Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 July 1908 — Page 6

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Every Candidate Kept Before Convention Until the First Ballot Is Taken. STATES NAME FAVORITE SONS Taft, Cannon, La Follette, Fairbanks, Xaox, Foraker and Hughes Named for President. In the Republican national convention T1iiirsIay afternoon, when Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge announced that the presentation of candidates for the presidential nomination .was in order, the announcement was greeted with cheers, and Ce delegates leaned forward with new interest in the p-'oceedings to hear the omiuating speeches which would place "favorite sons" before the convention. Dnrfim Praise Taft Career. Tlifodire Burton in naming William JL Taft gave praise to the career of the ex-jadge and Secretary of War. In part te said : No- one has ever yet assumed the Pred--aVntial cha'r who had revived a more Meal frrparation for the duties of that g.eut Sice. As judge In State and Federal comts, Solicitor General, as Governor rf the Pfeilippinc. as Secretary of War. which has Srciac 1 the work of Colonial Secretary and Xhrrctor of National Public Works, he has seeetved his training and has always shown feimself master of the situation and competent to make more honorable and Iteloveci THE fry .;;v , : : Chicago Tribune. tfc American name. There have leen no jsears of inaction In his career. He has continuously engaged In weighty tasks ax each successive service has been characterized by an Increasing Influence upon 'jMMt vital questions. Secretary Tait has exceptional familiaray with conditions in the distant Orient fa Japan. In China. We may rest assured that our traditional friendship with Japan will continue. Moreover, the future promises that the slumbering millions of China riU awske from the lethargy of ages, and afae then w'll realize that the morning dawn ef fresher life and wider outlook comes to ier across the broad Pacific from free Aaerica. her truest friend and helper. We or rt no portion of her territory. We desOr from her, as from all nations. Increased rod will and that mutual respect whl-h kaotrs neither bluster nor cringing on eltbcf aide Tbns Ir this new era of larger relations. ßecrta-y Taft, with his ctmprehensmq ef naon.il and International subjects, wwld furn'sh x certainty of peace, and bustwttied preallge. L'ady him, at home and everywhere, ihis KHghty peopie would have an assured conilence in the secure development and progm of the country and would rstafe in ti9 reliance that a chief executive was at IV kelai, who. In peace or In war, would gmidm the destinies of the nation with a atrans hand and with a gentle, patriotic Heart. Aid so to-day, in the presence of more Mima tea thousand, and with the inspiring Cxxtght of the weil-oljU ten thousand times tern thousand who dwed within our borders. I aomloate for the Presidency that perfect type of American manhood, that peerless Ttaraseatatlve of the noblest Ideals in our m timaMl life, William II. Taft of Ohio. Bontell Land Cannon. Gmgressmaa Henry Sherman Boutell, sh nominating Speaker Cannon for the fjaesidency, said: ' His opponents dwell upon his years as a aaadleap, but with him years have araoght no signs of age, but only the wis4am if. experience and its serene philosophy. Sim are of this generation has demonstrated a often or so successfully his capacity for attracting the confidence amJ the affections mt Mm fellow citizens. Nineteen times he aas been elected to high of&ce by the voters af a district that has no superior in the I'sited States for intelligence and patrlotPoaterlry will revere forever the name of Abraham Lincoln, not alone because he fred tle slaves, nut rather because he manelyated his countrymen from thraldom To tgnblc ideals in our civil and political li'e. Aad posterity will honor always the natie f Theodore Roosevelt, not alone because tore than any living man he has lighteuel M tnrdens of the weak, but rather lccaufe ae has emancipated bis countrymen fron Kiraldom to unworthy ideals in the or.d ml business and finance. And the name of Cannon will always h linked with that of Koosevelt as the Siieakr who stood by the President and helped to crrtaiiize his iK)llcies into law. To -wfcom could we Intrust with greater contlaence the perfection and extendon of these aoiicies in execution of the people's will? 1r. President and gentlemen of the con---eatien. I nominate as the Iteoubliean candidate for lresident of the 1'nited States the Speaker of the House of Represent aitres. who ca: t his first vote for Uncoln. atered Congress under Orant arid crowned A generation of service as Koostvcit's atroagest and bravest ally, Joseph U. Canbdo ef Illinois. Cochems Name! Im Follette. In presenting the name of Senator La Toilette, Henry F. Cochems said : ir telleve that the pioneer In this move et who was goxl enough to break the stubborn soil and plant tiie seed, is good vaough to reap the golden harvest and bring St körn to the people In its bounty. Through -all the years Kobert M. Ia Follette has tltxxl like "a bold mountain about vhose atunialts the hurricanes have raved In vain aad upon whose base the angry waves iiave 'aeat their surge, unshaken and unshakat(c" For ten years he has carried this

