THE SON OF HIS FATHER AT THE FRONT. 1 ,
No moro gratifying appointment
has been made by President MeKlnley
than that of the eldest son of General
Ulysses 3. Grant , colonel of the Four
teenth regiment , Now York State Na
tional guard , to be brigadier-general.
31 * was chosen colonel unanimously
by the officers of the Fourteenth reg
iment of Brooklyn and was mustered
into the United States army with his
regiment at Camp Black , Hr-mptoad ,
Long Island. He took his regiment
to Chlekamauga Park , and wus thsre
placed in command of a brigade , com
posed of three regiments , find was
zsctlng us brigadier-general when ha
received his commission from tlie war
department.
Frederick Dent Grant is the eldest
son of ex-President Ulysses S. Grant.
He was born in St. Louis , Mo. , on the
30th of May , JS50. As a boy he was
with his father at various times and
places when it was convenient for the
general to have his family with him
at Fort Henry , Corinth , Vicksburg ,
Nashville and City Point , in front of
Petersburg. He accompanied his
father to Washington and was with
him when he'received his commission
ns lieutenant-general from President
Lincoln. After the war he entered
"West Point as a cadet , and graduated
in 1871. On leaving the Military
Academy he obtained a leave of ab
sence and accepted a position as an
engineer for the Union Pacific rail
road , and assisted in the various sur
veys across the continent. In 1S72 he
made a trip to Europe with General
Sherman. On big return , in 1873 , he
joined his regiment in Texas , and as
sisted In making the preliminary sur
veys for the Texas Pacific railway.
with him to remain abroad as our
representative at the imperial court
of Austria. He insisted , however ,
upon resigning , and returned to
America in 1893 , siaca which time he
has made his home in New York , and
under the reform administration of
Mayor Strong was one of the poIC3
commissioners of the city.
Our picture represents Colonel
Grant .seated in front of hin tent at
Camp Ulack. Both In face /.nd figure
he bears a striking rescsnbl-/ to his
illustrious father. He is : > " aoldler by
birth and education , and' he has al
ready demonstrated , in the care and
disposition of his men , in camp and
on the march , the advantages of tlv
knowledge and training which our
great military academy confers upon
mciv , whose duty it is to command.
Already he has won the confidence of
his regimciit. The Fourteenth reach
ed Chlekamaufia at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon , and immediately bivou
acked on the western slope of Lytle
Hill , headquarters of Major-General
Brooke. Colonel Grant bivouacked
with 1m regiment. A few used knap
sack tents to shelter themselves , but
he , rolled up in his blanket , lay down
beneath the stars. He took his break
fast in the morning on the trunk of
a fallen tree , his meal consisting of
the fried bacon , "hardtack" and black
coffee supplied to his men. It is this
willingness lo share the hardships of
war which distinguished our great
leaders , both in the revolution and the
later war of ss 'ssion , that has estab
lished the relations of confidence and
sympathy of rank and file which have
made our armies invincible.
SAYINGS Or THE DARKIES.
Secret Nature of tlio Files A Substitute'
for Jlurrtjjjo A Xe ro' Illustration
Proin New York Sun : The southern
darkles are a constant source of amuse
ment , when they are not the cause of
unmitigated wrath , to the northern people
ple who go down there among them.
The other day a young northern wom
an , living ia Washington and possessed
of a deep and abiding antipathy for
flies , complained to Lucinda , the col
ored servant , that there were a good
many of the pests in the house. " 1
don't see , Lucinda , " she remarked se
verely , "how all these files could get in
If you kept the1 screen doors closed. "
"Well , I duiino , cithen , Mies , " cheer
fully rersarkejl Lucinda. "But you
know they is of a secret nachuh , MIES. "
Down in Mississippi , in one of the lum
ber tov/ns , which is owned by north
erners , the house servants and some of
the laborers are darkles. They are not
very strict in their notions of law and
order , and they have their own and
very lax ideas along the line of rpatri-
mony. Wives and husbands are swap
ped off with such freedom and fre
quency that it is rather hard to keep
track of the exact contemporaneous
combination among the negroes at a
given time. The colored people have
solved the delicate point of expressing
exact relationship by avoiding the sub
ject of matrimony altogether. " 'Lize
she's cookin * fur Duke Johnson now. "
That's the way they put it. The woman
' " " . She
an doesn't "marry" anybody.
"cooks fur" him. One cf these darkies
was telling about a woman on a steam
boat. The levee had caved EO that the
boat had to land further up than usual.
