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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1903)
Tb Hirmea Press-Joirnal a BVftKJt, pnornnsTO NEBRASKA It U evident that Andrew CaruegJ will hare to give it away still faster. Walesa something happens to clog his Intake. King Edward has asked parliament for an Increase in his salary. What's this, baa the King's Union raised the Male on us. A Chicago boy convicted of stealing golf balls has been sentenced to enter the navy, where the balls are too heavy to be carried away In one's pocket "Hitch you wagon to the stars." was II right a a commencement subject until the age of the auto. To back an auto up to a star might result in up setting the solar system. The fact that the sum of $21,000 was said for a Poe manuscript Is likely to encourage many modern balladists to waste valuable storage space in bolding on to their copy. A proposition to tax trousers for toe purpose of raising the revenue which Is necessary to run the govern ment has been made In England. How can woman hope to gain her rights In such a country as that? A man can't understand how six women can understand what all are saying to each other when they all talk at once any more than he can understand1 what one woman ' means when she talks all at once. The people of the Northwest Terri tory stood the pukhobors until they fancied they were living in the Garden f Eden before the fruit episode; then a halt was called. The costumes worn by Adam and Eve are not quite suit ed to our rigorous northern climate. Mr. Vauderbilt sorrowfully tells the French newspapers that automohiling Jn America has been killed by adverse legislation and speed limits -which will be news over here. If the chauf feurs have ever paid any attention to speed limits the fact has not leaked out. The latest, and to some minds the most convincing, argument against spelling reform, so-called, comes from an English bishop, who says that the present method of spelling helps the churches. Elucidating this statement, he says: "By the time you can make a boy believe that t-h-r-o-u-g-h spells thru, t-o-n-g-h spells tuf a 1 1 d-o-u-g-U spells do you can make him believe almost anything." President Ixmliet 1ms recognized the fact that France is an African povvt r by visiting Algeria. This Afrbsin pos session is not merely a colony, for it is represented in the French parlia ment as are the various department of the mother country. It has a popn- lf(.r, fnitp atwl t tirtlf mHHollM. More laiiuu v i in ,,. ...... . . than three hundred thousa ,i .i,,.,,, ' are r.eucume.. ' " ' ,. I 'Cl,w,..l, It I tlx. r reiien nooe to tn,iti-n. , Aint a. met nit ; . . , . with longing eyes on Morocco. "Yon promised mother a I-ftcr. Write It now." is one of the mottoes on the walls of the Nagasaki Home for Seamen 1 motto that, It Is assert!, has restrained more men from going wrong than almost any other influence of the place. Wanderers over flit globe are not the only ones who n. such a reinimter. inuee,, y im.,a be able to give lessons m i.mi uuty i mftny wno nave ie-vei n-;m.u fortunate thev are that home and mother are cot ha nd. hut ner Rt ' "Five thousand Gniks In Lowell, Massachusetts, will not be without in fluence upon the peasantry of Greece," suggests the Christian Register. Turks. Egyptians, Arabs ami other backward races have repnscntu.ivt s amorg ji-, nd even these canriat remain iiiu'lft-ct-ed by "modern improvements" or fall to transmit to their native lands some of the Inspiration they gain lure When the alien vexes us most, let us dwell Upon such sustaining thoughts. If America la to be the leavru tliar leaveneth tbe whole lump, we can afford to be proudly patient. Tbe bitter attack on American wo men who bar married foreign noble men but been answered by a woman who married a peer, and who says that while be brought to her a peerage, a bad reputation, debts and a broken constitution ate gave to him a for taae, good looks and good health. Tata would be more pathetic were It St a frank admission that she deliber ately aoM herself for a title, and wer M aot very well established that there am band reds of women who would be raroyed at the chance of making the UM undesirable eschange. Hut th e aft net aaojecta to discuss In society tat! neraoaal columns; they come un