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and wet with blood but triumphant, from
a battlefield which was strewn with the
corpses Of rner who had died 10 defend 1t.
But nowhere has II seemed 20 me more
touching and lmpres-lvely used than In
hcmsIy iIttIes@ccne of which / happened TO
b. a witness during the civil war.
In August 1853 / was going from West
Virginia 10 Philadelphia through Pennsyl-
vania TIE south-bound trains that sum-
naer were heavily loaded with troops and
provisions for she army. BAT gssng hack
TREY carried few passengers.
A. Ptf;sburE when the train rolled into
the station, great, silent crowd waited
for 81. A splendid funeral car stood in tho
background. surrounded by troops. and the
street was filed by long llDe Of closed
carriages. 4 volunteer officer IN the Union
army. who had been man OF influence and
high position IN pisisburg. had been killed
in the las: battle. and now his native city
rslourrae<i him and did him honor.
TIE coffin, rich Ia decorations and COW
cred with flowers. was reverently borne
from the car. The troops presented arms
The standards. drapea with black. were
lowered. and The air was filled with the
solemn music OF funeral marches
After short delay the train rolled on
Late tia: at.sroooa It stopped st 4 Ettsa
A - 49, 20
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farther down the mountain and taking din
ne~ with him. He lived in weil-kspS
cabin with his daughter. and after dinner
we sat in the shade of tree in the yard
and he told me about himself.
Air you married. he asked. after ne
told mo he was a widower.
mo. bat hope 70 De some day" i an
swereSi, quite sincerely.
.eYau ought 10 be; every man ought 10
~. q man that ain't amt shown 4 Tisn.
feolln' torl what the Lords done fer him
thar aln't no:hin' on the face NV God 3
green earth that is a patchin 10 a woman.
T don't keer what kind she is
you're hale ard hearty yet" / said.
"and / don't see why you doat take some
OF yoar OWL advics.
.spos9't CROWD the mourners. mister" he
said waving bis hard as II wariing of my
attack Don't You crowd the rnourners
I'm aggertn' on seyrei this very minute.
and I amt quite shore yit which one IA
pick. I've been married four times. and
every time my notions NV women has got
SO much higher that I'll be derued ef I
don't kinder look foTrerd 70 Tosfn' wife
list fer the satisfaction NV giftin' another
one"
The idea Was so entirely new that Eas
aiEeeMe b, sn1Wssalpgto3 S.aS.
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station among the Allegheny n,ourrains.
Inc station house was bat a rough she'd. a
Pig was roofing under the platform. In the
background was e ssaualid cabin II, a potato
patch The whole landscape spoke OF bar
renness ard helpless poverty.
Standing on the platform was a woman a
poor country girl She were an old patched
gown that chung iinpy TO her tain body
ana calico sslnhoanet which she had
thrown back thar she might better watch
the train. A little harefootea boy chung TO
her. but she Cid not heed hira- Her faea
was pinched and hiooi.ess She leaned ror-
ward. staring with childish. dilated ewes
INTO each car as Il passed
There was a grating sound as The train
men dragged rough pine box from the
freight car and laid Ii on the platform
ihe woman went UP to Il. and without a
word or tear. dropped down ana cIasnsd
ner arms about e. There was not a man
on the train who did not uncover his head
out she saw nothing OF the many strange
plying eyes fixed on her
Her boy came to her. crying. Where Is
papa You said he world come"
she uld not hear or answer; only elas,si
the box closer
The tragedy was so saualid. 20 homeless
that the oniookers saw only its cruelty.
Why should this poor farm boy be struck
down. and this helpless wife and her child
ne ieft to struggle and 10 suffer- Why need
there be this waste Of human nfeg Just
then man ran out OF the station CARRYING
taftered old flag. and spread it proudly
over the box.
And at the touch Of it IL seemed TO us
VINO watched as If our country laid her
hand on the poor coffin ard said:
This IS my son. He died for me. Paw
reverence TO him.
The train steamed slowly away. The set
ing sun threw its low light over the lonely
group on the piatforni--the woman and her
chlid and her dead-but the flag ennoblei
this poor martyrdom. Never in the fri
umphs of peace or fury of battle did II az
press with more emphasis the majesty Of
our country than when IL claimed the poor
volunteer as It's son. one of the heroes to
he honcred for all ttme.-Youths Conn
panion.
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.;on of an army OF ants; the signamah
nnIas nm his blanke. by each corner, mean
inc attention, then. wig-wagging MS ban
let he says: 1.-The enemy Is d!scoVefeu
oa strong" Al last he holds up MS Dian
ket as n sign for the warriors 70 disperse,
and they at once melt ih'o the esith i'ho
falling snow in lake.
A,o.har sienalman, on a distant hill over
,ookine- the village FISHES the news with
n small mirror 10 the old men. war women
and wives, not forgetting. however. to hasa
I, on the tepee Of his sweetheart. who sud-
DENLY finds IL imperative Ia go for tircwood
In the direction o. the weifknown Hash.
Two straight lines Of blue smoke going up
ward indicate a victory two being the IT.
dian lucky number, or. maybe. at night a
terderfoot notices some falling stars in
uairs Burning arrows" said our guide
The Sioux do not use them. however They
saw MANY arefiies In the cool October
air Indian Are talk" SAYS our guide
The etgraiman. 81 seems. has bianseief
himself So that a small hole IS left facing
his friends Inside The Blanket tent he
strikes a flint and steel giving tae numeri-
cal details Of the battle.
Along tire red rspeclay beds and the bluffs
o, the Big Muddy river strange sketches Of
,amahawks and broken pipes. drawn with
the points Of knives IN thu soft au3 piiable
clay. APPEAR at intervals. letting us know
