Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 7, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 November 1907 — Page 6

THE BOOMING CANNON

RECITALS OF CAMP AND BATTLE INCIDENTS. Surr Iron of the Ilebelllon Relate Many- AmnilnK and Startling; Incidents of Marches, Camp Life, For-aa-lnjr Experlen.ee and Battle. The value of coaling stations In wartime is something that the American navy has not often had a chance to learn from actual experience. Durlug the Civil War, however, there were times when the commanders of Federal cruisers discovered what it means to be dependent upon casual purchases for the fuel that is the very life f a modern steam fleet.. Aieoii; th naval traditions which have not rion to the dignity of written history there is one that recounts an adventure of the U. S. S. YanderMIt. one of thx? old side-wheel steamers impressed into the government servht- and &eit out In pursuit of the Confederate commerce-destroyers. After n long cruise In the Sou.'U Atlantic, she made the tiny Island of St. Helena. Here she had to stop, for. her bunkers were just alnyut empty. Fortunately, a wharf was in sight from the dtvk as the dropped anchor, loaded with the detired coal. It w."s a welcome sl;:ht to the worried commander. lie breathed -asier. and thought, n. doubt, that h. had come upon a windfall. Coal heaps could not be found. In these days, at every Unding place in out-of-the-way seas. It seemed almost as If the suiply had been held specially for the use of thy- Yankee tars. Th.'s sup:osition, moreover, turned out the exact truth. In a sense that gave thi Yai.derbiit's captain something of a surprise. A boat was Immediately lowered away and role straight to the wharf where the coal was stored. Ad officer 6tepped ashore. He found a sandyheaded Scotsman sitting near the heap of fuel, and reading an old newspaper. The man said that his coal was for sale, and the officer asked the price. He was not In a nod to sit down and spend time dickeri ug, but the owner's answer staggered him. "Thirty dollars a ton, sir." As the price of gold In Federal paper money was then about two dollars und eighty-five cents, the quotation meant that the coal would cost Uncle ßam, in his greenback currency, more than eighty dollars a ton. The officer spent some time trying to beat down the seller, but It was no use. The Scotsman was Ann. The bargain was broken off, the dealer perfectly friendly, though firm Insisting that while he hoped that the North would win, he had been holding that coal there a long time, waiting for an American vessel, and. as the owner of the only supply on hand, he intended to take what Le considered a fair profit. The commander of the YauderbJlt denounced the price as outrageous. "L'p anchor: was the order; and. firing up with part of the few tons of coa! that remained, the ship put out from the harbor. The Scot was still pn his wharf, reading his newspaper, as before. If weighing anchor was tried as a bluff. It had not stirred him. A few hours proved that he had no need to fear losing his prize. Contrary weather blew tip, and the Yanderbllt was soon flung back into the port she had so recently left, now with the last bushel of fuel gone. She was at the mercy of the financier of the conl heap, but he did sot raise his price, nor did he lower it. The Yanderbilt took a round thousand tons at thirty dollars, gold, per ton. If a sandy-haired Scot returned to Lis native town soon after, a made man for the rest of his life, and u source of wonder to home-keepers who had never iieen out Into. the world, we know that the lucky individual won his gains less unfairly than some larger capitalists. Moreover, he had Incidentally given the United States government a practical and valuable lesson. Grant ia Dar of Suffering-. My last interview with the general was during his Illness which terminated in his death, says Gen. O. O. Howard In the Century. On Wednesday, March 23, 1SS3, I received a note from Col. F. D. Grant eaying that his father, then In New York City, would be glad to see me at any time when he could see any one. "About the middle of the day Is generally his best time between 12 and 2 p. m." The next day, Thursday, at 1 :S0, my brother ant I appeared at tho general's house on CGth street. A servant showed us Into a llf tie reception room to the right of the main hall.- In a moment Col. Grant appeared and gave us a warm welcome. My brother thought It not best for him to see the general, and Col. Grant led the way for me. At the foot of the stairs he said: "Father wished me to apprise you of Lis Inability to talk; so, owing to his trouble, you must do the talking." The colonel left me at the door of Lis father's room. It wa in front on the south side. The general was alone, though through the open doors I could see members of the family and friends on the same door within call. He was reclining In his favorite chair, his feet resting upon the extension and his Lead against the high part. "How do you do, general?" he said, as he turned bis face toward me and extended his right hand. I took his Land, and, heeding Col. Grant's warning, began to talk. " I tried to express my thanks for the Interview and my deep sympathy for him In his affliction. His face, whitish, bit not emaciated, was natural except for the large swollen appearance of the left side. He turned toward the south window, and asked me to pass around and take a seat on that side. This was evidently easier for him, and a chair had been placed there near his feet. His muffled voice could hardly be recognized. Yet, notwithstanding the difficulty and my effort not to let him do so, he kept talking to me, but with an indistinct utterance. I gpoke of the late action of Congress restoring him to the army, and of the acts of the different legislatures and of the thousands of his old soldiers gathered into the Grand Army organizations. -You will not be forgotten by them at this time. Gen. Grant, and never will Lei" He expressed his gladness at this, but desired me to return to the subject of prayer and Its fruits, of which we Lad spoken. During our conversation. Gen. Grant was cheerful and patient, but now and then he changed the place of his head rulckly as If in pain, and this motion

