Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 January 1900 — Page 6

li BY 11. Gil <« The Yorktown’s Officer Tells a Storj of Hardship at the Hands of the T&gals.

FORTUNATE TO HAVE COME OUT ALIVE. - v All the American PrUonert Were Ordered to Be Shot by lien. Tiuo, Bat the I 111* plno Officer Charged with the Oe*d Simply Left Them to the Merey of the Savage Tribes. Manila, Jan. 8.—Lieut. J. C. Gilmore, of the United States gunboat Yorktown, who was captured by the insurgents last April near Palero, on the coast of Luzon, and rescued a few days ago by Col. Luther R. Hare, of the 1 Thirty-third volunteer infantry, sat yesterday in the apartment of his sisj;:* , ter, Mrs. Maj. Price, at the Hotel I Oriente, in Manila, and told a remarkable story of his eight months in captivity, ending with the dramatic deliverance from a death that seemed inevitable. t’he Rescued Prisoner* Land. The steamer Venus came into the harbor Saturday evening from Vigan, Province of South llilos, with Lieut. Gilmore apd 19 other American prisoners, including seven of his sailors from the Yorktown. Lieut. Gillmore, after reporting, came ashore and hob- - Red along, with the aid of a cane, to the Hotel Oriente, where American officers and ladies were waltzing through the hails to the strains of “Aguinaldo’s* March.” ' - J Praises Agnlnnldo, Blames Tlno. Although tanned and ruddy from exposure, he is weak and nervous, showing the results of long hardships. He speaks warmly of Aguinaldo and very^ bitterly against Gen. Tino, declaring s that while in the former’s jurisdiction he was treated splendidly, bulthat af- - tei he fell into Tino’s hands de suffered everything. The ItescuiuK Party. Cot Hare and Lieut.-Col. llowse, the latter of the Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry, rescued Gillmore’s party on December 18, near the headwaters of the Abalut river, after they had been abandoned by the Filipinos and were expecting death from the savage tribes around them. ivhen the rescuing force reached them they werenearly starved, but were building raits in the hope of getting down the river to the coast. [ . Lieut. Gillmoi * made the following statement: " Lieut. Gilmore's Story. “The Filipinos abandoned us on the night of Deceipber 10. We had reached the Abalut river near its source, that morning, and the Filipinos rafted us over. We then went down the stream, along a rough trail, guarded by a company- of Filipinos. That night we were separated from this guard, and another company, armed with Mausers, was put in charge of us. I suspected some- ■ thing, and questioned the lieutenant in command. He said: A Filipino With a Conscience. ‘T have orders from Gen. Tino to shoot you all, but my conscience forbids. 1 shall leave you here,” “I begged him for two' rifles to protect us from savages, adding that 1 would give him letters to the Ameri- ’ cans, who would pay him well and keep him from all harm. He refused this, however, saying that he would not dare to comply. Soon afterwards he left with -his company. a In Danger from Savages. c “We had seen some savages in warpaint around us, and we prepared to fight them with cobble stones, the only weapons that were "available to us. The nexl morning we followed the trail of the Filipino soldiers, feeling that it was better to stick to, them than to be - murdered by savages, but we could not catch up with them. Then I ordered the Ufifen to build rafts in the hope of floating down the river. It was a forlorn hope, but I knew the river must empty into the sea somewhere, I was so weak myself that I did not expect to get out, but I thought some of the men could. Recognised the Voices of Friends. “On the morning of December 18, while we were working on the rafts, the Americans came toward us yelling One of my men shouted: ‘They are on us.’ He was lashing a raft of bamboos. I, however, knew it was rot the yell of savages, but the yell of Americans. The rescuing troops thought we had Filipino guards, and called to us in English to lie down, so that they could shoot the Filipinos? That was the finest body of officers and men I ever saw.” Lieut. Gillmore could not speak enthusiastically enough about the 140 picked men who had rescued him and his party.

