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Formal announcement will soon be
made of the engagement of Prince
Pcnkell Euiwha Yee. heir apparent to
the Corean throne, to Miss Mary But
tles, a pretty 16-year-old Ohio school
girl. The afair has all the elements
of a sammer romance, the joung wom
an having act the prince while she
CALLS MAGNATE A DUDE.
Acquaintance Note Change in Ap-
pearance of James J. Hill.
Since he has been doing business in
Wall street James J. Hill, the West
ern railroad magnate, has "spruced
up" a lot as compared with his ap
pearance of yore. A man from the
Pacific, coast has this to say: "I saw
Jim Hill when 1 was in New York a
few days ago and he was a dude com
plete. The last time I had seen him
.before that be was standing on the
rear nlatform of a very shabby private
'-.-'. j' --' car, addressing the farmers of the
-t.--l- .'Big Bend country, which, all men
'5"-.f.-"'--.-Vahould know, is in southwestern
' .' ":-.K" ."Washington. At that time his beard
'.; - .:"; -.1 . " we weedy and long and his hair man-
tied his shoulders, hih garments were
shiny black .and old. Now I observe
kisgray beard is Hipped close to his
.-jowls, his hair is shorn close to his
shead.' that is. such or it as still re-
inpitis. His trousers. 1 notice, arc
.black. new and creased. A white col-
-lar .encircles his throat and the shirt
' "sleeves in which lie mils are inunacu
.late." .
WOULD SHARE HER WEALTH.
J7B5. JUP.C.W4AZZ
Mrs. .?. It. C. Walker, who inherited
S50.0M.000 by the death of her father,
William Weiglittuan of Philadelphia, is
'besieged with requests for charity.
She -has no heirs.
Seek to Learn in America.
Ur. Pnnkall. director of the Royal
Ceramic school at Buntzlau. Prussian
Silesia, hat- started on a journey of
observation and study in the United
States on behalf of the Prussian min
istry of commerce. Several directors
ot German industrial schools and a
high -official of the ministry will ac
company Dr. Puukall. The trip is ex
pected to last two months. Its pur
pose is to procure knowledge of the
conditions that prevail in the indus
trial schools of America and other
nsefnl institutions, with a view of
imitating them in Prussia.
Distinguished Chilian Here.
. 'Vice Admiral Alberto Maldonado of
the Chilian navy has arrived in this
cssmtry to attend the international
geographical congress to be held ia
Washington the week of Sept. 19.
Maldonado has bad twenty years of
active service in the navy and has
been at -the head of the hydrographic
department between the parallels IS
and 53 south latitude for over ten
years and is at present director of
hydrography of the port of Valpar
aiso. All the plans of hydrography,
navigation and geography are made
ap at that port.
Increase in Vnrse Rhyming.
A startling increase in occasional
verse may be looked for shortly, for a
new "Rhyming Dictionary" is on the
point of publieatJoa: and the rhyme
often suggests the idea. Mr. Lorin
Lathrop, the deviser of the work, is
well known hi Bristol as a popular and
Hncieat United States consul. But
there are few who know the industry
of his leisnre. which has resulted in
pseudonymoaa stories in newspapers
.-tad in cloth covered novels. Hfc own
name is a Yorkshire one of more
than n century ago.
Mm Light a New Anesthetic
Pre. Retard and Prof. Eatery of
Genera have discovered a new an
esthetic for ase in dentistry. Expert
stents to learn the effects of colored
lights npon the nerves revealed that
Mae light is extraordinarily soothing.
A patient was put ia a dark room had
Us eyes were exposed to a sixteen
candle blae light for three minutes.
This caused him to lose the sense of
pain and the tooth was then painless
ly extracted without the after-effects
of ether or chloroform.
America Gets Noted Frenchman.
M. Prevot, one of the winners of the
grand prix de Rome in the architec
tural competition at the Beaux Arts,
Paris, this year, has accepted the po
aittaa of professor of architecture at
Cornell' university.
- His Beat Years of Study.
President Schuraua of Cornell uni-
aays that he acquired ssore
daring the three years of
ftm a groeery, store .than
la aay tkree yean since.
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was sojourn ins at a Maryland resort.
The I'rince is now living at Salem,
Md.. whore he is studying under a
private tutor. This is not.. the first
American attachment of Prince Yee,
he having previously been engaged to
Miss Clara Bull, a pretty Cincinnati
milliner.
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THE NEED FOR EXERCISE.
Golden Opportunity for Those Who
Possess Inventive Skill.
"Wanted, by the millions, the ever
increasing millions, who must lead
sedentary lives, an interesting exer
cise." In these words a writer in the Sat
urday Evening Post voices the popu
lar cry for an exercise that shall be
more perfectly adapted to the needs
of men and women who cannot lead
outdoor lives. Such an exercise must
be one that does not take up too much
time, one that is not an end in itself,
one that makes the blood circulate
and yet does not create a lot of ex
cess muscular tissue which is useless
in one's daily vocation.
