Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 August 1907 — Page 6

WAR 01! THE TRUSTS

Roosevelt Declares There Will Be No Let-Up in Fight Against Predatory Wealth. WILL SHOW NO MERCY Corporations Must Obey Statutes il Thiir Heads Hope to Ktep Out of Prison. Ration Chief, In Spftcl Iarllaui, Ueclare (ioveruaientV Iroccatiun of Criminal Combine Will Be Fashed I'nlll Tfcey Ar Kx(crmlncted. The war th.it has bem carried oa during the present ad.nlnist ration against unlawful combinations and lawbreaking corpora tions is to be continued until Theodore Roosevelt leaves office eighteen mouth lieace. The President made thu annouacomoat at Provincetown. Mass., ia uncertain phrases, and, moreover, he enphasizJ the sta tomcat by adding that criminal prosecutions a?ainst the executives of railty corporations hereafter will to t!i rule. President Roosevelt was the principal orator at the laying of the corner scon of tili monument erected on the rpot of the Crst arrival of Pilgrim father on th coast of Massachusetts. To strengthen the hands of the administration the President urged the enactment of nw and revision of present legislation. Chief anions the measures ha a.Jvocated were: Federal incorporation law. Increased power for the intermit? commerce commission. Employers liability law. Imprisonment clause in anti-trust legislation, s' Legitimatizing of lawful combinations In business. Federal supervision o or co-operation with States la safeguarding the rubiie health. There was no mistaking tin President's attitude on the unlawful corporation problem. lie emphasized this section of his speech with vigor, talking slowly and bring. ng out his meaning wirh characteristic Roosevelt ian iacisiveness. Cane of Financial Trouble. "Durirfg the present trouble with the stock market," he said. "I have, of course, received countless requests and Euggestiors. public and private, that I should say or do something to ease the situation. There is a worll-wide financial disturbance. It is fflt in the bourses of Paris and Berlin, and British consols are lower, while prices of railway securities have also depreciated. Oa the New York Stock Exchanjp the disturbance has been particularly severe, most of it, I believe, to be due to matters not particularly confined to the United States and to matters wholly uncoan -cted with any governmental action ; but it may well be tint the determination of the government, in which, gentlemen, it will not waver, to punish certain malefactors of jjrreat wealth, has -i. i . e f 4.x.: - a uera rcsj,uasiun iur wmeiujug oi lue troubles at least to the extent of having caused these men to combine to bring About as much financial stress as they pwibly can in order to discredit the policy of the government and. thereby to secure a reversal of that policy so :hat they may enjoy the fruits of their own evil doings. That they have misled many good people into believicg that there should be such reversal of policy is possible. If so, I am sorry, but it will not alter my attitude. Vo Change; IV o Let-up. "Once for all, let me say that as far as I am concerned, and for the eighteen months of my administration that remain, there will be no change in the policy we have steadily pursued, nor let-up in the effort to secure the honest observance of the law, for I regard this contest as one to determine who shall , rule this government the people througr iei? governmental agents, or a few ess and determined men, whose w ui makes them particularly formidable oecause they are behind the breastworks of corporate organization. "I wish there to be no mistake on this point. It is idle to ask me not to prosecute criminal?, rich or poor. But I desire co less emphatically to have it understood that we have undertaken and will undertake no action of a vindictive type, find, above all, no action which shall inflict jreat or unmerited suffering upon the innocent stockholders and upon the public as a whole. Our purpose is to act with the minimum of harshness compatible with obtaining car ends. In the man of great wealth who has earned Lis wealth honestly and usvd it wisely we recognize a grxxl citizen worthy of all prai and respect. Business can only be dote uner morn conditions inrougn corpora tions, and our purpose is to heartily favor the corporations that do well. The adtaiuistratioa appreciates that liberal but ionest profit for leg'timate promoters and generous dividends for capital employed ither in founding or continuing aa honest business venture are the factors nccescary for successful corporate activity, and therefore for generally prosperous business conditions. 1 Hein for Honeat 31 en. "All these are compatible f'x fair dealing as between man and nan aud rigid obedience to the law. Our aim is to help every honest man, every honest corporation, 4Q1 our policy mans in its ultimate analysis a healthy and prosperous expansion of business activities, of konest business men and hoaest corporations. In making known the policy to press criminal action against the executives of law-breaking corporations, the President referred to recent failures, notably in connection with the prosecution of the socalled licorice trust. The failure here to find the corporation guilty and let its managers go scot free appeared to have Impressed President Roo-evelt deeply. He asserted that such corporation hr is, rhn the evidence airainst then is str is. will feel the strong arm of the government. Vhen. in addition to moral responsibility, these men have a legal responsibility, which can be proved, so as to impress a judge and jury," he said, "thea the department will strain every nerve to Teach them criminally. Where this is impossible, then it will take whatever action will be. most effective under the actual conditions. "In the last six years w have shown that there is no individual and no corporation so powerful that h" or it stands above the possibility of punishment under the law." Sees Changed Condition. The President led up to his talk about corporate evils with a comparison of mm in early colonial days with men of the present. This brought him face to face with his principal theme, on which he aaid the following: The utterly changed conditions of our national life necessitate changes In certain cf our laws, of our governmental methods, Our federal systeu of government Is based VDon the theory of leaving to each communl ty, to each State, the control over those things which affect only its own momr-r. and which the people of the locality themselves can hest grapple witb. while providing for national regulation la those matters whica necessarily affect the nation as a whole. It seems to me that such questions a national sovereignty and .State's rights aeed to he treated no empirically or aca-

