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They Answer TO 1.-The Call
OF the 'Bugle and the Drum

enlistment in the last named branch
of the military service and Is stationed
in the Philippines. Walter. the fifth
son, served a four year enlistment as a
seaman. Now comes along the baby
son of the family, Claude Arthur by
name, who will be a naval musician in
Washington.
That is surely a record to which one
family may point with pride," is it
not? But there Is more. While the
Ishlers could base their just claim to
glory and national recognition on the
works Of the present generation alone,
the facts related tell part Of the story
only. There is an ancestral military
Ishler record to be considered. In 9TH
er generations the tap Of the drum has
thrilled the Ishler blood, and the re-
Spouse has been prompt and creditable.
Father Ishler, he who begot the six
stalwart sons named thus far in this
true narrative, carried a musket for
three years in the Union army. using it
at Gettysburg and elsewhere. Around
the campfres he told his comrades Of
his father. Henry Ishler, who was of
somewhere fighting in the same war,
on the same side. and Of his GRANDPA
ther, who smelled powder at Chapulte-
pee and Cherubusco and elsewhere in
the war with Mexico. When he became
tired OF recounting his grandfather's
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exploits he could go back still further
and tell tales Of his great-grandfather.
who eft and bled' with Washington in
the Revolutionary war. There! The
whole military record of the Ishler
family is out at last-five generations
In all who heard the call of duty and
obeyed it honorably in struggles that
mark epochs in the nations history.
The Fighting McCooks" have been
mentioned above. In point Of numbers
the McCooks exceed the Ishlers. and
they likewise outrahk them. The history
of the McCooks is known to students
of the great civil war. but the younger
generation may be glad to hear some
points In their story. No fewer than
fourteen Of the McCooks. of the tribe
of Dan" and the tribe Of john" served
in the United States army or navy.
Moreover. all but one Of them were
commissioned officers and some of them
lost their lives in the great struggle be-
tween the sections. Some of the Eight
ing McCooks" are still alive and have
earned in civil life the high stations to
which their excellent qualities entitle
them.
With the McCooks it is well to begin
at the beginning Of the story. The
head Of the tribe of Dan" was the
eldest McCook known to military fame.
He was Major Daniel McCook. lawyer
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New Air Line Railway From the
Middle West to MexicO'S West Coast

then. runs from Kansas City, Mo, in a
direct straight line-about as straight
as surveyors could run tin south
westerly direction to the port of Topo-
lobampo, soon to be known as Port
Stilwell. on the Pacific coast OF Mexico,
just below the opening of the gulf Of
California. 1t traverses the American
states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
and several Mexican states. crossing
the Rio Grande at Ell Orc, Tex. In its
course through Mexico it taps the great
and rich states of Chihuahua and Sina-
loa, through which it passes, and also
other nearby states.
The total length of the line is 1853
miles. The road is completed and in
operation for more than 900 miles. Both
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ana Sol0ler, VINO was porn IN 1893 at
Canonsburg, Pa. and settled later in
Ohio. He died in 1868 from bullet
wound received while fighting against
Morgan. No less than nine Of his sons
served in either the army or the navy,
most of them in the latter branch of
the military service. All of them won
honorable records. Three Of them were
killed in the war. 1t would be invidi-
Gus to choose any Of the tribe Of
Dan" as having better military rec
ord than any of the others, but the
fact may be mentioned that Alexander
Mcdowell McCook, the fifth son of
Daniel McCook, reached higher rank
than his father or any of his brothers.
being commissioned major general of
volunteers in the war and commanding
the Twentieth army corps. In March.
1865. his gallant service won him the
brevet rank of major general in the
regular army. He was the only one of
the Fighting McCooks" to be grad
uated from the United States Military
academy at West Point.
OF the tribe of Dan" the only sur
viving member is John James Nc
Cook, who is well known New York
lawyer and is active in civic affairs in
.he CITY ana 'ne na.'oa. before ieaS,
ing the army III 1000 th's McCook tiaa
advanced. from tne hulnoie pace OF
private III the Sixtn ONO cavalry 10
tnat OF oreVet Ieutenant coiohel. al
tnousn ne was only twenty years olo
When tne war enoeo' ne was the
Youngest OF all the flsntihs NC
Cooks; He was friend OF the late
Fresident Mch,hleS' ana the lattel m
viseo MN % take q sea. m ms capinet.
Inc junior Drahcn OF the fightihs
McCooks ID KNOWN as tne .rioe OF
Jonn' ts heao Delhs II. 1ohn NC
COOK, younger orother OF DANIEL ~.
McCook was htty-hVe years oio When
the civil war commenced Out ne served
tor time as a vo.unteer surgeon anu
ne Sent ms ms hse s' rs 10 me. ene front. AZ,
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within the United States and in Mexico
a large portion of the remainder of the
line has not only been graded, but the
track is also in course Of construction
and the work is being pushed with ra-
pidity. More than thirty new towns have
been settled and established along the
line Of the road. and it is estimated
that no less than 100000 acres Of good
farming land have been put under culti-
walton in Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas
as result Of the construction of the
completed portion Of the road. More
than 100000 acres of farming land will
be tributary to the road between Wichi-
Ia and the Rio Grande, q distance Of
8l4 miles.
Here is where we digress to say
something about Arthur Edward Still
well. His is the mind that has projected
this road. and to him be the honor. He
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approve heartily of this method g
rearing the czarevitch.

