The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, March 17, 1898, Image 4

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THE BATTLE NOW ON.
THE SKIRMISH LINE HAS BEEN
PASSED.
People Mont Advance la Solid Rank
A(ainat Organized Monopoly and
Hypocriey-Upward Trend of V ley
and Downward Trend of Price.
Time for Action.
The skirmish liue In passed. The bat
tle la on in every section of our coun
try. Organized hypocrisy, falsehood
by rail and by telegraph, great blanket
sheets, smoking and steaming with
falsehood and misrepresentation, mill
ions of tons of trash in every form flood
the country to enable New York and
London to continue to rob and plunder
the people of the United States. In any
other country and in any other age re
sistance to the cunning of Shyloek. aud
the power of money to corrupt and en
slave the people, would be impossible.
It 1b not so with the American peo
ple. There is time enough before the
decisive battle for Justice, liberty and
equality against the machinations of
the most unscrupulous, grasping, hypo
critical and avaricious foe that ever
cursed mankind is finally settled In the
campaign of HXK), to educate the peo
ple and secure a victory over the ene
mies of the human race. Wake up,
arouse your neighbor, point out the dan
ger, induce bim to procure, read and
teach the truth-.' Nine-tenths of all the
people of the United Stales, yea. nine-teen-twentieths,
have a common inter
est to overthrow the powers of dark
ness that are impoverishing the great
republic. Not more than one per cent
of the people are really interested In
and receiving benefits from falling
prices, wrecking fortunes, stagnation of
business, bankruptcy and ruin.
Shall one per cent who are interested
1n devouring the substance of the peo
ple of the United Slates, subverting our
Institutions and converting the great
republic into a despotism, control a ma
jority of the American people and make
lliem slaves? The one er cent and all
the power of money and corrupt ion
would be as harmless as a gentle breeze
!f the American people would wake up.
It is only when they sleep that they can
be enslaved. If they will remember
that "eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty," and each man Join without
delay the great army of reform and en
list his neigliltors to unite with the mill
ions who are striking for liberty, the
cold hearted, wicked Shyloeks who are
sucking the blood of the nation will
shrink before the omnipotent power of
an outraged people like cowardly curs.
And every true American will not only
rejoice, but will be surprised at the
shallow boast and blustering sham of
the conspirators who rob and plunder
the great nation only while its people
sleep. Silver knight-Watchman.
New Director of the Mint.
The Washing-ton Si.ir, in announcing
the fact that Mr. Uoljorts was sworn
;n as Director of the Mint ou the 14th
of February, co iitnents at consbler
erable length u;hs!) his great achieve
ments as a political writer In the last
campaign, and winds up thus:
"Mr. Roberts lias very keen percep
tions In the matter of currency, and his
.niimacy with national finance, gained
during a long and careful course of
study, will enable him to grasp the
duties of his office without trouble."
The duties of the office of the Director
of the Mint are simple and specific. lie
Is to direct the operation of coining
money. He is not a national professor
of political economy. The brazen
effrontery of several of the predeces
sors of Mr. Roberts in the office of the
Director of the Mint Is a disgrace to
the Treasury Department. The Idea
that a subordinate in the Treasury De
partment should set himself up to teach
finance to Congress and the country at
large and assume an air of wisdom and
Importance which would be Just as be
om1ng In the colored porter that acts
as usher for the Secretary of the Treas
ury a.s for the man who Is entrusted
with overseeing the mechanical em
ployment of melting and refining bul
lion and coining It Into money. We
hope that Mr. Roberts will hare the
decency to attend to his own business
and nt assume to lie the gTand mogul
of the finances of the world. Silver
Knight-Watchman.
Coat Manns $G0O,OO0.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Recorder Is au
thority for the statement that Hanna
gave the State committee f 200,000;
gave the papers $.'100,000; and that his
personal expense were $100,000 a to
tal of $600,000 to get an oflice worth (?)
only $,000 a year! No Roman Senator
ever poured so much corruption into
tbe life of his nation as that. The la
boring men elected Hanna. They like
to elevate such men. They alone make
It possible In this country for such men
to hold office and pollute tbe nation.
