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Two-Tear-Old Girl Who Sines
Grand Operas
The youngest musical -wonder in all
New York is little Marguerite Mandel
3cern just 2 years and 3 months old
The wee girl has not yet learned to lisp
j lainly the mingled English and Ger
man in which she expresses herself
but there is no music too difficult for
lier to sing with absolute precision
lifter once or twice hearing it upon the
piano
The little treble voice is as clear and
true as a hell and most intricate meas
ures are given -with a strict adherence
to time that -would make a prima donna
envious
The child is a daughter of Joseph
Mandelkern of No 10G East One Hun
dred and Twentieth street and has
doubtless inherited her marvelous ear
from her father -whose ruling passion
Is music For hours -while her sister
Elizabeth a pianist of no mean order
is playing Baby Marguerite will creep
Into the room and lie silently listening
This bad been going on for some time
before the family observed the Httle
ones habit and became aware of her
devotion to melody
It -was -when near her second birth--day
ho wever that the infant musician
- -essayed her own powers Her choice
-was grand opera and her debut made
3n an aria from Alda As the first
note was struck Graoie as she Is
known at home stopped suddenly hi
iher play threw back her head parted
lier red flips and to the surprise of every
one present sang in a sweet pure
thread of tone the entire aria
Once having found her voice the lit
tle maid tremulous -with delight -went
on to make her own every theme that
jappealed to her And Grade knows
ioo everything that she sings It is a
- matter of moment to this small music
Hover -whether it be Verdi or Mendels
sohn that occupies her attention New
York World
Educated Tinkers
A leading Australia paper calls at
tention to the fact that Bulgaria -would
offer a much larger market for agri
cultural machinery if there were some
Trellalble repair shops for such machin
ery in the country If there Is but the
smallest repair work on such a ma
chine to be ione nobody can be fund
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Do they the stars of night outvie
The stripes that you so boldly bear
To battle can their glow compare
With blood of men left lifeless there
Or can this azure compensate
For home ties broken or abate
The grief and tears your deaths create
Those stars the stripes the blue the white
Symbol of Freedom might and right
Lead on Lead on we follow thee
All oer the world loud paeans swell
Which proudly to the nations tell
That to the very gates of hell
If that flag leads we follow it
to do it and in many cases German ex
perts have been called for The Eco
nomical Society of the Bulgarian capi
tal has just now submitted a memorial
to the government asking for the state
appointment of some 75 to 100 capable
mechanics able to do this kind of work
The ministry supports this scheme and
decided that these mechanics should
ihave to instruct in the first place the
rural population in the application of
improved agricultural machinery and
Implements
This impetus will doubtless result in
a large increase of the imports of all
kinds of agricultural machinery Phil
adelphia Record
Bird Cage Made by Navajos
Here is another illustration of the
ingenuity of the Navajo Indians It is
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OBIGIXAI AXD SERVICEABLE
a bird cage made of bamboo The de
sign is original and the material very
serviceable
He Promised
Oh George she cried after he had
kissed her youll never tell any one
will you
Never have the slightest fear on
that score he replied And it must
have been the way he said it that made
her angry
A good sized -whale yields about one
ton of whalebone
Some men are built for labor
some are built for politics
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INDICATE CHARACTER
What Different Kinds of Noses Mean
to Their Owners
A thick nose and flat Is an unfavora
ble feature with men as well as -women
usually signifying that the character
is predominated by material instincts
while a turned up nose -with wide nos
trils betokens a vain disposition
Especially -wide nostrils are signs of
courage strength and pride small nos
trils of weakness and timidity Noses
large in every respect are usually found
among men and When a woman pos
sesses a large nose it indicates she is
masculine in character
The nose the form of which has so
much to do with the beauty of the face
is amenable to culture and we have it
on the authority of a German physi
cian that it is beyond dispute that dur
ing half an ordinary human life the
nose is capable of receiving more noble
form The mental training of an indi
vidual has a great deal to do with shap
ing the nose
The small flat tnose found among
women and called the soubrette nose
when occurring with an otherwise
agreeable cast of countenance indi
cates a gracious and cheerful naivette
combined wifth considerable curiosity
Such a nose Is seldom found among
men and when a man is unfortunate
enough to possess it he is characterized
by weak and definite sagacity Phila
delphia Press
German Geographical Prize
Herr Krupp of Essen has given 10
000 marks to the German Geographical
Society for a gold medal to be award
ed yearly for geographical discovery
It will be called the Nachtigal medal
after Krupps friend Gustav Nachti
gal the African explorer and where
the merits of candidates are otherwise
