BE 1 SUBMARINE
You Are Greeted by a Deafening
Ear Splitting Racket.
WORSE THAN A BOILER SHOP
To Make Youraelf Heard at All Yoi
Muat Shout Into tha Car of a Com
panion—The Economy of Space ant
the Simplicity of Arrangement*.
CUnbing down ten ruugs of un
.ron ladder Into the Interior of u sub
marine is like going Into ft boiler shop
where there 1m one continuous, deafen
ing, ear splitting racket like a dozen
trip hammers chattering a tattoo amid
•a grind and rumble and thump of ma
chinery as if especially designed to
burst your eardrums.
At first the noise In that narrowly
confined space is painful and bewilder
ing. To make yourself at nil heard
you must shout Into the car of a com
panlon. So Intense is the strain, says
a writer in St. Nicholas, that you mar
vel how day in and day out human
ears can withstand the ordeal.
You fiud yourself inside what seems
an enormous steel cigar paiuted a neat
pearl pray, a color which is serviceable
and does not dazzle the eye. I.ighl
comes to you partly through porthole
arid In part from Incandescent lamps
placed fore and aft in the darker parts
of the hull.
You have expo.-ted. of course, to
land in a tangle of whirling machinery
that fills the inside of the boat from
stem to stern, threatening with every
revolution to take an arm or a leg off
Instead the first thing you see is an
uninterrupted "working space," ot
deck, measuring T by 25 or 30 feet.
At the stern, far in the background
are the machines and engines. In fact
this section of the vessel is nothing but
machinery, a rumbling mass of silvery
steel and glittering brass revolving at
the rate of 500 times a minute, so com
pact that you wonder how the various
parts can turn without conflicting ot
how it Is possible for human hands tc
squeeze through the maze to oil the
machinery.
But this economy of space is as noth
ing to what you will see. The Hoot
you stand on is a cover for the cells ol
the storage bntteries wherein is pent
up the electricity with which your boai
will propel herself when she runs sub
merged. The walls amidships and the
space in the bow are gigantic ballasl
tanks to be tilled with water that wili
these are tool boxes and hinged bunks
for the crew to sleep in.
The four torpedoes, measuring six
teen feet three inches long, eighteen
Inches in diameter and weighing 1.50 C
pounds each, are lashed end for end in
pairs at either side, and directly ovet
these are tool boxes and hinged bunks
for the crew to sleep in.
The very air which is taken along te
keep life in you in case the boat sboult
be detained beneath the surface longei
than ■ sual is compressed in a steel cyl
Inde. 2,00(1 pounds per square inch, {
pr ssure so intense that were the cyl
ider to spring a leak no larger than i
pin hole and were the tiny stream ol
escaping air to strike a human being ii
would penetrate hUn through ani]
through and drill a hole through an
inch thick board behind him.
And yet everything about the inte
rior arrangements of this boat is so slui
pie that you can see at a glance Its
purpose. Away forward, where the
tip of the cigar comes to a point, art
the two torpedo tubes out of whicfc
the gunner will send bis deadly pro
jeetiles seething beneath the waters at
the rate ol' 05 knots un hour against
an unsuspecting hull.
Directly under the conning tower Is
a platform, three feet square and ele
rated three feet from the deck, upot
which the captain stands, head and
shoulders extending into the tower, sc
that while at his post he is visible tc
the crew only from the waist line
down, and at the feet of the captair
and on a level with bis platform i
stationed another of the otlicers, ii:
charge of the wheel that controls the
diving rudders and the gauges that
register the angle of ascent and de
cline and show how deep the boat is
down.
The two officers are in personal com
munication, so that lu case of hear
disease or other mishap cither car
jump to the other man's place.
Time to Wake.
Judge Wheaton A. Gray was one-i
harangue by the prosecuting counse
on a warm day at the enel of a lout
harangue by the prosecuting counse
he noticed one of the jurymen asleep
As soon as the argument was complet
ed the judge addressed the jury In this
peculiar manner: "Gentlemen of the
jury, the prosecuting attorney has com
pleted his argument. \\ al;e up and lis
ten to the instructions of the conrt."-
Sau Francisco Argonaut.
One Was Enough.
