Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 July 1906 — Page 6

p OLITICAL üül WI i I 14lsJ Hecord of a Great Con ere a. Except In the first Congress of the rebellion days, that which met under Lincoln's call on July 4, 1SC1, no session of any Congress since that which opened at Washington's inauguration In 17S0 placed so many measures of Important constructive legislation on the statute book as did the session which ended recently. It established railway rate regulation under the Interstate commerce commission; provided for pure food and also for meat Inspection, both under rigid governmental surveillance; passed r iree alcohol act. under which the country will be benefited to the extent of tens of millions of dollars a year; decided on the type caual which is to be built at the isthj.m?, imd thus cleared the way for the beginning of the ' active' constructive work, .which is to start In a week or two; gave the finishing touches to the colution öf the Indian problem, which. In one phase and another, has bothered the country since Washington's days, and provided for two new States, which will transform the last of the territory of the contiguous part of the United States into self-overnlng communities. This roll call of the principal measures which were written Into the statutes between, the first Monday of Decom!er, 1j03. and the last Saturday of June. 1900. tells a great story of the earnestness and Intelligence of the President and the practical balance and sanity of Congress." President and Congress were enabled to make this Ijvpirlng record because Abe great bedy of the America a people incited them to their work. Contests between the President and one or the other or both branches of Congress occurred during the session. The House often found Itself arrayed against the Senate. Some of the members of the President's party, with the hope of humiliating hlrn and of discrediting a measure which he championed early and enthusiastically, placed it in charge of a Democrat who was peculiarly objectionable to the President and to the majority of his party. Uut all this strife, in Its changing phases and shifting groupings, was quickly ended, and most of the measures of vital concern to the country were transmuted Into laws. The Santo Domingo and the Algeclras treaties go over to next December, In the siiort session. The Philippine j f.riff bill was unacted on in the Senate and the shipping bill was not taken up In the House, these measures, In each case, having passed the other branch. Federal regulation of Insurance, which the President urged, anu for which a bill was Introduced in the Senate by Mr. Dryden, the head of a great Insurance company, was decided against In committee In each branch of Congress j The leading lawyers of Senate and House declared that supervision on the lines urged by th-a President, br Senator Dryden and by many, members of each branch, world be contrary to the constitution. That probably ends all ' attempts to regulate insurance by federal, law and relegates the whole question to the States, several of which, inchn'.ing New York, have already enacted laws to deal with sowe of the r.buies in the insurance business which have, recently been developed- Probably the Santo Domingo and Algeclras treaties will be ratified, by the Senate In the coming session. Senator Lodge and other friends of Philippine tariff reduction believe that their chamber will pass the House bill next winter. Some of the shipping bill's advocates ay that measure is sure to receive the sanction of the House in the coming session. Uut, while regretting the failure cf some of these measures, the country recognizes that Congress did a work notably great In Its extent and its value. In many measures Issues not previously touched upon by Congress were dealt with. New paths had to be blazed In se-ral directions. Gordian knots, which were found to be too complicated to be untied, were cut. Some of the work which was done is, In some degree, experimental. New departures had to be made, and It Is possible that in one or two Instances, steps may have to be retraced or starts made In a little different direction. This Is a possibility wh'ch always presents Itself when new paths are marked out. But for any new contingency which nay present Itself the country will be prepared. The poise and the sanity which have written themselves into the work of the past few months will be able to undo,. to extend or to modify any part of It if experience steps in to dictate a change. In the annals of the country's development In the opening years of the century, the work of the first session of the Fiftpfclnth Congress will hoid a conspicuous place. St Louis O lobe-Democrat The X(?w State of Oklahoma. No sooner had Congress passed the