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The Other Side. .
I t1. " Climbing the mountuln's shaggy crest
" 1 wondC'l'od - much what sight would
greet
My eager gaze wheno'r my feet
Upon the topmost height would rest
The other side wus all unknown :
But as I slowly tolled along
Sweeter to me than allY song
M3' dreams of vl:410118 to be shown
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'i' l\Ieanwhll ( > the mountain shrubs dis-
tilled . ' ,
Their ! sweetnt'SS all along my 'way ,
And the delicious HIIIIUHr day
My heart with rapture overfilled ,
At length the topmost height was gained :
The other sIde waR full In view :
My dreams-not one of them was true ,
But better far had .I attalne
For far and wide on either han
There stretched a valley broad and
fair ,
> With greenness flashing e\'erywhert'-
; A pleasant , smiling , homelike land
t 11 'ho knows , I thought , but so 'lwlll
I , prove
Upon that mountain top of death ,
'hero' we shall draw diviner breath ,
I And see the long lost friends we love ?
& , Jt may not be as we have dreamed ,
. , . Not half so awful , strange and grand :
( A quiet peaceful , homelike land ,
Better than In our visions gleamed , I
But now along our upward war :
're What beauties lurk , what splendors
glow !
. Whatever shall be , this we know
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Is better than our lips can say.
t -John White Chadwick
Why He Disliked uDixie " I
A distinguished retired general of ,
- the regular army , whose civil wllr !
yt service was brilliant , was seated on
the lawn In front of his Rhode Island
' avenue home at Washington the other
i , evening ! , says the New York Sun , In
conversation with a crony , when an
t ' ltali ! ! n with a street piano stopped
in frr/nE of the house. It was a well
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1 and the old general enjoyed the mu-
, ' . , sic EO much that when , at the wind.
up ot the second tune , the Italian en
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j him n. quarter.
The italian went back "to the tune
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" , ' t j "Dixie. "
Before half of the first measure of
"Dlxie" had been played the retired
j r : > neral rosee . from hIs bench , and ,
without a word to his crony , walked
, ; - . into 1115 house , through the hall and
to the backyard.
, Ho did not return to the beiicll
seat beside his friend until the street
piano man had gone away down the .
avenue , out of hearing He didn't ;
make any explanation when he resumed -
'sumed his lawn seat , either. But his
crony was curious ,
"Old man , " he said to the retired
' general , "I never knew before that
.l. . . you were narrow and prejudiced.
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There's none of the old soreness left
in you , Is there , that you run away
from 'Dixie ? ' Don't you know that
"Dixie' Is tumultously applauded by
1111 . hands nowadays when it's' played
" t y theater orchestras In New York ,
xind even In Boston ? "
"That's an right , " calmly replied
the old officer "I'm neither prejudiced .
diced nor narrow-nobodj" so
But I got the worst of the 'Dixie'
tune' a little matter of forty and odd
years ago , m that I've never been
: able to listen to 'Dlxlo' since without
becoming sort of restless
"When Gen Kilpatrick was operating -
r ing down around Macon , tearing up
railroads and such like , I was with
him. I had charge of destroying the
' . traglts.
) 'I'-rThe : Johnnies were In front of us ,
In plain 31ght , but they didn't bother
' us any. They contented themselves
with falling back as we progressed
with the pulling up of the rails and
ties.
. "Thej' merely watched us across
the clearings and through the trees ,
and never even popped at us. They
probably figured that It would be no
! use , seeing how greatly we outnumbered .
, bered them. -
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" for me to learn how I was making
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out with the destruction of the rail-
road. He wanted the work pushed
fa8tor.
" 'I'll tell you what you do , ' Gzn.
Wlpntrlcl saId to me. "rho boys al
ways work faster and with a better
will when there's music around. You
take one of the mounted ( bands down
to where the gung's working and
give 'em some music That'll chlrl
tnom up and wo can get this job. done
foonCl' ;
"So 1 took n mounted band to the
point which we had reached In the
tearing Ul of the railroad , und told
the leader to go ahead and pump
some of the patriotic airs
"Thf1 music had the effect Gen.
