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the most marvellous invention of the
present age.
Il shall wait for further commune
cation from the War Office, and if do
not hear from them / shall offer my
invention to a foreign Government. Of
course, / would rather the new bullet
bece me the property of the English
Government, but / want to know soon" 4"
Mr.. Chalk is modest and very earn
est inventor, and when he mentioned
that he had tried one of his bullets in
a field, and that the projectile obedient
to his wish, had circled in the air about
hve times and had then fallen behind
him, he did SO with the air Of a young
man who is calmly confident that he
has thought out great thing. But Of
the method by which he alleges he OBJ
tains these unusual results, no hint can
be extracted from him. That is the
secret he hopes to obtain those f150.UOO
from.-London Daily Mail
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California Fruit Sales.

Porter Brothers Company sold yester-
Gay AZ open auction California fruit at
At Minneapolis: Pears-Bartletts, $2.25
Q23? per box. Prunes-German $135 per
single crate; Tragedys. Sl.25q135. Plums
Peach, :. $l:35 per single crate; F. Ds,
Sl.35; Washingtons, $105: Royal Hatiyes
9oc Peaches-Hale's Early csc per box
At New York: Pears-Bartletts. 80. 800
ITO per box. PlumS-SatsumaS s265 20
per single crate; p. Ds., s1.SO; Burbanks,
S91, 60; California Reds, $l55: Peach, SOC
g$l. q1 Prunes-Iragedys, 81. 15q2 per sim
per single crate. Peaches-Deckers, s16D
lS0 per box; Imperials, $1O5; Early Craw-
ffords, S0cGH:05 St. Johns, 7Ocq$1.O5 per
Eariy, I54SOc per box. Grapes-s11O per
single crate Eleven cars California fruit
on the New York market yesterday, Of
which Porter Brothers Company sold )
cars.
At Boston: Pears-Bartletts, $1.2Oa1.90
per box and 65QS0c per half box. Plums-
Ogons, $3.50; Green Cages, $i65; Clymang,
$.45; p. Ds., H.25Q140; Peach, sl05
Prunes-SImo1ii PII E0i ca $50 per single crate
S1.Z per box; Royal Anne, 25cu$110
Peaches-Early Crawfords, S5d95c per
box; Strawberry, 60QSSc; Hales Early. 20
crates, 6OQy0c. Four cars California fruit
on the Boston market yesterday, Of which
Porter Brothers Company sold ! car;
2.30 per box and S110 per half box Cher
ries-Royal Anne, 3Oca$2.lO per box; Re
publicans 9Gc. Plums-Burbanks, 55cly
sf.55 per single crate: Jefferson, $i.46;
$1.05. Prunes-Tragedy 95cQ$130 per
single crate; Simoni, 95c. Peaches-Haie
Early, 90cQ$l.05 per box. Apples-Alex-
anders, 65c per half box. Twelve cars
California fruit on the Chicago market
yesterday, of which Porter Brothers Com
pany sold cars.
At Pittsburg: Prunes-Tragedys $1.25
per single crate. Pears-Bartletts, $1.l5
per half box.
Earl Fruit Company's auction sales OF
California fruit yesterday:
At New York Plums--Burbank, S1.3561
L65 average S1.56; California Red $160l1
1SO, average s164; Purple Duane, $1.59;
Peach Plums, $l.37. Prunes-German, s1.15
al. 80. average $L1S; SatSuma, 81; Tragedy,
81. .15Q1. 40. average $1.27. Pears-Bartletts,
$l.300p2.55, average $2.17; half boxes, 95c.
Cherrles-Royal Anne, 45c0$L25, average
SIC: Republicans, 65cqS1,60. average $1.20.
Weather hot Eleven cars sold.
At Boston: Bartlett Pears, A.23422O,
average $1.6S. Weather dry Four cars
sold.
AT Chicago: Bartlett Pears Sl.90623U,
average S202; Tragedy Prunes, S1.1001.40,
average sl.SO Plums-- Burbank, s1.27;
Washington S1.22; Purple Duane, Sill.
Weather warm. Twelve cars sold.
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MADRID, July 15, s a. m.-The Off
cial Gazette" to-day publishes a royal
decree temporarily suspending through
out the Spanish peninsula the rights of
individuals as guaranteed by the Con-
stitution. The decree adds that the
Government will render an account to
Parliament Of the use it may make of
this measure.
The publication of the decree is gen
orally accepted as being convincing
proof that Spain is now ready to sue
for peace, and that negotiations to that
effect are actually in progress. The
Government wishes to have full power
to suppress evidences of discord or
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THE IRENE INCIDENT.
It Is Hardly Commented on in Ger
many, but No Official Denial.