warned me. I ros and said that I must not stay too long, for I would not weary him or add to his suffering. At partlug I said: -Oh, general, how much I wish I could do something to help you. Hut you can always command me if it should occur to you that I could do anything." I then asked, doubtless with pome show of emotion, as I held his hand: 'Is there anything, general?" He answered slowly and very kindly: "Nothing more. Gen. Howard nothing besides wliat you have been doing." "Good-by, Gen. Grant. May God Mess you I" "Thank you; good-by." It was our last Interview. The general had the same complete sclf-liossc'ssion as always, was cheerful without a hint of impatience or complaint under atflieti.r.i. His was the sulmission of a gtv.u heart, in its own unstudied way, t the Heavenly Father, the Kternal Friend. lie had confidence in himself, it Is true, but it was because he knew of a In wer b-yond self, because he was Ifc'Iped an 1 strengthened by that power leyond self. You may call It spirit. Providence or God. The name 'is nt material. It is a!! the same.

The Orptanu Hrlxade. F.iglitvn hundred and sixty-one; There in the echo of Sumter's fuu Marches the host of tho Orphan Brigade, Lit by thir banners, in hope best array ed. Five thousand streng, never legion hath borne ' I Might as this bears it forth ia that morn : Hastings and Cressy, Na'by, Dunbar, Oowpons and Yorktown, Thousaud Years' War. It writ on their hearts as onward afar They shout to the roar of their drums. Eighteen h lndret" and sixty-two; Well have ihey paid to the earth its due. Close up, steady ! the half are yet here And all of the might for the living bear The dead in their hearts over Shiloh's field. Rich, O God, is thy harvest's yield ! Where faith swings the sickle, trust binds the sheaves To the roll of the surging drums. I'ighteen hundred and sixty-three; Barring Sherman's march to the sea Shorn to a thousand ; face to foe, Hack, ever back, but stubborn and slow. Nineteen hundred wounds they take In that service of Hell, yet the hills they shake, ' With the roar of thir charge as they onward go To the roll of their throbbing drums. Eighteen hundred and sixty-four; Their banners are tattered and scarce twelve score. Battered nd wearied and seared and old, Stay by the staves where the Orphans hold Tirni as a rock where the surges break Shield of a land where men die for Ilia sake. For the sake of the brothers whom they have laid low. To the roll of their mufiled drums. Eighteen hundred and sixty-five; The devil is dead and the Lord is alive. In the earth that springs where the heroes sleep And in love newborn where the stricken weep : That legion hath marched past the setting of sun Beaten? nay, victors; the realms that they won Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear The throb of their far-off drum. X. S. Shaler. , Dignity ' nnd Dnntrer. To fall with all wounds rn front Is the ambition of the hero, and this ambition inspired the worthy chaplain of a Federal regiment during the civil war, commemorated ly Gen. Otis in the Springfield Republican. The situation of the chaplain may not strike the reader as tiulte as romantic as that of the knl.ght going to the fray with spear andshleld, but the spirit of faclug the foe is fully as commendable. During a battle a small house near the .field was taken and occupied as a hospital. In one of the Intervals between operations some one discovered a stone Jar pushed way under the stairs. The light was at Its hottest, ami pieces of shell and bullets were constantly striking the house. The chaplain volunteered to get the Jar out and Investigate Its contents. He crept up under the stairs on his hands and knees, then started back suddenly, and came to an erect position. Thinking he might be 111, the surgeoas inquired with solicitude what the matter was. "Why," explained the chaplain, "supposing one of the bullets passing through should kill me with my head ur.der the stairs?" "It isn't half as likely to strike you there as where you are now," replied ore of the doctors. "I know, but how would it look? What would the Tenth say If their chaplain was killed skulking In such a iK-gltlon during an engagement?" The good man soon contrived a way to hook out tile Jar without comproiulsIn his soldierly dignity. The receitacle was found to be half full of delicious honey. When work was over, the surgeons enjoyed a feast of sweet amber fluid spread upon hardtack. SeTcral Subject. Certain Parisian decadents drink petroleum. About l,2C0,0f0 people are always afloat on the sea3 of tiie world. In 1S30 the world contained but 210 miles o- railway; now there are over 3"A000 inlles of line. Mexico Is very musical, and a great deal of tin? demand for musical Instruments Is taken care of by the United States. There Is being built In the City of Mexico the largest bull ring in the world. When completed it will seat 22.00 ieople. The framework Is of steel and the cost will be $700.000. Munich, with a population of over r4O,000, has, on an average, one establisment for the sale of liquid refreshments to each 319 persons, exclusive of the floating population, which Is a large one. The Greenwich observatory will have to be moved. From year to year the magnetic observations made there have become unreliable because of the Increasing traffic, and the impending establishment of large electric works in the Immediate neighborhood will make It necessary to make the nautical calculations elsewhere. Dr. A. Graham Dell has erected at his place at Baddeck, N. S., a tower, eighty feet in height, built of the te, trahedral cells which h3 invented to secure great strength and lightness Ii the construction of kites. The engineer was F. W. Baldwin, of Toronto. It Is said that the tower weighs less thai five tons and will carry a weight cl 50,000 pounds.

