Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 10, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 December 1906 — Page 6

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Thr Foundation of the Kepnbllc. The annual report which the Hon. .fames Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture. Ia?d before the nation on Thanksgiving day, Is no mere bundle of figures. The greatness of the achievement that he records is such that It moves him to "burst forth into a veritable psalm of triumph and prophecy. Hear . him : "With his surplus beyond the nation's need, the farmer has loaded the fleets of oceans. The farm overshadows the mill, the factory, and the workshop. A new dignity has come upon the tiller of the soil, and a new strength. Far back of the fruitful horizon of his prairie and his mountains lie sees a new horizon, richer in the eyes of the future. than is the serrated sky line of the city." This Is no rhetorical effort to magnify an office with big words. The surplus exerted from American farms in 1905 would have paid the national lebt. The value of American farm products this year is at least $b7!4,4jU,CuO. This is half a billion more than In 1905, three-quarters of a billion more than In 1904. four-fifths of a billion more than In 1903. Tor this increase there Is no parallel in the reorded history of mankind." The meaning of these figures to the nation lies upon their face. And they have UH-aning beyond and above that of material prosperity. Many men have smiled over the saying of Cato. the Roman, that agriculture was the only gainful occupation worthy of a gentleman. It came from a narrow mind, but It contained a heart jf truth. For ages the farmer was lightly regarded by men successful in other walks of life. His work was indispensable, but to others belonged the first places In the State. The wheel has turned full circle, and in this giant laud of ours the farmer now stands revealed as the arbiter of material destiny the foundation of the republic? Chicago Inter Ocean. The Election mod Wage. 1 One of the New York Democratic papers says that the recent elections were not a Republican victory, and that the ivsult of the elections had nothing to dj with the advances In wages which have been announced since then. If this talk is Intended to be serious. Its author has odd Ideas of some of the thing that are going on around him. The Republicans carried Congress by a bigger majority than they ever gained lefore In an off-year election in which their party held the presidency, except iu that of 1SCÖ, when the feud letween the Republicans and President Johnsou on Southern issues inflamed the North. Except in that election no party in the history of this country has erer won such a majority in a congressional election In an off year In which 'its yarty was In control iu the White House. ... Nobody who has aene enough to 1? allowed to run at birg honestly dreams that the advances which have leeu announced in wage since the big Republican victory on Nov. 0 would have taken place If the Democrats had arrled Congress. Every Democrat, every .Populist, every Socialist, every Anarchist In the country knows that If the Democrats had won not a railroad nor a corporation of auy sort in the country would have made any advance in wages. A IemocratIc victory for Congress In 19UJ would have been a iKrtert of Democratic success in the presidency in 190S. If the Democrats had carried the House by a majority of only half a dozen. Democratic news. pairs and politicians all over the country would have yelled. "We will win iu 1908." With such a menace ahead of the country no railway or any other interest would have Increased wtges now. St. Louis Globe-iW-ui'irrat Mr. Hearst' Campaign Ulli. A-vordiug to a sworn statement tiled with the Secretary of State, William It Hearst personaly spent more than a quarter of a million of dollars in hi campaign for the governorship of New York. This is a large sum of money, but it by no means covers all the exj tenses of the Democratic campaign, ?ut simply the outlay of one man. Of this sum Mr. Hearst say h $57.0(0 was sent to the Democratic headquarters, $iV was 'paid for traveling expenses, while almost $200,000 was disbursed through the Independence League. Every student of politics knows that a va t amount of money may be spent legi tl.na rely In the organization of a party In a campaign, but it Is difficult to understand how the exiendlture of .ucb an enormous sum can be defended. If It Is right, then It !exms a question where legitimate expenses may end and those that are not legitimate begins. If Mr. Hearst Is to set the pace for the distribution of camIaln funds then the man who 1s not a irilUonalre cannot hope to ener the lists as a candidate for office. If the merits of a candidate is not to be considered, bat merely his ability to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars In questionable campaign methods, then indeed. It Is high time to revolutionize polities. Let us hope the re?nt contest In New York will never again be duplicated In this country. In this connection It la gratifying to remember that while Mr. Hearst was defeated regardless of his distribution of a quarter of a million, Mr. Hughes was elected after a personal expenditure of only $13. Finds No Support. With the President's views that ylveu rates or schedules should be modifled whenever they are clearly disadvantageous to the country, the most tolid stand-patter agrees. There Is no' argument on that question possible. Rut tariff Tevlslon merely for the sake of i-evision; or to increase the Importationof foreign merchandise to replace American goods In the home market; or merely to Injure the trusts, finds no Mippjrt from Mr. Roosevelt. Seattle post -Intelligencer. Another Viewpoint. Thei-e Is at least one thing to be id in favor of boarding houses," said Wetlderly. -What's that?" queried Singleton. The man who boards usually gets wbut he kicks for," explained Wedderly. "but In his own home he kicks In vain." The TJaexpeeted. "It Is the unexpected that always happens.' -Yes ; I read about it." About what?" 'About that man being wounded la a Frencä duel." Houston Pott

