Too Metropolitan.
Dan'el Boone, who blazed way
for civilisation In Kentucky, loved al
ways to bo a little In advance- of the
tide of emigration, where he need not
1e annoyed by the presence of oilier
hi in. 'in being. He went on to Missouri
when Kentucky bream. "too crnwdl,"
and a gentleman who met him out
there in 1S03 records Hint ho vim nbont
to tro still further.
"'I saw and converged with Daniel
rtoono," be wrote to hi friends, "who
was residing at the upper sotllcni nt
on tlie Missouri. Although he was
then sixty-eight years old, he was re
markably HCllve, wnlke1 rrvt with
much ewse and aKility. hut observed
that be could not shoot quite so well
an formerly on a dark day.
" 'I'm going to leave here right soon,'
Mid Boone. 'It's getting too crowded.
I never did like city life. There- ns
many as ten families set tlnl round
bre now, and I'm tired of them. And
there's more coming. I'm going to take
out and move away up-river, where I
can live alone in comfort.' "
Retail Druggists' UiMlorsoinont.
When the rank and file of the r.0.000
retail ilruggiMs of the United Stilted en
dorse ii medicine ami tlie business inetli
oils of its maker, it certainly means it's
tlie best of itH kind. This endorsement
is only given after tlie medicine has been
time-tested and they know by the hun
dreds of favorable conimcntH on the part
of their customers, that the uieilii-ine will
do nil that's claimed for it. The i'O.IHIO
retail druggists of the I'nited StHtes en
dorse CASCAHKTS as the best and
greatest feller of the kind in the country
nl it's a very rare thing, indeed, to find
a ilealer who dishonestly tries to sell ail
imitation out of a bottle nml that it
is "just the same" or "just as good" tin
CASCAHKTS. lie don't belong to the
honest 50.1MK) and when you find such
a fakir you certainly will be conferring a
favor upon the community by reporting
him at once to the Sterling Itemed)- Com
pany. Chicago or New York. Kverv box
of CASOAKKTK is guaranteed nod the
Pennine is put up in blue metal boxes,
the word Cascnrels with the lonc-failc
"0" on the cover and every lulilet is
mumped C. C. O.
Why Tumblers Are Ho Colled.
How many times u lny dki we tisfl
Wonls without stopping to think whnt
they mean! Kvcrj day at luncheon
and at dinner we drink out. of a
tumbler. Hut I. for one, never thought
why Ihe large glass that holds our milk
or water was ho called until once upon
a time I happened to have luncheon
at All Soul's College. Oxford, where the
curiosity of all the strangero present
was excited by u sot of the motd at
tractive little round bowls of nnclent
silver, about the slue of a large orange,
These, we were told, were "tumblers,"
atid we wore Hpocdlly shown how they
fa me by their name.
When one of thene Utile iwls was
empty It was placed upon The table,
mouth downward. Iiii-tuittly, so per
fect van Its Imliince, It flew back Into
lis proper position, us if asking to bo
filled again. No mutter how It was
treated trundled along the flo:ir. bal
anced carefully on Its side up It
rolled again and sH'.lcd Itself, with a
few gentle shakings and swaying, into
its place. Selected.
lO.OOO Plants for 10c.
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Halzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes.
They will send you their big plant and
need catalogue, together with enough seed
to grow
1.000 fine, solid Cabbages,
2,000 delicious Carrots,
(HX) blanching, nutty Celery,
li.000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1.000 splendid Onions.
l.(KK) rare, luscious Hadislie.
, l.(XK) gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, ami
ALL FOH HUT HIc rOSTAOB.
providing you will return this notice, ami
If you will send them '-Ik- in postage, they
will udd to the above a package of the
famous Herliuer Cauliflower. (0. N. U.)
Asked and Answered.
"How do yoq account for the fact that
no many, widows lead bachelors to the
marriage altar?" asked the youth.
"That's an easy one," replied the sage.
"They have been there before and know
the way."
