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m Wf- " gM n ji" jf m S 8 I 12 i p mv W McKinley Memorial January 29 Day jsp t.ij fe IFABM AND GARDEN m Chi MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGtM- McKialey Memorial Day, January 29, has been generally observed throughout the country with every mark of sorrow and respect which a grateful people could pay to the mem ory of one who had deserved well of them. Serrices were held Sunday in churches of almost every denomina tion, and the fund for the erection of a suitable monument to commemorate the public services and private virtues of the distinguished statesman reached a lgure far in excess of the amount hoped for by the committee which had the work in charge. The details of the dastardly crime at Buffalo, which robbed the American people of a devoted servant, are too mm JSfeiSL I bulletined it to the world. Every one who came from the house was be sought for an expression as to the state of the president. Each succeed ing report was worse than its prede cessor, and the official bulletins were absolutely without hope. Words of consolation to his wife were the last that passed the presi dent's lips, and they came after a-general "good-by" said to the American people, whom he loved so well and of whose manhood be was so fine a type. Those present in the room when the president died were: Dr. Rixey, Abner McKinley, Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Miss Helen McKinley. Miss Mary Barber. Miss Sarah Duncan, Lieutenant James P. McKinley. W. C. Duncan, T. M. Os born. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, Comp troller Charles G. Dawes, Colonel W. C. Brown. Secretary Cortelyou, John Barber. Miss Grace MacKenzie, the cbief nurse, and three orderlies. The president had continued in an unconscious state since 8:30 p. m. Dr. Rixey remained with him until death came. The other doctors were in the room at times, and then repaired to the front room, where their consulta tions had been held. Mrs. McKinley was with, the Presi dent much of the time Friday. Gently as he could. Dr. Rixey told her. of her husband's relapse early in the morn ing. The physicians decided during the night that she should not be awak ened. But with the morning, when hope was all but gone. Dr. Rixey went into Mrs. McKinley's room and told her the truth. Mrs. McKinley. fresh in the public mind to need re capitulation, but an account of the president's last day on earth and the noble and Christian fortitude with which he met his fate, is appropriate at this time. The sorrowful scenes enacted around the house of Mr. Mil barn, president of the Buffalo expo sition, where the president died, ha'c had few parallels in our history. The last day, which ended in despair was begun in hope. The ills that came on Friday afternoon, when the organs of digestion refused to handle the solid food that had been taken earlier in the day, had seemingly been overcome by midnight, and when the new day came it found the president relieved and resting. Hope that had suddenly dropped from the high place which it had held began to revive. The healing of the wounds had progressed favorably, gen eral conditions were in the main sat isfactory, and the immediate future of the case seemed to hold no threat. The physicians who had been in almost constant attendance during the night parted, and the watch in the sickroom was reduced. Suddenly there was a fail ure of the heart, which for several days had been manifesting signs of weakness, and the president sank to ward unconsciousness. This was at 2 o'clock in the morning. There was an Immediate application of restoratives. and a general call was sent to the ab sent physicians and nurses. Digitalis, stichnia and saline solution were ad ministered to the patient, but there was no immediate response to treat ment. The physicians admitted that . he was desperately ill. Secretary Cortelyou decided to send for the relatives and close friends of the president, the vice president and the members of the cabinet. Those within reach were called by telephone or messenger and telegrams were rushed to those who had left the city. The first of the messages went out at 2:30 o'clock and within half an hour the Milburn house began to fill again. The serious condition of the president and the general call sent out gave rise to a general feeling of alarm that was never again allayed. Desperate measures were resorted to in order to stimulate the heart, and the sinking spell was over by 4 o'clock. It was decided to continue the treatment, and the physicians laid their greatest hope on weathering the day. It was agreed that if the wound ed man could be carried for twenty four hours his chances would be very favorable, for the wounds were healing splendidly. It was decided to summon Dr. W. W. Johnston of Washington and Dr. EL G. Jancway of New York. heart specialists, and telegrams were hurriedly sent asking that they come FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE. President Tell Her. "God's Will. Not Oars. Be Done.' ' When, on Friday afternoon, the