RHYME OF THE PUMPKIN PIE.

Tis a dish that the gods Mars, Apollo anJ Jove, tn their palmiest days might be envlou of; Where the milk aud the honey of plenty combine To fashion a dish most delicious! fine. When the spell ot November U gray upon earth. And the howling storm spirit comes oat of the north. Then the heart Is made glad, tho' forbidding the skv. By the taste and the Bight of the rich pumpkin pie. Dear time-honored dish that our grandmother's made. Ere the red man was gone or the forests were laid ; When the sound of the wanvhoop was heard In the land. And the Puritan tolled with his musket at hand, When towering Wantasquct saw to ascend The pllent smuke signals that spoke of the end ; And the bear and the panther, the lynx and the fox Held revels of blood la Its Ktorm-smltten rocks. Tou are dainty as then, la thoe autumn's of old. With crust like a snovflake and center of gold. With the spices of India lying deep la venir heart, Toa are Jewel and crown of the housekeeper's art. Let the anlomanla? wall. If he will. The homsj?e, yours Justly, we'll oTer you still ; And ever this toast we'll repeat till we die "All hall and long life to the brave pumpkin plel" Though your hüls. O November, are barren and bleak. And wailing the winds In your forests which speak. One charm we will cherish yes, keep till we die The prl le of New England the good pumpkin pie. . 1 A Happy Thanksgiving Tha gooJ people of the church had decided that something must be done, and at once. The treasurer, a 'young man, who had recently come to the village, had made a financial statement that October Sunday morning, upon which certain persons felt very much scandalized. Such a thing had never been done before not even thought of; then it revealed the fact that the Rev. Wesley Norwood had received but $51.73 for six months of faithful service. "I don't believe in bringing up such matters in the religious services of the church," growled Brother Cook, who always protested that it was a waste of money to pay the minister so. much salary. "I quite agree with you," responded Mr. Barnes. He was not a member of the church, but attended because it was a respectable thing to do gave you standing. "If these things must come up every Sunday, I shall attend church elsewhere." V Notwithstanding this, it was generally agreed that it was a shame, and something must be done. Uut when things had gone in a haphazard way to long it was no easy matter to face right about. After several weeks of deliberation, the necessary something seemed as far from accomplishment as ever. "It's too bad that they da not collect the pastor's salary," remarked Mrs. Hunter at the Ladies' Aid meeting. Who she meant by "they" was not entirely clear, inasmuch as she was one of the officers. "If lo one else will do anything, we must," rejoined Mrs. Allen; the various members nodded approval. It was soon planned. The pastor had received $31.75; they would pay him $1)8.20 snake it even $l."0 and have enough left in the trecsury for incidental matters. On Thursday evening of next week, which was Thanksgiving, they would invite themselves to the parsonage and have a good time while making the pSnstor happy. It would be easy to prepare something extra while getting ready for Thanksgiving. It was to be a grand secret; not a soul but members of the society should know a word of it. At the close of the business meeting of the Young People's League, the president made a close scrutiny to assure himself that all present were members ; he then proposed that, ar "they would not do anything," the League take up the matter. "I understand that we have nearly Ixty dollars in the treasury; we could pay the pastor $48.50 bring the salary to $100 and have enough left to pay kll bills and begin the new year out of debt. If we do this I suggest that we observe the utmost secrecy and make it complete surprise." All readily agreed, to the plan and pledged the proper retitesice in the matter. Four of the most faithful met after prayer meeting to discuss the situation, and decided that they must at once collect $248.23, the balance necessary to pay the six months salary due. This they proceeded to do so quietly that no one surmised a general canvass was being made. Before Sunday the entire amount was secured. Friday, after school, the Junior Leaguers met and decided that inasmuch as the grwn-up folks would not help in the matter, they would do what they could; co they voted to pay over every bit there was in the treasury. Upon counting (23.25 was found to be the correct amount. "Oh, girls!" cried Lottie .Newman, as she made some figures In the treasurer's hook, "It will make Just even $73 and I hope we can get enough to make It a hundred." After the choir had run over the Sunday hymns, someone proposed that they pay the proceeds of the last concert on the salary. The sum of $30.23; after referring to the margin of hia anthem book, be chorister reported that it would make iS2 all told. On Thanksgiving morning 'hey would call n.t the parsonage and surprise the pastor with a check for this amount. Perhaps it would somewhat tone for the sin of whispering during '.he sermon. Thanksgiving day was a trying time for 'he Norwoods. The baby, was sick the night before and kept them awake; and when they did get to rest, they overslept. What with rushing to get breakfast over tnd make ready for the service at church, prayers were shortened and the chapter .Knitted altogether. "Oh, Wesley, I am so tired! Everything has gone wrong to-day," said Mrs. Norwood that afternoon. "The children never were so naughty before. What will ;ople sav about Robbie fighting? The rlour barrel Is empty, the potatoes are all one, and we have not a thing in the Mouse for breakfast, only bread and butr ; and the grocer sent us 'word yesterUy that we could not have another thing intil we paid him. What shall we do?" Vfter which lengthy and somewhat incoherent speech, she laid her head on his houlder and found refuge in tears. "Never mind, dear; the Lord will provide ;" then he slowly added, as if In an ifterthought, "some way." A few minutes later Pastor Norwood vas bowing to the organist, who slipped i check in his hand and said properly, With the compliments of the choir." Just as they were seated, the door bell -ang again, and this time the Junior .eague marched en masse and the a3tonhed - minister stood speechless with a heck In eithcj hand. Then the older league came, and presently the Indies' id, and last of all the trustees, all addng their offerings and crowding the small -ooms. Each party looked stiffly askance it the others, wondering by what trickry their secret had become known. After an hour of discourse and song, he treasurer arose and said: "A few days since our pastor had revived but a mere pittance for many nonths of faithful labor. While he had vrought earnestly for the church and its -ocieties, so that, for the first time in .ears, all were In a prosperous condition, he unaelfishl forgot his own needs. No,

