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BUSTING THE TliüSTS.

WHAT ROOSEVELT AND PEOPLE HAVE DONE. THE Great Weapon Have Been Placed in the Kiecutlvf'.i Ifandn and He Can .Vow (irapple with the 2Iomopollntle TranaKrruori). Washington rorrossponileiH-e: Creator steps than are generally understood have been taken by the government in the direction of trustbusting, or trust regulation. Iu six months enormous strides have been taken in both houses. Large potentialities for the accomplishment of better things yet to come have been created and these things can be realized If the sentiment which has so steadfastly upheld the hands of the President in all he has understaken does not subside. The President and the public combined have forced from Congress legislation of the greatest importance and the enforcement of these laws for the general good is assured so long as there is, a continuance of the aroused public spirit that called them Into existence. The government has been placed upon a footing where It is possible to grapple with and subdue the most powHE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE -Indianajxilis Sim. erful and influential transgressors. It is In this work of preparation that the real achievements are shown. President Roosevelt began his fight against trusts when he Instituted proceedings against the Northern Securities Company soon after entering the White House. lie gained his point, but at the same time discovered th;M the government did not possess weapons with which to carry on an extended fight There were a few laws, but they were not adequate to reach the Jaw-defying corporations. The establishment of the bureaus of commerce helped some, but the President iereeived that only by drastic legislation camld the offenders against fhe law be brought to justice. It was to effect this end that he set himself to work, with the enthusiastic support of almost the entire American public. It is this end which it is believed ha.i been accomplished In the six months during which Congress has fougnt and struggled and endeavored to evade Its duty, until finally forced to give in and produce the legislation the public demanded and fre President had been fighting for. The President fought, not as an executive striving to force his own will upon the Legislature, but as a representative of public sentiment and to public sentiment Congress surrendered. lie forced the passage of the railroad rate bill, compelled the enactment of the meat inspection bill, demanded and obtained the anti-immunity law, the free alcohol bill, and compelled the passage of the pure food bill. Each one of these measures has a direct and Important bearing upon the great question of trust control, and the emancipation of the public from' the domination of corporation power. Next in importance to the railroad law, so far as Its effect upon the great problem of the commercial and Industrial life of the nation is concerned, is unquestionably the anti-Immunity law. Fron the interstate commerce and the bureau of corporation laws, the government obtained the right to Investigate railroads, and other corporations. But such investigations were rendered almost purposeless by paragraphs in the statutes, sustained by the courts, providing that Immunity from prosecution should be given all persons and corporations furnishing Information to the Investigating agencies. This nw law removes this defect In the former statutes, and provides that only persons who are forced to testify against themselves shall be entitled to Immunity. All other persons, whether corporation officers, partners or associates, who may be Incriminated by the testimony must bear the results, even if they go to the penitentiary in consequeice. It makes the punishment of trust officers possible, no matter from whom the investigators obtain their Information. These iaws, taken all together, constitute a system of legislation the prin"iple of which is so vital to the best interests of the American people that in effect they are revolutionary. The principle is that all eonoratloris serving the public and drawing their support from the public are answerable to toe public for the service rendered, and must give the public full value for what it pays. It places the publics rights nlove those of Individuals and corporations, and obliterates at one sweep the. heretofore accepted dogma of the corporations that the public must accept whatever It can get. Viewed from any standpoint, this step toward the complete establishment In law of the rights of the public as dominant over all other rights and considerations Is an achievement the magnitude of which It Is not easy to appreciate. Would Wealten Confidence. Thus far there Is nothing in evidence to prove that changes in the tariff are necessary or advisable. Business at home could hardly be better than It Is, and our foreign trade shows large ex-

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pansion. Undertaken novr, even by protectionists, tariff changes would serve merely to create alarm and weaken confidence. That it might benefit a few is possible; that it would do serious injury to the interests of the many Is certain. The trend of sentiment In Iowa is an encouraging sign that the majority of the American people will prove themselves "sane and safe" when they vote for representatives next fall, and again when, twj years thereafter, they cast their votes for presidential electors. Albany Evening Journal.

