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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 17.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. "WEDNESDAY. AUGUST h 1897.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,421.
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AN ADVENTURE STORY
N March 22d, 1892,
this engine saved
the life of her en
gineer, James Rus
sell." These words, en-
Ajk frvpS i graved on a silver
Illfvrfll'V Plte fastened to
nit .j .,.".
large Corliss en
gine in a quartz
mill in the moun
tainous region of northwestern Neva
da, commemorate a really remarkable
occurrence.
The engine stands in a space cut off
from the rest of the mill ly a tight
partition. The room is made to con
form nearly to the shape of the en
gine, the wall being about eight feet
from it on all sides, except where the
belt runs down into the fly-wheel pit.
There the partition is at least twenty
feet from the nm of the fly-wheel, and
the great belt or band which carries
the power into the mill comes in
through a hole Fix feet up in the wall,
and slants down to the bottom of the
fly-wheel about the same distance be
low the floor.
Thus in ordr to pass from one side
or the room to the other at this end
it is necessary either to jump over the
belt next to th fly-wheel, or to crawl
under it next to the wall. The fly
wheel is an immense affair sixteen feet
in diameter, weighing twelve tons, and
wide enough on the fare for the thirty-six-inch
belt to run. The engine makes
more than a hundred revolutions per
minute, and this belt whizzes down
through the floor toward the fly-wheel
in a way to make one dizzy. The en
gine itself is kept in a highly-polished
condition by the unremitting atten
tions of the engineer, who speaks of it
ns "Old Alice," and who lias painted
this name in gilt letters on her var
nished frame "n memory of a little
daughter who died.
There is no direct means of commu
nication betweon the mill and the en
gine room, as the latter has only one
door, and that opens from the outside.
At the time of the occurrence I am
about to relate, this door had on it a
very complicated spring lock, and
every time the door slammed the lock
caught ami. according to the engineer,
"it took ten minutes' work and the
key to get it open again." The mill
runs continuously, being lighted at
night by a small electric-plant in the
building, and two big arc lamps hang
dirertly over the engine.
About ten o'clock on the night of the
22nd day of March, 1S92. James Rus
sell (the night engineer) was sitting In
a chair at one side of the room read
ing an old newspaper, while his train
ed ear followed every stroke of the
engine, and instantly detected the al
tered sound when an oiler stopped
feeding or a screw worked loose. "Old
Alice" ran as moothly and regularly
as a watch, and the engineer grew so
absorbed in his paper that he did not
at first look up when he heard the
door swing open and then shut with
a snap. Soon, however, the indescrib
able feeling that something alive is
near caused him to lift his head and
look about the room. There, Just In
front of the door, blinking like an owl
la the glare of the electric lights, and
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WMMI
ROUND THEY RAN.
fazed by the fast running machinery,
ctood a great, dingy browny-black
beast that looked to the excited en
gineer as big as a cow. The engineer
knew at once that his visitor was a
bear, and a grizzly at that, and was
correspondingly scared. The miners
had told him many tales of the cun
ning and ferocity of these animals, and
he knew that a few savage old fellows
still lingered in the mountains near
by.
This particular bear had just waked
up from his long winter's sleep, and
was hungry, or he would not have
been so bold. It is probable that in
prowling about in search of food be
had come close to the mill, and had
smelt the oil in the engine-room, and,
muling the door open a-crack, had
pushed it open wider, and stepped in.
When he saw the lights and the en
gine, he had tried to back out. but had
nm against the door, causing it to
slam ard the springlock to catch.
Failing in his attempt to get out of
this dangerous trap, the bear turned
around in great wrath, determined to
take summary vengeance on the first
thing he could get at. Unfortunately
the first object that caught his eye
was the engineer cowering against the
wall, and he started for that individ
ual withcut delay. As he lunged
across the floor he gave a tremendous
growl, and lifted his lips like a spite
ful dog. showing some terribly long
and sharp teeth. The engineer lost no
time in getting away from there, and
ran around the cylinder end of the en
gine like a college sprinter, while the
bear demolished the chair with one
stroke of his paw, and tore the paper
into shreds. After conscientiously
completing this destruction, the griz
zly looked around for more worlds to
conquer, and seeing the engineer,
thought he would do. and started for
him again. As the bear rushed around
the cylinder, the engineer ran toward
the fly-wheel, and as the bear raced
down that side cf the engine, the man
jumped the belt and started up the
other side. The bear paused only an
instant when he came to the flying
belt, then over he went, and chased the
man on around the cylinder end.
