Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 April 1906 — Page 6

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p OLITICAL 4TVTTTvTTVVTI m ,.J..I.I.J.4m..!..8..iU i-tM-4 1771 Preachlna a Xew Sectionalism. Alton R. Tarker's appea ranee as a -sectionalist la likely to be as humiliat.ing to l.'iu and as embarrassing to his .party i'.Tis bis advent in the role of a lentis m 10O4. In a speech at Charlottesville, X. C, he told the South ttat it was its duty to seize the control of the Democratic party of the country, and to depose the men who have been holding sway for the past dozen years. Nebraska and New York, he says, hare been running the Democracy in recent times, and it is the South's duty now to take the reins. "The time. has come," he declaretL "when the really effective Democrats of the country should he recognized, and when they themselves sltould no longer hesitate, decline or refuse to seek or to accept those honors which are their just due for work well done. It may possibly be that the party will go to defeat again, but since 1S00 It has done nothing else under Northern leadership, and certainly It cannot do worse." The tone of this advice to the South to assume the dictatorship in the Democracy will be resented by those Northern Democrats who care enough about what Parker says to take any notice at all of It Sane Southern leaders will be a little distrustful of this nort of talk. Many Northern Democrats, as well as many Republicans, have often said that Democratic national conventions ought to treat the South with a little more consideration. They ought occasionally to let a Southern man, when he is capable and iopular, have some chance to get on either the first or the secoud end of the ticket. In recent elections the South has furnished alout all the electoral votes that the Democratic party has rolled up. As a matter of policy as well as of fairness it would be well for the Democracy to let a Southern man, when he has te requisite qualifications, get an opportunity to figure as a national leader. Since 1800 a Southern aspirant for President would get as little quarter In a national Democratic convention as Rob Ingersoll would have received In the college of cardinals If he had presented himself as a candidate for Ioie. Democrats of all sections of the country who are safe and sane will reject Parker's counsel. Reasonable men have been asking equality for the South iu the matter of presenting candidates and formulating policies. Ptrker advises the South to demand dominance in the Democracy as a matter of right. For the sectionalism by the North and West which has been the rule in the Democracy for over 'forty years he would substitute a Southern sectionalism. He tells the South to seize the control of the national Democracy and frame its platforms and put bp Its candidates. At a time when all good Americans are hoping that sectionalism iu the country's politics has died out. or Is on tne point or ayi out, ranker comes forward as an 'advocate of a new sectionalism. William I Yancey, in the Charleston convention of 1SG0, de - nounced the Douglr.s Democrats for allowing f reesoillsm to spread all over the North, and demanded that hereafter the South should shut out the North from a share In the selection of creeds and candidates for the Democratic party. Alton B. Parker appears in the role of Yancey today. The Yancey spirit was sufficiently strong in the Democratic convention of forty-six years ago to split the Democratic party in tbe . middle, and to precipitate a rebellion whose effects are still felt in. the South. John Randolph would have called Parker a doughface a Northern man with Southern principles. If Parker's sectionalism rules the Democratic convention of 1908 its candidate will be even more disastrously defeated than was the Democratic candidate of 1901. St Louis Globe-Democrat. The Fact la the Cane. The killing of a band of Moro outlaws near Jolo has been heralded by the anti-imperialistic press as further evidence of American tyranny In the Philippines. This representation of the unfortunate Incident does not conform to the facts In the case.' Here are the facts : These Moro outlaws, were plain, ordinary every-Iay brigands. They had harried, robbed and plundered not merely Americans, but their fellowcountrymen. They had defied and resisted the authority of the Sultan of Jolo as well as all lawful authority, whether Sulu or American. They had established themselves In almost Impenetrable fortress (th crater of an extinct volcano), and there defied both native and American forces. Their attitude made It not u question of submission to American rule, but a question of regard for any rule at all, and for the peace and safety of the Moro people. The band was exterminated because it could not be captured, ?;nd killed. Hot because its members wen patriots resisting invasion of their country, but because they were outlaws pare and simple. The suppression of crime is often at- . tended with unpleasant circumstances, especially when crime Is of a violent and defiant nature. This has been the case In our ot n country in which the Modocs were almost entirely exterminated and the Apaches and Sioux were seriously depleted In numbers. It has been the case In Africa where the Dervishes of the Soudan have been slaughtered, and In the, Malays where head hunters liave been slain by hundreds. It will always be the case where such criminals have to be handled, and there is afforded no occasion whatever by this incident in Jolo, for our antl-im-perialtetlc friends to raise tbe cry of American tyranny. It is just such incidents ' as this slaughter of Moro outlaws that are seized upon by the opponents of Ameri can occupancy of tbe Philippine to suiIrt their arguments against government policies there. And such unfor- , tunate selection apiears not to injure tbe Government so much at heme as Jt docs in tbe Philippines themselves. where a lower order of Intelligence- Is nuable to discriminate much less to dissect It was said of the late Edward Atkinson, and with more or less truth, that his criticism of American policy In the Philippines cost more lives there than the policies themselves. The same , may be true of Ms successors If they continue their present attitude. Getting it Corporations. By a decision of the United States Supreme Court, the officer of a corporation cannot withhold Information or records because such Information may convict the corporation. A witness may rzlvz to testify on the ground that he