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the light that gleamed f-om his shining Made was lit the blaze that curried forward the war in Wisconsin, fired the heart of Roosevelt, and today, like the face of the morning, is loading the national crusaders nlonvr the pathway of reform. The la!xrer is worthy of his hire. Wisconsin oiTers her foremost citizen, Iio'oevt M. Il Kol let te. Fnlrlmnk Xnitietl by llanly. Gov. J. Frank llanly of Indiana, in nominating Vice President Fairbanks for the presidency, said : Ills character Is as pure and white as a marble shaft. Ills life, put lie and private, is as clean and as wholesome as the morning light. Imbued with a tep religion nse. he is too conscientious for hypocrisy, too scrupulous for dishonesty. toi candLl for deception. lie has in marked decree theuenlus of goodness that characterized Mckin'ey. and his home life Is typical of the lest there is. Across its threshold no shadow has ever fallen. He 11. 'e la the open a manly man, an American gentleman. McCoy Name Foraker. Joseph Benson Foraker was named by . P. McCoy of Ohio, who dwelt much .po.. the life story of his candidate. He umnied up by saying: He comes from the battlefield and also from the forum of thl great republic. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford of New York, who named Charles K. Hughes, made much of the strength of his candidate. He said : New York Is not a Kemocratic and It Is

not a Republican State. Not less than onetenth of 11 the voters are independent. I know two men of our party who can carry New York. One of them Is now in the White House at Washington and the other Is in the executive edee at Alban v. Present Knox am a Candidate. The speech of Lieut. Gov. Murphy nominating Mr. Knox vas in part as follows : For the great office of President Pennsylvania offrrs to this convention as a candidate a man of splendid attainments an I ripened experience; in private and official life without a stain: committed oleiy to the performance of his duty, and who, by training and education, has Income in tl.e judtfraeit of this country the f.r.t lawyer of his tlTie. the greatest statesman that ever held the office of Attorney General of the 1'nited States. SHILE THAT WON'T COME OFF. . ..:.-v.5:.ii. . . , r . . : . ' . . . .... - .!s "Woodford 'ames Huy.he. Gen. Stewart L. Wootlfonl nominatel Hughes, and Ihe was npplaude! heartily. T AIT'S LIFE AND CAREER. Republican Presidential Candidate IIa rilled Ulffh Polt!on. Yilliam Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 15, 1ST7. His father was Judge Alphonso Taft, who, ns his son has after him, held many offices. The elder Taft was minister to Russia, minister to Austria, Attorney General iu President Grant's cabinet and also was once Secretary of War. The Taft ancestors came early to America, some of them being veterans of the Revolutionary war. The present candidate for President was graduated from the Woodward high school in Cincinnati in 1S74, and then went to Yale college, receiving the degree of bncJielor of arts four years later. Taft, who even as a boy in high school was prominent for his physique, won honors as a wrestler and football player in college. He was also conspicuous as a student and was salutatorian of his graduating class, being second among 121 members. He was also class orator. After leaving Yale Taft entered the Cincinnati college law school. He graduated there in 1&S0, winning half the first prize. He was admitted to the Ohio bar the same year. He remained in his home city and while building tip a law practice became a law reporter for the Cincinnati Times and later for the Cincinnati Commercial. Taft early became prominent in a political way. One year after being admitted to the bar he was made assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, Ohio. He practiced law in Cincinnati from 18S3 to 18S7, the last two years being assistant county solicitor. In 1SS7 a vacancy occurred on the Superior Court bench of Ohio and Gov. Foraker appointed Taft to that position. When his term expired Taft sought and won his first honors from the people at the ballot box. He asked for re-election as judge and was victorious by a majority of r,JOO. From that time on Taft continued to fill high positions of trust and honor, but each one was appointive. President Ben jar n Harrison called him to Washington in 1S'.X. making him solicitor general o." the United States. He returned to Cincinnati and served as dean of the law department of the University of Cincinnati from 1ST to 1W0. Taft was a second time elevated to the bench in 1S2, being appointed United States Circuit jude of the sixth circuit, serving in that capacity for eight years. On March 13, V.ß Taft was appointed president of the PhPippines commission. July 4, 10O1, he was made the first civil governor of the Philippine Islands. He held this post until llMtt, when he was made Secretary of War by President Roosevelt. His various missions, with their successful culminations, since he has leen Secretary of War have brought upon him the title of "secretary of peace." He was at one time sent to Rom by President

