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FOUND VAST WEALTH
BUT HAD SOME THRILL1NO AD¬
VENTURES.
a® Was Twice Taken Prisoner and Had
Several Narrow K«capes for His Life
—Explored the Island of Luson and
Mindanao. v
Edward Rebstock of St. Louis will
start for Manila In a few weeks. It
will be his second visit to the Philip¬
pines. He says the islands are full of
gold, and predicts that the time is not
far distant when the rush thither will
be greater than to the Klondike. All
that Is needed he says is mining laws.
There are all kinds of minerals, the
soil Is equal, If not superior, to that of
California, and the climate, outside of
Manila and the swamps, is healthy.
The mountains are covered with rich
timber, good water is plentiful and liv¬
ing cheap. Mr. Rebstock’s experiences
In the Philippines were of the stirring
and sensational kind. He was twice
within four months taken prisoner by
the Filipino insurgents, and had sev¬
eral narrow and thrilling escapes for
his life. Returning to South Africa
after Manila had come into possession
of the United States forces, Mr. Reb¬
stock decided to explore the Philip¬
pines, and left San Francisco on Oct.
20, 1898. A month later he presented
himself to the American consul at Ma¬
nila and stated his plans. He was
simply advised to carry no weapons.
With an English companion named
Cochran, he journeyed by rail 120
miles to Calumpit, where a native
Filipino was engaged as guide, and
the three started up the Grand river
io Cablao, where they met the Filipino
general in command of that district.
He was easy of persuasion and treated
the party with the utmost courtesy,
even to wining, dining and serenading
them. An officer and two Filipino sol¬
diers escorted them to the hills, where
gold was found in nearly every stream.
Mr. Rebstock staked off a placer claim
of twenty acres, and expects some day
to reap a harvest from It—provided he
Is protected by laws which may here¬
after be enacted. His claim Is record¬
ed at Manila. Before returning to
Manila they had the experience of
meeting a half dozen Igarotos, against
whom they had been warned by the
Filipino soldiers, who said they were
a savage tribe of aborigines and would
kill on sight. After a dinner of roast
fish and herbs, with the Igarotos, the
prospectors returned to Manila, and la¬
ter sought Aguinaldo at Malol03, but
the Filipino leader was not to be seen.
His secretary, however, assured them
that so long as they went unarmed
they would have nothing to fear from
either natives or soldiers. They ate
their Christmas dinner near the town
of Balewag, sweltering in alpaca coats
in the glare of the noonday sun. They
were just finishing their meal when
two Filipino officers and two privates
rushed up. The privates carried rifles,
one of the officers held a drawn sword
in his hand, and the other pointed a
six-shooter at them. About forty or
fifty natives had been attracted by
their camp fire, and they formed al¬
most a solid wall around the men when
the officers came up. All the time
they were talking, one of the officers
was shaking his revolver in the faces
of the prospectors, whose protestations
were of no avail. They were hustled
off to a Spanish convent and locked up
with thirty Spanish prisoners. After
much persuasion they induced their
keeper to telegraph to Aguinaldo’s sec¬
retary, but instead of receiving an or¬
der releasing them, he was instructed
to send them back to Manila. The
idea of doing further prospecting at
that time on the island of Luzon was
then abandoned, and the prospectors
separated, Mr. Cockran securing em¬
ployment in Manila. On March 9 last
Mr. Rebstock embarked for Zamboan¬
ga on the island of Mindanao. Think¬
ing it unsafe to acknowledge his Amer¬
ican citizenship, he passed himself off
for a German. But he was mistaken
for a spy, and finally imprisoned by
the Moros. The president of the Mo-
ros, however, was easily induced to
release him when he agreed to give a
half interest in all the claims he
could peg off in Mindanao. With
an escort of eight Filipino soldiers,
Mr. Rebstock visited the hills, and
found gold everywhere. But when he
was ready to leave Mindanao he had
considerable trouble, and finally put
himself In the custody of two officers
of the United States gunboat Petrel,
which fortunately had touched at Zam¬
boanga. At last he was able to reach
the steamer Putnam and returned to
Manila. Mr. Rebstock, having had
enough adventure, decided to postpone
further prospecting until the Insurrec¬
tion was put down.
Spanish Industry Helped by the War.
