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10 line up his brigade Hearing the men
back at the river shouting that he could
not find the ford, Lieut. Niche, of Haw-
kins' staff, volunteered TO go back and
show them the way. This he did. and
that was the last the general ever saw OF
the brave officer. Niche was killed as
he was leading some Of the troops across
the fallen tree.
As the troops came up there happened
one Of those strange. indefinable panics
that sometimes get hold OF men and a
body Of troops began TO retreat in wild
confusion. They We're hustled back, and
as Mr. Bonsal says: AS they came back
upon their mad retreat tearing through
the leaves and the trailers, and with the
branches OF the saplings swinging back
as they past, their flight sounded like
the rush of a herd of wild elephants. AS
they came suddenly UP against their gen
eTal in the glade looking at them so
steTnly. the men grew very much
ashamed. He was standing there In the
open. drawn Up 20 his full height and
without any protection whatever, while
they, with bodies bent double and lodging
from tree 20 tree were. in their attempt to
escape the fire. going back again 10 the
San Juan Creek. where its force was felt
with the greatest severity. Gen Hawkins
ordered the men hack sterniy. In mo-
ment All their irresolutiOn vanished. They
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TRIED TO STOP A MOB.
salvation Army EnsiEn's Effort to
Prevent "A LynchlnE.


From the Minneapolis Tribune
It was a salvation Army ensign who
alone attempted 90 stem the tide of the
mob which lynched James Cullen at
Charles City for the murder of his wife
and stepson. while three other ministers
in the crowd looked upon the scene and
by their silence gave tacit consent 10
the outrage
Ensign Frank L. Roper is the son Of
Mrs Mary Roper. of Des Moines, and he
went TO that city To see his mother be-
fore returning 70 his station at Portland,
Me He spoke freely OF the lynching
and viii be the principal witness in the
investigation now being made at Charles
City to discover the identity of the
Iynchers
Il did my best to stop the lynching.
said Rev Mr.. Roper. "but it was of no
avail. NV brothers in Christ would DO
nothing-they were apparently in SYM
pathy with the mob that was bent on
hanging Cullen. In the name Of the
State of Iowa and in the interest Of hui
mainly and justice I demand that you
take this man back 70 Jail and see that
he is given fair trial." declared Roper
when he found the mob at work The
mob laughed at him, but halted with
their prisoner"
-Four times the eloquent Salvation Army
evangelist halted the mob on the way to
the bridge bat when finally a man in the
crowd said. NO BUsse for US. the
crowd got beyond the evangelist's con-
troll and the mob hurried the prisoner to
the bridge. where he was hanged 30 the
highest beam.
THE members of the mob are well
known, declared Ensign Roper but
they viii never be punished for their
crime When bankers and ministers take
part in a lynching it is going to be
pretty hard to find a jury that viii con-
Wet man Of murder for taking part
in the affair. I recognized q number of
men in the mob. and I am willing TO tell
who they We're, but my testimony. 1 know.
will count for little. There is no dispO-
stion to prosecute any one in Charles
City. The county attorney. while he may
say that he viii prosecute to the limit Of
the law, knows that il is impossible TO
get convictions in Floyd County. I only
happened to be in Charles City visiting
at the time Of the tragedy. When ] saw
the crowd forming and organized into a
mob. I tried my best to stop it and al
most succeeded. 1t was awful. The man
gave one gasp as the moose was swung
about Ills neck. He wouldn't pray and
was swung into eternity
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Almost with one accord Washington
street cars are said to be the best IN the
world People from every city on this side
of the Atlantic, and certainly those
of the Old World. where street rail
ways are still in their infancy. are quick
TO c0ncede 10 us the right to stand first
/ in this feature of progression. Our sys-
TENS are well built, and our cars the
largest. the most comfortable. and abso-
lutely the cleanest TO be found anywhere
Our most fashionable people do not hes
itate, Il necessary, 20 dismiss their car
Iriages and step into our street cars in
their dainuest attire They do not have to
shudder at the thought Of filth or disease,
even though they may not find a seat. and
on this point only have they reason TO re
bel Very frequently they are so abomi-
nably crowded that these same line
feathers are slightly dislodged from their
moorings and one steps into the street
wondering what has been left behind.
