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Cnstor 00111ty R , ! bUcau
t. M. . ) { 15B&RRY , EDrroR . P17 LJ81lJa
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Thl' British tllIIl 'Cf Is pa 'Jng n goo <
tl nl of fl'el ht nOWI\eI1 'R. -
'l'hl' lltll'lll-k CIHle revcllle the fMt
thnt Buffalo Is 1lttle loser h.v the triple
h'lIll'd ' .
A Wet " 11' lnln WOl11lln 18 1 Hi 'cam
01(1.nd Uw HtrllnJl'st thIng noout It
Iii , \hllt \ ! ! hc Is white.
I 1'1IC trouhle 18 , We nder too much
\ wh ) ' till ! othel' fellow dOL'Sn't listen to
: Ih'c'whllillel'lngs ' of his own conBclcnce.
I
A n111uhel' o ( Nl'W Yorkers cxpt'-t to
lImn the country h ' a flyt.iem of canrus.
\ . . nnlll ocrOmi the ltoclty Mountl\lna
vOllld he tutCl't.9llng ,
'l'he I\ol r Ilropos s to refonn the
German IImguoge. AccordIng to his
. . : lwn conel'lltion of it , Ule languoge l'OD-
91818 IIrlnclpolly ot "I. "
J
'l'he wlfc ot the British colonIal B
tctury hos been 111vltol : to write a book
md hos refused. She ought to get n
mhfrtnntllll turt.l11oulal.
.
It meu loved pn1yer mroUI1Js ns
much liS UIeY do prize fights tl10
: ! hul'chcs would he IlS thick as snlool18
hi the "levec" dlslrlct.
I 'J' 1 < ! ' have a.'l 1IInn ' as 140 relIgious
f h lh 1 'S In a 'eHr In Hussln. No w'On-
, il1r tile IhlHRlnn WOl'IlI1al1 and 1'nrmer
I ilUlIH It IIl1rd to cOll1l1ete with 1110 l't.-m
, f tIle worill.
A wOlllnn Induced a wcal ( uue ] enam-
n'el1 1111111 .10 1181\Ist hCl' In murderIng
I .i61' hUHIJll1l1l , nnd a jUl' ' declnred the
:1lnn : ulll ' uUlI the wOlllnn Innoccnt.
\Vhat \ fools mel1lU'el
i .
. , On tllc sUl'fnce C\'er 'thlng looltfl
p'nceflll , lint thcl'e Is 11 dal'k SUSlllcl011 ,
hot POllltl1C ' Blgclow Ulll ' he t 'lng
\ , GCI'ml1n , "s hnlld hehlml lJer hnck 1Il'C-
p I'J\tor ' to the fror.
"A " "omall olTers $ i O Cor the tip of a
nose' to'he grnftcd on her OWIl. She
shoulil excrclse grent cure In seleCUlJg
all .tliing thnt Is olTcred , 01' followIng
hl.'r nose In future 1U1l ' ll"ad her a 1UCl'lj'
1.1a5e. } '
A grent deal of hUlUor Is being squnn-
i ' wh'eles ' ' felathCJ.-
fl'l un : ; tcles.'Tnph , -
. ( 'i IIl'JlH ' : , seL'lless 01'lIIge8 , oonc.lcss ,
IlHIl. ' . . . tllllh' s dOh'1i ul1l1 Ule IIIw , hut tbe ' I
nllur 1I\t so luttl ns the polnUl'SB joltcs , '
OOI'IC'11l1J * them. I
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" " ( ! nre told U1l\t rec nt discoveries'
alltmt , milium hrlng that mrc metnl'
'war l ) pe1'llctual' moUon. It may bel
, hHCI'\'l'l } , how { \'er , that no human :
Il'nc ; ' IB' ( 'rc < lItell'Itp the productlol1
) f. this substnllc .
. SIl' 'WI IIIIU1hlcGregor was l'cseu ( > ( l
: I' J 1 'i1T.o llon w rlhouso recently 'by'
1':1'lch AlI1l.'l'lcnn willow , who mnrrlcd
Im ; Vl'rolt , not Cor Ule fool Amerlclln
, YQmen , Bn IIBh llOOI'hous < ' 6 would ! J
Cull of tltll'd Engllshnll'n.
The late Dr. GnUlng , who Inslstcd
: lInt his fmnouH raphl.nre gun was In.
IWlltlollll fhortl.'nillg , It not In prevent-
tll , 'Will' ' , WitS nlS ( ) Inter < < ited In rapid-
Ilrc , n rlcll1t\ral ! machiuery _ In hl
'ollth he Il1vl.I1.ted drlJls for sowIng cot-
101lSCl'll lIud JJ'nll1.
.
