-1 X 8. hiu, rmtmtumwm ABsUSOU, European uionarens are gemng to oe m "sociable" as village spinsters. Never a discussion of the negro prob Imd that fails to develop a boost for ' Booker Washington. Fourteen masked men took part In the robbery of a widow. It would take regiment of such men to rob a train. Dr. Cyrus Ed mod myt that (rip It Of bt through kissing. And yet a klrs mm caused many a man to lose his grip. The German army is going to the Aogs. The animals will be used to car ry messages between the different posts. Every man has his price, and the lobbyist thinks that in about four cases out of five It Is ridiculously high. Sir Thomas Lipton has proposed an old-time river steamboat race as a fea ture of the Pt. Louis exposition, but Is fee willing to build another challenger? If the Kaiser waits until 1004 to send ns that Frederick the Great statue he may rest assured that it will be made to do active service as a political is sue. A trolley syndicate has been incor porated in New Jersey with a capi tal of $."50,000,000. But a little bit of t thing like that doesn't spill much wa ter nowadays. r . ' If New Jersey is going to punish rail way officials instead of their employes for not providing against . accident there is likely to be a big drop in that state's death rate. The Chinese Empress approved the ale of about 100 public offices,-16 the great scandal of the Europeans. My goodness, shouldn't the throne have a few of the "perquisites?" Rich gold deposits are reported in the Tanana district, Alaska, and, what to most annoying to the Colonial Sec retary, there isn't a ghost of a chance for making a suzerainty claim stick. Grover Cleveland says any man can succeed with determination, persist ence and courage. All that Is needed now is an emporium where all those qualities may be secured at bargain counter rates. - An English scientist has discovered that fish is of no value as brain food. It keeps the scientists of one getiera tlon busy upsetting .the fallacious the ories advanced by the scientists of the previous generation. Thirty-three plays in which Napo leon figures as one of the characters are now known to be in existence. Na poleon longed for fame, but be would probably have given it up if he had known what wai to come after it Boston educators are having a lively controversy In trying to decide when children should begin their studies in the public schools. It has always been apposed heretofore that Boston chil Iren took up the primary branches at Mrtn! 1 The New York Teachers' College has received gift of three hundred and Afty thousand dollars for the erection and equipment of a building for the study of school hygiene and physical education. If there were more instruc ' tton In the science of health there would be less need for the hospitals. Every ne knows that a thimbleful of preven tion is worth a hogshead of cure, or words to that effect. Certain New York newspapers have lately bean printing the personal views tf business "Napoleons" with the view A teaching tie young American idea sow to snoot a million. One "success ful" magnate, who bas acquired a for tune that takes seven figures to Indi cate, says be turned the trick by devot ing himself wholly to business noth ssg but bnafhess. "I dropped all my old friends and made new ones," he says. 1 cut out all social functions and never Btertalned myself. I didn't have time." rhls successful young man he is only 10 then goes on to tell in detail bow, StePfby step, he dried up all the founts pf human kindness in his heart, and at Men arid crater planted a new founda ' Ira stone for bis great fortune. Clancy Lee has written a biography jg Queen Victoria which shows us more fSaJBiy than we have hitherto known it raat her relations were with the who ruled England during 81m, while queen and em- ttf India, was only a figurehead. RffeO Gladstone and DlaraHl. FaJmer tam and Lord John Russell, Peel and Utatlssn were the ml rulers of Eng fcxJ. They wan nominally Inferior to ' fcr. Tfcisy wore' really her superiors jt only in tntoOoet, but In power, for asi In a fros eoontry, and, though ) 3 9i to th folly of kingcraft, ttam tf fcsv Unarty, and when 9 zZmn a man wtta power sue -j ts Santos It m spite of ; 111 "KXti tMtZZmT m mtth. .. f 17 Cx www tour 1 sack ao VfJ erj tt sM u 0 JT w 9 i . tn2SI wO OBa? eve of the public like a ;01. dear pho- U graph of a pretty girl. Htu.