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TIIK HOCK ISLAND AKGUS, WKDXKSPAV, OCTOHKK 7. THE ARGUS. ruMlh.sl tally at SccfnJ r.u. R.-H-k IlanL III. tEntT-d at the r-ostm-e a second-class matter.) nrk Mmkrr of th Aoctatr I'lTM. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Ten tnt prr werk by car rier. In U.x-k liand; 13 rr year by mall la advance. Complaints of delivery service should b made to the circulation department, which ahould also b n-nifl.-d In every Ir.stanc where !t Is d":rod to have niTr .i-rmt!nuc.t- aii carriers have n- authority In the rfml'fi. All communication of argumentative character, polltt.al or reliKiou. must hav real name atta.-hed for publica tion, such articles will be printed ever flctittmjs signatures. Telephone in all department. Cen tral L'r.ion, Rn. k Inland 115. 1145 and XI 15. Wedneaday. October 7, 1914. Only a few log-rolling politicans are kicking against the war taxes. The censor might also stop those improbable and freak war stories, but he doesn't. Two feet of mow and still falling 1h Alberta. Canada- Glad you have your coal In. are yon not? Or have you not: Even the ;water wagon la In bad, it is said, with the temperance people of Kansas City. This U a hard world to fleas c. Tim was when an earthquake which killed 2.500 would be looked upon as a great calamity. "Nowadays at is merely aa Incident In the day s news. It Is easy to imagine what might have happened to the leaders of the constitutional conference if they hadn't refused to accept Carranza's resignation. La Follette hag refused an Indei end nt nomination for governor of Wis consin. Evidently he does not con aider hia political situation to des perate as that. velop new industries Is afforded by j tin. The benefit which the United States may obtain from the present ; situation is the establishment of a tin smelter in this country in which to smelt loliian tin ores and such small output of American ore as Is produced. The tin concentrates roduced last year; in the United States were all shipped to British smelters. At the present time between 30,000 and 40.000 tons of tin concentrates, carrying more than 20.000 tons of me tallic tin. are shipped each year from ilolivia to Europe for smelting. The United tSates Imported several times that amount of metallic tin last year and would easily absord all the tin smelted from the Bolivian ore. The smelting of Bolivian ores presents no difficulties that American metallur gists cannot readily overcome, and" Bo livian ores will now be easier to buy. If ships can be found to carry the ore an opportunity seems to be presented for Americans to begin purchasing ores that have hitherto gone to Europe. Achievements of the Democrats RICHMOND AS FINANCIER. Although 1'rVsldent Wilson has do-. lion advanced, nnd trading In cotton termlned not to make stump speeches future practically abolished, in the campaign this fall, he retains Conservation program agreed upon, a deep, personal Interest in it. While. ; including general dam bill regulating us he says, he will "stay on tho Job." nalo of watcrpower awl federal regu he retains the prerogative of letter-. lation of radium-bearing ores. Meat inspection piaceu unaer tue pure food laws. Rural credits system strengthened by federal reserve act, and additional writ in ir and nersoual endorsement of candidates. The democratic national committee has Issued as a campaign document CHORDS AND DISCORDS the "record of achievements" of tho legislation on that subject prepared first year and a half of the Wilson ad ministration. This document will re ceive wide distribution in doubtful states this fall. Since the first edition was Issued, the following items have been added? The policy of "watchful waiting- in Mexico, widely condemned six months ago. Is now hailed as vindicated and as an asset. War emergency measures are feat ured, including the prompt issue of emergency currency, new shipping Industrial peace promoted by execu tive participation in settlement oT UU Acuities between western railroads and their employes, and by frequent conferences with business and labor ing men. Public neutrality urged by president In present .war crisis. Frankness with the press made part of "open door" policy. New York, New Haven & Hartford caso started toward settlement. t-. . i i .. .. e 'j daa nan lact J USUI BUI I'lUO UL THAT threat of Mr. Glynn that he alone will be the governor of New York must sound almost like treason to thoso folks in the Empire state who have grown accustomed to the old or der of things. DESPITE what we may believe to tho contrary, the world is getting bet ter. A Chicago woman has just re ceived from California the first in stallment of a bunch of jewelry stolen from her home by a chauffeur who had been In the employ of the family. The cliauf says in a note that the rest of the loot will come along later. Nice of him. The Daily Story Found on the Battlefield P.j F. A. Mitchel. Copyrighted. 