Diafnra Canaot ll ure.t
by local applications, us tlieyrsnunt reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only mm
way to cure Heafnims, and Hint is by ooihIIIii
tlonul remedies. Deafness U caused by an In
fluniud condition of the nitioom lining of tlie
Kiiktachlao Tube. Wbun thli tube gets In named
j 011 have a rumbling found or Imperfect hear
ing, and when It Is entirely closed I leaf new l
tlie result, and unliw the Inflammation can be
taken out and thla H.be restored to Us normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
pine es.es out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
wliiett Is Dotiilng but au tntluined vuudltlon of
the mucous surfaces.
We will cIt One Hundred Dollar for any
Moie of Iieafuess (caused by catarrh) that ranuol
be cured by Hull' Catarrh Cure, bead for ulr
rularti, free.
F..I.rnKSEY4CO.,Toledo.O.
Sold by nniglsti. TW.
Hill's Ksniily tills are tbc best.
Friends Worth II ay ins;.
Fred Well, old chap, it's all settled.
I'm going to marry Miss Willing next
month, and I want you to act as best
man.
Joo You cati count on me, my dear
boy. I never desert a friend when mis
fortune overtakes him.
To Wash China Bilk Ureases.
China silk dresses may be quite suc
cessfully washed. Hemove all spots with
beuiine. Then waah in warm soapsuds,
rubbing between the hands; rinse through
several waters. Use Ivory Hoap and do
pot rub the soap ou the dress. Wring as
dry aa possible, wrap in a sheet or clean
cotton cloth, and when psrtislly dry, iron.
ELEANQIt It. I'AKKEH.
A Professional Opinion.
Druggist According to a scientific
writer salt is a cure for lunacy.
Doctor Well, I know it's a eure for
freshness, and that's usually tb first
fate of lunacy.
Many Hcfaool Children Are ftlcklr.
Mutbcr Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
ti-d bv Mother Gray, a nurse iu (Jhlldreu't Home.
Nw York, Braes up Colds In M hours, our Con
s' leslloo. Knrrttinm Haadkcha, tiuimsiih
Tnubla, Training Diionjeri, luovs and reiil!t
0 bowels snd IMvtruy Woriua. Bold by all
orunsuu or by until, too. Bsmpln rnsilsd KftKt
AiluroM Auu b. OLasTSD. L Uuy, M, V.
Ths recent report of the British post
master central shows that picture cards
to the number of 488.000.000 have pass
ed tliroiifcli the office in a ycrr.
Motn-y refunded for each package of
PUTNAM FADELESS DVE3 If uuaat
lufactory The vast rettmie of servants employed
by tii laU Queen Victoria art being
carefully reduced la numbers by Klnr
Edward VIL r
Hit .vww pvra immiiMHinii
I ant tl't ua of lir. U-Uurn'm UraM - H
"L - iUOML. IML. KU Atltk ku. r V'"-'l-'n-. 1-.
More than 300 competitors hav an
. aouuoed their intention to participate iu
tiae airship rac for th $100,000 prizt
x r-i. iouis.
WUmUow's aooraiKO Svatrr Int OhlMraa
.ww ,, rMoaa ta ft - j,
-V UK" lJ J'1'1, frwMakuMa.
WW ST L0U,S W0RD'S PAIR NPp
j hjjjwj Chicago, Paris and Buffalo Expositions Could Be Swallowed Up in vvvi
kZ.Il It, with Room Left for Omaha, Atlanta or Charleston. Vi '
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fTT) UK Worhl's Fair nt St. Louis will
Ir be the greatest exposition ever
C held. The superlative adjective
describing III is exposition is used with
authority. The acreage of the Louisiana
I'urchase Imposition site is sufficient to
include, the combined acreage of tlie
World's Columbian Exposition at Chi
cago iu IS'.M, the Paris exposition in 1HS!)
and the I'an-Americau exposition at Buf
falo iu lOOO,-with space enough left over
to accommodate an exposition like t lint of
Omaha or Atlanta or Charleston. Upon
these 1,240 acres has been built an as
semblage of edifices surpassing in archi
tectural splendors "the grandeur that
was tlreece ami the glory flint was
Home." Within these buildings is being
installed a universal collection of tlie
products of nature and mnn, more com
prehensive, more diversified, more inter
e.;ting to the average human than ever
was attempted before in tlie history of
the ince.