Round and round the engine they
ran. jumping tie belt, slipping and
Eliding on the slick, oily floor, but get
ting faster and faster all the time.
There was nothing in the room that
do would for h weapon, and Russell
could form no plan of escape, his great
est desire for the moment being to
keep the engine between him and the
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grizzly. Even this became Impossible,
as the bear gained on him, and the
distance between them gradually les
sened till they were running only a
few feet apart.
The engineer shouted again and
again, but he had very little hope of
any one's hearing him because of the
great noise made by the machinery;
and even if they did hear, they could
not ge; in to help him. for the door
was locked, and he could not spars
time to fool with that lock just then.
It was simply maddening to him to
think tlia there were twenty men in
the mill only a few feet away, all ready
and willing to help him if he could
only let them know of his plight, and
yet to have that relentless brute chas
ing him around like a rat in a trap.
A few minutes of this wild running
exhausted the engineer, and he wguld
have stopped and le the grizzly do his
worst had it not been for the dread
ful blood-curdling noise made by the
animal's claws as he scuttled over the
slippery floor. The bear lunged and
plunged along like a great awkward
calf, growling prodigiously the while,
but he made astonishing speed for such
an unwieldly-looking beast, and was
fast o-erhauling the man in spite of
his utmost efforts.
Once, as tha exhausted engineer
leaped over the belt, he thought that
to drop on it and be crushed by the fly
wheel would be an easier death than
to be torn to pieces by the bear, and
he almost decided to end the dread
ful chase the next time he came
atound. But when he saw the belt
running so swiftly to certain death his
heart failed h'm, and he waited till
next time. Not so the bear. Almost
as the man's feet touched the floor af
ter the leap he heard an awful roar,
and the next instant a badly mashed
bear struck the ceiling and dropped
like a shoL
That timely event is easily explain
ed. As the man and bear ran round,
centrifugal force caused them to swing
cut farther anJ farther from their cen
ter of motion, the engine; and the
bear, being heavier than the man, flew
farther out till he came to a place on
the slanting belt where it was too high
for him to jump. Then he put his
forcpaws on it. intending to climb
over, and that was the last of him.
The belt, running at that high speed,
jerked him in like a feather, and ran
him thrtugh between it and the fly
wheel. When the fly-wheel got done
with him. it threw him off at the top,
as dead as a. herring and not much
thicker than one.
The engineer, however, firmly be
lieves that the spirit of his little
daughter influenced the engine to save
his life by killing the bear; and who
can ray it is only a fancy? The next
week he sent to Chicago and had the
silver plate made and put it on "Old
Alice." and he declares that she Is
quite proud of it.
A BASHFUL BACHELOR.
Reasons Enough for Falling to Wla
Wife.
"Fate made me what I am," growled
a gouty gacheior. "I was intended by
nature to love and be loved and to have
the joys of old age in a bright family
circle instead of being shut up In a
decorated dungeon like this. The
fickle jade has played mo a mighty
mean trick."
"Why didn't you marry like a sen
sible fellow?" asked the old friend who
was making a duty call, says the De
troit Free Press.
"Fate. I tell you; predestination,
hard luck or some of those other agen
cies to which we charge our misfor
tunes. When a young man I was smit
ten a ccore of times and hit so hard
that it dazed me. It made an awkward
sort of an idiot of me. I could neither
think, talk nor properly control my
motions. The only thing on earth I
was afraid of was a pretty woman, and
she simply paralyzed me."
"Pshaw; nothing but bashfulness,
and you could have overcome it."
"You don't know what you are talk
ing about. It wasn't anything of the
kind. When In love I was controlled
absolutely by seme ulterior force. If I
attempted to cross a room to address a
young lady my feet would walk me out
of the door. When I bowed I would
fail to straighten up till some one
bjoke the tpell by a word or laugh.
I'd start to say something and the re
was afraid of was a pretty woman and
she simply paralj-zed me."
"Why didn't you make one grand
effort and throw off the strange con
trol?" "That's what I did when I was visit
ing in Tennessee and fell in love with
the gramleest woman that ever lived.