" The increasing popularity of golf in
this country is a gratifying expression
of the popular trend toward healthful
relaxation. Links are rapidly multi
plying all over the land. The pas
time is interesting to most persons,
fascinating to many. It takes men
and women into the sunshine and the
pure air of the country. Equally las
citiatmg to others is lawn tennis, a
vigorous game that leaves no muscle
or tendon unused, developing alert
ness. sYiripkncss and strength.
But neither ot these forms of exer
cise is available in winter, when ex
ercise is most needed by those who
lead sedentary lives. An effort to
take the mental exhilaration and mus-
J eclar activity of the lawn tenuis
court into the home during the long
winter evenings resulted in the game
of "ping pong." but most people
agico that it is a poor substitute for
the real tiling.
While the bicycle affords an exer
cise that is of great benefit, taken in
moderation, the objection urged
against it is that it does not bring the
upper part of the body into activity.
It is true that it quickens circulation
and accelerates respiration, but it pro
Miles no exercise for the "trunk" of
the body ot for the arms. Moreover,
wheeling is not a winter pastime.
Here is a chance for men of invent
ive skill. There's millions in it, for
millions want an "interesting exer
cise." gcod in winter as well as in
summer.
Kaiser Carries Resentment Far.
The marriage of Count Herbert Bis
marck and Countess Hoyos took place
at Vienna and it was on this occasion
that the kaiser took a step which has
leen described as "one of the falsest
steps off his life a step equivalent
to the malevolent boycotting of the
Bismarcks." By order of his majesty
Count Caprivi. the new chancellor,
wrote to Prince Rctiss. German am
bassador at Vienna: "Should Hie
prince (ex-chancellor) or his family
make any approach to you. pray con
fine yourself to conventional forms
of courtesy. This order is also to lie
observed by the staff of the embassy.
I may add that his majesty will take
no r.olicc of the wedding."
Yeung Woman's Daring Climb.
Miss Clara Webb, a young woman of
Portland. Ore., has just made the
ascent of Mount Hood alone. She
was camping with a party just below
the snow line and one day decided to
attempt the climb to the peak. She
started on the impulse of the moment,
took no food with her and was near
ly exhausted when sro reached the
crest. After resting for a short time
she began the descent, and madft the
perilous trip in safety. The danger
of her feat can easily be understood
when it is considered that the moun
tain is over 1 1 .000 feet high.
Long Line of Burgomasters.
M. Gilet. burgomaster of Ingcrsheim.
Germany, belongs to a family which
for 224 years has held that office.
First of the line was a French soldier
named Dominique Gilet. belonging to
Turenne's army. He was grievously
wounded in the battle of Turckheim.
fought on Jan. 5. 1675. was cared for
by a peasant of Ingersheim. recovered,
settled there, prospered, married the
daughter of hia life preserver and in
1680 became burgomaster: and the
Gilets have been burgomasters of In
gersheim ever since.
alleen Experiments.
International balloon ascents, both
manned and unmanned, were made in
November and December, 1903. in
many European countries (the British
islands excepted), and kite observa
tions were also made at the Blue Hill
observatory, in this country. The
highest altitudes attained were
Trapes (near Paris). 16,000 and 14.800
meters, and Itteville (near Paris).
11,200 and 10.800 meters. At Zuricc
the balloons reached 13,000 and 17,000
meters.
Dr. Asser Honored.
Dr. Asser, a well-known authority
on international law, has been ap
pointed minister of state for The
Hague. He is a member of the per
manent arbitration court at The
Hague' and was the arbitrator be
tween Russia and the. United States
in the Behring sea sealing dispute.
Women in Dockyard.
A new departure is to be made at
the Pembroke (FngMaddochyard. by
the employmeat of women as tracers.
IN "MUTUAL MASSAGE CLUB.'
New York Girls Have Organization to
Preserve Gcod Looks.
A Chicago girl is said to be respons
ible for the organization of several
"mutual massage clubs" in New'York
cit. The fad ks having qnitc a vogue
there. The girl in question makes the
solemn declaration that bcr idea is
not a business enterprise, but is puri!
ly for the purpose of aiding wrinkled
sir.ters to have tho seams smoothed
out of their owu faces and to perform
the same office for their friends. The
energetic Chicsgoan is only 22, but is
precocious beyond her years. She has
studied the art of revivifying mori
bund cuticle by pressure of the fin
gers, with the aid of an emoliem.
since she was 1( years old, and she
says her six years experience has con
vinced her that a party of. say twenty
young women, can be helpful to each
other, and keep themselves youthful
in appearance without expense, fur
ther than the cost of a few pounds or
tea. which will provide sufficient men
tal exhilaration for a whole year.
Then the rubbing process will be no
end of fun.
