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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN- THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 21, 1U03. 11 TO PASS PLATE LESS Methodists Object to So Many Collections. CHURCH "BEGGING" TOO-MUCH Large Committee Is Considering the Consolidation of Several Societies &s a Source of Relief Officers Oppose -Proposition. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-r-The Methodists fell over the United States are asking for a reduction of the number of public col lections in the local churches. They say there is too much "begging" In connec tion -with the preaching services, and both clergy and laity are demanding a change. Besides the various local needs church expenses, neighborhood charities, etc. there are general interests for -which several millions of dollars must be raised annually. Some pastors assert that of necessity they are obliged to make a public appeal about every alternate Sun day, which they think is a little more than their congregations will endure for any length of time. For the purpose of relieving this unpleasant situation, the bishops have appointed a commission to consider the matter of consolidating the collections by uniting somo of the be nevolent societies. The gentlemen hav ing this matter In charge all represent ative bishops, clergymen and laymen are: Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bishop John M. Walden, Cincinnati, O.; Bishop Charles H. Fowler, Buffalo, K. Y.; the Rev. J. F. Goucher, D. D., Baltimore, Md.; the Rev. S. W. Thomas, D. D.. Philadelphia, Pa.; the Rev. D. I. Rader, D. D., St. Paul, Minn.; the Rev. A. N. Fisher. D. D., Portland, Or.; the Rev. E. O. Thayer. D. D., Portland, Me.; the Rev. J. M. Buckley. D. D., New York City; R. T. Miller. Cincinnati. O.; George Cochran, Los Angeles, Cal.; F. W. Tun nell, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. S. Dobbins. Morristown, N. J.; J. A. Patten, Chatta nooga, Tenn.; Archer Brown, East Or ange, N. J. The officers are: President, Bishop Foss; Vice-President, Dr. J. F. Goucher; secretary, the Rev. E. O. Thayer; assist ant secretary, G. I. Cochran. A secret meeting of the commission has been held, but so many questions were raised that it was found impossible to reach final conclusions. A large subcommittee was appointed to collate all material facts, compare the various propositions and re port the same at the next meeting. This committee Is now at work studying the legal and other phases of the proposed amalgamation of the societies. There are a variety of benevolent societies, each with separate management and charters, but all under the supreme control of the general conference, so that In their ulti mate purposes they aro a unit, although seemingly independent. The general conference is the only body that can make the consolidation suggested. Question of Vital Interest. Although not so striking as the re moval of the time limit, repeal of the paragraph on amusements or the ad mission of women delegates to the gen eral conference, the question of congre gational collections Is one of vital Inter est to the 3,000.000 members of the. Meth dlst societies have been developed for Within the past half-ccntury six Metho dist societies have been develpode for carrying -on missionary- and educational' work tjf a universal 'character. They are the Missionary Society, Board of Church Extension, Sunday School Union. Tract Society, Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society and the Board of Edu cation. They are all essentially mis sionary. One-half of the money raised for missions exclusively is expended In this country among the foreigners, In dians 'on the frontier and in the cities. The other half Is used in supporting central' stations In Japan. China. Corea, India, Africa ancKEurope. About $1,250, 000 is handled- by this society each year. The Board of Church Extension is a sort of Methodist co-operative bank or ganized for the purpose of helping weak congregations to build churches. It gives money and makes loans at a low rate of interest. By Its aid over 12,000 churches have been erected, and It now has a working loan fund of $2,750,000. which Is steadily Increasing. The Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society carries on a work of education among the poor whites and the negroes of the South. It holds property and resources valued at aver $2,000,000. and is reaching over 10,000 young people in the Southern States. In dustrial training is being given to 3000 students. The Board of Education has a loan fund of over $1,000,000, which is used to help young theological students and other Methodist young people to obtain an education. The maximum amount loaned is $100 and the rate of interest is 4 per cent Over $20,000 a year Is used by the Sunday School Union In supplying lesson leaves, hymn books and libraries to needy Sunday schools. This society is auxiliary to the Missionary Society In its operations, as It sends literature or gives .money, for Sunday -school purposes In all parts of the world. In one year, besides rendering a large amount of help to remote localities in the United States, It sent money to Denmark, St. Petersburg, Austria, Rome, Calcutta, Toklo, Corea, .End South America to pay for the trans lation and publication of lesson leaves la the native languages. The Tract So ciety publishes more than 1200 tracts in ltlanguages and dialects. Large quant ities of these publications are given away to local organizations for general distri bution, and in the foreign countries they are scattered by colporteurs and native workers. Societies Want More Money. These societies are constantly urging the pastors and churches to give them separate collections, so that they will ge$ more money. Naturally, the officials are not in favor of consolidation unless It could he managed so as to not de crease their incomes. Each one is con fronted by unusual opportunities for In vesting money In Christian enterprises to good advantage. The Missionary So ciety alone is actually embarrassed by Its opportunities. In India, especially, the natives are being converted so fast that the missionary force now in the field can not baptize or care for them. It is said there are lff.000 converts that the mission aries cannot receive, simply because there are not enough pastors and teachers to do the necessary training, which is verj: important Strenuous efforts are being put forth to Increase the income of the Missionary Society to $1,500,000. All the other societies are suffering in the larco way. The total amount of money raised by the church for all purposes Is about $19, M0.O00 per year, over $15,000,000 of wHIcb Is for ministerial support and current expenses. For purely benevolent pur poses of a universal nature, which do not Immediately benefit the local church, the expenditure Is $2,822,437 per year. All of this money come3 from the 'pockets ol the members of the church and congre gation, with the exception of a few hun dred thousands in legacies and special gifts. The Twentieth Centurv Thanks Riving fund of $20,003,000 which Is steadily being raised, does not directly help the benevolent fund, as It is being applied to !he payment of debts on church and par sonage property and the development of endowments for univerfltici. 7T i . Releasing; Guam Prisoners. WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Acting Secre tary Sanger, of the War Department has issued an order for the return of the pris oners at Guam to Manila. The Chief Quartermaster at San Francisco, by this order, is directed to order the Quarter master in charge of the transport Sheri dan September 1 to proceed to Manila by way of Guam. The transport Quarter master has an order to the naval Governor of Guam directing him to turn over for transportation such prisoners and their servants as have taken the oath of alle giance 'to the United States. The Quar termaster will yscelve these prisoners with the oaths they have taken and proceed to Manila. The order then directs him to notify the commanding General and to send the copies of the oaths of allegiance to the General to be turned over to the civil Governor. After they have been examined by the civil Governor and ap proved the prisoners will bo allowed to land at Manila. The most Important of these military prisoners is MablnL TRUST MAGNATES RETURN Morgan, Grlscom, "Wldencr and Ar mour Back Prom London. NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Prominent among the long liet of passengers who .3IAP OF. COOS BAY... SHOWING PRJELIMlJfARY LO.CATION OF- BELT LINE RAILWAY AROUND '.THE EDGE! OF THE HAY. THE LINE EXTENDING SOOTH IS NOW IN OPERATION TO 3IYHTLE POINT, 27 MILES, AND ANOTHER SHORT RAILROAD RUNS TO THE LIB BY COAL MINE. THE NEW TOWN OF BANGOR IS LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN 3IARSHFIELD AND EMPIRE. arrived today on the Oceanic from Liver pool were: J. Pierpont Morgan, Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York; Clement A. Griscom. of Philadelphia, president of the International Navigation Company; P. A. B. Wldener, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English act ress. Mr. Morgan declined to be Inter viewed, saying he had nothing to give out for publication. Bishop Potter said he had a delightful trip abroad, but was glad to get home. "f am surprised and sadly disappointed to find the coal strike still unsettled," he continued. "The anthracite coal operators have all along maintained a false posl- 2 tlon. They take the stand that they will not deal with the organizations, but insiot on dealing with the men as individuals. Now this Is all wrong. Any body of meni whose Interests are common have the right to organize into an association for mutual protection and are entitled to recognition as an organization In matters which affect their individual and com bined Interests." Clement A. Grlscom eald: "I do not know when the steamship combine will be incorporated. When I went away everything was ready for Its incorporation, so I expect it will