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In the high places. Sometimes there
would be six or seven In a cabinet om-
GERS ONCE at one time, all requesting
him to pose for lust one picture" at his
desk.
Two came in to see Vice President
Marshall in his office at the Capitol. They
entered and explained their errands-
simultaneously. The Vice President con-
scented, and the two set up their cam
eras.
Now. look right into the lens" said
one
Now. look right into my lens
echoed the other.
AS a result the Vice Presidents eyes
shifted from one to the other. Both were
trying to get the picture at once.
wait a minute laughed the Vice
President smiling. YOU fellows remind
me Of the story OF the cross-eyed butcher.
and IL you'll wait I'll tell 1t to you. This
cross-eyed butcher was about to Kill
steer. A hanger about the place was
persuaded to hold the animal while the
butcher hit it between the eyes.
Are you going to hit where you're
looking" asked the helper.
Yep" replied the butcher
Then you hold the burned thing yer
self! exclaimed the helper. as no walked
away"
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from the head Of his son.
So young Sheppard selected several
playmates to act the part of the son anu
arming himself with a .22-calioer r1he'
instead Of the traditional bow ana ar
rows. he sailed forth to defy the tyrant-
Unfortunately, it was not the season
for tyrants. They were not to be FOUND
in the open, SO he dispensed with that
part of the program and proceeded TO
place an apple on the head of conf
rade who was to represent the son OF
Tell.
Then he sent a bullet whistling through
an apple that rested on the child's head
Just at this juncture the drama was In
terrupted by the sudden appearance of a
tyrant in the person of his masculine
parent. who unceremoniously yanked
Tell into the woodshed and made a whole
orchestration with = single application OF
q Shingle.
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harassment. We were but poorly pro-
vided with tools for the purpose OF dig
cling rife pits. SO the work was very
slow and heavy. The ground was COW
cred by heavy growth of fallen tim
Der. many Of the tree trunks being OF
great size. which in some cases afforded
us little shelter.
1T was one OF these same trees that
nearly caused my death. Being in COM
mand, 1T was my duty to occasionally
pass between the three pickets under
my charge. In so doing there was one
enormous fallen pine that lay directly in
my path. In order to save going about
1t I ventured to climb to the top OF the
log. Just as I reached the top Of the
big trunk I heard the whine OF an ounce
ball pass near my head. showing that
some Federal picket had gotten sight OF
me- Needless to state, I lost no time
in getting of that log.
I'm jumping from 1t landed squarely
in a half filled trench where soldiers
had been buried under fire the week be-
fore the balance Of the hole being filled
with water from the rain Of the night.
The gruesome sensation as I sank into
the grave, coupled with the hard nerv-
Gus strain I was under. SO unstrung mo
that 1 could hardly crawl to the next
picket post. where I feebly sat down
upon a log and announced to the men
that 1 had a presentiment / was to be
killed that day. No sooner were the
words out Of my mouth than q bullet
shattered its lead into the log between
nv knees. Strange to say. this served
to arouse me from my lethargy. for
got my presentiment and went on ABOUT
my duty"
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Minus Nothing.

xx1r is bad enough to be young ao'-
! tor. n Young lawyer or S"uhs
prea cher-their work is worth very,
very little-but how much worse ~ -
to be n Young sculptor whose WORN
is worth minus nothing. whose WotN -
instead of creating value. destroys ~
The speaker was Charles GrahN' IN"
sculptor OF Philadelphia. lie eenilhh"d
with a smile:
why don't YOU have Your statue
carved out of that block of marble
one young sculptor asked another:
Soon YOUR money will he all gone ana
you'll have nothing but a clay modei
for your work.
We'll. YOU see Was the other young
sculptor's reply as lonE A. | don
make statue out IF that block II
marble l can sell II.
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nent, as part of the western army, was
rdered to invest Mobile.