Soldiers' Home Not Poorhoue. When the country is in danger, and the drumbeat is heard calling American volunteers to rally to Its defense, no voice has ever been lifted to tell the stalwart manhood offering their lives to vindicate the national authority and honor, that a part of their reward, should they live to be old and helpless, would be disfranchisement. It Is the idea of citizenship, emblemized by the flag, that has inspired and thrilled the citizen soldiers who mainly fought all the wars of the United States to a successful issue. Their full rights of citizenship are peculiarly precious to old soldiers, who have shown a willingness to suffer the greatest hardships, and to die, that these rights, pn which th? nation is based, may be preserved for themselves and others. No decision of the Supreme Court of THE SAME OLD BILL. Missouri has ever given greater satisfaction to its patriotic Inhabitants than that reversing the act of Circuit Judge Evans, who is also chairman of the Democratic State Committee, in deciding that the inmates of the State home for Federal soldiers were not entitled to vote, because, in Judge Evans opinion, they were on the same footing as mendicants in the poorlwises. The decision of Judge Lamm tf the State Su preme Court reversing the decision of Evans is a most timelj and welcome State document, and expressed In terms worthy of an Americas patriot, as well as of a Jurist who can see the differ ence between a beggar In an almshouse and a soldier In a house- gratefully pro vided for him by State or nation. The humiliation placed upon the American volunteer and on American citizenship by Judge Evans, chairman of the Dem ocratic State Committee, has been Ju dicially redressed within the State's own boundaries, and this Is one of the best things that ever happened for Missouri's reputation. St Louis GlobeDemocrat. Bryan In a evr Hole. Mr. Bryan says that Instead of being more conservative that he was In 1900, he Is more radical and has nothing to withdraw on economical questions. Af ter this very frank declaration. Colonel Waterson, Vilas and the other sound money Democrats who fell i?ll mell over one another to endorse Mr. Bryan as soon as soine of the Western States had start ed a boom for him, should be privileged to amend their endorse ment. For the situation resolves Itself into this: that whereas Mr. Bryan In 18! and 1900 stood squarely on a platform of his own building and his own believing, he is now committing himself to the policy of standing on one platform while believing In another. Ills ambl tion to fonxnue President has overcome his pride In being honest with the peo p!e, and It has been our understanding from the day when Bryan was nom lnated la the Chicago convention that his greatest asset was his fearless sup port of the principles In which he be lieved, without regard to personal con sequence.?. Now he purposes abandon ing a caase which he still maintains to be a Jest cause, for the sole reason that It ts a losing cause. If Mr. Bryan's recent declarations are susceptible of analysis, they seem to tis to mean that he will seek the presidency as a politician and not as a statesman. Toledo Blade. Worth Reading. The worst use that can be made of success Is to boast of It Arthur Helps, Let us do well until our neighbors nee our characters rather than our faces; and then, though lorn without beauty, we shall die handsome. II, Ward Beecher. Character is moral order seen through the medium of an Individual nature. Men of character are the con science of the society to which they be long. Emerson. The Regent Morton of Scotland, who Invented the maiden, a sort of gulllo tin, was the first to be leheaded therebv. This was in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The duty which no one can disclaim, the test which no one may evade, and the prize which no one will despise are rli included in the homely word of use fulness. Bishop Thorold. Count Leo Tolstoy says of the new international auxiliary language: "The study of Esperanto, then, and Its dif fusion, is assuredly a Christian labor; which hastens the corning of the king dom of God, the main I should say, the only aim of n jrian life." There i3 a plant in Jamaica called the life plant because It Is almost Im possible to kill it, or any portion of It When a leaf is cut off and hung up by a string, It sends out white, thread-like roots, gathers moisture from the air and begins to grow new leavei

Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjecte

MURDEROUS IMPULSE DANCEROUS TO SOCIETY.

LFONSO. King of Spain, said, when

y I congratulated on his escape, "Yes, but It will I come again." The risk is always there. And

IUI? UvJj UBS IfitllJ II l llf U1UIC lJ UU V.11U actual government of Spain than the device on his coach. He Is sentenced to death through no fault of his own. whether of

commission or omission. Even his most virulent enemy admits that he is of great personal amiability, anxious to do everything In his power for the people nominally his subjects. When President Garfield was assassinated General Grant exclaimed. "For my part. I am in favor of having the civilized nations put down these assassins with a hard hand." It was the natural expression of a blunt and simple nature, and we hear It echoed every time there Is an anarchistic outrage. Andrew D. White would have an International bureau of police to run down bombthrowers. But, anarchism being In defiance of all reason. It Is Impossible to cure or crush it by reasonable methods. It is an error to assume that these assassins strike for principle's sake. Their murderous Impulse springs from weakness, not strength of mind. The assassin loves a shining mark, and it is equally true that he loves a shining moment. In the case of the anarchists, theatrlcalism is carried to the point of a disease. No anarchist kills, or se ?ks to kill, without careful regard for the dramatic and theatrical value of the background. It does no good to prove to them that they are stupid as well as Inhuman; that organized government must go on; and that, as President Roosevelt said In his first message, men will always be found to step forward and take the place of the murdered rulers. Anarchists care nothing for that or any other argument, since their chief aim Is to create terror and produce an immense sensation. St. Louis Chronicle.