take place very soon." "Has the Cunard line entered Into the combination?" was. asked. "No, No one but the newspapers have ever considered the Cunard line." J. Ogdcn Armour, of Chicago,. who was also a passenger on the Oceanic, said In response to inquiries tha.t he knew noth ing about, a $230,000,000 beef trust being organized. "I have been away on a purely pleas ure trip," he said, "and I know absolutely nothing bf 'the situation." Asked If he had not heard that a con solidation of the Important beef-packing Interests was under consideration, Mr. Ar mour sold that he had heard of It but did not know what amount of capital stock was proposed. The David Hnrura of the Cabinet. New York Times. Secretary Wilson has gained the name of the "David Karum of the Cabinet" not only through the stories which he keeps on tap appropriate to all occasions, but also because of the ready wit with which he meets all conversational attacks. Not long ago he was one of the guests at the board of the Clover Club in Philadelphia, an organization which has acquired a rep utation as being a most difficult body to address. Tne members seem to take a fiendish pride In rattling a speaker by their Interruptions. Mr. Wilson had Just risen. His first sen tence had contained a reference to the fable of the Hon and the ass. "Which are you?" called a voice from down the table. "The Hon," answered the Secretary, without an Instant's hesitation. "Which are you?" It Was an Idle Boast. Boston Herald. Anent Lewis Nlxon'a boast that Amer ican ship building will soon control the world's work, the secretary of the Birm ingham Society of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders points oul that " the total construction of wood, Iron and steel vessels In America In 1&0O for the foreign trade of the United States was the small total of 26.C69 tons, at which rate of prog ress It would take a century and three quarters to supply the demand for the foreign trade of our country. A VICTIM TO CUPID. Natural ConMeijacnccs of Having Perfect Health and Vitality. No man can enjoy life who has not the vigor and vitality which "Cupldene" gives to IhoKt who use U. "Cupldene" is sold at S. G. Skldmore & Co-'s, Portland. Or. "Cupidene" braces the whole ' system, gives new life and manhood. "Cupldene" overcomes the effects of errors and dis ease. 1 nftr box. or boxes for $3. WILL STORE NEW WHEAT KLICKITAT PRODUCT TO WAIT FOU COMPLETION OF RAILROAD. Grade Half Completed on Columbia River Northern Ralls Are TJue. Balfour, Guthrio & Co., are to handle the grain along the line of the Columbia River & Northern Railroad. The railroad will not be ready to trans port the wheat at the end of the harvest so three large warehouses are now under construction and the grain will be pur chased and stored there until the rail road shall be completed and In condition for handling the traffic One warehouse Is under construction at Goldcndalc, an other at Centerdlle, and a third will be erected at the head of Swale canyon. Each will be 300 feet long and the three will hold about LOOO.000 bushels of wheat, which is estimated to be the surplus of the Klickitat Valley for this season. Manager H. C. Campbell has returned from a trip over the line and he reports the grade completed for about half tho entire 42 miles between the mouth of the Klickitat and Goldondalc This is not in one stretch, but is in spots along tho line where crews could work to best advantage. The rails for the road aro expected to arrivo any day. for a con siderable part of them has been afloat a long enough time to reach this coast Tho rolling stock for the road two locomo tives, two passenger coaches and 43 freight cars aro now In Chicago ready i to be forwarded, but the work at this end 13 not yet far enough advanced to warrant sending the rolling stock out Tho steel bridge for the lower crossing of the Klickitat will be shipped from Pittsburg before tho end of the month. Tho upper crossing will be a Howe truss and will be built here. Freight Is now landed on the beach at Lyle on the east side of the Klickitat River where It Joins the Columbia. There Is hardly a demand for a better landing at this time. But when the weather gets bad so as to necessitate housing freight tho wharf boat will be proi'ided. Every thing along tho line of tho new road Is proceeding satisfactorily and trains will bo in operation before the end of the year. Manager Campboll expects to have a big "blow-out" then. GRADING FOR BELT LINE. Old Coos Bay Buildings Taken for Neiv Use. EMPIRE CITY, Aug. 13. The Urst work of grading for the Belt Line Railway around Coos Bay was done today, at Em pire, on Second street. H. D. Jerrett first assistant chief engineer, has been over the ! three surveys, and has reported, with his advice as to the best route, to headquarters- at Portland. As soon as Mr. Jerrett Is advised of the route accepted, active work will at once begin all along the lino of survey. Camp No. 1 will be at Empire, where the mess and lodging-house for the tnen Is being renovated and