-? in I don't know bow many thousands of ad vertisements you will behold a charm ing young woman smiling at you. Are you advertising a camera? Then you must have a pretty girl taking pictures. Are you advertising a shoe? You photo graph a pretty girl tripping daintily across a muddy street on a rainy day. Are you advertising a corset? Then you must have a pretty girl to wear it and you are careful to see that her arms and neck are beautiful. In fine, whatever you are advertising, the picture of a pretty girl will help more than anything else to bring you trad," A lot of dressmakers held a conven tion in Chicago and denounced the shirt waist. Tbey said it must go. They declared that it was the duty of every dressmaker to discourage It. And why? Because it is ruining the dressmaking business," they assert. Nonsense! The people who are paying dressmaking bills haven't noticed it. They are still digging up money in response to the insatiable demands of Fashion, and making the best of ir The tight on taj shirt waist is beini; waged on lines that will not enlist the sympathy of the public. If lis opponents could say that it is laced too lightly, or that St gouges 'the lies,'! out of place, or makes women look lopsided, or exposes the defects the female divine, or is uuhcaitlifuS, then they could wage an nujJ-suiri-waist nunpaign, and, perhaps, win. But the shirt waist, with its compau ion piece, the gold s-kirt, is the Ih-m thing in the soiu;tiiiug-to-wear line that ever happened to women. They mean that without the expenditure n a large amount of money it Is possible for any woman to appear well, sen sibly and comfortably dres.-ed. There would be as rnnch sense in putting the ban ou both, or asserting that women's feet should be shod only wit li patent leathers, as to ivy to bar the shirt waist. Tins is the age of busi ness women. They have, very sen sibly, adopted business attire, ami It has been found so good, both from the standpoint: of the wearer and from that of the admirers of neatness, thai all classes have embraced It. There are shirt-waist summer girls and shirt waist stenographers; shirt-waist school teachers, and shirt-waist heiresses. A goodly portion of the money they save on shirt waists goes Into- better and more expensive clothing where the shirt waist will not do. The task of these disgruntled dressmakers. Is a hopeless one. The shirt waist is here to stay, and humanity Is glad of It. Steam navigation has so changed naval conditions that no nation can be powerful on the seas without coal ing stations in all parts of the world. The situation in a large way is like that of a man driving in the country when his horse gets thirsty. If he can not find a watering trough the animni may give out before he reaches the end of the Journey. A warship Is more nearly useless without coal than a horse without water. When President Palma, of Cuba, signed the agreement ceding to the United States the har bor of Bahia Honda on the northwest coast and the harbor of Guantanamo on the southeast coast, he consented that this country should set up water ing troughs for Its naval war horses on the shores of these Cuban harbors. These coaling stations, or naval bases, are needed to make it possible for this country effectually to guard the ap proaches to the Panama canal, as well as to fulfill the American promise to defend Cuba from foreign interference. Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Denmark own West Indian islands that are or can be used as coaling sta tjonj. In any possible conflict In the Caribbean sea and fortunately a con flict is not probable the fleets of these powers would be as near to their bases as the warships of the United States would be to the Cuban naval stations. To increase the efficiency of American ships In the Philippine waters, the United States has a naval base in Ha waii, and another on the Island of Guam. These islands belong to the United States, whereas Cuba does not It is not unprecedented for a nation to have a naval base on foreign territory. This country had one in Hawaii be fore the