One dny in the garden I set my teeth
and determined to propose. Then I
passed out of myself. I walked through
a flower bed, fell over a baby carriage
into a barbed-wire fence, swore like a
pirate and came up with a face like a
cranberry patch. The sweet creature
ran. So did I. That was my last love
affair, and now there is nothing left
but to sit in solitude and nurse the
gout"
No Delay Necessary.
He is a very business-like man and
he proposed for the young woman's
hand and heart in a straightforward,
unstudied manner. "Oh, sir," she ex
claimed. "You must give me time to
consider." "It isn't necessary," was the
replj-. "I brought along my book, all
balanced up. and I have a volume down
stairs which shows mj- financial rating.
I thought I might as well bring along
the data, so that j-ou could make up
-our mind at once." Washington
Star.
Crushed.
"This is the most cruel yet." wailed
the rising -oung poet. "What is?"
asked the common sense person whe
had dropped in to smoke a few of the
poet's cigarettes. " 'The Gabbock' saj-f
I do not exhibit a single stigma of de
generation." Indianapolis Journal.
The Difference.
Mr. Tiff (reading) Princess Maun
give her husband an hour's lessot
every morning in the English lan
guage. Mr. Tiff I am a little different
from the prince. Mrs. Tiff How so?
Mr. Tiff I receive my hour'i- language
from my wife at night.
Eustis, Me., News is filled wltlt re
ports that bears are thicker thaa
keep.
WITH lilS CO AT OFF
SECRETARY WILSON NOT DE
TERRED BY HOT WEATHER.
(Forking Awajr in t!ie Intercut of tlir
Farmer Soma Interesting Kroutta
Which lis Urns Obtained 1'rcMporlljr
Is Now with V Sure.
(Washington Letter.)
"The man with his coat off" Is not
disturbed by hot weather. The 'foil
ing days in Washington have not
checked the activity of that rugged
old worker, the head of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and he is pushing
along with his new plans for increas
ing the earnings cf the farmers, and at
the same time decreasing their hours
of labor.
Secretary Wilson has had numerous
t uujuiwtB as to me result, oi nis iriai
shipments of butter to England. lie
has received reports from the second
shipment, and is of the opinion that
he is working upon the right line and
one which will develop a largely In
creased industry for the farmers of
this country. Speaking to your cor
respondent about this, he said:
"Our shipment of butter consisted
of various styles of packages, small,
half-pound prints, square boxes, large
tubs and otber packages, and generally
arrived in good order. The depart
ment has received letters from a num
ber of Englishmen, commission mer
chants and others who used this but
ter and who generally speak of It in
high terms as regards its quality and
flavor, in comparison with the best
siade of English butter. The only
criticism recms to be that the butter
generally is not dry enough to suit
them, but this is a point whfch can be
r.si!y remedied. There is no doubt in
the vicrld but that as soon as we "get
c.:to them" we can do business with
them, and at profit. We have just
been having some tests here in New
York of an interesting nature. We
!tave had exrerts examining samples
of butter shipped from England, Ire
"ar.d. Denmark and Australia, and
- mpctiug with our own butters ship
ped from the western and northwest
ern states. We met them half way.
i only one c ise, that of a sample from
i.gJar.il. did the foreign butter come
p to the ctar.danl of the best Amer
ran butter. This is very encouraging
to c.v.r butter makers and shows that
ve mal.e as good butter as is produced.
' It is perfectly logical." continued the
rcretary. "that if we send our grain
to Denmark to be fed to foreign cattle
to pn.di.ee butter that we can feed it
to our own cattle and send abroad the
butter instead."
"Another question which I am going
to soon take up." said Mr. Wilson, "is
that of the foieign cheese market.
Nothing has been done in this line as
jet. and I am not ready to offer any
American cheese abroad. We are not
now in a condition to sell our cheese
abrood for the reason that the market
la full of the adulterated article, and
owing to the laxity of the internal rev
enue regulations it is almost impossi
ble to discover it. As long as this
'filled' cheese is sold as pure cheese it
:.--, inij csrible to establish a reputation
for gr.od cheese. Filled cheese." ex
plained the secretarj". "is made in
this way: Milk is run through a sep
aratcr and all the fat taken out, at a
a'ue of perhaps 13 or 20 cents per
round. For this is substituted cheap
Tit ton-seed oil. lard, etc., at a cost of
onlj- a few cents a pound. Cheese made
in this nanner has poor keeping qual
ities, will not ripen, and is of a low
grade generally. The revenue laws
are constantly being violated and cir
cumvented with regard to the sale of
tl.is substitute for c'leese. which is
placed upon the market in large quan
tities as the genuine article. I have
been .cettirg after Secretary Gage and
his reople about this, as it is of course
necessary to establish a high standaru
fci American cheese before we can ex
jret to do anj-thing in exporting it.
