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It falleth softly when It comes.
Think an thy sword; to service hark,
Heed but the beating of the drums.
Look never backward! That Is death!
All glory beckons from the front.
The love of home it clogs the breath;
The sight of ease will courage blunt.
Face forward! Tondcr on the Held
The end may come, for doom Is there.
Tet justice Is a hero's shield.
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GEN. GRANT IN 1863
Some interesting relics have been
discovered in Rochester, N. Y.. which
throw a warm and clear light on the
character of one of the great men of
history and revive the memory of an
important event in wartime records.
It is now almost forty years since
these occurrences took place, and the
cassage of the years makes the relics
Gen. Grant in 1863.
of almost priceless value. They con
sist of two locks of hair, an autograph
letter and a -small signed photograph
of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
These "human documents" were dls-
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TWICE REPORTED DEAD
-it's a very difficult matter to iden
tify dead people, and it has often hap
pened that the supposed dead man
has turned up months afterward,"
of Arkansas, to a party of friends,
says the Washington correspondent
of the Boston Journal.
"I know of a case of mistaken
Identity of a dead man which was,
perhaps, the most remarkable case
on record. It was during the civil
war. A confederate soldier by the
name of Bradshaw, belonged to the
Sixteenth Arkansas, of which regi
ment Senator Berry was a member.
After the battle of Pea Ridge Brad
shaw was reported killed and his
body was identified by his comrades.
He was buried-
"Some months later, to the aston
ishment of his messmates, Bradshaw
appeared among them. He explained
that he had beon captured by the
'Yankees' and had just made his es
WHERE BRADDOCK FELL
The protected memorial tablet in
Kennywood Park, Pittsburg, to com
memorate Gen. Braddock's crossing
of the Monongahela river at that
point has awakened public interest in
those chapters of local history relat
ing to the ill-starred expedition
against Fort Duquesne. and every me
mento of Braddock's defeat is being
unearthed. The exact locality of the
battle in the wilderness is being
sought, and probably will be marked
by a suitable monument
The ground occupied by the Brit
ish and colonists in the fight on July
9, 1755, has long been a matter of dis
pute, but the best authorities agree
that the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion in Braddock is near the spot
where the most severe fighting oc
curred. Col. Gage, who commanded
PAUL VAN DER
News has been received of the death
of Past Commander-in-Chief Van Der
Voort, who was born in Ohio in 1846,
and was under 16 years of age when
he enlisted for three months' service
in the Sixty-eighth Illinois Infantry.'
He re-enli6ted in Company M, Six
teenth Illinois Cavalry, and was with
his regiment in service in the Ninth
and Twenty-third Corps, and in the
Cavalry Corps of the Military Division
of the Mississippi. He was taken
prisoner and confined for nearly a
year in AndersonvlUe and other
Southern prisons; was discharged
August 1, 1865, as sergeant After the
war he entered the railway mail ser
vice. He joined the Grand Army in
WANTED HIS
"Speaking of losing rations," said
the Colonel, "there was a case at
-Kenesaw that took the cake. The
men were carrying five day's rations
in haversacks, which was a pretty
heavy load for a man in action. While
we were in line Reuben Whitman of
the Fifty-first Ohio took his haver
sack off and hung it on a high sap
ling stump near him. The enemy
was bombarding us with solid shot
and shell, and whenever our lookout
would about 'down' every head would
go below the earthworks.
"Whitman was just in the act of
HE WAS CLOSE BEHIND
party of United States engineers
.aad some friends were taking a trip
'down the Tennessee river to. visit
the- Mascle Shoals improvements.
Gen. Joe Wheeler and Gen. John
T. Wilder were among the guests.
Sen. Wheeler fell Into a reminiscent
mood, and was talking freely of civil
-war days, during which he command
ed a division of Confederate cavalry.
Sea. Wilder commanded a Federal
SALUTE FATHERS' FLAO
The First regiment of infantry broke
ramp at Augusta, Maine, after the aa
anal encampment and marched In a
hedy to the State House, where it was
massed In the rotunda. The
The. Retained Battle Flags.'
read, the bead played The Star Span
SOLDIER.
And God Is everywhere!
Not boastingly. but calm and brave.
Go thy country's good, and leave
The rest to him whose care will save.
Though dear ones for thy death shall
grieve.
Oh. be a soldier! Loyal, true!
And when the awful battle's done.
If thou art left, forgive him who
Loved the lost cause thy sword baa
won.
covered tne otner day by the former
city auditor, A. S. Mann, while he was
searching In an old desk for some pa
pers of importance. They were care
fully Inclosed in a heavy envelope, and
had been placed there for safe keep
ing by Mr. Mann forty years ago. The
portrait was taken in Chattanooga,
Tenn., in 1863.
H timorous Incident of the War.
Out of the New England States
early In the 60s, marched a youngster
In blue a runaway drummer boy.
Frank Bancroft is an inimitable story
teller, and the Influence of the granite
hills always draws from him some
new reminiscence when he reaches
the stamping ground of youth.
