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Her at :niae ease long- years ago.
Er yet ray heart nad grown to jnow
Tfc potency of Oman's smile.
I at and smoked in Sichelar sty!
And nasJtrd before the Injle's glow
What cared I then for wind and snow?
Let stormy blasts of winter slow
Careless I purled my pip the vrh.'.e
Here at mine ease.
The umes have chained. The lon no
I hut a dream, a Meeting .show
No pacful pipe. I cannot smil-
oh' how can I contrive my pile
Tw cloth- these dozen kids or so
Here at my knees''
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"And so yon. positively refuse to '
give up tins intimacy"
"Really you aak too much, aunty.
What lse can I do m this stupid '
place? ! an devoted to yachting, you
foiow, anil. besides. Mr. Trevor is the
only man here wno has a motor car."
"But, my chiid. you are engaged to
is: married' What would Tom say If .
ire saouid hear cf it? And what would
you k if he followed your example?"
"Oh. I wish be would: Kts devo
tion wearies me Mjuretimes. He- nr:d
to be quite a teae but since our en
rinnent he seems to havr forsworn
-v-rytbing exciting "
Tie first speaker was Miss Tread
way. the girl s aunt, a wealthy woman j
of forty years, who had adopted her '
after the death of her parents. Flos- i
sJe & "iance. a young doctor of good
.family nd some means., was complet- j
iae i medical course m Germany, and '
they were to b married as soon as !
fee received his foreign diploma. ,
The girl loved, him. but she was
very young. only nineteen and she
was a willful maid, having always had
her own way Her besetting sin was
ove of admiration, and she deemed it
agential to her happiness to have a
man in her toils So. being for the
time bereft of her iover. she had
drift-.! into a serious notation with a
rich bachelor who lived near the sea
side resort where they were staying.
3Jr. Trevor s summer home, a fine I
stone mnnsicn overlooking the harbor,
was the scene of many festivities. Ke
had already given two dinners in Flos- i
sie s honor at which functions Miss j
Treadway had served as an unwilling i
chaperon. j
"Flossie," said Miss Treadway, "I
think you ought to consider Mr. Tre
vor s feeling'. It Is not fair to him;
he coes not know about To:
Per
haps you hiid better tell him?"
And spoil all my fun "A'hy, aunty.
what a rus you are making about a
Ernie I cannot moe here without
nas society Tom is in Germany,
the sen divides u; and he rs welcome
re enjey himself in like manner How
ever, there is no- prospect of his doing
anvtting o s-nsibla"
F2os:e. you are incorrtirible'" ex
claimed Miss Treadway with as m-ueh
severity of tone as she was capable
' "I Will leave you to your own
tnounhts. as I ar du-r a: a meeung
at toi- reciory this afternoon."
Wben he was alone Flossie curied J
her dainty self m a large easy chair
and laaghed softly as sne recalled her .
aunt's wordi?.- I
Lce Tern." she repeated. "No j.
ainze of that couldn't get rid of him
even if I wanted- to." Then she fell
to mcinr. and a tender look came
Intr- her deep blue eyes. "Dear Tom."
she murmured. "I do love him. I
wouldn't give him up- for twenty Mr.
TreTors '
she went
to her
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fcund a letter, and. having a fine sense
t:f personal comfort, sank back into
iht- uepths of the chair, and with a
i-,x of chocolate in one hand, the let
ter js the other, began to munch
sweats and read.
At first her expressloi was slightly
aored. then asto-mshed. and finally she
thrw the sweets and the letter on
the rloor. filing herself face down on
2 couch and commenced weeping.
