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aad 1 Wall Pleased.
Mr. S. K. Lent was a delegate sent
from the farmers of Allegan County,
Michigan, to Western Canada, to re
port on the prospects for successful
' settlement His report is as follows:
. I went from Winnipeg to Edmonton,
thence east one hundred miles by
wagon.. I found the countryin that
vicinity a rich, black loam, varying
frost 12 inches to 3 feet deep; the
crops are simply something enormous;
wheat and oats by actual measure
ment often standing five feet in height
I nave been a farmer for forty years,
and consider myself a fair judge of
the yield of grain, and I saw wheat
that would yield 50 bushels per acre,
and oats that would yield 100 bushels
per acre; .not one alone, but a good
many. As for root crops and garden
track, in no country have I ever seen
their equal for all kinds except corn
and tomatoes; the nights being too cool
for these to ripen well. As a stock
country it has no equal. East of Ed
monton, on the head waters of the
Vermillion River, T saw hay meadows
containing from 10 to 100 acres, the
grass standing 4 feet high, and would
often cut 3 to 4 tons to the acre.
From Edmonton I passed through
some fine locations, namely, Weta
skiwin, Lacombe and other points.
From McLeod I went to Regina,
thence to Prince Albert, 247 roile3
north of the main line. For the first
fifty miles is fine farming country, but
the next hundred miles is more of a
stock country. Then at Saskatoon,
Rostbern and Duck Lake I found some
very fine farming country, so good
that I found a party of Americans
frost Minnesota buying land for them
selves one party buying 12 sections,
and the other 20 sections of land for
themselves, which they proposed to
improve at once.
I have traveled over twenty-three
different States and Territories in our
Union, and never in my life time have
I ever sees such magnificent crops and
especially as fine a stock country.
The thief who stole a watch, instead
of gaining time is now serving it
7m Alloa F
. a powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable,
nervous, and often cold and damp. If
yoe have Chilblains, sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease.
Sola by all druggists and shoe stores,
25c Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y.
That tired feeling is often due to a
strenuous effort to live without work.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are
easier to use and color more goods brigh
ter and faster colors than any other dye.
Sold by druggists. 10c per package.
Reputation may be a bubble, but the
best is never made by a blower.
The river supplies a mouth for the
face of nature.
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lea with S&oo and SGjOO shoos of other wakes, ate
load to he Just as kooO. Tliey will outwear two
pain oi onunaiy ahuu ana euu suor.
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UPSICUI VASELIIE
tPCT UP IH COLLAPSIBLE TUBES )
A substitute for and superior to mustard or
may other plaster, and will not blister the
most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and
curative qualities of thisarticlc are wonder
ful. It will stop the toothache at once, and
relieve headache and sciatica. We recom
mend it as the best and rarest external
counter-irritant known, also as an external
remedy for pains in the chest and stomach
and all rheumatic, neuralgic and gouty com
plaints. A trial will prove what wc claim
for it, and it will be found to be invaluable
ta the household. Many people say "it is the
best of all of your preparations." Price 15
cents, at alltlruggistsor other dealers, or by
sending this amount to us in postage stamps
e will send you a tube by mail. No article
fcfeould be accepted by the public unless the
same carries our label, as otherwise i t is not
Ceauiae. CHESCBtOUGM MRL CO..
, 17 State Street, New tobk Crar.
WESTERN CANADA'S
Wonderful -meat crop for 1901 now the talk of
the Commercial World is br no mrans niunvn.
enau ine province or
Manitnha and riietriota
or Avdniboia. Saskat
chewan and Alberta are
the most wonderful
grain producing coun
tries in the world. In
stock raising they also
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ing this their home, and thev succeed as they
Brrprdkl twfnnp. ltnn Vrm.tnnl viih ,ltti
aad secure a farm and home in Western rwyi
bow rates and special privileges to homeseek
era and settlers. The handsome forty-page
Atlas of Western Canada sent free to all appli
cants. Apply for rates. c. to P. Pedley. Su
perintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada,
or to W. 1L Bennett. Canadian Government
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Predaet tracts Fast
Faalle Favor.
