Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 January 1908 — Page 6

WOEDS OF WARNING.

IT WOULD BE WELL TO GO SLOW CN TARIFF REDUCTION. WJth Trmurj- Sarjilosi Difiappcarlns and (ir-at Public Kcterprlae CallIns '- Ii ra y Ciprndlturr, It 1 Hot a Good Time for Kxperlment. The activities of a great nation such as ours are not to be men" -nil by the same yard .stick that wouk- " in the dimensions of the business . . little corner grocery. To listen to the spasms of anxiety coming from tie minds of the rampant tariff-haters tue would think the contrary. Five years, or even a round decade, Js a mere tick of the? clock in the life of a nation. One hundred million dollars more or less is only a little bit of pocket money for a gentleman who has on his hands the great enterprises carried cn by "Uncle Sain." The surplus in the treasury at the present time is a large sum of money, ;and but for the wise action of the Secretary of the Treasury in placing it on deposit with the national banks of the country in the recent days of tlnancial Btringency. the locking up of so many million dollars would have greatly cmfoarrasseVl the business of America. The unexpected and unmatched business activity of the year and the high point to which the tide of prosperity Jiad run were the causes of this enormous surplus. We did not have long to hold it and wait for a very distinct change in the business and financial weather. Revenues will be a good deal Jess in the coming year than they were n the past. Already the treasury contemplates the calling of some of this Burplus money back from the banks in order to meet the regular expenses of frur government. Before the year IfOS has run its course, the treasurer will lhave no trouble to handle the surplus. The United States has enormous undertakings before It that will keep down the surplus to a reasonable figure ond keep tle money moving as actively Bs the nimblest shilling the retail merchant ever turned over twenty times a year. We tre digging the great ditch at Panama, and it ! eating up money In a way quite comparable to that . in which the steam shovels devour the sand and mud. We have the reclamation service building dams and constructing irrigation systems at many points throughout the arid regions, also callirg for enormous sums of money week by week. We are about to enter lipon the Improvement of our internal waterways?. Here, again, the call for money will be pressing and great. Our Senators and Representatives from the Partie Coast in Corgress are carrying on an active agitation to show the government the necessity of fortifying the western coasts of America, so as to forestall any aggressive movement on the part of any nation on the gloie which has a big stick behind Its back for any part of our domain.' We are building large additions to our already formidable fieet. and this work . must not slacken, much less stop. There is not one of theso undertakings, calling each for so nany millIons, and in the aggregate for so many hundreds of millions, that has not come from a popular demand. The people have clamored for each and every one of them, with exceptions so few that most of us are In a humor to neglect the voice of the opposition. All we have to do. In the plain sight of the surplus now held by the treasury, is to fix our minds for a moment upon these correlated facts, the natural slackening likely to prevail in our business for the coming twelve months, with the natural lessening of the revenues coming Into the treasury, and on the other side these enormous public enterprises and the immensely large Kums which they will call for during the twelve months. Tte tariSf is not to be considered at the present session of Cougress. and it is Just as well to take a pretty broad and far-sighted view of subjects of so great Importar.ee. We do not hesitate to make the prophecy that by the time the Sixty-first Congress shall have been Gwora In and taken its seat, there will be a very different point of view. It would not surprise u3 at all If by that date there would arise a condition of factors in tte two sides of the equation (Income from tariff and outgo for great enterprise) which would disturb the equilibrium between the two members of the equation, leaving a minus quantity on the treasury side. Lcs Angeles Times. That Ilaaily Surplun. Hilly free trade rrlters are harping on the treasury surplus as one of the causes of the existing situation. They never stop to think that because of this very surplus the government was able to rush $",000,000 of currency to the relief of banks which would otherwise have been compelled to suspend jjayment and close their doors. That treasury surplus has proved an anchor of safety, a fortress of financial strength. The government had uo surplus with which to help out the banks in the free trade regime of li93-37. It wav instead. Issuing bonds to the extent of S200.000.000 to cover treasury deficits. Protection surpluses are 6ometimes handy things to have. It eas miring. Business will be reassured In the absence of 'tariff tinkering. If Congress will get Into lii.e with the President's recommendation touching trust regulation, the chief objection to the present tar'ff will be eliminated not by tariff tinkering, but by sincerity In the enforcement of conspiracies against protection led by such gentlemen as Morgan, Rockefeller and Harrlmau. If the Steel Trust is promoted as an International enterprise by free trad? In England and by protection In the United States, the necessary Democratic conclusion would be to eliminate protection from America and free trade from England. Lewlston (Me.) Jourpal. Sentiment of the Great Majority. If the protective tariff has harmed the industries of the country those engaged In tuein have not found it out. Last year, the official figures show, the mills and factories turned out $15,000,000,000 worth of goods, and the figures for the export of manufactured products show a large increase. The protective policy Is doing well for the country, and any party that makes war upon that policy will run against the sentiment of the great majority of the people. Morrlsville (Vt.) News. The worlds sheep shearing record Is 2,331 animals in nine hours. It was made In Australia,

