Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 March 1907 — Page 6

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raining of the rariüeator. What will the Senate do for a K sen?r f (Gordian knots now that Wisconsin's senior member of that body has stepped down? Spooner has patched ir T many compromises as Clay ev?r Cd Whenever there has been a tanZ' In his chamber on any big measure Spooner has been called In to straighten it out. In the tumultuous politics of the past few years the Wisconsin statesman was a handy man to Lave in the rational lawmaking body. Nobody e'se could have fixed up the truces which enabled the Porto Hico and several of the Philippine bills to get on the statute book. On the Panama canal question. Congress was tied in a harder knot than It was tied on the Missouri jidmlsj-Ion Issue three-quarters of a centnry ago. Spooner stepped In In the Inter case Just as Clay did in the earlier cue, and the problem was nolved. Seldom does a distinguished Senator ia the prime of life voluntarily step out of that chamber. The latest man of national note previous to Spooner to do this wax Kdimmds o? Vermont, who Is still p.IIve, and who could have been in tiid Senate yet If he had wanted o mimic. KUiuunJs, too. was Fomethins of a compromiser. lie reconciled the vnr'nus partisans on the iol3gamj- issue of long ago, aud pot hin measure on statute book. Uno the Wisconsin insu, he was a great lawyer, ami was something or an orator. Like hlin, also, he was personally popular on both sides of the chamber, and also popular with the presidents of his own party. The Senate has many hard fighters left. It has Fornker, Hale, Boverldgp, iLode. and a few others on the Republican ylde, who can be relied on to give und t:k hard knocks for their party. Tillman ami Morgan, on the Pemocn.tlc side, are of the sa-me order. Forker and Tillman have something of the old Donnybrook disregard for oases and consequences in their scraps, but they are useful men in the Senate, now that Spoouer has passed out, but Knox lacks the dexterity of the W5sconIn man In establishing armistices am! Ir reconciling .the Irreconcilable. In the fracases of the future In the Senate the Wisconsin peacemaker will be missed by hrs old colleagues and by the country St. Louis Globe Democrat. Pnnlahlnsr th Farmer. YVe have already noted that the value t nur farm crops, which was considerably less than $3,000.000.000 ten years ago, increased to about $7,000.000,000 in HiOiJ. We now have tb latest estimate of the value of farm anfcnals. On Jan. I, 1897, the value of all our farm a alma Is was $l,(VTs414,G12. On Jan. 1, 1907. the value was: Horses $1,810,578,000, niules $42S.WM.00O, milch cows $tK..497,0OO, other cattle $881,775,000, sheep $204,210,000, swine $417,701,000; total, $4,423.913,000. An increase of $7482,1,000 since Jan. 1, 1906, and an Increase of $2.70-8.-f-00,000, or 107 per cent. In ten years unde the operation of the DIngley tariff. Our advance In manufacturing has Leen marvelous, but It does not equal the Increased rewards in values and prices that have come to our farmers. Free traders and revisionists continue to call our fanners the "victims" of protection. Well may our farmers say, laoweyer: "If this be punishment, give as more and more of It." American Economist. XTr Knew the DIJferencr. If the tariff ia reduced and foreign competition allowed to enter It means that the foreign product will to some extent at least replace the home product, and to Just that extent the American laborer will be Injured, since the foreign worklngman would get the labor, whereas the American had the Job befoie. The man who wants to reduce the tariff for the purpose of "busting" the trusts Is about as foolish as the Irishman on the street car who said. "Faith, and I played a good joke on the ondoocthor. I gave him a nickel and kept me transfer and he never knew the difference.' Topeka "Herald." Let Well Enough Alone. It should be borne in mind that much ai8y be said for the policy of letting well enough alone, which revisionist's derisively denominate the "stand-pat" policy. A good time to re rig? the tariff Is when the commercial and Industrial needs of the country call for It: and n good time to leave off all such tinkering Is when the country Is riding on the crest of prosperity's wave and comparatively few practical men of business have any complaint to make. Denver "Republican." Perfeetlr Satisfactory. He had Just proposed and , she had lost no time In accepting. "Darling." he said, "you have made me the happiest man In the world." "I'm glad of It. dearest," she replied, "but I don't want to be married for a long time yet" "Oh, that's all right," he rejoined. "The longer we remain unmarried the longer I'll continue to be the happiest man In the world." Ilefftilar Tabasco. Sandy Pikes Lady, If yer can't give me nothln to eat, please give me de part of yer noospaper dat has de news from Congress. Kind Lady But, my ioor man, why should you wish to read the news from Congress? Sandy Pikes Because, mum. it contains so much "hot air" I kin keep wann In de blizzard. Ijovr Down Trick.. Stella Of all the miserable, selfish, despicable men I ever met young Ilugglns heads the list. Maude Why, dear, 'what has he done? Stella What has he dune? Last week he proposed to me and I handed him the frigid mitt and Instead of mak ing an attempt at suicide, as I supposed lie would do, his engagement to my hated rival Is announced. Down at Bacon Ridge. Hiram Hardapple Old Josh Wheatly killed his red cow yesterday and found a peck of nails and railroad spikes In her stomach. Zske Croasby Do tell ! Josh always waa lucky. New he'll have beef and iron for a spring medicine without getttei it at the drug store. Trust that man In nothing who baa not a cocscienc la everything. L.

