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Holding' Allaloona Pa.n. V.'hen tl:e writer 13 criticised for refusing to forget this 5th-day-of-Ccto-ber anniversary, his only excuse will bo that this hobby was shot and trampled into him forty years ago. and for further reason that very little history of the War of the Rebellion has been written by private soldiers. V.'e are cure of one to whom this effort brings satisfaction. So. what of it. if we stop on this, fortieth anniversary to dwell re3ectingiy ipon this gret little event in our nation's life. Do you know that forty years ago jeterday the eyes of the nation were upon Allatoona Pass, Georgia, garri

soned for the Union cause by less than, 2X0) young men? Perhaps the destiny of a nation of 60.000,000 people depended cn the courage, integrity, patroitism and fidelity of those boy3. There Is a feeling that the old soldiers will tell any old yarn when they talk war stories, but this Oct. 5th anniversary is too serious to suggest anything that is not true. In the presence of the great little event which Euggested tht ozg. "Ho, My Comrades, Sa the Signal Waving in the Sky," In the presence of dead and dyin comrades, we can afford to tell the tii.l cnly. Oct. 13C4, suggests tnoughts for memory end for tears. It was during Abraham Lincoln's second campaign. The great problem whether 60.000,090 of people could govern themselves was on trial. ' The Union army under Sherman had captured Atlanta. The march to the sea had been planned. Sherman's army was at Kenesaw Mountain, near Atlanta. Allatoona Pass is eighteen miles north of Kenesaw. Here 2,000 Union soldiers guarded 2,000,000 rations for Sherman's army, about all that army had for the march from Atlanta to the sea. Six thousand Confederates, infantry and artillery, under General French, got in the rear of Shermau3 main army and surrounded the Allatoona garrison. Under the flag of truce, French sent a message to General Corse In command of the Union forces, saying that he "would give the garrison Hve minutes In which to surrender "to save the necessary effusion of blood." Corse cent back word that the garrison was reedy for that eCusion as soon as his assailant chose to begin It. Then followed the greatest little battle of the century. Aftr elnht hours of the most desperate musketry and artillery duel on record.the rebels retreated. The boys In blue held the fort. The 2.000.000 , rations and several thousand beef cattle were saved for Sherman's army. The battle was over, and the march to the sea could be made. For a little while quiet reigned; then a shjut of triumph went up from the Allatoona hills. The wounded joined In the rejoicing. The dying looked up at the rent and riddled flag of the Union, still proudly floating over the fort, and thanked God that they had been able to keep It there. The Union forces of less than 2,000 lost 713 men before the enemy was repulsed, over one-third of the number engaged. It was a dearly bought battle, but maybe It paid. History tells us that the Confederates lost 1,500 killed and wounded, and they left 800 guns on the field. All the field officers of the Union forces except four were either killed or wounded. Rank neither gave nor r sought Immunity from the burden of battle. For hours not a command was heard. All that met our eyes was the rocky ridges that spoke with tongues of flame. It was one of the subllmest tragedies In history. The sun went down on an awful scene! Mutterlngs of thunder rolled through the valleys and gorges, and lightning flashed . around the mountain. It was a fitting afterpiece to the tragedy of th

day. Then Nature's tear drop3 fell in torrents as If to wash the red ttain away. The blood disappeared, but the scars remained, though most of them have long since been hidden under a friendly sod in the land they helped to make free. It was an awful night. Flashes of lightning cast lurid light upon many scenes of horror! And so the long dreary night wore away. The wounded received as much care as it was possible to give them. The dead were burled. Gathered together by companies and regiments, wrapped in blankets, they lay side by side near the long shallow grave in the breast of the mountain. The roar of the battle had bn exchanged for silence! Men whose Toice3 had shouted In defiance to the neray? now spoke In whispers, or steed silent. Hearts that had stood unmoved through all that storm could not withstand the power of that scene of blood and suffering and death. Throbbing, they yielded and melted to tears. It was a dearly bought victory; but It was a great stake. Sherman's army of 0,000 men, or more, had struggled, marched and fought, day and night, for five months, and had achieved a victory In the capture of Atlanta, of Immense value to the Union cause. The enemy now sought to convert that victory into defeat in a single day. Ths loss of Allatoona to the Union forces would have been a terrible disaster. The Loys who tore the old flag to victory that day had the backbone to