Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 July 1906 — Page 6

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... ,.TA...t.J.4...A. In the Xime of Common Sense. The United States now leads all the countries in the world as an exporting nation, and yet we have been told tinee thr? beginning of tariff discussions that a protective tariff country must necessarily be isolated and excluded from tue markets of the world. Isn't it time that even the most obdurate of free-traders should acknowledge that they have been In error and that their most cehrlshed dogmas are fallacies? Is It not also time for the American people io learn to exercise a little self-control in the presence of conditions which are temporarily not Just to our liking? As we said, this time last year some of cur people were In a perfect frenzy because our exports In agricultural products had decreased. Farmers' conventions passed resolutions In favor of ruinous policies and our faithful statesmen at Washington were denounced as public enemies simply because they were too sensible and too patriotic to allow themselves to be stampeded by clamor. Never before in the history of our country has a protective tariff law been so thoroughly vindicated as has the Dlngley tariff law.. If on the day of the. enactment of that statute some enthusiastic friend of protection had pre-

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licted upon the floor of Congress or fisewbere that In Ie?s than a decade ander the operation of that law th-3 United States would become the greatest ex nor t nation In the world, and that the total volume of our exports indlmports would exceed $2,500,000,000 he would have been looked upon as a ireamer or a lunatic. Why in the name of common sense should we not be satisfied with such marvelous enlevements? Why should any sensible person be demanding a Amrrlrnnlim Win. A victory for Americanism and the ' A mnplMin rwkltw. n I I imam lean market as against foreign competitors, has been gained In the passage by th3 Tsnate and House of Representatives of the following Joint resolution: inai purchases or material ana equipment fcr csa In the construction of the Panama Canal shall be restricted to articles of domestic production and manufacture from the lowest responsible bidder, unless the President fhall la any case deem the bids or tenders therefor to be extortionate or unreatonable." There is no reason to suppose for a moment that any American producer lijtends or wishes to rob the government by asking a higher price for canal materials and supplies. than the prices current for such articles In the United States. The government has no right to ask a lower price. In the construcwith American dollars contributed directly by American labor and industries, there should be no thought of using anything but American materials. Do th houses of Congress have o ordered by an emphatic vote. The only surprising thing about It is that there fhould have been a single vote against a proposition so manifestly fair, so rexsonable and so patriotic American I Economist. At Ibe Expent of the Farmer, One of the assaults npon the Republican tariff law which restored prosperity to this country has l)een led by those who want free hides for the ben efit of the manufacturers. Strange as it may seem there Is an element In Iowa, grat agricultural State that she s, that has joined in this demand, notithstanding the fact that hides are f farmer's nrrvlnrt nnd nn at t!ip Siparatlvely few things upon which x?ets the direct benefit of protection. plea has been that the tariff made - I - At A. T. ? 0 uiga tore u was a uarusn:p e manufacturer and that the latuld take i. out of the consumer. V W. JIahin, an Iowa man who Is at Nottingham, England, says VTlish shoe manufacturers have eir prices because hey have elled to pay an advance of er cent on leather the past Js hardly necessary n say nhia Is telling the truth, as able and reliable man, and presentation in a roatter Vtt-t-i11 AAcf Vtlm .lila rvoljivum wok uxji U19 vei ls It necessar;' to call 3 fact that thcxe li lo