When. oh! when will America learn
/ the lesson so forcibly taught by her
cousins across the sea-that every pub
( lie vehicle should carry only as many
as il viii seat There is just as much
/ transportation over there: people are
/ every bit as anxious 10 get where they
are going. brit every one sits comfort
ably and does not get out at his destina-
/ ton battered and bruised as if from a
/ prize ring.
/ 1t is really only a matter of start.
/ All we need is a leader and every cor
poration in this line viii go over the
fence with the rest of the sheep" In the
/ first place they viii have TO- and in the
/ second. seeing the enormous comfort of
such an arrangement they. viii wonder
| why they were so long in adopting it.
If twenty cars on line are not enough.
make it fcrty, and if forty viii not hold
the public roll the number up until it
spite of the time-hon0red libel-that
every man in general, and woman in
particular, will sneak his fare if he can
the railroad companies get value re-
| ceived for every passenger they carry.
We have lived a few years with two keen
eyes open as we go through life, and
not three times have we known of one
who did not wish or have to give up
his fare on street car.
/ One Of these instances was recent We
happened to be on an f street car so
crowded that the conductor was utterly
unable to get into the second coach until
after We had gone seven squares Just
as we reached the transfer corner fer the
Sixteenth street herdic, he plowed hts way
politely and good-naturedly through the
/ CONCEALED mass Of humanity at the front
door, It was time for US TO get on and
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Ready 20 Aadress the Jnrr.

Prom Green BaE.
George Small. of Norway, Ne, a
painter used occasionally to look upon
the ardent" At one time he was sum
moned to testify in case in court.
Being somewhat under the influence of
liquor. his speech was rather thick. and,
to make matters worse, he directed his
conversation to the attorney Questioning
him, so the jury could not understand
half Of what he said.
Finally the Judge turned to him and
said:
MIR. Witness, speak louder, and adj
dress the jury"
Upon what subject, your honor?''
asked Small
The judge joined in the laughter which
followed
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ceive the medal Of honor which is his due,
and which can only be conferred by act OF
Congress. However uiggardly the govern
ment may act, the facts which are 50
honorable 10 him and 20 the service can
not escape history, and Gen. Hawkins will
leave a record in the military annals or
our country second to no mans, and he
will live long in the memory of the sur
vivors of the Santiago campaign as the
man who led and directed in person the
advance and charge Of the two infantry
brigades which changed confusion and de-
feat into glorious victory. lie more than
any man is the hero of San Juan Hill"
That is what a contemporary wrote who
saw the charge and its result But virtue
is its own reward. and the man who now.
as governor Of the Soldiers Home, cares
for the veterans who have done their duty
by the land they love, has forever with
him the knowledge that the work he was
put 10 do ne did, and that he accomplished
his duty honorably and well.
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we held our ticket aloof. making known
to him in desperate gesteulaton that We
wanted a transfer. Tightly wedged in
and making the best OF the situation with
a manner that would have graced a
drawing-room. he said laughingIy. Just
pay on the herdic. lady" We got out,
surveyed the landscape. realized that the
herdic might be there any time wi1hin the
next ten years. quietly put the ticket into
our purse and walked home. Il the com
pany would like TO be reimbursed for the
service we got out Of them and viii
send a messenger for the ticket We viii
gladly surrender It. We viii venture 20
say, though, that if the messenger comes
or "A herdic, We will probably rise when
Gabriel blows his horn. equipped for our
first trolley ride.
The poor old line Of herdics, How ev-
cry one does abuse it, and justly. but
because Of a hearty laugh. the memory
Of which VIII bring many more. a few
OF our people feel to-day that the ram
bling old pests have at least one excuse
for existence.
On last Sunday morning an old coIored
woman sat in one of them presumably
on her way to church. She was the type
that we Southern people so dearly love.
and meet with, alas, so seldom. There
she sat in her neat black gown and
smooth bonnet. a real three-cornered
shawl pinned around her shoulders, and
a black silk bag on her arm.