Onee fur all, let mo say that, as far ns I am concerned, and for the eiglneeii months of my administration that remain, there will be no change in thy policy we have steadily pursued. There will be n let up ia the effort to secure the honest ob-vrvam-o of the law, for I regard this contest as one to determine who shall rule this government the people through their governmental agents or a few ruthless and determined men whose wealth makes them particularly formidable, Invause they are behind the breastworks of corporate organization. Xo individual, r.u corporation obeying the law. has anything to fear from this administration. It Is idle to ak me not

to prosecute criminals, rich or oor. The determination of the government to punish certain malefactors of great wealth has been responsible for something of the financial troubles, at least to the extent of having Caused these men to combine to bring about as much financial stresj as they possibly can, in order to discredit the policy of the government and thereby to secure a reversal of that policy so that they may enjoy the fruits of their own evil doings. Our aim is to help every honest man, every honest corporation; and our policy means in its ultimate analysis a healthy and prosperous expansion of business activities, of honet business men and honest corporations.

It will be highly disastrous if we permit ourselves to bo misled by the pleas of those who sw in an unrestricted Individualism the all-suliicient panacea for social evils; but it will be even more disastrous to adopt the opposite panacea of any socialistic system which would destroy all individualism, which would root out the fiber of our whole citizenship. Where the power of the law can be wisely used to prevent or to minimize the acquisition cr business employment of such wealth and to make l pay by income or inheritance tax its proper share of the burden of government, I would Invoke that power without n moment's hesitation. Those professed friends of liberty who champion license are the worst foes of liberty and tend by the reaction their violence causes to throw the government back into the hands of the men who champion corruption rnd tyranny in the name of order. There is unfortunately a certain number of our fellowcountrymen who seem to accept the view that unless n man can be proved guilty of some particular crime he shall be counted a good citizen, no matter how Infamous the life he has lei. no matter how pernicious his doctrines or his practices. t We should all of us work heart and soul for the real and permanent betterment which will lift jur democratic civilization to a higher level of safety and usefulness.

