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The Palace of Peace ,
The f O\'l'rllll\lIt of the Nt'therlnnlls
hnM rlnnlly decided to I'I'ct the palace )
nl pence , ! tlVI'II hy Andrew CIII'IIl'HIt ! , III 1
the woods of Hphl'\'Plllnll'n , on 11 hill I
overlooking the oeuutl ] I
' 1'hry will hull them II mlrrrl' ) of peace ; I
But \\'hnt will they hulltl It fur !
An II Ihll'o ) to meet In and tullt 1111I1
I Ih'cam
I And tell how they nil IIhol'
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'fill shedding of hlood and the bottle
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And the rage and thc 'uclt of Will" ?
. Will they cone ! ! from " the dlHtllllt clinics ,
I From , the Islulldl-l 1111I1 JUIIIH ) IIflll' ,
Anti holll the dove '
IIJI \ liS the blnl they
100'e /
And point' ' ' to a 'ul'eful ) 14 : lar t ,
' ' hurry
Then IUI'r ) ' away III their hClldlollH
IIIlh I
'fo WIIIC a now war tike the Czar !
They will IJt1lhl them II )111 ) : Inca of pelc ) e
" 'Iwlu the forest ! Iii all nlJlIlI ,
I And the tone , S that I I lift III till ! n h'
\\111 mirror tlwIIleh'c ! III the lfaod.
, But till' hands of the IIIlJII who rear the
pill
Arc HCtIIIIIr to shed moro hlootl. .
j . And the lions of isnglnnd l ' mllr blush
AM they thllllt of the hand 01 the Boel' ,
Anti , the eagles of HUHHlu mllY I-Ihrlnl
, At the ouIIII of the clllliion's tour ,
But hehlnd all this WIICO ) Is II fear
t Anti n hideous II1CIIUCO of watt
1. They will hlllill them 1paillCI ) of pent :
. p " And the tnlr s will 1101'1 to the place ,
Each one with his hand 011 II gun
And a inaMlt of penal on his face ,
And ' doubtless before they ar + ' thl'ollh
'l'hc ) ' 11111) elillch In II tlcatllr eltlhlllee ,
-Chicago Chronicle
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Y CoxswaIn of the Iearsarge , .
Callt. Jolla F' , I3lckford of Gloucester -
tel' was coxswain on the Keal'sare !
when she sunk the Al:1huma , and was
one of the four seamen to I'ocelve the
medal or honor for gallant co duct In n
that momOl'uhlo sea fight
CIlPt. Ulcllford was horn In 1It. : Desert -
. crt , Maine In 1843 , and when he tea s
' 19 years old calllu to Boston and on-
listed on the receiving ship OhIo , then
1 stationed at the CharJostown UI\\-
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II lIe was delallod to the Kearsnr e ,
I which hud beets launched Sept , 11 , 18131 ,
. at. Portsmouth navy yard and completed -
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pleted .Ian 18 , lSG2 , und on that da } '
joined the shill , which under com ,
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JIllllll of Commodore Charles 't V ,
I Pickering was ordered to emceed to
Cadiz Spain , In search of the re1Jel
'nlsl' ) Snllltm' , c01l11lHmded 'yy ! Cap ,
I Semmes ,
The Kotrsarge saIled from Port
mouth Feb 5 , 18U2 , and after Il rotrg h
voyage , luring which she neatly lost
I nil of her boats , arrived at Catllz ,
March , where she found that tle
Sumter WH ! at Algeclras , just across
the bay from GI'lraltal' '
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Here she remained some time and
practically bottled up the Sumtm' ,
" t whose oll1cors nnn crew were transferred -
" erred to the " 290 , " as the Alabama
was then known to naval mon
Meltntlmo the Sum tel' was sold by '
the rebels , and In September , 18' J ,
the Kearsargo went In search of the
H , Alabama , which WitS reported to bo
In the vicinity of the Azores
The Alabama meanwhile had sli h .
ped away , and the Kcarsarge , which
was now In commlllul of Calll. John
A , Winslow , put In the winter of ' ' 63
and ' 64 watching the rebel Cl'uhHJI'
Florida at Brest , France , and keep ( ng
a lookout for the Rappahllnnoclt , another -
other confederate vosEel
Semmes and the Alabama were reported -
ported at Cherbourg , France , Juno 12 ,
18G4 , and the Kearsargo arrived am-
side that port on the 14th , and on the
I Sunday following , June IVth , Winslow -
slow sunk hm"
or course Capt. Blclfonl feels ye r } '
proud or having been In that fig 'ht
and for receiving the medal , at honor , I
"I was the only one who went Into .
, the navy and rose to be master's
mate and also receive the medal at :
honor "
. When the Koarsarge returned home
Capt. Blclford was transferred to lie t
Lenapeo and detailed on the Cal10
Fear river station , where malaria re-
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hut ho survived It and returned to
\It. ! Desert Island after the war ,
Capt. UlcltCor went to Gloucester
In 18j7 ( and become a fisherman , maltIng -
Ing same twenty trips to the Imllts ,
'bllt lIIalarla nmlctod him again and
ho accepted : the position of foreman
In one of the large fish pucl\lnJ I
houses of Gloucester , where he 1'0'
molted ! about eighteen years ,
limit his love for the wlltm' prevailed ,
and for the past ten years ho has
malntalnorl IL fleet of ; ; i\llIng and rowboats -
boats at Roehaw'ay Inlel , Gloucester ,
-Buston Glohe
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Fletcher Webster's Command.
