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* EstahlUheU 1850. ( VOL. xlix NO. 7. i Oldest Newsoaper in the Wvomin? Vallev PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3o, 1898. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. JSl.OO a tw Id Admcrt Vhe "That's just what I mean. That story reads like the truth," said Perkins, weighing his words carefully. "Yon muHt have known somebody just liko him." He looked inquiringly at Paine. echoed in strong excitement. "What's that?" CHAIRMAN ELKIN TALKS maliciously raise. it has not tne shadow of foundation In fact. It Is a fabrication worked out of the inventive imagination of designing persons who do not even believe It themselves. The regular organization of the party Is anxious to elect a Republican congressman in everv congressional district In the state, and will spare no efforts to accomplish this result. The candidate for governor who sits with me on this stage will soon appear on the same platform with the Hon. C. W. Stone in his district, advocating the election of the whole Republican ticket. It is our confident expectation that the hands of President McKinley will be upheld in the next congress by as many Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania as now occupy seats in the national house of representatives. tunaie in ine selection ut peioui.a 10 fill federal places, and these charges shoot beyond the mark. of the employes were poor men and had families to support at home. They needed advances on their salaries In order to pay board bills and take care of their families. An agreement In the nature of an Indemnity was prepared and signed by a number of persons, whereby it was stipulated that the state treasurer should pay these men their salaries as they earned them. In the event of the treasurer suffering any loss the signers would be responsible for the same. It will be noticed that it was not an attempt to take money improperly from the state, but was a security to the state. No one connected with It had any Interest in the matter except to serve a number of poor men whose families needed the wages of their labor. Paine made a brief explanation, and upon learning the fate of this story Perkins drew a long breath as if tantalized almost beyond endurance. mNEMtKffl"® f/avi/ *71}an uscripts Every Wanamaker Charge Fairly THE SCHOOL, FUND ISSUE. "I did I knew old John Navy him 6. It Is also charged that school funds are withheld from the counties, compelling the latter to pay interest on money borrowed to pay their teachers. This statement, like all the others, is made without any knowledge of the facts In reference to the distribution of the school appropriation. Of the thousands upon thousands of school districts in Pennsylvania, I venture to affirm that a dozen cannot be named, and it is in my opinion that they cannot suggest half that number, that ever paid interest on money borrowed to pay their teachers. On the other hand, I know of several districts that have money either deposited on time certificates or loaned to individuals, both drawing Interest in favor of the school districts. It was not the Intention of the legislature that the annual appopriation to the common schools should pay all the expense connected therewith. It was the expectation of the members of the legislature that the local school boards-should provide by taxation at least half the amount necessary to support the schools. self." "Bnt you say that you copied it," he exclaimed, with a gleam of hope. "Where's the copy?" and Squarely Met. WERE ARMY TRANSPORTS DISHON- "Where?" Perkins asked eagerly. "Begging your pardon, I didn't mean "— ESTLY UNDERMANNED? BY "Ob, it is no secret I He was a convict in the Bolton prison. I used to visit him there in the course of some charitable work which I did." "It is still at my old home, paoked away with a truukful of old letters up iu the attic." CHARLES W. HARWOOD. AN UNANSWERABLE SPEECH How Red Tape Prevented a Regular Ofllcer From Telling What He Knew — A Commissary's Straightforward and Olrevt Methods. "Then you could get it?" The Chairman of the Republican State With some reluctance Paine added this last explanation, which he considered a deta* Me interest to ~ Strangely enough, the publisher's was quickly allayed by this ''l let the matter rest ed after a moment of ten quietly withdrew, irward Paine received iper addressed in bis ting. With a pleasant ome news he opened first paragraph drew "Certainly, if it is of value to you." Oi-iraulzatlou Takes Up tbe Various NEW YOHK, Sept. [Special.] — It was a regular army officer who waa talking, and naturally he wouldn't oonaent to the use of his name, but his remarks were thoroughly Indignant, and he was quite willing that the substance of them shonld be printed. His indignation was based upon the action of some of the shipowners whose vessels were chartered as transports between the United States and Cuba by the government. [Copyright 1898, by the Author. | Allegation*) and Calumnies of tbe Antl-Republican Bureau of Defamation, Points Out Their Falsity, aud Doom Not Leaves Shred of Them That Holds Together With Another. Kepler PaiDe had swung his chair around facing his guests, but his hand still rested affectionately on a copy of The Maxima, which lay open upon his desk. There was an air of entire satisfaction on Paine's face. The Maxima was just out that day, and it oontained a story which he had written a year before, the first of his stories wbicu that magazine bad deigned to accept % Jack Hall was lying upon tfc% Iounpe with a pipe in his mouth, and Frarie had just entered the room, A thin faced, dark complexioned man was Frarie, always cool, self possessed and critical. With a quiet bnt friendly greeting he sat down and helped himself to a cigarette from Paine's box. Frarie wrote the book reviews for The Polygon. "I smiled and assented readily, was such a fascinating old sinner " 'So you are driven back ur memories?' I remarked. 12. It has also been charged that the state chairman contributed to the support of candidates for the legislature. As stated, it is intended to be misleading. In the campaign of 1896 there were many close contests in the congressional, senatorial and legislative districts of the state. The organization extended aid for legitimate and proper expenses in every close congressional, senatorial and legislative district This help was extended without exacting any promises or pledges of any character. It was given in the general way to help the Republican cause. In this respect it differed very much from the aid extended to the members of the legislature by and through friends of Mr. Wanamaker. It is well known that a large amount of financial aid was extended to members of the legislature throughout the state by persons interested in his candldacv for United States senator. In nearly every instance, however, while help was extended through these channels, all candidates for the legislature were required to sign a written pledge agreeing to support John Wanamaker for United States senator. We are entirely willing that the Republicans of the state should decide who acted In the best faith, the chairman of the organization who extended help in every close congressional, senatorial and legislative district or the friends of Mr. Wanamaker, who confined their help HOW KAUFFMAN WAS DEFEATED. " 'That's just it, am1 they are too. You would know of the fortunes I' everything is gone no' the shelf, but it's a g look back on a roocesi I get blue sitting her. back to some time when 1 Ou. officers,and it heartens me woudenaay, (Special Correspondence.) 2. It is further charged that Senator Quay or his friends In the Republican organization secured the defeat of Senator Kauffman at the primaries in his senatorial district. My answer is that he did not. If such orders had been given, as chairman of the Republican organization I would have been apprised of the fact, and I desire to state in the most positive and unequivocal language that Senator Quay never said to me, nor to anyone else, so far as I know or am Informed, that he even desired the defeat of Senator Kauffman. It is a well known fact that the leaders of the Republican party in Lancaster county who made the fight against Senator Kauffman complained because Senator Quay would not take part In that contest. There is another significant fact In connection with that controversy that may have escaped his notice, and that is that ex-Senator Cameron favored the re-nomination of KaufTman, and Influential friends of the latter gentleman living in his district succeeded In getting Cameron to espouse the cause of Kauffman-with Senator Quay. That contest was a local one from start to finish, and the only Interference from the outside was that made by Mr. Wanamaker himself, who went into the district, and in several speeches openly and aggressively supported his friend Kauffman. He may or mav not know that the primaries in that district are held under the popular vote system, and the people decide by direct vote whom they prefer as their candidates for public offices. It looks to me, although In tUs my Judgment mav be at fault, that the Republican voters, or a large majority of them. In that district resented the attempted interference of Mr. Wanamaker. As a rule voters in the country districts do not take kindly to city chaps who volunteer to tell them how to vote, and I have no doubt that the Lancaster county Republicans felt themselves entirely capable of choosing their own senator without the aid of the merchant politician. At any rate a candidate was chosen by a large majority of the Republicans who took part In the primaries, and since we live under a form of government where the majority rules It Is our duty to accept their decision as final and conclusive.Philadelphia, Sept. 19.—The event of the week politically was the masterly arraignment of the Wanamaker defamation mill by State Chairman John P. Elkin, in a speech at Media, on Saturday. It was the formal opening of the campaign In Delaware and the court bouse was packed wtth people,who received the speeches of Colonel Stone and Mr. Elkin with tremendous enthusiasm. Colonel Stone devoted himself largely to a discussion of the national bearing of the campaign. The state chairman took the gloves oft and spoke substantially as follows: ~t of surprise. His old home had also been entered by a burglar. It was a matter of slight importance, but in tbe light of bis own recent experience it was sufficiently disturbing. "I was greatly surprised soon after I got on board the steamer which took me to Santiago," he said, "by the smallness of the vessel's crew. I knew the ship before she was taken into government service, and I knew that ahe then had a crew of not far from SO. I know, also, that it wae implied in*' Cher contracts even iI not expressed, that she waa to be manned as usual while carrying supplies and soldiers back and forth. But she wasn't. Instead of 80 men she put to sea with only five. Her complement of officers waa the same as always, and there was no attempt to cut down the stokers and engineers, but 26 men who were employed as deckhands and the like when she was plying in peaceful commerce were laid off. cnance, .o ne talked pretty -id me a great deal about bis lite," Paine admitted, a trifle mystified by these questions. "I wrote it all down," he added at length. Further details made it very clear that both of these trivial robberies bad been committed by tbe same mysterious person. As in the former case, nothing of valne had been stolen, bnt tbe contents of an old trunk had been found scattered over the attic floor. In many districts, however, the state appropriation pays all or nearly all of the entire expense. In a district which relies almost entirely on the state appropriation, there may be some occasion now and then to borrow money to meet current expenses. It may not be generally known, but it Is a fact, nevertheless, that the school appropriations are paid at the end of the school year. The appropriation is never made until the president of the school board for each district makes his annual report, which sets out, among other things, the number of children in attendance, the number of months during which the schools were open, and many other Important matters required by 1 w. These reports cannot be made until the school year closes, and hence the necessity of withholding the appropriation until the end, instead of paying It at the beginning of the school year. "Tben he paused a moment. 'I wonder if yon would be interested to hear of 6uch matters?' he asked doubtfully. Agaiu an eager light flashed in the visitor's eyes. "'Indeed I would 1' was my Instant response. 'Do you mind if I use this? Sometimes I write stories for the magazines.'"Desk's full of it, I suppose?" he observed casually. "Navy was interested at once. " 'How do yon make out?' be asked critically. "My head is fnll of it, "Paine rejoined. "Yes, of conrse, I have my "I send you The Gazette, which has just arrived," Mrs. Paine wrote in conclusion. "I see that thePenniwell money has been recovered and that one of the burglars is in custody. Possibly this is the man who entered our hooaa " "I looked over your story in the advance sheets," he remarked, blowing out a cloud of smoke. "I gave you three lines. There are good points about that story, Paine. Yoor burglar is undeniably strong." notes." It a source of pleasure to appear before an audience of Delaware county Republicans. I recall with pleasure the returns received from your county at our headquarters In the city of Philadelphia on the evening of the presidential election in 1894, The returns at that time oertainly entitle your county to be called the "Little Giant of the East," and 1 know of no good reason why you should not continue to be regarded as a stronghold of uncompromising Republicanism. In that campaign the Republican party promised If that splendid type of American citizenship, William McKlnley, should be elected president of the United States, prosperity should again be restored throughout the nation. The repeal by the Cleveland Democratic administration and a congress in sympathy with him of a Republican protective tariff law and the passage of the Wilson bill resulted in the reduction of the annual output of our manufactures about one*half, and the opportunities and wages of the laboring people were reduced In the same proportion. You will recall that the wheels of Industry had stopped under the baleful influence of that administration, the marts of trade In many instances were closed, capital was idle and unproductive, and many of the wage-earners of the country marched up and down the face of this fair land begging for leave to earn a livelihood. It has now been about one and a half years since President Mc- Klnley was inaugurated. Xn that short space of time, however, business has revived, capital is being Invested, labor Is rewarded with good wages and ample ■employment, and the business conditions of the country from one ocean to the other and from the lakes to the gulf have steadily Improved. The administration of President McKinley has already made Itself felt to the advantage of our country and people In two hemispheres. Our nation Is respected on the continent and in the orient as It has never been respected before. Our soldiers and sailors under the direction and patriotic guidance of the present administration have won distinction for yalor aud courage which have merited and received the approbation of the civilized world. Under these circumstances it would seem as though every person who voted the Republican ticket In 1896 would feel proud to continue his support of a party that had performed such valuable service to the country and the world. In tfcat presidential congest Pennsylvania stood at the head of the column of Republican states. It was a splendid record to make under adverse political conditions, and every true Pennsylvanian Is proud of It. The administration of President McKinley is now on trial throughout the country Up to this time the state elections held have voted confidence In his administration. Oregon, off on the Pacific coast, led the way several weeks ago, and the result there has been followed by the Republicans of the Mountain and Pine Tree states. It'is our desire that Pennsylvania shall hold fast to the position she has already attained as the foremost Republican state of the union. Silence ensued for a few moments. " 'Poorly enough so far.' "I was amused at some parts of that story," Perkins went on, still dallying with his errand. "Tbe old man said some queer things." "As a matter of fact, there should have been more men on board the ship when she was used as a transport than when she waa engaged in trade, for there was more work to da It was because of the short ships' companies that the army hospital men, who surely had all they ought to do In caring for the sick and wounded on the home trips, were obliged to help clean ship and perform other duties entirely foreign to their own. " 'LordI What you need is life!' he declared. 