demlcally, but from the standpoint of the Interests of the people as a whole. National sovereignty is to be upheld In so far as It means the sorerelgnty of the. people used for the real and ultlaiate good of the people: and State's rights are to bo upheld in so far as they mean the people' risrht. Especially U this true In deallug with the relations of the. people a a who!e to the great vorIoratiobs which are the distinguishing feature of modern business conjl-, tions. Greater Control Needed. "Experience has shown that It Is necessary to exerche a far more efficient control than at present over the business use of those vast fortunes, chiefly corporate, which are used (as under modern conditions they almost Invariably are) In Interstate busini When the constitution was created none of the conditions of modern busine.-s existed. They are wholly new, and we must create new agencies to deal effectively with them. There Is no objection In the minds of the people to any man's earning any amount of money If he does It honestly anil fairly. If he gets It as the result of special skKl and enterprise, as a reward of ample service actualy rendered. But tere Is a growing determination that no man shall ania. a grat fortune by special privilege, by chicanery an.J wrongdoing, so far as It Is in the power of legislation to prevent, and that the fortune when amassed shall not have a business use that Is antisocial. Most large corporations do a buslr.ess that Is not connned to any one State, 'experience has shown that the effort to control these corporations by mere State ac tion cannot produce wholesome results, in most cases such effort falls to correct the real abuses of which the coriratlon Is or may be guilty, white In other cases the effort Is apt to cause either hardship to the corporation Itself or else hardh'p to neighboring States which have not tried to grap ple with the problem In the same manner, and. of course, we must be as scrupulous to safeguard the rights of the corporations as to exact from them in return a full measure of Justice to the public. Nation Shonld Control. "I believe In a national corporation law for corporations engaged In Interstate business. I believe, furthermore, that the need for action is most pressing as regards those corporations which, because they are common carriers, exercise a quasi-public func tion, and which can be completely controlled In all respects by the federal gov ernment, by the exercise of the power con ferred under the interstate commerce clause, and. If necessary, under the post road clause, of the constitution. During the last few years we have taken marked strides In advance along the road of proper regulation of those railroad corporations, but we must not stop la the work. The national government should exercise over them a similar supervision and control to that which It exercises over national banks. We can do this only by proceeding farther along the lines marked out by the recent national legislation. 'In dealing with any totally new set of conditions there must at the outset be hesitation and experiment. Such has been our experience in dealing with the enormous concentration of capital employed In Interstate bus4uett. Not only the legislatures but the courts and the people need gradually to be educated so that they may see what the real wrongs are and what the real remedies. Guilty Not to Escape. "Almost every big business concern Is engaged in Interstate commerce, and such a concern must not be allowed by a dexterous shifting or position, as has been too often the case In the past, to escape thereby all responsibility, either to state or to nation. The American people became Ürraly convinced of the need of, control over these great aggregations of capital, especially where they had a monopolistic tendency, before they became quite clear as to the proper way of achieving the control. Through their representatives in Congress they tried two remedies, which were to a large degree, at least as Interpreted by the courts, contradictory. On the one, hand, under the anti-trust law the effort was made to prohibit all combination, whether it was or was not hurtful or beneficial t5 the public. On the other hand, through the Interstate commerce law a beginning was made, la exercising such supervlslou aud control over combinations as to prevert their dolntf anythlnz harmful to the nody politic. The tirst law, the so-called bher man law, has filled a useful place: for It bridges over the transition period until the American people shall definitely- make up Its mind that It will exercise over the great corporations that thoroughgoing and radical control which It Is certain ultimately to find necessary. The principle of the Shermaa law, go far as it prohibits combinations which, whether because of their extent or of their character, are harmful to the public, must" always lw preserved. Ultimately, and I hope with reasonable speed, the national government must pass laws which, while Increasing the supervisory and regulatory power of the government. aIo permits Mich useful combination ns are made with absolute openness and as the representatives of the government may previously approve. Itut It will r--' be possible to permit such con:!dnatloas save as the second stage in a coarse of proceedings of which the tirst stage must be the exercise of a far more complete control by the national government. Punishment In Prlaon. "In dealing with those who offend against the antitrust and interstate commerce laws the Department of Justice has to encounter many ind great difficulties. Often men who have been guilty of violating these laws have really acted In criminal fashion, and if possible should be proceeded against criminally; ar therefore It Is advisable that there shot : a rhange In these laws providing for k ..t criminal action, and for punishment by Imprisonment as well ns by tine. Hut, as Is well known. In a criminal action the law Is strictly construed In favor of the defendant, and In our country, at least, both judze and Jury are far more Inclined to consider his rights than they are the Interests of the general public; while in addition It Is always true that a man's genral practices may be so ba4 that a civil action will lie when it may not be possible

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GIVES WARNING TO RICH CRIMINALS.