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e OMMENT S Ii rr'i-i4-r74-wM'M4 ra would incriminate himself, but if prosecution is waived and Immunity guaranteed, he can no longer refuse to tell what he knows The Importance of this decision is apparent to those who have followed the case against the beef packers. The attorney general is trying them for alleged violation of tbe autl-trust law. Witnesses have refused to answer. Attorneys of the companies have endeavor ed to exclude testimony which was secured by Commissioner Garfield, of the department of labor and commerce, on the alleged ground that this information was given with the stipulation that it could not' be used by the department of justice. Commissioner Garfield denies the truth of this, and an effort was made to show that the information did not 'come from his department, although the government did not succeed In establishing it as a fact. Rut under the decision of the Supreme Court, the jjTound Is taken from the very feet of the -cor orations. They are not like Individuals. If their records will convict them, that does not excuse them from bringing the records into the court for examination. The way Is now clear to prosecute all cases of alleged violation. The trusts have been driven to cover. Their officials cannot dodge the Inquisition by the government. Individuals may escape punishment if the proof of guilt depends on their own Iii, but this testimony can be used to convict the coriwrations by which thc3 are employed. This is oue of the greatest victories of the administration.. It removes the chief obstacle In the path of prosecution and compels every coriwratlou accused of violating the law to show up Its methods of doing business. Toledo Rlade. The Seaate and Legislation. The United States Senate is evidently determined to make its Impress upon legislation, whether It improve it or not This determination may spring from a desire really to improve measures under consideration, or from effort merely to obstruct tbe iolicles of tbe administration. If from the former, action requires considerable explanation; if from the latter, conclusions are easily to be drawn. There is a tendency on the part of the public to draw conclusions as easily as possible. When the Senate had finished with the Philippine bill, it sent back to tbe House a measure whose provisions were widely different from those originally contained. When it had inissed the Statehood bill it had made fish of one group of territories and fowl of 'oother, thereby creating opportunity" for almost endless trouble. In its consideration of the Railroad Rate bill it has persistently endeavored to thwart the vital purpose of tbe measure, thereby perpetuating the opiortunIty of the railroads to oppress the public. It has delayed action on the canal matter, held up the Santo Domingo, treaty, and shelved other matters of more or less Importance, to the disadvantage of the Interests of this country. Wth such a record of thwarted purpose and delayed measures the Senate can hardly expect to escape the censure that Is now being administered to it If these actions were intended to promote the public welfare criticism would be milder; but they so emphatically declare a determination to shape legislation regardless of administration policies and public Interests that the people cannot be blamed for the conclusions they are drawing. Wllllamsport (Pa.) Grit An Implona XelKhborhoo.l. A minister tells this tale: "I once had In . my Sunday school a young urchin from a poor neighborhood. He did his best to bring recruits, end one afternoou I said to him: "Billy, t'on't you think you could Induce one or two other boys to come to Sunday school?'' Billy answered: 'Well, sir, I could bring one, but all the other fellers in our alley can lick me.'" Philadelphia Ledger. Trvaa Ever Than. Mrs. Wedderly Doctor, I wish you would fix up a strengthening tonic for my husband. He's rapidly going Into a decline. Doctor Why, I saw him this morning and he appeared to be all right. Mrs. Wedderly Well, be isn't, just the. same. Why, during our courtship two years ago he used to hold me on his lap by the hour, and now it tires him to hold the baby five minutes." Raw Material. Mrs. Cro3sly John, that gentleman with the long hair and big black tie is going to write a series of stories on "Wild Animals I Have Met." Mr. Crossly Well, what do you mean by Inviting him to call at this house so early in the morning r Mrs. Crossly (sweetly) Why, I thought he would like to see you when breakfast la a few minutes late. Her Fatal Error. "Oh, yes," said one fair member of the social upper crust to another, "she's a' very charming girl, no doubt, but she's ignorant of the ways of society." "Indeed!" exclaimed the other. "Yes," continued the first speaker, "she was a member of niy box party at the opera tbe other night, and she never said a word while the performance was going on." Strenuous Life. Tom There goes a man who looks as if he had loved and lost. Jack Well, he was once in love all right, and be both won and lost Tom Why, how's that? . Jack He won the girl, but since their marriage he has lost about twenty-five pounds hustling for sufficient coin to liquidate her bills. Sy-inpntby Intimi. "lie has a highly sympathetic nature." "Yes," answered the man who has a great' respect for words. "He can even sympathize with ieoiIe wlm insist on referring to a. bad cold as 'the la grippe.'" Washington Star. Relinking; Iii Impudence. "Raise your chin just a little," said the photographer. "This Is as high as I choose to raise it," was the austere response of Mrs. Viek-Senn. "If the effect is not to your liking you can lower your machine." I)eep-L.ald Plot. DeLong Why did you get such a cheap trunk to go to the city with? Shortlelgb I'm going to put op at a boarding bouse.