FAKMEE'S LARGE SHARE.

ReinarUable Ittse in Value of Arlcultaral 1'rouuctN. Believers in the policy of protection have long hud to combat the absurd but obstinate assumption that the farmer.- of the country art? benetited in a r i rely consequential way by the inijK)fc'tion of tariffs on foreign manufactures and produce. It is singular that even to this day, in the face of such conclusive proof to the contrary, there should be found those ready to take the affirmative side of this free trade proposition, made ridiculous as it has been by the history of our own times. True, less is heard of it than in former years, but so long as prejudice and ignorance endure it abandonment may not be looked for. The Department of Agriculture has recently thrown some light on the level of prices obtain! ns under a tariff deigned "for revenue only" and a genuinely protective tariff. For the purpose of making a comparison which will be valuable for illustrative purposes, The "Capital" tafces the figures just issued by the department aud puts tlieui side by side with the "Orange Judd Farmer" live stock census of u decade ago. The results are startling. For lustaiicc :' Jan. 1, 1S'.)7 (under the Wllson-Gor-man Democratic tariff) the average value of horses In the United States was $33. Co per head. Today, if the Department of Agriculture la rightly Informed, that value Is $83.51. Under the DIngley tariff the American horse has more than doubled ia value. Isn't this worth something to the farmer, esIclally when it is considered that there are nearly 2U,0,UW) horses in the country, worth almost two billion of dollars? Secretary Wilson's boys say that the valu of the American milch cow has Increased during the past ten or twelve years ZQ per cent. The average heifer sold for $21 and $22 a head under our last tariff tinkering experiment. Now tic. average price Is $ol ier head, and tlw milch cows of the country are worth a hundred millions of dollars more than those we had during low tariff times. Does this increase mean anything to the farmer, or is it a purely benevolent supposition? Again, in January, 1S0G, in the very heydey of Wilson-Gorma nlsin, sheep were going !egging at $1.G0 a head. Now, under a protective tariff which 'does not benefit the farmer," the average price of sheep is $3.84. At least that is what the Agricultural Depart lrent Kays. If anybody wants to quarrel with the figures as Indicative of too great prosperity for the fanners who are being unmercifully robbed by the tariff, let him go to headquarters. Tfct contrast In the price of hogs for 1S07 and 1907 makes mighty interesting reading for the tariff student, too. Jan. 1, 1SU7. the average porker sold for $1.13. Secretary Wilson says that the average price on the 1st of last January was $7.02, and it Is higher today than it was a month and a half ago. In the past ten years the American hog has almost doubled In value. The increase has come under protection and as a direct result of protection. It me?ns millions to the farmer. It means codegc educations, pianos and furnaces and two-seated surreys and gasoline engines and electric lights and hot and .old water for bathrooms every convenience and comfort and luxury for the farmer and his family. All this under the DIngley law, which "operates to enrich the few and makes the fanner pay tribute to the monopolist." Hah ! The farmer who keeps his milk and butler chcks and his hog and steer refe'pts Is not fooled. A ten-year memory is a good thing to have about the p'.aec, too. Des Moines "Capital." Bljr Ulft-h Ireanre Pomp. The biggest high pressure pump In the world Is installed In the Dry Diggings placer fields of southern Ore gon ou Ilogue river and is used to operate a battery of hydraulic moidtors In the mines. This pump Is one of the largest pieces of mining ma chinery ever manufactured and could never have been Installed but for the fact that It was du:uped directly from the cars to the foundation prepared for It at the mines. The pump was built In &an Fran Cisco and Mas one of the last big Jobs done by the company before the earth quake and fire. The pump Is of the five-step centrifugal type and It weighs, aside from bearings and gears. just 70,000 pounds. Other pumps have been built that lift as great a volume of water as does this one, but they do not deliver It under such enormous pressure. This pump Is tested to with stand a maximum pressure of 250 pounds to the square Inch. Its capacity Is 13.000.0WJ gallons In twenty-four hours, or 9,000 gallons a minute. This enormous volume Is de llvered through a half-mile of pipe line, the pipe being of steel, twentytwo Inches in diameter. The water Is 'lited to a height of 100 feet and forced through two four-Inch nozzles, hurling streams a distance of 500 feet. These powerful streams are played upon the mountain walls to tear down the gold-bearing gravel. Technical World. Squelched A;aln. "Mrm. Peck, I have stood your bullyragging Just as long as I propose to do so. I shall proceed to give you a piece of my mind." "A piece of your mind, Henry Teck? A piece of your mind! Talk abou 'two bites of a cherry!'" Chicago News. Considerate. Young Husband Don't you think, darling, that my wnoke Is likely to spoil the curtains? Young Wife You are the best and most considerate husband that ever lived, d-Mr. Of course It would. Young Husband Well, then, you h 1 letter take them down. Money In It. Say, Ilarker, what has boenn of your brother Iii "I'.n tht r I'.iiiV (Mi, he is in the East, r;:i-ii:g. the Ions; green." Y.,u don't say. Is h in Wall street'" "No, he has started an asparagus farm." One Kind. Little Willie Say, pa, what Is a railroad director? pa A signboard at a crossing that directs the public to "Stop ! Look ! Listen!" my son. Samuel G. Ward, formerly a Boston banker, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's most Intimate friend. Is tili Urins In Washington. He Is one of the two turrlvota of the Harvard data of 1ZZ1