LONDON, July 16-The Berlin cor
respondent Of the Times says: The
Irene incident is hardly commented up
on here, but the fact that no official
denial is forthcoming is worthy of
note.
The military expert of the North
German Gazette's' staff suggests that
it was only the Spanish knowledge of
the immense superiority of the Ameri
can artillery which led to Santiago's
capitulatiOn.
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He has been superintendent of large min
ing operations and when the State Reforms-
tory at Elmira, N. Y, was built, he was
superintendent and engineer in charge of the
construction.
Major Bishop was attached to the staff Of
Brigadier General Chamberlin, of the Ma
tional Guard of New York, with the rank
of Major from 1857 to 1865.
He has been located in Detroit since 1885,
and has large acquaintance among the busi-
ness men and citizens of this city.
Two years ago, for the first time, Major
Bishop was in the hospital. For two months
he had the best of medical attendance but
when he was discharged he was not like the
Major Bishop of old.
When asked regarding his health, he said:
and came out of the hospital l was a sorry
sight, / could not gain my strength, and
could not walk over block for several
weeks.
II noticed some articles in the newspapers
regarding DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
worth trying and bought two boxes. / did
not take them for my complexion but for
strength. After using them / felt better,
and know they did me worlds of good.
am pleased to recommend them to invalids
who need a tonic or to, build up shattered
constitution. "a. c. BISHOP"
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
eighth day of January, 1898.
ROBERT +. HULL, JR., Notary Public.
The pure, powerful vegetable ingredients
in DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
supply the antidote for poisonous matter in
the blood and add those elements needed to
build up body and brains. Many diseases
long supposed by the medical profession to
be incurable have succumbed to the potent
influence of these pills. They can be taken
by young or old, being harmless in their
nature, but powerful in eliminating disease.
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each; Broilers, 25G14Oc each: Tame Geese.
Sl. 80 each; Tame Ducks, 50I65c each: Tur-
keys. 15c for live and tic for dressed per
10.
EGGS-California, zoe per dozen. dozen
for 35c.
HAY AND GRAIN-New Oat or Wheat
Hay, 9OcQSl: Alfalfa new, first cutting, 75c:
Whole Barley, S1.40; Ground Barley. $3.50:
Feed Oats, S.6OQ1I0: Middlings, SlG5:
Corn, large, $l.30; small. $l35 Cracked
Corn, Lao; Ground Corn, l.35.
NUTS-New Walnuts. l5c per ID; New
cans. Ice, F'ilberts. 15c; Chastnuts. I5c par
10; Pine Nuts, 25c.
GRANITE MINING CANDLES-lO or.
exc; II OF, &c; IA OF, 71ac; 16 or, S5yc
COAL OlLCPearl (cases), lie. Star, lie;
Eecene, l9c; Extra Star, 21c; Elaine, &c:
ET FsrRH6 Rite ipu1h9- Izc; >-,,, -
4Mc; IL OF. 511c: IA OF. &c; l6 OF 71hc
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rebellions which might appear. The
Carlists are furious, and are sure to
create trouble.
One Minister expresses the convic-
ton that official .overtures for peace
will be made before Sunday, and there
is reason to believe that France has
offered her services to SPAIN and that
Spain has drawn up conditions for
peace which offer a base of negotia-
tions
Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying
that Spain wants peace, but that 1t
must be an honorable peace, as Spain
deserves.
THE army is anxious to resist to the
last, but the Government cannot con-
sent to such useless sacrifice. Had
we our fleet, the situation would be
very different"
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1T BEATS THE BOOMERANG.
A Bullet That Jumps Over a Man
and Hits Him in the Back.