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Roosevelt to confer with Tope Leo XIII. concerning purchase of the agricultural lands of the religious orders in the Philippines. President Roosevelt sent him to Cuba in 1000 to adjust the insurrection there and he acted for a short time as provisional governor. In 1907 he visited Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico by direction of the President and later visited Jajian and the Philippine Islands, returning to America by way of Russia. Mr. Taft in 1S8U married Miss Helen Ilerron at Cincinnati.

SHERMAN AN ABLE CITIZEN. Nominee for Second Place n Hanlneu and Political Leader. James Schoolcraft She-man, the Republican candidate for Vice President, was born Oct. 21, 1$T3, in Utica, X. Y., where he still resides. He has been a memler of the national House of Representatives since 1SS0, with the exception of one term. 1S90-1S92. H was chairman of the Republican national congressional committee in the campaign of 11H. lie is a lawyer, banker and manufacturer and is the business as well as the political leader of Utica. being president of the Utica Trust and Deposit Company. Mr. Sherman was educated in the Utica academy and Hamilton college, being graduated from the latter institution in lTS. He was admitted to the bar in 1SS0 and at once took an active interest in political affairs. In 1SS4 he was chosen Mayor of Utica and two years later was elected to Congress. For years he has been regarded as the parliamentarian in the lower house, has bee:: frequently mentioned as a candidate for the speakership. He was a formidable opponent of David B. Henderson when the latter was first elected Speaker. He has acred ns chairman of the committee of the whole through many a turbulent battl of the House, and. according to his frknds, has shown his ability again and again to preside over V. Jf r--... t-- . .. . . . ' .:: . . . . :. . the United States Senate. lie has been chairman of two Xew York State conventions. In the work of the House he hes distinguished himself at chairman of the committee on Indian affairs and as one of the most influential members of the interstate and foreign commerce committee. , POINTED EXTRACTS FROM SPEECH OF CHAIRMAN LODGE We believe in the maintenance of law and order and in the support of the courts in all their rights and dignity. The Republican party has never failed except when it has faltered. ' The government of the United States will never be dominated by money. The President has enforced the laws as he found them ou the statute books. The performance of his own (Roosevelt's) duty is its own exceeding great reward. v ' The fclkins law, the rate law, and the pure food law are monuments of the policies and labors of the Republican party. It was to be expected that vested interests would cry out when their intrenchmcnts are carried and the bayonets of the law are pushed home. That man is no friend of Theodore Roosevelt and does not cherish his name and fame who now from any motive seeks to urge him as a candidate for an office he has decliud. But, although the President retires, he leaves his policies behind him to those loIicies the Republican party stands pledged. Money has few votes, but it can command many voices ncd cause many birds to sing; the result is that President Roosevelt is the best abused and the most popular man in the United States to-day. We are opposed to special privileges to any man or any class of men, high or low, rich or poor. We stand foi protection and will resist free trade in whatever form it comes disguised. We seek peace with all nations, alliances with none. JiiKt Picked It Up. "Yes." said Mrsy Newrk-h. shortly after Iht return from a trip across the IMUid. "FraiKv Is a great country and the people in Paris are amazingly 'S. . . .. clever. "In what way?" queried Mrs. Homer. "Why,' they 11 ?inik French fluently, ivplunl Mrs. Xewrich, "ami several of them assured me they had never taken a single lesson in the language." I.lßht and Airy Menl. Mrs. Ilasheni I thought you were to take those tablets lefore meals instead of after, Mr. BifTkins? Biffklns That's what the doctor told me to do, but I guess it doesn't make any difference while I board with you.

