Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 April 1907 — Page 6

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The IM ft r-nlnth lonxrru. While the newspapers arc talking today of the -two billiou dollar" i-ou-grea ia describing the fifty-nl ith cungress which closed its existtLce yesterday, that Is not its chief cliiin to distinction. True, It made a new rwcord fcr finding ways of sending the people's money, but, generally speaking, they are intelligent ways, ways that make for the progress and development of the country. And although we may feel parsimonious at times, we are growing to realize that It isn't so important how much money is ivt by the government as it Is that the pvople get their money's worth for the tie!iditures. Looking back over the reeord of this congress, the American people will find a great deal to commend, for no other congress has legislated quite as lavishly for their benetit. The railroad rat bill, the pure food lull, the meat inspection bill, the law forbidding contributions to campaign funds and the bill restricting the hours of labor for railway employes are all of a remedial nature, calculated to correct existing abuses, adjust commercial and industrial inequalities and to safeguard the public interests in contradistinction to private gain. This gigantic work was not readily accomplished, for powerful forces were resisting whenever a footbold could be found. But congress was guided and aided by a wise and patriotic executive who felt he knew what the people needed and wished, and in all the period of legislative activity be was pleading the cause of the people. Not all the legislation passed by congress was perfected as It should have been. There are defects In the railway rate bill, in the pure food bill and In the meat Inspection bill, but they ire defects that will prove themselves hi the application of the laws, and a succeeding congress can take up the work In the light of an experience which was denied the fifty-ninth. That the new Immigration law was not wholly satisfactory Is manifest In the fact that congress made provision for a commission to Investigate the subject. It Is to be deplored that the members could not agree on a satisfactory tarlCT bill for the ""Philippines. In a measure we have violated 'our pledge to our wards of the Pacific and continues! a burden which Is oppressive and unjust. The President urged this legislation with characteristic energy, but "stand patters" who tremble whenever tariff revision is suggested, and KUgar Interests that seem to regard the monopoly as one of divine origin formed a combination powerful enough to keep the bill off the calendar. In this case as In other neglected opportunities, the next congress will find material for a definite program to prosecute the work so well begun under the guidance of Theodore Roosevelt. Toledo Blade. Strongly Entrenched. The President urged the passage of the Philippine tariff bill, but the special Interests were too strongly entrenched to penult tint to be passed, and the majority of the Senators and Representatives were more deeply concerned in raising their salaries than they were In doing justice to the strugllng Filipinos, Rochester Post-Express. The special Interests In this particular case were the American farmers who raise sugar cane and sugar beets. They could see no good reason why 10rent labor In the Philippines should be favored at the expense of labor in the United States costing ten to fifteen times as much. Generally speaking, the American fanner is strongly entrenched. When it comes to determining who shall be President and what party shall control national legislation he is pretty nearly the who!e thing. Jus-Handle Reciprocity. The advocates of reciprocity who are continually urging that it Is necessary for a nation to buy In order to sell ought to pay some attention to the bort comings of Free-Trade England. In 1905 that nation exported to Cuba merchandise of all kinds to the value of 9,813,995, and only bought from the Cubans $814,915 worth of commodities; Hire Is a chance for the Boston Herald to do some missionary work. According to the editor of that paper a nation which refuses or neglects to buy a 9 much from as It sells to another country Is hoggish. It so remarked In a recent article on the subject of reciprocity. Is it ready to admit that Great Britain displayed porcine proiensities in buying only one-twelfth as much from Cuba as she cold to the Cubans? San Francisco Chronicle. , Beat Possible Subsidy. President Itoosevelt will sieakf for the Ship Subsidy bill In the West, although a subsidy for raising corn might be more popular there. Chicago News. If the News only knew it, western corn raisers have the finest kind of "subsidies for raising corn." One Is the Protective Tariff that enables the farmers to compete with Canadian and other grains. Another Is the wonderful soil In the western farming lands, which produces the inexhaustible nutriment that makes the American corn fields the most productive In the world. President Roosevelt could not suggest a better ' sul idy for corn raising than this. Burlington Hawk-Eye. Three of m Kind. "Wlllard, you may define nuisance." "New cents is like other "oppor. teacher, only they is brighter." "Mary Ellen, let me hear you define nuisance." "New Beent3 is fany kind of perfume what ain't like Florldey water or Jockey Club.; "Now, Gharron, let me see if you -.:n define nuisance." "New sense, teacher, is where ym If .Arn a lot moron you knowcl I "' re." San Frp ncisco Chronicle. Those who are not ftcquamtLiI with the appointments of a Komm bedroom will Ik? surprised to learn that tlu other day In the town of Anak one gambler who was down on his luck threw fi pillow at the head of the winner and 'fractured his skull.