THE OLD HONESTY AND iT is the fashion nowadays

eral want of moral principle and to lament lugubriously the decline of old-fashioned honesty? But, really, how about this oldfashioned honesty? It Is always easy to see a saint In a dead relative, just as It Is easy to see a statecman In a dead politician.

Grandfathers' virtues, like grandfathers' clocks, may be a badge of respectability, but in our own day they are not always in good running order. Our forefathers were not better than we are indoed, to judge from the criticism of their contemporaries, they were a good deal worse. The world In which old-fashioned honesty lived was singularly uncomplicated. J:nith knew Jones and Jones knew Smith, and If the one did not cheat the "other there was every chance that each would die In the odor of respectability. Individualism set the limits to oldfashioned honesty. We need this Individualistic honesty to-day, and we have It. But we need to-day a very much bigger sort of honesty an honesty which sees that our obligations are set not alone by our relations with each other, but also by our relations with municipalities and States, with a nation and a world. Such honesty is not any too common, but It Is growing. Men have gone down to their mausoleums labeled honest millionaires who were directors In corporations whose methods would bring blushes to the cheek of a confidence man. According to the standard of old-fashioned honesty there was nothing to be said against these honest millionaires. But from the point of view of the new honesty they wire thieves though they robbed legally. One does not need to be an academic optimist to see

I A HEARTY WELCOME. One of the earliest acts of Abraham Lincoln as President was to appoint Dr. William Jayne as first governor 3f Dakota Territory. It rested with the governor to determine what point in the territory should bo the temporary capital until such time as the leg islature should select a permanent seat af government? therefore there was a great rivalry among the little towns In Dakota to secure the favor of the new governor. In connection with this rivalry the author of "A Brief history af South Dakota gives this story: It was reiorted that Governor Jayne was driving out from Sioux City to look over the Dakota towns before he determined upon the temporary seat of government, and the enterprising town of Vermilion energetically prepared a great banquet In his honor. Presently a carriage containing two well-dressed gentlemen was seen approaching the village from the east, and a committee of citizens went out to meet it and welcome the new governor. The two men were Invited to accompany the committee forthwith to the banquet hall. There they partook of a fine dinner, and several hours were spent In speechmaklng. , The guest of honor thanked the people sincerely for their courtesy, spoke ot his good Impressions of the country, and declarei his Intention to settle among them. This declaration was greeted with hearty cheers, but at that moment three or four carriages drove through the village, stopping only for a moment, and then driving on toward Yankton. Some one brought word Into the banquet hall that Governor Jayne and his party had gone through to Yankton without giving Vermilion an opportunity to do him honor. Then the chairman turned to the guest at the banquet and asked him Lis name. He said it was G. B. Bigelow, and he was much surprised to know he had been mistaken for the new governor of the territory, supposing that he had met the usual hearty welcome which the new towns of the West held out to Intending settlers. Sorely as were the people of Vermilion dl appointed, their sense of humor was too great to permit them to mourn long over the laughable mistake. "Governor" Bigelow lived with them for many years, and in the fullness of a ripe old age died among them, respected by every one; but Yankton became the temiorary and the permanent capital of Dakota Territory. Soctetr Scarlet Denth. The following remarkable description of the rites of the "Society of the Scarlet Death" is quoted from the Ural by Laffan's St. Petersburg correspondent, who states that the votaries of the strange society are located near the Savodsk iake, and that the exposure has been made In consequence of the disappearance of one of the cltlzecr, gays the London Mail: "The Scarlet Death Is surrounded with much 'circumstance:' In the house designed for the sacrifice there Is a room In which there is neither window nor fireplace. It Is a grave without a tenant The room is lined with scarlet material, but one of the walls Is covered with a black cloth. She floor Is covered with scarlet Tkq

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the beginning of this new-fashioned honesty. We are loing the best we can to shape up laws which shall express a new social conscience. Morality is always a generation or two ahead of legality. The number of offenses against the moral and legal codes is increasing enormously. Moral principle never cut so large a figure In the affairs of this American people as it does now. Our godly ancestors had one moral qualm where we have twenty. It never occurred to them that a lottery was wrong, or that It was wicked to drink rum, or to whip a child or a wife, or to enslave the black man and cheat and Uebauch the red man. Nine out of ten of the little conscientious niceties of life are discoveries of the last tn"ty years. More societies to do all sorts of good and work all kinds of reforms were created In the last two generations than had been formed or thought of before from the beginning of the world. Chicago Journal.