Without making any undue clamor
about it or seeking the aid of capital
ists orthe Commercial club, .the man
ufacturers of Defiance Starch started
in, business in Omaha a little over a
year ago, and from every indication
they have already achieved triumph
ant success. The local patrons, who
were induced to try it by reason of its
being purely a home industry and en
terprise, have discovered an article
manufactured right here in their
midst superior to any starch ever be
fore used by them.
There are, however, excellent rea
sons retailers and jobbers are giving
preference to the product of this com
pany aside from any consideration of
the home patronage idea. "Defiance
.Starch" is unequalled for excellence
and is fast supplanting other starches
among careful housewives throughout
the territory west of Chicago.
It is true that the progressive and
energetic management of the company
is doing some strenuous and effective
work in acquainting the public with
the superior quality, by expending
from $5,000 to $6,000 per month in ad
vertising, but. after all, "the proof of
the pudding is the eating," and it is
from the excellent results obtained by
those who have been induced to usn
it on trial that this splendid Omaha
production obtains its widest and most
profitable publicity. It has taken so
well from the start that the factory is
being taxed to meet the demand, while
the company keeps twenty-five sales
men on the road and is shipping its
goods to every state and territory west
of Chicago.
"Defiance Starch" is pronounced to
be not only the best starch on the
market, but the least expensive to the
consumer. It is a cold water starch
and needs no cooking. Yet for that
class of goods where boiled starch is
required, this same "Defiance Starch"
excels the old-fashioned gloss or lump
starch. It gives a better finish, works
easier, goes further, therefore costs
less. Not only this, the lump starch
will blow out and freeze out, which Is
not the case with "Defiance Starch."
The ingredients are such that no
chemicals, the presence of which in
many other starch compounds has
proven injurious to linens, are re
quired in its manufacture. It contains
nothing that can in the slightest de
gree injure the most delicate fabric,
which must commend it highly to
those who have had their garments
ruined by the use of other starches.
"Defiance Starch" contains ingredi
ents that remedy all the objectionable
features of other starches. It will not
blister, nor does it break the fabric.
It does not stick to the iron during
the process of ironing and does not
stamp unsightly streaks upon colored
goods. It gives a beautiful, sti and
durable finish to fabrics and makes
them look new.
Possessing so many points of supe
riority over rival preparations, and
avoiding so many of the latter's faults,
it is somewhat surprising to note that
one can secure for the same amount
of money one-third more of the
Omaha-made article than of any other.
Heretofore starch consumers have
been paying ten cents for a twelve
ounce package of starch. A package
of "Defiance Starch" weighs sixteen
ounces and costs no more. Its manu
facturers offer no chromos nor prem
iums to encourage its sale, but they do
offer a better starch than any other,
and one-third more of it.
Having utilized every medium of ex
cellence which modern ingenuity has
devised in the preparation of its pro
duct, this Starch Manufacturing Com
pany offered their "Defiance Starch"
with the most firm conviction that it
would give perfect satisfaction, and
the results of a year's work have
proven that they made no mistake.
Many a miserable commodity is sold
by the use of premiums, but "Defiance
Starch" stands on its own merits. Its
makers guarantee all consumers that
dealers are authorized to take back
any starch that a customer claims to
find unsatisfactory in any way. Om
aha Examiner. November 23.
What the Blind Mas "Saw" Decided U
The only "witness" in a case of as
sault and battery, tried the other day
in Milwaukee, was William Brunner,
ft) years old and blind. The "witness"
was duly sworn and his testimony in
German was so satisfactory that the
defendant was convicted.
DOVT FORGET
A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only
ft cenu. The Buss Company. South Bend, Ind.
Advice, like castor oil, is easy
enough to give, but most dreadfully
uneasy to take.
Sirs. Wuwlewi Soethta Syrup.
rbrehlldrea teett'ng softens the gans, reduce to
tsmmaUoB. allays paiB,cuie wind colic. 25cebottM
The man who has a good opinion of
human nature doesn't know very much
about it
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
awdicine for coughs and colds. X. W. Samuel,
Ocean Grove, X. J.. Feb. 17. 1900.
Virtue is not malicious; wrong done
her is righted even when men grant
they err.
To Care a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Moderation is the silken string run
ning through the pearl chain of old
virtues.
No family, shop, ship, camp or per
son should be without Wizard Oil for
every painful accident or emergency.
The less people know about each
other, the politer they are when they
meet.