A Night’s Rongh Experience. The coihmand spent the day in making rafts. Col. Hare thought Lieut. Gilmore was too weak to live through the trip, but there was no alternative. They shot many rapids, the men losing all their effects, and Lieut. Gilmore some valuable papers. Only 14 out. of the 37 rafts survived the first night’s experiences, and 80 men were, practically unable to walk when Vigen was reached. " i Describing the flight from Benguet when the Americans approached,Lieut. . Gilmore said: , 'Use Filipinos Were Terrified. “The Filipinos, completely terrified, | left Benguet on December 7. They * hurried the prisoners from town to .town, often retracing the trail, not knowing where the Americans would attack. After being almost without j food for three days, they killed sev- : erai horses, and w* lived on horse fiesh J for several days. I did not have a full: meal from December 7 until 1 reached i f ■

Tigan. Indeed, the rescuing party lived largely upon, rice without salt. There was one day when I was reduced to chewing grass and bark. Danneroui to Aid an American. “Wbil£ we were in the hands of Gen. Tino’s men he issued an order that any persons aiding an American by food or money should be treated as a criminal. One citizen of Vigan, Senor Vera, was probably killed for befriending us. We would have starved but for the kindness of some of the residents of the towns land some of the Filipino colonels, but others treated jus brutally. Wherever there was a jprison we were kept there. When there was no prison they would lodge us| in a convent. We suffered greatly from want of exercise, as well as lack of food.” For weeks Lieut. Gilmore was covered with boils and in great pain*. When the Filipinos found the Americans were approaching, the treatment became betjer. Stjrn Painter Biased the Route. There.was a sign painter in the party and he painted advertisements on the rock,s throughout . the retreat, with other emblems, like a skull and the word “Vengeance,” by means'of which the Americans were able to follow. raitEK AMERICANS WERE KILLED.

lint the Filipino* Lo»t Slktjr Killed and Eishty Wonnded. Manila, Jan. 7, 11:30 p. m.—Reconnaissances out of Imus, Cavite province, this morning resulted in the loss of three Americans killed and 20 wounded. \ Col. Birkhimer, with a battalion of the Twenty-eighth volunteer infantry, advanced toward Noveleta. Maj. Taggart, with two battalions df the same regiment, moved toward.IjPerez das Marinas. A part of the Fourth infantry was engaged south of Ignus. Gen. Schwan Occupies Pinan. ' Manila, Jan. 8, "9:151 ai m.—Gen. Schwan’s eolumn, advancing to the south, occupied Pinan. jOne American was killed and three were wounded. Nine of the enemy's dead were found on the field after the fight. A number of rifles were captured land several prisoners were taken. Johnson, a deserter from the Sixth United States artillery, clothed in a major's uniform, was'1 found among the_ insurgent dead at Noveleta yesterday. Gen. Wheaton is movijng toward Perez das Marinas to-day. IiiMurpeiit Stronghold Captured. Manila, Jan. 6, 7:30 a. m.—Advices froih Magalang,province of Pampanga, report that Capt. Lonhausejr with three .companies of the Twenty-fifth regiment, captured the insurgent stronghold Comanche, on Moitnt Arayat, yesterday. Three Americans were wounded, but the enemy’s loss is not known. Three members of the Ninth and two of the Twelfth regiment whom fhe insurwfe shot ami them are gents held aa priso horribly mutilated. Three dead and the other two are recovering. ' . / K ' ft Capt. Tonhauser set fi racks and the town. to the; bar* r has arrived Tl»e Victoria at Manila Manila, Jan. 6.—The British steamei 'Victoria, Capt. Blakeley, here in tow. The Victoria left San .Francisco, October 17, for Honolulu 4«d She was spoken on Nov Manila, ember 9, in latitude 19 north, longitude 159 east, proceeding under sail,„ha her shaft ring broken .Arrival of the Brutus. Manila, Jan. 6;—The ifnited States collier Brutus has arrived here from Guam, Ladrone islands. AN 0UTRAQE0US ASSAULT. Geu ttacked b erionsly Injured' scions for an He y a RutOiiii —XJnconur. Washington, Jan. S.---Gen. A. W. Greely, chief signal officer and the well-known Areic explorer, of the army at his home it of an aslies in a serious condition in this city, as the resu sault committed on him J about halfipast eight o’clock last night by Joseph C. Furnace, a messenger jin the employe of the Addins Express Co. Yesterday Furnace, who lives in Baltimore., Md., in company with a friend named George Murphy, spent the day in Washington drinking, until late in the afternoon, when they started fop a disreputable portion of the town. They lost their way and finally reached the northwestern! portion of the' city beyond the state, ‘ war and navy departments.