In following the son or 'l'he Great
JijXIIOlItHhH' In the
defense of the con
stitution hIs hUI1101'lld
father Had 1i0
frequently oXlllalnelt , Fletcher \Veh ,
stet's Twelfth , Inter conuunntiud by
Col J. 1.1 , hates , performed Ills tin-
gul ! hell service Hoel'uitCll In the
castel'll part of the state , the ' 1'wolfth n
served In Baxter's brigade , Hohlnsol"s
division , First Cols , HIIII lost l GG7 met I
In actioll , The 1 total enrollment of the
'J'welrth was 1i22 ! , the regiment was
P resent at seventeen general engage
ments , and the loss In action WUR
12Ii ( per con t , Out or 3:1 : , 1 present 'on
the lIelll / of Antietam , Earl } - rihlo veer
lulled , 106 J wounded , rind : ) tell mlHHlng ,
the percentac ) ; of loss suffered by ) the
'l'welfth on that fatal field being slaty . -
s even , the largest percentage of loss
sustained there by any regiment on
till Hnlon tilde 'rho FIrst Texas ,
which had a position opposite that of
lie ' 'l'wclft , In the cornfield , neat the
little Danker church , sustaIned a loss
of S2 : ! per cent , which shows the char
: tctel' or the fighting In that locally
At FI'ellorlcsburg1'0lll'Ieon / were kill l ;
cd and eighty-six wounded , out or 258
ong-aged During the time the reg l- i I
mont in the service lhlrlylhre '
was , th rlthrec
men died In rebel prisons ,
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Fighting at Close RLlnge
"Ono war correspondent , " put In tI1C
\ajOl' : , "snys that hi one of the gl'eat I
artillery battles between the Russian
and the Japanese there was not a man
vls/hle / on the field 'rho Japanese , behind -
hind the swell of a hill , were firing
Indirectly . at the Russians ! , killing bun
dress ! of men , and the Russians , behind -
hind the brow of another ridge , were
tlrlng f indirectly ( but effectively at th p
Japanese nut In the valley botwo n
the two ranges not a man could be
seen , Great Scotl ! At Stone R/\'er /
the most effective artillery firing was
done with our ' own infantry massed In i
front of time guns , the shot and shell ( I .
hying over the men flat on the ground ,
When the massed artillery hall done
its work on the heavy charging columns I -
awns of the enemy the guns wore
silent at a slgllal , and the Infantry ,
20,000 slang , was In two minutes UI
close contact with the mon In gray ,
The whale battlefield was alive wltll
men In the turmoil of close tightlng ,
and It mantle a picture worth ficeillg ,
Wo old fellows couldn't get used to
this lung rang bnslnoss The re
doosn't seem 10 be anything In It to
stir the blood-Chlcago inter Ocean ,
Efficient Army Nurse ,
Everybody knows that Miss Doro ,
then 1.1 Dix was appointed hy SE c .
rotary Stanton of the war department
as superintendent of the army ours Is ,
and that , under her supervision , U he
large corps or women who were enl 1 } '
too glad ! of an opportunity to show
their patriotism were mustered h } '
her Into the regular service of the
hospitals ,
The par of those who were regal nr -
ly I mustered In was $12 : ! per mOnth ,
lint htllHll'edH'pro never mustered In ,
and they served without compensa.
flan , Because of the Imperfect record
at their services , many of these noble
women , who sacrificed and suffered as
much as any soldier In the ranks , hll ve
lied ( In POVel'tr
The army nurse was under orders
to serve to the fullest eXHmt. Ohllg cd
to respond to duty at zII times ( ' .nd
In all emergenclessh : ; . cOY'Jd not Inc l\S-
ere her time , sleep ; ltrength
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Tile Joy of Living ,
Oh ! I 0111 happy III the running when the
sun begins to peep ,
And the golden ! colors shoot 1111 III the
sky ;
And the IIttlc hinds lire singing ! that
they're thanlcflll for their sleep ,
And are telling / how thc11 breal , . fast
by anti hr
Oh ! I am hapIn at ; the noontime when
the ! Hlln IS / t'tthhol ,
And the I popinr , leaves arc 'lIstllng In
the heal ;
The old dog' Is ! Il'tllnJ ' : lazy and the dln-
per's i lu the pot ) ,
And time t longing ! and the stretching
wful sWcet
Oh ! T 11111 Happy In the evening when the
HIIII hangs red and low ,
A mid promise for the 1II0I'nln&8' brlgh
nod clear :
And till ! HIIJlPl' " bell 1oJ ! ringing 111 It war
lhal'H mighty : slow , :
And 1'11I Hwflll glad ; that uCI1thnc's
thawing Iwal'
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Draft Detector.