<ANfAJ O6%.. lNA4AlO AAv'
ment. as part of the western army. was
ordered to invest Mobile.
s'Under the command OF Gen. Candy. we
were used as scouts and pickets in the
dense pine woods and sand land north
and west Of Mobile. in Mobile and Bald
win counties We gradually pushed in
toward Mobile, hearing the continual roar
Of the guns that denoted the work Of
destruction was On in earnest The even
ing of the third day prior to the fall of
Mobile, as we were moving along the
sandy roads, with their soft carpet OF
pine needles. I was amazed by crash
that seemed to come from the ground
itself. A comrade but a few yards in ad-
vance Of myself was literally torn to
pieces, as he and his horse were lifted
bodily in the air. A shower OF sand and
pebbles rained down all about me.
1.-The company was halted and an ex-
animation made. We found that great
hole had been blown out OF the sandy
soil, and other evidence that powerful
mine had been exploded BY a strange
circumstance the trigger which had been
struck by the foot OF the unfortunate
mount was left intact. 1t was scarcely
more than a good-sized twig. but had
been attached to the Internal machine In
SuCn way dS W SAplOOo the CHATSe
when struck
"Our camp for the night was formed
on the spot Just before dawn we were
awakened by second roar as another
mine was set off by on OF the tethered
horses that had wandered short way
down the road in search of the scant
sand grass. The second charge seemed
to have been an ordinary bombshell, as a
piece of the iron case was found buried
in the animal.
''The next day we explored the road
We had been following and found that
triggers to enough bombs to destroy
the entire regiment were buried along the
way toward Mobile. So the regiment lit
orally was forced to take to the woods,
and even there one of the men in drag
ging some brush with which to make
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hundred and fifty thousand miles would
hardly cover the distance he has trav-
eled in his fifty years of active, energetic
life
Four times has he circled the globe
twelve times visited Paris, seven times
England-and called three times at our
National Capital before he was honored
by his countrymen with his present mis-
sion.
He has been in Australia. India. China.
Ceylon, Manchuria, Siberia. Africa, all
the countries of Europe-to which add
Canada and the Hawaiian Islands.
Early in life, when an apprentice in his
fathers engineering works at Cavite. his
longing for travel asserted itself. and so
eager was he to peer over the horizon
that, though he had never been to sea, he
sbipped az a hand in the engine room of
q little cotton steamer from Manila to
Hongkong. Seasick unto death as he
was. he stuck to his job going and COM
Ing.
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fire touched one of the triggers. AL
though he escaped with his life. an arm
was shattered and his uniform was torn
from him by the force Of the explosion.
SHOULD live to be a thousand years
old I would never forget the magnificent,
soldieriy appearance OF Gen. Robert e.
Leo on the field just before the battle
at spottsylvania Court House," relates
Charles Manly Stedman. representative
from North Carolina. TT seemed to US
Of the 44th North Carolina Regiment
that the fire Of the defeats at Gettys-
burg and the questionable victories
in the Wilderness had purged the
character of the man. leaving only the
pure gold.
worn by the terrific struggles in the
narrow lanes and the woods and creeks
of the Wilderness, the Confederate
army was in desperate straits. The
Army OF Northern Virginia. OF which !
was a soldier throughout the war, had
come through the winter OF 1854 In
splendid spirit, but very, very poorly
equipped. The arms were fair. for those
who knew how to use arms, while we
had a reasonable amourfe OF ammunition;
but we lacked in the commissary depart
ment.
of May in the Wilderness. and then
came the first day of the battle at Spott-
sylvania. I will never forget the Sunday
morning when our beloved Gen. Lee
rode in review of his troops before the
first skirmish. There was always Sim
pie dignity about him that impressed his
soldiery, but upon this particular day he
seemed to have taken on still more
magnificent mien
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kv',1llNpER4 lHE2B& WHIT p0ME|Ev1 I
Who Will Ask Him?

w h e n ia m e 9
Hamilton wis
took his seat in
Congress as a rep
resentative from
the state Of WASH
lngton in 1897,
sun kissed tress-
es" and "effulgent
whiskers" w ere
phrases used In de-
scribing his ap-
pearance. w h . n.
recently. he took
his seat in the
Sen Sfo oa -Ano<or
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Some Traveller!