"In my regiment," mused the old
war horse, "the chaplain, who was a
good old soul, had charge of the mail,
and when we were at the front he
was pestered to death by the boys
who wanted to know when to expect
letters from home. One morning he
fell upon a scheme to save his breath
and he pinned the notice on his hat:
'I Don't Know When the Next Mail
Will Come In. Some wag took down
the sign and scribbled the profane
addition: 'And I Don't Give a D n!'
When the parson saw the amended
proclamation he was wild, but he nev
er discovered the mischief maker."
It wouldn't be a far shot to guess
that one Frank Bancroft might have
had a hand in it
cape. His comrades gave him a
warm welcome, after telling him how
they mourned his death.
"Two years later Lieut McKennon,
of the Sixteenth Arkansas, came upon
the dead body of a Confederate sol
dier. He positively identified it as
Bradshaw's, for he knew Bradshaw
well. The lieutenant had but one
blanket in which he wrapped the
supposed Bradshaw for burial. The
lieutenant reported Bradshaw's death.
There was no mistake this time, the
boys were sure. But six months
later, one morning, just as the regi
ment was breaking camp, Bradshaw
turned up, very much alive.
"Lieut McKennon could hardly be
lieve his eyes. He bad been so posi
tive that he had buried the real Brad
shaw. That was the last time such
a mistake occurred for the twice
buried Bradshaw remained with his
company until the end of the war. He
may still be alive."
the British vanguard, advanced high
er up the hill, but his men soon were
driven back, and Braddock's position
was confined to a cramped line flank
ing the narrow roadway which Gage's
men had cut through the forest Near
this road Braddock was mortally
wounded while striving to check the
panic among his veterans. The re
treat had been sounded and the nar
row thoroughfare was crowded with
the frightened troops. The spol
where Braddock fell, however, nevei
can be pointed out with accuracy, as
every vestige of the road has long
since disappeared. Nevertheless there
is a tradition which receives credil
among many residents of the town o;
Braddock that a tree is still standing
over the place where the British lead
er met his fate.
VOORT DEAD
Illinois In 1866 and was assistant ad
jutant general to Department Com
mander Hilliard. He resigned that
position on his removal to Omaha,
where he was instrumental in the re
organization of the Department of Ne
braska, to which he was assigned as
provisional commander. On the for
mation of the department he was
elected department commander, and
afterwards was elected senior vic6
commander-in-chief. Subsequently he
was elected commander-in-chief at
the sixteenth annual session, held at
Baltimore, Md., June 21, 1882. He
died suddenly in Cuba of paralysis ol
the heart His wife and son were at
his bedside at the time of his death
RATIONS
crowding down behind the breast
works when a cannon ball struck his
haversack and scattered the contents
to the winds. Remarking that light
ning never struck twice in the same
place, Whitman stood up to see where
his five days' rations would be de
posited. But they were simply car
ried away and we could not find a
piece of cracker or a shred of the
haversack. We chipped in and made
good his loss, but Whitman was not
consoled. He wanted his haversack
and his own rations." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
cavalry brigade, and more than once
the two warriors met in bat
tle. "Right there," . said Gen. Wheeler,
pointing out the place indicated, "I
crossed the river with my command,
under some difficulties."
"Yes," promptly responded Gen.
Wilder; "I remember the occasion
very well indeed. I was right behind
yon with my command."
gled Banner," and the young soldicn.
saluted the tattered flags which were
carried by Maine regiments in the civfl
war.
It's too bad that some things seem
too good to be true.
Oats for Fowls.
We notice that a contemporary saya
!hat wheat Is undoubtedly the best
rxaln for poultry. We must differ
from that opinio. We believe the
grain most adapted to the develop
ment of chicks is oats. 'It Is indeed
:rue that birds have to be accustomed
:o eat oats before they will eat them
xmstantly and in large quantities, but
mce accustomed to them they eat
them with great avidity. Naturally
fowls prefer corn to oats. But habit
reverses this preference. The writer
remembers one case where he had
kept oats from his hens for some
days. They had been accustomed to
that grain for months. When oats'
were again given it was In the form
of a mixture of corn and oats. To
his surprise the hens picked out the
oats in preference to the corn, eating
the latter only after the oats had dis
appeared. One objection raised against
oats is that they sometimes puncture
with their sharp points the tender
membrane in the crops of young birds
and even pass through the skin. The
writer fed oats for years and never ex
perienced any such mishap with Us
poultry. It might be possible in case
half-starved birds were fed oats and
then watered. But oats should be
kept before the fowls all the time, and
they should be permitted to pick at
them at their leisure. They never
then eat too many. In addition to the
nutriment in the oats there seems to
be a stimulant which the scientists
call avoine. This Is thought to be a
valuable part of the oat as a feed.
New Stock and Disease.