1 be law requires that this filled cheese
sl.all be so marked in large black type,
but various modes of evasion are
pr'Clccd which serve to practicallj
rullify the law. I believe our farmers
cmi make as good cheese as it is pos
sible to produce, and that with proper
methods we can procure a market for
it abroad which will give us a largely
increased market for this agricultural
product."
"The Department is doing something
about the foreign dircrimination
against American meats. Mr. Wilson?"
We Want Woolens Again.
"Yes. This matter is being carried
forward quietlj-. We are going about
this in a very modest manner and will
be able to thoroughly convince foreign
countries. I believe, that it is to their
best interests (as well as our own) to
remove these obstacles against Amer
ican products. If they do not see it
in that light, why, then, there are oth
er methods."
"The subject of growing tea in the
United States is a subject which has
recently come, especially to my atten
tion. Considerable experimenting in
the past has been done in the tea line
in this country, and the trouble has
always been the difficultj- of procuring
labor to pick the tea leaves, but I am
prepared to say that there is no reason
why the southern states of this countrj
should not raise and market every
pound of tea used in the United States,
and a far better article, too, than the
great bulk of tes eoJu n?re cow. i n3
is an excellent subject for considera
tion ar.d experiment, end i!l be heard
frtni later.1' G. II. William?.
Crop and Itailncs Pronrrt Coo.l.
A week of exceptionally favora'.ils
weather for the growing crops and a
complete absence of developments of &
nature calculated to unsettle conf!d"acP
have brought nbout a furthei' improve
ment in the business situation. This
improvement is not to be measured by
the volume of clearing house exchanges
although the Increase of 7.7 per cent
over the same Week last year Is a
sure indication of progress, because
many merchants end manufacturers
are holding back awaiting a clearer
manifestation of the improvement that
is already sufficiently obvious to many
But the Increase In railroad earnings
during June of more than 3 per cent
as compared with the same period last
year, and the steady purchases of se
curities by Americas-investors which
have advanced the average price of
stocks 1 per cent in the week and 5
per cent since he upward movement
bcfgin early in May, are corroborative
ano additional evidences of the prog
re? toward better conditions that is
steadily becoming more apparent.
The important positive influence un
doubtedly is the improving condition
of te growing crops. The weather
has been most satisfactory all over the
country, being warm where warmth
was most needed, and rainy where ad
ditional moisture was required. The
result is that complaints of damage,
which usually figure so largely at this
season, are almost entirely nbsent As
to wheat, the winter wheat harvest is
nearing completion, and Is admitted
that the previous calculations of the
crop were entirely too low. The crop
may run up to 300,000,000 bushels, or
60,000,000 bushels more than the gov
ernment estimate indicated as prob
able, while spring wheat is progress
ing so finely and has been so extensive
ly sown that an immense harvest is
reasonably certain here. Our total
wheat crop may run up to 550,000,000
bu. or 125.000.000 bushels more than
last year. This remarkable prospect
has not in the least lowered prices,
which on the contrary have risen 1
cents a bushel on the confirmation of
reports of damage to the European
crops. It is a significant circumstance
that the September option is 7 cents a
bushel below the July price, indicating
a belief that the known necessities of
Europe will compel purchases before
the foreign crops can be harvested.
Silver a Dead Issue.
Uncle Horace Bois of Iowa has just
made public his views on the 16 to 1
fallacj. He declares: "For one, I do
not believe it possible to succeed up
on a platform that demands the un
qualified free coinage of silver at the
ration of 16 to 1 with gold. We have
fought that battle, and it is lost. We
can never fight it over under circum
stances more favorable to ourselves. If
we hope to succeed, we must abandon
this extreme demand."
The frank statement of Uncle Hod
shows that he has come to a realiza
tion of the fact that a majority of the
American people are intelligent enough
to understand that a free coinage law
at the 1C to 1 ration would simply
drive us on a plane with Mexico and
China.
The value of the coin of ultimate re
demption depends entirely upon the
market value of the bullion of which
it is composed. A silver dollar, under
these circumstances, cannot be worth
any more than the silver it sells for.