tVW .- IX- .Lv - t cavlct him of any one criminal act. Ihere is unfortunately a certain number of our fellow countrymen who seem to accept the view that unless a man can be proved guilty of some particular crime he shall be counted a good citizen, no matter how Infamous the life he has led, no matter how pernicious his doctrines or his practices. This Is the view announced from time 'fo time wlte clamorous Insistence, now by a group of predatory capitalists, now bv a gro.ip of sinister anarchistic leaders and agitators, whenever a special champion of etther class, no matter how evil his general life. Is acquitted of some one specific crime. In "Undo;!! Cltlxen, Clan. Such a view Is wicked, whether applied to capitalist or labor leader, to rich man J or poor man; and an that l nave said as to desirable and undesirable citizens re mains true. Hut we have to take this feeling lato account when we are debating whether It is possible to get a conviction in a criminal proceeding oirulnit some rich trust magnate, many of whose actions are severely to be condemned from the moral and social staadpoint. but no one of whose actions seem cleaily to establish such technical guilt as will Insure a conviction. As a matter of expediency, la enforcing the law against a great corporation, we have continually to weigh th arguments pro and con as to whether a prosecution can successfully le entered Into, and as to whether we can be successful in a criminal action agalast the chief Individuals in the corporation, and If not whether we can at least be successful against the corporation Itself. Any 1 effective action on the part of the government Is always ohjected to, as a matter of course, by the wrongdoers, by the beneficiaries of the wrongdoers, and by their champions ; and often oae of the most effective ways of attacking the action of the government is by objecting to practical action upon the ground that it does not go far enough. One of the favorite devices of those who are really striving to prevent the enforcement of these laws Is to clamor for action of such severity that It cannot be undertaken because It will be certain to fall If tried An Instance of this Is the demand often made for criminal prosecutions where such prosecutions would 1 certain to fall. We have found by actual experience that a Jury which wllljladly punish a corporation by fine, for instance, will acquit the ladlvidual tnem!ers of that, corporation If we proceed against them criminally because of thosi very things which the corporation whlchythey direct and control has done Cite Licorice Trnst Cae. "Ia a recent case against the licorice trast we indicted and tried the two corporations and their respective presidents. The contracts and other transactions establishing the guilt of the corporations .vre made through, and so far as they were In writing were signed by, the two presidents. Yet the jury convicted the two corporations and acquitted the two rrn. Doth verdicts could not possibly have t fen correct, but apparently the average Juryman wishes to 6ee trusts broken up. and 1? quite ready to fine the corporation itself, but is very reluctant to find the lacts 'proven beyond a reasonable doubt vhea It comes to sending to tail a reputable aiemler of the business .community for doing what the business community has unhappily grown to recognize as well-nigh normal in business. Moreover, unüer the necessary technicalities of criminal prooeedinzs, often the only man who can be reached criminally will he some subordinate who U not the real guilty .party at all. "Many men of large wealth have been guilty of conduct which from the moral standpoint Is criminal, and their misdeeds are to a peculiar decree reprehensible, because those committing them have no excuse of want, of poverty, of weakness and Ignorance to offer as partial atonement." Speaking of legislation favorable to the wage-earner, the president Indorsed the law limiting the number of hours that railway employes should work, lie also spoke favorably of the employers' liability law, but said ultimately a more far-reaching and thoroughgoing law must be passed. "It Is monstrous," the President said, "that a man or woman who is crippled in an industry, even as a result of taking what are the neceisary risks of the occupa tlon, should be required to bear the whole burden of the loss. That burden should be distributed, and not placed solely uim tuT? weakest Individual, the on least able to carry It. II v making the employer liable the loss will ultimately be distributed among all the beneficiaries of the business." The President said be favored the na tional government's work In Increasing the people's health. He especlaiy was pleased with the war dcilt wageu against tuber culosls. Of Socialism he ta'd In part: "Certt.'n Socialistic leaders pn pose to redlsfdbu e the world's goods by rt fusing to thrift and energy and industry their proper superior ity over folly and Idleness and sullen envy Such legislation would, in the words of the president of t'olumbia I'niverslty, 'wreck the world's ffnIonry for the purpose of re distributing the wlrld s discontent. " The tirst part of the President's speech was devoted to a remarkably eloquent enlosr of the character of the l'ilgrini fathers. "Men, he said, "must be Judged with reference to the age In which they dwell and the work they have to do. The Puri tan's task was to conquer a continent; not merely to overrun it, but to settle It. to till It, to build upon it a high Industrial and social life, and while engaged In the rough work of taming the shaggy wilderness at that very time also to lay deep the - Immovable foundations -of our whole American system of civil, political and reilg.ous liberty achieved thnvigh the orderly process of law. This was the work allotted to him to do; this is the work he did, and only a master spirit among men could have done It." For Inheritance Tax. The President touched here cn the Inheritance tax. Baying: . "Where the power of the law can be wisely used to prevect or to minimize the acquisition or business employment of such wealth and to make it pay by Income or inheritance tax its proper share of the burden of government I would Invoke tkit power without & moment's hesitation."

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Good Times Ahead. , The 'pessimist and croaker, 1 surveying the industrial current, occasionally manifest an inclination to how that wo are drifting through the rapids to a sort of Niagara calamity and. to bolster up their dire prophecies, tliey point tr the sr-nreity of money in the market. As a matter of fact this one. negative factor la tlit industrial situation is evidence of business activity and, furthermore, the stringency has the effect of checking the development of new and hazardous enterprises. It Is a preventive of siHK-uIation and g'nea solidity and stability to existing trade. If history were to repett itself we might well consider ourselves on the eve of a financial crisis. For a longer period than usual unprecedented pros perity has prevailed In this country. A Vages, as a rule, have been higher and the necessities, comforts ami pleasures of ! life have been within reach of a 'iroe nrnnrtnn cf nm ruvmlo thin ever before. Recently there has been observable an uneasiness in certain cir cles and forecasts of business depression have Ihii the consequence. With these in mind the New York Times, conservative in all lines and politically opiosed to the party In power, has made a canvass cf the country, to ascertain If the volume of commerce Is decreasing. If there is a lessening in the demand for labotvand If the manu-" facturing Interests show any signs of decadence. This canvass included the leading authorities In the wfrld and their replies are most assuring. Not only do these men see no sign of com ing cataclysm, but they assert that couditns warrant the prediction of even better times than we have been having. This Is certainly encouraging, and coming from such sources Is' trustworthy. It is especially gratifying on the eve of a complicated Presidential campaign. The Tariff Tinker Never Sleeps. The tariff tinker Is one of the most unique of modern freaks. In promoting hi3 favorite scheme for the unbalancing of business equilibrium he never sleeps. He Is the festering so:? and the intermittent fever that afflicts struggling enterprises and be yields only to heroic remedies. It Is undoubtedly true that the tariSf could never be adjusted to suit everybody. Probably each and every one of the 500 manufacturers who assembled in New Yor recently could suggest a tariff that would benefit his particular business. But how about the thousands of worklngmen, manufacturers and merchants whose Interests would not be considered In the revision? No matter who demands free trade or its substitute, tariff 'revlslon," there is no question that under present schedules the nation is enjoying a period of greatest prosperity in Its history. Why not leave well enouph alone? Scranton Tribune. Keep the Jloncy at Home. If there was no more protection for American manufactures than there Is for American ships, it would not be three years until the per capita of money in the country would be reduced from $.14 to less than half .that sum, and the army of tramps that would lo wandering aimlessly, like beasts of prey, about the country, would !e bigger than the host that Nerxes started with in the hope of making the conquest of Hellas. The country that keeps Its money at home is the country that rules the world. Salt Lake City Telegram. They Do Not Shudder. The Dingiey law, a lusty tariff' youngster whose tenth birthday was celebrated yesterday, has collected for the United States treasury the modest sum of $2.027.008,820, and is still at1 It at the rate of about a million dollars a day. At present the treasury is overloaded, yet the gloomy prospect of two years more of the law's workings seems not to Induce tbe public shudder It ought to do. New Haven Register.