President asked for his wife, they went to the room across the hall, where she sat with Mrs. McWilliams. She was helped into her husband's room by Mrs. McWilliams. but Mr. McKinley had again fallen into unconsciousness. Aft er waiting a few moments, she obeyed the suggestion of those about, and went back to her room, leaving the doctors free to resume their efforts. And then, one by one. those in the house, the President's brother, Abner, Secretary Root, Secretary Wilson. Sec retary Hitchcock. Mrs. McKinley's sis ters, and the others went into the room of death for the last look. THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON. Crowds on tbe Street Restlen aad Sor row fal All Night The official announcement' was. re ceived at the White. House at 2:35 Sat urday morning. When the news' came that President McKinley had passed away at 2:15 o'clock, the crowds which had been on the streets restlessly' and. sorrowfully awaiting news of- the end had retired for- the night, as had all the government officials, save .a few clerks at the State, .War aad Navy de- partments. Secretary Hay had given. directions what should be done, and Acting Chief Clerk Martin and other employes, as soon as they received official confirmation of the neWs, im mediately sent cablegrams' to all Unit' ed States ambassadors and ministers.' notifying them that President McKin ley was dead, and instructing them so- to inform the governments to which they were accredited. . There were no details in the mes sages nothing but this brief an nouncement and they were identical in language, except in the riames of the persons addressed. The ambassa dors and ministers were expected to communicate the information, in turn, to the United States consular officers within the limits of their posts. In cases of countries like Australia and Canada, where the United States is not represented in a diplomatic capacity, messages of like character were sent to the United States consuls general, who were to repeat them to the con-' suls. The original message' was signed - The. White House flag' was half-mast, ed, but a comparatively recent act of Congress forbade draping public build-. Ihgs with emblems of mourning. President Roosevelt Issued a proc lamation recommending that on the day of burial all people assemble "in their respective places of divine wor ship, there to render alike their trib ute of sorrowful submission-to the will of Almighty God -and of reverence and love for the memory and character of our late chief magistrate." : Secretary Gage, upon being informed of. the death of President McKinley, CULTURISTS. Ce-te-llate Btats Aheat Celtl- f the SeU aad Yields ' HerUealtare. Vltlcmltare aad ITlariealtare. ' 1 .' ammEsMmmvv ' i V '' nmK-aKZ9 V '" I Illv5sz2yr aLJ I-II II i (it fh: r7nimNr dBBBBBBH aBBBjmaBBaoaamfc. ajU MaaaayVmWVTlXr ----- -" -JaTyCVS-.- '.'S. S President of the Pan-American expo sition, at whose residence President McKinley died. He was standing at the right hand of the president when the shots were fired. and requested to make some comment upon the latter's life, said: "It seems like mockery to attempt to eulogize him. No words can carry from one mind to another a proper un derstanding of that unique personality. He himself must be his best interpre ter. His. acts, his utterances, with their indescribable charm, have made him known to .ail Americans. Through these they understand. and appreciate him. In their hearts can be found the love and the gratitude which his unsel fish, untiring and affectionate devo tion to his country justly inspire. If I speak of hiin it must be simply and without exaggeration. In an active life; extending now over a long period, I have met many men of great powers and manifold. graces,. but, after nearly five years of close association with this man,an.d a constant study of. his men tal and moral characteristics, I have come to "regard him,' in the combined qualities which' make -a' man truly great, as the superior of alt the men I have ever known. In his' death our people- arc indeed stricken with . the most grievous Joss." ... - ahrtakag-e of Cera. The Talue of any variety of corn must: be determined by a number of things other than the yield per acre. It has generally been supposed that the relative value of two kinds of corn could be determined at harvest time. Thus, if one variety gave 80 bushels per acre and another 85 bushels it seemed an easy arithmetical problem to determine which corn was the best Old corn raisers, however, know that this does cot prove the case unless the corn is to be sold immediately after harvest The fall weighings of corn and the spring weighings differ enor mously. The difference runs from 6 to 25 per cent of the whole weight1 of corn t harvested. Even greater differ ences have been noted, especially, in prize crops to be harvested at a certain time. In such a case' It was only nat ural that the grower' should plant his corn as Iato as possiblo and have it get sufficiently ripe to harvest at the ap pointed time. In such a case the j corn. Is certain to contain an .unusual amount of