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NO UNWRITTEN LAW.

kUDGE MAltTlX of the

Philadelphia refused to permit evidence In Justification of murder. In excluding such testimony he declared that there was no such thing as "the unwritten law." He argued that while at the moment of the commission of the crime, a man might feel

that he had adequate provocation, after the excitement had passed and he had a chance to deliberate on the matter, he could not conscientiously say that the cause was sufficient to warrant his taking human life. Judge Martin placed the matter just where it should be. If "the unwritten law" U to be pleaded, license Is ultimately to be indulged In. There is no limit to the variety and degree of adequacy of the causes that may bo cited In Justification of capital crime. Quickly would we be brought to the conditions thct once prevailed in the far West, where even the passing of the He wai regarded as Justification for killing. No one wants to go back to those" days. As a matter of fact no one can afford to. If now other judges before whom attempt Is made to plead "the unwritten law," will take similar positions, much will be done to discourage murder; for such plea being denied every murderer will be compelled to submit to the written law which recognizes In Justification only one plea, that of self-defense. It Is the written law that must be sustained if life la protected as It should be. Wlllianisport (Pa.) Grit.

MORE WHOLESOME SPORT. IIltOUGIIOUT the Middle West, as In other

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nau rtfacneu a state or uisgraueiui anu sordid arrogance, when, two years ago, a conference of the governing boards of nine of

the leading institutions of the interior took the matter under consideration. They found high school boys who had been Induced to leave school a year or two ahead of time In order to enter some eol'ege which was willing to smooth the Intellectual pathway In return for athletic services. Professionalism was rife, and not only winked at, but almost openly encouraged; and rivalry was so keen that even middle-aged profeRors found their relations with professors In other colleges strained by the hostile feeling between the undergraduates. The desire to win, and the hope of making money by winning, bail killed the true spirit of sport The governing boards of the nine colleges which met to consider the matter took radical steps. Professionalism was prohibited by the most stringent regulations, all contests betweeu certain of the fiercest rivals were discontinued, and a uniform date for beginning training In the fall was fixed. The new rules have now had a year's trial, with the rasult of clearing the air and establishing college athletics upon a saner and more wholesome footing. A second conference was lately held to consider possi