WILL DIRECT COREAN AFFAIRS
Durham White Stevens Selected far
High Position.
Durham White Stevens, counselor
of the Japanese legation at the capi
tal, who has been selected to direct
the foreign relations of Corea for Ja
pan, will depart for Corea the latter
itfirt of September and will take up
his residence in the capital of the
country. The Japanese legation at
Washington gives out the information
that the selection of Mr. Stevens was
fully known to the minister before it
was announced .from Tokio and the
selection was not made until after
Mr. Stevens had been consulted. Mr.
Stevens has been in the service of
Durham White Stevens.
Japan for twenty-two years and his
standing is high, he being esteemed
as a man of attainments and sound
judgment.
Start Housekeeping Late in Life.
Sixty-three years married and just
commencing to keen house is the rec
ord of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Apger. who
have been admitted to the county in
flrmaiy at Bowling Green. Ohio,
where, contrary to the rules of the in
stitution, they are permitted to jointly
occupy a large room and indulge in
their limited housekeeping fancies.
Mr. Apger is 37 years old and his
wife is 83. They boarded when first
married, and in the subsequent years
dwelt with their children, but have
outlived them ail. and at last were
forced to become a county charge to
secure the attention their extreme age
demanded.
They have a little property, how
ever, and pay toward their own sup
port, which relieves them of that feel
ing of utter dependence. Superintend
ent Frank Brandeberry pf the infirm
ary takes pleasure in looking after
their wants, and in all probability
they will end their days at the county
farm.
Human Beinns with Tails.
A German traveler claims to have
discovered in the forests of Borneo a
people who still wear the tail of our
primitive ancestors. He does not
write from hearsay: he has seen the
tail, says the London Chronicle. It
belonged to a child about six years
old. spiting from the tribe of Poeaans.
As nobody could speak the Poenan
tongue the youngster could not be
questioned, but there was his tail sure
enough, not very long, but flexible,
hairless, and about the thickness of
one's little finger. The Poenans are
reported to be very simple, honest
folk, with a child-like system of bar
ter. They deposit in public places the
goods they wish to exchange, and a
few days later they find there the
equivalents they desire. Nobody
dreams of stealing. This is almost .as
remarkable as the vestige of the an
cestral tail.
How Great Novelist Works.
"My method of work?" said Jules
Verne. "Well, until recently I in
variably rose at o and made a point
ot doing three hours of writing before
breakfast. The great bulk of my
work was always done in this time.
My stories have really nearly all been
written when most folk are sleeping.
I have always been a wide reader,
especially of newspapers and period
icals, and it is my custom whenever
.- paragraph or article strikes me to
cut it out and preserve it for future
reference."
Make Fight en Consumption.
In order to check the ravages of
consumption in New Vork city con
certed action by the government, by
the medical profession, relief agencies
and private citizens is now being un
dertaken. A municipal sanitarium for
patients in the early stages of the dis
ease and a dispensary are required
to supplement the provision already
made, which is more especially adapt
ed to advanced cases. Steps have al
ready been taken toward meeting
these ne?ds.
Display of Electric Lamps.
An interesting collection of about
7o0 incandescent electric lamps, In
cluding the first experimental lamps,
is being made by the St. Louis expo
sition. The collection is unique, and
includes a specimen of every kind of
filament lamp ever made in Europe or
America.
Cape Town Water System.
The city of -Cape Town, Soata
Africa, is (about to extend its water
works at aa expeaditare of ttMOM.
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NEW GOVERNOR OF CANADA.
Earl Grey Selected by King Edward
.- to Succeed Lord Minto.
King Edward has approved the ap
pointment ci Earl Grey as governor
general of Canada, in succession to
the carl of Mh.to.
Albert Henry George, the fourth
Earl Grey, has been lord lieutenant
of Northumberland since 1899. He
was born in 1851 and was married in
1877. He owns about 17.C0O acres of
lauded estates.
He is one of the most notable men
in the present British peerage, and
has made himself known to the world
in several conspicuous ways as a
financier, a philanthropist and an in
dustrial promoter. He was associated
with the late Cecil Rhodes' in the de
velopment of South Africa, and is ex
ecutor of the will under which the
Rhodes scholarships are assigned. He
was administrator of Rhodesia in 1896
and 1897. At various times he has
been concerned in the river tunnels
of New York, having- interests in the
Hudson river tunnel in its earlier
stage and with a tunnel' that was
planned from the city hall. Manhattan,
to the Flatbush avenue station, Brook
lyn, a project that apparently has fall
en through.
Earl Grey is also widely known
among temperance workers at home
ant! abroad as the projector of the
scheme known as the Public House
Trust company, by which it Is pro
posed to mitigate the evils of saloons
by turning them, so far as possible,
into decent resorts, and making the
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sale of strong drink a secondary fea
ture and without profit. The earl is
a brother-in-law to the 'carl of Minto,
whom he succeeds.