The World's Fair at St. Louis is far
greater than was contemplated by its
creators. It has been estimated that at
j least thirty per cent of the extent of this
exposition has hern added to the original
conception, the promoters of tlie enter
prise merely prnmising at the outset that
they would build an exposition larger
and more universally inclusive than any
predecessor. The enterprise has grown
by involuntary accretion. Like a snow
ball bet rolling, it has gathered size and
solidity, until It now is crystallized into
a thing of such immensity that even the
men who set the hall a-roliing marvel
at its magnitude.
I Great Kx position Site.
The exposition site . Is a mile and a
quarter by a mile and three-ipiarters in
. extent. Six miles of fence enclose the
grounds. The Intramural Hallway, op-
erated by electricity, which lias just been
completed, has fourteen miles of track;
It runs around the exposition as a belt
line, with loops to take passengers into
the midst of tlio magnificence here nml
there, .and there are seventeen stations
at which tlie sightseer may get aboard
or alight.
! The World's Fair has nineteen exhibit
palaces, llio outdoor exhibits Include
several features of striking novelty and
extent that never havo been seen at any
exposition. Among these may be meu-
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FOUHTEEN
8CIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
It costs 2,740 to kill a man In war.
Jews are barred from Siberia as be
ing undesirable settlers.
There are 2,835 licensed automobiles
la the Btste of New York.
There are 230 glaciers in tbe Alps
that are said to be over live miles In
length.
Ht. Petersburg has the highest denth
ruto for u;iy European cupltal, M per
1,000.
Tbe cost of city electric lights ranges
from two to three cents per hour per
lamp.
In northern Italy tber is a co-operative
association for every 1,000 Inhab
itants. Mac a.Lne publishers receive more
money from advertisers than from sub
scribers. The office of premier of Great Brit
ain, as such, docs not carry with It
any salary.
Over 300,000 people In Massachusetts
are depoudent upon .the cotton mills
1 for their living
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tinned the Mining fiiilch of eleven acres,
situated in a natural ravine running out
from the edge of the main picture of tlie
('.position, where the processes of mining
end reducing the various metals of com
merce will he demonstrated daily nt
mode! mines nnd furnaces in actual op
eration; the physical culture section,
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I'ALACF, OF MACIIIXEHY THIS
which includes a splendid stone building
for gymnasium exhibitions and an out
door stadium like those of ancient
Greece, where will be held the quadreu
uial Olympian games and many other
notable athletic contests; the rose garden
( f six acres, in which will be In bloom
50,000 roses of various hues; the Aerial
j Concourse, from which great airships
from various countries will start upon the
contest for the grand prize of $'00,000
and a number of loser prize.; Ihe Sunk
en fiarden between two of the grand ex
hibit palaces; the Gardens ot the Na
tions, several foreign countries having
reproduced, upon the liberal allotment of
ground surrounding their government
buildings, some of the famous gardens of
their chief cities or monarchical estates.
Features of l'.nor 0101m Mnunltude.
Another feature of enormous magni
tude which no other exposition has
known, even on a small scale, is the
Philippine Islands Exposition aptly
termed an exposition within on exposi
tion. This occupies forty acres and in
cludes a group of buildings having names
familiar to those of the main exposition
Education, Agriculture, Ethnology,
Government and the like. One thousand
natives of the islands will live in this
Filipino reservation during the World's
Fair, carrying on the occupations in
which they engage at home, so that the
general visitor may observe here iu St.
Louis a considerable hit of the life and
enterprise of tho far-off archipelago. A
leproduction of a part of the walled city
of Manila is one of the interesting fea
tures of this enterprise, and there are
hula anil shacks and large buildings con
structed by the natives themselves, of
native bamboo ami nipa, and outfitted
with native household utensils and fur
niture. There Is more than a mile's length of
picturesque lagoons, upon which tlie Ve
netian gondolier will push the Venetian
gondola. Festival Hall, the central ar
chitectural feature of the great fair, has
a dome larger than that of the cathedral
AKii!.li 1NDUSTH1ES COVEU9
ACHES.
No Longer a asm.
Leather waste Is no longer wasted.
Manufacturers use It In a compressed
form, liiHtead of Iron, to make cog
wheels.
