Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 January 1907 — Page 6

"Down at Springfield, Ohio," said the Captain, "I heard a new story of Lincoln. This was at the reunion of the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio, which went into the service with J. Warren Keif er as Colonel. Anions those present was Samuel Frank, who was the long-armed man of the regiment. Ills arms were so much longer than those of other men that the blouses made In army sizes were all too short in the sleeve. Frank complain? ; to his company officers and the juartennaster about the blouse sleeves that eatne only a little below his ellww, but wtwv fmghed at, and was advised by t'ae ioys to saw off bis arms. 1 'Finally, Frank, In desperation, wrote to President Lincoln, stating his ase, with a good deal of emphasis and asking the President If he couldn't order proper blouses for l ng-armed men. He marked this confidential, and sent It on to Washington. In a few days a letter came from the President to the proper officers, directing them to rovlde Samuel Frank with a properfitting blouse. If this could not be done in the field, the officers were Instructed to send Frank's measure to the quartermaster's department nt Washington, where a blouse to fit the long amis would be made. The bl " ls? was made, and was worn through months of hard service. Lincoln's order was given to Frank, and he has kept it as the most precious of Lis war

relics. After that order Sam was n?v-1

er ashameil of his long arms, but was proud of them." "I have no doubt," said the Major, "that Frank was a character. The character of our regiment, the Fiftysecond Ohio, was Jack JefTers. When the brigade came east to Richmond, Ya.. it went Into camp on the south side of the James River In the outskirts of Manchester. I -was then serving with the Twenty-fourth army ecrps, and I went over to see the boys f my old company In the Fifty -svkv ond. On reaching their camp I found Jack Jeffers, of company K, bucking and gagging a mulatto boy he had picked up at Frankfort. Ky.. in 1SU2. The boy had followed Jack and his fortunes from the Ohio to the rotomae, bat had his 'ornery spells, and then Jack disciplined him under what lie filled the rules of wn "In the midst of the ceremony there was a commotion in the Eighty-fifth Illinois, and It was the custom of the Fifty-second to join in when the Illinois hoys were In trouble Jack went over. It appeared that a fellow who had been lounging about a convales

cent camp, irritated because he had been ordered to join his regiment in front, said In the presence of the 'lnympathetlc Eighty-fifth Illinois boy that he would like to dance a jig on Abe Lincoln's grave. The. Illinois boy who resented this was of slight build, and was-getting the worstof the scrap when Jack came up at a run, caught the copperhead by the shoulder and proceeded to tan his hide after the manner of a past master In a rough nd tumble fight. "When the Job was finished Jack explained to the crowd tL.it when any fellow Jumped on one of his partners la the Eighty-fifth Illinois the fellow ksd to lick all of Dan.McCook's fighttog brigade, bt:iuse the boys of the irignde were as one family, and the

can who struck one might as well itrike all. Jack was not peculiar In this re?:p.et. Men of regiments brigaded together for a long time became rery loyal to one another, and strong sien were always ready to go io the front In the interest of men net glvei: to scrapping. In one case I renember I gentlemanly fellow was being abused y a hard swearer, when one of the boys went Into action with a quickBring profanity that silenced the other's guns. Then he saluted, smiled. md walked away with the air of a ttian who had performed a pleasant luty." "Iiy Jinks," said the High Private, 1 wLsh I had thought of that sehe) if Frank's when I was in the service. I was the highest private in the company, and as the man coming next to the orderly In line, I ought to have been Ihe best-dressfd man in the company. Instead of that. I was the worst, and it my bt-st looked more like a scare-

trow, than any other man in the regi-!.

lent. ' "I had long legs, as well as long inns, and everything In the clothing Hoe was too pesky short. The" bottoms af my trousers were always two or three inches above 'my shoetops; my House wouldn't meet my trousers; my ihirt was always working out betwe, blouse and trousers ; the ends of in. lleeves were nearer my elbows than my wrists, and I bad the appearnn.-e b.' an overgrown boy squeezed into clothes two sizes too small for him. Irdy, Iordy, bow I did cuss Uncle gam about them clothes. But cussing flld no good. If I had written to Old Abe I might have had some comfort. He was a tall man, and knew how It was himself. "But things Improved as the war s-ent on. I went Into the battle of Btone River with a new suit on; new, but short and tight The fight ca!led

for hard work, and I forgot all about txj clothes. As we retreated I stopped to help soxe artillerymen lift a cation out of a tight place. I was a good lifter, but when I lifted I split every Jogonued garment I had on me except ay overcoat. Then for a spell I did siy bes! at running to keep ahead of the rebs, and when I got to the new Hue I was a sight to behold. "Jttt as I had opened my overcoat to show the boys what a wreck I was. nmianl itostraas rode among u.