Millions of Telegrams in 1903.
It is just sixty years ago since the
first -.elygraphic message was sent by
the Morse system from Baltimore to
Washington, and the first message by
tiie Atlantic submarine cable was dis
patched six years atterward that is
to say. in June, 1850. Since then the
use of the telegraph has developed at
a marvelous rate, until at the present
time a million messages are sent over
the v.-orld's lines every twenty-four
hours. According to some returns re
cently issued the number of tele
grams dispatched in all countries in
1903 reached, the enormous total of
364.848,474. As a user of the telegraph
Great Britain heads the list with 92.
171,000 dispatches, and United States
is second with 91,391,000. and France
comes third with 48.1 14.1 "1. Germany,
Russia. Austria. Belgium and Italy
follow in the order named.
Russian Talked Too Much.
Just about a week ago a young
Russian nobleman, arrived in New
York under an assumed name. He
was not allowed to land. On the way
over he became somewhat hilarious
in the smoking room one evening.
While in this happy frame of mind
his discretion broke away from its
moorings and he confidentially in
formed a couple of fellow passengers
that he was coming to this country
to study American fortifications and
pick up what information he could
regarding military affairs. He also,
told them his real name. All of
which decided the authorities that he
was not a desirable visitor, so he re
turned by the same vessel without
having set foot on American soil.
Spending the Geuld Millions.
Howard Gould has a large fortuae,
and doubtless it is well iavested. bat
there is reason to -believe it is not
growing very fast, for bis expeadi
tures are enormous. Persons living
near his country place, Sands Point,
speak in awful tones of the money
that is being expended there. The
sea wall, they swear, cost him $1.
000,000. His cowhouse, built of- stone,
cost $250,000. and his chickenbouse.
also of stone. $150,000. The iron fence
arcund the poultry yard cost $10 a
running foot. The Killarney castle
duplicate is to represent an outlny
of at least $4,000,000.
Distress Signals for Autoiets.
A correspondent of the London
Globe makes the suggestion that mo
torists should carry rockets, which
might be fired when a breakdown oc
curred, and he adds: "The local
motor car repairers, if such a custom
becomes general, are sure to estab
lish 'lookout towers,' on top of each
of which they can station a small boy
to report motor shipwrecks. Of course
the rockets should be made to throw
on colored lights for night time as
well as a volume of smoke for day.
light."
Fulfills Gypsy's Prophecy.
Theodore Stavarche, living ia the
town of Hermezin, near Bucharest,
had his fortune told sixty-five years
ago by a gypsy, who said that he
would die by a bayonet. He fought
through the Russo-Turkish war, was
decorated for conspicuous bravery at
Plevna and Smarden, and never re
ceived a scratch. The other day.
however, at the age of 75, he com
mitted suicide with his grandson's
bayonet, thus fulfilling the ancient
prophecy.
Railroad Company Retrenches.
The number of men employed, in
the shops of the Pennsylvania' rail
road at Altoona on June 1, was about
9.500; two years ago it was 12,000.
The pay rolls now aggregate $260,000
monthly; in 1902 the total was $575,.
000.
Costly Harbor Works.
New harbor works are to be con
stracted at Rosario, Argentina, -which
are estimated to coat $11,600,000 la
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It isn't everybody who knows how
to c&tch a rattlesnake, even should he
have sudden occasion to put such
Knowledge in practice. The first in
dication of the1 presence of a rattler
is the sharp, unmistakable rattle. The
reptile is the fairest fighter of all liv
ing creatures, never failing to give
due warning of its hostile intent.
Bending, low and gazing among the
shrubs, the dangerous one may be
espied. He is curled on himself like
a spiral spring,! his head flat and tri
angular, and a fourth of his body
raised out of the circles of coils and
bent into the shape of a horizontal's,
ready to strike with' lightning rapid
ity. The eyes glare black and cold as
the viper is poised like a tense sprit.g.
alert and ready to bury its long, nee
dlelike fangs and to inject the 'fright
ful poison.
If the intruder is without striking
distance and remains where he is he
is in little danger, as only in the
rarest cases have the snakes been
known to attack and assume the initi
ative. If the hunter withdraws, gradu
ally the viper assumes a position of
repose, which it maintains until again
threatened. Bnt to the snake catcher
the threat of the rattler is not a seri
ous deterrent. He knows the creature
I Sardine Crop a Failure j
It is hard for us. in this land where
the sardines are eaten, to realize. the
importance of sardine fishery to the
folk of the lands where sardines are
caught.
The failure of the sardine crop re
cently threatened the people of Brit
tany with-an outbreak of famine. But.
through the liberality of the Parisians,
and the help of the French govern
ment, relief was given in order that
those out of work should be supplied
with bread through the winter.