NOT OVERWORKEDYoung Mrs. II lank, the wife of a new Congressman, as the Washington Tost clearly shows, Is peculiarly anxious that her husband shall make no mis take In the intricacies of Washington oflicial etiquette. "I don't understand it, Tom," she began one evening. "Here we've been In Washington nearly a week, and the Speaker hasn't been to lee you." A smile lightened the gloom of the Dongressman's countenance. "It Is not usual for. the Speaker to all on a new member," he explained. "Why, I thought he was the man ivbo put you on committees," said the wife, anxious not to get mixed on an Important question. "He is," said the new member, in a roodlng tone. "WeM, how can he manage If he Joesn't know you?" "I could go to see him." "Indeed, I wouldn't, Tom!" she exlalmed, with a touch of hauteur. "Take aay advice and don't go near him." The Congressman was silent ; he was Tying to remember how many times he bad called and failed to see .the Speaker. "He'll get a wrong Impression of rou," continued his wife. "You ought to let him know right In the beginning that you realize your position and Its Importance." A tortured senile died on the Conrressman's face. "If you let him Imagine for a mlnlte that you consider him a bigger nan than you are, he'll simply work rou to death there's no telling how nany committees he'll put you on." Something like hysteria clutched at Ihe Congressman's throat. He Jerked almself out of his chair and rang for water. "You see," his wife said, confldentlaly, "I've had some experience, and there's no fun In committee work. I've een on supper committees and . prop-am committees, and things like that; ut now whenever anything comes up in the club, I'm Just a little cool to the president, or I stay away, and then wine other woman has to serve." "Betty," said the Congressman, in onstralned tones, "you don't underrtand the situation." "Oh, yes I do! It's Just a habit of rours to say that I don't understand filings." The Congressman threw up a window rith a loud bang and leaned out Into lie raw, wintry air. "These hotel rooms are stuffy, I adnit, but you'll take cold, Tom, doing that, and, besides, I want to say about fcose committees " The Congressman drew himself Into 2i room, closed the window with anither bang, and turned to his wife with the air of a long-surferlng mau. "The committee question has been ettled for me," be said. "The Speaker äs finally agreed or rather promised" -lie paused confusedly, "or I might uy tendered. me a committeeship vhlcii I I" he cleared his throat, 'have consented to accept.- But this e a delirate matter, Betty, and I prefer :hat you don't discuss It with any one, particularly the J-ulies and the Con cessional people in the hotel." "You can rely upon my discretion," aid his wife, with dignity. "I was nly anxious on your account. Why, nly yesterday I heard Mrs. Leader rcmplalnlng of how overworked her joor husband was. and " "That's the very point I wish to oake," broke In the Congressman. "It prouldn't be good taste for a new mecner to complain." "I see. I shan't say a word. But, Fom, will the work on your committee M positively exhausting, like Mr. LeadThe Congressman went to the door

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Great Papers on Important Subjects.

ble changes In the rules. Although great pressure was brought by some of the student bodies, the members of the athletic confer jace committee stood firm. Only one change was made. The rule fixing a uniform date for beginning practice was rescinded. Even that may be restored. The colleges of the Middle West, therefore, are to have another year of cleanliness and decency and manliness In sport; another chance to learn that to win Is not the main object of ath'etics among gentlemen, but that "the game's the thing." Youth's Companion.

Criminal Court of T takes and took in the ice water, "No-o, I'm sore not," he said, on his way back. "I'm so glad'." exclaimed his wife, affectionately. THREE CURIOUS WATCHES. One of Ivory Another Vluyn Tonn -Csarln' "-Ounce Marrel. A man in Switzerland has Just made a watch entirely of Ivory obtained from an old billiard ball. Works, hands and case are all the same material. And yet It keeps very good time. The first phonograph watch was made In Barls In 1S97. It was large and heavy, but was regarded as a , great curiosity nevertheless. Now, however, watches that speak the hour In place of chiming them are not at all uncommon. They are, says the House Beautiful, still somewhat bulky, as compared with the best ordinary modern cbronomoters, although not so much so but that they can be easily carried In an ordinary waistcoat pocket Beneath the crystal back of a valuable chronometer owned by an English tradesman six tiny gold and silver flsh with ruby eyes are seen, apparently swimming about In real water. The fish. Infinitely small, are beautifully modeled, and the effect of movement In their natural element Is due to a combination of hair springs with a background of quicksilver. Far more wonderful, because of Its small size. Is the watch owned by the Czarina of Russia, originally presented to the Empress Elizabeth on her coronation. At the baclc is Inset an exquisitely beautiful little model of the Holy Sepulchre, over which Is seen standing, stern and motionless, a Praetorian guard. This Is viewed through the crystal of the case. On opening It the Imitation stones roll away from the mouth of the miniature vault, the sentry kneels reverently, angels appear at opposite sides of the opening, and at the same time there Is played, softly and sweetly, the music of one of the sacred Easter songs beloved by all the orthodox Russians. The watch weighs only seven ounces, but the maker Is said to have worked at It almost uninterruptedly nine years. One of the most treasured ornaments of a London star of burlesque Is an exquisitely pretty little blouse watch, w.'iich plays a couple of selections from "The Belle of New York." The watch Is keyless so far as Its ordinary mechanism is concerned, but a tiny key has to be used to start It playing. The music Is low In tone, but very sweet and clear. Crocker Ktte to De Sold. The large reality interests of the Charles Crocker estate are to be sold, according to the San Francisco Bulletin. Instructions have been given to close out at aucticn every foot of ground in San Francisco belonging to th'i late multi-millionaire, and before many years pass the land will be convert od Into money. The conditions of the real estate market are believed to be opportune, and high prices are expected for the property. In San Francisco alone there are over 7,000 lots belonging to the estate, a part of which are Improved. In San Bruno there are KJ0 acres available for building sites, and at Barkside there nre many lots which have already been listed for sale. Besides the city property there are ranches In Colusa and Merced counties which will bring big prices. In selling these properties It Is the purpose of Umbsen & Co., to whom the sale fs Intrusted, to hold biweekly auction sales. It Is un possible to determine how long it will take to get rid of the big holdings, but It is thought that at least three years, and perhaps longsr, will be required. The wild wares are like some people; they cuke a lot of noise and say nothing.