thar war ia on. Suddenly coming upon
village. we find taat fhe bucks have Re-
turned In the niEht very quietly. the II
dian method az admitting an oyevwh eIullng
defeat Indians observe nature very close
~: more perhaps than any other people
Especially peculiar was i Chippewa's com
nents who visited London and Paris Ear
me Quesn he showed The deepest respect.
for the gay pzrisiAns he Say: so many
children widout fa8ers. and 50 many vo-
men with little dogs tied 20 a string" In
sTeAstnG OF the mirror signals h. said.
Surprising a few % rs we're az a tax -
tho lodge. We cot hungry: one Sas7 So
And-so had 3leuty % cat. 20 - his te.uee.
ard hat thas il m.cbt bo wei 70 cg.ak
something. ard when all is done % OUT
! s.se and aasa TO each ts.and hat it Is
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-AIK about strange bed follows IN
politics. Governor-elect Theodore
Roosevelt has a few experiences
TO relate Of unknown acquala,an-
ces in a snow storm. says a writer
IN the New York Press The colonel
was tied up. Isolated. naarooned Tor thirteen
hours near New London in the worst CT
the storm. with the merriest lot * COM
panions that could joke at misfortune :.
ever was his luck 70 see.
In the same snow-hound train were De
Wolf Hopper and his company. Maude
Adams and the lesser lights of THE Little
Minister" and a dozen sparkling vaude-
Williams and several sketch artists from
Weber & Fields. The colonel did not
know they were on the train when IL pulled
out OF Boston. but he heard all about it
afserward
The Shore Line train left Boston at IL
p. m and the governor-e'ect. who had been
called for the third time to that city 10
lecture and show just what sort Of a gen.
tleman New York had selected over the
candidate of the greatest machine ever in
vented. was wearied and at once retired TO
his berth, lower 6. center Of the car. He
had bunked in more crampei quarters than
a Pullman berth. and only tucked the COW
ers closer as the storm grew with the prog
ress OF the train.
stalled Tor thirteen Hours.
1t was slow. with intervals OF sudden
stops that seemed hours TO the fieeting mo-
ments II moved. Bat the colonel slept on
Then there was JOLT a grinding of wheels.
then stiffness as the train settled back
into the SNOW. A chorus OF protests made
to everybody in general. or somebody who
would listen, arose from the other berths.
and the governor awoke 10 a realization
that the comparatively empty car he had
entered was filled with girls. with stray
man here and there. of whom he was one.
Breathing on the double window pane, the
colonel pressed warm palm 70 the spot
and held it there until the frost melted so
that he could see out. He saw out well
enough but that was all he did see except
snow, snow and snow. miles upon miles OF
it and still coming.
The colonel sat up. with his feet on the
car floor. and prepared TO draw his trousers
on In the most comfortable manner
From the opposite berth tiny ptsr of
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feet stole out. followed by an expanse OF
stocking The colonel said "Ahem.' and
they went back like fash.
How to Get Acquainted.
A merry face peered at him Instead OF the
long ribbed silks.
Morning said the girl.
Morning" said the colonel.
What company do you belong tor she
asked and the colonefs first suspicious
that she was chorus girl were confirmed.
He said he had two-years' engagement
up New York state and she said she would
die IL she had 20 stay away from Manhat-
tan that long. Then she called the porter a
super and wanted to know. He said he
didn't either, but the train was stuck for
some time.
/. was dismal party that finally settled
into seats after more or less display IN
dressing The cars were getting cold the
wind was bowling III a great rate. and the
snow was piling higher and higher. All IN
tho cars had learned who the colonel was
He was fast learning who they were.
Hot Coffee Warmed Them.
I'm hungry" said one OF the actresses.
somebody get me something 10 eat" The
governor-elect who had responded TO that
call In camp at Santiago. wasn't going TO
De stumped by a mere snow storm after
such positive orders. so ne ard a couple 9TH
ers tramped through the storm and brought
back what little forage they could But the
little coffee they could get warmed them a
bit
There was ease in Casey's manner
As ne stepped into his place.
began tall. thin melancholy man:
There was pride In Casey's barring
And a smile on Casey's face.
he continued In q sad way.
And as. responding 20 the cheers
He lightly DOTTED his hat
No stranger In the crowd could doubt
Twas Casey az the bat
Another Old Friend
! Az almost the first word Colonel goose-
velt recognized in his glum companion the
| only DE Wolf Hopper, ~ho couldn't be-
/ br1Ded TO refrain from recsting Casey a.
the Bat al every interval OF silence when
| no one had gun
Bat shere IS no joy in Boston.
Mighty Casey has struck ont
OF course IL was aE eyer then. and IRE
only thing 90 do was 20 make the bes. Of
* For four hours. with the governor
elect the oniy spectator. three CON-
panies of actresses aust actors played and
sang and danced and recited as shey never
did before.
fine-iooking young woman. ssslve-ing
IN fssasecaa.s {YEss saaasaix DUG taesa
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while about the war and its progress
Lewis slipped up near Us and listened TO us
for some time. He became satisfied that
we were spies. and closed in on VS. with his
soldiers and made US prisoners. We were
taken hack 10 La Grange The next day
Union soldiers were sent from Palmyra for
us. and We were taken TO that place and
lodged in JAN. I was locked IN an upstairs
cell. didn't know what they did with Car
mon at that time. learned afterward that
he was kept IN custody a year, after whic.s
he was given his liberty
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rxDrAxs AVID THEIR SIGNALS.
They Utilize Ingenious Devices TO
Coununieate with Each Other.