islands were annexed. Great Britain has several; Hongkong was originally ceded to it for naval pur poses. Germany and Russia, which have recently begun to develop their naval strength, are seeking convenient harbors, on the shores of which they may store coal for their warships. Tbey are suspend of desiring such stations to aid tbem In carrying out an aggressive policy. The policy of the United States is purely defensive. I Too Prec-ioua. A village clergyman has this choice bit among bis annals. One day he was summoned in haste by Mrs. Johnston, who had been taken suddenly 111. He went In some wonder, because she was not of his parish, and was known to be devoted to her own minister, the Rev. Mr. Hopkins. While he was waiting in the parlor, before seeing the sick woman, he be guiled the time by talking with her daughter. ' "I am very much pleased to know your mother thought of me In her Ill ness," be said. "Is Mr. Hopkins awayT ' The lady looked unfeigned! y stocked. "No," she amid. "Oh, no! Bat we're afraid Ufa something contagious, and we didn't like to ran any risks." ' An Atchison man la to curious that K wd jnst kta him to die, and not know wtet nappeaad next f -, Ton ena't tat a ri tto tint J to tear k tort. THE- CDAND - ARMY OP THE- REPUBLIC DECORATION DAY- MAY- 30 1903 s ) rrc . ' n I I i Uh lift .vfnr cliiilr-nt tuiiit'ra! th(r y-nuiii; i.M'l:!i A C,yi jr ftntiV jiiurvhlng;, t Uu- UnteiK 8V ut aivi vh). As thi-y tW! 17, a tfitu-ml aa thp t;mra that ttiy 3T, the worn !iatjN saJutinpf 1 Lu! Uite 1U' urn vp ! ? tilth !!ft .ronr ciii!ilr'n. met imng vi U--s -beir T:s, iirnv- ) hi-nrtK that ilnvtj- draw tin unit -!ir Tbtii ranks turn front the sbailntrs. ranks sut'il;iK ont sti fiest, 'Ti a ptinutotn itntij' that solcmuly flr'.fm last. A faitlits army man Mng -lto wmk "anil f,tit"rii;u trvi Hut fr-nAt-.g all around (t there throng the mltihty t'4! Aye, lirit-ljt nut lemllrl cplrita! Tbf-ir l-!itil Utwi an itiHun. Ami Comnuli" waits for (,'ouini.1 lipslde the V lMti-a ut lu. 3. W. MCI.I.Kit. 444 444444444'4t4 444s444,4,44444' 44444444' RIGHT ABOUT FACE! Mas. Al'al !( KKAAU "Ho, bire comfs old W'aiMy with bi drus ttttirf, boys; let's have some fun out vi him!" Mure than a dnzon boys on their way home from school, with nriy jest, sur rounded an oid aian who mi litnping alone with a basket on hi arm. lie turned n curiously vacant looking, yet aniilitig face on the boys, and toted. "HeUo. Waddy! what ge-rate, ga-rand meiliciiie haw you got in jour basket to-day"?" "How's yer liver, W addy T "Why dun't yoo aaller amite of that atttff and enre yereif, yoa old quack you?" were me of their questiona. He waited patiently til! thero came a lull in the atorm, then began: '.'Here, young gentlemen, ta that moat wonderful preparation, Balra ofHeallng, certain remedy for chilla, ferer, neuralgia, laia baKo, gout, pleuriay " "O, gire na a rest, we'e beard all that before; haTen't you anything elae?" "And here are the miraculous Electric Pad. By their we paralytica are cured, club feet straightened " "Well, I gueda we woo't take any to day, ft none of na are paralyied or club footed. Just give ua one of your won derful exhibitions of ventriloquism and then dance a jig!" and the poor, simple old man tried to do as tbey asked, and when he hnd ceased the curious gutteral sounds and shrill calls, be accepted their boisterous ridirule and almost deafening shonts for honest applause. "Now the jig, Waddy," they cried, and setting down liibttsket, he began hopping brisk ly nrouitd on the ground. The wind car ried away his hat and blew his long beard about his face, but he was in terested mid did not pause. "Iet's dance too," cried the boys, and they began capering around, bumping agninut the old man mid each other with such force that ;hre of tlu-tji were knocked down and fell in a heap on th basket. There was a sound of ftnafhitig glass and loud hur r.i'iK from tiTe rolling, struggling boys, ". you liitve broken my bottles and spillrd my precious medicines; even my basket is ruined," said the poor old fel low, and he began to cry like a child. "lio, he's blubberin' like a bnbj ; I'd be nwhrtmed," said some of the boys. A few of them looked ashamed of them selves. Just then, around the corner came Herbert