railing, and' I thought he was laughing at me. He wasn't. He was smiling to make the boys believe it wasVt auch of a shower. He caught sight of m however,, and asked what was the matter. I drew my overcoat back, showed him what had happened, and eussrd the quartermaster about tha clothes. Old Rosy said it was too bad, nd be would see about It, I don't know whether he did or not, but I do know that the higher privates In our regiment had longer clothes." Chicago Eater Ocean. A "Lire" Corpse. During the 'troubles" a youns Con

federate miss was passing through one of the hospitals, when it was remarked that a prisoner, a lieutenant, had died that morning. "Oh, where is he? Let me kiss him for Iiis mother?" exclalm-

ed the maiden. The attendant led -?r

into an adjoining ward, whrn discovering Lieutenant II of the Fifth Arkansas, lying fast asleep on his hospital couch, and thinking to have a little fun, he iinted him out to the girl. She sprang forward, and, bending over him, said: "Oh, you dear lieutenant, let me kiss you for jour mother!" What was her surprise when the awakened "corpse" ardently c-hisped her In his arms, returned the salute, and then exclaimed: "Never mind the old lady miss; go it on jour own account. 1 haven't the slightest objection; on tincontrary, sliould like It repeated by ev ery pretty girl in the Confederacy." Oil, who wouldn't be a soldier."

Captnrlntc a Guarded Calf. While lying at Rome, Ga., in 1S04, our rations needed a little replenishing, aud one of our mess discovered a calf, ioo big for one to handle, which call was honored by a guard of two soldiers. It was a rule of our mess that any one discovering such a "find" must report it at mess, and this was accordingly reported, and our mess determined. In spite of the guard, to raise that calf. Old Pink led the party. It was In the eastern part of the village, and the inciosure In which the calf was confined was surrounded by a picket fence. A few pickets were taken off quietly, and then the fun began. Such a love

of home as that calf manifested wduld have done honor to Barzlliea of old. He

would not see, nor find, nor pass out

through that hole la the fence, notwithstanding we drove him back and forth like a weaver's shuttle time and time again. At last Old Kit (a brother

of our leader) out of all patience, determined to try force; and, grabbing at the calf's neck, and missing by a -oup!e of feet, grasped him around the

body, whereupon the creature began to run with all his might, Old Kit cling-

Ins the tighter. Tbe calf was about

eight months old, la good condition, and the way he drew that seven-footer through the dog-fennel and cherry

sprouts was too funny for a Sunday school class. Had the brute kept his mouth shut we should have been all

right, but. unable to shake off Old Kit,

he began to bellow around and around

the Inciosure. which aroused the guards, and bang! bang! went their

muskets; whereupon ail but Old Pink

and myself, lit out, and the guard,

thinking all had gone, became quiet again, we lying close to the cherry

sprouts meanwhile. After a while we tried the calf again, and had little difficulty In conducting him out through thf? fence and la the direction of the

camp. At about half way our calf be

gan to recover his attachment for home

and show a decided Inclination to con tribute nothing more toward tbe trans

portation of his own1 corpus away

from his native field of dog-fennel and cherry sprouts. If he wouldn't he wouldn't, and, as we were determined to own that calf, we had to accept the situation and abide by It Catching

the calf by the hind foot. Old Kit handed me the hatchet with the curt

command. "Kill him." The first blow

only starte! that siren bellow again

but a second blow laid him Insensible

at our feet Old Kit now showed him

self a good deal of a butcher, for In a few moments that calf's head was severed from his body and we were dragging the latter up the sidewalk to the hilltop, when Old Kit, out of mere bravado, returned to where we killed the calf. and,taklng the bead, pitched It through the window to the second pair of guards. We suppose they breakfasted upon It Iu due time we arrived In camp, and while dressing our beef In a clump of elder bushes at about the hour of midnight, the owner of the calf and the guards came prowling about hunting the calf. Just then covered deep In elder bushes. Never was a quieter place than that camp at that hour. It was poetically quiet Every soldier was asleep.1 save the two they were bunting for, and didn't find. They finally departed, and we were glad to see them go, and then we finished our butchering and stored our beef. The camp guard each got a good sli?e, and we why we had meat to sell at twelve and one-half cents per pound.

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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.

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HILL'S RECIPROCITY PLEA.