remain loyal to their trust. They were boys who would "take a message to Garcia." They sent a message back to the Union ' tiiat cheered freedom's cause throughout the world. Of the boys who held Allatoona Pas3 there are only a few left to tell the etory of the day's work on Oct. 5, 1864, which suggested the gospel hymn, "Hold the Fort, for I Am Coming." General Sherman made this battle an occasion for an order. In which he eaid. among other things, "The thanks of thi3 army are due and are hereby accorded the officers and men for the determined gallant defence - ' Allatoona, and It U made ar. e to Illustrate the importance r -.charing In time and meeting dan-, r boldly, manfully, and well." J. F. Grawe, in Bremer County Independent (Waverly? Iowa). Oct. 6, 1004. nt Afraid. Personal courage invests It3 owner with a protection beyond that afforded

by outside forces. An illustration o thi3 is recorded by General Will Ian; F. Draper in his "Recollections of a Varied Career," where he gives tali iccldent: "In 1SG4 Colonel Daniels of the Sev-

! enth Rhode Island became unpopular j with some of his command, and a rumor spread that he wculd be shot at j the next engagement. He heard of it. "It was customary when gun3 had been lo.i.d?d frr some time to have them discharged into some convenient bank, and Colonel Daniels took advantage of this. Marching Ms regiment out with loaded rifles, he facn I them toward a suitable elevation, and takirg position on the top of It, and in front of them, as at dress parade, he gave the commands. 'Ready, Aim, Fire.' and the pieces were discharged "Needless to say, any man could have shot him with little danger of discover, and needles3 to say, also, none cf thc?m did. There were no more threats cf that kind, in his regiment." With MeCoolt at ChlckniniiDca. The recent death of General Edward McCook, former Governor of Colorado, recalls the story of his gallantry at Chickamaufra on September ID and 20. 1S63. Ey Chiekamauga's crooked stream the martial trumpets Llew; The North and South stood face to face, with war's dread work to do. Oh, lion strong, unselfish, brave, twin athletes battle-wise. Brothers, yet enemies, the fire of conflict In their eyes. All banner-led and bugle-stirred, they set them to the fight. Hearing the God of slaughter laugh from mountain height to height. The ruddy, fair-haired giant North breathed loud and strove amain; The swarthy shoulders of the South did heave them to the strain; An earthquake shuddered underfoot, a cloud rolled overhead. And serpent tongues of flame cut through and lapped and twinkled red, "Where back and forth a bullet-stream went singing like a breeze, What time the snarling cannon-balls to splinters tore the trees. "Make way, make way!" a voice boomed out, "I'm marching to the sea!" The answer was the rebel yell and Bragg's artillery. Where Negley struck, the cohorts gray, like snow-tossed clouds, were rent; Where Buckner charged, a cyclone fell, the blue to tatters went; The noble Ilrannan cheered his men, Pat Cleburn answered back. And Lytle stormed, and life was naught in Walthall's bloody track. Old Taylor's ridge rocked to Its base, and Pigeon mountain shook; And Helm went down, and L.ytle died, and broken was McCook. Van Cleeve moved like a hurricane, a tempest blew with Hood, Awful the sweep of Breckenridge across the flaming wood. Never before did battle-roar such chords of thunder make. Never again shall tides of men over such barriers break. "Stand fast, stand fast!" cried Rosecrans. and Thomas said. "I will!" And crash on crash his batteries dash their broadsides down the hill. Brave Longstreet's splendid rush tore through whatever barred its track. Till the "Rock of Chlckamauga" hurled the roaring columns back. And gave the tide o victory a red tinge of defeat. Adding a noble dignity to that bard word, retreat. t Two days they fought and evermore those days shall stand apart. Keynotes of epic chivalry within the nation's heart. Come, come, and set the carven rocks to mark this glorious spot. Here let the deeds of heroes live, their hatreds be forgot. Build, build, but never monument of stone shall last as long As an old soldier's ballad borne on the breath of battle-song. Maurice Thompson. Meura et Tu am. It was strange how little regard the soldiers of the late war had for the above motto. My regiment, the Twen ty -l.'th Michigan Infantry, had the . .nation of being the most honest A.'d upright of any that went down to Dixie, but I know the boys" never suffered anything to He around loose that could possibly be used. In the fall of 18C2 we were encamped near Louisville, Ky., and had for neighbors two regiments of Indiana boys. One night some of our boys went out and confiscated two stands of bees. They were detected in the act and closely followed into camp, but strange a3 it may appear, when the pursuers reached our camp guard they left the trail, which was perfectly plain, and passed on to the camp of the Hoosiers, saying they knew the Michigan boys never