The portions of Tom's letter which '
had produced such dire results ran as
follows-
"I ha such a strange and exciting
i-dventur that I feel it my duty to
teil you all about it. ou know that
rr.v hotel is in one of the best streets
here, and :hat from my windows I can ,
mucn of the beauty and fashion of
Berlin. However. I never dreamt of
-uch a vision cf IovEness as the piece i a box cf sweets, and I was offering
if femininity whose acquaintance I ' her some when there came another
cade yesterday " i tap at the door Putting her hastily
At this Flossie's blue eyes opened j down, for I did not wish to be caught
wide, she sat up. loosened her hold on ! with a young lady m my arms. I
:he chocolates, and read on. j opened the dcor. and there stood a
"The object of my admiration sat ( stout French nurse, with a high white
in her carriage a-one and unattended cap and apron who asked anxiously
just below my window Suddenly I j if la petite Mademoiselle Helene was
heard the rusi of -a runaway horse within. And. Flossie, she sternly
frcm the opposite direction, and see- i reprimanded my charmer for entering
inc her alarm I hastened -down the ( a strange gentleman's apartments un
eteps and assisted her to the pave- invited, and she led the beatuiful
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' Fine sense of personal comfort:
ment. She smiled sweetly and was
about to speak when her attendant re
turned and she re-entered the carriage
and was rapidly driven away: not for-1
setting to throw me a kiss as she was
lost zo view.
"The world seemed a blank, without
her" .(here Flossie's expression be
came indignant): "I found on inquiry
that she was staying at my hotel, and
so frgri grounds for hope of a speedy
meeting. That night for the first time
a years my dreams were not of you
alone, the beautiful blonde appeared
to me more than cace, always with
tEt charming -smile!-"
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"To-day the plot thickened, and how
ever paimul it may be for you to hear
it, I feel :t only honorable that you
should know all particulars, and then
judge for yourself if I am to blame.
This morning I was seated near the
front window reading. Keeping one
eye on the street you can easily im
agine why Wi.en there came a gentle
tap at my door
"Thinking :: was the waiter, I shout- ,
ed 'Come in The door opened, and. j
to my utter amazement, there stood i
the beautiful blonde, all smiles and j
blushes. Atte'- I had recovered irom
u u .j,,ti .
. which thrilled me ,
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I i vited h to a
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the delicious shock
from head to foot,
I "Never mention that man tc me
again."
I sea; en the sofa, and then endeavored
' to entertain this :a:ry guest to the
best of my ability You must not be
,- shocked, dear when I confess to you
f that we soon became great triends and
that she came of her o'wn accord and
' sat on my lap "
It was here that Flossie rlung the
obnoxious letter away from her and
began to rep wilaiy. and she was so
' absorbed in her grief that Miss Tread- J
way entered unobserved.
1 "Why. what :s this?" exclaimed her
aunt. She bent over the prostrate
' form and said. "Flossie, dear; teli
aunty.
The girl only cried the more, but at
last wailed, "Tnat man; that wicked.
false m3n!"
"Who do you mean?" asked the be-
wildered woman.
"Tom" See the letter on the floor!"
Mrs. Treadway picked up the letter, i
' put on her glasses and began to read; j
. at first she looked puzzled, then i
amused, and finally she laughed out-
right. (
"Why den't you finish the letter?"
she asked, with a quizzical expression .
in her kindly eves. j
t "3ecause I won't"' cried Flossie. '
J springing to htr feet. "Never mention I
that man to me again. Where are my 1
! hat and my ;acket? I am going to I
ride with Mr. Trevor at five, and if he j
, asks me to marry him I will say
yes. "
At this Miss Treadway only smiled, i
"There, there' sit down and listen
to
poor old aunty Nay. I insist.
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1 am net mistaken, you left off
I when she sat on his lap."
I "Yes!" cried Flossie. "How can you
' bear to speak of it?"
j "Listen." interrupted Miss Tread-
wav. Flossie, awed by the unaccus-
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tomed severity of tone, obeyed.
'She came down of her own accord
and sat on my lap. Fortunately, I had
blonde away in tears who. by the
way. was just three years old, and it
was from a baby carnage that I as
sisted her the day before'"
By this time Flossie had ceased to
weep. and. though much abashed, she
could not restrain from joining in her
aunt's laugh.