SOLDIERS AT HOME.

THEY TELL SOIV... INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. How the Toys of Both Armies Wliiled Away Life in Camp Foraging Experiences, Tiresome Marche Thrilline Scenes on the Battlefield. Dr. O. W. Carlson, of Milwaukee, was, a mere lad whm the Twentyeighth Wisconsin went south, and had recently come from Sweden, but he enlisted in it. In speaking of the firsttime he was on picket he described the largv courageous man who was his picket companion. The regiment had marched from its camp in Arkansas to a dismal spot, reaching there late at night. He aud his large companion were down for picket duty, and, though nearly dead from the long, weary march, the pickets were scut out, while the rest of the troops droped upon the ground and slept. Carlson and his partner heard strange noises that black, glooaiy night, and thought they saw horrible sights, but held their peace until nearly daylight, at which time there was heard, a little distance in front of thorn, a crackling in the bushes, and an instant later a hoarse roar that fairly made the limbs of the trees quiver. It was then that the brave assistant of you.g Carlson seized his gun and started out for the reserve, yelling: "Holy Jerusalem, the whole ro'.nd army Is right on. us!" The young Swede. Carlson, ran a few steps and looked back. Seeing no rebel army on his heels, lie halted and resumed his station on the outpost. When daylight came he was enabled to learn the cause of the trouble. Ten rods bevond their station a drove of Confederate mules had camped. When the night w.is done and hunger made its demands, one of the mules arose, stretched himself and sounded his bugle as oniy a lonesome, hungry, homesick mule can sound a bugle. When Carlsnn returned to the reserve his big friend asked him why he didn't come back with him. His response was that h? didn't enlist to get seared at the braying of a mule. The big pieket never heard the last of his outpost exploit. - At the battle of Helena, on the 4th of Juiy, 1SG3, a volunteer was called for to take a dispatch from one portion of the line to another. The messenger must go a considerable distance In plain view of the enemy, where' he was certain to be the especial mark of hundreds of good shots. Carlson promptly responded, was given the message and told to make the bos't possihio time. He ran like a deer, delivered the Imjwrtant message and started back with the same degree of speed, but when wdthin three or four rods of the jolnt f!m which he had started he fell as if shot. Two or three of his comrades sprang to his side, saw he was not killed and took him to a place of safety. ine orave fcweue naa received a sevcre sunstroke, from which it took him n long time to recover. When he had partially recovered General Fred Steele had him detailed as an orderly and Intrusted him with Important messages to Memphis and other points more or. less distant. He was at the leading hotel in Memphis at the. time of the Forrest raid In the summer of !Sd4. He heard the disturbance, got up and dressed himself, gathered up his mes Eases for invuediate destruction in case Of capture, and then stood at a window and looked the lorrest raiders as they dashed about the hotel and along the streets. They came wlttin three' or four doors of his room, but something distracted their attention and they went away, and his heart crept back from his mouth to Its right 'place, and there It stays. While on this service young Carlson turned many an honest penny by buy Ing Memphis papers at ndow figure and selling them at the market price In the army, which was anywhere from 10 to 2," cents. Finding himself in possession of more money than In? had ever seen before, he concluded to put on a little style, bought a handsome suit of clothes, a darker blue than the regula tion uniform, and also an officer's hat Ills captain was bound to have him back In the company, and finally sucreeded in getting him. The first evening after his return to the regiment Carlson appeared on dress parade clad in his officer's uniform. Suddenly the commande'r of the regiment. Colonel E. R. Gray, now pension clerk at Madison, sj si aasneu up ami oruereu mm never again to appear on parade In such a uniform. It was a bard blow to the young man having to give up his nice clothes for the old suit. General Fred Salomon was a friend Df Carlson's. One day Salomon called the boy Into his tent and offered him a captaincy In a colored regiment. "Me a capuln, aud go away from the boys of the Twenty-eighth?" "Yes." ' thank you, General, but I'd rather stay with the boys of the Twenty -eighth. w aid he, and he did, coming home a private. Richard O. Jcardeau, a popular rail way. conductor, who served through the war and was terribly wounded In one of the last battles, tells me this pathetic story: A family named Itawdon lived In Wyoming Valley, Wis , In 18dl. There were two sons. Miner add Plynrpton. They both enlisted In Company C. Twelfth Wisconsin, Colonel, later General, George, E. -Bryant, commanding. They were Inseparable, having always been together. Both had worked for my father in Wisconsin and we loys were fast friends.' The Twelfth was In the Seventeenth corps In front of Atlanta. My regiment, the Thirty-first Wisconsin, was In the Twentieth corps. The Twelfth was In the battle on the left, July 22, and lost heavily. The next day the Seventeenth corps pa sod from left to right of Sherman's lines. As they were passing word went around that the Twelfth Wisconsin was going by, and I hurried back to see the Rawdon boys and other acquaintances. They made a short halt as I came up and I saw Miner standing In his place, shook his hand eagerly, and asked for "riymp." With a tear on his homely, weather-beaten cheek and a treniule in his voice, Miner said: "You will never see 'Flyinp' again, Dick. He was killed yesterday; shot dead by my side. We Juried him where he fell, and I had to leave him there this morning." Just then the column moved and poor Miner shouldered his musket and marched on, keeping step with his file, filling his place just as If thl3 awful tragedy Had not occurred. It did seem hard that he could not have one day off to spend by this beloved brother's new-made i ler; It held a few of 4Tlyinp's" most