"Dad." said the White faced lad
"how many cigars does it take to hur
o boy?"
"How many have yon smoked?"
"One."
"That's the number," said dad, nnd
taking down the strap from behind th<
door, be soon convinced tho boy tha
he was right—Cleveland Plain Dealer
Common.
"They are quite oreliuary people
/tren't they?"
"Yes—keep their engagements, eai
plain food, pay their bills and all thai
sort of thing."—Life.
The world has not yet learned the
riches of frugality Cicero.
A Great Way Off.
Mr. William Miles, late verger of
Rochester cathedral and the original
of Mr. Tope In "Edwin Drood," was
a great favorite with the late Dean
Hole. On one anniversary of the ver
ger's birthday, after a pleasant greet
ing, the dean asked:
"How many children did your moth
er have?"
"Oh, I am the eldest of twelve!" re
plied Mr. Miles.
"Then," said the genial dean, "you
never saw your youngest brother."
"Oh, yes, I did!" answered Miles,
"What! With ten miles between
vou?" said the dean chaffingly.
ANDREWS PUTS
LIFE IN THE FIGHT
Pennsylvania Republicans Busy
All Along the Line.
MANY MEETINGS SCHEDULED
Capital and Labor Concerned Over the
Situation and Will Co-operate to
Bring About the Election of Taft
and the Full Ticket of His Party,
Locally, and In the Ctate and Na
tion.
I Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, (let. fi.
There have been very busy times
about the Republican state headquar
ters during the last week.
Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chair
man of the state committee, has been
almost overwhelmed with callers from
the different counties, eager to con
tribute towards the success of the
ti( ket. He has been in touch with
the county chairman, and his reports
all indicate that there will be a very
t-atlsfactory outcome of tin campaign.
He has arranged for a number of
speakers of national prominence to
come into Pennsylvania during the
closing days of the canvass, and there
is no doubt that there will lie an en
thusiastic wind-up of the campaign.
Vice President Fairbanks, Leslie M.
Shaw, former secretary of the treas
ury; Representative Nicholas Long
worth, the president's son-in-law: Sen
ator Julius Caesar Burrows, of Michi
gan; John M. Thurston and other
prominent speakers have accepted in
vitations to deliver political addresses
in this state.
A large number of Pennsylvania
orators will also be on the stump from
this week until election day.
Mr. Shaw will deliver four speeches.
With Lieutenant Governor Robert S.
Murphy, he is scheduled to address a
political rally at Johnstown tonight.
His other engagements have not yet
been arranged. Mr. Shaw is one of the
most elTtctive speakers in the coun
try. For many years he has been in
demand for service on the stump in
every campaign. He will attack the
fallacies of Bryanisui and emphasize
the aangers of the bank guaranty sys
tem which Mr. Bryan is advocating.
Representative Longworth and Sen
ator Burrows are booked to address a
meeting in Pittsburg this evening. Mr.
Longworth's speeches in this cam
paign have attracted much attention,
and he has received invitations to
speak in every state. Senator Bur
rows is a veteran campaigner and elo
quent speaker. Vice President Fair
banks will make two speeches at
points to be selected later.
Republican Meetings Planned.
Ilenry F. Walton, chief of the speak
ers' bureau of the state committee,
has announced these assignments of '
speakers:
October 6 Middlesburg, Snyder I
county, James Jl. Yeager. of Scran
ton; Clarence F. Huth, of Shamokin.
October 6—Roulette, Potter county,
D. E. Murray, of Perry county.
October 7 —Austin, Potter county,
D. R Murray, of Perry county.
October 8 Titusville, Crawford !
county, Congressman James Francis I
Burke, of Pittsburg; W, 1. Swope, of j
Clearfield.
October B—Erie. Erie county. Major j
Alexander McDowell, of Sharon; Con- 1
gressnian Arthur 1,. Bates, of Mead
ville.
October 9—Galeton, Potter county, j
D. E. Murray, of Perry county.
October 9—Shingle House. Potter
county, P. Murray, of P-rrv rounty.
0< cbt-r 1 —Kail". il'-Ki- mi ny.
Con;-'. .an J. Hampton . . . ci
Philadelphia.