The Kmpty llox.
Miss Verlsopht "Why wasn't Mrs.
Tlarnbump at tbe opera last night, 1
wonder?"
Miss Verjuice "She had such a cold
that she couldn't apeak nbove a whlsp
er, so of course there was no use iu
her going." Judge.
Flashlight.
Great care must be taken not to ex
plode cartridges for making flashlight
photographs In a confined condition.
If confined a terrible explosion will re
sult More than one experienced pho
to grapher lias lost his life by becom
ing careless In this respect. The more
elhclent u flash compound Is the high
er Its explosive power, and It should
never be ignited In a confined space,
not even the lid of u box, but spread
In a long train. Tbe force of the ex
plosion la, therefore, minimised, while
the light area Is increased.
of St. I'eter. am) there is being set up
within this home of music the largest
pipe organ ever cc nstructed.
The Cascade (iardens are new to expo
sitions. Terraced hillsides leading down
fro-n Festival Hall ami the Colonnade of
States to the (irand llusin, or lagoon, are
f'tted with stately stairways, whose bnl-
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BUILDING COVEKS TEN ACHES.
ustrades and landings support statues
by the world's most famous sculptors;
11 ud down the slopes rush and roar the
waters from splendid fountains, leaping
and splashing over artificial cascade coo
st ructions. j
Government Welt Represented.
The United States government is rep
resented as never before. There is a
main Government building iu which all
the administrative and executive depart
ments ot tho government will show ex
hibits, and the Smithsonian Institution
ami other governmental enterprises of
general interest will have space. There
is a separate building devoted to fisheries.
in which the United States Fisli Com
mission is to make au exhibit of living
lislies nnd other water foods and com
mercial products, from the minnow to
the whale. There is an Indian exhibit
with a separate building, wherein will be
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(Corner entrance. The doorway Is 00 feet
b I k t anil the bullillng covers nine acres.)
Indian schools in open session, and all
tribes of the red man will he represented
ethuolo'ically nnd otherwise. Tho Alas
ka exhibit will astonish the world, in
tliowiug the marvelous agricultural re
sources of Uncle Sam's "farthest north"
territory. The government also has ex
tensive exhibits of the life-saving ser
vice, the army nnd navy armament and
vessels, tho Bureau of Plant Industry,
t!e Agricultural College, forestry and
oilier branches of Industry and enter
prise. A ground map of the United
States, covering several acres and show
ing each State growing its most distinc
tiie crops, is one special feature.
Forty-seven States and territories of
the United States are participating In
the fair. All but thres or four of theso
have separate buildings. Some of ths
State buildings are as large and elegant
as exhibit palaces at an ordinary exposi
tion. More than fu.000.000 is the aggre
gate of appropriation for State and terri
tory participation.
Filty foreign gorernmenta are taking
pint in this World's Fair. Most of them
will have buildings of their own. Many
of these foreign buildings are completed
and others are going up rapidly. Ger
many, Urest Britain, France, Japan,
Hussia, Brazil, Belgium and other ua
tluns hnve erected buildings larger and
mora ornate than any foreign govern
ment structures ever seen at an exposi
tion ALL OVER THE WORLD.
An ostrich farm will be exhibited by
Arizona at the next World's Fair.
A man In Manchester, England, has
Invented on electric pickpocket alarm.
The United States uses about a third
more coffee than all the rest of th
world.
Every rural school in Sweden
possesses a garden. In which the stu
dents receive practical Instruction In
horticulture.
Japan and Formosa are now con
nected by a system of wireless teleg.
raphy.
It Is claimed that more than 150
books have been published on tbe war
of South Africa.
Mere than a million dollars' worth
of copper Is taken out of the mines at
Butte, Mont., weekly.
Iu 1008 the first life Insurance society
was started In Ixnidou, but It was not
a successful venture.
It Is stated on good authority that
nearly all the royal families of Europ
employ American dentists.
THE FIELD OP BATTLE
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF
THE WAR.