But for the political Ignorance of work-
Ingmen there would be no H annas.
The character of any people finds re
flex In its government. A politically Ig
norant people always bave a corrupt
ana vicious government.
, OoMlte Rilt,
Wall and Lombard street have had
exclusive sway in controlling the
finances of tbe United State since the
war. Ai tbe close of the war tbe Uni
ted States was practically free from
fore bra debt. We bare been bleeeed
wtth good crops, and bave been free
from any great calamity resulting
from natural causes. To carry on peace
trader tbe rale of Wall and Lombard
streets for twenty one year has Involv
ed us In a foreign debt estimated to be
not leas than six thousand millions of
deitara, aa amount one tad a balf
Umea greater tban tbe cost or the war
and tat and a half rimes greater than
all the gold coin In tbe world. Tbe gold
admlaletratloo and tbe advocates of
the standard In Congress now In-
form ui that we ire too poor to build
coast defences or provide a riavy for
common defenne, and that we must
depend upon English guns planted all
around and minting at us for moral
supitort and the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine. No wonder the gold
ltets are very anxious for a treaty of
arbitration to prevent u from assert
ing American rights and making Eng
land mad so that she will hurt us at
ail events, refuse to longer protect ua.
An Object L,mho,i.
On the Fourth of July, 1S7?, two
nelghlior farmers John Doe and Rich
ard Roe disputed aliout the probable
trend of prh es in the future, and they
agreed upon a test as follows: That on
the tirst day of January, 174, they
would each measure out from his bin a
hundred bushels of wheat. Mr. Doe
would sell his at the average price of
wheat for the year l7o, put the money
away and let it lie untouched until the
la-st day of December, lXlo. Mr. Roe
would keep his wheat one year and ex
change It for a like quantity and qual
ity of new wheat, and repeat the opera
tion every year, so as to have a bun
dred bushels of good wheat on hand all
the time until December HI. IMC. The
object was to ascertain how much
would be lost or gained ou the value
of one hundred dollars and on one hun
dred bushels of wheat in tbe next
twenty-one years the time it takes to
grow a man.
When the trial began, Jan. 1, 1S74.
Mr. Doe sold his wheat, as agreed, at
the average price for the year 1S73,
which was 115.1 cents a bushel, receiv
ing for the lot ?1 15.10. Mr. Roe started
out with his one hundred bushels, ex
changing It from year to year, aa
agreed.
On the last day of the year 1Wi5 Mr.
Roe had his ?1 15.10, and' Mr. Roe had
his one hundred bushels of wheat. On
comparing the values of the two ar
ticles at the beginning and the ending
of the period of twenty-one years the
following wa made:
174. January 1
100 bushels wheat, worth $115.10
100 dollars, worth.. W.05 bus. wheat.
1S!5, December 31
100 bushels wheat, worth $50.90
100 dollars, worth. .I!t0.4! bus. wheat.
Doe's money bad gained in value In
twenty-one years as much as would
buy 10!' j bushels of wheat more than it
paid for when the test was Iw-gun.
Roe's wheat lost In value more than
one-half, for while it was worth $115.10
In the beginning, It was worth only
$50.!0 at the end of the test.
Now let us suppose that Mr. Doe, in
stead of letting his money lie Idle, bad
put It out and kept It out a.s the money
lenders do, at say S per cent, a year
compounded annually. At the. end of
the twenty-oue-year period his one hun
dred dollars would have been swollen
to $5or..2S. which would have paid for
jsH.'-i bushels of wheat. If the Inter
est rate had been 10 per cent, a year,
the amount in the twenty-one years
would have been $710, and that would
bave paid for 1.454 bushels of wheat
Ex-Senator I'eCer.
Who Geta the Troflt?
With thirty tons of silver a week go
ing to England, and half of it coming
back coined Into exact Imitation of
American dollars, hasn't Rothschild
got the silver question Just where he
wants It 1 Fifteen tons of coined silver
will buy more than thirty tons of bull-
lou. Who gets the p: ofit?-Ch!cago
Express.
Reform Noli a.
Labor alone can produce proserlty.
It can come through no other source
labor applied to natural resources.