approve heartily of this method Of
rearing the czarevitch.
The kaissr's Little Grandson.
Whether the recent announcement of
belief in divine right" by the kaiser
will make any difference in the course
Of training Of the young heir presump-
tive to the German throne is not
known. But Crown Princess Cecilie,
mother Of Emperor Williams FOUR
year-old grandson-who. by the way.
was born on the Fourth Of July-is a
level headed. able young woman. with
a keen eye for public opinion and with
a regard for the personal popularity
of herself. her husband, Crown Prince
Frederick William. and her children.
The public OF Germany is very fond of
the little royalties and follows with
'eagerness the accounts Of their doings
Little Prince William Frederick is
often shown in the German illustrated
papers playing with his little brother,
Louis Ferdinand. who is not quite
three years old, or in group with the
latter and little Prince Hubert who is
now nearing his first birthday. Prince
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1t is not often that he has to refer to
the career of man who has had two
railroad termini named after him and
possesses the imagination Of a writer
of epic poetry combined with the genius
and ability Of great financier.
To get right into "the middle of
things" as the old Latin saying has it,
we'll begin by saying that the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient railroad, now
being built, Is intended to afford the
shortest possible railroad route between
the Missouri river and the Pacific
ocean. To do SO 1t has to cross the in
ternational boundary and run part Of
the way in Mexico. but such little
things do not bother q man Of Mr..
Stilwell's caliber. He probably would
cross three or four boundaries or per-
haps wipe them out all together IL they
got in his way. The K. c., n. and O..
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grandsons filing . good share Of the
public attention. They are Prince
Olaf. only son Of King Haakon Of
Norway; Prince Frederick Of Dem
mark. son of Crown Prince Christian,
and Prince Gustaf Adolf Of Sweden,
son of the crown prince Of the same
name. The princes are. respectively,
seven. eleven and four years old. The
foreign illustrated papers have devoted
much space in the past to Prince Olaf,
who is said to be the sunniest, bright
est little scion of royalty in Europe.
Judging from many accounts Of his
doings. he is regular "cut-up." He is
a great favorite in England. the for
mer home of his mother. who was
Princess Maud of Wales. daughter Of
the Prince of Wales (afterward King
Edward viz, before her marriage to
Prince Frederick of Denmark. The
latter became King Haakon Of Nor
way when that country separated from
Sweden in 1905. Prince Olaf is almost
without rival for first place in the
affections of his grandmother. Queen
Mother Alexandra.
The crown prince Of Italy is Prince
Humbert, third child and only son Of
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena He is a dark eyed. bright
faced little boy of six. who is being
brought up in the simplest fashion
possible by his mother dearly beloved
of the Italian people for her solicitude
for their welfare. Her son shares her
place in the affections of the people
of the peninsula. Among the other
little royalties of Europe of whom one
finds frequent mention in the foreign
journals are Prince Boris of Bulgaria,
the siXteen-year son of the new
car. and Prince Luitpold of Bavaria,
great-grandson of the very aged
Prince Luitpold. regent of Bavaria.
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HERE may be in the United
States other families with
military records equal to that