'Why, I could give you stories to write until your hair is gray!' A suddeu light broke in upou Paine's mind. There was but one man who knew of the papers in his trunk—one man who had shown an insatiate curiosity about Jobu Navy. Snatching up The Gazette, he quickly ran over its prolix account of the arrest. "I should say bo!" exclaimed Jack Hall. "I call 'John Navy's Confession' tbe best thing out this yearl" "'Nothing could please me better,' said I. "He used other expressions quite as peculiar as those in my story." Hall was an artist, not a literary man. " 'Will you put in my own name?' he asked eagerly. "And you remember them all?" psked Perkins, coming sharply to business. "What's your price for the rest of it?" «' 'Certainly, if you wish me to.' "Yes, there are some things in it which are really bright," Frarie admitted. "Tbey have character. Ten to one yon picked them up somewhere, Paine." "Navy seemed gratified. I well remember tbe delightful animation with which be began a story of one of his earlier escapades. I wrote it out carefully, and after that I often visited him, quite as much for my own advantage as for his. Paine was taken unaware. "So you are a publisher!" he exclaimed. The last paragraph was especially interesting to Kepler Paine; 7. A friend of Mr. Wanamaker's, through the public prints a few days ago. commanded me to "stop appealing to the past glorious history of the Republican party." When one starts in to disrupt the great political organization whose history Is a continuous record of noble deeds and splendid achievements, and whose efforts have accomplished so much to advance the causeof humanity and civilization, I have no doubt it is embarrassing to have these things recalled to memory. It may not be pleasant to these disappointed officeseekers to read day by day as this campaign advances, the glorious record of our party, but fidelity to the issues involved will compel the story to be told, even if it does grate harshly on their sensitive ears. "I spoke to an officer of the ship about It, and he admitted there had been sharp practice, bat declared that be was not personally responsible for it, and I don't sappose he was. No, I didn't make any report or protest to anybody about it. It wasn't any of my affair. I suppose you will say that I paid too much heed to the army red tape, over which there Is so much feeling just now. Maybe so, but you'd have kept still, just as I did, 11 you had been in my place. The facta as I have given them are legitimate material for any investigating committee that may review the conduct of tbe war, however, and they should be brought out." "A publisher? Yes, of course; you've t it." Perkins laughed lightly. "11 yon want my work, make me an "The prisoner registered at the Union House as Perkins of Chicago. His connection with the Navy gane has been clearly established, and it appears that he discovered the long hidden booty by means of a cipher message from his old chief. Part of this cipher was contained in certain obscnre phrases of a story entitled 'John Navy's Confession,' which was recently published in The Maxima. " "There is a story about that, Frarie. John Navy was an actual burglar whom I used to know when I lived in Bolton." those members of the legislature who were willing to sign a written pledge agreeing to support him for United States senator. ness. "Of course 1 shall expect an advance on what The Maxima paid me. " ilfer," said Paine, with instant shrewd- "1 thought as much,"said Frarie, satisfaction. "Meanwhile pay notes kept pace with his stories, and Navy showed the utmost iuterest in them. That a man of his stamp should be so concerned 1 laid to the killing monotony of prison life, but at last I discovered that he was brooding over some scheme which he was half ashamed to propose. One day I frankly inquired what was on his mind. 13. The statement that the chairman of the Republican state committee endeavored to destroy meetings throughout the state during the presidential campaign is so false as not to need refutation. Everybody in the state knows that there never was such a speaking campaign as that conducted in« 1896. We had meetings everywhere and speakers too numerous to mention.Hall sprang up and went to the tablp to shake out bis pipe and refill it •'That's business," Perkins replied. "I don't know what those fellows paid yon, but it's worth more to me than it is to them. How would $500 strike you?" "Kep, I've heard just enough about that old burglar to make me curious," he said abruptly. "How did you get acquainted with your interesting friend?" "DoneI" cried Paine. "You shall have the best story I can write. Five thousand words?" be askeCl in tbe next breath. THE END. "Tell us about it if you don't mind," added Frarie. F*r*pln»tioD. Till Man C«t the Hei Tape. "You may have beard of tbe Penni- Tpell bank robbery, whjob occurred about aevep years ago," Paine began. "The Navy gang made that break. Its leader, old John Navy, was tbe most audacious burglar of his day. His skill and boldness had drawn around him a picked lot of clever criminals, stanch men, all of them, and adepts at tbeir calling. " 'I've pot a notion that I'd ]ike to out one of my stories myself,' be confessed, with some diffidence. 'It's all folly maybe, but it would do me good to try.' Some interesting investigations bare been made in the matter of perspiration, and the following oonolosions have been arrived at: The perspiration is more concentrated on the right side of the body. It would, by the way, be interesting to know whether the opposite was the case in the left handed. Tho palm of the hand sweats 4 times more than the skin of the chest, and the cheeks 1J£ times as mnch. There is a slow increase in the sweat in the afternoons, especially noticeable from 8 to }'4 o'clock at night. Aft«r midnight there is a diminution. Feeding has but little influence on this function. Elevation of the surrounding temperature increases the perspiration.—New York Ledger. Another army officer told this story about a commissary who was appointed from civil life, the troubles with which he found himself surrounded at Santiago, and how hegotout of them after a fashion. "This commissary," said the officer, "had no notion of filling such an office as tbe one to which he was appointed. But he did wish to take some kind of a hand in the war, and he said so to a man supposed to have a good strong pull. When the appointment came, tbe new made commissary lodged a protest with the «n»n with the pull, saying that if there was anything In the world about whioh he was profoundly ignorant it was the duties of a commissary. 'But,' said the M. W. T. P., 'you'll have two experienced clerks with you, and, to tell you the truth, the department is bothered to find men of ability to take such places as the one awarded you.' "So tbe post was accepted, the appointee got into his uniform and started for Cuba. On the way the experienced clerks both fell ill, and when he arrived at Sihoney he found himself entirely without assistance. There were plenty of rations on hand, however, and it seemed to the oommiuary that they most be distributed, and without delay, whether the distribution was according to rale or not. He therefore got at the rations and delivered them where he thought they would do most good, but be paid no attention at all to the regular forms. If he had, there'd have been more hungry soldiers than there were at Santiago and there'd have been a right hot inquiry into the dilatory methods of that oommlssary. There'll be an inquiry all right as it is, and for tbe life of me I can't see how that man is going to square op his aocounts with the government In truth, he can't do it, since he even failed to take reoeipts in many instanoes, and I know of no way out of his difficulty except except a special act of oongress. But he conducted himself like a man of nerve and sense." "I don't care about tbe number of words," said tbe man, with a touch of impatience. "It's Navy's talk that brings tbe dollars. Can I bave it now?" Just another word and I have done. I cannot stop, however, without reminding Mr. Wanamaker and his coterie of disappointed office seekers, whose principal business and sole pleasure seems to be an attempt to disrupt the Republican party, that I have never been much Impressed with the class of persons who stand on the street ccrner and in public places, proclaiming in loud tones of voice and voluble utterances their allegiance to the Republican party, but who always find some excuse for opposing Its candidates. The political attitude of Mr. Wanamaker in the treatment of the p%sty in which he has been honored recalls to my mind the story of Joab and Amasa. Tou will recall, no doubt, how they met before the great stone in Gideon. Joab approached Amasa with fraternal and friendly greeting, saying, "Art thou in health, my brother?" took him by the beard as if to kiss him, then, with treacherous sword stabbed him under the fifth rib. Centuries have passed since then, but history falls to record anything but censure for that Ignoble act. I have answered the inane charges and insinuations made by Mr. Wanamaker and his chief henchman, not that they merit serious consideration, bat because misrepresentation and falsehood unanswered mislead the people.THE WANAMAKER WAR RECORD 8. This spokesman of Mr. Wanamaker's also rushes into print to assure us that the Republican party in Pennsylvania will be defeated "by the army of American volunteers and Rough Riders who have at heart the honor of state and nation." The loyal American volunteers and courageous Rough Riders must have suppressed a smile as they read this beautiful picture of his lurid imagination. How the patriotic heart of the nation must swell with manly pride as it contemplates the efTorts of Colonel Wanamaker and his obedient corporal, like knight errants of old, charging against some imagined barrier, at the head of the volunteers and Rough Riders of America. Even now I stop to catch my breath as I think of these daring and heroic military exploits. Such an exhibition of courage is in keeping with the spirit of Mr. Wanamaker and his friend during tbe dark daya of the rebellion. The story was told by Mr. Wanamaker himself in a speech made in Bradford county when he stated that his patriotic Impulses were aroused when in the prime of young and vigorous manhood he stoad at the corner of Sixth and Market streets in 1861 and watched the soldier boys In blue as they marched by to the beat of the drum and the shrill note of the fife, on their way to the front defense of their country. He assured his hearers that his heart was touched with sympathy as he saw the brave boys march by. In this connection permit me to recall that In the early monthB of the present, year I read almost dally about the regiment Colonel Wanamaker was going to equip and rush to the service of his country. It seemed to me, from the patriotic zeal manifested in the newspapers that he would be in Cuba before the secretary of war had time to recall him. Since then I have looked in vain through the records of the war of the rebellion and the published reports of every battle of the Spanish war, but have failed to locate the gallant colonel. The story of Santiago, El Caney, Porto Rico and Manila, and the splendid courage of the Rough Riders and volunteer army of America has been beautifully and graphically told In song and story, but as yet I have failed to g«t even a glimpse of any account of the chlvalric colonel. If ln« Justice has been done hia military record I trust in the interest of history and truth it may yet be told. The world loves a good fighter, and delights to honor a brave soldier. "Oh, no!" «aid Paine in surprise. "It isn't written yet. When must you have the story?" "It did seem droll, but be Was such a genial, open hearted old fellow that it would bave been cruel not to bumor him. On my next visit we carried out his project, and never had I seen him so cheerful and happy as when be banded me bis completed manuscript. "Thought you bad it all in your head!" exclaimed Perkins, darting a glint of suspicion at the author. " Well, you know your business. Make it short, though. How long—a week?" "We in Maine had heard little about tbeir operations until tbey visited the town of Penniwell, a dozen miles from Bolton, and broke into the vault of its bank. Tbey had secured most of the taoney when an alarm was raised and tbey were compelled to fly. All of them escaped exoept Navy. Laden as be was With tbe hulk of tbe spoils, be nearly eluded bis pursuers by running to cover in tbe ravines of Colquatt mountain. There, before be was brought to bay, be safely concealed his plunder, and to this day it has never been found." J. Another charge made by these political disturbers is that Senator Quay and Colonel Stone defeated the renomlnatlon of Conjrressman Stahl in the Nineteenth district. To this charge I reply that it Is untrue. I answer in this positive manner because there is in my possession the convincing evidence that the renomtnation of Congressman Stahl was defeated by a barter and sale deal made by the friends of Mr. Wanamaker and in his interest. So that all may know why such a deal was made. It will be helpful to state the political situation in that district, which is composed of the counties of York, Adams and Cumberland. York is a Democratic eounty, Adams is close, while Cumberland often elects Republican members to the house. It was well known to the Wanamaker managers that York county could not give him any Republican votes In the legislature, while it was thought the chances of electing the two Republican members In Cumberland county were good. The candidate for congress in Cumberland county had at that time the close friendship of the two Republican candidates for the legislature. He desired the nomination and wanted the support of York county. The friends of Congressman Stahl in York county wer? the head and front of the Wanamaker forces. Under these political conditions the deal was started. One of the principal agents and leading representatives of Mr. Wanamaker in his campaign for United States senator consummated the deal in the city of Philadelphia. The arrangement was that York county should help nominate and elect the Cumberland county candidate for oowgress, and in lieu thereof, the two members from Cumberland county should support John Wanamaker far United States senator. Bjefore the deal was consummated the two Cum- Verland coynty candidates for the legislature were required to sign a written pledge to this effeot. There were other " 'It would dome good to bave that published,' he said, smiling upon me with opep kindliness. 