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to be called fools there would be a lot of them. What a host of people are dead or maimed all over this and other lands Just because they were plucky or foolish ! Physical courage, commonly accepted as one of the noblest qualities, may become one of the basest. Like any other virtue it can become a fault. An army of good men have been killed in defense of thing? not worth a thousandth part the cost. Among them are those who, from mistaken notions of courage, get up In the dead of night to face the armed burglar that is sure to be ready and desperate. There Is fine courage In this, to be sure. But there Is far liner courage and better sense in quietly suffering the loss of the sackful of baubles a bur.-jlar maj- carry off, which are of little value anyway compared with your life, aed certainly are of no value at all when life is gone. Either of these Georgians, who are now shot to death, would have laughed to scorn the idea of sacrificing his life for so paltry a thing as 13 cents. It was uncontrollable temper and misapplied courage that carried them to their destruction. The best courage of all Is tte courage to control one's temier. Cincinnati Post

THE NEW. . to deplore the gen

1,11 "" with a two-fold result: horses are left at work in the field, and produce Is transported to town quicker and cheaper. An even more far-reaching result Is the demand for better roads. So long as the automobile was the plaything of the city leisure class it was regarded suspiciously by the farmer, who refused to become enthused over the city man's demands for good country roads on which to go scorching. But now that the automobile has been adopted by the farmer he Is as anxious for passable highways as the city man, and the two are working together to bring the road millennium to pass. Auto ploughs, rakes and harvesters have been Introduced Into the Northwest and found practicable, but the adoption of the motor car by the farmer as a vehicle of transportation for himself and his produce Is more recent. Des Moines Register and Leader.

cushions are placed In the middle of the floor. 'The victim Is then led in. and his or her head Is placed on one of the cushions. Then all the attendants leave the room. After a few n..nutes a young woman, clad also In scarlet, comes from lchlnd the black cloth. She slowly approaches, takes the second cushion and places It over the face of the recumbent figure. Then she sits upon the cushion and does not rise till the condemned one has ceased to show signs of life. "What leads up to the sacrifice Is variously explained by the local Inhabitants. Some say that It Is to expedite the progress of the sacrlfioMl to paradise; and others hold that it is a punishment for the commission of some mortal sin." WILL KEEP US WARM FOR AGES. Hundred of Dtllloit of Ton of Conl Stored Away In the Fnrth. German statisticians are patient, thorough wovkcrs, and the assurance of a leading German technical journal that the world's coal Is sufficient for reasonable future demands is backed by elaborate tables that inspire confidence. Germany's deposits are estimated at 280,000,000,000 tons, or enough, allowing for Increased demand, to last until the year S000. Great Britain and Ireland are not so well off, but their 103,000,000,000 tons, with twice the German consumption, will hold out 400 years. Other European countries have a less extensive outlook. Belgium's coal deposits are estimated at 23,000,000,000 tons, of France at 19,000,000.000, Austria 17,000,100,000 and Russia 40,000.000.000. North America is credited by this authority with GS1,000,000,000 tons, or about the same as all Europe. But Asia and Siberia are believed to have even a greater store of coal as yet undeveloped. But calculations of future demands upon the wealth of nature sometimes break down In practice. The lumber supply of the United States was once supposed to be adequate for several hundred years, but the growing prices of the commodity show that already trouble Is in sight The Immense Increase in the use of steel and cement proves that substitutes for wood are sought. Forestry principles will conserve the timber supply, but It will take time to supply them, and the country will be fortunate If they become effective before the havoc reaches the form of desert places. "Where Houaebont Started. It seems probable that the houseboat originated In Japan. Whatever Is the case, It Is certain that for centuries the Japanese have had boats arranged for pleasure trips wherein they might live at anchor or slowly float up and down the rivers. Such lixits may be chartered by the hour or by the day, and a more alluring way of seeing Japanese country In cherry-blossom season would be hard to find, says the Craftsman. These pleasure boats are thirty or forty feet long and eight feet wide. They have a strongly built roof and sides of paper screens, or shoji, with amado, or heavy wooden shutters, that may bo put up In time of rain. A party of a dozen or twenty can be very happy In one of these crafts when off on a day's pleasure, drifting up a narrow river with cherry petals blown In soft winds. There are no seats in the cabin, which occupies the greater part of the boat, but the floor Is covered with djxlnty. straw, mats upon which to git

LIFE FOR 15 CENTS.

