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A Penn.yIvania Comrade.

Gen James W. Latta was born in
Philadelphia April 10, 1889. He was
graduated from the Central High
school in July, 1856, and admitted to
the bar April 10. 1860. He enlisted at
the outbreak of the war as private in
Company d, Gray Reserves (now
First Regiment, National Guard) April
10, 1861; appointed second lieutenant
Company G, One Hundred and Nine
teenth Pennsylvania Volunteers Au-
gust 4, 1862; commissioned first lieu
tenant Company E, September 1, 1862,
and captain of Company March 4,
1864, and specially selected from the
Sixth Army Corps as assistant adju-
tant general of volunteers and so com
missioned, with the rank of captain,
April 20, 1864.
He participated in the battles of
Fredericksbu Salem Church, Gettys-
burg, Rappahannock Station, Mine
Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
Harbor, Winchester, Petersburg, Fort
Stevens, Ebenezer Church and Column
bus (Ga), and other affairs of lesser
moment; was brevetted major for gal
liant conduct at Winchester, Va, and
lieutenant colonel for meritorious SER
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Monument to John Rurp,.

A monument to John Burns, the
citizen hero of the battle of Gettsy-
burg, has just been erected by the
state of Pennsylvania 1t is situated
in the open fields near Reynolds
woods on the western ridge of the first
days field 1t was here that John
Burns won renown.
The monument shows a bronze fig
ure of heroic size, standing on a great
boulder of battlefield granite. On the
face of the boulder is the following in
scription-
My thanks are specially due to a
citizen of Gettysburg named John
Burns. who, although over 20 years OF
age, shouldered his musket and otter
ed his services to Col Wister One
Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania
Volunteers Col Wister advised him
to fight in the woods as there was
more shelter there. But he preferred
to join our line of skirmishers in the
open fields. When the troops retired
he fought with the Iron Brigade He
was wounded in three places-Gettys-
burg Report of Major-Gen- Double
day"
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"W'en All gets outer dis" how1ed
Aunt Judy, "Ah'n frail yo' to a
fragile end!"
light. mo, All d. know bout dat,
elder" she said thoughtfully. The
water was cold and the poles were
anything but comfortable, but Aunt
Judy was built of sterling stuff Ma
poleon began to hedge.
WAT was you gwineter promise,
aunty?" he inquired with affected care
lessness.
well. eff you-oh, All d. know
neider.''
go on, aunty."
We'll, looky here, boys, if you'll
only help you POI ole aunty out, Ah'n
get you all the doughnuts and crack
Inns you kin hole"
''Nossir,'' said Napoleon. you got
ter promise not to tech a ha'r O. our
heads 'fo' we lets you OUT There
was long pause.
Then Aunt Judy said, well, boys.
guess Ah'll halter do it,
In ten minutes she was out, floun-
dering on the grass. They helped her
to her feet.
Now, boys said she, still retaining
grasp on each muddy black paw, "Ah
amt gwine tech a hair on you heads,
but Ise des natchelly gwineter frail
you backs till de world looks level
Old Uncle Pete, over in the clearing
behind the trees, stopped hoeing and
listened for moment to sounds which
came floating on the evening breeze.
HUH Pears lax dem folks oveh
todes de bayou is always a-killin'
hawgs'', he said to himself.
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Excelled In Science.

