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THE PATRIOT SPY.
FRANCIS M. FINCH.
To drum beat and heart beat
A soldier marches by;
There Is color In his cheek,
There 13 courage In his eye;
Yet to drum beat and heart beat,
In a moment he must die.
Ey star-light and moon-light
He seeks the Briton's camp,
He hears the rustling Hag
And the armed sentry's tramp;
And the star light and moon light
ills silent wanderings lamp.
With slow tread nnd still tread,
He scans the tented line;
And ho counts the battery guns
Hy the gaunt and shadowy pine,
And his slow tread and still tread
Give no warning sign.
The dark wave, the plumed wave!
It meets his eager glance,
And It sparkles 'neath the stars
Like the glimmer of a lance,
A dark wave, a plumed wave,
On an emerald expanse. , J
A sharp clang, a steel clang!
And terror In the sound,
For the sentry, falcon-eyed,
In the camp a spy hath found;
With a sharp clang, a steel clang
The patriot Is bound.
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LEXINGTON AND
ITS COMAWN
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The village of Lexington lies about
ten miles northwest of Boston. Tho
first settlement was made there in
1GI0 near tho sito of what afterwards
became known as tho Buckman Tav
ern. The.ro still remain in tho village
overaI well-preserved houses which
were standing at the time of the bat
tle of Lexington 123 years ago. They
havo been well cared for and have un
dorgono little change. They add much
to tho historic Interest of tho placo
nnd aro annually visited by thousands
of tourists. Tho local historical society
has placed tablets on them enumerat
ing the dates and facts of especial In
terest. Lexington Common is in tho form
of a triangle and stands nearly in tho
center of tho vlllngc. At tho tlmo of
tho fight on April 10, 1775, It was an
open space and used as a drill ground
for the militia. Today It Is a beautiful
park. At tho southern end of tho tri
angle Is what is known as tho Pulpit
monument, In the form of a granite
pedestal surmounted by an open Bible.
This monument stands on tho site of
tho first three churches built by the
colonists. Just behind it. properly
protected, Is n thrifty elm which was
set out by Gen. Grant 25 years ago
on tho centennial anniversary of the
battlo. Near tho northwest corner of
the Common Is tho Mlnuto-men mon
ument, at tho foot of which aro burled
those killed In tho battle. It Is quaint
ly Inscribed and bears tho names of
thoso whoso last resting place It
marks. In 1824 Lafayette was given
a public reception In front of this
monument, nnd fourteen survivors of
Capt. Parker's men shook hands with
hlra. Noar tho northeast comer of
tho Common Is a huge boulder mark
With calm brow, steady brow,
He listens to his doom;
In his look there is no fear,
Nor a shadow-trace of gloom;
But with calm biow, nnd steady brow,
He robes him for the tomb.
In the long night, the still night,
He kneels upon tho sod.
Aid the brutal guards withhold
E'en the precious Word of God;
In the long night, the still night.
He walks where Christ has trod.
Neath the blue morn, tho sunny morn,
He dle3 upon the tree,
And he mourns that ho can loso
lint one life for liberty;
And In the blue morn, the sunny morn,
His splrlt-wlngs are free.
But his last words, his message words,
They burn, lest friendly eye
Should read how proud and calm
A patriot could die,
With his last words.hls message words,
A soldier's battle-cry!
From Fame Leaf and from Angel Leaf,
From Monument and Urn,
The sad of earth, the glad of heaven,
His history shall learn,
And on Fame Loaf and Angol Leaf
The name of Hale shall burn.
V
ing the place where Parker's men wero
drawn up. Engraved on the boulder
Is a musket and Capt. Parker's cora
ninnd to his men.
The original church on the Common
had no steeple and a belfry was erect
ed near by. In 17C1 a now belfry was
erected on Belfry hill, Just to the we3t
of tho Common. From this belfry rang
out tho alarm on that memorable
morning 123 years ago. Tho belfry
remained on tho hill until 1701; then
LEXINGTON BELFRY.
(From which rang out tho alarm on
tho night of April 18, 1775, warning
tho Americans that tho British sol
diers wero on their way from Bos
ton.) it was removed to the Common nnd
Its bell was used to summon tho peo-
lt
pie to worship, to toll for their funer
als, and to tell them at 9 o'clock each
night that It was tlmo to rake 'up the
flics and go to bed. In 1707 It was
bought by n son of Capt. John Parker
and removed to his homestead, re
maining there for nearly a century.
Then It was purchased by tho Lex
ington Historical society, restored to
Its original appearance and replaced
on Belfry hill.
Three buildings of great historical
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THE HANCOCK-CLARK HOUSE.
