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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13

BUFFALO. N. Y, Piotr
Punkarkowski ME
mogac wyludzie od matki IS
centow ma piwo, zbii ia tax
niemi}osiernie, ze biedna ko.
beta ledwie zostaIa przy zy-
ciu. Stawiony "a to brutal
stwo pred sadem. swyoiera4
sic. jakoby by} winnym. ale
srdzia ME wiele zwaza1 ma te
~ym6wki i ..obiecujacego"
synala zas3dzil ma 100 dni
kozy.
POLAK J6zef Szmid. kto.
ry pracowa} jako mularz u
kontraktora Grubcra. zajety
'przy budowie nowego domu.
uderzony zostal spsdajaca
belka ! stan jego zdrowia jest
krytyczny. Odwiez'ono go do
szpitala Emergency.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13

pateloi, bo p;eniedzy ogrom-
ny brak, a kredytu ME ma.
No domiar jeszcze niezalezni
z Buffalo drwia sobie z szopki
Chicagoskiei pastwia sic
n;elitosc'wie mad wspo}zawo-
dnikiem. Dobrzeby, naszem
zdaniem zas'uzyl sic ktoby
zechcial podl:t SIC piracy roz~
dania pom'edzy niezaleznych
W Chicago ,,Warte' Buffalo,
ska, W Buffalo zss ,,Reforme''
Chicagoska obie ostatoich
3 tygodni Dowiedzieliby sic
nawza)em ludzie oba}amuceni,
jakich majq przewodnik6w:
a pewnieby niejednemu oczy
sic otworzy'y.
.,Zgoda'' cd Zwiazku za-
klina sic. ze kasa. Zwiazkowa
W porzadku, AMI sic jej stat
moze przygoda, bo P. Majew
ski dobrv ..cz}owiek. Pan
Morgenstern tez byl dobrym
ca'owiekiem, poki go z}ym
ME og@oszono, a re p Nor
genstern ME ty]e ukradt dla
sie5ie jsk ola innycb przez
swo1a dobrot. to tel rzecz
pewna Ostroznosci nigdy ME
moze bye "a wiele, osobliw1e
tam gdzie Tie masz bo,szoi
Botej. Odd Fellows miell
~iecej pienledzy anizeli Zwia'
zek, poreczenie "a urzednik6w
tez potetn a przeciez to ME
przeszks dzalo sprytnym pro-
wodyrom zaprzepasc'e kroci
Pod adresem ,.Polaka "
Ameryce''. Prosimy ma przy-
szlost zapsmietac sob'e, ze sic
ME godzi gazecie kato]ick'ej
przedruki~ac oryginslnych
artykulow z innego c1asopis'
ma bez podauia jego nazwy
Me myslcie panowie. ze mo-
4ecie przedrukiwat artyku'y
|,, ,Wiarusa" jako swoje wlasne,
=
ola tego zesc'e opr1estall pre-
sylae vPolaka W A." W1ARU.
sow1.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13