'You may find mistakes in it, but don't make any obanges. Let it go, title and all, just as it is. You see, it is my own work!' ''.All right. In a week you shall have your $500." And Perkins bowed himself out, well contented. "You can have it in a week." Meeting Frarie upon tbe street at a later hour, Paine gayly accosted him with outstretched hand. "That was my last meeting with John Navy. I carried bis story home and read it, but 1 saw that it would be quite useless for publication unless some journal would take it as news. Yet witb all Its faults there were oertain novel expressions scattered through it which could hardly be improved. "Shake, old inan!" he cried. "I have bounded into tbe ranks of tbe high priced story tellers." Th« Spanish Chancier. Eraile Olllvier, formerly prime minister of France, contributes to The (Century An article on " A morion, Kprfln and France." M. Olllvier says: "Of course a reward was offered," said Frarie. Frarie shook bands witb his customary seriousness. Spanish nation has brilliant qualities. it is chivalrous, intrepid and never wantlng In patience and conrage. It is never astonished at its misfortunes and never doubts Its ability to triumph over them. To blustering indolence it joins immeasurable pride and pitiless hardness of heart. Nothing that has existed Is comparable to it, and it considers itself su perior to everything. Whoever disputes "Certainly. The Penniwell money is as seductive to the people of that vicinity as Cpptaip Kidd's gold, and even (ww they will not allow a stranger to go up on tbe mountain side alone. It was useless to question Navy. He was true to bis associates as long as he lived, and unusual precautions were taken to prevent his sending them any message." "How is tha$, Paipe*'' be queried. "Have you hypnotized an editor?" "In qrder fo preserve these hits I copied the whole manuscript for my own benefit. It was short—a matter of two columns only—and I was on tbe point of sending it to one of the New York dailies when I remembered my promise to tbe warden. "Syndicate man, I tbink. I was toe much surprised to ask for particulars. So far as specific charges have been made against the Republican party, I have tried to give direct answers. The trouble with most of the attacks upon us Is that they are of that evasive and general character that makes them'as hard to cope with as the devil fish.- These disappointed office seekers cloud discussion with charges of oppressive taxation, although not one man in five hundred within the sound of my voice pays one farthing of state tax. These persons cry out against imaginary dishonesty in the administration of the state finances, although they cannot truthfully assert that one dollar was ever lost to our commonwealth by reason of the default or dishonesty of any Republican state official. I have neither time nor Inclination to follow these political disturbers in their quixotic adventures, and henceforward this doughty knight can fight his wind mills In time of peace as he loves to do, and his squire, the garrulous Sancho, can hug his master's promises and dream of his Island empire. its supremacy Is held to merit suppression, and its whole history is but an inoessant extermination. It blotted out the Moors and the Indians, and at home, in order to jro on exterminating, it became the people of the inquisition, of the auto-da-fe; It exterminated the heretic as In no other Christian land. "How did you come to know him-!"' "The story seemed perfectly barmless. Still there was nay promise, and after some indecision about suppressing tbe manuscript entirely 1 felt that I must give it up. Tbe warden listened rather triumphantly to my explanation. :'I used to do some Charitable work at that time, especially in the Bolton prison, where be was confined." "Did you reform any criminals?" Jack Hall skeptically inquired. "Gome, Hall, let bim alone," Frarie interposed. "We want to bear about the burglar." " 'I told you Navy would try to use you,'be said gruffly. 'We will keep a strict watch after this. * In this passion for destroying, striking, ravaging, even the capital of its faith was not respected, so that when the hordes of Charles V fell upon Kfuue they committed more spuiiatl(«ii saurilegos, caused more ruin, than did even the barbarians of the north. Rome still bears tho marks of this abominable devastation, for it has pot been possible wholly to obliterate the marks of the nails driven In the frescoes of Raphael at the Vatican, on which halberds were hung. Now, proud exterminators cannot be clvllizers. They do not assimilate peoples. They only make them suffer and exploit them till they exasperate them and foroe them to revolt. "He ran over tbe story hastily and with evident disappointment. " 'Pshaw 1 nothldg about tbe Penniwel) oase here,' be exclaimed. 'This affair happened a dozen years ago, Navy is conceited. He wants to keep bis name before the profession. ' "I remarked that the story was fairly well told. "I bad been in and out for months before I saw Navy, but at last tbe warden gained confidence in my discretion, and after an explicit warnipg volunteered to take me to tbe convict's cell. Friends Are Too Kind. Nobody desires to belittle the bravery and manliness of any of our soldiers, either regulars or volunteers, but no one who has watched them closely has the slightest doubt that some of the sickness and suffering was due to the lack of discipline among the officers and The shining example of the First NevWirsey volunteer regiment, whose members were subjected to much mora rigid sanitary and other rules at Camp Alger than most of them and thereby eaoaped much sickness, though regiments camped near by suffered severely, has already been mentioned in these letters. Facts related to me by an army chaplain a day or two ago give added significance to the lesson taught by the experience of that regiment. "I knew two young soldiers in our camp hospital," said the chaplain, "In whom I took very special interest. They were bright, promising lads, and, though both had been near death's door, both were In a fair way to get well. But one day they were visited by ill advised friends, who brought great quantities of pastry and fruit along. Everybody In the hospital had been Warned not to eat anything save as directed by the medloal men in charge, but of oourse It is impossible to watch each Individual patient, and these boys ate ravenously of all that their friends brought them. The result was a foregone ooncluslon. Both soldiers died, and the very persona who killed them with mistaken kindness are among the bitterest critics of the army and all its work. Yet they would have complained almost as bitterly as they now do had some oamp doctor notioed the things they brought to their young soldier friends and forbidden the consumption of the same. SELFISH AND PERSONAL INTER- ESTS. "'Navy js a crafty old fellow,'be admonished me. 'Dou't repeat a word that be says. He will try to use you when you least suspect it.' There are those, however, who, notwithstanding the glorious history of the party In the past, and its splendid achievements at the present time, tor selfish and personal reasons have conspired to encompass its defeat. These people for several months past and now *re going about the state making charges by innuendo and otherwise gainst ov* Party in the hope that the people may be mystified and misled by their highly colored misrepresentation Ot faeis. In my opinion the time has come when these deformed pictures of morbid Imaginations should be stripped Of their colorings and reduced to their real dimensions. The difficulty of combating with such antagonism io the part* as" was expressed by « leading merchant of your tng city In a political h.*tr&n#ue deifvered bv hlnfl at Honesdale yesterday, wfci»« still posing as a Republican, Is much like that which confronts those who do battle with the devil flsh. It is characteristic of this sea animal, which Is composed of numerous arms and a stomach, that when it seekg strike its prey it first Cloyds surrounding waters with a fonl and noxious fluid it ejects from its own person, and Under this concealment stretches out Its tentacles in all directions, seeking what it may absorb into its Jelly like body. Against every weapptl is as evasive as a rubber ball. a©d as rapidly pne grasping arm la smitten off another reaches out In Its place. The only way to deal with It Is either to satisfy Its omnivorous appetite or to pursue it through the waters it 1\£* discolored for the of its own disguise, and d**ifoy both grasping arms and hungry stomach. I, therefore, even at the risk of being considered tedious, deem it my duty to correct what is untrue in bis*tatl?ff»W*ana exr plain what has been purposely mlscon- or misrepresented. During the night his desk had been ran- "We found the prisoner sitting by tbe door, with his grizzled head resting " 'Oh, yes, he is smart enough and would be a dangerous fellow at large! It's locky for tbe whole country that we have bim bebipd the bars. As for tbis stuff, it doesn't really amount to anything, but we can't let ft go out while the man lives; thanks to you just the same.' tsacketP. It doesn't matter. Perkins of Cbioago wants to pay me $500 for a story." "(iong life to ferktus Chicago 1 I tjou't recall his name, but I am heartily pleased at your sucoess, Paine." Onr Raw Material For Soldiers. The average young American has grown up with the habit of thinking and tutting far himself, anil when htt goes i\ soldiering be Is capable of throwing as much personal zeal Into charges like those at tD3ntl&cto as If he were fighting a duel and the fate of his pquntry and all he held dear depended upon his personal exploits. The well drilled troops of European countries are formidable enough certainly, but thero are resources of intense personality in such men, as, for instanoe, the members of Colonel Theodore refcliti6nt" of rough 'flders, that Count in a crisis for a (treat ilen 1 more than the passive mechanical excellences of tTOltiwU soldiery of the inij'tary powers. londltlons connected with this transaction which I shall not mention at this time, but I trust that what has already b*tn stated will be considered sufficient to convince any one that Senator Quay and Colonel Struts did not defeat the re- Of Congressman Stahi. For further information concerning this political deal. I ref|r My, Wanamaker the Carlisle WeCkly Herald of September i. MM. „ A TRANSPOSITION. When Perkins reappeared at tb«| appointed time, he glauoed over tbe first few pages of the manuscript with great satisfaction and counted out f50Q ig payment, '•That was rather bartj on the ambi fjpus pld cogger," observed Hall. It Mangled the Matatloa, tat the King Controlled Sis Hwt. An American who years ago served as our minister to Spain waa fond of telling the following joke upon himself: "All you could do nevertheless," said Frarie, "I hope tbis will be a suocess," the author civilly remarked. "I have made 9. Mr. Wanamaker complains that the state chairman has attempted to read him out of the party. In this he is equally mistaken, as he is in the other charges he so recklessly makes. The state chairman has earnestly tried to within the party lines every person in Pennsylvania who believes in Republican principles. I personally waited on Mr. "Wanamaker and extended to him as well aa to others an invitation to Join in the campaign this fall. He read himself out of the Republican party by his speech at the bourse meeting when he openly proclaimed it to be his Intention to take up the fight against the party in this state. "Jt seemed so to me," Paine continued. "Yet I felt mean about it and did pot visit tbe prison again. This fell out tbe more naturally because matters of business were occupying my time, and witbin a fortnight I had removed from Bolton tbthisoity.'''"" ! "Where is your qopy of Navy's story, £ep?" asked MM "It is still at my old home. I culled out what I wanted to go with my other notes. There were some parts which did not seem so bright on a second reading."Shortly after he had become settled in his new home he was bidden to a state ceremonial, where be was to be presented to the king. His knowledge of languages waa limited to English and French, and being desirous of addressing the sovereign in his own tongue he took pains to "ooaoh" for the oooaaion. Several phrases were rehearsed until he felt that he had mastered them. When the critical moment arrived, he saluted the king with gnat dignity, spoke a few words in Spanish and passed on. it as dramatio as possible, remembering your interest in Navy's conversation." ELKIN DREW THE INTEREST BILL. "It's a sure success," Peakins answered "Goud evening.