October 11 Sraethpirt, .'.lfKfan
county. C n-i. J. llanip i.n
Moore, of Philadelphia.
October 14 Bradford, McK-nn
county. Congressman J. Hampt >n
Moore, of Philadelphia.
October 15—Pittsburg. Allegheny
county. Adjutant General Thou as J.
Stewart.
October 1G Allentown Lehigh
county. Adjutant Genera! Tfc>a::is J.
Stewart.
October 27—Altocn?, Blair county.
Congressman James Francis Burke, of
Pittsburg.
A Question of V/agss.
In the mail of Coh n°l An lrews a
few days atro was a ! tter 112: m an of
ficer of the National It ]>r Bearing
company, of Philadelphia who stated
that a notice ha I been r ;t d in the
factory to the effect that, the It per
cent reduction which had been made
in the wages of the employes of that
corporation in the midst of the panic
of last year, would be r tore 1 to all
employes in November ii Ta.'i. s:hall
be < !• cf« d president.
T. Increase would amount to $lO- 1
00 (1 n yen r.
In com in nting upon tjis announc ■-
ment. tae editor of the Philadelphia In- j
quirer said:
"We have not the slightest doubt
that should Mr. Bryan run across that
notice he would tell his hearers that !
bribery had been resorted to; that i
here was an attempt to influence the
workingmen. But we doubt very much
If his hearers would agree with him.
"It is prosperity, the pursuit of hap
piness ami liberty that everybody '
Beeks. ft is good wages that the work- '
ingman is after. The government, the
■
policy that gives him good wages. Is
the government, the policy that he be
lieves in and supports—if he knows
where his interests lie.
"Bark under the Cleveland admlnts
tratlon the country was plunged into j
a depression that closed the mills and
produced the free soup kitchens. Mr.
Bryan was a member of the Demo
cratic house that insisted upon a tariff
bill that brought disaster. Today he is
a candidate for president and Is stand
ing upon a platform which. If enacted
into law, would again throw the coun
try Into a commercial panic and again
close the mills and manufactories.
"The comoany above .mentioned
Baseball, the National Graze
txcltlnq Contests for Champion- Great National Sport In Which
ships In the Two CMef Millions ol "fans" Are
Leagues. Interested.
By FREDERICK R. TOOMBS.
WHEN a wave of baseball fren
zy over the United
Stales, the most momentous
affairs of life and statespeed
lly are thrust aside. Nothing riiust
Maml In the way of the American clti
ten who hungers to hear the resound
ing crack of a home run hit. A little
thing like a presidential campaign in
tills greatest of all baseball years Is
ridiculous to contemplate. Many a big
j league game in this record breaking
I year has been attended by upward of
80,000 people. Who ever heard of a
presidential candidate drawing such an
, audience?
| On the day John \V. Kern was noti
fled of his nomination for the vice
presidency and Sir. Bryan delivered a
i much heralded speech on trusts the
J New York Nationals won both games
of a double header In Pittsburg, thes«
two clubs being associated with Chi
cago In a sensational three cornered
| race for the pennant.
! What happened in the newspapers?
| The big failles spread the baseball
story acre s the front page, and Mr.
Kern and Mr. Bryan were pushed back
among the advertisements. Mr. Taft
and Mr. Sherman have suffered in
much the same way. Their lengthy
communications to the public are fre-
J qnently shoved back In juxtaposition
j to the "lls>lp Wanted" column, and in
i the choice spots of the papers appear
| stories relating how "the Chicago Cubs
| will capture the National pennant pro
vided they win enough games," or
j "Pittsburg buys Hod Splnks. (he won-
I derful young pitcher of the (las House
| league," or "Larry Lajole of Cleveland
! almost has a headache." Campaign
managers may fume and fret, but
baseball is a necessity; politics Is a
luxury.
j In faer. whoever Is elected to the
presidency the defeated man will be
HANS WAGXEII.
[Shortstop, Pittsburg Nationals.]
fully Justified in laying his downfall to
the nerve rucking races In the National
and American leagues.
A season llko that now drawing to a
close has never occurred before. The
National league race, with three close
ly ranked tlag chasers—New York, Chi
cago and I'ittsburg—and the American,
with Detroit, Cleveland, St. Ixiuls and
Chicago hacking at each other's throat,
have carried the game t" heights of
popularity hitherto undreamed of. The
New York National team, for instance.