enabling act, admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory to the Union as one State, than poets began singing songs of the new member of the Sisterhood of States. But while the warblings of the poets f re more or less Interesting, Oklahoma can point to something In the way of facts and figures to show that bhe Is entitled to Cncle Sam's blessing. . It has been only seventeen years since Oklahoma Territory was opened for settlement, bu.: to-day its iopulatlon numbers 700,000 or more. The combine;! population of Oklahoma and Indian Territory is estimated at 1,350,LOO, greater than that of Arkansas, Nebraska, South Carolina or Maryland. The census of 1000 give Indian Territory's population as composed of 302,GS0 whites, 52,500 Indians, and 20,3.! negroes. The new State will have an area of 70,130 square miles. It will be larger than Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa or Wisconsin. Oklahoma is figuring ou a 30,000,000 bushel wheat crop this year, which Is now being harvested. It Is also rich In mineral deposits. From the coal beds of Indian Territory more than 2,000,000 bushels were mined last year, and it also has natural gas and oil deposits. The new State will be rich In salt, granite, asphalt, gypsum, lead and zinc To transport the products of the State there are railroads with a mtln trackage of 5,000 miles. The State's taxable property 13 valued at $S00,000,D00, while the Indians own many thousands of acres of land that are at present exempt from taxation. The new State will send two Senators and five members of the House of Uepresentatives to Congress. It Is believed that three of the five members ef tta House will be Republicans, and

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8 OMMEAIT I I J1 'I1 'l1 ! 1 - i"l It 'I 1 I 111 HK t I 1 I l i 1 HU it Is possible that the two Senators will be of the same political cruplexlon. All things taken into consideration, this new member of the Union seems destined to become a great State, Toledo Blade. How to Heat Urjan In lOOS. Evidence comes from all over the country, in the action of conventions, the utterances of local leaders, and the manifest drift of the body of the party, that 'Mr. Bryan Is still the one uational leader of the Democracy. There is little doubt that In IOCS Mr. Bryan will still lead the Democracy, probably as its candidate. Therefore the practical problem for the Republican party is likely to be "How to beat Bryan." Evidently re cannot be beaten by trying to be more radical thin he Is. None is more expert than he to triii) his sails to all the new winds of doctrine. Evidently he cannot be beaten by being just as radical. He would still le "the original Jacobs," and no public personality of the day Is more winning than his. Evidently he cannot be beaten bj merely going half way with hlm. Recent experiments on that line have strengthened him and weakened Republicanism. Furthermore, such a iolIcy would not conciliate those vho wish to go all the way with him and would alienate those who will not go with him at all. What, then, remains for the Republican party to do? Simply to stand fast In Its historic position to refuse to be stampeded into either radicalism or reaction to stand fast for the Interests of all the American people, and especially for the material welfare of the nation. , To some material prosperity may seem a base and sordid issue. Yet no great moral question, such as slavery In 1SU0, or national houor In 1S93, confronts us now. Furthermore, the safety and comfort of the ieople are, after all, the dally business of government and politics, and a nation must be prosperous before it can be anything else, Chicago Inter Ocean. " Democrats Wild for Brj-an. The Democrats of the country art preparing to go wild over William Jennings Bryan. Every leading Democrat In the country, excepting Grover Cleveland, is now for Bryan. Henry Watterson is In line, ex-Governor Fraud! of .Missouri, is the "original Bryan mau" at the present time. At the Indiana Democratic convention a Bryar picture was unveiled and the Democrats shouted themselves hoarse. Colonel Bryan will undoubtedly be the Democratic nominee in 190S. The Issue will be the 'tariff. Bryan was elected tc Congress, the first time, ou the tariff Issue. His first fame came as the re sult of a great free-trade speech whlct be made Li Congress. He captured his associate Democrats and they- bore hiir In triumph out of. the House on theli shoulders. It Is believed that Bryar wlli not talk about the money question In 1008. but will attempt to charge the tariff with being responsible for all the trusts, combines and monopolies then In existence. Bryan Is so smart that he will be able to make a wonderful campaign In favor of cuttlnr down the import duties for