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JES' PLAIN TORPEDOES. The good old Fourth's a-comln' the best day In the year. And little chaps get anxlou3-Hke when once its dr&wln' near ; They talk of firecrackers and they dream about the noise. f The dear old Fourth was certainly Jes made for little boys. Bill's tcot a great big cannon, with fuse you have to light. And lo's of great 1 lg crackers that's filled J with dynamite : But J'ra a little feller alnf have as old as be, And I guess that plain torpedoes will have to do fer me. Ia says that giant crackers ain't fit fer little chaps. IdVs sore on all toy pistols and hates these paper caps. Iii don't Intend his children shall ever celebrate By blowing off their angers be says they'll have to wait. "Yoa're nothln but a baby," my father says "as yet. And your daddy can't quite spare you; he needs you bad, you bet. Dill's got some giant crackers? Well, that 1 know Is true. But I guess that plain torpedoes will have t do fer you." It's hard to have big brothers and watch them at their play. And Jes' to be a little chap and sort o in the way : To have folks always tell yoa, you can't do thus and so. Dec a ise you're Jes, a little chap not old enough,- you know. But ma, she sees I'm tearful, to Ehe takes me In her lap And lays, "Why. what's the matter? You're cryln", little chap." Then, as she bends to kiss me. I'm brave as I can be, I guess that piain torpedoes ere good enough for me ! Louis I. Thayer, In Woman's Home Companion. OLD GLORY. A Snleiu Skipper Credited with GIvInc the IIA Tula Name. 1 1 AT the American flag was named Old Glory in IS.jI by a Salem (Mass.) skipper named William Driver is asserted by the Boston Globe. He was at that time captain of the brig Charles Doggett. Captain Driver, a successful deep pea sailor, was preparing to shape the brig's course to the southern Pacific. Just before the brig left Salem a young man at the head of a party of friends ialuted Captain Driver on the deck of Ihe Doggett and presented him with a large and beautifully made American flag. It was done up in stops and when seat lp aloft and broken out to the air Captain Driver christened it Old Glory. He took it to the south Pacific, and rears after when old age forced him to relinquish the sea he treasured the flag is an old friend. Captain Driver moved to Nashville, Tenn., in 1S37 and died there in SCt. Previous to the outbreak of hostilities between the North and the South Old Glory was flung to the breeze every day from the window of Captain Driver's Nashville house, but when the bullets be;an to zip and the odor of gunpowder to taint the a:'r the old flag had to be sesreted. It was kept out of sight inside a great led comfortably until Feb. 27, 1SC2, when Brig. Gen. Nelson's wing of the Union irmy appeared in Nashville. Captaiu Driver presented it to the general to be hoisted on the capitol. It was run up by Captain Driver himself. He watched it through the night, and, a heavy wind ;oming up, he took it down and sent a aew flag up in its place. The . original Old Glory was preserved ind after the death of Captain Driver it was presented by the compiler of the Driver memoirs to the Essex institute tt Jalem, Mass., where it may now be seen KING CHRISTIAN KICKED HIM. Royal nnndniafttcr t'orjtot to Play The Star Spanieled, llnnner." A short time after the Civil War, writes a correspondent of the Xew York rimes, a small fleet of our ships took the then assistant Secretary of the Navy, Gustavus V. Fox, to Europe to cultivate international f rsendship. While iu Copenhagen the late Kin: Christian invited Mr. Fox and the principal officers of his fleet to dine. The following incident of the visit was rotated to me by the late Rear Admiral Alexander Murray, who was then in command of the monitor Augusta : "From my seat at dinner I looked out jn the pleasant lawn where the band was Rationed. After the principal business of Ihe dinner was over, at the invitation of King Christian the glasses were filled and, ill the table being at attention, his majesty arose and with due formality prorosed "The President of the United States. Glasses were raised, but the King paused, glared over his shoulder and