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such thing as a duty on hMis In England. The situation in England, taken in connection with the fact that in this country the advance in the price of hides Is far greater than the tariff duty, seems to show that the Increase Is world-wide and Is caused by the fact that the supply was not equal to the demand. The remedy which the manufacturers proposed to apply would be at the expense of the farmers. Creston (Iowa) Advertiser. ISayt DI the Canal. The action of the Senate on Thursday settled the question of the klDd of a canal to be made at Panama. It is to be a lock canal, in part lifting shirrs over, Instead of letting them go straight through, the backbone of the isthmus. It may be remarked in' passing that the use of the term "sea level" in connection with any kind cf a canal which can be made at Panama Is a misrepresentation. It gives the average man ihe Idea of a water way something lik the straits of Mackinac. The truth Is that any canal at Panama must have leeks, owing to the great differences In the Atlantic and Pacific tidal levels. Now that the type of canal has bees fixed. It is ra order for the dlstlnguishetl gentlemen at Washington and their agents at Panama to proceed to dig the canal. ' For more than a year these gentlemen have been active in making prom ises to din a canal to-morrow and in offering excuses for not doing to-day what they said yesterday they would do. The American people have become utterly weary of this sort of nonsense. They do not expect the canal to be dug In a minute. They know It must be the work of years. But they are tired cf proclamations about what is going to be done and of reports of "progress" which turns out to be no progress at all because foaie body forgot something which It was his duty to remember and provide for in advance. The land title has been secured. The kind of Cinal has been decided on. The money is provided or will be as need od. If all preliminary preparations have not yet been made, let them now Le made. Let us have nD more excuses about "unforseen difficulties." Let them be foreseen and provided for. The people are tired of excuses. Now dig the canal. Chicago Inter Ocean. Secrrt Snbldle. The Paris correspondent of the Loudon Tirues, writing of German ex pansion In Australasia through tlw aid of their mercantile marine, says: They have offered such low freight charges that It would be Impossible for them to make both ends meet were it not for the secret subsidy from the German government. It Is a matter for thought whether the German government confines its secret subsidies to Its merchant marine. Reciprocity and tariff revision In the United States hold out such glittering prizes that they might well come iu for a share In the disbursement of Ger man coin. French Noblemen and Their Wealth. Recent statistics show that, while at the time of the French revolution the number cf princes and dukes in France was only 23S, to-day there are 4J0. Ac cording to Lavobier, the total number of nobles in France at the end of the eighteenth century was only 3,000, but according to the most recent Almanac de la Noblesse, about 2UU.000 French persons are now provided with a tl tie. The same increase is observed in the wealth possessed by the noble families of France, which is calculated at about ten times the amount they iHwsessod at the time of the revolution. Th, richest heiress of the time, Mile. d'Orleans, daughter of the duke, had an annual Income of $5C0,(XX), while there are more than a score of noblemen In France at thbi moment who iossesi a larger Income than that One hundred and fifteen years after the revolution was organized against the nobility of France French noblemen have obtained an influence of which no one ever dreamed before. New York World, j

"Signal Systems that Ensure Safety

RYErmrCo,R61?Drsp; The operation of a modern railroad, with its numerous trains running at high speeds. Is made possible by the use of what appears to be a ery complex series of signals. One glance at the network of tracks at the entrance to a great railroad terminal mazes the uninitiated. Every track Is corelated to another, winding and curling now from this side, now to that, like a mass of writhing, glistening serpents. Yet over this apparently heterogeneous collection of rails trains are constantly running, seemingly by some occult gift picking out their way and avoiding one another. The block signal system is a plan devised to prevent two trains going In the same direction from running together. A block consists of a section of track usually about two miles long. When the slgnr.l is set against a train. It must not enter the block unt'l the proper signal is given. Invthis way the exact location of every S train is kept at the various oifs of the train dispatchers. " The semaphore, which Is the usual type of signal used on roads . In the East, is a. very bid, design. The first telegraph system was semaphoric, and it has been found to have advantages over most other types, although the disk system is used on some roads, and some western roads are operated on what is known as the staff system, a block system more extensively used, in England than In this country. Alf of these systems have the same underlying idea that of advancing a train block by block or ot being able to halt it before It enters a block already occupied. The difference is to be found In the type of signal and the method of operating It. About 40,000 miles