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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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