Want Help to' 3Iake HI Canadian Investment Profitable. Perhap.s a truer estimate may be formed of the value of James J. Hill's advocacy of reciprocity with Canada If

his personal interest In the matter Is

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To Make the Democracy Feebler. I taken account of. Mr. Hill and HIS as-

If the centenarian Morgan of Ala- sociates have been engaged for some

oama has his way, the uemocratic t time In the extension of his American

party will be pushed as far Into tbe ' railroads Into' the Canadian west, where

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THE DOWN-AND-OUT CLUB. HE Down-and-Out Club has Its members In every city, town, village and hamlet of the country ; you brush, against them in the congested marketing places; you find them far from the haunts of men, drowning their lives In idleness, eating the bread of selfreproach, and drinking the leaves that are

always found In the bottom of the chalice of pleasure. Men come into membership In the club in a particular way; some very few, however, come to Its entrance by the avenue of sickness and pain; some trudge along "Weariness street" others through "Laziness alley" and still others over the rough and rugged path of "Don't Care." You have no difficulty In recognizing a Down-and-Outer wherever he may be. He has a hang-dog, dejected, beaten and buffeted appearance. He shows In his face that he has los', all hope and doesn't care whether school keeps or not His handshake is weak and flabby, and as he replies to your questions he has a shifty look in his eye and a whine In his voice that declare in unmistakable language that he has taken his past master's degree In the club. His clothing Is unkempt soiled and frayed. He Is listless, weary, sad and, above all, excessively tired of It all. Harely Is It that a man who comes Into full membership In the Down-and-Out Club ever takes his papers of resignation from It He knows he flas been a fool to Identify himself with It yet he lacks the courage to say to his fellow clubmen, "I am going to get out" It does not require much energy to get into the club. On the contrary, it Is the lack of energy that lands the member within the precinct of the Down:and-Outers. But it does take courage, tremendous pluck and determined stlek-to-ltlveness for a man when once a member or on the verge of membership to get up and away from the noxious lalluence that, while stupefying, still attracts the men to membership In the club. Utica Globe.

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MAINTAINING GOOD ROADS.

HE amount of Ignorance, or indifference, dis

played In the neglect of new macadamized rv.ids would scarcely be credible to a European, who has been accustomed to witness the watchful care with which the famous roads of . Europe are rualutalned and the very first signs of wear corrected. Instead

of keeping a gang of men employed In the constant, day-by-day, repair of we.ik spots, hollows and ruts, our authorities In many cats seem to think that It Is sufficient to sprnd a few load of top dressing over the whole surface of the road annuilly or biennially, as the case may be, and let It go at taut Under this method the solid portions of tbe road receive Just as much care as those which have developed soft siots and shown the need of more extended repair. The top dressing serves no better purpose than to temporarily cover up the damage of the last season's travel, and In a few weeks' time the surface Is about as badly. If not more, broken up than before. Matters go from worse to worse until there Is a call for drastic remedies. In nine cases out of ten the drastic remedy consists in breaking up the entire surface, and practically rebuilding the road. Now, it has been proved to a demonstration, not merely In Europe, but in certain sections of this country where

the maintenance of roads is Intelligently and conscientiously carried on, that If a macadamized road be properly built in the first instance, with firm foundation, adequate drainage, and an ample crown to shed the water from its surface; and if a small force of men answering to the section gang on a steam railroad, be kept constantly employed in repairing any incipient wear of the road,, such a highway need never be rebuilt, but will be good for all time. That Is the great lesson which needs to be enforced by the advocates of good roads. Scientific American.

BEBUILDING SAN FRANCISCO.

i'IlE largest Amerl?an city of the Pacific coast.

so nearly obliterated In Its physical features, has sufficiently restored Itself to be a habitable place, and to carry on the business that is the chief asset. It Is remarked that two San Franclscos are rising, one a city of shacks for temporary needs, and the

other built of brick, stone and re-enforced concrete for permanent uses. Since May building permits to the value of $92,000,000 have been Issued. . All the busy streets have been cleared and three-fourths of the street car service is again. In operation. Most of the noted business places have reopened at the old stands, and the San Franciscans hope to get back even the "local atmosphere" found alone In life at the Golden Gate. No city whose trade is sound can be destroyed. . In Chicago the great fire It but an Item In local history, not a perceptible fact In the town as It exists to-day. Galveston, overwhelmed by a flood, is a greater and safer city than before. San Francisco Is struggling out of its ruins without the fclighf st doubt that Its destiny will be practically the same as if it had not been doubly ravaged. Yet calamity Is too grim a visitor to be Incurred If it can possibly be avoided. Fire has been called a beartlfier, but It Is frightfully costly. The year's conflagrations in the United States have caused a loss of over $300,000,000. -It Is an Item that can be Immensely cut down, as the experience of European cities proves. A good resolution for 1007 Is to work in the direction of buildings that will not burn. St. Louis Globe-Democrat

THE BOMB IN ST. PETER'S.