the purpose of introducing foreign competition. Possibly the year 19uS will see the breakup of the old parties. Possibly every tariff reform Republican In the Northwest may vote for Bryan as ngalDst th protectionist who will be named by the Republicans. It Is already evident that the Republican nominee In 11X)S must stand for protection" and the prosperity which protection has brought. If all the Republicans in Iowa who believe in reducing the tariff should Join witb the Bryan Democrats, Bryan would carry the State. Will they do it? Time alone will tell. Des Moines Capital. Ten Years A so Thanks to Providence and the pro tective tariff on wool, the New Mexican sheep growers are so far enjoying the best season ever had la the history of that Industry In the territory. Properly translated this means that they should be grateful to Providence and the Republican party of the nation. Lest they forget, the New Mexican desires to call to their minds that ten years ago ewes sold for from $1.23 to $1.75 per head; lambs from 75 cents to $1 per head, and wool at from 7 to ß cents per pound In sunny New Mexico, while during 1D05 and 100C, under Republican administration- and with favorable citural conditions, ewe? were sold and are selling at from $ to $5 each; lambs bru&ght and bring from $2.50 to $3 ior head, and wool ranged and ranges from 19 cents to 21 cents per pound, according to grade. In 1890 Grover Cleveland was President Albuquerque Citizen. , Farmer .re Ileneflrlarles. Among farmers one does not heat the demand for tariff revision- that was heard the last time there was an agitation for reduction -of tariff. That was In 1S00-1S92. The Farmers' Alliance at that time voiced the demand and politicians took up the cry for the puncse of riding into cilice on the crest of the popular wave. The result was that there was a change and the farmer got the worst of the deal. At this time the politicians lead the demand for revision. They must have an Issue and have to fan life Into the old revision Idea, thinking that, the farmers will tumble all over themselves foi the benefit of the politicians. But they don't enthuse very liard. Of course, a Democratic farmer enthuses, but he does It because of his party principles. Republican farmers recognize that they are the beneficiaries of the sound eco nomic system maintained by the Republican party. Slayton (Minn.) Gazette. A Condition of Unrevt. It Is true that there "is a wonderfui unrest all. over the country" everybody Is working and times are good, thank3 to the Republican tariff but It is scarcely accurate to say that this unrest "demands a complete return to old-fashioned Democracy." Never was a more Jocose thing said In earnestJersey City Journal More candy Is consumed In Philadelphia, New York and Chicago than la the whole of France. Fire and fword are but slow englues of destruction in comparison with the babbler. Steele,

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AWESOME SPLENDOR OF LOFTY PIKE'S PEAK. In Honor of the Famous 3Ioanta!n' Discoverer Colorado Will Erect a Monument IMuce Where torms and Sunshine 3Iect. Elaborate preparations are being made by the State of Colorado to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the dis covery or I'lKC s Peak. A monument will be erected to Gen. Zebuion M. Pike, who led the first military expedition ever sent out by cur government, and whose name the world famous elevation bears. Pike left Bellefontaine, a little village in the cen tike. suburbs of St. Louis, Tuesday, July lö, 1S0G. This had also been the starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Clark's remains lie burled ia the little cemetery beside the town. In Pike's party were Lieut. James B. Wilkinson, of the United States army, three non-commission-ed clficers, sixteen privates and fiftyone Indian seoutv and Dr. John II. Robinson, a volunteer surgeon, and A. F. Baronet Vasquez. an Interpreter. The Missouri River was followed to the mouth of the Osage, and the latter to the villages of the Indians of that name. Then, turning westward, the party proceeded overland through Kansas and along the valley of the Arkansas as far as the present site of the City of Tueblo, where Pike erected a ....... -r ' . " .. . 5 X . vJ'V'A.'. ', - . " - :