On the west and southwest coasts
of Europe sardine fishing is as impor
tant an industry as herring fishing is
on the ooasts of Norway, but this year
the output is practically nil. so that
several hundreds of people are thrown
out of work. Thousands of people now
find employment in one part and an
other of the work in catching fish, in
making tins and in preserving and
packing and marketing, and so on.
Sardines are put up in greater vari
ety than formerly, there being sar
Fable With a Moral
One day a wolf, who had wandered
farther than usual, came upon a farm
house to find it seemingly unguarded
and many fowls about.
"This is the soft thing I have long
been looking for." said the wolf to
himself, "and I'll just pick up that fat
gander."
He was about to rush upon his vic
tim when he observed a fine, fat lamb
just beyond, and he paused and said
"Come to think of it, I prefer Iamb
to goose, and there are no feathers to
stick in my teeth. I'll take lamb."
He had approached within a few
feet of the lamb when he noticed the
mother lying down amidst the grass,
and. thinking matters over, he ob
served "It's a nice, fat lamb, to be sure,
but one would be a fool to take a
lamb when he can just as well have a
sheep. I'll go for the old ewe."
There is serious missionary work at
hand for the women's clubs work
which ought to be undertaken with
out an hour's delay. It is that of
bringing well-to-do and fashionable
women to a realization of their re
sponsibilities in the matter of dress.
Every year the fashionable fabrics arc
getting more expensive, every year
the trimmings and the "findings" for
the simplest costume mean a greater
outlay of money. Not only are street
"and evening gowns more elaborate,
hut fashion is now dictating costly
toilets to take the place of the simple
ami annronriate morning gown. And
this at a time when the cost of mere
living is ruinously high.
Do women with money and position
realize what a far-reaching source of
evil .their extravagance and elabora-
Work for Women's Clubs
I Will Go Home"
"I will go home, go home!" he said.
"My roving life has lost Its- charm:
I've found no place in all my quest.
So good as that old hillside farm.
I am so tired of faces new.
And alien voices strange and harli:
I am ts homesick as a nwn
Bewildered in a midnight marsh."
nd he went home, his heart cutsped
" The racing wheels beneath the train::
But oh. at last the continent spanned
He saw familiar things again!
The verv hills nis young eyes knew.
The lighthouse on the rocky shore.
The vaUev with its river blue
What Joy to be at home once more!
And there the farmhouse stood, sot round
itritt. rru.-u nf roodlv orchard trees:
"The garden stretched its sunny length:
Along ll walls were iuvr ui mm.
But. swift, a strange dog leaped to meet
Him -as-he reached tbe .lattice gate.
And questioned Wat With' surly bark
There where old Xero used to wait!
Though it has never been proved
that plants have brains, it has been
proved often that there is some power
within them whereby they combat
evil conditions and seek what is best
for their good.
A resident of Castle Valley. Pa., has
a vine that showed itself last month
to have, if not a brain, a substitute of
equal value. This vine, a young one,
grew in a clay pot. A stick stood
in the middle of tbe pot. and the vine
curled up IL It was about two feet
in height; in length, uncurled, it
would have measured four feet.
Usually the vine was placed in a
south window every morning, where
it absorbed an day the benefit of the
saa's rays. It happened, however,
through aa oversight, that oae aft
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can strike oniy within a radius of
about .one-half its length. Having
struck, it musf recoil and aim a sec
ond time before it can send out its
hideous head. A six-foot stick is all
that is neccsstry to catch the formid
able snake. Pushing the end of the
stick toward the reptile, the hunter
watches his chance. The rattler is
motionless, as if carved out of stone,
only its beady, icy eyes fastened upon
the end of the stick to await the prop
er moment to bite. When that comes
there is a movement too quick for the
eye to follow, and the long fangs arc
sunk info the stick, while the reptile,
realizing its mistake at once, is al
ready coiled up and again in a fighting
attitude.
Before it can strike down comes the
pole, pinning the long squirming body
to the ground, and the hunter walks
boldly toward the helpless one, takes
it up close behind the head, where
the poison fangs cannot rach him,
and puts his captive into a bag.
There are many other methods of
catching the rattler for instance,
when the rattler is in its winter quar
ters and lethargic and lazy. But the
manner described is the way the pro
fesslonal -snake catcher secures his
specimens. Chicago Chronicle.
dines packed in tomato sauce, sar
dines in mustard, pickled of spiced
sardines, etc.. but the great bulk ot
sardines are still put up in oil. Sar
dines are put up in a greater variety
ot packages than formerly: for ex
ample, in various sizes and shapes of
oval tins, and some French and Span
ish sardines are imported in glass.
The great bulk of them are still put
up in the familiar square flat tins, the
great majority of these being of the
sizes known as halves and quarters,
and far the greater number of these
being in quarters. Sardines are packed
100 tins in a case, and the consump
tion of sardines In this country is
roughly estimated at from l..r00.00
to 2.000.000 cases annually.