1H. by Associated I.lternry liureau. laws, the proposal to establish a gov- ; year. f n W n Inn a fn. f ha Of I COCK ! ... - A,l .KpnoH burden upon the tax payers ernment-owr.ed merchant marine for emergency use, the war risk bill, and re- No w that proceedings have been undertaken to collect on Jack John son's ball bond.lt is becoming evident that the colored champion also trim-) med Uncle Sam before he departed for Europe. Another illusion shattered. The deadly gas with which French shells tre charged is not made from turpentine tut Is Jiamed after a Frenchman who doesn't care what kind of a monument be erects for himself. The sultan of Turkey, having been tinable to see an opening by which he stand much of a chanc of petting anything for himlf, has decided to take it out on the khedive of Egypt. If we are to believe all the stories cf the marvelous financiering of the present chairman of the board of su pervisors which are being printed these days, why go to all this trouble to fi nance county improvements? Why not let George do it? An Illinois man has set out for Eur ope to gain impressions of the war . with the object of writing a book. If he could be content with impressions obtained .from this tide of the ocean his chances of surviving to do the writing would be a great deal better. And now come Gallinger of New Hampshire, and Smoot of Utah, sur vivors of that notable political era when certificates of deposit nestled un der senatorial dinner plates, fanning the air with charges of "graft" in the river and harbor Mil. Why, the word was invented when they were running the government! Cext Friday the Mate fire marshal has designated as prevention and clean-up day. He has issued a proc lamation asking that the people oh- cerve this day by a general cleaning I gf of important carbolic acid by mak. Island county we are calmly assured that George H. Richmond, as chair man of the supervisors, has in five years w iped out a county debt of $160,- 000 compelled the county, as It were, to lift itself by the bootstraps out of the financial mire. And now the inner circle of the re publicans, as a recognition of this marvelous achievement, have prevailed upon him against his will to run for sheriff, thus. If elected, taking him out of an office in which he has done what no man ever did before and no man can ever hope to again accomplish to place him in a position where his peculiar abilities must He dormant a dead loss to the county. If George Richmond can save 5160, 000 In five years as chairman of the board why not let him stay where he is? Furthermore, if he has done all this why is it necessary to bond the coun ty and levy an additional tax to build bridges or a jail. There Is no reason, if these statements are true, why he cannot save enough la five years more to make all these improvements with out adding anything to the rate of taxation. Put the trouble Is that Mr. Rich mond's achievements have been, like the story of Mark Twain's death. greatly exaggerated." He didn't save the county 1160,000 in five years, and furthermore, the county Is not now wholly out of debt, though It Is in a fair way to become so in a year or two more. If the present ratio of reve nues to expenditures is maintained. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Richmond was largely instrumental In putting before the people previous propositions for bonds to refund the county's floating debt and improve the jail and they were lost. When it was realized that the people would never vote to accept this obligation officers - of this county Joined with those of other counties similarly situated with relation to finances and the passage of an amend ment to the Juul law was pal through the legislature enabling counties to greatly Increase the rate of taxation As soon as this act was in force count taxes here were raised from 53 or 6 cents to approximately 7a cents per 1100 assessed valuation. Out of the surplus thus created th paying off of the accumulated indebt edness was begun. It is a fact that Rock Island county is virtually solvent and In the opinion of county officers will be enabled, with the increase In assessed values under the rerating to take place next year to get entirely free from debt in couple of years. It will thus be seen that the im prorcni'-nt in financial condition has resulted from an Increase In revenues and not from a decrease In the expen ditures. There was nothing remark able about that sort of financiering. However, tliough the county Is still a few thousands of dollars behind for running expenses, it Is In better condi tion than a great many other counties in tiie state and It is in excellent shape to take up the improvements proposed in the new