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stockade, and, leaving his men In camp, attempted to ascend the mountain which upholds his name, but he did not re.ich the summit The first 'men to reach the summit of the peak were Dr. Edwin James, Mr. Wilson and two other members cf MaJ. . Long's military exIKHlitlon to the Rocky Mountains cn the 12th and 14th of July, 1S20. The mountain was called James' Peak for many years. The Sfemorlnl. Tike's map shows that he climbed to an altitude of about 9,(XX) feet on what Is now known as Mount Cheyenne, and the people of Colorado Springs propose to mark the spot by a gigantic lowlder 12 feet high and approximately four feet square, a monument typical of the rugged character of the explorer and of tl:o ground he traveled. The bowlder was found near the spot where Pike and bis companions found shelter from the snowstorm, and It pleases the sentimental to Imagine that It Is not beyond the range cf probability that the brave pioneer actually ( saw and may have touched his own monument, erected by an admiring people 100 years after his terrible experience. -'jl; "t f? , j 'i, ' ..m v.: w,- i , ".' ) T--1 tli-LFWAY nousE, PIKES rzxK. This gigantic bowlder will be et upon a pedestal four feet high, and four bronze tablets with suitable Inscriptions will be riveted to its sides. It Is also proposed to erect a tablet of bronze four feet by seven feet In size at the very summit of the peak, the unveiling ceremonies being intrusted to the faculty of Colorado College. At the feet of Pike's Peak now lie the twin cities of Colorado Springs and Manltou. Here the tourist pauses in a spell of mighty wouderment before the amazing prodigies of a riotously eccen tric nature, which manifests Itself 5 dashing cascades, lofty mountain pruesoine formations, monolithic spires and magnetic springs. Here are acres of tumultuous stone, grand and chaotic. Rising like a giant specter above Its lesser brothers and dipping its hoary bead Into the baldric of the heavens1 itands Tike's Teak, the grand old sen Unel of the ages, crowned with snow and Its sides gashed with tumbling cataracts. So lofty Is it that the stars can almost whisper to It and the clouds leem to rest upon Its peak. The peak Is 14,174 feet above sea level. The Ascent. In 1832 a rough foot trail was esta' ILshed to the summit, and twenty year, later this was enlarged to accommodate vehicles. In 1884 the building of a railroad was undertaken, but was abandoned because of lack of capital, and four years later another project of the tame kind was set on foot the cogwheel system of mountain climbing being adopted. As the higher altitudes rrere reached the air became so rare that labor waa extremely difficult and the strongest men were able to exert themselves only a little at a time. In place of wagons, burros were employed to carry on their sturdy backs all the needful material of ties, rails, spikes and tools. In 1890 the last spike was driven, and thereafter special locomotives and cars carried the passengers up the summit The road Is nine and one-quarter miles long, and at some points the grade is 25 per cent The coaches run over great bowlders, under overhanging brows of threatening tones, over dashing waterfalls, through forests of silver pines and dwarf aspens, and Into the very clouds themselves. It Is a fascinating ride, two hours In length, full of seeming danger, but freer friia accidents than the railroad lines down ou the plains. Once

STANFORD WHITE AND "JIM" FISKE DECLAEED TO LOOK LIKE TWIN BROTHERS.

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There is a startling facial resemblance between James" Fisk, shot to death thirty-four years ago by Ed Stoke?, and Stanford White, killed by, Harry Thaw because of attentions paid Thaw's wife. They appear to Ik? of exactly the same type, and but for a slight ditterence in their mustaches the picture of one might be mistakes for the other. Fisk had a heavy face, low forehead and double chin. So had White. Both had heavy Jowls, the same lips, the same hair and the same eye?. Their heads were shaped the same. Their noses and ears were much alike. In short the resemblance Is that of twin brothers.

the top Is 'reached. 'the tourist beholds a wonderful view. West south and north Is a mighty army of mountains, in companies and battalions, bold, rugged and majestic, always standing in review before the Captain of Worlds who seems to have halted his regiment for inspection before an impending battle. Away to the ea?t spread the fadirg prairies, losing themselves In the horizon. Down below lie the cities, and the superbly beautiful Garden of the Gods Is ever an object of delight. There aro times when a snow storm rages on jV,. . v'- -' ,' the peak and summer sunshine bathes the plains ; there are awesome occasions when, standing under an arch of clear sky, the summer visitor may see rolling clouds gathering Into scrolls of darkness and livid lightning running through the storm that is breaking in torrential rain away down the mountain side.