Will close the season with almost n.-
GOO in profits.
When the Duke of Wellington said.
"The battle of Waterloo was won en
the cricket fields of Eton." he con
veyed an authoritative opinion of the
tremendous influence which may be
exerted on a nation, a hemisphere or
a world by a form of sport, n mere
pastime. Inferential!}- one may well
say that, according to"the Iron I>uke," 1
had it not been for the strength giving 1
finalities of cricket Napoleon would
have won at Waterloo and become be- j
yond question the arbitrary dictator of
all Europe. Baseball In America holds l
the position that cricket has in Eng- i
land, and the influence of the game on
the American people is of even greater
Importance and significance than ever I
known of cricket in Britain.
A National Success.
While for England cricket mnda *
success of u titanic war, In America a
titanic war made baseball a national j
success. It was the soldiers of the ;
civil war who learned and playad the
game In their camps, who, returning to
their homes, formed teams and thus j
scattered baseball from ocean to ocean. 1
Baseball today, in the sixty-third j
year of its career as a regularly de- :
fined pastime, has attained not only '
national and international but world
wide sway. It is the world's greatest :
game, played in this country alone by
upward of 3,000,000 men and boys, j
whoso contests are viewed by over I
12,000,000 people yearly. In England
pnd Australia, to Japan, the Philip
plnea and Cuba, the game has spread.
Yankee soldiers played the game in
the shadow of the great wail of China.
Every evening cables carry to the cor-
merely speans ior every uuio j
facturlng concern in the country. It !
represents the existing sentiment
among employers of labor. They have
not forgotten. They fully understand
what would bp the result should Mr
Bryan bo electel. They are waiting
for the decision the people. A Re
publican victory m- ins the restoration
of wages and the mills running at full
time. A Democratic victory means
uncertainty and depression.
"It Is for the voters of the nation to
determine what they will do.
"It is for them to make the choice
between certainty and uncertainty—
between Taft and Bryan."
ners of the enrth the wore* In the lin
portnnt games of the <lny, nnd In I,OJI
dou nnd Pnris newspapers dnlly print
! the scores In the games In the two
leading leagues. When the New York
XHtlonnls defeated l'lttsburg lu two
NAPOLEON I.AJOIK.
i [Manager and second baseman, Cleveland
Americans.)
j games in one day, the news was sent
j 10,000 miles by telegraph, wireless tel
; egraph and cable to the Yankee tars ol
tlie fleet In Australian waters.
I Not only is baseball the nation;!
game; It is the national craze. 11 is
| the only and original, pure and nude
filed, blown in the bottle brand of I)e
incut la ninericana.
Vast Business Enterprise.
And how has this come aliout?
Because baseball is soundly organ
ized. It Is a vast business enterprise,
run on business principles. Business
men have made It worth the while of
able, brainy men to devote their lives
I to studying and developing the art of
throwing n ball that curves, of hitting
! curving balls with a bat and of catch
ing thrown and batted balls. These
able, brainy men thus develop the scl
■ entitle side of the game that almost
' every full blooded American citizen
; has learned to believe Is the greatest
1 sport medium on enrth. The magic
j spell, the growing fascination of base
ball, is explainable as arising from the
! all Important element of chance, the
I opportunities for spectacular daring,
j Its competitive possibilities, its possihll
I ltles In the development of special
j skill nnd the ever pressing need of
I violent action and the exercise of un
| erring quick wit. Actual science in the
j exposition of a game comprising these
picturesque elements must necessarily
attract the support of a nation tem
peramentally excitable, like the Amer
ican people. And keen business men
have not been slow to take advantage
of this.
The Baseball Trust.
| No one but nn "insider" has any 1
clear Idea of the practically flawless i
business system controlling baseball. \
The "baseball trust" Is stronger in its j
fleld than the Standard Oil company
or the beef trust or the tobacco com
bine. The baseball magnates control
ling the National league, the American
I league, the national commission (the
supreme professional baseball govern
ing body) and the scores of minor pro
fessional leagues exercise absolute I
j dominion over a business field where
the profits amount to millions of dol- i
CHRISTY MATHEWSON.
