The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-22
Nrt,MAR'S HARDLUCK
.. OLD coMRAoE OF M'kINLEy
no" ..s.eo THE INAUGURATION.

an. President, who Tries -
w" u,m-Civl Service Rules Inter- I
bsv .x,a.t. we'll Equipped For the
90" 81, short ON "Boek Lsrnin."
sn,mar is the only surviving
N% ~ ~ President McKinley's regi-
nsu ,hs Twenty third Ohio, who was
mon y. !, washington to SEQ his comrade
NOV .rrsted as president OF the United
ip'ae mt he wrote him letter from
o" down in the southwest corner OF
. .s;,ous apologiains for his absence and
,.;n;us why he could not come. Ful-
i a miner. and since the silver
ma ..s law was repealed has been
',a..n On his luck" like so many men
MA occupation. One Of his neighbors
... him $500 and promised to pay it
w. the lat of February, but neglected to
" az and Fulmar did not have the
'onsy to pay his expenses to Washing
ton. -.
.,h interest as any he has received
.;0ce the Attn of March, particularly be-
..uss il contained some references 70
their army life aud to great occasion
- the history of the regiment, when,
.,ter the battle Of Antietam, the mem
hsrs Of the Twenty third were the only
yan in the army that had coffee and
s.aad 70 eat before they turned in at
.;1ht This was due to the energy and
III of william Mckinley, commissary
..roeant. who hustled the wagons up
.hsad OF every other sergeant In the
..ry;ce. For this, which was something
more than an act Of gallantry, Colonel
Rutherford b. Hayes promoted him 70
.scond lieutenant and gave him his frst
tort in life. Nat Fulmar was with NC
Kinlev ON that occasion and therefore
luew all the facts. 1t gave him as much
Measure to recall them as it did Pres
;dsnt Mckinley to read them in the IL
written but intelligent letter.
The president answered Fulmar VIII
his own hand, regardless OF the oe
mands upon his time and the clamor 0
20 400 Office seekers. He thanked III
oomrade for remembering him, espresso
hi. regret that he had not been able I
come TO the inauguration and asked MI
II he could do anything, personally
of3cially. to promote his comfort an
welfare. III.
Fulmar snapped at this propositio
like trout at fly and wrote back III
mediately asking the president to nay
him appointed customs inspector una
tbe collector at Nogales The pay
that position is $50 month, anu u
drtv is to ride the Mexican bounda
lines day after day and night ait
. pioht ON a mustang, looking out I
smugglers and Chinese immigran
The president Immediately ordered
appointment to be made, but IL turn
ont that that position, like almost ever
thing else. is under the civil sefV
rules, and vacancy, even IL III h'
one. could only be filled by compe
tive examination, which MI. ruin
wonld not attempt. While he knows
that is necessary to know ABOUT piO'p
holes and practical mineralosy anu
tell the time of day by the SUM-
Fulnhr would not be very mucil
home i'm schoolhouse. Ihey nau
examination down there for lnspec'
q not long ago, and the only man OF
the candidates who presented 'h'
selves who was able to pass was u y
cradle schoolteacher who is too Ola
endure exposure and too weak 10 SIT
a horse. The examiners asked the
didates where Cape Finisterre was,
nobody hut the schoolteacher could
swer the question. The rest OF .
were pretty sure that it was now
along the line between Arizona
Mexico. and that Cinnamon ana mt
brandy, which the inspectors nav :
look out for, do not go that way
were asked also the location OF the ;
of Suhda, and to explain the vagarl
the trade winds. The schoolmaster
- some intelligent observations OH
points. but the cowboys ana III
were completely fioorsd' Ihey al.
to detect an illegal Chinese immle
with half an eye half open' anu uy
ing contraband whisky can tel sn'
tillery it comes from, but Oh
"larnin, like Nat Fulmar' 'he'
short. Chicago Record.