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j- Never Mind the Old Time.
Never mInd the old times :
, They were , urlrht IIn' sweet !
bunny skIps 111111\ ' e 'UII-
VIolets nt your feet :
. lIut the new times wear a smllln' face
'l'hnt's mighty good ( to meet.
Au' 'uu'd Letter find the light that
makes the lI1orulu' !
Never mInd the old times :
They were Ineat. I know :
Old friends that we loved so !
llut the new times lng' he t Hong oC 1Iopc
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Where sweeter roses grow
. , - ' An' YOII'd better Ilnd the ' light that
makes the mOl'nlu' !
-Frank L. Stanton , In Atlanta Constitu-
tion
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Eccentric Colonel Burke
"Yes , " Haiti Gen Coates. "I knew I
. . . - , Cot Martin Burke , who was In conn-
roand at Fort Lafayette when prisoners - '
ers therein quartered made the fort
and the commander subjects of coii-
tr oversr. Apart from any controversy ,
Cot Burke was an Interesting person-
ality and an old charactCl' 1 remember .
bel' him as one of the old school army
- officers given to some eccentricities
, that made me smile then and often
cause me to smile now. lie occupied
a trying position , hut he made minding .
Ing his own business It matter of professional .
fesslonal pride , and he never would
go near Washington for fear that some
Investigating committee would get
hold of him.
"The boys on duty at Fort Lafayette
ette had a constant reminder , of the
colonel's kindness l of heart. He found ,
- - - , . . on occasion , a dog hurt In collision
with an army wagon or a gun car-
. rlage. The dog's leg was broken ,
- C ' and he was In pitiable condition , and
- ' . . the colonel's orderly reported that he
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I was no better than a dead dog. The
! . ' colonel , however , ordered the poor lit-
; j , . tie beast taken to his own quarters ,
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, ' and In due time the dog recovered ,
M - with a supreme disregard of all military .
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tary regulations and proprieties.
' "This latter quality undoubtedly
. ' grieved the colonel , but he stood by
, . 4 _ . , . , the mischievous puppy through thick
and thin , and wherever the colonel
" went with his traditional dignity went
, ,0' ; : : ' Ham , the puppy , with his abnormally
- , developed bump of mischief. The colo-
I , nel always appeared on dress parade
, In the full dress of the oldtlme regu'
. lars , and he held every man In line
. to a most serious cast of countenance
' . and most dignified manner. The uniform .
. form , as Burke wore It , was queer
enough to make any man smile , but
I Sam at these parades , was a full
comedy In himself.
"lIe would caper about the colonel's
i J legs Indulging In pranks that would
, make a horse laugh , and yet the colonel -
nel stood there In ! stately pose , blind
to the puppy's pranks , but watchful
as to the expression on the faces ot
the officers and men In lIno. These
I poor fellows nearly died of suppressed
laughter , and they were always won-
dering what Sam would do next. But
whatever they expected him to ,10 , he
always did something else , and no
matter what he did , the colonel stood
t by him.
"The men on duty at Fort Lafayette
I In the latter part of the civil war may
, .t have forgotten the most notorious prisoners -
. . oners held there , but I will venture to
! say that not one of them has forgot.
. . . ten the eccentric colonel or his pa
dent orderly , or the dog Sam Those
- - it nearest the colonel testified that the
i ( J. orderly never showed Impatience or
: t' Irritation except on one occasion. The
_ colonel had worked late one night on
_ some perplexing papers , and , halting
, for a moment In his work , pushed his
, spectacles up well on his head , Instead -
. ' - \ stead of taking them off.
"This was his regular habit , but on
this occasion he pushed the glasses
back farther than usual , and when ,
on resuming his work , he put his hand
up he found no spectacles This was
1 disconcerting and Irritating , and ho
, . I shouted , 'Orderly , orderly , come here ,
xk/ : . sir ! ' The orderly had been sound
asleep for two hours , hut he jumped
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up , wriggled Into his clothes , amt presented .
sl'ntC1d himself to his aJsent'lillnded !
colonel Burke 1001tHhim \ over In
disapproval of his unu'ual appearance
and snapped out , 1\Iy glasses. '
'fhu orderly turned on his heel
without a word and In a minute placed
before the colonel two glasses , a Pitch
er of water and a decanter. Burke
looked at him In amazement and
roared , \Iy : glasses , you fool. 1\Iy spec
caches , my spectacles ! ' Then the
worm turned. 'Yure glasses , colonel , '
said the orderly , 'nre on the top at
your head , 801' An' ye call me from
me bed to tell ye that' The colonel
In high dudgeon put his hand to his
head , but found the glasses , and then
said , 'Having found the glasses , go to
bed nt once. I never would have
found them m 'se1f. ' Any reference to
Hotel Lafayette . or Bast lie Lafayette ,
or Fort Lafayette always brings to my
mInd the figure of quaint but soldierly
Col. Martin Burlte.-Chlcago Inter
Ocean.