The Veterans of tbe Rebellion Tell of
Wblatltnic Hulleta, IirlKht Bayonets,
Bursting Bombs, Bloody Battles,
Camp Fire, Kestire Bna-, Etc., Ktc
In the days of the Civil War. espe
cially after the beginning of '02. there
were stirring time In the "north coun
try," or those portions lmrdeiinj: upon
Canada.
Weat Ktewnrtstown, N, II.; Boccher
Falls, Vt., nnd the township of Here
ford, I. Q.. are those most freciuently
mentioned In the tales of the sixties
as having been the scenes of bloody
encounters nnd such wholesale smug
gling as to render them more closely
patroled by the government than al
most any other points uiioti the border.
When tho boys In blue were lighting
for their country the recruiting wr
gennts found It necessary to "draft"
soldiers to enter the struggle between
the north nnd the south, nnd they
scoured the country for able-bodied
men who had not come to the front
voluntarily. Those men. who were
to be forced Into fight ngalnst their
will, rebelled, and largo numbers of
them mado their escape "over the line"
Into Canada.
At that time, when good mads were
not ns frequently seen ns now, the
main arteries of travel in the north
country were the roads to Canada on
lwth sides of the Connecticut river In
Vermont and New Hampshire.
It was a common occurrence for a
man who had lioen drafted to make
his escape from home during the night
nnd drive nt a mad pace up river to
Canada, where, once over the border,
he could not be touched by Uncle
Sam's officers. Some of these men
Journeyed nil the way from Massachu
setts and Connecticut, taking roads off
the main line, slinking through the
woods by day, sleeping in barns or
haystacks at night and begging or
buying here and there, at wayside
farms, food and drink for their suste
nance. Over 100 of the men who held their
own safety dearer than their coun
try's honor went to Hereford nnd Te
quettsville alone, and were dubbed by
the residents of Canada, who had
small sympathy for them, by the sug
gestive epithet of "skedaddlers."
Here, once safely over the line, they
"squatted," and built for themselves
from logs, fence rails or a few dollars'
worth of lumber, quaint little huts,
barely large enough to accommodate
them and their belongings.' In pasture
nnd forest they built up their settle
ment, and even now nn occasional
"skodaddler's hut" may be seen, slow
ly rotting away.
Some of the men who had surlicient
money clubbed together and built log
houses, which are still standing in
Pcquettsville, a part of Hereford. The
huts were built In curious shapes, some
being octagonal, other triangular, still
others hexagonal. Square ones and
round ones were frequently seen, and
some of the" men exercised great in
genuity In the building of their tem
porary abodes. Once In a while a
wigwam-shaped but may be seen, built
around the trunk of a large spruce or
pine tree, the branches of which served
to keep off the wind and rain.
Very often one might have seen a
couveyance loaded with blankets and
provisions, driven by the wife of one
of tlie "skedaddlers," drive up to the
Hue. The husband would be In wait
ing, quickly snatch the supplies and
dart to the other side of the little
granite sign-post that divided the Uni
ted States from the Queen's dominions.
Here, once past tho post, all the detec
tives In the States were powerless to
touch htm, nnd be might visit all the
afternoon with his wife, who generally
kept her side of tlie line with im
punity. Boston Herald.
Stories of Loiiirstrect and Gordon.
"General Gordon," said the Major,
"told a story well, and lie bad many
good stories to tell. Long liefore he
took the lecture field I heard him tell
a story In Washington which went the
rounds of the newspapers ut thnt time
nnd brought bliu closer to the men
who wore the blue In the Civil Wnr.
"Gordon wns speaking of the depres
sion of tbe men In tho ranks of Lee's
army between the fall of Richmond
and the surrender at Appomattox.
The men did not lose courage, but
were not as they had been. One day,
riding along the road, the General
came upon a regimental prayer meet
ing, which was very impressive. The
men were kneeling or standing with
bowed heads about the chaplain, who
was praying in a voice of wonderful
compass.
"The General checked bis horse and
removed his hat nnd waited for the
end of the prayer. The chaplain asked
tne Ixird to give the men of Lee's
army supreme courage to meet the
great crisis that had come upon them,
fortitude to bear new privations and
troubles, strength to fight against the
pursuing enemy. Just then a tall pri
vate rose from his knees and shouted
to the chaplain: 'Pray for bread, chnp
laln, pray for bread. We have cour
age to burn, but to fight we must have
something to eat. Pray for bread.'