precious belongings. J. A. Watroas, la !

Chicago Times-Herald. Missed Hint on Pnrpose. When the statue of Stonewall Jack son was unveiled at Lexington, Va., July 21, 1801, not a few soldiers who had fought against hüu were found among those who had come to honor his memory. In a crowd of old "Confeds" cue of these Union soldiers, a West Virginian, probably, made his contribution to the war stories that fell that day thick as the leaves In Vallombrosa. "I was down the valley here, fighting against old Early," said the boy who had worn the blue, "and when we got within striking distance of where my Sarah lived she's now my wife I lighted out cue night and went to see her. "I knew she was outside of our lines. and if 1 had known that she was in yours it wouldn't have made any, dif ference. I was going to see that girl." "Of course," interrupted some sym pathetic listener. "Well, luck was against me. N I was caught, taken' to Early's headquarters, tried and condemned as a spy, and sentenced to be hanged at six o'clock the next morning. I was put in an old smoke house over night, with a sentinel at the door. Presently my guard was relieved, and the second watch went on. I am not going to tell you all I thought about that night, but by and by the third guard went on duty. I knew then that my time was near. I " "Stranger!" cried" a voice In the crowd of broad-rimmed felt hats, "let me finish that storv. You talked to the guard through the chiuks between the logs; you made him believe that you were a true man. and no spy. He proposed to you to ruu for your life, and let him shoot at you. You ran; the guard shot; he was a prize-shooter, that fellow, but somehow he missed you clean. Hello, stranger, I was that guard." '" What can men do at such a time, seeing they cannot fall on one another's nocks and weep, like Jacob and Esau? The crowd cheered and parted, and the two men grasped hands. "I have advertised for you In the Gazette for years," said the Union veteran. M "I was busy raising corn no time for reading the Gazette," laughed the other. f "Well, this Is what I wanted to find you for just mention what you want." "I've got a fine farm," said the Confederate, proudly, but with no sign of boastfulness, "a good wife and six children. I don't want anything else that man can give." ' "All right," said the stranger; I ain't a rich man, but I've got somi; money and I can get more, and every dollar of It Is yours whenever you choose to ask for It." "Come along." said the old Confederate, linking his arm In the stranger's; "all I want Is for you to help us hurrah for old Jack to-day, and then go home With me to see the old woman !" Youth's Companion. r "I'm the Men Who Shot Yon' J. II. Wymau, cf Chicago, went to Newport News recently, and while waiting for a ferry boat a stranger, a man about Wyman's age, came up and shared his seat. They were waiting for tbe same ixaL "You were in the Union army," said the stranger, glancing at a button' on Wyman's lapel. "Where did you serve?" "I was in the First Wisconsin heavy artillery and put ia a good share of the time guarding the. big bridge over the Green River In Kentucky," answered the northerner "You did! I twice helped to blow up that bridge and was there when the third attempt, which you fellows stopped," was made. It was a black night in winter when we went up the third time. There were only a few of us, but enough to do the work if it were done quickly and we could pass through the federal pickets. We reached a ioint 1,000 yards south of where we thought your picket line was and I was sent forward alone to locate -the line and find some place through which we could pass. I walked along freely until I thought I ought to take seme care, and then I dropped t my hands and knees and went that way for a while. It was so dark I could see absolutely nothing- All at once I struck a dry bush and snapped a stfck under my knee at the same time. Then a rifle shot came from a picket at a point not twenty yards away and my right arm was broken by the ball. The fellow had fired at the noise and made a good shot It alarmed the guard and our third attempt to blow up the bridge was a failure. Were you there then?", "Yes," said Wyman, "I am the mar who shot you. I never saw you, bul I heard the moving of the bush and the breaking of the twig. After I shot you walked straight to the right for altout ten yards and then ran back for your command." ' (That I did, exactly," said the south erner. "We found your tracks In the sane the next day. I did not know I hil you. l am giau i uiu. uoi .ui jvu uu I'm mighty glad to see you. ' Then they shook hands and took up the journey together. A Lincoln Story. One afternoon, when Lincoln was President, word came to the War De partment from the provost marshal at Portland, Me., that Henry Jameson, the Confederate secret service agent, was on his wav to New York, where he had engaged passage for England. The War Department was at once all astir. Charles A. Dana, then Assistant Secretary of War, received- the messag and hastened at once to consult with Secretary of War Stanton, says the LadieV Home Journal. "How do you advise me to act In this matter?" queried Dana. "Arrest the man at once," was Stanton's reply, "but you had better see the President lefore you proceed further." Dana went Immediately to the White House. As he was a frequent visitor he was readily admitted to Lincoln's private room. "What Is It, Dana?" asked the President, as the Secretary came in. , Dana told the story about the Incident and asked the President what ought to be done.., "Well " was the quiet reply, "you say Jameson will soon leave the country?1 "Yes, sir; he will escape within a few hours if nothing" Is done to stop hlni. My purpose Is to arrest him."v - "Well," was the President's reply, "when you have a white elephant od your hand, and he's doing his level best to get away, why not leave nim alone, Dana?" And Jameson was. v