The longest lightning conductor la the world is on the Lugspite went;- r station, In Bavaria. It run- down i.w mountain side for three an.l a hair miles to a lake. Motor cars are sabi to he paving a very detrimental effect on thetemperament of high-spirited and wll-bred horses. i

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From Political linker Wha Mu.t Mrddlr IIb Ibr Tarl tT. The tariff 'Ucstion has always btvn set aside for iohtIcal (;u:l!li'Jg and meddling. All kinds of tari.T have be-n tried, from the McKinley protective to Mr. Cleveland- '-tiriiY lor revenue only." Free trade has also b.-vn tried for the very shoit time the country proved able to stand the strain. But one of the different classes of tariff so far tried in this country has proven a uecess our protective system of the present. The period of Introduction of all other tariff policies has leen marked by panic and disaster. Still the tariff Us as much a subject of contention as ever among the politicians who scheme to. gain personal ends. The masses of th iKiople are satistied. The great majority of the American people are by far t o Mensibh not to willing to leave a recognized good thing alone. The only danger apprehended to our present tariff policy and the world record of success it has established, is from political tinkers. In their meddling they evince a willingness to make of our Industrial system a plaything. The present system is elllclent and effective. Our miners to-day would have a $3.."V price for lead In place of $", if it were not for the $2.00 prohibitive tariff, and its wise provisions have held up !"id boosted every commercial, manufacturing and Industrial division of the Faited States, until we have advanced, within a single decade, from a pauperized people with the most wonderful wealth-producing reurces at their hand, to the greatest and richest producing nation of the world one to which all other nations pay tribute. The present tariff policy is not only a distinctly Republican measure, but it has also proven one of the greatest of the many great and enduring Republican administrative successes. Republicans In Congress should see that It be guarded from harmful revision or too much tinkering, the effect of either of which would be on a line with giving a well man medicine. From political tariff tinkers within the party Is the most danger to be feared. Whenever one of this class of ambitious political schemers makes a speech favoring tariff revision, the united Democratic press, which is hoping and praying for Republican blunders, hails him as an ally by clapping and howling with delight Alma (Colo.) Bulletin. Vncle Sara's Balance Sheet. There ought to be rejoicing among the heads of the financial department f the government. Day by day the treasury returns make better showing when compared with those of recent times. Along to this date the government's income for March has been alxmt $ü,O0,000 in excess of Its outgo. For the almost nine months which have elapsed since the beginning of the fiscal year 11)07 the goveruaient has taken in about SIWOMX) more than it has paid out. At this time In the fiscal year I9bö the excess of revenue over expenditures was only $423,000, yet In the three months and one week separating this date fom the end of the year on June 30, lDOtf, the surplus was run up to $20,000,000. It Is evident now that the surplus for the fiscal year 1907 will be considerably over $00,000,000. If the remainder of the present fiscal year should make as good a showing as the corresponding time d'ul a year ago the surplus .for the current twelvemonth will be $70,000,000. This Is so much better than the showing of any recent year that the government and the people are to be congratulated on the situation. Not since 1002 has the surplus for any year been greater than that for 1907 will be. The cut in war taxes about that time reduced the revenue largely. While there was a surplus of $54,000,000 In 1003 there was a deficit of $41.000,0000 In 1004, and of $23,000,000 in 190.V The upward swing brought a surplus of $2;,000.000 for 190C, and the $W,000,0u0 mark will be left behind in 1907. For several reasons this favorable treasury situation ought to pleage the country. It will serve to head off any scares regarding the financial situation, will stop all calamity howling In 190$, will give the government a chance to make the needed appropriations for the Improvement of the country's waterways, and will encourage business men to go right on with their enterprises. Incidentally, too. this growing surplus Is a triumph for republican financiering, and affords a reasonable assurance that the American people in 1903 will give the Republican party a new mandate to runie government for at least four years more. St. Louis Globe Democrat. , What Wa Promised. The Republican party promised In 1S1M. to restore the reciprocity policy. Philadelphia Record. But the promise was not of reciproeity In coinietIng products. It was distinctly specified that articles received from other countries under reciprocity arrangements should &e "articles whicjj we do not ourseives produce." The Republican party has neftr promised reciprocity on any other basis. It never will, never can promise reciprocity in competing products until It shall first decide to abandon the policy of protection. tellped. The fashionable girl wept. ''Confide!" said mamma. Roo-b!" sobbed the girl. "I am always receiving disappointments. You know I had made, arrangements to startle mxiety by elopln? with our v-hauffcur." "Yes, my dear?" "Well. I have found out that Ethel Gilder Is passing the tip that she Is golug to eloje with the pilot of an airship." Tv Point of View. "If it wasn't tor women," re:nnr.ed th in. -re m in, ".vc wonM h.ive n iJ'ii.'i ) 1 '.U-'ll at." "I: it wasn't ."or wo.ik-h." rej'!:ied the y.,nag wi.;).v, ":n :i wo:;!:! b; so inba-rabL' they wouMn't feel like i.ta::liing." Dire. "The fate of I'ouipcll was the imkI oreadi'ul that ever U-U-W a city." "Ah. no doubt." "Consider. It w.-is like bavin; a suV w:iy In process of construction in ev-ry street." Purk. l'p to Dnfe. "I supiMK-i'." be said, "that you will wear sackcloth during Lent." ,sOh, yes," she replied, "but I'm going to have it tailor-made."