Presently very much bedressed lady
Of the ebony persuasion got in and for a
moment there was "a mental debate as
TO whether there was quite room in the
car for her expansion Of ostrich feathers
and self-esteem. There was the usual
hunt for a seat, a prolonged search
through a silver purse for car ticket
which had gotten lost in her church
money a violent hooking of a pair of
white kid gloves. and then the lady was
settled 10 cast her eyes upon The less
fortunate around her. Just opposite still
sat that placid combination Of three-cor-
GeTed shawl and silk bag changed only
by a smile that might have betrayed
either the greatest admiration or the
1 deepest sympathy. Their eyes met. each
recognized an old friend and the usual
greetings OF the day passed. The lady of
the feathers. feeling she had the ear OF
the entire coach, leaned forward and
said How is Marthy, Aunt Jane?"
'Msrthy amt so we'll replied Aunt
Jane. "her pa had to send for the doc
tor last night" oh, I'm sorry" said
Nine. des Plumes. What doctor do you
have, Aunt Jane? Is he alIopathic ar
homeopathic Poor old Aunt Jane. not
wishing to be entirely Overshadowed by
a younger generation, replied: I do'nO
honey I spec he was a home pathic,
cause he come 10 the house
DIOGENE DIXON.
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Gen. Hamilton Hawkins
Governor of Soldiers Home.

Cen Hawkins objected 20 this, pointing
out that hts troops would be entirely lost
TO the division, and out of the fight. on
his strong representations Gen. Hawkins
was allowed TO keep his men where he
had camped them until early in the morn
ing. under his promise that he would then
be on the march and advance before 5
o'clock I'm the morning, a promise which
he kept strictly. This rest was fortunate.
Stephen BOnsal. the war correspondent,
says.
In this fortunate way the men Of the brigade
escaped exposure 20 the =ain, the long waits upon
the crowded, muddy road. and the soCplcss and cS-
hausting night which passed by all Of the cav
airy division and most Of the infantry division
To my mind there could be no doubt that the reason
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INTELLECTUAL DISPARITIES.

Were you a Br0wningite,
Think Of the dizzy height
From which you'd scan:
Talking e themes august,
HELPING the world adjust
Things 20 your plan.
Bat if y0I're common clay
You'll feel inclined to say
They're a queer folk;
Wonder if al their talk.
Proving that C,Iec5c is chalk.
Isn't d joke.
-phiiadeiphia Public lie,
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There, amid the tall towers and the
low-lying barracks. in a country that,
covered with the winters snow, looks
desolate enough, there are snug quarters
whose cheerful wood fire brightly gleam-
ing on the hearth only accentuates the
dreariness outside; there, with slow-walk-
ing veterans moving about the grounds.
with silent cannon shining bright upon
their park Of snow. lives Brig. Gen. Ham
ilton S, Hawkins. the hero of San Juan,
his service done-now acting as governor
OF the Soldiers Home.
Forty years service with the eolors he
has seen service varied and valued. and
ending with brilliant burst, when. leav-
ing the cavalry school at Fort Leaven-
worth, which he had so ably commanded.
he took the field again in the Spanish war
and closed his active career as a soldier
by one of those feats of arms which are
the glory Of a soldiers calling.
He served through the civil war. but he
says that ne was a noncombatant, be
cause he was IN the quartermaster's de-
partment. but even at that he was in
most Of the engagements in which the
Army of the Potomac engaged. and one
can feel as he talks with the general that
there is some little regret at the non
combataBt part Of the service. and that
he hailed with all young mans enthu-
siasm the chance 10 lead his men in the
forlorn hope Of San Juan Hin. He was
fifty-four years old then, but he cam
paigned like a youngsteT, and what TO
the younger officers seemed almost i'm
possible of accomplishment he succeeded
IN doing.
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SUNDAY MORNING CHAT.

Among the first churches in Washington
TO build according 10 modern methods was
the First Congregational. It was erected
soon after the war, and was so carefully
planned that il compares favorably in
size and in its accommodation with the
more recently built edifces. One Of its
noticeable features is a reading-room.
which has been open 20 the public for
years. The room Is a most inviting and
cheerful one and / wonder that other
congregations do not adopt this helpful
branch Of church work.
