the war, were decorated with flags by grand army men in common with 400 Union soldiers sleeping in the cemetery. Gam— Were Omitted. Omaha, Neb., May 31.—Memorial day was more generally observed throughout Nebraska than ever before. Owing to the strong sentiment against it there was an almost entire absence of spt r ting events. At McCook a beautiful soldiers’ monument Wl*

J^AWTON ’S LATEST MOVE. Aa Attempt to Katrap Gen. Rio IM Fllart Fora* on the Morons Pralniola Only 1'ortlol It SaccMded.

Manila, June 4. 9 p. m.—The position if the American troops to-night indicates that they will to-morrow sweep the peninsula of Morong, the land projecting to the south into Laguna de Bay, where the insurgents are supposed to hare a large force, near the town of Morong, as well as the battery on the western shore of the peninsula, which recently smashed the propeller of the gunboat Xapidan. Clonln«c In Upon the Enemy. Gen. Hall is marching from Anti polo, about six and a half miles northwest of Morong, toward the peninsula, with his forces spread out to cover a large section. Col., Truman, with the First Xorth Dakota regiment and the Twelfth infantry, is advancing along the coast of the lake from Taytay, incidentally clearing several small towns. Col. Wholly, with the First Washington regiment, has landed on the peninsula above the town of Morong. The army gunboats Xapidan, Covadonga and Ceste are in position to co-operate. Blot m Complete 9ocee*a. The original plan was to surround the forces of Gen. Pio del Pilar, so that he must retreat to the Morong peninsula, where capture would have been inevitable. This was not a complete success because Gen. Hall’s column found the country full of handicaps to marching. There were several streams to be bridged or forded, and the troops frequently floundered through morasses, waist deep in mud, an experience, which, under the terrific sup, exhausted the American* quite beyond endurance. Most of Gen. Pio del Pilar’s followers are supposed to have escaped northward, probably reaching Bosoboso, a stronghold in the mountains. Col. Wholly Got There. Col. Wholly, having successfully completed his share of the movement, brought the Washington regiment to the Kiver Pasig, where, last night about midnight, the men embarked upon the cascoes,and started" for their destination under tbe convoy of the gunboats. They encountered a repetition of the experience undergone by almost every expedition on attempting to enter Laguna de Bay, as the boats went aground in the shallows at the mouth of the river, and were detained there several hours. Gen. La\vtop Indefatigable. Maj.-Gen. Lawton, in the meantime, was indefatigable, riding from one force to the other and supervising the loading of tlve eascoes, without sleep for two nights.

Gen. Halls’ Column. Gen. Hall’s column: which assembled at the waterworks, or pumping station, late Friday night, under cover of a moonless sky, consists of the Second Oregon volunteers, who marched to the point of rendezvous from the city barracks; a battalion of the Second Wyoming regiment, four troops of the Fourth cavalry—one mounted on the big American horses which so impressed the natives, the others unmounted—two battalions of the Fourth infantry, one. battalion of the Ninth infantry, the first six companies of the First Colorado regiment and two mountain guns. Repulsed a Large Band of Filipinos. The men rolled, themselves in their blankets and lay upon the wet grass for a few hours under a drizzling rain. At four o’clock yesterday morning (Saturday’) they began to cross the San Mateo river, and about noon easily repulsed a large band of Filipinos, about 12 miles east of Manila, between Mariquina and Antipolo. The Oregon regiment, the cavalry, the artillery and the Fourth Infantry, accomplished the task, driving the insurgents into the hills, the other tioops being held in reserve, but afterward joining the main column in the pursuit toward the sea. A Running Fight. A running fight was in progress all the afternoon. A Filipino outpost first attacked a few American scouts, whereupon the Fourth cavalry’ formed a long skirmish line, and easily drove the insurgents into the hills. Then the Oregon regiment moved across a wet, soggy’ rice field, in extended order, toward the hills, where it was believed a large force of the enemy had concentrated. When the Oregon men were ’ within a~ mile of the position, the Filipinos opened a heavy fire, the Americans replying and pressing forward more rapidly. Scattered Over the Hills. After a few volleys the insurgents went scattering over the frost of the hills in every direction, and their panic was increased when the artillery opened upon them, and the shells be« gan to explode all around them, un* doubtedly causing great loss of life. The bombardment bythe batteries and the musketry was maintained for nearly half an hour, after which not a Filipino could be seen on the hills and not. a shot came from the position. The heat was intense, and the troops suffered greatly’, but they continued on the trail taken by the fleeing enemy in the hope of driving them toward the lake. Col. Wholly** Movements. . Col. Wholly, with, two battalions of the First Washington regiment, a battalion of the Twelfth infantry, two gnn§ of Scott’s battery and a party of scouts under Maj. Jeisenberger, left San Pedro Macati yesterday morning, and after fording the Biver Pasig, advanced northeast upon Cainta, while Gen. Hall approached the town from the opposite This important movement was kept so secret that the public thought the plan was to send Gen. Ovenshine'a lines forward against the insurgents who are intrenched south of the city.