ANOTHER SET OF PATRIOTS.

Want Protection Removed front the Other Fellotr'a Prodnrt. At its closing session In Chicago the National Association of AgriculturalImplement and Vehicle Manufacturers adopted a resolution calling upon Congress to revise the entire tariff laws bearing uion lumber and Its products and calling for general reciprocity be- . tween the United States and all countries regarding all timber products. . If all the timber which goes Into the construction of an ordinary farm wagon was brought from some foreign country and the duty thereon was paid, and, If the duty paid was added to the selling price of the wagon, it would not increase the price so much as SO cents, but when we consider that lumber Is a home production, it is likely the price bears no relation to the duty on material. In so far as American industry is concerned, it matters littl whether there 13 a duty on lumber or whether It Is admitted free. Like many other products, the protection on lumber, if it can be said the duty is protective. Is a matter of concern to only a limited territory contiguous to some other country like Canada or Mexico, for instance. Lumber of all kinds has Increased many dollars per thousand feet during the past few years, while the duty Is only $2 per thousand on cui lumber and less on squared timbers, hence we Inow that the duty practically has no bearing cm the lumber prices. The Wilson law removed the duty on lumber, and Canada, our only competitor, immediately put on an export duty equal to our former tariff. Canado does not want her lumber sent to this country, and hence when we do not put up a discrimination, her laws supply what is missing. Hut the plaint of the vehicle manufacturers Is an old one. It Is the selfish policy that demands cheap raw material and high prices on finished products. The vehicle manufacturers evidently overlooked something. They omitted to ask for a reduction of the tariff on the goods they make for other people. Iowa City Republican. That Philippine Trip. It Is not Improbable that Secretary Tuffs suggestion will prevail with the President The trip to Panama was made for the purpose of getting in touch with the project and with the people, that he might consider legislation with thorough knowledge. There really seems to be as much reason why he should visit the Philippines. President Roosevelt did not permit precedent to stand in his way when he concluded that a trip to Panama was In the nature of a public duty and by the same token no such obstacle as precedent will keep him out of the Philippine. But the Journey cannot be taken until next fall, and it may be that pressing legislation affecting the Islands will be settled by that time. Should Congress fail to do the right thing by the islands at the coming session, the President may consider the advisability of going to the Philippines !n person for more ammunition with which lo besiege the next Congress. Rut unless he considers the demand urgent, he will find plenty at home to keep himself occupied. Provided all signs do not fail, there will be tariff agitation of a positive character next summer, foi the President believes the teopIe want It. Then the big struggle for 1908 will be In its' first throes, and while the President Is out of it as far as -his candidacy Is concerned, he Is as deeply interested, as he was in 1904. Hence he will dislike being distant from the center of political activity and discussion even for the period consumed In a hasty trip to the Philippines. Future developments, therefore, will determine more than apparent present exigency the action of the President with reference to Secretary T.tft's proposition. Toledo RlaJe. IIot to Ileal with TruU. . The prosecutions Instituted by the Attorney General of the United States against the ofiieers of the Standard Oil Company, under the anti-trust law, bear out the contention of Alton It Parker, the Democratic presidential nominee of 1904, and of protectionists also, that fciuple remedy ' for trust extortion is provided for In existing laws. It Is said to be the intention of President Roosevelt to supplement with criminal prosecutions the procedure under the anti-trust law. A rigid adherence to this line of action Ls what the country wants. What the country does not wast ls that the government should attempt to solve the trust problem by ripping up the tariff. That Is not the true somtion. Trusts would flourish with or without a protective tariff. No tariff protects the business ' of the Standard Oil Company. The same ls true of many other trusts. Vigor and persistence in enforcing the laws we already have, resulting In money penalties and In Imprisonment as well, will do the business. , Increase of .National Wealth. In 1800 the wealth for each man, woman and child was $514; In 1900, after a protective tariff had been adopted, the wealth for each person was $1,235. Notwithstanding the fact that the population has increased at a tremendous rate the wealth of tho nation has Increased at a much aster rate. Daveniwrt Time. Plarlnv Safety. Police Magistrate Thirty days at the works for you. Prisoner Faith, an thot do be purty tough. Pfwat would yez say if 01 wuz t' call yez an old fool? Police Magistrate I'd add ten days to your sentence. Prisoner Begorry, thin Ol'll not say It; OI'll only think it Always Bur. Gunner That poor poet who occupies the old garret has a strenous time. All day he writes poetry and at night he chases the cats that give serenades on the roof. Guyer H'h! I suppose in the day he pursues the muse and at night he pursues the mews. A Deep 1)1. JhollyOf course, I admit I talked about myself, 'but they talked about trade all the time, and, of course, that was'werse. Miss Pepprey You were perfectly right. It's better to talk about nothing than talk about trade. Philadelphia Press. Not Quite Clear. Hyker Smiley claims to have been driven to drink by a woman. Pyker So? Did she refuse him or marry him? And Ar aa Tame. Are prize fights allowed In New York now?' "Yes; but they call them charity euchres." Boston Transcript,

OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

PLAIN JUSTICE. UST now there seems to be a chorus of condemnation directed against the s-Iar. of the very rich. Preacher and newspaper, clubwoman and reformer have united In Justifiable protest against the extravagance, the gambling, the pleasure-seeking, the reckless selfishness of "the smart set."

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The audience for this outcry of disapproval is seldom made up of the offenders. People who love their own ease do not go where they may expect to hear themselves called sinners above all others. The crowds who enjoy the setting forth of the wickedness of "society" are composed of the men and women who do not and could not Indulge In that sort of sin, and who perhaps conceal a certain gusto in listening to a recital of It Once in a century or so there rises a Savonarola or a Whitefield who has the iwer not only to expose the sin, but to persuade the sinner to forsake It. Then the world is the cleaner and sweeter for his work. But when the would-be reformer merely spreads abroad the details of vice, without touching the vicious, It nuv be doubted If he is a beneficent influence. It Is true, alas! thit some rich women gamble to-day, but not one-tenth as many in proportion as gambled In the days of Queen Anne. It ls true that in the quest for pleasure there Is reckless disregard of human life and human happiness by many so-called ladles and gentlemen. On the other hand, there never has been a day In the history of the world when so much money was spent as Is now spent thoughtfully and wisely by the rich for the betterment of the conditions of the poor and suffering. Never before were those who enjoy special privileges so conscious of their special responsibilities. In short, rich men and women by hundreds and thousands are striving to enter the kingdom of heaven by the straight gate of generous giving both of money and of themselves. While preacher and reformer cry out against frivolity and extravagance it ls helpful as well as just for them to praise the compassion and generosity which are the distinctive marks of the prosperous In the twentieth century. Youth's Companion.