tM the head of real estate transfer , tzt bm tam deals. boaaU that ia London, frt,T?y ptfwIatlM, there were XrrT-CteV aiwaera eernialtted In one ', f r J( two ef the ertailMla ep- 1 r -J to aaltf: the aora ao 1 ' t C3attat tSt lioa4oo baa -s3 tart eaoagh to 7 t7 Coeol Tea KHMBO miles of icrrltory. There are no records in the United States to compare with such a showing. What Is the logic of the figures and the excess of crimes of violence shown in this country? Ui-MMvt for the law. There Is more of I it a (tons the water than there ix here. ' A court isn't a Joke In England. It means something, and it is rare that an Incompetent ihhu finds a place on the Iteneh. The laws are enforced rigidly and wisely. The human being who commits a crime can be reason ably sure that if found out he will be punished. That is a great deterrent of crime. There Is some "pull" there A title 'has saved men from justice, but In the main an Englishman reaps as he sows, and men and women, dis tinguished and bearing honorable names, have stood in the prisoner's dock in London and met trial the same as the peasant. Respect for the la, fear of its consequences, court hon esty, explain those marvelous figures, that mean safety of person such as is enjoyed In no city In the United States. Here, with all our education and our fine system of courts, no man can with certainty say of a murderer. "He will suffer the extreme penalty," until the victim has been legally killed1. There Is always the chance of escape left open by "pull." technicalities or the deliberate miscarriage of justice. There Is always Just as keen taient to be had to defeat the law's ends as there is to enforce them. In passing. It is well to remember that in the last eigh teen years there have been lynch ing in the United States, ami prac tically none In England. A lynching is always a severe criticism on the manner in which the law is enforced. Canada has anticipated a very heavy Immigration this yiar. and she now lias figures to show that she is act ually getting it in a war to meet all her expectations. Iu the first four months of this year the doors of the Ioinitiion opened to 40.oT' persons according to a report prepared by Hi committee on agriculture and colonisa tion of the Canadian parliament. '! hi Is almost twice as large as the immi gration in the eorresjxmding months last year, and fully three times as large as In RKil, the respective figures being rJ,4V2 and 13.31W. Most of these ueweomers have been attracted l!y the wheat lauds of the Northwest ter ritories. Thcv moved direct upou V,n tiipee. despite the efforts of some of the eastern provinces to retain them, and they turned that city into a great camp, iu which they fitted themselves out for the last stage of their adven ture for new homes. Of the Immigra tion of this spring a little over third has come from Great Britain, the figure being 10,457. This is three times as large as the British immigra tion of the corresponding mouths of the preceding year, and it is within 2..".iki of the number of Immigrants that the United States attracted from Great Rrltain r.ud Ireland in the same period this spring. As to the remain tier of the immigration Into Canada i l-i.TT't settlers rame from the United ' n oil iter cent, increase over : tin, nrd-eilin-' veiir. ant! 10.4 15 from I continental Europe, a to percent, iu reuse. These 1",'m2 immigrants into i Canada tnav appear trifling in com . persons who immi in .iioo..I liie 1 rilled ,-uite in 'in- n. ,-.- j ,-t they are proportionately moortaiil to me oouttw.t. u liotio 1:11 lull IS one-UUt'CUU) Ol ours, hut her Immigration is now two- tifteciitlis as large as ours. It Is worth rcmctiilsring also tlisit Canada's im migrants are almost entirely Anglo Saxon and Teutonic nicest, while our hntiiisiralioii Is now two-thirds made i:n of Latin and Mav elements. Spi-cu- la l ion is natural us lo the future of Cannda In her relations to the United , S!