DUTY OF DEMOCRACY John P. Altgeld’s Address to the Bimetallic League. Result* of Demonetisation of Stiver —Evils ot Gold Standard—Ti-nsta and Monopolies—Democratic Principles.

Before the League of Bimetallic Clubs, which met at Louisville, Ky., May 31, John P. Alt geld spoke at some length upon the great issue of bimetal* lism and touched up with much vigor the gold standard, trusts, monopolies, etc. In the course of his speech Mr. Altgeld said: + "In 1896 the true democrats of Amertca decided that we did not need two political parties, to represent the corrupt commercial interests, and they again made the democratic party stand for the interests of the great masses of the people. They 'declared for definite principles, they promulgated a second declaration of American independence. But there was an element in the party which did not approve of this—an element in the party which looks to the corrupt concentration of capital for favors: an element which, while pretending to be democratic, wants to play the aristocrat. In all essential particulars this element represents the same things that the republican party represents, but it formerly remained in the democratic party, because there it could achieve a prominence and a personal preferment, which It could not in the republican party. This element of our party remained hostile and Is again seeking power. It comnu.nds vast wealth and is seeking by secret means corrupt and otherwise to secure control of our councils. It is proclaiming that we must change our position; that we must abandon the principles we stood for in 1896, or else be defeated. They tell us that we should adopt a platform broad enough for all to stand on; that is a meaningless platform; they tell us that we should raise some new cry, and that then vie might sweep the country. And we find that those men throughout the land who have only an appetite for office, are inclined to listen to this talk. Let us look at this question a moment and see what is involved. We are told that we must be silent on the ratio and simply declare for bimetallism. Now, If it were a new and an original question, It may be that theoretically a different ratio would be just as good as the one we declared for. The book men have told us that one reason why Europe generally adopted the ratio fifteen and onehalf to one was that that was about the ratio at which the precious metals were produced in the world. Whether that be correct or not, it is true that the financial systems of Europe rested on that ratio, and that in our country for the last 60 years the ratio was sixteen to one, and our financial system was based upon that. And inasmuch as silver was wrongfully and stealthily demonetised by the arbitrary act of government, and inasmuch as a great wrong was done, and we are asking to have that wrong righted, are asking simply for a restoration of what the world formerly had; asking for a restoration of conditions under which the world had done business and prospered for 200 years. This fact alone would be a good reason for adhering to that ratio. But there is another reason which rises above all others, and that Is this: The

iuuiuwu J vu auauuuu luai rauu yuu ttre at sea. No two men will agree upon what the new ratio should be. For 20 years prior to 1896 the country saw that the eastern financial manipulators were able to control congress and to dictate the policy of the government, and that Just so long as the matter was left to congress and the government the people were helpless. This fact led the people to the determination to take the matter into their own hands and not leave it open, and they feel as stuongly on that subject now as they did then. The fact is, my friends, if left open you would get no legislation at the hands of our government in a thousand years, for Wall street will again be in absolute control. This being so, it is apparent that the moment we abandon the ratio that moment we abandon the cause. The question which, therefore, presents itself is, are we prepared to abandon the cause. Everything that was predicted by the bimetallists as the legitimate result of the demonetization of silver has come to passfirst, universal paralysis of the world's business and its industries; second, the starting anew on a lower basis for the great producing masses. The evils that result from the gold standard have not been exaggerated or overstated. Time has sustained the bimetallist, and that man makes a fatal mistake who thinks that the American people are ready to abandon this cause, and, inasmuch as the abandonment of the ratio practically amounts to the abandonment of the cause, that politician makes a fatal mistake v*ho thinks that the ratio can be abandoned without disintegrating and destroying the democratic party. For every score of wealth-worshiping gold democrats who would be brought to our standards by such an abandonment of principle 10,000 men of deep convictions would leave us. “But the money question is not the only great question that confronts us. Calamities go in groups and the gold standard has brought with it a brood of evils, each of which threatens the life of the republic. Tou will find that as a rule gold democrats are not willing to take a definite position on any of these questions. As they look to corrupt and concentrated wealth for favors, they are not willing to take a position which might incur its ill will. There is the great question of government by injunction, a system under which a federal judge elevated to, office by corporation influences strikes down the right of free speech, and with a contemptuous wave of the hand brushes aside the right of trial by jury, that bulwark of English liberty, at the mere request of a corporation agent. The Anglo-Saxon race has shed more blood to maintain the right of free speech, and the right of trial by jury, than for any other purpose, and yet here in free America we see the very foundation of Uberty flippantly brushed aside, and I have not heard a vigorous protest against this practice from a single gold standard man in America. Again, with this commercialism, the establishment of this gold standard, has come an era of corruption, of bribery in government, whereby the national, the state and municipal legislatures are debauched and the rights of people betrayed. The only effective remedy for this evil that has yet been suggested is what is termed “initiative and referendum.” The temptations offered by corrupt capital being too great for the ordinary man to withstand, it is evident that as long as these temptations are offered they will be effective. By the establishment >f the system of “initiative and referendum” the fruits of bribery could be taken away, and thus the inducement to bribe would be destroyed. Under that systenr, when a city council or a legislature passed an act betraying the interests of the people a given- number of citizens could have that act submitted to a popular vote with the provision that if not sustained there it should be void. Under this system not every matter would have to be submitted to the people, but it would be in the power of a respectable portion of the inhabitants of a city or a state to prevent wholesale bribery. Likewise could they make reforms which corporations now prevent. Have you heard of a single gold standard man who has come out and openly advocated the adoption of this system, or of any other effective system to end corruption in public affairs? I have not. Again, this is an age af concentration, of the formation of great corporations, of great trusts, and of