A SAD SPECULATION. HEN two people enter into a marriage contract purely as a speculation, neither will receive nor is entitled to, much sympathy If the market goes the wrony way. The feature about the Gould-Castellane marriage that converted what might have been a purely private transaction Into a deal of public

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Interest was the manner In which it was consummated. Every detail calculated to bring It Into notoriety was carefully attended to, and the Goulds therefore cannot complain If the people look upon the denouement as one In which they have a special Interest. However, It should be remembered, that Anna Gould was young when she bartered her millions for the debtburdened title. Not being of a discretionary age at the time, it ls a pity her family didn't have sense enough to take better care of her. There was no mystery about the count. He came over here looking for some American family with more money than brains, who would swallow the alluring bait of his title. The Goulds wanted Anna to have a husband who had a noble name albeit an Ignoble character, and they handed : her over with almost idiotic precipitancy. In a way she Is to.be pitied. But her experience should be a warning to other American girls. . . ' The echo of the marriage ceremony had scarcely died away before her beast of a husband began his abuse. He demanded money and reeelved money until millions had

E1ALICQNING

so perious as expensiveBallooning as a sport is of recent growth In this cc.untry, although In France and Germany its value as an exhilarating recreation and pleasant pastime has been abundantly recognized for some time. The backwardness of American sportsmen to take up ballooning 1 undoubtedly to. be laid to some popular fallacies about aeronautics. One of these fallacies is that ballooning Is so dangerous as to be a reckless risk o life; another ls that the sport is very costly. So far as expense goes ballooning does not demand nearly so large an expenditure of money ou the part of the sportsmen as does either yachting or automoblllng. There U no doubt that ballooning will Increase In popularity In this country among gentlemen Just as It has In France and Germany. In France It Is particularly active as a sport, while In Germany Its adheretds are giving, great attention to. u er on a th-s In connection with science. The public, naturally, acquires most of Its Ideas of the danger of aeronautics from the mishaps and accidents associated with professional aeronauts. It U not that these men are careless or that they place no. value.upon their lives, but rather from the nature of the conditions pertaining to their profession are they frequently compelled to place themselves in Jeopardy. The practice of dropping with a parachute from hot-air balloons has claimed so many victims that In Mme States the spectacle Is prohibited ''by law. Ballooning, however, Is compelled, rather unfairly, to. bear the blame. The 'number of balloonists, professional and otherwise, and the number of their ascents from the first ascension, In 1783, are beyond calculation, but out X the many thousand ascents made between 1783 and 1850 there were recorded but ten fatalities, and only one of these has been ascribed as Justly due to the perils of aeronautics. Some figures recently printed but not authenticated give the number of deaths from ballooning In the 119 years between 1783 and 1002 as fiftytwo, but, It may safely be asserted that the la rges proportion during the last half century was due to causes suggested, rhose who look upon ballooning as essentially dangerous do not know that numerous ascensions without mishap J

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AND AS A riinff through the air not general Yy believed, nor so are made every year by , the members of the nero clubs of the European capitals. SWAP MAN FOR BLANKETS. Puset Sound Indiana Make an Unusual Deal. To trade a man for a roll of blankets Is a rather unusual proceeding, and the trade, In which he figured as the man, ls a never-to-be-forgotten event in the life of William Jarman, who is 80 j-ears old and once was the "King Dodo" of the Puget Sound Indians. That was fifty years ago, and "Blanket Bill," as he ls called to this day, expects to reach the century mark In years. "Blanket Bill" was a man-o'-wars-man on board a British frigate that sailed Into Puget Sound water a great many years ago. With a party of other sailors he went ashore to trade with the Indians. The party became separated, and with a yell the fireeating aborigines set upon the main body of the Britishers. All reached the boat but Jarman, who was captured and taken to the Interior by the Indians. He fully expected to be scalped while the fagots burned about him, but be made friends with the chief and soon found himself elevated to a high position among the tribes. Before him every one bowed. After several years Hudson Bay traders heard that, a white man was held In captivity among the Indians, and, bartering with the red men, Srcured the British sailor upon the payment of a roll of blankets. But Jarman went back to live among the .Indians. He married a squaw. "Blanket Bill" attributes his long life to a plunge In the sea every morning and the avoidance of spirits of all kinds. A pipe is his only dissipation. And he walks eleven miles Into town every little while Just for exercise. Located a Colony of Bear. Horace Knight, a pioneer rancher of Sutherland Creek, near Grand Forks, B. C, has Just returned from a week's trip through the mountains lying between Sutherland Creek and Christiana Lake, where he went to locate the haunts of the big brown and dnnamon bears that are reported to abound In that region, says the Walla Walla Statesman. "I have located the haunts of a great number of bears and am making arrangements to go bear hunting for the next month," said Mr. Knight. "I will start in a few days. From what I saw I am satisfied tha within a radius of fifteen miles between Sutherland Creek and Fife Station there must be at least 200 bears. As there will be good moonlight very shortly I am anxious to take advantage of it. It will bo the last moon that the bears will see until the spring and the bst time to hunt them. I will not have anyone with me. I prefer hunting big game alone. "A good bear skin U worth $50, and I expect to clear up from ?300 to $500 on my trip." Sin pie. , "I would like to learn how to live to become, a very old man." "That'i easy." "How?" "Pont die," Howtou Post "