equal will be given in preference first
to discoveries on the African continent
and next to exploration in German col
onies elsewhere
Female
Any mail for me this morning
asked the lawyer
No sir but there was a lady re
plied the bright boy Philadelphia
North American
One pound of sheeps wool is capable
of producing one yard of cloth
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SOLDIEES STORIES
ENTERTAINING REMINICENCES
OF THE WAR
Graphic Account of Stirring Scenes
Witnessed on the Battlefield and in
Camp Veterans of the Bebellion Re
cite Experiences of Thrilling Nature
Farmer Iads of I Company
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for roll call
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Look at the
- gawks
Well for a fact
it was a rather
awkward lot of
men which fell in
for roll call on
Company Is
sheet at Camp
Randall that July morning in 1861
It was made up largely of farmer boys
from Vernon County When it was de
cided to raise the company a drummer
and lifer were put into a wagon and
driven out among the farmers As the
band played the farmer lads left their
plows and planting and sought the
cause of the demonstration That day
at dinner and supper the question of
enlisting was discussed Two days
later the required hundred men and
boys had put down tholr names Most
of them were under 20 many under 18
strapping healthy fellows They had
been too busy clearing the land and
making farms to get out and rub
against the world to any great extent
They swung their arms extravagantly
took long steps walked just as they
did in following the plow or carrying
milk to the springhouse It was hard
to make them look to the front while
on duty they were staring here and
there seeing the sights and making
odd comments on scenes officers and
the other companies It was laughed
at for its awkwardness A tony chap
said Look at the gawks
At that time it was necessary in
choosing an adjutant to take him from
the line There was a young lawyer
a graduate of an Eastern college -who
was wanted for adjutant He was a
trim built handsome fellow and looked
the soldier he proved to be The resig
nation of a lieutenant of I Company
opened the way He was commission
ed a lioutenant in that company and
immediately assigned as adjutant The
boys were all strangers to him but he
gave them much attention He liked
those rosy cheeked awkward fellows
from farms the rest of uslliought bet
ter than he did the other companies
On review its brasses uniform mus
kets and accoutrements were as the
adjutant used to say in apple pie or
der Before the campaigning began
all of the original officers of Company
I had resigned Captain R R Dawes
of Company K later General Dawes
father of Charles G the present Comp
troller of the Currency was asked if
he was willing that his first lieutenant
should be transferred to Company I as
captain He had a fondness for the
happy faced curly haired lieutenant
and hesitated somewhat but he
wouldnt stand in the way of his pro
motion so Lieutenant John A Kellogg
added a bar to his shoulder straps and
became Is leader A couple of boys
from Liberty Pole were made lieuten
antsClayton E and Earl M Rogers
Let the record speak for Company I
They participated in every battle of
the Army of the Potomac save those on
the Peninsula under McClellan They
were at Rappahannock Station in the
Pope retreat The night before the re
treat from there it was I Company that
wis called upon to tear down buildings
and construct a bridge across the Rap
pahannock River At Gainesville no
company in the regiment fought better
or suffered worse It was at Bull Run
on the 29th and 30th at South Moun
tain Antietara Fredericksburg Fitz
hugh Crossing Chancellorsville Get
tysburg and in all of the other battles
of the Potomac army up to and includ
ing Appomattox One of its members
was voted a medal of honor by Con
gress Sergeant Frank A Waller later
a lieutenant captured the flag of the
Second Mississippi at Gettysburg when
the regiment charged the cut and made
prisoners of Major Blair and most of
his men
In the great review at Washington a
man without an arm both having been
shot off at Antietam stood in front of
the Treasury Building waiting for his
old regiment When it swung to the
right from the long stretch on Pennsyl
vania avenue and moved past the great
building the no armed man was full of
smiles and comments As his old com
pany approached he swung the stub
of the right arm to his hat removed it
bowed his head and said I could
kneel to you Company A When I
Company passed he did the same It
was the tony young fellow who nearly
four years before had said Look at
the gawks
From I Companys ranks had fallen
forty one killed in battle Forty one
All from one companjT or nearly half
of the original number There were
whole brigades that did not lose as
many men in battle The wounded
numbered sixty five Many were
wounded two or three times Seven
teen died of disease Company I con
tributed one brigadier general Frank
A Kellogg It contributed a colonel
Frank A Haskell who was killed at
Cold Harbor the day after he had been
recommended for promotion to briga
dier general With armless A H
Young of Company A I could kneel
to Company Is farmer boys J A
Watrous in Chicago Times Herald
A Modern Munchausen
An old officer who was passing by
an acquaintance of the Generals now
stepped up to the group He had re
cently been ordered in from the plains
and his wild tales of red handed