of railroad in this country are operated by some one of the three systems mentioned. . The femaphore type Is used generally in the The largest frog Is now stated to be the new. Kana goliath from the Camercoas, with a head and body measuring not less than tea inches. Hitherto the largest known has been a species living in the Solumon Islands. Hoot penetration In the soil has beca tested by excavating about six feet so as to leave a vertical wall, and then spraying from a garden hose. The bared roots retained their natural positions. Rye, beans and peas each showed a matted feit of white fibers reaching down about four feet, wheat had extended 3V feet la seven months, and maize and clover were traced to a depth of ten feet in light, rich soil. The flying frogs of thb.'Malays ap pear to be mythical, but three tree snakes of Borneo, lately described to the London Zoological Society by It Shelford,:are credited with taking flying leaps from the boughs of trees to the ground. It is found that scales on the. lower part of the body may be drawn Inward so that the whole lower surface becomes concave. '.' The resistance to the air Is thus greatly Increased, and experiments Indicate that y the snakes do not fall In writhing colls, but are let down gently In a direct llnby the parachute-like action of their peculiar bodies. Speaking at Glasgow recently, B. II. Brough summed up many facts about the use of Iron by the ancients. Interesting in the light of recent metallurgical practice is a part of an Iron tool found in the Great Pyramid, because it contains not only nickel, but also combined carbon, showing that It Is not of meteoric . origin. Under a sphinx at Karnak an iron sickle was found. At Delhi there still exists an iron pillar. GO feet high and lö inches In diameter, made up of 50-pound blooms welded to gether. ThU pillar, Mr. Brough suggested, may me regarded as "the doyen among products of the heavy Iron Industry." The use of Iron and ste?l In China ! as been traced to the year 2357 B. C. The Japanese are said to have had a curious method of making steel. They buried : forged Iron la marshy ground, and after eight or ten years, through some alchemy of nature, it came out steel. Interesting experiments have recently been made at the Kew Observatory near Loudon on the effects of the eleetric currents produced in the earth by the electric traction systems of the British metropolis. The delicate magnetic instruments of the observatory are affected by the currents. Metallic plates burled in the ground were connected with a photographic recording apparatus, and the tracings recorded by the Instrument formed a picture of the time-table of the London Centra! Hallway, although the nearest polut of approach of that line is six miles from Kew. Even accidental breakdowns occurring on the tract on line were indicated in the photographic record. By connecting the earth-plates with a sensitive galvanometer, the effect of the movements of the tramway controllers was' rendered evident, and, a telephone being attached, sounds were heard at each controller movement. Two projects for the construction of railway tunnels of unprecedented magnitude are now under discussion. One of them, which appeals strongly to the imagination If it does not enlist much sympathy among pactlcal men. Is Monsieur de Lobel's plan for tunneling Bering Strait to connect Siberia with Alaska. The author of this plan explained It before a large meeting of the Navy and Military Club at St. Petersburg recently. Bering Strait, he said, is about CSVa miles broad and 157 feet deep, but it has two Islands so situated that the" tunnel could be divided Into three sections of about 12 miles each. The other project is older, and relates to tunneling the English Channel between Dover and Calais. French engineers have recently been studying the enterprise ,anew. The distance is abet 23 miles. The work would be relatively easy because the tunnel would run through chalk. If the women insist upon progressive prize foolishness, why not give progressive dandelion parties, giving a prize to the one who digs up tho