Page, one of the tall high school boys. He stopped at sight of the crowd and seeing his own brother Char lie there, asked: "Wbst's the trouble, young ters?" '(), nothing, only old Waddy's basket gut smashed," said one, "We were help ing hint dance a jig and fell on it," aaid another. "Yes, I think I understand. Here, fr. Wfidsworth, let me see your basket. ;ow mnny bottles were broken ? Four? Worth two dollar, h? Well, you young sti rs rari raise two dollars to pay for jour lulschief, I guest." "fay old simple-minded Waddy! I guess not." "Mr, Wsdtworth, Indeed," siiid one boy. scornfully. When Herbert bad pressed the basket Into shape and plseed the "Electric Tads" In It, he said, "I've, only a half lolhir with me. Will it psy tor Charlie's ihitre In this mischief?" The old man took it thankfully, sod sent sway with s sad face. The iioya were ery quiet as Herbert (Hiked solierly at them. Tbey began f ee that they had been rnde and thougbt ea?. , - " ' "l)o yen know who tbst poor old man r asked Herbert. , j "Why, Old Waddy, of coarse; he's Implc mlnil-d. 1 known him all Uf if." I "He is Barton Wad worth, a veteran oidier, and at Oetuabvrg as received umMm b"t their Lk. i the injuries that made him whnt he is now. He Efts a nnall pension, but it will hardly ki-ep tikii in the plainest food and clothing, and keep a shelter over him, so he trii-s to earn a little money by selling those medicines you boys have destroyed. I noticed some of yon fellows taking part in the exercises on Decoration Duy with great enthiiinsrn. .Now it strikes me that there would be as much patriotism in showing honor and respect to living soldiers as to dead ones, and I'm perfect ly sure that 1 would as soon die for my country as to have my mind so injured that every boy I met would make fun of me." Then Herbert went on and left a thoughtful group of boys instead of the noisy, heedless crowd he had found. "I any, fellows," said one lad, looking up from the hole he had been digging with his toes. "Old Wa Mr. Wads worth, I mean does show signs of hav ing been a gentleman once. Ever notice how neat and clean bis bauds and clothes always are?" "Yes," said Charlie Page, "and be never forgeta to lift bis bat when he meets a lady be knowa, mother aays." "Let's pay him for those bottle we smashed," said another. The eld fellow was aa grateful when the boys went to hs poor, room to pay what they owed as if tbey bad made him a magnificent present. They had had a taste of doing right and relished it. It was "About face," with a right good will. Instead of fol lowing him with jests and ridicule and making a Joke of his infirmities of mind and body, they took pains to treat him with respect and kindness. After a while some of the fathers of these boys began to notice the great change in their treatment of the old man, and then to feel an interest in him them selves. Then the necessary steps were taken to proenre for him an Increase of the pension, and now he no longer carries a basket of medicine to sell, and he would almost lay down his life to serve one of those boys. Norma! Instructor. ' Memorial Day. Gathered one more In the "City of Si lence," Comrades, anil friends, with our flsgs and bilifht fiowrni, T'lipnv"reJ lien (in. as a token of lioinnge, Honor wa give these dead heroes of ours. Heroes, who fought on the land, or the water, Holders, who csme at their country's first call, Hboulder In shoulder, tbey marched to tb eonfllet, leaving their loved ones, their homes snd their all. tears have passed b alnre the soldiers from Imi tie Msrche1 to their somen, with the Bags floating gay. Once mors tbey meet, In the 'Tity ef W- lencs." Badly, to keep a Memorial Day. Tear after year, our country growa older, Wronger their lots for tbe Red, Wblte and Bine, Deeper (he feeling of appreciation For our brave soldiers, so loyal and true, Comrades are gone, who were wltb as last May time, Tapa sounded csll, for the last bivouac, Ovr ibe river our soldier ars gathered, Safe Into ramp, "but tbey may uot come bark. Though the Grand Army may lessen In tmniliers. Footstep may falter and vet'rans grow ray, Homage Is theirs from a thrice grateful Nation lovingly keeping Memorial Dsy. Margaret M. Darling, In Des Molnea News, When Astletam Was llesl with Blood. DousV sacred to tbe hearts of many western families are the waters of An- detain, because thoae water werv crim soned" by the blood of fathers, brothers, Hiaband snd son during one of the ixost sangnioary battle of tbe Civil War. Tbe sketches herewith given will be of special Interest to the veterans of th tflfbth Illinois cavalry, the First, Sec 4 4 4 :J 4 4 ! 