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GEORGS AX EVOLUTION OF THE BIO STICK. THE LEVEL OP COST. Ir!ce Hare Advanced Throughout the World. Many persons in our own country wb; have complaiued of the Increased cos: of the necessaries of life Have talked and written as If the condition were peculiar to the United States and affected us alone. The fact, as Is known to students of broader view, U that high prices have been an are worldwide. Increased cost here Is coincident with Increased . cost abroad. If prices had risen In the United State3 only we might blame the tariff or the trusts or anything else prominent In the iKHtical discussions with better show of reason, but since the foreign suffers with the American consumer It ought to be clear that the things most dwelt upon here as underlying causes of greater cost are not the responsible cuts. a . deputy speaking in the Genna n Reichstag recently on the Increase In the cost of living In, Berlin, said that it amounted to IKi 1-3 per cent In the last tea years ; that the price of articles of gerjeral consumption had In some instances advanced over CO per cent, as, for example, in the case of rye, which had gone up 0:1.7 per cent, while wheat had risen 45 per cent siuce 1'JOl and Hour 34 ier cent since September, l'JOO; barley had risen 10 per cent and potatoes 1- ier cent since last year; In 1'JOG the price of beef had riseu 3(J per cent, veal 41.5 per cent, mutton 50 per cent, and pork 40.0 per cent, compared with what they bad cost ten years before ; during the last twelve mouths all these prices, except in the case of pork, the price of which had slightly decreased, had recorded further advances. Prices of things which enter Into general consumption tend everywhere to a common level. Special causes Interfere to make the price of some article or some class of articles a little higher here or a little lower there, but In general when the price Is high or lew in one country It is the same In another and all. There is the important Cfferenee always, however, that the pirchaslng power of our own people is greater than that of the peoples of other nations. Pittsburg GazetteTimes. Aever More Deserving than Xow, During the campaign jre shall hear something about protection and free trade. Mr. Bryan and his friends will argue from the assertion that protection is the mother of trusts, and that the surest means of dealing with trusts Is to destroy protection. The Republicans should welcome that debate should welcome even the most veiled attack on a system which stands so thoroughly Justified by experience. If protection cannot be defended, nothing can be. It was never more deserving of the title "the American policy" than It Is to-day, with America, under its application, in the front rank of producing and flourishing nations. Washington Star. The Mainstay of Prosperity. Republicans assumed control of this country March 4, 1SS7, with the installation of President McKinley, when tinkering with the tariff left tlw business interests In a deplorable condition, Ihe agricultural element In Insolvency and the Industrial masses dependent upon soup houses and those who had work with small wages and tiny dinner buck ets to carry their meals. The tariff was readjusted and out of chaos came ordvr. Out of adversity came prosperity. And from that day to the present the country continued to prosper. Lin coln (Neb.) Herald. Plan to Eca a. Mrs. Peckem "Henry, Suppose you and I were all alone on a deserted Island, what Is the first thing you would do?" Teckem "Thank goodness that I know how to swim."