IRONING A SHIRT WAIST.
Not infrequently a young woman
nds it necessary to launder a shirt
waist at home for some emergency
when the laundryman or the home ser
vant cannot do it Hence these direc
tions for ironing the waist: To iron
summer shirt waists so that they will
took like new it is needful to have
them starched evenly with Defiance
starch, then made perfectly smooth
and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to be
laid away two or three hours. When
ironing have a bowl of water and a
clean piece of muslin beside the iron
ing board. Have your iron hot. but
not sufficiently so to scorch, and abso
lutely clean. Begin by ironing the
back, then the front, 6ides and the
sleeves, followed by the neckband aad
the caffs. When wrinkles appear ap
ply the damp cloth and remove them.
Always Iron from the top of the waist
to the bottom. If there are plaits in
the front iron them downward, after
first raising each cne with a blunt
knife, and with the edge of the iron
follow every Une of stitching to give it
distinctness. After the shirt waist is
ironed it should be well aired by the
ire or In the sun before it is folded
and pat away, says the Philadelphia
Inamirer.
One science only will one genius fit;
So vast is art, so narrow human wit
A rasafe iBdfaw Book.
The Santa Fe has in preparation a
book on the Indians along its lines.
The material is being gathered and
arranged by an expert ethnologist and
although the primary object of the
publication is to advertise the' wonders
aad interesting features of the South
west the book is .expected to have a
definite scientific value and great care
Is being given to the accuracy of the
subject-matter and illustrations.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGJU
CULTUErSTS. Cs-te-lat Mats Aksat CaltK
vatlen ef , law 6oU sad Yields
Thereof Hortlcmltswe, -VlUemUwro aad
norlcmltaro.
Sfacati s by Gsytard.
From Farmers' P.eview: I am past
76 years of age and have been up slace
before daylight shredding fodder all
day. I have flnishtid milking seven
cows, and am now neated at my" desk
looking over, my many farm papers.
As usual, I catch up the' Farmers' Re1
view among the first 'for the reason
that I always find something practical,
interesting and instructive, especially
in its horticultural columns. The ar
ticle in a recent issue' headed "Leaf
Crumpler" is worth Its weight in gold,
The leaf crumpler has done me hun
dreds of dollars' worth of injury, aad
till now I have never known how to
destroy it I have seen the crumpled
leaves and have examined them, but
did not know that they had been Tolled
up by the insects that have eaten out
and ruined so many grafts before the'
buds had little more than started.. I
shall go over my orchard and gather
every crumpled leaf and burn tt
In your issue of November 27 I 'find
two very interesting articles; one
headed "Distance Apart to Plant Apple
Trees." So far as the .article goes,
where the writer of it lives, it is prob
ably all right However,' in all the
great Northwest the theory there ad
vocated is inapplicable. The writer, in
speaking of an orchard set 25 by 25
feet, says the man does not know
what to do with it, it is set so closely.
I would say to our friend Doerr, "Just
move that orchard over here, for it
is just the thing for us. We would,
however, recommend a slight change.
We would set the trees thirty feet
apart east and west and only 20 feet
apart north and south. He advises
cutting off the long branches. We ac
cept this advice, as in very many cases
here we need to thicken up the top.
especially on the sunny side, so as to
shut out the sun and avoid one of the
worst difficulties that faces ns son
killing, which kills more bearing trees
than any other thing.
All experienced orchardists in this
part of the Northwest head their ap
ple trees very low. so as to shade the
ground on the sun-side as much as
possible. We strive to close up all
openings on the sun-side, and shade
the ground or. the sun-side to keep .the
roots as cool and deep as possible. We
always "head in" here, if at all, on the
sun-side, so' as not to let in the sun,
but to thicken the branches and close
up open spaces In the top. If we thin
at all it is on the, northeast side, for
two important reasons. First, to open
the top so as to give the picker a
chance to get up into the tree to pick
apples or destroy insects. Second, to
force the sap into the branches on the
sun side, so as to increase the branches
on that side. In many instances here
this is an imperative necessity. Ed
son Gaylord, Floyd County, Iowa.
Difficulties ot Cranberry Grower.