Every farmer should realize the risk
he takes when he imports into his flock
stock from other flocks. Contagious
diseases are almost always brought in
this way. There are some flocks that
are free from lice and mites as well
as of disease. When a farmer has se
cured this condition of things he
should go very slow about increasing
the number of his fowls through pur
chase. It is therefore best to increase
the flock through raising the birds.
This may take longer than to increase
.it by purchase, but It will give a blg
er profit It is not uncommon to
have a whole flock swept away by
some malady Introduced through care
less purchase of new birds. The
writer had a poultry house that had
oeen free from lice and mites for
years. He regarded It quite wonder
ful that he had completely exter
.minated the red mites. But in an un
guarded moment he purchased the en
tire flock of a man about to move
away. The result was that the red
.mites were introduced and caused
'more loss to the original flock than
the whole purchased flock was worth.
Important Points in Poultry Care.
Clealiness is essential to success
with poultry. Young chicks should
not be allowed to eat stale or sour
foods. The drinking vessels or foun
'tains should be watched closely, and
should be always kept full of pure
water. Keep them free from bad odors
by scalding with hot water occasion
ally. As the fowls approach maturity
food should be given them in such a
manner that they will take exercise.
'Plenty of straw or leaves should be
"put In their houses, and a little grain
of some kind scattered therein several
times a day to keep them scratching.
Be careful not to overfeed or they will
become too fat and will not lay.
Avoid feeding too much corn in the
warm months of the year. During the
winter months it can be fed in the
evening, as it supplies more warmth
than any other food. For morning
feed alternate soft mash with wheat
or oats. Give also an occasional feed
of vegetables either raw or cooked.
They will be beneficial and much rel
ished by the fowls. J. R. Brabazon.
Poultry Gives Quick Returns.
One of the principal advantages in
poultry production is that returns
come quickly. With the exception of
strawberries there is practically no
line of small fruits on which you can
begin to realize inside of three years;
a milch cow does not approach her
full power of production short of three
and a half years; apple trees do not
begin to bear freely short of seven or
eight years; and if you go in for for
est reproduction, a realization upon
the investment does not come inside
the life of half or even a whole gen
eration. How is it with the hen?
Three weeks from the setting of the
hen you have a batch of chickens;
from feur to four and a half months
from hatching, the cockerels are ready
for the market, and in five to five and
a half months the pullets will begin
to lay. A. G. Gilbert
Farm Poultry.
The vigor of farm poultry must be
kept up in order to have profitable
stock, as weak, inbred stock does not
thrive or lay welt There is a mis
take made in calling for extremely
heavy weights in a breed. Select birds
about the standard weight for the
chosen breed, and get them thick
fleshed and solid. Avoid a knock
kneed or crooked-back bird, and a low
comb is preferable in dressed birds.
The active, alert hen is the layer. Se
lect eggs from your best layers for
batching, and use pure breeds by all
means, as they dress more uniformly,
and will give best all-around satisfac
tion. Myron A. Gee in Fanners' Re
view. What Do Your Cows Pay You?
A creameryman of the Elgin dis
trict made the statement that among
his patrons were some who did not
now and never had realized more than
$35 as an average per year from each
of the cows of their herds. He told of
one patron who takes the trouble to
keep an account of the feed he gives
his cows and the receipts from milk
and his average Is $35. One other pa
tron, who has none but common cows,
realized no more than the above sum
on his cows until he decided to ac
cept the advice of the creameryman
on the care and feed he should give
them. He was one of those patrons
who. if he wanted to stay in town un
til 10 o'clock at night he did so, and
ike feeding of bis half dozen cows
was done after he got home He had
no particular knowledge about feed-'
inp, but when he finally came to be
lieve that he could make money by
following the creameryman's advice,
he went to work to learn and do his
.work properly. He succeeded in
brlaglng his common cows np to be
ing $55 Instead of $35 cows. Chicago
Dairy Produce.
Eternal vigilance on the part of the
jailer is necessary in order to pre
vent his guests from taking undue lib-1
eny. J
Same Old Way of Milking.
After all that has been said about
the need for care in milking we nfr
tice that most of the milking is still
done in the some old way, without
care, without clean hands, without
clean clothes, without anything over
the top of the pail to Insure cleanli
ness, among bad odors, amid
switching tails, in the midst of
manure In the barnyard and
in the stable. Here and there are
dairymen that are conducting their
business on scientific principles and
with all the appliances that make for
cleanliness. These establishments
have been written up again and again.
The papers have published numerous
articles concerning them, the dairy
conventions have listened to hun
dreds of papers on these model ways,
and yet the old methods go on. A
good many producers of milk seem
to think that dirt and dairying gc
together. The dairyman Is learning
that the air of a foul stable is swarm
ing with putrescent bacteria, that
there are ways of keeping the stable
clean and of keeping the milk com
paratively pure as it comes from the
cow. Then why does he not adopt th6
new ways and give us clean milk?
The answer is habit For centuries
certain habits of dairying have pre
vailed and they are the hardest things
in the world to uproot Hoary errors
are almost sacred in the eyes of some
people. It is enough for them to say.