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abruptly left the dining hall. The guests, upon invitation of an aid, reseated themselves. "In a few minutes I saw the bandmaster come hurriedly into sight, followed by the King, who kicked him across my field of view. Shortly after the King returned to the dining hall, took his place at the head of the table, and, the guests Laving risen, again proposed The President of the United States.' As he raised his glass the b.nd struck up 'The StarSpangled Banner.' With a satisfied smile his majesty emptied his glass. . "King Christian was democratic and kind and beloved by his people, but all things had to be done decently and in orJer or he'd know the reason why." A VIEW FROM MAR3. I What a Visitor from Another World Thought of Our Fourth. It was Fourth of July night, and the Yisitor from Mars stood on the roof of a skyscraper overlooking the celebration. The black air was tilled with scooting things of fire that streaked through the night and vanished into the siderial spaces: of bright balls that shot up from earth and burst on high with a report, tilling the heavens with brilliant, evanescent clusters of stars in the hues of purple, red and burning copper. "What are these things called?" asked the Yisitor, whose inquisitiveness was becoming almost a bore. "Those," said the man who was showing him around, "are called fireworks. They are being sent up at great expense by the Celebration Committee." "I have been on earth long enough' to know that they are not sent into the sky every night, said the Visitor, "and from this I should naturally imply that there was something doing." -Well, rather," exclaimed the Worldling. "This. I should like to Inform you, is the Fourth of July." "I have observed the calendar," said the Martian, '"but I don't see anything shout that date that makes it necessary for you to paint imitation constellations all over the sky." "That," replied the American, "is because you are not so fortunate as to have been born south of Canada and north of Mexico. T.iese skyrockets and Roman candles are being shot off to celebrate the fact that some years ago the American people chased the British off their map and established a free and independent republic." ' "Did the American people chase the British off with skyrockets and Roman candles?" asked the naiTe traveler. "Scarcely," said the American, who was becoming impatient "Our patriots met 'em at Lexington and shot 'em full of lead pills, and when the enemy had vamoosed they set up, as I said, the greatest republic In the world " "So I understand," said the logical alien, "but did you found the greatest iepublic in the world through the help of these skyrockets and things?" "Not as I know of," said the citizen in disgust. "Then pardon my foreign way of looking at things," said the Martian, "but what, would you please explain, have these great sparks up in the air to do with the Fourth of July?" "I'll hit you in a minute'." said the American. "Can't you see that they're used to celebrate with?" "Just be patient a minute!" said the bore from another star, but at that moment' a diversion occurred. Something big and red had exploded with a bang, and the figure of a man was seen lying prone on the sidewalk far below. There was an excited rush of people, and an ambulance came clanging around the corner. "Ah," said the Martian at last, "I see, I see. The fiery demonstration Is in the nature of a ceremony to your god of war, and the victim below Is merely a human sacrifice. A very clever idea." So saying, the Visitor from Mars pulled on his tin helmet, took a chew from a plug of radium, and mounted his flying machine. "Oh, must you go?" asked the Worldling, trying politely to conceal a sigh of relief. "Oh. yes," said the Martian, "I think I'll take a run over to Chicago and study the beef trust." San Francisco NewsLetter. The Drelarallon of I uclependenee It is the summing up of the results of tlhe philosophical development of the age, the practical embodiment of the progressive ideas which, far from being conGned to the narrow lii-ts of the English colonies, pervaded the atmosphere of all civilized nations. Carl Schurz. Freddy's Theory. Said small Freddy on the eve Of the Fourth of July : "I think all the little stars That twinkle up bo high Are simply Roman candle balls. Stuck fast la the sky."