It Ilol's not require ap expert to
I'"lich ( the l'om'lctlon thnt the reaJ
strcn th of n navy Is Its lIghtlll ! ;
st ren th , not the number or the ton-
ni o of shillS. Light , unarmored
( 'I'.uIHl'I'S hnye tlll'lr UBe , but that use Is
n'.t. ] on the lI htll1g IIno. It Is the ar-
1l.9rl'll clull'm's : nnd the batU shlIIS
tlUlt must ( ' 0 the lIghtlng on the IIno
, o ( hntue n lIlnst nny nnval 110wer
, . rth ' .
r consltlm'lng.
t
qne : ' \ ot a country ot
m'j.o tel'r1tor ' Is thnt It renders mnp-
ulldu cxpc.IlslYc. England , with Its
)1111111 IIrea , hils been mllpped on a Ncale
) f' slx 'Illohes (0 ( tha mile , IlIrgo enough
:0 : , show ey'l'Y house. 'I'ho mapiling coot
nl'arl ' three hundred. dollnrs a square
mile. 01' ubout twont ) . times ns much
.
asthlN couutr expends tor mopping It
t ( 1'ltor ' on II smaller senle. Yet U1e
1l1li rollrin tlona for this purpose 111'0 so
lah e thnt one Stmator hns dcserlool
the Geological Sun'c ) ' , which makes the
1IIIIInd maps , us n "sturd ' beggar. "
' 1'hc ship Dlscoycry , wblcb hM pen'o
l1-lted fut.ther toward tl10 south 1101 (
Ullin nny expedlUon hnd gOl1o bel'ore ,
hn.ylng renched 82 degreC8 and 17 mln
l.tes south , ought certainly to ba\'o bec'I :
.hlo to bettor 0\011 tliis re < ; enl For mm
If i clcnce mucb lIepeuds , no doubt , 01
IlItllrctic , . exploraUon. Yet the worM II
Igc \ cnll do IIttl else tl1an W01Hll
. Jmt m'l1 should 8tlll be wllllng to offe :
ill ns snerl lcCB , tor the solution ot th ,
JI 'stery , 'ent'8 ot their best tlme , nnl
1I. . ' ' ' lI1CI ' their ling. To get "fnrthes
wflth" Is som et1 lng , Ilerbaps , to tb ,
IclcntJRotH angaged 111 this work , Wit ]
I'dllllllmen It Is '
) men merel so muc ]
'l' < ! conl-maling , " not c.sscntlall ' dltrca :
:1i ! froll1 the cndcnvor ot tl10 mnn whl
ltwoles his time to bett1'lng the rOC'O
JI pulHug weights or lifting pig Iron.
I : JlII ( ' .t\dlla 111 S , of IIull house SOelD
H\trenll'lll \ , OhllIIIO : , hns perbnps mild
1 TI1UI'j thorough. Intelligent and pra (
Il ! JI .lt1llly ot c01HlItlQns among tb
poh' } or great' ' lUes tll11n any otlJJ
\ \ UlIl1 l lIvln . Ami she BUYS that tb
III r eat too much. She tolls ot on
wli1l1nn . ' WlllO. , p\Jjectel1 ' to n sUuldD.r
UIU . . urget\ \ 'pon her , sn.yJnl"
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Ilou't lila' to l'ut wlllll's ' nutrltlouR , I
like to l'ut whnt I'd ruthm' . " l1s.
Alll1nms tellR of Cnmllles on menlCI
nUll IInl'ertnln Incomcs whll'h spl'nd
11101'0 1I10nl' ' Cor Coed for l'nch IIWIII.
I 111' oC the fnlllll ' limn 110 CUlIIl1Il'S 01
I hIlIl1CII ( ) IIll'Om ( ' . An ' grocer enu tell
'ou thnt his most profituhll' eURtonler
nre not the rich. hut the 11001' . Pew
. wOlllon hnve nn ' h1r 1 how much the
food Cor thc ( funlly costs (01' n month ,
how much of the l'XpCn1l' ! ' Is ( or I'l'nl
nutrition , nud how lI1u'h Cor what
"Hhe'd ruther. " It Is not oln too
tnI' to rmy that many Cumllll.'s ( 'ontll1ue
poor Inrnely hCC:1IIHe of ovel'ol.'ntlli/t. /
The cost of the ( ( ) ( ) { I IR not the only
conslderntlon , nor the most Important.
The or ln with unwholl.'some ftuffl !
dulls the mind al1d deadens the encl"
Ies.
The best WflY to prcpnre Cor n pUblic
ndllrJi't , rold uu I ullbh orntor , Is to
eouRtrllct u certnln numher of "lsluI1Ils"
mooning tllcrehy eflICttVC Bc.ntlncc&-
and tlum 5\vllll b ' .ectempore c.rrort
trom INlaud to IslllJld 'hen the hour ot
' . ' ' desirable
uttarnnce L'U1JWS. 'l'ho moot
Island Is to he rose1"\'oo ror the perora-
tion. No such counlrel If ! tbCc < lcd tor II
cnmpalgn f > pcnkcr whlcb 1m. , been made
In n factory , uud Is to be usoo In Ule
coml.n 11IunldJlnl cnmpalb 1.n New
York City. It Is r lIrded us a I > ure
vota-getter. Phonogrnpbs , wl111 huge
megophon , will consUtute tI1C 'lorn-
torlenl lips" on wlllch n CJ'uwd Is SliP'
posol : to hnng. . A 'Wl1g011 Is to carry ;
them , um } the driver can stl\rt or stop
them at 1ll. As Hlc vehicle paSRe8
. nlong the ftrccts , tlnmderous appoal' !
nn < 1 111\'ltntlona wlll rreeh tlJC multi-
tude. 'I'here wUl he oratory whlcb
SIJ.1IR of dls.'Ifnt wlU 110t clJeclt nor al > -
pin use Idmllc.