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TRAGEDIES OF THE MINES. BULLETIN of the Geological Survey makes by its cold statement of facts a powerful indictment against the murderous methods of coal mining permitted in the United States. The great increase In the production of coal in this country Is not responsible

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wholly for the shocking number o! lives lost in the mines. There has been a great Increase in coal production In Europe also, and there the deaths have diminished, owing to the enforcement of laws for the protection of the men working underground. There is certainly criminal neglect of some sort in our methods when the death rate of miners by accident has Increased here from 2.07 per thouand in lSi5 to 3.40 per thousand in 1000, the death rate from the same causes steadily dwlluing In European countries during the same period. Our coal mines kill nearly four times as many men per thousand as do those of Belgium, more than four times as many as the mines of France and nearly three times as many as those cf Great Britain. In no country of the world are the conditions for the afe extraction of coal so favorable as in the United States, and yet this murderous record stands against us as a result of neglecting the safeguards that ought to be enforced. We are not so strict cs we should be in making compulsory the use of safety lamps. We do not limit as we should the charges of explosives that may be fired. We are not so careful as the Europeans In Bhot-flring at times when the mines are unoccupied except for the presence of ti e expert shot-firers. Taking this bulletin of the Geological Survey as a fluide, the laws of every coal-mining State should forbid many of the practices tolerated in our own mines, and command the observance of the rules and precautions quoted from the laws of European countries. Our list of criminal tragedies Is already too loug. St Louis He-public.

THE VALUE CF PREACHING.

NDIVIDUAL cases, at least, the breaking down of the preacher by the cares of the administrator, seems clearly traceable. It may have happened In the old days that a clergyman was invisible ill the week, and Incomprehensible on Sunday; but to-day the trouble Is apt to be that be Is only

too visible all the week, "running" the church, and exhausting his nervous energy in serving tables to such an extent that he is in speech contemptible on Sunday. You canrot plow with a race horse and expect him to keep his speed. A man absorbed In business for six days cannot emerge as an uplifting speaker on the seventh An orator must be plus who' hopes to Ik? a true master of assemblies not on? whose thouphts and spring have been drawn down to minus by exacting la

THE TREE'S ROOTS. Soiuethlns About .What I" Called I'lant Intelligence. As the animal is nearer to us than the vegetable, so is animal intelligence nearer akin to our own than plant Intelligence. We hear of plant physi ology, but not yet of plant psychology. When a plant growing in a darkened room leans toward the light the lean ing, we are taught, Is a purely mechan ical process. The effect of the light upon the cells of the plant brings It about in a purely mechanical way. but when an animal Is drawn to the light the process is a much more complex one and implies a nervous system. It Is thought by some thrt the roots of a water-loving plant divine the water from afar and run toward It. The truth Is the plant or tree sends Its roots In all directions, but thoo on the side of water find the ground molster In that direction and their growth is accelerated, while the others are checked by the dryness of the soil. An ash tree stands on a rocky slope where the soil Is thin and poor twenty or twenty-five feet from my garden. After a while It sent so raany roots down Into the garden and so robbed the garden vegetables of the fertilizers that we cut the roots off and dug a trench to keep the tree from sending more. Now, the gardener thought the tree divined the rich pasturage down lelow there and reached xfor it accordingly. The truth Is, I suppose, that the roots on that side found a little more and better soil and so pushed on till they reached the garden, where they were at once so well fed that they multiplied and extended themselves rapidly. The tree waxed strong and every season sent more and stronger roots into the garden. John Burroughs, In Outing Magazine. The Illrlh of 'J'n runinny llnll. William Maclay and Hubert Morris tvere the first senators from Pennsyl vania, and both attended the initial session of Congress In New York City. Senator Maclay kept a journal of its proceedings, and his comments and deductions are the delight of close students of history. Under date of May 12, 1700, we find this entry: "This day exhibited a grotesque scene In the streets of New York. IieIng the old First of May, the Sons of St. Tammany had a gratd parade through the town In Indian dress. I delivered a talk at one of their meeting houses and went away to dinner, rhere seems to be soms sort of a scheme laid off erecting some sort of ardor or society under this denomination, but It does not seem well digested as yet. The expense of the dresses Must have been considerable, and the money laid out on clothing might have dressed some of their ragged begars. But the weather Is now warm." This rugged and fearless old hater of royalty and aristocracy had participated In the celebration of the first anniversary of the founding of the Society Df Tammany, and we know little more to-day of that embryonic organization than he did then, but we need not seek far for the causes which inspired Its forming. Tammany was the political mccessor of the "Sons of Liberty," called In some sections, of the country "The Liberty Hoys." Success Magazine. Sue Wa Tosted. "And do you doubt my love?" he jsked passionately. "No, Samuel," she answered, with idmirable tact, "but when you say that the day you call me yours will usher In an era of lifelong devotion ind tender solicitude jou pardon me, dear, you put It on a trifle too thick. You seem to forget, Samuel, that I am a widow." London Telegraph. The novel-writers have a nice way )f saying that a girl's face wac framed in wayward curls when It Is meant that her hair was frowsj. There never was a circus or a Christmas as good as expected.