water and to weigh the maximum. If that same corn could be seen' about the end of the following March, every kernel on the cobs would be seen standing by itself. The shrink age would then be well up to 35 per cent .In relation to the shrinkage we must consider the size of the cob. The cob in one variety of corn may be 13 per cent of the whole and of another va riety 20 per cent Yet the corn on the larger cob may shrink so little in comparison with the corn on the small er cob that the large-cobbed corn may be 'the most economical to raise. Espe cially may this be so if the corn is to be held over six months or a year. We do not assert that thisjs true as a rule, but it has been found to be so in some cases. What all are aiming to do is to secure or develop a variety of corn that will have a small cob and that will shrink little in thoroughly dry ing. It has seemed to the writer that prizes awarded for acre yields of corn should be for total weight of dry mat ter. The shrinkage of corn in drying and the variableness of such shrink ing constitute a very large problem as to tbe real yields of -corn grown under stimulation if money-prize awards. It will also be understood that the farmer that has corn to sell in the fa!i can afford to let it go at several cents less per bushel than he can get for it six months after. the nutter with my ducks? I had ifty Pekin ducks. They were all right la the summer. About one month ago they began to give out In their legs. Their wings droop and they cannot walk. They eat all right but after a time they die. I have lost five and think that another will die. The last one that died had some fever and a low quack. I have fed mostly corn, but am feeding bran and beef meal in the morning and corn at night I keep the ducks in part of the hen house, on the ground floor. Fred King. Lake ' County, Illinois. - Will some of our duck raisers throw some light on the problem? We believe the trouble was 'due to the excessive feed-' ing of corn, and now that the feed has been changed the trouble should disappear. Glgaatle Ask Beetle. The beetle here shown is probably the largest beetle in this country, measuring two and a half inches in length In mature specimens.. Some are. even larger. It attacks ash trees, and can be checked by spraying with Paris green. Another method is to Jar the trees, causing the' beetles to fall,, when-they may be destroyed sing ly. The thorax and wing covers are of a pale olive-brown, spotted with Mack, the legs are shining black. These insects are quite easily kept1 in check, from the fact that they seldom AAAAAAAA. AA.AA.AAAAAAAAA.AVA.A.AAAA.A.. ..-.- I Campfire Sketches ' vl ma""'' - a arnThL a s- na amnamnLmV mr J 4mmVnaF ' 'mnamnwamm Baaaaasaaaaasaav aT nKnnnnn'nnCJaiBnnfBt si The Late President KcKlaley. Grace MacKenzie. The Philadelphia nurse who attended the president .at once. Before dawn a dozen of the relatives and friends of the president arrived at the Milburn house. They assembled in the drawing-room, where they waited for tidings from the sick room. The physicians assur ed them that the president had a fighting ohance for his life and all day they clung to the hope that in the end victory would be his. Hundreds of visitors came during the morning, and if the police had not kept the streets clear and barred en trance to Delaware avenue, there would have been thousands. Senator Hanna came from Cleveland by spe cial train. Other friends arrived by regular trains, and all through the day they came in increasing numbers. Their regret and sympathy were pro fonnd. The day developed but little encouragement for them, however. Daring the forenoon the president made a slight gain, and held it well into the. afternoon. His physicians aaaoaaced that they had given him noarUhment and it was thought that possibly there was a chance for a fur ther gain of strength. It was known, however, that he was in a very seri oaa state, and every interest centered in the sick room, where the struggle was in progress. Suddenly, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, there was a repetition of the heart attack; aad ia the presence of the stricken knew that the end was at hand. kaowlsage soon spread to the , aai the waiting newspaper Each looked at the form on the bed; some went no further than the door wayand turned away. The sight of that brave face looking so like death caused them to weep. Not one per son, man or woman, who came back downstairs but was weeping, and some of the men were sobbing almost hys terically. About S o'clock Mr. McKinley recov ered consciousness, and again whis pered Mrs. McKinley's name. Once more they led her in and placed her in a chair beside the lied. They saw that he was conscious, and turned away. "It's the last flickering of the lamp be fore light goes out," whispered Dr. Mc Burney. Mrs. McKinley took her husband's hand. His eyes onened. He snokp sev eral sentences. Those near caught only one: "Good-by. good-by. It is God's will; let his will, not ours, be done." It was a long leave taking, and, final ly, they carried her half-fainting to her