"my father did so and it Is good
enough for me." It requires some
energy to rouse one's self from the old
ways and shake off the dust of ancient
habits.
One Way of Getting Good Butter.
S. EL Oaks: It has been and is now
in the majority of gathered creameriei
the custom to make a poor grade ol
butter, and it is generally caused by a
poor manager and poor board of dl
rectors. It does not make any differ
ence how good a buttermaker may
be in the creamery, he can not make
good butter from poor cream. But
if he is backed by the board of direc
tors and they will let him grade the
cream, he can then make good butter.
In order to grade the cream properly
he should have vats enough so he can
have one to put the poor cream In and
should have a small tank In the wash
room for the drivers to put rinsings
of their cans in, and also to rinse
their floats In. He should not let
them rinse them over the cream vati
as they do in some factories I visited
last summer. You should find out
right away where the poor cream h
coming from and go and tell the pat
ron how to care for It and until h
does take good care of it and keep
it sweet so that it will not be "oft
flavor," he should be docked from 16
per cent to 20 per cent of the cream.
Do not take this off all the patrons b
putting all the cream together ano
making a poor grade of butter and
getting a low price for it, but make
two grades of butter and get the high
est price for the best and get as much
for the poorer grade as most of the
creameries get for their butter.
Farmers' Review.
War on Milk Preservatives,
Borax and various other chemical!
are used in the preservation of meats
and some other foods. Generally the
argument for their use Is that they
preserve the foods and do not injure
the eaters, as they are used in small
quantities. This may or may not b
true, but it is true that In milk nc
preservation should be used. The
agent of a borax preservative com
pany once called on the Farmers' Re
view and protested against the con
stent attacks on the preservatives bj
the Farmers' Review. He claimed
tbat he could prove that when used to
preserve bacon preservatives of th
borax kind were not harmful. He was
asked "how about milk?" He said
tbat no preservative should be used ir
milk and that bis company had free
ly said that milk was not a food arti
cle that should be preserved by bora?
or anything else. Yet borax is being
constantly sold for the preservation
of milk. Invalids and children are
the principal sufferers. This Is from
two reasons. First, they are weakei
than vigorous adults; second, they use
far larger quantities of milk. The
milkman that uses preservatives Ir
milk does an act tbat approaches the
criminal. Farmers' Review.
Cheese of Pasteurized Milk in Swedes
A United States consul In Swedes
says: Chr?se of pasteurized milk ha?
lately been' considered almost impos
sible to produce, and dairymen have
been at a loss how to use the churn
milk, which has been sold as feed for
pigs or thrown away. A short time
ago, a chemist at Stockholm Dr.
Frans Elander succeeded in effect
ing a preparation that solved the
aoove-menttoned difficulties. Owing
to this discovery, which has bees
named "caseol," palatable and nour
ishing cheese, free of tubercular bacil
li, can now be made from pasteurized
skim milk. This preparation has,
moreover, the excellent quality ol
rendering cheese more digestible
Several dairies in London have made
experiments with caseol. with the
same favorable result I will gladly
procure samples of caseol for any ol
our dairymen who may desire tc
make trials with it
Another Milkrng Machine.
From Victoria. Australia, comes s
report that a new milking machine
Li being tried there. In a recent tria'
it took five minutes to milk a cow
four cows being milked at the same
time. The cups that fit over the teati
of the cows are made on the pulsatios
plan, and reproduce the pulsatior
movement of a calf's tongue in the
milking. The force used is steam, anl
uie pressure 40 or 50 pounds. The
steam pumps out the air and formr
a vacuum in the milking pall. By a
momentary admission of air the pul
sailon Is produced. It is claimed thai
the machines are very easily cleaned
A Long Wait
At a dance in Dublin a young
briefless barrister met a lady of ex
alted position with whom he was
so much smitten that before the wee
was out ne caned upon her father tc
esk for her hand.
The old man began proceedings bj
asking what prospects he had. tc
which the barrister replied:
"Well, none at present but whec
my uncle dies-'
"Ah, when your uncle dies," reyitee
the fa'her. as he rang the belL "Hera
John, show this gentleman out til?
his uncle dies." '
Woman is the weaker vessel only
while she remains unmanned.
The late Judge Treat was a gentle
Han of the old school, and held by
the manners and customs of the rap
Idly disappearing code of a former
generation. An amusing story of his
dews on what he sometimes char
acterized, with more of humor than
cynicism, as the degenerate meth
ods of a decadent day. Is told by his
friends in Rochester. The judge was
ioyfully admitted to membership in
Dne of the most exclusive clubs in that
city, and soon after his election ap
peared at the clubhouse and began to
Lmake himself accustomed to his sur
roundings. He wandered from room
to room, and at last passed Into the
apartment reserved for cards. Three
or four tables were filled up, and the
Judge stood by and watched the game.
Suddenly he started precipitately
toward the door, and, going down
stairs, met one. of the board of gov
ernors. "I bee TOIir mrHnn air" mM ha
I Judge with dignity and elaborate
courtesy. I would like to obtain a
little information from you, if you
can spare me the time without incon
venience.' The club officer was delighted to
answer any question.