((t,;" .,,,, l(,r Nnrt-,5, territon ,)lU al)H()hl,f.iy ; f.l(., of ,,, n,.ar futn. J(i tii:li I tic United Siates ctmipetitor in the the world. to L gr.'sin markets o UakPH by Kleetricily. There is In Mobile a gentleman who In the past has been In the habit of oversleeping iu the morning hours, and us Ms business requires that he come tlnwti sti-et early it is essential that he should awaken at a certain hour. Time after time lie came late to his liUsSwMi. In spite of alarm clocks and other appliances to get his eyes opened lit the proper time. One morning last week he rnnie into Hie office on lime to tiie minute; the others in the uhVe expressed great surprise lit Gils un usual event ami aske.l the whyfotv ol it. He thus explained; ! determined that this busiiics of .'!' when I should bo awake had to stop, so I called in an electrician and he fixed me up a few things. I have It so arranged that at the hour set a light flashes in my eyes. If this is not successful and I do not get up and throw the switch a mosquito bar and the frame falls on me. If I still slumlier and sleep a gong like the one used on the patrol wagon goes off. Hhould 1 fall to notice all of theae things there la over my bed a bucket filled wltb water, having a small noz zle attached, and a racbet release a stop so lhat a stream of water is squirted Into my face. Wben I sleep through all these It will be time to or der my coffln."-Moblle Register. Hie Valaable chnollug. "What Interesting sermons you preach V "Yea. The tune I ahonld have been In a theological aemlnary I ape In sowing my wild oau." Haw la the aeaeea at band when lbe gnrwa-op daaghter of the household laialara eewa la the front gate In the aaattj aa4 fceka wletfnl. AVfO Women in t hnrch Cciftrnmeot. The qnesiiou of the eligibility of women to serve on vestries Is a gottd deal dl.-cussed nowadays Iu the coun cils and conventions of tht Episcopal church. The vestrymen are the civil officers of their churches, and. unlike the wardens, do not necessarily incur rn lmpu:atlon of piety by holding office. Their most Important duty I to see to It, with the warden's help, thst the temporal affairs of the church are prudently conducted and the bills paid. Strong churches. In cities, commouly havs no trouble In getting suitable ves trymen, but weak churches are often hard put to It to fill out decently their tale of officers, because wtilie they tuny hsve fit women enough to msniige their concerns, there are sometimes not enough men who re decently available even as figurehead!. It Is nt a ques tion who shall have the power, for that Is commonly determined not by office, but by force of position, energy and character. Women have voice enou.'ii In churches. It Is only a question whether tbey shall set directly or in directly. In most of the elder church es tradition and conservative sentiment favor the employment of men to pa the plate and perform the other oflfl.il acts, but In the newest church of ail that of the Christian Scientists -ihe power and the glfryeera to have pravi tated so overwhlmingly to womenkind thst It may be no need is felt to prefer men as the representatives of chun h government. The question Is curious rather than important, and, however tbe church authorities settle it, the in dispensable support of pious women will not fall them, nor will the wishes of the churches' indispensable support ers fail to be respected. Harper's Weekly. Kail to be Xont'i Charm. An observer who has kept count both through the newspapers ami by private statistics says that the trained nurse stands head en the list of wom en who make good marriages through their business associations; that the . private serre-iary comes ueii. mm profesnioiial housekeeiier a little in he.-j wake; that govei n.i-es an t a n m teachers appear to have a very !' ch tnee, and that Ihe mlWiim-n n I women engnged in commercial ni.i..g bring up the end of the prs-evs'cci as regards the converting of cnip.oters into husbands, (iicisional y an artist niarr'e his motiei, a cnemm, we. Ills laixiiaiory. or a tiioi.-t iii.N his life partner tUi- young wouia.i who helps him to keep ofti -. H.:t U.l now the trained nurse has made more havoc with the single I, lessees of , i , ,t,. , .,,. ,,it,iT i.nlei IJi-t rittyt , i iu.