room. News of what was happening went down stairs and out into the' street. It was received everywhere with tears. "They are saying good-by to each other," people whispered in the streets, all along the crowded blocks near the house. Every one was thinking of what the life of these two had been, of the intense, beautiful devotion each to the other, of what a tender, chivalrous lover-husband he was. It was impossible to think of this and then of the scene in that room upon which the thoughts of the whole world were centered, without feeling the eyes grow hot under the lids and a lump come into the throat In that room it was, for the moment, not the head of the mightiest nation on earth who was dying, it was a husband and lover standing by the dark river and giving the last look of love to that sad. lonely, invalid woman, to whom his smile and cheerful words were lit erally the breath of life. by Secretary Hay, Mr. Babcock, Ms private secretary, having taken it from the State department to the secretary's home for that purpose. This was all that the Department of State could do at once. As soon as possible it issued a proclamation an nouncing the President's demise to the United States -and the world at large and directing the closing of the execu tive departments and navy yards and. army posts as a mark of mourning. The. clerks on duty at once notified all" their chiefs of the death. Arrangements had been made by which Secretary Hay met acting Secre tary of War Gillespie and Acting Sec retary ot the Navy Hackctt in the State Department for the purpose of promulgating the necessary orders of the three departments. The order of the War Department had been pre pared. It was drafted on lines similar to that issued when President Garfield was stricken. The order was addressed, to all division and department com manders in the United States, the Philippines. Cuba. Porto Rico, and Alaska, and announced the death of President McKinley and directed that all work be suspended for the day, all flags to be at half-staff, "and that thir teen guns be fired in the morning and one at intervals of half an hour, and forty-five guns at sunset. A similar order was issued by the Navy Department A guard of honor consisting of high officers of the army and navy was named at once to escort the remains of the dead President to Washington and to the place of inter ment. The White House promptly sent the official announcement it had received of the death to Secretaries Hay and Gage, the only cabinet members in town, and also notified the commis sioners of the District of Columbia. The White House was closed until after the funeral. PRESIDENT M'KIN LEY'S CAREER laeldeats la the Life of the Dead Soldier aad StatrsBua. The following is' a history of the late President's fife: Jan". 20. 1843 Bom at Niles, Trum buil1 CountyOhio.' Jan.' '29,' I860 Entered Allegheny Coliege, Meadville, Pa.- June 11. 1861 Enlisted as private. Company E. Twenty-third Ohio Volun teer Infantry. Sept. 24, 1862 Promoted from Com missary Sergeant to Second Lieutenant for bravery at battles of South Moun tain and Antietam. Feb. y. 1863 Commissioned First Lieutenant. July 25, 1864 Promoted Captain, battle of Kernstown. .. March 14, 1865 Brevetted Major by President Lincoln for gallant service. July 26, 1865 Mustered out of service. . March, 1867 Admitted to the bar at Warren, Ohio, after studying law at Albany. N. Y. March, 186& Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Stark County, Ohio. , November, 1876 Elected to Con gress. '..- November. 1883-rRerelected to Con gress, for the seventh time. Jan. 11. 1.892 Inaugurated Governor of Ohio.' . . Nov. 3, 1896 Elected President of the United States. . June 21'. 1900 Renominated for President- Nov. .'1900 Re-elected President of the- United States. - - ' - . . March-4, 1901 Inaugurated. Assassinated Sept 6, 1901. Died Sept 14. 1901. McKlaley Press Ceaasseat. A press clipping bureau in New York has completed a collection of newspa per clippings 'for Senator M. A. Hanna covering everything printed in the edi torial columns of the press of the United States and England relating to the death of William McKinley. No king or uncrowned ruler ever received so many attributes of love and esteem, not only from the press .of,, his own country, but from all over'tne world. This remarkable collection covers 12, 000 editorial comments on the death of the late President, and is mounted on heavy gray card board and bound in four volumes, in full morocco. Sew Railroads Ballt la l9Bt. During the year 1901 there have been 5,057 miles of new railroad built Texas leads, with a mileage of 584, Georgia next, with 203 miles. In Louisiana. 