no! Brother Norwood, you must permit me to finish. Then one society and another, by some strange coincidence, conceived the thought of giving the pastor a pleasant Thanksgiving surprise. It is needless to say that we have surprised each other quite as well. But best f all, I lind that In the few days of unconscious co-operation, we have increased the amount paid on salary to just five hundred dollars. This shows what we can do if we all work together. I move you as a congregation, that we increase our pastor's salary from six hundred to eight hundred dollars a year." It was carried with a rush, even Brother Cook assenting. Pastor Norwood arose, and with tears of joy trickling down his cheeks, thanked them simply. Some said they sang the doxology as never before; at ioast there were two voices that rang out with a new inspiration of faith. When they were once more at home, and the children in bed. Wesley Norwood again took his wife in his arms and opening his Bible at a place much marked and worn, they read together with the guileless failh of children, "And it shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they ure yet speaking, I will hear."

TlimtksKl I"K ' the Chinese. As we lirn mora of this curious people, we are inclined to think that down Iu the narrow streets of Chinatown there is nore real poetry than one would suspect from the matter-of-fact appearance and actions of the.inhabitants. The average American, in the rush of metropolitan life, forgets all about the moon unless there is an eclipse, and even then there are ten chances to one that he knows nothing about it until he reads the paper next day. With the Chinese it is different, says Leslie's Weekly. As their fathers did before them, ko do they, and so will their children for it 'takes more than a century to eradicate a deeply rooted belief pay tribute to the sun and tho niooa and the stars. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which, according to the American method of computing time, was this year about the first wee-k in September, the Chinese celebrat-

PRIDE G0ETH BEFORE A. .FALL.