This broke up the prayer meeting.
' "General Longstreet used to tell a
good many stories to show that the
men of his command always treated
captured Union soldiers with as much
consideration and kindness as was pos
sible under tho circumstances. He
said that bis orders on this point were
very strict, and he never knew nny of
his men to disobey. As be went on
to explain how proud he was of the
record of bis meu on this point a lis
tener employed In one of the depart
ments at Washington Interrupted him.
" 'Undoubtedly your orders were
strict. General." he said, "but I bap
pen to know that they were evaded.
For example, In East Tennessee you
ordered your men to respect the be
' longings of prisoners, and this Is the
way some of them did It. I wore a
good pair of army shoes, nearly new.
One day a good-natured fellow in gray
with no shoes to speak of walked along
our line looking Intently at the shoes
of tbe captured Unionists. He put his
foot by tbe side of mlue, and, remark
lag that I was just bis size, added,
"Old Pete (Longstreett says he will
have every man shot who steals nuy
; thing from n prisoner. To s.ivo my
; life, won't you trade shoes with me.
. for I must have Ihem shoes." Of
j course . traded, ns did oilier prlson
I ers. At this Longstreet smiled, but
in!s!o1 that the story didn't prove
! anything." Chicago Inter Ocean.
I"nyed MnrMea wltti Jarkson.
Preston Jackson, n w hlte-halred ne
gro of East I es Moines, bears tlie dis
tinction of having played with "Stone
wall" Jackson, shot at the general dur
ing the Civil War, and captured his
own brother from the Confederate
lines. Jackson thinks he Is about. !M
years of age. He speaks in rich south
ern dialect, and tells his own story
best. .
"My inothah wurf waiting maid to
Mrs. Celia Mitchell, datightah of Cop
tain Hancock Jackson, who nm nn un
do ob "Stonewall" Jackson. My fu
llinli was u Scotch-Irishman.
"Mistali Mitchell sold inothah nnd
me to Captain Jackson when "Stone
wall' was n little shavah. I brought
Sl.-'oo. We used to ploy ma'bles, huni
rabbits nnd skyla'k togedder. He used
to call me 'Skinny' and I called him
'Vent Dubbs.' foh sho't. He all's play
ed fair nn" tho't a heap o' me.
' I went to tie Mex'can war wlf ole
Massa Captain and inothah stayed wlf
de chllinn.s We war gone two yea lis
and rtcn went back to fa'men. Hy'm
bye. Linciim was beard from, de big
wall broke lose and I run away. We
wnr liven in Missouri then, an' I coax
ed mot hah ter come wlf uie to Iowa.
I got her a job an' one day I
come home all dressed up In blue an"
brass buttons, an' she kinder cried.
She hugged an" kissed me considerable,
an' de hist words I evali hen red her
say wnh: 'Now, Preston Jackson, yon
1I0 yer best, and' If yo don't git killed
I specs ter see you come innrchlu'
home wid do niggahs all free.' I did,
but she wall passed away.
"One day 1 yanked er feller out'n a
wood pile and tote him ter headquar
ters. We got ter talk'n and I foun"
out he war 111:1 Ii brodder. I gib him
some money and help him git erway.
Two yea lis ago he sent me back de
money an' den died.
"Once, when we wnh fight'n er big
battle I see er big gener'l sltt'n up
straight-like on or horse. I look ergin.
nn" sah. it war 'Stonewall' Jackson,
sure as yo' live. Somebody punch me
in de ribs and say 'keep on er shool'n.'
So I did.
"As I dm weil er bend on ole" Stone
wall. I heard er voice, kinder "way
back, sit'g'n like er kid, 'Vent Dubbs'
an' I stiw er little shavah kneel'ii ter
'pick er taw.' I couldn't see foh cry'n
like. Jcs' den de flag, de stabs an'
stripes. Old Glory, (ley cnll berh gosh
I'd die fer herb ylt blowed go's I
could see de red shlnen in de sun.
lien I says, 'Preston Jackson, Vent
Dubbs be . do yer duty, an' fired.