It was at night and the searchlight ,
turned on the bank , did not reveal any
thing familiar to the woman. She
hung back , therefore , and the darky
who had been detailed to put her ashore
didn't know what to do. "She stood
thah like a horse lookln' at a strange
gate , " he said. It was this same negro
who was one day listening to one of his
acquaintances dilate cn experiences
with the Lord. From the darky's ac
counts these experiences seemed to
have been e-xtfemely intimate , and
without a word of comment the negro
spoke up and said : "Wen you all seen
de Lord , wall He ? " That is to say :
When you saw the Lord , where was
I BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. D. GRANT AT THE FRONT
Subsequently he was assigned to the
.staff of General Sheridan as aide-de
camp , and was with him iu the cam
paigns on the frontier against the In
dians. Colonel Grant married in Oc
tober , 1374. Miss Ida Honore , daugh
ter of Mr. II. II. Honore , of Chicago ,
by whom he has two children Miss
.Julia Grant , born June 7 , 1876 , ia the
white house , and Ulysses S. Grant ,
born July 4 , 1881 , in Chicago.
Galonei Grant resigned his com
mission in the army in 1881 , and en-
caged in business in New York. He
assisted his father in the preparation
of his memoirs that great work of
tlie lamented general , written during
a period of great trouble and distress
of mind and body , the last contribu
tion which he made to the history of
his country. Colonel Grant had filled
these various positions , both in mili
tary and civil life , in a highly cred
itable manner , and had won public
esteem and confidence , which , with
the fact of his distinguished lineage ,
recommended him to one of the great
political parties of New York , and in
1SS7 ho was nominated for the office
of recretary of state. Owing to the
political complications of that year ,
f'olonel Grant failed of an election.
However , in 1888. the following year ,
he war appointed by President Harrison
risen minister of the United States
10 Austria , where his success in se
curing the admission of American
products and ia protecting American
citizens from military duty won for
> im the highest commendation , and.
on Mr. Cleveland's election. Colonel
Orant was informed that , unless he
Insisted , his resignation would not 1)3
accepted , and t'nat it was optional | I
The Marriageable
The "marriageable age" varies great
ly. In Austria a "man" and "woman"
of fourteen are supposed to be capable
of conducting a home of their own. In
Germany the man must be at least
eighteen years of age. In France and
Belgium the man must be eighteen aad
the woman fifteen. Iu Spain the In
tended husband mtiat have passed hia
fourteenth year and the woman her
twelfth. The law in Hungary for Ro
man Catholics is that the man must be
fourteen years old and the woman
twelve : for Protestants the man must
be eighteen and the woman fifteen. In
Greece the man must have seen at least
fourteen summers and the woman
twelve. In Russia and Saxony they are
more sensible , and a youth must re
frain from matrimony till he can count
eighteen years , and the woman till she
can count sixteen. In Switzerland men
from the age of fourteen and women
from the age of twelve arc allowed to
marry. The Turkish law provides that
any youth and maid who can walk
properly and can understand the nec
essary religious service are allowed to
be united for life.
For Vitijo Rncclrec ! .
Mamma ( lo little daughter ) "Never
forget to thank God for everything , my
chiid. " Ch51d "If I didn't like it ,
too ? " Mamma "Yos , always : every
thing is for the test. " Child ( running
in an hour later ) "Mamma , thank
God , I've broke the new pitcher. "
Cost ofA Wamliip's Itopc.i.
The ropes on a firs'-class iaan-of-
war cost about' $13,00. ) .
He ? The boaster was quite taken
aback by this simple question and sub
sided. '
Jfo Ilurrjr at Cunt con. I I
From the Kansas City Star : With the
arrival of 5,000 volunteers the Jeffer
son barracks canteen swirled with busi
ness. Itvas a downright luxury for
the volunteers who were unused to eat
ing government rations , as well as a
windfall for the Third Cavalry , which
operated it. The Third had been sta
tioned at the barracks , hut is now tit
the front. There was this difference ,
however that the hungry customer
who pushed into the restaurant crying
"Get me a steak quick ! " would find
the waiter oblivious to his presence for
a space of several minutes. "Can't I
have a steak ? " Tha waiter would not
turn from his conversation with a sol
dier about how the Third fared at
Chickamausa. "Say , won't yon lake
my order ' ? " Then , wiping hip hands on
his ap'ron , disclosing cavajry trousers ,
the waiter v-or.ld "
reply : "You can
have ham and eggs if you are good. "
In the barroom it was the came thing.