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Chic and Charming; Blouse. Here is a most happy combination of two very popular modes the deep painted yoke and hrcteiles. The model is aa imported fruck of soft gray silk, in a lug broken plaid, the trimmings, straps and cinTs of plain silk, and the yoke of fall-over lace. Soft woolen materials would make up equally effectively, however, and tbe yoke could be of silk or lace, as preferred. The design is decidedly original, and consequently particularly attractive, for individuality in matters of dress is always much sought after. The shaping of tbe trimming straps is most artistic, and buttons fasteuing down each point add to the effect. A strap 13 cut into the sleeves, which buttons down ovi-r the PATTrax xo. 1723. cuffs in the same manner. The high girdle fits well and is a becoming finish to the waist. This blouse can be made to wear cither with separate skirts, or with one of the same material, and In either ease makes a mobt charming addition to any wardrobe. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cent. Send all orders to the Pattern Depart ment of this paper. Be sure to give l-oth the number and size of pattern ,wai:ted. and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: ' Order Coupon. No. 1723. SIZE . f NAME ADDRESS - Gracefnl Walking Skirt. The skirt is by far the most conspic uous part of a costume. A jacket will (over a passe blouse, but a skirt Is always in evidence and must be crisp and fresh If any sort of a stylish costume is obtained. Fortunately, the skirts this winter are very graceful, and here is one of the new models that Is par ticularly so. t is cut with nine gores, having three tuck plaits at the back edge of . each gore. These are stitched In about half way down, and at the end of this stitching trimming straps are applied. From here they are let loose and only pressed Into position to the hem of the skirt, where it falls in PATTERN 2?0- 1GG1. graceful folds. About the hips It fits closelv. A verv fine weave of dark blue storm serge is used In this model a very durable material, which makes excellent skirts for general ser vice, but cloths or veilings can be used if preferred. The above paüern 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: Order Coupon. No. 1CC1. SIZE . NAME ADDRESS All Over the World. In London there are over 200.000 factory girls. v; , Light-haired people live kaiger than dark-haired ones. A Chinese doctor's fee ranges from 2 cents to 10 cents. The yellow fdone lichen U the slowest-growing of all, known plants. A single-'Honduras mahogany tree cut Into boards has been sold for $10,000. All the blood in a man's body passes through his heart once every two minutes. Maine pays her elementary teaciiers an average of $1.20 a day for 313 days in the year. In Dresden, 300 years ngo, "epicures" used to cat Venetian oysters that had been on the way three weeks. The superintendent of thn Plftrnlin.i I public schools has discovered a relation between trousers and brains. The higher the boys turn up their trousers the fewer the brains they have. Patagonlan lianas live for years without tasting water, and a breed of cows near Losere, France, and noted for the richness of the milk, takes It very rarely. i When the feet are tender and painful-after long walking ' or standing great relief can le o Jr.ined by bathing them In salt aial water a handful of salt to a gallon of wate1. Have the water as hot as can be comfortably borne; immerse the feet and throw the water up over the knees with the hands: When the water grows cool nib the feet and limbs with a dry towel.