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in Chicago. The number of those who made unsuccessful attempts to take their own lives was 253. These figures, taken from a report that Is being prepared by the city bureau of statistics, show how common In a great city are pitiful tragedies due to dis-

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country places. But the greater loneliness Is in the city, among those who get into the back eddies and are there submerged, though near to the main streams of the city's busy and impersonal life. The anti-suicide bureaus recently established In various cities by the Salvation Army help to meet the need of the discouraged for comfort and sympathetic guidance. General William Booth on arriving In New York the other day said that In the first five weeks after such a bureau was opened In London not less than G00 persons who were contemplating self-destruction applied for help In their desperate loneliness. The Chicago bureau's first week of existence was marked by a number of applications by despondent persons who thought life a heavy burden. Discouragement through being friendless In the midst of throngs of strangers was the most common souive of trouble. "A pleasant word Is better than anything else to prevent self-destruction," says Brigadier McMillan In describing the methods adopted In dealing with those who have lost hope. But why should the devoted workers of the salvation army be left to speak this pleasant word? They are sufficiently blessed by the performance of other good deeds. Everybody should take hold and apply this sovereign cure for despondency, lending a hand to the discouraged In other ways also whenever the opportunity arises. Chicago News. .

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edition should contain only the debates In the House and the Senate. At first thought, and to many persons, "the Idea of a "popular edition" of such a serious publication as the Congressional Record Is as amusing as would be a popular edition of "Locke on the Human Understanding," or Combe's "Constitution of Man;" nevertheless. It Is worth considering. Although there are many gieat newspapers In the United States, and although they maintain news bureaus at Washington, It is still true that the ouly complete and orderly report of the doings of Congress to be found anywhere is in the Congressional Record. In England even the minor provincial newspapers print long reports of the doings In Parliament in the order in which things o cured. In this country hardly any newspaper does It not even the metropolitan journals. Here the custom Is to single out of the Washington news that which is picturesque or sensational, and "feature" it The result Is that one an hardly get an orderly and com