LEXINGTON. .MASS.
Interest stnnd one opposite each of the
threo sides of the Common. To tho
east is tho Merrlam House, known at
the tlmo as tho Buckman Tavern, tho
rendezvous of tho minute-men. It
was fired on by the British regulars
and tho bullet holes can still bo seen.
To the west of tho Common is tho
Monroe house, built In 1728. A bullot
passed through the glass over tho
door and Imbedded Itself in a bureau.
Tho bureau, bullet and all, Is In tho
possession of one of Monroe's descend
ants at Chlcopee, Mass,
At the north of tho Common Is the
Harrington house.at the door of which
tho original owner died with his head
in his wlfo's lap tho morning of April
19, 1773.
Only 100 rods northeast of tho Com
mon la tho famous Hancock-Clark
house. Tho original part of tho house,
which Is now tho rear L, as shown In
the Illustration, was erected In 1603 by
Rov. John Hancock. His son built the
two-story front In 1734. After Rev.
John Hancock's death It passed Into
tho hands of Rev. Jonas Clark, who
had married Hancock's granddnugh
ter. Tho ministry of John Hancock
and Jonas Clark extended over a pe
riod of 105 years. Young John Han
cock and Samuel Adams were hiding
with Rev. Jonas Clark In this house
when wnrned to flco by Paul Revere.
A. M. D.
Hindoo Aro V'(;Hurluii.
Tho Hindoo Is n strict vegetarian.
The low casto Hindoo Is a fatalist. So,
when the famine stalks abroad tho
Hindoo submits uncomplainingly. Day
by day ho will subsist on less food, un
til nt last, when a mero shadow, ho
will drag his bony self to a relief sta
tion. Tbero ho mny got food or ho
may not. If not, ho crouches in soma
corner, or out in tho fields, under tho
trees and awaits the coming of death.
Mulo Catohfti Turtle.
A mulo patrols tho beach nt St.
Augustine, Fla., In quest of turtles.
When she has found ono she turns It
on Its back, and then nmblea off to
Inform her master.
A man never accomplishes much till
he has got something behind him to ba
i ashamed of,
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HARDSHIP OF WAR
ENDURANCE OF SOLDIERS IN
THE FIELD.
Wnr Cnrrrmni1iiit lirrtlc Tltrm in
lliiiiiitu HutilliiB MiK'lilnt-4 WIioAii'
4 Huppr mi (JimrtiT Itullimi in un
Whole.
A graphic description of tho rlws
of camp life nnd tho hardship endured
by the British soldiers in the war In
South Allien Is given in the cm lent
Issue of the London Dally Mall by
Julian Ralph. He prefaces lilt cone
(poiidiMU'o by a hiinioiou account of
his own nilslinpn. He hays: "Battered
externally, disordered Inside, unable
to digest food lir weeks, musing
lirtiNea nnd ailment n half down at
once. 1 look upon thin war u.s having
Ill-repaid me lor the kindly nnd .lubl
lniil tone In which 1 huvj dealt with
It.
"And oh, how sick of It I am how
deadly, unutterably sick 1 am of It!
"The long months of sand diet and
haul faring under Methuen took from
me a stomach which nu o.sttleh would
have envied and exchniuj.'d for It a
second-hand, worn-out apparatus
which turns upside down nt tho np
proneh of any food except dlluled milk.
A piece of Boor hhcll which hit me
on the chest made me faint nnd weary
for many days, and then a novel meth
od of alighting from a Capo cart Into
n trench, with the cart on top of mo.
left me one-legged for live weeks, nfter
which I found myself with a low -class,
no-nccount limb in which I nud no
confidence. Upon my recovering this
inferior and make-ahlft other leg, my
hoi8e shot me Into a who fence, which
tore both arms Into shieds, painted
ono thigh like an omelet and tho other
llko a South African sunset and lift
u:e an intornnl tracturo which t miifrt
keep as a perpetual souvonli at what
w rro all beginning to spo.tk ot as
'In4 bore war
"Try to Imagine tho feelings of n
man fnshloucd In the Imago of his
Creator who finds himself gradually
changing Into an exhibit for a medical
museum and you begin to obtain a
glimpse of tho fntlguo with which I
now view this war."
But though battered and bruised,
Mr. Ralph Is "still In the ring," for ho
adds to the dlugnosls of his own case
one of tho most Interesting studies of
tho tributes to "Tommy Atkins" In tho
field that was ever penned by Amer
ican or other correspondent. Describ
ing his tilp from Bloemfonteiu to
healthier Nanuwpoort, he writes:
"What did wo see? Nothing but an
illimitable, spongy, stodgey bog, with
n driving cold rain boating upon It.