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ME wiece) ami mniej cd in
nych achcac a sic przekonat
O ich patryotyzHie, trzeba
zarazem badaG uczucia wszyst.
kich Polakow po rozrzuco~
nych kolon'ach poszczegofnie'
Zyczylibysmy P Stapczyd~
skiemu. ably NJ przewodn'~
kow W swych podr6zach pc
koloniach polskich dosta]i
mu sic ludzle bezstronni
doswiadczeni. Witamy ser
Gem szczerem i tego wys'an
nika kraju jako rodaka. kt6ry
przyby' do mas niezawodnie
" intencyi dobrej pozytecz
ne,; ,ezeli zas W dalszym c'a
gu nin'cjszych uwag przy-
pomnimy krzywdy nam wy
rzadzone przez podobnych
goscl z dawnie,szych lat. to
czyn'my to tylko dla prze~
strogi przyjac'elskiej.
w ostatnim lat dziesiatku
ugaszczalIsmy pan6w delega~
tow z kraju. DR.. Duoikow-.
skiego z ks pralatem K1o@sem @
ze Lwowa, ks. pralata Wa
wrzyniaka Z Poznahskiego i
p. M lkowskiego z Rapper-
svillu. Kazdy z tvch pan6w
przyzna, ze pod wzgledem
goscinnosci amerykahscy Po
lacy zostali wiernym, potion
kami swych goscinnych
przodk6w. Sposob okazywa~
MIA szczerosci m6gl sic nie'.
podobac. ale o brak dobrych
chec' posadzac mas ME byio
mozna. Me slyszel smy tel.
aby kt6ry owych pao6w
delegat6w ma to narzeka',
inaej zas strony czuli sic oni
zawiedzionymi, a chociaz tego
wprost glo$no ME wypo:
wiedzieli, kto tylko mial. jak
to m6w'2, oczy otwarte. wi
dziai t po diugich twarzach,
litosnych spo)rzeniaeh. pol:
glosnych szemraoiach tip
Panowie delegaci slysz2c "
kra]u czesto 0 zamoznoSc
niekt6rych emigrant6w pol
skich. czytajac nadto " ga
zetach tutejszych o wielk'ch
prawdziwych i zmySlonych
przeds eb,orstwach, sadzil' ze
nar6d polski W Ameryce to
cos idealnego. to nar6d, jak
drugiego ma Swiec'e ME ma
postepowy, osw'econy, ze tu
kazdy czlowiek zwyczaJny CO.
najmniej merzyt sic moze
pankiem starokrajskim ped
kazdym wzgledem wyatt
KEN p'eniedzy, bo tych ame'
rykanski robotnik Polak ma
wiecej. ze wiec ukazawszy
SIG jako delegat u takiego
narodu. ktory badz CO badz
zapomniet ME m6gl &c 2 teI
samel ziemi pochodzi CO
panow'e delegaci, beda sis
Idele ektowal, lax v rajju. jakby
Igdzies ME na z'emi, jakby nie
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13
PrZestroga
ma cZasie.

ma CZaSle.
Niedawno donosily eazety
kraiowe i tute, sze. re posel
Stapczyhski wyjezdza do
Stan6w Ziednoczonych W ce~
lu zbadania tutejszych stosun
kow emigracyi galicylskiej.
DIS wiemy luz ze 6w pan
cd kilkunastu dni bawi W
Stanach Zjednoczonych j
n;ezawodnie bada pilnie sto~
sunki EN- gracy' gal'cyiskie).
Jake ztad beda skutk; trudno
wnioskowac. ale sadzac z
dawniejszych wyc'eczek po-
dob"ych. mozemy smia'o
pr1ypuszczst. ze l P. Stap~
czyhskl ne przedstawi emf
gracyi W w'aseiwem swietle,
te. prostel przyc>yny, IL
ne bedzie mial czasu ami
sposobno ci, mas dobrze po-
z'at. Pan Stapczyhsk', jak
jego poprzedn'cy, we lak SIG
brac do dziela W kra)u urza-
dzonym na spos6b dalicyi,
gdz'e W kazde, wsi, " kaz-
dem miasteczku mieScie
iatwo sic orlentowaG ma u.
rzedzie. u volta, burmistrza
lub starosty. tego tn ME
masz. a kto chce nasze sto'-
sunki poznat. musi po prostu
zye niejedne soil garst
spozyt pom'edzy nami. Me
w'emy, czy dlugo potrwaja
odw'edz'oy pana Stapczyh-
skiego. lecz jako posel praw~
dopodobn'e ogran,czyc musi
pobyt sw6D ma Gas Ikrotki.
ME wystarczai1cy ma pozna-
ME dostateczne chotby kilku
osad wiekszych. Pom'mo zaS
podobiehstwa wlelk'ego na
zewnatrz kolonii polsk'ch W
Stanach Zjednoczonych. r6z-
.nica W wnetrznem urzadzeniu
jest bardzo w'elka. Polacy z
Gahcyi aczkolwiek tych
samych stron pochodzacy, tn
razem ME mieszkaja. a wplyw
obcowania z rodakami z in
nych zabor6w, szczeg6)nic
gdy tych ostatnich lest wick
sza grenada. wyrab'a u mich
typy wcale d, siebie
niepodobne. Many tedy lu
dziz Galicyi rzutkich pred
siebiorczych. innych zarabia
jacych machinalnie ma kawa~
lex chleba. innych skionnych
do pr6znowan'4 ! wl6czego-
stwa. innych )eszcze oszczed'.
nych. poboznych, Q chwale
Bota dbajacych, a takzc ia.
kich. CO 0 kosc'6t wiare ME
dbaiq, ale tych. dzieki Bogu.
malo, wog6le zas niewielu
szukajacych wyzszego wy
ksztalcenia. Zkad IA obojet-
nose trudno pow'edziet. ale
Mkt ME zaprze eczy, e 70 fakt.
Mote pan Stapcz zyaski Pc
zbadaniu st6sunk6 6w nam wys
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13