prepared for use. This building Is one of the old taverns built in the 50s, and has been vacated for years. The construction ccrnpany has rented the structure and has had a crew of carpenters at work on it for over a week putting It into shape. Two hundred men will start at this camp ai soon as they can be had. From the grounds where the depot Is to ub uuui is uting movea a store ouiKnng buut in 1S70. Another is being torn down that was built in 1S53-4. This latter is the oldest building In Coca County. The Belt Line Company has rented an other of the pioneer buildings, built In 1E53, and Is fitting It up for offices until such time as its own building of stone shall be built at the new town of Bangor. RAILROAD TO FAXLS CITY., Gcrllnger Project Takes New Life Nine Miles This Year. L. Gerlinger yesterday announced that It had been decided to go ahead with the construction of the Salem, Falls City &. Western RallVoad, in Polk County, be tween Dallas and Falls City, a distance of nine miles, and that the lino would be In operation before the end of the year. This Is upon the assumption that the ar rangements made with Dallas people some time ago will hold good now. Connection with the Southern Pacific will be had at Dallas. There are two sawmills at the other end of the line that are jiow badly handicapped by lack of transportation, and the new road is designed primarily to handle the traffic ct those mills, but It is expected that- much other business will offer. Surveyors are now In the field mak ing the final location of the track between Dallas and Falls City. It will be a com mon carrier, not merely a logging railroad, j It will be of standard gauge, and have modern equipment ' While present preparations are for the building of only the nine miles. It is ex pected that by the time this stretch of road shall be completed, arrangements will have been made for carrying the line across the Coast Range Inte the Slletz country, a distance of about 30 miles. An easy pass In the mountains has been found, and the Hue Is pronounced entirely practicable. It will penetrate a heavily timbered re gion, and will also give an outlet for the rettlcrs who have gone into that country and engaged In farming on reservation lands. The new line will operate as a feeder to the Southern Pacific, and will open up a large region capable of pro ducing heavy traffic for many years. First Double Traek to the Missouri. The Chicago 5: North-Western Railroad has Just issued an artistic copyrighted pamphlet on "The Only Double Track Be tween Chicago and the Missouri River." which traces in a striking manner the growth of the North-Western system. Aside from the story told in the letter text there axe maps showing the extent of the. system at Intervals of 10 years. The first map Is of the Northwest In 1S52. showing the North-Western Railroad ex tending between Chicago and Elgin, a dis tance of 42 miles, and that was IB years after tho. original charter had been ob tained for a road from Galena to Chicago, with the proviso that thq road "might. If desired, be mado a good turnpike," instead of a railroad. In the succeeding 10 years the road had been extctnded northward to Oshkosh. Wis., and westward to Cedar Rapids. Ia., and 10 years later it had en tered the Lake Superior iron refeion at the north, and at the west made connec tion with the Union Pacific at Council Bluffs. And so on the system filled out until the whole country between Lake Michigan and Wyoming became covered with a network of lines belonging to the North-Western. It now embraces ES12 miles, and Its latest distinction is "the only double track between Chicago and the Missouri River." This pamphlet puts In attractive form a chapter of Interesting history, and General Agent A. G. Barker Is proud to offer It as evidence that his company is fully abreast of the times, and meana to keep there. Proceedings Against Lamb Dropped. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Judge Laccoibe. in the United States Court decided today that Ceorge Alfred Lamb, attorney In the Peter Power suit, was not a member of the bar practicing In the United State3 Courts, and that consequently the pro ceedings against him for contempt of court should be dropped. Lamb had been or dered to show cause today why he should not be punished for alleged contempt In -falling to produce Power before a referee to give testimony. On motion of Lamb. Judge Lacombe signed an order directing the Marshal to produce Peter Power for examination when called for by the spe cial examiner who Is taking the testimony In tho case. Boycotting: the Santa Fe. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 20. Grainmen are advising ' country shippers to ship grain and mill products over some other road than the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo whenever possible. This policy has been adopted because the Santa Fe road roeentlv lssuprl an nrder irhlrTi tho praln men allege keeps thousands of cars of wneat irom cccning to this market. ICnlslccrn Promoted. CHICAGO. Aug. 20. Warren B. Knis kern, general passenger agent of the v,ai- cago & North-Western Railroad, has been promoted to the position of passenger traf fic mapager of that company. The ap pointment Is effective tomorrow. Railroad Notes. The Oregon Short Line Is said to be in the market for 10 wide vestibule passen ger coaches. The Union Pacific has placed an order with the Baldwin Locomotive Works for 120 new engines. General Freight Agent Miller, of the O. R. & N., left Tuesday night on a business trip to Spokane. President Mohler, of .the Q. R. & N., left yesterday morning for a trip over the Washington division of the system. The Northern Pacific has ordered four new dining cars from the Pullman Com pany and from tho Standard Steel Car Company 1055 box. cars and 1000 flat can of 50.000 pounds capacity and 250 stock cars. It has also ordered 10 new loco motives. RECREATION. If you wish to enjoy a day of rest and pleasure, take the O. R. &N. train from Union depot at 9 A. M. for a short trip up the Columbia, returning. If desired, by boat from Cascade Locks. Tickets and particulars at O. R. & N. ticket office; Third and Washington. When you suffer from sick headache, dizzinets. constipation, "etc.. remember Carter's Little Liver Pills will relieve you One pill Is a dose. THE LUCK OF INVENTORS TRIVIAL INCIDENTS SUGGEST NOTA BLE MECHANICAL DEVICES. Fortunes Realized by tne Merest Ac cidents, While Skillful Men Fall to Accomplish Much. In the cpurse of hie life the average man stumbles across many inventions. Unfortunately, he has seldom the wit to realize what he has done. One man In. perhaps, a, million, can appreciate" the value pt his discovery; says the Chicago Chronicle. He beccines an Edison or a Marconi, and the world wonders. The. other members of the million well, trio writer la one. Are you another? Many yearg ago a kitchen' maid at Stanley Farm, near Burslem, was boiling up some salt and water for curing pork: The vessel used was of ung.azed eaTthen ware, and during her absence from the kitchen the brine boiled over and there was trouble. Subsequently, the brine re fused to be scraped off the clay, but stuck to the outside of the vessel In a shiny waterproof coat. The story of that accident came to .the ears of a Buralera potter. To him it sig nified something more than the "wicked waste of brine" of the kitchen maid. He pirated the unconscious discovery, "in vented" the system of glazing by com mon salt, and simultaneously gave the Staffordshire potteries one of the great est boons they have ever experienced. In the latter half of the eighteenth century, one of the membero of a little scientific society in Liverpool laid a cu rious wager. He bet a brother scientist that he would read a newspaper by the light of a farthing dip at a distance ot 30-feet Tho brother scientist finding the feat difficult at even a sixth ot the dis tance, cheerfully accepted the wager. The layer merely coated the Inside of a shallow wooden box with sloping pieces of. looking glass, so as to form a con cave lens, placed behind his farthing dip and. -readily deciphered the smail print at the stipulated distance. Tho experiment was witnessed by a Liverpool dockmsster. He was a think ing man and saw great possibilities in this learned Jest. He' straightway adapt ed the. principle to lighthouse require ments, and forthwith the modern re flected light, with its miles of effective range and untold llfe-savlnc powers. sprang Into being. A Staffordshire potter named Astbury once stopped at Dunsta ble on his way to London In order to ob- laln advlcd as to his horse's weak vision. The hostler at his Inn burned seme flints and pulverized, them Into a fine powder, which he blew Into the animal's eyes. Astbury was astounded not at the nature of the operation, but at the fact that the erstwhile, black flint became white with the heat Surely, thought he, if this powdered flint wero added to the ordinary pipe cla it would on being fired produce a far harder and more serviceable white waro than ordinary clay. He tried the ex periment and flint ware was added to the list of British manufactures. The Result of Accidents. Lundyfoot, the well-known snuffmaker of our grandfathers' days, was oncedry ing some snuff preparatory to presenting it for sale. By accident It was baked too long and burned beyond repair, but Lundy foot was not cast down. Most men would have thrown away the entire stock. He decided upon a bolder course. Making a virtue of necessity, he advertised his charred stock as the hew "high-dried" snuff, p.nd started to.push It for all he was worth. It had a pungent flavor all its own, and, greatly to his surprise. It "caught on." He made a large fortune out of his "Invention." Many present-day Inventions have had equally unlikely beginnings. Saccharine is tne most vaiuaDie suo3titute xor sugar we know. It-can be taken with Impunity by diabetic patients, to whom" ordinary sugar Is death, and It Is many times sweeter than that commodity. Neverthe less It has only been known to science since 