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has been in public life Tor IS years; and
that is longer than some of us have
lived. He is silver haired, and wears
a long silver beard. And he is known
as champion of silver coinage. On
that matter he has been regarded by
many as a crank, so extreme is he in
his views and expressions. But on gen.
eral principles he is a broad-minded
statesman and man who loves his fel.
low men.
His views are sought on all topics OF
the day by prominent men. He is usually
wise and far seeing. Therefore, it is
with pleasure that the writer listened
to his views on the conduct of the war.
There were several gentlemen present,
some of whom differed radically with
his views, and he said:
Nothing pleases me more than to
meet with gentlemen who do not agree
with me. Although 1 am getting along
in years, am not too old to learn, and !
listen to the views of others because ]
always learn something from men
! who think for themselves. Too many
men agree with the senators because
they are senators. Every man should
think for himself.''
The writer and the reader can we'll at.
ford to listen to man of that caliber,
even if we differ with him. He is not
dogmatic nor autocratic. He believes
that the views of all intelligent men are
as much entitled to respectful consider.
alton as his own. After referring to
some of the policies pursued by Abra.
ham Lincoln, which did not meet with
his approval, he said:
Il told Mr.. Lincoln that it was un.
| wise to enlist negroes and make soldiers
| of them. We had enough men to fill
| the northern armies. The enlistment OF
negroes maddcned the people of the
south and made them vindictive. II
was not necessary. did not approve
it then. My judgment has not changed.
Nevertheless, the freedmen made good
| soldiers.
II was the last man that ever received
a note written by Mr.. Linooln's hand.
I called at the white house on the even.
ing Of his assassination, and sent in
| wanted to introduce friend from Cal.
ifornia, who was to leave the city that
night. Mr.. Lincoln wrote on the back
of my card: Dear Senator: Please ex.
cuse me, as I am going to the theater
Come tomorrow morning, and I will
be glad to see you. A. Lincoln
"As we stood on the white house por.
! tico the president and Mrs. Lincoln
came out and entered their carriage tc
go to the theater. I introduced my
friend there, and that was the last time
1 saw Mr.. Lincoln. AS we walked down
the sidewalk from the white house
tore up that card and threw it away
l would give great deal for it to-day
1t was undoubtedly the last line that
Mr.. Lincoln ever wrote. Two hours
later he fell before the bullet of thu
insane assassin. Others crowded the
house in which he was dying, but
did not intrude. l never saw Linn again
Though I differed with him in many
things, and often argued matters with
him, sometimes in temper, I loved him
as everybody loved him who knew
Ill., SMITH D. FRY.
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THE WAR WITH SPAIN
What Senator Stewart, Of Nevada.
Thinks About It,
In His Judgment We Will Have Nor.
or Less Trouble for the Next
Twenty-Five Years-Up.
holds the President.
Especial Washington I,etter1


Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who came
into public life as senator from Neya-
Ga In lS63'to-day said: Il have viewed
pubic affairs, as participant, for more
than generation. I am viewing this
war as viewed the civil war, with pa
trlotlc purpose. But l cannot see the
end OF this war as the younger men see
it. In my judgment this war will last
1or quarter OF century,. 1t will all
be over with Spain in a short time. But
after that we will have to deal with our
territorial subjects in Puerto Rico,
Cuba and the Philippines. 1 do not
question the policy of the admin:stra-
ton in its departure from our tradi-
uonal policy. simply view the future
as 1t now looms up. We have no assur-
ance that the Cubans, Puerto Ricans
and inhabitants Of the Philippines will
be better pleased with our colonial
policy than they have been satisfied
with the policy which Spain has pur-
sued. l know that the Cubans are
ready to revolt against American rule.
Their vice president is here. He says
that the Cuban republic must be recog-
nized. Those people have fought for
Independence. That they will demand.
This is the first cloud that appears. We
shall hear from the other islands in a
similar manner from time to time. Even
the most intelligent people cannot
adopt and ratify new conditions i,nme-
diately. Many thousands of our own
people have revolted against the con-
ditions which came upon them as the
result OF the civil war. A generation
had passed, and yet the south was not
content with the general government
until this war with Spain began. We
cannot expect too much of the people
whose territory we are taking. It will
be long time before our volunteer
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After a Commission.