- 4. It Is further charged that the Republican organization has robbed tha state for years of interest state dedeposits for the benefit of the bosses and the taxpayers' loss. This charge evidences a lack of knowledge on the part of those who make it, of the law. that cannot be overlooked In persona who hold themselves before the people as professional reformers, They speak of robbing the people of interest on 9tate deposits when they must or Should have knowr, that prior to 1897 was no law Cmder which interest on state deposits could be collected. It requires a peculiar quality of reasoning faculty to justify the recklessness of an assert to tl that charges somebody or something with robbing the people of ihat which It must be admitted they never had, and which under the law they were not ent\tled to receive. I am at a 'Pas to understand how any person outsi|de 9f a professional reformer or a disappointed office-seeker— and the ordinary rules of logtc do not apply to such Individuals^—can bring himself to believe that someone haa been robbed of something he never owned or had In his possession, and which, under the provisions of the law, he could not possibly own or have in his possession. Since the passage of the act of 1897, interest is charged or* all state deposits and dally and the receipts of \he treasury are correspondingly increased. It is also as»erted that the present law was the work of what they are pleased to call the "7#." If this Is true, then the speaker must be a member of that m\Sch advertised group, for \vav-e a distinct recollection ot drawing the bill and aiding in Its passage. This is not a fancy of the Imagination but a real fact which will not be gainsaid hy a«y-D one who values his Reputation for truth. He ' shook hands effusively witb Paine and immediately took bis depariu**,)t is not boasting, but the sober truth, to say that no other nation jxmsosses In the great mass of its population any such large percentage of lighting material. Qreat Britain has in her young men of the higher classes, from whom she fier officers, ah brave unci an element as can he foiiud in the world. But her farm laborers are no more to be compared with the sons of American farmers than with an Australian football team. Nor nre the young men of her industrial center—Manchester, .Sheffield and the rettr— In any manner equal to the young men of American towns physical development or in personal Initiative and adaptability. —Review of Ho views. Fame's sleeping room adjoined his study, and tbe door between these apartmeuts was kept closed at night. When be opened it tbe next morning on his way down to breakfast, he uttered a sharp cry of dismay aud sprang upward into the "room excitedly; Poring the night his desk bad ransacked and its contents strewn over tbe floor. Paine made a hurried search through both rooms, but nothing else, not even bis watch and money, bad been disturbed. Moreover, wben be bad carefully rearranged his disordered pa 1 pers were aU accounted for, with ibis exception—every scrap of writing which related to John Navy had been stolen. "It would do me oood to have that publinhea," he mid. upon bis bands. Weary, dogged endurauce wap graven in every }jue of bis face. He brightened upon our entranoe, and with a slight twinkle of tbe eyes looked me over bumorously. By that one glance be bad probed my inexperience, and after the warden's departnn be warily tested his conclusions. "What did you say?" asked an English gentleman. frarie arose, and flicking away a particle of cigarette *sb he took up his bat. ■ '"fb'ere may be ft call for more of Navy's adventures," be said, "I advise you pot to kill off the old man until you have exhausted your material. By tbe way, I inferred that he was dead. Is that so?" 10. The unreliability of the statements made by Mr. Wanamaker is shown in the charge made against myself that the farmers of the state are not willing: to follow my administration of the regular organisation of the party because I was in favor of legalizing the sale of oleomargarine to the damage of the pure butter interests in the state. This la a wilful and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts. The truth ts that while I represented Indiana county In the legislature In 1885, at the request of the farmers of my county. I prepared and Introduced a bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine In Pennsylvania. The bill was pushed through the legislature through the efforts of a few of us who represented agricultural districts. The bill became a law and has on the Btatute books ever ■ince. If Mr. Wanamaker will take the time to turn to the Legislative record of 1885 he will discover what I had to say In the oontest between pure butter and oleomargarine. That record will show that he does not know what he ts talking about or is willfully misrepresenting the facts. "I spoke ia Spanish," was the rejoinder. "I said, 'I cast myself at your feet,' which I am told is the most respectful form of salutation." "There has been a good deal less sickness among the regulars than among the volunteers, and there isn't the slightest doubt that greater self restraint has had muoh to do with the difference. I know a regular now in hospital here to whom a great basketful of fruit and pies and cakes was brought, only to be saved by him and given to the surgeon for distribution among the convalescents who oould eat such things without danger. Battlefield fortitude is all right, but the self restraint of that man after many weeks of hard tack and invalid foods was also worthy of commendation." Dexter Marshall, "Ah, no," corrected a Spaniard, who bad been observed to smile at the embassador's greeting. "You are mistake en. Yon transposed your words, and qnite altered the meaning." " 'This is very kind,' he bcgaiD smoothly. 'It is pleasant to meet a gentleman of your cloth. I pappose yon would like me to repent of my evil ■frays?' "He died in prison more than a year •go. Not antil then did I feel at liber* ty to write him up." 1 "Well, good night! Come on, Hall." Missed His Manners. An absentinindod American rgcontly full under disfavor li) an tnglislj 6lub fur negloctlug (o uutloo a small courtesy. He was entering the vestibule of the clubhouse; and failed to perceive that a fellow member was holding open the door for blm. Courtesy quired him to thank the who hml perforined this slight sorvloe and then to reciprocate It. As they were both entering the luiiUUug, and as there was i. e«cuiul door leudlng Into the neutral |ml|, he ought to have opened it and allowed the fellow member to twws }u ahead pf (jlm. JK'H'g iutent upon his own thoughts, he pushed In and took no not)M of the stranger who had opened the flrut door for him. The first man was Irritated by the slight and subsequently denounced the absentmlnded member tw the worst bred nDau In yhp club, and when the story was told in detail In thu smoking foom opinion wan so strongly against the American offender against English usage that the situation was explained to him, Mid lie was foroed to make his peace by an apology for his ntwent minded tinoih of good manners.—Exchange. "What did I say?" asked the diplomatv " 'I had not thought of It,.' I answe» ed curtly. 'Would yon prefer to see a Clergyman?' On the afternoon of the next day, while Paine waa busy at his desk, a stranger waa shown to bis room by the landlady. Paine whirled his chair around and rose to greet him.'" Early that afternoon Perkins rotary ed. He appeared depressed and discdnoerted, and bis changed mien excited Paine's Wonder. With a twinkle in his eye the Spaniard made answer, 'What yon really said was, 'I throw my heels at your head.' " The central figure and promoter of th« opposition tfl tf»e Republlcan party at this time Is Mr. Wanamaker, who was a candidate for election to the office of United StMtQ ator to succeed Mj\ C-ftineroa. The Re- Subllcane of the state defeated him in is aspiration fer that office. He then announced and prosecuted a campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of the commonwealth- *.** aggressive contest waged by himself friends throughout the state he defeated tor the nomination. "Navy turned quickly ppon me. '1 thought you were one of them P "he exclaimed. ' "Did you like ray story?" he asked But the king had not betrayed by so much as the fluttering of an eyelid that anything unusual had occurred. —Har- Harper's Magazine. The AtTtinger shot a quick, penetrating glance at bis host and bowed with mingled deference and assurance. He was dressed expensively, and a slight swagger in bis bearing indicated that be Was conscious of bringing his yrejoome in his pocket, VYes. lt is v, good story," Perkins slowly responded. "It is something of an advance on the other. Still I don't find that it contain*} ft]) I expected." We hand folks over to God's mercy and show none ourselves. —George Eliot. "'Not at all. I came here with merely a human interest in you. ' "gprprised aa he was, quipkly jreoovered his poise. "Why, what did you wailt?" Paine Was on bis mettle pow. "Yoq woplfl hardly expect a three volume novel for tbe price you offered." The Ivy Green. Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, That oreepeth o'er rnlna old I Of right choice food are his meals, I wean, Kansas City has 9,000 employees in its packing houses and stockyards. WW of the Globe for [rheumatism! I JdlJiU kATiSIA and riallsr Oanqdslnta, I and prepared under the stringent L GERMAN MEDICAL LAWS.^ by eminent phyiioianB^^M Knl OR. RICHTER'S (ZJ ANCHOR fPAIN EXPELLERl I World renownedSRemsrlcaMy soccnwfol! ■ ■Only gennlne with Trade Mark " Anchor ■ F. id. Kiehtei 'Co., 815I*p*rl«t, :i«r Tori . ■ 31 HIGHEST AWAH0S. ■ 19 PruohHaiiMi. Own Glassworks. ■ H liutHik Iitwiri ud mamM by ■ FARKKR a MCI, SO Uhtm 1 ""«■«, S. C. SLICE, MD Nortk lata Stmt, J. M. HOI CK, 4 S»rU Bala St. MTTBTOS, PA. "'Now, I call that kind!'he said, with n touch of feeling. 'Just because I'm a human beinir that's lonelv and Deeds oompanyl That does me good If I wasn't wearing these stripes, I'd offer you my hand on that!' "Sporting man," tLought Paine. " What does he want of me?" In his oell so lone and oold. The walls must be crambled, the stones decayed, "Are you Mr. Kepler Paine?" asked the newcomer, with much suavity. "I didn't bid high enough, that's a fact," tbe publisher confessed. "But I want tbe rest of it—badly. I am think ing of ranking you q big offer for all yon know about Navy." With these disappointment! fresh In his mind he attempt* to defeat the party in which he so recently but did not receive political £retv'm»ent, and now denote ve» the very ■*me J arty leadership which he was anxious lid willing to serve so long as It aided blm In securing desirable offices. Hq and his friends have made charges of all sorts against the Jtfcpubllcan organizationTo pleasure his dainty whim. And the moldering dust that years have "Of course be made no motion to do so, but I promptly put out iijy •' 'Thaa* yon f he said, giving it a firm clasp. 'It seems good to meet a gentleman again.' "I am." MISREPRESENTATIONS AN- made Is a merry meal for him. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant la the Ivy green. "Then yon wrofe '.John Navy's Confession,'' vhioh bM jost appeared iq The Maxima?" SVVEKED. " In a series of short stories like tbe others?" 11. His attempt to misrepresent the facts connected with the indemnity bond is proof conclusive that he does not desire to be fair or even truthful In such matters. There wa no attempt to take money improperly out of the state treasury. A number of extra employes had been agreed upon by th;D governor, state treasurer, auditor general and the members acting on the slate committees of the house and senate. These extra employes were doing their work at Harrlsburg and were entitled to receive their compensation from time to time Just as members of the legislature and their employes were. Inasmuch as there was a bad feeling In the legislature growing out of the contest for United States senator, the state treasurer did not feel willing to take the respossibility upon himself of paying the s*t%rta» ol these extra. ***** "I did," Paine answered, with o smile. Take a chair, Mr. . Have you read it?" "Oh, anyway you like—yes!" Perkins got up and walked the floor impatiently. "I can't explain! It's this way: You have what I want, and |f J caq make a deal with you we won't dicker & bout the price. Now, what can you do for me?" Fast he stealath on, though he weara nt wings. And a stanch old heart haa hel Bow cloeely he twlneth.how tight he clings. To his friend, the huge oak tree! And slyly he traileth along the ground. And his leaves he gently waves. And he joyously twines and hugs around The rich mold of dead men's graves. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green. 6. It Is also charged that the Republican organization has secured federal appointments for confessed plunderer*. The Republican organisation does not make federal appointments. This is the prerogative of the president and his cabinet advisers, and It comes with bad grace from those who pretend to be Republicans to cast such a reflection upon their party. Do they seriously mean to contend that President Mc- Klrcley would appoint, or that the United States senate would confirm, a person for public office who was a criminal or a plunderer? They show meagre appreciation of the foremost president of this generation when they ittUMt such • thing. The MrKlnley "'You have a few visitors?' I suggested.trifle*. " ' You are tbe first outsider, excepting the Penniwell people. There's the ihaplain. He wants me to be sorry for toy sins. Lord, I'm uo hypocrite!' he broke out scornfully. 'Crooking safes is my profession, and if I was free I'd be at it again. I've talked some with tbe warden, bntbe hasn't a particle of sympathy with my feelings. He only shakes his head and says, "Ah, John, we ought to have caught yon long ago!" Now, I call that a kind of wet blanket on a ' "I've read it," said tbe man emphatically. "Beet thing I ever read. I got on to It from that nfttpe, Excuaw pie, 1 forgot to mention my own. It's Perkins 6f Chicago. I should have been sorry to miss that story of yours. Now, when are you going to give us tbe rest of it?" VTJjefeetq? }t," palnerepeatedinhe- TnWmBk oi'I&S lDe realized that the publio was thirsting for his work. '' I can write more tales of the same sort if that ia what yon mean." i. "About tb» sama John Navy?'' Jfor what we cannot do Ood never asks Beyond what we can bear; he never tries. In sweet fulfillment of the little t«Hlu We make our preparation for the skieq. Many of thesf charges were answered by me In a statement given to the public several days ago, and 1 shall now ask your Indulgence while a reply Is made to his more recent utterances. One of the charges which has been Industriously circulated In every part of the state Is that the regular ofganizatlon of the party, in some mysterious way not apparent, has been able to get a candidate In opposition to the reelection of Hon. Charles W. Stone. I take this opportunity to my tbst this charg* io alwahMejg. "I can supply tbe demand," said Paine confidently. "But you must me time for this. Unfortunately all my notes were stolen last night.'' The restless l.eart seeks to do something great And leia the common things of life Blip by, Forgetting that the trifles indicate Which path we're taking for eternity. Whole ages hava fled and thetr works de cayed The cup of water given for his sake. The burden we have helped another bear. The ailent charities—'tis these shall make The diadem which we some day may wear. And nations scattered been. Bet the stout old ivy shall never fade "That was all you knew about Navy?" asked Perkins hopelessly. From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days "Everything I had. Stay—there is Navy's own story, but I have already dipped into that for a few of his peculiar The cheerful toil, wheeled in its daily round; The self we have be»n able to deny. Hhnll fatten upon the past. For the stateliest building man can raise is the Ivy's food at last. CMepiaa where DO life ia seen, A set* «tt ttent lath* ims. The clinging trint in full submission fuond, Kn wm aa tinirtel vtotur]. h*«a, peculiarly for-
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 49 Number 7, September 30, 1898 |