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A CHANCE BEFORE PRISON. HE movement In which several of the municipal judges and other members of the Judiciary are taking much Interest to encourage guilty teople who are first offenders by giving them another chance before committing them to the penitentiary Is in the line of thought of the best students of

penology. Too ofteii the prison becomes little less than a school of crime. The doors close behind a man once counted honest and his whole life Is affected. There is more than a chance that an act counted criminal may have been the result of peculiar and unusual conditions, or may have been committed without full realization of its effect upon life and character. Kindly words of encouragement and advice may possibly save a man to his family t.nd to society when the penitentiary would make him a confirmed criminal. What the State neds is a citizenship ready to obey the law and to respect the law. The saving of boj-s and men, of girls and women, that they may contribute something to the welfare and happiness of mankind, is the prime idea. If the new plans result In Improvement over present conditions in the punishment Nof crime they will prove their value many times over. Chicago Tribune.

THE THP.EE BOXES OF CITIZENSHIP.

a bold man to defy even one woman.

Hold indeed Is he who openly defies a million of them. That Is whaf Charles R. Saunders of Iloston has done. In speaking agsln.st a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts constitution striking the word "male'' from the qualifications of voters, he

said : "American freedom depends on the ballot box, the Jury box and the cartridge box. Woman suffragists ask complete use of the ballot box, little or no use of the Jury box, and entire exemption from use of the cartridge box, on which both the others depend for existence." The million women of Masachuretts, more than a fourth of whom are splusters, have views of their own. They have buried the bold Saunders In an avalanche of retorts to the effect that the men do not make complete use of the ballot box, that they dodge jury duty, and that they S" metimes hire substitutes when the cartridge boxes are distributed. Kansas City World.

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An ostrich yields about three pound. of feathers a year. Judge Charles T. , Woodard, latelj appointed to the Maine Supreme Court never had a picture taken. Some statistician has discovered tha the average woman carries forty tc sixty miles of hair on her head. The Bank of England employs about 1,000 people, pays $1,'J50,000 yearly lc wages and $175,000 yearly In pensions The Island of Java Is losing Its su premacy as a coffee producer. The crop produced In . Sumatra now almost equals it GreLOble, France, probably manufae tures more ladles' kid gloves than any other place In the world. Paris, Chau mout and Millau are also largely engaged In this Industry. All the paper for the millions of post age stamps used In the United States Is manufactured at Mechanic Falls, Me Once a month the firm receives a requl sltlon for 1,000,000 sheets of the paper, and each sheet will make SGI stamps. A consignment of extraordinarily fine diamonds has reached London from a new mine In the Orange River colony. The mine In question Is called the Robert Victor, and 13 situated at Boshoff, a few miles across the border from Kimberley. In the year 1814 the Thames froze and the English channel was for a time Impassable because of Icebergs. The coldest European whiter on record was that of 1708-1709. It began early In October. In 1740 also the cold was so Intense that birds fell dead to the ground. A. G. Wbso, secretary of the St Helena committee in London, states that since the withdrawal of the troops, which ha9 reduced the island to a state of bankruptcy, the only occupation of the Inhabitants of St Helena Is catching rats. The government pays 2 cents each for them. At the final meeting, on Feb. 7, of the Waterloo and City Railway Company (tube), London, which has been taken over by the London and Southwestern, the chairman mentioned that since the railway was completed. In 1S9S, It had carried 41,000,000 passengers without an accident A "Tonohlng" Story. The young lady who had sat for a crayon portrait was not altogether pleased with the result. "It looks like me, of course," she said, inspecting It doubtfully, "and yet I think there are some things about It that ought to be changed." She suggested that the eyes should have rather more of an upward look, that the right hand should be a little less prominent, that the hair shoul.l be m:ide more wavy, and that certain changes ought to be made In the drapery. "That would require a great deal of retouching," said the artist, "and I should have to charge you about ten dollars additional." "Oh, dear:' she exclaimed, with a pout. "I shall have to give it up. I'apa wouldn't stand my 'retouching' him to that extent" Not a Had Ciue. "That qua re-look I ng wagon the boss' son wuz driviu," said Casey, "Is called a 'dog-cart ' I wonder w'at fur.' 'I dunno.' replied Ca3sldy, "except that mebbe 'tis bekase they're druv be pups mostly." Philadelphia Press. Brldare. Partner Don't you ever discard 8 queen, Mr. Sporter! Sporter Not If I can establish my suit. Harvard Lampoon. It doetn't pay to sow wild oats, young osa; there it qq mrket for ibzz.