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East. In installing this system the posts or arches sustaining the semaphores are placed at each division point or at each block terminal, the distance apart depending on the length of the block. Where traffic Is infrequent the blocks may be several miles long, but at the entrance to a great train shed, such as Union Station, Boston, where the shortest blocks' In the world may be seen, the .distance between blocks Is only a lew hundred feet. Travelers have noticed that at some points three semaphore trms are set on one post. To the average rider two of these appear to be superfluous. Oa the contrary, the three arms carry a very legible signal to the engine driver. The top semaphore represents the nart block : the next the one aheiul and the last the block boyoad th.it. "Where the locomotive is running st the rat of fifty miles an hour," says Day Allen Wllley, in Cass.ir's Magazine, in which hi thoroughly explains th workings of the "nerves of a railway," "the three signrl post Is essential to the safety of a short block system, since considerable track room Is needed to bring the train to a full stop, especially on a level or down grade." The block signal may be controlled from a station at the end of each track division. As the train enters the operator by pulling a lever throws his signal to the danger position, the lever being connected with the semaphore by heavy wire passing over pulleys at the j curves. It Is usual to supplement th manual block system by the ue cf telegraph or telephone Where traffic is heavy the automatic block system has found much favor. Where this Is used the train service is literally controlled by the passage of the trains. For example, when one train enters a block it sets the signal behind it at danger, and the one In the rear of this at cautionary, lowering PERPLEXING Anxious Fathei New York Press. -""Well, son ENTERTAINED THE KING. Ambaaaador and Mr. Reld Had That DUtlnKulthfd Honor. Mrs. Whlteläw Held, wife of our ambassador to the court of St. James, Is without doubt one of the most charming as well as one of the most successful hostesses In ail London. The social life at'the embassy . is noted for its splendor and perfection In every detail. Recently the ambassador and his gracious wife entertained the King and of course this was one of the greatest social events of the London season. There was a reception followed by a muslcale, at which Mme. Emma Eames sang. To sing before the King Is an honor to MBS. W II I TELA W REID. which few people attain and on which was greatly appreciated by the gifted singer. Dorchester House, where the muslcale and reception was held, is by all odds the handsomest of the American mbassles In Europ?, and is the most sumptuous residence in Park lane, or Millionaires row, as It Is called. Bucklugham Palace, the London home of his Majesty himself, cannot compare with the embassy In several respects for beauty. It contains one of the best collections of paintings In all England, insured for $25,000,000. The grand marble staircase, said to have cost more than $150,000, and a superb library, containing many rare and curious first editions, are among the attractions of the mansion. It is the property of King Edward's rich equerry. Captain Holford. He Is a confirmed baclrelor and seldom occupies more than two of the many apartments his home numbers. After some difficulty he was Induced to rent the palace to the American ambassador for the sum of $27,000 a year, Just $9.500 more than that diplomat's official salary. It is built in the oixat Itallaa style and contabu i

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the semaphore arm to the safety position as It leaves the block. One of the automatic block systems most extensively employed is the Westinghouse electro-pneumatic. In this system the essential feature Is an electric current flowing through the track rails. When the circuit is closed, which Is the case when the section Is not occupied by wheels at any point, an electro magnet at the sigual holds the sigual In a "way clear" position. The entrance of a train shortcircuits the current, de-energizing the magnet and the signal by force of gravity assumes the danger position, thus warning the next train not to' enter the block. As the train passes out Of the block the magnets are again energized and the clear way is signaled. The power for moving the semaphore arm to the downward or all-clear position is compressed air, of about seventy pounds pressure per square Inch, acting through a cylinder fixed in an Iron box at the foot of the signal post. Pneumatic pressure Is conveyed from a compressor to the signals along the line for a distance of ten to twenty miles by means of underground pipes. An accidental failure of air pressure would simply reltuse the gnal arm and Its counter-weight wold bj gravity force It to the stop jotion. The rm Is held at all-clear by means of pressure, which overco:re3 its natural tendency to lie at a horizcntal or stop position. It is only within a few years that .the throe-position Kignal has found fa vor. With this arrangement it serves both as home or distant positive signal find also as a distant or cautionary. Placed horizontally, the semaphore Indicates stop; when hangmg at an angle of 45 degrees from the horizontal it indicates all cler for that section, but means also (th same as n distant signal) prepared to stop at next signal." QUESTION.