II wonder if I couldn't get a commits
sion of some sort in the army ?' said the
young civilian, thoughtfully.
"Willing to take a lieutenantcy
asked the congressman.
''No-o," replied the young man. 81
don't believe that would fit me very
WELL"
'How would captains commission
do?''
IL don't believe it would work. I
don't know anything about company
drill you know
"You surely don't think you're quail
fed to be a colonel, do you?''
"A. colonel has direct charge of regi-
ment, hasn't hep
eyes"
"Well, that wouldn't do for me. You
see, I don't know thing about army
matters, except in a general sort of
way"
'ssThen what kind of an office do you
think you ought to have?" ~ &:$&-
sob, don't know. I should think I
ought to make a pretty good brigadier
general or something of that sort, don't
YOU know!'-Chicago Post.
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"A LIVING TORPEDO BOAT.
The Ray Was In Active Service Long
Before Navies Were Thought OF
#.s3. "A Wonderful Fish.

Nature and artiice approach each
other. In fact, invention is the chief
means of their mutual approach, mas
much as invention rs merely the prac-
teal application of natures laws. At
the same time, it seems surprising to
find that nature had devised subma-
rine torpedo boat ages before man ever
thought of building such a contrivance.
Cuban waters swarm with these sub
marine terrors of natures manufacture.
Our fighting men are likely to come into
unpleasant contact with them in the
course of operations about tho coastof
the beleagured island. They are not
powerful enough to damage Uncle
Sans warships, happily, but big
specimen will paralyze a man if stepped
on. These submarine defenders ofthe
isle which Spain still claims as part Of
her domain are living electric batteries
of dangerous strength. If our troops,
in landing through the shadows which
they frequent should strike school of
them serious decentralization would re-
suit.
Torpedo rays they are called. They
constitute one of the puzzles of science.
Ages before B. Franklin first drew
sparks from the clouds they had solved
the principle of electrical storage. In
fact, they are living storage batteries.
They are very ancient type of fishes,
contemporary with the sharks. The
torpedo ray is the first cousin of the
common skate, which it greatly resem-
bles, though very much larger. Each of
it's big, feshy wings contains an electric
battery, which is as truly such as any
arrangement of Leyden jars in scien-
tific laboratory. The batteries consist
of large number of hexagonal cells.
each of which is capable of storing
certain amount of electrical energy.
Scientists have given great deal of
study to this extraordinary animal,
and they assert that it's batteries are
nothing more or less than modified mus
cles. The back of each electric organ
is positive, while the ventral part. e.,
the side toward the belly of the fish, is
negative. It has been ascertained that
the current can be conveyed through
the water for a considerable distance.
1t exercises all the known powers of
electricity, rendering needles magnetic,
decomposing chemical compounds,
and emitting sparks.
1t is not known just how much cleo
tricity is stored by full-sized torpedo
ray, but the amount must be very con-
siderable, judging from it's effects on
human beings who have been struck.
Natives in Central America are said to
make practice of driving wild horses
into water where fishes of this kind are
in order that the latter may stun the
frightened quadrupeds and make them
easy to capture. Only two other kinds
of animals possess electric organs
a species of catfish and the well-known
Electric eel" Both eel and catfish have
their storage batteries located in their
tails.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
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Sliclng Animal Tfssues

BY means of the microtome slices of
vegetable and animal tissues down to
a thinness of about one-thousandth of
an inch are obtained for microscopic
study. Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washing
ton, has now gone further, and even
slices up. blood cells and microbes by
cementing them in single layer be-
tween two glass slides and cutting the
slides apart with a very thin blade of
copper sharpened to the highest pos
sible degree. The fine grain Of the cop
per causes it to take an edge that no
razor can approach. The cells are again
cut by repeating the operation, and it is
claimed that slices have been made only
one-hundredth as thick as the thinnest
produced by the icago
Chronicle. 49,,
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Fifteenth Regiment

