Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 August 1907 — Page 6

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A Guvernnr "Who Governs. Gov. Hushes supervision over legislation lias surprised Republicans as well as Democrats. He has vetoed thirty-seven bills, his threat of a veto Induced the Legislature to recall 107 measures, and he has allowed 2.V) bills to die unacted on. This shows that jNew York's executive is not an oght-Bölf-a-day n:an. He works ten or Pwelve hours every day, and he Is doing something throughout all of that time. His readiness with the veto recalls President Cleveland's activity In that direction, but Cleveland's veto was directed chilly against private pension bills, while Hushes hits measures of larger importance. Tin's activity has created something like consternation amon; th? politicians. He examines ' every measure which reaches him. There is nothing perfunctory about his performance. He acts on the assumption that the people f his state put him in oflice to use all the powers of his post to give them good government. Nothing within the scope of his official duties escapes his attention. Many of the Republican politicians have turned against him. He is accused of pernicious meddlesomeness, and the party leaders on both sides are getting somewhat uncertain as to whether he ought tu be called J. Republican, a Democrat or a Mugwump. No other New York governor within the aaemory of anybody now alive has given so much time to the duties of his office. Rut the people of his state seem to Äke Gov. Hughes. He is looming up into national proportions. Already the prophets are beginning to couple his name with the presidential candidacy. If the national conventie- were to ?ect to-day, he would get many votes In it. Apparently, he Is not thinking of the presidency, but is doing the duty which confronts him. That Is the sort of an official that the people like. He Is jnaking friends among all elements of the people, though the politicians are against him. As New York's Legislature meets every year, he will have abundant chances to do many things before the national convention meets. The country is following Gov. Hughes course with a good deal of interest. JI la placed Ceninre. The Sherman anti-trust law was passed by Congress long before Theodore Roosevelt was thought of In connection with the Presidency, and it was passed in obedience to a public demand that combinations of capital should be restrained from encroaching on the rights of the people. The Valentine law was passed by the Ohio Legislators also In response to popular opinion that some measure of restriction was necessary in order to preserve individual rights from the exactions or corporations. There has been no demand for a repeal of eilher the United States or the Ohio statute wh'ch would seem to how that the people have not changed their mlndä concerning these measures. But in spite of the fact that President Roosevelt had nothing to do with thepassage of either law, it Is true that he is being held accountable for the prosecutions Instituted under both laws. Activities of county prosecutors fallowed the campaign' of the national administration for law enforcement. If President Roosevelt had not directed Iiis attorney general to proceed against oompanies doing an Interstate business for violating the Sherman law, it is contended that local authorities would have been less aggressive. But why should censure attach to the President? He was elected to enforce the laws. He should not be blamed for doing his sworn duty. ' As long as the people permit, a law to stand, It should be obeyed. If It Is an unjust law, if It works hardships on the Innocent, the people will demand Its repeal, and Congress must heed the demand. If Icemen, lumbermen and brick men who confessed to having violated the Valentine law have a grievance, it is gainst the people, not against the President. Toledo Blade. Unfair Tariff Co a reunion. It does seem' unfair that Germany, which has a tariff system, can, by making certain concessions, get goodinto the United States on more favorable terms thai Great Britain, which has not sucf? a system and which has always a fine market for American goods. It has been suggested that the President might Iooi; upon the action of Great Britain in making existing laws as a concession, although It was made before any negotiations were opeied for "concessions" under the Dijgley act. The German tariff agreement has stirWd up much criticism pro aadcon. Te American Protective Tariff League criticizes it severely, holding among other things that the granting of privileges to Germany was in conflict with the administrative sections of the Dingley act. The feature that permits the chambers of commerce of Germany, which are semi-official in character, to place the valuation on goods exporteil, is being attacked on the ground that it will result In an unreasonably low valuation. The tariff issue is very 'live just now on account of the agreement with Germany. Tacoma Ledger. Willing lo Waive. The ease with which William Jennings Bryan abandons his government ownership Ifsuo after his very pronounced declaration in favor of it made In a speech at' Madison Square Garden a year ago, indicates how little principle guides the action of the Great Conmoner. Having heard the protests from his party and realizing that the prize he has boon seeking so ardently was fast receding from his view, he promptly about-faces and says that government ownership Is not an issue next year. That Is to say, Mr. Bryan does not purpose letting anything ftand in his wiy for the nomlnat'on at the hands of the Democratic party. And the attitude of the Democratic press, ever since he made his plea for government ownership, has been so hostile that he hastens to retrieve. Only, we fear, the reason for this sudden change of front is so diaphanous that Democratic leaders will lose faith In the sincerity of the "Peerless One." Nine hundred and thirty-one British municipalities own gas works, ninetynine tramways and 181 supply electric"J. Korea Is taking more to beer drink13 than either Japan or China.