AS a glObe-trot-
ter, traveller and
all-round journey
er into out-of-the
way and uncouth
places, Mr.. Manuel
Earnshaw. the new
m m issioner to
Congress from the
Philippines. is not
only easily first
among the men,
b ers of either
branch Of Congress,
but, also, there Is
no second. One
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For a few days
after Inauguration
the offices OF the
newly created OFF,
Gals OF the federal
& ov e r n ment in
Washington W e r 9
overrun with pho
tographers fro m
other cities who
had been sent by
their papers to
"cover" the affair
and to bring back
a stock of pictures
Of the new men
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pearance. his wonderful face, lined with
the cares Of a. cause for which he was
fighting so hard, and his innate respect
for his soldiers, as he bowed to them in
and his worn gray uniform, patched in a
few places, gave him more the dignity of
a monarch than even royal purple could
have DONE
las Gen. Lee passed his men in review
that day. as he refined in his well known
the lines before continuing the movement
toward Spottsylvania Court House, there
was a mighty resolve born In my heart,
as there was in the heart Of every soldier
in his army This was to throw over
board even the last vestige Of reserve of
body and mind: to reconcentrate my en-
tire being for the cause of the south, to
follow that magnificent general to the
bitter end"
Mai. Stedman, for such was his title
when he. finally laid down his arms and
turned homeward from Appomattox,
has q unique distinction shared, it is
aaid, by only eleven other men. He was
in the very first battle Of the war. at
Bethel, Va, and also in the last stand and
surrender at Appomattox Court House.
He was wounded at the Wilderness, at
Spottsylvania and again before Peters
burg.
X y
There Is a group of -deSolate graves
down on the eastern shore of the Bay
Of Mobile. that ] always recollect par
ticularly around Memorial day." relates
REPRESENTATIVE Albert Estopinal OF Louis
lana. .'They are the graves of-the brave
men who fell by my side in the fights
about old Spanish fort and Fort Huger.
and they were hlled just fifty years ago. .
Although he has seen plenty of active
service in battle. 1t was as a picket under
fire between 1lostilesarnnes at Mobile that
Representative Estopinal saw his most
thrilling experience. Those were trying
days before Mobile. when the Confeder-
ate army was cooped up in the forts
across the bay from the city, and the
Federal gunboats filed the bay and the
Federal army crowded from the land
side.
Throughout tina investment Of Mobile
I had charge Of q detail of three Of our
piekets, each picket being composed of
eight men," said Mr.. Estopinal.
"Word had been received that the Fed
eral gunboats, under Admiral Farragut,
were due in Mobile bay at any time, while
the army OF investment. under Gen. Can
by, were preparing to close in from the
eastward land side. To protect Forts
Huger and Tracy, as well as old Span
ish fort from a sudden raking from the
guns OF the federal boats. should they
suddenly pass the Confederate fortifica-
tons at the lower pass to tho Bay of
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Mobile, we constantly kept a strong line
of pickets on the eastern shore OF the
bay.
s'These pickets consisted of details OF
six or eight men. located on little mounds
OF earth, or on stumps Of trees on the
barren and forsaken marshes and fats
of the shore, separated from our forts
by lagoon and channel OF the river.
"A terrific gale had been blowing land
ward all day. early in the spring of 1854.
and it increased toward night. when IL
came time for my detachment OF men to
relieve those who had been in the front
for twenty-four hours.
I'VE were to make the change just be-
fore daybreak. so that the returning mO1
could escape federal sharpshooters posted
on the shoreward side. There was q
channel about hundred feet wide. toe
shallow for gunboats to follow toward
our forts: then. the balance Of the chan.
mel was heavily mined with torpedoes OF
the variety that would explode on befne
touched by even the small craft We were
to manage age received save the so order It. t.
night, the hurricane stin blowing, the very
heavens split with lightning and fierce
gusts Of cold rain occasionally falling.
Placing my squad OF thirty men In
Tie ouiy ydWi lOlt, VIC WCIS OlOu0IS
goodbye by the command. as none ever
expected to see us alive again. The
boat was overloaded and 50 crowded
that it was extremely hard for the oars
men to handle it. We had scarcely
gotten out OF rifle shot of the protected
bastions of the fort when murmurs were
heard from the terrified men.
Being in command Of the expedition.
I had the responsibility OF keeping my
men to their task. and this nerved me.
There were no abstract talks on the
beauty of courage; I simply informed
them that the dangers OF death from
torpedoes beneath and the enemy and
the storm in front were not as certain
as death would be were we to refuse
to carry out our orders and return to
the fort. Clinging to the tall reeds that
ourselves along. sometimes being driven
mines. our boat constantly taking water.
at our advance works to relieve the
picket
Immense stores of pitch and rosin
had been collected at our picket lines
which was to be fired If the enemy ad-
vanced under cover Of darkness, for the
purpose of showing their ships to our
gunners. Once there, our dangers had
only begun. The Federals had pushed
a stronger force in front Of us. their
advance lines giving our men great
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Alas, Alas ]!