81.
The adjutant general has issued Gem
eral Orders No. Il, calling for the Fiji
teenth regiment as follows: :+..
1.-The president of the United States
has made another call for, troops upon
the governor of this state, to consist of
one regiment of infantry. 49,. ag..
Confident. that patriotism will in
the future, as heretofore, distinguish
our citizens, and that whenever the
necessity for additional troops shall
exist, all Minnesotans will cheerfully
and promptly rally and respond to the
call, the governor directs the imme-
date organization of one regiment of
infantry to be mustered into the serv-
ice OF the United States, for two years,
or during the war, to be designated az
the Fifteenth Regiment Infantry,
Minnesota Volunteers
"Said regiment shall consist of 10
companies, with the following field
and staff officers: One colonel, one
lieutenant colonel, two majors, one ad-
Jutant, one quartermaster. one sur
geon, two assistant surgeons, one chap
lain, one sergeant-major, one quarter
master sergeant, one chief musician.
two principal musicians, three hospital
stewards.
Each company shall consist of: One
captain, one first lieutenant, one Sec
ond lieutenant, one first sergeant, ono
quartermaster sergeant, four SER
geants, IL corporals, two musicians,
one artificer, one WAGNER, "a priyates.
+ 1.-The regiment raised under this Or
der will be mobilized in St. Paul The
necessary transportation for officers
and men will be furnished by the adj
jutant general.
mo pay will be allowed to officers
and men until they are mustered into
the service of the United States.
'By order of Gov. D. M. Clough.
-"Herman Muehlberg,
"Adjt.. General"
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COALING WARSHIPS.
There Is Much Difficulty and EXPENSE
Attendant Upon the Perform
ance of This Huge Task.

The inventor who does away with coal
as fuel for warships and also the ne
cessity for taking on fuel so frequent
ly will have achieved one of the great
est triumphs of the age. The coaling of
vessels, especially in time of war, is
often most difficult problem. During
war neutral ports are closed, or prac-
tical.y so, and on very long voyages the
battleshfps must take GOLFERS with them
and coal at sea.
Apparently methods of coaling have
improved but little, and are almost as
crude as they were years ago. There
perhaps seems but little need in i'm
proving this system when the coaling is
done at the ships dock, but at sea the
difficulty of accomplishing the feat is
increased hundredfold. In the former
case two or. more coal barges are
brought alongside the boat at the wharf
and manila tenders are suspended over
the sides of the vessel to keep the two
from injuring each other by scraping
and humping into each other. Even
under the most favorable conditions it
takes hours or even days to coal big
ship. The best time the ST. Paul could
make before she was purchased by the
government was 40 hours for taking on
5000 tons of coal.
AT sea when ship needs coal it gen.
orally needs it very badly, and the coal
must be transferred as soon as col
lier can be brought to the boat, no
matter what the weather may be,
whether the sea be calm or the waves
running mountains high. The collier
must be fastened at both ends to the
warship by cables. With these two
vessels rolling and pitching to and from
each other, this joining of the two is a
dangerous undertaking, for both might
be sunk. The work requires the oldest
and most experienced seamen. One set
of men is busy keeping the two vessels
apart. The first men drop rubber fend-
ers where they are needed and the
others, under the direction Of an Off
Ger, tug at the helm and drop anchors
to control the motion of the ship as
much as possible.
The cost of simply transferring the
coal is enormous. The St. Louis or the
Harvard spends over $4,000 in year
for getting coal out of GOLFERS into it's
-bunkers. For getting the same amount
Of coal from collier into the vessel at
sea the cost would be fully double that
amount.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Transferring Disease.

Zootherapy consists in transferring a
disease from man to some animal, and
is the converse of the medical theory
that animals convey disease to man.
This system of curing ills was devised
by Ferapi, Florentine. He mentions
the case Of man suffering from
rheumatism who made his dog lie
across his bed. The man recovered and
the dog died.-N. Y. Sun. tt*% -, "a,
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A Poor Strike.

Lucy-So you called on papa this aft
ernoon, did you? And did he strike you
as being inclined to favor our mar
rage?
Tom-No; he tried to strike me with
a paper weight, but lodged it.-Chica-
90 Record.
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Died Of Her wounds.

Dubuque, Ia, July 9-Mrs. Bert
Brownell, shot by her husband June
% at Oelwein, died here Friday After
shooting his wife Brownell killed him
self. Her wound was not considered
fatal at the time. s}.34
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Couid Not Guarantee.