jail and tho two Rock river bridges. Tho negotiations of 18 peace treat ies. Tho diplomatic handling of the Japanese, Mexican and Panama tolls questions. Death blow administered to "dollar diplomacy," and substitution therefor of a policy of mutual consideration and help. Peace restored In Santo Domingo. Passage of the anti-trust laws. Passage of the Lever agricultural extension act. Preparations to fight hog cholera. In cluding an appropriation of $500,000 for that purpose. Bill appropriating $25,000,000 for good roads passed the house, and de clared certain to become a law at the next session of congress. Grain and cotton standards legisla- Parm-to-table service added to par cel post policy. Deposits made by treasury to facili tate crop moving. Modified self-government established in the Philippines. Improved marketing system on scientific basis taught farmers. Favoritism in Indian administration wiped out. Rural and industrial education en couraged by department of interior. Over 8,000,000 acres of public lands restored to entry, economies of admin istration established, and geological surveys hastened. Reforms in land office indicating economy and efficiency. Commerce encouraged and develop ed by creation of commercial attaches abroad and establishment of new of fices in leading cities at home. The document concludes with a series of editorials commending the president. RAYMOND Robins believes so thor oughly In everything that the colonel Is and does that he has now gone and lost his voice in order to keep in tune with his chief. FATHER OF LEN SMALL IS DEAD AT KANKAKEE HOME Kankakee, 111.. Oct. 7 Dr. A. I. Small, one of the best known of the pioneers of Kankakee county, father cf En Small and Judge John Small of this city, died last evening follow ing a brief illness due to his advanced age. He was St years old. Mr. Small was the oldest of a fam ily of nine children. He was a native of "Wayne county, Indiana born Sept. 5, lS3o. He was one of the first graduates of Rush Medical col lege, Chicago, graduating in the early 'Cos. Following graduation he came to Kankakee county and commenced to practice In Rockville and Bourbon nais townships, before the city of Kan kakee was founded. After years of practice of medicine he cam-'; to Kan kakee and engaged in horticulture and agriculture. Besides his son he Is survived by three daughters. is Co be credited to the gold mines. Tliis makes the total value of gold production of Alaska, up to the close of 191.1, $228.392.5.40. In addition to this nearly $17,ono,000 worth cf cop per and over $2,000,0'i0 worth of silver has been produced in Alaska. The above .figures are taken from the ad vanrp chapter of a report issued by the survey, entitled "The Mineral De posits of Alaska and the Mining Indus try in 1913." by Alfred H. Brooks. He wasj in addition to presenting the figures on mineral production, tins report aiso summarizes the distribution and oc currence of th mineral deposits of ;.!aska. It shows Ciat gold is very widely distributed in the territory, that there are a number of important copper deposits, and also some valu able co-il fields'. Tills publication is the first report issued which covers all of r.'ie mineral deposits of the ter ritory of Alaska. TIME TO AID INVENTOR. War news of great Importance to tho United States is th statement that Mr. Edison baa dealt with t'.io bhortr up and removal of rubbish, trash and worte from premisf-s, and all heating apparatus and chimneys should be examined on this -day. He has asked that local authorities call on the peo ple to observe this day. Orders eigned within the month by Secretary Lane have opened to settle ment and entry, under the enlarged homestead law, 3.600.000 acres of land In California, New Mexico, Colorado and Washington. Under the enlarged homestead act lands in the west are examined by the geological survey to determine whether there Is any avail able water supply by which they may be irrigated. If not, they become sub ject to entry by settlers In tracts of 820 acres each, as egainet ICO acres tnder the original homestead law. The National Implement and Vehi cle association lias bent out 31.''0 lt-t-tera to bankers' and d-a!