-.., wn ...... - ; of working women. Whatever the i wafcli.l.s I'i''..v some wKithing lotion cret the trained nr.re cnti: s her "'' I'-" hee found to agree with the conquests, tran-forming her patlcts j "kin. Sleep in loose gloves at night and her patie.i:' uncles mi l fatin rs j and wear gloves when out of doors, and brothers into bndevr. '-m wltli j The tartar that collects on the teeth Untaxing facility. Evi n ihe nnre wltoieau be prevented by careful brushing Is a profem d nmii-'.iatt r iind who ili ! with a gtil tooth brush and powder clares that the only nh autagc in ; after eaeli meal. Equal parts of pre liuisiug men i lit it'iit- I tiiai tnry pay , ;ji:t;ttei i-h.ilk and powdered orris Inr better and have s o loii hair t ; t-uot make n good tooth swder and. comb, w ill veer aroniid and sutl-b'tdv j being free from any hard or gritty sub annex some well t-do 1 for b'-l-' Rtiince, will not injure the enamel, ter tir for worse. I yor developing and Increasing the The apparently confirm d ba h I .r or )n..1(1, of ilPSt ptaciee the exer the wltlovvi r wh-.in his r!.itic ; , called 'siiunriiig the chest," stand lievfd sure to lejv all his property to j ,vit) the wvii.lt ml bails of the them will sii. con.b to :he matrie of the fl,(,1; Mnns to, the front at trained tni-e b -f.-re the Interest. I ,.,,,,,,., Ii:ii,,is doV-n, then have Line to ob t. swing lo side shoulder level, forcing .. . ,, rr."7T . t, the shtmlders back; re-at several llaw l- have beet, add.il to li.e '. '""1 Kradunlly menu of the frazil.', net voiis w oumn j I'totnlen. w)Ke love of "il:i.g ti'.ii" i out of j Ingrowliifj nails can painlessly re propoition to her sin-ngiu or i -mbir- j lievi by the following treatment; anee. Urown bread. o;ange, mill, and i I'niiit the Intruding portion of nail olive oil. singly and comi.iiK 1. Iiive! with a 4o per cent solution of enusilc been recoiiiuieiiilid for iici-vniis women, j potash warmed. In a few -seconds the iiimI now comes a rail g:rl ho s.i.s I upper horny Inyer will be so softened the praises of rnw eg-s "t raw J I liul It tan be scrapid away with a In sherry or mw et.: bia'ti up in j bit -f giass; repent tlu painting and milk, but raw egg '"stinliil" s !;le.ut any frills or ,nriwnf.-, This cillcne grl went through a course of studies with bik(5t ball, ten nis, golf and gymiias lc sib issii(, whin the family phys.cbiu hail wanted her family thst flie a not Mrong enough to stm'd yetir ' such rigor ous living. The girl cottf. sm1 to ketp ing eggs in her ro :in all 1he time, breaking am! swai'ow lug one at odd times throughout the day. growing fond of Ibem and consumi.ig some times five and six without thinking singly, of course. They bad the effect of a tonic. Another girl in her lnt year at school is kept Up to working eotidttWn by a trl-daliy dose of raw egg. At breakfast she swallows one. directly she returns from school another, and at dinner one Is broken Into her soup. The Iron in the egg !olsters brr up finely, and she no more complains of a weak back or enervation. The trftit ment Is recommended to other growing glrle. Philadelphia Knqtilrer. Maw to Acqnlra Know'ettva, Any young woman who can lake a university course should do so. But If that advantage Is Impossible do not fancy for a moment that you rannrt get a first -rises Al education by other taeana. By reading good books you mar Inform yourself pretty well. Thar are plenty of young men ami woman who have gone through college who do not knew enough to hurt them. gv There sre plenty of others who have been deprived of educational advant ages who know a whole lot. It isn't huw much you stu ly. bi.t how much your brsln s c.-pls. Ji.st as It is not how much you est. but how much the stomach assimilate that, does you gotd. For lofty thoughts resd Mrs. Browning's sonnets. They ar?ddi .ht ful. You will find in Toes works a vast amount of general lii'onnatit n on all subjects, and tbey are written In a vein of mysticism and romance thst Is strikingly splendid. Kobert Louis Stevens n, George Eliot. Tennyson. Thackeray and Mac aulsy are also good ones to know. Of course evry student should re.id the Kittle and Shokespeare. Talne's History of English Literature reads like s romance, and those who sek mental brilliancy and brain beauty can well afford to go through thfs interesting volumes over and over again. 