4 4 ! 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 ond. Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixteenth. Seventeenth, Twentieth and Twenty fourth Michigan infantry; the Seventh, Fourteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Indian!) volunteers, and the Second, Third, Sixth and Seventh' Wisconsin vol unteer infantry, for they were all most terribly mixed up in the many bloody en counter of the liith ami 17th of Septero per, 38rj, along the Anlietam from Hi gerslown to Sliart'sburg. God alone knows who owned the good right nrm, that was found in the ctirn- held, hut it probably belonged to one of ticn. Sedgwuk s commands, who made their famous charge through the cornfield just north and east of the historic tun- kcr Church, for it was plowed tip in this field fivs years after the battle, and has been since that tiuie in the office of Drs, I. Fahrney snd son of Hagerstown, Md. Its wonderful state of prefervation can not be accounted for as a chemical analy sis of the soil in which it was found shows no preserving or mummifying qualities. The old mill and falls near tbe atoqe bridge was the scene of a bloody conflict between the Federal, who were defend ing Hagerstown, and the Confederates, who were endeavoring to am in possession of the town. It is said the slaughter of horse and men was such at this cavalry fight that the Antitam ran blood for sevesal hour below these fall. The ground in this locality, especially along the banks of the stream, is almost solid rock, and the blood ran rapidly into the creek. There is a gentleman in Chicago hav ing an office in the Hoard of Tsnde build ing, who was a major in the Federal army and provost marshsl of Hagers town at that time. .Inst over the hill back of the little brick house is a female academy, from the balcony of which the Confederate sharpshooters were firing upon the Union officers down in ths city, and there are to this day many musket ball bedded in the walls around the public square at the crossing of Washington and Potomac streets. The Eighth Illinois rivalry was en gaged In these skirmishes, and many members of that organization, which was under command of Col. W. Gamble, will call lo mind the hot time in that old town. OrtKtn of Memorial Day In Houth. An association known as the Ladies' Aid Society was organised In IKtSl for looking after soldiers who did in Colum bus hospitals. They were buried under the direction of these Indies, who there after took charge of these graves, msking It a practice to go in a body to car for and beauMfy them with plants a ad flow ers. I'pon the occasion of one of these visits, in Jannary, 1HW, Miss Liiile Hutherford, a member of the society, made the suggestion that a specified day should lie adopted upon which s memo rial service should b held for the pur pose of decorating the Confederate grave annually. The proportion met at once with the greatest favor, snd s let ter wa addressed to each of thschpter In other rifle and town suggesting sim ilar sction on their part. These letters were written in March, 1SW, and from their publication resulted th observance of April 20 as Memorial day for the Confederate dead in severs I Kontbern Ktate. Mrs. V, Jefferson Ds vi in Woman's Home Companion. In Battle with the Merrlmao. Roldier of the Twentieth Indian In. fantry were once a thorn in the Icso ef the Confederate on th Merrlmsc. They passed s winter at Fort Monro. They also encamped st Newport News, where they were at th time (be Merrlmse fought the Congress. Tbe Confederate wanted to take posseulon of the Om gress, but the Ifsoaltr deployed on Mis beaeh In face of a hostile fire sod pre vented the enemy ftom timing ths priea In May of MM2 they wat srar t Ner folk. Paw t at. . dsageroos spot Vr pain I s t b er smsll Of ths back; It tells of Kidney ill, as do most pains and ncbes in the back. Kidney ills begin with backache and end with Pis !