"Well, sir." the Judge began, "I am
naturally curious about the way in
which tills club is run. I am a new
member, sir, and feel that such should
be my first duty. I was passing
through the cardroom just now, sir,
and paused beside a table at which
five gentlemen were engaged in a
game of what appeared to be poker."
"But, my dear " began the club
officer, raising his hand deprecatlng-
"Pardon me again, but if you will
He Caught
Chicago Chauffeur Utterly Unable to See Humor
of Most Amusing Situation
This story might be called "The
Mishaps of F. C. Greene and His
Devil Machine." At any rate, It's a
true one, and is the chief topic of con
versation at the Chicago Automobile
club.
Several days ago Mr. Greene, who
Is a prominent member of the club,
took a young woman relative over to
Michigan to show her just how the
much-maligned "devil wagon" worked.
They were riding along on a country
road when an old horse which was
tethered beside the driveway took
fright at the machine, broke loose
from the rope that held It, and ran
away. A farmer who had been sitting
near the horse rose up and denounced
the chauffeur. Mr. Greene laughed at
him and sped away.
That afternoon he returned by the
same road, and when he approached
the spot where the horse had been
frightened the farmer stood blocking
the way with a shotgun.
"Get out of that thing or I'll fill ye
fall of lead," commanded the farmer.
Mr. Greene's relative began screaming.
The farmer leveled the weapon and
cocked It Mr. Greene got out of the
auto.
"Now, then," said the agriculturist,
1 ain't succeeded in ketchlng thet
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Retired Army Officer Tells Fellow Clubmen of
Gruesome Experience in the West
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A silence deep and profound had
fallen upon the Quartet around the
table on the broad veranda of the
country club. It was broken by the
retired army officer.
"Do you fellows know that there is
a tribe of cannibals in this country?"
addressing his question to no one in
particular.
"Didn't know there was a tribe,"
replied the cynic, "but I've often seen
individual cases, as, for instance, the
consumption of pork by the man who
holds on to the end seat in an open
trolley car, and makes every one else
climb over him."
"No, I don't mean that," said the
first speaker. "I refer to real canni
bals, who actually eat. or did eat with
in recent years, the flesh of their fel
low beings. The people I refer to are
the Tonkawa Indians, a tribe which
had its home in Lower California. Dur
ing the civil war I was stationed at a
post near their reservation, and was
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QUEER CUSTOMS OF CHINESE
Liquids Sold by Pound and Cloth by
the Foot
In China liquids are sold by weight
and grain by measure. John buys
soup by the pound and cloth by the
foot A Chinaman never puts his
name outside of his shop, .but paints
Inside a motto, or a list of his goods
on his vertical signboard. Some re
assuring remark is frequently added,
such as, "One word ball," "A child
two feet high would not be cheated."
Every single article has to be bar
gained for, and it is usual for the
customer to take his own measure
and scales with him. A strong man
has difficulty in carrying on his back
two pounds' worth of the copper cash
which is the common currency, so it
is necessary to take a servant to carry
one's purse. The sycee of silver is
th onlv other form of money be
sides the copper taei: As it weighs
about sixty-seven ounces, a hammer
and cold chisel are indispensible for
making change.
When you engage a servant or make
a bargain it Is not considered bind
ing until "the fastening penny" has
"been paid. Although his bad faith
is" notorious in some matters, yet, to
do him justice, when once this coin
has been paid by you the Chinaman,
coolie or shopman, will generally stick
to his .bargain, even if the result to
him be loss. Modes and Fabrics.
TO MAKE CHILDREN HAPPY.
A Little Gift of Money the Best and
Most Certain Way.
He who would make little children
very happy should give them, now
aad then, small sums of money a
few pennies, a nickel, a dime, or even
a quarter. 0
A group of married men discussed
this question in a cafe the other night
and they agreed that they could re
member no greater joy of their child
hood than an unexpected tip from j
kindly, allow me to finish, sir." said
the Judge. "I overheard -ene gentle
man say: 'I bet yon $20.' Another
gentleman observed, 'I will see that,
and go you f 50 better,' and another
said, '111 raise tbat $100.'
"My dear Judge, that was nothing.
I assure you " again broke In the
officer with a laugh of forced light
ness upon his lips. He was getting
nervous, for the club had a high repu
tation for Its moral tone, and upon
gambling and the suspicion thereof
It turned its face resolutely.
"I beg you, sir. to excuse me," the
Judge continued, "but I was naturally
interested in that conversation. Now,
sir, I would like to ask you, sir, if
those gentlemen were in earnest"
"By no means, Judge," hastily
spoke out the club officer. "They
were playing what we call freeze
out, and the man who goes broke the
first has to buy the cigars or the
drinks. You'll enjoy it I'm sure.
Judge."