Kllpntrlcl had predicted . The boys
did twice as much work under the Inspiring .
iph'lng ! strains of 'Hall , Columbia , '
"rhe Star.Spangled Banner , ' 'My
Country , ' and so on , and the .Johnnles
In front of us had to fan back a good
deal more rapidly than they had before .
fore the enthusiasm of the boys had
been kindled by the band music
"Whon the band had run out or
patriotic airs the leader approached
Inc and asked for suggestions as to
what the musicians should play then.
" \VeIl , ' I said to the leader , 'those
poor devils of rebs In front of us
have behaved pretty well They
la\'en't even turned their sharpsllOot.-
ers loose upon us They ought to be
rewarded Suppose you just give
them 'Dixie' for good luck ? ' "
At this point In his Ulu'l'ulivo the
old retired general paused for a min-
ute or so and looked thoughtful
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'WeIl ? ? " said hIs crony
\VeIl , " went on the veteran , "the
band tadn't wrung out more than six
bars of that 'Dixie' tune before our
ears were numbed by the confoundest
rebel yell you , ever listened to In all
your born days , and Inside of two
mlnutEs those Johnnie In front were
on top of us and trouncing hell out
01' us. "
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Sutler Was Wily
"I am all the time wondering , " said
the sergeant , "I ! the Japanese and
Russian soldiers , , in theIr strenuous
campaigns have any time for frolic
and fun. If not I don't see 'how they
can stand the wear and tear In the
old army we had our forced marches ,
skirmishes and battles , but we had a
good deal of spare time for what the
commanding general called deviltry ,
I including raids on sutler's supplies
and a good deal at horse play gener-
ally.
\Ve could tell when a general ad-
ance was Impending by the willingness .
ness of sutlers to dispose of certain
supplies &t bargain counter figures
Just before the advance on Atlanta
a sutler had established himself In
one of the gaps to the east of Chattanooga .
tanooga , and being well to the front ,
did a land office business. One day
early In May I noticed he was very
nervous and kept his eyes on some
kegs of beer stored In the rear of his
tent. I told the boys and they organized .
Ized a raid to relieve the sutler's net
vousness.
"They surrounded the sutler's tent
that night , but , much to their surprise ,
they found the sutler awake and very
anxious. They told him they came for
the beer , which he was not allowed to
sell to enlisted men , and again they
were / surprised when the sutlor said
that If they Insisted on having the
beer at five cents a glass , he would
have to Jet them have it , as he was
not strong enough to reslJt. ! : The boys
were startled , but firm. Word was ,
passed to the camps In the rear , and
that night the sutler sold all his beer ,
and a good many other thln.o : ; .
"The boys were In great glee ov"-
having intimidated the sllt1er..lmt
when a forward mOment was ordered .
ed next morning they realized that
they had leon bamboozled , as It were ,
and that the sutler , by selling his beer
at a reaJaonable ! : rate , had sold out
to the I'er 1 : drinkers the most of his
stock Qt'lered to tile roar. They said
nothing but , In the course at the day ,
the sutlers : wagon was overturned and
the mules could not be found Ho
didn't get away from the gap until the
soldiers had marched to the front- .
Chicago inter Ocean.
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Little Prisoners.
'hen mother's gone aWIto work , us
kids Is lust as good-- : :
" ' 0 hover do n single thing 'cept what
silo said tee could
She gives : : U9 nil Il 'goott-1JS" kiss , I\n'
lock the door ) tight ,
So's to he slurelto filii19 here wlll'n she I
gets hlmo at nIgh ,
She leaves the key with Mrs. Brown ,
who 11\1'9 next house but one ,
A n' If thl'ro'd ever Ill n tire , why , 1\II'S !
Brown would run
An' let Ul : out for mother's work 114
'moRt a mile away :
We know , 'cause once she tool liS , Jut !
they wouldn't let us slar
'VI' see the school Ielll ! goin' IW , an'
then we know It'g noon '
An' time t' cat our dinner which Is. .
always ready soon : , I
'Cause bread and cheese IR all wo have :
nn' then we play around , '
Or little brother goes to sleep an' we
c.1on't make 1\ rotund
" ' 0 wntch the funny postman , fin' the
wagons rol11n' past : .