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bedrooms and boudoirs, 12 sitting rooms and 0 immense receptions rooms. The reception rooms, by the way, are so arranged that they can be easily, converted into one apartment, where fre quently more than 1,000 people are en tertained. At the rear of the house statues and fountains in sunken Italian gardens make a veritable fairyland Here also Is stabling aciommodatlon for eighteen horses. AN APOSTLE OF LABOR. Georse E. MeNtll, Worklnfirmen'a Champion In Xew England. George E. McNeill, who died In Boston, recently, was the foremost labor leader in New England and one of the most distinguished men connected with was born seventy, years ago aud in early t fe become identified with the' Sons of Temper ft V ance. Before at- jA taming ,n:s majori ty he had sachleved a reputation as a writer on temper- CE0EGE m'seiu. ane, religious questions and politics. He assisted In the organization of the Workingman's Institute, was president of the Eight-IIciir League and secretary of the Sovereigns of Industry. He was one of the organizers of the American Federation of Labor. For a time he was prominent in the Knights of Labor and represented that body before Congress. He ran for Mayor of Boston on a labor ticket and was defeated. Mr. McNeill did not confine himself to the irksome task of poring over labor statistics, economics and kindred dry subjects, but read wide the eminent English authors and wrote thoughtful poems. His works, "The Labor Movement," "The Problems ot To-day," and "Unfrequented Paths," have been widely read by people Interested in this vital subject of capital and labor. Mr. McNeill achieved much distinction in the street car strike of 1SS5, when he acted as arbitrator. In 1901 he was tendered a reception and ban quet by the Twentieth Century Club when tunny prominent persons said mat.y kind words of the aiwstie of la bor.' He always made a proud boasl of the fact that he carried a card of c labor organization. A Venomous Snake. Tho only sure way to tell a venomous snake Is to kill the reptile, open its mouth with a stick and look for the hollow, curved fangs. When not In use they are compressed against the roof of the mouth, beneath the reptile's eyes. They are hinged, as ycu can see If you pull them forward with a pencil. Tho venom is contained in a sack hidden beneath tne skin at the base of each fang. Field and Stream. Theri is at least one thin? tn ho sw I f - -fia :r-M I f t? iYia man Th

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SOLDIERS' STORIES.

ErVTERTAlNING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Graphic Account of Stirring. Scene Witnessed on the Battlefield and in Camp Veteran of the Rebellion Recite Experiences of Thrilling Nature. "Forty years," , said the Captain, "have brought about great changes in the observance of Decoration or Me morial day. I can remember the firsts decoration of the graves of Union soldiers in our old home neighborhood In 18Gd. This was purely a local affair. It was suggested by no one in authority, and there were no rules laid down for the ceremonies. The men and women of the township met with baskets of flowers and they covered the graves of Union soldiers with blossoms from the woods and from the home gardens. "The celebration was not what the originators supposed It would be. The scenes In the little cemeteries or about the isolated graves were heart-rending. There was tbe bitterest of grieving. There were unexpected meetings of mothers who had lost sons at Andersonville; meetings of women who had worn black for five years for sons killed at Bull Run with women who had worn black only since the last year of the war, and there was so much excitement, people became so wrought up, that the committee In charge seriously considered the propriety of not having another Decoration Day. "But when the Grant Ariny took up the matter in 1SCS, when the day became nationalized, as , It were, and there were memorial observances throughout all the Northern States, the spirit of the movement changed somewhat. The old soldiers came to the front as organizers and , directors, and there was more dignity, less grieving, and less bitterness, but even on Decoration Day, 1SC8, I can remember well there were scores of scenes that gave the cemetery at Columbus, Ohio, the aspect of a general funeral. There was then no glorifying of the living soldiers, but grieving, honest, bitter grieving, for those who had lost their lives In the service. The