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!een thrust Into his pockets to be squandered In riotous living. And with.evey concession his demands Increased until the' time came when the golden stream had to be checked to save the Gould estate from actual lulu. Then his abuse became intolerable, his Insults no longer endurable. Think what thirteen years of such a life must have wrought on a sensitive nature like that of Anna Gould! Nor will her anxiety cease with the severance of the chain that has bound her to Castellane. For children were born of this union. They are not yet of an age where character has been formed, and one may well imagine with wliat solicitude Anna Gould, knowing the weaknesses of their father, will watch over them, praying that the blight of the Castellane blood will not descend to them. What title of royalty with its accompanying social distinction, is worth the price? Toledo Blade.

FAR225 TOO IABGE. huneer Is nerhans mor distinctive!

L characteristic of Americans than of any other people. In settling the country It was almost as easy to acquire a large slice as a JJfM smal1 one anu not 0Dly tbe assumed wealth of many acres but the dignity of large land

ed possessions was something to be coveted. The man who said he would be satisfied If he only owned all the land adjoining him was a fair instance of the ambition of those who aspired to a large stake In the soli. Moreover, In the earlier days there were good, practical, everyday reasons for desiring large farms. Families were large and most of the. children, like their fathers before them, expected to spend their lives In the cultivation of the ground, so that divisions and subdivisions of the paternal estates were necessary. But times and conditions have radically changed. The families are not so large as they once were and the chlldrea, Instead of desiring a section of the old farm for their maintenance or trying their fortunes on newer acres elsewhere, escape, as a rule, as soon as possible from the condition Into which they were born and strike out for town or city, and their places have to be filled by aliens when they are filled at all. The deserted parents struggle with the hard and helpless conditions as best they can, and when they pass away their homes go into new hands for a song and are generally still more neglected than they were before. The moral of all this, or at least one moral, is that since the old order of things has been reversed there should be a reapportionment of land to meet the altered conditions. In other words, our farms are too large, especially In the East. Boston Transcript

THE CHEERFUL WIFE. HOUGH women have as many faults as they know how to get along with In the matter of eating they have distinctly the moral advantage of men. It Is true that some women take their "inner man" with great seriousness, but as n rule they ore not nearly so gastronomlcally particular and sensitive

as mankind. Their temper does not vary according to their food to anything like the same extent, nor is their good-wlli to be sought so Invariably after the coffee. A woman can be happy and placid with a bun or sandwich lunch for dinner, even though she ls used to a manycoursed meal, while few men, unless driven by the necessity of "bad times," will risk their serenity by so dangerous an experiment. If a woman has to choose between a new hat and a week of good dinners, the hat wins all along the line; whereas, with a man, the hat would never have a hok-ln. Pall Mall Gazette.