1S87. In that year Dr. Fahlberg was employed urion the all-Important subject of coal-tar derivatives at the Johns Hop kins University, United States of America. Sitting one evcnlns at tea, he was sur prised to find how sweet his bread and butter tasted. He traced the sweetness to his fingers, thenre to his coat sleeves, and finally to one-of the bowls of deriva tives Jn his laboratory. Experiments upon himself and animals proved alike the harmlessncss of the compound and Its ex treme sweetness. He had "discovered" saccharine. Edison Knows a Good Tlilnir. Edison was one day walking on the sea coast when he came across a patch of black sand. Curious .to knew what It con tained, he filled his pockets with It, and subsequently turned It out on a bench in his laboratory. Just then a passing work man stumbled against the table and dropped the big magnet he was carrying across the sand. When he picked It up again It was covered with tiny black grains, proving the sand to consist largely of metallic particles. Most men would have sworn and passed on. To Edison, however, the action suggested the modern process of metal extraction from low grade orer. In this the ore Is first crushed to powder and then passed between power ful magnets, while the dross passes on. The end, alas! Is not always so satis factory. Sixty years ago, when Daguerre, Talbot and their brother scientists were working night and day to "fix" the fleet ing photographs which Daguerre had jU3t introduced, an unknown lad humbled the entire French academy. A poor, plnchea little fellow, whose shabby cothes and half-starved appearance accorded but 111 with the brain that must have been his. r-alkcd one evening Into the shop of Chev alier, the optician, of the Qual dc l'Hor loge. Before he left he had shown a plate to M. Chevalier which proved beyond a doubt Swcst, crisp. fl&Ees of wheat an! malt-eaten cold. Carries It Alonrf with Hor. ' I think 'Force' tho best breakfast food ever put on tho market. I Intend to ?ake , pftnty to the country and let the yoong people harlt tbttS'Umes a day. furaished on ption. DISEASES OF MEN And Their Certain Cure J, HENRI KESSLEn, M. D. Mnnajcr. EXAMINATIONS FREE VARICOCELE .-JF5. IISA?B'T-n enlargement of the veins surrounding the spermatic ""ftuVf tTe4'c.knaottcd. wormy-like or swollen appearance of the scrotum: TltS CALSE-Sometlmes self-pollution, but often blows, falls, strains excessive horseback or blcycle-ridlng. an.n. THE EFFECT At times a dull, heavy, dragging pain in small of back, extending down through loins Into the parts, low spirits, weakness ot body and brain, nervous debility, partial or complete loss ot sexual power and often failure of tteneral health. l c THE CURE If you are a victim of this dire disease, come to my office and let me explain to you my oroeess of treating It. You will then not ?rrw'lhave cuied' to stay cured, more than 700 cases of VARICO CELE during the pnat 12 months. Lnder ray treatment the patient improves rrom the very beginning. All pain instantly ceases. Soreness and swelling quickly subside. The pools of stagnant blood are forced from the dilated veins, which rapidly assume their normal .!ze. strength and soundness All indications of disease and weakness vanish completely and forever and In their Head comes the pride, the power, and the pleasures of perfect health and restored manhood. " Lal0 cuire iV sta' cured forever, Stricture. Syphilitic Blood Poison Inv potency and all associate diseases and weaknesses of men. To these ma ladies alone I have earnestly devoted my whele professional life If you cannot call at my office, write me your symptoms fully. My home treatment by correspondence Is always successful. My counsel is free and CmyD Sskdrcs? PaUent leSal Cntract ln tiSS J. H. KESSLER, M. D., Cor. Yamhill and Second, Portland, Or. that he had mastered the much-pondered problem. He would not divulge his secret at least, "not until tomorrow." T3ut that tomorrow did not come, for the poor lad was never 3ten again. Whether the long toll had unseated his reason, whether he haa perished miserably ln the dark runnlnjr Seine or the casualty ward of a Paris hospital must remain a matter of original conjecture. So, too, must the name of the fixer of the modern photo graph t ' CIVIL WAR INCIDENT. Stlrrlns Incident of First Settle of Manassas. Baltimore Sun. In connection with the article in the Sun of last Friday relating an Incident of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Geor- j gn. m 1S6I. when Colonel W. H. Martin, of the First Arkansas Regiment gave the order to' his men to etop firing, "and hoisted a white handkerchief on a stick that the Federals ln his front might remove some of their wounded men from a burning woods, Mrs. Susan B. Hull, of 1020 Cathe dral street, recounts an Interesting bit of history. Tho First Arkansas Regiment was com possd largely of students of St. John's College, at Little Rock, and was officered by the professors and Instructors of the college. The first Colonel of the regiment was Mrs. Hull's