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ped the bolt. and Lee was prisoner.
 Banging and calling did no good, for the legislative halls seemed deserted. By the feelings far down in his stomach he knew it was time for dinner The shad- ows began to creep over the table and he thought it time to say at least 'Ishka- bibble." if not express himself in stronger language.
 Unless he wanted to remain over night a prisoner in the midst of luxury Lee knew 1t was up to him to do something There was door opening into a com mittee room which communicated with this, but bookcase was reared against 1t. Lee pulled that out, opened the door, and there in the other room was another case of huge proportions.
 So he pushed out one row of books and began to squeeze through. Tipping the scales at about 24O, Lee is no feather weight and it was surely some sight to see him squirming through-but only the brave deserve the dinner-and Lee got home fin time for the soup.
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he was in large and airy room in a comfortable bed.
 Best place I was ever in,' continued the individual in recounting the adven- ture. T met Senator Blank and Repre- sentative Blink and they introduced me to Judge Bazoop. I never met as many prominent people in my life in one place. They were all kind and affable and Sen ator Blank insisted that I should dine with him in short time. It was de- nghtful spot.''
 tThey always have prominent people there" replied the friend sympatheticaily They usually have King George there about once a month. You were in the psychopathic ward of hospital
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low?" asked White. who did not relish the idea of sharing his couch with a stranger. .-.-..- Q Why" replied the landlady, it will be the gentleman with whom you came"
 "Oh, thafs all right, then" said White, with sigh of relief. He and I are both deacons in the same church and have been sleeping together during the Il o'cloc- sermon in the First Baptist for twenty years"
 During his campaign for the Senate MT. White was travelling from Decatur river swamp. The black driver of. the carrige, who was a man. of great curios- ity, got the idea his passenger was a commercial traveller. and with the free dom of the southern darky asked what he. was selling.
 White, who was deep in thought re piled. 1aconically. Brains
 Is dat so," chuckIed the man. "well boss, you ain't got none wid you to de-
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me, was to make the eagle scream. Now. the dullests thing on earth to listen to is something read from a book. Compared to a speech, it's like dried prunes beside fresh peaches.
 50 I carefully memorized the pal ladium and, instead of reading it, after brief introductory remark, T ;glided into it's recital. It's pretty long winded document. that Declaration, but I was thinking I was doing pretty well until, as I finished and was just stepping aside to make room for the colonel, I heard one of my auditors close-by say to a neighbor:
 That there fellow makes a mighty good speech, but, gee whiz, ain't he the slong-winded cussr"
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of the same battleship, and his lieutenant reports him as having accomplished a feat never even thought of before Smith was wfxh the Benet Mercier gun detach- had been compelled to round out its ma, chine gun quota from its fireroom. Smith. who is said to be a veritable Hercules, was first on the list.
 After the custom mouse mad been cap tured this battalion went into action to hold the place. It was difficult business, and men were falling every minute. The guns were not effective under such con dittons. Suddenly, without a word the big Californian seized one of the Benet- Merciers from the pavement, set 1t upon his massive shoulders and opened fire with it, much as child might manipulate a toy rife. Such service had not only never been performed, but was the surest means that could have been at that moment to save many lives while taking many lives.
 Capt. Anderson of the New Hamp- shire recommends for medalist George E. Bancroft, a Wisconsin lad who has seen seaman service for four years. Dur a. wounded man, fallen beside him in agony, and carried him in the midst of the whistling bullets to nearby house which was under heavy fire from the naval academy. There he sternly de- manded that relief be given the com rade he considered dying.
 The relief was scornfully refused, whereupon Bancroft carefully deposited and. in answer to the cowardly firing upon. him from within, grasped the wounded mans rife, and commenced shooting with both hands. Whether it was admiration for such fine spirit or fear of the naval academy's forces that did it, the purpose of Bancroft was accomplished, the firing from within ceased, and the wounded man was car
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OATES A.o AN DEB eON