-r" organiza tion urging reasonable extnnton of credit, asserting that "credit, confi dence and courage" are all that is nec--eary to eet the wh!k t,t industry In motion. This Is th view of a non political organization actuated by cothlr.g more questionable than a de eire to shar In the prosperity which it la eatlsfWd 'will follow if its plena are beaded. How does this strike the C. O. P. calamity howlers? TO SMELT OUR OWN TIN. Probably one ct the bet Illustra tions of Axnerica's opportunity to do Iiy hotter quality at a lower cobt, Carbolic acid is used In to many in duhtriea that an .niericun supply will be of value not only for tho home use but for export if the manufacture of a sufficient quantity can be quickly de veloped. Other American Inventors would soon imitate Mr. Edison's example if they received proper encouragement from inauufacturors. Meanwhile It Is high timo congress gave serious con sideration to a reform, loa-r overdue, in our patent laws. Tho intolerable delays In patent litigation should be rendered impossible, and provision should be made elmilar to that In the German luw, by which a patent unused or irjsuificiently used for three years may bo revoked. Under our present laws, which en courage monopoly and tho long purse. while Marvin,' the (inventor, a uimu farturin-4 monopoly can look up an American patent unused for yours, while making the same article abroad under a imllax -patent, or simply to prevent lmprovoint-ntti in a standard ized product. Patent laws ought to fcncotirage and n penalize American Invention and proves 9. ' 1 Epidemic in War Zone. Paris, Oct. 7. In a dispatch from Rome the correspondent of the Havas Agency eays It is reported there from Vienna that an epidemic rf dysentery has broken out in Bohemia and Mora via. I Alacka Mineral Output. The mineral production for Alaska in 1313 had a value of $19,413,004. ac cording to the United States geological survev. Of this amount $15,626,813 Indict Girls as Slayers. Dixon. 111.. Oct. 7. The two Bvers girls. Mrs. I.ee Htitton and Liliir.n Byers, were today indicted by ahe Whiteside county grand jury fir the murdsr of their brother, Emanuel Byers, last August on his farm. How Publishers Build Brown Stones. Evidently all the suckers in the newspaper business are not dead yet. Here is a copy of a circular letter that lias Just been sent out by an Iowa seed concern. It's likely a stunt that the house pulls each year, and it must work in some quarters or it would not be continued: "We are now arranging to do a liberal amount of advertising of our farm and garden sends throug'i the local papers of your state the coming season as a try out. "Herewith enclosed is copy print from electrotype which we wish run as a reader advertisement eight weeks, commencing about Jan. 1, and run each consecutive issue each issue after the first. "We will furnish an electrotype plate and for this service will allow you $2 worth of seeds, either farm or gar den seeds of your own selection and will mail you an electro plate in time for starting the s,ame. Will also mail you a copy of our illustrated seed cat alogue as soon as in print about Jan. 1, from which to choose whatever se lection you wish to make. "If this arrangement is ratisfactory kindly let us hear from you by return mail as we are now making up our list, and we will book your publication and send you an electrotype In good time for starting same. Enclosed find self-addressed envelope for reply. "Very truly yours." THOSE Chicago Jddges are real punsters. One of them has just given an interview to a newspaper in which he makes the statement that be has discovered that the police have been giving protection to pickpockets. Mar velous, Watson, marvelous. I was born at the time of the wnr I m they ore today. between the states, but what year 1 baJ fZht a "' have never known till recently. Mj earliest remembrance Is being in foundling Institution in HarrlKbnrg, Pa. How I enme to be there I could never find out. for it was. Judging from my age. townrd the close of the war and when everybody and everythlns was In a state of commotion. I left tho asylum when 1 must have been about sixteen years old. At any rate. the Inmates were not kept there after sixteen, and since there was a record on the books In 1SC3 of "a female baby apparently about a year old" that. was called Betty or Hetty or something like that the first letter was blurred and I was called Betty it was assumed that the record pertained to me. At leaving, being old enough to un derstand the importance of learning as much as possible alout my anteced ents, I made every inquiry concerning them, but all I could learn was the aljove. The clothes in which I was brought to the institution had been preserved, but the only thing on them for identification was the letters H. C," which were carefully embroidered. On leaving the asylum I went to seTve ns nursemaid with a lady In Philadelphia. She and her husband were refined persons and on bearing my story took an Interest in me, ex pressing themselves ready to help me to find my parents. One day Mr. Sawyer, husband of the lady by whom I was employed, return ed after an absence. He told me that be had been In Har risburg and while there, being Inter ested in my case, had gone to the asy lum where I had been brought up to make inquiries concerning me. Being a man of affairs, he was more success- Varicose Veins and Ulcers. A varicose vein i.s one with weak ened, dilated walls. The actual