One of the results of the Spanish-
American war has been a remarkable
stimulus to certain departments of
Spanish Industry. Although many
merchants have suffered by the loss of
Cuba, and have had their operations
severely hampered thereby, other
houses have taken to manufacturing
on the spot products which used to be
got from that colony. Sugar Is one of
the chief articles imported, but there
were formerly few refineries in Spain.
During the last few months, however,
a number of refineries have been
established. So far it seems to have
been the Germans who have profited
most by the situation. The German
houses have their agents on the spot,
•and so succeed in booking a big share
of the orders. In other departments,
too, it is very much the same. Bar¬
celona, Madrid and other large towns
have recently adopted the electric
light, but although the field Is open to
everybody, most of the tenders were
Germans.—London News.
ITS FOE 18 WOMAN, NOT MAN,
Univeraal Suffrage Movement Not
Monaoed by Mole Sox.
Man Is not the chief enemy to the
promulgation of the woman's suffrage
movement, as a delegate to a conven¬
tion in the east recently affirmed to
the meeting of her sister association,
In the course of her talk she related
her experiences with a clipping bureau
and how a great light broke In on he*
comprehension, upsetting some the¬
ories she had nursed for years. Fall¬
ing In her reading of newspapers to
discover any attacks on the right of
her sex to enjoy the privilege of the
ballot she contracted with a press bu¬
reau to furnish her the class of matter
she was unable to find for herself. Sev¬
eral weeks passed and not a single
clipping of the kind she wanted
reached her. A number favorable to
the conferring of the ballot on women
was, however, forwarded. She protest¬
ed and received an answer that among
the hundreds of newspapers that
reached their office dally none opposed
the Idea of women voting. Assuming
that favorable notices would be accept¬
able the bureau had made the extracts
they forwarded. They were sorry, but
ft was the best they could do, and no
charge would' be made for the work
performed. It was then, according to
this delegate’s confession, that a light
dawned on her. Instead of finding the
sterner and more privileged sex op¬
posing her in her fight for the use of
the ballot she found, as she confessed,
to her chagrin, the monster man, if
not openly favorable to her ambitions,
at least passively Indifferent. Dis¬
armed, she knew not in what direction
to turn, and, as she admitted, she has
since not been quite so active in urg¬
ing equal rights in suffrage.
GOOD FITS FOLLOW REFORM.
Decadence of Tronser* Pockets as a Sign
That Men Are Growing Better.
Correspondence: A tailor who
has made trousers for many statesmen
and public men of the country for
more than thirty years has a curious
reason for his belief that the country
is getting better. “When I was first
in business,” he said, "I never could
put enough pockets in a pair of trou¬
sers. I was one of the first tailors in
this locality at least to suggest two
hip pockets instead of one, and I re¬
member I was called a benefactor,par¬
ticularly by my southern patrons. You
know why, of course. There was a
time when every gentleman carried a
flask wherever he went. That is what
led to the second hip pocket. The
gentleman also carried a weapon of at¬
tack and defense. Slowly, by degrees,
the extra hip was dropped. I think
It was the weapon pocket that was
dropped first, and of late years some
of my patrons have asked me to leave
out both hip pockets, and now I have
a few customers who want no pockets
whatever in their trousers. As a mat¬
ter of good fit there is no question but
they are right, and I have always said
that pockets are the cause of most of
the baggy, flabby trousers you see in
the street. But aside from the sar¬
torial side of the case, the absence, or
rather the tendency toward decadence
of pockets in trousers is an indication
to my mind that the world is getting
better. It means that men are not sc
much addicted to the bottle, or to bel¬
ligerency. Reform and good fits go
hand in hand.”—New York Sun.
A Friend of the Rich.
The character of Cornelius Vander¬
bilt’s private generosity is well illus¬
trated by a single incident described in
the Philadelphia Press. The late Sam¬
uel Barton had been a lifelong friend
of his. They had been playmates and
schoolmates, and at school Barton,
who was somewhat the elder, had
been made the custodian of his friend's
pocket-money. When both the boys
grew to manhood Mr. Barton became a
successful broker, but in late years for¬
tune was unkind. He lost his money,
and his health gradually gave way.
Mr. Vanderbilt heard that Mr. Barton
was In some distress of mind, as well
as of body, and called upon him. The
meeting was like that of men who
have been playmates. They spoke ol
their sports and of their experiences at
the boarding-school, and at last Mr.