SENOS COIN IN BISCUIT. Colorado Girl' Novel War of Get-tin-Money Through the Mall. A Colorado girl who wanted a certain school book ordered it from a Chicago publisher and sent the money for it, baked In a biscuit. The sender explained that she was so far from a money order selling office of any kind that she had no other mode of sending the price than to lnclose It as she did. It was a silver quarter that she sent. We often hear of clouds with silver linings, but here U a chunk of dough with a silver filling. The Kavenswood woman who tells this story says that this Is only one of many Inventions of money-mailing people. Their resources In contriving ways to disguise the presence of coin or currency In letters nud packages seemingly are unlimited. Chicago's big stores that handle a heavy business through the mails are able to recount some unusual methods. Some of the women who send to Chicago for various articles are Ingenious In this mater. The Colorado Incident simply shows the scope of the human mind In trying to outwit the thieves who occasionally manage to slip Into the federal service. The lost and found department of the Ignited States railway mall service In Chicago produces some wonderful concelts In concealing remittances. Frequently packages break open and dollars, halves, quarters and dimes roll out of unheard-of hiding places. One queer fact concerning the matter U that after a person has taken unheardof pains to hide a remittance he will do up his package so carelessly that 11 breaks open with the slightest Jar oi Jolt In the Colorado book order the send er sent with the biscuit a note telling where the coin was secured. The book she wanted was "Studies In French." Chicago News. The Perfect Lover. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the famous woman's rights leader, said of an untactfui motion at a woman's club : "This motion in Its delicacy, reminds me of a certain man. The man got married, and after he had been married several years his wife said to him one night: "You do jiot speak as affectionately to me as you used to, Hal. I fear you have ceased to love me.' "Ceased to love you !. growled the man. There you go again. Ceased to love you ! Why, I love you more than life Itself. Now shut up and let me read the paper " See Then Scatter! It ta?ces a canny Scot to disperse a turbulent crowd without reading the riot act." A street preacher in a West-of-Scotland town called a passing policeman, says a writer In the London Daily News, and complained about being annoyed by a certain portion of the audience. He asked to have the ob jectionable persons removed. "Weel, ye see," said the officer, thoughtfully, "It would be deefficult for me tfie spot them ; but I'll tell ye what I'd dae If I were you." "What?" eagerly Inquired the preach er. "Just ga roun wl' the hat !' 'rhe Dnet. Tippler (at club) Doesn't the still TYi-'i voice reDrcacn von xrhon xmn foil oiw - w " V v m y r wife a He about being at the office? Rounder Yes, but Ifa a choice between the still, small voice and loud, big one. Boston Transcript Vinegar-faced parsons make bat few COflTeitS,