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Cincinnati IV.-1. ed their annual moon festival and thanksgiving. In the country, where the good, old-fashioned Yankee farmers still continue to plant their peas and beans in the different times of the moon, so that they shall grew right, that body at this time of year is called the harvest moon; so it is the harvest moon that determines the date of the festival, which is much like the Thanksgiving of America and England and the Metzelsuppe of the Germans. The day preceding and the day following the night of the full moon the Chi'hese set asid for the feasting and mer rymaking. There is no suspension of business, for the celebrating is all done after nightfall. The thanksgiving days are considered a good time to pay off monetary debts as well as social, for such a practice promotes domestic felicity and hastens prosperity. It is not unusual during moon-festival week to see a large party of Americans entertained by a gayly garbed Chinese host, to whom one of the party at some time has rendered a service or extended a courtesy. Thanksgiving Time. Oh, it's Just before Thanksgiving! And there's something In the air Malting life well worth the living You can note it anywhere. Something jovial and pleading In the people that you meet. Mixed with incense, wondrous teasl" Permeating room and street In the kitchen of a nation They are busy making pies; And the turkey's red oblation Forms the barnyard's sacrifice ; While our Johnnie a at hl station Oa the threshold plants his toes And sends wireless Information To his stomach by bis nose. From the cities, steeps and prairies. Where "the children" widely roam WlUs and Harrys. Beths and Marys All the roads are leading "home." And the lashes gladly listen. Hanging loose Is every latch. As th! 'old folks" wait and listen E'eu the lightest step to catch. Crib and mow are brimming o'er U9 With the harvest, safe at last. And the future smiles before us With the fullness of the past. Midst the bounty all-sufficient Of the present and Its cheer Let us thank a Clod omniscient For the blessings of the year. -i-Leslle's Weekly. THANKSGIVING GAMES. Jolly Diversion for Afternoon and Evening. It is wise to provide some sort of entertainment for Thanksgiving gnests, for jollity on this anniversary of fcod cheer can never come amiss. At the table the place cards, the passing of jests and the general hospitality nil tend to entertain the guests, so that it remains only to devise some novel feature to fill in the awkward paus between dinner and the time for departure, with perhaps some inexpensive but appropriate prizes to make a little excitement. A hilarious form of entertainment Is for each person to be given a subject and made to write a Mother Goose rhyme of more than two lines containing the given word. This is a difficult thing for many people to do, and many absurd verses are the result, while a clever rhymster can convulse the entire party. After all the people playing have written their contributions these are all collected in a bowl and drawn forth one by one and read to the assembly, who try to guess the author. Where there Is a blackboard within reach it is very amusing to make each person, with eyes blindfolded, drew a given subject thereon. At Thanksgiving such subjects as turkeys, ducks, pumpkin pfes, and f forth, might be given. The j resulta of the unfortunate artisti' work

are extremely ludicrous, as may tc sup posed. A clever woman recently led her guests after a cosy little dinner to the drawing room, where a large table had been clearexl and chairs arranged round it. The guoBts sat in couples, and on the table lay a pile of slips of paper. Each slip was numbered and contained a quotation from a famous author or poet, and it lemainod for the participants to guess the writer's name. The guests were eaoh furnished with a card and pencil, with the numbers written out to correspond with the quotations, with a blank beside for the author, whose name was supposed to be supplied by the owner of the card. By playing partners the fun was all the merrier, and for a Thanksgiving entertainment the individual cards or tallies may be decorated with hand-painted turkeys in the upper right-hand corner, nie couple securing the largest number of correct answers each win a prize, and the couple who guess the fewest should receive some comic gifts any of the Thanksgiving novelties would do.