1'blladelphla Inquirer. Notable Work of Toons: Women. Young women have borne an Impor tant part in the history of the world. A recent paper In an educational Jour nal calls attention to the number of comparatively youthful women who have achieved notable things in their ditTerent callings. Jean of Arc at l!r led lbe army of victorious France: Pattl sang in public before she had entered her teenn. At 22 Mine. Ie Stael accomplished an essay on Kous senu;Jane Austen had completed her llfework at 42, and all of th Bronte sisters died before they were 4 J. When Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared Harriet Reedier Stowe was only 3!) and George Eliot gave Adam Bede to the world at .IS. Miss Grace Lathrop Oiil'n and Onoto Watanna, two of the most successful of contemporary nov elists, are both considerably under 30. Health and lU-auty Hint. A bran bath, especially In the sum mer time. Is delightful, softening and cleansing the skin. To prepare the bath, stir tbe bran Into a tubful of warm water, or sew up a bag of tlilu niaterlnl, like clieene cloth, fill with the bran and um the bag for the wash cloth lo not sleep In a room where the light from a window shines directly on the eyes; if tin- room fneps the east a heavy green shade will keep out the morning light and during moonlight nights should also lie kept down, as 1 moonlight falling directly on the eyes : harmful. lied and rough hands can be helped Hid entirely cured by careful treat- J 1 " ""'"' ' ! very hot or very cold water !o riot wash theni in either after j si-rnping iill iuthing but a lliin layer j of the nail reninlns, which can be ensl ly cut away with the points of n pair of manicure scissors. Concerning Women. Mine. Ioulwt, wife of the French President. !clleve in coeducation. Re cently at a society of French mother she brought down upon herself severe criticism by advocating American methods of training girls. The "Mothers' Birthday Club of Ger many" has Just been formed iu Rcrliii. Its object is to prevent race suicide, and each nieinlier on the birth of a child will receive from 2(s") to $'HH. There is an entrance fee of $5 and a quarterly subscription of II. .1. Plcrpont Morgan's great rival In the Iron world Is Miss Antoinette Her-, tha Krupp, heiress to tbe great Krupp gun nnd iron wurks In Germany. Miss Krupp probably is tbe richest young woman In Europe. Bhe Is tbe elder of the two daughters of the la(5 Karon Alfred Krupp. Ilia last will and testa ment made her heiress to all bis mil lions, including tbe gun works at Es sen, tbe ahlp works and wharves at Kiel and all bla Iron ore and coal mines Iu Westphalia and In Hpnln. Conservative estimates make the value of thla great property at least $75,000,000. Wben Miss Krupp be comet of age all thla wealth will be come hers absolutely. Iba ia 10 cars Old. t Ithe BATTLE-FIELDS. . nvFB OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. j 1 The Bine and Ike Gray Review Irt- denta of tbe Lata War, and ia a Graphic and Itre.tinB Manner Tell of Camp, M.rcfc and Ba.tlc j ! -The Civil war." said the Sergeant. iUB v "made as great a change in the young women of the period as it did in the j young men. I Bsve crtcn. tuo-iui inm. ; the impulse that has carried so many , ,n cirls nto employments formeny nion-, g,ri ioio i j , R 1 opoUed by men was born In the first., years of the war. The girl of t period was proud of her ffmln nity an 1 was extremely particular in the mat ter of employment. Even the ratner of a large family of girls might not ask his daughters to do what was re garded as meii't work without excitin? criticism from both men and women. The girl of the smaller city, the vd Inge, and the country drew a sharp line between what she might do and what her brother might di. She was a re action from tbe girl of the previous generation, who had been trained to do all sorts of work in ami nle.ut the farmhouse and was Jealous of her pre rogative as a girl. Iter mother had lteen trained to spin and sew, to weave cloth and make coats, as well as drteses: to rabe vegetables ns well as cook them, and thvef..re the girl of 1M0. If circumstances )erm!tted. wa not inclined to do any of these things. The men were to do their work aud she was to do hers. "When the war came and swept the nieu of the farms and towns south ward, however, the women were ready and willing to take up men's work. Even those who had leen taught to believe that to lie a lady was to lie idle liecamc eager lo help the soldiers. Young women who did not know how to i,e-w organized sewing circles, and in the first months of the war the woollen shirts and other garments re ceived by the solditrs were fearfully