The man who fiatterS himself that ne
is safe because he is behind house
when another man is firing off gun
at the other side had better get rid of
that ridiculous notion once and for all.
For young inventor claims to have
discovered a wonderful new way of
making bullets; and if the new bullet
meets with that popularity which its
remarkable abilities appear to war
rant, it won't be quite safe to be in
balloon while an effort is being made
to fire down a WELL In short the new
bullet will, even if it does only half
Of what is claimed for it, upset all old
fas hioned notions of the laws govern
ing the flight of projectiles.
Arthur Chalk of Church Place, High
street, Wrapping, is the young inventor
in question, and he yesterday told
DAILY Mail" reporter that this new
bullet of his would go around corners.
suddenly shoot up in the air and des-
cend point first on top Of town or
ANYTHING, or fly round and round and
then Jump back and kill off an enemy
at the back of the man who fired it.
Il am Just about Is years of age"
said Mr.. Chalk, modestly, and l am
confident that l have invented a bullet
that will revolutionize fightingl What
I claim, and am prepared to prove, is
that with my bullet l can hit an object
that is round a corner or on the other
side of block of houses. There is alb
solutely no doubt about the accuracy
OF the aim. Supposing, now, you wanted
to hit something that was round the
| corner Of a mountain. When you had
| found the distance between your guns
and the mountain you would fix your
bullet to alter its course at a certain
moment. Then you'd fire, and the man
round the corner would be sorry.
"Or, say you wanted to hit an
enemy's ship lying on the other side Of
one of your own. That would be the
easiest thing imaginable. You would
Just fix your bullet to go straight for
a bit, then soar upward for a while,
and then rush down point first on top
| Of the doomed vessel.
II tell you. my bullet will go any
way and do anything you may want 1T
to. and I've written to the War Office to
say so.
| Up to now the only communication
I have received in reply is the usual
stereotyped acknowledgment; but the
Patent Office people-he did not men
ton names-have valued the invention
at f15O,OO0 and have told me that It is
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NO MEETINGS ALLOWED.
It Is Also Forbidden to Publish Any
Writings Without Authority.

MADRID, July 15.-4 p. ma decree
of the Captain General of Madrid.
which has been affixed to the walls of
this city, says DEGREES suspending the
constitutional guarantees throughout
the kingdom having been published and
state of war existing, it is ordered
that no meetings take place without the
previous authorization Of the military
authorities.
1t is also forbidden to publish with
out previous authorization any writ
ings, engravings or designs whatever.
The decree concludes with specifying
the punishment which will be meted out
to those who disregard the orders is
sued
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able to despoil US in course of time,
and in order to more easily communi
cate with the South American repub-
lies, which daily display the greatest
enthusiasm for Spain. AS for the Phil
ippines, it is certain we will retain
them, even though the Americans sue
ceed in occupying Manila, of which
place their occupation will be most
brief. An official dispatch announces
that the rebel chiefs and Americans
will rot always agree, which is to
Spain's advantage.
1.-The Government has formed a
scheme which will not only assure
Spain the possession of the Philippine
Islands, but which will restore their
tranquility"
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THE HOUR HAS STRUCK.
France Thinks the Time for Peace
Negotiations Has Arrived.