stole but always bought what they wanted. In December, 1862, we were lying In camp at Munfordsvllle, Kentucky, and while out scouting, and about two miles from camp, one of the) boys stole a grindstone and carried it into camp. On his arrival at camp I asked him what he stole that for. "Oh," said he, "it will come handy to sharpen our knives on." "Do you think you will get transportation for grindstones when we march?" I asked. To which he replied: "I should not be surprised if we stayed In this camp until we muster out" He was terribly disappointed when a few days after we received marching orders, and his grindstone was the butt tor a Joke whenever any of our knives wanted sharpening. The most spectacular Are ever witnessed in the oil industry was at one of the Dos Bocas well3 In Mexico. About 60,000 barrel3 cf oil were burned up daily for nearly two months. The flames rose to heights of 8,000 to 1,000 feet. In 1907 there were about 30,000 barhels of sesame oil shipped to Constantinople, but the cotton-seed oil ha supplanted this to a great extent, and thi3 season there has been used h?re hardly 1,000 barrels of sesame oil. A patent fastener for wool bales, to take the place of twine, has been Introduced In Australia. It Is claimed that It prevents any vegetable fiber from the outer covering adhering to the fleece. In the last year Ghent, Belgium, exported to the United States rabbit skins valued at nearly $1,500.000. All kind3 of furs for my lady. Cheap labor ha3 been the principal handicap in Introducing raoJern machinery In India.

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When the frost i3 on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock, And you hear the kyvack and gobble of the struttin' turkey cock; And the clackin' of the guineas and the cluckin' of the hens, And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptqes on the fence; Oh, it's then's the time a feller Is a feelin' at his best, With the rlsin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rert; As he leaves the house bareheaded and gos out tc feed the stock, When the frost 13 on the pumpkin and the fodder's In the shock. OUT OF REACH. Pour, rain! You cannot get Into my heart Or put out the Are of my soul; I am safe in a beautiful realm apart Where the angels of light patrol! Pour, rain! You are good. I am told, for the flowers and the grain. But you beat the the door of my heart in vain. Blow, wind! The trees you can buffet and break. You can trouble the waves of the sea. You can scatter the petals of many a flower. But you cannot terrify me! Blow, wind! For the country of "Peace and a Quiet Mind" Is a part of the world you can never find! Youth's Companion. If Bowman, the assistant bookkeeper, had a heart he was as unconscious of It as he was of any other of the practical working organs that went to make up Jiis physical man. Bowman loved his big ledgers. He reveled in long, terrifying columns of figures. He liked good things to eat in an unemotional way, which left hkn unmoved if the steak happened to be done too much or too little. He was devoted to his mother. He enjoyed hi- pipe la the evening after dinner. However, up to the age of 23 he apparently had never heeded or been disturbed by the swish of a petticoat, nor had let his head be turned even the fraction of an Inch by the glance of a bright eye. He wasn't afraid of girls; in fact, he rather liked them. They were pretty, he thought, on account of the bright colors they wore, and some of thtm were graceful, so he enjoyed seeing them flash about, but somehow thsy all looked very much alike to him and he regarded them all with a tenevolent Indifference. He was quite an ordinary, stout, plain person, who wore big spectacle across his big nose, had a wide, kind face and a twinkle In hU eye. Bowman was probably the only member of the office force who remained unmoved the morning Miss Finley made her first appearance. Quiet and mall and dainty as she was, she was vet such a vivid creiUure that even the manager, who believed that business and social relations should be kept distinctly separate, noted her and asked her name. However, the first lima Bowman remembered seeing her was one mocnlng several weeks after her initial appearance, when he raised his eyes from his work to find her Btandlng at his elbow, looking Just a trifle audacious, a trifle shy, but very pretty, with a piece of paper held up appeallngly in her hand. She laid the paper on the desk in front of Bowman and he noticed that she had to stand on her tiptoes to do it. "Will you add them for me, Mr. Bowman?" she pleaded. "You don't know how mean they act for me." Bowman's slight interest in the fluffy topknot immediately changed to a pronounced Interest In the column of figures she handed him. "Certainly," he answered. He ran his pencil rapidly up and down the column, while she stood beside him humming a little tune. In a moment he handed the slip back to her. "I think that fixes you," he said happily. "Oh, thank you ever so