Advunced womnllhood , which hns-se.
successfully 111'0 m otl'l wOll1en to the
spheres hitherto occupied b ' men , w111
he 1I100'e or less elntl'd over the succesS
of the two accompllshed slstel's who recently -
cently "held UII" II womnn In New
York with a holdness nl1l tnclltty a
veternn footplld might enn' . The 111-
cWcnt demonst1'lltes that there Is hardly -
ly 11 lIeld of masculluo IIct\'lty ! In
which womnn mll ' not enter with every -
ery pros11ect of suceess , Hitherto
women havl' confined tlHlr ! efforts In
the dh'ectlon of "hold-UIIS" to church
fairs lIud charity' boznnrs , but uow
that they hnve tnltcn to the road we
mn - 11.111'11 to feor III ever ' bush II pet-
tlcont. ' 1'0 be held up nml pos.lhl : '
gnrrotcd b ' the strong white arm of n
good-looklug 'womlln hils Its sentimental -
al -attrnctlvo side. but It hns nlso
Its dlsoevnnfages. If. nccol'lllng to
feminine decree , our wives lire IICr-
mltted to rob us while we sleep , and
stmnge nnd unllccustomed femnles nre I
e1npo\\'cl'cll to'n 'hl ' us In our wakIng -
Ing moments , , while bnnks lire falling
and sn t . deposit vnult. ! are open to
jnnltors uml other emplo 'es , what rc-
course for us save In bur 'lng 9ur
treasure In the back 'nrd IUld the contiguous -
tiguous forest 1 This wicked world Is
growing wlcleder'e'Cl' ' da ' , and
W0I1\lIn'8 n\'lng grace Is rnpldl ) ' dlsnp-
pearng.
Gllmbllng , or mther the pollee 111'0
tectlon of gumbllng , Is un evil ngal1Jhi
which the district IItt'rne ' In New
York Olt . hns dll'ccled his hem' lest hut.
terlC'S ever sillce he took the outh of 0-
fice. Strllngc1 ' ( , llough , his etforts huyc
excited but n lulwwnrm Interest In
quarters frol11 which enUmslnsic ! sup.
port woulll be c..xpecte . IndC ( ( ] , It
woulll hnrdly he unjust to HIlY Ulnt n
great man ' well.mennlng people rcrnrll
gllmhllng ns n minor evil , dim cult If not
Impossible to SUPllrL'f8 In a grent city ,
nnd on the whole conUned to thooe
whoso finnncllll stnndln [ " . 1 such that
they do not suffer much h ' It. "Gllm.
hlel'S IIl'C Utuully men who can nffor ( ]
to losl' . 'l'hc ' do not c1C9l'.1've much
s 'mput1I ' , " 18 n common vll'of the
mntter. If District Attorne ' Jerome
had wlsh\l to ( ) Ilen the e ' ( 'S ot 11l"Ople
' ;
to'the facts ho l'Ou1c1 not hllve nsked
for - t ' ' 1m.
anything- more 'lllcal or mOl'O
] Ir sh'e thnll the pnUlct.1c scene which
tool , Illnco on n recent Sundnr morning.
A womm l'ldlng on street catnHI ( ( ! ( ]
the cell < 1uctor If he knew where So-lInd.
So's gamhllng 1 I.t WIIR. IIo pointed
It out to her. She wCl11 U11 tile bieps Imd
cnlled fo her husbnnd. " 'hC11 he liP'
peurL"'l1 Nho chnrged him with hn vlng
stolen and gnmhlell IIwn ' oue hunllred
nnd thlrt . llonl'S ) ) which she hell Sll'Cd
for the hous 'lIohl eXIICnSL : i al\l \ UIO chll ,
dren. ' .rhen she dnvw II hOl'SOwhlp from
i under h1' eloal" nnd U8NI It 0011111"
I oUIII ' thnt the mnn's 1It--ooclatcs hlld to ,
, drug him In lignin _ Not a prett11lcture ,
certaInly , hut an Instructive one , he-
enURe It shows better thlln n thoulllln
sermons how gnmbllng salis the morlll
libel' uud mnlt'S Its victim obllvkms tc
the culls o ( honor or of < 1ut . . ' .rJw mllli
, whom Ule mania hus selzNl will fltur
nt nothing , and In hIs own downfnll h
llrllgs'wlth him those who , o1thou h In
nooent , must suffer tor hlH inult. Youn
lCOllle 0011letllnoo think the ban agllln81
nil Inml.8 ot chance Is unjust IIml nn
reasounlJlc ; the too f'trlct view 01
church memhers enl ' . 'J'hooe who 1m
most CnmllIur with tlw Ilnrk sille of IICt
In the b'Toat clUes IImi thl : < c who , Ilk. .
Mr , Jl'rome , hn\'e done S'Onll't1lln h
lighten thot sille. Imow thnt the nttl
tude of 0111sltl"u to e\'l'J' ' 1lnd o ( gllln
bllng Is tha enl ' snfl' one.
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] 'rofcsltlollnl Jenlllll > lJ' .
"I stl\1111 at the hend of nn" . husl
ness , " reuJou'Il'd the 111'0 fe'RO I' 0
phrcnolo-r : , "while 'ou sit nt thl
foot.If .
"You have said it , " I'ejolned th ,
chiropodist. "But just the SUllie , th
language ot the COM ! Is mOI'e COl'dhl
thun the lingo ot phre11g1oglca
bumps. "
You , mny ha\'e defcnse : , hilt docs I
over peeur to ) ' u thut tbe publl
doesn't ch'e ; ) 'ou , 11 chnuco to 11\0 lt1
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HEROES.
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11othor Bnrth ! Are Ih ' heroes dent11
Do they tllI'lll the s01l1 of the world no m6r01
re the gloaming IJIlOWS lIud tllI pOPlllea red
All that Is Icft of thl' I > rn\'o of 'ore1
Are there 11011e to tight as 'l'hcseus fought ,
I nr In tlw 'OI1 1g world's lIJIKt . tIa'n 1 .