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STEEL RAILWAY CARS. X Instructive experiment was made a few

I days ago to demonstrate the relative lndeX I struct! bility of the steel railway car. A eolI lision was arrnnced and the cars survived

the force of an Impact delivered at a speed of forty miles an hour. Of conrse, an actual collision under ordinary conditions might

have produced different results, but the experiment proved two things at least: First, that the steel car will bear a tremendous shock without breaking up, and second, that it presents far less inflammable surface to feed the fire that so frequently follows in the wake of a wreck. Tbe Erie Railway Company has built a steel car for the accommodation of mail clerk3, whose usual position In tbe first section of an express train is almost as perilous as that of the fireman and the engineer in the cab. Other railway companies are quite likely to follow the Erie's example at once,. and in the course of time we will Bee the steel car employed as universally on trunk lines as it is to-day in the New York subway. The change will greatly reduce the loss of life annually credited to collisions, and while khe hdtlal expense to the transportation companies will be heavy they will derive a profit from the longer life and tbe greater structural stability of the steel car and also from the reduction in the number of damage suits due to accidents. The steel car cannot be made strong enough to resist perfectly the strain of . all collisions, but It will not telescope as readily as- the wooden car, and while it may crumple somewhat under terrific pressure. It cannot splinter. These two advantages make Its ultimate adoption everywhere a certainty. Brooklyn Eagle.

PRIZE FIGHTING DOOMED.

tRIZE fighting, has been

tional sport of Spain bull fighting. Though the latter deals only with animals, It Is probable that its Influence upon national character, is the more brutalizing of the two because It Is more generally attended by men, women and children, and be

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cause the animals both bulls and horses never have the slightest chance to win or even to escape a prolonged torture. Rut the accounts of the prize fight In San Francisco, -In which Harry Tenny was beaten into insensibility, dosed with stimulants to induce hlra to withstand further punishment and finally savagely murdered, will convince many people that this so-called "sport", should be Immediately and permanently driven from American soil. Boxing is a desirable physical accomplishment. There are times when a man may- be indebted to it for his own protection and that of 'Others. But prize fighting Is no more essential to a proper training in boxing than are poolrooms necessary to a development of the speed powers of our horses. Chicago Post

FOLLIES OF FOOLISH lT is exceedingly difficult

moral and mental make-up of that class of men and women who compose the so-called fashionable set in our larger American cities, and who in days like these can find no higher or saner purpose for the expendi-

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ing their vanities ' and Indulging their pampered appetites. With millions dying of starvation in Russia, with hordes of men and women desperate with hunger and privation marching through the streets of London, with a thousand appeals for help and service arising from

"What's this, madame? What's this?' exclaimed the genial Pa Jones, In a Bhoutful voice, as he suddenly looked up from the newspaper that he was reading and cast a searchlight glare at Ma. "What have you uid your dear mother been doing? What kind oZ it Smith ganiÄ have you been playing? Will you be good enough to explain? Will you be sweet enough to prove an alibi? Have you dared " "What In the woWd are you talking about, Henry?" broke in Ma, with feigned surprise. "What Is the cause of your agitation? One might think that you had been finned by a wasp! One might think . "What am I talking about, Mrs. Jones? What am I talking about, angel wife?" rejoined the heated Pa, adding a few extra volts to his elocution. "What do you suppose I am talking about? Do I sound as If I was singing weet songs of praise? Do you Imagine for one moment that I would touch off the Renediction with dynamite? Not on your guilty conscience, darling! Not on your guilty conscience! I am chirping about a paragraph In this paper! I am barking about an Item in the society dope which says that Miss Sis Jones will make her debut next week at a reception given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones! It also says that she will wear a pink satin gown, cut rubber shaped, with embroidered carnations, a bouquet of slippers and a hemstitched handkerchief to match! What does it mean, woman?-What does it mean? Have you " "It. means Just what It says, you howling heathen!" interrupted Ma, a little pettishly. ,"It means that Sis la going to have her conilng-out party, and H "Who gave you permission to have a party, Mrs. Jones? Who gave you permission to have a party?" thundered the Indignant Pa, as he ragefully gyrated around the room. "Who toid you that you could blow yourself? Since when have you assumed to run thlng3 around here? How long have you been the Uncle Joe Cannon of this house? I demand to know why I wasn't con sulted! I demand to know why 1 wasn't Invited to the committee meeting ! I want you to know that I am the lord and master of this Joint! 1 want you to distinctly understand that I buy the scrapple! I want you "For heaven's sake shut up, you hootf ul yap I" cried the annoyed Ma, with n wifely glance at tbe prancing Pa. "You make me sick ! You make me sob ! You weren't consulted because you give every suggestion that I make a bump and a black eye! You weren't consulted because we knew that you would start to cackle and keep It up until Peary discovered the North Polo! Resides. It Is none of your business, and ft "That's all right, Mary! That's all right, little girl!" interposed Pa, in a honeyed voice, as a sudden look of great Joy overspread his features. "Don't say another word! The old man was only kidding you! He was Just giving you a game of Josh to see If you would got hot In the collar! Now then, run along and finish your preparations for the party, and If there Is anything more In the money or bouquet line that you want you can count on your Uncle Henry to deliver the goods every I timel" -