The Judge rose to his full height
"I will enjoy it, sir, do you say,
sir?" he thundered to the astonished
governor of the club's reputation. "I
take the liberty of differing with you,
sir. I have learned what I was seek
ing for. You have given me the de
sired information. Sir, I have played
poker with Ulysses S. Grant and with
William Tecumseh Sherman, sir; and,
by God, sir, I am not going to play
it now for the cigars and the drinks
at my age, sir."
And he stalked out. Rochester (N.
Y.) correspondence of St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Nothing keeps a sinner in charity
with his Creator like a woman's love.
the Horse
there horse yet Maybe you kin do
better'n me. He's browsin' 'round on
that there hill over yonder. You go
git him, an' I'll folier you with this
gun. It's a new gun, by the way, an'
ain't likely ter miss fire." Mr. Greene
protested that he knew nothing about
capturing horses and offered to pay
the man whatever damage he thought
had been done him, but the fanner
wouldn't listen to any propositions,
and so the chauffeur had to start out
after the horse.
For two hours he pursued the ani
mal over hills and into valleys. It
was dark when he finally caught it
and by that time he was the angriest
automobilist in Michigan. He has
tened back to Chicago, told the mem
bers of the club of his adventure, and
they agreed tbat the farmer ought to
be prosecuted.
The next day a delegation of auto
mobilists went over to Michigan, pro
cured the farmer's name, and then had
him arrested, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. A justice of the peace fined
him $25. The agriculturist tried to
beg off, pleading that he had imbibed
too much whisky on the day his horse
was frightened, but the justice ruled
that drunkenness was no excuse for
insulting an automobilist.
Cannibals
,
once an unwilling witness of a can
nibalistic feast. The Tonkawas, who
were enlisted in the Confederate ar
my, were attacked by the Shawnees,
who had espoused the cause of the
Union, and in the battle which fol
lowed several Shawnees were cap
tured. I, too, fell Into their hands.
On the day following the battle one of
these Shawnee captives was killed,
cut Into small sections, and boiled in
a pot. Then the whole tribe, about
two hundred of them, feasted on the
horrid stew. The tribe is almost ex
tinct now, but there are still about
fifty of them on a reservation near
their old hunting grounds."
The three listeners of this ghastly
tale turned pale. One of them banged
the call bell.
"Bring me a brandy and soda,
quick." he said to the waiter; "I want
something to settle my stomach."
"Me too!" chorused the others.
New York Tribune.
some grown-up friend. One of the
men said:
"I remember how on a bright May
Saturday afternoon I was penniless
once. Saturday afternoon is the time
of all times when a little boy should
have money, and. therefore. I was
very blue. But suddenly a half-dollar
was slipped into my hand by a broker
from New York who was visiting my
uncle. Will I ever forget my Joy? I
hired a rowboat for an hour and took
out' in it all my 'gang.' I bought cig
arettes freely, and I also invested
heavily in candy."
A second man said: "I remember
how the first quarter I ever had was
given to me by a great-aunt when I
was about 0 years old. Do you know
what I bought? I bought twenty-five
penny whistles. I went home with all
my pockets and both hands filled
with those musical instruments. My,
but I was happy."
A third man said: "Whenever I
would get tips I would buy brown
sugar with the money. I was very
fond of the rich-colored, moist heavy
bodied sugar, with its sweet odor, but
my family didn't keep it in the house
because it was very cheap. I'd buy it
by the quarter pound and eat it out
of the bag with my silver spoon."
"Once my brother-in-law gave me a
large sum of money, and I bought a
bale of bay with it," said another man.
"I was about 7, and the hay, set out
on the pavement before a feed shop,
took my eye, with its clean smell and
its golden color. So I bought it ta
play with. 'Us kids' for no child
ever said 'we kids' opened up the
hay in our garden, and we had a great
deal of fun rolling about in it X sold
it, finally, at a reduced rate to my
father for the horse." Rochester (N
Y.) Democrat and Chronicle.
Some people save up money tyr do
ing without something they want in
order to be in a position to purchase
something 'they don't want Chicago
News.
Dream-Pedlary.
If there were dreams to sell.
What would you buy?
law cost a passing bell;
Mono a light sigh.
9fcat snakes from Life's fresh cro-j
Only a rose leaf down.
If there were dreaau to sell.
Merry and sad to Jell.
I And the crier runs the bell.
What would you buy?
A cottage lone and still.
With bowers nigh.
Shadowy, any woes to still.
Until I die.
Bach pearl from Life's fresh
Fain would I shake nae down.
Were dreams to have at will.
This would best heal my 111.
This would I buy.
But there were dreams to sell,
111 didst thou buy;
Life is a dream, they tell.
Waking, to die.
Dreaming a dream to prize,
la wishing ghosts to rise;
Aad. If I had the spell
To call the buried well.
Which one would I? ,
If there are ghosts to raise.
What shall I call
Out of hell's murky base.
Heaven's blue pall?
Raise my lov'd long-lost boy
To lead me to his Joy.
There are no ghosts to raise;
Oat of death lead no ways;
Vain Is the call.