pomiedzy zwyklymi ludzmi,
al tu prozaiczna rzeczywistosf:
jak mr6z Minnesocki "
j Czerwcu, zaraz ma wstepie
wszystkic mrzooki zwarzyla,
Ukazali sic Po]acy ale jake
niepodobni do cwych wyma'
rzonych nad1iemskich isrot
CHOP W ch'opa ustrojony
jpo po]sku m6wiacy, sklonny
do usciskow, o i1terese, Q
|polltyce ,akiejbadz,o o waznych
|wypadkach historyi polskiej
nawet rozprawia)acy jak Q
piracy codzieonej. ale coz t.
"a polski jezyk. kt6rym sic
odzywa! Makaronizm cho6by
naigorszy, n:czem sic wydaje
" porownaniu: U$cisk, po-.
wiadaja serdeczny. brrr!
niedzwiedz gorzejby tego ME
ipotra6t. o tytulach ami mowy
|prostaki zapominaja sic. co
chwila, zamiast panic profeso-
rze' panic doktorze. ksieze
pra'acie, uslyszysz Ty p.
Ty NJ. ksieze. a na]wyzej
Ojcze' duchowny, MECH nas
Bog bron'. tosmy wpadl'! Po
tak,m wstepie jake MONA
sic spodziewac sadu ME juz
przychyloego ale chotby bez
stronnego o wychodzcach
|N'e starajqc sic bynajmn'ej
poznac blize) tych prostakow
trzeba bylo panom delegation
odgrywat komedya przez caly
czas ich pobytu miedzy
nam. UdawaG zadowclenie
weso|ost, thwalit wszystko
ma funty a po powrocie do
swoich dopiero odetchnat,
potem smarowaG po r6znych
|gazetach niestworzone rzeczy
10 polakach ameryka6sk'ch.
ME powiemy tego 0 rzeczo-
)nych dw6ch pralatach G.
aczkolwiek przcchodzil. W
SVEN uprzedzen'u do nas
meki niepomiernie wieksze
cd cywilnych, pr1eciez potra-
fill zniesc je po chrzeSc adsku
ME skarzac sc publ cznie,
ME mszczac sic. Panowie zsS
Ounikowski Milkowski ME
szczedzil, nam wprost ubli-
zaiacych op's6w, tax ze dz'S
gorsze maJa wyobrazenie o
mas W kraju anizeli dawniei,
ldowodem tego ban'aluki, jake
spoty kamy W gazetach kralo-
wych Q polakach W Ameryce.
Pan Milkowsk, byi miai ma
prod oglos't, ze przyjezdza
! do Ameryki jako stanowczy
wrog duchowiehstws. Oczon'
w;erzyt sic ME chce, gdy
czytamy jego spostrzezenia 2
podrozy po Ameryce, re je
o sze czlowiek swiatly, dor
swiadczony. obdarzony jako
autor duchem spostrzegaw-
czym. Pre- ciez na.zac cietsi
wrogowie duchowiehstws,
] proswodyrzy Zwiazku przyznaja
liz zachowanie ducha polskiego
II. naszej eln,g gracyii, zaaIw'dzie
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13

CLEVELAND. @. Frank
Sweet dawniejszy obywatel
Clevelandzki, zamieszka'y "
Columbus. Fope'ni} samob6j-
stwo z bardzo glupiej przyczy-
ny = rozehodzi1o Sc mu o.
ca'us kt6rego iona odm6wi-
la. :.;
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13

w ZESZkYM tygodn,u
ks. Biskup. Horstman eksko-
munikowa] bysego probu.zcza
paraf,i s]owackiej ks. Jana
Tychy, ktory za}ozyl parsf.e
niezalezna pod wezwaniem
Sw. Jana. Rozpcrzadzerie BIZ
skupa odczytane by1o W kaz-
dym koSciele katol,ckim "
dyecezyi Clevelaod1kiej.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-11-13