OBEDIENCE TO LAWS.

Some IVho Are In Tr.mble Misht Have Avoided It. Some who are In trouble at this time, yet claim to b upright, wellmeaning citizens, could hue avoided their present experiences by rejecting the idta that certain laws made by Congress or the State legislatures are J less binding than others, and that law observance to some extent is a matter of usase, or subject to manipulation by those who -ommand Inüue.ice. The laws against method's In restraint of trade have lva on tli3 statute books a long time. Mergers and rebates have been 'forb'dden by law for years, but many acts have been committed at variance with it. Lack of knowledge can not be ph-aded, but there was a prevailing belief that the enactments would not or could not be enforced. and the glamor of big operations induced earelessnes-j. New schemes in millions and billions sprang up freely, and visions of vast Avealth resulted in a careless, if not reckless, spirit. A day of accounting has arrived. Those who have genuinely observed the laws are on solid ground, while those wh have tampered with them are calle.T iipon to square their conduct If they c?n. Many new laws were passed at the recent sessions of Congress and J the State legislatures. What indivlduals may think of them gives no pre scription for their violation, and those who 'snore the:n in letter or spirit will find no sympathy when summoned to defend themselves in the courts. The trust laws, rate laws, pure food law, and all the rest of the statutes must be respected, or worse will come to any who fancy that tbv menu less than they siy, or that there are subterfuges by which they; can be nullified. The great majority of citizens willingly obey and support the laws and take pains to acquaint themselves with their true Intent. It is the only safe course, as some who are now arraigned have discovered. rSt. LcuLs Gobe-Pemocrat The Panic In Japan. t The financial smash-up which has just hit Japan was expected. Japan is poor In natural resources. Her soil is now producing up to its limit She has but little mineral wealth. Most of the 40,000,000 inhabitants of the islands comprised In the Japanese Empire are only a short remove from the mast abject poverty 'all the time. Taxation, even during the days before the Russian war, bore with a crushing weight onthe Japanese people. The tax burden was iucreased heavily by the war. 'Famine came in a large part of the empire Just after the war ended. And now the crash has come. One of the things which caused the crash, however, was the speculation which set Sn about a year ago. Immediately after the recovery from the famine the stock market became active. New companies In many sorts of activities were launched. Their promoters promised and their dupes expected a rise In prices. A fall came Instead, and many of those wildcat enterprises collapsed. Runs were started on the banks throughout a large part of the empire. Thirteen banks suspended. Stocks of a'l sorts droiped to low figures. Factories closed their doors. All the familiar features of a panic were Presen.. ' The banks in some of the business centers united to check the spread of tie scare! Report says the worst is oer. A long period of liquidation, however, is probably ahead of Japan. As In the United States and other countiles In such dislocations of credit, there will be an Industrial stagnation fov several years.' Much suffering will necessarily take place. It Is altogether pobable that relief will be asked from the outside world. In the meantime the war talk will subside. The wild men in Tokio who were urging an attack on. San Francisco and an invasion of the United States will get no audience hereafter. Repnltltran Polloy. Any Republican national convection and any Republican Congress will stand to and abide by the present tariff in all Its essential features; any Republican candidate will stand on the platform. We surmise that other questions will iiave more to do with the selection of the candidate, and will be more in issue in the campaign. The Republican party never lowered i Its standard one inch to secure votes for its sound money policy In lSOO, however any imagined otherwise. It is going t take an open ground In favor of the proper regulation and restraint of corporate wealth; but it will not lathe least lower its tariff policy to that end. The Republican party is not going to drive business out of the country to kill monoioly; it Is going to keep it possible to do business on an honest basi, and tlicn compel men to keep to that basis. Free-traders think It cannot be done. Any Intelligent proter tionist knows it can. And it will. It is not necessary to bum the Idise to destroy the rats. We are going to be very jealous of our tariff; but tolerate no evil which the free trader assumes, without reason, to be a necessary part of a protective tariff. Lebanon (X. II.) Tree Preis. Tar I IT Senne nnl 'onene. Mr. Bryan does not have much faith In the prediction that the tariff is to be ti e paramount idea In the next campaign, lie says that, in his opinion, it will occupy no such place of Importance It will be merely Incidental. Here Is a matter upon which the Nebraskan h eminently right. There Is nothing Id the tariff to quarrel over. This country continues to believe In a protective tariff, which Is the true basis of out industrial and commercial supremacy. This country is not going to abandon that policy next year. To. abandon it or to modify it greatly even would bring upon this country industrial horrors compared with which those of a dozen years ago would be mild. Indeed. As we are industrially greater now than we were then so our depression would be greater. Cedar Rapids Republican. Should Demand n Halt. National prosperity Is a tender plant We were prosperous sixteen years ago. Surely our memories are good enough to recall the result of the disturbance of business confidence which followed the election of Cleveland. The disturbance which present conditions, unless they are soon interrupted, are going about to create, will be the cyclone to the zephyr compared with that former one. It is high time for citizens who are capable of thinking, to think, and, thinking, to demand that there be a halt in the harassing chase of the goose, that lays the golden eggs. New Haven Register. The average monthly income In Japan, after recent advances In wages, is officially stated at less than $$.