And living upon It without tents wero
soldiers soldiers evety where. Montnl
ly 1 asked forgiveness for having, oven
during ono moment, thought of my
own discomforts nnd worries. Somo of
thoso men hnd been guarding tho
rallwny a whole month. They had be
gun tho task Immediately at tho end
of the awful strain of tho field mar
shal'H progress from Graspan to
Blocmfontoln, when they marched ns
no Europeans over marched beforo,
and wero starved as nono ever should
bo again.
"Now tho bitterly cold, driving rains
hnd como and turned tho veldt Into a
marsh. And hero I found them llko
so many half-drowned rnts, wet. as
the veldt beneath them, wet ns tho olr
around thorn, shivering, playing drum
tunes with their teeth, coughing, walk
ing and stnmplng to keep wurm do
ing everything except complaining.
"And theso wore Guards, mind you
tho first few thousands spread over
tho first fow miles, Grenadiers, Scots,
ColdBtreams! 'London pots' you hnvo
often called them; 'tin soldiers,' and
you hnvo laughed nt thorn In your
London homes nnd newspapers. Well,
they did not complain nt that, nnd
thoy aro not complaining at this. Tho
olllccrs woro glad to tnko anything wo
could give them to rend, nnd tho men
did not spurn small offerings of to
bacco, but It Is only Just to say that
nono of them nBked for anything.
" 'Tommy' Is tho queerest 'human' I
over saw tho most Inexplicable
When his rations are down to two bis
cuits In threo days you mny hoar tho
fact mentioned In nn Incidental way
by a man hero and thero, but no ono
growls about It, ns sailors would do.
When 'Tommy' is marched In suffocat
ing heat until his mntes begin to drop
out of tho ranks or fall on tholr faces
from tho ranks a play of reparteo will
spring up among them and comlcnl
Ideas and phrases will fly from lino to
line,
"Tommy 13 seldom witty nt least I
havo hoard llttlo genuine wit In tho
ranks but hq Is droll nnd comical In
a high degree."
8elf-Eternu
"I dlflllko his haughty manners vory
much," said tho young woman. "I was
tempted to tell hlin ho Is not tho only
pebblo on tho beach." "Don't uso
hlang," replied Mlsa Cayenne "Bo
Bldes, It wouldn't suit his case. Ho
doesn't think ho's a pebble. Ho thinks
jio'a all that counts In a solitaire dia
mond ring." Washington Star.
lie turn nf Mlrurlei,
Dr. Sholdon would bettor glvo him
jolf longer than a week whoreln to un
lavol tho sorvant girl problem. If ho
Itrnlghtens It out In five years tho
Country will riso up and hall him as a
worker of miracles. Kansus City
Times.
In tho contest for happiness It's a
draw between tho young girl with hor
first beau and the youug mother with
her first baby.
CAMDON'S CAREER.
Com of ii I'mnlty Tlmt llin I. one rtren
Prominent In I'rrtiirr.
Jules Cambon, tho French ambassa
dor, has hnd nu Interesting nud highly
successful caieer, In his early youth
ho belonged to that courageous and pa
triotic band of young men who formed
the nucleous of tho republican party In
France, nud who wero unalterably and
unswervingly opposed to tho govern
ment of the Second Empire. With tho
downfall of Napoleon the Llttlo nud
the netting up of a republic lit tho
ruins of tho empire. M. Cambon en
tered tho public service nnd tilled a
number of lesser otllces with great
credit to hlnt'olf, and wns apparently
well entered upon a career that was
big with futuio promise when ho was
huddeuly attacked bj consumption, In
lecognltlon of his services and In tho
hope that It might proton;; his life, a
placo was found for him In Algeria,
whither M, C'nntbon departed with
llttlo hope on the part of the friends
ho loft behind that they would ever
look upon his face nmiln. Yot a few
years In tho wonderful climate of Al
geria so far restored his shattered
health that the Fiench government not
only called again for his services In
bis native country, but made him pre
fect of the Department of Lille, In
Northeastern France, where the cli
mate Is of a rigorous character. After
a few years theie M. Cambon wns pro
moted to bo piefect ot tho Department
of tho Rhone, anil was then mnde gov
ernor general of Algeria, where It Is
conceded that ho wns the most suc
cessful governor general since tho
formation of the republic. Mr.
Cambon, nfter his second serv
vlco In Algeria, w.is transfer
red to tho diplomatic crops and as
signed as ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary to the government
nt Washington. M. Cninbon's brother,
Pierre, Is the present French ambassa
dor to the Court of St. James, having
previously served ns French ambassa
dor nt Coustuntlnnplc and Mndrlrd.