161 miles were built, but in the Indian Territory 157. Orchard PIaatlae From the Farmers' Review: One of the questions often asked and as often answered is: When shall I plant my orcLard and .what varieties are most profitable? My method of planting trees is simple and .has always proved to be good. My advice to the would be orchardist is: don't plant your trees too early in the spring when the ground is wet and cold. Wait instead until corn planting time. The roots of your trees will need pruning with a sharp knife. All broken and split roots should be cut off, leaving them. however, a.z long as possible. Then cut back the top and limbs in propor tion to the root pruning. When your tree is ready for setting put it into a grout hole (a hole filled with thin mud and water). Leave it in the grout hole for three to twelve hours, according to the dryness of the roots and weather. This well done is the life of the tree. The next step is to have your orchard well plowed and the distance between rows marked off. Then dig a hole for each tree large enough so that the roots will not be cramped; fill in fine dirt around the roots, tramp it down lightly, then add more and tramp again, and so on un til the tree stands perfectly solid. I usually put the largest root to the southwest to hold the tree straight Apple trees should always be planted the same depth that they stood in the nursery. Now we come to the sticking point what to plant If I were going to plant an orchard of one hundred trees I would set 75 Ben Davis, 5 Stark. 5 Jonathan, 5 Newtown Peppin, 5 Grimes Golden, 1 Snow, 1 Dyer, 2 White Ram bo, and 1 Early Harvest This would give the earliest and best fall ap ples, the finest flavored early winter fruit and the ever-bearing money maker, the Ben Davis. It has more good qualities than any other apple in cultivation, and you cannot go wrong on it though you may on some other varieties. .1 have two orchards and about thirty varieties and the Ben uavis yields more money than any other variety 2 to.l. I will not give any figures in this article, but if It is attacked by some one who "has it in" for the beautiful red-cheeked Ben Davis, with trunk like an oak and branches as tough a6 a hickory, its roots.reacbing in every direction, hunt ing for the moisture with which to feed its luscious fruit, that smiles on and gladdens' the heart of the man who planted it near his cot, I will come again and show that the Ben Davis is king. A. T. Doerr, Montgomery Coun ty, Illinois. Drf- Htmt. After appear in very large numbers. They give off a very offensive odor, which is very noticeable when there are a num ber of them in a locality. FroSt la Vll alaTanBBg jjjiQim91KBKS?S& J BmTafy i(f3l'P J ammmmmmmmmastanB--s9BmQBammassaL mPStTmmKBtt tnmmmmaammmVPwfT aw ,Baa , - aa-i .-J - " HjnmmVammalBma5Sanmmmmmmmmm5dBw BBtnmmaaaaBM " 4V tUHmtaBw vS California's Ratals Jadaatry. The average annual consumption of raisins in the United States for the past five years has been about 80,000. 000 pounds, or not far from one pound per capita of population. Practically the total supply was produced in this country. In England the average an nual consumption is upwards of five pounds per capita, and the total uupply is imported from southern Europe. As we had no native grapes suitable for the production of raisins, varieties of raisin grapes Had to be imported from Spain twenty-five years ago, but the industry did not reach commercial im portance until 1885-86. Production that year amounted to 9,400,000 pounds against 3,500,000 pounds the previous year, and imports declined about 13, 000,000 pounds. The industry increased rapidly until the high mark was reached in 1895 with a production of 103.000,000 pounds, and that same year imports fell to 15,921,278 pounds. Since that time the production of raisins in California has declined, but this, It is claimed, has been due to adverse cli matic conditions and not to any de crease of interest in the industry. Pro duction, however, has been almost equal to the demand, and, although im ports have not wholly ceased, they are practically' offset by exports of Cali fornia raisins, which are now sent in small and, it may be said, experimental quantities to all parts of the world. -- Hogs. Mr. John Cowie of Des Moines. Iowa, in a paper read before the Kan sas State Board of Agriculture, gave the results of forty years' experience as a hog-raiser.' It contained much valuable instruction, from which we glean the following: "I have' been, in the hog industry for the average human life time. I went into the ousiness to make money, and I have made it and out of the hog. I have stayed in-the hog busi ness because there was money in it I started with a pair at $1.25 apiece. I afterward sold hogs dressed at 81.75 per hundred pounds. But I got away fiom that style of hog. "Years after that first experience, I stood in the Chicago market and had the proud satisfaction of selling four carloads of hogs of my own raising, every one of them, and received for them 5,375. When that check was cashed there was not a mortgage left on the home, and there has not been one on it since. You see I owe to the hog the greater part of my worldly possessions. For twenty years my an nual sales averaged over $3,000. When the children grew up and had to be sent away to school, and when the wheat crop failed, as it does sometimes with us in Iowa, my main reliance to foot the bills was the hog, and he never yet failed me. "I wish to speak to you plainly in regard' to