change from this Idea of Memorial Day came slowly, and it was not entirely displaced la Chicago until after 1874. "The change came, however, and we gravitated year by year toward the broader significance. The little girls and the young women , who scattered tbe flowers came gradually, on their own instinct, to take a reverential attitude toward the living soldiers. So It came about that the memorial exercises took tone from the presence of men who had been in battle honoring the men who 'aad fallen In battle. Pride succeeded bitterness, and charity took the place of hatred. After all. however, the approachment of Unionists and Confederates could ' net be fcrced. "Men on both sides were sensitive and regarded any. coming toward them of their old enemies with suspicion. I remember one case in particular in the early '80s. The ex-Confederates . of Chicago had decided that year to dec orate the graves of their comrades at Oakwoods. They went there, a small hand, a score or more, as against the thousands of men iu blue honoring the men who wore the blue. Among them was James B. Cable, who had served wth his brother, George W. Cable, in a Confederate cavalry regiment, lie desc?Iled to me afterward the loneliness of that little band of devoted Confederate soldiers standing alone in what was to them a stranger's land, inviting no sympathy, armed against any Intrusion, determined to do their own honoring of their dead in their own way. "After the ex-Confederates had said their last word and had sung their last song and stood uncovered with bowed heads, waiting for seme one to dismiss them, they heard the steady, regular step of trained soldiers coming toward them. They heard the muilled tap of a drum. Raising their head they looked with Indiguant eyes at a moving column of veteraus in blue coming toward them, flags flying, band ready to play. At that moment.it seemed to them unwarranted Intrusion upon what to them was holy ground, but they waited. "The soldiers of the Grand Army came forward, marching la column of fours, as they had marched in war, moving steadily toward the little group of Confederates in civilian d?oss. Had they said one 'word they would have broken the spell, but, seeming to realize how the ex-Confederates felt, they halted one moment, saluted, and one man, stepping forward, dropped a cross of. flowers on a Confederate grave. Then, without one word spoken, without tender of sympathy, the column moved on. "Mr, Cable and others said that was the most touching manifestation of soldierly appreciation and respect that they had ever seen. It touched them deeply. Three of them told the story to me with tears in their eyes. The incident made a common ground for meeting. After that the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray came together, making no explanations, asking no favors, but expressing a soldier's respect for soldiers. That was the beginning, and out of it came other observances which made it possible for XTnionist aud Confederate to meet in the same cemetery and pay honor to the same dead. "It was not many years after that that the funeral procession in honor of Grant moved through the streets of Chicago. Greatly to the surprise of most of the observer, . at a certain point a little company of men in gray wheeled into line as part of the escort of honor. They opened the flood gates, and since then Unionists and Confederates have met almost In the spirit of comradeship on the great battle fields of tiie war." Chicago Inter Ocean. llovr a Battery Captured Supplies. We knew, tells a correspondent ot the Cleveland Leader, It would be night before the slow-paced caggage wagons reached Bowling Green, and ierhap morning before we could find them. The thought made the soldiers Kivendus. Clearly something must be done to procure rations for supper. Far off lown the road in front we could see a negro driving an ox team, making his way home, probably scared Into an ague fit by the sudden appearance of the Yankees. It was the first time, the reader must remember, that the Federal troops had penetrated the South, and the Ignorant people regarded them with comical terror. The negro was making what haste he could to avoid being overtaken. At this moment a wheel ran off the leading gun carriage and the first detachment haultcd, T Ins to one ;idt tn nnlil th iua In a inlaid

replaced, but by this time the battery had thundered by the ox team, leaving the negro, half paralyzed with fear, sitting in his wagon by the roadside.