1 A LOAN OF BEADS. 4 The Papuans of New Guinea are a Jovial, light-hearted people, and, says the author of "Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals,' when one has won their confidence they are hospitable and friendly. Their trust when once gained will ftand rather severe tests, as be found to his great satisfaction and advantage after a stay of some months at Mount Kebea. I was anxious to push further Into the interior, but found myself absolutely without beads, which are the Journey money of the explorer. It would have delayed me too long to wait for the return of my messengers, who had been sent to the coast for a further supply, o I hit upon the expedient of trying how far credit with the natives would I, called the tribe, men, women and children, together, and In a long harangue explained the situation to them, and finally asked them If they would lend me their beads, which every one of them wore on his or her person in considerable profusion. I promised them Miat on my return I would pay them double the quantity. This tribe, be It noted, was not to accompany me farther, and the beads would have to be given to other bear ers, whom I should engage as I proceeded. These ornaments are to the Papuans as precious as her pearls are to a grande dame, but nevertheless every man, woman and child Immediately consented to the loan. This appreciation of the idea of cred it denotes a considerable receptivity of mind, and shows that the Papuan can not be Inaccessible to civilization. THE THUGS OP INDIA. Discoverers of Burled Treasure Feel the Knotted Handkerchief. India has many false delusions, one of them being tbat crimes practiced In days gone by are now extinct I have seen it written that thuggee has been eradicated. It has been gener ally accepted that the fearful method of making away with mankind disclosed years ago by Mr. Taylor in "The Confessions of a Thug" has disappeared; but in my opinion as long as India Is India that ancient system of murder will remala as an heirloom to the race of Asaltlcs prone to that particular crime. The story I have to relate is Indirectly connected with the da colt rantia and his followers. It was In 1884 that I searched a certain water course In the Asseerghur luntfes for tracks of a tiger. I found them abet five miles from a village called Kakria in surroundings that suited my methods In every way for the erect lo.i of a machine, and 1 called upon ny followers to tie up the buffalo and prepare the place for a kilL Near by was a temple, ancient and moss bound. Much to ny surprise my men refused en masse to help me in any way. They at first offered all sorts of feeble objections to the position which did not deceive me. I felt that there was some strong supers'.ition or ether feeling of repugnance which made them hostile to a macham being erected on that particular spot. I went to my tent and pondered, and while sj doing my head shikaree approached me and told me that be would ?xplaln matters to the best of his ability. What the shikaree said to me I will endeavor to repeat In his own words: "Sahib," he said, "Tantla the dacolt Is In these regions. He Is a friend of the poor, but a bitter enemy of the Feringee sahib and the rich. He has murdered many men and the riches he has gathered are hidden In many olaces. Cheetoo. one of his followers.

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were 400 suicides in the solitude of what is said and In It, let It come by RECORD." INCREASE has served you well and he once knew what I am saying Is true. lt had become known that Tantia Pheel had bidden half a lac of rupees in the vicinity of the temple, near where you wish us to erect a machan. Cheetoo, your late hunter, knew It also and he communicated the news to his brother. They both resolved to gather the wealth while Tantla was elsewhere, and having collected some digging implements, they set. out at sundown for the temple. 'The treasure was actually burled beneath the temple Idol. Cheetoo and his brother Rugoo never returned to their homes and when two of their relatives set forth to find them they likewise returned not "Some days after tbee events a brother of mine was hunting for thatch In the neighborhood of the temple and came across four dead bodies. Two of tbem were skeletons, the third was partially devoured, but the fourth, which was Inside the temple, was owing to the Incident having occurred about Christmas In a fair state of preservation. There were no wounds on the body, but simply a dark blue mark around the neck, proving strangulation by the thug's knotted handkerchief and a bruise at the nape of the neck." The shikaree added that Tantla had In his employ two renowned thugs who could kill their victims before they reached the ground and those experts watched Tantla's treasure. I was not surprised that the shikarees avoided the spot, though it was known that Tantla had long ago lifted his Illgotten gains and planted them - elsewhere. GUESTS MAKE THE HOTEL. Comfort" of Old-Time Inas Would Not De Tolerated To-day. Among the silly and absurd articles appearing from time to time concerning hotel and tavern 'keeping one tells us again and again how the modern hotel U shown to disadvantage when compared with the Inns of colonial days. In these articles the writer di lates and expiates on the hospitality of the old-time tavern and the cold, in different and almost cruel treatment received from the hands of the modern hotel man. Of course, every one knows, If he will drop sentiment for a moment and give the subject a little sober reflection, that the modern traveler, tourist or hotel guest would abso lutely refuse the accommodations afforded by the Inn of one hundred years ago. The only advantage of a hotel of those times lay In the fact that the lack of material comforts drew from the traveler a warmer fellow feeling and greater sociability a condition In which one man m more his brother's keeper than prevails to-day. Again. the travel by coach and the small number thrown together, en route or at the hotel, made closer acquaintanceship not only possible but far more desirable than In our day of big hotels and big crowds. The modern hotel is a product of the times. The Avants, desires, whims, fads and, on top of all these, the imperative demands of those who travel-have made the hotel of to-day what it is from the standpoint of food, accommodations, method of service and management, and from every point of view. The hotel keeper of to-day responds the bidding of the guests. One might almost say of the man and woman who travel : IIere Is your hotel ; you have planned it, furnished It; you have out lined Its methods of management, and It Is what you believe should be com prehended In the modern hotel." The colonial tavern, which would not be tolerated for a moment In our days, was adapted to Its times; to speak of It as being superior to the modern hostelry Is to claim that the old stage