or fn the land of the savaeef na
ready made him known in the army aa
the Injun slayer An aide remarked
to him Well as youve been spoiling
for a fight ever since you joined this
army how did yesterdays set to strike
you by way of a skirmish Oh was
the reply you had large numbers en
gaged and heavy losses but it wasnt
the picturesque desperate hand-to-hand
fighting that you see when
among the Injuns No but we got
in some pretty neat work on the white
man said the aide Yes but it didnt
compare with the time the Nez Perces
and the Shoshonee tribes had their
big battle continued the veteran
Why how was that cried all pres
ent in a chorus
Well you see explained the narra
tor first the Nez Perces set up a yell
louder than a blast of Gabriels trum
pet and chargettstraight across the
valley but the Shoshonees stood their
ground without budging an Inch and
pretty soon they went for the Nez
Perces and drove em back again As
soon as the Nez Perces could catch
their breath they took another turn at
the Shoshonees and shoved them back
just about where they started from
By this time the ground between em
was so covered by the killed and
wounded that you couldnt see as much
as a blade of grass But still they
kept on charging back and forth across
that valley and they moved so fast
that when their lines of battle passed
me the wind they made was so strong
that I had to hold my hat on with both
hands and once I came mighty near
being blown clear off my feet
Why where were you all this time
asked several voices
Oh said he I was standing on a
little knoll in the middle of the valley
looking on
Why remarked an officer should
think they would have killed you in the
scrimmage
Then the face of the veteran of the
plains assumed an air of offended inno
cence and in a tone of voice which
made it painfully evident that he felt
the hurt he said What the Injuns
Lord they all knew me The General
joined in the smiles which followed
this bit of sadly mutilated truth Sim
ilar Munchausenisms indulged in from
time to time by this officer demonstrat
ed the fact that he had become so
skilled in warping veracity that one of
his lies could make truth look lean
alongside of it and he finally grew so
untrustworthy that it was unsafe even
to beliye the contrary of what he said
General Horace Porter in the Cen
tury
Gen Ie9 at Time of Defeat
I took my first and last look at the
great Confederate chieftain This is
what I saw A finely formed man ap
parently about GO years of age well
above the average height with a clear
ruddy complexion just then suffused
by a crimson flush that rising from his
neck overspread his face and even
slightly tinged his broad forehead
bronzed where it had been exposed to
the weather was clear and beautifully
white where it had been shielded by
his hat deep brown eyes a firm bu
well shaped Roman nose abundant
gray hair silky and fine in texture
with a full gray beard and mustache
neatly trimmed and not overlong but
which nevertheless almost completely
concealed his mouth A splendid uni
form of Confederate gray cloth that
had evidently seen but little service
which was closely buttoned about him
and fitted him to perfection An ex
quisitely mounted sword attached to a
gold embroidered Russia leather belt
trailed loosely on the floor at his side
and in his right hand he carried a
broad rimmed soft gray felt hat encir
cled by a golden cord while in his left
he held a pair of buckskin gauntlets
Booted and spurred still vigorous and
erect he stood bareheaded looking out
of the open doorway sad faced and
weary a soldier and a gentleman bear
ing himself in defeat with an all-unconscious
dignity that sat well upon
him George A Forsyth in Harpers
Magazine
Ordered His Own Execution
You hear of men being shot by oth
er men in the same army said a vet
eran with long chin whiskers but the
most remarkable case of the kind that
I ever knew of happened during the
siege of Yorktown where a captain
named Wood was killed by one of his
own men and by his own orders at
that
Capt Wood was the officer of the
day and he had posted the last picket
at night He had given strict orders to
all of the pickets to shoot the first man
they saw approaching from the direc
tion of the Confederate lines without
waiting to ask them for the counter
sign for we were in close and danger
ous quarters then and it might endan
ger the whole army if a picket stopped
to parley with would be visitors
After giving these Instructions to
the last picket Capt Wood left him
and started as he supposed to return
to the camp It was very dark how
ever and he lost his way and Instead
of going inside the lines he went out
side He soon discovered his mistake
and turned back His road took him
past the picket to whom he had just
given the decisive order In the dark
ness the quick sighted soldier saw a
dark figure stealing along the road
raised his piece and fired
The bullet struck Capt Wood in the
side inflicting a mortal wound The
mistake was soon discovered but Capt
Wood remained conscious long enough
to exonerate the picket from all blame
and died in the consciousness that he
had ordered his own execution Buf
falo Express
Milk can be kept cool in summer in a
new can which has a central compart
ment extending up to the lid in which
there is an opening for the passage of
Ice into the central tube
Mils for Killing Criminals Formerlr
Paid in Holland
Edam in Holland where the Dutch