One of tbe most gratifying results of
the Dlngiey tariff Is large deficiencies.
How the gold Republican press can pet
comfort out of such a policy is beyo A
comprehension.
Thousands of acres of cotton remains
unpicked In Oklahoma, and in every
Southern State, because the price la so
ridiculously low that It Isn't worth
bothering with.
How can "honest" John Sherman be
contented with being Secretary of State
In name only? Has he lost bis ambi
tion to be the most cunning statesman
of tbe nineteenth century?
Were it not for tbe crop failure
abroad wheat would to-day be In tbe
same position a cotton It would pay
no debts at all and would hardly be
worth enough to get Itself to market.
Have the people figured out from the
least treasury statement how much
money per capita is In circulation?
With a circulation of about $7 bow can
any business enterprise be carried on
successfully.
Free coinage of silver means exactly
what free coinage of gold means
namely, that all the silver brought to
the mint shall be coined Into money for
the benefit of the depositors on tbe-pay
inent of the actual cost of mintage.
It would be a losing game for tbe
farmers to abandon politics, acquiesce
in tbe single gold standard and wait for
the diminishing supply of fanning land
to starve out tbe plutocrats and make
the farmers rich. The fanner 1 In
politics to stay.
The persistency with which all the
organs of both old parties Insist that
sliver mftet be tbe sole Issue of the next
campaign U at leaat enough to make a
fellow stop and think, and If be baa a
spoonful of brains there Is liable to be
a grave suspicion that there s a trick
In K.
Under tbe value-squeezing single
gold standard, monopoly ownership of
railroads and plutocratic control of
taxation there la no chance of Improve
ment la the farmers' condition. Prices
will continue to fall, while fixed
charges, such as Interest, taxes aad
rest, will remain tbe same, or Inert
and, ao matter how low tbe price may
fall, the railroads will exact tbe same
ameM In money for carrying tat
i tape ta market.
THE FIELD OF BATTLE
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF
THE WAR.
The Veterana of th Kebrllioa Tell of
Whietliag: Bnlleta, Hrleht Bayonet,
Baratlac Bombt, Bloody Hatttea.
Camp Fire, Feative Bna, tc, i.c.
Sheridan at Finher'a Hill.
. I s A FTER nearly t.
JtayV l years s-n lee In
7$ O 1 Louisiana the
summer of 1;4. ar-
tbe First Division,
"aai under Emory, to
as;si in repeiung
the attack of Early
on the capital, (leu.
Sheridan had been
:ailed from the West to lake command
f the troops operating in the Shenan
leah Valley, and in August the Niue
:enth Corps Joined his annj. In the
;orps was the One Hundred and Thir
;y tiret New York Regiment, which
nad 6ome Interesting ex'r;ences at
Winchester and at Fisher's Hill.
On the evening of the 18th of Septem
Ixr the One Hundred and Thirty first
v,ns fc'jlpped for the fight, all baggage
btlng ordered to the rear at Harper'n
Ferry and long before morning It
moved out across the field toward
Opequan creek. Early In the morning
of the l'jtb we got into position, til
ing U rough a oeavy U-lt of timlter.
and formed a ll'ie of battle In the edge
of the woods. The Second Brigade
(Mollneaux s), Second Division tGro
ver's). advanced to the charge In splen
did style, but pushing forward with
too much zeal was met with a terrible
fire of musketry from the "Stonewall
Brigade" of Gordon's division, which
wiis In our Immediate front. Our men
broke and fell back In considerable d!s
oiot to the shelter of the wools from
w:ich we had auvauced. It was al
llils. critical moment, when by the re
pulse of so large a portion of the Nine-teeuti-
Cor), the right center of the
line of battle was weakened, and per
l.::;.s 'he fate of the day imperiled, that
Nicholas W. Day, Colonel of the One
Hundred and Thirty-first New York (a
New York City regiment i. seizing the
colors, rushed forward a hundred yards
in front of the whole line and rallied
Ihl regiment out nearly to tbe line
from which they had just retreated.