00 dEhE may Dc IN the united
States other families with
military records equal to that
II Of the Ishlers of Elizabeth
town. Lancaster county, Pa. but II
there are they are unknown to fame
and the makers Of the reference books.
Furthermore there seems to have been
in American history only one family
with a record worthy of comparison
with that Of the Ishlers. That family
is the famous Fighting McCooks" of
Ohio. In some respects the McCooks
surpass the Ishlers. In others the Ish-
lers have a shade the better Of the Nc
Cooks. We shall tell the stories of the
two families and let the reader decide.
Claude Arthur Ishler sixth and
youngest son of Harmon Ishler, has
Just enlisted as marine in the service
of the United States. He is the sixth
brother to enroll himself among the
fighting men Of the country. Two Of
the older sons of Harmon Ishler served
in the regular army before the Spanish
American war. Milton Ishler, the third
son. has i've year record in the ma
rine corps. The fourth son, Harvey by
name, saw active service on the bat
tleship Massachusetts, for five years,
rising to the rank Of officer. At the ex-
piration Of his term he enlisted in the
coast artillery. He Is now on his third
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BY CHARLES N. LURE.


~ UPPosE-this is only a very
- remote supposition, mind
4 that the monarchs of most of
- the principal countries of Eu-
rope were assembled in one place-at
enc spot, in fact. Then let us suppose
that some international Guy Fawkes
were to set off bomb that would send
all the crowned heads to Join their
forefathers in their respective VAL
hallas. Do you know that in that case
most Of the scepters of Europe would
come into the hands of mere children,
almost without exception youngsters
under sixteen, and in some cases mere
infants?
Probably never before in the history
OF Europe have the monarchs, taken
collectively. been such young men, It
follows as q natural corollary that the
heirs to their thrones are still younger,
save in few cases, such as that of
King Manuel Of Portugal, in which the
rulers are unmarried. Should Manuel
die his heir would be his uncle, the
Duke of Oporto. brother of the late
King Carlos and, of course. consider
ably senior to Manuel
Interesting Lot Of Youngsters.
Taken all together, the little chaps
who in the natural course Of events
will sit on the thrones of Europe are a
decidedly interesting lot. There is, of
course. the usual tendency to exag-
gerate their doings and sayings and to
ascribe to them a degree of precocity
that exists only in the minds of admir-
ing sycophants Of royalty. But for
many years the tendency in European
royal circles has been to rear the chill
dren as simply as possible. letting
them live their little human lives with
out untimely insistence on the right
and privileges of royalty. Most of the
photographs show the princelings as
having good times with their toys and
their playmates. happily unconscious
of the fact that they are numbered
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II WE is the Coils p Huntington
and the Edward H. Hartman
of the present day and it
- u may we'll be of the future,
say the financial prognosticators. To
the middle southwest he is what James
j. Hill is to the great northwest. He is
Arthur Edward Stilwell, promoter and
builder of the Kansas City. Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad, now called the Kan
sas City Southern railway. and head
and front of the Kansas City. Mexico
and Orient railroad, now under con-
struction. 1t is of the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient that this story will
treat mainly. but the writer hopes he
will be pardoned If he wanders some
times to mention Mr.. Stilwell. You see,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13
CHINA'S DEMAND
FOR RAILROADS
WI Tells Of Early Prejudice Now
Changed to Enthusiasm.
NETWORK OF LINES PREDICTED

