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Show Original Claim for a Pension. Perhaps tho most reraarkablo pension pen-sion application over presented In Congress Is that embodied in a bill Introduced by Congressman Pearre of Maryland. It recites with great gravity grav-ity and a wealth of circumstantial detail that tho applicant, when a child In arms In 1861, was so frightened fright-ened by Yankee invaders in Maryland Mary-land that h becamo pa 'yzed and has nover been ablo to do any work. Thero is talk of awarding Congressman Congress-man Pearre somo kind of championship champion-ship In view ot tho originality of his bill. |