much," she replied, softly. She stood for a moment, sliding the paper back and forth In a ridge a( the side of the desk. "I'm afraid you think it was awful funny of me to ask you," she continued, hesitatingly. "You always seem so busy." "Why. I'm never too busy to help you," he said. With a quiet impersonal pleasure he watched the pretty color surge up Into her cheeks. "Or any of the other girls," he added genially. Miss Finley turned on her little heel and walked away so quickly that Bowman was unaware of the smile that was curling her llp3. A little ripple of giggles greeted her as she returned to the stenographers' corner. "Was it a fro3t?" Inquired Miss ':'emple. "Maybe." replied MIs3 Finley noncommittally. "But one frost doesn't make a winter. You just watch me." It was perfectly astonishing the

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FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN. Dy JAMES WH1TCOMB RILEY.

rszssThere's something kind o' heartylike about the atmosphere When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here. Of course we miss the flowers and the blossoms on the trees, And the mumble of the hummin' birds and buzzin' of the bees; Uut the air's so appetizin' and the landscape through the haze Of a crisp and sunny morning1 of the early autumn days Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock When the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock. number of things Mis3 Finley found after that which' only Bowman could do for her. If the drawers of her desk became refractory and refused to opea or shut, only Bowman's strong arcn seemed to be considered equal to the task o! getting them Into working order again. She even got him to sharpen her pencils for her and her freiaent appeals to him to know If her hat was on straight set him to wondering philosophically if a K'.rl'B hat could ever be considered on nrafgbt. He felt no annoyance when she came to him one day apparently in the deepest despair because she couldn't find one of her hatpins, which wa3 buried deep In the fluffy trimmings of her hat, but afterward it occurred to him that life would be much simplified for them If girls didn't wear such fantastic things. About a week after this episode Bowman ' was surprised one morning upon looking over toward the stenographers corner to discover that Mls3 Finley's chair was vacant. He was even more surprised at the queer, sinking sensation that, took possession rf him when he realized that she was not there. His first impulse was to go over and ask where she was, but a sudden fit of shyness seized him and ho decided not to. This made him uncomfortable, for shyness and vacillation were entirely new emotions to him. He dragged down one of his beloved ledgers and began writing in It. Instead of figures, he seemed to sec a little pointed face In a mist of soft hair. At last he stuck his pen behind his ear and gave himself up deliberately to reflection. After some minuses of unproductive mental labor over the problem in hand he turned to the head bookkeeper. "Here." he said abruptly, "how does a fellow feel when he's in love?" The head bookkeeper looked at him scornfully. ."Come off!" he ejaculated. "Go on and tell me," urged Bowman. "I'm In earnest. I want to know. The head bookkeeper looked at him disgustedly over his glasse3. "For an "I'M WEVEB TOO BUST TO nEXP TOO." everlasting, all-rvind idiot," he said, "you certainly are the limit. She's got you going, has she?" Bowman said nothing more, but from his knitted brows and general air of unrest one .might have gathered that he was still studying his own emotions. The next morning he was eagerly watching the door when Miss Finloy, looking a little pale from her Illness, came in. Without a moment's hesitation he went over to where she was standing. Neither of the other girls had arrived. "Miss Finley," he said, "I came over to teil j'ou something. I Just found it out yesterday. I'm in love with you." He stood back and regarded her with a look of the deepest interest She gave1 a little nervous laugh. "Who told your she gasped. "I found it out myself," he said triumphantly. "1 didn't think I could do it," she said soberly. I told the girls I was going to try Just for fun. but I didn't think I could. I told them the other day that I gave It up. I thought you " liOwman's face grew stern for a moment. "You did it Just for fun!" he said. "You never thought what It might mean to me. She gave a quick little sobbing sign. "I did it for fun at first," she said, "but afterward -" "Well?" demanded Bowman. "Why did you do It afterward?" "Because I liked you," she said after a moment's pause. Chicago News. An Opportunity tor Hint. Morse Foreace (ardently) Tell me, Miss Angle, may I contribute to yo'r futuro happiness? Miss Angle Well, Mr. Foreace, as I accepted Abe Gingerbread last ebenln' dere Is weddin' presents to be thought ob, to be shuah. Judge. II doesn't take long for a handsomo young widow to convince a woman hatfr of the error of his ways.

