The morning news., 1896-12-28
ONE PAPER COLLAR 1925.
The Major Preferred a HandiSer-
chief, But 1t Was beyond His Pile.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Louisville, Ky, Dec. 2S.-Maj. David w.
Sanders, a conspicuous member of the To-
cal bar. deeply regrets the failure of Nc
Kinley to carry Kentucky by large plu-
rality. He bet $1,000 that Bryan would
lose the state by 1900 votes. AS he always
had been a states rights, free trade DEM
ocrat, the position he took in the cam
paign greatly astonished some of his old
friends, and one man ventured to say the
other night that he did not see how an eX-
confederate soldier could support dyed
in-the-wool republican for President.
TITS because | was confederate that
I did So" rejoined the major quickly
'and 1 wonder that all other ex-confeder-
ates did not do likewise. Let me tell you
a little incident of the war, sir, that ought
to teach any intelligent man the worth
lessnesS and danger of fiat money 1t was
in 1864, and while we were taking short
rest after a hard campaign. ! happened
to go by the suffers one afternoon, and
there saw something which particularly
struck my fancy. 1t wasn't much-only
a common linen handkerchlet-but had
been without handkerchief for year or
two then. When ] saw that little rag or
cloth il came over me suddenly tnat was
a gentleman born and bred and that every
gentleman ought to have. handkerchief.
/ determined that l would not be so care
less any longer; but before priced the
article / coveted. 1t occurred 70 me that
I didn't have a cent. However, that didn
matter very much, for hadn't drawn any
nav for two or three years, ana as L was
q major that amounted to pretty tidy
sum. Besides, knew that the paymaster
had lust received a big supply OF conIed-
crate money | went to him and demand-
ed some He tried to refuse. What 90
YOU want with it, Dave?' he said In an M
jured way. You don't need money. II
YOU did. YOU would have been after It De-
fore now, and l know you haven't Dothef-
ed me for a year.
II told him rather hotly that 1t was none
of his businessi that | was an ofhcer OF
the confederate states of America; that
7 needed the cash, and / was bound TO
have il. | was so fierce that at last ne
yielded enough to pay me 5000, ABOUT TWO
months salary 1t was confederate money
and / knew it wasn't worth much. out II
had been so long since had tested IT'S pur-
chasing power that was not pfepdreu Loi
what followed.
"T went to the sutler the next day and
asked for the handkerchief. What do you
think the scoundrel asked me for II? just
$3.50 and he wouldn't hear to making
Reduction below 500. / called him Shy
lock an extortionef a robber, but 1t did
no good The handkerchief remained S2O0
above my pile. Finding / couldn't get 1t
turned my attention to the other things
he had in stock, as | was determined 10
cut a splurge In camp il money would do
II There was nothing that scoundrelly SUIT
Ter had in his stock that could buy but
shop-worn paper collar, for which ne de-
manded $125 Well, had to pay 1t, and 1t
scratched my neck so that 1t was sore for
days after / wore 1t.
''That's the reason am a sound-money
man. sir; and think every other conted-
crate soldier ought to be so, too"