NAUCII1SM is always stupid, but when It

gives vent to Itself by stabbing a professor of zoology because he disapproves of murder, or by exploding a bomb in St. Peter's at Rome, it descends to depths of stupidity which should bring 'shame even into the ranks of anarchy Itself.

Meaningless malice can make no progress, bombs and daggers or no bombs and daggers.- Any fool can carry a tin box of gunpowder Into a cathedral when no one Is paying any attention to such a possibility and cause it to explode. But will thit make the world start and shiver in terror? On the contrary. It will simply cause It to lay in a new supply of rat poison. That no lives were lost through the present outrage' Is one great cause of congratulation. And that St Peter's Itself and its art treasures are unharmed Is another. A third cause of congratulation It Is to be hoped the world will have later the prompt arrest and punishment of the scoundrels. Chicago Record-Herald.

JOINING HANDS BY LETT I R.

llovr 111 Wife Saved Him. During, the raid of Jona Morgan through Ohi-o in 18j3. he baked a pari

o his command at Senecaville to rest while tho advance proceeded to Campbell's station to burn the warehouse telenranh wires of tin;

P.altimore and Ohio Railroad. Morgan, who was a man of splendid ;er

sonal apiearauce, stopped his carriage

In front of a millinery shop that was

Presided over by a strong-minded, pa

trlotlc' lady whose husband and twe broth.x-3 were in the Uuiou army at the

time. Her husband had presented hit with a fine revolver before he went

away, and she had promised to shoot the first relil with it that put himself roach of its contents, but little amlng that such an event would oe..r in less than a fortnight afterward

sl,i stepied to a window, and part

the blinds enough to see Morgan and

not te seen by him. As tho lady spied

the larsre silver star that Morgan Inva

riablv wore on the lapel of his coat, she

concluded It would be a good target tc

shoot at. She stepped back to a draw

or where she kept the pistol, took I

out cocked It and took deliberate aim through the aperture in the blind a! that silver star; but, just when she wa ready to touch the trigger, she thought nf Mrs. Morgan and what her angulst

)uld be when she heard of his death

ul how grateful she would be If he

own husband's life had been spare

Tiio rovolver was lowered, and tht

lady stepped to the door, and was en

gaged In conversation by tne raide

chieftain. She coung.'ously told bin:

what she lud attempted to do, aud wa

told by Morgan good-bumoredly that h

had no doubt but his wife was pray In

for him at that time, and that It was not the lirst time Mrs. Morgan's prayers had saved his life. Morgan then

bid the lady a hearty farewell, an: passed on as though ho had not Just be.m in immcunt peril at the hands ol a woman. The Rev. W. A P. Bliss, who was the Socialist candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts In 18S7, has resigned the rectorship of a church it Amltj-vllle. L. I., to become secretarj of an association organized to fouue and develop cities for laboring men an English Idea.

International Kxchane for Sehool Chlldrei la a Sureess. The German central office for the international exchange of correspondence

between school children has Just Issued

a report on the working of the Institution. Since the opening of the move

ment in 1897 to the end of June, YsJG,

there have taken part In the Interna

tional exchange of letters 454 German

schools, of which 100 were girls' schools; 330 French, sixty-one girls;

174 American; sixty-nine English;

blrty-flve Austrian, six Belgium, three

Swiss and one Australian school.

Some 20,000 young persons of nil

these nations have by these means come

Into friendly relations with each other.

and by the interchange of thought

earned something of eacl others' ways

of life and thought And If, adds the

committee, the larger number of these have necessarily limited their eplsto-

ary exercises to the mere Interchange

of compliments and platitudes and then

et the matter drop there has been an

encouraging, percentage who have per

severed and cemented a real friendship

with their correspondents, thus mutual

ly Interesting and aiding each other and doing a great deal to combat International prejudices. If such an end has been achieved by 1.000 of the 20,-

000 the result may be regarded as,hlgh-

ly satisfactory.

A set of "rules" for the general guid

ance of the correspondents has been drawn up by Prof. ,Dr. R. Hartmann of Lelpsle, president of the committee, one of which Is the strong discouragement of any approbatory mention of

"Chaplain," asked the sergeant "do you think President Lincoln had any right to issue that proclamation?" "I suppose he thought he had," replied Mr. Trumbull. "Well, I suppose a soldier's got a right to hold his own opinions, hasa't be?" "Oh, yes, certainly he has," answered the chaplain; "that Is, If he'll take care and hold em, and not always be slinging them round carelessly before others."

SWIMMING APPARATUS.