- Winter and summer, storm and sunshine have their eternal trystlug place on the breast of this giant peak, In whose bosom nestles one cf the fairest of mountain lakes. ' Colorado Springs enjoys over 300 clear days annually and 220 that are absolutely cloudless. This community has attracted the attention and admiration of the traveler, the home-seeker, and the Invalid. Its Inhabitants are essentially cosmopolitan, for they come from the cultured classes of the United States and Europe. Nature, at Colorado Springs, has been lavish with her choice possessions of pure air and mountain spring water, llfe-glvlng sunshine and diversified scenery of unsurpassed graduour. .Man has taken advantage cf these gl... by building in their midst t city whose reputation as a health and pleasure resort Is second to none In the world. Its beautiful homes, wide avenues, modern trolley system, cool , nights In summer, sunny days In winter, driven and trails, parks, porous soil, absence of mud and slush, make it a veritable Mecca. TWO ANIMALS ARE IN ONE. Half of a Cbaiueleun Mar He Wide Awake and the Other Asleep. To all appearances and according to the researches of those best capable of forming an opinion on the subject the nervous centers in one lateral half of the chameleon go on Independently of those on the other, and It has two , lateral centers of perception sensation and motion besides the common one In which must reside the faculty of concentration. Tho eyes move Independently of one another and convey separate impressions to their respective centers f petception. The consequence Is that when the animal 1 agitated its movements resemble those of two animals or rather perhaps two halve of animals glued together. Each half wishes t) go Its :i way and there Is no concordance action. The chameleon, therefore, Is the only four-legged vertebrate that Is unable to swim ; it becomes so frightened when dropped Into water that IL faculty of concentration Is lost and the creature tumbles about as If In a state of intoxication. When a chameleon is undisturbed every Impulse to motion Is referred to the proper tribunal aud the whole organism acts in accordance with Its decrees. Tho chameleon, moreover, may be fast asleep on one side and wide awake : the other. Cautiously approached m ','ht with a candle so as not to awake ,.ie whole animal at once, the eye turned toward the light will open, begin to move and the corresponding side to change color, whereas the other side will remain for a longer or shorter time in a torpid, motionless and unchanged state, with Its eye fast shut Scientific American. Making Sure of Illm. ' "I seem to remember that lady who Is she?" "She was my stenographer last year." "She's charming. Why did she leave you?" "She was too conscientious for me. One day I proposed marriage fo her and what do you think she did? She took all that I said down In shorthand and brought It, nicely typewritten, Tor me to sign." Fliegende Blaetter. Every Little DIt Helps. "To what do you attribute your wealth?" "To Industry, frugality and good associations," the great man replied. And then with the air of one wishing to toll the whole truth, he added : "The secret rebate also helped some.' Philadelphia Bulletin,

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-1 feff vaW ... AMERICAN CLOTH WINS. Cotton Goods from This Country , Sleet Chinese Need. The waking up of Manchuria h shown by the activity of Xew Chwang. the only open-door port, which In 1WI developed a commerce of $."3,000,000 Nearly half of this was foreign Import and of the latter, notwithstanding th( sharp competition of Japan, England and Germany and other countries. th( United States enjoyed fully one-half says the New York Tribune. Consul General Sammons declares that this trade, which Is largely In cotton goods was won by American products purelj on their merits. In his latest report tc the government he says: New Chwang being one of the pert of the world of much Importance tc manufacturers of American cotton goods, the question Is frequently asked by what methods such products first entered this market It Is said by pioneer foreigners that when EngHst manufacturers controlled tho trade thirty years or more ago a very cheap Manchester cotton cloth was foisted upon the market , It was flimsy of texture and stiffened with sizing to give it an attractive appearance. Some of this Mass of good.. It is said, was very much damaged In transit and was disappointing to cousumers because It would not wear or stand washing. The American cotton cloth, firm of texture, strong and durable, suited to the rough usage " o! innumerable millions of Mauchurlan farmers, capable ot keeping out the cold winds when wadded with cotton and used for cloth Ing during, the severe winter months, and excellent for sails on thousands ot river Junks in summer, quickly came into favor once It was properly Introduifd. The native (Chinese) cloth sells read Ily also, but the well-known hua-ch'-pu (pronounced something like "whnb-ehee-boo." and