This example was followed finally
b;-cir.er regiments. Dan Macaulny, the
young Colonel of the KU-veuth Indl-
ma Zouaves, Gen. Lew Wallace's oid j
regiment, led his nun on horseback
I'uoutlns, "New York and Indiana for
ever, boys." The Twenty-second Iowa.
O'je Hundred and Flfiy-nhilli New i
York and the Third Mas.-achus(-i,s
Cavalry 'acting as Infantry) followed
In ra,-'!d succession, and the break In
Ce l!ie of battle was quickly filled up.
After expending all our ammunition we
were relieved bv other regiments and
r'tirei from tiu- field. While resting in
the wooden our brigade commander,
Gen. Molimnux, rode alotig the little
wood j, 3 ih in our front, accompanied
by Gen. William 11. Emory, tin corps
'.onimandcr, who after warmly thauk-
Col. Day for his gallant conduct
aisc) bis hat to the little band before
hi tn, and said:
Men, you have saved the day; I
wish every man present to consider
himself ay personal friend."
Twas no Idle compliment from the
jritn old veteran of two wars. "Praise
from Sir Hubert Stanley Is praise In
deed." Iate In the afternoon ife were attach
ed to a brigade formed of picked rai
ments and marched by left oblique
icross tbe big field to support a battery
which wa furiouwJy firing imto the
woods, where the liue of battle had
now receded. After reaching our des
tination we lay down watching the
long line of Torbert'a cavalry on our
tight Very soon the notes of the cav
alry charge were heard, Custer's long
saber flashed high In the a'r, and we
witnessed tbe famous cavalry charge
tt Vlttcbenter.
The Fisher's Hill figUt was more like
t foot race than a battle. It was nearly
alghtfall when our men on the skirmish
lines rose trp and shouted, "Here come
Sheridan." It was Iwleed the little
bero, mounted on his big black horse
Rlenzi." Coming from the right,
where he had inaugurated a Hank
movement, and not waiting lor etaff
jtueera to carry bis orders, thus wast
ng precious time, be da bed down In
front of tbe whole line, taking big rocks
and busbee and gullies In flying leaps.
When he heard the ringing cheer of the
Men for "Sheridan" he suddenly puUed
jp, tore off bis hat, and shouted:
"Don't you cheer nie, damn you.
We've got 'em, damn 'em. We've got
heir guns! We've got their works! Get
ap and go for 'n."
This was not a very formal order
from a major general, but It had tbe
Merit of being effective, for Instantly a
race was begun to see who should get
lo the enemy's works nrst; but when
tve got there Mr. Johnny bad departed.
Die pursuit was kept up all night
trough woods and fields, through vll-
igea and over gardem fences. New
'ork Run.
Tboaaas Ha ghee' Harprle.
There are a number of articles re
tting to Grant In tbe Century, one of
hem being "A Blue and Gray Frlend
hlPi" 7 John B. Procter, denerlblng
.he relatione between Grant and Buck
ler. Mr. Procter says:
About fifteen years ago I visited
Lookout Mountain with a (tarty of gen
ie men, aad stood with them on tbe
pinnacle overlooking the beautiful val
ey of JCaat Tennessee, and range after
snge of mountains vialble from our
xlat of vantage, from tbe Qreat
imeklea of North Carolina to tbe Cum
berland of Kentucky. Tbe battle Held
of Miw onary Itldge formed the Imme
diate foreground of this vast panor
ama. In our party were au who had
served with distinction ast-Sicers In the
oppof.: g armies in that battle, and nat
urally: he Incidents of the conflict form
ed an Interesting subject of conversa
tion I-1 ween them, with much good
humored badinage and friendly Inter
cUauge of views. Mr. Thomas Hughes,
the author of "Tom Brown," who had
listen! with an expression of surprised
Ibtere-t to the conversation between
t'lese friendly foes, turning to me, said:
"Why. this Is extraordinary most ex
traordinary I" "What?" 1 asked. "Why,
that these men, standing In full view of
the field where, only a few years ago,
they- were trying to slay each other,
should be discussing the incidents of
that battle calmly, kindly I might al
most say In a brotherly spirit with
no trace of bitterness or 111 feeling.