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Great Papers on Important Subjects.

every quarter of our own land, what but a heart lncrusted with selfishness and filled with greed and foolish pride could remain obdurate and unresponsive! Such musthave been the character of the rich and fashionable out In Louisville, Ky., who gave a birthday luncheon to a pet dog the other day, with all the accompaniments of a high-class social function. The beast was the guest of honor, and around the board, we are Informed, "were persons prominent In society." An elaborate menu was provided, and the dog was served from a .silver platter. Of course no blame can be attached to the dog, who aparentjy had the wisest head of all engaged In this silly business, but as to the other creatures who surrounded "the board," there can hardly be but one opinion among intelligent and conscientious men and women. Their proper status, we should say, was several grades below that of the dog. It fs precisely such exhibitions as these, and such a use of wealth, that furnish ample fuel to the anarchist, and other enemies of the existing social order. Leslie's Weekly. -

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even on Chauncey Depew. Possibly McCall was the more sensitive, probably the more out of order physically, and therefore tbe more subject to the effects of the strain. Hyde Is off In Europe enjoying himself, while poor old McCall lies In his coffin. It Is unfortunate for the Individual, but no one with a sense of Justice would wish to uudo the good accomplished by the exposures. Just because one rather prominent life has been sacrificed by the revolution. War s hell, said Shernmn.- So war on ccrirate wealth, as represented In the Hydes, the McCalls, the Rockefellers, and that crowd, means terrible suffering to some of the rich, who have caused so much suffering to many of the poor. -The ordinary robber goes to tbe penitentiary, and we all say the punishment Is the natural result of his conduct. So McCall dies, Hyde becomes a fugitive, and others of the ilk flee In alarm at the rising tide of public Indignation, and no one ought to want to save them from the just consequences of their misdeeds. McCall died of a broken heart yes, Just as many another person, who has been exposed. Indianapolis Sun.

compared to the na RICH. to comprehend the money than in feed With this Fa Jones affectionately kissed the amazed Ma, patted little, Fldo on the head, and then went to his den, where he spent the next two hours merrily chuckling to himself. The great event finally arrived, and even as the tuneful orchestra was playing the danceful strains of a glide waltz, the servant at the door Impressively announced: "Cousin Hez and Cousin Maria!" Ma gave one startled glance at the late arrivals, gurgled something inar ticulate, and yearnfully lenged to die Mother-In-Law Smith was also the vie rim of conflicting emotions, and grah kn! her heart with both hands, while Sis and Edythe emitted soulful sighs. Johnny and Willie, however, whopped with real joy, and Pa seemed pleased. "Hello, Hen!" was the cheery greeting of Consln Hez, as he oozed Into society. "How's all ther folks? , .How's Mary an ther kids? Why there's Mary now! Iloydy do, Mary! 'Pon my soul you 'don't look a denied bit older than you did twenty years ago. It's wonder fill what tight lacln and drug stort paint will do fer a woman! I was Jen tellln Marlar t'other day thet If sho would " "Henry," Interjected the blushing Ma, freezlngly, "perhaps your cousin would like some refreshments "Don't worry about us, Mary!" Interposed Cousin Hez. "We will get along all right ! We had some ham and cabbage what was left over from dinner Jes afore we started, an as fer drinkables I've been on ther water wagon evei sense Seth Frazler's hog kjllln' ! Gee whizz! I thought I was never goin' ter get here on time ! Ther ole gray mare had ter go an git ther colic, an' Marlar couldn't git her stockln's on ! It was them stockin's what you left down to Hedge Corners last summer, Mary! Yer see, Marlar is a leetle bit heavler'n you, an " "Henry," cried the mortified Ma, reproachfully, "you haven't asked your cousin to go to the smoking room ! You" "I ain't smokin now, Mary!" rejoined Cousin Hez, with a thankful smile. "Ther man what runs ther grocery at Hedge Corners got his terbaccer an' cayenne pepper mixed while tryln ter chuck a 6trange dog out of ther store, an I've swore off smokin' till I see thet ther rest of ther natives hev stopped sneezln' ! WThat do you think of this society rig of mine. Hen? I give $1.9S "r them pants, an I think thet If had anted up ther other two cents I might hev got ther rest of ther legs! Howsomerer, when you've got boots on yer don't notice thet they're about six inches shy ! They say thet clothes don't make ther man, but If It wasn't fer duds some dudes wouldn't get by ! I What's Ahat, Hen? Oh, never mind In- ! terducln me ter yer friends now ! I'm so dod-gasted dry thet my staves are fallin' In! Where's yer pump?" Greatly to the relief of the exercised Ma, Cousin Hez was led to the kitchen to quench his thirst, and during the interval matters were explained to the pniilins guests. , "You contemptible brute! You Insufferable scoundrel !" shouted the enraged Ma, with blazing eyes when all was once more quiet In the happy home of the Jones Family, "now dared you do such an atrocious trick as that? How dared you Invite " "Don't get excited, sweetheart I Don't get excited!" was the exasperating re-sqxmf-e of the happy Pa. "There's no use crying over spilled milk, but the next time be wise enough to ask your Uncle Henry to help you carry the jug!" In just one second tbe battle was In