The new senator
from Texas, Nor
ris Sheppard. when
a boy had all the
average lads am
billions to shoot
Indians and go
forth in search OF
other adventures.
He was deeply in
terested in the his
tory Of William
Tell, e 8 p e c 1 ally
where that worthy
defied the tyrant
and shot the apple
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"My first baptism Of blood was at Fort
Donelson, on the Cumberland river. near
Nashville, Tenn. and terrific night It
was" replied Representative Sanford
KirirpaArick OF Iowa, who has esen thirty
yearsAof remarkable service. in the in
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Financially. the farmers Of the District
seem to be pretty well off. NotHithstand.
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II was with my regiment when he
passed our division. and he rode 30 near
me that could almost have touched his
stirrup. l noted every detail Of his APP
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Mobile, we constantly kept a strong lin
of pickets on the eastern shore OF thu
bay.
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Military authorities have been loud in
their praise IF the gallautry Al the cap
ture of Port Hudson. La. % the 10Th
Massachusetts Resiment.i which Senator
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: NJ L. MoklAb I'D
rolls around each
year the thoughts
OF the veterans of
the natien's might
lest conflict revert
TO their comrades
ir-armS whether
they be Of tho armies
that wore the blue
or tho gray. They
love to retell the
stories of the days
A
The evening world., 1913-07-24

f YOUR CHILD
NEEDS A PHYs|C.
II Cross, Feverish, Tongue
Coated. Give Syrup Of
Figs" to Clean the
Stomach, Liver and
Bowels.

Look st the tengus. Mothsri II
cssssAI II h . sure sign that your little
oas's insides, the stonsch. liver And
50 Test Of bowels are eloggsd up with
putrefyins waste matter and need .
ssutle. thorough cleansing at once.
Whss your child il listiess, dropping.
psis. DOESN'T sleep soundly or eat heartily
g 10 cross, irritable. fevesish. stomach
sdar. breath bad; has stomach schc.
dissrhosa, sore thsost, or IN full OF cold.
sivs teaspooniM Of Syrup Of Fiss. and
n few hours I'll the foul. eonstipated
waste. undigestsd food and sour bile will
esntly move On and out Of ito little
bowels without nausea. gripping or weak.
pesu, snd you surely Will have . we'll.
happy and smiling child agsin shortly.
With Syrup 81 Figs you are not drug
eins your children: being composed Gu
tirely Of luscious figs. scnna and aro-
maAiss Il csaast be harmful. besides they
dearly love its delicious taste. ..s'
Mothers should always keep Syrup
q Biss handy. II IL the only stomach,
liver sad bowel cleanser sad Pseulstor
nssasd. 4 little given to-day will save
Q sirk child tomorrow.
Full directions for. children Of ~ aeaa
and f~ szown-upsp lsi1y printed % the
AK POUR druggist for the full name,
"syrup q Ngs and Elixir II senna," pre.
pared by the CAlaeenis Fig Syrup Co
This Il the delicious tasting. geauine old
rslAhas. Refuse anything else offered.
The evening world., 1913-07-24
MUtHAtlLETEEE
TELL Of FIGHT On
herbert PARSONS
N. A. N. Lobbyist Attempted
to Defeat New Yorker in
Campaign Of 1910.