WO Georiria fools ouarreled over 15 cents

both were shot dead. There can be no

pruit'M uiiiusL vailing lurui iuuis. lue intleness of the amount Involved, as measured against life, or even against peace and order, is too striking. Yet, If all the men who put their lives up against trivial things were

THE FARMERS' NEW FRIEND. HE automobile Is said to be particularly pod-

Tular in rural sections of Illinois, where a great number of machines are being used for 9mtmmm commercial purposes. Illinois farmers have fvJTNTl learned by experience that one auto will jffiS haul a dozen wagons stretched out behind It,

If you tire of the cabin and wish more extended view, etiquette will permit you to sit on the roof, where red blankets have been spread, and from this point of vantage the scenery may be enjoyed and the air. CATCHING A GIANT FISH. The Monster of a Minnesota Lnki Taken After a Hard Fight. Ihe Dig iisii which has caused so much excitement on the part of fisher men nt Ely Lake and which has been a prolific source of tail tales has been caught. At least William Peterson, of this place, believes that he has captured the monster. While fishing In the lake Teterson secured a tremendous "strike." He was almost jerked out of his boat by the first angry struggle of the big fish, but being an expert with rod and reel, soon recovered his equilibrium and began to "play" his catch. The fish tried all of the tricks known to the finny tribe and many new ones. It would set off at tremendous speed, towing the skiff after It at a rate that made the water churn. Then suddenly the line would slacken, and Teterson could hardly reel In his line fast enough to keep It taut as the fish came near. After three hours of hard work, at the end of which Peterson's wrist felt as If It had been kept in a vise for that length of time, be managed to get the fish alongside and run a gaff through Its gills. He then took a revolver and shot It It proved to be a. seventy-flve-pound muskallonge, and al-' hough It was not seven feet long, as many who had seen the fish claimed It was, Teterson Is satisfied that there are few fish in Ely Lake Its equal.Sparta Correspondence St Paul Pioneer Press. üateher Dent Weight Gaesnera. Butchers are the world's best weight guessers. The butcher's difficult trade gives him a skill In weight guessing that Is almost Incredible. It Is a commonplace thing In a meat shop to see a butcher seize hold on a huge red round of beef and slash off with a knife four pounds just, or two and one-half pounds Just, or six pounds just, according to the order. The buyer of meat wants to get the weight ho asked for, no more aud no less, nnd he wants this weight fn one piece, not In one big piece and two or three little ones. To satisfy the buyer, the tutche. has been compelled to acquire extrrordinry skill In judging Just how much n certain jtortlon of a round of meat weighs nnd In cutting off that portion smoothly and accurately. New Orleans Times-Democrat. The Same Old Attrnetlon. "Which of the girls do you fancy?" "I prefer Agnes for looks, but I'm sure Mamie would make the best wife." -Why?" "She's her rich grandmother's favorite." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Literary nrcnsni. Te I have my profound thoughts hidden In my mind. , She Bound In calf? Baltimore American. When your rival sells a bill of goods, you are apt to think that somebody paid more than was necessary, simply to make you mad. But Isn't that a foolish notion? We have a good deal of charity and fellow feeling for a man who hasn't any sense, . j

THE BATTLE-FIELDS.