Volume | 49 |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 49 Number 7, September 30, 1898 |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 7 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1898-09-30 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Full Text | * EstahlUheU 1850. ( VOL. xlix NO. 7. i Oldest Newsoaper in the Wvomin? Vallev PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3o, 1898. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. JSl.OO a tw Id Admcrt Vhe "That's just what I mean. That story reads like the truth," said Perkins, weighing his words carefully. "Yon muHt have known somebody just liko him." He looked inquiringly at Paine. echoed in strong excitement. "What's that?" CHAIRMAN ELKIN TALKS maliciously raise. it has not tne shadow of foundation In fact. It Is a fabrication worked out of the inventive imagination of designing persons who do not even believe It themselves. The regular organization of the party Is anxious to elect a Republican congressman in everv congressional district In the state, and will spare no efforts to accomplish this result. The candidate for governor who sits with me on this stage will soon appear on the same platform with the Hon. C. W. Stone in his district, advocating the election of the whole Republican ticket. It is our confident expectation that the hands of President McKinley will be upheld in the next congress by as many Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania as now occupy seats in the national house of representatives. tunaie in ine selection ut peioui.a 10 fill federal places, and these charges shoot beyond the mark. of the employes were poor men and had families to support at home. They needed advances on their salaries In order to pay board bills and take care of their families. An agreement In the nature of an Indemnity was prepared and signed by a number of persons, whereby it was stipulated that the state treasurer should pay these men their salaries as they earned them. In the event of the treasurer suffering any loss the signers would be responsible for the same. It will be noticed that it was not an attempt to take money improperly from the state, but was a security to the state. No one connected with It had any Interest in the matter except to serve a number of poor men whose families needed the wages of their labor. Paine made a brief explanation, and upon learning the fate of this story Perkins drew a long breath as if tantalized almost beyond endurance. mNEMtKffl"® f/avi/ *71}an uscripts Every Wanamaker Charge Fairly THE SCHOOL, FUND ISSUE. "I did I knew old John Navy him 6. It Is also charged that school funds are withheld from the counties, compelling the latter to pay interest on money borrowed to pay their teachers. This statement, like all the others, is made without any knowledge of the facts In reference to the distribution of the school appropriation. Of the thousands upon thousands of school districts in Pennsylvania, I venture to affirm that a dozen cannot be named, and it is in my opinion that they cannot suggest half that number, that ever paid interest on money borrowed to pay their teachers. On the other hand, I know of several districts that have money either deposited on time certificates or loaned to individuals, both drawing Interest in favor of the school districts. It was not the Intention of the legislature that the annual appopriation to the common schools should pay all the expense connected therewith. It was the expectation of the members of the legislature that the local school boards-should provide by taxation at least half the amount necessary to support the schools. self." "Bnt you say that you copied it," he exclaimed, with a gleam of hope. "Where's the copy?" and Squarely Met. WERE ARMY TRANSPORTS DISHON- "Where?" Perkins asked eagerly. "Begging your pardon, I didn't mean "— ESTLY UNDERMANNED? BY "Ob, it is no secret I He was a convict in the Bolton prison. I used to visit him there in the course of some charitable work which I did." "It is still at my old home, paoked away with a truukful of old letters up iu the attic." CHARLES W. HARWOOD. AN UNANSWERABLE SPEECH How Red Tape Prevented a Regular Ofllcer From Telling What He Knew — A Commissary's Straightforward and Olrevt Methods. "Then you could get it?" The Chairman of the Republican State With some reluctance Paine added this last explanation, which he considered a deta* Me interest to ~ Strangely enough, the publisher's was quickly allayed by this ''l let the matter rest ed after a moment of ten quietly withdrew, irward Paine received iper addressed in bis ting. With a pleasant ome news he opened first paragraph drew "Certainly, if it is of value to you." Oi-iraulzatlou Takes Up tbe Various NEW YOHK, Sept. [Special.] — It was a regular army officer who waa talking, and naturally he wouldn't oonaent to the use of his name, but his remarks were thoroughly Indignant, and he was quite willing that the substance of them shonld be printed. His indignation was based upon the action of some of the shipowners whose vessels were chartered as transports between the United States and Cuba by the government. [Copyright 1898, by the Author. | Allegation*) and Calumnies of tbe Antl-Republican Bureau of Defamation, Points Out Their Falsity, aud Doom Not Leaves Shred of Them That Holds Together With Another. Kepler PaiDe had swung his chair around facing his guests, but his hand still rested affectionately on a copy of The Maxima, which lay open upon his desk. There was an air of entire satisfaction on Paine's face. The Maxima was just out that day, and it oontained a story which he had written a year before, the first of his stories wbicu that magazine bad deigned to accept % Jack Hall was lying upon tfc% Iounpe with a pipe in his mouth, and Frarie had just entered the room, A thin faced, dark complexioned man was Frarie, always cool, self possessed and critical. With a quiet bnt friendly greeting he sat down and helped himself to a cigarette from Paine's box. Frarie wrote the book reviews for The Polygon. "I smiled and assented readily, was such a fascinating old sinner " 'So you are driven back ur memories?' I remarked. 12. It has also been charged that the state chairman contributed to the support of candidates for the legislature. As stated, it is intended to be misleading. In the campaign of 1896 there were many close contests in the congressional, senatorial and legislative districts of the state. The organization extended aid for legitimate and proper expenses in every close congressional, senatorial and legislative district This help was extended without exacting any promises or pledges of any character. It was given in the general way to help the Republican cause. In this respect it differed very much from the aid extended to the members of the legislature by and through friends of Mr. Wanamaker. It is well known that a large amount of financial aid was extended to members of the legislature throughout the state by persons interested in his candldacv for United States senator. In nearly every instance, however, while help was extended through these channels, all candidates for the legislature were required to sign a written pledge agreeing to support John Wanamaker for United States senator. We are entirely willing that the Republicans of the state should decide who acted In the best faith, the chairman of the organization who extended help in every close congressional, senatorial and legislative district or the friends of Mr. Wanamaker, who confined their help HOW KAUFFMAN WAS DEFEATED. " 'That's just it, am1 they are too. You would know of the fortunes I' everything is gone no' the shelf, but it's a g look back on a roocesi I get blue sitting her. back to some time when 1 Ou. officers,and it heartens me woudenaay, (Special Correspondence.) 2. It is further charged that Senator Quay or his friends In the Republican organization secured the defeat of Senator Kauffman at the primaries in his senatorial district. My answer is that he did not. If such orders had been given, as chairman of the Republican organization I would have been apprised of the fact, and I desire to state in the most positive and unequivocal language that Senator Quay never said to me, nor to anyone else, so far as I know or am Informed, that he even desired the defeat of Senator Kauffman. It is a well known fact that the leaders of the Republican party in Lancaster county who made the fight against Senator Kauffman complained because Senator Quay would not take part In that contest. There is another significant fact In connection with that controversy that may have escaped his notice, and that is that ex-Senator Cameron favored the re-nomination of KaufTman, and Influential friends of the latter gentleman living in his district succeeded In getting Cameron to espouse the cause of Kauffman-with Senator Quay. That contest was a local one from start to finish, and the only Interference from the outside was that made by Mr. Wanamaker himself, who went into the district, and in several speeches openly and aggressively supported his friend Kauffman. He may or mav not know that the primaries in that district are held under the popular vote system, and the people decide by direct vote whom they prefer as their candidates for public offices. It looks to me, although In tUs my Judgment mav be at fault, that the Republican voters, or a large majority of them. In that district resented the attempted interference of Mr. Wanamaker. As a rule voters in the country districts do not take kindly to city chaps who volunteer to tell them how to vote, and I have no doubt that the Lancaster county Republicans felt themselves entirely capable of choosing their own senator without the aid of the merchant politician. At any rate a candidate was chosen by a large majority of the Republicans who took part In the primaries, and since we live under a form of government where the majority rules It Is our duty to accept their decision as final and conclusive.Philadelphia, Sept. 19.—The event of the week politically was the masterly arraignment of the Wanamaker defamation mill by State Chairman John P. Elkin, in a speech at Media, on Saturday. It was the formal opening of the campaign In Delaware and the court bouse was packed wtth people,who received the speeches of Colonel Stone and Mr. Elkin with tremendous enthusiasm. Colonel Stone devoted himself largely to a discussion of the national bearing of the campaign. The state chairman took the gloves oft and spoke substantially as follows: ~t of surprise. His old home had also been entered by a burglar. It was a matter of slight importance, but in tbe light of bis own recent experience it was sufficiently disturbing. "I was greatly surprised soon after I got on board the steamer which took me to Santiago," he said, "by the smallness of the vessel's crew. I knew the ship before she was taken into government service, and I knew that ahe then had a crew of not far from SO. I know, also, that it wae implied in*' Cher contracts even iI not expressed, that she waa to be manned as usual while carrying supplies and soldiers back and forth. But she wasn't. Instead of 80 men she put to sea with only five. Her complement of officers waa the same as always, and there was no attempt to cut down the stokers and engineers, but 26 men who were employed as deckhands and the like when she was plying in peaceful commerce were laid off. cnance, .o ne talked pretty -id me a great deal about bis lite," Paine admitted, a trifle mystified by these questions. "I wrote it all down," he added at length. Further details made it very clear that both of these trivial robberies bad been committed by tbe same mysterious person. As in the former case, nothing of valne had been stolen, bnt tbe contents of an old trunk had been found scattered over the attic floor. In many districts, however, the state appropriation pays all or nearly all of the entire expense. In a district which relies almost entirely on the state appropriation, there may be some occasion now and then to borrow money to meet current expenses. It may not be generally known, but it Is a fact, nevertheless, that the school appropriations are paid at the end of the school year. The appropriation is never made until the president of the school board for each district makes his annual report, which sets out, among other things, the number of children in attendance, the number of months during which the schools were open, and many other Important matters required by 1 w. These reports cannot be made until the school year closes, and hence the necessity of withholding the appropriation until the end, instead of paying It at the beginning of the school year. "Tben he paused a moment. 'I wonder if yon would be interested to hear of 6uch matters?' he asked doubtfully. Agaiu an eager light flashed in the visitor's eyes. "'Indeed I would 1' was my Instant response. 'Do you mind if I use this? Sometimes I write stories for the magazines.'"Desk's full of it, I suppose?" he observed casually. "Navy was interested at once. " 'How do yon make out?' be asked critically. "My head is fnll of it, "Paine rejoined. "Yes, of conrse, I have my "I send you The Gazette, which has just arrived," Mrs. Paine wrote in conclusion. "I see that thePenniwell money has been recovered and that one of the burglars is in custody. Possibly this is the man who entered our hooaa " "I looked over your story in the advance sheets," he remarked, blowing out a cloud of smoke. "I gave you three lines. There are good points about that story, Paine. Yoor burglar is undeniably strong." notes." It a source of pleasure to appear before an audience of Delaware county Republicans. I recall with pleasure the returns received from your county at our headquarters In the city of Philadelphia on the evening of the presidential election in 1894, The returns at that time oertainly entitle your county to be called the "Little Giant of the East," and 1 know of no good reason why you should not continue to be regarded as a stronghold of uncompromising Republicanism. In that campaign the Republican party promised If that splendid type of American citizenship, William McKlnley, should be elected president of the United States, prosperity should again be restored throughout the nation. The repeal by the Cleveland Democratic administration and a congress in sympathy with him of a Republican protective tariff law and the passage of the Wilson bill resulted in the reduction of the annual output of our manufactures about one*half, and the opportunities and wages of the laboring people were reduced In the same proportion. You will recall that the wheels of Industry had stopped under the baleful influence of that administration, the marts of trade In many instances were closed, capital was idle and unproductive, and many of the wage-earners of the country marched up and down the face of this fair land begging for leave to earn a livelihood. It has now been about one and a half years since President Mc- Klnley was inaugurated. Xn that short space of time, however, business has revived, capital is being Invested, labor Is rewarded with good wages and ample ■employment, and the business conditions of the country from one ocean to the other and from the lakes to the gulf have steadily Improved. The administration of President McKinley has already made Itself felt to the advantage of our country and people In two hemispheres. Our nation Is respected on the continent and in the orient as It has never been respected before. Our soldiers and sailors under the direction and patriotic guidance of the present administration have won distinction for yalor aud courage which have merited and received the approbation of the civilized world. Under these circumstances it would seem as though every person who voted the Republican ticket In 1896 would feel proud to continue his support of a party that had performed such valuable service to the country and the world. In tfcat presidential congest Pennsylvania stood at the head of the column of Republican states. It was a splendid record to make under adverse political conditions, and every true Pennsylvanian Is proud of It. The administration of President McKinley is now on trial throughout the country Up to this time the state elections held have voted confidence In his administration. Oregon, off on the Pacific coast, led the way several weeks ago, and the result there has been followed by the Republicans of the Mountain and Pine Tree states. It'is our desire that Pennsylvania shall hold fast to the position she has already attained as the foremost Republican state of the union. Silence ensued for a few moments. " 'Poorly enough so far.' "I was amused at some parts of that story," Perkins went on, still dallying with his errand. "Tbe old man said some queer things." "As a matter of fact, there should have been more men on board the ship when she was used as a transport than when she waa engaged in trade, for there was more work to da It was because of the short ships' companies that the army hospital men, who surely had all they ought to do In caring for the sick and wounded on the home trips, were obliged to help clean ship and perform other duties entirely foreign to their own. " 'LordI What you need is life!' he declared. 