meaning "flowery flag cotton," or the cotton of the stars and stripes, sells on Its merits and will continue to do so If unhampered with restrictive Influences, boycotts., etc.. or until the native Is convinced that h can get grea;er value for his hard earned cash by purchasing elsewhere. American cotton cloth stands hard wear. There are other cotton cloth novelties that temporarily attract the eyes, but wheu put to the test of washing and wearing, the Yankee cotton goods are given the stjmp of popular approval all over Mancr.urla. Only the toughest cloth will withstand the severe strain to which the Immense sails of Llao riv. er Junks are put If these sails were designated by the flags of the countries where they were manufactured the stars and stripes would almost wholly predominate. ". Dot; In Bank Holdup. An Elgin cocker spaniel ran off wltt a check for $1,500, and engaged a half dozen men in a chase that exhausted their wind. As may be guessed. Buster Brown was 'the nam? of the dog. Buster had followed his master, Dr. Taylor, Into the bank. Another depositor came along, holding a scrap of paper by the corner. He flipped it at the dog, and Buster quickly called his bluff. Before the man could realize what had taken place, the dog had It In his teeth and was chasing up the street as If he was following a cat. The owner of the check, the owner ot the dog,' and one of the owners of the bank were all In Buster's wake at the same time, but It was only whn, Dr. Taylor succeeded In catching the eye cf his pet. and giving an admonishing signal, that the dog came back and surrendered his plunder. An Ants' Sewing Circle. F. Doflein, a German naturalist, lias .vcently seen In Ceylon a Fpecles of ant, the Oecophylla sman gdina," In the :ict of "sewing" two lei.vos together for the purpose of forming a nest Tals observation confirms the report of the English naturalist, Ridley, made In 1S90. Dofleln saw a row of the Insects pulling the edges of the leaves together; then otters trimmed and fitted tho edges, and finally a seam was m:ule by fastening the edges with a silky thread, yielded by larvae of the same species which the workers carried In their mandibles. He made a drawing Illustrating the method of working. I ' cording to Bldley, the sewing ants s the thread-giving larvae like sh-it-.j through holes in the edges of the leaves. - The World. They tell us in our chiMhooJ days Th world is round anc w, Witl youthful heeilles?u?ss, o:cept The doctrine easily. Wlun we are grown to rnan estate We are so overwrought With constant struggling we've no timt To give its shape a thought. At last when we approach the end And see how small a lo: Of stu?T we've gathered as compared With what some folks have got, What we were told comes bad: and we Are juite prepared to jweor Whatever other shape it has, It surely Isn't square. TV. J. Lampton in Judge. Able and Willing to Tell. WIgg Can your wife always teli when you've been drinking? Wagg She not only can but sht does. Philadelphia Record. Mabel Going to the theater again? But you've seen the piece. Maude Yes but not in my; new. dress. Judy,

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INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. The Veteran of the Rebellion Tell of Whistling Bullets, Bright Bayonets, Burting Bombs, Bloody Battles, Camp Fire, Festive Bnc, Etc., Etc Captain Beverly Tucker of Tennessee tells this story concerning General Grant says the New York Herald. About three weeks lefore the battles began around Chattanooga, Grant came there on crutches, having been severely injured by a runaway horse while in New Orleans. Paying no heed to his disability, Grant was on horseback every day, studying the topography of the field of the operations of the immediate future. One morning, accompanied by a staff retinue, the command '.ag officer traversed the country about Missionary Bidge, and shortly after the noon hour everybody, including the horses, became hungry. The whole place seemed deserted, but smoke was at last discovered coming from the chimney of an obscure hut. An orderly was sent there, who came back and reported that a white woman was there who would prepare a dluner If they would wait but that it would be a very ordi nary meal. The offer was at once accepted with thanks. While preparing and serving the plain dinner the little woman kept up a vigorous running fire of talk, showing that she was a Confederate, and that she fairly hissed with hatred of the "Yankees." The general and his subordinates maintained silence, except for a few very courteous rejoinders, and when the dinner was over the general addressed the woman of the house thus: . "Madam, we are under obligations to you for the dinner, and for your courtesy In preparing it for us. But, as