Now. I doubt if we In England could
discuss the wars of the roses, or the
Croinwelllan wars, with such in entire
freedom from antagonism."
Could Mr. Hughes have witnessed, a
few years later, the funeral cortege of
the great general who ha. I hurleo the
successful columns against the Scmb
eru lines along the crest of Missionary
Ridge, and who had brought final de
feat to tbe Southern arms In Virgin! 1.
his astonishment would have been
greater, and his pride In the "kin be
yond sea" would have Increased, on
seeing that there were no more sincere
mourners than the Southern generals
who came from faraway jioihs .o pay
a last tribute of friendship to the mem
ory of Grant.
Saved Twentj-two Men.
After rescuing twenty-two wounded
Union soldiers at Glasgow, Mo., In Se
tember. 1S;1, Mrs. Dellna Roberts, of
St. Louis, Is to be presented with a
medal of honor by Congress. Mrs. Rob
erts belonged to a family which distin
guished itself by patriotism during the
war. Her four brothers fought for tbe
I'nlon, and three of them died from
Injuries received on the battlefield. Her
father gave nearly all he owned to the
St. Iaiu's army hospitals for the relief
of wounded soldiers. In these Institu
tions, as well ai in the prisons, to all of
which she had passes, Mrs. Roberta
continued her labor of soff -sacrifice un
til the cud of the war. She denied her
self society and homo, aud left lucom
pleie the collegiate education which
had lxeu discontinued when the war
broke out.
The action for which the St. I-ou!s
heroine la thus to be rememl-rid oc
curred when she was only 17. In Sep
tember. lfeUl, slit; boarded the steamer
Des Moim at St. Louis, en route to
Fort Doneisou. to bring back her broth
er, Charles Reader, who had been
wounded In the battle of Shiloh. Five
minutes before lie boat pulled out a
courier rode furiously down the levee
Hnd announced that the destination of
the Des Moines had been changed. It
was to go up the Mississippi River,
with several other boats, aud take a
regiment of soldiers to re-enforce Col.
Mulligan, at Glasgow, Mo. The lioata
reach el Glasgow at 10::',U p. m. Most
of the so'tiier disembarked, leaving
only one company ou board each boat
for guard. While In the act of landing,
aud before they could be drawn up In
position, the troops were attacked by
the Confederates. The onset was irre
sistible, scattering death HgU and left.
The Union soldiers were driven back
to the banks of the river. Many had
been killed and many more were
wounded. The attack had struck ter
ror to tbe hearts of the women on
board the boats, and a numln-r of tbem
swooned away. Miss Reader was not
of the numlx-r. Putting her right una
around a wounded soldier, she support
ed him and led hhu up tbe plank Into
tiis cabin of the boat. Although bullets
were tlylng thick and fast and those
on board remonstrated with her, she
made twenty-two such trips to the riv
er's shore, each time bringing back a
wounded man. After the boat had cut
loose from her moorings there were
forty-five wounded meu gathered on
the guard of the ladle' cabin. Mlas
Reader aaolsted the surgeon and In
duced tLe terror-birlcken women to
tear up everything they could find to
make bandages for the wounds of tbe
sufferers. Al! that night she stayed un
and attended to their wants. On that
memorable voyage the supplies of tbe
officer ran short and rations w ere cut
down. The young rescuer and nurse
had scarcely enough on which to aub
siwt, yet she divided her single meal
with others. On the morning after the
battle CoL Wheatley presented the
brave girl with a fine white horse, and
the soldiers gave three cheers for the
heroine of the battle.
fcoldiere in tbe Civil War.
The call of the Union Government
for troops with which to suppress the
rebellion received the most enthusias
tic answer that ever cuuie from a na
tion, exceeding even the famous levy
en mawse of the French by Gar not, Tbe
Government called, from time to time,
for 2,7i1,70 men; tbe total number
furnished by the States under these
calls was 2,859.1112. The largest csll
was made upon New York, &07.1S4;
New York responded with 407,047 men;
the demand on Pennsylvania was 38fl,
&;0 at'd that State fnrnthed I5W.107;
Ohio uj aked for 'M,U2Z, nd fur
nished 300.C59; IIHnola followed the
patriotic example of Ohio; the call was
made for 241.41W, and 26,147 were sent
According to the official figures the
number of soldiers killed In the civil
war was 67,058; 43,012 diod of wounds;
100,720 of disease, or from other caus
es, such aa accidents. In tbe Confed
erate prisons there died 40,164; total
deaths, 840 044; total deserted, 109,105.