Vanderbilt very delicately inquired if
there was anything that was causing
Mr. Barton anxiety, and his old play¬
mate replied that he was fearful that
his estate would not leave his family
comfortably provided for. Thereupon
Mr. Vanderbilt said, speaking the fa¬
miliar name of childhood days:
“Sam, don’t let that worry you.” That
was all he said, but the next day he
deposited in Mr. Barton’s name a large
sum of money. When Mr. Barton
heard that, it seemed to give him
peace, and he called his family to him,
said that he was content to die, bade
them good-by, and then, saying, “I am
very tired,” turned his face to the wall,
and in a moment was gone.
He Sized ’Em Up.
A Georgia boy’s composition on “The
Lawmakers of Our Country'’ reads as
follows: “My pa is a lawmaker. Ma
makes the laws at home, an’ pa makes
’em when she gives him a holiday. Pa
has been in the legislature two times,
an’ he’ll go there again if the voters
don’t git in their right mind ’fore he
comes home, He gen-rully comes
home on Christmas when we have
something to eat. We expect him this
Christmas.”—Atlanta Constitution.
* Saving Space.
Miss Slimdiet—"Here’s an advertise¬
ment of ’a literary man’ who wants
board. Does he say he’s a literary
man to show he’s a person of refine- •
mont and culture?” Mrs. Slimdiet—
"No; it’s to show that he can’t pay
much."—New York Weekly.
WART MYSTERIES.
OccuUIlm and th. It.moral of Thai*
Dlaflgurtn* Mark* on a Hoy.
When a youngster of ten years I
was visited by a plague of warts. From
my earliest recollection I had had on
my middle finger an old daddy wart,
but at the age stated this had multi¬
plied to forty or more, one being on
my Up and ono on my chin. I was con¬
siderably worried over my growing
family of excrescences, and one day a
woodchopper in my father’s employ,
who acted queerly, never wearing a
hat, for Instance, said that he could
take the warts away with him. I was
quite willing to have him try, and he
took me off to a quiet spot under a
willow tree, from which he cut a num¬
ber of small branches, and these he cut
again Into little bits of an inch in
length, making a notch in each one,
and this notch he set down over each
wart, having at last a collection of
forty or more of these little notched
sticks. These he put into his pocket,
saying that the warts would go away.
I could never say just when the proph¬
ecy was fulfilled, but within six
weeks there wasn’t a wart on my face
or hands, and there has not been one
since that time. What I want to know
now, as I did then—and the conjurer
would not tell me—is what did It. I
have spoken to many doctors about It,
but they merely laugh, as though I was
giving them a ‘‘pipe talk," and yet the
warts went away, and all the medicine
I had ever tried on them had no effect
whatever.—New York Sun.
PENN RELICS FOR SALE.
Why Couldn’t They llaxe Left Them
Where They Found Them?
The Society for the Preservation of
Ancient Monuments may like to know
that the parson of the church at Penn,
in Bucks, which is associated with
the memory of William Penn, has sold
some Penn relics to a second-hand
dealer, says the London News. This
dealer in his turn now offers them to
a discriminating public at the low
price of 175 guineas. They consist of
the pulpit of the church, the ancestral
pew of the Penn family, an altar cloth
worked by Martha Penn and a sort or
a job lot, which includes a tombstone
“au naturel,” and various rubbings
from others. The coffin of a William
Penn, discovered under the pew, does
not form part of the bargain, and
here somebody seems to have missed
a stroke of business. However, it
might not have fetched much, as its
obscure dust was not that of Penn, the
founder. Indeed, the founder's share
in the transaction is somewhat slight,
from first to last, though his connec¬
tion with the Penns of Penn gives a
flavor of historic charm to it. He
used to go to Penn and he may con¬
ceivably have sat in the pew, though
from his boyhood, when his conversion
to Quakerism began, he looked askance
on the doctrine of the church. The
odd thing is that they could not have
left these relics where they found them
instead of putting them on the same
footing of interest as brass coal scut¬
tles and Chippendale chairs.
Family of a Hero.