The husky, rusty rustle of the t03sels of the corn, And the raspln of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn; The stubble In the furrows kind o' lonesome-like, but still A-preachin' sermons to U3 of the barns they growed to fill; The straw-stack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed; The hosse3 in their stalls below, the clover overhead; Oh, it sets my heart a-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock When the fro3t i3 on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock.

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The federal forest service has developed a process for making paper from scrub pine, which covers extensive areas on the southern Atlantic seaboard and is little used except for fuel. A London scientific t Journal that analyzed samples of snow taken from the roof of its building found that week-day snows contained about five times the Impurities of those gathered on Sundays. It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that the blue rays from mercury vapor la.mps kill bacteria and sterilize water in which the lamps are placed without appreciably increasing Its temperature. Because of an increase in the number t of cases of malaria, the city of Leipzig has declared war on the mosquito and will fine any resident who falls to carry out certain regulations intended to exterminate the Insect Because the blowing out of fuses has caused panics among passengers, new cars being built at St. Louis are carrying the fuses on the outside, the smoke and discharge material passing through slatted openings to the cuter air. Hitherto the use of the falls of the river Rhone for the production of electric power has been almost confined to the Swiss part of the stream, but a project is on foot for the utilization of the falls at Genlsslat, in French territory, for the production of electric power to be sent to Paris. The falls have a descent of over 200 feet, and it is estimated that they will produce 150.000 kilowatts per hour, an amount of energy the production of which would demand the consumption of more than 200 tons of coal. Sir William Ramsay and R. W. Graw have liquefied and, they believe, solidified the emanation from radium, which is popularly famous for changing spontaneously into helium. The boiling point of the emanation at atmospheric pressure is 43.5 degrees below zero centigrade. The liquid is slightly phosphorescent, but if It is cooled with liquid air it begins to glow with a white light, which passes first to yellow and then to orange. In the microscope the light resembles a little electric arc. On removing the liquid air the colors succeed each other in the reverse order, and a blue color appears, followed by a change as If the crystals of a solid were dissolving. The experimenters believe that the brilliantly luminous substance seen Is the emanation in the solid state. Since 1906 diamonds have been found In Pike County, Ark., in rock similar to that of the diamond fields of South Africa. It is a perldotlte of igneous origin which has been pushed up through carboniferous and cretaceous formations. In soma places the rock is very hard and dense, but in others It has weathered to a soft yellowish and greenish material 20 to 25 feet deep. About 600 diamonds have been found In this rock, the largest weighing Zy3 carats. The usual colors are white, brown and yellow; but one blue diamond and several black ones have been found. One bore for ex ploratlon has been driven to a depth of 205 feet. As to the prospects of more stones being found by deeper mining, geologists only say that the spasmodic exploitation thus far seems to indicate a good promise. YOU CAN'T RELY ON YOUB. EYES. AX OPTICAL ILLUSION. Ifere is a method by which an optical Illusion of length Is plainly shown: Judged by appearances the line A B In the larger Jgure is considerably longer than the line A B below It, but tested by measurement they are exactly eq'aL

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Mr. Taft Utters a Great Truth. "The government of the United State3 must move slowly. It has to move with deliberation, and it has to move or Its agents have to move within the lines of law; but ordinarily the government ultimately does justice." The President at Grand Junction, Col. The President was speaking with particular reference to a local situation, yet he voiced a great truth, which deserves more attention than It has received of late from many wellmeaning but really unthinking persons. The most striking characteristic of many who of late have assumed to voice public opinion has been their incessant complaint that the government doesn't tfo some particular thing abate out of hand some particular evil or nuisance which they find it particularly "popular" to "denounce." When real statesmen lead, a . government