[Pitcher, New Vork Nationals.)
lars yearly. By the terrible power of
the "blacklist" they force men to work
for any employer nnd in any city the j
magnates choose. The only remedy
the player lias yet found Is to stop
playing with the regularly organized
leagues and either go into business of
another kind or play with some team
not recognized by the regular leagues.
In the latter event he Is promptly
termed an "outlaw." He becomes n
baseball pariah.
Thousands Spent on the Game.
But this relentless system is the sav
ing "grace" of baseball, for it has
brought order out of chaos. It has
Phonograph, Too, Is Silent.
None of the Bryan phonograph rec
ords has the speeches advocating free
silver and Immediate government own
ershlp of the railways, nor have they
the "great commoner's" attacks on
Roger Sullivan, Colonels Watterson
and Guffey. These omissions tell an
Important story.—Brookville Republi
can.
Why Does He Kick?
AB Mr. Bryan made all his money
under Republican administration, what
Is he really kicking about, anywayT—
Fulton Republican.
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TfitfiS nro In the* firot'pid of ilomoli
tlon. Tho nviTnpo ynirltr rxp«>n<w»« of
nn A niofl nn or Nntl«»nnl li»nfrni» rlwh
urn ?i '\v or ft sl3o,imo. nml thin *mn
will profinbly l»c ex* In futuiv
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Famous Rival Pitchers.
Tin' Nntlotinl pennnnt rncc has ncnln
demonstrated that pitcher* nnd lint
tery nn 1 flip chief factors In the mu
re-* '>f n ten in. pitchers Inking pre
eminence. Men l.ke Brown. Itenllinch
nnd Overall r»f rhlctipt, Mathcwson
nnd Wlltse of New York nnd Maddox,
WHIN nnd I.eever of Pittsburg, practi
cally tin- cream of the Nntlonnl league
twirling talent, draw thousands of
spectators merely through the magic
of their names nnd till the youth of the
land will) t' »ry ambition to some day
nils likewise heroic. <'hristy Matliew
■on, nn ex-college student, nnd Morde
cnl Brown. once a eonl miner, have
long been rivals for the pitching su
premacy. Mnthewson on his work of
this year mnst be ranked nhove Brown
nnd as the greatest pitcher of the day.
"Matty" gets nbont $10,00(1 n year
largely because of his famous "drop."
This drop curve, or down shoot, of ills
Is one of the most disconcerting curves
ever faced bv batsmen nnd may well
be termed Mflthewson'H "breadwin
ner." The ball breaks its course sharp
!y directly lu front of the plate nnd
drops from twelve to twenty-five Inch
es nlmost perpendicularly.
Brown's most effective curve Is his
Inshoot. 11l- curves apparently do not
Rtiffer from Hie serious handicap nris
lug from his mangled pitching hand.
TYiirs h. roiiii.
[Right fielder, Detroit Americans.]
; which is minus a finger nnil 11 half:
hence the appellation "Three Finger"
Brown.
Phenomenal Batter.
1 A man who is nearly as important to
his team as its best pitcher, as shown
| by his work this year, is Hans Wag-
I ner, the famous shortstop of the I'itts
j burg team. Wagner is the greatest
j ail around player in the world. His
batting is not sensational; it is phenom-
I enal. Experts consider a man who
; makes one hit in every game lie plays
j to be an unusually good batsman. To
j Wagner the making of three hits in
one contest is an event of only or
dinary importance. In two games
played against New York in July Wag
ner made seven consecutive hits, three
of them being two baggers, constitut
ing a new and novel world's record,
lie scored five of the hits in one game
in five times at bat. making three con
secutive hits off the delivery of the
great Mathewson. Strangely enough.
Wagner bats better against Mathev
son than against many pitehers readily
acknowledged to be vastly inferior i:s
j abilty. I.ike "Three Finger" Brown,
Wagner was a worker in 11 coal mine
in his earlier days.
Tyrus t'obb of I>etroit and Captain
Lajoie of Cleveland are two of the
widely talked of American league play
ers. Cobb, a comparatively new big
league player, is a mighty batsman,
leading his league. Lajoie, once a
hack driver In Worcester, Mass , now
earns SIO,OOO a year playing second
base nud running the Cleveland Blues
that recently forged to the top in the
pennant race.