STEVENS POINT Anto-
nj B'elawsk ktory W ost4t-
aich czasach pracowa' pray
kolei W Woodruff, wis. ze~
sz|y wto1ek cdebra} sob:e
zyc'e przez powieszenie sic.
Dawniei pracowai on W o.
kolicy Stsvens Point. Liczyl
lat sol byf samotnym. Ma on
krewnych W town Hull, do
kad tez zwioki jego przewie-
z'one zostana
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21

from his seat in the house for one week. when he can return and tell Chamberlain he is another. Several other exciting scenes occurred in the same place yesterday. and all brought about by the Boer war. Surely the sturdy Boer is a thorn in the side or the greatest nation in the world. Speaking of the incident the Hartford Courant says plenty of bad blood has been brewed in the house of commons since this session began. The long strain of the Boer war is beginning to tell visibly on nerves and tempers. Yesterdays disorderly proceedings stopped just short of blows. Anger was in the heart and voice of that us- ually imperturbable Scot, Campbell Zimmerman The colonial secretary got angry, too. If he hadn't he wouldn't have made his remark about traitors and John Dillon wouldn't t have been suspended for calling the CO., lonial secretary "a d-d liar" Mr Chamberlain never had that said to him in the house before. For the time being, John Dillon is the envy of every other member of his party and the hero of them all. The hate they exhibit for MT Chamberlain is curious. They never hated Mir Ball. four that way, even before they got to know him.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
THE WEAPONS OF AN ORATOR

No orator ever eXerted a great and lasting influence without faith: faith i'll himself, faith in human nature, faith in inevitability of law, faith in an everything Providence. It is one of his mightiest weapons You cannot convince people unless you speak out of great conviction i'll your heart This power is reinforced by hope. q cheery optimism that. by making men feel that the world is growing better. inspires them to help it's reformation. These qualities are contagious: they are persuasive.
 But We must add to these weapons k that intellectual quality which men call common sense; which is neither more nor less than a sense of propor- ton, an appreciation of relationships. q perception of the ratio of values. An orator has the power of clean, clear logical thought, whereby he conyin ces his hearers through the activity of their own minds. Presence is conyin- clng, compelling, often lifting auditors to q higher plane. but men demand more than an intangible influence: they demand that their mental actiyi- ties be quickened, that they be led to think for themselves.
 An effectual weapon for an orator IS reserve power, so that what ha is offering seems but a suggestion If many weightier things that he is hold ing in reserve. A discourse that carries this impression of q wealth of reserve behind it cannot fail to influence an audience.-Charles Wesley Emerson i'll Success" for April.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
CIRCUsEs AND MINISTRIES.

Speaking of the decadence of negro minstrelsy the Chicago Chronicle says
 Negro minstrelsy is passing away with it's father, the plantation negro. The colored man. of to-day has little in common with the shouting. dancing. banJo-thrumming, delirious' and de Vout type of genuine African minstrel sy. Even his physiognomy is under gong change, so gradual as to scarce Y attract attention. The burnt cork
 Inake-up" of huge protruding red lips, cflnkled, Woolly hair massed like tho Iull Dottomed wig of lord chancellor the Tapping heels and slouching gait which Emerson and Rice made tran silorily typical, are no longer seen in the north and are fast disappearing ln the south"
 The Chronicle is correct. The old time mlnstrels, like the old circus. is opsolescent. almost obsolete. The old time circus was continuous exhibit Ion or marvellous equitation. remark able gymnastics and really funny clowns. The riding of Stone. McCol- lum, the Robinsons and others of fifty years ago was worth going to see if there had been nothing else. Tba ground and lofty tumbling. the sorner- saults, the balancing and leaping of those old timers was a contin11nns source of wonder, and, withal. the clowns had real humor and new Jokes.
 Ihat Is all practically gone excent i'll the pitiful substitution of the .sdog ana pony shows,v which catch ina stray dimes of the younger generation. h place of the genuine circus we have enormous travelling menageries. Cir cuses With two or three rings to dis tract the attention, and a minimum or riding to keep up q semblance of the circus. With this is mixed some good feats of balancing and gymnastics and great deal of cheap vaudeville. And to accentuate the change they will put on half q dozen clowns with hardly q neW Joke among them. The circus of the old days is gone.
 So It Is with negro minstrelsy. The old-time minstreIs who could really initiate negro are little better than 3 memory. now. The elders among IFS remember them as they were when the business was in it's youth They made | up to resemble the negro and they sang, talked and acted like the negro. They were negro minstrels from start to hnlsh and they were enjoyable. But they are gone and in their place we have large aggregations of people who initiate the negro little and do a great deal of something else. They sing songs that the old style negroes never heard of, and to music that he couldn't comprehend. With q little of this imitation they mingle great deal which has no more relation to negro minstrelsy than it has to politics. They are really vaudeville performers and not negro minstrels. They de parted with the Montgomery Advertiser.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
PHYSICAL CULTURE IN HELPING