PARIS, July 15.-The Temps" this
afternoon says: The hour for opening
the peace negotiations has struck with
the fall Of Santiago, particularly as the
appearance of yellow fever will dis
pose the Americans to receive them
favorably. Spain ought not to base the
slightest hopes on the Irene incident,
which was merely a misunderstanding
A dispatch to the Temps" from Ma
drid says the Projects report that the
Carlists are making preparations for
an outbreak in the northern provinces.
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PANIC STRICKEN.
Inh abit tants Of Barcelona Fear
They Will Be Bombarded.

LONDON, July 15.-It is said in a
dispatch from Barcelona that the in
habitants Of that city are panic
stricken. They believe the Americans
will select defenseless Barcelona as
the first point to lombard The local
banks are removing their specie to the
country, the merchants are sending
their goods to places of safety and
many French are leaving. The Gov
ernor of Barcelona has informed the
people that they cannot expect help
from the Government
The record-union., 1898-07-16
A YEAR FOR Won ARNOLD.
Said to Have Developed That He
Has Four Wives

LONDON, July 15-Joseph Won Ar
nold a private detective of San Fran
cisco, who married JEANNE Young in
that city during April, 1897, and de-
serted her in this city, was sentenced
to-day at the Newington Sessions to a
years imprisonment, having been con-
victed of obtaining t146 from a hair
dresser under the pretense that he
CVon Arnold) was Baron and the heir
to a large estate in Germany. Won Ar
mold posed as a Count when he mar
ried JEANNE Young.
1t has developed that the prisoner
has four wives.
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to Dealers
BEBF-First quality. o1ac; second quail
VEAL-51k0613c for large and 6Q712c per
10 for small.
MUTTON-Wethers, 7G7hc: Ewes, 10
per 10.
LAMB-sdS1bc per n.
PORK-Live Hogs, 51sd514c per 10 for
medium, 4A0414c for small and 41zd6c for
large dressed, 7QSc per 10
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Mistaken

Artist Showing his latest picture to
a friend)-What do you think Of it?
Friend-Admirable- realistic
brilliant technique-it actually makes
my mouth water
Artist-Why, what do you think it
represents?
Friend - Represents? Still life of
eggs in frypan
Artist-Scrambled eggs, you blanked
fool! It's a sunset in the desert!-
Heitere Welt
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Closing Grain Quotations.

New York, July 18th.
WHEAT-July, size; September, 727sc
Chicago, July 18th
WHEAT-July, 73Ac; September, 6lAc
December. 677sc.
San Francisco July 18th
WHEAT--December, 81 .2S5s
BARLEY-December S.20&.
CORN-Large Yellow. 141.02h.
BRAN-$15M16.
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Spanish Troops at Algeciras.

GIBRALTAR, July 15.-Three Span
ish infantry regiments at Seville have
received peremptory orders to proceed
to Algeciras. One arrived there to-
night. The troops are actively en-
ployed in digging trenches in the vi
cinity of San Carbonera, near San
ROUue.
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Will Not Acknowledge 1t.

MADRID, July 15.-Q1 p. m.)-On
leaving the Cabinet council this even
ing the Ministers professed still TO be
without confirmation of the reported
capitulation of Santiago Owing to the
state of siege the censorship of dis
patches is extremely rigorous and nu-
merous messages are held back.
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Government Did Not Interfere.

MADRID, July 15.-Premier Sagasta
declares that neither Government in
Cuba has interfered in the negotia-
tions for the surrender of Santiago de
Cuba. He adds that the surrender came
within the province of General Toral
and under his responsibility, and the
General simply announced the garrison
had capitulated.
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Presidential Announcements.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The Presi-
dent to-day made the following army
appointments:
To be Brigadier Generals of volun-
teers-William 8. Worth, Edward p.
Pearson, Emerson H. Liscum, Ederm
P. Ewers.
To be Assistant Adjutant General.
with the rank Of Major, John D. Miley.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco. July 15tl

San FranclscO, July I3th.
Morning Session-Union, lSc.
Closing Quotations-zAlta, &c; Andes. &C.:
caledonia, 1sc: Challenge, 12c; Chollar,
1ec. G c va, 1Sc: c Point. sc; G & C.
&c: H & N, SIC: Justice, &c: Kentuck, 2c:
Mexican. 10c; Occidental, o5c; Ophir, zoe;
Oyernan.. &c; Potosi, 4c: Savage, &c.,
scorpion. 1c; Sierra Nevada, SOC; Silver
IiIls &c: Union. 19c; Utah, &c; Jacket.
lac. Standard, $1.60 asked.
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Opened a Subscription.