De smoke blowed erway sos I could
see, an' bress my life. I'd missed him
slick es er whistle. ,Oh! Lordy. but 1
felt good!" Dos Molue News.
Gordon Sit. tiers' Idol,
All Incident of the mustering out of
volunteers at Savannah, Gn., after the
Spanish-American war shows how the
rank and lile of the army felt toward
General John B. Gordon. He had been
In command of a brigade, but had been
discharged anil was ngaln a citizen
of the republic. One of his regiments,
the Sixth Missouri, wns in camp at
Savannah waiting to be mustered out
of the service. While the men were
ready to Inflict any insult on the olli
cers of their own regiment, they loved
General Gordon.
In their desire to show admiration
for him they collected a filed and
money was not plentiful nt that time
to purchase a jeweled sword for the
old Confederate who had won the nf
fectlens of Northern boys while a gen
eral in commaud. The weapon was
bought'. It was a fine piece of work
manship and wuvild have appealed to
any soldier. When time came for the
presentation, the rank and file of the
regiment met, elected a private as col
onel, and placed privates in every other
place commonly occupied by commis
sioned oflicers.
The private, who had never been
able to win even a corporal's stripes,
sat his horse with tho grace of a West
Pointer iind commanded the com
panies and battalions with tbe case
of a regular army officer. In this style
the boys marched five miles to town,
and halting In front of General Gor
don's old home, asked him to come out
on bis veranda.
As he stood there, looking the fine
citizen he was, the soldiers broke Into
cheers. After the sword had been
placed In his hands he Invited the sol
ders Into his house, and every man
found some refreshment there, such
was the general's preparation to en
tertain any who happened to cross Ills
threshold.
General Gordon's place In the af
fections of the private soldiers was not
won by nny sacrlfl.-e of official dignity,
but simply because all hnnds recog
nized In blm the goodness of heart and
the character that cannot be hid by a
soldier's uniform or developed by any
other garb.
Choir Will King, Bat
"There's to be some music at tha
church festival to-night, isu't there?"
"I don't know,, but I think not."
"Why, the choir has been rehearsing
for a month, I understand, for to
night's event."
"Well?" Philadelphia Press.
Hard to Believe.
"Now," said the faith doctor to the
patient, "you have only to belleyo that
you see and your sight will be restored
to you In "
"Very likely." Interposed the blind
man. "But seeing is believing."
Iiondon Judy.
Force of Habit.
He What would you do If you were
starving, dear? Would you steal a loaf,'
of bread?
She Cen-talnly not! I'd walk Into a
csfe and get a mcnl and charge It!
He To whom?
She To you of course.
Life la the only real counselor. Wis
dom unflltered through personal expe
rience docs not become a part of the
mortal tissues. Edith Wharton In
"Sanctuary."
Foreign Students in Urrtnony.
The "outlanders," or foreign stu-,
dents;, In German univ'.r'ittes num
bcr 2,731, or more than 7 per cent, of
the total of 37.813 malriculated stu
dents. Berlin, Heidelberg and Leipslc
are the favorite Institutions for foreign
ers', who constitute 13 per cent, of the
student body In each. The students
from Hussia in all the tmi ersltic ag
gregate StSO; Austria-Hungary followa
with G30; America contributes 270;
Switzerland, 2.13; England. 110, and
Asia, 133. It Is noteworthy thnt near
ly all the Asians are Japanese, and it
is rather surprising that o tnnny as
30 Turks tiro enrolled.
Three Doctor' Opinions.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. l.'.th. Physi
cians have accepted Dmld's Kidney
Pills ns the stnndard remedy for dis
eases of the Kidneys rind kindred com
plaints. H. II. Dunawny. M. D., of
Benton, III., says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me of
Diabetes after everything else bad fail
ed and I wns given tip to die. I have
since prescribed them in my regular
practice for every form of Kidney
Trouble and havo never ns yet known
them to fall."
Jesse L. Limes, M. D., St. John,
Kansas, says:
'1 prescribed Dodd's Kidney Pills
for tlie litlo daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs.
McBrlde of this place, who suffered
from Epileptic fits foi owing Scar
letina; results were miraculous; 1 have
never seen anything like it."