J hey nrst tried to get admittance to the residence of E. D. Kink, but being unable to do so, continued on their way up G street. Twice they went to the house of Gen. Greely. The first attempt to obtain admission was made (as a friend of the family calling to piy a visit to the daughter of the general. Later they made another effort, and persisted in ringing the doorbell and otherwise creating a disturbance, until finally Gen. Greely came out to ^expostulate with them. They refused to leaves the house, and after some words, Furnace seized the general and threw him down the long flight of steps which ascend from the pavement to the house, which stands on a high terrace. The fall cut of the genii severe gash in tJuPback oral's head. He was picked up and taken, into the house, and medical aid was He remained unconscious fbr about an houfr. Murphy, who waswith Furnace, took no part in the assault, but when he say what his companion had done, took to his heels and ran away. Furnace is a young man, 23 years of age, and his runSfor the express company is between Baltimore and I Cincinnati. He offers no excuse for his act. He tvasTarrested and locked up in the police staiioa.

I Mini Oft Secretory Wilson Emphasizes the Commercial Significance of • the “Open Door.” SALVATION FOR UNITED STATES TRADE. Bnt For This Action tine United State* Would Have Bern Skint Out Front Trade Advantages in Any Province Which Other Kntioaia Slight Claim.

I Washington, Jan. 6.—Secretary Wil* ! son, in on interview, emphasized the great commercial significance of the “open door” concert of the powers respecting China. He said: Om- Trade Relations Secured. “Anything produced in the United States will now permanently find 'its way into all parts of the Celestial em- i pire. Our trade relations there in the i ! future are secured. Sot of the least | | importance is the fact that the per- j maDency of the cojtton market in Chij na is seAlred. The trade in cotton I goods has been very heavy in Manchuria and other northern provinces. Our trade interests generally, ouir dairy, poultry and other products from j the farms of the United States now have assurance of permanent markets in all the province throughout the Chinese empire where such things are in demand, and this demand is growing j and will continue to grow. \ Secretary Hay’s Work. “The work of Secretary Hav in this | regard supplements and complements ; the work of our army and navy. A j y-ur ago no nation would have listened i tc ar proposition of this kind, but the i whole world listens to the United | States now. The ‘White man's burden’ . came with • the islands. Secretary ' Hay’s work brings the reward for lift* , ing the burden. Some idea of the vastness of the interests involved may be gained from the fact that while ten : years ago our exports from the Pa- ! citic coast to all countries aggregated i $20,000,000 apd five years ago $42,000,000, the steady increase in Pacific ! coast exports has raised the Aggregate to $73,000,000 a year ago.” THE BROOM CORN INDUSTRY. The University of Illinois Issuing; a Bulletin Giving; Advice to Prospective Growers. St. Louis, Jan. S.—A special to the Globe-Democrat from Urbana, 111., says: ; ! The extremely high price of broom corn has aroused public interest in this crop jjto such an extent that the department of agronomy of the University of Illinois is preparing a bulletin upon broom corn raising as a . suitable industry for Illinois farmers. Among 4he facts that will be brought out, and the conclusions reached, the following are some of thd most important: Broom corn is a .close relative of Indian ; corn, and flourishes under the same conditions. Illinois, therefore, is well adapted i to the production of the crop, especially ; through the middle portion of the state 4 The preparation of the ground and the ! cultivation are much the same as for In- i dian corn, only it must be more thorough- ! ly done. To produce a ton of broortf corn unde» ' fair conditions requires about three acres of land. The cost of production under the best conditions is $50 per ton; and the average selling price is $70 per ton, though it has sold at low as $30. Tfie crop requires an immense force at harvesting, the threshing gang numbering not less than twenty, and ..the harvesting season attracts to the community as laborers or camp followers a swarm of most undesirable characters. The business requires a special outfit of ! tools and sheds, costing $SOO to $1,000, that are to little or no value for other purposes. The crop, at best, is a precarious one that may be ruined by a few days of bad weather, and its successful growth and harvesting requires a high degree of knowledge and special skill. The world’s consumption of brush is about 30,000 tons, ant there can be no sudden increase because it is used for but ( one purpose. This 30,000 tons is produced on about 124,000 acres, or less than six . townships of land. Two-thirds of the broom corn of the world is grown in four counties in Illinois, viz., Douglas, Coles, Moultrie and Edgar, with Areola as the most important shipping point. In favorable years these counties have produced 28,000 tons, or practically the world’s supply. The territory arid the men already engaged in broom corn growing, could, easily double the present production if warranted by the demand. | The present price is the result, neither of fun unprecedented demand, nor of a , short crop, but of a slight increase in the activity in a limited industry, giving rise to peculiar market conditions. The grower has not realized these prices, nor could they have been established until after the crop was practically out of the hands of ; the producei^ j