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LITTLE JOHNNY'S GLASS. Mr. Smirks sold fireworks. Ills trade was very bright; People bought them rlht and left To set them off at night. But Just then little Johnny-passed The owner's back was turned To see the whole display go off The soul of Johnny yearned. He quickly found a burning-glass, And held It to the sun ; A little spark he soon espied And then the deed was done. A flash a bang ! a pop ! a crack ! Ah! sad 'tis to relate! Next day Smirks told bis neighbors that tils stock bad gone off great. Suararetitlon for Firework. No matter how warm and wearied a man may be a firecracker dropped down his shirt collar will stimulate htm. On of the latest quids is ?j Dalnt a small bomb in imitation of a golf ball and let a friend take a whack at it. One of the most propitious places for a firecracker is a fluffy hat, or, better still, the back hair. One of the capital diversions of an renfn? pntertainment is to fasten a n'n wheel to a lace curtain, touch a match to thi fuse and see what the f remen do. Some may prefer a plate glass window for a skyrocket target, but the best authorities agree that it is seen at its best in a crowded dining room. New York Herald. Facta About Firecrackers. The greater part of the almost $2,000, 000 worth of firecrackers annually ex ported by China comes to New York. And the United States stands next to China In its use of them. Thousands of Chinese men,K women and children work at the making of firecrackers, for there are no manufactories there, the work being done by hand. They receive only tbout $1.40 for making 10,000 firecrackers, laboring from six in the morning until eleven at night seven days a week. So a Chinese woman or child works like a slave for two days to earn what is spent on a few bunches of firecrackers by-the urchin bent on doing justice to the Glorious Fourth. Some Fourth of July Proverbs. A lit firecracker in the hand isn't worth two in the pack. There is no use pulling the trigger after the gun has been fired. Do not look a gift cannon in the mouth. Never light your Roman candle at both ends. It is the pinwheel that loses by doing a good turn. One swallow doesn't make a spring no one firecracker a Fourth,

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The mention of Mosby's Rangers reCalls most vividly the stirring times of the war, when these same men were not the peaceful citizens of to-c.ay, but he much-feared bold spirits that spent their days and nights in harassing the boys that Uncle Sam sent out to capture .them. The band known as t'a Mosby Rangers was in fact the Fottythird Yirglnia Iiattalion, a regularly organized troop, in which the officers were commissioned and under the personal supervision of Mosby, who was subordinate to General Lee, Just as were the other officers of the Confederate army. These rangers, however, were gathered for a species of warfare which, being exercised In an iudcpeDdfnt way, was the means of harassing the enemy and of keeping the large armies of the Union constantly on the alert As a line Is only as strong as its weakest point It sometimes took several thousand Federal troops to guard a road or communications, when they were in truth menaced by only a few hundred. The rangers, who were composed of the young men of the State, received no compensation from the Confederate government for their services, other than the spoils of war taken by their own efforts from the enemy. Many of the soldiers were but boys, some scarcely out of sehoo, but the flower of the South could be found in their ranks, while for daring and absolute fearlessness they had no equal. That part of Virginia which is in cluded In Fauquier and Fairfax counties became known as Mosby's Confed eracy, and in a short time was practically under the control of his men Ceaseless were the skirmishes which took place, the thrilling adventures and hair-breadth escapes they encountered, but none perhaps are as remarkable as the affair in which they went boldly lato ihe center of a Union camp and took out from its midst a slumbering general, escaping with their prey under the very frown of the guns in the Fed eral forts. This adventure occurred in March, 1SC3, just after the battle of Chan cellorsville, and about vthe time that Lee had begun to marshal his forces for an intended invasion of the North L'ngadier General Mougnton and a large force were encamped at the little village of Fairfax, which Is the county seat of the vicinity, and numbers a few hundred inhabitants. The men of the force were quartered about the place, while the general had his headquarters, with his staff, at the brick house which is now used as the rr.