For tho past hundred years tho family
of Cambon has been ono of groat
proinlnenco In France.
WINDOW CLEANING EASY.
A I'mutlni! Way to Perform mi Un
lili'inuut Tnftk.
First remove all dust, both outside
and Insldo. Uso a skewer nnd a cloth
to clean corners and grooves. It tho
woodwork needs cleaning, do this
next. If plnnted, clean by rubbing with
whiting ami cold water mixed to tho
consistency ot cream, then thoroughly
rluso first with hot water and then
with cold, and dry thoroughly. Vur
nlshcd wood should he well rubbed
with boiled Unseed oil and then well
polished with a soft duster. Tho biss
mny bo washed with clear tepid water,
to which ammonia or parallln
has been added In tho proportion of a
tnhlcspoonful to n gallon, or cleaned
with whiting llko pnlnt. Hnvo plenty
of clean, soft clotliH, n chamois leather,
and Boft paper Crumpled newspnpors
docs excellently. Dip tho chamois In
a bowl of tepid water, ammonia nnd
wator, or whatevor you may bo using,
squeczo It almost dry, and rub tho
glass with this, rinsing It often. After
all dirt has been removed In this man
ner, rub dry with a clean soft cloth
and then polish with soft paper. Bo
careful to get all comers clean. If
you prefer to use whiting It must be
mixed with cold water to a pasto ubout
as thick ns thin cream. Dip a clean
cloth In this and polish ns you would
silver. Rub off tho whiting with soft
paper, nnd polish with clean soft
paper. In damp weather It Is a good
plan to add a llttlo ammonia to the
whiting and water, ns this makes tho
glass dry moro qulckiy, nnd It Is lcs3
trouble to polish. Tho great secrets
nro to havo tho cloths clean, to uso
plenty of them, nnd not tifc mako tho
glass so wot that tho water drips
from It.
Tlipjr Worn Itiirmlu,
Somo veracious Brazilian papers, In
cluding tho Amazonns Commerce and
A Feilerncao, havo converted Mr. Mc
Turk's visit n fow months ago to tho
Takutu In quest of a man who was
wanted on n sorloun chnrgo Into a raid
into Brazilian territory. Among other
things tho commissioner for tho Es
sequlbo nnd Pomoroon rivers is ac
cused of "going to Mngalhaes, a placs
occupied by an Indian tribe, and there,
accompanied by threo marines in uni
form, causing tho Brnzlllan flag to bo
taken down, raising In Its placo that of
this country, In contempt of our sov
ereignty, since tho place In question Is
sltunted In ur territory, oh fixed by
the terms nnd provisions of tho treaty
of 1842." With the oxcoptlon of a slu
glo breech loading shotgun for procur
ing food, tho commissioner, his inter
preter nnd a fow Indian constablos
wcio unurmed. Chicago Record.
Now He'ii Horry.
"Went homo Thursday night nnd
found my wifo 111. Symptoms alarm
ing. Dosed her best I could Friday
morning she was no octter. Started
for doctor. Struck by happy thought.
Turnoil back. Curo complete." "What
was It?" "Simple n3 pie. Just salo,
'Too hnd you have to bo tick on bar
gain day, my donr.' She uounced up.
'Whntl' she cried, 'how stupid of mo
to forgot.' In five minutes sho was
up nnd dressed and frizzing her na!r "
"Wouldn't it have been cheaper to
havo fetched tho doctor?" "By jtro,
I guoss It would!" Cleveland ..alu
Dealer.
flpnkn ilXO Word a Minute,
Tbero Is n legend about tho sonato
chamber that Gonernl Hawloy, for ten
or twelve mlnuteu, in a speech, once
spoko 225 words n minute. Tho aver
ago speed of sonators In speeches does
not rench 110 words, and In dictating
httters rarely reaches 100 words.
Rlinrt Horn nf tlin Fntnrft.
At tho February meeting of tho
Short-Horn breeders, hold in Kansas
City, Hon. S. F. Loekrldgo ot Grcon
cnstlo, Indlnnn, contributed a papar
In which ho said In part:
Now It Is admitted, I bcllcvo, that
In-and-in breeding has n tendency to
reduce the size, to rellno tho form gen
erally nnd to Increase tho disposition
toward early maturity. How long thli
practlco can bo followed without Im
pairing the useful qualities In tho aitl
uinl Is a question nut easily answered.