THE FIELD OP BATTLE

INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. The Veteran of the Rebellion Tell of Whistling Bullet?, Bright Bayonets, Burstiug Bombs, Bloody Battles, Camp Fire, Festlre Bas, Etc, Etc It has been a long time since the last shot was fired and our recollections are growing dim, but there are things that transpired on the battlefield and in prison pen that we will never forget should we live for the next one hundred years. Now, com rades, I am not going to boast of leIng the youngest nor the oldest in the, field. I am not going to tell you that I charged a battery, captured It, carried it off the field and hid It to keep the rebs from using it No, Indeed ; but, comrades, I will tell you that 1 belonged to the grand old Second Corps, and I. am proud of Its record, and wi'l say there was none better. My brigade, Kimball's, joined the Army of the Potomac at Harrlsen's Landing, and got there Just In time to save McClellan's army. There is where the 7th W. Va. was tested. When our brigade advanced on the enemy, they were raking the field with a masked battery. Gen. Kimball gave the order to fall back, but Col. Ixckwood misunderstood the command, and gave the order, "Forward! Charge!" That was enough, and it was not many minutes before the 7th W. Va. was, in the big pine woods with the Johnnies, and as the 7th was always a very friendly regiment, we soon cleared the field. After the first yell we were soon Joined by the 4th and 8th Ohio and 14th Ind.; better regiments never car ried a gun. There In the big pine woods we established our lines for keeps; there we cut big pine trees and built breast works. After we had them completed Kimball came along our line, and stopped In front of our colors. He told Col. Lock wood that the enemy was ad vancing on our Hue, and ordered him to have his men all ready, so we all got down on our knees. The order was for the front line to rise and fire, drop down and let the rear rank rise and fire, but not to fire till we could see the whites of their eyes. Gen. Kim ball stood behind a big pine tree, close to our colors, told Ixickwood to look out, and got him behind the tree with him. The command soon came, "7th Va., look out!" The next order was. "Front rank, ready!" when the whole shooting match Jumped to their feet and blazed away. One man iu my company (C) fainted and lay on the ground. The General saw him, and asked the Colenel where he was hit The Colonel told him he was only sick. The General said, "Carry him back In the shade, and if he dies he will go right to Heaven." After this event, when we had been In camp some time, the orders came to be In readiness to move at any time, and It was not long before we were all aboard transports, bound we did not know where. After we landed our first orders were to prepare for light march ing. It. was then we took up our fast march to the final camping ground of many of our noble boys,, where they ceased their marches on the bloody battlefield of Antietam. It was there my company lost three color-bearers, besides many others. At the battle of the Wilderness, in 184, 1 was taken prisoner of war along with, a wounded brother, and after they had robbed us we were put In the big warehouse known as the Pemberton Prison, Richmond. There we stayed one month. Then we were sent to that place worse than the lufernal regions, Andersonvllle, Ga.. where we remained more dead than alive for ten months and eighteen days. I was at the famous spring, now called "Providence Spring," five minutes after it burst out of the hot sand. It was there I first saw Boston Corbett. He got on a big pine stump when the rebs brought In a big wagon load of lumber. Some of our noys said, "They are going to take the spring from us," and when they commenced to unload the wagon Corbett said. "Ikys, never fear. The first retel tust raises a hand to take from us that which God has sent, God Almighty will strike him dead In his tracks." So they made a big spout to the spring; then we had what our boys called delicious water. It was at Andersouvllle that we organized a police force of 300 and captured the raiders, which were tried by court-martial and sli were condemned to hang. Tby made fun of the scaffold, and said they were not born In the woods to get scared at the owls. but when the meal sacks were pulled down over their heads they began to realize that It would be a go for sure. Finally, when everything was ready, the sergeant cut the rope that held the platform, and they were sent to their final deserts. A man named Curtis ran away, and although he got many whacks, he fin ally got through the crowd and ran to the swamp and plunged In.- It was then my brother. Benjamin Sutton, and Frank M. LIncb. caDtured him and brought him back to the place of execution. He then said, "God have mercy," and I did not know whether he had reference to his own self or to some of the comrades 1h had helped to murder. I have heard a great deal about heroIsm on land and sea. They tell me that Togo and his men were great heroes. and they talk of the heroes of the Maine and about Medals of Honor. But comrades, when I stood Inside the stockade at AndersonvIIle I could look on 30,000 of as grand heroes as ever llred. It was there the boys stood for Old Glory, and there they died rather than forsake their Flag. When our grand old commander, Gen. Sherman, had commenced to press the rebs pretty tight, and the Southern Confederacy had robbed the cradle and the grave to strengthen l?s army, they came to the prisons for their rein forcements. They told us that our Government had forsaken us;- that they would give us a chance to saveour lives, and all we had to do was to take the oath of allegiance to the C. S. A, They also told us they woukl give us all we could eat, and new suits of gray. Well, I am sorry to say that some of 'tho boys agreed. I will never forget when the rebel officer came to my little squad and tried to reason with us. My little comrade. F. M. Lynch, demanded his terms, and the officer told him of the good things to eat, and the good gray suits, with nothing to do but take the oath. It was then we atopped him Bhort, and told him we would see his Confederacy sink deeper in h than an " Iron jvedg would fall In a year rather than

forsake Old Glory. Isaac N. Sutton, in National Tribune.