-ctory for the Epis copal clergyman of the town. This res idence is a large one, standing In the midst of a lot of goodly size, just about 100 yards from the main road, and the front room In the second story was occupied by the commanding general. The night selected by the rangers was a cold, drizzling one, and they set out on their journey from their start ing point, which was several miles out side the enemy's Hues about the town. at near midnight The lines of the Federals extended In every direction about the country, some of the Union forces being at Centervllle, a tiny hamlet six miles from Fairfax. Ja order to escape the pickets the rangers maeV a detour, and striking off from tie main road on which they were travel ing managed to approach the town in such a way that the Federals could but suppose the troop was part of their own force. The road was anything but a pleasant one to ride, for the mud was as deep as only Virginia mud can be, but the men plodded on, muffled up in their cloaks, till they saw in the misty distance a few lights faintly gleaming through the trees. The soldiers belonging to Stoughton's fores were soundly sleeping, artillery, cavalry, and infantry being quartered about in the citizens' bouses. The general was In the center of the town, and had retired late, having extensively celebrated at a supper at which there was a liberal supply of champagne. Mos'hy, with twenty men, rode slowly Into the town about two hours before dawn, and trotting, up to the Court House green the little party divided, some going to get supplies that were procurable, as well as the horses of the enemy, while Mosby and two or three of his men rode down to the headquarters of the general. No sound was to be heard In the foggy darkness but the slight splash of the horses in the muddy road, and even had any of the enemy been awake they would never have dreamed for a moment that the guerillas, ns tbey were called, were calmly riding about In the midst of their camp, having eluded by stratagem the pickets posted along the line. Mosby and his men rode up to the general's house and dismounted, the leader boldly knocking at the door. The house was shrouded tri. darkness and silence, but presently i hffad was poked out of an upper win3ow and a sleepy voice Inquired what was wanted. Mosby replied that he Was a bearer of dispatches for General StoughtOD. The head disappeared, then :ame a gleam of light, and tin officer In uniform came down the narrow italrs and opened the door. In a m6meut he found himself a prisoner, and was tpld in a low voice to conduct the wen to the general's room. 1 The half awake and startled officer was too much surprised to resist especially as there was a long barrel glittering Just before his eyes, so he went apstalrs, accompanied by Mosby and als companions. The party walked Into the room in which Stoughton lay calmiy slumbering amid billows of blankets, jnd Mosby, walking up and shaking aim, told him to get up. Hearing the aame of Mosby faintly In his dreams, Btoughton sleepily Inquired, "Have fou got Mosby?" supposing It was one f his own scouting parties come to report the capture of the ranger leader, but he was scared Into life when, with a rough shake and a slap, the Confederate Informed him that "Mosby has got you." "There is no use in resisting," remarked Mosby, coolly. "It means, sir, that you are my prisoner, for Stuart's cavalry is in possession of the place." Knowing it fruitless to struggle against Euch a force, Stougbton arose and dressed hurriedly, guarded all the while by the Confederates, who .also secured the rest of the staff ofllcers in the houle. Placing the general between two of his men, Mosby returned to the green, where he met the rest of his men, who had been on a foraging expedition about t'je town. On taking an account of what had been gathered In It was found that, besides Brigadier General Stoughton, they had secured two captains, thirty other prisoners, J together with their arms, ammunition and fifty-eight horses.

