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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 13. 1898.
IRD EPISODE
TAEfc'OFTHE CAMP
CHAPLAIN BTAHL PROVES HIM-
, SELE A PRIME HUMORIST.
His Speech Conspicuous for Its Ex
cellence Among tbo Several That
Were Made Said He Was in Bad
Company Among a Chief of Police,
Ex-Sheriff, Criminal Lawyer and
a Detective 'Rank and Pile .Were
in On the Whole Ceremony.
Special to Tlio Scranton Tribune.
Camp Alger, Sunn Lorlng, Va Aug.
12, Yesterday's sword and watch pre
sentation arc still the one general topic
of conversation In camp among the
boys of the Thirteenth. The members
of the committee made quite an Im
pression and this Is not to be won
dered at when one takes time to form
an Idea of the generous avoirdupois of
euch men as John Stanton, ex-Sherlft
Xoblnson, E. J. Fish, Moses Brown,
Attorney George 8. Horn, ex-Postmaster
Vnndllng, Emll Schlmpff, Victor
Koch nnd Detective John Molr. When
they marched In fours up and down
the company streets, oven the sllm
rst man In camp would have a hard
time to squeeze through.
It was a happy day, not alone for
Company C and Its captain, but for
the entire regiment, a fact which was
distinctly shown by the large number
of men who were present on that oc
casion. From being a special honor to
Captain Holding It turned out a real
Bcranton day, and a Jubilation for the
whole regiment. It was a case of those
at home remembering the ones who
are far away, absent, but not forgot
ten by any means.
The orator for the occasion was well
chosen. Mr. Horn, who is here attend
ing his sick son. never falls to make
his dally round of the Thirteenth, and
the boys nppreclate this. Yesterday Mr.
Horn was on hand and the committee
nt once pressed him Into service. They
Insisted on his making the presenta
tion speech, which was as happy in
spirit as it was spontaneous. His
words struck the right chord, nnd left
no doubt behind when he spoke of Cap
tain Robllng's worth as a man, a citi
zen, a police olllclal and as a soldier
of his country. Captain Ttobling, In
accepting the sword with grateful
thanks, was hardly permitted to speak
nnd to thank his friends In Scranton
for their splendid gift the boys of his
command spoke for him, and yelled
themselves hoarse, which Is the sol
dier's benediction, and at the same
time his short and simple method of
expressing his thankfulness.
COLONEL COURSEN SPEAKS.
Colonel Coursen was called up to say
something, and expressed his delight
that a member of the Thirteenth had
been accorded such a substantial hon
or by the men who knew him best, by
Scrnntonlans who were not alone in
appreciating bis merits.
The colonel's words were listened to
attentively, and nt the end three hearty
cheers went up for him.
The speaker, however, who struck
right straight at the hearts of the boys
was the respected chaplain, Rev. N.
F. Stahl. Ho was known to be a
Humorist when in Scranton, but the
pine forests and the open fields of Vir
ginia seem to have Increased his capac
ity In this direction. He believes, with
Shakespeare, that "dreams go by con
traries;" but even advances further
and is convinced that life Itself goes
by contraries For nearly four months
he lias slept In a narrow bunk In a
small tent, and felt himself "monarch
of all he surveyed." The other even
ing he visited a reverend friend In
Falls Church, slept In a wide bed and
dreamed that he was suffocating in a
dry goods box.
Last Sunday he preached at the
Young Men's Christian association
tent, nnd on his way thither he was
stopped by two Virginia soldiers, who
asked him if he "would not kindly get
some beer for them." Two days later
he was sitting In his tent when two
other thirsty hoys In blue came nlonsr
and Inquired if he "would not be good
enough to procure some drink for
them." If this kept on he would have
to do one of two things either he would
have the colonel Issue n general order
notifying all men that the Thirteenth's
chaplain Is now the division bnrtender.
or else he would ask Captain Holding
with his new sword to stand before hta
tent to keep all those with a burning
thirst at a safe distance.
Drifting Into n more serious vein,
the chaplain then gave the boys some
good, manly advice. His words are
rarely, if ever, unheeded. Chaplain
Stahl Is the living, never-falling, sure
cure for the blues In the regiment. Hi
tent Is open to all, otllrer or private,
nnd he has a fund of humorous stories
which never runs dry. Few chaplains
In the division arc as well liked ns he.