The customers who shouted loudly for
brer would have to wait. If they beaten
on the counter the bnrteadr would
say : "Here , mister , if you do that
again you won't gat any beer. " Wise
wers Ihoso who earns ta the canteen
with fitting humility , for they wore
served.rroj/ipUy. .
;
'
Cnoil Otif.
!
She Your jokes remind mo of a
Spanish snancr. He In what way ,
pray ? She They iarey ! succeed in
their aim. Post Courier.
BEEHIVE CURIOSITY.
BIGGEST ONE IN THE WOPLD
OUT IN CALIFORNIA.S
Rlrcls Statig to Death The Buzz
of the Insects Cau Bo Heard an Clchtu
of a filllo Away Talc of the Indiana
Katural Carcrn In a Cll.T.
Did you ever see a bea tree with a
swarm of bees around it ? Well , magI
nify this about 10,000 times and you
will have a alight idea of a natural
beehive in Mendocino county , Cali-
'fornia , says the San Francisco Call.
It is a rift in tha face of a cliff , and
tradition has it that there is a larga
cave on the inside , where the myriads
of busy insects make their homes.
This great natural curiosity is known
to residents of ths adjacent country
as "bee rock , " and they have grown
to look upon it as commonplace ,
when in reality it is the only beehive
of the kind in existence. There is no
danger of a person getting very near
to this natural beehive without know
ing it , for at all hours of the day a
swarm of insects hovers about sev
eral hundred feet in all directions.
An incessant , maddening buzz fills
the air that can be hoard an eighth
of a mile , and serves as a warning
not to ventt-.re too near. But men do
venture near after having first put on
a suit of leather clothing , fastened a
mask of wire screen around their hat
bands , and lighted a good big torch.
These precautions are absolutely aec-
essary. It takes nerve to approach
close to the opening in the rock and
the experience is a. never-to-bc-for-
gotten ens. Dees lo the number of
millions of millions will light oa the
intruder , humming fiendishly and en
deavor to sting him to death. They
form a perfect oloud and the air is
filled with a fetid smell and a fine dust
that gets through the wire screen and
causes an irritation to the eyes. The
tiny insects really show signs of vie-
iousncss and fly into the fiames of the
torch in countless numbers , as though
they intended to extinguish it. Round
and round they fly with a deafening
buzz , and strong indeed is the man
who can stand the onslaught of the
tiny foes for more than a few min
utes. It is almost impossible to make
out just where the entrance to this
natural beehive is. There is a sort
of cavern in the cliff that se-'ms to
have a crack through tha inner wall
from top lo bottom , bat most of the
bees hover around a hole about eight
een inches wide , and appear to make
that the point of ingress and caress.
JMany days it is impossible even to
see the cliff , so ihu-kly covered is it
with insects and they roll in and out
of the opening' like a stream of mo
lasses. During the summer dead
birds can always be seen ou Ihe
ground around the mouth of the hive.
They have been stung to death while
attempting to fly through the swarmj
of insects. Four-footed creatures
never venture within half a mile ,
seeming to know that death lurks
there. In front cf the mouth of th5
hive there is a pile of dried honey
that has flowed from the interior. It
t
looks like a heap of molten lava that "
has been hardened after being dis
charged from a volcano. A party of
men living in this vicinity claim to
have entered tl'e beehive several years
ago. Thej selected a cold day in win- '
ier. v.'hca the bees were half dormant ,
ami poured coal oil and benzine
around and into the opening. Then
they made a big fire of wood , BO lhat
the whole cavern was filled with
flames. Then they poked redhot f-m-
bers down into the opening and so
killed every bee in it. But there was
not much tosea after the men got in- '
tide only a large cave , with the
walls covered with wax and dried
honey , and enough of the sweetness
in pools in the bottom lo last a big
city for several years. Of course , ths
honey was unfit for use en account '
of being full of dead bees and ashes
from the fire. The men , however , did
not linger in the cave any great '
length of time , as it was foul-smell
ing and stifling. Although countless
millions of bees must have been de
stroyed on this occasion , the nest
summer they were as numerous as
over and just as vicious. Indians of
the neighborhood say that in the
"good old days" the bad men of their j
tribe wore bound ham ! and foot an j {
carried to within a short distance r , .
the beehive by men wrapped in blank -
k t . There the helpless creatures
were left to suffer the agony of being
stung to death.
An lulernul VTarfure.