Attaened to the S hon Id era and Oper

ated bjr Propellers. Because a person cannot swim Is no excuse now for not venturing Into deep wuter If he uses the electric-propelling machine shown in the Illustration. This machine does the work for

him and can be used as a life-saving aDDaratus or an automatic swimming

background in the voting In 1008 as it was In 18G4. Morgan demands that the next Democratic Rational conven

tion declare In its platform that the

Democratic party of the nation is and

always has been a white man's party."

As nobody has been trying to make the democracy a red man's, a yellow

man's or a black man's party, the coun

try will have some difficulty in grasping the pertinence of this proclamation. Neither ihe antediluvian from Alabama nor any other man from his section has

been doing anything for the. negro In recent times which would make any

body believe that the democracy was

beginning to lean toward equal political rights for all races. Therefore, he

may have some trouble In convincing

the Democratic convention a year and a half hence that It ought to flaunt Its

disregard of the organic law openly

before the country. Sitting close to Morgan In the Senate Is a man from South Carolina who Is also opposed to

all the war amendments. A few years

bence, If Morgan Is alive at that time, he may be re-enforced by Vardaman of

Mississippi, who has started out to repeal the fourteenth and fifteenth

amendments. Tillman and ardaman

will probably. If they are delegates to the convention of 1908, favor Morgan's

declaration that the "democracy of the

nation is and always has been a white man's party."

An immediate effect of the adoption

of the Morgan plank for the Democratic platform would be that that par

ty would become even more sectional

and diminutive than it has been In re

cent times. In 1904 the democracy carried no States outside of the South, and

did not bold even all the Soutb. Tbe great North and West, which contain the brains, the wealth and the power of the nation, repudiated and cast out the Democratic party. The few mem

bers of the Senate from the North and West which the Democratic party held

even through the Uoosevelt landslide

two years ago are now taker, away from them. As a result of the elec

tions a few weeks ago the Democrats lost the Senators from Colorado, Idaho and Montana; Republicans will take the places of Patterson, Dubois and Clark. In the entire country there is no Democratic Senator except from the

Southern States, and In some of those States, as In Delaware and West Vir

ginia, the Democrats are excluded. Throughout that part of the country which has two-thirds of the popula

tion, three-fourths of the wealth and nine-tenth of the social and political

influence the Democratic party Is brJaided as an alien organization which deserves the contempt of the American

people.

Alabama's ancient Morgan Is work

ing to make his party feebler and more

unpopular than it has been even In recent years. The effect of his gratuitous

reversion toward barbarism would be to destroy the faint chance which the Democratic party has of gaining any foovhold In any of the Important States

of the North or West Nobody In the

North or West is asking social equality for the black man, but those regions allow him at the polls all the political rights wrhlch the law has guaranteed to him. From the yellow, the rtd and

the black man the Republican party asks no favors. The Republican party gives a square deal to everybody, regardless of the country of his birth or the color of his skin. Morgan's program would cover the democracy with a ridicule which would make northern

and western Democrats ashamed In

this twentieth century to cast their ballots for a party with sixteenth cen

tury alms and prejudices. St Louis

Globe-Democrat

they necessarily come into competition with the lines of the Canadian Pacific

and other Omadian railroads. The j Canadian roads have been in one way J and another subsidized by the Canadian government, and it has been Mr. Hill's boast that his own lines, built without government aid, would compete on even terms with those of his Canadian rivals. "He would, however, be surer that his words would come true If American markets were opened to Canadian products and the business of his transportation lines thereby, aided. Mr. Hill has his own axe to grind. Is grinding It and cannot divert attention or drown the sound of the grinding by making a noise like an appeal for the national welfare. A number of American manufacturers, Including the Westlnghouse Interests of our-own city, have been compelled by the Canadian protective tariffs to erect works In Canada to hold their Canadian trade. We hear nothing from them In advocacy of opening American markets to Canada, and If we did we should be inclined to wonder at it They, however, are better situated than Mr. Hill, for they 'did not build in advance of their market and are In receipt of all the benefits that accrue to the Canadian manufactcrer under Dominion tariffs. Tne railroad man did not ask and has not, could

not,, have received, benefits such as his competitors who opened the country obtained for doing so, and he may have discovered by this time that his enterprise has given Western Canada railroad facilities in advance of present need. The one apparent way to reiredy such a situation la advance of the growth of Canada Is by reduction of American tariffs for the encouragement of Canadian imports. In short Isn't Mr. Hill asking the American people to make his Canadian Investments profitable, by making sacrifices In his behalf ? nttsburg Chronicle.

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE UESIUNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER

CharmlnK Mornlrnj Jacket. Daintv little lackets to nl;; on for

flu fi-st linrrlnil ilrxsi'i in thf ilioril-

Ing are one of the greatest coureniedcej that can be imagined, and very fj.v womcn try now to do without thvm. They may le of the mot i::c.p-iiive materials and should l.e of the Amplest designs, so that they can be laun-

drinking habits.