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INSANITY ON FARM.

i WISCONSIN man says

y I going Insane In Increased numbers, and he I blames the rural free delivery of mail for ,tT mZlmQ the alleged condition. It Is doubtful if.in-

IfUSSl sanity ,s Increasing on from Wisconsin states. Iv informed, the opposite

statements directly refuting the claim of Increased lunacy have been published recently. In, support. of the statement that'lunacy is on the increase and that farmers wives are the victims, it Is alleged that the farm-wife's life is more than ever seoluded and withdrawn, now that the mail Is carried to the door each morning. It is said that before the introduction of rural free delivery of mail the people gathered at the country store, at the neighbors' homes, and saw more of each other than they do now. The man who has discovered that farmers' wives were in the babit of gathering at the store, and at each others' homes to gossip has uncovered something new and out.-ide the facts. There is too much doing In the home to permit much lingering at the store for the women, at any rate. Those who were In the habit of getting together to "talk things over" are probably "getting together" just as much as ever under the nw conditions. There is little danger but that the gossip will keep her mind and tongue so engaged as to preclude the possibility of brooding. moping or insane moods. The chances are that the rural free delivery of mail militates against possibility of insanity rather than acting as a factor In bringing mental disease to the marooned farmer's wife. Iudiyapolis Sun. ' -

BICYCLE3. ANUFAOTluiEKS reiortan-increase this year over last year in the demand for bicycles. 13 It possible that the leg-power, vehicle is coming into its own again, or at least recovering from the depression which followed the fever a dozen years ago? The census bulletin for l'JOÖ shows that

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In 1S90 two and a half million dollars' worth of bicycles were manufactured in this country. Ten years later the output had Increased to twelve times that amount, and since the manufacturing cost had decreased, the number of new bicycles In use In 1000 was more than twelve times that of ten years before. In the next five years the industry declined to oneeixth of its magnitude in 1900. The bicycle craze reached its height in 1S9I-C. With tbo approval of fashion, both men and women In great numbers were pedaling over the roads. Professional bicycle riders loomed large in the world of sport. Motor- . paced races threatened to rival baseball as a summer day's, entertainment. The crouching speeder made the highway hideous and trained walking humanity In the agility which later became useful In dodging the auto- . mobile. But these abuses decreased, and were more than atoned for by the service which bicycling rendered In promoting good roads. Bicycling as a track sport was displaced by the motor car; fashion Withdrew her favor;' many persons tired of the exercise, ofteu because they Had abused their strength. After the sudden fever and the equally sudden depression. It may be that the bicycle will come In again, not as a fad, but in its real right as a useful and pleasant vehicle. Machines were never so well made at low cost as they are now. - The "wheel." having gone erratlcal'yaip and down as the sewing machine once did, ought to have a future .conducted by the manufacturer on sound economic prinL :