breeding and feeding hogs in the manner that has been most profitable to me. What I say in re gard to this animal is not theory, but is personal experience, at close range. "The first requirement in the hog in dustry is a good hog house. There is too much risk from loss unless you have proper shelter for both brood sows and young hogs. "Another important thing is the pas ture. "All the leading breeds are good enough for me. "I never lose a sow in farrowing not one. "You are no hog man unless you are on good terms with your sows. It requires brains to make good hogs. "I have my pigs come along in May. after we. are sure of good weather. Then I let them run in the pasture the whole summer, and they grow to be long. lank, big-boned and big-muscled fellows. No fat on them yet The following September we commence fattening them. In February they weigh 400 lbs. "There is nothing tha. will fatten hogs better than ear corn and water. "With shoats It is entirely different Oats and shorts makes an ideal feed for young shoats. "The hog is the cleanest domestic animal we have, if properly cared for. "I never had hog cholera on my farm, but they bad it all around me of late years. "After I have my hogs fattened. I would not drive them to market, but haul them. Then I would have my cars well bedded; ride with them my self; go with them to Chicago; stay with them in the yards, water, feed and stay by them until they cross the scales. 6tay right with them. "There Is money In the hog business if it is properly conducted. There is no money in it if it is .ot properly conducted. There is no reason why science cannot be employed in feed ing hogs any more than in tbe con struction of a railway bridge. You have to think. You have to experi ment Every men is the architect ol his own fortune. Let him get up and hustle, and do some thinking, get ac tion on himself, and lucu will follow him. "I have made a success in swine raising. True, too, I have fed cat tle all my life, and raised horses all my life. We used to raise a great deal of wheat I lost money raising wheat but I never lost money raising hogs nevr did. The hog has always been the one I could fall back on." I du not hold with war myself,-1 think it's bad an' wrong. An' would not prod my frens to strife wi' flery speech an' song, I'd sooner see 'em till the soil, an' sow, an' reap, an' build. An' 'die o' sometbin' nat'ral, 'stead uv goin an' gettin" killed; ' Butef my country does git roused, 1 plunges inter sin, An' don't care whut she's fightin for I want to see her win! It isn't sackly whut you'd call a real angelic plan, But man is not an angel an' he won't be while he's man! Some like to sing them pooty songs uv victory an deth. But while yer hands air full uv work ye'd better save yer breth; The poits keep on gettin' up, afore the flghtin's thru. Tew strut an' flap their wings an whoop a cock-a-doodle-do! But let us hev some peace, says I, un til we've licked the foe, An' when there's nothin else to du, the time bes come to crow. I stud out ded agin the war, but once it wus begun I thrilled tew read each gallant deed my countrymen hed done; An' now. I git tbet warm within tew see the en'niy scoot. I itch tew take a gun myself an' go an' hev a shoot! There's other peaceful men like me re- , prove my wrath an' frown. But when my country's dander's up, mine won't keep lyin' down. Es long es airth is' simply airth, an men ain't more than men. It seems tew me there's bound to be some fightin' now an then. Fer whut is wrong er right depends upon yer point uv view. The en'my's alwis quite convinced he's just as right as you; An' so, in sech a sinful world, there ain't no kind ov doubt Ye've got tew fight fer what you want, or want an' go without! It isn't zackly whut you'd call a real angelic plan. But man is not an angel an he won't be while he's man! r. Hosea, Jr. which famished as maay Coalsaerates as they did Uakm soldiers. There never, a sign of a daabt hi tha of Capt Paul as to where -.hia lot would be cast whea tha' war came; hat Lieut Stivers, his son-in-law. aalte'a young man. thought of his old home in Kentucky, of the many associates wha would follow the fortaaea of the south, aad had some misgivings, or. perhaps I should say. was greatly perplexed aad asked the counsel of his captain. All that Capt. Paul said was. "Come with me." They walked out upon the parade ground, aad as the fresh breese dis played the flag of the' nation, the older man removed his cap aad polated to the Stars aad Stripes. Not a word was said by either. The two mea then re turned to their quarters. "From that moment.'; said Lieut. Stivers. In speak ing of the Incident, "there was no room for doubt In my mind or in my heart as to what my duty was." Maj. J. A. Watrous, U. S. A., in Los Angelas Times. His Two nags. Any narrow-minded native of this country who may flatter himself that good Americans, like poets, are born and not made, will be speedily cured of this illusion by reading "The Making of an American," by Mr. Jacob Riis that Danish-born fellow countryman of ours whom President Roosevelt, when, as