The deficit on account of the British postal telegraph U $4,500,0C'.M 'or tin year.

Handlinie m Titer. "In a cage near the room In which I

lived while In Khiva," fays Langdon

Warner In the Century Magazine, "was

a tiger from the Oxus swamps. He

had taken a dislike to me. and every

time I passed his cage he got up and

paced angrily toward me. snarling.

"Into the cage or this beast, at tne comitand of. the prince, a Turkoman

stepped, armed with a short stick as

bis round as his wrist. An Ith this stick he struck the tiger's nose as he made for him. and then, with palms out and eyes fixed, he walked slowly up to the shrinking beast and stroked his face and flank. "The tiger snarled and took the

man's hand In his open mouth. I held my breath and looked for the bleeding stump to fall away. Rut keeping that band perfectly still, with the other he tickled the tiger's Jowl and scratched his ear, till with a yawn and a pleased gnar'. the big cat rolled over on his back to have his belly scratched. "The man then sank to his knees, always keeping his hands In motion over the glossy fur, and with his foot drew toward him a collar attached to a chain. This he snapped round the beast's neck and, rising to his feet, laid hold of the chain and dragged the tiger out. "This was only the second time that

the cage had bwa entered. As soon as the tiger was outside he espied the watching party and started for them, but came up short on the collar. If he had chosen to ue his weight and

etrength no four of them could have held his tether, but as It was, the Turkoman found little difficulty with Wm, and held him, snarling, while a

camera was snapped." For Pcrional Vme.

When President Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation it excited

at once a great deal of discussion In

trie army. On one occasion Henry Clay

Trumbull, sars his biographer, was

going through the camp of the regiment

af which he was chaplain, when he was

bailee1 by a sergeant and some men

who wtre arguing the subject

tory. Delight, therefore, was conse

quent on the bouncing appearance of a

fair and florid little man who excitedly

exclaimed :

"Me speak English!'

"Capital!" said I. "And where did

you learn It?"

Me speak !"

Yes, I know, but where did you

learn? In London?"

'No small ,boy, ver' small boy, two

year. Australia; me ingusnman; me

speak eight languages. Me speak En

gllsh good, eh?"

'Then will you kindly tell the land

lord that I should like my room swept

"Swep x Me no stana swep, me

speak ver good English.

He beamed and glowed and puffed

and basked within the admiring gaze

of the loungers as the one man In all Tlrnovo who could speak English.

Later, through my Interpreter, I

brought him to tears by regretting that

his knowledge of English was so lim

uenermi incrrue 01 nsgn.

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President Panama Trip. President Eoosevelt's special message to Congress on the Panama ship canal based on what he saw and felt during his short tour of Inspection Is notable for Its optimism. He found conditions, we may well believe from his account, much better than he expected. Improvement In sanitary conditions has been phenomenal. . Yankee' genius has conquired yellow fever, and where before disease stalked like a specter, healthfulness abounds. The President demonstrates that he made good use of his time. It seems almost incredible that he could have assimilated so much knowledge In so brief a period, but no doubt his plans were carefully made beforehand and he

followed his program with fide.lt. He took careful note of the climate, of the

food furnished the worklngmen, of the

sanitation of Colon, Panama antTChris-

tobal, and finally he surveyed the route of the canal and the progress of the

work.

He suggests better pay for the Amer

ican laborers. Naturally the govern

ment must look to themto encourage the negroes and the Spaniards to greater effort and they should be paid ac

cording to the value of their serv

ices.

The President endeavors to mollify

organized labor by showing it that there Is nothing on the Panama labor situation Inimical to Its Interests.

While every consideration Is being glv

en the American workingman to maintain the standard of wages and living, the nature of the work requires the employment of imported labor and to this end arrangements have been made whereby several thousand Chinese will be given a trial. The government having assumed responsibility for digging the canal, nothing chimerical should stand In the way of accomplishing the result. While the message is directed to Congress, It Is more a communication to

the people, a notation on the progress

250?

I mourned the callous-heartedness of

the government, and besought him not to base too much expectation on the

fatherly sentiment of the British gov

ernment toward a German born In Aus

tralia, who was removed when only 2

years old.

MANY SOURCES OF SALT.

roll of the United States Steel Corpor

ation.

Increased payrolls are the order of

the day on nearly all the railroads and In practically all branches of In

dustrial production. Business Justifies

It A condition of unexampled pros

perity compels It When three jobs

can only find two men, labor's rewards must be enlarged. Everybody is count

ing upon a continuation of this state of

things.