GIRL HEROINE IN COLUMBIA DISASTER. Of the tales of bravery In connection with the wreck of the steamship Columbia, In which more than 50 lives were lost, none Is more thrilling, none arouses more admiration than that of which Miss Maybelle Watson Is the heroine. She Is barely 17 years old and

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MISS MAYRF.LLl: WATSON.

resides at Berkeley, Cal. She was a passenger on the big coaster. Miss Watson Is unable to swim, but before she was hurled from the deck of the illfated Columbia she had fastened on a life preserver, and this enabled her to play the part she did. Robert Hawse, the third mate of tbe vessel, who is generally credited with having saved many lives, says of her: "There Is but one heroine In the catastrophe which befell the Columbia. That Is Miss Watson. I was gathering in the- second boat load when I saw her with a woman clinging to her, and discovered that, while Miss Watson was provided with a life preserver, her companion tvas not. There was that slim wisp of i girl, paddling bravely and telling the helpless woman to keep a good hold and not give up. for the boat was coming. When I reached out for her she shook her head resolutely and said I must take the woman with her into the boat first. I have seen many brave deeds, and have heard many In my seafaring life, , but never saw anything to equal the way that girl risked her own chances for life by allowing a drowning person to hold on to her while she herself was struggling desperately to keep above water." Hawse declares that many of the Bale survivors of the Columbia, which collided with the San Pedro, a lumber steamer, were guilty of the lowest type of cowardice. "The women showed more bravery, even more gallantry, In

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Great Papers on Important Subjects.

farmers' wives are THE the farm as the man -If the Sua is rfchtHIT agery, is true. At least. II I ership I 1 SOME iHK the moments when death secnied so close at hand, than did the men," ha says. A Long Srarch. One of the portraits of Revolutionary heroes which hangs In Independence Hall, Philadelphia, had up to a short time ago been unidentified!. One after another ail the other pictures were correctly named and placed, but this face hung in a place of honor, unknown. For six years a committee of Daughters of th Revolution have worked, endeavoring to ienetrate the mystery of this portrait, and at last their endeavors have been successful. Through an raving made in ISlO the picture has I II T''1i'll1 Otwl IftI cii'iIa..! II .III! .i ri.,vv... ...iu nuujLvi iueniineu a Capt. William Smith of South Carolina. Captain Smith's name does not occur often In the history of the war. He was only 18 years old when the British invaded South Carolina, but boy as he was, he organized a company, and with "the help of a Georgia troop, successfully attacked an English garrison. His picture was painted by James Sharpless, and has hung these many years, keeping its secret in the faces of the Inquiring or Indifferent public. The Verr Worst. Douglas Jerrold was seriously disappointed with a certain book written by one of his friends. This friend heard that Jerrold had expressed his disappointment and questioned him. "I hear you said was the worst book I ever wrote." "No. I didn't," came the answer. "I said It was the worst book anybody ever wrote." Few men have courage enough to be timid and admit it How a boy does love to see things happen that shouldn't I appen!

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ciples and supported by a steady demand of the public for an Inexpensive and pleasant mode of exercise and locomotion. Youth's Companion.

UNWRITTEN LAW. "unwritten law" Is a survival of sav when man claimed the right of ownover his women. It has no place In ...1.1. . I A. . 1 . 1 , 1 1

uiouern inougui; u miuuiu nave no piace in moderu sentiment. When people who would like to commit murder, but are deterred from It by fear

of punishment, see that other murderers escape by an easy excuse, they naturally find their fear removed, and then there is nothing to prevent them from carrying out their pans. They apieal to the "unwritten law," and walk out of court free men, and not only free but sympathized with, wept over and honored. There have been many such cases of late. In which the murderer told his otory, and, as there was nobody to refute it, the sole person who might have been able to do so being In his grave. It was accepted as gospel truth. In some places In this country no man's life is safe, or his reputation, either. Any other man can shoot him, go into couit and allege monstrous crimes against him, and therp Is no redress. The dead man's family Is struck down, wears a stigma forever afterward, and nothing that can be done will avail to remove It. The dead man Is dead, but the murderer bears no shadow . on ;iis name. This state of affairs is Intolerable In a civilized community. No man, whatever the circumstances, should have the right of I'fe and death over r.nother, or else every man" should go armed and law should be declared non-existent. There Is no middle course. Eelther we must revert to the customs of ovr ancestors, before law came into the worid and humanity was in a continual state of war; or else we must enforce the law which binds us together in an orderly community. Chicago Journal.