SHERIFF ROniNSON, TOO.
Sheriff Robinson's attempt to speak
was Interrupted with a long yeil
"What's the matter with the tobacco?
It's all right!" It will be remembered
that he sent a consignment of it to the
boys a short time ago. He was fol
lowed by City Detective Molr, who said
that his trip down here knocked nil
his eloquence sky high.
Corporal Lonn Day made a neat
speech, in which he thanked those who
had remembered him so kindly. He
prizes his gold watch and chain high
ly. On the Inside of the case are in
scribed the words: "Presented to Cor
pora! Lona Day by the Scranton Police
Force, July IS, 1S0S."
The sword is one of the finest In
camp the blade of the best-tempered
steel, the hilt plated with gold. On the
eheath are cut the words: "Presented
to Captain Frank Robllng by the
Police Department of Scranton Pa
June 21, IS88." With the sword Is an
impropriate gold, dress belt which is
very stylish nnd valuable. Captain
Robllng prizes the gift highly.
Ex-Fherlff Robinson, Ir. Stanton,
Mr. Schmpff, Mr. JCoch and ex-Postmaster
Vandllnu will, very likely, tell
rnme strange unaccountable tales
about old Virginia, but the "whole
truth" is this: There lives a large
species, of spider here which bores into
tho ground fame distance, leaving nn
opening of the diameter of the ordi
nary load pencil. In addition to this.
Privates Cunningham and Dunkerly
havo an "eel about n foot in lenstli.
When the visitors showed n great In
terest In those peculiar holes in the
uround, and Inquired their cnuse, they
were informed that a certain kind of
flsh lived there. To demonstrate the
truth of Ujls Messrs. Cunningham nnd
Punkerly lfrfcan tpiboro the' ground,
nnd, concealfni-their eel, by a "now
ycu see it; now you don't; Herman
like movement, drew the eel out of the
earth.. The visitors were thunder
struck nnd could simply exclaim
"JtrMiee ,country, Wonderful Virginia!"
David Fcldman, the Inimitable irre
pressible humorist of C, had an en
counter yesterday with Corporal Lona
I"ay. of D. David had p-veral times
traded watches without Inspection by
either side nnd frequently came out
"second best." He Is now the possess
or of a time piece which has seen bet
ter days. After the ceremony yester
day ho blandly npproached Mr. Day,
put his hand In his pocket and said
"trade watches." The big corpora!
simply grinned and said "I wouldn't
do Itl" "I wouldn't do Itl"
IN BAD COMPANY.
Chaplain Stahl caused some laughter
at the expense of some of the visitors
when ho remarked quietly that ho
seemed to have fallen Into bad com
pany the chief of police, the city de
tective n criminal lawyer and n sheriff.
The band led by T. II. Miles ren
dered the following programme: "(lay
Coney Island," Levi: "Oram! Fan
tasia" (American airs): "Tone Airs
from North nnd South," Bondlx:
"Chlctm Brigade, Negro Medley,"
Johnson; "Charge of the Bnttallon
March." Hall; "Our Colored Troops,"
Ramsdell.
Mr. Robinson gave Sergeant Miles
$20 for the bnnd.
The ex-sheriff had nn unpleasant ex
perience hero. A yellow Jacket, an ex
tremely poisonous Insect, which Infests
this country, got Inside of his specta
cles und stung him In the left eye. It
gave him Home pain, but medical
treatment by Major Keller helped him
considerably.
This morning two colored men came
to grief. They fell right Into the lion's
Jaws. They drove two wagons, heavily
laden, close to the Thirteenth's guard
house, each wagon having on bontd a
consignment of barrels Font from
Washington and presumably address
ed to some of the commissioned officers
of the regiment. The matter was in
vestigated and It was found that the
oftlcers named had given no orders for
barrels or for anything else, and that
the order was for some member of
Company E. On close examination It
was found that the consignment con
sisted of seven barrels of bottled beer
and a box of whiskey. The guards at
once held the negro up and relieved
them of their trouble. The wagons
were unloaded at the guard house and
the contents are now being watched
by n vlgilnnt guard. The beer and
whiskey are confiscated temporarily,
and the matter Is being quietly inves
tigated. Today a violent, almost tropical, rain
storm deluges the country. Promptly
nt noon, with little previous) warning,
the big drops, so well known here, be
gan to fall, and then the very skies
seemed to burst and let down their
contents. Camp Is nlmost flooded, nnd
the men nre keeping close to their
tents, many of which arc leaky, and,
therefore, uncomfortable.