Aiiracieuc-wy large quotations, many ! novices wllffpiant extensively the coming’; year; the result will be an enormous over- : production of brush, much of which will < be of ;%n inferior grade. The production of broom corn is, and will always be, a little industry, because the demand is not only limited, but small. Isolated individuals and those remote from recognized methods are at a serious disadvantage in their efforts to raise a crop, and should they fail in the endeavor their loss it certain to be considerable. The university is interested in the extension of every industry suited to Illinois conditions, and that will diversify the : agriculture of the state, but it realizes j that any considerable and sudden increase In once that calls for special knowledge, i and for which the.demand is limited, is certain to result in loss to the individual. \ and in serious damage to industry. i This is not a favorable year to embark in the business for the first time, and the prospective grower should visit the broom corn district and make careful study of ! the conditions before deciding to go into i the industry even on a small scale. A Gift of Valuable f,aud«. „ Omaha, Neb., Jan. 6.—President Horace C. Hurt of the Union Pacific has presented to the University of Wyoming. located at Laramie, six blocks of valuable land, lying* just north of the* nniversitv*<*md embracing about twenty acres); The gift \ias a New Year's present/ and was greatly appreciated b\ the/ university board, as the land a\ .s jrnieh needed for building and d.ni'pus grounds. The university board m t and passed appropriate resolutions | ir which Mr Burt and the Union PaCi .'.c Railway Co. were thanked.

TANNER TURNED DOWN. The Illinois Leader Gets the from His Former ■cmlunm.