Or tench us the grn ' hall'l.'d Nester taugh11
Iother Eurthl nre th - heroes gone ?
Gone ? In a nobler form tht' . rise ;
Deud 1 We may ClnRII tlleh' hands In ours ,
nd cntch the llght ot thcll' glorlous e 'es ,
And wreathe their hl'o\\'S with Immortnl flowers ,
Whene\'er n noble tIeell Is dOl1e
There ar the S0111H of our heroes stlrred
Whene\'er n field for truth Is won ,
'l'here arc our heroes' voices heard.
'l'helr nrmor rings on a fairer ficld
Than GI'eelt or Trojan ever trod :
For PreC < 1om's sword Is the hlade they wIeld ,
A11I1 the light abo\'e them the smllo ot Godl .
So In his Isle ot cnlm delight ,
Jnson ilia ) ' dream thl' houl'S awny ,
nut the heroes live , nnd the sldl's nre brIght ,
And the world Is n hra\'er world to.eny.
-Ednn Denn J'roctor , In Normnl Instructor.
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Two Soldier oys. .
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T was In Ohlcknmnuga , during Au.
II gust of ' 08. She wns a Southern
womnn , her hOllIe within a Cew miles
of the cnmp , but the sick nnd suffering
oldlers that she mlnhltered to lu the
en1llp hospltnl were O'S Crom Northern
homcs. She hnd 110wers Cor nll , nnd vo-
rloul ! IIttlo dellcncles Cor Ihose thnt were
lIermlttod thorn ; nnd lIOW nne ] then she
stopped to brush bnck the nlU11 locks
from 801110 Ilchlng brow , nnd to tr ) ' to
! wothe the 111l1u. Oftl'n she would write
letters hOllle Cor them with wondorCul
IIwcotliess.
Oue dn ) ' 8ho stood by the Fide oC n boy
thnt woulll ne\r ! scn nuothol' messo e
10 his mother , nml her tenrs droppell fnst
for the lS''car.old hero , now sllppiu ! ;
\\11) ' into etl'rnnl rest. Shl. ' could not
bellI' OU ) ' more thut dny , nnd turned to
1:0 , hut ns she nonred thl. ' elltrnnce her
l'ves Cell on a fllce she hlld not fcon be-
rlre ; : she I ! III lied hllck nt the .pnlr of jolly
Jnrk l' 'CS thn t met her own. 'J.'ho owner
In ) ' prllstrnte with linl's of pnin In his
fllee ; but n IlIuJhin mouth , nnd the mls.
hle\'ouK c'es ! ! hewed rit nnd fun. She
' \'IIS I'reslslibl ) ' drn wn to the boy , oud
. . . .IIt ! thnllitful she hod a few 1I0wers left
to offer him.
" ' 1'hlln ] ( 'ou , " IlIu hed the solt1il'r Ind ,
nddlng mlschleyousl ) ' , "I knew I was go-
lug to Il't those. "
"IIow ? " 8hc nsked , Interested.
-'Oh , " he sa hi , grnyely , "I hnd my e'e
on them , end I Imew 'ou wouldn't go
by. "
It wns not 11 very satlsfnctory explnna.
tlon , but she laughed at it. nnd so did
ome of the sick bo's.
" " 'hen nre you cOl1)lng ) ngoln 1" do-
mnnded the boy , suddenl ' , 'Ilfter n mo-
mont's eOllvorsntlon , In'lng a detnlnlug
hnnd upon her dress. as If lOth to have
hcr go even then. '
"Wheneyer ) 'OU sny , " the sold lightly.
nlld the Ind's fnce brightened ;
" L'o-morrow , " hI ! suld ellJerly.
She went bnck to her home , and nil
through the night the dllrk l'3'eS hauntl.'d
her : sbe mnde up her milld thnt on the
morrow she would show him 11 plctum
sIll' hnd , end perhops tell him n little
nbout another bo ) ' thnt had dllrk , fun-
loving e'l'S , nnd thnt , 30 01111 ) 'eors before -
fore , hlld worn 0 blue nniforlll. too.
But when she reaehl' the hospltol the
lIext dny the joll.fllced bo ' WIIS too
slcIc to Iwow her , and 011 through the
Collowllll , ; wee' , he Iny nenr the shadowy
land.
llut the brnve 6plrlt did IIOt quite go
out Ilnd one dny he smiled the recognition -
tion he wes to wmll , to speak. Alld cos
she went home thllt night a new Irlell
took possesRlon of her : why not have him
moved to her houRe. And now thllt
he wns out of dnnger , she could mnke
him ' 111orc comfortable nnd nurse him
back to helllth , as enrs bl'fore she had
nursed thnt othl'r blnck-e'cd ho ) ' . IIer
hnlr wns whitening now ; then It WIIS
brown end : ; 10119) , nnd she WIlS youn ! ; ,
her IIfo before her. She sighed ; If enl ) '
she could IUluw wbat hod been tlJo fa to
of thnt other. why he hnd neyer come
bnck to her ! But she had long before
given up expecting to know In this world.