The stamp of the government creates
no value. It is nothing but a certifi
cation of weight and finances.
Mr. Boies evidently rellzes these
things. From his letter, we infer that
he would be in favor of dropping to
the silver standard and to a 48 cent
dollar, if he thought the people could
be induced to adopt it. But he sees
they will not and hence he wants the
scheme modified.
He will find no tenable ground out
side of that taken by the Republican
national convention in the platform at
St. Louis last jrear. Toledo Blade.
The Revival of Trade.
One of the most encouraging signs of
a return of prosperity is shown in the
statement made by Strawbridge &
Clothier, of this cit.v, of their retail
sales during the month of June. The
sales of the firm, which is one of the
oldest in the cit were larger than
in any corresponding June since they
have been engaged in business. The in
ference to be drawn from this gratifj--ing
statement is clear, and its signifi
cance is not to be uhderstimated. it
surclj' portends a revival of trade
which, now only beginning, gives a
promise of exceptional prosperity to
come. And this is only one instance.
The price of iron has advanced; there
is a better demand for coal; prices arc
firm and steady everywhere, and not
one report of a depressing nature is re
ceived from any section of the countrj-.
Unless all signs fail, the opening of the
fall season will find the promised pros
perity upon us. Philadelphia North
American.
Aiding Private Interests.
The natural and inevitable question
for every shrewd citizen to ask is, then.
Why disturb the country and unsettle
business by a lot of tariff changes that
are not called for except to aid private
interests? Providence. R. ., journal.
For the very reason that they do "aid
private interests." the "interests" of
every private individual in the countrj',
thus constituting the interests of the
masses which form the public interests.
Glad to See It.
We venture to say that the headline
in the newspaper most pleasing to the
eyes of the majority cf the people cf
the country is that which sas "Tariff
Bill Rushed Along." The one thing
which the people of the country want,
and "want bad." is the passage, as soon
as possible, of a tariff law which will
protect American labor and protect
American interests.
Prompt Work In Proper.
Protect our people from "perfidy and
dishonor" by thu immediate enact
ment of a tariff for protection.
Wages of school teachers in Con
necticut have doubled in thirty years.
The Aia '' .i.i I ... 'i .
Thc.e ;s u n. e " i J-o a rr
itct if yc au't m.d fwe".M.jy to ta
it. The mal.cr murt t'..:l iLe tskc
You will nol cmrlt'J larrr to n.ke
product if you rannct f rl a lnysr f
that product after labor hr.s made it
"President S.'cInIj'.
This is to obvltus a truth that wt
may suppose that even a free-trade,
wctiltl at:cf to it. T'.ic corc'nilons in
evitably rerulting frc:r. this trs:."i arv
equally obvious. Why the froe-iradcr.
cannot see thtm is cue of the mj-ste-rics
of the nineteenth centurj. It
ought to be pprfc ly plain that if. by
fiee trade, th products of foreign
manufacturers are brought into this
country to undersell Aincricm man
ufactures, the foreign "makers" will
find all the "takers," and the result
will be that American manufacturers
will not be able to find buyers for
their products, and will, therefore, not
employ labor to xnal-c those products.
-The reasoning is perfectly simple. But
we" have had something more than
reasoning in regard to it during the
last fcttr j-ears. We have had a prac
tJcal demonstration. The doctrinaires
and hide-bound free-traders maj not
yet have had their eyes opened, but
the. people of the country have. . nd
that's why William McKin'ey is pres
ident of the United States.
Protect American Shlpli .
Are the Mills CloslnR?
The convention of Iowa fusionists
declared that the mills were closing
and thousands of workingmen were
thrown out of employment. Brad
street's and Dun's Review report the
reverse. These publications arc non
partisan. They state the facts. They
are published for the information of
business men and tradesmen, and can
not afford to make misleading state
ments. Their patronage depends upon
the correctness of their reports. On
Saturdaj. June 26, Dun's Review said:
There is no step backward in busi
ness, although the season of midsum
mer quiet is near. The improvement
continues, gradually and prudently
cautious a3 before, although in many
branches evident where no signs of it
appeared a few weeks ago. Business
men of the highest standing in all
parts of the countrj- having gradually
perceived that the tide has begun to
rise, are regulating their contracts and
investments and their plans for the
future with a confidence unknown to
them a short time ago. Great changes
before the adjournment of congress are
hardly to be expected, but the removal
of uncertainty is with reason expected
to bring into operation buying forces
which have been restricted for months.