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Great Papers on Important Subjects.

AMERICANS COMFORT FOR FISHING THROUGH THE

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In the winter the fishermen on the great lakes of Canada build little cabins on the Ice. In these huts they take up their quarters, and fish through a hole chopped In the Ice In the center of the cabin floor. The fishermen sit close to their Lttle stoves. These men can make quite a good living at a time when they would be frozen out If they did not go luto these fishing camps. They can make from four to five dollars a day.

J5BR0SE CHANNEL. Why Gotham' XfM Harbor Waterway Itecelved Itx Name. The name of Ambrose channel was given the new waterway by an act of Congress passed lu May, 1900, one year after my father's death, says Catherine Ambrose Shrady In the New York Sun. The action of Congress was inspired by the Legislature of New York from which the follodng is quoted: "Whereas, During the last year Providence has seen fit to call from the midst of us the late John W. Ambrose of the city of New York, whose life of unselfish public service has proved of such Inestimable advantage to the citizens of that city and of the entire State by reason of his securing new and adequate channels leading from the ocean Into the port of New York, for the accommodation of our rapidly Increasing commerce, he having for that purpose secured from the Federal government during the past eighteen years appropriations for the hnrbor of New York aggregating the enormous sum of $8,000.000; and "Whereas. Mr. Ambrose having held no public office, but animated solely by patriotic motives, to which he ga his pre-eminent abilities, by arousing general interest in such public Improvements, not only of the harbor facilities of New York, but also of the waterways of the State at large, we now desire to give pronounced expression In this manner of our appreciation of his services; now, be It "Resolved, That the State of New York recognizes with gratitude and warm appreciation the efforts of the late John W. Ambrose, and commends his unselfish labors for the advancement of trade and commerce." At the Instigation of many Influential members of the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants Association, the produce and maritime exchanges and the leading representatives of the large steamship companies, Senator Depcw

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bors as a collector of funds and a manager of clubs. The great preachers have been seers who were given leisure through the week in which to dream thlr dreams and shape their prophecies. But the Institutional church leaves the clergy no time even to think. The church cannot afford to still the voice of her prophets. Christianity has been pre-eminently the preached religion. Its Founder sent forth the Apostles to preach. All through the history of the Christian church the living utterance of spiritual men has been the groat corrector and quickener. Inspired preaching has in it the greatest iower known to man that of a kindled personality. It is the most iotcnt fascination which anything exterior in the church can wield more vivid than music, more direct than even grand architecture and fit adornment of the temple. With the right man in the pulpit, allowed time for brooding thoughts and careful choice of form, nowhere else can speech be so clothed upon with power. New York Evening Post.

W0RX FAST AND DIE EARLY.

1IYSICIANS have long been preaching the doctrine that American business men live too fast. With the telegraph, the ocean cable, the telephone and other modern facilities the man of affairs can do in one hour work that formerly would have occupied six. It might bo thought his work

ing day would be correspondingly shortened. Nothing of the sort has occurred. The speed with which trade can be effected has simply accelerated his pace, and he not only works faster, but more hours than ever, with corresponding increase of business and responsibilities. To keep up this energy he eats too much soiiietimcs drinks too much for a man who spends most of his working hours at his desk and takes no open air exercise. Physical deterioration is inevitable, and when a period of more than usual stress and anxiety arrives he is liable to succumb. What American business men must learn 13 to slow down; take wholesome recreation, and, above all, quit worrying, even over real troubles when they come, whereas most of them now worry over troubles that never come. New York Herald.