The Rev. Or jeremiah Eames Rankin
late president of Howard University,
served as pastor Of the First Consrega-
tional Church during the early years Of
its existence He lived up TO the modern
ness OF the church ediAce, being one Of
the first 10 preach short sermons regu-
larry He was a man Of strong indivdu-
atty. who held decided views on politics
as well az theology. But although he was
vigorous and practical, his tastes were
literary and be wrote poetry. His fine
poem on Burns is 90 be found ia Bryant-s
Library Of Poetry and Song Many Of
the hymns me wrote are a part of the
hymnals Of various denominations. the
most familiar being the popular God BE
with You" He WAS a Republican. and
great admirer Of President Grant. and i'm
his Sunday morning sermons was likely
to refer IN no uncertain way 20 questions
of the hour II is hardly necessary to
say there was not much droWsiness
among Dr. Raukin's hearers, and his ut
terauces caused "A good deal of unreli-
giOus. If not irTcligiOus. controversy. In
those days personal journalism was stil
in existence. and there are many who will
remember how the Democratic and irrev-
erent Don Piatt, of the Sunday Capital.
always referred 70 DR.. Bankin's Church
as the church Of the holy chcckerbOard.
on account OF It's peculiar ornamentation
on the Tenth street side.
Or s. N Newman. who followed Dr.
Rankin. and whose recent resignation
was so universally regretted, has been
for more than twenty years one of the
best known. ablest, and most loved Of
all Washington's clergymen. He is an
ardent admirer Of Robert Browning. and
if not the best Browning scholar I'm
Washington. there is none better Dur
ing the last few years of his pastorate,
instead Of the regular Sunday night serv-
Ice, he gave a series OF lectures on the
lives Of literary men and women. The
gospel Of love, charity. faith. truth.
spirituality, sincerity. simplicity. was IL
Illustrated by the words and works Of
Tennyson. Longfellow. Holmes Brown
ing. Ruskin. Carlyle. Mrs. Browning. and
other great writer's. The innovation be-
came so popular that the Congregational
Church was usually allied 10 the doors
on Sunday evenings with o large per
centage Of men in the congregation. It
was in reference 90 these lectures that
Judge Brewer said DIR. Newman had
solved the problem OF empty benches at
the evening church service
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Let his great example stand
Colossal, seen Of every land.
And Keep the soldier firm, the statesmen pure.
TIN in all lands and thrO' all human story
The path Of duty be the way TO glory.
-Teuuvsen
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During this battle Gen. Hawkins was
Slightly wounded in the foot, not enough
to incapacitate him for duty. The attack
on San Juan Hill has been a9tly COM
pared to the battle at Alma, before Sebas-
toDoL 1t was one Of the most signal serv-
ices rendered by any branch of the army
during the Spanish war. and a promi-
nent writer on military affairs. writing OF
this feat. said: Doubtless he will yet re-
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The old idea that q clergyman should
be couventionally formal and dignifed Is
not carried out In the case Of the Rev.
Robert NJ Moore. Of Foundry. If one
OF those conventional playwrights who
make the judicious grieve with hack
neyed pictures Of ministerial caddishness
and hypocrisy were 90 meet Mr. Moore.
he might OF might not blush for shame.
lie might possibly retire Immediately Il
his inspired den and write a real Play
around q real minister of tie gnspeL
3Ir. Moore is helpful on account of his
cheerful and very human personality, and
especially en- account Of the genuine in
terest be takes In the Outdoor sports OF
the yoUns men of the congregation. lie
is always ready with the illustrative
story, the flash of fun. OF the sympathetic
word. All this may be partly due 60 MIR.
M0ore's Irish extraction. But 1t may
truthfully be said that the solemn and
stilted clergyman if he ever existed, is
not a conspicuous feature Of modern cler-
ical life. II is a wonder TO me that the
counterfeit clergyman of the stage did
not long ago give up the ghost.
The late Senator Upton. of Nebraska.
possessed "a never-failing store of inter-
esting "reminiscences about the public men
Of the country. and was always ready TO
tell a good one. The following Daniel
Webster story. as I heard it related by
him. may prove interesting. especially to
Methodists. A Methodist convention was
in session in Washington, and among the
delegates was the distinguished and eio-
quent Rev. Granville Moody. He was an
ardent admirer Of the great Aassachu-
sets statesman. and very anxious to
meet him. Mr.. Upton, at that time chief
of "a division in one Of the government
departments. offered TO make the intro
duCtion. They were cordially received by
Mr. Webster, then Secretary of State.
who. after expressing the pleasure it gave
him to meet Mr.. Moody. Immediately en-
tered into a conversation in regard to
the convention and the work and scope
OF the Methodist denomination, showing
much familiarity with many of its de-
tails As the call drew to Il close, Mr.