MADRID, July 15.-7 p. m.-The
Bank Of Spain has opened subscriptions
for treasury bonds. Already $4,000. 600
pesetas have been taken.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, July 15.-California dried
fruits: Prunes and apricots firm but
quiet. other fruits quiet. Evaporated Ap-
ples-Common, saSc; prime wire tray
4GSc. Apricots-Royal, S1AG10c. Peaches
56Sc: peeled. 12M16c.
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The MAJORS EXPERIENCE.
How He Spent the Greater Part Of His Life-A
Time When His Life was in Danger.
From the Free Press, Detroit, Mich.

One Of the staunchest supporters of the
deep-water way from the Great Lakes to the
ocean is Maj. A. c. Bishop, of 715 Third
Ave., Detroit, Mich.
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ROYAL DECREE
PUBLISHED.
'Ihe Rights Of individuals Are
Suspended.
Regarded as Proof That Spain Will Sue
for Peace.

Sagasta Says Spain Wants Peace,
but It Must be an Honorable
Peace, as Spain Deserves-Gen-
era1 Correa Wants Peace if
Spain Can Retain All Her Pos
sessions - BarceIona's Inhabi-
tants Panic Stricken.
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Other Features of the Day.

Ladies' Arabian Seude Gloves, 69c
pair.
Ladies White Lawn Hemmed
Handkerchiefs, s 1-3c each.
Colored Satin and Gros Grain
Ribbon, ) and 10c yard.
Taffeta Silk Ribbon, 15c yard
The Globe-republican., 1898-02-03
A man who will take q paper for year

A man who will take paper for q year
and then refuse to pay for it would be
mean enough to put molasses in his hat
while taking up contribution in church.
so that some of the pennies would stick
TO the hat. He would be mean enough to
pasture his goat on his grandmOther's
grave and damn the old woman because
she wasn't fatter so the grass would grow
longer. If such man could by any pos
sibility get to heaven. in the hereafter, he
would plan to seal the gold off the streets
of the New Jeresualem and try to have it
coined into ten dollar pieces thinking he
could loan them to the angels and draw
interest on them.-Cimarron Jacksonian
The Globe-republican., 1898-02-03
Santa Fe Cuts Some Ice.

The ice that is being put up by the
Santa Fee at La Juata is the best that has
been cut for storage here for years. 1t is
of good thickness, clear and solid. The
ice is cut on Lake George, lake of pure
cold water. In view of the fact that such
good ice is to be had, the company is
making preparation to put up more than
ever before. At present there are ten ice
houses at this point and three more are
to be finished in time to be filled with the
winters harvest of ice.
When the new ice houses are completed
there will be 600 running feet of houses.
with capacity of IS 900 tons. Last year
the Santa Fee handled large shipments OF
melons from Rocky Ford, the famous mel
on growing region, and this year the
company expects to handle even more
than last year. Eastern parties have
placed large orders for melons. and this
means a greater demand for refrigerator
cars than ever before, and the Santa Re
is providing for irby putting up the i'm
mense amount of ice at La Janta and
other points, and of having $50 refrigera-
tor cars built by the Wells & French
company of Chicago.
The California fruit business comes at
ter the Rocky Ford season. and with both
these large fruit seasons the road will
have demand for all the fruit cars and for
ice to refrigerate them. Mr.. G. W. Clos
son, fuel contractor for the entire Santa
Fe system, has the contract for packing
the ice in the La Junta houses and has
everything in readiness to commence at
a day g notice. An ice special is expected
to day, and packing will commence at
once.-La Junta Tribune.
The Globe-republican., 1898-02-03