always moves slowly, not because It Is impossible to move quickly, but because the blunders committed by a government in haste are so farreaching and have such lasting effects. A wise statesman always questions the plausible and always strives to foresee every possible ultimate effect in order that blunders may be avoided. For no repentance can wipe away the sin of a great government's blunder. It must always be paid for, and commonly the only coin that is legal tender for Its payment Is suffering or blood. Without going back to the reconstruction period, Mr. Taft pointed out for example the blunder that produced the disasters of 1S93 and 1897. Never were more plausible arguments of national interest and of what was widely supposed to be "natural law" advanced than those urged for the legislative effort to maintain gold and silver In a mathematical relation as standards of currency value. As we now see, there was no "natural law" whatever, but merely an inductrlal accident, a passing condition, in the exploitation of the earth's mineral resources. Yet because responsible men in government could not or would not see that this Industrial accident was passing into oblivion a whole great nation, composed of people really the richest on earth, was early plunged into irremediable, and utterly disgraceful bankruptcy. It Is not necessary to speak of other governmental blunders since, further than to point out that our recent panic was mainly the result of efforts to exalt agents of government above the law, to substitute for government of laws a government of men, tha$ certain abuses might be. It was said, ended quickly. Because of Impatience and haste, readiness to accept the plausible, and refusal patiently to consider what might be the ultimate effects of action, we narrowly escaped a revolutionary change In our form of government and the establishment of an industrial despotism. The President does well to point out that only under and within tho gradual processes of the law can government do Justice. He utters a warning that was needed and that should be heeded. Chicago Inter Ocean. The Open Door. We are having trouble about the open door in the Orient. Somebody Insists upon shutting it in our faces. Sometimes the responsibility Is laid upon the Japanese. Sometimes It is laid upon the Chinese. Sometimes it Is laid upon 'both together. In the end we may find that It belongs partly to both and wholly to neither, and that some of our friends across the sea are behind the door when it Is shut, and will feel safer and more comfortable there If It ever can bo locked against us. " Although" thepolIcyof""the"opec door was loudly acclaimed at the time of Its adoption, on the Initiative of the United States, there were those who saw even then that it had the serious defect of being open to persistent violation by those nearest Manchuria, with small means of detecting the violations palpably, although they might be very palpable In themselves. Worse yet. the treaty was one of that sort which Is difficult of enforcement In other ways. Compelling the observance of such a treaty by force of arms Is, of course, out of the question, and maintaining the degree of watchfulness needed to keep it In force by peaceful means involves Intrigue and other questionable methods which we have always shunned as not being a part of what we have been proud to call our "shlrt-sleeve3 diplomacy." "Shlrt-sieevea diplomacy" never would have negotiated such a treaty as that of the open door. Shirtsleeves diplomacy Is a pledge that there are no cards held up the sleeves of the man who sits in the game with his coat off. It Is evidence of a square deal and fair play. The diplomacy ot the open door was made with our coat3 on, and, as a result, we have constantly to watch the other players to keep them from watching us. The open door may have been the best way out of it, but since the door has been shut It has dawned upon us that we are too much out of it. We will protest, o-nd see what comes of It. St Louis Globe Democrat. The Alternntlve. There Is not room for two Republican parties, one Inside of the other. There must be but one Republican party. That party must stand for a decent and fair protective tariff or else turn the country over to the Democrats. De3 Moines Capital. Itefuted. "Just think of it! One person in every thirty-seven In England is a pauper." "Why, John," she returned, "it isn't so. I met more than thirty-seven people In London last summer myself, and there wasn't a pauper in the lot." Philadelphia Public Ledger. 'ot Much Choice. "I want a haircut," said the middleaged man as he dropped Into a barber's chair. "Yes, sir," was the answer. "Which pne?" Tit-Bits. Of the 4.000,000,000 gallons of wine manufactured In the civilized world every year about 40,000,000 are made la tht United States.