More baseball teams have made mon
ey this season than in any other, an
undeniable evidence of the progress of
the game. The attendance throughout
the country has broken records. Club
statisticians agree that at a National or
American league game 2,">00 people
must pay admissions each day to meet
the club expenses. When paid attend
anco runs below this number the club
loses money.
In the Amerlciui league the pennant
race, while not so continuously close
ns the National, has afforded plenty <>f
excitement. Detroit, St. 1-ouis, Cleve
land and Chicago have set the pa e
most of the year.
The "world's series" contests and
their probable outcome are leading
topics of the hour in baseballdom.
The world's championship in the
world's greatest game is a prize for
which millions of dollars are spent
each year, and the team that secures
it makes for Itself and its meml>ers a
shilling place hi baseball history for as
long as the game shall last, and that
means as long as the stars and stripes
dominate the western hemisphere
By Inference.
The magistrate looked severely at
the small, red faced man who had
been summoned before him and who
returned his gaze without flinching.
"So you kicked your landlord down
stairs?" said the magistrate. "Did you
Imagine that was within the rights of
a tenant?"
"I'll bring my lease in and show It
to you," said the little man, growing
still redder, "and I'll wager you'll
agree with me that anything they've
forgotten to prohibit in that lease 1
had a right to do tße very first good
chance I got."—Youth's Companion.
ALLISON Of Ml,
Storie* That thi> Srna
tor's Markori Traits.
MAN WHO TOOK NO CHANCES
Anecdotes Told About Hi* O'xl C*u
tion—Known ** a Mediator *• Col
lege--Siimpl* of Hi* DiKllf IWWI l-i
Annwering Some Pointed O ie*tion
Konntor Wllllftm Hoyd Allison .!•
of thr senate. who freentlj died nt til
homo In l>iilnii|iii\ lit., hiil the ri putu
tlon of being the most rniltlf.ns tnmi li
public life. I took no rhnnees, llttt
always ipintifliii h1« statement* Thi
wan never more clearlj shown thai
w hen n citizen of 1»111111■ jll o made nl
that ho conlil force the senator to sir
"Yes" tn n iliriit pMpHMn llnll' n
dozen friends wont nlottft to seo tin
miracle perfortiml. They entered Alii
son's office ami chatted on v:irlous t--
les. I'hufiitlj- n flock of shoop, newlv
sheared, came bj
"Those whoop tiave just lioon f-honri-il,
senator," said the man who had i ule
the hot, winking nt Ills companions
Senator Allison gazed earnestl> at
the sheep. Then lie softly replied, "li
looks like it on this side "
One day 111 the senate this anecdote
was (iuiillonteil after a fashion
had been discussion a I unit the wisdom
of appropriating a lump sum annuals
for keeping the sidewalks and streets
of Washington free from snow and ie<
Mr. Allison was drawn Into the discus
! slon.
"Snow lias been fulling on the strcei
and sidewalks of Washington for tnau.-
years past," observed Mr. Allison.
! "And will for tunny years t • onvic,"
Interposed Senator Spooner.
! "As to that." replied Senator Allison,
"i will not prophesy."
At college some of the traits of cliar
rcter which have since been observe;!
In Senator Allison were conspicuous.
An old classmate of his once said of
him; "Allison was a born politician
. He never gave offense. I was nt »-•!-
i lege with him and in his class. 11
' was known then us the mediator If
; there was a difference between stu
dents Allison was the arbitrator. He
always commanded the respect of his
teachers nnd the confidence of hi*
I classmates. He was one of the few
young men 1 have known who had in
a very remarkable degree the power of
I reserve. lie had very many cordial
friends, hut nc special Intimates, and
I eveu to the select few he pave no un
limited insight Into the workings of
Ills heart nnd mind. lie was even then
self reliant nnd discreet."
"The great pacificator of the senati'
was the name given to Senator Allison
by his colleagues, and the history of
some of the misunderstandings wlii li
I Senator Allison smoothed away tm-l
some of the compromises he effected
j shows that the title was deserved.