'Why, I could give you stories to write until your hair is gray!' A suddeu light broke in upou Paine's mind. There was but one man who knew of the papers in his trunk—one man who had shown an insatiate curiosity about Jobu Navy. Snatching up The Gazette, he quickly ran over its prolix account of the arrest. "I should say bo!" exclaimed Jack Hall. "I call 'John Navy's Confession' tbe best thing out this yearl" "'Nothing could please me better,' said I. "He used other expressions quite as peculiar as those in my story." Hall was an artist, not a literary man. " 'Will you put in my own name?' he asked eagerly. "And you remember them all?" psked Perkins, coming sharply to business. "What's your price for the rest of it?" «' 'Certainly, if you wish me to.' "Yes, there are some things in it which are really bright," Frarie admitted. "Tbey have character. Ten to one yon picked them up somewhere, Paine." "Navy seemed gratified. I well remember tbe delightful animation with which be began a story of one of his earlier escapades. I wrote it out carefully, and after that I often visited him, quite as much for my own advantage as for his. Paine was taken unaware. "So you are a publisher!" he exclaimed. The last paragraph was especially interesting to Kepler Paine; 7. A friend of Mr. Wanamaker's, through the public prints a few days ago. commanded me to "stop appealing to the past glorious history of the Republican party." When one starts in to disrupt the great political organization whose history Is a continuous record of noble deeds and splendid achievements, and whose efforts have accomplished so much to advance the causeof humanity and civilization, I have no doubt it is embarrassing to have these things recalled to memory. It may not be pleasant to these disappointed officeseekers to read day by day as this campaign advances, the glorious record of our party, but fidelity to the issues involved will compel the story to be told, even if it does grate harshly on their sensitive ears. "I spoke to an officer of the ship about It, and he admitted there had been sharp practice, bat declared that be was not personally responsible for it, and I don't sappose he was. No, I didn't make any report or protest to anybody about it. It wasn't any of my affair. I suppose you will say that I paid too much heed to the army red tape, over which there Is so much feeling just now. Maybe so, but you'd have kept still, just as I did, 11 you had been in my place. The facta as I have given them are legitimate material for any investigating committee that may review the conduct of tbe war, however, and they should be brought out." "A publisher? Yes, of course; you've t it." Perkins laughed lightly. "11 yon want my work, make me an "The prisoner registered at the Union House as Perkins of Chicago. His connection with the Navy gane has been clearly established, and it appears that he discovered the long hidden booty by means of a cipher message from his old chief. Part of this cipher was contained in certain obscnre phrases of a story entitled 'John Navy's Confession,' which was recently published in The Maxima. " "There is a story about that, Frarie. John Navy was an actual burglar whom I used to know when I lived in Bolton." those members of the legislature who were willing to sign a written pledge agreeing to support him for United States senator. ness. "Of course 1 shall expect an advance on what The Maxima paid me. " ilfer," said Paine, with instant shrewd- "1 thought as much,"said Frarie, satisfaction. "Meanwhile pay notes kept pace with his stories, and Navy showed the utmost iuterest in them. That a man of his stamp should be so concerned 1 laid to the killing monotony of prison life, but at last I discovered that he was brooding over some scheme which he was half ashamed to propose. One day I frankly inquired what was on his mind. 13. The statement that the chairman of the Republican state committee endeavored to destroy meetings throughout the state during the presidential campaign is so false as not to need refutation. Everybody in the state knows that there never was such a speaking campaign as that conducted in« 1896. We had meetings everywhere and speakers too numerous to mention.Hall sprang up and went to the tablp to shake out bis pipe and refill it •'That's business," Perkins replied. "I don't know what those fellows paid yon, but it's worth more to me than it is to them. How would $500 strike you?" "Kep, I've heard just enough about that old burglar to make me curious," he said abruptly. "How did you get acquainted with your interesting friend?" "DoneI" cried Paine. "You shall have the best story I can write. Five thousand words?" be askeCl in tbe next breath. THE END. "Tell us about it if you don't mind," added Frarie. F*r*pln»tioD. Till Man C«t the Hei Tape. "You may have beard of tbe Penni- Tpell bank robbery, whjob occurred about aevep years ago," Paine began. "The Navy gang made that break. Its leader, old John Navy, was tbe most audacious burglar of his day. His skill and boldness had drawn around him a picked lot of clever criminals, stanch men, all of them, and adepts at tbeir calling. " 'I've pot a notion that I'd ]ike to out one of my stories myself,' be confessed, with some diffidence. 'It's all folly maybe, but it would do me good to try.' Some interesting investigations bare been made in the matter of perspiration, and the following oonolosions have been arrived at: The perspiration is more concentrated on the right side of the body. It would, by the way, be interesting to know whether the opposite was the case in the left handed. Tho palm of the hand sweats 4 times more than the skin of the chest, and the cheeks 1J£ times as mnch. There is a slow increase in the sweat in the afternoons, especially noticeable from 8 to }'4 o'clock at night. Aft«r midnight there is a diminution. Feeding has but little influence on this function. Elevation of the surrounding temperature increases the perspiration.—New York Ledger. Another army officer told this story about a commissary who was appointed from civil life, the troubles with which he found himself surrounded at Santiago, and how hegotout of them after a fashion. "This commissary," said the officer, "had no notion of filling such an office as tbe one to which he was appointed. But he did wish to take some kind of a hand in the war, and he said so to a man supposed to have a good strong pull. When the appointment came, tbe new made commissary lodged a protest with the «n»n with the pull, saying that if there was anything In the world about whioh he was profoundly ignorant it was the duties of a commissary. 'But,' said the M. W. T. P., 'you'll have two experienced clerks with you, and, to tell you the truth, the department is bothered to find men of ability to take such places as the one awarded you.' "So tbe post was accepted, the appointee got into his uniform and started for Cuba. On the way the experienced clerks both fell ill, and when he arrived at Sihoney he found himself entirely without assistance. There were plenty of rations on hand, however, and it seemed to the oommiuary that they most be distributed, and without delay, whether the distribution was according to rale or not. He therefore got at the rations and delivered them where he thought they would do most good, but be paid no attention at all to the regular forms. If he had, there'd have been more hungry soldiers than there were at Santiago and there'd have been a right hot inquiry into the dilatory methods of that oommlssary. There'll be an inquiry all right as it is, and for tbe life of me I can't see how that man is going to square op his aocounts with the government In truth, he can't do it, since he even failed to take reoeipts in many instanoes, and I know of no way out of his difficulty except except a special act of oongress. But he conducted himself like a man of nerve and sense." "I don't care about tbe number of words," said tbe man, with a touch of impatience. "It's Navy's talk that brings tbe dollars. Can I bave it now?" Just another word and I have done. I cannot stop, however, without reminding Mr. Wanamaker and his coterie of disappointed office seekers, whose principal business and sole pleasure seems to be an attempt to disrupt the Republican party, that I have never been much Impressed with the class of persons who stand on the street ccrner and in public places, proclaiming in loud tones of voice and voluble utterances their allegiance to the Republican party, but who always find some excuse for opposing Its candidates. The political attitude of Mr. Wanamaker in the treatment of the p%sty in which he has been honored recalls to my mind the story of Joab and Amasa. Tou will recall, no doubt, how they met before the great stone in Gideon. Joab approached Amasa with fraternal and friendly greeting, saying, "Art thou in health, my brother?" took him by the beard as if to kiss him, then, with treacherous sword stabbed him under the fifth rib. Centuries have passed since then, but history falls to record anything but censure for that Ignoble act. I have answered the inane charges and insinuations made by Mr. Wanamaker and his chief henchman, not that they merit serious consideration, bat because misrepresentation and falsehood unanswered mislead the people.THE WANAMAKER WAR RECORD 8. This spokesman of Mr. Wanamaker's also rushes into print to assure us that the Republican party in Pennsylvania will be defeated "by the army of American volunteers and Rough Riders who have at heart the honor of state and nation." The loyal American volunteers and courageous Rough Riders must have suppressed a smile as they read this beautiful picture of his lurid imagination. How the patriotic heart of the nation must swell with manly pride as it contemplates the efTorts of Colonel Wanamaker and his obedient corporal, like knight errants of old, charging against some imagined barrier, at the head of the volunteers and Rough Riders of America. Even now I stop to catch my breath as I think of these daring and heroic military exploits. Such an exhibition of courage is in keeping with the spirit of Mr. Wanamaker and his friend during tbe dark daya of the rebellion. The story was told by Mr. Wanamaker himself in a speech made in Bradford county when he stated that his patriotic Impulses were aroused when in the prime of young and vigorous manhood he stoad at the corner of Sixth and Market streets in 1861 and watched the soldier boys In blue as they marched by to the beat of the drum and the shrill note of the fife, on their way to the front defense of their country. He assured his hearers that his heart was touched with sympathy as he saw the brave boys march by. In this connection permit me to recall that In the early monthB of the present, year I read almost dally about the regiment Colonel Wanamaker was going to equip and rush to the service of his country. It seemed to me, from the patriotic zeal manifested in the newspapers that he would be in Cuba before the secretary of war had time to recall him. Since then I have looked in vain through the records of the war of the rebellion and the published reports of every battle of the Spanish war, but have failed to locate the gallant colonel. The story of Santiago, El Caney, Porto Rico and Manila, and the splendid courage of the Rough Riders and volunteer army of America has been beautifully and graphically told In song and story, but as yet I have failed to g«t even a glimpse of any account of the chlvalric colonel. If ln« Justice has been done hia military record I trust in the interest of history and truth it may yet be told. The world loves a good fighter, and delights to honor a brave soldier. "Oh, no!" «aid Paine in surprise. "It isn't written yet. When must you have the story?" "It did seem droll, but be Was such a genial, open hearted old fellow that it would bave been cruel not to bumor him. On my next visit we carried out his project, and never had I seen him so cheerful and happy as when be banded me bis completed manuscript. "Thought you bad it all in your head!" exclaimed Perkins, darting a glint of suspicion at the author. " Well, you know your business. Make it short, though. How long—a week?" "We in Maine had heard little about tbeir operations until tbey visited the town of Penniwell, a dozen miles from Bolton, and broke into the vault of its bank. Tbey had secured most of the taoney when an alarm was raised and tbey were compelled to fly. All of them escaped exoept Navy. Laden as be was With tbe hulk of tbe spoils, be nearly eluded bis pursuers by running to cover in tbe ravines of Colquatt mountain. There, before be was brought to bay, be safely concealed his plunder, and to this day it has never been found." J. Another charge made by these political disturbers is that Senator Quay and Colonel Stone defeated the renomlnatlon of Conjrressman Stahl in the Nineteenth district. To this charge I reply that it Is untrue. I answer in this positive manner because there is in my possession the convincing evidence that the renomtnation of Congressman Stahl was defeated by a barter and sale deal made by the friends of Mr. Wanamaker and in his interest. So that all may know why such a deal was made. It will be helpful to state the political situation in that district, which is composed of the counties of York, Adams and Cumberland. York is a Democratic eounty, Adams is close, while Cumberland often elects Republican members to the house. It was well known to the Wanamaker managers that York county could not give him any Republican votes In the legislature, while it was thought the chances of electing the two Republican members In Cumberland county were good. The candidate for congress in Cumberland county had at that time the close friendship of the two Republican candidates for the legislature. He desired the nomination and wanted the support of York county. The friends of Congressman Stahl in York county wer? the head and front of the Wanamaker forces. Under these political conditions the deal was started. One of the principal agents and leading representatives of Mr. Wanamaker in his campaign for United States senator consummated the deal in the city of Philadelphia. The arrangement was that York county should help nominate and elect the Cumberland county candidate for oowgress, and in lieu thereof, the two members from Cumberland county should support John Wanamaker far United States senator. Bjefore the deal was consummated the two Cum- Verland coynty candidates for the legislature were required to sign a written pledge to this effeot. There were other " 'It would dome good to bave that published,' he said, smiling upon me with opep kindliness. 