"""Flossie. ' sail Miss Treadway later
on, "how do you like the idea of Tom's
flirting? And I believe I heard a
maiden say not long ago that she
wished he would tease her as he used
to do. How do you enjoy it?"
"Spare me!" cried Flossie. "You
know I don't like it. Oh, I wish we
could go away from here. Mr. Tre
vor's attentions are so marked, and
the worst of it is I now realize that
I am to brame."
"What do you say to a trip to Ger
many, for instance?" said Miss Tread
way. -The very thing!" cried Flossie, all
smiles. -
And the next week found them
bound for the Fatherland. Louis K.
Fulton in Chicago American.
Caught the Women.
Ralph Hulse. who is running for as
semblvman in Trenton. X. J has
made a tremendous hit with the worn-
en of his district, while helping his
wife with the family washing one day
last week he attempted to empty a tub
of water, but slipped and fell, sprain
ing his back severely. He was to have
attended a political meeting that night.
but was unable to do so. being con
fined to bed. A brother spellbinder ex
plained his absence, whereupon all the
women present decided that such a
husband should be elected. They are
cow working hard in the injured man's
behalf.
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Arranged to Accommodate All Youno
er Members of the Family.
A curious corner of the world is
Maarken, two hours' sail across the
Zuyder Zee from bustling Amsterdam,
and no less carious its quaint little
houses and its sturdy inhabitants.
The stolid Dutchmen cling jealously
to their ancient dress and customs,
and evidently deem a crowded house
hold man s bounden duty to man.
Children swarm like ants, and one
wonders how their island can hold
them all. A peep into the diminutive
anil wholly bedless dwellings magni
fies the mystery, so it is quite a re
lief when the portly Gudvrow, fairly
crackling in her starched cap and pet-
wall recess and reveals the Maarken
prototype of our Pullman sleeper.
Embroidered pillows and elaborate
hangings show the level of the paren
tal bed, and in the space beneath four
or five of the youngsters travel com
pactly into dreamland. The surplus
small fry are similarly stowed away
in some other wall.
Dreadfully unhygienic, of course,
yet the bright eyes of the boys and
m'rls. their rosy cneeks and stuffed
sausage limbs indicate pretty clearly
that in Maarken. at least, bedding
humanity upon shelves lowers neither
tone nor vitality.
HELPED TO BUY ONE HEARSE.
Vermont Family Had No Use cf It and
Refused Another Subscription.
In the old days in Vermont many
! of the towns were without facilities
I far carrying their dead from their
i earthly habitations to the burying
I ground. Therefore the good people
; went from house to house solicitina
contributions for the purchase of a
town hearse. It was a difficult mat
ter to raise the necessary $40 or S30,
bat m ta town of R
accomplished. At each
neral different farmers
but in the town of R it was finally
recurring fu-
Ioaned hGrses
to draw the hearse.
In the 'course of time the old hearse
came to the end of its labors, even
as those whom it had carried to the
little burying ground had come to the
end of their labors. The subscription
committee made a second canvass of
the town and visited an old farmer
who had contributed toward the first
hearse and laid before him the neces
sity of a second hearse. Old Gray
beard regarded them narrowly and
then said with determination:
"Me and my family ain't never had
no uses of t other hearse, and I don't
calcerlate ter pay out a dem cent
more." Lippincott's.
Ups and Downs in English.
The following telephone conversa
tion, recently overheard between a
woman whose home is in the suburbs
and a business acquaintance of her
husband, illustrates some of the curi
osities of our language:
Business acquaintance Good morn
ing. Mrs. . I'd like to speak to
Mr for a moment.
Mrs. . I'm sorry. Mr. , but
my husband isn't down yet.
B. A. (inqu:r:ngly) Isn't down yet?
Mrs. . I mean he isn't up yet.
i I'm letting him sleep late this morn-
! It-
in:: be was so down last evenlnsr
over his office troubles that he was
about ready to give up. Ke says he'll
b down as soon as he gets up. Har
per's Weekly.
President Skillful With Foils.