The family of the late Gen. Symons,
kiaed in the Smith hill fight in South
Africa, was of old west country stock,
of Norman origin. In the fifteenth
century they were people of Import¬
ance. Hatt, their estate, near Botus
Fleming, has been in their possession
since 1665. A strange but well-au¬
thenticated story is told of Nicholas
Symons, great-great-uncle to the late
general. Nicholas left his native
county and settled at Liverpool. He
left his home in consequence of some
.disagreement with his father, and, as¬
suming the name of Sherwood, bore it
for many years. Eventually he suc¬
ceeded to the family estate, and dying
without a son, the grandfather of the
Smith hill hero Inherited Hatt. This
story is borne out by the fact that the
name Sherwood has been since his time
perpetuated in the family. Sir Wil¬
liam’s second name, Penn, came from
his grandmother, Agnes Penn, who
was a descendant of the William Penn
Of American fame. The family of Sy¬
mons is an honored one in the mining
county, and the news of the general’s
death caused much sorrow In the coun¬
tryside.
Origin of the Wedding Ring.
According to legend, Jupiter sent to
Prometheus in honor of his deliverance
by Hercules a ring in which was set a
piece of the stone to which Prometheus
find formerly been bound In chains.
In northern mythology the ring sym¬
bolizes the bridge from this world to
the next, or, aocording to another idea,
the rainbow symbol of eternity. Hence
it is plain that from most ancient
times the ring was a symbol of remem¬
brance and eternal recollection. Since
the earliest days of Christianity the
ring has been a precious pledge of
faithfulness, the talisman of two souls
forming a sacred life union. The cus¬
tom of wearing the wedding ring on
the fourth finger of the left hand goes
back for its origin to the Egyptians,
from whom the Greeks borrowed the
custom and handed it on to the Rom¬
ans. The fourth finger was dedicated
to Apollo, the sun god, and gold was
an additional symbol of the sun. Be¬
sides, it was believed that Apollo’s
finger was connected by a nerve di¬
rectly wit’ll the heart, and it was most
appropriate that the sign of the lov¬
ing union should rest on this finger.
Knew Wlmt to Expect.
Popleigh—Say, old man, come up to
the house tonight; we are going to
have a little time—going to name the
baby. My mother-in-law and baby’s
uncles and aunts are going to be there.
I wish you would some. Benthere—
You must excuse me, Popleigh; I never
mix up in family quarrels.
HAY’S ANSWER
TRANSMITTED
The Facts About Tlacrum
Charges Before House.
NO ALLIANCE IS POSSIBLE
Slate Department Declares Ex-Consol
Made No Complaint of British In*
terference While At Pretoria.
The answer of the state department
to the house resolution calling for in¬
formation regarding certain charges
made by late Consul Macrum was
transmitted to the house Wednesday
by the president. It is signed by
Secretary Hay nnd after citing the
resolution, says:
“Answering the first part of the
resolution: The department of state
has been in regular communication
by mail and telegraph with Charle*
E. Macrum, late consul of the United
States at Pretoria, South African re¬
public, since bis entrance upon the
duties of the office. Communications
made to him have been answered and
the execution of instructions sent has
been reported by him. His dispatches
to the department, forwarded through
the consulate at Lourenzo Marques,
have during that time been regularly
received.
“The only instance of complaint in
respect to the transit of the mails for
Lourenzo Marques and Pretoria was
in November last, when a temporary
stoppage of the mails occurred at
Cape Town, against which Mr. Ma¬
crum and the consul at Lourenzo
Marques protested. made the
“Arrangements were for
prompt delivery of the consular mails
to the United States consul general at
Cape Town, by whom thetaail for Mr.
Hollis and Mr. Macrum was forward¬
ed to Lourenzo Marques. The delay
lasted but a few days, and has not re¬
curred so far as the department is ad¬
vised. After that time the depart¬
ment’s mail for Lourenzo Marques
and Pretoria was sent by a neutral
route which, it appears, was known
and open to Mr. Macrum and Mr. Hol¬
lis as early as November 16th last.
“No obstacle, therefore, is here
known to have existed since then to
Mr. Macrum’s unhampered correspon¬
dence with the department of state.
“At no time while at his post did
Mr. Macrum report to the department
any instance of violation by opening
or otherwise of his official mail by the
British censor at Durban or by any
person or persons whatsoever, there
or elsewhere. Neither has he so re¬
ported since he left Pretoria, althouoh
having the amplest opportunity to do
so by mail while on the way home and
in person when he reported to the de¬
partment upon his return.
“According to the second part of
the aforesaid resolution, the under¬
signed, secretary of state, has the
honor to say that there is no truth in
the charge that a secret alliance exists
between the republic of the United
States and the empire of Great Brit¬
ain; that no form of secret alliance is
possible under the constitution of the
United States inasmuch as treaties
require the advice and consent of the
senate, or understanding exists be¬
tween the United States and any other
nation.