A little girl was found rolling on the
floor in the agonies of colic. Between
her sobs she explained the reason of
her trouble as folloAvs : "I ate sorae
pickles and drank some milk , and the
pickles told the milk to get out , and
the inilk said 5 : wouldn't , and they're c'
having an awful fisht. Oh. ray ! Oh , 5t
" k
my !
Cooil Kicusc.
"Pa. " said the youngest of sovoa ,
why don't you go to the war ? " "I
hnv all I can do to keep thro reeoncea-
trades in this house from starving , " r.
replied lac parent , sadly. Philadelphia
STorth American.
The Otlior Horn of tlie Dilemma.
Old Gentleman "My , my ! I don't
.ike to see little boys cry. Coys who
et hurt should not Hiremen. . " Boy
'Boo , hoe ! Then I'd only get li-licked
er sweariu' . "
There arc as good ssa-ncrpar.b in a
rtis store as ever came cut of a n-
THE SOLDIER AND HIS FOOD.
Feeding an army is much move of
an undertaking than most people are
able to appreciate. Only the export
who has been for years familiar with
catering for largo numbers of persons
I
sons can properly engineer the three
meals a day that are necessary to keep
Uncle Sam's men in good fighting con
, dition.
At certain stages in their career the
I men have their food prepared by ex
' perienced cooke , but once fairly cm-
barked in soldiering ia the field , they
must cook their own rations a task
that very many of them are not un
willing to shirk whenever they can
find anybody who will assuma the re
sponsibility of whr.t la lo them a great
undertaking.
A liat has been prepared by an ex
pert showing how best to use the ten
days' rations that are served out for
the men. The following is ths issue
as given in this list : "The quarter
. master-sergeant draws C56 pounds of
beef , 174 pounds of bacoa , 850 pounds
cf bread , 750 pounds of potatoes. 75
pounds of coffee , 102 pounds of sugar
and 102 pounds of beans. " This is
.
the allowance for seventy-five men
for ten days , and is either parceled
out to each man or messes or club
of men according to their own fancy.
The great trouble with camp diet is
.
that it very soon grows monotonous ,
and the men are likely to losa their
relish . for it. The one compensation
is that hunger makes a good sauce ,
and when i' % * men coi s in from their
duties tired and warm , hot coffee ,
.
bread and beef , and a little dainty as
a finish , is generally very acceptable.
Cooking a meal over a fire of logs
or sticks on which the kettle ie inse
curely balanced is not a very easy
task. During the civil war one in
genious soldier invented a little ap
pliance ! that was no end of comfort
to him and the admiration of his en
tire acquaintance. He secured a large-
sized gridiron and attached it-by
wires to four strong stakes , so
stretching the wires that there was
neither swing or give to the appa
ratus. Upoa this the camp-kettle ,
taa-kettle. coffee-pot , and whatever
, other dishes necessary , were placed.
He fed the flrc entirely from one sida ,
pushing the oca.1 ; along as the fual
was added. In this way it was the
work of i short time to prepare a bed
of glovr'its coals , over which he could
broil , tca-jt. oi' place his fryi.g pan
; o the vry best advantage. ,
Inexperienced couks rarsly realize '
the gain there is in boiling msac
rather than frying or broiling it. It
taa he placed over Ihe fire hours be
fore it is required , ; ind , by simmering , .
it slowly acquires a delicacy and
richness not to be found in meats
that are done by the ordinarily crude
canp methods. Inception to this ,
however , is found in the swinging
broiler that may ba rigged with very
little trouble. A common toasting
rack has the steak placed between the
edges , securely closgd , and from the
four corners a bit oj : wire drawn to
the middle end twisted. To this is
tltd a long string , which is , in turn ,
fastened to r. pole twelve or fifteen
feet long , so set that the broiler
haags ui eftiy over the fire. A com
mon cord will twist and untwist with
very little momentum and keeps the j
meat moving , thereby securing niueh
more even cooking than is possible in
auy other way.
During the warm weather berries
and fmJt cf many kinds are easily
obtained. These are eaten fresh or
made into delicious puddings , which
are easy enough if one has even n
very cHght knov/lodge of cooking. A
battF- made of flour and water , with
a heaping teaspoonful of baking pow
der to each quart of flour , a little salt
and a piat of berries , may be poured
into a. buttered pan , covered and
buritd in the aches. This will rise ,
almost fining the pan , and will come
out as toothsome and appetizing as
one could desire. All ia all , soldierIng -
Ing j , may not be much worse than the
fishing or hunting camp , and those
w3o greatly enjoy out-of-door life
rarely suffer nay abatement of
or spirits.