OLD SOLDIERS TALK VER ARMY EXPERIENCES. The Blue and the Gray Review Inci dents of the Late War and in a Graphic and Interesting Manner Tell of Camp, March and Battle. ..... . . T, r. .. About March J, 1S02, the Fourth t-: c- i r- ui i rr. Wisconsin, Sixth Michigan and Twen-ty-first Indiana and a battery were all :rowded onto and into the Pacific Mail Steamship Constitution, then claimed to be the next largest ship to the Great Eastern. We boarded her at Newport News two days before the great naval ! Dattle between the Merrlmac and Montor. ' The men were so crowded that t took me half a day to go from the cabin to the hold, where part of my company had been stowed, and get back to the cabin. We were to be landed on Ship Island, about 100 miles cast of New Orleans, and about fourteen miles south of the Mississinni roast As the steamer came to New port. News, she had to pass within one and a half miles of the rebel rlfed battery on Sewell's Point, on the south side of the James River. This battery took several shots he the steamer on jcr way to the landing and got her range. As we started for sea we all knew at would be shot at again, with a strong probability that some of us would be hit But our nilot nlaved It on the Johnnies thu: He took up a moderate, steady speed, so the Johnnies would make their calculations for their aim on our speed. But steam was ap as strong as the boilers would bear, and the Instant the. smoke was seen to leave the gun all the steam was let into the engines, which in a minute t'Carly doubled our speed. This threw their calculations out of joint, and all the second and third loading and firing foil behind the ship; but the first shot passed over Col. Payne's (Fourth Wiscorln) head, who was standing on the bridge between the wheelhouses. The second shot struck about 300 yards before reaching the ship, and the ricochet sent the ball over the deck. Gen. Phelps (the old Connecticut Abolitionist) said If the muzzle of the first gun had been depressed the eighth of an inch the ball would have struck ship at the water line. Th& second gun was depressed a trifle too much. So we got out of the James with only a scare. But I here remark that it took more nerve to look out. of my state-room window through a good fieldglass, by means of which I could see the season cracks In the flagstaff and the rope, and into the dark hole In the muzzle of the cannon, and see It belch out the great cloud of white smoke, thereby knowing the Inll was coming for us, than it did later to stand in line of the enemy's fire at much shorter range. Our next trouble was seasickness. The men In the hold were as helpless as babies, and were desperately seasick for a day and a half. We passed through a gale off Cape Ilatteras, where the ship was lost after the war. When we got near Florida the hen became oppressive, and the men below would climb to the deck and up Into the rigging. As the boilers consumed fifty tons of coal each day, our ballast grew so light that the ship would rock till the mast seemed to lean half way to the water at times. After we passed Key West the ship rocked over a wave and tilted so far that most of us on deck were thrown on our knees. I was standing within ten feet of the captain, and I never heard a man squall as he did. He was generally a mild-mannered man, but he then looked like a hungry lion let out of hi cage. He ordered the men down out of the rigging and below, with a voice that made them all skin down like so many scared cats. Then he sent a man to the cabin to tell Gen. Williams to come on deck at once. The General was a stiff West Pointer, and resented the Impertinence, as he thought it Being in the cabin, he had not realized the danger. He replied: "Tell Capt If he wants to see me to come to the cabin." The Captain sent word back: "Tell Gen. Williams to report to me on deck at once or I'll put him in Irons." Williams came on deck looking like a thundercloud, and demanded of the Captain: "What do you mean, sir? I am In command of this expedition." "Yes, sir," said the Captain. "You are la command of this expedition, l'ou can order me to any port In the world and I will go, but you can't tell me how to trim my ship while I am going. In that I outrank you, sir. Now, put your men below at once." One of the staff, who had been on leek and knew the danger, stepped up and told the General the danger, and he somewhat reluctantly allowed the Captain to outrank him. The men went below. Then the Captain called all the company officers together and made this little speech: "Gentlemen, we are in great danger of capsizing, and In a rough sea we could not avoid It My coal Is well consumed, which makes me short of ballast Should this ship be disabled, no ten ships in the world, If they should all appear at once, could relieve It As the blockade has driven off the ships, It Is not likely we would see a siilp In six months. In case of disaster,! and my sailors will take to the rowboats, while you all go down with the ship. Now, you must keep your men below till we land." Then some company captain spoke up, saying it would kill the men to confine them below, and that there must be some relief, or the ship might as well sink. The ship's captain said: "Pass down this rear stairway; stay as long as you can ; then go up the forward stairway and pass over the deck back to the rear." This was done, and there was a solid stream of men thus passing till we landed on the Island next forenoon. When we landed we found the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts, who had been on the island several weeks, and had been on half rations for the last seven days; but they were so glad to see us they divided rations with us. Before our rations could be got to shore there came up a terrible storm, which kept the sea . so rough for two days that nothing could be taken off. That made three days' fasting for me, for the ship didn't feed us after they got In sight of the landing. Hunger was no name for us. The storm was in the night, and I thought the waves would sweep us from the Island, which Is. a turtleback of sand. I stood out in the rain and braced against my tent to hold It against the wind. Tents were down everywhere, and we could see the men by the lightning's flashes working to gave and to mend the situation. Our Lieutenant Colonel came along and asked me In an excited voice: "Captain, what do you think of this storm?"