Spanish and Portuguese sardines
are now imported into this country in
large quantities; they are not. how
ever, so good as French sardines, foi
they lack in flavor, being generally
coarse and larger than those imported
from France.
The unsuspecting ewe was almost
in his jaws when the wolf caught
sight of a spring calf frisking about,
and he smacked bis lips, and softlj
whispered
"Veal, eh? Veal always tickles my
palate, and that calf will make me
two good meals. I won't look an
further, but just take that calf "
"I'd go away back and sit down il
I was you," said the farmer, as he
came out of the house at that moment
with a gun in his hands. ''While I was
huntin up the gun you might have got
that gander; while I was lookin foi
powder and shot you could have gob
bled the Iamb; while I was load in" uj:
you had time to get away with the
ewe: but. now that I'm here you'll
have to go without veal."
Moral When you strike a good
thing hold it down. Liverpool (Eng.)
Mercury.
tion of attire have become? Do they
guess the heartburning of the women
of slender purse who belong to the
same club, attend the same functions
and whose aping of them, so as to ap
pear appropriately dressed, means
eitber weary, nerve-racking hours ot
planning and midnight sewing or else
a living beyond the slender income
which brings nervous or moral col
lapse to the foud and overtaxed hus
band? Do they know that to theii
door may le laid unhappy homes, em
bezzlement. divorces?
They declaim loudly against the
sweatshops, they talk ably on altru
ism. Yet they are blind and deaf to
j the need next door of simple idea's
of living which they, and they alone.
can supply. Heaven speed the day ot
unselfish self-control in the matter ot
dress! Good Housekeeping.
Then to the door a woman came.
With lint-white hair and wrinkled f.u-.-Her
hll'lit form lent by many litres
That early stole her youthful sr:ic.
"You are a'strauger. sir. I thiiik.
Though I have not m.v glasses on:
And. oh! I wonder if iierohaiu-e
You brinif me tidings ol my son?"
"I am your son! Oh. mother. ::
Your verv son. who roKm"d away:
I've wandered Jong in dreary land:
I crnne a prodigal to-dsiy!"
Phe draw him In across the hall.
While, trembling, faint with -cstany.
And cried unto a helples? man:
'Our son's come home! Father, oli -e.
The past wa all fr.rgiv-::. for such
Is love the whole wide world around.
welcome waits tit roaming son
Who comes from earth's remote"!
bound:
But love, with .ill it Mwer. cannot
Recall the useless, wasted yean-.
Xor bring the !ust-r back again.
To eye washed dim by many tears.
Emma A. Iente.
ernoon a shutter shaded half the
window and the vine was set in the
shutters shadow. A fcot away was
the sur.Mght. warm, glittering, life
givng. but where the plant stood there
was nothing but sloo:i.
During the four days the vine stood
ia the shadov.- with the sunlight near
it, it did something that proved it to
have a faculty akin to intelligence.
It uncurled itselt from its supporting
stick, and like a living thing it
crawled over the window ledge to
the sun.
This 'vine, to be sure, did not un
curl itself and crawl with the rapid
movements of a snake. Its move
ments were, indeed, so slow as to be
imperceptible. Nevertheless, looking
about, it overcame every obstacle,
aad anally It lay basking ia the tva.
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VETEB4INSS
Days of Enchantment.
T3 Iiiiijt :iko. wIk-h 'nc.itli Jlio &!ate
Of willows kindly bending low.
A carek1!" boy I lovvit t watl-
And watch the sunbeams come and no.
How ihw tin? rippllni; watt-rs hou;
While dancing oVr some tmllinK liough
In rhythm to ome wild bird's time!
I never see such wonders now.
How swift the flashing minnows dart
With curious graces all their own!
How elumsilv the cray-ush Mart
Frcm 'neath the rudelv tilted stone.
How lithe the water snake glides by:
Ana what strange shapes endow
With mystery the clouds on high!
I never see such wonders now.,
Thovcar speeds 'swift from mart to mart
With power niched from nature's store:
And man his thinking may impart
AH swiftly to some distant, shore
The battle monsters rage and kill
And strange things happen: yet I vow
Muse on their marvels as I will
I never see such wonders now.
Washington Star.
LINCOLN ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
Preaident Watched Contest For the
Poatewion ef Washington.
Of all. the places of historic iaterest
ia aad about Washington, there is not
one that played a more important
part in the defense of the nation's
capital than picturesque Fort Stevens,
just to the north of the city. There,
a bit over forty years ago. Abraham
Lincoln stood on the parapets of this
hastily constructed fort and watched
the battle for the protection of the
city of Washington. It was the only
time in the history of the country
wbea the President, who is commander-in-chief
of the army, has stood
exposed on the field of battle to the
bullets of the sharpshooters of the op
posing forces.