-tes. Dropsy, Blight's Dis ease. Cure Kid ney and Blad- il.-r irenhi.'K iieiorc toev reach Ibe sti- ons n:;i;;e. iiciid iiow .iljr it can-bo- - done. W. J. Hill, of 10 South Culon street.. Concord. X. ".. proprietor of hardware at;! harness store. Justice of Ibe Peace, and one of the best known resident of 'thai city, s.-iys: "1 loan's Kidney Pills provi d ii vrrv efficient remedy in my (axe. I got a box at Hip Gibson Drug; Store Hid i!cd litem for disordered kld licyn am! ii.ickiiciie. from which 1 had ex;o-i it ticf 1 H cre.it uV;iI of annovhnce,. trouble and .t in. The kidney secre tions hud Im! lined me fur a long while, were very it rciriilar. dnrk colored ;nil full of sediment. The i'HH Iciiivd It ill no ntn! I tone not liful an Hehe In jay b:ick since lakins: the bisl dose. My luirk '-i much stronger and my heal tit Kciicrally is improved a great uViti. I it III Kind to HiHke a public Indorsement or the I'll s. milling that it may lie t'no llU'ttU of relieving some Oilier suf ferer." A ntnr; TBIAI. of this rrcat kidney iTiiiilt'iiu uhli-ii eiirei! fr Hill will bo, mailed on application to any Part of the I lilted Slates. Adilrexs l-oMcr.UIIlUrn (" liuIT.ilu. X. Y. For sale by nil druggists jiricf M ceuls per box. TYPHOID FEVER DIPHTHERIA SMALL POX The rm of th tWdly lrttwa ttHiltif'i' in the dfra 1 r ,luc prtcii iti ail kdhomine, e:i'X UjC iicciyiitg pune ub-'t win pajtrr. A)abatine is at dtMiifrx'tant, II tlr'.r ;n drar Kcf-;s und vrrniin ia manuc 1 tired (rum a t'!iie tr niciit hst-p, hut dm on the .ilf, ml ijijiN cfidunng st the wall itlf . AUSxlin is ninrr! with coltl water, ami any out run apply it, Ak. ictr fewtiijile i.ia of hrftutiful Vnin end tnffiMiiaritPii .jut decorating. Take no thru p aui it u;c. liiiy only in 5 lb. pkg-R. properly U?;?led. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Mkfc. Nflw York OfliCB, 105 WaUr St, A - '.. - - ji ' -5.-. In the Spring Pass the Gliss of Hires: Rootbccr its a )m. sil vryw!siTtr. -E Kxrreioe Cas. Mrs. Peopywinkle If we coulrj only induce ')lni to cat son ethfng so that he might gain a little strength. Mrs. Appleby And bas he no ap. petite at all." Mrs. P. "C. not the least bit., Why be d esn't even crae things be knows he cao't have. Kaosas City Jouroal. He (at the window) It's very cheetful within but disagreeable without Sbe(eoyly Without what? Re inspired) Why, without you, darling. And a few weeks later a furniture Installment house was called upon to open a new account Chicago News, )J'i!rk Lunch. ",Sce here" crlel the dyspeptic patron "this coffee's cold." ".Sure" replied Ihe waiter, "This it a quick lunch joint. Jf dc coffee was hot you wouldn't have time to drink it." Who wcr. tbe Foolish Virgins. "Who were the foolish virgins?" brought the prompt answer from . a wise little girl, "Them as didn't get married." Ivy an1 Oainp Hmt, Ivy growing on houses, ho far from making the house damp, as Is usually 8 ipposed, actually extract all moist, ture from the walls. onflon. MPar 'm me, ' said the vi' g eii(..o bride, " ir aMarlng t . nor In my wrapper, hut" h, that's a l right," Interrupted t h knight or tbe pasle-pot, 'tome ot ir best thought come ti usln wrap DOCTOR ON FOOD. Kiparlsaaatesl on HloiMlf, A physician of Gallon, O., "Tot tbe last few years I have been a nfferr from iudi(cstics, snd sllhoufh 1 bsr ned viriou remedie and prepared foods with otn benefit It w not until I tried Orap-Xut that I wa completely cured, "A food it is pleasant snd streebl, very nutritious and I dia-esited and assim ilated with very little effort on th part sf the digestive orjsn. A s nrv food and rcstsrer it has no equal and s such Is ssDScisllj sdsptad to student ssd other brain worker. It contains tb lementa ntesssary for th baildlnf of nrr tissas sad by to doing maintains sn equillbriam of waste and rplr. "It also saricbsa th blood by fiving sa Incrssssd nutabtr of red blood corpus cle snd la this way strengthens sll ths organs, providing a vital laid sisd mors nesrfy perfect. 1 takt great lar la recoss mending It aa to my patieots, for I value It as a food and know it will boa. eflt sll was uss It" KaaM faraktaod by rostm Cov. Haiti Croea. Mtea. II jS . r iSn; -.-7 t