Reports concerning cranberry yields
from various' parts of the country in
dicate that the crop of 1901 in Wis
consin and other Western states is be
low that of last year. The Western
cranberry crop has been pretty well
cleaned up, but a considerable portion
of the Eastern crop, which was large,
is being held by growers in expecta
tion of higher prices. The marketing
of the fruit has given occasion for com
plaint over the uncertain standards of
quality. Judge Gaynor of Grand Rap
ids, Wisconsin, it Is said, will en
deavor to have the National Cranberry
Growers' Association at its next, an
nual meeting in January, pass reso
lutions defining:
1st "Pie Berries" as berries that
will go through a inch screen or as
berries whose longest diameter is of
an inch or less.
2d. "Standard Berries" as "crop
run," with the "pie berries" out All
the pie berries can not be taken out
by screening, but not more than five
in a hundred should be left in.
3d. "Crop run" berries as being all
the berries in a given crop, just as
they come from the field, with the dirt
and chaff removed, without being run
through a sizing screen.
4th. "Fancy Berries" as berries well
colored and of a diameter of inch
and upwards.
5th. "Sound Berries" as berries in
which there appears not more than 2
per cent discolored and decayed 'and
not more than 5 per cent soft berries,
not discolored or but slightly discol
ored, and not more than 10 per cent
defective or blemished berries.
Growlac Deaaand for Foresters.
The interest in forestry is rapidly
increasng in this country. New for
estry schools are constantly being
opened. The attendance of students at
these schools this fall is greater than
ever before, though as yet the total
number of students in the whole coun
try is not large. This is due to the
feet that the forestry school is a thing
of the last few years. The number
can only ircrease as the popular inter
est in forestry grows, as there will be
no place for these young men to oc
cupy, or in which to put their knowl
edge to use unless the opportunities
for service are increased. Nearly ev
ery state in the Union should be doing
much in forestry, and the work is so
immense that its proper control should
make room for the employment of
thousands of Educated foresters. Ev
ery state that has a large forest area
can make no better investment than to
spend money freely in paying the sal
aries of such men. Take the value of
the timber wiped out by any one of our
recent great forest fires and consider it
in relation to the salaries of foresters.
Then take the value of all the timber
destroyed annually in this country and
set it against the salaries of the for
esters that should be the employed,
and what is the result? The inevita
ble answer is that we must employ
skilled labor to prevent waste.
Fowlcry Short Coarse la -Coaaeettewt.
The Connecticut Agricultural college
is taking up the work of instruction in
poultry science in earnest A short
course' in poultry has just been an
nounced for this winter. It- begins
Jan. 7. Their announcement contains
the following: In view of the growing
demands for all kinds of poultry prod
ucts and of the natural conditiqns of
soil and. location, as well as the good
home ma.ri.ets, we believe our state of
fers exceptional, advantages for this
branch of farming. The poultry de
partment is well equipped with some of
the finest specimens of the leading
breeds of fowls, and with incubators,
brooders and other facilities to aid in
giving valuable instruction. The course
will include class-room instruction -in
such subjects 25 breeds of fowls! breed
ing, selection, care, feeding, emhr?--
Tology, iBnbatiBg.-broodiac aad'sVa
eases ox poaioy. wiu incinoa, as.
laboratory aad practical workm
lag aad preparing fowls for aaarksV
capoalziag, ia the BagsaVsat'of.i
cBbators aad brooders, ia the
care of fowls and In taa
of poultry houses. The?
each day will be given iqg BMfaly
practical work.
The rape plant has come lato a
deal of prominence duriagv.the last
tea years. Rape is jmowa'aataalcally
as Brassica campestrls, variety aspas.
'Braasica is the family name for the
cabbage, turnip and mustards. Th
rape plant is so closely allied to the
cabbage and turnip that ia the early
stages of-their growth the staUlarity
in appearance is very strikiag. Thara
are many varieties of rape, just as
there are many varieties of cabbages
and turnips. These varieties have
been largely created by Eoropeaa cat
tivators.
- While the rape -.plant has- heea
known in America for little more thaa
ten years it has been known and ap
preciated in Europe for a loag.tiBM.
Some varieties are grown 'In Earope
for' their oily reeds, from which la
nade an oil of commerce. European
stock-raisers have long been devel
oping some varieties of rape for a
stock feed. One of the best varieties
- V
. Dwarf Essex Rape.