A Covrard's Rise. 1 While some of the war veterans who I were guests of the Twelfth Regiment ' of New York city were exchanging reminiscences at the table, one of them, who sat within earshot of General Sickles told this story: "When reaching the Army of the Potomac as a recruit for the New York Regiment, Just before the Chancellorsvllle campaign, I soon heard of a man in my company whose notoriety for cowardice had made him the subject of many Jests during his short service in the camp. Plenty of men are bitten by fear upon going tnto' action, but this fellow had the rate reputation of being an incurable poltroon, and the mere crack of a rifle had often throvn him Into fits so violent that two of his comrades had to leave the ranks to keep him In order. "He was with the regiment at Chaneel lorsville on the night when we began to exchanges-shots with the enemy in that quarter, and he trembled so violently that he could not handle "his rifle. ; A small rebel cannon that had been pulled on to a knoll some distance off, and that was playing an Independent game apart from the Confederate forces, threw a ball that struck the ground in front of him and scared him out of his wits. He became blind with fright, and, not knowing where to. fly, ran directly toward the hostile guu, which was manned by two old Virginia militiamen in gray, who had undertaken to render their , State some service. The two Virginians behind the ridge suddenly saw the Infuriated Yank rushing upon them, and, believing him to be followed by his regiment, took to flight, leaving their cannon behind them. The poltroon stood aghast for a moment alongside the piece of artil lery which he had captured, and almost simultaneously our regiment by a rapid advance and a few shots drove back the company of rebels that had been hirklng In front nnd we held the ground for the time being. ' "But the wonderful deed of our comrade who seized the enemy's gun had been witnessed by the mounted genera! of our brigade, who happened to be a relative of his, and within forty -eight hours the fellow who had been the laughing stock of the regiment - was promoted for nllantly In the field. Ills subsequent rise was rapid, and when I tell you he afterward fell wounded at Gettysburg, at the head of the regiment of which he was In command, and that the gray-bearded veteran himself, who now lives In this city on his pension, uses only a spoouful of whitewash In telling the story Just told, you will admit that sometimes things are not always what they seem." The Reward of Service. Many a man eager for honor has striven by devious ways to secure It, only to find himself dishonored at the end; while others, putting aside all thought of fame, and taking a lowly place, have been invited by the Master to a higher seat, and have attained honor with men and God. "If any man will serve me, him will my Father honor," said Christ. In an address at Northfield Dr. Henry C. Mable, of the Missionary Union, told this incident Illustrating the reward of self-sacrifice: "How does this law of self-sacrifice work in America? In Sherman's cam paign it became necessary, In the opinion of the leader, to change commanders. O. O. Howard was promoted to lead a division which had been under the command of another general. Howard went through the campaign at the head of the division, and on to Washington to take "part In the last 'General Review.' The night before the vet erans were to march down Pennsylvania avenue General Sherman sent for General Howard and said to him: 'Howard, the politicians and the friends of the man whom you succeeded are bound that he shall ride at the head of his old corps, and I want you to help me out.' "'But It Is my command said Howard, 'and I am entitled to ride at Its head.' " 'Of ourse 3'ou are, said Sherman. 'You led them through Georgia and the Carolinas, but, Howard, you are a Christian.' "'What do you mean?' replied Howard. 'If you put it on that ground !t changes the whole business. What do you mean. General Sherman? , " 'I mean that you can stand the dis appointment. You are a Christian. "'Putting It on that ground,' said Howard, 'there ls but one answer. Let him ride at the head of tile corps.' " 'Yes, let him have the honor added Sherman; 'but, Howard, you will re-' lKrt to me at l) o'clock and ride by py side at the head of the whole army. In vain Howard protested, but Sher man said, gently but authoritatively: 'You are under my orders "When the bugte sounded the next morning Howard was found trembling like a leaf, and it required another or der from General Sherman before he was willing to take the place assigned to him. He had, as a Christian, yielded, the place to another which rightly be longed to him, and In the grand re view found himself not at the head oi the corps, but at the head of the army. Even worldly men know where Chris tians should be who have offered their lives In self-sacrifice for others." The Christian. Changed Ills Principle. Itobesplerre, of the French revolu tion,' the man who was destined to deluge France with blood, was, not long before his frightful career of power began, one of the most strenuous .op ponents of capital punishment While he was still an obscure advocate a his native Arras he threw up an appointment because of his opposition to this form of penalty. And Just when, bis star was in the ascendant he boldly haraugued the national assembly to prove "that the punishment of death is essentially unjust; that it has no tendency to repress crimes and that It multiplies offenses much more than It diminishes them." Several headmasters of schools In the Itotherham (Yorks) district have adopted newspapers Instead of reading" more general knowledge from the newspapers than from the books." Several attempts have been made to secure the passage of a child labor law by the State of Georgia, but not until the recent session of the Legislature was success achieved. In Genrntny oak trees only live to be about 300 years old, while In Norway and Sweden the pines will survive for 5T0 years.

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