INDISCRIMINATE CHARITY.

HEBE are thousands who need every Incentive to honest labor that can be found, and they are readily demoralized by the spectacle of men enabled to live in comfort ' without any labor at all. Maladministration of the oor law Is largely responsible for this stu e of things, but It is power

fully reinforced by the .-elf-indulgence of the more well-to-do classes, who gratify iheir passing emotions and impulses ly Indiscriminate charity. The idle rich conspire with the Idle poor to swell the tide of social demoralization and to encourage the unfit. London Times.

FISERMEW. ICE UNDEIi SHELTER. introduced the bill in Congress to name the new waterway Ambrose channel. In conclusion I would ay that my father was born in Ireland and came to this country with his parents when a very young child. MAGIC IN MOROCCO. Charm and pclla that Are Uaed 1 Moorish Women. Mrs. Mansel-Pleydell writes of the curious charms used by the women of Morocco: "Moorlh women resort much to charms to gain lovers or to keep their affections wten gained. There Is one charm which s seldom known to fall. It consists of shredding a-small piece of an undergarment which the man has worn and, after certain Incantations have been said over it, of rolling the particles Into the shape of a small bail. This Is embedded in a large ball of clay and, aftef being slightly damped, it Is kept In a pot over the tubers of live charcoal. "I hav been assured that as soon as the heat penetrates the clay the man, whoever he may be, will lay aside whatever work he Is doing at the time and fly to the arms of the woman who Invokes the charm. As long as the ball Is kept warm so long will the heat of love burn in the heart of the lover for that woman. "Another spell much resorted to Is cast by cutting off the tips of a donkey's ears, cooking them and mixing them In the man's food. He then becomes as foolish as a dorikey, with love for the charmer who has provided his unsavory repast." Chicago News. Onilaoua Poae. "I hear you've got a new minister, Tommy." "Yeh, an I don't like him at all; he must 'a' been a school teacher onct." "Why do you think that?" '"Cause whenever he talks to me he always holds his hand behind him." The Catholic Standard and Times.

THE BATTLE-FIELDS.

OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. The nice and the Gray Review Incident of the Late War, and tn a Graphic and Interesting: Manner Tell of Canip, March and Sattle. "I am reminded," said the Doctor, "of an incident in the Union army In 18G2. I was then in charge of the convalescent ward In one of the large hospitals at Nashville. I had in one room which had been the assembly hall for some fraternity ninety-two men. "One-half of them were recovering from low fevers, and all were weak and despondent. Some were discontented and Irritated because they were not strong enough to go to their regiments. Others had the blues because they couldn't go home. It seemed to me that tliey were losing rather than gaining strength. One day an array officer came hurriedly to the room and asked, shortly, 'How many men in this room are fit to carry riiles in an extreme case?' I answered at once, 'Not half a dozen. "Hut when the officer explained that Forrest's cavalry was only a few miles from the city, and that the General In command wanted to put everj man who could pull a trigger on duty, I turned and stated the case to the sick men. I asked how many of them felt strong enough in such a case to handle a musket. Instantly every man in the room except two began to get out of bed. They were lying in single beds, ranged In rows the full length of the long hall, and It seemed to me that their feet touched the floor with the precision and time of men on drill. . "They all stood up and announced that they were ready to fight Forrest at any time and under any circumstances. Their old uniforms were brougbt to them, their muskets were brought from the storeroom, and in fifteen minutes fully ninety men were In line, with their equipments on and their muskets in their hands. They staggered as they marched out, but they were ready for fight Fortunately they were not called upon to go far, but it stirred my blood to see those sick men In ranks." "At Shiloh," said the Captain. "I had a bad case of varioloid. The . battle came when it was at its worst. I went into the ran.'cs and was on constant duty for two days of battle. The night of the first day I stood for five or six hours In the rain. I turned the rim of my cap to keep the water from running down the back- of my neck, and I remember that my face was so iowdcrbegrimed that the washing of the saltpeter Into my eyes made them smart. I was sick for two weeks after the battle,, but I have always rejoiced In the fact that I did not know I was sick during the battle. "Men In the old army as a rule rarely shirked a fight, whether they were pick or well. I remember a story told by Major Wilkes of the Confederate army, son of Commodore Wilkes. O i one occasion, while Wilkes was In command of a company, be asked for volunteers to charge a Federal battery on a hill. Every man in the coupany, except one, promptly fell into line ready for business. The one man remaining out had dodged every fight In which the company had been engaged, but on this day Wilkes noticed that he was busy among the men who had volunteered to make the charge. He wondered what the fellow was doing, and was about to ask, whin the young man came up and said: 'Captain, how much do you thuik of those guns up on the hill are worth?' He said he didn't know and didn't care. 'Well, replied the private, I thought, If they were not too expensive, we would subscribe and raise the money and buy hem, and I have been around among ti.e boys with a subscription paper. They don't seem to take kindly to the proposition, so I supose we srall have to go up and take fhem, and he fell In." "On one occasion," said the Major, "a jack rabbit ran up and down between the lines of Unionists and Confederates, scared by the firing. The men on both sides were taltlng for the order to charge, but they yelled at the rabbit, and it dodged first this way and that and finally broke through the line in the space between two of our regiments.. Thereupon one of the oldest men In the company shouted: "Good-by, old cottontail, if it were not for the look of the thing, I would be with you. The men yelled at this and then charged. "In another case the firing was very hot so hot that every man dropped into the grass and weeds end waited for developments. The captain saw one man crawfishing back from the line and watched him until he was within hailing distance, then asked him what be meant The fellow said that It wa3 certain death to stay in line, and he was going back. The officer replied, 'Good heavens, man! What do you want to live forever for? Back with you and stay with the boyV This quieted the man's nerves and he crawled back." "Speaking of animals between the lines," said the Colonel, "reminds me of Fort Douelson. When the rebels came out to cut their way through our lines. It so happened that fifty or sixty hogs were caught ltctwoen the lines. They were frantic with fright, aud ran this way and that in an effort to aseapc. A volley from our side would drive them toward the Confederates, and a volley from the rebels would drive them back toward us. The squeals of thse bogs could be heard above the firing, and the aqueals continued unlll every hog was dead. "The Captaln't story of Shiloh reminds me of an anecdote told of the Captain of Battery Schwartz. This battery was captured in the first day's battle, but was afterward recaptured and went Into action again. About this time the Captain of the battery rode up to General Grant and reported that the rebels had captured his battery. The General asked, 'Did you spike the guns?' 'Spike those new guns!' exclaimed the. Captain. 'No; that would have spoiled them. 'What did yen do, then?' asked the General, with some Impatience. 'We took them back again, said the Captain, and he pointed to where the battery was blazing away." Chicago Inter Ocean. Harrlnou "Made Good. Dr. J. N. McCormack, of Bowling Green, Ky., tells a story of the late President Benjamin Harrison. "During . the civil war," says the doctor, Col. Harrison, for he was then colonel was for a time In command at Bowling Green. Many soldiers were sick, and he appropriated the hotel of the place, the Mitchell Ileuse, for use as a

hospital. Mr. Mitchell murmured somewhat, but had to give way to military necessity, Col. Harrison assuring him that he should be paid for the use of the bouse, even though Harrison should have to pny out of his own pocket The war ended, and the years went on. Mr. Mitchell was well to do and presented no claim. Finally, when Harrison became President of the United States, Mr. Mitchell concluded to send his bill directly to the President. He did so, and President Harrison sent him his check for the moey."