But how would It be If immediate

SWIMMLNO EAST.

machine. The main body or case, of

the apparatus consists of a light alum

inum box about 20 Inches high, which in adapted to be carried on the back of the swimmer. In this box Is a mo

tor, which U used to drive the pro

peller, situated in tbj rear of the box.

On each side of the apparatus are bags

for keeping thj apparatus and the swimmer afloat. The apparatus Is made as light as possible, and every precaution taken to Insure the perfect

working of the motor under water.

Of course the swimmer, after the

motor has started, can very readily

steer any course he desires by means

of the bands and arms. Attachments

That from Natural Springs I Gener

alljr 31 out ZVearly Pure.

The purity of salt depends uion the

sourc from which it 'is obtained nml

the sanitary conditions under which It rlff revision had been recommended

is prepared for the market! The sup- by tbe sIdent: and ordered by Con-

Dly of common salt, the most lndlsnen- uoes aujoouj ueutre tuai m

sable of all the seasoning substances such circumstances inese nunureus or

both as a rellshlrif? condiment nnl millions of Increased wage payments

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dered and cleaned readily. Eiderdown

Is one of the best materials for winter.

though many prefer the outing flannels because they can be cleaned easier.

Soft-tond challies and Japanese crepes

are also good. This little Jacket Is made, of rose-colored French flannel

with trimming of silk braid and a frill of soft lace around the deep collar

which is fastened with a knot of rose-

colored ribbon. The fronts and backs

are plaited to give the required ful

ness and the plain sleeves .ire short and full. Tiie above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Depart- ?y

both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. Vor convenience, write your order on the . following couion: Order Coupon. No. 1G4.. ' SIZE XAMK-

ADDRESS

SvracRer Little Sailor $ult. Among the many and varied nwdls for boys clothing, the Kiilor suit always Ktands out prominently It is. an attractive style and one tnat U favorel alike by the lads and their mothers, for it combines comfort with style In a manner most desirable. The blouse and

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trousers are both so loose that they are

not uncomfortable in any way. Navy blue Is always a good color for these

ults and the material should le of the

lest quality serge Is excellent. A boy!

clothing must be built on lines to stand

service. With these suits a soft silk

of the project to which they are com; tie is used. Under the blouse a plain,

mltted. It is likewise an appeal to -nug-fittlng underwalst Is worn to

patriotism that captious criticism or which the trousers are fastened This

well-night universal food preservative,

Is exhdustlejss, yet even so there is salt

and salt.

Formerly salt was obtained by evap

orating ocean water, a process that left

would now 4 piling up? No; nobody

believes that

Even the most Implacable "progress

ive" or the most Inveterate free-trader

knows, must know; that while tariff re-

many Impurities In the ; residuum, to downward is going on there can

say nothing of Its exposure to all kinds

of dirt In Its shipment from seaports.

The Turk's Island or rock salt, which

Is still largely used In pork packing

and In the manufacture of lee creams,

comes to the United States In holds of

vessels eontlnualry subjected fo dirt

and foul odors. Upon Its arrival It Is

again handled, then packed In coarse

be no such thing as Increase of wages.

In that case wages would have to be lowered, not increased.1 American Economist Eaallr Understood. Congressman Dawson made a strong point in his speech the other night when he showed that nearly a million

and a half of, dollars are sent Into the

are also provided for regulating the burlap bags, permitting dust to sift Into district every year as a resült

of the pearl button industry. And that industry could not be carried on suc

cessfully were It not for the protective

speed through the water. A good dis

tance can be covered, even by a nov

ice, being regulated by the size of the

fuel tank.

the alt In this condition it reaches

the consumer.

Latterly, however, the product of

salt springs has largely taken the lead J Tfae WDrkers of Muscatine are in this country not only for table salt j amj do not tQ hut for meat naeklncr. The animal nro- fe ... . .........

Tlrnovo, the ancient capital of Bui

garla, Is a most Interesting place. J. F.

Fraser, the author of "Pictures from the Balkans," declares that when he climbed Into the town he felt as If he had trespassed upoi a stage during a

performance

I had a cheery dumpling of a driver,

ductlon from this source In the United

States reaches more than 40,000.000 bushels, the State of New York in the vicinity of Syracuse furnishing a large proportion of this important supply.

Pictorial Review.

( mmnofo with the chefln labor of other

VVUf v " m - countries. This Is a political argument which can be easily understood by ev

ery workingman. Muscatine Journal.