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prehensive view of what goes on In Congress except from the pages of the Record. In some sense this is a national misfortune. It is the reason why so few persons are really well Informed In matters of current political history. In u government where each man has a voice, to be Ignorant of the great questions on which one must vote, is to put poor material into the house of our political liberties. If a "popular edition" of the Record will spread accurate knowledge of

done In Congress or stimulate Interest all means. Youth's Companion. DISARMAMENT.

'"fc ECIDEDIA the most practical step thus far

taken by any nation toward a reduction or limitation of armaments Is that which has just been taken by the British government In the year's naval estimates the First Lord of the Admiralty asked for an appropriation for the building of three new bat

tleships of the Dreadnaught class, but added that if satisfactory agreements for lircination of armaments could be reached with the other great naval powers at The Hague the Uovernment would omit one of the three and content Itself with two new ships. The Incident establishes the good faith of Ureat Britain In asking that the question of limitation of armaments shall be considered at The Hague, and It will probably encourage other nations to align themselves with the United Kingdom. It is understood that Italy and Spain, whose relations with England are close and sympathetic, are Joined with her In the request, and would be glad to see some practical disarmament scheme not only discussed, but also actually adopted. France and Russia are quite willing to have the subject introduced and debated, but have no faith that any conclusion will be reached, if. Indeed, they desire it to be reached at this time. As for Germany and Auatrla-nungary, they are said to be as they have been from the first, resolutely opposed not only to any actual measure of disarmament, but even to any discussion of the subject at The Hague In the most 'purely academic way. New York Tribune.

IN CIGARETTE SMOKING.

EN years ago the number of cigars and cigarettes manufactured and sold in the United States was about the same a little more than 4,030,000,000 of each. For three years after tbat the record for the cigarette was a slowly decreasing one, while that of the cigar went steadily forward, and In 1901

It was 1,00,000,000 ahead of its little rival. After that however, for some mysterious reason the cigarette bejran to overtake the cigar, which had been going ahead all the time, and now the two are again about on a level. But for the last two years the Increase In the use of cigarettes has been vastly greater than that In the us of cigars, and the Indications are that the latter will soon be left far behind. The statistics make no account of those who roll their own cigarettes. If these were added, the cigar would be een already to have been conquered by the humbler cylinder. Chicago Journal.