Is that developed in England ia the
vicinity of Essex, and hence knowa
as dwarf Essex rape. This' variety
has a decided advantage over all oth
ers, at least over ail others knowa on
this side of the water. It has a heavy,
thick, succulent leaf. The plant it
self is a biennial, while there are
many varieties of rape that are an
nuals. For forage. uses the biennial
is far superior to the annual for this
reason: The biennial makes only a
succulent growth the first year) mak
ing a woody growth and forming seed
the second year. The period of wood
end -seed, formation is a stage at which
it is of very little use for forage. Bat
this can be avoided by pasturing it
cniy the first year, making a new
seeding each year. The annual-, on
the other hand, make' all of their
growth during a single season. They
give material for pasturage while they
are in the succulent stage, but sooa
become woody and begin to form seed,
when they are of very, little value for
live stock.
The Dwarf Essex rape is very suc
culent, both as to ita leaves and stems,
On ordinary soil it will produce ten
tons of green fodder, and on very rich
land has been known to produce twen
ty tons. Great care is needed in se
curing seed. For some years it -was
almost Impossible to get the true
Dwarf Essex when it was ordered. To
illustrate the difficulty of getting good
seed, we "cite the 'fact of one of our
American experiment stations that
sent to Canada and obtained seed
from the. same importing firm, that had
been supplying the station at Guelph.
They purchased '300 pounds; but the
rape that came up proved to be an an
nual variety of rape knowa as Hybrid
Bird Rape.
Rape may be sown from early spring
till late summer, even as late as Au
gust The best results as to crop are
obtained by seeding about July first
Sowing broadcast is' practiced, but
drill sowing is preferred, for the rea
son that less seed is required; the
plants can be readily cultivated; and
Hybrid Bird Rape,
the animals in pasturing do not tram
ple it down so -readily.
We are certain that the rape punt
should be given a larger place in our
American agriculture than it now oc
cupies. It is a plant well adapted to
varied conditions and especially ser
viceable in emergencies.
Varied rations give best results in
feeding for eggs. This is a troth quite
generally proven. - We cannot reason
the matter 'out because we know little
of the action on each other of the dif
ferent kinds of foods. It is not enough
to say that one kind of food contains
so much nitrogen and another kind so
much. That does not indicate the real
value of any food. There are unknown
actions produced by food oombiaa
tions. Of oats it has been said, "They
contain a stimulant not shown by the
analysis." Some have even tried to
name this stimulant "avoin." We do
not know much about it We do aot
see it We-only, see its effects. This
-may aot be a condition confined to
oats. It may be possessed in some
form by other foods." When we feed a
variety we are very, likely to be bond
ing better than we know. Make the
poultry ration as varied as possible.
- Freach B Gi
As is well known, certain species of
mail form a favorite dish with Freach
gourmets, .and the cultivation of these
land mollusca IsNconducted on a large
scale in .the outlying'suburbs of Paris,
particularly in ' the Department of
Aube, where there are large snail gar
dens, with plantations of thyme, aUat,
parsley and chervil for the salamls to
feed on. - When a Frenchman takes
snails wild, he leaves -them, it predeat,
& few days. to digest their last meal,
for there is a current belief that they
may be dangerous if they have reeeat
ly fed on poisonous plants.
"'A young woman in New York who
allowed herself to be inoculated by a
physician with tuberculosis n ibm from
an infected cow, ia November, ia said
by the-doctor to have developed the
disease. He thinks that he has proved
conclusively that Dr. Koch's theory is
wrong.
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Br taw Araay.
Iaapeeter Getters! Breekiaridge adr
rocatasaapplylBja; the soldiers with pa
jamas aad iakmks to do so win im
prove the health of the mea. Press
dispatch.
If a sort ef-aata far soWkrs who nster
dab aioaad
AarimflatlsV alkali an pork an' beaas
aa'tack,
A-tamia' ia at taps with Jests his
blaakeU on the ground,.
Without a bloomin' nightie to his
back;
To see the care they're takln' of bis
predoas health these days;
- Providln' him with luxuries an', cen-
serin' Ms joys,
Bat this seems like the beatin'est of
ail their funny plays
The issue of pajamas to the boys.
iWhea we rode out with Harney an
with Custer an' with Crook
' We made our evenin' toilet without
pullin' off our boots; .