, "I think it Is a darned big one, said I, holding onto my tent post "Captain, ; this Is a serious matter, and I don't want an impertinent answer. I want to know what to do with my men. i "Dam-fi-no," said I, still bucV.lng I against the wind. It seemed as if the I wind would never stop. That night the Colonel, the Captain and "Big Sam," , all of the Twenty-first Indiana, went on

board of one of the ships to get a good supper. The storm caught them, and .in attempting to reach the shore they , J ..... were obliged to climb iirio an old river . " . , .,,. i steamer called The Lewis, which had been captured and recaptured so many times that the deck was splintered by shots. It was the only craft they could climb into without help from the deck. Being top-heavy, It rocked like an over crowded baby cradle. All the ships about a dozen dragged their anchors and bumped against each other and broke great holes in their sides. "Bis" Sam" was a bully, and whipped all the men In the regiment who did not run from him or beg his mercy ; but he could not stand in line and take the enemy's fire. He was a physical cow ard, in short He only of the three could row the boat, and he Jumped into the yawl to get to shore. The Colonel cocked his revolver, and with vehement oaths ordered him to come back to the steamer. The Chaplain, with hat in hand raised toward the clouds, prayel as never a preacher prayed as a mere formality. "Big Sam" returned for them. It was fun to hear of this affair as related by the sailors after the danger was over. The Colonel's swearln; and the Chaplain's praying were heard above the noise and roar of the wind, waves and thunder. Wnen asked about It weeks afterward the Chaplain got up and walked off without answering. The Fourteenth Maine had some dozen men confined In the guard tent Lightning struck the center pole, and killed seven of them and Injured the others. TLe guard was pacing back and forth before the tent holding his gun at a shoulder arms. The llgttnin stroke bent his gun barrel Into sn ox bow or capital U and threw It twenty feet away, but did no damage to the guard except to numb his right arm for a few hours. It was hard to drive tent pins in this sand, as it would compact under the blow like stone, yet the flutter of the tent fly would loosen them, pull them out and flip them clear over the tent We had to take down and reset our tents day and night when It was windy, I have found It blown through the key hole Into my trunk till It was piled from the bottom up to the keyhole, often containing over a quart of sand In cooking and eating so much sand would' get into our grub that we got enough into our craws to take New Or leans. Graves that yesterday were ten feet deep to-day would show the top of the coflin box. It was tiresome drilling in such sand, and we were kept it it Gen. Butler was called "the Old Picayune" by the troops, because some rebel papers captured from the coast steamers called him "Picayune Butler, after the negro song. When we later occupied Nbw Orleans the bands played "Picayune Butler" at every dress parade for a month. Captain John T. Campbell, Soldiers' Home, Lafayette, Ind., In National Tribune, Couldn't Walt for the rietnre. General Grant records a good story that used to amuse him greatly, of f certain rough carpenter who accompan ied "Stonewall" Jackson in many of his marches. Once when the genera was making a rapid movement he came to a deep stream ; the bridge had been burned, and it was necessarv it should be restored as soon as possible. Jackson sent for his engineers and the carpenter, telling them what was required, and the engineers retired to their tents to prepare their plans. Two hours lcter the carpenter reported "Gineral, that bridge is finished, but them picicrs ain't come yet" Wnn'l to Se Lincoln. It happened several times, while wt were on the march In the South, tha W3 came upon bands of negroes who believed, because we were Lincoln's soldiers, that Lincoln was himself with us. Upon one such occasion I remember that, upon hearing such an Inquiry, we pointed to a tall, good-natured soldier as President Lincoln. To see those poor fellows gather about htm and excitedly ask him questions, admiration express ed In every feature while they called God's blessing upon Massa Lincoln, was too much. We could scarcely keep our eyes dry. A Good, Safe Plaee. Gen. William W. Belknap went t the Wiir of the Bebelllon as tha majoi of the Vifteenth Iowa Infantry. In one of the companies of that regiment was a young fellow named Darby Greely. When the regiment was marching ovei the gang plank on to the steamer Suck er State, the major sat on his horse close by. As Darby Greely stepped or the plank his mother grabbed him and pulled him to her bosom. With Intense Irish emotion she cried and crooned over him, and then, seeing the major, she cried: "Darby, me b'y, stick close tc the major an' ye'll nlver git hurted I" Worth Readlns. Lots of people, have to fight for theh colors In hustling for the long green. What Is becoming Is honorable, anJ what Is honorable Is becoming Cicero. Great Britain, it is said, eats in thirteen weeks all the 73,000,000 bushels ol wheat which It grows. Darwin had no respect for books at books, and would cut a b'g volume Ir. two, for convenience In handling, oi he would tear out the leaves he required for reference. Oysters cannot live In the Baltic Sea, the reason being that it is not salt enough. Tbey can only lie In water that contains at least 37 parts of salt to every 1,000 parts of water. George Meredith, It is said, will writ! no more novels. Though both legs were fractured in an accident some month ago, he is, when his age Is consld'ired making what seems to be surprising progress. Warren Belcher, for fifty-three yean Xostmaster at Winthrop, Mass., has resigned to be succeeded by his son, David Belcher. In time of service he was the oldest postmaster in the Unite States. A fish that drums Is found in th waters of Mauritius harbor. When caught and held In the hand, a vibration of the skin behind the gills Is to be seen and a delicate rub-a-dub, as of a distant tenor drum, 13 heard. The Emperor of Chlm.'s tea Is grows la a garden surrounded by high walls, so that none but tht cultivators can approach it The picxers must bathe three, times dally, wear special gloves, and abstain from eating fish lest theli breath should ppoli the leaves' arosa,