DEFECTS IN OU3 NAVY. charges made against the naval board

T of construction by the Navy, a periodical I published in Washington and supposed to i. - it.. . 0 m At.. i

ue me uiguu vi some oi me uiguer navai officers, are too serious to be ignored. "Our boasted Atlantic battle fleet," It says, for example, "has neither coal, ammunition.

fire-control appliances, nor, in fact, much of aSy of the many things that are indispensable to the eliiciency of a fleet In battle, and is no more fit to make an early ap pearance In battle-trim on the waters of the Pacific than was 'the ill-fated fleet commanded by Iiojestvensky." Similar charges have been made before, but never with so much apparent authority as attaches to these. The Navy goes into minute details, as, for Instance, that the ports of the turrets of the Kearsarge and the Kentucky are so large that even small shot could penetrate the turrets and disable the guns. So manifest are these defects, says the Navy, that the otllcers who took these ships abroad sought to concea them by building wooden shields painted to represent s'eel. The protecting armor belts of some of the ships are also so misplaced that when the vessels are fully equipped the water-line mark, U far out of sight under water. . Rear Admiral Brownson Is the only navy official who has yet attempted to answer these charges, and he is compelled to admit the truth of many of them. There should be a cor.gressloual Inquiry into the state of the navy, that all the facts may be made known. Kansas City World.

THE UPPER TEN. Society' Dellrate Dtacrlmlnatlon Ii Apprallnir Wealthy Bounder. For the instruction of those wishinj to assume the responsibilities of god parents to the "nouveaux enrichls, London Truth kindly devotes a chaptei of its complete catechlst to the social s -xmsor's catechism : Question What is your name? Answer Adela, Countess of Stonibroke. Q. Who gave you this name? A. My late husband, at the altar of St George's, Hanover Square, togethei with his hand, his heart and his inex tricable financial embarrassments. Q. What is your profession? A. 1 am a social sponsor. Q. What is a social sponsor? A. A smart woman with a handle to hei name and a debit balance at her banker's, who undertakes to get wealthy bounders Into society by standing godmother to them on commission. Q. What duties are expected of yot In your capacity of godmother to such persons? A. To give extravagant entertainments at their houses to all my own friends ; to make up select little dinner parties for their benefit at the Ritz or the Carlton; each of my godchildren, and In shaping its behavior toward him, or her. accordingly. Q. Illustrate your answer by examples. A. I will. If the godchild I am sponsoring is worth half a million, society nods to him; If he Is worth a million, it shakes hands with him; but if he is Vorth two or more mlllons, it throws both its arms round his neck. Q. Does society concern Itself at all with your godchildren's personality? A. No. It confines Its attention strictly to their wealth. ' Q. When your godchildren grow ur. to social IndeiKMidence, do you then leave them henceforward to make their own way' alone? A. I do not leave them. I never leave money spontaneously. It Is Invariably they who leave or, In technical parlance, "drop" me. Q. Do you regard this as a grievance? A. No. I rather regard It as the inevitable outcome of their Improved social education. Q. How so? A. Because one of the first lessons j'ou learn In society's educational curriculum is to drop those who can be of no further u.e to you. Q. What practical moral do you de duce from this circumstance? A. The paramount du":y of making as much money , as I caa out of my social godchildren while I still have the run of their check books. Q. Do you always discharge thlg paramount duty? A. Always most conscientiously. J'or und Sound. In a fog at sea the toll of a bell buoy Is singularly grave and solemn, well matcliKl by the weird note of a whistling buoy. Unfortunately the value of both Is lessened In foggy weather from there being but little motion of the sea. Nothing, too. Is 'more diliicult than to distinguish in a fog the direction from which a sound comes. This Is In part due doubtless to the Interference offered to the straight course of the waves carrying the sound but also probably to the absence of the normal although unsuspected co-ordiuatlon of eye and ear ic locating the origin of sound. The assistance of the eye on sea and land ia instinctively given to the esir In many different ways. In a fog the er has only itself to trust to. London Spectator. , . - . . . - ',- I j . 4.44 rtf i - . ,.

THE BATTLE-FIELDS.

OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. The Dine and the Gray Review loci denta of the Late War, and In a Graphic and Interesting Manner Tell of Camp, March and Ilattle. When the territory about Waterloo, in this State, was sparsely settled the principal industry was the hewing of timber from the forests along the S?neca canal, says the New York Tribune. At a point known as Log Landing, midway between Geneva and Waterloo, the woodchoppcrs were wont to gather and tell their stories of early Indian fights, and here young Ilyman Johnson, a farmer boy, first learned of the Impending disaster to the union if the Southern States were allowed to withdraw from iheir early attiliatloa. It seemed war wa3 imminent and speculation was rife as to the time when the actual hostilities would begin. One day in 1SG1 Johnson, who was then 20 years old, was mowing a lot on the farm. A neighbor drove up bearing the "tidings that the call to arms had been sounded. Without hesitation the youth walked to the house and placed his scythe in the crotch of a young balm of Gilead tree. His mother asked him what the matter was, and he said: "Mother, Lincoln neds men. I am going to war."1 "What, Hyman? You, my son, going to enlist?" "Yes, but Jo not fear any harm will come to me. The war will be over in a month. The Southerners cannot face tbo troops from the North for more than that time. When I return I will mow the rest of the lot. Leave my scythe In the tree until I llurn." His regiment marched to the front to the stirring martial music and was often in the fighting line. The mother, true to thei words of her boy, left the scythe as It had been placed. Johnson came home a year later on a furlough, laufjUH "t fie furios shrdl llG s!rI and laughed at the almost forgotten incident of the implement and Its position. tie Inspired hope In the hearts of tIose who thought of nothing else than his safe return by saying: "I will yet be back to mow that lot." Soon after returning he was captured in a .skirmish and became a prisoner in a Southern pen, from which escape was impossible. Disease laid hold upon him and he died surrounded by enemies. He was buried In an unknown grave with huudreds of his comrades. ' Meanwhile thetree grew apace and the blade became partially imbedded in the trunk of the tree. The handle rotted away, but the steel remained fixed in the wood. " A general proclamation was Issued from the White House declaring one day should be set apart as a time for memory of those who had fallen while defending their country. It was the first Memorial day. Word of the proclamation was carried to Mrs. Johnson, but she had no grave to decorate. She fain would strew a few flowers upon the spot wherein her boy lay, but Its location' must everremaln a mystery. Kneeling In tho garden, she offered a short prayer. Then she plucked a few lilies from the plot she tended dally, and, making a wreath, she bore it to the tree which gave such a grim reminder of her sacrifice to her country. With a caress she reached up and hung the wreath upou tho scythe point I Memorial day has long become an es tablished anniversary. Many years have passed since Mrs. Johnson was laid to rest In the village cemetery. The old home, as It stood In the day of the civil war, Is exactly as It was then, but Is occupied by another family. Thomas Buck and those gathered about his fireplace tell of the hanging of the scythe to scores of eager listeners each year. Of the Johnson family a brother's widow and her children are all who are left. Every year, early In the morning of Memorial day, the remnant Df the family gathers beneath the scythe and places thereupon a wreath of evergreen ud a tiny American flag. Within a few feet modern methods have constructed a trolley line. Hundreds carried by the cars gaze upon the tree, the scythe, the wreath and tha flag and ask to be told the story of the brave young soldier. Ohio Pension Lnvr. It is not generally known that almost every Southern State to-day has a statute law pensioning disabled soldiers of the late Southern Confederacy. There are people who may think that such a law is not right, but nevertheless at a second thought, it strikes every conservatively Inclined person as humane, as It alleviates suffering. A few. of the Northern States have put laws upon their statute books, granting State pensions to the Union soldiers. Among the Northern States that have been prominent In this new departure are found Idaho, California, Maine, Missouri and Massachusetts. The Pennsylvania Legislature recently enacted a similar law, favoring Pennsylvania soldiers who served three years, $10 per month, to be paid out of the State 'treasurj. The Governor of Pennsylvania vetoed the measure. j Ohio Is a progressive State, and has accumulated millions In Its State treas- J ury, which money Is put out of circulation, the money having been accumulated through State tax on corporations. The State cannot pass an act more meritorious than to pass a State pension law, for the benefit of our soldiers and their widows. By such an act it will show the soldier or the widows of soldiers the resiect and honor due them. Beside It will put In circulation a large sum of money uow put out of circulation, and not only be beneficial to the soldier and widow, but to i the people In general, as no one will dispute the theory the larger the circulating medium the better the time. The undersigned Is now In cores ondence tvlth officials In States having passed a rlmilar pension law, and from all those laws codify and formulate a law, having all the best features In pension laws, legalized by various Northern Legislatures. The honorable representative of Richland County, Robert Hutchinson, desires the distinction and honor to offer the soldiers State pension law, for enactment, on the first day's session of the next Legislature, and tho undersigned is working in conjunction with our representative to this end. S. F. Stambaugh, In Shelby (O.) Globe. In the Face of Death. It Is one of the anomalies of war that although It stirs the savage nature of