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Fo the several Ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's medicines are composed, as pivea by leaders in all tho several schools cf medicine, should have far mora weight than any amount of non-professiotial testimonials. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has tiie badge or uoxESTr cn every bottle-wrapper, in a full lisf of all its ingredients printed In plain English. If you are an Invalid woman and suffer from frequent headache, backache, gnaw'IngdistrßJ In stomach, periodical pains, disagredable, catarrhal, pelvic drain, draggingdown distress In lower abdomen or pelv?t perhaps dark spots or specks danchfg before the eyes, faint spells and kind symi toms caused by female weak ness, the derangement of the feminine organs. can not do better than take Favorite Prescription. Dr. Pier Theh ital, surgeon's knife and operating ta may be a'oided by the timely uso of avorite Prescription" in such cases, i herenv tue orroy ous pvarvnItions a"ii tr 1 n-.onT of fin.jly mvsician can he avoided and a "triiiieh coüre ol successful treatment carried oiT fTTM"'. K'M'v:v! 1' V'-. "'vorit i'rescription " is composcu oi uie cry oesi native medicinal roots known to medical science for the cure of woman's peculiar ailments, contains no alcohol &na na harmful or habit-forming drugs. Do not expect too much from "l avorita Prescription: "it will not perform mira cles ; it will not disolve or cure tumors. No medians will, it win do as mucn to establish vigorous health in most weak nesses ana ailments peculiarly incident to women as any medicine can. It must bo given a fair chance by perseverance In Its use for a reasonable length cf time. trum as a Substitut for ',fty nt iifjwq composition bick women are invited to consult Dr. . Pierce, by letter, rcc. All correspondence is guarded as sacredly secret and womanly confidences are protected by Jrofessional privacv. Address' Dr. R.. ierce, Buffalo. N. V. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best laxative and regulator of tho bowels. They invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. One a laxative ; two or three ft cathartic. Easy to tako as candy. The l'irt Fijr Fiahcrs. Doubtless the reason why artificial flies were originally invented was b cause It was Impossible to us? the smaller and more delicate natural files as baits on the hook. The first fly fisher cast his eyes about him In search of something that would answer ia Imi tating the flies upon which the trout were feeding. Feathers were naturally the first materials thought of, and the old red cock's hackle was tha first of all the artificial Injects, tbe old, old Adam of them all. The breed has been Increasing for several hundred years and numbers 2.0C0 or more at the present day. Of salmon flies alone there are several hundred patterns. These belong to the lure order mostly, as do many of the large flies used for bass and trout The little old red hackle remains a good fly to this day and Is put upon bodies of many colors, ieacoek barl being perhaps as well liked as anything; red wool is favored by many. Forest and Stream. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeper uses Bed Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package. 5 cents. Lnr;?et Leather Delt Sn the World. A Chicago company has made for a saw mills plant what is claimed to be th largest single leather belt In the world. It was made from pure oak bark tanned leather; Is S4 Inches In width, three-ply in thickness and weighs just 2.S00 pounds. Tbe belt Is 174 feet long; It took the centers of the hides of 225 steers to make It, and each piece of this leather was-separately stretched before being placed In the belt. A belt of about the same size has been running for many years at a spinning mill in Ghent. Slake the Children Itappy. We have all seen children who hav had no childhood. The fun-loving element has been crushed out of tbxn. They have been repressed and forbidden to do this and that so long that they have lost the faculty of having a good time. We see these little eld niea and women everywhere. Children should be kept children just as long as possible. What has responsibility, seriousness. or sadness to da with childhood? We always feel indlgrant, as well as sad, when we see evidences of maturity, over-seriousness, care or anxiety, In a child's face, for we. know some one has sinned somewhere. The little ones should be kept strangers to anxious care, reflective thoughts, and subjective moods. Their lives should be kept light, bright, buoyant cheerful, full of sunshine, joy and gladness. They should be encouraged to laugh and to play and to romp to their heart's content The serious side of life will come oniy too quickly, do what we may to prolong childhood. One of the most unfortunate things I know of Is the home that Is not illuminated by at least one cheerful, bright sunny young face, that does not ring. with the persistent laughter and merry voice of a child. No man or woman is perfectly normal who Is dlstresed or vexed by the playing of children. There was something wrong la your bringing up If It annoys you to see children romping, playing, and having a good time. Orison Sweet Marden, la Success Magazine. The Transvaal mines yielded $101,000, 000 worth of gold for the year l'JOa. It's a Good Time mow to see what a good " staying" breakfast can be made without high-priced Meat TRY A Lltllt Fruit, A Dish cf Graps-Ksts 2nd Creia, A Scfl-E:iltJ Egg, Sees Kiss, Crisp Toast Ccp cf Pcstn Feed Ccffrs That's all, and all very easy of digestion and full to the brim with nourishment and strength. REPEAT FOR LUNCHEON 02 SUPPER, and have a meat and vegetable dinner either at noon or evening, as you prefer. , We predict for you an increase in physical and mental power. There's a Reason. Rad the "Um health classic. Tbe B.o4 to - WtUTlUe," ia pkfi.