Americas place in the scientific
world is the subject of an interesting
discussion in Popular Science Month
ly. This journal points out that while
we have produced many great invent
ors and are, perhaps, contributing
more than a share to practical en-
cheering. manufactures and agricul-
ture, we do not stand equally high in
the domain of pure science If the
pure sciences were divided into nine
groups-that is to say, mathematics,
astronomy, physics, botany, chemistry,
geology, zoology, physiology and an
thropology- psychology-and the Unit
ed States excelled in one branch, it
would be sufficient. 1t is, however, adj
mitted we are inferior to several ma
tons in mathematics, physics chem
istry and physiology, and we are in
ferior in reputation, though obviously
not so in performance, in zoology, bot
any and anthropology-p psychology but
we are probably doing work of great
er volume and value than any other
nation in astronomy and in geology.
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Last year has been record year in
the export trade of Russian cigarettes.
The trade seven years ago only reached
the figure of 100000. while the re-
turns for 1901 show that during the
year 129.0o0,000 cigarettes were sent
from Russia to foreign countries. Ger
many appears to be the best customer.
her purchases amounting to 1890. 900.
Finland second. with $4,000, 0Oo. the
rest of 10000. 900 being spread all over
the surface of the globe.
We 10 not defer to-day's pun.sn-
nent by to-morrow's promises.
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this place. The hot air rising from
the canyons and bottoms of the val
legs encounters the colo atmosphere
currents from the Sierras and Rock
les and the rushing of the cooler air
into the valley instantly creates a
storm undreamec of in any other part
of the world.
For hours at a time the sandstone
RACES. occasionally for day and a
night Nothing alive can brave the
hurricane. The man who will keep
close within a tent, with his head
wrapped in a blanket, will survive.
but he will suffer with heat almost as
severely as if in an oven. and for days
thereafter with a pain from smarting
nostrils and inf1amed eyes and ears
Death Valley gets its name from its
Gh1st1y aspect. its desolation and it's
deadly effect upon many = venture
some or ignorant prospector who has
attempted to cross it in summer and
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SOLD HIS DAUGHTER FOR $50

Father Punished with Is Years Inn
prisonment and $1,000 Fine.
Jeanne Polite, Is years old, was the
complainant against her father yes
terday morning before Justice McMa-
hon in part 1 of general sessions. Her
father, Pierre Polito, a French-Canad-
ian. is 40 years old. He was arrested
on the charge of having SOLD his
daughter for $50 to a French waiter.
a cadet
Word of the girls plight reached
the Society for the Prevention of CRU
city to Children. They rescued her.
and it took two weeks of treatment
to enable the girl to tell her story in
diligently.
On being arraigned yesterday for
sentence Polito told the judge that he
did not understand English very well.
Judge Mcmahon expressed the belief
that the man would understand it
when he heard his sentence, and he
imposed the maximum penalty of the
law-fifteen years in the penitentiary
and a fine of 81 1000. There is another
indictment on which the father may
be tried with an additional penalty
of ten years at hard labor. 1t is prob
able that he will be tried on this
count. and that in addition to the fine
he will have to serve twenty-five years
in the penitentiary.-New York
Times
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The old Dutch church that Irving loved
Shows all it's windows thick with frost
Deep are the SHOWS upon its roof,
It's ancient groves in drifts are lost;
The icy pond and ruined mill
Lie in the moonlight white and still
The bridge beyond the Willows. where
The headless horseman rode by night
Is built of carved marble now,
The winding road is smoothly white,
The bushes sheeted specters pale
in Sleepy HolIow's haunted vale
But in the woodlands snowy heart
A little brook / cannot see
Among the stiffly frozen reeds,
Still keeps its merry spirit free.
And with a steadfast faith sublime
Sings of the joys of summertime
-Minna Irving in the Era
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Illinois has two nicknames. 1t was
early called Prairie State" from the
character of its land. which in most
quarters is rolling prairie 1t was
nicknamed the Sucker State from
the fact that early travellers on the
prairies often suffered great straits
for lack of water They soon learned
from the Indians how to satisfy their
thirst, for proceeding to low place
in the prairie, they would search for
crawfish holes, into which they in
serted long straw, and sucked up
the water beneath Such, at least, is
the story told and explanation given
of the nickname
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The secretary of the interior has
just reversed decision of the com
missioner of pensions in case which
is of general interest, especially to vet
Grams of the war. The case is that oil
A. A. Daniels of Grand Forks, N D.
Through an error on the part of a
clerk in the pension bureau Daniels
was paid several hundred dollars in
excess of an allowance granted. In
1898 he was granted pension of $12
month. Later it was reduced to Sc
but the higher rate was paid for some
years, owing to the loss in the mails OF
instructions to the agent at Milwau-
kee. When the error was discovered
Commissioner Evans decided that he
would withhold Daniels pension until
the amount of the error was paid the
government. The secretary of the in
terror decided that the claimant should
not suffer through blunder on the
part of the pension bureau.
The pension committees of conxress
are steadily at work in efforts to bring
about changes in the general pension
laws to make the work of the pension
bureau easier
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der whitening heat. The oxen fell
and stalwart men sickened and died
in the camps. One day nine young
men became separated from the main
party and years later their whitened
bones were found in an extinct vol
canic crater where they had crawled
in their delirium and weakness. For
days the gaunt, weak men in the party
went without food. The days were too
hot for them to be out in the sun
and they confined their effcrts to the
nights for finding paths that might
lead out of the roasting tomb.
At last eighty-two of the original
party-now mere skeletons and Sc
weak that they could scarcely walk
found passageway through the fu-
neral mountains and, summoning all
their little remaining strength, man.
aged to get up and out of Death Val
ley into the cool and well watered re-
gion of southern California, beyond
the Sierras.
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raSca1!'