The streets get dart < , tine lights come
out , an' pretty \ soon , at IIlHt
Somebody taps the windowpane , the
doorknob tmnH-nn' then
You'd . ought to hear us shoulln' , 'cause
It.s mother home again.
Newark News ,
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A Dovecote for Your Lawn
If any of you boys or girls are thinking .
Ing of putting up a dovecote or birdhouse .
house out en the lawn so as to attract
le birds tG your place , here Is a beau-
ful model for you to cop ) ' .
If your father happens to have a
tree on the grounds that ho does not
wish to keep alive , It will be just the
thing for your pnrpose. Saw It off
about ten feet from the ground , or
as much lower as will leave a clean ,
straight trunl. ( A pole set In the
ground will serve the same purpose ,
but will not look quite so well at
first. )
If you can , at the top of the trunk
leave three or four portions at
branches , sawed off clean and level !
at the ends. ( It you cant , then nail
three or four wooden supports to the
top of the trunk. )
A platform thirty-six inches square
should be nailed on top of the sup-
ports.
Then on top at this platform set up
a house with Inclined sides , Measurements .
ments : 2-1 inches square at bottom ,
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high (42 Inches if measured along
the Inclined edge. )
Cut five windows in each side , and
underneath the tipper tiers of win.
dews faster1 little shelves for the
birds to perch on.
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On top of the house sot up n tall ' ,
attic roof , with the ridge lines a little '
I . curved Instead of slmlghl. ( This . . '
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Leave the eaves sufficiently wide to "
protect the birds from the rain. , ; dt a "
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Plndertoy
The ph\llorto IS a very simple and 'fi !
amusing toy , WhIch can ho made In . ' .
two minutes , Cut out the pIeces , and . a
with one pin fasten all togother. The . ' }
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The Disunited States
A guessIng contest which scorns
easy to most girls and boys when they f
hear at It , but provess more difficult .
than they supposed , Is the Disunited
States. . .
Male an outline , nothing more , of '
each state in the Union. These must . '
be drawn on separate cards or pieces .
of paper and be exactly like the outlines .
lines on the map. Have each card .
numbered and Its number placed opposite . .
poslte the name of the state on 11
separate piece of paper , which Is not
shown until the contest Is over.
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You will be surprised at the mis
takes made , for even those who have
studied geography for years find It
difficult to decide which state the out. ,
line stands for when 'It Is all alone
Each player writes his name on a
slip of paper bearing the number ho
ventures to guess The aDO wino \ has
the most correct should
answers receive -
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. ceh'e a prl1.e. This Is a simple game , .
but It affords amusement to school
boys and girls and to aIrier people , i
haYing left school before many of the
new states were added to the Union , . , _ . 1 ,
find It no easy task to guess the state
by a mere outline. y
Sometimes ! a river or a mountain : '
sketched through the state In Its prop.
er place will give the guessers a ,
better chance , but even then many : '
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funny blunders are sure to he made " .
Soap Bubble Fountain , . i
A fountain that spouts soap bubbles
Is one of the novelties shown In the
Palace of LIberal Arts at the World's . . , , '
Fair. It Is about 25 feet high , and Is .
surmounted by a statue ; of a fairy. ' ;
Millions of soap bubbles pour out from '
the top basin , over the sides and Into 'j
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a larger and lower basin which , In .
turn , fills and overflows , the bubbles
being carried off at the bottom ; 1
The effect is much more brilliant
than a water fountain , for each of. the
tiny bubbles reflects all colors of the ; ,
rainbow. To add to the brllllanc , ' _
electric lights are concealed In the
lower parts of the two basins , throwing . . . - ,
Ing beams of light of all colors up
through the bubbles and producing an ' ,
electric fountain whose effects Is magnified . '
nlfied by everyone ot the globes or
water. . I
The bubbles are produced by special.
Iy built machines which agitate the . j
soap In clear water and under pres. . '
sure force It up to the top of the foun- "
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