"There are signs of improvement
where none were observed a few weeks
ago. There is an encouraging increase
in the demand for textile goods and
even for cottons," says the same com
mercial report. Concurrently with the
statement of Dun's Review comes in
formation from the east that
The custom of closing the cotton
mills during the summer months which
has prevailed in New England during
the operations of the Wilson law will
not be followed this season, the recent
announcement from the manufacturing
districts there indicating that work is
to go steadily on this summer in view
of the prospect that a protective tariff
will soon be upon the statute books.
With these evidences of the return
of better times it was not opportune
for the fusionists to declare that the
mills and shops are closing. Dubuque
Times.
Senator McLaurin's Poitlon.
The utterances of United States
Senator John L. McLaurin of South
Carolina upon the tariff question have
given rise to the opinion that Mr. Mc
Laurin is a protectionist. We regret
to say that he still clings to the Demo
cratic theory and the Democratic par
tj and for these reasons he cannot
be considered a national protectionist.
We should welcome his cipport of
protect on and the protection policj.
Mr. McLaurin may possibly be con
sidered as a "Randall Democrat." but
we fear that he has hardly reached
even fiat state. Mr. Randall was a
protectionist, also an ardent Democrat,
but the qualities of an ardent Demo
crat Irrgelj" destroj- the effectiveness
of his efforts as a protectionist.
Where I.ahor Fares Well.
Labrr in England is faring well.
The British board of trade reports
changes in rates of wages during April
that affected 53,."00 people, of whom
52,500 received increases that averaged
42 cents per week after deducting the
decreases in the wages of the 1,000
workers whose earnings were lower".!.
Hurry along the tariff bill and tiaiifcfer
a little of that prosperity to Amer'can
ware-earners.
CAMPF1RE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERAflS.
A Drop of t.lnri:i'a f:Jttil rrerrcd
on the PlajMIl !1- Held Whrn A
asAlnatrd Satcl by Mnuriser John
T. Ford -It It Prme.l CSennlne.
Oi.r YounRrt otdirr.
V It country s
niniR?St sol-
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Arlcfji bcurtttll 'f""
L ended s-kies!
Prco;i low. O Stripes
and gloried
Stars.
Poi him who bore
tine in thy
Tiling witle across
the purpled
ih
ims
Where armed
hosts of brave men be.
Sun-kissed In beauty, fold on fold.
Thy azure with the crimson rolled!
Far. far above Death'."; turn til tide.
rndamue.'. heart nd patriot pride.
The tempest of our uonow Mtilis.
As our unsullied Freedom uirilh!
A brne reun'M heart! A brave man's
tait!
Divinest l.itrriy's best art!
The form beneath the bier may lie
A gallant spirit cannot die!
The God of I'attlcs well doth ke'p
The eoiisierated place of sleep.
Ejrth blossoms where our soldiers rest.
With Freedom's tins above each brea&l!
From star to fed, a rndinnt licht
Throne ev'ry hero's grave to-nlsnt:
While- kingdom's nation, ns one scroll.
Will onward to the cent'riea roll!
Our country's youngest soldier lies
AB!etp benea'l: the bended Pkic!
Droop low. O Pnipps and gloried Stars.
For him Who bore tbee in thy wars!
K. S. L. Thompson.
There died recently, at the age of 48
years th youngest enUted soldier in the
late Civil War." lie tnlisted in the service
at the age of twelve years.
Tlny limp of Lincoln' Itlood.
An intei esting ar.d valuable relic,
which brings vividly to the mind the
historic scene In I-Vrd' theater. Wash
ington, o"n the eve of April 14, 1865, is
owned by Col. James S. Chase, at ono
time a resident of Philadelphia, bu
whose home Is now in Hroo!:!yn.
It Is only a p!ny bill, but upon it is a
discoloration made by a tiny drop of
President Lincoln's blood. It was
picked up just after the tragedy bj
John T. Ford, the manager of the thea
ter. He founl it oi the finer cf th.
box where it had fallen from the
President's hand when the bullet of
Assassin Rooth pierced hi5 bead. It
lay beneath the chair in which the ci'i
r.en hero received his death wound.