Sacred as the spot' should be. It was
for many years neglected. In recent
years, however, a dilatory Congress
has seen to its care, and now it is at
tractive enough to take many visitors
dally to the high ground five miles
north of the city where the Union sol
diers fought It out with Jubal Early's
men on that memorable morning of
July 12. 1864. There is a little cem
etery hard by now. where clustered
about a tall flag pole from the top of
which the stars and stripes float to
the breeze, are the graves of the men
who died that Washington might be
saved. It is bard to say what might
have, been the result had they not
checked Gen. Early's march on
Washington. If President Lincoln had
escaped capture it must have been in
flight.
High up from the pike, in former
days tho main artery between Wash-
ington and Baltimore, stands today a ,
picturesque little church of stone.
called Emory Chape!, the home of a
congregation of the Methodist Epis
copal Church. South. It stands in the
very center of the old fort, and in the
spot where the magazine then was.
Its position is a commanding one. giv
ing a view of all the surrounding coun
try. Round and about it the breast
works of the old fort are yet to bo
seen. Here it was that the Union sol
diers sustained the only onslaught of
the Confederate troops in their attack
on Washington.
It was first called Fort Massachu
setts, because it was largely con
structed by troops from the Bay ttate.
but after it was strengthened and al
tered, in 1863, It was rechristened
Fort Stevens, in honor of Gen. Isaac
I. Stevens, colonel of the 79th regi
ment. New York Infantry, afterward
major-general of volunteers, who was
killed Sept 1 at Cbantilly.
It was In the early part of July.
1864. that Gen. Early laid his plans
for a descent upon the national cap
ital. Lew Wallace had opposed his
march with the 6th corps at Mona
cacy, and. though the Confederates
won the day. they were so worn by
the battle that they had to rest one
day before following up their advant
age. That one day was fatal. It en
abled Grant to overtake the 25th New
York cavalry by telegraph at City
Point and hurry them by way of Bal
timore to Washington. They reached
Fort Stevens early on Monday morn
teg, twelve hours before the other re
enforcements. News ot Early's coming had reached
Washington, aad the town was in a
turmoil of excitement. It was known
that the forts about the city were gar
risoned oaly by small forces, com
posed chiefly of hundred-day men.
convalescents of the vetemn reserve
corps and clerks from the government
department who had bravely and
cheerfully responded to the call for
volunteers. So great was the anxiety
in the city that a steamboat was l:ept
at the river front with steam up ail
day ready to taxe away the President
and the most valuable government
records. It was decided that the main
attack would be made at Fort Stev
ens, and so what force could be mus
tered was concentrated there.
The command or the forces for de
fense was placed in the hands of Ilaj.
Gea. Alexander McDowell McCook.
Litent.-Col. John N. Frazee was siven
immediate command of the fort. Maj.
Gen. Horatio G. Wright was also
there. In fact, there were many gen
erals and Tew privates.
As Early's men advanced, much
woodland was cut down and many
houses burned, the occupants being
g-ror. but a few hours to get 'heir
goons nut. A skirmish line wa.?
throws out. consisting of the 25th
I Naw York cavalry, and, although they
lost heavily during the first day's bat
tle, they were able to bold Early's j
forces in check until re-enforcements
arrived tbe day following. On Tues
day the real battle was foeht. and
tbe morning -after not a Confederate
was to be seen. It was a flght in the
open, and a bloody one. Of the 1.000
men of the 6th corps who went into
(ha fight 230 were either killed or
wounded.
The opposing fsrecs were not more
than fifty rods from the fort, and dur
ing it all President Lincoln stood on
the parapets, apparently unconscious
of his danger until an officer fell mor
tally wounded within three feet of
him. Then Gen. Wright peremptorily
represented to him the needless risk
he way running and the dire conse
qunres an injury to him would in
volve. Four, hundred Union men were
Kllieu anu ow luui. - -
Small in Comparison lO oiu iruu
of the civil war, but the importance of I
the result cannot well be overestimat
ed. Confederate success would have
meant the flight of the President, and
the capital of the country in the hands
of the enemy. The effect of the re
sultant demoralization to the loyal
men of the Union and foreign compli
cations that would have inevitably
fallowed cannot be told.
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The little plot of ground a bit tt
the north, called the National BattU
Rrottnd cemetery, is where forty ot
those who fought for the Union on
that hot July day rest until the last
call. Each year, on Memorial day.
the people gather there to do them
homage, while the children of the pub
lic schools strew flowers on their well
kept graves.
To the north of this beautiful spot,
with its sheltering trees and quaint
little stcae lodge, there is another
grave, that, of an nakaowa. wearer of
the gray. Every effort has been made
to teara the aame of tats brave man.
who fought until he could flght ao
more, but without success. There are
several stories told ahoat him. tho
most authentic, perhaps, being that
told by Charles Hobbs. a native or
Montgomery county. Md.. who was an
eye witness of the bettte.