O\le \ dll ) ' , U wel'l. or two Inter , when
the sohlll'r Ind WIIS comfortnbly ensconc'
cd In her home , nlld'os growing strong
enough to tnke Intell'st ' In his slll'round-
Ing8 , he said enrnestly , " " 'h ' Is It you
wore so good to us fellows In the hos-
IIItal1 Yon told 11I0 the picture In uniform -
form there Is of ) 'our fnther , thnt he wns
nil oll1rcr In the Confedl'rat e nrm ) ' , nud
thllt ) 'our broUlCr WIIS In thllt nr111) ' , too ,
nlld 'ou kllow thnt It \\'ns our fntbers
who fouht : them. "
"But thnt is nil on'r now , " she an.
swered ! ; ently. " 'J.'hore'pro brave soldiers -
diers on hoth sideR , and the sons nro ns
brave todny. "
But the boy persisted. "Why did you
bring me hero Ins.tend of some of the
other . ( ellows 1"
I lIe wns seeking no compllment ; he
asked In direct hon sty.
I , "I wish I could hnve had the others
, too , " she snld , "but If ) 'OU would like to
! know why 1 singled you out. wnit n mo.
ment' J ocl ( ; " nnd he wen t up8tolr8 to
: her room , quickly rellppoarlllg with a pic'
t ture In her hand. 'J.'hls she silently
handed to him.
'l'he pictured fnce he saw wns thnt 01
a young mlln In 80ldler's nnlform : . IIn
on the margin was written In l rm , mall'
Iy hnnd : "Doroth ) ' , from l dwnrd , till
, this cruel war Is o\'er. Apr. . I , 'lI3. "
POl' n moment the Bold IeI' 011 the COUCII
Inzed In slleochless nstonlshment nt th (
ooldler In the pleturo. 'l'hen the wom.
on broke the slhmco. "You s'e It , too 7'
she cried , "tlJo IItr9n resomblnnce7 11111 :
It wes e\"en stronger than 11 I"ol.s thl.'ro
for his e'es were just the colol' of 3'0Ilr
nud the expression Willi1'1' ) ' 1I1 < l' . I IIn
the 'Doroth ) ' " I ) ' nOllle Is DorothJ
Ashton , his nnmo wns Edwnrd Hellllllll
lIe wn's a Ynukee soltller but we fOlllu
h1m , lilY mother nlld I. wounl11 } In OUI
bnrn , wh"re ho hlld dragell ! himself nf
tcr the battle. Wo were lo'nl to thl
Coufederacy , but m ) ' mother wns tcntlor
hearted nlld 10\'lng , and this soldier , 1111
IlIlrol1t1) ' d'ln , \\'ns just the II O oC he :
one son , my only rothor , who WIIS filht
lu'g fill' away from us ; soith tb u\h \
of tlJ bor wo 10Ted , WO. took this otbl't
. ,0Ul iUel11)1 lute a Uttlu hldde1 ! roor11 , nUl
I
nursl' hIm bnck to liCe , We grew to
cnro tor him ; for ho wns a gn ) ' , hrlht !
fellow , full of fun , eTon whel1 suffering.
Ilo hod n mother In the North wholll ho
hnd not een for IUnny wellry months.
1\ly mother , too , hnd not seen her soldier
son ( or a lon time , nnd so this estob-
IIshed a bond between the Ynnkco nnd
the rebel. And os for Edward nnd me.
nil dtfferences fell nwny whell we looked
Into each other's e'es. It wns no tl ne ,
then , to tnlk much of love : but when
he let us he gave me this IIlcture nnd
I gn\'e him mine ; nnd ho cnrrled with
him my promlso to be true till the time
when the wnr wns over nnd he could
return to mnlte me his wICe. "
The womnn's voIce , whieh hnd been
growin tremulou8 , broke then , ane ] n
tear fell on the coverlet. Then she went
on qulotly :
"My ttenr , he did not como hack , end
I hnve never honrd of him since , hut I
hnve been true to him through 1111 these
) 'enrs , and I know In m ' henrt thllt ho
wns true to me , nnd that , sonlCwhere ,
before thnt terrible conllict wns OVl'r ,
denth clalme him. You see now thot
It \\'IIS bec3u8e of ) 'our re emblllnc to
him thnt I brought 'ou to m ) ' hOlllo. "
A s she finished , the bo ) ' before her ,
whose Cnco wns strange I ) ' sobered.
reached up an claBped Ill'r hnnd.
"Now. let me finish the story for ) ' 011 , "
ho snid , enruo'tly. ! "You lire right. Ill'
wnR true to ) 'ou-he WIIS. 1.01' ) 'our Ell-
wnrll nendall wns lilY uncle , my mother's
brutlJer ! Thnt explllills the l'esemhlnnco ;
the ) ' hn\'e olwo-s toltl mo I looked \'er ) '
much IIko him. The lIicturo Is dated
Allrll , 'U3 , three months after thot ho
WIIS ngnln wOllluled , got better , 1\1111 was
furloughed hOllle ; 011 the wny he wns
tllken down with fever , nnd wns brouht !
to n New Yorlt hosl itl1l. II\ \ grew rnp'
Idly worse , one ] his folks were sent for.
Ilis mother renched him just ns ho wns
sinking Into unconsciousness. HI' rlllIied
.a mon1l'nt when he snw her. ' Iothor. '
he snhI , nnd , hnwling her llicture of n
girl , he n\urnmred 'Doroth ) ' . ' It"ns the
Inst word ho uttered , end thl'Y never
knew who 'Doroth ) " wnB. But my Jrnnd.
mother lcept the picture Ilnd had It plnc.
ed with one of his. both In the same
frnme , nnd my mother hns them now. "
l or n few moments their tenrs fell together -
gether , the convnlescent sodler ] Ind nnd
the \\'omnn with the whitening hnlr.