Spoiled In the Mäkln. "Nature designed me as a poet," re

marked the visitor, handing over a

manscrlpt

"Ahl May I ask what seemed to In

writes Mr. Fräser, who made himself terfere with nature s plan?" replied

all the more of a dumpling by entwln- the editor, rettrralng the paper.-Phll

lng his waist with enough red baize to decorate a stand for a royal procession. I was in a crooked, rickety carriage,

which banged and Jolted over the cobbles, and seemed to be playing quite a

adelphla Tress.

jut ills Way. "That was a sly trick. I'll bet Slyman was the author of if "Why. there Isn't the slightest evi-

clever game of cup and ball with me. deQCe connect him with it"

I did not once iau our, dui got more That's Just why I'm sure he's at the

shaking In a two-mile drive than most bottom Df it" Philadelphia Tress.

folk got in a railway acciaenc i

My conversation with the landlord. To say a person Is unconventional is

whose countenance suggested sour often . pome way or saying ne is iai-

wine, waa fragmentary and unsatlafac- J polite.

Germany's MIfttake. Germany cannot produce the meat

necessary to feed her people, excepting at great cost; hence tbe recent application of a high tariff on meats was a decided mistake. The British are anticipating an advantage from that mistake In several of the great meatproducing Australian colonies investigations have been made .as to whether largo cargoes of frozen meat could be shipped to Germany. But Australia Is not the only meat-producing country. Kingiton (N. T.) Leader.

scandal mongering may not be per

mitted to delay this great national undertaking. The President may not have seen everythlnXhat Is going on In the zone, he may be over-optimistic, but no one can question, his fallh or his earnestness. Toledo iBlade. Tariff "ot Responatble. If you are obliged, to pay more for your shoes, harness, etc., than formerly, do not let our friend, the enemy, make yoii believe that the protective tariff is responsible for the raise; It Is the increasing .demand of the manufactures

that must be held responsible. The extensive use made of leather other than

footwear was not anticipated a few

years ago, nor do we believe that the new uses ore realized by many who

anxiously await a return to former

values. The price lists In free trade

England show that leather had ad

vanced In that country fully as much

as in the United States. Van Wert

(Ohio) Republican. - Sbonld Take n Longr Brentn.

The Democrats in Congress Intend,

It Is said, to force a war for tariff revision at the next session. With our

home and foreign commerce Increasing

by leaps and bounds, until It exceeds

all former records and Is far In advance of that of any other country, the

proposition In favor of tariff agitation will need to be bolstered up mightily

before it will command any general

measure or popular support, wnen a nation Is making the strides which this country is making. It should take a long breath before hunting about, for a

change. Manchester (Iowa) Press.

holds them securely in plact without

the lM)ther of suspenders. Th pattern

is cut in sizes for boys from 4 to 12

A ears of age.

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 loth the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For

convenience, write your, order oa the

following coupon; , r .

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As to Breakdowns. g he Would you rather walk or ride there? He Well, Fve been out in the motor ear bo much lately that I think I'd rather ride for a change. Puck.

No Inducement.

"Why don't you devote more time to

study?" said the serious person.

"What for?" asked the nonchalant

citizen.

"So that you will surpass all other

Ieople In wisdom."

"I don't see the good of It. It's hard

enough to keep from being lonesome as

it Is." Washington Star. Self-Protection.

"Why," asked the inquisitive person.

"do some of your writers sign their ar

ticles, while others do not?"

"Those who do not,' explained the

magazine editor, "threatened to quit

unless the other articles were signed.1 --

In Germany worklngmen are visited at their homes on pay days by savings

bank officials, to collect their eatinj

for bankings.

Thlnv to Think Abonl. The full dress liveries of tho British

royal footmen cost $.r0 apiece.

New Orleans and Galveston now ex-

l'.rt more wheat than New York.

The highest recorded price for an

orchid In London Is SiH) guineas.

Of the Inhabitants of Sweden nearly

four-Ofths still live In the country.

The first public bath in England fr

hot bathing purposes was opened In 1G70.

Germany now exports more bicycles

than either England or the United

States.

A night-blooming leguminous plant

of Trinidad Is pollinated by the agency of bats.

A polyglot magazine, printed in

twelve languages. Is to be published In

St. Louis.

Pope Pius X has adopted a white

dove, whld' wus cne of tbe pts uf hie predecessor.

The Seven Stare-Inn, nt ManS.ts-ror,

E'.g'aiid, leasts of having bee a licenced for r."0 years. -

The gum trees of Victoria are the tallest trees In the world, averaging 300 feet high. A man has been imprisoned in Paris for making his donkey helplessly Crzi'jz In the streets. A recent landslide In China revealed a pile of money txrualing ln value 7,000,000 coppers. French Is the language of more tia a million of tbe three and a half million of Canadians. The Chinese have twice eacked cow. J 1237, and again la 1223.