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KILLED BY EXPOSURE. HEN it is said that McCall died of a broken

TC A r I heart, the speech Is, of course, figurative, vv I 1Ie Jled over-taxation r nis vlal organs.

was so essentially the chief. The strain under which he suffered was upon Hyde and on Alexander, and

NATURALIZATION ABUSES.

X attempt is being made at this session of

Congress to secure legislation to prevent foreigners becoming citizens until they have resided here at least live years. This is not regarded as a - party political question, because leaders of both Republican and Democratlc parties have been guilty of making

Illegal votes out of emigrant material, but leaders of both parties recognize the necessity of a reform measure. As many as thirty thousand emigrants land In this country in a single day. Ainocg such numbers there are a great many men old enough to vote, and shrewd enough to follow instructions given them by the politicians who have something at stake. According to recent investigations these newly landed emigrants are rouuded up for election and given the franchise often before they have been In the country for a year, sometimes only a 'few weeks. Such votes count Just the same as yours. Farm, Field' and Fireside. .

full bloom, and the sun wa9 peeping over the Eastern hills before Ma was fully satisfied that Pa knew-what she thought of him. . - PUT THE ANIMALS TOGETHER. Their Kffort to Keep Warm Int an End to Their Hostilities. Men are sometimes advised to take a lesson from the animals, and a story told by M. Hugues le Roux would seem to Indicate that they are at least quite capable of Intelligent ; reasoning, sayi the London Globe, M. le Roux has traveled extensively. and at his place, not far from Paris, he likes to study the animals" he has brought back from his wanderings. He has at present in his amateur menagerie a Saharan gazelle, a young Itallac wolf, two fox terriers and a mare and her fcal. At first all these animals were on tbe very worst of terms with one another. The wolf had his shoulder put out of Joint by the gazelle lc an encounter in which he was given to understand that the gazelle did not care to be disturbed in her daily promenades. The mare could not bear the fox terriers, and if they ever ven: turned near her box when she was suckling her foal she was ready to make a meal of them. The various members of the menag erle would probably have continued tc maintain toward one another an attitude of enmity and defiance had not an accidental circumstance put an end to their mutual hostility. At the com rmencement of winter workmen begat to demolish tbe kennel and take the roof off the stable. All the animals were exposed to cold and rain. How to keep them comfortable wat at length solyed by an Ethiopian soldier whom M. le Roux had brought back vrith him to France. "All these animals are cold," he argued, "because they are separate. I'll put them to gether." Had he consulted his mastet before doing so he could certainly not have obtained permission, for M. le Roux, knowing their hostility toward one another, would have forbidden suck a plan for fear of the consequences. Rut when he went Into the garder one day to give his pets a carrot he found them all collected together. The millennium had arrived the gazelle and the wolf were lying down togeth er, the mare and the fox terriers hac ecome reconciled, and in the commor warmth and comfort which they Jointly shared all thought of hatred had vanished. ' Tbe Poor Father. Representative Chalk Reeson, ol Kansas, Is the head of a forestry station that gives trees to farmers. In an address to a woman's congress Mr. Reeson said : "Trees are like children. In the be ginning they give us a great deal ol trouble and worry, but In the end we are verjj proud of them. "Young trees are vexatious. Younj children are vexatious. I know a mat who sat Iii his study the other after noon writing a speech when his littli son called shrilly from the garden: -'Papa, papa, , look out of the win dow.' "'What a nuisance children are, grumbled the man, but, nevertheless he put down his pen, and with a half smile he advanced to the window promptlj and stuck forth his bead. " 'Well, what Is It?' said he. "The boy, from a group of youngsters, called up: " 'Jimmy Smith wouldn't believe you had no hair on the top of your head' -New Tork Tribune.