mankind. It also calls out the highest qualities of courage, unselfishness and devotion. Many a deed of martial heroism is done in the name of mercy rather than of the God of battle. No description of a fierce charge records more determined valor than does the story of Richard KIrkland as told by General Kershaw. Kirkland was ,a private who served In the South Carolina Volunteers during the Civil War. After the bloody Battle of Fredericksburg his brigade occupied the road near the field. One hundred and fifty yards beyond the field lay the Federal troops, and between the ground was covered by the dead and dying. All day long the air was rent with the cries and groans of the wounded, and the pitiful calls, "Water! Water!" In the afternoon, as General Kershaw sat in the upper roonj of his headquarters overlooking the field, Kirkland asked permission to speak to Iilm. ' "General," said the young man, I can't stand it." "Stand what, sergeant?" "All night and all day I've heard those poor people crying for water. I came to ask permission to give them a drink." "Kirkland," 'responded the general, "don't you know that if you step over that wall you'll get a bullet In your head?" "I know it, but I am willing to try." The general considered ü moment. "I ought not to allow you to run such a risk," he said, "but I cannot refuse your request Trusting God will protect you, you may go." , The sergeant's eyes lighted with pleasure. "Thank you. sir!" he said, heartily, fend ran down the stairs. When he reached the bottom of the flight, he hesitated, turned and ran up again. "General, can I show the white handkerchief?" The general slowly shook his head. "No, Kirkland, you can't do that" . '"All right! I'll take the chance," and he was off again. From the windows of the touse the officei s watched him run across the

j re:1'! 8-d cl'."j!) tb? vl? ".W'de ti! way Cjyicsiy to me ueaiest uuerer, raised the poor fellow's head on his arm, and gave him a long draft of cool water. ' From one he went to another, until his purpose was so plain In the eyes of the Federals that all danger was over. From all parts of the field came the piteous appeals; again and again Kirk land had to return for water, and he spent an hour rnd a half in ministering to the needs of the wounded. Then he rejoined his company unhurt At Chickamauga Kirkland fell. Ills example was one which dignified all humanity. Joe Foraker'a Bravery Senator Foraker at 10 eullsted as a private ,In the Eighty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Because ot his activity iud bravery he attracted the attention of General Slocum and was appointed an aide on his staff. , At Missionary Ridge Forirker was in the very front rank of the charge that went over Bragg's breastworks. .Later on In North Carolina he bore a message from General Slocum to General Sher man, telling him that his left wing was fighting General Joseph Johnson, who had struck them on the flank, and that re-enforcements were badly needed. This ride was a most perilous one, be ing nine miles long and made in the falling darkness. General Sherman was greatly pleased over the bravery shown by the dashing young soldier and many years afterward he referred to the Incident In a public address delivered at CIn clnnatl. The occasion was a soldiers' reunion. Foraker was Governor of Ohio at the time. General Sherman In his address turned to Foraker anJ said: v "I well remember you as jyou rode into my quarters w hen Joe Johnson struck my left In North Carolina. Yoa burst upon us In a grove of pines, with a message from Slocum, saying that he needed re-enforcements. I recall yÄir figure, sir, splashed with mud, your spurs that were red, your splendil horse, hard ridden and pantitg, and how you sat erect, and I shall not for get the soldier that you looked and were. I marked you well then, and thought of the honors that were yout due. You have gloriously attained them and I believe and approve that higher, the highest honors, await you." "The story which General Sherman told of Foraker on that occasion In a startling, dramatic way," said an old sold'er boy the other day, "was not the firs-t in which young Foraker figured. When Savannah had surrendered a daring spirit Mas wanted to board a canoe and pull down the river, mined as it was with infernal machines, and t ike all chances in all haste and communicate with the fleet, awaiting news from the army, . as was afterward shouted and sung by the soldiers ol Sherman, who had marched down from Ohio by Atlanta to Savannah, and to the ssa. The young man, the dare devil selected for tho extra hazardous duty, and the first of the army to finish the course, was th; same soldier boy on the blooded hors? with bloody Hanks calling for Sherman In the North Carolina wilderness. Worth Readins. Taxes are lowest In China and highest in France. In England 83.000 people live on canal boats. 1 About 150 whales are captured yearly. Each whale averages 2,000 gallons of oil. Four hundred tons of beet root will yield from twenty-flve to thirty ton of sugar. Of a million girl babies born, S71.2GG are alive at twelve months. Of th boys 30.C00 fewer live through the first year. Some forms of animal life are sc tiny that 2,800,000,000 could be put In a space of one-thousandth part of cubic Inch. Since 1SS0 more than 700,000,000,OOC feet of timber have been cut in tht United States for lumber alone, includ Ing 80,000,000,00 feet of coniferout timber in excess of the total conifer ous stumpage estimate of the censu of 1880. The tinkers of old, to prevent their solder from running, borrowed a lump of dough from the housewife, with which they made a dam about the hole that was to be caulked up. When thej were done with the soiled dough, whlct was called a tinker's dam, they threvi It away because it was utterly worthless. Hence, not to care "a tinker dam" means not to care the least bl and there is no profanity whatever Li this phrase.