governor, he wrote him a passport, officially declared to be "on the whole the most valuable citizen in New York. Mr. Riis loves the Danish flag, al though never but once, he admits, has he had the opportunity to show his affection by deeds. "That was when, in a typhus epidemic." he says, "I found the health officers using it-as a fever flag to warn boats away from the emergency hospital pier. They had no idea what flag it was; they just hap pened to have it on hand; but they found out quickly. I gave them half an hour in which to find another. The hospital was full of very sick patients, or I would have made them fire a ?ak'te to old Dannebrog by way of reparation. As it was, I think they had visions of ironclads in the East river! They had one of a very angry reporter, anyhow." That was well done; nevertheless, the defender of the flag of Denmark owes the deepest alle giance of his heart to another banner, and he teils us how he came to recog nize that he does so. Visiting his old home, he fell sick in Elsinore, and lay long in depressing apathy of mind and body in a bed which overlooked the sparkling waters of the beautiful Oer Sund. "I lay moodily picking at the coverlet, sick and discouraged and sore I hardly Knew wny myseir. All at once there sailed past, close inshore, a ship flying at the top the flag of free dom, blown out in the breeze till every star in it showed bright and clear. That moment I knew! Gone were ill ness, discouragement and gloom. For gotten weakness and suffering, the cau tions of doctor and nurse. I sat up in bed and shouted. laughed out and cried by turns, waving my handkerchief to the flag out there. They thought I had lost my bead, but 1 told them I had found it. and my heart, too. at last. I knew then that it was my flag: that my children's home was mine indeed; that I also had become an American in truth. And I thanked God. and. like unto the man sick with the palsy, arose from my bed and went home, healed." Youth's Companion. Nest BelsMsr access Stadeet Atlanta University recently enrolled among its students a soldier with a background of more than twelve years of military experience, and In his pos session a medal awarded him by the United States government for valor ia Indian fighting on the frontier. For more than eight years he served as a private ia the ranks of the regular armx.an4.on the Tsealnnlng.ef the war witbrspain was transferred to the vol unteer service and made a sergeant In the Twenty-fifth infantry, which was ordered to Cuba. His regiment took part in the battle of El Caaey. render ing gallant service, and later partici pated in the battle of Santiago, during which It was in the hottest of the fight ing. In June. 1899. his regiment was one of those ordered to the Philippines, and on the Island of Luson saw active service almost continuously. During this period he was promoted to a sec ond lieutenancy, and served in that ca pacity until his regiment was mus tered out about a year ago. Feeling his educational defects very keenly and being ambitions of further advance ment he returned to his native state and began to cast about for a school where members of bis race might profit by the advantages of a first-class education, his final choice being Atlan ta University. His years of military discipline stand him in good stead ia his college life and enable him to con form to the necessary rules and regula tions with a good grace. In general bearing, correct habits and unswerving application he furnishes an admirable example to his more youthful compan ions. It will be Interesting to follow the later career of this plucky negro, who. having achieved so much in the stress and strain of actual lire without -any book learning to speak of, now seeks to fit himself for further useful ness by the aid of knowledge such as Atlanta University offers to him and other exceptional ones of his race. New York Press. Link That Bind Old to w. The links that bind the old to the new days afford almost exhaust less ma terial for good stories. Let me give a story as partial proof of the assertion: While in conversation with Captain Charles P. Stivers, chief commissary of the Department of the Yisayas, Philip pine Islands, he incidentally spoke of his grandfather as having been seri ously wounded at Gettysburg, a wound which resulted in total blindness. Re calling t general, an officer of the First A Tale af a "Reekie." In the mess chest of a certain New York regiment, wherein are stored all the tales of military prowess as well as humor belonging to the regiment, there is treasured a tale which is re peated at each annual camp; and yet. despite its currency in the regiment it is seldom told outside. The incident which gave rise to the story occurred in the regiment's service in a camp In the late war. One night a certain "rookie" even greener than the ordi nary recruit was placed on guard at a point far removed from the guard house. As rumors of Spanish spies . were abroad, the need of the greatest vigilnni-e was impressed upon the sen tries. On this particular night all went well until about 2 