How .fohr.nle Sized It fp.
"Xo/ . " said the teacher , who was
defining the nic-aaing of suicide. "If I
should take a large dcse of arsenic to
night , what wculd you call me ? " "A
chump. " cried Johnny , with that eager
ness to impart knowledge character
istic of the abnormally bright mind.
3Iost Justifiable Swearing.
Sunday School Teacher "Tornniv , I
was shocked to hear you swearing so
dreadfully at that strange boy as he
came : In. " Tommy "I couldn't help
, ma'am. He was making fun at oar
kind of religion. I couldn't stand it. "
Vic-irlounly.
Father to Son "Why don't ycu sit
down. Tommy ? " Tommy "This
marniag I asked yo'i hew many made
million , an' you raid 'darned few. ' 1
told teacher that in arithmetic class ,
an' that's why I can't sit down. "
by Aunlojjy.
Auntie had told four-ycar-cld Iilcre !
about Elijah going up to he.iven in a
chariot cf fire. Seeing a hearse leav
ing the cemetery , he snci : "WeH. I
guess thcro cess Elijah for anciier
Dcn't use a fallen cf words ia c -
rrtrriac a tcasDscuCul cf thcunh : .
"I'm So Tired ! "
As tired in the morning as when I go
to bed I Why is ifc ? Simply because
your blood ia in such a poor , thin ,
sluggfah condition it doea not keep up
your strength and you do not get the
bcaefifc of your sleep. To feel strong
and keep iljrong just try the tonic and
purifying effects of Hood'a Sarsaparilla.
Our word for it , 't will do you good.
Hood's Sarsaparilia
Is America's Greatest Medicine.
Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills' 25 cents.
The caterers are designing new-
molds for ices and cakes made express
ly for Fourth of July parties. Ona
New York confectioner Is wrestling ;
Avith a patriotic supper menu for which
he has received a commission. One of
his molds is iu the form of a flag. The
stripes are to be of red and whlto
cream and the blue g-ound for tha
| stars of candied violets placed on the
flag after it has been taken from the
mold. Another is a bust of Dewey , a
third a torpedo boat and the fourth ia
the form cf a huge firecracker.
loauty Is JHooil Deep.
Clean Wood moans aelean skin. No bflnnt.T
TTltlmut it. Cuscirets , Candy Csitbarite
cleans -nurliloorl and keens It clean , by tlr-
rlng i tip" the lazy liver ana driving all Impa
rities from the botlv. BcKin today lo ImnLsti
plmules. i JolK ; liiotclies. b aikheads. and that
elekiv litlious complexion by taking Ca > ci-
rets licauly for ten cent * . All lrnSKl ls ,
fcutlbfttctiui : guaranteed. ICc , 5c. SOU.
"You want a trip to the seaside ?
Nonsense. Jones ! Put a little salt in
your morning tub , eat fish at every
meal i , walk up and down and back seas
as to tire yourself out , sleep on the
floor ] , and let the house be dirty .and
you'll fancy you're at Margate. " Pick
Me Up.
Try Allcn > Foot-Case.
A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. At this season your feet feel
swollen , nervous and her , and get tlrecl
easily. If you have smarting feet or
tight shoes , try Allen's Foot-Ease. It
cools the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures swollen and sweating feet , blis
ters and callous spots. Relieves corns
and bunions of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c.
Trial package free. Address Allen 8.
Olmsted. t Roy , N. Y.
Oil cans are being made of circular
shape to be mounted on a central pivot
and attached to the wall of a building
a flange on the can turning a friction
v.-heel on a vertical shaft with a chim-
aey cleaner at the top.
To those visiting Denver we cannot
say too much in praise of the American
House. The table is one of the best ia
the country , and the service is unsur
passed any place. The artesian water
used throughout the house is known
everywhere for its purity. These facis
and rate , $2 per day. make it the most
desirable house in Dea\-er.
One of the Younger brothers , the
once famous desperadoes , is now a
member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
f *
COSMO BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP
makes the skiu heft , white and healthy.
fcVld everywhere.
Nothing makes a woman so mad as
to have something to say and no one to
listen.
Tilrs. v instoTr'B sootlilns Symp
For ri ! < lrvn tecthirg-.i-of tt-ns ijic etucs.rrdiu ei.I
tcaiion , aJUys pain , cures TTir.d coIK2i cents a bott ! .
A woman seldom cares anything
alxmt the answers to questions she
a. ks.
The music of an aceordeon is sweet
ness long drawn out.
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