snd wonderfully msde. "Ruttoii at the collar band, in front. Bnd at the cuff bands were on the wrong side, and not Infrequently the sleeves were finished with a fancy stitch that made them look like the sjeeves of a lady's drej. The boys were wont to laugh over the ticnr ieft hamW shirts, but 1hey swore they would wear them If they had to stand on their bends to button them. And thesp girls stitching, stitching In mis directed iteal, with tear dropping on their work, as they thought of the absent men. were transformed into workers. They learned to do things and to !o them well. "Many of them had nevtr bridled or sadied or hitched a horse. They soon learned to care for horses as will as the men had. Kew of th"m knew anvlhhig t.f furm oik, Many of them went wlriiout hesitation into ihe r-.rn li -lis. and not a few of them lu.o tile wheat fields hi liarvct (in o. Going borne in the second year of tin war, a girl who bail secmeii to me a year before of such delicate mold its to shrink always from a inaiiuinh act, rin to the stable whi'e I talked to my mother, threw the barms on a !ioric that I bad culled mine, hitched him tu the spring v. agon, and ilr-'Ne ar mid to the front door for me. viand ing up like a Imy. and driving like n jehii. her bright hair ilying mid In t bille cye sparkling. ' 1 could rmt believe k!o- was tie same girl then mid win n 1 inugh. Iter currying the hon-e the uct morning. Tv.ilve ljlo'it'is bef ire she I, ad s'arnii:; froth-riding behind a spirited horse: IioW she Wits driving one every day and iijoylug all the. unusual work tlui' t ame lo her. A tin; her girl f 1 1. -.:m-type drove tn mile's ami -'c! net o; ! e-gs and butler, but M.a! s. c.ili b igc. corn anil liny in the market pla-'v, Wle n I came home III, 1-.VI an old comrade imt me at the station and drove ine along the familiar r ad to v i t-) my old home. "As we pasted Fanner Pi w;i's. win re I knew there were half a tio.t n pie; iy girls, I sugested that we -i- p a few minutes. My friend looked bana-sitl and hinted that iny mother ought lo have my llit euii. TaU is- cited icy suspicions ami I a-kid If hole w any trouble. He f.iid ilnf was not, but that the piris were Jnl cleaning tip their wheat barn st ami were not In shnpe to receive callers, TliiTi itpon I jiunied out of the baggy and started for the wheat field, where I met five girls coming in, a little the worse for the work and sun, but rtfldy to greet me. The next night I railed on then and I would not have siipecletl they had ever seen it. wheat field." "It must be re mem bored," said the doctor, "that In 18'0 very fw young women were employed In dry gsids establishments, and none at all in gro ceries and general store. There wire no girls In offices of lawyers or busi ness men, and there were not one third as many employed as tenchcra as now. The trained nurse had not arriv ed i) nd the stenographer was not In evidence. Girls were disinclined lo housework outside their own families atul work In the factories was not pop ular. Remembering tbeae things, the cbi4ge that came over tbe girls in the first two year of the war was the more remarkable. Jn many neighbor hoods 60 per cent, of the young men wiT.t into Ihe army. Tbe remaining ) per cent, could not do what the full 100 per end. had done before tbe war, I on 1 the men at home assumed an at- I tlltide toward the young women tak J 'lU on new burdaau that waa AaAvt. aud heJpfo!. ChlenfO I A (Intend id Act ef HereUss. Sir Charles Wyndham, the fame ftptd ,lf . and p)aJ,f,(, mlny brJMr p,,,, upon the stage of war before be dare the publicity of the fisJtllgbtS. has Juat lold the story of a splendid, but little known, act of heroism which occurred towards the end of th American Civil war. The great actor himself fought u.J-r the Federal flag, and shared the dangers ami the privations of the nhnj. Jn )m. ,.;., ( vi the Unionists. wno oaa capture'! ii mwirK. nrw mined to push their advantage and to secure n nreveo in, an iiiionmv iuu " " in the iiortlnveMeni extremity of , j , ,,,,,,, , , tV,n federates. one force, under the command of (len- pra u-itti in iipproacb the spot from Arkansas, while a second, led by General Ranks, was to advance up the Red River. Upon March Huh the exedltion set out from Vlcksburg. and on the 13Ui Admiral Porter reached the