How many times In the woelt do you n
h ear your parents say , "I believe ! 1
eel a draft ? " Doubtless a great t
many , and then there 18 al ways an argument -
gument as to where the draft comes
from , Is there not ? And sometImes : ! if
Is not a draft at all , hut just Imagination -
tion , Still , It 18 a very simple mater . -
tel' to make a little instrument which
will find the draft If theta Is one and. .
besides show you , lI'etty nearly where i
It comes from.
Get a. knitting needle , three larp-o
corls and four small ones , eight hair
plus , four bits of cardboard , and an
ordinary hutton , The dlagmm snows
you so Illalnlr how to put them to-
geth01 that there is no use describing
how it Is done The top cork Is the
only thing which Is not perfectly sin L-
plo
1\1a1\O a hole all the way throng
the top cork from top to bottom. A
hairpin will answer to drill tills bolo
with Now male two or three nor u
holes ! beside this first .
one and vcr \ '
near ItStrut your hairpin brisk ' " ,
through these holes until their sIde1 ! '
are worn away and they form one
hole. Now run a small tube of rnac\-
roni or a quill toothpick through tI1A
hole This is so that the mlttln ] ! : :
needle which pierces the top cork Hnd
acts as a pivot for It to turn upon wl ! ) _
have a loose socket and will perm it
the cork to move easily
Whou anyone says "draft" get out
this little draft finder and put near
the place the draft In supposed to
come from , The slightest breath of
c it
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air will set the sails In motion nnll
the direction In which they move will
Indicate pretty clearly when . the ct ir .
rent of air comes from ,
Reciting the Jabberwock
Two clever sisters at a recent party
gave an cola ' tniriment that was well
worth the labor and pains It tool\ to
prepare for it , One of the girls dressed
In a full blue cheese cloth gown that
came down just to her wrists On
her hands were shoes and stockings
and on her head was a very wide flarIng -
hug hat. She then stood behind a
table , which had :
a cloth over It ex
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tending to the floor , and so concealed
the lower part oC her Jody ! Standing -
thus she was a funny little woman ,
with big head and little feet , which
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rested on the table , but with no arms
The sister , , however , supplied the
arms , This sister stood just behind
ontll'ely covered with a dart cloak the ,
same color , almost , as the wall paper ,
RO that she was not at all noticeable ,
nTH ! thrust her anus r ' .
through the sleeves of the firs ' "glrl S ' " ) Iy
gown , the sleeves being made open \ . . . . . , .
behind for that 1H1rpose
The first girl then recited "The Jab-
bOl'wocl" , II from "Alice InVonder -
land , " while the girl behind did the
gesturing , whIch , of course , looked ns
If it were all clone by fire arms of the "
funny little woman Hands , feet und '
head were kept constantly In motion ,
the hand of the second girl going to
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the ear of the girl In front as though I '
listening , and perfol'lnlng other opener j
prlate and graceful gestures all the .
time , As an encore the "fum\ ' little '
woman" danced a shirt dance to the
music of the plana This , of course , ,1
was more difficult and tools n lot or
practice beforehand , but the surprise
and delight ! occasioned by this unique
entertainment were wall worth limo ,1
time spent In bringing It to perfection -
tion ,
Racing Drops of Water.
This game can be readily made In .
a few minutes by any boyar girl. A9 . ,1\1 ; )
Is well mown { , If a drop of water he
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placed on a piece of paper It will bt .
at once absorbed . by the paper , hut If , '
the patter Is oiled the drop of water J'
will remain Intact and slide gracefully
over the paper ,
The first thing necessary Is to get :
four or five books , one smaller than (
the other , and rest them on their edge a t
on the tahlo. - tI
'l'hen get a sheet of strong paper
hold It over a lamp till It Is thorourh
ly I blaclwned by the soot from the
flame and then all It. This done , you
lay It over the tops of the book covers ,
holding It down with a plate or other
small vessel at the ' ' '
end 1'ale a Moot
and let a few drops of water drip "n . . . w _ \ , .
the paper , and they will slide alotY Tw
title so many Jiving things until they
fall Illto the Illate The game Is ! to
sea which drop of water gets them
first. It can be played by any number ' .
of boys and girls , but n careful watch
must be kept on the various drops or
water , as they slide very qulekl Dy
coloring the water and having each
player own u. differently colored drop ,
they can be readily kept track of.
The one who gets the greater number
of drops In the plate first wins the
game.
Snow-Proof Ponies , .
Dr J , 0 gwart , In discussing time :
problem of the origin of horses , de- 't
scribes as one of the 1110St distinct
kinds now living the Celtic ponies ,
which are found In the most northern ,
parts of Ireland Thor tea h a height y/-
of only four feet , and are so abundant- ,
Iy furnished with hair that In winter
storms they are practically snow-
proof Dr Ewart observed the conduct -
duct of one of these ponies during a
snowstorm As soon as the storm be. I
gan she turned her hind quarters to f
it , and In a silent time the snow had J
formed alnd ] of shield or disk upon (
the long hair growing about the root I
of the tall Thus protected , the ony
did not shift her position while the , . ( '
s..orm lasted , except to turn 'lea r
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change of \\'Ind-Boston Globe If'
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