The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01


did give us fell so far short that we
took occasion to douse him several
times in the river. We felt It to be
just rebuke and he agreed to let by
cones he hygones. When we reached
Aspinwall we wondered why he hung
three lanterns in the prov OF the ship
and why quite n crowd gathered there
TO meet us. 1t was most unexpected
welcome, for n squad OF police In an
swer 10 the captains signal arrested
the whole tribe of us for mutiny we
were given the liberty Of the city, and
after day or two the American con
sui arranged for our release, but that
treacherous little captain kept we'll out
of sight,
My search for gold carried me up
into British Columbia after that but
the gold spent in purchasing -four at
81 pound and bacon at So scarcely
made it profitable journey During
these years ! spent several winters in
Nevada and we had frequently to dig
had so many experiences crowded into
| this period that my very early boyhood
IN Denmark is nearly obliterated.'
PrccociouH Scot.
keiss town in the north of Scot
land, is the birthplace of Robert c.
Bremner, new representative from Pas
| sale. ~ j. For generations his FORE
fathers had followed the sea as fisher
men and his father was noted for hay-
| ing the fastest sailing vessel along
| the whole north coast of Scotland
| When Robert was n little lad the
family emigrated TO Canada, and 1t
took them two weeks to cross the
Atlantic. Scholarship had run in one
branch of the family-in fact, one OF
| Roberts paternal uncles had been an
author-so 1t was not matter Of
surprise that the boy developed pre-
cocity OF the kind that set him to
reading "Piigrin's Progress" and Han
nah Mores tracts before he was seven
years old, or that he was upon the
stump In Canadian politics when not
yet out of his teens.
After teaching school for a while IN
the Dominion he came to New York
before reaching his majority and work
I cd first as carpenter then as an
electrician and later as Journalist,
which calling brought him 10 New
Jersey. where he enlisted for the
Spanish American War Returning
home, he bought n newspa per at Pas
sale and began paving his way to
Congress.
a Canadian by birth is j. A. Fall
coner, OF Washington, one of the
handsomest OF the new members From
his native Ontario he was brought to
Michigan when four. and when eigh-
teen went 10 Wisconsin, where, after
working for lumber company, no
went to college. Since then he has
been engaged in manufacturing
shingles and dealing In timber lands.
Interesting "Reminiscences.
Perhaps the world Offset no greater
| contrasts than that between my native
German town of Tlehingen and the
big commercial cities of the United
States" said Charles Lieb, new repre-
sentative from Indiana. "At least 1t
seemed so to me, when, as a boy OF
IL u
father was farmer, and In his part
of Germany farm generally meant
sections of land rented from the noble
There was, however, no oppression, and
poverty and restitution were really UNI
known in our village. In addition to
my fathers duties as a farmer he acted
as marshal for that part of the coun
try, although criminals were scarce
there. One of my most vivid recollec-
tons Of those boyhood days is OF an
exciting ride on a load of hay behind
n pair of runaway oxen. These beasts
were used almost entirely on the farms
horses being used only on long trips
TO some large city or distant town.
From one point TO another in Ger
many the pixies are as good as any O.
our streets here, and walking in thos,
days was the customary mode of travel
Along the side OF the pike general.
ran a cement sidewalk. and quite fire
Il qucntly this was lined by fruit trees
This, of course. sounds ideal, but /
was all a business matter, for tn
trees belonged to the government. an,
WHOM the season came the produc
Of each Of the numbered trees was sol,
at auction to tho peasants. Even
small boy understood the law too wei
to rob that orchard.
practically all of our clothes wer
made from the hemp grown n gu
own fields. 1t grew in stalks Xix
sugar cane, and these were broken int
bits and the Hber extracted an
cleaned. Then. began the real fur
! for weaving parties were given an
each woman tried to Guido the othe
In the quality of her cloth and her dex
terity with the spinning wheel. Sh
generally felt satisfied with about
thousand yards OF yard wide materia
and plans were made for the uoNt PRO
, cess that the rough brown cloth ha
to undergo. Along the creek, way u
into the valley. might be saen yard
i of this material stretched out to bleao
r the required sixty days. Day and nigh