There was a tiny spot of blood, still
red and warm as It came from the
great heart of Lincoln, en the edge.
?.tr. Ford, who was also manager of the
HolMday Street theater, Daltlmore, and
the Academy of Music in this cltj-.
carried the precious paper home, and
only parted with it at U12 icquest of
the late A. K. Browne, of Washington,
who was a warm personal friend of the
manager. It came into Mr Browno's
potsesslon while the nation was still
mourning for its idol, an-1 soon after
hW assassin had met justly merited fate
at the hands of Sergeant Boston Cor
nea. The pl-y bill Is somewhat ye!
low from age. but is otherwise in an
cvie-llent stale cf preservation. The
bloodstain is now a dark brown. The
program is "Our American Cousin."
which was being given f:r the benefit
il Iaura Kejne. The bloodstain is
nearly half-way down the program,
ipposltc the names of John Dyott and
Harry Hawk, Miss Kccne's leading sup
port. This relic came into Colonel Case's
possession nineteen j-ears.ago, it hav
ing been bequeathed to him bj- Mr.
Browne, who was his uncle and a well
known Washington lawyer. The bill
is preserved in a large frame, which
ilso contains affidavits in support of
'ts genuineness and authenticltj-. One
nade by Mr. Ford at the solicitation
f Mr. Browne reads:
"I, John T. Ford, on oath say that I
resented Mr. A. K. Browne with a
rogram of the play, 'Our American
ousin,' which I picked up near Presi
ent Lincoln's chair when he was as--.csinated,
and I have every reason to
!icve that the one hereto attached is
'lo identical one.
"John T. Ford."
Teste: D. W. Bliss. M. D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
lis lath day of November, 1879."
"Th. Harris Hodges,
. "Notary Public."
The other affidavit is signed by Mr.
rownc and witnessed also by Dr.
iiss. who attended the late President
-.rficld during his final illness, caused
v Assassin Guitcau's bullet.
Colonel Case prizes dearly this pro
mts momento of Lincoln's death. He
as received many offers to part with
', 1 ut his cne answer his been that
shall be an heirloom of the Cue
milj
There is nn interesting story of late
pars connected with this program. A
hcrt time before the death of Edwin
?coth. an actors' fair was given in New
fork for the benefit of the actors fund.
rtage friend of Colonel Case, who
.r.ew rf his possession, suggested to
he committee having the fair in
barge that the program be secured for
exhibition with other rare programs.
Colonel Case consented, but the daj be
fore the fair opened Broth beeam
aware cf the action of the committee
and made a personal request that the
program be not exhibited. The mem
ber cf the committee to wham Booth
made the request Is authority for the
statement th?t this little incident, done
unthinkinglj. and wlthrut intention of
cauiug him snrrow. h?d the effect of
easting a glocm over thrse friends cf
the great actor who knew oi his aver
sion to pvn a thoazht or consideration
of the desperate and insane act of his
brother.
P.it!illc Iliri.lcnt.
From the Lexington Leader comes a
story of the civil war of a sort to be
always welcome. "i he narrator is Wil
liam Wilkerson, described in the Lead
er as "a man noted for his fidelity to
truth." The scenes described were wit
nessed by him just after the battle of
Richmond, Kentuckj-. in 1SK2.
A son of mj- friend. Cassius M. Clay,
was killed in the fight, and it became
my duty to visit the battle field and
identify the bodj and take it to his
father's home. While riding slowly
over the field I heard groans which I
was sure came from a cornfield near at
hand, and looking down the corn rows
I discovered two wounded soldiers ly
ing about forty yards apart. One was
a Federal, the other a Confederate. A
csnnon ball had broken and terribly
mangled both the Confederate's legs,
IB
Va LeXJ
while the Federal was shot through the j
body and thigh.
"I am dying for water." I heard th
Federal say Just as I discovered them.
His words sounded as if they cam
from a parched mouth.
"I have som'f water in my canteen.
You aro welcome fo drink It if you
come here." said the Confederate, who
hud feebly raised his head from th
ground to look at his late enemr, when
he heard hi pitiful cry for water.
"I couldn't move to save my life
groanOi: the Federal, a he dropped his
head to the ground, while his whole
bcd- quivered with agony.
Then I beheld an act of heroic dero
tiofi which held me spellbound until It
was too isll" for me to give the assist
ance I should hdr rendered. The Con
federate lifted his lieasl again and took
another look at his wounded foe. and
I saw an expression cf tender pity come
over his paln-dietortcd face as he said:
"Hold out a little longer. Yank, and
I'll try to come to you."