cause of the trouble is not clear. That is, we don't understand why one individ ual will suffer from varicose veius un der certain circumstances while an other will not. Perhaps there is poor material used in the manufacture of the bloodvessels. Varicosity is most frequently pres ent In the inferior hemorrhoidal veins, constituting piles or hemorrhoids. Va rlcoele is another very common and usually harmless form of dilated veins. The mobt troublesome situation of varicose veins is In the thighs and legs. Here the weight of a heavy col umn of blood aggravates the tendency to venous stretching or dilation every minute the individual is on li is or her feet most often her feet. We don't know a cure for varicose veins In any situation except the re moval of a portion of the vein. This is a sure cure for piles, varicocele arid varicof-ities of the veins of the legs. It Is by no means necessary for every one who has a dilated vein, but it Is advisable for every sufferer whose varicosity disables him or her fre quently and thus reduces efficiency. At any rate it is a safe procedure. Why Varicose Ulcers Occur. The tissue is poorly nourished in a leg whose veins are weak and dilat ed. There Is a chronic etate of bad nutrition attributable to the passive congestion. This renders the tissue more vulnerable than It Ehould be, and hence a very slight blow or abrasion or "Injury of the leg is liable to be come infected, there being insufficient fresh blood serum supplied the tissue to ward off bacterial infection. Infec tion means Inflammatory react'on. This Inflammatory read Ion r.till fur ther chokes off nutrition, and ultimate ly an area of skin nnd subjacent tis sue tdoughs. in one mass or by mole cular disintegration and discharge in a fluid form. The raw base left after the death of overlying tissues is an ulcer. The conditions are obviously bad for healing. But In every case, with out exception, a If ulcer can be com pletely healed by intelligent and bvb- tematlc treutment. Salves applied by rule of cure-me-cure-all mv frlemla won't do. The patient has to be con- Idered as an Indlvdual problem, and the local and constitutional treatment determined according to peculiar indl-i cations in each case. A wash or poul tice or ointment or powder which would be good in the case of a slug gish, poorly granulated ulcer might do much harm in a case of actively pro liferating granulation tissue. Some ul cers must be dressed eevry few hours; others should not be dressed oftener than every four or five days. But let no one suffer needless discomfort from a varicose ulcer, because every case will respond to good scientific treat ment. Not salve. There is no sure cure to be hud It is as foolish to treat these ulcers on the experimental plan as it vould bo to apply some famously recommended salve to a fracture or dislocation and expect Nature to do all the rest. Questions and Answers. Secretary inquires: Just what in fluence on public health does the car cass of an animal have if left unburied until it become offensive to smell? Reply: Except in fly time, none. A live animal can spread disease. A dead one can't. Miss E. K. asks: What causes me to have spells of shortness of breath lasting ten minutes or more when I become excited? There is a pain over the heart at sucli times, too. ict-piy: I'robably mere nervous weakness. But don't worry about it, Go to your doctor and find out. rirs. Li. u. asks: Is there anv cure for enlarged and broken veins in the leg in a person under 25? Reply: It depends on your health and your occupation. An elastic stocking may be necessary, but don't begin wearing one unless it is. First obtain the advice of your doctor. R. B. M. inquires: What benefits to health. If auy, are derived from drink ing sour milk or buttermilk? Reply: The lactic acid bacillus, which cuuses souring. Is a normal in habitant of tho ulimentary canal. In health Its growth there tends to pre vent the free growth of harmful bac teriasuch as those of the colon bacil lus type. By feeding on live cultures of lactic acid bacilli (soured milk or country-style buttermilk) you simply seed your gurden with clover seed and so keep back the dandelions. Metih nlkoff asserts that luetic acid germs prevent the formation of toxins in the Intestlual cuual. and ko poblpones old age. IN Freeport district court a divorce has jus: been granted Mrs. Roumaine Eovarouw from Julius Lovarouw. Might have been expected. Ed Royal Entertainer. (Iowa City Republican.) Camp Ridge, Oct. 3. C. R, Chown, C. C. Chown and wife and Mrs. Kate Spaulding, the latter of Wilton, spent Wednesday at the home of the writer. Melvin Forbes was over near Nich ols after cabbage Tuesday. L. D. Chown and family of Nichols were Sunday callers at our home. Ben Boyd was a caller at our home Thursday morning. Charles Forbes and family Sun