it is very palpable that you are a Confederate, we must insist upon paying for what we have received. Here 13 a $50 bill In Confederate money and here is a $50 bill in the United States money; you shall have either one that you choose." Now, the Confederate money was scarcely worth the pajer on which it was printed, and the woman was very loor. General Grant and all the officers riveted their eyes uin the little woman, but she never flinched, nor paled, nor qualed. Shaking her gray hair haughtily, and holding up her head as proudly as any queen could have done, she said: "t hate the Yankees, and I hate their cause; and I bate their money, too. I can accept nothing but Confederate money, sir." "Please ' understand, madam," was the reply, "that I am General Grant the commander of all of these Yaukee forces. I was educated at West Point with j'our Confederate generals, Lee. Jackson, Johnston and all the rest, and I am, of course, a gentleman. Therefore, you will, understand that it Is with great courtesy and kindness that I place my hand uin j'our shoulder and commend you, as an American woman, for the courage of your convictions. You are as firm in your belief as our Revolutionary grandmothers were. You are right, as a matter of principle, in choosing the Confederate money; and now, as a lady to whom f we are under obligations for kindness shown, I reg of you to accept the United States bill also, as a token cf our respect and esteem." With the Confederate money In one hand, she accepted the United States money with the other hand, and then said : "In the same spirit, general, I must believe hereafter that the Yankees are also sincere' and brave, and I shall uever abuse them again under any circumstances." Tito of a Mind. In the sprlug of 1SG5, after Fort Fisher had been captured, I was detailed with four men to do scouting duty. We had stopped for dinner, when I thought to ride alone to the top of a mountain near and see If I could learn anything while the boys made the coffee. I was soon on the mountain, and before I knew it, In turning a point, was In the Immediate neighborhood of twenty North Carolina cavalry. It was too late to retreat, and so, doihng my hat, I put spurs to my horse and rushed In among them, exclaiming : "The Yanks are just upon us strong, and we must get out of this." Ihey questioned mo sharply about how I, claiming to be one of them, was weaving the Yankee blue. I told them that 1 was one of the Eleventh Texas Cavalry, and was employed as a spy, and was then on my way to Newbern. I jould see that this story was believed by all save a tall, shrewd, silent fellow who said nothing. I rode In tho ilrection of Newbern with them that afternoon, at night camping in a secluded spot, at no great distance from Coxe's picket line. After supper, for which I had a keen apietlte, I lay thinking how to escaiH?. When they had all got to sleep I began to crawl out of camp. I soon got upon my feet, and was making my way the best I could when I heard a musket click. , There stood the Johnny who did not Klieve me. I told hlm I had beeu out picking up what Information I could, and wanted to get back Into camp, but, having got bewildered, had lost my way, and wished he would show me. "Well, you are a slick one," he responded; "come on, I will show yoa into camp."I saw at once that he was taking the wrong way to go to his camp, butTollowed on. Pretty soon we came to bis outer picket, when he got down and I did the same. As soou as we were ast the plcKet and out of hearing I ald to him: "I am sure you are going the wrong way." k He then ' turned to me and said : 'See here, I have helped ybu through this line, now you help me through pours. I know you are playing off that you belong to the Union annj', aad I want to go there, too. I am sick of erring on the wrong side." In a little time we came to the Union pickets, when I got them to send us mder guard to General Coxe. I gave lim valuable Information, and then wught my regiment who were' glad to see-me after my sudden leavetaklng. My Confederate ally was paroled and allowed to go where he chose. Corporal M. B. In American Tribune. Long and Short. , One of the First Michigan was a .hört man. He used to say facetiously to the other boys, Tall men get down." One day on picket duty there was a warm exchange of compliments, when be was a little careless in "getting down." All at once he straightened up and

put his hand upon his stomach. A builet had been through his clothes, making sad navoc, cutting his blouse, veit, and making the buttons fly generally. The toys examined and found him unhurt, wheu they began to sing out, "Get down. Shorty," and he didn't hear the last of that for many a day. He wrote home that he was mad at the Johnaies for spoiling his clothes.