The Badge Money Cannot Buy.
A heavy disk of bronze , bearing the
state seal surrounded by the inscrip
tion , "Department of Michigan , G. A.
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l1ICBIO . N ,
R , " designates the comrades of the
Michigan department Upon the reverse -
verse appears the little bronze button
surrounded br the words , " 38'th Na- .
tional Encampment G. A. R" , Boston. "
This disk Is pendent from an oxidized
silver pin by a cherry ribbon on which
Is the place and date of the national
encampment In gold letters. The pin
Is lettered "Organized May 6 , 1868"
Michigan. "
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Their SOI'lIl In Civil War.
An inquiry whether any man was
living In North Carolina who had
sons In the confederate army la elicit-
lng' replies of an astonishing charac-
tel'
ter.A
A letter from IIillsboro states that
James D. Daniel of Orange county ,
now 97 , had five sons In the confederate .
erate arm ' . Three of these arc liv-
Ing.
Ing.In
In the same township W. G. Wright
Is still living , 88 years of age : His
son , J. B. Wright , was In the confederate .
crate army.
At the soldiers' home one of the
Inmates named Bunn served In the
same company with two sons. There
15 also at the soldiers' home a veteran
who served In the Indian war of 1835 ,
the war with Mexico and the civil war ,
and never received a wound. Ho Is 93
years old and Is active and Interested
In everythlng.-New York Herald.
. . Battery in Reunion. .
The annual reunion of the survivors
. .
oC the J..lfth New York Independent
Battery , Light Artillery , was held In
New York last weel The battery was
organized br Capt. E. D. Tart In
Brooklyn on August 15 , 1861 , mustered -
ed Into the United States army Nov. 8 ,
1861 , and served In the Army of the
Potomac until May 19 , 1864. It then
served with Gen. Sheridan In the Shenandoah -
andoah Valley and was mustered out
of the service July 6 , 1865. The old
comrades greeted each other on the
Cert . -thlrd anniversary of the muster
in. Letters were read from uhsnt :
comrades.
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High and Low.
All men are equal III their birth ,
Heh's of tile earth and sides :
All then lire 1\11111 \ tt hues mutt earth
Fmh'li front their drInK ( ' 'es.
" 1'ts ntnu alone who difference sees
And Sneaks of IIIth IIlId low ,
And worships ) those / , 1I111 tl'lllllllioll tllmls .
While the III11U IIl1th they 11'0.
o let IIIUII hasten to restore
' 1'0 nil their rights of love \ :
III llUwtJr tint wlmlth exult 110 more
III wlsdolll lowly IIIO\ ,
. -J harm-let 1\hU'tllIt'IIU
Guessing Match
A guessing match about cats Is en
tertalnlng. Write out the following
list for each comlletltor without giving
the answers , which are lucre JI'lntod }
In parentheses , and the ones guessing
the largest number wins :
A dangerous cat ( Catastrophic ) .
An asplrlnng cat ( Catamount ) .
A cat than can swim ( Catfish ) .
A cut that can fly ( Catbird ) .
A cat than will be a butterfly ( Caterpillar -
erpillar ) .
A library cat ( Catalogue ) .
A cat that asks questions ( Cate-
ciilsm ) .
A cat's near relation ( Catkin ) .
A cat that Is good 10 cat ( Catsup ) .
A horned cat ( Cattle ) .
A cat that throws stones ( Catapult ) .
A tree cat ( Catalpa ) .
A water cat ( Cataract ) ,
A cat that flavors the grapes ( Ca-
tawba ) .
A cat that covers acres of grounds
( Catacylsm ) .
A subterranean cat ( Catacomb ) .
A cat thai , living , alllleal s dead
( Catalepsy ) .
A cat prized as a gem ( Catscye ) .
A cat with a cold ( Catarrh ) .
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Bucket Race on Skates.