Then tho brave fellow, by digging
his flngcr3 ! the ground and hold
ing on to the corn stalks, painfully
dragged himself to the Federal's side,
tbe blood from his mangled legs mak
ing a red trail the entire distance. The
tears ran down my cheeks like rain,
and out of sympathy fur him I groined
every time he moved, but I was lost to
everything except the fellow's heroism;
and did not once think of helping him.
When the painful journey was finished
he offered his canteen to the Federal,
who took it and drank eagerly. Then
with a deep sigh of relief ho reached
out to the Confederate, and It was plain
to see, as they clasped hands and looked
into each other's eyes, that whatever of
hate might have rankled once in tho
hearts of these men had now given
place to mutual sympathy and love.
Even as I watched them I saw tho Con
federate's body quiver as If in a spasm
of pain, and when his head dropped to
the ground I knew that one more hero
had crossed the dark river. Tho Fed
eral kissed the dead man's hand re-peatedlj-,
and cried like a child when
I had him removed to the hospital,
where he, too. died the next day.
An Alien ut West 1'olnt.
The most popular joung fellow in the
class of 1S97. just about to graduate
from the militnrj academy, is not a
citizen of the United States, nor will
he receive a diploma which would com
mission him a second lieutenant in Un
cle Sam's armj-. He will merely re
ceive a certificate from the academic
board setting forth his qualifications as
a student and the fact that he naa
passed tho standard of proficiency re
quired of candidates for the commis
sioned ranks of the army.
This cadet is Francesca Alcantara, a
native of Venezuela, who has been edu
cated at the academy at the expense of
his government. The young man's
father, who died some years ago, was
one of the most patriotic citizens in the
South American republic. He served
as president of the countrj-, was commander-in-chief
of its army, and was
an able statesman and a thorough sol
dier. Before he died he expressed a
desire that his only son should be edu
cated in the United States mllitaiy aca
demj, and congress, at the request of
the Venezuelan government, passed the
necessary resolution admitting him to
the academj-.
"I shall return to my native conn
try," he said, "present the certificate
of my graduation to President Crespo
and receive from him a captain's com-
mission in our army. It will be my
duty to assist in the reorganization of
our little army, and to apply the prac
tical knowledge which I have gained
here in drilling and disciplining the
Venezuelan troops."
History Iteprats Itaelf.
It is curious how history repcas it
self, especially in the unchanin Ha?;.
We read a few weeks ao how the
Circassipn cavalrj-men at I,aris;a
doffed their worn-out things and
donned instead the spic and span new
uniforms which were stored up for th
Greeks. This recalls what happened af
the siege of Troj when on the niht of
the sack of that city, Aenas and a
number of his companions arraj-cd
themselves in the armor of slain
Creeks, and went through the citj-.
dealing death among their enmis
I'nluckilj-, however, thej- were at last
mistaken for Greeks by their own
countrj'men. who plied them vigorous
ly with tiles from the tops of the sur
rounding houses. It does not, however,
necessarily follow that an exchange of
accoutrements such as this leads to
disaster. I -ivy tells us how at the bat
tle of Cunnae the Afri might have easi
ly been taken for Romans, so generally
had thej attired themselves in the ar
mor of Romans who had been killed
at the Trebia or Lake Trasymene. War
is a rough and rcadj- game, and the
transformation is no doubt a fairly
common one.
Slightly Mitk:ii.
Mr. S., on one of his holiday excur
sions, visited Mount Vernon. In ex
ploring the grounds about the tomb of
Washington he came upon a lady of
mature years, who, bathed in tears,
was kneeling before an edifice some
distance from the monument. Think
ing she was in some sort of distress,
Mr. S. offered assistance.
"No, sir, thank j-ou very much; I
am not in trouble, but mj patriotic
feelings overcome me when I gaze up
on the tomb of the Father of his coun
try." "Quie so." Mr. S. replied tendcrlj-.
"I thoroughly understand, but, my dear
madame, j-ou have made a mistake.
This is not the tomb of Washington.
Jt is over yonder. This is the Ice
house." New York Home Journal.
There is but one factory in Japan
where leather shoes are made. The na
tives, except those about the court.wear
sandals of straw and wool
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