Cennunieate with Each Other.
TIE Chippewas are a great sugar people.
who do not pass the pipe. have no sun
dance, and excel In making canoes The
Sioux call them "the fass-running
people" The Chippewas or Ojibways got
their name from the peculiar lacing OF
their moccasins- A list OF the authentic
signs In use between the various srioss
would i'll many books-that IS TO say, All
American Indians have a universal sign
language without regard to tribal dialects
Long distance signals are sent with iigfi-
ning-iike rapidly, and messages go De
tween distant points quicker than ordinary
telegraph messages with the messenger boy
attachment. The especial war signals are
in six divisions-the pony. the blanket. the
mirror. smoke. FIRE arrows. flint and steel.
and We might add drawings and sketches.
On a distant bluff pony and rider begin TO
run around in a small circle or ring racing
for dear life. AS IL by magic, the plain be-
comes alive with red men. who seem 10
come out OF the ground with the commo-
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Devoted to the Fair Sex.

was riding along the road leading across
Hurricane gap. in the Pine mountain range.
thinking of the peculiar people who lived
In these Businesses. when was startled by
a voice far up the hillside calling me to
come UP and give somebody a HIT. I had
no idea who owned the voice. but whoever
1t was was in trouble. and responded and
found a man of 60 or more caught by the
loot under a fallen tree and unable to &c.
away He wasn't hurt. and soon had him
on his feet and he insisted on NV stonnins g
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legs, and is able TO move about his home
only by means OF a rolling chair. His mind.
in spite Of his debisstafed physical condition.
il stu bright and clear. Naturally enough,
he reveres the memory OF Lincoln above
that OF ali other men.
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Why They Wait.