In repudiating John Eiley Tanner— for that is what has happened—the republican party has repudiated its principles aad traditions as well as perpetrated a grave injustice upoh the governor. No one will believe—no one is asked to believe—that his excellency is “turned down” because of his sins of omission or commission. The things with which he is charged are the very things which form the equipment of an Ideal republican statesman. Gov. Tanner is an ideal republican statesman. He is repudiated not because he has transformed the civil service of the state of Illinois into a political machine reeking of corruption—not because his administration has been one series of scandals—but because it was feared that he couldn’t be reelected. The statesmen who guide the, destinies of the republican party in Illinois are practical politicians. Much as they may admire Gov. Tanner, they will take no chances of losing the state by renominating him. 1 ~ Gov. Tanner is no worse than his party. If anything he is a little better. For he possesses one quality, at least, which raises him above the Hertzes and Peases and Jamisons and Maddens who have taken his political scalp. He is courageous. He fights where they sulk. He is an organizer of victory, while they are the camp followers who come up after the battle to share in the loot. Some of them—Hertz, for instance— ate him, but they all fear him and repect him, if respectability can be predicated of such a character. They Would all follow at his heels in hope of further swag, but they fear that his prestige is gone. Hence they turn and rend him. As for the governor himself, he does not add to his reputation for fortitude by the manner in which he takes his dethronement. He complains that he has been abused and vilified from the moment he assumed office. If he will take the trouble to reflect he will remember that his immediate predecessor was likewise vilified and abused and that John R. Tanner was foremost in the attacks. What was sauce for Altgeld ought to be sauce for Tanner. His excellency is the last man in Illinois to reprehend and complain of abuse. It is his main stock in trade. Indeed, he may charge his downfall to this very predilection for antagonizing and abusing people—his carrying hatred into his official acts and using his position as a club wherewith to beat those whom he dhemed his enemies. It may safely be asserted that his consistently malignant hostility to the interests of Chicago rendered his overthrow certain, because the camp followers realized that he could not carry Cook county, and without Cook county he stood to lose the state. Hence he'was** set down as unavailable. And tq add to the bittern essofpis defeat he can now' realize that the republican nominee for governor will probably come from the very section which caused his downfall. It is retributive justice. Still, the passing of Tanner reflects no credit upon the republican party. He was worthy of the party and the party was worthy of him. He was the typical republican officeholder and he is umgratfully abandoned merely because he practiced in every official act the fundamental republican maxim: A public office is a private snap.—Chicago Chronicle. AGENT FOR THE TRUSTS Mark Hanna’s Position and Principle as Controller of the Republican Party. It is no more likely that Senator Mark Hanna, of Ohio, save in the event of failing health, will retire from the leadership of the imperialist party in the United States than that Cecil Rhodes, of South Africa, will abandon his control through Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, of the jingo party in Great Britain. The two men, Hanna and Rhodes, stand for one and the same principle in their respective countries. The principle is that of confmercialized polities, the prostitution of party principle to the ends of private and corporate gain. Mark Hanna entered American public life as the accredited agent of trusts and syndicates, and is dictating the new American policy of foreign colonialism in the interests of trusts and syndicates. Cecil Rhodes became a national figure in England as the representative of the South African company, and the war on the Boers is due to the powerfulinfluence of this great corporate body. Ha'nna works through his control ctf President McKinley’s political fortunes.

lihodes works through his mastery of the mind of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, ambitious to become prime minister of Great Britain, the highest bffice under the crown. It is not pleasant to contemplate the personalities of these two men as dominating the destinies of such governments as those of the United States and Great Britain, but the fact of their malign dominance may not truthfully be denied. Hanna’s supremacy in this country is even more shameful'than the power of Cecil Rhodes in England, for the reason that it is more directly the people’s fault under our system of government when'll surrender of national principle is made. In the case of Hanna the surrender of American prineiplemvolves a startling repudiation oU the soundest American doctrines upon which rests the sturcture of free government. We are soon to be asked by President McKinley to make this surrender final and irrevocable. What shall be the answer of the American people to the i>resident\ astounding appeal for American stultifiestibn*’— 8t. Louis Republic. , • -Our secretary of#the treasury should have quit the banking business when he accepted the position lie now occupies.—N. Y. World

TRjktfSACTED fa SBCREI. SECRBI Secretary Game’s Hudltag el People’s Hooey Helps the M Kloley Syndicate. *rv