CAMP GOSSIP.
Lieutenant Decker, of F, Is officer
of the day; Lieutenant Varcoe, of E,
officer of the guard; E. C. Smith, of E,
sergeant of the guard; William New
man, of F, Morrltt Blddleman, of H,
nnd Alvln B. Tlngley, of G, corporals;
Private Harry Gulnn, of H, Is regi
mental orderly.
Frank Malott, of B, went home last
night on short furlough. He received
a telegram notifying him thnt his lit
tle daughter Is sick.
Private Alex Major, formerly cook
at brigade beadqunrters, lias been re
turned to bis company.
Private John Stanton, of D, has
been In Fort Meyer hospital for treat
ment for typhoid fever. He will get
a thirty-day leave of absence on ac
count of sickness.
Sergeant H. L. Dlmmlck, who went
home on furlough to attend the funer
al of his father, and Private Harry A.
Smith, of A, returned from home last
night.
Musician Haddon, of G, who received
his discharge from the service because
of physical disability, left for home to
dav. Privates Fred Luther, Arnold Axle.
Charles Sprandel, George Schlnger and
George Sackett, of C, returned to camp
late last night. They all had a good
time home.
Private Harry Moore, of A. Is slightly
Indisposed today. He Is suffering from
neuralgia.
Henry Davis, the new cornet player,
received Into the band, has made his
application for enlistment In C Com
pany. Philosopher.' say that the lower an
Imnls cannot think. Then will some of
them please explain how It Is that a
chicken In this country will run and
fly for nil it Is worth whenever It lays
us eyes on a slouch hat, blue coat and
brass buttons?
Private George Davis, of A, was tak
en to Division hospital today on ac
count of nn nttack of rheumatism.
Conipany G Is developing some ar
tists with the gloves.
Sergeant Clarence Seward, of D, re
turned from home last night. He was
away on a seven-day furlough.
Richard J. Bourke.
ECHOES OF THE WAR.
High mass of requiem, says, the Wilkes.
church Thursday morning for 'Leonard
uL-ryuu, who men 01 lypnoiu lever r.t
Chlckamauga on Wednesday. Rev, Fath
er llUStlll Wan Celolimnt nnrl mnnv nf flia
employes of Jonns Long's Sons store at-
ii-nui-u ma mass, ueegnn was employed
at the store when ho enlisted to go to the
front. He was held in high esteem by
tlio members of the llrm and by every
one of the large number of clerks at tlio
store. The remains will bo taken to Du
shore and the fur.ernl will lm i,m ,-ui,
solemn mass of requiem, tho pastor. Rev
.iuiui JiuiKiii, io do ceieorant.
Following Is from a Blnghamton paper:
"Gcome II. Cowles. of rnmnnnu II .. ,
of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cowles. of Kldrld'o
isircei, mis mo nonor or being the first
Itinchpmton hnv tn ntnrt tn. Ttnnr.T..,..
Cowles hns had three promotions since he
eniereu mo service. First ho was assist
ant cook, then cook, nnd now he Is In tho
nuspiuti corps, rnnKing n nergeant.