We got our faces sunburned and we
certainly did look
A set of ornery plain unwashed ga
loots. Bat now we are gettin' civilized an'
have to part our hair
Aa' use the morain' tooth brush,
which I doa't claim isn't right;
Still none of us anticipated that we'd
get to wear
v Pajamas when' the bugle called at
alght
inspector General Breckinridge, the
first thiag that we know,
Will give us v'ilet water an' a man
icurln set
We'll be the sweetest lot o' ducks that
ever faced a foe
Whea he gets through reformln' as,
you bet
It's the one thing that we've wanted
to sleep comftable at night
It's as welcome as the buddln' flow'rs
in May.
Ton may picture, if you're good at it.
our wonder and delight
When they serve out pajamas some
fine day.
Chicago Daily News.
Profsalry ta Tlrglala.
. T. S. Gordon, who lives on the Due
West road, was as gallant a soldier as
ever marched to Virginia, says the Ab
beville Medium. He was in McGow
an'8 brigade, A. P. Hill's corps, and a
comrade of ours. He once had a sin
gular experience and we have pub
lished his story of the incident, but it
will do to print again. When we be
gan oar march to Gettysburg he was
left among the sick at Culpepper, who
made themselves as comfortable as
possible, scattered about on the ground
exposed to the weather. One day a
dosen or more old citizens visited the
bivouac. They were all gray-haired
and none of them under 65 years of
age. They were neatly dressed in cit
izen's clothing and seemed to be men
of good solid 'standing and education,
bat what struck Gordon was that ev
eryone was swearing as hard as he
could. Gordon says he never heard
such- profanity before or since. They
were not boisterous or loud, but
walked quietly through the camp and
every man of them swore profanely
from one end of the camp to the other.
They were not in bad humor but were
swearing generally at the way the sol
diers were treated. In appearance each
one would have passed for a preacher
except for his profanity. Gordon has
been trying ever since to account for
such conduct on the part of men of
such venerable, refined and intelligent
appearance.
A Boy Here.
At Sellwood. near Portland, Oregon,
there was recently unveiled a monu
ment to Arthur Venville, a lad who
lies In an unknown grave in the Phil
ippine Islands, says the Youths' Com
panion. Venville was born in Eng
land, but was brought to this country
at the age of ten months. When he
was only seven years old his father
died, charging the child with his last
breath, almost, to "take care of the
mother and sisters." The little fellow
promised. He was a quiet boy, of stu
dious habits. He liked to go to school,
and he wanted to go to college,, but he
had to take a place in a shop to help
support the family. In 1897 his health
began to fail, and he enlisted as an ap
prentice in the navy, still giving his
people his wages. The other fellows
called him a "girl sailor," he told his
mother when he came home on fur
lough, a year later. Venville was on
the gunboat Yorktown in 1899. She
went to the Philippines, and in April
was sent to Baler Bay to rescue some
Spanish prisoners. The young appren
tice was one of the party of seventeen
which, under command of Lieutenant
Gillmore, was sent ashore to recon
aoiter. As the crowded I.-.unch ap
proached the silent shore there sud
denly burst upon it a storm of bullets.
Several men were killed, others were
desperately wounded, and all were
drenched with the blood of their com
rades. Lieutenant Gillmore has since
told in McClure's Magazine of the be
havior of Venville, the eighteen-year-
old apprentice who bad never before
been under fire.
"Having no other weapon than a re
volver, useless at the range," wrote the
officer, "I reached for the rifle dropped
by one of the dead. It had been hit in
the lock and the clip was jammed in.
Venville, one- of the apprentice boys,
attempted to fix it. A bullet went
through the flesh of his neck.
" 'Mr. Gillmore, I'm bit' he said. But
he continued working at the rifle.
"A second shot plowed through the
boy's breast and came out in his arm
pit " 'I'm hit again, Mr. Gillmore.'
"He was still trying to pull out the
jammed clip, when a ball cut a furrow
ia the left side of his head.
'"Mr. Gillmore, they've bit me
again!'