He says that white Early's men
-were falling back ia fnoaLof th ad
vancing 6th corps a number of Cob- '
federate sharpshooters were left in
the rear to sting the oncoming lines of
blue. These riflemen dodged from
tree to tree, firing as they retreated.
The unknown who fills the lone grave
was one of these "hornets." evidently
more daring than his comrades, who..
in his anxiety to bring down some'ot
tbe enemy, ragged too far la the rear."
and met death by a miaie hall through
his heart. His body was found the
next day in a clump of bashes, where.
he had crawled after receiving the
mortal wound. He was buried neat'
the spot where he fell, and now a Beat
marble monument. marks the, bust rest
ing place of tbe unknown soh'.ier in -gray.
Indiana Veteran Vindicated.
The members of the 2d Mass. in
fantry association and guests, from
the 27th Indiana and 3d Wisconsin.
which regiments comprised a brigade '
of the lith army corps, dined in Wes -leyan
hall. Boston, during the recent
G. A. R. encampment in that city, the
comrades rallying around the mesi-''
table nearly 150 strong. ".
The after dinner speaking was of
unusual interest, as two letters wer? .
read that will make history and shin,
a heavy load from the shoulders of a
Boston man after many years.
The responsibility for giving ,th
order for the famous charge at th
battle of Gettysburg on the morning
of Juiv :: is;:: in wiiinii th -m m-im
reslmcnt sllfrem, terrible loss, h:
been in dispute since the close of th.
war.
Capt. Snow of the 2d Mass. was ad
jutant during the battle and when h:
gave the order to Col. Mudge to ad
vancc the latter said: "Are you surt
that's the order?" When answered in
the affirmative, he exclaimed: "That't
murder." and then gave the order tc
advance. which resulted so disas
trously.
The letters read are the result ot
an investigation in the other, regi
ments. They show that Col. Colgrove
acting brigade commander, was re
sponsible for the order. Gen. Buger,
the division commander, had nothing
to do with it and Capt. Snow merely
delivered the order.
It has been claimed for forty-one.
years that Capt Snow made a mistakt?
Capt. Balsley of the 27th Indiana
furnished the information which ex
onerates Capt. Snow and tbe veteran?
hailed il with delight.
Was Marked for Death.
William McGinniss. a civil war vet
eran of Revere. Mass.. had the unique
experience in service of seeing a cof
fin brought out for him to occupy, and
a detail of soldiers lined up to prepare
him for occupying it. and yet being
alive to tell the story. He escaped by
the intervention of bis comrades, who
proved to the satisfaction of his su-
periors thai he was not the one to
blame for the offense charged.
McGinniss was 20 years old. and bad
just enlisted in Philadelphia. The foi- '
lowing year he enlisted in tbe navy
from Boston and was assigned to USS.
Canandaiguu. the flagship of Admiral
Green, on which he served eighteen
months. He was then transferred to
the monitor Passaic, where he served
in the assault on Fort Wagner at Mor
ris Island and the recapture of Fort
Sumter in 1864. He was oae of the
detail landed at Fort Sumter to re
occupy the old spot, and was there
taken sick and sent borne. Before he
recovered hostilities ceased.
Mr. McGinniss was never wounded,
but his hearing was impaired by the
terrific cannonading at Fort Wagner.
Yaunaest G. A. R. Man.
William H. Davis, a member of Gen.
G. L. Willaril Post 34 of Troy. N. Y..
modestly asserts that he is the young
est member of the Grand Army of tho .
Republic.
Mr. Davis was born in Rye. West
chester county, thirty miles from New
York city, Sept. 1. 1848. Aug. 1. 1862.
he enlisted at Brooklyn as drummer.,
boy in Co. A.. 158th N. Y. volunteers,
which was attached to the 18th array
corps, and later to tbe 24th army -corps.
He lacked just one month of being
14 at the time of enlistment. He 'en
listed for three years aad he served
three years.
Mr. Davis is certainly one of the
moat youthful appearing men in the
Grand Army. He is above the aver
age height, bis walk is steady and
strong, aad he has all the eathaslasm
of youth.
Grant and Hht Bay Admirer.
Aa intimate friend of President
Grant said to him one day. "General,
my little boy has heard that all great
men write poor hands; but he says
he believes you are a great" man in
spite of the fact that you. write your
signature so plainly that anybody can
read it." The president took a card
from his pocket, wrote his name on it.
and handed it to him. "Give that to
your boy," he said, "and tell him jt
is the signature of a man who is not
at all great, but that the fact must be
kept a secret between him and me."
Boston Christian Register.
Gets so,.,. Husband's Ring.
onnr.rr ptllelinrv f tt Wnllv
yt has juJjt received word of the fim,
ing of a ring on the battlefield at
Spottsylvania. Pa., which is marked
with the name of her first husband.
Corp. David A. Patch. Co. B. 2d Ver
mont volunteers, who was killed In
that battle.
The housewife earns the better half
of the nnshaaa'a salary.
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