Webster said.
IF there is any way in which l can
serve the convention. or any courtesy l
can show you personally, 1 shall be most
happy to DO So
Then. arising with Characteristic dig
nifty. he laid his hand impressively on
his breast, and with q stately bow to the
clergyman. continued:
When 1 say these things. Mr. Moody.
I wish you TO understand me as being
greatly in earnest
In telling the story. Senator Upton re-
marked that in the case of any other
man this would have seemed theatrical
and ridiculous. but that in the great
orator # was only noticeable as the ex-
preston of a magnificent personality.
ELIZABETH FRENCH.
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Gen. Hamilton s. Hawkins was born
in South Carolina November Is, 1884
He came of a race of soldiers; his father
was a soldier. and gave his life for his
country I'm the war with Mexico. He
went TO West Point as a cadet in 1852
bur he only stayed there until 1855, when
he left without graduating. From what
the general says one may judge that he
did not really want 10 leave West Point
but. anyway, he was bound TO be a sol
der. He says: There is a sort of UNI
written law at West Point that a cadet
who leaves before graduation shall not
whatever influences he may have behind
him, get into the army with commits
sion that would rank him above those
who were his classmates. You can see
that il would not be quite right. ] had
some influential friends, fortunately, and
when additional regiments for the regu-
lar army were being raised in 1861 I was
told that / could have a captaincy in one
Of the new regiments if 1 wished 1 de-
clined this, as most OF the fellows in my
class at West Point were only second
lieutenauTs but I told my friend that
should be glad Of commission as second
lieutenant and with that rank I entered
the regular army on April g, 1891
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Ii had come, indeed, As commander of
the First Brigade Gen. Hawkins went to
Cuba and once more smelled powder at
the battle of San Juan. Il was mdoubt-
edly due 10 the bravery Of Gen Hawkins.
not only that the day was carried at San
Juan. bat that by the capture of san
Juan fort and securing a Judgment on
the San Juan Heights that the Spaniards
were compelled to withdraw from the
Aguadores. San Juan, and the Caney line.
which il was Of paramount Importance
for them TO maintain.
Now, it is one thing 10 storm heights in
the face of the enemy. and it is quite
another to have so conserved your men
that they will be able to storm when the
time comes. When Gen. Hawkins and his
brigade reached the headquarters of Gen.
Kent he received no orders TO advance,
but was told to bivouac along the line on
the Santiago road His men built fires,
cooked coffee. and made themselves as
comfortable as possible. Gen. Kent rode
ahead, and a consultation took place upon
El Pozo Hill. which conference ended in
the haphazard advance to the Aguadores,
a movement which made the fight for San
Juan. under the circumstances under
which il was fought. inevitable. Gen.
Kent proposed To- put Gen Hawkins
brigade in a scrubby little forest, but
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1t was six months before the Spanish
war that he dismissed postgraduate
class of officers. and after the formal
ceremonies the young men gathered at
his quarters TO bid him gOod-by. One
of the officers said: After all. sir, what's
the use Of all this stuff we've been learn
ing. Wen never have a chance TO put
IL into actual practice" Then it was
that Gen. Hawkins pointed out TO the
group of young officers the very many
probabilities that there were for trouble
with various nations He pointed out
how nearly we became involved in diff
ficuIty with Great Britain by Grover
Cleveland, over the Venezuela questions;
he pointed out the many boundary dis
putes We had the trouble that was likely
TO come over fisheries questions, and the
matter of sealing, and he ended with:
These things are possibilities, but one
thing is certain, that much of what you
have learned in this school you viii be-
fore very long have a chance to put
into practical use against Spain, for that
conditions can much longer exist as they
are to-day is impossible"
It was only a few months after this
that standing on the Cuban shore with
Uncle Sans war ships covering the land
officers landed by the side of the white
haired brigadieT general who had in
structed them. They shook hands and
looked serious: Gentlemen, the time has
Gomez lie said.