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DES I UNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER V V v VWWWW Jaunty Eton Jacket. The reign of the Eton i-til! contiii ues. and it is, if possible, even more xpular with young girls than with their elders. A large number of the mohair, voile, cashmere and other ight-weight spits fur suvnmer are made up In this mode. Our model is made of tine white serge and is very smart and graceful. With its wid? fitted girdle it will serve equally wll as part of a suit or as a separate wrap. Ihe sleeves are full and short coming to the elbows only, and the jacket despite its seeming looen?s FATTLEIC XO. HDL fits perfectly. The .neck is finished with a narrow collar, and. the Iwttom of the little coat terminates In grace fully shaped points. This is a charming style for line-is, ducks or pique suits, as well as for the light-weight woolens. The pattern. No. 1404. Is cut in sizes for girls of 14 and 10 years of age. The above pattern will be mailed tc your address on receipt '-of 10 ceuts. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paier. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coujion: Order Coupon. No. 1494. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Cilrl'a Loom Coat. The Frcnchy little mode from which this design is taken is of bright scarlet broadcloth, very chic and jaunty m its small wearer. These bright oIared coats are worn somewhat over here also, but not so gcuerally as thoc of the 'more subdued -o!ors. They are pretty for occasional u-e, but for p.neral wear the tans, Mues. greens au-1 brewns are better. This Is one of the smartest loose coats of the season, but PATTERX NO. 1492. very simply made. The lHdj Is cut !n three pieces, and it may lie 'lined cr not as preferred. Side ixx-kets are et Dn, which are a decided convenience. The pattern. No. .1402. is cut iu sizs from C to 12 years, and the medium ize will require 1 yards of material 52 Inches wide. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 'cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. Order Coupon. No. 1492. SIZE VAME ADDRESS Items of Interest. The Russian Imperial crown is ral ued at $0,000,000. In Japanese the word "Mikasa" indicates a warship and "Maru" a ship of commerce. There Is at present an Immense demand or portable buildings all over South' Africa. The experience gained In the use ol pressed peat as locomotive fuel in Bavaria, Austria, Sweden and Russia Is stated to be very satisfactory. Since 1S40 the world's production of meat has increased 37 per cent nnd grain 4L"0 per cent. In the city of Washington there are 13.000 Browns, 15.OO0 Smiths. 14.k Johnsons nnd 1,000 Joneses. The Fijian fossil coral Is the lel building stope iu the world. Soft as cheese when first cut. It hardens in the air to the consistency of granite. The giant bamboo of Coy 1 in grow? to a height of eighty feet. It is used Iu construction of bowses and bridges. Also, water pipes are made of It The Prussian state railway system, having 21,104 miles of track, earned $140,0u0.0x net last year. This Is said to be 10 to 12 jer cent of the Investment ' i The number of cotton spindles In ue in the United States Increased last year from 13.300.000 to 20.0 .000, orrin g principally to new factories In the cotton belt. White bread supplies more available' nutrients to the body than bread made from graham, entire wheat, or any other kind of flour milled at the present tlm. .. .

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