coach, which left you more weary an worn at the end of one hundred mile than the palace coach does to-day a; the end of one thousand miles, was i superior vehicle of travel to thosi used on the modern railroad. GENEROUS LITTLE CRABS. Tarn Over Their Claws to Fisher men and Grow Other Pair. Visitors in Seville see women carrying baskets full of crabs claws. The claws are cooked and people nibble at them, more for fun than for sustenance. Just as the Russians nibble sunflower seeds. But what Is thus crustacean? What becomes of the rest of him, especially, If a crawfish, of his tail? As a matter of fact the crawfish has no part In the business. The carrasquenas, as the claws are called, are taken from a salt water crab, the gelasimus tangeri, which lives along the shores of Morocco, Spain and Portugal. Each little crab, with his one little wife, has a little cave for a home, and, adopting the Arab estimate of the other sex, he usually keeps his wife shut up inside the cave, meanwhile staying about the threshold himself and making a brave show with his big claws. When the tide runs out the crabflshers prowl along the beach looking for crab boles. Either the crab Is stalking up and down seeking what he may devour and thus showing whether he has fine claws or he Is still at home, and the size of his doorway Indicates the size of the householder. In one case the fisherman cuts off his retreat by blocking his front door with mud. In the other case he digs him out. Anyway, he deprives him of his pincers and sets him at liberty to grow some more. Right here appears the happiest feature of the whole affair, for the pincers are not torn away from the crab at all. Instead he presents tbem to the fisherman, perhaps even with his compliments. It Is a fact e?Ily demonstrable that the crab can detach his claw by a muscular effort, thus making no hemorrhage but leaving the stump In such condition that ri new claw Is soon grown. The fishermen simply take Mr. Crab by the hand, whereupon he lets go, leaves the claw with them and runs off home without It. And as the claw Is no longer of any use to him or to anybody else in the water, and as It Is salable and edible, the fisherman naturally takes It home and sells iL Le Temps. An 111 Wind. T. P. O'Connor, the Irish leader, be gan a brilliant after-dinner speech In Philadelphia In this way : "I must confess that I dread to mak after-dinner speeches. At the mosl sumptuous dinners, If I know that at the end I must make a speech, I an. nervous. I have no appetite, I find little to admire In the best efforts ol the chef. "In truth, gentlemen, I readily Imag ine Daniel, If he was at all of my mind heaving a Righ of relief as the Horn drew nernrer to devour him heaving e sigh of vcllcf and murmuring: " 'Web, If there's any after-dlnnei speaking to be doue on this occasion at least It won't be done by me.' " Ex change. Unviable Hnllroud Iteccrd. At the final meeting of the Waterloo and City Railway Company (tube). London, which has been taken over b the London and Southwestern, th chairman mentioned that since the rail way was completed. In 1S93, It had carried yi.OCO.OOO passengers without an accident. There are no new arguments in love or politics.