 America still has several million girls who find large part of their physical culture in helping mamma, and are not blushing because of the fact. For such girls the vista of pos abilities is long and alluring.
 For arms, fingers and wrists, wash ing and wiping dishes will be found admirable. One is as good as the otn- CT. Perhaps the water aids in giving suDpleness to the joints of the fingers. That is an advantage washing dishes has over wiping them. However, there is surely a fine elbow movement Ill the wiping.
 Bed-making. as it is still taught in the homely physical-culture academies of Yankee farmhouses, cannot be too highly recommended. With the fold ing of every counterpane, blanket and sheet the arms are stretched as far apart as they will go, each hand hold ing one end. Then, standing perfectly erect, the chest is thrown out Quickly the hands are brought together again and, prestoi the sheet is double foll- ed. Shoulders, body and limbs are all developed by the mattress-turning The eye and the sense of symmetry learn much from the regular arrange ment of counterpane and pillows. Of course. this exercise ought not to be carried too far.
 Sweeping gives much the same mo- tion without the jerkiness of golfng strokes. For the graceful perfection of arms and shoulders, so much de- sired by every ambitious girl. nothing could be better. I do not advise e1- cess in this recreation. But there will be nothing harmful if you only sweep each room in the house once q week.
 Floor-scrubhing like lawn tennis, is rather violent, and not to be tried un- less you are sure about your heart. At hrst 1t will be almost as severe on the knees as rowing in q shell, but as you get used to the occupation. it will give you a subtle satisfaction of ifs own.
 Running up stairs when mamma wants something is first-class exercise. and running down stairs is almost as good. Interesting diversions will be found in egg-beating and ice-cream freezing. Busting ought to have a chapter by itself. First, you are down on all fours; then you are on tiptoc seeing how far the duster will reach. This tiptoeing, with it's ankle develop ment is superb. But that isn't all. You twist yourself into all sorts of positions to get at the corners of the carved furniture. First you are on one knee, and then you are on the other. Every muscle. every tendon is brought into service before you are through. Even this magnificent exercise can De overdone, but you will make no mis-
 take if you only dust every room after you have swept it-although most housekeepers dust oftener.-Cynthia Westover Alden i'll Success.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
TRAGEDY IN SPARROW LIFE.

Several persons waiting for a Brook lyn bridge car a few days ago saw a battle royal between a number of English sparrows, that ended in the electrocution of four of the little war flors. The fight took place in the Manhattan end of the bridge where the bridge cars are switched from one track to the other. II Was during : dull hour in the morning, and but few persons were watching the feathereG lighters when the tragedy took place.
 As all who travel on the bridge know. the third rail runs through the bridge, and in the yards at this poiIlt is labeled i'll large letters OH q red background, Dangerous" Between trains a. score of angry sparrows flew beneath the roof making great noise and attacking one of their number with great fury.
 As several of the birds lit on the third rail next to it the mass of little fighters rose, clonging to one another, all pecking and chirping Tn this way circuit must have been formed. for suddenly there was a binding flash that made the spectators close their eyes and which attracted the attention of one of the guards to the spot. He found two of the birds had been burn ed to crisp. One was singed badly and another was dead without q mark on it. Two others, which had been stunned, fiuttered away before they could be caught.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21