It is painful thatMr. McKinley’, lord of the treasury, Mr. Gage, is >ji ag harassed by scrutiny and criticise a It is naore painful to have to do the sc latinizing and criticising of so an is fie and respectable a person. It is 'm »t painful of all that Mr. Gage shot Id be doing anything that calls for s^r iu ay and criticism. < What are the facts? First. There is in New York a {ire ip of the mc^t powerful financiers i x t he country who were of^the largest %*..»- tributors to the famous monster II; nna campaign fund of 1S96, who a t organized as the National city ban!;, a id who have been the recipients of state ry extraordinary favors from the M *K nley administration, such as, for ( sa mple, the privilege of purchasing ‘ >y private arrangement” a piece offg vermnent property in New York city ror about $1,700,000 lesfc than its appt i.t »d Vaiue. ] I’ Second. Mr. Gage, as secretary if t he treasury, as an accountable public s » v-„ ant, has entered into a secret a jr ement with this syndicate whereb; :.t is to handle the entire internal reven it ceipts of the government—about Q0&000 a year. No one but Mr. Gag ? aid Mr. McKinley and the syndicate ;in w the terms of this secret agreeme i : ar how much profit the syndicator?. will be able to; make out of the “hand! in, •.’* It is kno|vn, however, that the sVoiicate will have each day a very larg< $x m of the people’s money for which i st ill pay nothing1 and upon which it wilIj collect heavy interest through foani a 5 it out to the public. Mr. Gage says in his^xplanati m tc the World: EConcentrate tTU- inpts of $900,000, i: e a *ly me place in'OvMr to ibution of them tr >m V; I] 4j.. y secretly to cone; nhy is it neef-ary to :ers of the Nat ioi al >ns made In :?i<hmond, Cincinnati, Chicago, Louisville, St. Louis, Peoria, San Francisco? W iy could not the government do the distributing? Why could it not do th 5 d istributing publicly, in order that ht> cue might be able to suspect Or allege avoritism? Mr. Gage says: -' -;i | “The National city hank has a larger <j!eposit of . bonds with the treasury .department than any other bank In the coi r t j. This ample security would not exist-ia -he case of a bank whose deposit of bonds v as nominal or comparatively small.” V } - Butjdoes this change the fact the ; the internal revenue receipts, if they it 1 St be distributed as free deposits, const l be and should be distributed by the go vernment itself in smaller amcar ts among the Strong banks throughout the country, in order that all the people might have an opportunity to |*bfefit instead of a little group of fax orrd money lenders in Wall street? Mr. Yanderlip, Mr. Gage’s factotum and *the junior lord of the treasury, says: “The department will not announce ttfe new depositories or institutions which* will receive the money. I dp not regard i: as good policy, nor would any good result t rum its publicity.” “ "Where would be the harm? Is i not - the people’s money ? Are not Gage anaVanderlip the people’s servants?; If they are compelling the National eiiy bank to make a fair distribution ,of these vast- sums, what possible real m can they have for hiding the feet;;? What would Mr. Gage have thougiit if when he was president: of a national bank in Chicago Iris cashier had <fc t ie to him and- said: “Mr. Gage, I r|l»t|ty S permit you to know what I a m rith the bank’s mcney. Yon w 11 be satisfied with a statemeu totals and results at the end ol year?” Is it not against public policy fo • t>ie secretary of the treasury in anyr circumstances to turn over his funcririis and the public funds to private m >m y lenders, however good the security .In y may give? Is it not a gross abuse of public trust for him to make this assignment to a little group of'■the financial backers of the administration’ , political fortunes, and that by/scent agreement ? / If Mr. Gage is wronging his public reputation by this secrecy his rec re ss of t! ie I ie easy to obtain. All he has to do is o adopt the only safe and just cours. for an honest and faithful public officii - publicity! publicity! publicity!—T. Worlds