great monopolies. It ts found that by c«yw centratlon the cost of production can b« cheapened, and If the public got the benefit of this It might be a blessing. It would shorten the hours of labor and advance civilization: but instead, of that the beneht of it under the republican administration goes to a fear private individuals, who, by making themselves complete master of the market and having absolute control of tha output of articles of necessity to the people, are able to arbitrarily fix the price of that article on the one hand, and are able to arbitrarily to fix waxes on the

other hand. In consequence of this fact these monopolies are not only & curse to the country but are threatening to overthrow our institutions, for they furnish the corruption funds that are destroying us For a quarter of a century both political parties have denounced corporations, trusts and monopolies. Nearly every state in the union has legislated against them. The federal government has legislated against them, yet in spite of this denunciation, in spite of all this legislation, state and federal, they have gone on multiplying. State legislation has been found to be absolutely futile, because federal judges uniformly declared it to be unconstitutional. "Federal legislation has likewise been found to be futile. The trusts are masters of the situation. It Is evident that to simply go on denouncing trusts is an insult to the intelligence of the American people* It is the cheapest kind of political demagogy. The time has come when some new method of dealing with these monopolies must be adopted. The experience of other countries, as well as a thorough consideration of the question, shows that it la impossible to reduce many of these monopolies hack to their original element. They have come to stay, and therefore it is the mission ^nd the duty of the democratic party to secure the benefit of the monopoly fir the public, for the people, that means municipal and governmental ownership of all monopolies which It is practicable for a government as yet to control Have you heard any gold standard democrat declare himself openly to be in favor of this, or of any other practicable manner of dealing with monopolies? Instead of that, what do they propose? They tell us that we should adopt & platform denouncing trusts. That is, we shall do what we have been doing for tk. quarter of a century, indulge in declarations that signify nothing. Mr. Depew lately declared that the republican party would In its platform denounce trusts. What is the purpose of tl^is? Why simply to fool the people, entertain the people. Trust lawyers and men who secretly serve monopolies will draw the declarations denouncing trusts, and it will be a farce. "That politician makes a mistake who thinks that by a mere denunciation of trusts you can fool a great number of democrats in 1900. The people want to know what we propose to do about it. Look at the situation from any standpoint and you will find that the so-called gold standard democrats are not earnestly and heartily with us on any of the great questions that now confront our people. By affinity, taste, interest,, affiliation and natural selection they are on the other side. The Idea of abandoning principle and adopting some cheap common cry, with the hope of thus sweeping the country and getting offices, even if It were possible to succeed that way, is unworthy of a moment’s consideration at the hands of any man who loves his country. But it would be futile, and If .the national democratic convention of 1900 should adopt such a course It might as well issue a certificate of election to William McKinley. I hear it said that we cannot oarrv mnntm