"Do roil know," said the Sergeant, "that tho famous pontoon flotilla that carried the advance of Sherman's army across the Tennessee at the battle of Chattanooga was managed by an old Illinois river man? The pontoons were collected In the North Chickamauga, and the scheme was to put thirty men in each boat and make a rush across the Tennessee In the face of Bragg's army. Three divisions of General Sherman's army were massed behind the hills at Caldwell's Ford by the 23d of November, 18J3. On that day a detail from our third brigade, in charge of Captain John Kennedy of Company F of the Eighty-fifth Illinois, launched 116 pontoons in tLu North Chlcakamauga. 'Captain Kennedy had been a boatman on the Illinois River previous to the war, .and so much of an expert was he In his work that boats were launched at the rate of three a minute. On the night of Nov. 23 a detail was made from the brigade of men to row the boats out of the creek into the river and down to the place where the bridge was to be thrown across. This detail was made from men used to boating, and was under the command of Captain II. S. La Tourrette, of Company G of the Eighty-fifth Illinois. The boats were manned at midnight, went quietly out of the creek, dropped silently down the river, hugging the north bank until they reached the point for the intended bridge, when all pulled for the other shore. This was reached, the men in the boats Jumped ashore, captured the picket post, and two divisions of Sherman's troops were quickly carried over In the boats, and the work of laying the pontoon bridge was commenced, and by 11 o'clock on the 24th the other troops of Sherman's army were crossing. 'This, to my mind, was a wonderful exploit. That the enterprise was carried out so secretly and expeditiously as to avoid loss on our side was to the credit of those who managed the expedition. But as I look back over the record of army experience, many events only incidentally connected with our military operations stand out clearly because of their romantic or dramatic character. I never see the name of Spring Hill, Tenn., but that there comes to mind a tragedy there that history takes small account of. In the spring of 1S03, General Earl Van Dorn was in command of the left wing of Bragg's army, with headquarters at Spring Hill. While there the General enjoyed the hospitality of a well-known physician, whose daughter had married Dr. Peters, a surgeon in the Confederate army. "Dr. Peters, visiting his home, learned that Van Dorn had dishonored his wife. He mounted his horse, rode over to Van Dora's camp, handed the reins to an orderly at headquarters, entered the General's tent, and shot and instantly killed Van Dorn. Then, before those at headquarters-recovered from their surprise, Dr. Peters mounted his horse, rode into the Union lines, told what he had done, and claimed the protection of the flag. I do not know what became of Dr. Peters, but no incident of our campaign in Tennessee was more talked about at the camp fire than that quick vengeance and wild ride of the Confederate surgeon. "In June, 18C3, two men rode into the Union camp at Franklin, Tenn went to the headquarters of Colonel J. P. Balrd, of the Eighty-fifth Indiana, then commanding the post. Introduced themselves as Colonel Orton and Ma jor Dunlap, Inspector generals of the United States army. They presented an order from the War Department at Washington directing Colon Orton, In company with Major. Dunlap, to make a careful Inspection of the outposts and advances of the Union army in Tennessee. They presented an ordpr also from General Itosecrans to all otSeers commanding outposts and detachments to afford every facility possible to enable these officers to promptly perform their duties. "Accepting the papers and orders as genuine. Colonel Balrd showed Orton and Dunlap about the defences, and was complimented by them upon the splendid condition of his camp. On returning to headquarters, he gave them supper and loaned them $00. In the dusk of the evening the two meu started, as if going to Nashville. Colonel Watklns, of the Sixth Kentuekv Cavalry, was at headquarters when they rode away, and, suspecting that the men were not what they pretended to be, be called his orderly and rode In pursuit The officers were overtaken, were informed that Colonel Balrd desired that they return to headquarters, and after some remonstrance they rode back with Colonel Watklns. "Instead of taking the suspected officers to, headquarters, Colonel Watklns led them to his own tent, where ho placed them under guard and relieved them of their side arms. When Major Dunlap's sword was drawn from the scabbard, on the blade was found Lieutenant W. G. Peter. C. S. A. Further search discovered on their persons papers which showed they were rebel spies, and they confessed the whole matter. The facts were telegrapbd to General Itosecrans, who ordered that the prisoners be tried by drumhead court martial, and If found guilty that they be hanged Immediately. The court was called, the men were found guilty, and were hanged at d o'clock the next morning and burled near the scene of execution. One of these men was Colonel William O. Williams, In command of a brigade of Confederate cavalry. The other, as has been said, was Lieutenant Walter G. Peter. . "Williams at the outbreak of the rebellion was a lieutenant in the Second regular cavalrj. He was for a time infjicctor general on the staff of General Bragg, and was familiar with the forms as to orders used on both sides. His exploit was one of the most re.narkable In 'the history of the war. Had It not been for the suspicion that "ound place in Colonel Watklns' mind, tVilliams would have returned to his ommand well Informed as to the decnes at Franklin, and would undoubtedly have led his brigade against that jutDost within a week.

The boys of the Eighty-fifth remember the story from the several Version that came to us in the next few days, and they will pixbably remember that on April 27 the entire command was called out at o o'clock in the morning and stood in line of battle until after daylight, while Colonel Watklns descended upon a rebel camp In the Tank hills, within a mile of Van Dora's main force, and captured 128 prisoners, 200 horses and mules, and the complete outfit of the Texas legion." Chicago Inter Ocean.