Know'st thou not ghosts to sue?
No love thou hast.
Else lie. as I will do.
And breathe thy last.
So out of Life's fresh crown
Fall like a rose leaf down.
Thus are the ghosts to woo;
Thus are all dreams made true.
Ever to last!
Plumage of Sea 11010.
Why are sea birds white, is a ques
tion that is often asked. Many learned
aea have attempted to solve the prob
lem and among the reasons they have
given is the one that enemies which
prey upon birds of white plumage at
sea are very few. and so those birds
have escaped and have increased la
numbers. Then, too, 'tis said that the
fishes and other creatures of the sea
upon which sea birds live can see
their enemies best when they have
black coats, and thus escape them.
White plumaged birds usually have,
however, some few black markings,
either on their wings or tails, which
serve as a badge by which t- y may
be recognized by their friends. Thus
the young birds can easily detect their
mother while out oa the water aad
follow her to the places where food
can be secured. The colors of sea birds
correspond with those of the fishes on
which they feed. Most fishes are dark
above and light beneath, this arrange
ment of color helping them to escape
observation. It is, no doubt aa ad
vantage to the birds to have their
white feathers turned seaward, so that
they may be less easily seen- by the
fishes they are In search of. Eagles.
which have taken to fishing, are cot
ored like the other sea fowls, instead
of being like their relatives who feed
upon land creatures.
Clever Mrs. Humming Bird.
An American author relates the fol
lowing charming anecdote of the beau
tiful little humming bird: "In front of
a window where I worked last sum
mer was a butternut tree. A hum
ming bird built her nest on a limb that
grew near the window, and we had aa
opportunity to watch her closely. We
could look right into the nest One
day when there was a heavy shower
coming, we thought we would see If
she covered her young during the
rain. When the first drops fell she
came and took In her bill one of two
or three large leaves growing close by,
and laid this leaf over the nest so
as to cover it completely. Then she
flew away. On examining the leaf we
found a hole in it, and In the side of
the nest was a small stick that the
leaf was fastened to or hooked upon.
After the storm was over the old bird
came back and unbooked the leaf, and
the nest was perfectly dry.
Curious Scheme to Recover Meney.
An effective scheme was worked by
Wilbur Labar to recover William V.
Lundy's roll of money from the river
at Delaware, Del., a few days ago.
Lundy fell into the river and had no
time to look after the big roll of bills
In his pocket while swimming to a
place of safety. Consequently the
greenbacks floated off on the bosom
ef the Delaware and were soon lost
to view. Search for them was dili
gently made, and was about to be
given up when young Labar proposed
a scheme he had seen worked in find
ing the body of a man. He threw a
light pine chip in the river at the
exact spot from which the money
started and watched it float in an
eddy a mile or so down the stream,
where it stopped, and there. Boating
on the current, was found the most of
Mr. Lundy's bills and checks.
Corsets Cause Excitement.
A pair of corsets were the innocent
cause of much excitement in Bloom
f eld, N. J., the other day. During a
violent storm a ball of fire was seen
to descend on the roof of a fruit store,
and a few moments later the rooms in
the establishment were filled with
smoke. Firemen were summoned to
make an investigation before an alarm
was sent in. They hunted high and
low, but could find no fire. The
smoke grew denser and finally one of
the firemen found a pair of corsets
that had been placed in the stovepipe
for safekeeping.
Power From Artesian Well.
St Augustine, Fla., has an oddity
fa the way of industrial machinery in
the shape of a water-power wheel
driven by an artesian well, the only
wheel of the kind in America. It sup
plies power to a woodworking shop.
The wheel is 16 feet in diameter, the
well 6 inches and 240 feet deep.
Since the well does not supply power
enough, however, a second well has
been driven near by to reenforce to
present one. The new well is eight
inches in diameter.
Field of Crystallized Salt
la the middle of the Colorado des
ert, a little to the north of the Mexi
can border, and 264 feet below the
level of the sea, lies a field of crystal
Heed salt more than a thousand acres
in extent, presenting a surface as
white as snow, and beneath the noon
day glare of the sun so dazzling that
the naked eye cannot stand its radi
ance. It stretches away for miles and
miles about Salton, Col., an ocean of
blazing, blistering white.
A One-Legged Champion. '
Here is a curious caallenge which
Was recently published in England :
. "I up. 20 years old, 5 feet 2 inches
in heignt and I weigh 140 pounds. My
left leg has been amputated- below
'he knee, but I am, aevertaeles:
ready to box any mum ta the warlf
who he only one leg;
A toxins Bftstch setween twa eaa
legged stea woald be a novel sight
and there la ao doubt it woald attract
a large crowd.
Seventeen Years In a Weeds wCae
la a village la the province of Verav
laad. Swedea. a woman has Just heea
discovered clad la a single gameat
aad shut up in a troodea cage, which
she has never left for seventeen yearn
Having become mad. she was ea
trusted by her family to the care af
some peasants, who undertook to look
after her for $60 a year. When re
leased she was dreadfully emaciated.
aad la aa Indescribably fllthy coadi
ttoa. Clock Run by a Geyser.