“Department of State, February 20,
1900 . John Hat-”
The president’s message conveying
this report gave a categorical answer
to the questions embodied in the reso¬
lution and did not refer to the action
of the department in relation to the
matter. It has since been given out
at the state department that inquiries
set on foot immediately after the pub¬
lication of Macrum’s first statement
developed the fact that the British
government had no knowledge of any
interference with the correspondence
of the United States consulate at Pre¬
toria, and the additional fact that if
any interference had taken place it was
contrary to instructions.
FRUIT CROP ASSURED.
Georgia lias Promise of a Larger Crop
Than Usual.
A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says:
“There are strong prospects for an
nnusually large fruit crop in this sec¬
tion of the state this year. All of the
frnit growers, with very few excep¬
tions, express opinions along this line,
and the recent cold spell seems to
have strengthened their views.
“The railroads are counting on
heavy shipments of fruit, and are
making their arrangements in accord¬
ance.”
WILL PLANT HEAVIER.
Tar Heel Growers To Increase Their
Cotton Acreage.
Secretary Bruher, of the North Car¬
olina agricultural department, says
the cotton acreage in the state will be
increased this year. The cotton deal¬
ers in general sharo in his opinion.
They say that the present high prices
are sure to bring about this result.
Inventor of “Gold Cure” Dead.
Dr. Leslie E. Keely, inventor of the
“gold cure,” died suddenly Wednes¬
day at his winter home near Los An¬
geles, California.
BOTH FACTIONS
SIGN AGREEMENT
For Consolidating; the Gubernatorial
Suits In Kentucky.
PROSPECTS ARE FOR PEACE
Contestants Will Abide Decision
of the Courts.
The contests over the state offices
in Kentucky have been very much
simplified by an agreement entered
into at Louisville, Wednesday, be¬
tween the attorneys for the Repub¬
licans and the Demoorat3 representing
both sides and straightening out the
legal tangle over the multiplicity of
injunction suits for the title of the
governorship.
yhe agreement is that there shall
be a speedy trial iu the courts ou an
agreed case, involving all of the issues,
the first hearing to be before Judge
Emmett Field, at Louisville. The
agreement, in part, is as follows:
There are now pending in the Jef¬
ferson circuit court two suits entitled,
respectively, W. S. Taylor vs. J. C. W.
Beckham et al., and another suit in
the name of J. C. W. Beckham vs. W.
8. Taylor and John Marshall is to be
filed in said court. Process has been
served in the two first named suits and
the defendants agree at once to enter
'their appearance in the last named
suit. All of said suits are to be placed
upon the ordinary docket and tried by
the court on the law and facts.
“One answer and the subsequent
pleadings in the first two named suits
may ho filed and applied in both cases,
and they are to be consolidated; the
same evidence shall be heard in all the
cases, the three cases being tried and
heard together.
“The evidence shall be by deposi¬
tion or record unless otherwise agreed
upon, and shall be taken as soon as
possible, say within ten days from the
time the pleadings are closed.
“Nothing herein shall be construed
to waive any objection to the relevancy
or competency of any and all evidence
introduced or offered ou the trial of
the said cases. When the said cause
shall have been finally determined in
the court of appeals it is hereby
agreed that all parties hereto will
unite in a request to the said court to
docket said cases immediately and ad¬
vance them for hearing at the earliest
day upon which the court can hear
them.
“It is further agreed that on such
appeal the original evidence used in
the circuit court, if voluminous, enn
be taken to the court of appeal, with¬
out being copied, thereby saving time
and cost.
"Shonld any party, after the final
determination of the causes by the
court of appeals desire a writ of error
to the supreme court of the United
States to review such determination it
is agreed that such writ shall be im¬
mediately applied for.
“The said causes shall be tried in
the Jefferson circuit court by Judge
Emmett Field, before whom one of
the said causes is now pending.
“It is further agreed by the parties
to the said suits that they will submit
and abide by all the orders and judg¬
ments of the courts made in said suits,
reserving, however, the legal right to
stay proceedings on such odds or judg¬
ments in any manner provided by
law.”
There is general elation in political
circles over the agreement, as it is con¬
ceded the matter will be pressed to a
speedy finish. Both sides are pleased.
PRESIDENT’S POLICY
Regarding Porto Rico Is Attacked By
Republican Representative.