"He wiped the blood from his brown
eyes with his coat-sleeve, and then re
turned to his task as calmly as if it
were only a mosquito that had stung
him. It was not three minutes until a
ball crashed into his ankle, inflicting a
painfal hurt There was just a slight
quiver in the lad's voice as he looked
up to me-aad skid:
"'Mr. Gillmore, I'm hit once more,
bat Pve fixed the gun. sir.' "
One wishes this true' tale might have
eaded, as stories do, with the hero's re
covery and return ; but when the other
survivors of .Lieutenant Gillmore's
party were taken into the interior,
Veavllle. being unable to travel, was
left hehind, and some time later he
ailled by the order of an insur-
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gent general. Yet his eighteen years,
few though they were, had beea saaat
to some purpose. The moaameat steads
a fair aad stately symbol of the boy's
life.
. IaaswaMvo
The coloael was eatertaiaiag some of
his friends with stories of army life,
says the Detroit Free Press, aad the
talk turned to the ialexibLity of or
ders. That' remiaded the coloael of
Tim Murphy's case.
Murpay had enlisted ia the cavalry
service; although he had aever beea oa
a horse in his life. He was taken out
for drill with other raw recruits un
der command of a sergeaat, aad as
luck would'have it, secured oae of the
worst buckers in the whole troop.
"Now, my men," said the sergeant
In addressing them, "no one Is al
lowed to dismount without orders from
a superior officer. Remember' that"
Tim was no sooner in the saddle
than he was hurled head .over heels
through the air, and came down so
hard that' the breath was almost
knocked out of him.
"Murphy," shouted the sergeant,
when he discovered the man spread
out oa the ground, "you dismounted! "
"I did."
"Did you have orders?"
"I did?'
"From headquarters, I suppose?"
with a sneer.
"No. from hindquarters."
"Take him to the guard-house!" or
dered the sergeant
Para Water for Soldiers.
One of the military problems that
has come out of the Boer war is how
to provide pure drinkiag water for sol
diers in the field. It is an old prob
lem, of course, but in the South Afri
can war typhoid has slain more mea
than bullets. An English physician, a
high authority in such matters, has
proposed a method which is approved
by military experts, but which so far
the British War Office has rejected.
The physician, Dr. Caney, claims to
have demonstrated that one mule for
each hundred men will carry all tho
boiling apparatus, with all the fuel,
meat extract, coffee, tea, sugar, etc.
required for ten days or even longer,
aid with that subsequent fuel required
daily adds only 1-750 to the total daily
transport to insure immunity from dis
eases occasioned by impure water. The
War Office, however, though admitting
that the plaa is practical at all
bases, on lines of communication, etc,
still refuses to adopt it. Dr. Caney
proposes to organize a water corps for
the army, whose duties shall be to
guard the troops against such diseases
as typhoid, dysentery and cholera,
brought on by impure water. He
maintains that all these diseases are
simply due to the willful neglect of
simple precautions in this way.
IMo for SUver.
Among other things found in an old
scrap-book which has recently come to
light, is an amusing anecdote of Wen
dell Phillips, taken from a copy of the
Richmond Despatch at the close of the
civil war. The distinguished aboli
tionist went to Charleston. South Car
olina, once, before he was very well
known, and put up at a hotel. He had
breakfast served in his room, and was
waited upon by a slave. Mr. Phillips
seized the opportunity to represent to
the negro in a pathetic way that he re
garded him as a man and brother, and
more than that, that he himself was an
abolitionist The negro, however,
seemed more anxious about his break
fast than he was about his position in
the social scale or the condition of his
soul, and finally Mr. Phillips became
discouraged and told him to go away,
saying that he could not bear to be
waited on by a slave. "You must
'scuse -me, massa," said the negro; "I
is 'bliged to stay here 'cause I'm 'spon
sible for de silverware."
ClaMlfylac Warships.
After many futile efforts to devise a
method of classifying warships by nu
merical figures or value an approach to
success has been made. The strong
point in favor of the system proposed
is that the values assigned to a con
siderable number of vessels under the
rule laid down correspond almost ex
actly with the values given by the
foremost naval experts. The new
method is difficult of nontechnical ex
planation, but some of the results es
tablished by it are easily understood.
The highest figure of merit is that of
the New Jersey class, with a figure of
116. Next come the British King Ed
ward and the Italian Benedetto Brin
with 104. the French Republique with
94 and the Russian Prince Potemkine
with 98. The second-class battleships
of all powers cut a very poor figure
and stand, as a rule, below the mod
ern armored cruisers.