If there was one senator handier at
j coucealing his position on public rjnes.
; tlons than Mr. Aldricli of Rhode 1*
land it was Mr. Allison of lowa. One
day he dictated a long letter to his sec
retary In answer to some very pointed
I questions of a constituent. When h
had finished he asked, "What do v.;;
think of that reply?"
The secretary thought hard for a t n
ment nnd then, in halting tones, r:i
swered, "To be entirely candid, senu
tor, it Is difficult to gather exact]
i what you mean."
"Admirable, admirable!** c\e]aif--.l
Allison, with almost childish glee
"That's precisely the Idea I wished t.i
j convey."
The late Senator Hoar of Mussachn
setts In his "llecollections of Sevent•
J Years" has this to say of Allison;
His chief distinction has t-eon gained
; by a service of thirty years in the sen
! ate. furlns all that time he has done
| what no other man In (hi country, inn v
JudKinent, could have done so v. 11. He
i has been a member of the committee ot
appropriations for twenty years, most o'
the time as chairman, and fir merit- *
! years a mPlnber of the nsnsMH , n
j finance. 1!.- tins CHUaWtiM MR tl
any other man—indeed, more than .• *
| other ten m- n—the vast and constant
Increasing public expenditure, am.
to mure than a thousand millions a: 1
ly. II tins been an economical and v.
expenditure That is a knowledr i:
which nobody else in the senate e\
Sena; r Hale of Maine and Senator v k
roil cf Missouri can compare with him
He has by his wise and moderate conn
drawn the tire from many a wild and
dans-rous sch* which menaced thr
public peace and safety. He is like a
naval i nglneer reflating the heed of
st.-am. but seldom showing himself on
the deck. I think he hus had a #:>.•».! «•
of Influence tn ».i» peril, His times it;
elding whether the s'.ip should keep p ;■
ly on or should run upnn a rock and go
, to the bottom.
Senator Allison had more sides to
his character than the average publh
man. ll<- was fond of liooks, art and
travel. He knew the jiolltlcs of En
rope nearly as well as the affairs of bl
own eouniry. Mr. Allison was social
In his tastes and was one of the con
spicuons lignres in Washington society.
He was very dignified, very kindly and
gentle in his manner, nnd he possessed
a very market] sense of humor that in
flueuced his whole life. He never took
himself seriously and had one of the
egotism and vanity which so often be
long to men la high positions.
Archery by Mail.
Playing chess by cable is a thorom.:
ly familiar feature of that game i i
the United States, but the playing .
active outdoor match pimes liv m;
is a new thing In the way of sport;;:,
contests. Out In Atchison. Kan., 1 lie;
la an archery club that recently jilaye 1
a match game with the Chicago Ar 1
cry clnb by mall, each team shooting
on Its own grounds nnd mailing the
scores to their opponents on the fol
lowing day. And they found It exclt
tug at that.
Using the Fire Buckets.
In many business offices fire buckets
are placed, filled with water. In readi
ness for an emergency It is seldom,
says the Scientific American, that in
structlons for use are pinned near the
tuppiv. The wrong way to tackle an
Incipient fire Is (usuallyi to hurl the
whole contents of a bucket on the spot
Most of tho water Is wasted by this
means. A heavy sprinkling Is more
effective. The water may lie splashed
on the blaze by hand, but a more use
ful sprinkler is a long haired white
wash brush. One of these should hang
beside every nest of fire buckets.
A WALKING GALLOWS
The Horrible (Verts of lieutenant
Hepenslatl.
HANGED MEM FROW HIS NECK
Thl* Hindmnf bu< O mi «#
»h« Wit Ho* ttn »H» **«•»
CelH Blrmdfcri «nd IT
tion»r Thai Hn* tvir
Among the pnmpm ntwl ywiwn of
RrttMi tymnny during the terHlili
yenr ITlts there Ik none mope e*tm«r
•llnwry, according to a writer In mi
rncllftli mninrlne. than that of l.len
I'Minul Bilwnrt llepenstaH, known by
IMr ntektianw of ••the walking iral
! »«■*," for mc& he certainly wn«, Itt-
ITBIIJ* nml practically.