Then she brought him some supper , nnd
fretted n little Il'st the excitement might
moke him 111 ngoln.
A few weeks nfter ,1nck returned to
his Northern home ; but he did not for et
his friend In the Sou [ h. lIe nud his
1II0ther' ! 'ent mnny letters to her In the
months thnt followed. IInd on Il'morlnl
Doy , 'DD , when 80 mllny women dec rat-
I.'d the new-mndo grnves of their 80hllN'
dend , Dorothy Asbton , with J nclt nnd
lJls mother , visited a cemoter ) ' In Iasso-
chusetts , nnd Inid. for the first time , a
bonutlCul wreath upon the grave of her
soldil'r-Iover , who hod died true to her
nnd hnd slept h1s peacef l sleep for more
thnn tblrty-five 'ears.-lloston Trnn-
script. .
. ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL DAY ,
Rllfu" P. ] 'lIrrl"h of Kewllllcc Ur cd
COllllucmnrntloll of thc ncml ,
Iemorlnl Duy oriinnted with a IIInn
who WII8 rccently followed to the grave
at Kewanee. III. , by one of the IlIrgest
thrllngR of old soldiers thnt ovcr nttend-
cd R CIII'rnl In n town of like size.
' 1'hl' nnme o ( this mln wns HuCus P.
1'lIrrish nn It Is ndlllittedl thllt II letter
he wrote to Sonntor .10111I A. I.ognn WII
< : hle113' Instrumentnl In the octIOI1 of Con ,
: ; rel's In eHtllbllshln 0 dny on which
throughout the nil tlon graveR of thl'
Union dead Rhould be strewn with now.
ers IInd tholr brave Ilcts commemorllted ,
It Is n mnttl'r of history thnt the CUB'
tom of decorntlnJ ; grnves of foldltrs ! WOE
commenced In Kewoneo In ISH3 , fiv
yenl'lI hefore Senator lAgon 8ecured tli
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nctlon gt..conrells ; nppolntlng memo-
1'101 dn . IT III Iwown here thnt 1\11' . Pnl'-
rlsh , who hnd nll\'II's tllkeu the grenl.1st
'Inlt'rest lu this ohfll'r\'nllce , wrote nn Ul'-
ut Icttl.r to 8l'nntor Lognn , urging him
to tllko Into serlolls conrlderntion legis'
Illtloll thllt wOllld set nlJlde n dn ) ' on
whIch nil could Join In lIIemorlal ser-
vlccs.
Aside ( rom the Intel'l'lIt thot Ir. Pnr.
rlsh took In such IIntrloUc mo\'emClJtR he
hnd U'cr ) ' lutel'l'stlng his tor : ' . Ills
! -rlludfather all his lIIother's sldo corrled
n IlInt.lock muslet In the He\'olutlo.nnry
Wllr , IIl1d the Cnthor of his father wn !
o recrultln ! : officer In Ihe'nr of 1812.
lIe \Vos one of flfteell men to orgnube :
the first Y. 1\1. O. A. In the United
Stntes. DurlnJt the wnr of the rebellion
and before he was au outRlhlten aboll.
tlonlst Olle ] fiurc ! < 1 promhll'ntly In under-
"round rollrond work by which slnves es.
cnped to Connda. I1e wns In the foro'
front f neorly e\'er ) ' mO\'ement of en.
lIghtl1J1Jent of the conllnunlt . ser\'lng
to fOlltor lIbrllrles nnd lectures.
Mr. Pllrrish wns born In New Hamp.
shire nbout eighty-seven 'onrs IIgo and
cnmo to lllinois In April , 1855. He h
survlvl.'d hy hIs ( nithCul wife , with whOlr
he dwelt In wedlock Cor the unusunl tem
of sixty-four ) 'enr1l.
Hiram tnydcr. : !
The author elf " 1HUo Journeys to the
IJomes of An1l'ricon Stlltlsmen" ! tells n
stor ) ' of the Civil Wor , when the dOYf
drn"ged gloomily , In nntlcllntlon of new
from the Cront , nnd when rlef was 1il.l'ly
to o\'ertol.e any who hnd boys In the
ronks. lIe snys :
Ono night the lJOstmnster was rcndlng
aloud the nomes of the killed at Gett .s'
burg , nnd ho mn right 011 to the 11ame
of a ) 'outh wo knew. The boy's'rnthel
! iot there on a 11n11 ke ! : , chewing a strow.
The postmaster , for his snke , tried te
shuftle o\'er the nome , Iln burry on to
the next.
"IIi ! " snl the fnther. Wha-\\'hnt' .
thot ) 'Ou s'hld ? "
There wns' nothhlg to do but to fllCE
the Issue , nlld the postmllster repeated
with a forced cnlmnefs :
"Killed-Snyder , IIlrnm. "
The boy's fnther stool ! U11 with n jerk
'l'hen he sot down. Then he stood HJ
ngoln , stagored ! to the door , and CU1l1
bled for the Intch liI.o a blind man.
"God help himl" saltl thl' IJOstmnster
willing his eyeR with hli red hnndker
chll'f ; "he's gone to tell the old wom
an. "
'l'he minister IIrenched n funernl fr !
mon for the bo ) ' nnd ou the little p'rll
mid that mllrlced the Comll : ' lot , In th ,
bur'lng ground , they carved the inscrlp
tlon :
"Killed In honorn hl battle , IIirl1I1
Sn'dl.'r , ned : nineteen. "
Not long nfter\\'ard. strongc , weird
bearded mon , In fa l' blue , begnn t (
orri\'e. Grollt welcoml's were give ! !
them , nnd mnny n big ntherlng wes hel
111 their lJonor. At one ! luch gnthering , $
ghost oppenrl'd , a Innk , IInffron ghost
rnJged os n scnrecrow'enring the capl
of n cnvnlr'mnn's overcont , wltb no cant
beneath.