Lest We Forgret. Full 40 years have come and gone s'.nce the boys of 'Gl Came marching back, in their fade! blue, from the fields that they h3d won. Full 40 years have passed away, their ranks are sadly thin, But whitened locks nor feeble limbs can ; quench the fires within. And now they tr-e-11 how once they fought fiheir country's battles o'er ; Of charge made and victories wor on battlefields of yore; Of Gettysburg and Donelson you often hear them tell ; Of comrades dear who perished there in ' the rain of shot and shell. At Mission Pudge, at Seven Oaks, on Cbickamauga's plain. Death walked abroad, with awful mkn, Grim Reaper, through the grain. Right on the brave old heroes went, nor flinched when facing death. Their lines of blue closed up when thinned by the baleful cannon's breath. With Farragut at New Orleans and ; bloody Mobile Bay They . worked their guns, and courted deach, fighting their bloody way Past forts manned with the very best of Dixie's Cavaliers, ' And broke the yoko the slaves had vojn for many weary years. Shall we, their eons, forget the deeds of warriors gone before, ' When the same old Flag they fought to save is colored with their gore? Shall we forget, and calmly sit, while the grizzled vee'rans march Beneath the trees of this broad ;And, ' their own triumphal arch? v Shs.ll we forget the sainted dead who at their country's call V Gave up their lives in prison pens, 'and sleep beneath the pall Of. . Southern cypress, or beneath the snowy cotton field. In graves unmarked, still slumber on, at rest upon their shields? No! no! 1 say! we'll not forget the deeds of these our sires, Bat on our altars will renew our Nation's hallowed fires. . Our dear eld Flag, the Stars and Stripes, we'li proudly raise on high, . Our hearts "will throb with a patriot's zeal, our cheers wjll reach the sky. Our fathers' deed: will 5 be the pride of thousands yet unborn A thousand years will scarce efface tie glories that adorn The noble brows of tho? we love, Columbia's bravest sons. Who offered life, a sacrifice, 'mid the thunder of her guns t Let us, then, stand, their löyal sons, and lend a helping hand To tho) whs in the hour of need gavo succor to our land. Their mem'ries keep, ' their graves keep , green, the Flag that once they'bore In Southern lands shall be o-ir pride and care forever more. And when at last our race is run, and we cross the shining strand, Vj pray our sons may do the same, and keep our native land Free from the hand that would destroy what they fought hard to gain. And try as hard as they have tried our Nation to maintain. . ' A. F. Tomlinson, Junior Vice Coramander, Camp o0, S. V. Will Power v. Science. "Capt. John RIcker was oi of those dare-devil fellows in the war, and. he cared for nothing. One night after there bad been a fierce fight we found him stretched on the ground In aa unconscious condition, and the doctor said there was no chance to save him. So we covered his body over, and went on to look after the others. "After a while we got back to the captain again, and the doctor found that he was still living, but unconscious. The doctor assured us that there was no chance for his life, but, after a consultation, we decided that we ought to arouse him and let him know that he was .about to die and ask him If he wished any message sent to his family. He was accordingly rolled aborit on the ground and punched to a mild extent to bring him to his senses, "Pretty soon Iticker opened his eyes, and the doctor told him that there was nc- change of his living untl.l morning, and asked If there was anything he wished done. Iticker motioned to a wallet that was fastened In his clothing, and the doctor opened It. First, a sma'I photograph was held up, to see if it wsij that which was wanted, but RIcler shook his head and signaled to he dctor to keep on. Then three or four letters were pulled out, one by one, aad then another photograph, all of which were reeclved with looks of disgust from Iticker. "At last the doctor pulled out a dirty $10 bill, rolled up into a small ball, and this was held up to RIcker. A glance of approval shot across the face of RIcker, and he raised himself slightly on his elbow and beckoned to the doctor to get nearer, and then he vhispered hoarselv : I will bet you that, d- n you, that I live longer than you do.' "The truth Is that Richer got better, was made a major, attended the funeral of the doctor, and did not die until a few years ago." Lewlstoa Journal. Tradlns: in Coffee I wonder if any of the Illinois xeglment known as the "Feather Bed" ver think of how we used to extract what strength we could from the berry of the coffee by boiling it whole, then dry It and trade it to the Johnnies at sixty cents per pound. That was a bad thing to do. They used to say It went pretty good, on'y weaklsh. Do any of you boys remember picke duty at Fort Henry in 1SC2? PIcketir..; end foraging. Oh! the long, long nights of the picket guard. No way to tell the time but by the north star and the Pleiades, the long, long nights. Who like a picket guard can appreciate going to bed at proper hours, and.,sleeping undisturbed? To fully appreciate a long two hours, go ou guard and stand hi the stilly night In the face of an enemy. The largest loaves of bread baked in tho world are those of France and Italy. The "pipe" bread of Italy is baked in loaves two feet or three feet long; while In France the loaves are made In the shape of very long rolls, four feet or five feet in length, and, ia many cases, even six feet. By a secret method a London firm is able to make hollow lead soldiers. This greatly reduces the cost of - production, and the trade in those toys, which once belcnged almost exclusively to Germany, Is now rapidly increasing la England. The weight of the hollow soldier Is one-third of the solid. Beauty Is but dross if honesty b Isrt. From the Dutch,

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