wAsHINorole. Juiv M.-Lsttsss az
Martin n. Msansan % b the rssssA Of
tNr Senate LssAs Csmnittss to-day cen
ceened his sfBsges ~ Asesat RepsssO>a-
Tive Hsrssst y.rvsns q New Yers fse
rs-slscsasn in - TAsv aiss tnaA q
reading ~ ''rsss ssf'' - representative
Ralph n Gale e oass. because Of his
opposition - 61s1s Speaker Cannon
ana gave fusshsr aseaiis Of MuihaN's
one 10 aid the cuudidscy Of George Cor
DON Battle for 0svsrnor Of New York.
The hearing today waa moved from
the room In the Senate once building.
Whsle II began, - the judiciary room IN
the Capitol. THIS We done 80 that the
Densocratic member Of the COMMITTEES
would be nearer the Senate Chamber. IN
case they were needed on rtil calls on
the Tarin bill
Letters read to-day show that on Feb.
10. pi0 Mu,hsl wr0ts Kirby about Sen.
atols to bs elected.
'01ck of Ohio has sought our ala"
ne wrote. "Aiso scott Of West Virginia.
Depsw OF New York and Carter OF
Va Nco' 30 We hs'V "~e 49,"
rich on our list for the last nina
moikhs."
senator Cummins. author OF the ress-
luti1n under which the COMMITTEES 10 In
vessogaking the lobby" to-day added
HE demsis to statements OF Muilhall.
In istter to John Kirby. President
Of tAe assocls ton. Mulhali told Of meet.
ing Senator Cummins Ia May. 1910. and
soluI to the room Of the late Senator
Doi1ver. where they talked about
speech 70 be made In tho Huuss by
Repfesentativs Kendall OF Iowa.
"a have no recollection Of sseins
Muihall or speaking to him on any
sub1pct," said Senator cummins. But
90 6srtatn thaS ! did not have any
condensation with hun absut ths
spsGrh Kendall was TO make on the
Eight tsSur bill"
Aohlhaii leansA forward IN the Wit
ness siisir. and shouted: I'm getting
tired Of these dsnials."
RI don't care whether you're sstting
tired or not. II makes no difference
To -: II you don't I'll the truth I'm
goiig to deny IT," sSVais1 Ssnstor
Cunlmins.
The evening world., 1913-07-24
= = .
WALL. Street.

Market Closine. -Trading was fairly
active In the last hour. which was
married by Q number Of issues advance
ing to new high prices for this rally.
A number Of the low priced stocks
wess actlvs. and spms large buyins
oedorv wsrU sxscuted by brokers ACTING
for the same interests who have been
active On tho buying side lately.
Activity kept up to the last ana the
higher price level was well maintained
at the close.
Total shares cold 90.
Although newW dSvs1spmsats wers of
. favorable character. PROV movements
were generally TO lower levels. The COP
pse stocks JAILED b respond to improved
trs1e conditions a. the opcnin9. Amaaea-
ma1ed CuUpsr yicldinG v to ss%. while
asuuf the saaAs amount q ie0 was re-
cOseed IN nsupt ~ the oth~r aet1Ss sn1eee.
New lInnen dsclinst Is % - - = new
lew rscosA fur this ssUvemsnt. while
BAiflnsrs q Ohie yisthsA 4 IL -points on
its opening pssce and Colorado Fusi de-
'ciine6 IL points. Amersusn Bsst sugar
Wa active. rising pssnas - ~ IN shs
flrsf hour In the second hour prices
hss6sns1 aud . number Of issues recov-
cred the early decline with most of the
trading In the speciNities.
Amsigamatsd Copper advanced TO
% -, Consol. Gas II. Erie LIST pfd. 10
20 So and Third Avenue to 80 81 New
Haven rallied ! LIZ points to 10 ia
bat American Cotton ON vas, weak. fc-
cilning i-2 TO 30 la. shortly after
noon stocks took squirt upward. with
The evening world., 1913-07-24

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