Cowles Is a trained nurse, was nn at
tendant at tho state hospital and hns
many friends here. This morning tho
parents of Mr. Cowles received ft postal
curd from him rending ns follows: "On
board tho shin Nelson, San Francisco,
Aug. 8. Dear Mother, Father and all:
Well, good-bye. We oro Just cutting
Icose from tho dock. Expect to bo on the
water eight or ten days. Will write you
the first hour I nm at Honolulu. Tho
hospital corps has state rooms Just like
tho officers, while the soldiers nre packed
In the hold llito rats. Yours lovingly, a,
II. Cowles.' "
Camp Thomas, Chlckamauga, Aug. 11
The topic of chief Interest yesterday nt
tho park was the establishment of two
new camps, one at Kuoxville, Tenn., und
the other nt Lexington, Ky. The Secund
division, First corps, will march from
hero tO KnOXVlU nml fn In.,. nn..n.nn..t
camp there. Tho division whllo thero
will probably be supplied with forage by
Col. Lee from Camp Thomas. At Lexlng.
ton there will hn nnrtnmnrt.1 .Ita TU.....1 tl
. . . -......,.u .,q jiiiH 'di
vision, Hrst corps. Tho army thero will
uc uiiiicu uircci. ine troops going to
Knnxvllln will mnrh nvin.A .. .u.
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of U2 miles. . Lexington being more dls
tant, the division to go thero will be
transported. The Ninth Is In the Third
Tb Royal It the highest grade baking powder
haown. AcU.I teat (how It geesoao-
third farther than r other braid.
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POWDER
Absolutely Puro
oi KAniNa rowsro to., m voik.
division nnd will go to Lexington, Ky.
Tho boys aro very anxious for tho movo
nnd are awaiting orders with considera
ble Impatience. It Is suggested that tho
reason for tho chnnge Is that tho coin
mnnd hero Is too large to bo handled und
cared for ns It should be, granting even
that it is In tho hands of competent mili
tary n.cn. Another cause Is that much of
the camp ground, by reason of long ubo
by so many men, has become poisoned
with dlsenso germs and needs rest. Tho
camp will not be broken up, but will bo
retained ns one of the most Important
military camps In the country.
Irving M. Gills, one of Blnghnmton's
bravo pons, who saw sen Ice In the block
ndo of Cuban ports, says tho Blnghamton
Herald, nnd who rendered harmless a
torpedo by Jumping Into the sea nnd re
moving Its war nose, rtho details ot the
daring net were printed In the Herald) Is
visiting his father. Admiral Otitis at his
summer home at Delhi. That he was tn
arrive Thursday night was announced
nnd the citizens of llhl very properly
decided to give him some kind of a public
reception. On nccount of rain this was
postponed until Friday evening, when the
band, urn ml Army men, Young Ladles'
Novelty club nnd citizens generally, to
tho number of three or four hundred,
went up to tho admiral's residence. After
music by tho band, George A. Fisher
made a very appropriate nnd pntriotlc
speech, which was responded to briefly
nnd very modestly by the young hero.
Then the ndmlml, who is evidently nnd
Justly proud of his noble son, thanked tho
citizens for their visit, which ho highly
appreciated, nnd the company dispersed.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Curious Influence of Prospects of
Peace Upon Business.
New York, Aug. 12. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade will say
tomorrow:
Prospects of peace have had a curi
ous Influence on business contracts, not
quite explainable on common sense
grounds. Nobody really feared disas
ter, or exhaustion of national resources.
Yet orders unusual In number and size
havo been placed since Spain asked for
Peace. In some Industries tho gains
have been large for about two weeks,
while In some textile manufactures It
has only begun to appear this week,
but It involves a considerable Increase
In the working force. Crop prospects
nre on the whole more encouraging.
Money markets show no sign of pos
sible dlsturbance.securltles are stronger
nnd there Is no harmful speculation In
stocks or products. Rarely has the
financial outlook been more nearly un
clouded. Whllo wheat Is four cents
higher for the week there Is less doubt
than a week ago that It will rule lower
during the coming year. The price of
corn has declined a shade for cash.
A slight flurry In cotton lifted tho
price a sixteenth on Tuesday, but it
dropped again the next day with the
official foreshadowing of a large yield.