Lelnnd Williamson. M. D., York
town, Ark., says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best
medicine I know of foi all forms of
Kidney Disease. I believe lu using
the remedy that relieves and cures my
patients whether ethical or not, and I
always prescribe Dodd'k' Kidney Pills
nnd can testify that Li'v Invariably
accomplish a permanent and perfect
cure of all Kidney Complaints."
As Explained.
Benson Why does your friend Mig
gles always carry his watch in the rear
pocket of his trousers?
Dawson Oh, he's a crank on punctu
ality. Benson But what has that got to de
with carrying his watch as aforesaid?
Dawson Why, it enables him to al
ways show tip a little nhend of time.
As explained.
Brownovitch Old Blowita never at
tends church, does he?
'Smithinsky No It Isn't necessary.
Brownovitch Becnuso why ?
Smithinsky Oh, he's one of those
self-made men who are always praising
their maker.
Had a Thinking Part.
Magistrate Were yon present dur
ing the quarrel between this man and
his wife?
Witness Yes, your honor.
Magistrate What did tlie man say?
Witness Nothing. She didn't give
him a chance to get a wr.rd in edge
ways. Have used Tiso's Cure for Consump
tion nearly tfo years, an 1 tind nothing
to compare with it. Mrs. Morgan, Berke
ley, Cal., Sept. 2, 1001.
Not Honor flcn.
One of the characters of the old
navy was Captain Peiclval. familiarly
called "Mad Jack," whose waggish
and irascible saying not only amused
his contemporaries, but arc still going
the rounds. At one tiuie, says the
New lork Tribune, the ton of one of
his old friends was appointed a mid
bhipman. As there was no naval academy In
those days at Annapolis, the lad was
drafted to Captain Percival's ship.
The father wrote at once to his
friend to announce the fact that his
Mm was on shipboard, nnd after tbe
usual parental recommendations to
mercy, he closed bis letter with:
"My son has entered upon a profes
sion where he will go down to his
grave, wept, honored and sung; or
unwept, uuhonored'and unsung."
The young midshipman bad not
been on board long before he aroused
the wrath of bis commander, who at
once sat down and wrote to tho lad's
father: ;
"My Dear Sir. Your son is going to
the grave unwept, unhouorcd nnd uu
suug." At another time, when Captain Per
clval was a member of the board for
the examination of candidates for
midshipman's warrants, a son of an
other friend came before tbe board.
After tho examination PercivaL wish
ing to announce the result to tbe
boy's father, wrote, w'.h delightful
Implication:
"Dear Old Messmate. Your boy has
passed. Do you recollect our taking
the Columbus out of dock? She Just
gra zed."
SURE
The Robust Phy.ique Can Stand More
Coffee Than a Weak One.
A young Virginian says: "Having
u naturaUy robust constitution far
above the average, and not having a
nervous temperament, my system was
.nue 10 resist tne Inroads upon 1
tho use of coffee for some years
It by
but
many tne strain began to telL
"For ten years I have been employed
as telegraph operator and typewriter
by a railroad in this section, nnd until
two years ago I had used rofTeo mn.
iiuuany rrom the time I was
years old, nearlv 20 vpars.
eight
"The work of onerntlnir thi
tele-
graph key Is a great strain upon the
nerves, and after the day's work was
over I would feel nervous, Irritable,
run down, and toward the last suffer
ed greatly from insomnia and neural
gia. As I never Indulged in Intoxicat
ing liquors, drugs or tobacco In any
form I came to the conclusion that
coffee and tea were causing the grad
ual break-down of my nervous system,
and having read an article in the Med
ical Magazine on the composition of
coffee and Its toxic effects upon the
system, I was fully convinced that
coffee was the cause of my trouble.
"Seeing Postum spoken of aa not
having any of the deteriorating effects
of coffee I decided to give up the stim
ulant and give Postum a trial The re
sult was agreeably surprising. After
a time my nerves became wonderfully
strong; 1 can do all my work at the
telegraph key and typewriter with far
greater ease thau ever before. My
weight has Increased 35 pounds, my
general health keeping pace with It,
and I am a ucw man and a better one"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
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