from the fringe of trees which ran a
short distance from the bayou, she
saw the recreants perched on the drift
log which ran out into the water
Deere dey is, and dat scoun'l is
smokin' Unc' Pete's pipe, and. my
blessed. dat Sam is got one, tool"
Breaking on long, wild-plum
switch. she waddled, as fast as her
physical makeup would permit, to-
ward the boys. When she arrived at
the bridge, the boys turned and saw
her, but only for a second. There was
a scream, a crashing of sticks, and .
mighty suffering.
Help. help! 'Poleon. Sam. Oh.
Lordy. help me outer dis. Oh! Oh.
Dis some er you rascals' debblishness
Oh. Ah1l frail yout Come. cats good
boys, and help you old aunty QUIT"
The boys. at nrst frightened by what
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Fearful Losses at e.tty.bur<.

To understand truly and to estimate
properly the fighting qualities of the
men and the organization of our arm
les, one must take the cold figures OF
the percentage of losses in killed and
wounded and compare them with SINH
lar results in other wars and in
troops of other nations, says Maj. Gen.
ST. Clair A. Mulholland, in a graphic
account of the battle of Gettysburg,
written for the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. The Third Westphalian, at
Mars La Tour, lost 49.4 per cent killed
and wounded. The Garde-Schutzen
at Metz, lost 46-1 per cent The Light
Brigade at Balaklava, lost 36.7 per
cent. This is the story of brave men
and splendid organizations and, if
mistake not, tells of the greatest loss
on record in single engagements in
European wars. Not one of them lost
so per cent in killed and wounded in
single engagements. Without fear of
contradiction, | assert that in the
union army alone at least sixty-three
regiments lost more than so per cent
killed and wounded in single engage
ments, and more than 120 regiments
lost more than Sc per cent under like
circumstances. On the soil of our
own state, at glorious Gettysburg,
there were at least twenty-three regi-
ments that lost more than so per cent
in killed and wounded during the
three sanguinary days of the battle.
and nine of these were Pennsylvania
organizations. Eight other northern
states-New Jersey, New Hampshire.
New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, Minnesota and Massachusetts
were also included in this splendid
roll of honor Truly, there was
glory enough to go all around
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Fooled Col. Dan McCook.

Speaking of mischief said Ser
geant Sam Grimshaw, reminds me OF
the army pranks of Col. John J. Nc
Cook, now, 1 understand, a staid Pres
byterian elder of the Rev Dr. Halls
church in New York city. John
came to his brother, Col. Dan McCook
in the Perryville campaign in 1862. He
was not more than Is years old, and
was fresh from school, but he took to
soldering like a duck to water, and
serving on the coloneIs staff, became
very popular with the boys.
While on our march to Crab Or
chard after the battle of Perryville
we camped one night on a large plan
tation, Col. Dan McCook making his
headquarters in the planters house
Guards were placed about the house
by John McCook, who that night did
conspire with the guards to rob the
planter of sundry bee hives located tic
the rear of the house. John placed
the guard over the hives, giving him
private instructions to turn his bach
at given signal. When morning
came the guard was on duty, but hives
and honey had disappeared. Col Dan
was furious, but he never suspected
that his brother was the originator OF
the scheme to steal the honey.''-Chi.
cago Inter Ocean.
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eice in the cavalry engagements of
Ebenezer Church and Columbus. His
service carried him as far west as the
military district of Colorado. He de-
clined an appointment in the regular
army, and was honorably discharged
and mustered out Jan. 20. 1866. He
resumed the practice of his profession
(the law, and again entered his old
regiment. the First Infantry, as adju-
tant, and subsequently became major.
lieutenant colonel and colonel, from
which rank he was selected by Gov.
Hartranft to be adjutant general of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This position he retained under the
two administrations of Gov. Hartranft
and also the one of Gov. Hoyt. He
was the first secretary of the municipal
civil service board, under the new
Philadelphia charter.
He is past commander Of Pennsyl-
vania, Grand Army of the Republic,
a comrade of Post 2 of Philadelphia,
and of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States.
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stampedea the Mu1e..