cheese comes from has just opened a
museum of local antiquities and
among the not least interesting of the
exhibits are the accounts of the muni
cipal executioners during the eigh
teenth century One of these function
aries by name Vogel presents a detail
ed bill dated Dec 19 1713 in which he
sets forth a claim for G florins for one
decapitation and 3 florins each for a
sword and winding sheet with 3 flor
ins 14 cents for a coffin for the decapi
tated one His charge for hanging a
criminal was also G florins with the
further addition of 3 florins for cut
ting down and Impaling ditto Break
ing a man on the wheel was a costlier
luxury and ran to 9 florins while for
supplying nine new lashes for
scourge the charge was 27 florins
On the whole however Mr Vogel
was a moderate man in bis charges or
the value of human life went up a goofi
deal in the next fifty years for in the
no less circumstantial accounts of
Johannes Ka presented Aug 1 1764
we have a charge of 12 florins for go
ing on board the Hans and preparing
instruments of torture with a like
charge for torturing one person But
this must have been for the lesser tor
ture only as on Aug 30 the same Jo
hannes sends in a bill for torturing
three persons at 75 florins a head
total 225 florins while a few days later
no less than GOO florins is charged for
hanging four persons at 150 florins
each and for flogging two persons
and burning a third he exacts 150 flor
ins Clearly considerations of economy
If not of humanity must have tended
toward the reform of the criminal coda
In Holland London Chronicle
The Time Niagara Dried Up
It seems almost incredible that at one
time in its history the greatest and
most Avonderful waterfall in the world
actually ran dry Nevertheless it is
an established fact that this occurred
on March 29 1S4S and for a few hours
scarcely any water passed over Niag
ara Falls The winter of that year had
been an exceptionally severe one and
ice of unusual thickness had formed on
Lake Erie The warm spring rains
loosened this congealed mass and on
the day in question a brisk east wind
drove the ice far up into the lake
About sunset the wind suddenly veered
round and bjlew a heavy gale from the
west iThis naturally turned the icejn
Its course nnj hripgjjng down tothe
niOUth 6f Hie Niagara jjiver pueu it uy
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In a solid Impenetrate
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So closely was it packed and so great
was its force that in a short time the
outlet to the lake was completely
choked up and little or no water coUld
possibly escape In a very short space
of time the water below this frozen
barrier passed over the falls and the
next morning the people living in the
neighborhood were treated to a most
extraordinary spectacle The roaring
tumbling rapids above the falls were
almost obliterated and nothing but
the cold black rocks were visible in all
directions The news quickly spread
and crowds of spectators flocked to
view the scene the banks on each side
of the river being lined with people
during the whole day At last there
was a break in the ice It was released
from its restraint the pent up wall of
water rushed downward and Niagara
was itself again
The Prince of Wales Dinner Table
Good taste reigns over all the ar
rangements Thus the tablecloths are
severely plain though of the finest
quality and simply worked with the
royal arms the rose the thistle and
the shamrock while the table napkins
are invariably folded into a small
square to hold the bread and never In
the fancy shapes in vogue elsewhere
To each guest two forks and no more
are provided and these are placed
prongs downward In addition there are
one large tablespoon and one large
knife for In no circumstances are two
knives together given to any guest A
great many reasons have been as
signed for this rule but apparently no
one has summoned up the courage to
ask the royal host and hostess It has
been asserted that his royal highness
has the old fashioned dislike to seeing
knives inadvertently crossed Small
water bottles are used but the princess
holds to the Hanoverian habit of never
having finger bowls At Marlborough
House dinner begins at 845 and Is
never allowed to last much more than
an hour Occasionally during dinner
soft music is played The menu is al
ways served a la Russe that is to say
nothing Is carved in the dining room
Our Prince at Home
The Cabin Bojs Mistake
When the British fleet was at Hong
Kong a merchant ship was seen com-
ing over the bar with her ensign upside
down The ships In the harbor at once
lowered lifeboats and raced to be first
o give assistance to the supposed sink 1
ing ship When the first boat got with
in hailing distance they saw the skipper
clapping Lis hands and sbouting Go
fe Come on Well pulled etc The
officer in charge then said Whats the
matter captain Nothing the mat
ter said the skipper Then why have
you got your ensign upside down The
skipper glanced aloft as his colors
Its that boy Joe again he cried in
disgust I thought it was a regatta
Forest in a Former Lake Bed
Lake Rikwa or Leopold between
Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa in Cen
tral Africa which when first discov
ered forty years ago was 180 miles long
b 30 broad is reported by recent trav
elers to have dried up completely The4
bed of the lake is now a plain covered
with thick woods
A fine ostrich is calculated to ylelsl
2000 worth of feathers