mouth of the Ueil River, and. shipping Frank bus soldiers from New Orleans, pro ceeded towards Alexandria. At first nothing but success crowned their pro gress. Alexandria was captured, aud part of the uriuy. Franklin at the'.r head, marched Iti advaqce after the apparently retreating Confederates. On April 7th, however, the luck turned, and black disiMter met the Invading troops. The flying foe. now overtaken, turned usin their pursuers, and In two decisive battles utterly defeated them, and General Ranks was forced to fall back. Emboldened by their victories, the Confederates followed up the unfor tunate expedition, and harrsssed Ad miral Porter's fleet with a heavy fire. The danger of the position was in creased by the shrinkage of the river owing to the dry weather, and at on point the venels were brought to a deail stop by shallowness of the water. Finally, a Federal engineer contrived, a dam, the water was raised to the requisite height, and the exiiedltion, its ranks pitiably thinned by casuulty and the retention of prisoners, floated Into safety. Here Is Sir Charles's ten-e descrip tion of the deed that won admiration: It is written In the language of the man of action who has no time to waate upon suiieifluous words. Rut the brave baldness of the narrative proves the personal experience of the chances of war, to which no reference is made: "The bravest act I have ever wlt w'Ksed was that of an American officer during the American Civil war. Ths United States government hail organ ized n large army to proceed from, Louisiana and invade Texas. For a very long lime the rond and ihe river (the Red Riven ran side by side. (jiiseyiciitly our victories were easy itud many, beiimse we had the gun boats to protect us I have often thoni:t,t ttmt these were arranged by the i nei;:y tu giv e us n false security and lure us further on. Anyway, tbe result was that after some weeks of tu.irt liing and lighting we found our selves ok it huge plain In the midst of the forest, aud thirty n.lles from the river. The enemy here turned Upon ni. i.u l after two battles captured our giuii- a in! inrny prisoners I langnrous as v.;.- our position that of our fleet of gunboiits became, nfler tills catas (ri.phc, more (Ulcerous still. They were proet-t ;!;ng up the river toward the p-i in w here i-i lit d and river wero again to ome together. The enemy, now free from attack, could build foi; in l!.e rear of the (let;;, iiml cap ture the. n too. It was iieees-iit-j- that they -ii.,i:i be ordered to retreat down the rivt r as soon as tho hecond battle ended. The quickest way was to g: -iraiglit iiie-ad, right through the enemy's eainp. and rii'.e for lif"? to Ihe r.vtr bar!:. NcmIht gun nor cavalry e.iiiid tele h him. ihoiigh he was In their !::!!-!. ;!!!! so. nfir n Imrd title, be fi -in !e ',1 the river. Here, (ibisl the pro-oil of a single United State ;;( r w a- so unexpected shrit our own, peopV td:ot ill him. iititl lie fell pierced by scve -il bu'dct. Ills pursuers. In wn;:::: on ef bit galhiiitry. forbore ti.k'.ng h-i'i prii-oner. ami nilowctl him to be ca;r't 't mi leiard b!s compatriots' glin'oi'.-r-'. V 'iiere lie ilngeretl for many v.'t'i'Um Iu li'" grt'Mlet ng'ifiy. F.vcrt nally lie re.iele-i (irhans. where in n few d.iyt more he died. I myself arrived In that city mid attended his funeral." "(Irant'a l uck." I did not to out to si-e ihe surrender i f G' telal l.ee. I remember well the evitit of General Grant's return after the Mil-render. I think there were not More till! n three persons present when the gnieral iiime In and took a seat at a tu bl to write, lie looked up with some cvprt-sion of nnlmatlon, and re marked: "More of Grants luck!'' This was an allusion to the news paper critics who had been In the habit of calling his slice -s luck. Tills little comment on the surrender of I-e was the only word of exulta tion I ever heard from the victorious soldier. It whs a very slight expression of triumph to follow such a stupendoue achievement but wholly characteris-tlc.-T-Tlie National Magazine. Canaht a Mnner4 Mae. Ernie I liesr that Kmlly went to college and made her mark. Elhel Yes, and Helen went abroad and found her mark. Ernie -Found her mark? Elbel Yes; an easy mark. The lest grades of Cuban tobacco beva Uaa limm m mf otl.atli. eutlal Ocean.