HOW TO CAR VF. A TURKEY. Sharp Knife of Urenfcst Importance In Cut tins l'p Fowl. Some are born carvers, some after painful e.Tort achieve carving and some unfortunate few have carving thrust upon them. In order to become skillful in the art it is of the first importance to have a sharp knife. Daniel Webster, so the story goes, once undertook to c:irve the turkey at an oldfashioned dinner. The, knife was dull as the traditional hoe and the bird proved refractory, giving the groat man more trouble than one of his celebrated campaign speeches. Finally, after an especially desperate effort to cut through the hide of the troublesome fowl, the knife slipped and the bird turned a complete somersault and landed in the lap of a lady who sat next to the famous man. But even after this effort Mr. Webster never turned a hair. ".Madam, I'll trouble you for that turkey." said he, and went at the strussle again with might and main. But we are not all born with the wm aplomb of the great orator, so it is as well to take the precaution to have tha knife sharp. The turkey should always be served 'on a platter large enough to hold the different joints as they are carved. It should be placed on the table with the breast to the left of the carver, who commences operations by first getting a firm grip on the fowl by sticking th carving fork deep down through the upper part of the breast bone. ( Now, holding the fork securely in the left hand, take the knife in the right and remove the legs and the second joint together by passing the knife around the joint next the body. Then take oS the wings in the same manner and disjoint them, cutting through the ligaments. Before carving more from the turkey it is well to separate the leg and cut it int two pieces. After this the breast of the turkey can be carved in thin, delicate slices with the knife held flat against the breast bone and faced away from the carver. Then the point of the knife can be inserted Ainder the wishbone and it can be lifted, pressed backward and removed Good carvers now turn tha turkey slightly and without removing the carving fork cut the shoulder blades from the under side of the carcass. Each "helping" should contain a piece of both white and dark meat and a generous spoonful of dressing. Centarles Cid. Days of festival thanksgiving have been celebrated for many centuries. Under the old Mosaic law the Hebrews held an annual harvest festical under the trees and In tents of palm. The German lrotestants have an annual "Harvest Home" festival, accompanied by religious services; and this custom was brought to America by the early Dutch immigrants. Thanksgiving for us to-day is a time or rejoicing that life has been spared to s and that we have escaped many danrs, overcome many trials and enjoyed :any pleasures during the la3t year. It also a time when we should remember indly those who have been less fortunate and should put forth some special effort to make them happier. The Sunday After. First Boarder (dreamily) Although Thanksgiving is over, yet its memory will linger with us for days to come. Second Boarder (practically) I dare say you refer to the hash. In the lllrd Court. The .fudge Now, sir. tvüat is your excuse for not wishing to serve on the jury? The Turkey Please, your honor, I am opposed to capital punishment.

A SHORT LIVED PANIC

WHAT QUIETED THE RECENT MONEY DISTURBANCE? Thn Fact that Industrien and viniculture Were Solvent, Labor AV'as Employed, and Production and Consumption Were Uninterrupted. Nearly all the elements of a fearful financial panic were present and operative in the week ending Oct 1!0. Originating in New York City, the home of "high finance" crooked finance, many people call It the disturbance spread somewhat to other business centers, with the result that a larger number of banks suspended payment and ' closed their doors than at any time since the. disaial free trade period of 1S'J:J-'J7. True, the banks in dillk-uUies were mostly solvent, but tb,at did not save theiu from a whirlwind rasa of depositors bout upon drawing out their balances. What with the support promptly rendered by the United States Treasury Department In placing at the disposal of the banks an additional ?-5,-LCO.OOO of government funds, and the valuable co-operation of a few of the great money kings, the severity of the panic was restricted to rive days. Short' lived, but tremendous while i: lasted. Why was this panic so short lived? As we have said, uearlj all panic-pro ducing elements were present. Fractically but one element was absent. That was the element of industrial depression to either cause or aggravate tue panic conditions. All labor was at work, all industry active, all production and consumption at high water mark. The country was lu tlie midst of protection prosperity; not, as in 1SIKJ-D7, In the depths of free trade depression. Bearing upon this question the following is worth quoting from the New York American of Oct.. 2!, a Democratic newspaper: "To the wise no word is necessary. Men of knowledge understand full well that the country was never more prosperous, and that a panic in the midst of such unexampled industrial and commercial activity as this nation has recently enjoyed and still enjoys Is a grotesque absurditj." And this, from the New York Press of the same date, a staunch protectionist newspaper: "Consider the facts: There ha3 been panic. Gambling stakes have been swept from one hand to another. Moneyhas gone from one pocket to another; deposits from one vault to another. Men who had plenty of cash or big bank balances last week have Jess or none now. But sorue'oody else has the wealth. It Is all in existence; it is all performing pretty much the same fuuetiou as before. "Meanwhile the railroads, whose shares have been dropping, r: hauling trallic to their fullest capacity making bigger earnings than ever before. The factories are turning out their products in vast volume. Just now the fanners alone are selling between six and seven blliion dollars of crops new wealth! The wage earners are getting their pay. They are buying the new products; they are liviug as they never lived before. "There Is your wealth from the farm, the forge and the factory. More than ever before. This country, was never so rich. If every stock on the market had touched zero yesterday that natural, real Increase of wealth from the true source of wealth would have been with us just the same, and If, on the rebouud, those stocks had soared, there would have been no more real Wealth. Never anywhere In the world was there anything like the wealth or this country to-day panic or no panic. Therefore the future Is one of confidence. The American people are going on to more prosperity." This Is substantially the tone of our ! est newspapers. Democratic as well as Republican. They all agree that the Industrial solvency of the country and Its twin brother, the agricultural solvency of the country, combine to pro duce a prosperity that cannot be wrecked by a mere money panic "brought ou by frightened bank depositors. It is absolutely true that Protection prosperity has once more shown itself to be panic proof. Is there not in this supreme fact some hint of things to avoid, of staying the hand that would tamper with prosperity, of frowning down the theory and the guesswork that would try dangerous experiments? Is there not In this latest brief money panic a les son to be learned? Does It not teach the wisdom of letting all industry, all agriculture, all labor, all production, all business, go on and prosper in short, of letting the tariff alone? American Economist. Conaervatf ve and Sanet Crover Cleveland's voice Is for "conservative and sane tariff reform." This in a letter indorsing II. M. Whitney as one of the two Democratic nominees for Governor of Massachusetts. Conservative, sane? Those are elastic terms. What one man calls conservatism an other regards as outrageous radicalism; sanity Is equally a matter of relative estimation. The last time Mr. Cleveland had a chance to define himself his idea of "conservative and sane tariff reform" was so much more radical and so much crazier than the shape ultimately assumed that he turned his head and held his nbse when the Wilson-Gorman bill passed by. What Is It to be conservative and sane In tariff reform? How big Is a piece of chalk? Alivaya a Fake. "Reciprocity was an experiment. It has become a fake. Let us apply the chloroform and then join In one grand, sweet requlescat." Washington Post. Reciprocity In competing products never was and never "can be anything but a fake and a fraud. It is a fake In the sense that it forces uion each country a larger quantity of the other country's exports than It naturally needs or would normally nuy. It is a fraud In that It picks A's pocket for B's benefit. By all means let It be chloroformed and laid away forever. McKinley Reciprocity. Every word that William McKinley Bald in his famous reciprocity speech at Buffalo In September, 1901, must bo read and construed in harmony with the following extracts from that speech: "By sensible trade arrangements which will not Interrupt our home production we shall extend the outlets for our increased surplus. "We should take from our customers such of their products as we can use without harm to our Industrie and labor."