OPINIONS..AND POINTERS. —*—Mr. Hanna concedes that |’e» York should pick the vice preside: o il candidate, and has, indeed, gon-> ;o far in his obliging way as to pick out several good names for New Yori t;o pick from.—Albany Argus, -If this congress appreciates iao-21-ey up to the demands of the various departments of government, it •still be hot merely a billion-dollar, but i «a:rly a billion-and-a-half-dollar congfess. This is the work of imperialism. It. has made the most extravagant of red Kut congresses models of moderation laid economy in the comparison.—Spi i a infield Republican. • -—With war taxes, thousands of mourning homes and the gravest apprehensions existing among thoughtful citizens in regard to the outcome of the policy of ingrafting imperialism into Americanism, the ship >f state cannot truthfully be said t > he sailing serenely under* the McKiiierHanna pilotage.—Troy Press. -We noticg^that some of the republican papers are strong in a iS'i ning that Senator Ckrk, of Mont :: a a, be unseated for securing his elei :ha to the senate by the use of mcaey. But we do not ..recall fhat these a trie papers were very insistent when Hinna was elected by the same it a a is from the state of OhicK—Peoria E > r-ald-Transcript.

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TWO MEAN TOWNS. Stories Told by Travel!** Me* About a Couple ot Decidedly Poor Place* to X<tve la. They were talking about bad towns, “The meanest placed ever was in,” said the man who travels for a Chicago house, **ja down in Massachusetts. Say, do you know what happened while I was stopping there once? A man had fallen through a hole in the sidewalk and sustained injuries that requited in the loss of hi$ right arm. He sued the city for damages, and the case was tried before a jury, which, the papers s4id, was composed of representative citizens. Well, what do you suppose they did to him? Brought in a verdict in favor of the city, holding that inasmuch as he was left-handed his injury didn’t amount to anything.” es,’ the cigar man said, “tnafc’s a-pretty mean town, I admit, but I know of a worse one. This place is in Pennsylvania. An acquaintance of mine doww there was injured some time ago in pretty much the same way the man you mentioned got hurt. He fell on a bad sidewalk and lost one of his kgs. He sued the city, and didn’t get anything. I never heard just why, but probably because the jurors didn’t believe he needed more than one leg in his business, seeing that he was a barber and couldn’t hone a razor or shave a man with his foot anyway. But wait, I haven’t come to the point at which the real meanness developed. Being's poor man, he couldn’t afford to buy a cork leg, so he had to get along with a wooden peg, and one day while he was crossing the principal street this peg in some way got wedged between a couple of paving stones righf in the middle of the street car track. It took t hen. nearly an hour to get him loose, and w’ it do you suppose happened then ? Blamed if they.didn't go and fine him ten dollars and costa for obstructing traffic!’’-^Chicago Times-Herald. REED AND HIS MUSTACHE. The Man from Maine Vas Proud of It Till a Barber Did It Up for Him. “The members- Of the ladt two congresses will recall the smdoth-shaven visage of former Speaker Reed,” said an old attache of the house to a Times reporter the other day. "And tshe older members will likewise remember that Reed at one time word a mustache of a few straggling hairs, so often seen on the upper lips of extremely fleshy men. How Mr. Reed parted with his hirsute apology can best be told by a certain barber in the house of representatives who attended to that gentleman’s wants.: “One day the big man from Maine settled himself in the barber’s chair and requested a shave. When the operation was completed Mr. Reed straightened himself and asked: ‘Have you any of that bid-fashioned pomade to wax mustaches with?* “The barber hustled among his pots and jars and produced a French preparation in Vogue a quarter of a century ago. and then proceeded to wax the ends of the Maine statesman’s few wirelike hairs. “When the man of snap-shot sentences arose and contemplated himself in the glass he turned to the astonished barber and said: ‘Cut this blanked-blank mustache off, for you have made me look like a confounded catfish.’ “Since then Sir. Reed has not worn any covering beneath his nose.”—Washington Times. •> A Man of Thrift. She—Where are you going to spend tht summer? _get the' janitor , use it in the rooms I eccupy.--\Detroit Free Press.

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