Benjamin W. CIaggett, hospital apE prentice. first class. a Maryland boy whes has been in the. service of Uncle Sam fof only three years. made his mates of the Florida proud that he belonged to them He was on the firing line for two dayE and nights Capt. Rush, who reporteE his work to the admiral. said that durinT all the forty-eight hours of action tho young man showed no signs of fatigue that ,..he exhibited coolness.s courage ant fine judgment in his work"
 Almost simultaneously. during a periot of incessant firing. some little dfstani away from the youthful Marylander twt marines fell He chanced to see them ssS, down. Without orders he dropped Es: rifle. beckoned Private Lee Mahr, who h also named for medalist, to aid him, and seizing stretcher, ran to the assistance of the men just shot. Through this swift act of Claggett and ,Mahr. who is a Min nesota lad, the wounded men were re moved to place of safety and their liver saved.
 The enemy's fire during these severa minutes had not ceased, and as soon a; the injured comrade was carried to ar undisturbed corner his reScuers returned to the storm Of bullets and went on witl their part in the battle as though sucl courage and kindness were merely de tail of the big business of war.
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A Treasured. Souvenir.

"MUCH communion with mankind wears ones belief in the altru. ism Of the average person down to very thin difference from skepticism." remarked the actor. Forbes Robertsonl to dramatic critic the last time he visited Washington.
 When I was playing in London last year." he went on. by way of exnIanA. ton. T was introduced at a club one day to man who was most extravs.r gant in his praises of my work. As we parted he assured me that, of aIl1pos. . sfble souvenirs. he would treasure my q autograph the most highly, and when replied that I would be pleased to. give him an autograph pass to the play for the following evening. he fell into ex- E pressions of the most extravaganiT thanks Accordingly. wrote out a pass signed It and handed 1t to him, receiv- ing therefor his most heartfelt assur. ance that 1t would forever rank among 1. his most precious treasures -.
 Next evening. after the play, in IooK. ing over the receipts in the box office, ] found that pass" ss4
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Well Acquainted.


THERE is one young man in Wash.
 ington. acting as secretary to senator from a western state, who will be more careful in his correspondents, in the coming months. He is a diplo-7 mat and brides himself on his tact, but in one case this spring his diplomacJ was just one too many.
 The senator has frequently been thu recipient of letters from people Syht sign some nom-de-plume, as Pro Bono Publico." Anon" "E Pluribus Unum- and similar phrases. Recently a letteL came in regard to the senator's vote or the Panama tolls question, and tr5s cataract of advice was signed simplI.
 Fiat Lux'-a translation of which would be: Let there be light. <
 Now, this secretary did not thinf much about the. signature, evidently, His head was bothering more with the problem of how to take two girls dowr@ the river on the same boat and keer, them friends, and also as to the state of an extremely flat purse. But habits was strong and he ran off the followf ing letter: ' Mir. Fiat Lux. Smithville. Ky.
 Ny Dear Strs was glad to get your letter anSl note carefully its excellent advice It fs aivraItf pieasare 70 hear from you or any of yo1r' fam the occasion of ny last trip to SnithvIIIe - ss
 As the senator happened to read thJ1 over when submitted for signature ii never was sent-and the secretary isS congratulating himself that he has not
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the secretary aghast at this exhibition of lese majeste- He's the senator from - '" Hell have to come down here him self if he wants to ride on that ticket again cut in the agent in an irritated tone.
 But, can't you. understand?i insisted the secretary. He's a senator from -
 Move on, please snapped the agent You're blocking the window. You, sir,' turning to the next in line. Where to, please?
 And the last I saw of that secretary '' concluded Mir. L Engle. The was standing as in a trance, the picture of pained as- toniShment"
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library in the city of Vera Cruz was -once the church of San Francisco. It was dedicated in 1884, and for many years was 8 prominent church of the port, known particularly for the tribute 1t levied upon seamen and importations. There is a wondrously tall tower, where the old bells were wont to hang in the early days of Spanish dominion.
 After the church no longer claimed the edifice the citizens used the tower for a lighthouse. and on stormy nights the bells bells had fSs hung guided @ into % harSor e the the sailors who thus received return. for the tax once laid upon them by the corpora ton of the church.
 