A hurried consultation in the detachment resulted In the sergeant giving it one minute to convert the oxen into beef. We approached the team on a run, halted, an.l, while the negro still sat on the wagon, with staring eyes, shivering with fright, twenty men fell to the work of slaughter. They worked like wild men for fear of losing their rations. In a minute or two It was ail over, eight quarters of beet adorned the caisson chests, the detachment clattered on the run to overtake the battery, and the negro still sat on Lis wagon, gazing alternately at the hides, heads and debris Incumbering the yoke and wagon tongue,- and the flying artil lery disappearing down tbe road. Guerillas Rounded t'p. A lively cavalry raid In the vicinity of Bolivar, Tenn., in the winter of 1SG3, Is described In a communication to the National Tribune from Comrade W. F. Mosler, Company G, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, dated Alvord, Tenn. lie says Colonel Feeling Ilurse was commanding his regiment at the time, and it was in camp near Bolivar. Guerrilla bands made frequent incursions in that vicinity, and one night,the post known as , "mill post" was find upon and captured. The men comprising the post were turned loose, but the rebs kept all the guns and equipments. These descents were of such frequent occurrence that Colonel Hurse determined to put a stop to them, and although It was raining, he mustered EY THIS TIME I HAD SPKtKQ TO TilK CSOUND." about 300 of his'men and pursued the rebels..; On the second day the Colonel and twelve of his men who were in advance of the column came to a house on the right of the road. This was near a town known as Saulsbury. "The Colonel rode toward the house, and beckoned to the boys lb come aheatl. As we passed in fror; of the hous? the rebs began to run out, and we fired into them. In turning the corner of the house and going down a little hill my horse s tumbled and fell. Part of the column passed over me and went to the right Into the woods. I sprang up. end hearing firing on top of the hill, I seized a fine horse tied close by which -belonged to the rebels, and, mounting the animal, rode to tbe top of the hill. Coming near to where the firing was, I found Colonel Hurse alone and two rebels on foot firing at him. I was within alout forty rards 0f him when his horse reared end he went backward on the animal's withers. He quickly arose and drew another pistol. "By this time I had sprung to the ground from my hor, and was trying to shoot one of the rebs. But one of them ran away and Colonel Hurse was taking aim at the other, and had clipped a wisp of hair from the loft side of his head, when he surrendered. Upon examining the Colonel's pistol It was found that one of the bullets fired by t!ie rebels had hit It in the center of the muzzle, thereby disabling it. The Colonel asked 'the reb why he did not Khoot some more before surrendering. The reb replied because he knew if he had continued to shoot the Colonel would have killed him. We captured SS of the gang. They said they belonged to Old Saul Street. We got as the spoils of war 27 carbines that they had captured from'o'jr picket posts at different times." ' vColonel Shaiv'a Slater. The dedication of the. Shaw monument at Boston has recalled an anecdote published' many years ago cbct Mrs. MInturn, one of Colonelfhaw's sisters. In the days Just",i. V the war she .was r? Iug in a. street car, and aniouq' :r..rs there happened to-be' a richly dressed woman whose bearing was marked by a somewhat trying air of self-appreciation. The car stopped for another pasrenger, who proved to b? a colored woman, clad In calico aud bumble respectability. The only vacant scat was: tne next to the impressive personage In silk, and this, after a moment's hesitation, the newcomer took. The fashionably dressed woman edged away as far' as she could, with open looks of contempt and disgust Presently a passenger seated by Mrs. MInturn left the car. The fashionably dressed woman rose with an air, swept her skirts awgr from the colored woman, crossed th's aisle, and sat down by Mrs. Minturn. Immediately Mrs. Minturn arose, with an exactly similar air, swept her own skirts aside, crossed the aisle, and sat down by the colored woman. Thus was the affront to the latter .ivenged in a manner at once effective and delightfully feminine, quite worthy of a sister of the man under whose