Mr.. F1sdaieson-I wonder why 20 n mat,
girls don't get married a. young nowaday1
as they used tor
Miss CuttingIt's because they have to
wait for the men to grow up Why on6
rarely sess fellow now who is capable oe
earning MS own living before he's IS or 20.
CHICAGO News
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THE SOLDIER BoY,S CHRIST
MAS.

DAY.
] ,-fpT Uncle sam he serves.
AZ .oasiy Tort and post he guards
7 me REDSKINS dry reserves.
7 VI aatiet alien skies re sees
ne warm dawn fiusa the east.
ana thinks of Christmas day at
home
And fares az the feast.
re Is net there - help them nanr
THE holy on the vail.
H,s chair Is vacant. ana his yotee
Is heard not In the hall
i8ey drink his health and then
I forgot
.ssAtn starts an tNe rioe.
W o.,ss "Nf E~..an' soldier boys
J Wherever shey may be.
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CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY.

ready. They come In one by one. as il By
accident. and of course are invited by the
host 70 eat"--Leslie's Weekly.
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THE JACkIEs' CHRISTMAS.


y We have eaten our turkey and pud-
ding.
J On the berth deck has ended the
bah,
, Ard another OLD Christmas Ia over.
And Our swee'hearts--we've drunk
to them ali.
There's feeling that something II /,
4 wanting,
A aense as OF something left OUT. ,
. For when IL a Christmas Christ.
With never woman about?
TIE men and the nidiies are pen.
sive,
And they sigh as they turn In
below.
, "Wha, wouldn't give for q sweet
heart
!, just under the green mistletoe.s
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SAD INCIDENT Of WAR TIME.


I have seen the American flag in many
countries ana circumstances. I have seen
n floating at the head of a great war
squadron. / once saw 1t carried ragged
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-ALK about strange bed follows IN
politics. Governor-elect Theodore
Roosevelt has few experiences
TO relate Of unknown acquala.an-
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0 international right to intervene i

no international right to intervene in
Cuba:
Every State has a right to decide for
itself when its interests are seriously
imperiled, and, if it gives fair warning,
to exert its force to put an end to a
dangerous situation of affairs. Nobody
can deny that Spain has had warning
enough, and though Americans may ex-
aggerate the menace to their interests,
it is for them to decide, provided they
decide in sincerity, what their interests
are. Cuba lies at the very door of the
United States, it's business is worked
mainly with American capital, and the
spectacle of It's sufferings is almost as
visible as if the island were part of
the Union itself.
Nor is it quite fair to say that in in
tervening on moral and humanitarian
grounds America is introducing new
practice into international affairs. All
religious wars have been based on the
same principle, be it sufficient or INSULT
cient, and it was only yesterday that
all Europe was asked to destroy Tur-
key, and very nearly granted the petit
tion, because the sovereign of Turkey
has massacred fewer persons than have
|perished in misery from the misgovern-
ment of Cuba.
This is putting the whole question of
Intervention into a nutshell. If, how
ever, it is replied that Spain on being
warned as the Economist says, did
comply with the warning and introduce
the reforms demanded, the answer is
that the reply is untrue. For instance
the order repeating the concentration
ediet Of General Weyler was made in
November last, but was withheld from
going into effect until late in February,
and did not take effect until after the
destruction of the Maine An autono-
nous form of government was granted,
of home rule as to induce the disaffect-
ed Cubans to accept it; nor in setting
it up was there a general and free ex-
ercise of the ballot by the people of
its inefficiency. The demand for the
cessation of activities against non-com-
batants not justified by modern war
fare was not needed, and the reconcen-
trados were not early released. or aided
to regain their former footing of self
support. The request of the United
States to be permitted to undertake
this work of humanity itself, was cold
ly received and discouraged, and such
supplies as were sent in were received
with disfavor, and to no small extent
were diverted from their purpose by
Spanish soldiery.
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States place herself upon an equality
with them in this respect?