When Gerf William Sooy Smith, .
said the Captain, was preparing for
his raid in 1864, very funny thing
happened at Grand Junction. Horses
and mules were sent to this point for
remounts and for pack trains, and
hundreds of men were held there to
put horses through the preliminary
training. One day $50 mules were I'M
loaded from a train that was supposed
to contain only horses, and there was
much swearing and joking over the
mistake.
THE men assigned to look after the
horses were disinclined to tackle the
mules, and hundreds of darkies vol
unteered to ride the mules to camp.
Finally ESQ delighted darkies were
mounted on $50 mules and were ar
ranged in line awaiting the orders of
the Quartermaster in charge. Before
any. instructions could be given. the
engineer of the waiting train gave
TWO sharp toots on his locomotive
whistle. and instantly $50 pairs of
mules heels went into the air and $50
darkies rose in line like so many huge
blackbirds taking flight.
The scene was indescribably fun
ny, and yet was disturbing. The dar-
kies, yelling in unison. held on for
dear life, and the mules. turning tail.
bolted for the woods 200 or 300. yards
away. In among the trees they went
like scared deer. shedding their dark
riders as they went. The darkies all
came back in the course of two or
three days, but not more than fifty
of the mules were ever accounted for.
The Quartermaster preferred charges
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(d dlll pflrsldles

against the engineer, and insisted
that he be tried for malicious mis-
chief-'-Chicago Inter Ocean
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This name is sometimes given to
Edmund Spencer, the admired author
of the "Faery Queen" He is so termed
in the inscription on his monument in
Westminster Abbey.
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The King Of Siam has an army corps
OF 500 elephants A corp of half
as many American rough riders OF
the western ranges would make the
numbering beasts pack their trunks
order.
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1f taxes the editor to maE0 lonG
story short
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-21
TELLS OF POVERTY IN INDIA
Returned Traveller Reports Almost In.
credihla Cnnditions Thara

Returned Traveller Reports Almost In.
credible Conditions There.
81 have lived in Calcutta for the
past fifteen years." said Robert
Humphrey of England, now in Wash
ington. I'VE have many people in
Great Britain who are in poor circum.
stances, but a man has to see how
the masses in India live to under
stand the meaning of 'abject poverty
From my observation l do not hes
itate to say that half of the people
who toll in the fields over there do
not know what it is to have their hun
ger satisfied. The masses do not live;
they merely exc out a miserable exist
ence, and from the cradle to the grave
there is an inceSsant battle with pri-
vation and want.
CAS- rule they subsist on one meal
per day, and not infrequently, even in
districts that are not listed as famine.
stricken, they have this insufficient
quota of food only on alternate days
When one considers that the average
income of the native farmer is, accord.
ing to good authority, SS a year, it is
no surprise to hear how impoverished
is the country. In fact, there is
scarcely year that passes over the
heads of these unfortunates that they
have any assurance of escaping a
period of famine. The grim specter
of starvation is ever at their DOORS"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-21

An English writer has the following
to say of a popular American novel
list: Il was surprised when | met
Marion Crawford to-day down at
Sarah Berphardt's theater. He had
been supervising the rehearsals Of
Francesca da Rimini' and was very
happy with the enthusiasm of Sarah
for the work. AS we drove back to-
gether the brilliant author told me
that he could count on his fingers the
days that he had been in England
during the last twenty years. South
ern Italy was to him paradise.
Marion Crawford is a burly man, al
most horse guards blue in his gait, but
should imagine of very delicate TEN.
permanent. Although the day was
mild and jacket was sufficient for
the ordinary man, he buttoned up his
overcoat to the cheek bones and then
seemed chilly"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-21