The Iron and steel trade fully sup
ports Inferences drawn from recent
events. The demand for steel Is so
heavy that some of the biggest con
cerns have been buying, one taking
40.000 tons, ndvnnclng the price at
Pittsburg from $14.60 to $15.25. which
was at last refused. Bessemer pig Is
steady and other pig there, and nt
eastern nnd western markets generally,
but rails have been advanced by east
ern makers to $18 per ton. the makers
of structural beams have advanced tho
price $1 per ton, and makers of mer
chant pipe havo advanced the price
five per cent., while platemakers are
crowded to the point of refusing or
ders, both cast nnd west, and bars aro
stronger, with many mills engaged for
weeks ahead. Illustrating the demand
are reports of orders for 30,000 car
axles at Chicago, 30,000 tons of struc
tural work there, and big orders at
Philadelphia for cast pipe, and 6,000
tons elsewhere. Eastern works now
appear to be crowded to their utmost
capacity, as the western havo been for
some weeks. In the minor metals there
Is heavy buying.
The demand for woolen goods Is now
much better, although not yet exten
sive enough to warrant paying tho
prices Issued for new wool.
For the week failures have been 106
In the United Stntes.
POISONED BY CANDY.
Mrs. Deane Dead and Several Friends
, Are 111.
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 12. Mrs. J.
Polk Deane, of Dover, Is dead, and her
sister. Mrs. Dunning, is seriously 111,
the result of poisoning from eating
candy. Mrs. Dunning is the wife of
J. Preston Dunning, the well-known
Associated Press correspondent now In
Cuba, and both women nre daughters
of ex-Congressman John B. Penning
ton. Tuesday evening a nephew, Harry
Pennington, went to the postofflce, and,
upon returning, brought to Mrs. Dun
ning a box of candies with which were
handkerchief and a note, tho latter
inscribed; "For yourself and baby,
with best regards."
The postmark on the letter was il
legible so that It was impossible to
toll where the package came from, but
It Is supposed by Mrs. Dunning to have
been sent by n lady friend of hers, of
fc'un Francisco, whom she became ac
quainted with while living there.
After opening the box, Mrs. Dunning
handed It to those sitting on the porch,
Mrs. Deane and daughter. Harry Pen
nli.pton, her own daughter, Miss Jo
sephine Bateman, and Miss Ethel Mil
Ilngtnn, ull of whom, ns well as her
self, partook of tho candles.
No unpleasantness was felt by any
of the party until after they had re
tired for the night, when Mrs. Deane
was taken 111 with a violent vomiting
rpcll, Mrs. Dunning, later In the eve
ning, was also taken 111 with n similar
spell. Toward morning Mrs. Deane's
daughter was taken sick in tho same
way, as were also tho grandson. Miss
Bateman and Miss Mllllngton, but
they soon recovered. . Mrs. Deane died
last night. Mrs. Dunnlng's condition
Is pronounced serious by her physi
c'nn, with little hope of recovery.
The candy remaining uneaten will
be analyzed.
SAILORS WHO RE-ENLIST.
Odd Ideas of the Jnckies About
Time and Life on Ship.
From the Washington Star.
On the day after bis enlistment for a
period of three years the American
man-o'-wnr's-nian begins to figure on
tho amount of time thnt Is to Inter
vene before his discharge. Ho has two
years and a "butt" to do, tho "butt"
being tho remaining eleven months and
twenty-nine days of the first year. On
the day following his completion of tho
first year of his enlistment he has only
a year and a butt to get through. No
matter If the butt Is only n single day
under a year In length, the blue-Jacket
contemplates the term with the bland
est complaisance; It Is not, at any rate,
a whole year, even though It be 361
days, and this fashion of throttling
each year of his service makes him
liuppy; it seems to bring his discharge,
nnd tho more or less tempestuous Joys
he carefully mnps out long before his
discharge, within closer range. When
ho has put In eighteen months of an
enlistment, he brenks out the home
ward bound pennnnt; he Is going down
the hill, and when he bus finally
achieved two years and has only the
butt to accomplish Joy fills his cup.