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though the party, whose prisoners were stronger in number than their captors. were fearful that some outcry might e made that would awake those of the foe who were slumbering. As soon as they were out of earshot of the town they set out at a brisk pace and about dawn passed within 200 yards of the Federal fort at Centervllle. The grim mouths of the cannon could be seen looming up In the dim light, and one prisoner, a Captain Barker, of NewYork, here made a break for liberty, but was brought back by a timely shot. Passing beyond the reach of the fortifications, Mosby's men struck out at a rapid pace for their own lines, and were soon safe from any interference, delivering up their prisoners to the Confederate authorities. Another exciting and very remunera tive adventure of the rangers was when they captured a Federal pay train, from which they secured a large amount of greenbacks. It was In Oc tober, 1SG4, that Harry Heaton. one of the scouts, came and Informed Mosby that there was a fine opening .in the valley on the line of the Baltimore i.nd Ohio Railroad, 60 a party was secured and they set out across the mountains for Duffield station, at vhich place the pay train was to pass, reaching the spot Just before it was due. Obstruc tions were placed upon the track, so that when the express came dashing down 14 came to an abrupt stop. A guard was placed over the engine and the rangers entered the cars. On board were two Union paymasters, having In charge the money for the troops. the amount reaching $170,000, which was secured by West Aldrldge, t one of Mosby's men. Aid ridge promptly reported his luck to Mosby, and when the full sum was collected It was equally divided out among the men, Mosby refusing to accept any share. The passengers were relieved of their funds which went as Individual spoils. Then the cars wdre set on fire, and the band went back with twenty prisoners and fifteen horses, besides the money and the two paymasters, the latter being sent on to prison. One of the paymasters was a brother to General Ruggles. Another time a train was captured near Catlett's station, on what is now the Southern Railroad. Lee was making his preliminary preparations for his Gettysburg campaign. Hooker was covering Washington, while Tleasanton's Cavalry Corps was stationed on the river about fifty miles from the capital. General Stuart had sent to Mosty by Captain Fountain Beattle a small mountain howitzer, and it was determined to use It in an attack on the railroad, which was employed by the Union army for tl.e conveying of troops. To cripple this service would be a great aid to the Confederacy. So the telegraph lines were cut a rail removed, and with the howitzer on the bank the men Waited for the train. In a few minutes it came booming along, then glided from the track, while the infantry guard fired a volley. In a moment a shell from the gun went crashing Into the boiler, at which the troops derrrted. The hay on board fired up and burned brightly, while the escaping steam made n noise like that of Inferno's caldrons. The cars were loaded with fine sutler's stores, and all of this was secured by the hungry rangers. Philadelphia Times. Toll-Gate Keeper's TalU. Messrs. Vallandigham and Pendleton, the Pro-Southern or Anti-War members of Congress, from Ohio, were going iu a carriage. In the spring of 1SC3, from Batavia, to fill an appointment at &ine place in Brown county, when they drew up to a tollgate. Mr. Tendleton, with that familiarity characterizing his intercourse with the poor and lowly voters, asked the venerable gate-keeper how he stood on politics, and was answered: "I am a Democrat have voted the ticket all my life, and expect to aa long as I live." "That's right, my pood man! I am glad to find you all right on politics; now, as an old Democrat, what do you think of the Hon. Mr. Yallandkgham for our next Governor? Vallandigham fir our next Governor, eh?" "Valladlgham Is the traitor north of Mason and Dixon's line, and I wouldn't help elect him dog pelterl" "But stop, man, this gentleman with me is Mr. V." "I don't care who he Is, I am a Jackson Democrat, not a Vallandighamcrat" The worthy pair now drove en, not particularly elated or refreshed in their political feelings by the convers-ition they themselves had provoked. Other Side of the Case. A New York Journal In one of its issues published the opinions of respectable colored people favoring the President's emancipation proclamation. In the afternoon the reporter met a well-known colored man named Cooley, whö whitewashes for a living, and is generally found about Ann street. The reporter said: "Well, Cooley, what do you think of the Proclamation?" Cooley The worst thing for the black man thil ever was done. Reporter Why? Cooley (coming close up and La a mysterious whisper) -There's too many niggers starving here now. By'-n-bye these fellows will come down on us from the South, and drive us out for then I tell yon, then there would not be a place where a decent colored man can put down his foot! Mark my words ! latereatlaa; Bits. Wheat matures in Canada in from ninety to 100 days. New York City requires 2,744 bakers to make its supply of dally bread. Yate wood of Australia has the tensile strength of good cast iron. The Lusitania has forty-nine clocks on board, all controlled by a mister clock in the chirthouse. The Fkin of muskrats is largely made use of In the manufacture of the cheaper grades of fur coats. The Society for the Destruction of Vermin Is an English organization, with the object of warring on the rats in that country. A young Inventor of Lyons, France, is said to have solved the problem of the transmission of electrical energy without the use of wires. The biggest estate In the United Kingdom Is the lordship of Sutherland, the proicrty of the Duke of Sutherland. The estate la no lees -than 733,200 acres. The timber output of Maine last winter was 900,000,000 feet and the indications are that these figures will be about equaled this year. The scarcity of labor prevented ojratlons to a large degree.

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