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WIT TTOT TP.Y FREE 700LP 1 m Sheep Rainer Wondering When Free Trade Will llriili TL ein. The farmer3 of the agricultural States are afraid that the next movement toward free trade will be the removal of the duty from wool. Wco! is called a raw material. It Is a necessary article of clothing. If the American people were not producers of wool, It might reasonably be argued that wool should be put on the free list. But wool is a great American product. The sheep industry is a large one, and its existence depends entirely upon the protective tariff. Putting wool on the free list would mean the American farmers would go out of the sheep business entirely. Sheep are managed with great economy and with great productiveness in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Among the older States Ohio is the leading producer of wool. In none of these States or Territories can sheep be grown and cared for as cheaply as in many other parts of the world. America has a monopoly on raw cotton, and can defy all tariffs, but has no monopoly on raw wool. If it Is decided that we are not justified in devoting our broad prairies to the production of sheep, then the duty ought to be removed from everything and every article that Is made of wool. Wo have often said that possibly it would be a good thing to try the experiment of free trade as regards wool and wool products. Of course, the carpet mills In Pennsylvania would stop. So would the woolen mills in Ohio and New England. But it could be argued that the people thrown out of employment from the woolen mills could find useful employment on the railroads and farms, where labor Is sadly needed. If the women employed in the woolen mills of the other parts of the country were thrown Into Wleness, families could secure servauts, now an Impossibility. -Whether or not these changed conditions would be satisfactory to all concerned we do not know. We are not suggesting free wool nor free trade in the products of wool, and we do not favor it. But the experiment of free trade is to be attempted, to satisfy a great many thousands of people who can see nothing but evil In the tariff, wool and sheep would give the best possible illustration or demonstration. There seems to be a tremendous sentiment against the tariff. No man can Itemize nor particularize but he' his listened to the arguments of the politician against the tariff. Hence we want something done besides argument. The removal of the duty on cow hides has had no perceptible effect either upon hides, boots and shoes, or upon the price of cattle. If free hides go successfully, there will be those who will say, "Why not try free wool?" Des Molne3 Capital. Taxed to Keep Men from Starving. Says a misguided Democratic contemporary: "England, which depends upon an income tax, has only a revenue tariff, and the people are not taxed on the consumption of every article between Acorns an Zapher." No, but England Is taxed severely on the necessities of the breakfast table, and is forced to raise a greater lAcome to provide old age pensions and keep from the poorhouse some hundreds of thousands -of unfortunate workingmen who cannot find employment Is it any wonder that the crusade against free trade rnd In behalf of a protective tariff is making strong headway in England? Philadelphia Inquirer. Um Never Been Sorpanaed. The best speech ever made on the tariff was mado by Abraham Lincoln. It was brief, but to the point, and here it Is: "I do not know much about the tariff, but I know this much: When we buy manufactured goods abroad we get the goods and the foreigner gets the money. When we buy the manufactured goods at home we get both, the goods and the money." Statesmen who pretend to know more about tho tariff than Lincoln did have made long sp;3ches on the subject, but It Is plain - ciy that old Abe's argument has never been surpassed for telling effecTenss. Freeport (111.) Journal. ROMANCE OP THE PEARL. American Story Which Date Back to Prehistoric Time. The story of the American pearl dates back to prehistoric times, says Harper's Weekly. The moundbuilders of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland, valleys long ago worked the gemgrowing beds of mussels, for food chiefly, without doubt, but not ignoring the "trinkets" by any means. A bushel of "slugs" pearls of irregular shape has been discovered in a sacrificial mound in the Ohio Valley. The pearls were all pierced and burnt and therefore Intrinsically valueless. Still more remarkable are the discoveries in mounds of gorgets which must have been very beautiful when the red chiefs wore taeia. All the gorgets found have thirteen scallops, and In each scallop Wi'-S Icunded a pearl. To-day, undrllled, act would be worth $o0Q or .more. Unfortunately, pearls decay In the ground, else searching for pearls around Indian camps and mounds along Southern rivers might be a profitable industry. There is no way of knowing how many pearls children hava played with and men have tossed away, unaware of their value. But the number must be. considerable. A pearl fisher whom I met in the swamps of Arkansas told me of his taking a "pretty little trick" out of a shell on an Alabama river when he was a boy. He and his sister played with It for a while, and finally lost it. "Hit war big as a marble," the man said, "an I bet it was worth a thousand dollars, yassuh! If I'd on'y knowed what I do now!" The field market of the pearls changes from place to place. At first it was at Caney Fork. Since then it has shifted through half a dozen localities. In 1902-00 it wa3 at Newport, Ark. Nov; it may be in Alabama or Texas. 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