"Once a sailor, nlways a sailor," Is
not strictly true of mon-o'-war's men
of the American navy. Only about
one-half of the men who complete one
enlistment ship for another three-year
cruise. But about nine-tenths of the
men who put In two cruises settle down
to a lifelong continuance In tho ser
vice. Six years of navy life seem thor
oughly to Inoculate them with what
the Germans call wanderlust. When a
blue-Jacket passes a few of his sum
mers in the latitude of the North Cape
and a couple of his winters down
among the Bermudas or In the salu
brious South Pacific, he Is likely to ac
quire a dislike for the climate of tho
United Stntes, and this dislike has
more weight than anything else In
forming his decision to remain In tho
navy. Moreover, after a few years In
the navy the blue-Jacket seems to be
come possessed of the odd Idea that he
Is really doing nothing nboard ship to
earn his pay, that the perpetual scurry
In which he Is kept from all bands in
the morning until pipe down at night
is really not work, and with his quaint
notion he also acquires an exceedingly
exaggerated Idea of the terrific amount
of grinding lnbor a man has to per
form in order to gain n livelihood
ashore. Put to a blue-Jacket who has
put In a couple of naval cruises the
direct question. "Are you going to ship
over when your time is out?" and in
nine cases of ten he will look vou In
the eye with nn expression of stupe
faction and enquire:
"What do you think I'm going to do
work?"
Overtime men being shipped back to
this country on a man-of-war are not
compelled to do any of the ship's
vork; thoy simply stand tho military
calls, eat their meals and smoke their
pipes, watching the whllo with lazy
happiness the dally round of labor of
the less fortunate bluejackets attach
ed as members of the crew of the ship
on which they themselves are prnctlc
aly passengers. The overtime men oc
casionally emit arrogantly humorous
directions to these temporary ship
mates, the ship's company of the boat
that is hauling them home. "G'wan
now, an' shine up that bright work,
ye long time swab'" they will shout
to a deck hand when the officer of the
deck is aft and out of hearing, and
' Oil down to your bunker, ye grimy
fiatfoot and rake your coal!" Is the
kind of thing the man of tho black
pang below hears from the passengers
whenever he tries to smoke n peaceful
pipe on the to'gnllant fn'c'stle.
One of the Immemorial customs of
tbo navy Jacks Is to secrete In the ditty
bag nt the discharged shipmate who Is
about to go ashore a can of corned
beef, a few potatoes, and, porhaps.one
or two other articles of sea food. This
Is done In order to remind the dis
charged man. when he opens his bag
nfchore, that 'n the opinion of his ship
mates he will be unable to earn enough
to eat on land, If ho takes It Into his
head not to ship over, and that they
have, therefoie, taken a small measure
to shield him from starvation with a
little navy grub when ho has "spent
his pay day." Discharged men try all
sorts of schemes to keep this stuff
from being placed In their bags, but.
nevertheless, they nearly always find
it there when they get ashore.
GERMAN CLERKS.
Those for the Colonies Are Especial
ly Educated for Their Work.
The San Francisco Report says the
British are taking alarm at tho success
of foreign commercial clerks especially
the Germans, in British houses, nnd
the London City Parochial Foundation,
the City of London College and the
Technical Education Board of the
County Council are combining In a
scheme for (the establishment ot ui
higher commercial school which shall
provide British clerks with the neces
sary equipment for modern conditions
of commerce. In Germany thoy go so
far as to educate young men for spec
ial fields of labor as for example, Mex
ico and .Inpan.
According to the country In which
they are to work, they nre educated In
languages, commercial prnctlces and
customs, and so forth, and their gen
eral education Is made sound und one
upon which they themselves can build
additions should circumstances require.
Not nearly enough attention is paid to
this sort of thing In the United States,
and consequently the American com
mercial traveler or commission agent Is
often at a serious disadvantage when
ho goes abroad. It Is one of the rea
sons why we do not control the trade of
Central and South America, why we
nre not doing us well In Japan ns wo
might, nnd will not do well in China.
How many young Callfornlnns aro
learning Japanese In order to be better
equipped for business in Japan by and
by? Very few, If any. How many young
Germans are? Crowds of them. We are
not even trying to turn our exports In
the 'Spanish-American trade. The
more practical the new College of Com
merce may be in this direction, the
more good It will do.
A CONORS3SMAN-AT-LARQE.
Mr Crow's Experience In tho Blue
Ridge Mountains.
From tho Washington Star.
"On one ocaslon," remarked tho vet
eran statesman and oldest representa
tive lu congress, Galusha A. Grow,
ccngressman-at-Iarge from Pennsylva
nia, "during the campaign previous to
my coming to the house the lust time.