THE BATTLE-FIELDS.

OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. The Bine and the Gray Review Inci dents of the Late War, and in a . Graphic and Interesting Manner Tell of Camp, March and Battle. ,T took a great deal of Interest dur ing the Russo-Japanese war," said the Sergeant, "in those fellows In the dug outs and shebangs along the Shakha Tbey acted very much as our boys did In 18G3 and 1SC4. They seemed to feel Just as' sure that they would stay where they were all winter as we did when we built comfortable winter huts at Shellmound in October and November, 3SG3. To secure the mate rial for these huts we tore down houses, just as the Russians and Japs did, and .we felt It In our bones that we would remain a long time to enJoy the shebangs so carefully constructed. "We were at Chattanooga for sev eral weeks. We liked Shellmound bet ter, and wo banked on the belief that the rebs could not be driven from Lookout mountain and Missionary ridge. Therefore, we built our winter quarters with great care, with our shelter tents for tops. We tore down the Shellmound station for brick. We went miles Into the country for boards and other material, and we did a good Job In the construction of quarters. Everything was in ship shape on the morning of November 3d, when we wore ordered to move to Rrldgeport, ten or fifteen miles down the river. The boys lifted up their voices and swore but they were equal to the occasion. They tore down the huts, made a raft of the lumber, using bricks as ballast, and a special guard from each regiment floated down the river to Rridgeport while the main column marched down the railway. Knowing where they were going and just , where they were to camp, the men 'of the brigade made short work of that march. They were In camp in good time and had the lumber from the raft on the ground, ready to build new winter quarters that night The next day a new city of huts, with canvas tops and board sides, went up quickly. The material had been matched at Shellmound, and every mess had its own. Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-Third New York, on guard at the pontoons, looked with wonder on the building operations of that day. Our boys seemed so cock sure of everything and built in such faith that they would spend the winter there that tie New Yorkers Joked us a good deal about running the whole darned machine. "For once our Instinct as to staying was right. We remained at Bridgeport several weeks, and thought we were going to remain several weeks longer, because the colonel began to build a more commodious shebang for himself. He and the carpenters plan ned with great care, and they had s beautiful frame up when we were ordered to move eastward. The colonel was vexed, but be took things quietly. He ordered all the huts left as they were, except as to the canvas tops, and the regiments were formed ready to march when fires broke out In twenty or more places. "The colonel was greatly Irritated, but when the brigade commander rode up and asked how he accounted for the conflagration, the colonel ; said curtly, 'I think, general, the fire Is of Incendiary origin, and. In the absence of i a fire department, I think It Is going to sweep the camp.' It did. Reform the regiments marched, the winter quarters were in ashes and the boys were glad of It" T.y the way," said tbe major, "that reference to rafting lumber down the Tennessee In 'a way to give every man his own material reminds me of the wonderful luck we had In recovering knapsacks and extra clothing left behind when we were ordered on fnrced marches or Into hnttle. T flnn't believe the boys appreciated the sys tem that brought each man his own property , In every case where knapsacks were left In the rear or clothing stored for a loag campaign. - "For example, In that march to Shellmound and Bridgeport, our brigade sneaked out of Chattanooga at midnight leaving tents standing and knapsacks In charge pf special guards. We t were in the mountains north of the river . for three days, and then on a swing as the right of the army of the-bomber land down the river. When our tents and knapsacks came to us at Shellmound everything was as It hould be, and every man In our regiment bad his knapsack and his belongings. At Stone River we dropped our knapsacks on tbe road from Nashville and left them piled up by company measure In charge of men who could not march well. "We did not see them for many a; day, and most of us expected never to see them again. The men left on guard saw the knapsacks packed on wagons and then, eager to be In the fight cut out for tbe front. They swore everything was all right, but we didn't believe It until January 8, when the wagons came into camp with tents and knapsacks. The latter had been carefully packed and were, soon In the hands of the owners. In the Chlckamauga campaign we didn't see our knapsacks for several weeks, but they came to us September SO, In camp near Fort Palmer, In front of Chattanooga. . ' "When . we started on our rearward march to Louisville In tbe fall of 18G2, our knapsacks and extra clothing . were stored In Nashville. When we had returned to that city after th Perryvllla campaign our knapsacks caue to us as clean and In as good order as when they were stored. Letters and newspapers came to us from the North In nearly every camp. I remember that I recovered a heavy mall on the ISth of September, the night before the battle of Chlckamauga. and newspapers and letters came to us at Chattanooga a few days after the battle. It required conscience and a fine organization to accomplish all that "Tile mall service was the more remarkable because letters were addressed to men by company and regiment and regiments were constantly changing positions. I remember on one occasion our brigade, separated from the others of our division, was sent off on an expedition. We met on the wooded slope of the mountain a wagon train going up. An officer in charge, noticing our regimental flag, reported to the colonel, and In twenty talnutes our mall was distributed and we had letters which, under ordinary drcumstances, would have gone to division headquarters, away from which

we were marching. It was a great system." Chicago Inter Ocean.