Had Deen There Before. I would like to relate a little Incident connected with my army experiences which may possibly be rather Interesting to the comrades. In the fall of 1803 some of the boys who had enjoyed the hospitality of LIbby, where, among other delicacies, they were served bean soup (much water and few beans), were paroled, and after spending some time at Annapolis were sent on to an exchange camp near Washington. There were quite a party of us, and on our way out from Washington to camp we met a sutler going In who had cakes. Ice cream and other good things which had only been tantalizing memories to us for a Ion? time. Of course, we bad no money, but that trifling lack concerned us rot at all. When we were opposite sutler some of the lys started for the wagon, but Jhe sutler, understanding what Hie boys meant, put the whip to his horses, endeavoring to leave ?o lively a vicinity. He would have succeeded, but fortunately for the boys. the stump of a tree was In his way, which stopped the wagon, one hcrse going one side of the stump and the other horse the other. There was an officer with the boys who felt it was up to him to attempt to drive them away, so he drew his sword, and while he was charging on one side the boys would run around to the other. He kept this up, the boys running from side to side until the wagon was empty. He was only bluffing, and the boys knew it The sight of a sword didn't "skeer" them worth a cent; It was too common a sight to them. It was funny to see the boys after the raid; one with his mouth crammed and his hands full of cakes; another with both hands filled with ice cream; others with bologna sausage, tobacco, etc. I tell you it was great fun for the boys, and though It was quite a different proposition to the sutler, he took it very coolly. I guess he had been there before. J. B. Stalb, Co. G, 11th Pa. Cav., Hastings, Pa., in National Tribune, An Incidert at Kenesaw. "There was one incident at Kenesaw," said Samuel Grlmsbaw of the Fifty-second Ohio, "which I believe Is without a parallel. The day after the assault some of our men obtained a supply of small square mirrors. These we rigged up, attaching them by wire to the butts of our guns; then, placing the guns in position on our breastWorks,' and lying fiat on our tacks, c'lt of sight, we sighted by the reflection In the glass until we got range of a rebel as he appeared over or under their head logs, and fired. This was very effective. We soon learned by shoot ing at the lower level of the head logs the balls were deflected, and the rebels were compelled to get as far back as they could, which, of course, was all to our benefit We remained on that line for five days. As I remember the experience now, the discipline in re-forming our liner after the charge and the resourcefulness In construction of breastworks seem wonderful to me. All our alignments were quickly made, and there was good order from that minute. ; We knew that our losses had been heavy We felt that success was almost Impossible, but, by common consent, officers and men determined to stiy there until support could come. Our brigade did what Burnside failed to do at Fredericksburg, what Tickett failed to do at Gettysburg, and what Longstreot failed to do at Knoxville; we made a lodgment, and maintained our position without re-enforcements.' Chicago Iuter Ocean. In the Fata of War. One of the closing acts of Congress was the passage of a bill granting Mrs. Jackson, widow of Stonewall Jaciison, the famous Confederate battle hero, a pension of $30 a month. She will draw that amount from the government as the widow of a Mexican war officer. Senator Overman of North Carolina introduced the bill. It passed the senate and wa3 hung up in the house committee. The President was unofficially informed that Congress might adjourn without action on the bill. He sent Representative Longworth, his son-in-law, to see' Representative Loudenslager of New Jersey, chairman of the house committee. Prompt action followed. Abraham Llncola'a Wny. The following story Is told by vne who ou;ht to know about its authenticity, and who vouches for its truth: "President Lincoln once wrote to Geu. McClellan, when the latter was In command of the army. Gen. McClellan, as Is well known, conducted a waiting campaign, being so careful not to make any mistakes that he made very Utile headway. President Lincoln sent this brief but exceedingly pertinent note: 44 'My Dear McClellan: If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow It for a while. Yonrs respectfully, A. LINCOLN." The Irony of Fate. A young man by the name of Wentz, whose father lived near the "Peach Orchard" in Gettysburg, wObere th$ battle raged the most furiously the second day on Sickles left flank, went South before the war, and when It broke out he doiuied the gray. Through the irony of fate the young man stood during the battle of Gettysburg with his battery In his father's yard. Similar was the case of Culp, a nephew of the owner of Culp's hill. He went South lefo,"e the war, joined the Confederates and came Xorth to die on Culp's hill, just outside the village of Gettysburg, where he was- born. Twenty years' observation of phthisis over a district in Dartmoor and North Devon, England, has convinced Investigators that populations exposed to strong prevalent rainy winds have a higher death rate from consumption than populations sheltered from them. The contrasts In the phthisis death rate in the sheltered and exposed parUhe3 are vcrr market!. In France a cheese seller is as familiar a sight on city streets as a banana man Is in Chicago. A moderate wind blows seven ; miles per hour.

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