 The duplication of names i'll the roll of the constitutional convention, says the Hartford Times, is q somewhat remarkable feature. Of the 16S dele- gates, thirty-three. or nearly one-ffth, bear names which are duplicated, and in one instance the names of two dele gates are precisely alike as to Chris, tian name surname and middle initial William II. Hall, one from Wilmington and the other from West Hartford. The Smiths lead with six representa- tives of the Smith family, and the Browns come next with four. There are three Clarks, three Northrops, three Halls, two Bryants, two Gillettes, two Gallups, two Warmers, two Wood wards. two named Phelps and two named Walsh. This similarity of names leads to the occasional response of one delegate for another of the same name when the roll is being called, and had the convention agreed to the pro- posed calling of the roll in strictly alphabetical order, instead of by coun, ties, as is customary, the increased chances of error will be evident.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
HEARD IN PASSING

New Yorlz's reform game is the same old thing under d new name and with q few new players.
 Br'er Roosevelt is finding the Cuban reciprocity game q much more fatig- uing affair than he exnected. He wins in the house only to find that new op- pOnents await him in the senate.
 Perhaps, after all, Hanna would just as soon continue to be the con troller of the president as to, be an unsuccessful candidate for the office If so, the firm of Mark and Ted will be started.
 Senator Spooner had the nerve to say that the subsidies carried by the ship subsidy bill were pifts of public money to private individuals, but that didn't prevent the passage of the bill by republican votes.
 Why all the other members of the house don't go home instead of re- maining in Washington like so many knots on logs, to see the committee on rules run the machine. is the most puzzling conundrum of the hour.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21

Speaking of fortune telling, writer in Frank Leslie's Monthly says that it may seem little short of the miracu- lous to have the hidden history of ones life read so perfectly by utter
 strangers, but the means by which they make it appear that they do so is not entirely palmistry, which, regard ed as q science, has little part in gypsy fortune telling Romanys gather every possible bit of Information about the inhabitants of the neighborhood where they happen to be sojourning, by jul dicious questioning of servants and neighbors, and hoard the treasure n their marvellous memories. Add to this the fact that their naturally keen powers of observation have been trained for centuries to read character and life-history from the face, that cer- tain generalities always obtain with certain types of hands and faces, that general facts may apply to anyone's past history, and that only what comes to pass is remembered out of the mass of information given one, and YOU have the key to their apparent an canny knowledge of past and present. 7
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
Sonth Carolina Day.

CHARLESTON, s. C., March 21.- South Carolina day was one of the most successful of the special days at the exposition. Tn spite of poor crops and very recent cold snap in middle and upper South Carolina all the trains were crowded. The attendance was very large, conservative estimate making it 10000. There were notable formal ceremonies at the Auditorium, in which Governor McSweeny and the exposition officials participated. Gov ernor McSwecny officially announced the counties of the state that had won the prizes for the best exhibits. Spar tanburg won first prize, $1,0oO; Ches- ter, second, $500. Georgetown and Oar lington tied for third. This concluded the exercises.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21

The damage and inconvenience caused by strikes prompts corre- spondent to ask: Would it not be well to require labor unions to file substantial bonds and, when strikes occur, assess damages upon the par ties at fault employers or unions in accordance with the findings of some such institution as the National Civic federation Where the men were warranted in striking the em- ployers would be liable: if the em- ployes were not so warranted the un- ions would be liable.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21

The hankering after public office which has been once attained is some. thing that very few men can shake off A Kentucky senator-elect gives his ex- perience as follows: 'I am really pleased to come back to Washington, for my. experience is that when q man gets used to being ill public life it is hard habit to break. For q while after leaving congress I thought oi abandoning politics, but somehow my resolution didn't stick, and as Ken tuck stood in need of being redeemed had to get into the battle and do my share toward the work of redemption That was accomplished very satisfac' torily and now it has gone back to itS ancient democratic moorings, there tc remain permanently"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21

News comes from the west that the G. A. k. is dying out, five posts having surrendered their charters the past year. Old age and lack of time to attend meetings is given as the req sons for the decline ill the ranks of the men who carried the guns and ban ners from 'ef to '65. This prompts an exchange to remark that many of them are getting too old to march through the streets as they used to, Memorial Day; the line of march will have to . be shortened. Presently there will come q Memorial Day the boys now in school will see .it-when there will be no old soldiers in the streets. And we don't like to think of it.