dayed in Sandmound recently. SECRETARY McAdoo has demand ed that all ns financiers quit hoarding our money. Are you with him? So are W3. Zero in Boys. (Chicago Tribune.) Rome, Oct. 0. The king and queen now have four children four girl3 and a boy. OXE of Marshall Field's grandchil dren yesti-rday was led into court by his attorney and handed nearly a half million as the first slice of his share of the late merchant's estate. Yet we hear folks talking about hard times. Idle gossip. Nothing to it. "I Ail THAT BABTT It All Depends. When James A. Garfield was presi dent of Oberlin college, a jnan brought for entrance as a student his son, for whom he wished a shorter course than the regular one. "The boy can never take that in," said the father. "Ho wants to get through quicker. Can you arrange it for him? "Oh, yes," said Mr. Garfield. "He can take a short course; it all depends on what you want to make of him. When God wants to make an oak He takes a hundred years, but He takes only two months to make a squash." t A DISPATCH relates that a French, surgeon has 97 wound3 and expects to live. He deserves to. A Clean Getaway. (Sterling Gazette.) A drunken driver of an auto run into a telephone polo near the Davi son home on First avenue Friday night and th.? pole was broken off short. The driver got out of his car and i: was net so badly mancled but what he got out of town without leaving nothing to tell who ho was. Prophets town Corre.pondi-ncf. Hen Hicka Says Sum married folks Si'em trr fergit that luv doesn't thrive on absent treatment. ful than I had been. He had got from the records the names of persons who were connected with the asylum when I was sent there and had advertised for several of them. An elderly woman living in the country not far from Har rlsburg answered the advertisement Mr. Sawyer learned from her that she was at the asylum from 1SC2 to 18G4; that during that time a girl baby was brought in by. a Union soldier. That was all she could remember, for 6he had left the institution soon after the child was received. I think Mr. Sawyer took more inter est in the matter than I. Perhaps it was a detective Instinct in him that led him to busy himself about it. At any rate, his curiosity was aroused, and he kept thinking about it much of the time. "You're a war baby. Bet." he would say to me. "I have an idea that you got lost somehow during the war. Maybe your father was a soldier and got killed and a comrade took bis lit tle girl and not being in a position to care for her left her- at the asylum. This theory is supported by the fact that about the time you were taken there General Lee invaded Pennsyl vania, nnd every citizen who could car ry n gun turned out to oppose him. V will establish your identity and don't you forget it." When the war ended, everybody, both north and south, had had enough of it. About fifteen years after its close those who were interested In it began to talk, about it and write about It and ! discuss who should have the credit ot this nnd who was to blame for that ami nil the prominent Union and Con federate officers who were living found nn opportunity to explain their rec ords. As to those who had died In the ! ns',lini w here struggle, they had nothing to sny and were lucky If they didn't have to bear tho brunt of blunders committed by those who had lived to tell their stories. It was nlioiit this time. I believe, that people liegan to tnke an interest in the battlefields which now are made na- tlonitl pirlc. When I was nlnntnon years old there was a gathering of vet erans on the field of Uettysbiiis. and Mr. Sawyer proposed to his wife that they make uu excursion and visit the field themselves. Mrs. Sawypr would not go without taking their son. Tom- ! my, now four years old. and that in j 1777 Buttle of Stillwater. N. T. 'sec volved taking me along to have the I ouJ "lair t Bemis Heights, near care of blm while his futher aud moth- I Saratoga). The Itiitisb, defeated. er were visiting the scenes of tho dir. I fe" bm'k to Saratoga M.my of the re boys. an,i ,k Worn H rw 1 fir . ! r r. rf, ' T 1 !, ' . .... ..i,., aanQ men. One Union veteran he wag betw thirty-five and forty years old-a frj-j of Mr. Sawyer, took charge of (mr'tnl ty and showed us over the field, tliir,J us In a very interesilng rainner nhtrl this and that engagement had takm place, Little Round Top, Ceroetrr Iiidge and other Interesting pointing out where his own retfn;tt bad fought without claiming that ft bad won the fight or. Indeed, ttjls, anything about its or his nchlere Bent There was something in his app,r. ance that attracted me, and this fralning from making claims for regiment or himself added to my aa! ration for him. I bad bemosDed kt bumble position, but now Jt wa 4. bly bard to bear, for I conld not bit think that, though be was courteonj to me to the