'You may find mistakes in it, but don't make any obanges. Let it go, title and all, just as it is. You see, it is my own work!' ''.All right. In a week you shall have your $500." And Perkins bowed himself out, well contented. "You can have it in a week." Meeting Frarie upon tbe street at a later hour, Paine gayly accosted him with outstretched hand. "That was my last meeting with John Navy. I carried bis story home and read it, but 1 saw that it would be quite useless for publication unless some journal would take it as news. Yet witb all Its faults there were oertain novel expressions scattered through it which could hardly be improved. "Shake, old inan!" he cried. "I have bounded into tbe ranks of tbe high priced story tellers." Th« Spanish Chancier. Eraile Olllvier, formerly prime minister of France, contributes to The (Century An article on " A morion, Kprfln and France." M. Olllvier says: "Of course a reward was offered," said Frarie. Frarie shook bands witb his customary seriousness. Spanish nation has brilliant qualities. it is chivalrous, intrepid and never wantlng In patience and conrage. It is never astonished at its misfortunes and never doubts Its ability to triumph over them. To blustering indolence it joins immeasurable pride and pitiless hardness of heart. Nothing that has existed Is comparable to it, and it considers itself su perior to everything. Whoever disputes "Certainly. The Penniwell money is as seductive to the people of that vicinity as Cpptaip Kidd's gold, and even (ww they will not allow a stranger to go up on tbe mountain side alone. It was useless to question Navy. He was true to bis associates as long as he lived, and unusual precautions were taken to prevent his sending them any message." "How is tha$, Paipe*'' be queried. "Have you hypnotized an editor?" "In qrder fo preserve these hits I copied the whole manuscript for my own benefit. It was short—a matter of two columns only—and I was on tbe point of sending it to one of the New York dailies when I remembered my promise to tbe warden. "Syndicate man, I tbink. I was toe much surprised to ask for particulars. So far as specific charges have been made against the Republican party, I have tried to give direct answers. The trouble with most of the attacks upon us Is that they are of that evasive and general character that makes them'as hard to cope with as the devil fish.- These disappointed office seekers cloud discussion with charges of oppressive taxation, although not one man in five hundred within the sound of my voice pays one farthing of state tax. These persons cry out against imaginary dishonesty in the administration of the state finances, although they cannot truthfully assert that one dollar was ever lost to our commonwealth by reason of the default or dishonesty of any Republican state official. I have neither time nor Inclination to follow these political disturbers in their quixotic adventures, and henceforward this doughty knight can fight his wind mills In time of peace as he loves to do, and his squire, the garrulous Sancho, can hug his master's promises and dream of his Island empire. its supremacy Is held to merit suppression, and its whole history is but an inoessant extermination. It blotted out the Moors and the Indians, and at home, in order to jro on exterminating, it became the people of the inquisition, of the auto-da-fe; It exterminated the heretic as In no other Christian land. "How did you come to know him-!"' "The story seemed perfectly barmless. Still there was nay promise, and after some indecision about suppressing tbe manuscript entirely 1 felt that I must give it up. Tbe warden listened rather triumphantly to my explanation. :'I used to do some Charitable work at that time, especially in the Bolton prison, where be was confined." "Did you reform any criminals?" Jack Hall skeptically inquired. "Gome, Hall, let bim alone," Frarie interposed. "We want to bear about the burglar." " 'I told you Navy would try to use you,'be said gruffly. 'We will keep a strict watch after this. * In this passion for destroying, striking, ravaging, even the capital of its faith was not respected, so that when the hordes of Charles V fell upon Kfuue they committed more spuiiatl(«ii saurilegos, caused more ruin, than did even the barbarians of the north. Rome still bears tho marks of this abominable devastation, for it has pot been possible wholly to obliterate the marks of the nails driven In the frescoes of Raphael at the Vatican, on which halberds were hung. Now, proud exterminators cannot be clvllizers. They do not assimilate peoples. They only make them suffer and exploit them till they exasperate them and foroe them to revolt. "He ran over tbe story hastily and with evident disappointment. " 'Pshaw 1 nothldg about tbe Penniwel) oase here,' be exclaimed. 'This affair happened a dozen years ago, Navy is conceited. He wants to keep bis name before the profession. ' "I remarked that the story was fairly well told. "I bad been in and out for months before I saw Navy, but at last tbe warden gained confidence in my discretion, and after an explicit warnipg volunteered to take me to tbe convict's cell. Friends Are Too Kind. Nobody desires to belittle the bravery and manliness of any of our soldiers, either regulars or volunteers, but no one who has watched them closely has the slightest doubt that some of the sickness and suffering was due to the lack of discipline among the officers and The shining example of the First NevWirsey volunteer regiment, whose members were subjected to much mora rigid sanitary and other rules at Camp Alger than most of them and thereby eaoaped much sickness, though regiments camped near by suffered severely, has already been mentioned in these letters. Facts related to me by an army chaplain a day or two ago give added significance to the lesson taught by the experience of that regiment. "I knew two young soldiers in our camp hospital," said the chaplain, "In whom I took very special interest. They were bright, promising lads, and, though both had been near death's door, both were In a fair way to get well. But one day they were visited by ill advised friends, who brought great quantities of pastry and fruit along. Everybody In the hospital had been Warned not to eat anything save as directed by the medloal men in charge, but of oourse It is impossible to watch each Individual patient, and these boys ate ravenously of all that their friends brought them. The result was a foregone ooncluslon. Both soldiers died, and the very persona who killed them with mistaken kindness are among the bitterest critics of the army and all its work. Yet they would have complained almost as bitterly as they now do had some oamp doctor notioed the things they brought to their young soldier friends and forbidden the consumption of the same. SELFISH AND PERSONAL INTER- ESTS. "'Navy js a crafty old fellow,'be admonished me. 'Dou't repeat a word that be says. He will try to use you when you least suspect it.' There are those, however, who, notwithstanding the glorious history of the party In the past, and its splendid achievements at the present time, tor selfish and personal reasons have conspired to encompass its defeat. These people for several months past and now *re going about the state making charges by innuendo and otherwise gainst ov* Party in the hope that the people may be mystified and misled by their highly colored misrepresentation Ot faeis. In my opinion the time has come when these deformed pictures of morbid Imaginations should be stripped Of their colorings and reduced to their real dimensions. The difficulty of combating with such antagonism io the part* as" was expressed by « leading merchant of your tng city In a political h.*tr&n#ue deifvered bv hlnfl at Honesdale yesterday, wfci»« still posing as a Republican, Is much like that which confronts those who do battle with the devil flsh. It is characteristic of this sea animal, which Is composed of numerous arms and a stomach, that when it seekg strike its prey it first Cloyds surrounding waters with a fonl and noxious fluid it ejects from its own person, and Under this concealment stretches out Its tentacles in all directions, seeking what it may absorb into its Jelly like body. Against every weapptl is as evasive as a rubber ball. a©d as rapidly pne grasping arm la smitten off another reaches out In Its place. The only way to deal with It Is either to satisfy Its omnivorous appetite or to pursue it through the waters it 1\£* discolored for the of its own disguise, and d**ifoy both grasping arms and hungry stomach. I, therefore, even at the risk of being considered tedious, deem it my duty to correct what is untrue in bis*tatl?ff»W*ana exr plain what has been purposely mlscon- or misrepresented. During the night his desk had been ran- "We found the prisoner sitting by tbe door, with his grizzled head resting " 'Oh, yes, he is smart enough and would be a dangerous fellow at large! It's locky for tbe whole country that we have bim bebipd the bars. As for tbis stuff, it doesn't really amount to anything, but we can't let ft go out while the man lives; thanks to you just the same.' tsacketP. It doesn't matter. Perkins of Cbioago wants to pay me $500 for a story." "(iong life to ferktus Chicago 1 I tjou't recall his name, but I am heartily pleased at your sucoess, Paine." Onr Raw Material For Soldiers. The average young American has grown up with the habit of thinking and tutting far himself, anil when htt goes i\ soldiering be Is capable of throwing as much personal zeal Into charges like those at tD3ntl&cto as If he were fighting a duel and the fate of his pquntry and all he held dear depended upon his personal exploits. The well drilled troops of European countries are formidable enough certainly, but thero are resources of intense personality in such men, as, for instanoe, the members of Colonel Theodore refcliti6nt" of rough 'flders, that Count in a crisis for a (treat ilen 1 more than the passive mechanical excellences of tTOltiwU soldiery of the inij'tary powers. londltlons connected with this transaction which I shall not mention at this time, but I trust that what has already b*tn stated will be considered sufficient to convince any one that Senator Quay and Colonel Struts did not defeat the re- Of Congressman Stahi. For further information concerning this political deal. I ref|r My, Wanamaker the Carlisle WeCkly Herald of September i. MM. „ A TRANSPOSITION. When Perkins reappeared at tb«| appointed time, he glauoed over tbe first few pages of the manuscript with great satisfaction and counted out f50Q ig payment, '•That was rather bartj on the ambi fjpus pld cogger," observed Hall. It Mangled the Matatloa, tat the King Controlled Sis Hwt. An American who years ago served as our minister to Spain waa fond of telling the following joke upon himself: "All you could do nevertheless," said Frarie, "I hope tbis will be a suocess," the author civilly remarked. "I have made 9. Mr. Wanamaker complains that the state chairman has attempted to read him out of the party. In this he is equally mistaken, as he is in the other charges he so recklessly makes. The state chairman has earnestly tried to within the party lines every person in Pennsylvania who believes in Republican principles. I personally waited on Mr. "Wanamaker and extended to him as well aa to others an invitation to Join in the campaign this fall. He read himself out of the Republican party by his speech at the bourse meeting when he openly proclaimed it to be his Intention to take up the fight against the party in this state. "Jt seemed so to me," Paine continued. "Yet I felt mean about it and did pot visit tbe prison again. This fell out tbe more naturally because matters of business were occupying my time, and witbin a fortnight I had removed from Bolton tbthisoity.'''"" ! "Where is your qopy of Navy's story, £ep?" asked MM "It is still at my old home. I culled out what I wanted to go with my other notes. There were some parts which did not seem so bright on a second reading."Shortly after he had become settled in his new home he was bidden to a state ceremonial, where be was to be presented to the king. His knowledge of languages waa limited to English and French, and being desirous of addressing the sovereign in his own tongue he took pains to "ooaoh" for the oooaaion. Several phrases were rehearsed until he felt that he had mastered them. When the critical moment arrived, he saluted the king with gnat dignity, spoke a few words in Spanish and passed on. it as dramatio as possible, remembering your interest in Navy's conversation." ELKIN DREW THE INTEREST BILL. "It's a sure success," Peakins answered "Goud evening.