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR w ri ä . . 3 mc nUAlB DRESSMAKER t'hlr Jumper AVnUt. The jumper waist has attained such a great popularity that women are constantly on the outlook for new and fresh designs. Here is on? that is as simple as well can be. yet chic apd altogether Frenchy in effect, having been copied from ore of the latent iaiporied, models. Pongee in a Ieautiful bun! shade with trimming of brown velvet and narrow r!blon frills are the mat? rials used here, the straps that hold the fronts together being of. the velvet edged with the frills. The klmono-likf sleeves are set Into the arm-holes anc" the waist is closed at the back; but H rATTrax xo. 1S4S. preserves all the essential features of the jumper. JJnen and various thinner summer fabrics, light weight silk and thin wool all are suitable with trimmings varied In a hundred ways. Any gulmpe can be worn beneath and shrewd women keep a number on kand, koiva nf the r.vre finclfnl ones, others rt si muler lingerie materials. The n'iove pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: ' Order Coupon. No. 1S48. SIZE 1 NAME ..; ADDHKSS , v Dalatr PonR-ee Blonae. Intermediate season silk blouses are In great demand. Among the most serviceable for general wear are the various weaves of pongee, in the natural color, or hi as many dainty shades as desired. Here Is a charming tucked design, simple but pretty." The square cut neck Is edged with bands of stitched iongee aivl tilled in with a lace yoke. The cuffs are also of the stitched Landing. Square effects bid fair to be quite popular this season and are a pretrt- change from the . tatteex rfo. 17S8. curves and points so long in favor. These tucked blouses are particularly becoming to slender figures. A jwlnt to be observed In getting the best ksible Hues In these full blouses Is. to keep the waist" quite smooth under the arms, throwing the fulness well over to the front and back. This desicn will also be pretty for lingerie materi als a little later. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Depart ment of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: y Order Coupon. No. 1TSS. , SIZE NAME DI)KESS ; ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Greed for office is not Reform. No- man can 1k a lover all the time. Half . the "thank yous" don't mean anything. . A young man Is a. theory; an old man is a fact Getting old feels like having spring fever all the year 'round. You probably cxixvt more of a friend than you are willing to give. It Is surprising the number of things people "know' on each other. As soon as a good thing develops, look out for tiresome Imitations. A dog puffs around a lot on a hot day, coasldenng how little It has to do. We often hear this remark: "The boys In that neighborhood are terrible." The man of artistic temperament sees great beauty In a -woman's soul if she looks all right in other particulars. Bravery Isn't much credit t( a bull dog; he hasn't sense enough to be afraid. 1 While a man Is after money, he Is a hound; after begets it he, Is a rabbit It Is a rare man who ha? not had the confidence of some woman and lost It A woman has tact when she can boss her husband without letting him know It. Half our bad temper comes through our Inability to 6ee the Justice of the other side.

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