Clinkers (who deals in coaD in you
guarantee my ccal yard to burn I viii
let you insure it. .,s.s3
Agent (dubiously)-No use-I have
tried your coal.-Hsrlem Life.
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Educational Association,

Washington, July 9.-The first gen
eral session of the National Educa-
tional associa ton was held Friday at
the Grand Opera and National theater.
There was a large attendance at both
places. A large number Of addresses
on various important, topics were de-
ivered by prominent delegates. ~
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Italian Cruisers Ordered to Manila.
Rome, July 9.-The Polobo Romano
says the Italian government has or
dered the third-class cruisers Piemente
and De Cali to proceed to the Philip
pine islands, H.
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President Gets His Diploma.

Washington, July 9. President Nc
Kinley, upon whom Yale university re-
Gently conferred the degree of doctor
of laws. has received from President
Dwight and the members of the cor
poration the usual diploma, printed
on parchment. The roll was wrapped
in Yale blue silk and encased in an oak
box,
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my boats crews worked manfully and
succeeded [us1 s In saving many Of the wounded
be recommended for prom otion clambered
up the side of the Vizcaya and saved three
men from bqrn Mn to death: The smaller
with magnificent cloud effects. The boats
were coming alongside In steady string
ana 1sd wiling l hands were helping the LAGER:
iards were absolutely without clothes.
s9m nSe had theig legs torn off by
q the At tTc SHIPS wrecked nsx IN SaS SFf nos
Tssa by foHxnd # the Sus
Admiral. Cervera and a number of his of.
heers aboard, and also large number
condition. Many prisoners had been . killed.
Harvard came off. and / REQUESTED Caps ae
Of the Infanta Maria Teresa and ID the He Als
mirante Oquendo, and by midnight the
Harvard had 976 prisoners aboard. a great
number Of them wounded.
An Unparalleled Action.
For courage and dash there is no paral-
admiral; He came, as he knew, to absolute
destruction. There was one single hope
that that, was the Cristobal Colon would steam
of the two torpedo boat destroyers, paper
shells at best, deliberately steaming out
in broad daylight in the face of the fire
of battleship, can be described in one
way: It was Sp anish, and 1t was ordered
by Blanco. The same must be said of the
entire movement. H. t-4i. ..-s -
I'm contrast to this Spanish fashion was
the cool, deliberate Yankee work The
american Amer squadron IT,, was s, without senti
Spanish opponents and literally tore them
to pieces. But the moment the Spanish
flag came down it must have been evident
that the sentiment was amoug the Amer
leans, not among the Spania-ds. 49, o., A
Capt. Evans is intensely proud of his ship
and her men. The Iowa fired 81 12-inch, a
eight-inch, go four-inch. 1850 six-pound
and 129 one-pound shots. -
Griggs courier., 1898-10-06
CORN sHocKING TooL.

end make hole through which you
can put o strip of leather, whereby to
attach a piece of rope to the stick.
The rope should be about four inches
shorter than the twine. A quarter
inch rope is the best size. At the OUT
er end of the rope fasten a ring just
big enough to slip over the stick cas-
lily. In use proceed as follows: Take
the handle and ring in one hand, reach
around the shock, pass the ring into
the other hand, and then slip the butt
end of the handle into the ring. Now,
shove the ring along the handle down
to the leather, turn the handle out
away from the side of the shock, and
it will stay there while you deliber-
ately put the twine around and tie.
Throw the handle back, release the
ring, and go to the next shock" Mr..
Amstutz believes that he is the orig
inator of this device, but he is willing
that others should use it without
charge.
Griggs courier., 1898-10-06

A worlds deficit in grain for the
coming year is the forecast of the Hum
garian minister of agriculture. He es-
Inmates that importing countries will
need 115,0oO,00o to 124.c00,0O0 metric
centners. or. roughly speaking. 45o,-
100000 10 soc, ,o00. .OcO bushels more than
their own output. and that exporting
countries will be able to send 1o1 .0O0.-
600 to 109.0O0,0OO metric centners, an
apporent deficit of 14.0oO.0oO to 15,00O,-
600, or say 60.O00,00o bushels. This re-
port, emanatirg each year ut this time
from what is known as the Vienna
grain congress, is made up from COM
parison of official and trade estimates
of the worlds production and require
ments The figures put forth are by
no means final, nor of any great value,
although interesting, as they seem to
reflect general conditions.
Griggs courier., 1898-10-06
How to pick,. PORK

Some one recently called for re-
cipe for pickling pork. Here is one
that we find good: Salt enough to
take out the blood and let it stand
two or three days. For every 100
pounds of meat take ten pounds of
salt, four pounds of Orleans sugar,
three-quarters ounce of saltpeter, two
ounces of soda and eight gallons of
water. Boil, strain and let cool. Then
pour over the meat. Let it stay in
pickle at least six weeks. Keep the
meat well under pickle, but be careful
not to weight it too heavy. If the pickle
should not be enough to cover you
will have to make enough as proper
toned above. This will depend some
what upon the shape of your vessel.
"A. S. Watson, in American Cultiva-
tor.
Griggs courier., 1898-10-06
Flax with other Grai..