John SEWERS of Ames, Nebraska, made
a practical test of bis hunting device re-
Gently and it proved a success, says the
Omaha Bee. The device is in the shape
of COW. 1t is made Of canvass with a
steele frame, and can be folded into a
small space, except the head and neck.
The decoy is operated by two men, one
standing in the fore legs and one in the
hind legs, each in slightly STOPPING
posture. 1t is painted brown and black
and in such shape that when standing up
it cannot be readily distinguished at a
distance of two hundred yards from a
large cow. The front man can see what
is going on through couple of holes in
the neck. Recently Mr.. SEWERS and D.
B. Curtis took the decov out in the field
and soon sighted flock of geese. They
put on the decoy and were able to get
within less than forty yards before the
geese flew. They flew up and slowly
settled down about one hundred yards
away and did not appear to be much
frightened. The head of the device is
hinged to the body and can be dropped
by the front man when in shooting dis
lance. The rear man fires through q
door near the top and center Of the back.
Mr.. SEWERS is well pleased with the sue
cess of the device and has received many
inquiries from hunters in regard to it.
He expects to have several decoys manu-.
featured.
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A Clever Trick.

1t certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
try il who has Lame Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.
We mean he can cure himself right away
by taking Electric Bitters. This medi-
cine tones up the whole system. acts as
stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is a
blond purifier and nerve tonic. 1t cures
Consti patton, Headache, Painting Spells,
and Melancholy. 1t is
purely vegetable, a mild laxative. and
restores the system to its natural vigOr.
Try Electric Bitters and be convinced
that fhey are a miracle worker. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 5Oc a bottle at
w. F. Pines Drug Store.
The Globe-republican., 1898-02-03

An Emporia man is working out
the details of great scheme, and
one that will revolutionize the ice
business if it proves successful. he
has built huge icehouse into which
he pumps water every cold night, ad
ding several inches at q time, which
is expected to freeze and make way
for another layer of water above it.
In the end he will have q mass of ice
ten feet high and of the same dimen
sions as the icehouse. Next summer
he expects to quarry the ice out in
chunks to suit.
The Globe-republican., 1898-02-03

The recent raid on pensioners has
brought on a whole army of statisti-
cal liars. One of these says: ~The
records of the War Department show
that one man in every ten became
deserter, 100000 having deserted
during the war;" This is false. The
war records show that there were
enlisted in the Union army 2,778, 304
men; that 110,O70 of these were
killed upon the field or persisted from
wounds received, and the total of
those marked deserted was 121, 1896,
or about A per cent. When it is
remembered that men unaccounted
for were often marked deserted"
and that in thousands of cases this
record was false and unjust, people
can see how this list, if all the facts
could be obtained, would become
even smaller than that. Another of
these malignant pervertess of history
says: -Four out of every ten men
enlisted in the Uuion army either did
not leave the states in which they
were enrolled or did not get south
of Mason and Dixon's line. They
never saw Confederate flag or an
armed rebel" Every man who
knows the history of that time will
easily mark the falsehood. Now,
what are facts? One hundred and
ten thousand seventy were killed on
the field of battle, 275.175 died from
fatal wounds, and 183, 287 died from
disease in camps. hospitals. and
Southern prisons. These, With few
exceptions, died south of Mason and
Dixon's line. The idea of the author
is to disparsge before the people any
claims Of American pensioners upon
the people of today. The statement
that ''four ont of ten" of enlisted
soldiers did not leave the states in
which they enlisted 10 20 transparent
. falsehood a. scarcely to need de-
nouncing. Such arc only . few of the
unblushing falsehoods that these pre-
tended reformers and patriots of
1898 are charging upon the men who
saved the republic from 1861 to
1865.