 The historic tower is now a favorite retreat, as dusk comes on, for troops of buzzards, which the Aztecs called the sacred bird of mystery. On the night of the Fist of April, while the city was all excitement and the intermittent firing here and there and everywhere proved that no one slept. a young Kansas led a little squad of men from the Utah into the midst of the scavengers' lookorlt place. His name was F. N. c. Oyerap, and his company was below in the street.
 The squad, under his direction. took turns in patrolling the surrounding roofs. while their comrades remained in the unlanterned tower, dlVerClng OoSerVaClOn to themselves. thereby performing double service in the preventing of surprise attack upon the silent company stationed below and maintaining constant patrol amid the darkened roofs, where stea2thy ''snipers might be lurking. This Serv- ice was announced as of special value by the commanding lieutenant.
 From the roofs of the Dilfgencias' and Universal hotels and the highest point of the municipal building there was con- stant firing by the enemy upon the Hotel Mexico, where the Americans had taken a stand. Frederick E. Norman, with four or five other men, took up a position on the rear of the roof of the Mexico. With in a few minutes one of our men fell. Norman, whose nerve seemed to grow the steadier, coolly continued firing and directing his companions at the same time.
 A swarthy little Mexican next went down, and then another American The third bluejacket was wounded and number of Mexicans killed before there was any cessation of firing. Meanwhile, of the day, with his slim bit of squad of men daring to be a well defined tar get. was an example that gave the better sheltered men down on the street a thrill and spurred them on until the nR- tiyes beat a retreat. Norman has been in the service but three years. and is a marine belonging to the Utah.
 Young J. G. Smith, whom his home city of Los Angeles is proudly acclaiming a, hero of the first order, is a giant fireman
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born citizen of Louisiana whose parents are of foreign birth"
 Of cou-=e, in this district represented by Mir. Aswell. there is a large popula- ton of colored people, most of them small cotton planters. Mir Aswell tells the story$of one old darky, who, like most of his race, was a great taIker on religious subjects. A white friend asked him what church he belonged to and was told by the man that he was a Baptist
 Well. Amos" continued the friend. what do you think of the Episcopal Church?
 Well, dat church am all right. marster," he said, with a shake of his head, ''only I finds dat in de case of desc Piscolopians dat dey spends too much time in church a-reading out de proceedings of de pre- yious meeting"
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railroad ticket agent, of course.
 The senator had sent his secretary down to the ticket office to get his ticket vised. The agent scrutinized- it moment. Then he asked laconically:
 You MT. -? naming the senator
 You mean Senator - corrected the secretary. haughtily. No. I'm his sec retary. He sent me down here to get this ticket vised for him. He's senator from - :. Have to come himself.' cut in the agent, curtly.
 But you don't understandp exclaimed
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years service. was detailed for work on the roof of the post office He and his squad continued firing for scRle time, without mishap. Then well aimed bull let struck Anderson in the neck One of his comrades, who had seen little of straight firing, almost dropped his rifle, but Anderson smiled grimly and. stagger- ing, but not falling, kept on firing. The blood streamed from his throat. and he was getting pale, but he refused to leave his post. When his superior officer ster11Iy ordered him to a frst-aid sta ton he obeyed reluctantly.
 The lad who was standing so close to him when the bullet made it's mark did not expect to see his comrade again, and
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to which White belonged.
 It was late at night when the darky pulled up his span before the doors of the inn, which was presided over by a lady of generous heart and equal pro portions. When he went to the desk to engage a room, White was apologetically told that it was impossible. on account of an influx of visitors, to give him sep arate chamber.
 T guess I can get separate bed. then said he. But to this the reply was the same.3 Af i
 May I ask who is to be my bed-fel-
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Appreciated.

It happened sev- eral years ago, and ever since Repre- sentative H u l ings of P e n n s ylvania has been trying to fig ure out whether, taken al- together, it was a compliment or a c ri t 1 c s m, and whether T. Jeffer- son or himself is responsible.
 "Col. Roosevelt and I were invited
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Sleep of the Just.