A Soldier's Experlenee. My first gun was a ITarper's Ferry musket altered over, and It would kick worse than a mule. It kicked me on the head. In the face, In the eye and on 'the shoulder, and all at one discharge. The last time I fired it it kicked Itself out of my hands onto th-j ground, and there It lay kicking when the captain put his foot upon It and made it stop. The right way to fight with that gun was to send It to the Johnnies, and there would have been a succession of discouraged soldiers on that sideIf not dead ones. There was one thing certain, with that gun to carry any soldier would be ready to 6lng: , "Come, welcome death, thou end of kl-klng, I am ready and willing to go.w My next gun the next day was a Springfield rifle a dandy. In chasing General Price we made a march of one hundred and nine miles" In three days, with only nine largesized hardtack for rations. In this march the boys beat the oldish men. Of our company of nlnety-slx men, but fourteen were there to stack arms at the end of three days of these twelve were under twenty-one, three under eighteen, and three under seventeen years of age, and I was'oue of the last three. After all , our hard marching Price was not there when we arrived he had been gone six hours. We Were Fix days in marching back over the same ground. We arrived at Shi loh In time for me to be detailed to help bury the dead. That Is a duty In' connection with army work seldom described. The mind dislikes to dwell upon It The killing of the man Is an exciting work. There is some excitement even In being In line with shot and bullets in seeing who gets hit In feeling that you are yet whole but there Is no redeemlrg feature in going out to the field of the dead and gathering the men like sheaves In a harvest field and arranging them in a trench and covering them with earth. There Is no other form of death so sickening as that of a well and hearty man killed by the accidents of battle. Hour after hour we worked on at burying tbe Shlloh dead. I wish I could shut out the memory of that labor from my mental vision forever. At Farmington I was again detailed to bury the dead, and there helped to bury 700 as fine-looking soldiers" as man ever saw. Here ended my service In this direction, as I soon after joined the cavalry and was put upon a new line of duty. C. E. Smith in American Tribune. A Tonchlng Incident. We find the following incident of genuine humanity in the correspond ence of the Detroit Free Press, and commend It as touchlngly significant of the good feeling existing between the military people of the North and S South,, occurring recently at Mobile, Ala. A general of the United States army was on his way from Arizona to New York, where he purposed entering a surgical college to Lave a difficult operation performed. As the train bearing him approached Mobile, his aide saw that he was becoming very ill, and telegraphed ahead for assistance to convey hhn to a hospital. Dr. Hutton; tbe medical superintendent of the Marine Hospital, was at the deiot with attendants and a carriage. The invalid was comfortably placed In It with the gentlest and most assiduous attention, but he died within sight of the building, a stranger In a strange land. , The next day Dr. Hutton, who will be remembered as a former Detroiter, telegraphed to the family of the dead officer In Arizona for Instructions as to the disposal of the remains, and received In reply: "Rury him where he died. As soon as the Mobile Rifles had heard that "A soldier of the legion Lay dring In -Algiers," they hastened to his help." But he was already dead, and It only remained for them to do honor to his memory. This tbey did by taking upon themselves the performance of the last sad rites; as though the dead stranger had been one of their own comrades. They carried him, draped him with flags, to the National Cemetery, and gave him all the honors of a military burial. In the afternoon of one of the hottest days of the Southern summer they marched In procession over two miles of dusty road, and es the sun went down fired a farewell shot over the general's grave. Then covering. him with flowers, they left him in the peaceful bivouac of the dead. The deceased soldier was a Phlladelphlan, and when the mayor of Philadelphia heard of the "brotherly lore of the Mobile Rifles, he sent them an autograph letter of thanks, accompanied by a beautiful floral tribute. Surely this little Incident Is an earnest of united Interests, and a proof that ever and alwayak "The bravest are the tenderest. The loving are Che darlne. Wins Tar for Prison Term. James H. Cunningham, one of the. leading lawyers at the Beaver (Pa.) bar, Is about to receive from the United States government , pay for v six months that he served as a soldier, and during which time he was confined in Andersouvllle prison. Cunningham enlisted In Company Y, One Hundred and Fortieth regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1S0L He was only 15 years old then, but the resulting officers were not particular, r he was not even large for his age. ne Joined his regiment at Cold Harbor on June 6 and was wounded In one of the fights. He was captured and sent to Anderson vi lie, where he languished for six months. When exchanged he Joined his company at Petersburg, fighting in every battle from Petersburg to Appomattox. Ills term not having expired when his company was mustered out he was transferred to Company D, Fortythird Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served for thirty days, when - ha was nuistered out When It came to signing ths.paj roll it was found that he was short $S0 for the time he had spent in Andersonvllle, He signed under protest and then forgot all about It , Recently he applied for a pension, and notified the pension lawyers of the fact He has received word that the government would pay him $276.S0, which Js the amount of his cla!.a with Interest upon demand. When the lofty palm tre3 of Teilan puts forth Its flowers, the sheit! bursts with a report like a pistol.