We are going to sell our printing
office and go to farming" says the
editor of Kansas paper. we were
told last week about farmer whose
wlfs and family of five children are
getting rich, while the old gentleman
hustles around and bosses the Job
The lovely daughter-and she is love.
ly-has about two and half acres of
chickens, while the boys have cattle
horses. hogs and the like to get away
with all the feed that is grown on the
place, and every once in awhile they
buy another quarter. They have a
handsome new home, the woods are
full of quail, the creek is full of black
bass and they live right up at the top
of the pot, every day in the year. This
family owns about everything in sight
and are hustling every day for more.
We wish we were a plutocratfc farm,
er."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-21

Congressman Cannon.
the original sinful man of the house,
Mr.. Wadsworth of New York uttered
the retort direct:
You are certainly under suspicion"
said Mr.. Wadsworth.
The agile Senator CulIom, desiring
to go to his committee room, walked
in the direction of the staircase.
why don't you take the elevator?"
he was asked.
Because l am in a hurry" he re.
piled, and then he ascended the stair.
case two steps at time.
"The senate is the greatest legis-
lative body in the world said SEN
ator Cockrell, addressing Mr.. Spooner
upon bill that was being considered.
"Oh. no." replied Mr.. Spooner. This
is not the greatest legislative body
in the world, It is only part of one
of the greatest legislative bodies, but
I will not dispute that it is the great
est part. In fact" added Mr.. Spoon
er. smiling, 81 think We all admit that
fact"
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CudTl1c d ~ ;" III a II,
who is Representative Burk's right
hand man. remarked that it was desir-
able to get back in time to witness the
eight-oared race that afternoon be-
tween Pennsylvania and the middies.
Rowing or sailing?" queried Mr..
Loudsnslager of New Jersey, mem
quickly.
Bowman hesitated as though the
question were a puZzler. Now he in
sists that the joke was on Louden.
slayer and Loudenslager says 1t was
done on purpose to test Bowman, and
they haven't been able to agree which
way the joke came.
Boutell of Illinois is bald and Sulzer
of New York has head of hair which
might fill the seven Sutherland SIS
ters with envy.
In the house recently Mr.. Sulzer
taunted the Illinois member with be-
ing unable to part his hair in the
middle.
1T is true" retorted Mr.. Boutell.
that l am not one of those whose
strength goes to hair instead of
brains"
After which Mr.. Sulzer had nothing
more to say.
Representatives Wheeler and Bore
ing of Kentucky were discussing at
fairs in that state. ME-. Wheeler re-
marked that he understood Mr.. Bore
ing to say something about Caleb
Powers, the man charged with the
murder of Goebel.
81 am not responsible for the gen
tlemans understanding" said Mr..
Boreing. Il may give the gentleman
information, but God Almighty alone
can give him understanding"
And there are some men," replied
Mr.. Wheeler, looking in Mr.. Boreing' s
direction, "who have neither informa-
ton nor understanding"
Charlie Joy Of st. Louis went over
to Atlantic City the other evening to
accompany Mrs. Joy to that resort
and came back to Philadelphia by eve
ming train that he might get an early
start for Washington the following
| day and be here in time to vote.
viii you have your baggage sent
up, Mr.. Joy?' inquired the clerk at the
| hotel where he registered.
| Yes, said he, as he handed over
the counter a bundle, containing his
| pajamas and a tooth brush.
DO you mind paying in advance
Mr.. Joy?" continued the clerk, eyeing
| him rather suspiciously.
81 pay gladly" said the st. Louisan
| Convinced for once that l was not
charged extra for being a congress
! man"
"Uncle Joe" Cannon is constantly IL
| the harness these days. No appropria
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Especial Letter.)

HEN a lot OF Con-
greSsmen were at
Annapolis coursing
round in Chesapeake
bay, with a fierce
wind sweeping the
deck at the rate OF
forty miles an hour,
Charlie Bow m a n.