A carious clock is described as hav
ing been recently put Into comaUssioa
in a small western town. The machin
ery, which is nothing but a face, hands
and lever, is connected with a geyser,
which shoots a column of hot water
every thirty-eight seconds. This spout
lng never varies to the tenth of a see
oad. Every time the water spouts us
it strikes the lever and moves the
hands forward thirty-eight seconds.
Gold In Streets ef Denver.
While a trench was being dug la
one of the streets of Denver the
othed day It was found that the
gravel taken out carried gold, and
number of dollars' worth of the yel
low metal was panned out The lad
caused great excitement, and the
police had to interfere to prevent the
gravel from being carried away bodilj
and the streets being torn up.
Lost Towns in Texaa.
Washington county. Texas. Ic
curious county. Thirteen towns thai
used to lourish within its borders
have disappeared from the face of the
earth. The first county seat ol
Washington county was Mt. Vernon
and it went the way of flesh many
years ago. Some of the towns were
the rivals of Sodom and Gomorrah
and were wiped out by fires.
Won Fortune on Counterfeit Note.
A number of jokers at Monte Carlo
a few nights ago having won in a
private- game all the money in the
possession of a comrade, proceeded to
lose to him a small sum and to pay
him with a rather clever counterfeit
note. The loser had the note changed
la all good faith, went to the public
tables and won a small fortune before
the same night was over.
Keeping Milk in Labrador.
Cows are scarce in Labrador, be
cause it is difficult to keep them la
the extremely cold weather. The na
tives procure their milk for the win
ter and then kill their cows. The milk
is kept In barrels, wnere it freezes and
never turns sour throughout the entire
season. When one wishes to use any
milk he has simply to go to the bar
rel and cut out a slice.
Girl Couldn't See the Joke.
Ralph Croyell of Melbourne, Aaev
tralia. made a wager some months ago
that he could become engaged to a
certain girl after a half hour's talk
with her. He won the bet it was one
of $25 but could not break the en
gagement to the satisfaction of the
young lady, who has just secured a
verdict for $5,000 against Croyell for
breach of promise.
Freak Potato.
A. T. Clarke, of Bradford, ft,
found a freak potato in his cellar last
week. A small potato about the slae
of a robin's egg had grown from the
eye In a big one. The growth was in
ward and split the top of the big po
tato straight open, cutting it aa
smooth as a knife, the small potato
being firmly fixed in this cut
A Valuable Statue.
A wonderful statue adorns a public
square in Yokahoma. It is a seated
image of the god Diabutsu. and its
height is 63 feet The total weight
of this great statue is 450 tons, 509
pounds of which are pure gold.
The Smallest Village.
Probably the smallest village la the
United Kingdom Is Bagley Wood,
about three and a half miles front
Abingdon. It was formerly the abode
of a hermit, and has only four inhabi
tants now.
The Old Instruments.
"The sackbut. the shawms and the
psaltery," said a musician, "are atasf
cat instruments not much used today.
I have, however, fine specimens of
each sort in my collection at the stu
dio. The shawm is a musical instru
ment of the oboe class; It has a doa
ble reed inclosed in a globular mouth
piece. In literature, for some reason,
it is only used in the plural number.
You see in Beaumont and Fletcher, la
the Bible and in Chaucer the frequeat
mention of 'shawms,' but no B&eaUea
of 'shawm.' The sackbut is a media- "
eval trombone a long, bent tnbe-with -a
movable slide. Sackbut, by the way.
comes from the old French worda
'sacques' and 'buche.' and its literal '
meaning is belly-emptier, for the old
French thought. I guess, that a -play
er's wind come from his abdomen la-'
stead of from his lungs. The psaltery
is a kind cf zither a little harp that
the player held upon his lap. Another
ancient Instrument now no longer seesi '
is the recorder a kind of flageolet;
with seven holes, or stops, aad' a,
mouthpiece." Philadelphia Record. -I"
Compassion for a Spy. '
"After the fight st Uriton's Lam':
our- surgeons cared lor the rebel .'
.wounded as well as our on. Oaa V
rebel, shot through both legs, was
brought to Dr. H. C. Goodbrake. aad '
while the doctor- was amputating the
legs ho recognized the wounded maa -
as one who had visited our' camp
some days before selling pies. ' After v
the operation, the doctor said quietly:'
'Flow do you sell pies? and! realizing
the full import of the question, tha--noor
fellow begged the doctor aot to I -expose
him. The truth was, he had "'
come into camp as a spy. disguised -as
a countryman selling pies, aad tha ;
doctor, feeling that nis puaishmeat.
was severe enough, kept his secret.- ;
-rChicago Inter Ocean.
Russia's Military Balloons..
Russia tow possesses a school
military .ballooning.
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Germaiy'a Standina Arm.
Germany, at the end of 1902.- wHJ
standing army or 495,500
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