Two Fanom Engines. In the Union station, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, stands, upon a special track, and surrounded by a handsome railing, one of the most famous locomotives In history. It is the ''General," with wh'cii the "Andrews raiders" endeavored fo cut off railway communications between Tennessee and Georgia in the spring of 1802. But while the General has thus rested at ease for many years, another engine which should have equal fame In fact, the one which captured the General and brought the raid to an end has been working its days out on a branch line In northwestern Georgia. Now this one also, the "Texas," is to be saved from the scrap heap and placed on view. The story is one of thoso romantic chapters which rairoad men and railroad rolling stock contributed to the history of the civil war. When Andrews and his twenty-two men boarded the General at Big Shanty station and ran away with a string of cars while the crew was at breakfast, they left behind them Conductor William Fuller, a brave and resourceful man. Believing his engine had been stolen by conscripts, he, with seme of his crew, ran after It on foot. Soon they came uiou a hand car, and were able to travel faster. Then they found the engine "Yonah" on a siding, which Andrews had neglected to destroy, and In this they followed hot after the raiders. Meanwhile the Texas, pulling a freight train, held the General some minutes at a station. At another station the General was delayed an b,our. This gave time for Conductor Fuller to catch up. He left the Yonah where he met the freight train, and took the Texas, a fresh and speedy engine. Then began a tremendous race, with the pursuer but four minutes behind the raiders. Captain Andrews had twenty-two men, all armed with revolvers. He could have halted anywhere and defeated the other party. But he was a spy, not a soldier, and had never been in battle. His raid was so planned that by burning certain bridges he would keep his men safe. With the Texas In pursuit, all this was prevented. Flying along at top speed, his men kicked off one car after another to destroy pursuit, but Fuller, In the Texas, slowed down, received them gently, and plowed ahead. Several cars were covered with oil and set afire, to destroy bridges, but a'torrcnt of rain checked the flames, and Fuller side tracked the cars. At last, at Dalton, the raiders shot into a tunnel, which oJTered an Ideal ambuscade. Although Captain Andrews did not halt, it was with no knowledge of this that the Texas and her crew drove top speed Into ' the smoky hole. At last the General was exhausted. The raiders, defeated in their attempt, climbed down, the engineer reversed his engine, and the General ran back to strike the pursuers. It was too late. The engine could barely run at all. The Texas received It without harm. Conductor Fuller leaped aboard and shut oft steam, and a moment later the raiders, divided Into small parties, had begun that flight which ended so disastrously for some of them. After the war, admirers of Captain Andrews bought the General and put it In an exhibition stall ; but the Texas has had to battle with freight trains for more than forty years before coming to the same position of honor. Youth's Companion. lie Wanted the Whole Story, "During the year 1802 President Lincoln visited the War Department telegraph office frequently," writes David Homer Bates in "Lincoln in the Telegraph Office," and his visits grew more and more prolonged. "It was In the telegraph oflice," continues Mr. Hates, who was manager of the War Department telegraph office and cipher operator, "that I recall having first heard one of his humorous remarks. "General Robert C. Scheuck, who after the war became minister to England, was In command of our forces near Alexandria. One evening he sent a telegram announcing a slight skirmish with the enemy, resulting In the capture of thirty or forty prisoners, ail armed with Colt's revolvers. "As Mr. Lincoln read the message, he turned to the operator, who had handed It to him, and said, with a twinkle In his eye, that the newspapers were given to such exaggeration In publishing army news that we might be sure when General Sehcnck's dispatch appeared in print the next day all the little Colt's revolvers would have grown Into horse-pistols. ".Many years afterward a gentleman supplied me with a sequel to this story. On March 17, 1005, while crossing the Atlantic on the Cuncrd liner Caronia, I addressed to the cabin audience some recollections of Lincoln, which were listened to by passengers of many nationalities, and I repeated the story above quoted. "On the following day the gentleman I hav just mentioned accosted me on the promenade-deck, and said, 'Oh, I was very much aanued last evening by your anecdotes of President Lincoln, aud particularly. by that one about the Colt revolvers growing into horse-pistols. That was quite funny, don't you know; but tell me, Mr. Bates, did the newspapers nctually print "horse-pistols." as Mr. Lincoln said they would?' "I was compelled to tell my questioner that so long a time had elapsed. I had really forgotten how the dispatch read when published." The heaviest rainstorms recorded in the United States are 11.3 inches at Cainpo, CaL, In one hour; S.S inches In one hour at Palmetto, Nev., and GS) Inches In fifty-five minutes at Trldelphla, W. Va. Mrs. Annetta E. McCrea, the first woman landscape architect In this country, Is the official landscape architect for the St. Paul road, and consulting landscape architect for other Western roads. Russia Is as fond of tea' as of revolutions. Last year it imported 20,000,000 pounds of tea. Its revolutions are all home grown.

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