leadership negroes had so well demonstrated their right to respect New York Times. G. A. II. Membership Grows. Notwithstanding the great number of veterans of the Civil War who have passed away during the last year, the records of the Grand Army of tbe liepublic show an actual Increase in membership, according to James Tanner, commander in chief. "There Is a marked Increase In the attendance at the encampments of the order this year," said Corporal Tanner, "and more enthusiasm than last year. There Is an actual increase In tbe membership of the organization. At present something less than half of the total number of veterans of the Civil War now living 'belong to tfce G. A. R. There are, as near as can be estimated, about 700,000 veterans of the Civil War ;.Ivlng. Of this number about 235,000 belong to the G. A. It The death roll for the entire number cf veterans Is approximately 5,000 a month, so that the fact of an increoa in the membership of the G. A. U. Is somewhat remarkable. - Chicago Chronicle, It was Lincoln's cheerful" " pense of humor thatstand nn.liv thCivil J"'

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This dei;v dainty n;u-!i! much, or, if a) with her needli finer materials hand, which is,) sive. Itows of the tucked r-Ievs der and meeting and back, jive it The sleeves are sho. Just below the elbow. straight cuffs of Insr blouse portion is qui waist Is fastened In t kerchief lir.cn 13 z cool tor warm weather ( S' ViJll ' 'f . ; c , i : i : criABMiNG LiNctUiE CLcrrc dors beautifully and white waists are on the whole, the most satisfactory, unless one wishes to carry i:t the tone t the skirt in a silk ur ciiiCfoii bl n: The pattern, No. 11"'.. is cut In..Mi from 02 to 40 inches bust r.; us uro. For the medinia size y;jrds of material 2T inches wide will ! re .juire !, with 7 yard of l:wrti..n. The pat'nr:i may le obtained, p:.:iuid. by sending 10 cents, the number .r.id size de-ire.L and the name and u.l hvss. to this paper. In ordering u-e this cjuon : No. ii:o. SIZE NAME ipuitnss Pattern I.'o. 1153. The plaited front g rv l a feature of many of tli? new m-de!s. an! U verj graceful and pretty. This one is a ;urticuiarly well-balance .1 de-Ign. haviug the same c.Teet at th- bach as at the front. It is cat with sfven gre. from which it is quite safe ti infer a well hanging skirt. A dainty shuJ-i of s ft green cashmere Is v. -el in thi klrt, with three rows of wide !!; braid across the side gores. For a shirt r general wear, dark blue rauhair. trii.imed with black or blv.o silk braid, will be verj' serviceable aqJ very efTeetiv. Such shirts are indiiAr.sa!h for wearing with shirt waists -in.l oth:T separate blouses daring the warm weather when Jackets fire di-earded. fr wash skirts are a gwd deal, of trouble ti keep freshly Hunde rvd fur everyday :DV7 WALKING SKI2T. wear. Thee skirts iuiy Ih made ci any light weight woolen material cashmere, serge, or cheviot is always good. The pattern. No. 1-1ÖS, is cut in sizes from 2- to 2 inches Avaist meaura For the medium size -Pj yards of material 44 inches will be retired. . It there Is no up and dawn. yar' j ll goods must be cut c:ie way only. Ths pattern may be obtained, pa tp iii, Ly ending 10 cents, the numier and sizfl desired, and tho name and address tc this paper. Use this coupon in ordering: No. 1453. SIZE NAME ADDRESS . Items of Interest. For 300 years the Chinese have mads waterproof paper. The packhorses "of Nagasaki, Japan, wear shoes of straw. In Paris there are over 1,000 professional fortune tellers. Kcvan girls over seven are all taught at home by tutors. The turbot lays 12.V.000 eggs a year 11,SW,800 more than the best hen. There are In use in the United States 1,400,000 miles of telegraph wire. If an earthworm Is cut In two each portion may become a perfect worm. The average Japanese soldier 'Is nt more than five feet fuur Inches higii. Censure Is" the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Swift. rtarmigans change their brownish gray plumage to pure white in winter. Nearly 10 per . cent of children icara to walk before they pre ton months c!X Tbe mileage of the railway f.vstrui of Mexico now aggregates 2i.07S r:;ih The smallest screws made are tcr the focrth jewel wheel of a watch. A thimble will hold' 100,000 of th?m. A London paper alleges th-t f' (eminent lost $ZX . '-' frauds In in. 11!"" war.

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