The new senator from A l a b a m a i, F r a n c es Shelley White, is a lawyer and has a large pr a c ii c e in his state. Sometimes his work takes him out in the interior, and on one of these trips he was a c c o mpanied by his client, said client being a pious man. a dea- con in the church
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"A Bigger Flea. !"
"A United States

"A United States S e n a tor comes mighty near filling the definition of omnipotency these latter days" re- marked Represen- tative L'Engle, who is also a promi- nent journalist of Florida ''but I witnessed a recent in ci dent. wherein even one of these met a higher pow or Yes twas A
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Wasting Their Time.

R e pr e sentative J a m e s Benjamin Aswell of Louisi- ana is a new mem b CT. T h o Il g h French on his fa- ther's side. on that of the distan he is of Irish extraction. The name original ly was Azwelle.
 MT. Aswen has the honor of repre- senting that sec of his state in which many of the
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A Real BookWorm.

R e pr e sentative Gordon Lee of Georgia is some thing like the measles in his tall ent for breaking out" A few weeks ago he fingered in his office until the dewy shades of evening gathered over the restau- rant across the way. When he tried to open the door. it had slip
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No Wonder!


 R e p re sentative Roberts of Ne vada has a line of stories that are constantly b e i n g credited to other people. He tells one about a cer- tain in d iiv i dual who. after having conducted a thirty day skirmish with the demon alcohol. finally collapsed. When he awoke he
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French refugees. settled when driven by the English from their home in Ar cadia- 70
 The world outside of Louisiana is very Ignorant says Mir. Aswell. as to the real meaning of the word creole" He de- fines it very clearly.
 A creole" he explains, "is a native
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his hands trembled bit as he kept on firing, But what was his surprise when perhaps a quarter of an hour later An derson returned. his wound dessed and his courage undaunted, to resume his station on the firing line. Lieut. Vain wright recommended him as one of the sixty enlisted men to. be honored-
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returned 10 the nr1ng line, as though nothing unusual had occurred.
 Roy Holloway. also of the New Hamp- shire, a gunner's mate, who enlisted from Indiana about ten years ago. has been named by Lieut.. Grady for a medal and gratuity. He was in the action early. and during the long hours of the seizure of the city showed never sign of wearfness. Once when the constant firing dislodged an extractor pin from one of the big guns. Holloway leaned down under the gun, in the midst of the enemy's rapid fire, and not only se- cured but calmly replaced the pin.
 . That had been sufficient to attract the attention of his commanding officer, but later in the action, and while still on duty beside the gun. firing pin devel- oped what in ordinary parIance would be "hot box" The daring of an hour before was successful. This, too. would be. And again the young Hoosier stop ped firing for a moment and with deft fingers swiftly overhauled and thorough ly cleaned out the overworked pin, then silently returned to his work of shooting the enemy. as though nothing to merit a glance at him had happened.
 Another Indiana marine of the Florida, James A Anderson, who has seen eleven
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OR extraordinary heroism in battle and for conspicu- ous acts of valor,' Admiral Fletcher of the United States Navy has recommended that sixty enlisted men of the navy and Marine Corps, who serYeG their coun- try in the taking
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Neils Drustrup, chief turret captain of the battleship Utah, was in command of the second section of the third company. During the afternoon of that eventful April day when Vera Cruz succumbed Drustrup was in charge of an advanced barricade standing prolonged fire. He displayed remarkable courage and cool ness. according to Lieut.. Castle, who named him for Admiral F1etchers list He showed that his fourteen years in the service had been full ones, and that he was natural-born commander
 The enemy's firing was constant for four hours, but there was never the quiver of an eyelid to betray the turret captains realization of the fact He might have been fencing for fun, so far as fear was concerned.
 Many a man who was trembling in his first battle took courage as he glanced at the immovable, silently commanding Drustrup, braving death at the head of his battalion, and not one man among the sixty named for extraordinary yalor has stronger commendation from the leader of the fleet Drustrup is from Brooklyn and has been with the Atlantic fleet for fourteen years. /
 What is now the museum and public
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to adorn the Fourth of July celebration
 in Pittsburgh that year, Mir. Rulings
 explained. T was booked to read the Declaration and the colonel. following
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W6n Medals
 gakidi9S $ era gFuz