No one can M provident of Ma time
who la net undone la the choice of hla
nesasaaj.
OUR HUSBANDS.
Who weds ecniise e are so dear
And lh?n forgets, when it is here,
The anniversary every year?
The bunds ml.
Who, when he's donning evening i d
ithes.
Would wi'li au angel conic to blows
And lets 'he whole house hear hi woes?
The husband.
Who Miin-f imes makes ns ipiail and ipiake
U'ith tad s about the bread Btid cake
ilii mother used to make and bake?
The hiisdand.
iVho calls the landlord with a frown
A-.J then .'ips out and goes up town
While ;fey talks that landlord down?
The hnsdand.
Rut. when the skies are dark and gray
Aud ruin seems not far away.
Who tukes the helm and saves the day?
The husband.
August Raymond Kidder.
Jntiifin tiirl a Good Nurse.
One of the most successful profession
al nurses In Philadelphia Is Miss Kate
Grindrod, a full blooded Wyandotte In
dian, who was educated at the Gov
ernment school at Carlisle. Her ser
vices are eagerly sought by many of
the leading families in the city. She
i a hard-working, experienced nurse.
She enjoys the distinction of being the
only girl to be graduated from Isith the
Visa K KTY. Cil;IMi:oIl.
':rl)s!- Indian school and the hospital.
I ',;r!iig the epidemic at Carlisle in 1V.X)
and ls'.il she volunteered her services
as a nurse ami so successful was she
that, acting upon the advice of the phy
sicians, she entered the Woman's hos
pital at Philadelphia. Being a high
spirited girl, the thought of possibility
of non-success spurred her on.
Munuicinu Help.
The best rule for managing help, In
(he opinion of a writer in the Philadel
phia Ledger, Is a two fold one, simple
in Idea, complex enough, but still pos- j
-iblc lu practice, 'leach your maids:
self respect and keep your own. On
jour own side uu even tcmixr, a plea
i 1 1 1 but lirm oversight of necessary
natters, a systematic plan of bouse
i eplug-all these keep up the mistress
elf-respect In dealing with her house
hold staff. As soon as you feel that
you have been careless, or that you
have lost your temper In a trying mo-
inent, you realize that u false position;
exists, that endangers your self-respect- :
lug relation with your maid. Just as
she feels when her room Is wretched,
her tools out of order, her hours of
work Irregular ami her training neg
lected, that her standard Is confused
and degraded. The Ideal mistress Is
always self-respecllng, and, having pro
vided the essentials of self respecting
service, may reasonably expect the
Ideal maid lo live up fo the opiiortuuity.
KvenlnK Toilet Skirts.
The newest skirts on evening toilets
are very light anil supple, being merely
silk lined and not at all stiffened with
Interlining. The majority of the mod
els lately made in this city or received
from abroad, are mounted on an under
skirt of silk or satin, each skirt made
separately, but Joined to one waist
band. The underskirt la made slightly
narrower than the dress skirt proper.
The dart seams on some of the new
prlncesse dresses extend to the very
edge of the skirt hem, and these are
often hidden their entire length by a
Hue of gimp, a design In braldwork or
a machine-stitched band, decorated
with tiny tailor buttons.
Dora the Mnn Love Home?
That woman Is wise who chooses for
her piirluer in life a luuu who deslitn
to find his home a place of rest It Is
the man with many Interests, with en
grossing occupations, with plenty of
people to fight, with a struggle to main
lain n gal nst the world, who Is renlly
n domestic man, In the wlf's sense,
who enjoys home, who Is tempted to
make n friend of bis wlls, who relishes
pratfle, who feels In the small circle,
where ndbody Is above him and nobody
unsympathetic with lilm, as If he were
In a heaven of ease and reparntlon. Tbo
drawback of home life, Its contained
poibillUea of Insipidity, sameness aud
i if kj
a.