Here Is a new pastime for the days
when It Is cold enough to call your
skates out.
An old broom and a bucket arc
necessary for each player. The buckets .
ets should be filled to the brim with
water and set in front of their respective -
spectlve owners.
The object Is to pURh the filled
buckets of water a given distance
across the Ice , and the player who suer
coeds In traversing the distance In the
quickest time wins , pl'Ovldlng he re.
talns more water In his bucket than
the others. But If he spills more than
does the boy who comes In second ,
then the order of finishing Is reversed
and the second boy In point of speed
wlnR. A rule can he used to measure
Bucket Race.
the amount of water remaining In the
bucket.
If you arc giving a skating party
and ' wish to Introduce some novelties ,
you will find the bucket race will
make a hit as one of them , as well as
affording the slower and more careful
skaters a chance to "even up" on their
speedier anti more careless : ! friends ! ] ,
Chinese Boy's Queue.
When the Chinese boy Is old enough
he grows 11 queue. This event In the
Chinese boy's life does what the first
pair of trouser docs to the American
boy-cbanges him from a baby to a
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hoy. 'fho queu ! haH ninny Ullea In
80mo of the games nlayod } by the
Chinese boys the queue Is uRod In a
vnrlety of ways , In geonmery ( Il Is
used ! 10 strike UII arc or draw n circle.
The laborer llreads n towel over his
hem ! , wraps his queue al'OUlllIt \ and
mulws himself n hat Cart drivers
whlll their mulcH unit beggars scare
away clogs with their qUClWS When
u Chinese Cuther takes his little son
out for u walk he takes hold , not of
the hOY'1I IIIUlIl ! , hut his quoue. Some-
flumes t ! the child fellows time father , and ! ,
lellt. he should got lost the fatbor
given him his queue to hold , and when
his little boy wllnts 10 lJlllY horse their
queues are always ready to bo used
for reins ,
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Simule Box Windmill ,
The two pictures shown pro enough
to enable any Ingenious boy to make R
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The Fans of the Mill.
fine windmill without any further ex '
IJIllnution8. The wllllimill Is 11 small
copy of one that Is used In a great
many IJlllces throughout the Westo'rn
states The big ones are immense affairs -
fairs that give power enough to drive
quite } heavy nmchlnery. The funs arn
placed In time box so the fan that 18
uppermost will just rise above the
edge of the box us the frame revolveH.
The wing strikes only this blade ,
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The Windmill Complete.
which Is forced over and down In time
other side oC time box , another blade
always coming 11)1 ) to take Its place ,
and so a constant revolution Is se-
cllred. The shaft , or axle , on which
the frame revolves lasses ) out through . . .
time cnclf of the box , one end of the
shaft being given 1\ crank Corm to
which a lltnflln ) relll Is attached for
the running of machinery , or u wheel
may he put } on nt this end for a belt
to run upon } In the ordinary way , according .
cording to the machinery that III to hu
rlln. A grocery box two feel square
and eighteen inches deep will make tL
good one , amid a dry goods ; boX ; about
three hy four feet In length and
breadth will mlllw a very powerful
windmill which will run almollt and
smllll "rcal" nsachiimery I
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Novel Grab Bag.
On a narrow , sheet hung up In a
doorway ! , cut a hole large enough to . al. ,
. .
Iowa false fuce to he fitted In. Flaps
of cloth are left for pasting Inside
the face Cut two holes for arms to /
pass ) through. In these sew sleeves or
material , perfectly bright colored nsus-
lin , hut In the form of I1n al1ron. The
: odes are then lasted or sewed to the
sides of the sheet.
When pasting In the false face , first
cover the flaps left at the opening for I
the face with stiff Jaste. ) Then paste }
these flaps Into the inside or the falllo
face , bringing it close to the sheet. If
small openings ) arc left , or the sheet
1) ) JuclteJ's , never mine ! , cover the defects
hy Hewing on a frill of thin white mat
tonal around the face and for the col-
lar.
Leave an opening or pocket hole
through the Sheri , 80 the hane ! ! can he
5111)1)0(1 ! ) ) In for paclmges placed within
reach , hack of the curtain. Some one
should be seated behind this curtain ,
allli sllli her arms Into the sleeves ,
then she can see to whom she Is tall-
ing. In one hand She holds ! the package .
age anti In the other she receives the
money. Print on the sheet these
words :
1"I\'e cents for what Is In my
I Iloclwt. "