I was riding along a road through one
of the remote valleys lying at tho foot
of tho Blue Ridge mountains, when I
camo to a farm house, whlen looked
as if It might afford a luaclois drink
of rfld water from a fine well In Oil
yard. A tldy-looklng woman, not es
pecially nandEomo or of superior Intel
licence, responded to my appeal and
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Our Entire Stock to be Closed Out
a Sacrifice.
All $1.50 and $2.00 Parasols for
All $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00 Parasols for $1.00.
A Great Chance for Late Bysrs.
Connolly & Wallace,
127 and 129 Washington Avenue.
while I drank the cooling draught she
talked to me.
" 'I presume there Is no dearth of
politics In your neighborhood at pres
ent?' I said nt a venture.
" 'Yes, my husband and the boys ain't
talkln' much else these days.'
"'Doesn't It interest you?'
" 'No, I don't keer who gits elected
so long as we can git along and keep
out of debt with a little to lay by fer
the children.'
" 'That's good enough politics for
anybody, madam,' I said with a bow
which made her blush in embarrass
ment. " 'It's the only kind I know, good or
bad," he said apologetically.
" 'Do you ever have any of the can
didates up this way?'
" 'Not right here, but they come
down to the store half a mile across
the valley.'
"'Do you ever see any of them?'
" 'Not this year, but I have other
years.'
" 'Why not this year? Are you los
ing your Interest In the great stated
men of Pennsylvania?'
" 'No, not that,' and she hesitated
awkwardly, 'but they say there's n
congreseman-at-large this year, and I
thought may be It would be safer fer
me to stay pretty close around home
till after Mecton and they took him in.
FIRING SUGAR PLANTATIONS.
Phosphorus Used by Insurgents to
Destroy Sugar Cane.
From the Philadelphia Itecord.
Professor Marshall, who is head in
structor of chemistry at the University
of Pennsylvania, In the course of a re
cent lecture on the action of phosphor
us, read some extracts from a letter he
had received from Cuba, which told of
a novel use the Insurgents hnd mode
of this chemical. In the summer of
1896 tho writer of the letter had lived
in a province where the raising of
sugar was the principal Industry. The
crop was Just ready for harvesting,
when the Spanish soldiers took posses
sion of the district and proclaimed mar
tial law. The Holds throughout the dls
trlct were covered with ripe sugar
cane, which Is very Inflammable.
Despite tho presence of tho soldiers
the Insurgents managed to fire several
Ileitis. Tho force of sentries were doubled
but although tho Insurgents were seen
the (Ires became more frequent. It was
concluded that the firing was being
done by strategy, and all suspicious
characters were thereafter forced to
give an account of themselves.
An old farmer carrying a largo
basket, who was in the habit of pass
ing tho lines regularly, was stopped
several times, but nothing more sus
picious than rolls of butter was found
upon him. It wns noticed, however, that
the fires always followed in the wake
of this farmer, und a spy was detailed
to follow him one day. Unaware of his
surveillance, the suspect stopped at a
sugar field and threw several of his
rolls of butter among tho cane. He was
at once arrested and confessed to tho
burning of tho Holds. It seems that each
of these rolls of butter contained a
quantity of phosphorus, which, as is
well known, Ignites spontaneously when
exposed. Tho heat of the sun would
melt tho butter and expose the phos
phorus. The length of time it took to
melt the butter allowed the Incendiary
to get out of tho neighborhood before
the flames broke out.
Tennis Tourney.
Altoona, Pu Auir, 12. fn tho tennis
tourney today Moorhead, of Plttsburpr,
beat Kwlnp, of 1'lttsburg, In Blindest, 6-1,
t-6, 13-11, 7-5; Q, Thomson, of Altoona, bent
Moorhead, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, and took llrst prize
In singles. Uuch. of Altoona, beut Moor
head, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3, for second prize. In
tho championship doubles, Kwlntr and
KdwarelH. of Pittsburg, heat Coster und
Moorhead, of Plttihurg, 7-5, 7-5, 6-0. Buci
nnd Coster will play tomorrow for second
prlro In Mnsles, and Edwards nnd Kwlns
will play Uuch und S. Thoumon for the
atfdtH
PARASOLS.
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