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER Jumper Corset Cover. Tbs corset cover without any ojen ing is a satisfactory one for wear beneath thin blouses, and here is a model that Is eminently simple as well as attractive. It is designed to be drawn Dn over the head in jumper style, and IWTTEUN SO. the fulness at the neck and the waist are regulated by means of beading threaded with rJlbou. As a consequence there are no buttons and button holes to mar the design of the blouse woru over it. In this instance embroidered Swiss muslin is trimmed wth Valenciennes lace, but lawn, batiste, Paris muslin, nil the materials that are .used for corset covers an? correct for this one. The corset cover Is made simply with front and back. There are shoulder and under arm reams and the beading is arranged over the neck and the anus-eyes edges and also over the waist line. The above pattern will be milled to your address on receipt-of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give Ioth the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. r7il). SIZE NAME ADDRESS Milte' Xine Cored Tlattcd Skirt. The plaited skirt is always becoming to young girls. and just now it Is in the very height of style. This one is seven gored, so making the least possible bulk over the hips, while it is abundantly full at the lower portion. In the illustration it is made of dark blue serge trimmed with bands of the material stitched with beldiag silk, but the skirt Is appropriate for almost every seasonable material. The skirl is cut in nine gores tnd is laid in backward turning plaits that are overlapped at the upper edge. The folds aye arranged over It on indicated lines. There are Inverted plaits at the back that are stitched flat. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to glye both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. Order Coupon. No. 57G1. SIZE . NAME ADDRESS All Over the World. At Fulbonrn. Enfiland. the roor recelve sixpence each for regular church attendance. Great Britain is rich In mosses. rhere are 21)0 varieties found on tho British islands. The county of London covers 75,li2 acres, but tho London police area Is 443,421 acres. The ratio of pauperism In London i has risen from 21.S per 1,000 In 1S00 to 20.4 In 1905. I The Mexican government Is giving attention to the problem of Irrigating on a large scale. i In Swiss restaurants natives generally pay a few cents less for food or drink than tourists. j The value of diamonds as fancy stones can be materially Increased by the action of radium. The first circulating library belonged to Pamphilius, prebyyter of Caesarea, who lived In the third and fourth century A. D. He collected S0.C00 religious books. The first cotton mill in the South jvas built near Lincolnton, N. C. on the south fork of the Catawba river. In 1815, and operated by water iower. It had seventy-two spindles, and yet It was the beginning of the creat factories that are to-day busy turning out oroducts of the fleecy staple. This mill .vas enlarged to 3.000 spindles in 1810. The progress of cotton manufacture was slow in the South for many years, until long after the civil war. In 1900 Southern mills manlfactured Go per xmt of all the cotton used in American mills.