Thi« notorlon* IndlvMnai. who hnd
been brought np as nn apothecary In
1 Mihlln. obtained a commission ft> tbe
Wieklou mil It I*, In which ho attained
to the rnnk of lieutenant In IT»
was n tinin of splendid physlqne, <ibo«it
six foot two Inches In height iind
strong nnil broad in proportion liefer
rlnj tn tills handsome M brutal giant,
fir .lonali Ttnrrlngton in bis mcmolin
states:
"I knew him well and from his coun
tenance should never have suspected
him of cruelty, lint so cold Hood oil and
eccentric an executioner of the hutnaa
race never yet existed."
At the outbreak of the sanguinaty rc
l>ellion, when tbe common law was
suspended and the stem martial va
riety flourished in its stead, Lieutenant
Hepenstall hit upon the expedient or
hanging on his own l>ack persons
whose physiognomies lie considered
characteristic of seditious tenets. At
the present day the story seems almost
incredible, hut it is a notorious fact,
revealed by the journalism of the pe
riod, that when rebels, cither suspected
or caught red handed, were brought be
fore him Uepenstall would order the
cord of a drum to lie taken off and
then, rigging up a running noose,
would proceed to banc each in turn
across his athletic shoulders anta the
victims had been slowly stranded to
death, after which he would throw
down his load and take up another.
The "walking fallows" was clearly
both a new and simple plan and n
node of execution not nearly so
tedious or painful as a Ty burn or Ola
Bailey hanging. Tt answered his
majesty's service as well as two posts
and a crowbar. When a rope was not
at hand Hepenstall's own silk cravat,
being softer than an ordinary halter,
became a merciful substitute
In pursuance of these benevolent in
tentions the lieutenant would frequent
ly administer an anaesthetic to his
trembling victim—in other words, be
would first knock him silly with *
blow. Tlis garters then did the duty
as handcuffs, and the cravat would 1*
slipped over the condemned mail*
neck.
Whenever he had an unusually pow
erful victim to do with, Hepenstall
took a pride in showing his own.
strength. With a dexterous lunge «T
his body the lieutenant used to draw
up the poor devil s bead as high as his
own and then, when both were cheei
by jowl, liegin to trot about with his
burden like u jolting c.' he-- *-
the rebel had no fonjer «*...
about sublunary affairs. It wa> after
one of these trotting executions, v tnek
had taken place in the barrack yayfi
adjoining Stephen's green, tha: Hep
penstall acquired tbe -surname of "tbe
walking gallows." He was irvesrei
with it by the galiery of Crow tsnwet
theater. l»ublin.
At the trial t.f a rebel in thai -cfty
the lieutenant, undergoing cross exam
ination. admitted the af in-m'.mxißDei
details of h. i;. thud of hang.ug. and
Lord Norbury. the presiding Inclge,
warmly eonjjiliinenled him on iiis Icg"-
alty and assured him that he ha.; !<~«n
irnilty of no act which was not : turn]
to a zealous, 1. yai and dficKSft < >"ic«r,
Ueutenant Hepenstall. liiwfrnr. did
not long survive his hi." • ins pre:-: me.
He died in Owiuff la tin- <».
in which be was universally held, tie
authorities arranged that bis I.:'iesnß
should take place -secTWly. while *
Dublin wit suggested that la- >:nb
stone would be suitably iitscri:> -d tc
the following epitaph:
Here lie the hones rt? JhygiuEtnl.
Judge, Jury. *?a:iows. tqjw ana *1:.
A Slight Difference.
The glolie Trotter was telling about
the wonders of India.
"The scenery in some por:ions cC Hie
country." he said, with etirhn- iasm "Is
incomparable. Fai. tar away, the
mountains pile up toward the-sty anfl
stretching off TO them are bwinrlftii
valleys, while close at ltand you
get in sic!:: of n man mating Tiger'
"1 lieg year iiaTdon." is.TerrujiTei an
eager listi'i-er. "bin did you -say lnsidti
of a man *at::ig tiger or h *igh: if
one?"—Ne\. Tark T*ress
Vellcw Ftra
The tlrst JifHiUTtln -i .* yeTl.Ternr
is SjJd to have been Ti;- -so
diers of Colomlius tn
suss in:
A Reliatol*
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