Lieutenant Rowan was sent to Cuba
on perilous expedition. 1t was of the
utmost Importance that his going, his
landing and the purpose of his mis-
sion should be kept secret. To give
the facts to the world would be to in
form Spanish agents, who would, in
duty bound, do what they could to de-
feat it. AS they have momentary ca
BILE communication with Madrid, and
that court with Blanco at Havana,
Rowan's mission might be known in
cuba before he landed. But despite
the precautions of the Government, the
plan leaked out that Rowan was to go
to Cuba to meet Gomez, with a state
ment of when he was to start. how he
was to go, where he was to land, etc.
Thereupon the sensationally yellow
adding as fancy and greed for nickels
suggested. 1t remains to be seen wheth-
er this publicity has defeated Rowan's s
mission cost him his life. upset the
harm it may have done. The hope is
entertained that he got through in
safety, and that he effected the pur-
pose of his perilous journey But if he
does succeed, it will be because of no
discretion or patriotism on the part of
the lurid press. If in no other time we
certainly need a limited censorship over
the sensational prints in war times.
Here in our own State the other day a
San Francisco journal devoted a whole
page to a picture, pointing out to the
enemy how it could shell San Fran
cisco, what the points Of vantage are
for the enemy's feet, how it could levy
tribute upon the city, what stored
wealth there is in the banks, and how
far exaction under threat of lombard
ment could go, and just how, by threat
of destroying business and official sec
tions, a Spanish battleship could place
the metropolis at its mercy. No possible
good could be subseryed by such pub
lication. Whatever truth there was in
it would be valuable only to the agents
of the Spanish Government who swarm
in San Francisco. Patriotism, love of
country, common interest, ordinary
prudence, should prevent newspaper
from putting forth such a publication.
But then, the lurid press has never
been seriously charged with possessing
anv of these VirtlIaS
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Max Nordau has had the courage to
is innocent; that if he is traitor at all
it is to Germany, but that Germany
has distinctly disavowed having had
any dealings whatever with Dreyfus.
But what's the use of bothering over
such trifles. Dreyfus is Jew, and as
such France condemned him to appease
morbid taste for Jew batting. How
under the sun can French officials
stand, unblushing and silent before
the world, with this stinging charge
ringing in their ears from Nordau,
himself a Frenchman and distinguished
in letters and public lifeP 'Of my own
knowledge the proofs of Dreyfus' inno-
cence in the form of irrefutable docu-
ments are in the possession of one Of
the highest officials of France, who
will produce them when the proper
time comes" If Nordau lies, the mem
bers of the court who convicted the
prisoner. and OF. the Cabinet who prose-
cuted, and of the army which testified
against him, ought to thrust the false
hood down his throat. But they all
stand dumb, and the world renders
the verdict that Nordau is right. In
the meantime the unhappy prisoner is
dying in solitary confinement, Gagged
like a wild beast on that horribly desc
late spot, '"The Isle Of the Devil" But
France is a civilized, refined and cult
ured nation.
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1t is reported that Manila has sur
rendered. If true, it did so upon Com
modore Dewey's terms. In that case he
has control of fuel for his necessity,
and of the arms that might have been
turned. against him. But he has not
men sufficient to police the city with
out weakening his ship force. 1t IS,
therefore, probable that he has placed
insurgent leaders in charge and over
them exercises control, which they will
through fear, If not gratitude, respect.
He will probably also organize the for
eign residents into a temporary peace
force to preserve order. 1t is rumored
that the United States Government will
Immediately upon receiving a report
from him, so soon as he has restored
cable communication send him 5,OOO
men and ample supplies. These will be
drawn from the Pacific Coast, natur-
ally Men who have enlisted in Cali
fornia, therefore, stand fair chance
of being sent to the Orient. That is
far more inviting than Cuba. The ISL
and of Luzon is nearly as large as
Cuba. The climate is infinitely superior,
indeed it is a salubrious cline compared
with the West Indies. 1t is a romantic
region not given to seventies of wealth
er, rich in natural products, and the
lands being high epidemic fevers do not
rage there as in Cuba. By the way,
since it has now been demonstrated
how very important it is that this ma
ton should have a harbor of refuge and
supply in the far east, where our ships
may take shelter and secure supplies,
free from foreign interference, why not
hold on to this harbor of Manila which
we have fairly Won? 1t need not be
that we subjugate the people of the
Philippines, or in any way interfere
with their freedom, further than TO ad-
monish them to peace, the arts of in
dustry and the ways of justice and
civilization, and to back our counsels
by sufficient guarantees. But here we
have what a nation of this Importance
imperatively needs, a harbor. of refuge
and supply, and since we have wrung it
from misgovernment and misuse by
Spain. why not adhere to it as a ma
tional need2 We are not 'out for con-
quest but since Germany, England,
France and Russia have harbors in the
Orient, why should not the United