- 4. It Is further charged that the Republican organization has robbed tha state for years of interest state dedeposits for the benefit of the bosses and the taxpayers' loss. This charge evidences a lack of knowledge on the part of those who make it, of the law. that cannot be overlooked In persona who hold themselves before the people as professional reformers, They speak of robbing the people of interest on 9tate deposits when they must or Should have knowr, that prior to 1897 was no law Cmder which interest on state deposits could be collected. It requires a peculiar quality of reasoning faculty to justify the recklessness of an assert to tl that charges somebody or something with robbing the people of ihat which It must be admitted they never had, and which under the law they were not ent\tled to receive. I am at a 'Pas to understand how any person outsi|de 9f a professional reformer or a disappointed office-seeker— and the ordinary rules of logtc do not apply to such Individuals^—can bring himself to believe that someone haa been robbed of something he never owned or had In his possession, and which, under the provisions of the law, he could not possibly own or have in his possession. Since the passage of the act of 1897, interest is charged or* all state deposits and dally and the receipts of \he treasury are correspondingly increased. It is also as»erted that the present law was the work of what they are pleased to call the "7#." If this Is true, then the speaker must be a member of that m\Sch advertised group, for \vav-e a distinct recollection ot drawing the bill and aiding in Its passage. This is not a fancy of the Imagination but a real fact which will not be gainsaid hy a«y-D one who values his Reputation for truth. He ' shook hands effusively witb Paine and immediately took bis depariu**,)t is not boasting, but the sober truth, to say that no other nation jxmsosses In the great mass of its population any such large percentage of lighting material. Qreat Britain has in her young men of the higher classes, from whom she fier officers, ah brave unci an element as can he foiiud in the world. But her farm laborers are no more to be compared with the sons of American farmers than with an Australian football team. Nor nre the young men of her industrial center—Manchester, .Sheffield and the rettr— In any manner equal to the young men of American towns physical development or in personal Initiative and adaptability. —Review of Ho views. Fame's sleeping room adjoined his study, and tbe door between these apartmeuts was kept closed at night. When be opened it tbe next morning on his way down to breakfast, he uttered a sharp cry of dismay aud sprang upward into the "room excitedly; Poring the night his desk bad ransacked and its contents strewn over tbe floor. Paine made a hurried search through both rooms, but nothing else, not even bis watch and money, bad been disturbed. Moreover, wben be bad carefully rearranged his disordered pa 1 pers were aU accounted for, with ibis exception—every scrap of writing which related to John Navy had been stolen. "It would do me oood to have that publinhea," he mid. upon bis bands. Weary, dogged endurauce wap graven in every }jue of bis face. He brightened upon our entranoe, and with a slight twinkle of tbe eyes looked me over bumorously. By that one glance be bad probed my inexperience, and after the warden's departnn be warily tested his conclusions. "What did you say?" asked an English gentleman. frarie arose, and flicking away a particle of cigarette *sb he took up his bat. ■ '"fb'ere may be ft call for more of Navy's adventures," be said, "I advise you pot to kill off the old man until you have exhausted your material. By tbe way, I inferred that he was dead. Is that so?" 10. The unreliability of the statements made by Mr. Wanamaker is shown in the charge made against myself that the farmers of the state are not willing: to follow my administration of the regular organisation of the party because I was in favor of legalizing the sale of oleomargarine to the damage of the pure butter interests in the state. This la a wilful and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts. The truth ts that while I represented Indiana county In the legislature In 1885, at the request of the farmers of my county. I prepared and Introduced a bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine In Pennsylvania. The bill was pushed through the legislature through the efforts of a few of us who represented agricultural districts. The bill became a law and has on the Btatute books ever ■ince. If Mr. Wanamaker will take the time to turn to the Legislative record of 1885 he will discover what I had to say In the oontest between pure butter and oleomargarine. That record will show that he does not know what he ts talking about or is willfully misrepresenting the facts. "I spoke ia Spanish," was the rejoinder. "I said, 'I cast myself at your feet,' which I am told is the most respectful form of salutation." "There has been a good deal less sickness among the regulars than among the volunteers, and there isn't the slightest doubt that greater self restraint has had muoh to do with the difference. I know a regular now in hospital here to whom a great basketful of fruit and pies and cakes was brought, only to be saved by him and given to the surgeon for distribution among the convalescents who oould eat such things without danger. Battlefield fortitude is all right, but the self restraint of that man after many weeks of hard tack and invalid foods was also worthy of commendation." Dexter Marshall, "Ah, no," corrected a Spaniard, who bad been observed to smile at the embassador's greeting. "You are mistake en. Yon transposed your words, and qnite altered the meaning." " 'This is very kind,' he bcgaiD smoothly. 'It is pleasant to meet a gentleman of your cloth. I pappose yon would like me to repent of my evil ■frays?' "He died in prison more than a year •go. Not antil then did I feel at liber* ty to write him up." 1 "Well, good night! Come on, Hall." Missed His Manners. An absentinindod American rgcontly full under disfavor li) an tnglislj 6lub fur negloctlug (o uutloo a small courtesy. He was entering the vestibule of the clubhouse; and failed to perceive that a fellow member was holding open the door for blm. Courtesy quired him to thank the who hml perforined this slight sorvloe and then to reciprocate It. As they were both entering the luiiUUug, and as there was i. e«cuiul door leudlng Into the neutral |ml|, he ought to have opened it and allowed the fellow member to twws }u ahead pf (jlm. JK'H'g iutent upon his own thoughts, he pushed In and took no not)M of the stranger who had opened the flrut door for him. The first man was Irritated by the slight and subsequently denounced the absentmlnded member tw the worst bred nDau In yhp club, and when the story was told in detail In thu smoking foom opinion wan so strongly against the American offender against English usage that the situation was explained to him, Mid lie was foroed to make his peace by an apology for his ntwent minded tinoih of good manners.—Exchange. "What did I say?" asked the diplomatv " 'I had not thought of It,.' I answe» ed curtly. 'Would yon prefer to see a Clergyman?' On the afternoon of the next day, while Paine waa busy at his desk, a stranger waa shown to bis room by the landlady. Paine whirled his chair around and rose to greet him.'" Early that afternoon Perkins rotary ed. He appeared depressed and discdnoerted, and bis changed mien excited Paine's Wonder. With a twinkle in his eye the Spaniard made answer, 'What yon really said was, 'I throw my heels at your head.' " The central figure and promoter of th« opposition tfl tf»e Republlcan party at this time Is Mr. Wanamaker, who was a candidate for election to the office of United StMtQ ator to succeed Mj\ C-ftineroa. The Re- Subllcane of the state defeated him in is aspiration fer that office. He then announced and prosecuted a campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of the commonwealth- *.** aggressive contest waged by himself friends throughout the state he defeated tor the nomination. "Navy turned quickly ppon me. '1 thought you were one of them P "he exclaimed. ' "Did you like ray story?" he asked But the king had not betrayed by so much as the fluttering of an eyelid that anything unusual had occurred. —Har- Harper's Magazine. The AtTtinger shot a quick, penetrating glance at bis host and bowed with mingled deference and assurance. He was dressed expensively, and a slight swagger in bis bearing indicated that be Was conscious of bringing his yrejoome in his pocket, VYes. lt is v, good story," Perkins slowly responded. "It is something of an advance on the other. Still I don't find that it contain*} ft]) I expected." We hand folks over to God's mercy and show none ourselves. —George Eliot. "'Not at all. I came here with merely a human interest in you. ' "gprprised aa he was, quipkly jreoovered his poise. "Why, what did you wailt?" Paine Was on bis mettle pow. "Yoq woplfl hardly expect a three volume novel for tbe price you offered." The Ivy Green. Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, That oreepeth o'er rnlna old I Of right choice food are his meals, I wean, Kansas City has 9,000 employees in its packing houses and stockyards. WW of the Globe for [rheumatism! I JdlJiU kATiSIA and riallsr Oanqdslnta, I and prepared under the stringent L GERMAN MEDICAL LAWS.^ by eminent phyiioianB^^M Knl OR. RICHTER'S (ZJ ANCHOR fPAIN EXPELLERl I World renownedSRemsrlcaMy soccnwfol! ■ ■Only gennlne with Trade Mark " Anchor ■ F. id. Kiehtei 'Co., 815I*p*rl«t, :i«r Tori . ■ 31 HIGHEST AWAH0S. ■ 19 PruohHaiiMi. Own Glassworks. ■ H liutHik Iitwiri ud mamM by ■ FARKKR a MCI, SO Uhtm 1 ""«■«, S. C. SLICE, MD Nortk lata Stmt, J. M. HOI CK, 4 S»rU Bala St. MTTBTOS, PA. "'Now, I call that kind!'he said, with n touch of feeling. 'Just because I'm a human beinir that's lonelv and Deeds oompanyl That does me good If I wasn't wearing these stripes, I'd offer you my hand on that!' "Sporting man," tLought Paine. " What does he want of me?" In his oell so lone and oold. The walls must be crambled, the stones decayed, "Are you Mr. Kepler Paine?" asked the newcomer, with much suavity. "I didn't bid high enough, that's a fact," tbe publisher confessed. "But I want tbe rest of it—badly. I am think ing of ranking you q big offer for all yon know about Navy." With these disappointment! fresh In his mind he attempt* to defeat the party in which he so recently but did not receive political £retv'm»ent, and now denote ve» the very ■*me J arty leadership which he was anxious lid willing to serve so long as It aided blm In securing desirable offices. Hq and his friends have made charges of all sorts against the Jtfcpubllcan organizationTo pleasure his dainty whim. And the moldering dust that years have "Of course be made no motion to do so, but I promptly put out iijy •' 'Thaa* yon f he said, giving it a firm clasp. 'It seems good to meet a gentleman again.' "I am." MISREPRESENTATIONS AN- made Is a merry meal for him. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant la the Ivy green. "Then yon wrofe '.John Navy's Confession,'' vhioh bM jost appeared iq The Maxima?" SVVEKED. " In a series of short stories like tbe others?" 11. His attempt to misrepresent the facts connected with the indemnity bond is proof conclusive that he does not desire to be fair or even truthful In such matters. There wa no attempt to take money improperly out of the state treasury. A number of extra employes had been agreed upon by th;D governor, state treasurer, auditor general and the members acting on the slate committees of the house and senate. These extra employes were doing their work at Harrlsburg and were entitled to receive their compensation from time to time Just as members of the legislature and their employes were. Inasmuch as there was a bad feeling In the legislature growing out of the contest for United States senator, the state treasurer did not feel willing to take the respossibility upon himself of paying the s*t%rta» ol these extra. ***** "I did," Paine answered, with o smile. Take a chair, Mr. . Have you read it?" "Oh, anyway you like—yes!" Perkins got up and walked the floor impatiently. "I can't explain! It's this way: You have what I want, and |f J caq make a deal with you we won't dicker & bout the price. Now, what can you do for me?" Fast he stealath on, though he weara nt wings. And a stanch old heart haa hel Bow cloeely he twlneth.how tight he clings. To his friend, the huge oak tree! And slyly he traileth along the ground. And his leaves he gently waves. And he joyously twines and hugs around The rich mold of dead men's graves. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green. 6. It Is also charged that the Republican organization has secured federal appointments for confessed plunderer*. The Republican organisation does not make federal appointments. This is the prerogative of the president and his cabinet advisers, and It comes with bad grace from those who pretend to be Republicans to cast such a reflection upon their party. Do they seriously mean to contend that President Mc- Klrcley would appoint, or that the United States senate would confirm, a person for public office who was a criminal or a plunderer? They show meagre appreciation of the foremost president of this generation when they ittUMt such • thing. The MrKlnley "'You have a few visitors?' I suggested.trifle*. " ' You are tbe first outsider, excepting the Penniwell people. There's the ihaplain. He wants me to be sorry for toy sins. Lord, I'm uo hypocrite!' he broke out scornfully. 'Crooking safes is my profession, and if I was free I'd be at it again. I've talked some with tbe warden, bntbe hasn't a particle of sympathy with my feelings. He only shakes his head and says, "Ah, John, we ought to have caught yon long ago!" Now, I call that a kind of wet blanket on a ' "I've read it," said tbe man emphatically. "Beet thing I ever read. I got on to It from that nfttpe, Excuaw pie, 1 forgot to mention my own. It's Perkins 6f Chicago. I should have been sorry to miss that story of yours. Now, when are you going to give us tbe rest of it?" VTJjefeetq? }t," palnerepeatedinhe- TnWmBk oi'I&S lDe realized that the publio was thirsting for his work. '' I can write more tales of the same sort if that ia what yon mean." i. "About tb» sama John Navy?'' Jfor what we cannot do Ood never asks Beyond what we can bear; he never tries. In sweet fulfillment of the little t«Hlu We make our preparation for the skieq. Many of thesf charges were answered by me In a statement given to the public several days ago, and 1 shall now ask your Indulgence while a reply Is made to his more recent utterances. One of the charges which has been Industriously circulated In every part of the state Is that the regular ofganizatlon of the party, in some mysterious way not apparent, has been able to get a candidate In opposition to the reelection of Hon. Charles W. Stone. I take this opportunity to my tbst this charg* io alwahMejg. "I can supply tbe demand," said Paine confidently. "But you must me time for this. Unfortunately all my notes were stolen last night.'' The restless l.eart seeks to do something great And leia the common things of life Blip by, Forgetting that the trifles indicate Which path we're taking for eternity. Whole ages hava fled and thetr works de cayed The cup of water given for his sake. The burden we have helped another bear. The ailent charities—'tis these shall make The diadem which we some day may wear. And nations scattered been. Bet the stout old ivy shall never fade "That was all you knew about Navy?" asked Perkins hopelessly. From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days "Everything I had. Stay—there is Navy's own story, but I have already dipped into that for a few of his peculiar The cheerful toil, wheeled in its daily round; The self we have be»n able to deny. Hhnll fatten upon the past. For the stateliest building man can raise is the Ivy's food at last. CMepiaa where DO life ia seen, A set* «tt ttent lath* ims. The clinging trint in full submission fuond, Kn wm aa tinirtel vtotur]. h*«a, peculiarly for- |
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