'l'lJe oPllorition WIlS n youth of aboul
twenty , with a downy benrd nil o\'er hll
fnce , nnd a CQuntenanco'ellmellowe
with coal Foot , ns If he hnd ridden BI.'V'
ernl dn's on the top of n freight cUI
neor the engine. The ghost wns IJlrnrr
Sn'der. '
'IYo forgave him tbo shock of surpris (
ho hnd clJused , us , 1111 except the minis
tel' , who hnd prenched his funeral fr !
mono Yenrs nfterwnrd I henrd the mln
Ister remnrk. In n solemn nnd nggrleve
tone :
"IIirnm Snyder Is a mon who connot
be relied upon. "
A Stra ler 0 ( ' 'Oaf
Alon/ : the line ot march of ' 03. ,
I finlt II lonely , sunken /rnve , unmnrked ;
Yet well I know the "olltl'r sle'plng here' '
A cnmrUle bmve aB nny h'ro dealt
Or 1I\'lnlt. footsore. wl'nry , tnllen out
With len\'e ; at rest so well he hears nt
breather
or lullIn/ : summer winds , nor fiercesl
shrIek .
or the No\'ember blast.
No glory ot
A bloolty field Is 'rouIH ! about him , but
The jrIISS JI'OWS : sreen , and graceful tree ,
stili woo
The br'eze to music whose sweet word ,
are "nest ,
Bran' comralte. sleep and rest i" and stili
nbo\'e
'l'he drlrtluJ ; "nOW8 , the winter wlud ,
shout , "Vlctoryl"
Ills monument If ! hlsh In nil henrts :
Ills tnme Is brlsht with laurel , tor nl
time.
-AllJert C. Hopkins ,
Sodler ! lUll/IOns at Fort l\follroo.
Prominent mong the two''l'ar regl
ment from thl' , Empire Stnte WIlS th ,
'I'enth , or Natlonnl Zouavl's , raised it
: \cw York Oity. A working lodge o
Inster Mllsons wes organized withh
this rl.'gllllent. 'l'hc meetings or commu
nlcatlons were held In 0 cnsemato a
1.'ortIonroe end wore nttl'lllled by man ]
hrpthpeu Croll1 neildlhorhfJ ; cnmps. ' .rhl
lotge ] ontOl'ell , pnf'sel1 nnd rolsed thirty
four memlll'rs.ot Infrequently graJ
clnl1 soldiers of the Southern nrmy , pris
OIl(1rs within the linl.'s. found tholr " 'nJ
there nnd snt In 1011"l' " with their mol"
fortunnto hrethren.-'IVnshlngton Post.
A grotl'ful dog Is better thlln an un
grl.toful : . mon.-Snndl.
I - DECORATION DAY. -
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, "Don't cry , Cl'anl1mll , 'ou'll Bee hlw agaIn some tlmo.-Oblcao Record ,
j IJern1d.
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A Dana < < 'ru. . IIp.t. !
A dnngeroUl ! lpot .orr
pain II tha
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smalll ot tb" '
bne1q Jt tells of
Kidney Ills , as
do most pnlns
lIud uches In thlt
back. Klduey.
Ills hegln wJth\ \
- boclmche and.
. .J enll with Dla4.
. 'I'I" . t hetes , Dropsy.
. " . " , " , . . . . . . . .w"r. . ' , 1'I'I"'ht's ' Dls.
$ -J Jji'L ; ; ) ' ( fJ " ! + , calle. Cure Kid-
. . , ) t0.J. /
" " " " , , , . . . : : . 'fl. . . ? ; , ney and Bllld-
11'1' troubles lIerol'l' they reach the ser 1 -
OilS sla e. Ht'tll : how ( 'asl1y It can bQ
dOliI. ' . .
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W , , J. 1II11. o ( 40 South Union street , \
( ' 0111'01'11 , : - : . ( ' . , IlrolJ'letor of hllrd war& ' r -
,11111 IU\I'lIl' ! ! I ! ( ' , , J IIstlce of the Peace ,
:1111 : ] 0111. ' of I he hest Iwown residents or
thnt 1..It . . sa 'fo ; : "noan's Kidney Pllls.
III'o\'ed 1'l'I' ' entclellt remedy In my
l'1IIl' ! : . I ot 0 hex I\t the Gibson Drug'
"toro 1nd used I hel1l Cor dlsorderel kld- '
nl' 's nlld hl1cIClH'he , frol1l which I hlld' '
( 'xpel'II./I'l'll II ) : I''U t deal of annoyance ,
tl'llllhie IInd pain. 1'he 1.ldne ' seere-
tlolls hnd hothel'ed me Cor a long while. . .
\ \ 'I're'er ' h'1'egllla 1' , dn rk colored n.nd : t.
Cull of Redlment , 'l'he Pills clenred It
II 11 lid 1 hll hnd
UII n ve 1I0t an ache In I
1lI ' IJaclt since tallng the Inst dose. My \
hnck Is much stronger und my health '
generall ' Is lIupro\'ed a great deal. I j
I\ln gilld to mn Iw a pUhllc htdorseml"Ut I
of tbe Pills , trusting that it ma ; ) ' be th& , I
l1\eans \ ot relle\'lng some other sut- .
ferer. " !