China's Peaoteas.
The Sin Wan Pao discusses the pro
posal to abolish the pensions now paid
to the descendants of men who have
done well for their country. The edi
tor considers that there are abundant
ways for economy still untouched, and
it would be a shame to take away the
petty pensions, which keep alive the
orphans and widows of the men who
have bled and died for their country.
If men know that their families will
not be provided for in case of their
death it is not likely that they will be
willing to risk themselves much on
the field of battle. Last year see Bow
they ran away, even though at that
time they knew their families would
get pensions. Take away the hope of
pensions and they will run faster than
ever. Shanghai Mercury.
Appreatlceshlpa la tho Navy.
Boys between the ages of 15 and 17.
of good physique, may, with the con
sent of their parents or- guardians, be
enlisted to rerve an apprenticeship in
the United States navy until they ar
rive at the age of 21' years. Their pay
at enlistment is S9 per month, which
with length of service is increased to
121.
St Frideswide's church, Poplar, has
been enriched by an interesting gift,
which is probably unique in England.
It is an altar cloth valued at more tban
2,000 guineas, which, like Penelope's
web, has taken ten years to manufac
ture and is partly woven of human.
hair.
There are eight patent medicine
firms ia this country which annually
spend 1500,000 each in advertising.
Jeha WaJaam. a farmer ia La
Crosse, Wis., foaad ia a bag of wheat
a sack of gold. Botes aad securities,
placed there by hie father, who died
over two 7ears ago. Ever slace the
death of hie father. Mr. Walaam has
been lookiag for money which he was
convinced his father had concealed
somewhere on tho farm. While meas
uring wheat preparatory to takiag it
to market, tee son foaad the sack
of moaey and securities, the value of
which ruas over S2.000.
Speed Liaalt for Aateo.
The new state law of Connecticut
regarding automobile traffic weat into
effect August 1. Its provisions include
a speed limit of twelve miles within
cities and fifteen miles elsewhere, com
pulsory speed reduction at crossings
and complete stops when horses hitech
ed to vehicles show signs of fricght
It deprives cities, towns and boroughs
of all rights to regulate automobile
traffic, going much farther in this re
spect than the New York law.
The leafless "Woader-Woader.
One of the strangest botanical curi
087iies in the world is the "Wonder
Wonder" flower found in the Malay
peninsula. It is simply a blossom,
without leaves, vine or stem, and
grows as a parasite on decayed wood.
Aa Iasaertaat Dtscorerr.
Detroit, Mich.; Jan. 13. A seasatioa
al statement is made by Mr. Benjamin
Major, whose home is at the corner of
Jane and Hurlbut Ave., this city.
Mr. Major says that he has found a
remedy which will positively cure all
Kidney- and Bladder troubles. He suf
fered himself for a long time with these
diseases in the most painful form, and
during his illness experimented with a
great many medicines without getting
any relief. Finally he tried Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and to his great joy was
cured completely.
The statement be makes seems to
have ample confirmation in reports be
ing published every day of wonderful
cures by this remedy.
Began as a Pothook Expert.
Samuel R. Callaway, president of
the American Locomotice company,
was more than thirty years ago at
the head of the shorthand writers of
this continent. He kept up his prac
tice and today could take a trick at
an -important assignment with the
best of stenographers. He won his
spurs at this clerical work in the
office of the Grand Trunk railway
of Canada, and his skill at pothooks
and hangers had much to do with his
subsequent advancement.
In Arkansas vast belts of forest lands
still lie untouched by the axe of the
woodman.
The Oil KlatTa Private Wire.
John D. Rockefeller occasionally
uses the long distance telephone when
away from his New York office, but
for important business. For such pur
poses he never uses the mails. There
is a private wire from the office to
his mansion at Forest Hill, O., and
the Standard Oil millionaire when at
the latter point transacts business
just as though he were in New York.
He never writes a message, but talk3
to a trusted and reliable operator.
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MlUleaalre Beea a as a Bootblack.
Max Heart, the Harlem millionaire,
was once a bootblack, and he still
preserves in his handsome home the
original bootblacking outfit with
which he began his business career.
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