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Peruna a Tonicof Great Usefulness

..". ivv -x-:-vft..:.Mv : V f ' . c : 4 i V - N J 1 HO. It. -S. TIIARIJf. Hon. It. S. Tharin. Attorney at Law and counsel for Anti-Trust league, writes from Pennsylvania Ae N. W Washington, D. C as follow: "Having used Peruna for catarrhal disorders, I am able to testily to it great remedial excellence and do not hesitate to give it my emphatic endorsement and earnest reeomm'n iat;on t& all persons affected by that disorder. It is also a tonic ot great usefulness.1 Mr. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer, Ontario, Can., writes: "Last winter I was ill with pneumonia after Itavjnz Ia grippe. 1 took Peruaa for two months. vhn I became quite welL I als induced a youn; lady, who was aJ run down and confined to the house, to tak Peruna, and after taking Peruna for three montLs she is able to follow her trade of tailoring. can recommend Peruna for all such who are ill and require a tonic." Pe-ru-n Tablets. Some people prefer to take tablets, rather than to take medicine ia a fluli form. Such people can obtain Perun tablets, which represent th solid medicinal ingredients of Peruna. Esc tablet is equivalent to one average dos of Peruna. Good AdTlee from Rsaklm. It was John Buskin who wrote: "I would urge upon every ycung woman to obtain as soon as she can, by tht severest economy, a restricted, serviceable, and steadily however slowlj Increasing series of book9 for ust through life ; making her little library, of all the furniture In the room, tb most studied and decorative piece; every volume having Its assigned places like a little statue In Its niche. She Did Not Fear Death. An old lady on her seventy-third birthday once said, "I dc not mind getting old, and I do not fear death, but I live In constant dread of paralysis.' "For some time I have been wanting to tell you of the great good your wonderful Sloan's Liniment is doing here," writes Mr. James F. Abernethy, of Rutherford College, N. C. "In fact, all your remedies are doing noble work, but your Liniment beats all. In my eight' years' experience with medlclnt I find none to go ahead of it, having tried It In very many cases. I know of one young man, a brick mason, who suffered from a partial, yes, almost complete, paralysis of one arm. I got him to use jour Liniment, and now he can do as much work as ever, and he 8'njL.s your praise every day. I get all to use it I possibly can and know there is great virtue ia It. I have helped the sale of your noble remedies about here greatly, and expect to cau?e many more to buy them, as I know they can't be beat. Itallromd la Uracil. American and Canadian capitalists have secured a more or less perfect control over the system of rail and water transportation forming a "belt line" around the most productive portion of Brazil, says the New York Sun. In a report to the bureau of manufae tures Consul General C E. Anderson at Rio Janeiro says that this "belt line," with the help of the government railroads and subsidized steamship line, practically reaches every Important commercial center in the whole republic. The "belt line" system of railroads is distributed over the republic in three main lines, as follows: The Sao Paulo-Rio Grande Railroad lines, which cover t ie southeastern part of Brazil, reaching Into the coffee and live stock districts; the Amazon-BollTian line, which connects the republic of Bolivia and the treat rivers of the northwestern part of Brazil, which Is principally grazing country. American interests are now organizing a syndicate for the further development of the Paraguayan and Bolivian connections. The amount of money at present invested and which will soon be Invested In several enterprises now being begun,' including the Bolivian development, will probably exceed $150,000,000. The movement of American railway and other material to Brazil, he says, represents the most active and the principal element In the export trade of the United States to BraaU and Bolivia. SCHOOL TEACITEE3 Alao Hare Thlnsra to Leara. "For many years I have used cofTee and refused to be convinced of its bad effect upon the human system," writes a veteran school teacher. "Ten years ago I was obliged to give up my much loved work In the public schools after years of continuous labor. I had developed a well defined case of chronic coaee poisoning. "The troubles were constipation, flutterlngs of the heart, a thumping la the top of my head and various parts of my body, twitching of my limbs, shaking of my head and. at times after exertion, a general 'gone feeling with a toper's desire for very strong coffee. I was a nervous wreck for years. "A short time ago friends came te visit us and they brought a package of Postum with them, and urged me to try lt. I was prejudiced because some years ago I had drunk a cup of woak, tasteless stuff called Postum which I did not like at all. "This time, however, my friend made the Postum according to directions on the package, and It won me. Suddenly I found myself improving to a most decided fashion. "The odor of boiling coffee no longer tempts me. I am so greatly benefited by Postum that if I continue to Improve as I am now, I'll begin to think ' I have found the Fountain of Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy letter, but stubborn facts which I am glad to make known.' Name given by Postum Ca, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the book, "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. 'There's, a Reason."

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