SOLDIERS AT HOME.

THEY TELL SOM- INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. ' How the Boys of Both Armies Whiled Away Life in Camp-ForaKing experiences, Tiresome Marches Thrlllins Scene on the Battlefield. Our regiment was drilling at Camp Randall the morning of July 22, 18G1, when news came of the fight at Bull Run and foot race to Washington. The Second Wisconsin, our predecessors at Camp Randall, was reported to have been bidly cut to pieces. How familiar that sounds "cut to pieces!" May I diverge? Yes? What soldier did not hear it many times during his service? Armies, corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, companies, batteries, were reported "cut to pieces; only a few are left" Often it was true, but offener It was not, heaven be thanked! Soil In the army was great for a story to grow in. The kl.ling of a dozen meu and the capture of a company hi Butler's armj', across the James, was likely to be a thousand killed, several thousand, wounded and five thousand captured, when it was filtered down to tlw left of Petersburg, with the sensational announcement that Butler's army had been attacked by Longstreet's and Ewell's corps and "all cut to pieces." Before: the soldier-statesman of the rank and file had figured out why Grant and Meade had allowed Longstreet and Ewell to transfer from the Petersburg front to Butler's front and "cut his army to pieces," why the ynlon army had not swept over the Petersburg works and taken the old Virginia city while the bulk of its defenders were "cutting Butler to pieces." Truth came straggling along the line to undo the work of tha more rapid marcher, Falsehood. It was glorious to hear so dreadful a report contradicted. It was Inspiring to hear the soldiersutesman of the rear rank explain why it would have been Impossible for Iee to withdraw twenty or thirty thousand from Meade's front and cut Butler's army to pieces why it was "a fool story." Funny fellows, those soldierstatesmen. At Gettysburg Pickett's division was cut to pieces, but it made a record that will be quoted as Jong as the world stands. That was an instance when the report was true; but it was not so true that the union array had no more trouble from General Pickett and his dauutless Virginians. They were on hand in many another contest the survivors of the memorable Gettysburg charge and their "yell" and shooting had lost none of their force. They were among the very last troops to stop fighting at Appomattox. Longstreet was wounded the Cth of May, 1SG4, In "the Wilderness," and the report came to our battered, bleeding line that Longstreet's corps had lost Its great leader and had been "cut to pieces;" but in all the fighting, from "the Wilderness" to thw wind-up. Longstreet's old corps, part of the time unät Anderson and for some time 'before tbe curtain "rang down" under Longstreet, that "cut to pieces" command did right smart of mischief struck powerful bloys at Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor, Petersburg, etc. Hancock's Second Corps and what a Jlmdandy corps it was was said to have been cut to pieces at the time it charged Lee's lines near Spott3ylvanla "the bloody angle" capturing Johnston's division of confederates. Those who have heard General Gordon's lecture on "The Closing Days of the Confederacy" will never forget a thrilling story he tells about a hurried formation of troops to charge and check Hancock's men at "the bloody angle.' When everything was in readiness to make the charge. General Gordon says. General Lee placed himself at th head of tue charging column and gave the command to advance. Not a man moved, but for rods on either side of him his men, who loved him as no other general was loved in either army, began to shout, "General Lee to the rear! General Lee to the rear! We will not go a step until General Lee goes to the rear." Men gathered about his horse and pleaded with their commander not to lead the charge. They told him that they would gladly charge, but he must not lead tLem; they could hot spare him. When General Lee saw that his power to command had been wrenched from him by the brave fellows who did' not" tear to go where they would not allow him to go, he wheeled about and started back, the men cheering his action; and then, under another leader, and I believe It was Gordon, the line advanced and was frightfully cut to pieces. But that line and others that followed It and joined Hancock !n keeping up that dreadful musketry fire all of that foggy, rainy May night, did cutting to pieces that makes cold chills dance up and down our backs of those who saw the field the next morning. The wounded, or hundreds of them, were killed by that ceaseless night firing; the dead, in numerous Instances, were so riddled by the contending forces that little more than a pool of blood was left to tell where a brave man had fallen. Trees were chopped down by flying bullets. A cut from an oak more than a foot in diameter, so chopped, is at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. WThat a picture of war presented Itself on that field; what suffering, horrors, sacrifices, slaughter! Yet Hancock's and the force that opposed him there quickly mustered for Cold Harbor, less than three weeks later. The thousand men who composed our regiment looked sober the morning after first Bull Run. One of the regiments in the battle had left the camp we occupied only a few weeks before, but now they were "cut .o pieces." We were no less sober when, a few hours later, word came that we, too, must move on Washington. How much that meant! It meant battles for us before we were ready for such work, we thought. We didn't stop to think that the folks on the other side were no better prepared. It took two passenger trains to run us to Milwaukee, then a city of rö,(XX people. Good women of Milwaukee feasted the thousand as they were not again fed until thoy reenlLsted three years later, and came back to be banqueted by the Chamber of Commerce, after tours of Gainesville, Bull Run, South Moutain, Antletam, Fredericksburg, Fltzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run. After the feast In Milwaukee, July, 1861, we started for Chicago over the Northwestern, the only road then connecting the two cities. A stop was made at Racine. The whole city was out to se us. Two young women in tears attracted my attention. One was Itter of a eol&er klltel at Ball