A Washington dispatch says: For
the first time in the debate upon the
Porto Rican tariff bill the voice of a
Republican was raised against the
bill. Representative Bromwell, of
Ohio, opposed it on the ground of
policy and not of constitutionality.
His hostility, however, was not so ab¬
solute, as he announced his intention
of voting for it if the substitute
failed.
The other speakers Wednesday were
Mr. Ray, of New York, and Mr. Long,
of Kansas, for the bill, and Mr. Henry,
of Texas, against it. The republicans
have decided to hold a caucus or con¬
ference on the bill Saturday night.
Although there are said to be between
twenty and thirty Repmblicans who
are hostile to the measure the Repub¬
lican leaders who are canvassing the
situation say that no more than four
or five will cast their votes against it.
They also say sevoral Democrats will
support it.
The only Democrat who is out¬
spoken in his advocacy of the bill is
Mr. Davey, of Louisiana. He repre¬
sents one of the largest cane sugar
districts in the Bouth. Some others,
including Mr. Meyer and Mr. Brous¬
sard, of Louisiana; Mr. Devries, of
California; Mr. Davis and Mr. Spark¬
man, of Florida, are said to be in the
doubtful column, but the Democratic
whip says that only Mr. Davey and
Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, will vote
for it.
BOYCOTTS ARE LEGAL.
So Declares Judge Stover, of Kansas
City Circuit Court.
Judge Stover, in the Kansas City
circuit court, has declared that labor
unions had the legal right to put in
force a peaceful boyeott against em¬
ployers of non-union labor and a legal
right to try by peaceful and fair and
persuasive means, to induce cus¬
tomers of a boycotted person or firm
to quit that person or firm and patron¬
ize employers of union workers.
Merely An Automaton.
“A man sometime* thinks he’* having hi®
own way when he is realty doing what hi®
wife planned for him.”
“Yea.” am*wt*red tne mild-eyed pbUouophen
“many a one thinks he’a an autocrat when
he in merely an automatou.”— Washington
Star.
Barnacle* on Ocean Cables.
The recent Investigation for cable laying: In*
the Pacific Ocean have revealed the Interest¬
ing fact, that If not upon rock botton, they
gradually become encrusted with barnacle®*
and seaweeds, heavy enough to break them.
This Is like dyspepsia, which if it is not. chock¬
ed, grows until it breaks down the health
liostotter’s Stomach Hitters will prevent a®
well as cure Indigestion, dyspopsla, bilious¬
ness, liver and kidney troubles. It make®
weak stomachs strong. All druggists aelllt.
Ever Meet Jimson?
•Tack—"H h! ha! That’s a good story.
Here Pomes Jim*on; tell it to him.”
Tom—“No, I never tell a new funny story old
to .Timson. It always reminds him of an
and dismal one.”
44 A Stitch in Time
Saves Nine”
A broken stitch, tike the
44 little rift within the lute,”’
is the beginning of trouble.
44 1 am tired, not ill." 44 It
•will soon pass away." “ I don't believe
in medicine." These' ere the broken
stitches that teed to serious illness. Nature
is •wise end in Hood’s Sarsaparilla she
h&s furnished the means to take up
broken stitches. Why P ‘Because it
starts at the root and cleanses the blood.
Bad Blood — " For years I was
troubled with my blood, my face was
pale, I never felt well. Three bottles of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla made me feel better
and gave me a healthy color ." Mae Cross ,
24 Cedar Av., South. Minneapolis, Minn.
tfjjCcdji SwUapaTiffq
.Never Disappoint
H ood’s Pill* cur* Uver Ilia; the non-irritating and
only "cathartic to take with flood’* Sarsapal-iila,
Coming On.
A certain recruit, who had evidently
seen better days, In a regiment posses-
sing more medals than certificates of
education, found it difficult at first to
confine himself to words of less than
three syllables in conversing with hi*
messmates. One day he was talking
about an event which happened to
him in civil life, when one of his
chums, trying to get a rise out of him,
said:
“I suppose that was previous to your
attestation?”
“No,” replied the gentleman recruit,
"it was before I blooming well came
up.’’
And then it was known that he bad:
taken a step In the right direction.—
Answers.
The Real Test for Swearing.
Wrangler—You say that Job’s pa¬
tience never was really tested?
Quibbler—I do. Why, he never
put the lighted end of his cigar in his
mouth just as he wanted to make hi»
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Two Letters from Women Helped Through
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