Under some conditions it may be
advisable to grow fax with other
grain. Flax is very exhaustive crop.
but in this fact lies the advantage
when grain is sown on very rich land
in mixing some faxseed with it. If
the fax is not grown the grain will
grow too rank a straw, while with the
aax to help exhaust the superfiuous
fertility there is less danger of this.
There will be more of the grain
grown, while all of the flaxseed that
is harvested will be so much clear
gain. Barley is one of the best grains
to grow with fax, and both are ready
to cut at the same time. But both
should be very lightly seeded if clo-
yer seed is sown the same spring, else
there will be apoor catch Of clover
American Cultivator.
Griggs courier., 1898-10-06

the pathos Of the occasion, 20 she told
the story in . manner that savored
strongly of heartlessness.
what did you take her to eat?"
Mr.. Brown asked rs she finished her
story. ~
"Why, nothing! L Why. John. you
don't suppose she was that poor?"
"Oh, no! you weren't exactly that
poor yourself last spring when you
were getting up from grip. But no.
ticed dainty soups brewed away
from home were wonderfully welcome.
Perhaps the poor creature hasn't
nourishing than flowers, and oranges
would taste better than orchids"
"Don't be sarcastic, John; really I
didn't think about"
mo, see you didn't; you make me
think of dear old Auntie McIntosh's
visit to Jane Mcguire. You know
Auntie Mcintosh was very rich and
very religious, but she sometimes had
droll experiences in her good-natured
though ill-advised attempts at soul
saving. Her visit to Jane Mcguire was
one of these instances. Jane was an
industrious 1rish woman who had sup
ported herself by hard work until a
protracted illness brought her to the
end of her resources and nearly to
the brink of the grave at about the
same time. It made her very rebel.
lious to see her boarded savings melt
away while she was too weak to earn
more. When Auntie Mcintosh drove
up in her fine carriage one morning
to have a talk with Jane, thinking it
would be good time to point a moral
on occasional glasses of beer and cuss
words that Jane was reputed to in
dulge in, Jane took it all quietly until
Adntie proposed a season of prayer.
Then her Irish temper and her sense
of injustice put politeness to rout.
Bad cess to sich Christians as you
are she said, with yer preachin' and
yer prayin'. You'd better be givin' po-
tatoes than prayers. You'd be maxim
more converts with yer soups than
with all yer sermons"
"What did Auntie Mcintosh say?'
"Oh, she wasn't fool, if she didn't
have very practical ideas. She thought
minute and then she said: Jane, I
guess you are about right. was so
anxious about your soul, didn't think
about the needs of your poor body,
but will bring the things you need
right away When she returned
little later with liberal supply of
provisions she found poor Janesover-
whelmed with modification atShat
she called her meanness. But It was
a salutary lesson to both of them,
and would suggest that you try the
same scheme with your protege to-
morrow
The next day and for several day.
following Mrs. Brown sent nourishing
foods and dainty fruits to the home
Griggs courier., 1898-10-06
HUsK1NG HORSE.

is put down SO the ears of corn will
not catch when pulled forward. Corn
husking makes lame backs and sore
hands. The horse will help the back
and the following recipe will help the
hands: Take white wax. one-quarter
ounce. spcrmaceti, one-quarter ounce;
almond oil, one ounce; glycerine, two
ounces. Mix, melt the wax and stir in
the oils until they are perfectly mixed
and still continue to stir unit: cool.
Apply to the hands two or three times
q day. Wash the hands in warm wa
ter and apply the salve while the hands
are still quite damp, and rub them
until dry. 1t will keep them from get
ting sore. The prescription only costs
accents foringredients.-Ohi Farmer.