o'clock, when the "rookie" suddenly began to call loudly for the corporal of the guard. With visions of Spanish spic chasing them sels through his sleepy head, the cor poral of the guard hastily seized his gun and started for the scene of the trouble. It was a good. mile, and when at last the corporal came up. puffing and panting from his run, he found the sentry placidly leaning against a tree. "Well." he said excitedly, "what Is it what is it?" "Nothing now." said the sentry, de liberately. "Well, what in was it?" de- . manded the angry corporal. "Oh. nothing much." replied the V "rookie." with a deprecatory shrug. ; "There was a man here, but he couldn't ; . wait." New York Tribune. Rallets That Met ia Mid-Air. A war relic of almost priceless -va lit, one of three known to be in existence, is in the hands of a Salt Laker., a re- . cent arrival from Washington. 'W. II. ' Copp. of 74 East 0Third South street, says the Salt Lake City Herald. The -relic is an irregular mass of lead, com- " prising two bullets that met in mid-air . at the battle of Fisher's Hill and were welded together by the force of the im pact. Mr. Copp asserts that only two others have ever been placed on exhl- . bition and that they are in the museum . in Washington. The unique souvenir from old Virginia is one of a number ' Army Corps whom I knew, and who re ceived such an injury at Gettysburg. I of rHcs tormina; a. stranm r.Mn asked Capt. Stivers if his grandfather The grimy old bullets, parts of shells. bayonets and other pharaphrnalia of war were dug up on tbe field by Copp. who was raised on the battlefield, where bis father's home stood, midway between the Union and Confederate lines. Copp. Sr.. was a Unioa sympa thizer, forced into service by the Con federates, and saw his own home swept by the fchells from the Confederate guns. The present Salt Laker earned spending money when a boy by col lecting the relics and selling them for junk. The two bullets welded together by contact retain their original shape in part, although the ends that met are flattened out. making a surface larger than a silver quarter. PRxaiL V1E. ?f .15? S500.000 M'KINLEY MEMORIAL AT CANTON. m annmt Is to Urn ZrecM oa ta. Tea ef th. SOU Aber th Kaadway aklxifat tha Hin Treshls with Hacks. From the Farmers' Review: The engineer of a north-bound Southern Pacific overland train over looked his orders, not long ago, and crashed into a south-bound train, witb the result that three men were killed about forty persons injured and prop erty worth $40,000 destroyed, besides tying up the the traffic of the road for many hours. The love of borne is the beginning of true patriotism. Ram's Horn. Most of us make our incomes go sc far that we never sec them again. What is The Visland-Bolmen Railway, in Sweden, has made a satisfactory test of dried peat as fuel for locomotives without changing the Arched. was General Gabriel K. Paul. "He was." Thereupon the chief commis sary and the chief paymaster liecame better acquainted, for the latter had served with Gen. 1'aul and was always one of his warm admirers. The good soldiership, fin- generalship and sturdy manhood of Gen. Paul, together with the superior military record of Capt. Stivers' father, were the prime causes, which led to the younger man's sol diership. As soon as he was old enough he sought and received an appointment lo.West Point, graduated and served ten years, when an emergency required his resignation. Immediately upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he offered his services and was ap pointed a captain. When tbe first vol- UMter army was mustered out he ap plied for a position in the volunteer forces to he sent to the Philippines. He was commissioned major after serv ing a few months as captain. Just be fore his term in the volunteer regiment ' expired he returned as captain to the regular army, in the commissary de partment. So much for this Capt. Stiv ers. Now we will speak of hi grand- 1 father. Gen. Paul, a grand soldier, who won distinction, and his father, an other model soldier, who had an ex perience somewhat different from that of any other army officer of the old days. The regiment to which Capt Paul and' Lieut. Stivers belonged at the outbreak of the civil war was sta tioned in Texas. Both of these officers were from border states. Paul from Missouri and Stivers from Kentucky. Bsjead Classl Beat lea. The dodo will bite, tbe warm will turn. At one fashionable boarding house a young lady who daily ate hash with tbe other guests required quite a reputation for odd table manners. They were unique. She would haul any dish she fancied up to her place and eat it. regardless of the ugly" glances of the others. They might cry out. "Help, help. help, or help wanted." despairingly, hut they never got it. One morning at breakfast her mamma saw 'a stern look of disapproval- on the face of a new boarder a swell young sua. "Mr. Highton ' she began suavely, "I trust you will pardon my daughter's bad maaners." "Bad maaaers," exclaimed tha indig nant aaaa. "why ana haaa't aay man ners at aUt" iddsvUte Ttsssa. v -