-a - - s-a
consequent weariness. Is never present,
to such
more tires of
his wife than of his owu happier moods
He Is no more bored with borne than
with sleep. He Is uo more plagued
with his children than with bis own
lighter thoughts. All the monotony
and weariness of life he encounters out
sdle. It Is the pleasure loving man,,
the merry companion, who requlrca
constant excitement, that finds home
life unendurable. In marriage, as In
every other relation of life, the eom-M-teiit
man Is the pleiisantest man to
live with, and the safest to choose, and
the one most likely to prove an uuw ear
led friend, and who enjoys and stiff era
others lo enjoy, when at home, the end-;
less charm of mental repose. Phlla
delphla Times.
A Bed Kreni liwoman'a Honor.
Trance has bestowed the cross of the
Legion of Honor upon Mdle. Margue
rite Bollard, the eldest nurse lu the Sal-
petrlere, where she
has worked for UN
ty seven years.
Mdle. Marguerite
Rottnrd, who ha
"-, passed her i6th
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. is. jeai, wiia wjiu
Mlie Cote our m
O When only
, 1H, ou Jan. 12, 11441,
' she entered the Sal--
mi i.k. hoi l ai:i. petrlere as a nurse
for the wards of Dr. Trelat. She be
came first substitute, then under war
den, and finally warden, without leav
ing this great refuge of misery. She
was employed lu the care of the insane
of Dr. I'abret and Dr. Le (Jrand da
Snnlle, and then passed to that of the
epileptics, attended by Prof. Charcot
and Prof. Raymond. She Is, despite
her age, still warden of the clinic of
maladies of the nervous system, per
forming the duties of her position with
rare skill.
All France acclaimed an honor so sig
nally vveil deserved ami bestowed, and
It Is not the first time that the Govern
ment has testified Its appreciation of
Mdle. Rottnrd. The then minister pin
ned on her black dress the palms of
o.'i cer of the Academy scveu years ago.
Don't Worry.
Don't worry about something that
you think may hapis-n to-morrow, bo
cause you may die to-night and to-morrow
will find you beyond the reacb of
worry. Don't worry nlsiut a th'ng that
happened yesterday, because csu.-rdy.
is a hundred years a way. It you don't
believe, Just try to reach after it and.
bring It back. Don't worry about any
thing that is happening to-day, be
cause to-day w ill last only about fifteen
or twenty mlu'es. Don't worry about
things you can't help, because worry
only makes tbein worse. Don't worry
about things you can help, because then
there's no need to worry. Don't worry
at all. If jou want to lie penitent now
and then H won't hurt you a bit. It will
do you good. Rut worry, worry, worry,
fret, fret, fret why, there's neither
sorry, penitence strength, penance, re
formation, hope nor resolution In It.
It's merely worry.
Mukinic Over n Muff.
If you have an old, 111 shaped muff,
here are directions for reconstructing
it. Purchase first a head and a tail.
You can be either economical or extrav
agant here. Heads come from Jl up
ward, and the same with tails.
Take your old muff, and if It Is out of
shape remove the Interior, ripping the
THK KB WEST Ml'Vr.
lining out as carefully as though Ifj
were of fine lace. Now take an old'
muff 1kx and sew your lining around It.
Over this sew two thicknesses of stiff
crinoline, then several thicknesses of
other stiffening. Finally, when firm,
tack your wool wadding around all.
When you have brought your muff to
the right size slip the fur covering over
nil. Draw tbe muff box out and care
fully fasten the lining In place. When
completed sew your head upon one side
of the muff and tuck the tail In one end.
Ne mora I of Hpnta,
Siiots and mark on woolen gowns are
easily removed by rubbing them well
with a cake of magnesia. Hang tbo
gown away for n day or two, and thea
brush thoroughly. If the spot has not
entirely disappeared, repent tbe proc
ess. Other gowns besides those of
wool can often be clesned by tola
means.
Miss Jessie Puller has for some time
past given satisfactory service aa the
clerk of the Supreme Court of tht Itafta
of South Dakota.
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