brother. Colonel John Baker Thompson, who had been president of the collese, and who afterwards fell at the Battle of Shlloh. The First Arkan saa was. encamped near Fredericksburg when the first Battle of Manassas, or Bull Run. opened. The command was ordered to the field, and It made the march In remarkably good time, winning words of praise from General Mag ruder. The men were not allowed to halt on the march, the, roads were dusty and the weather warm, and they suffered terribly from thirst When the battle-field was reached the command was thrown into the forefront of the fighting. Almost di rectly in front of the regiment waa a spring of cool water, completely covered, however, by the guns of a Federal bat tery. This tempting spring, so near and yet .so far, waa exceedingly tantalizing to the thirsty men. and finally., when hu man nature could stand It no longer, two young boys, both under 16, whose names, "unfortunately, have been lost In the flight of time, volunteered to get some water from the spring. With a lot of canteens strung over their shoulders the two young heroes started on their perilous Journey. As soon as they came within range of the Federal battery It opened on them, and a perfect hall of canister and grape swept the field. The two lads reached the spring uninjured, and quickly filled the canteens, while their comrades watched with breath less Interest, expecting every moment to see them struck down. Suddenly, as it by magic, the fire of the battery ceased. Then as the boys started on their return to the regiment an officer on horseback rode out from between the guns of the battery and. lifting his hat. waved It to J tne boys, wniie a nearly cneer Drone rrom the throats of the cannoneers. The officer had discerned the mission of the lads and given orders to stop firing. The cheer was responded to by the thirsty Confederates, and a few minutes later they were pouring te refreshing water down their dusty throats. L Poaslbly at Kennesaw. when the men and boys of the First Ancansas Regiment saw the unfortunate wounded boys ln blue ln danger of a horrible death In the burning woods, they remembered the in cident of the first great battle of the war. Mr. Piatt ""Won't Bother" With National Issues. New York Evening Post Senator Piatt Intimates In his casual Jim Dumps and family went one day To camp in woodlands far away. In former camping days a pack Of food had- burdened poor Jim's back. No heavy foods now weigh on him 'Tis "Force" that camps with "Sunny Jiml" Th Keidj-to-Eerra Cereal essence of nature's best life-builders. There Is a certain oure for these dis eases without resorting to those unpleas ant and painful methods still used by many, which aggravate, rather than give relief. With the same certainty as that of a perfect diagnosis, I adapt my special French treatment to the radical cure of - Stricture, 'Frostntls, Inflammation af the Bladder, Private Disorders, Varicocele, And all Genlto-Unlary Diseases It affords Instant relief. I remove every vestige ot disease witohut resorting to those painful procercctj usually employed and which do not give satisfaction. Jt is pot reasonable to suppose that a man can exercise the essential functions while the urinary channel is blocked by stricture or other disease, which destroys the vital power and which becomes more aggravated under improper treatment These diseases while they last always detract from the e-xual and bladder functions, and an early cure Is always advisable. and airy way that the New York State Reputllcan Convention will not "bother with Federal Issues." That Is his answer to the question what his position la about reciprocity, Cuban and other, and about tariff revision. Thosa are Federal'lssues. and by simply saying that you do not propose to "bother" with them, you evi dently save yourself a world of annoy ance. Possibly the voters may decide that a party so anxious not to be "both ered" ought by all means to be spared the nuisance of administering the Gov ernment again. However that may be, and even If the convention should' adopt the almc6t unprecedented course of si lence as respects National politics, the Republican nominees for Congress can not so lightly dismiss their troubles. Congressman Payne, for example, may fairly be asked where he stands now in the matter of Cuban reciprocity. He has held and abandoned all possible opin ions on the subject; though, at last ac counts, his needle was pointing straight for Oyster Bay. Is he too experience yet another variation? Take. too. the ques tion of trusts. The Republican candi dates are certain to talk about them, ahd to aiy how anxious and determined they are to cut their claws. But how can they je 6llent If the query Is put to them why they do not favor the removal of tariff protection for monopolies. They may say, with Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, that they will do this "at the proper time" that time being always some more convenient season than any given day. 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