Run and the other was his sweetheart. The sister was Mrs. A, J. Peavey, later state superintendent of schools for Colorado. The sweetheart became the wife of a Governor of Wisconsin, th? sister and brother having been elected to a State office, though In different States, the same day. The dead lover and brother of 1S01 was not dead. He had a bullet imbedded in his body and went to Richmond. Splendid women are those two weeping Racine girls one an honored State officer and the other a Governor's wife. J. A. Watrous, in Chicago Herald..

The Underground Bureau. Is there a single oiücer giving Instructions at West Point who is aware that In all our armies In the Civil War there was among the enlisted men, the volunteers, a system of gathering and distributing the news that bat the information we received from division and corps headquarters, both in time and accuracy? It Is the fact. And the system was paralleled by that of the slaves who walked the plantations lying within the Confederacy o' nights. These army news reporters whowalked through the camps at night to meet other soldiers and discus? the campaign and make merciless fun and keenest criticism of their generals, were almost invariably Americans, frequently Irishmen. I cannot recall ever having met on these night ranges men of other na tlonality. There was a burning desire among these men to know how other commands fared, and to gather accurate Information, so as to correctly Judge of the battle's tide, the progress of tha campaign and the morale of the army. The enlisted men knew of defeats and successes long before they were published in general orders. The truth Is, that the privates of the army the volunteers without bounty I mean never believed a report that was published from headquarters unless it corresponded with the Information the "camp walkers," had gathered. We ex-jKH-ted our generals to lie t us and we were never disappointed. It was surprising how quick important news relative to the battle or a campaign spread throughout the army. The news was carried from camp fire to camp fire o' nights, and It was generally reliable and wonderfully full and accurate. Often as I sat by the camp fire, talking with my comrades, I have seen shadowy forms hurrying rapidly through the" woods and along the road, and I knew that men who were hungry for authentic news were beating the camps and battle line to obtain It. Frequently these figures would halt, and then seeing our fire with men near it, they would Issue forth from the woods and join us. They would sit down, fill their pipes, light them with glowing coals, and then, with their rifles lying across their knees, ask for the Second Corps news, inquire as to our losses and whether we had gained or lost ground, and what Confederate command was opposed to us. They would Inquire as to the truth of ru mors of disaster which they might have heard during the day. They would listen attentively to what we said, and it was a point of honor not to give false Information to these men. Then they would briefly tell the Fifth or Sixth or Ninth Corps news, and quickly disappear in the darkness. American Tribune. evr Fashions. A Southern lady, hi a diary which she kept throughout the Civil War, tells of a bonnet which she made and which was regarded as "quite stunning." The author of -Dixie After the War" quotes from the diary as follows: We had been wearing coal-scuttla bonnets of plaited straw, trimmed with corn-shuck rosettes. I made fifteen one spring, acquired a fine name as a milliner, and was paid for my work. I recall one that was quite stunning. I got hold of a bit of much-worn white. ribbon and dyed It an exquisite shade of green with a tea made of coffeeberries. Coffee-berries dye a lovely green ; you might remember that If you are ever in war and blockaded. When the Northern ladles appeared on the streets of Richmond, they did not seem to have on any bonnets at all. They wore tiny, three-cornered affairs, tied on with narrow strings, and all their hair showing in the back. Wt thought them the most absurd and tri fling things. But we made haste to gel some. The Yankees Introduced some new fashions hi other things besides clothes that I remember vividly, one being canned fruit I had never seen any canned fruit before the Yankees came. Pleasant Innovations In food were like to leave lasting impressions on one who had been living on next to nothing for an Indefinite period. The Navy. The navy last year used 672,867 tons of coal, which cost $2,829,032, or an average of $4.20 a ton. The libraries on naval vessels last year were augmented by the addition of 31,500 books at an approximate cost of $50,000. War vessels during the last fiscal year purchased 6,418,754 gallons of fresh water at a cost of $18,124, or an average of $2.S2 per thousand gallons. That there has been In the past year a reduction of $52 per ton In the cost of armor plate is one of the encouraging statements In the report of the Chief of Ordnance of the Navy Department. The cost of food Issued to sailors and others entitled to rations in the navy during the fiscal year was $3,145,250.32. The cost of clothing and small stores Issued during the same period was $4,036,035.43, on which the government suffered a loss of $122,750.77. The total pay of otlicers and sailors actually aboard ships during the last fiscal year was $24,725.103, of which $2,0S9,754.33 was for' apprentices and others aboard receiving ships. Food to the value of $1,427,965.50 was issued to sailors on board ships, of which amount $321.959.70 went to those on training ships. The President and Mrs. Roosevslt have entertained at luncheon Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Akeley, who were on their way back to Chicago after fifteen months' stay in East Africa. They have fifteen tons of trophies, and the President couldn't lose the hunting tales. If a servant In Germany falls 111 oar mistress is not allowed to discharge her, but must pay 2s a day for her hospital expenses until she Is perfectly well. Germany's Increase of population in the years 1895 to 1CC3 was 16 psr cent; Frtxci'i, 2 ptr cczl

Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER V V V Dainty Urr-um Acc-Kori. So many guimpe and "jumper" waists are being worn this winter that a goodly supply of chemisettes is needed, and pretty designs for them are In great demand. Tbe short sleeve puffs also give an opiortunity for some beautiful deep cuffs, which can be made PATTEUX NO. 1701. fast to the sleeves, or finished separately and attached, if tlcfired. Iijr having a number of these dain'v 1 it tic pieces of different styles, one can vary the appearance of a gown greatly and keep a costume at all times perfectly fresh. The design used here cau be used for the round, square, or V ajped opening, and by watching the opportunity of picking up remnants of pretty silks and laces these charming little aeit'Rsorles can be madi at very small cost. Pattern No. 1701 cocnes in three sizes, larjre, small and medium. The above pattern will be mallei to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Pe sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: r Order Coupon. No. 1701. SIZE NAME .... ADDRESS i, Practical Sleeping; Garment. The mot comfortabl as well as the most h.. Jeuic garment for children Is something after this order. Ixose night-gowns will leave the little limbs unprotected when the small wearers tos nbout at night, a::d as this is a proillic source of colds during the winter mouths, careful mothers prefer to button the little ones up saujrly in warm flannel night drawers during the (old weather, at least. This Himple model is easily followed. The front and the leg portion of the back are cut rATTEEX NO. !G'i4. In one piece. A center seam joins th two pieces in front, and across thi bac; the drawers are gathered and attained to a waist-band which Is buttoned to the back. The sleeves are loose and comfortable, finished at the wrists with narrow cuffs. Outing flannel Is by far the best material for tscse garments and is quite Inexpensive. Pattern No. lGt'U is cut in sizes for children from 2 to 8 years 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, pe sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order ca th following coupon: Order Coupon. Xo. HJC4; SIZE NAME ACDHESS, '. Items of Interest. During the racing ueason more than $1,(XX),000 a day is wagered on horses. Appendicitis Insurance policies are issued In England at 110 a year for every $500. , One-half of all the women In Massachusetts who are al!e to work are wage-earners. In Spain the daily wage of a tielJ laborer ranges from to -S cents without board. It has been decided that the new Liverpool cathedral Is to be built of local ntl sandstone. The first "blacklist of habitual drunkards," published In Indor., under the new licensing act, shows three times as many women r.s men. It is fiaid that there .ire from eighty to a hundred millions of people n the region of the Anglo-C.orrnan mission in the Soudan and only t.':i missionaries. For 30 cents. In the II' of Commons restaurant, a r.unnlK r or Parliament gets a chop, potatoes. !rr:id and a bottle of ale. all of the b-st quality. New South Wales Employers' federation has dec d 1 to oppose the first. attempt made by any trade union to register a union label. There are several varieties of fish that cannct swim. In every instance Ihey are deep-sea dwellers, and crawl alout the rocks, using their tails and flns as legs. The oldest paper In the world Is the Kin Pan of Pekln. For nearly a thousand 3-ears It has been published regularly, first as a monthly, up to tha jtir 13G1, when It becams a trccily, tzl C:r the last ninety years u a Czj,

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