Boys in Blue Who Proved Themselves Heroes at Capture of Mexican City-One of Them Supported His Wounded c mra d C With One Arm and Fired at Mexicans With the Other - An other Stood Like a Rock Under Fire. Thrilling Deeds Which Show the Caliber of Our Jack Tars.
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 first. a tall. lank, dark-skinned fellow who was aiming wildly being 70 severely wounded that he fell in a heap among his excited companions. One of them be- came so enraged at this that he tried for the head of a volunteer named Schu- macher. The shot was true, and the American dropped.
 It was sharp business for the next few minutes, and Cregan showed himself hero. He clutched his wounded com rade, let him lean on his knees against him, and while he continued firing with his right hand tried hard with his left hand to check the blood squirting from Schumacher's wound. Lieut.. Wainwright recommended this young man, who has seen seven years service, for Admiral F1etcher's list of medalists.
 It was Lieut.. Wainwright also who rec commended Percy A.. Decker, boatswain's mate of the Florida, and another New York state lad, who has seen six years service with Uncle Sams marines. When the ambulance came for Schumacher's body Decker was standing perhaps thirty feet away. He was one of those who had gone with Cregan, and though this was his first hint of real battle, and one of his close companions for months was being carried away dead, he never swerved, his eyes never left that ware Rouse front.
 Therefore, when 8 Mexican, hiding be- hind tier of boxes, suddenly rose and was ready, his mind as alert as his eyes. By some movement unexpected in so rig idly watching a figure, the American di- verted the Mexican's attention to him. self. just as the gun was being leveled at Lowry. And Lowry was saved. The Mex ican fell against the cheap pine boxes of his barricade, with Decker's bullet in his breast.
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Of Vera Cruz, !

UI vera cruz, De gwen medals or honor and a gratuity.
 The medals have been ordered by Sec retary Daniels, and will be presented some time during August. This date has been set aside for an occasion of national pride. The men so honored are to be brought to Washington at the expense of the government. and President Wilson will bestow the medals personally.
 Each of the men named by the admiral showed mettle Americans must delight in, but ten of the number marked as medal ists merit particular attention.
 George Cregan, the boy from Port Richmond, N. r., boatswain's mate of the battleship Florida, has mother who is prouder of him than is Admiral Fletcher, and when asked for his photograph sent a note also. stating that in one of the young mans letters home he related how two days before the war; he did his Easter duty so that if death called him he hoped to be prepared" The joy fui little missive from his mother ended with, 'So you see George went to battle a soldier of both God and his country" and in a postscript was the added infor- nation gladly offered, George sends me $20 a month besides
 It was about 12:3O am of April q when Ensign G. M. Lowry of the 1st Company. Florida Battalion, at the GUS tomhouse at Vera Cruz, requested vol unteers among his men to enter an alley way between their present post and warehouse from whose roofs came heavy firing on the Americans. George Cregan was the first to respond to the call One by one, four others joined him, and with out a thought except for the honor of the Stars and Stripes. Cregan marshaled his comrades into the crooked, ill-smen- ing alley leading to the warehouse and the hiding Mexicans.
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Special Correspondence

WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 81. 1914.
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ried to the rear. Bancroft then quietly returned to the firing line, as though nothing unusual had occurred.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-21
FORD AUTOMOBILE
 MAKES FAST TIME
Comes From Fairbanks To Valdez In Five Days, From Tosina To Cor
 ford In Five Hours.

Fred H. Fuery, who arrived here about month ago with Ford au- tomobile to go over the trail to Fair banks, made trip into the Panama metropolis and made a fast trip out with the machine, arriving hero early yesterday afternoon. MT. Fuery re- ports the trail in fine condition, he having made the run from Tonsina to Camp Comfort between breakfast and lunch.
 He reports the various gas ma chimes which have left here during the past few days as making fair pro- gress, but the light cars are the best adapted for the road in it's present condition. MT. Fuery will leave on the next boat for Seattle. He says that his machine is the first Q make the round trip between Valdez and Fairbanks without assistance of any kind. The machine was five days coming from Fairbanks to Valdez.