A I UBE TIU AL of this great kldneY'1
medicine which c\r'd ! Ir. IIIll w11l bC1
mailed on IIppllcation to un ' part ot the- !
United Stutes. Address FosterIIIbur
00. , Buffalo , N. Y. J'or snle by nU\ \
druggists , price GO cents per box ,
I
TYPHOID FEVER
DIPHTHERIA SMALL POX
'rhe genn of thce ; deadly dIseases
mulllply in the decftylltg glee resent in
all kaJsomlnes , and the decayIng pasle
un er wall paper.
Alabastlnu ila dIsinfectant. It c1estroy. ,
dls ese gennslId ' 'erNln ; is tIIllnufac. ,
tured from a stone ccment ls.e , hardens
on the walls , and is as cnduring the '
wa Illtscl f.
Alablllltino b mixed with cold water ,
and anyone can apply It , !
Ask for sample card of buutlful tlnls . i
Rnd information about decorating. Take
no cheap suuslltule ,
lIuy onl'ln 51b. pkgs , properly labekd ,
ALAnA STrNB CO. , Or3'Od Rapids , Mlcb. :
New York Olflce. 'O V/ater 5t.
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1- , ld ] , . . . . . ' " " " . , \ ; :1&1 : ' M , - . ' : : ' "
: ; ; " ' ? hi a 'r ; ! oJ I
\ In the Spring 1' ' ,
rJ ! jl1 , P.1SS the Glass of g. .
'Y'i ! ' 'II - - I
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, Rootbccr IIi
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! p JftMfn ltt nell > o =
'I . . IUJl I"IIIO lI.alllllnl. A = t ,
o . I'I\Cklt/:1 : ! milk" " nno Ial. "
' on . old .Tf'rywhfon. :
I . or by ! IIntl tous cenls. ' r
I , ( ; JUKI.ES E. 111111:5 , 00. ; I .
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I JCtremD CRSD.
Mrs. Pconvwiolcle-It could
only iodu e 111m to eat SOlJoc 1Jng so
tlat be might gain a 1Ittle strQlIgtb.
1\Irs. Applebj'-And has he no ap _
pctJtc at all. " : . . ,
Mrs. P.ItO , not the least bit. ,
Why be d esn't e\'en crne tl1Jogs be
Imows he can't have.-ansas Olty
Journal.
lIe ( at the wJndow-It's ) very , . f
cheerful wJtbln but disagreeable'J' ,
'J'
without
Shecoyly-Wlthout ( ) what ? fJ
He ( tnsplrcd-Why ) , without you ,
darJln .
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And a lew weeks Jater a turnitur
Installment house was called upon to ' "
open a new account -OIJJcago News. ' ;
1
Quick Lt1l1ch. ' I
' , See hero" crle I the dyspl.'pt.1o- . "
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patron I'thls c'Jtfee's ( ) Ic1. "
"Sure" replied the walter.I'Thls . I
It a quick Juoch Joint. If ele colIee " I
was bet 'you ' wouldn't have time to
drJnk It. "
' ' 'ho ' ' 'fir" the 1'001l8h'lr lntl.
"Who were the toollsh vJrglns ? "
brou ht the prompt answer from n
wise llttlo girl , .ITllem as didn't.
get married. "
.
Ivy Dnll noml' 1I'III e .
Ivy growin on houses , so tar tram
making the house damp , as Is usuall ,
B Ipposed , actually extracts all moist.
ture ( rom the walls.
I
Conr"88101l.
--a.r on me , r aI' , " said the \11 G'1f
cdiu/i" : ) bride , " cr a ) pearJng at < I. . .
nI'l' In my wrapper , bUt- "
H ) h that's all "
, right , Interrupted
t'le knight ot the paste.pot , "some ot -4
' )1' best thoughts come tJ usln wrap
Pli"
DOCTOR ON FOOD.
Ihperlmented : on II 1 111 IIcl ! t.
A pb'slcinn of GllllolI , 0. , nys : "l < 'or "
the last tew ) 'enrs I hn\'o heen a lull'erer I
tram Indigestion , Ilnd othough ! I have
uSfd vnrlous remedlos and prepared ,
( oods wltb some benefit It was not until I ;
tried Grape-Null that I was completely I
cured. .
"As n ( oed It Is pleasant and agreeable , tl
'fer1 nutritk > UfJ aud Is dlre ted and asslu1- i
lIated with 'fe1'1 little effort on the part " . \
o ( th dlestl" , orana. As a nene ( Dad '
and r storer It hIS n. equnl I1nd liS fiuch
II especIally AChpltG to Itudents and (
other brain workers. It conttllns the ' j
elcl ents hC..larl tor the building of
nene Uasae 1100 by so doing maintain. .f'
au cqul11 rium of wast Ilud repair.
"It al80 tlnrlc1tQ' ' ! bill ad br rlvlnr ' . .
an Inucnsed Dumber of red blood corpuI- ,
ell'S IInd In this WIIJ' Itrngthens all the
orgnlu , pl'O'fk1ing Il'ital fluId made more ,
nearl , florf I take grel1t pleuure In I'
r col&lInendlllg Its use to my patient. for
II vallle'"lt as A fMld IUJd know' It wUqen- I'
efit 011T O usc It. " Name fumllhed br \
.Poltum Co.1attle ; Creek. Mlch.