The Codings and other early bieedera
of Short-Horns bred from very ehuo
connections without apparent Injury
to their cattle, and Bnkowoll, with tho
Long-Horns, probably to a greater ex
tent than any other bi coder of his day
or since. As Intimated nbovo, how
ever, the character of the cattlo ot
that early period Justified his practlco
to an extent that would not be porinls
s'blo at this late day wnon Short-HoniJ
havo reached tho hlghojt degree of
lollnemcnt, It seems, compntlblo with
ft good constitution and general useful
ness. In fact, I think most ot you will
agreo with tho opinion that In some
cnseH tho limit has been exceeded, nnd
that thero nro Short-HornH to-day that
show tho effects of too close breeding
In nn excessive fineness of bone, lncic
of scalo nud Indication of delicacy
throughout the whole anliutl. It Is
evident that animals of this character
(nu not bo depended upon to produce a
henlthy and robust progeny. It thin
is true, la it not tlmo to call a halt,
and as practical, common-senso men.
having the best Interests ot tho breed
at henrt, ndvlso a return to safer meth
ods and a moro Intelligent and liberal
selection of material for uuo la tho
herd? The most successful broodcM
of tho past did not hesitate when thu
occasion demnndod to lutroduco new
blood Into their herds.
Now tho question wo should nsk our
selves to-day Is, uro wo exorcising a
proper dogreo of Independence in our
cpeiniloiiH, or nro wo allowing tho
preference ror this or that lino or fault
Ily to Influence us against our bettor
Judgment and common seusoV In se
lecting u sire should we not chooso hltn
bocnuso ho possesses In a superior do
greo tho qualities that wo dcslro to
securo In tho progeny, rather than bo
Influenced altogether by the fact that
ho Is of u particular strain of blood
that happens at the tlmo to bo of thu
prevailing fashion, although ho may ba
dotlclcnt In Individual qualities? lu
other words, shall wo solcct a sire for
no other reason than that his ances
tors wero famous in tho hands ot a
man who had tho genius to mako and
keep them bo whllo ho lived, when,
possibly, their descendants In other
hands havo not maintained tho fam
ily rcputntlon? For that Is tho sum
and substance of tho whulo matter. It
le untortunute, I think, that too many
breeders contluuo to worship at tha
shrluo of tholr early lovo so long after
tho source of Inspiration has lost ltd
power.
Tho Buccossfu'l breodor of tho future
will, In my humblo Judgmont, bo a firm
believer in tho valuo of podlgreo, but
he will Insist that It bo accompanied
by unquestlonnblo proof that tho char
acteristics of tho ancestors woro such
as to Insure tho porputuatlon of the
good qualities In tho offspring. Ho will
not rofuso to Introduce into tho herd
Blres bred from closo nlllnlties, pro
vided thoy possess in nn unqualified
degree tho qualities already reforred
to, but ho will resolutely reject nil that
do not measure up to that standard.
On the other hand, I believe that tho
breeder of tho futuro will not bo ham
pered by tho fact that tho material ho
solocts Is not lu lino bred, but that ha
will unhesitatingly mako uso of mis
cellaneously bred animals, ulwnys con
ditioned upon tho fact, however, that
tho converging strains aro from tha
hordA of men known and acknowledged
to havo been distinguished and repuU
blo ns breedors In tholr several ways.
And In so doing ho will but follow tho
precedents left mm hy tno greatest
breeders ot tho past.
Blatton the Prlinurr Connlilcratlon.
Bulletin 90, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture: Notwithstand
ing this apparent contraction of our
flocks tho sheep Industry has niado
substantial progress. It has boon es
tablished on a moro pormanent and
lasting bnbls by making mutton tho
primary consideration and wool Inci
dental, instead of tho rovorse, as has
generally been tho enso horotoforo. On
this basis, sheep raising will return a
oatlsfactoiy profit ono year with an
other, independent of tho prlco of wool,
or nearly so, as It has been clearly
demonstrated that It does not cost any
more, If even as much, to produco' a
pound of mutton from good mutton
ihcep under averago farm conditions
than to produce a pound of beef, when
the wool Is loft entirely out of consp
iration; and tho wool always has somo
mluo; it seldom goes so low that wall
jred mutton sheep will not yield a
(leeco worth from 75 cents to $1.50.
Starting llnlr.
By rubbing bald spots dally with a
10 per cent lactic acid solution until
the skin has become Inflamed, then
omitting for a fow days and contin
uing when tho Inflammation has dls
tppcared, .Dalzer, a German, claims Ho
havo started a new growth ot hair
within throe weeks.
Run of the Farm. I always let my
fowls cut ns soon as possible I havo
never boon able to mako thorn do
well when confined. I think this is tha
ixperlenca of thoso that do not make
poultry raising a business; for In that
:aao tho fowls do not rccalvo tho caro
and attention they need. J, II. Wood.
Lako County, Ohio.
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