unless we get New York, and that In order to get New York we must abandon our principles. In the first place, I dispute both propositions, and In the second place I want to say that the time has gone by when the democracy can carry New York on a blear-eyed platform. The rank and file of the democratic party in New York is aroused, and it is as devoted to the principles of the Chicago platform as is the party anywhere in this country, and competent judges tell me that Gov. Roosevelt’s election was made possible by the votes of democrats who preferred supporting an open enemy to a democrat who stooc. for nothing. For several years prior to 2S96 the democratic party so melted away in a number pf states that the populists and other independent parties gained absolute control, but as soon as our party again stood for definite democratic principles these men retttrned to our standard, f ?ver three years we have been preaching devotion to principle* The democrats of the country have held their heads up, they have breathed the pure and invigorating air of independence, they are ready to face a thousand defeats, but they are not willing to sneak down the dark alley of tricky politics. Men have said tme, why don’t your people take up a late war hero and sweep the country? I answer, first, our people want to know what their candidate stands for.' They want to know what governmental policy he will resolutely carry out; they want to know what influences will be slipping up his rear stairway and filling his council chamber. I answer, second, is there not danger of war heroes getting cheap? "Compared with ttfe mighty civil war. the late Cuban war scarcely rises to the dignity of a skirmish, yet the heroes of the late war seem to bo more numerous than all the heroes, union and confederate, of the civil war. I^et m - fay, my friends, that we are not hero worshipers, nor, on the other hand, are we devoted to the fortunes of any one man. We view this whole situation calmly, and ev m coldly. We rate men not by the clother. they wear, but by the principles they st vnd for, and by the services they render their country. And viewed from this standpoint, never before in the history of any country or any people was the cause of freedom, the cause of a great people, s» heroically and so ably maintained in all its integrity, as it has been during the las t three years by \\ iliiam J. Bryan. And when we say this, we are not indulging in' h ?ro worship, but are simply recognizing a g reat fact.*’ -Millions are iindi ig their struggle harder as the industrial combines absorb their means of existence. The small business man is crushed to the wall because he has no means to withstand the pressure bfdught to bear upon him by the trust. He is forced to give up his business and retire to the ranks of the wage earners. But these ranks are overcrowded and every new day sees so many wage earners thrown on the street by the combines, and there is no room left for him there. What is he going to do to support himself and his family ?—Denver Post. -The “great protective principle** has passed out of American politics as a controlling element. There will never again be a general campaign with that as the main issue. If the old fight is resumed the protectionists will not hoist the false colors of “American industry*’ and “American labor” and “a home market.” They will have to run up the black flag of piracy, and the battle will be waged directly between the forces of monopoly and the masses of the people.—Boston Post. -“I am anti-Hanna, but everybody is for McKinley and the administration,” says Gov. Bushnell,x>f Ohio. Perhaps Bushnell will explain how he ean be for the shadow while rejecting the substance; for the creature, and opposed to the creator.—Chicago Democrat

- “Pride Goeth Before a Fall.” Some proud people think they are strong, ridicule the idea of disease, neglect health, let the blood run dcrwn. and stomachy, kidneys and liver become deranged. Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla and you viM prevent the fall and save your Bride. Never Disjoin,

Those Abworrf Somes. 7 "What ridiculous names they have over there in the Phtlippin.e*,.’’$aid the man who had ju>t walked up To the counter and been assured by the clerk’tkathe could have the best room in the-hotel. .^gjaijsre’s Calumpit, tor instance. That nam& would make a horse laugh. Who ever fceurd of anything so absurd as to give a town such a postmark as that V’ . ' ' Then he took the pen that the clerk had been holding out toward \iiia. and wrote upon the register:' '&§&:'. " “J. Crawford, Woonsocket, R. I.”—Chicago Evening News! Dewey Bought a Ticket. When Commodore Dewey left Washing* ton in November^ 1897, to take command of he did not ride . Being a per* neral Agent of r department „ jus sea tighter from-Wasmne-B. & 0.,GtuPacific and the fleet in the Pacific v on a pass or a half-rate ; sonal friend of S, B He the Baltimore & Ohio p.. in Washington, the now bought two first-class tkv. ton to San Francisco via. cago & Nort h-Western,. ■ 1,. Southern Pacific hues. Lieut. Brumbv accompanied the adnpral ited they departed on November'JTth. Some time ago Manager of Passenger Traffic D. B. Martin, ' the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, set out to collect the coupons of the ticket and onlv recently lecured all of them. He has had the ticket, containing Dewey’s signature, lithographed, and is issuing fac-similee aikouvenira. \ HellsWe Criterion. Mrs. Newlywed—Oh, mother, I wish I’d never been bom. George, doesn’t love me any more. It’s aplain as daylight, Her Mother—Way, how can vou tell? “Well, I’m glad to know about it.” ail our expenditures. The first month we were married our living expenses amounted to $104, the second month $82, and last month iust $118. And George savs We’re going to do even better than that hereafter!’* —A. Y. World. Stumer Ootiag.-». The most famous and popular Summer Tourist resorts on the, Continent are reached directly by the lines of the Grand Trunk Railway System and its direct connections. Vestibule Train Service^:? Copies of illustrated descriptive pamphlets of Lake, Mountain and Seashore resorts with full information as to r ues, etc., will be sent on application to.L H. Burgis, City Passenger ana Ticket Agent, 249 Clark Street, Corner Jackson Bdplevard, Chicago. Awful Competition. Old Lady—I suppose, poor man, that yon have fared badly because of hard times. W eary W'alker—Yes, mUffc So manv people bein' out o’ work nukes an awfui comKtition fer us fellers ter struggle agin.— liladelphia Record. " HHpF- - - ■

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