others, he must look down on me as a simple nursegirl. After we had seen the scenes of hero ism of others I asked our guide io be more exact in the matter of nil own participation in the batt. Yielding to my solicitations, he told bis story which was interesting, though he ro frnlned all through it from clalmin to have done anything very brave. After driving about ti e field we stop ped at a farmhouse not far from it for dinner. A woman who served us seem ed interested in our chat about what we had seen and. being asked whether she had lived there when the batt.'e took place, said: "Yes, 1 lived here, and I wish I hadn't, for there Is a matter connected with the battlefield that has been a re gret to me ever since and always will be. A lady had come from the city of Philadelphia to be in the country for her health. She boarded with mr mother, who lived in a house where part of the fighting took place. We country people didn't know that there was to be a battle here and were not prepared for it. There were lots of soldiers gathering here, and we were all much excited over their cominjj. This lady from Philadelphia had a baby and had brought a nurse with her to take care of it. The nurse was taken sick and went home. Then the lady hired me to take care of her child, "One morning I wanted to go to see my aunt, who Jived across the field where the soldiers were to fight, aad I thought it a good plnn to take the baby with me in her little carriage. So I put the bottle in her mouth and start ed. I was passing along quietly when I heard a lot of firing all about me, and it seemed as if a dozen thunder storms had broken out at once. I was scared to death." The woman seemed to live again In the scene she was describing and trem bled. Then I did what I have regretted all the rest of my life. I deserted the baby, leaving the little thing sucking at its bottle in its carriage, and ran away and hid in the first house I came to. The child was probably killed, for nobody has ever heard of it since." "I can assure you." said our guide, "that it wasn't killed, for our regiment moyed through the trees when you left it. My captain detailed me to take charge of it I never have since liked to talk about my part in the battle cf Gettysburg at least, to mention thii incident for when I say T was wheel ing a baby carriage everybody laughs." "For land's sake!" exclaimed the wo man. "What did you do with it?" "Put it in a barn till the battle was over, then found it safe and sound, bnt bawling for more milk. Before the next day's fight came on I had provid ed for it temporarily, and. after the fighting was over and the Confederates had withdrawn, my captain sent me off to hunt for its mother. I couldn't find her, and I was sent to Harrisburg w-itli it, where I chucked It in un or phan asylum." "I am that baby!" I exclaimed, nwb excited and. not realizing what I .? doing, threw myself into the arms : the man that had rescued me. There was a commotion nt this, and then the rest of the matter came out. The woman who had been my nurse re membered my mother's name ChenC with and I had been baptized riarriet. This corresponded with the initials "II. C." embroidered on my baby clothes. What remains I will toll In a few words. My mother and father were both living, and I was reunited w!:!i them and several brothers ami sisters. They were overjoyed at finding "ie and lavished every blessing 011 me that they could think of. One day the sol dier who had rescued ir.e aUed uu "Where Co I come in?" and when I in quired of bim where he wished t come In he slid, "Finders are keepers, which, being interpreted, meant that b wnuted me for himself. He diJu't have any trouble getting me. After our nnirrtnj;e we went to tb he had left me tcore than twenty years before and es1' ined the record. There I saw tliatt first letter to the name I had la given whs intended for a G. I been called Getty, from the luttle of Gettysburg, but the name was ice" changed to Betty. Oct. 7 in American History. ir they were not used so often as gold brick substertutes kindness and Iterllteness would bo appreciated more. It would requira a chemist ter ana lyse tho makeup of sum wimmen. J. M. C. fereiit tlghta on the battlefield. S. we nil went down together on one of the anniversaries of the struggle, and. since Tommy manifested a desire to go about with his father aud mother. I lutd mi opportunity to go too. The veterans we saw moving ubout lu groups locating different sceues of those exciting days of 1S03 wer old j 1SSM-Dr. Oliver Wendell lioiines aicc: I C.HI 4 ...)..... . ltfflll "Will I'UI U -V' AUUI CW . I . v-" .." governor" of Pennsylvania, died: boru 1S17. 1S05 William Wet more Story, distin guished aculptor and poet, died: born lsil).- 101--Ex United States Senator W. A Peffer. once noted Populist leader, died; born 1S31.