THE OLD WATER MILL, , Its Pas t bk Brings Maur a Slffh of Genuine Regret. The on-rush of civilization has removed to a great extent one of the romantic and pleasant features of the pioneers a theme for painters and poets from days remote. In these days

of much haste and swift machinery, it perhaps would not fit in with the times to go to mill on horseback and await one's turn at the, old water mill, but still It was not so bad, after all, to sit about In the mill yard half a day at a time and play marbles, pitch, quoits, or fish. Those were the days when . people were not In such a hurry as they are now a time when hour3 were not worth Just so much each, like eggs In a basket and they were given a few extra years to make up for the time lost In going to mill and hunting the cows a time when a backlog crackled In the wide-mouthed Ere place and a man had an opportunity to get a quainted with his family. The old water mill and the' accom-' panylng mill pond seem to hate been a half-way point between tavagtry; and our present civilization and a deV 1 i TOE OLD WATEB MILL. cidedly interesting epoch to those whose memory goes tack that far. There were the delightful days of fishing In the leafy months, the dark pools below the dam, the little sand-bara and riffles, and the log projecting out over some particularly inviting spot, where 1ig sunflsh came up to a hooked cricket or grasshopper without hesitancy or suspicion and there was always water In the creek. That was ' why there were always flowers and green grass along the shores, and why the boys could always find a place to wade an J wade and wade until their auklea turned purple in the swirling waters. Then when winter came the scene changed. There was never a better place to skate than on an old mill pond, and the skaters did not have fancy clamp skates which one can put on and take oS In two seconds. No, they were the old-style strap skates with a screw an Inch long to be bored Into the heel. Tbe young man fortunate enough to get hold of two worn out files or a discarded saw blade was the hero ol the community, ne could make skates out of them with ' long, graceful turnups in front which were the envy of all tut- bcuuiucis. ik Man a. Milan uaiush'p to sit on a snowy leg half an bout boring at a refractory heel, but the end justified the exertion. ; In those days every little settlement naj its own grist anu sawmui combined. To be sure tbe mills did not grind very fast and the saws would not do for cutting mahogany veneering, but they answered the purposes cJ the times the days of the candle dip, the tin lantern and the punctured h!d sieves, a step in advance of the period when. breadstus fwere secured by pounding grain Into meal. Sometima two or three mills would be found or a little stream ten miles in length. Oni a a n rcirvr!r fnr nnothpr. and l- VA U0 . ww. - B kept the valley moistened the wholi' seascn through, the little stream a live, rumdng brook. Now, those streams an either a raging torrent or in turn ai dry and parched as a brick pavement This Is one of the penalties of advancing civilization. , As land became more valuable, like the poor Indian, the old water mill had to move on westward. There was tec much good land under water to suit the thrifty owner, and he substituted steam for water power, and the old mill whlct seemed to be a part of tbe la ad sen p was no more. The settlement mill li a thing of the past with all Its attendant pleasures and hardships. The old water mill was to our aneeston what the trolley car and the electric light Is to us a means to an end-anJ when something elfe was found to srve the purpose belter they adopted It but still we cannot part with the old mill of our youth without a sigh of regret Cren Desrcars Work. Jacob Wis, at a convention of school teachers at Atlantic City, decried contentment "Every man is too apt to be contented that is, to bo conceited, he said,' "to think hims'elf about as fine and strong and good and wise as anj one in the world. "Even beggars. Why. I know a mar who, on belüg accosted by a beggar, said: "'Why don't you go to work? Whj do you waste your time beggingr "The beggar drew himself up. "'Dil you ever begV he said. "No, of course not said the man. "Then said the beggar, you don'i know what work Is. " New York Tribune. WJiere It Always n&la. There is a group of islands to ttl south of r-Jew Zealand called tbe Slaters, or Seven Sisters, which are reputed to be subjected to a practically constant rainfall. The same may ta said of the Islands and mainland cf Tierra del Fucgo, saving for the difference that tbe rain often takes the form of sleet and snow. On a line running round the world from four to eight or nine decrees there, are patches over which rain. seldom ceases to falL TV.z Is called the "zone of constant precipitation," but at the game time ttzrs era several localities alor it with very littie rainf&JL