Former Chinese Minister and Ii Hung
Chang Dared Not Even Suggest Rail-
ways Once-RemarkabIe Revolution
In Sentiment In Twenty Years.
WI Ting Fang, the former Chinese
minister, who was interviewed at New
York few days before he sailed for
China, spoke on the question of rail-
road building In China and impaired
some startling facts.
"CLina for the Chinese" is, accord
ing to Mr.. WI. the motto of the Chi
nese so far as railroads in their coun-
try are concerned, and the fault, he
says. lies with Americans. TO make
this clear he gave Drief history of
Chinese railroads
Ii Hung Chang's Strategy.
Twenty years ago" he said. Lii
Hung Chang. whose legal adviser and
secretary | was, was the only Chinese
statesman who favored the building Of
railroads in China. He knew that it
was useless 10 try TO persuade the Chi
nese by argument of the ACCESSIBILITY
of having railroads. but he felt that if
they could once see Il railroad in oper,
alton they would want them all over
! the empire, where travelling is so diff
cult that many persons live and die
without stirring from their native VII
lagos. Ii Hung Chang dared Lot ask
] the imperial sanction tor building the
! first railroad.
'Ie got around the difficulty by hay
! ing me construct a road from a mine
to the bank of n river that passed
! through no towns or villages even, so
that no sanction was necessary. This
road was ten miles long. People flock
| ed to see it and were so favorably i'm
pressed that when Ii Hung Chang
asked the emperors permission to ex-
tend the road to the city of Tientsin it
was granted. All opposition to the rail.
road among the Chinese died out.
Network of Roads Soon.
THE Chinese now are so strongly In
favor of railroads that in n few years
the whole country will be covered by
| q network of them, but they want to
do 1t themselves. AS they have nei-
ther the money nor the experience the
work is progressing much more slow
ly than 1t should. But they persist in
the China for the Chinese policy.
Now, l am as loyal and patriotic as
any Chinaman. but recognize the diff
ference between foreign capitalist
like the late Calvin Brice and an ex-
ploiter, and | hope to make my coun-
trymen see the difference. too, but il
will take lot of diplomacy.
There is n great future for China
men with knowledge of railroading.
continually advise young men who
come from China to study in the Unit
ed States to take 1t up. and more and
more of them are taking my advice"
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voice that carried to every corner of
the room: IL feel all right | feel
fine"
The third boy was deeply worried
for fear that the doctors were going
TO do something" to him. Even while
he worried over something he believed
impending Dr. Coley finished the OPP
Grafton for hernia. The youngster lay
on the table as calmly us if he were
in his own bed, looking at the physi-
clan with big, unwinking eyes. feeling
nothing. though there was an incision
several inches long In the region of his
abdomen.
Professor Jonnesco said that not one
of the patients had felt any pain, and
that was their own testimony. Some
skeptics present declared that it re-
mained to be seen whether stovaine
had any effect on the spinal cord,
which would take several months to
determine. Professor Jonnesco was
asked about these possible after eff
fects, and he said there would be none.
In an operation for appendicitis
where stovaine had been injected the
patient laughed and talked with the
doctors. After the incision had been
made and the appendix found the sur
geon asked:
"Do you feel 1t much?'
Feel what?"
THAT pain"
"No. When will you begin?"
Spinal anaesthesia is no new thing,
and Professor Jouucsco does not say
1t is. DR.. j. Leonard Corning, an
American surgeon. is said to have been
the first to suggest it, and Drs Bier
of Berlin, Tuliier of Paris. Morton of
San Francisco, Matas of New Orleans.
George Fowler and William 5. Balm
bridge of Washington have all used It,
But DR.. Jonnesco uses stovaine com
bined with Strychnine to stimulate the
heart action. and that is new solu-
tion. AS lie explains his method there
are two essential points of novelty
the puncture is made at the level of
the spinal column appropriate to the
region TO be operated upon. An nnaes-
shetic solution Is used which. owing to
the addition of strychnine. is tolerated
by the higher nervous centers."
Professor Jonnesco prefers stovaine
to tropa-cocaine and novocain, though
he admits that the latter are equally
efflcacious and harmless.
What He Lacked.
Hes got no license to talk the way
he does"
"Oh, he's got a license. all right!
What he lacks Is a muzzle."-Clevc-
land Leader
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adopting his methods here. Dr. jon
nesco by the injecting into the spine
of his new anaesthetlc, stovaine and
strychpine, is enabled to operate while
the patient is perfectly conscious. Re
Gently in New York city he anaesthe-
tized four patients, three of them chill
Grcn and the fourth woman of thir
ty-iivc years. with stovaine, while half
hundred keen. critical American doc
tors, six of them women. looked on
from the amphitheater. following every
move.
DR.. William Mayo, one of the noted
Mayo brothers cf Minnesota. ranked
by some as the foremost surgeons of
America, was among those who watch
ed the demonstration. He had come
ness it, and when it was ut an end he
congratulated Jonnesco and invited the
professor to demonstrate at Rochester,
Mimi. where the Mayos have their
hospital.
The behavior of the patients was
most remarkable. The youngest of the
four was Il boy four and n half years
of age. suffering from infantile paral-
ysis. He whimpcred just little as
the needle punctured his spine and for
ii moment when the sharp lance touch
ed his heel The rest of the time he
laughed. When he was asked after it
was over how he felt he replied in Il
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13
MATCHMAKING,
A Story Of Love Between Intel
Iectual People.
BY WAYNE S. BORROW.

copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
A little dark woman dressed in a
kimono was arranging a mahogany tea
table, with claws to its legs, on which
were teapot, dainty china cups and
Baucers. cream and sugar bowls. The
apartment was as daintily furnished as
the tea table. Persian rugs were on
the floor, damask and lace curtains
hung in the windows, while pro-
fusion of bric-a-brac was scattered
about. 1t was an apartment that a
man would never dare enter, for should
he turn around suddenly his coattail
would be sure to sweep some valuable
bit of china on to the floor, of course
breaking it into fragments.
A woman large and fair entered.
You poor thing! You look tagged
to death"
81 am, dear. I'm dead already. This
is my ghost that wants cup of tea
The little dark woman in the kimono
pushed the large fair one into an easy
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13
sCHURz MEMORIAL.

Relics to Be Preserved In His First
American Home.
The Wisconsin Society of New York
has started a movement for me,
mortal to Carl SchurZ. the late publi-
cist and statesman, that is being high
ly commended. The project is to pur-
chase the site near Watertown, Wis.
which was the first American home
of Schurz and to make it a perma.
nent memorial to him.
For S3,50O the strip of land for tho
site can be purchased. and in the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13

CARL scHURz HOME, WATERFOWL, WIS.
house that stands on the ground 1t Is
intended to collect the speeches and
writings and other relics of Schurz and
to preserve them. The society holds
an option on the site.
Mfr. Schurz was boy of twenty
three when he landed In New York.
He lived first in Philadelphia and then
purchased a home near Watertown,
Wis, where tile new memorial is be-
ing planned.
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SUE 7 7 {.
She Made a Quick Journey and
Saved the Property.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

copyright, 1893. ny American Press Asso-
clatlon.I
II say they come here and drive
away our game!' cried Suzette. stamp
ing her pretty foot "Oui, / say 1t bold
ly. Do we not have to search the
wood all day now for deer or tur'
key when both used TO come to our
very door? And they have angle ana
seine and troll and spear till there be
no feesh any more. DO not tell me
rhey have come to civilize, to open up
the country and to bring pros -per-i-ty.
Bah! Have not we been happy here
all by ourselves on our little slope
overlooking the river, and does not our
grandmother say she was happy here
when little girl. and did not her
mother and her grandmother live here,
TOO, and be happy in their time? What
more Is there? Have we not had pros
per-i-ty? And what do we care for
more ciyilize, more open up? 1t is not
good for us. See!' scornfuly and
sweeping her arm toward building
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1annind.

Johnny-Don't they use bark to tan
hides with, pa? Father-Yes, my son,
but If you ask any more questions this
.Tening you'll find that slipper does
Just as well.
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A Mean Comment.

The Man-She looks nice enough to
eat. The Woman-M-yes; plain food
seems to appeal to some people.-Lon.
don Illustrated Bits.
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Practical Considerations,

MY family tree began the titled
suitor
I'm tired of hearing about family
trees" answered Mr.. Cumrox. In
the part of the country | came from
n mans industry and consequence are
measured by the size of the family
wood piles. Washington Star
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13
DisaqreeabIe.

Aunt can tell at a glance what
other people are thinking of me. Niece
Observation-Disclosures very disagree
able for you. auntie.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13
The Work
OF Doctor
JOnneSCO
entire med

THE entire med
4 ical profession
of the country
is ut present in
tensely interested
In the work of DIR.
Jonnesco of Rouma-
MIA, now In Amer
lea. and, while some
of his remarkable
de m onstra t ions
have won the high
est praise, our ply
sicians intend to
await results before
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13

Although the world is full of suffer
Ing, 1t is full of the overcoming of IT,
Keller