According to Generso Pavese, said
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to be the champion tencer or the
world. President Roosevelt has more
ability with the foils than many of the
foreign ministers and attaches in
I- Washington who have handled the
flexible steel rods since their youth,
aignor Pavese has been instructing
the president for the past year, and
declares that he is his aptest pupiL
For a time the lessons have been dis
continued, he says, but they will be
resumed about the middle of Decem
ber. "Mr. Roosevelt." says the fenc
ing master, "is wonderfully quick and
is finely developed physically. His
arms are rounded and sinewy in fact.
he is a perfect specimen of man
hood." Resourceful Patrolman.
Patrolman Plischke of the Los An
zeles police force is a man of re-
1 sources, as he proved one evening not
long ago. He belongs to the bicycle
' squad and was walking along a hand
some residence street whence ob
served a suspicious stranger who wa?
j unable to give a good account of him
I self. The officer found on the man a
, porch climber's outfit, including dark
i lantern and coil of rope. Plischke
i did not think he could handle his pris
oner and at the same time take care
of his wheel, which he feared to leave
behind. So he made the man pat his
hands on either side of a lamp posi
and handcuffed him there. Then he
went for help.
Responsibility of the Jug.
"Yes. suh de snake wuz twelve
foot Ions "
"Comemow!"
"En had sixty rattles "
"That won't do!"
"En five buttons."
"You're a great liar!"
"WelL suh. maybe I is; bat car's
onething I wuzn't mistook in, en may
be you'll doubt dat."
"Go ahead and tell it."
Then the old man straightened him
selm. smacked his mouth, and said:
"De jug belt two gallons, en only
had one handle!" Atlanta Constitu
tion. Largest Carving Knife.
The biggest carving knife ever man
ufactured may be seen at the world's
fair. This monster blade is thirty
feet in length and has an edge as
sharp as a razor. It is made out of
the finest steeL and the handle is a
masterpiece of the cutler's art, elabor
ately carved and beautifully polished.
It would take a veritable giant to
wield a knife like this.
The Frost Herald.
Oh. Mte? Katydid. I inshi you'd
ccrn
along.
T weary of de locus an' Ts hungry ret
vob song.
I wants to hear yon talkin tout de sis
ter dat got los'
-goin" ne'rh on- Augns day a-tookm
foh de fros.
I want? to hear you phus an a-caHin
af her name
Caus r pantin an Ts pinls' rob de
good news jei de same.
r weary of de mockln birds an whin-poor-wills
foh sho
I want to hear about dat Jros 1st jes'
lew weeks mo.
Added to United States.
In many places the channel of the
Rio Grande has been changed by re
cent floods. A short distance below
Hidalgo a slice of Mexico, embracing
several hundred acres of land and oc
cupied by several thousand sheep and
goats, was cut off and conveyed to the
United States side of that stream. So
.the United States is a trifle larger
"than it was a few weeks ago. -
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The Glry of Winning.
Not for the cries of "Hurrah" from the
rouzn-spoken crowd
That cneered for another last night,
and to-morrow will turn
With cheers for some new hero, fearless
and strutting .ind proud
Sucn slory I spurn.
Not for the pra:se of the sray-bearded
saes who prate
Of yesterday s doctrine as fcohsh or vile
or worn-out.
VTto to-morrow will grimly declare to
day's creed out of date
Their piaudits I nout.
But for their sweet approval who. love
lv aad gentle and fair.
ilav" some day sm? unto their sons of
m siory I strive;
How ion?, u ye heroes, if they ceased
to praise "would ye dare?
Wbos hopes wouid survive?
. E. Eiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
Civil War Losses.
0. W. Norton, in a letter to the
Chicago Pest, says: Many of your
readers are interested in the war be
tween Russia and Japan, and follow
ing the accounts of the battles are ap
palled by the great losses reported in
each of the "armies. These losses !
cprr! encrrrjocs. and the imDression
is general that the world has not seen
before such desperate fighting. Com-
paratively few of your readers are old j
enough to remember the fighting in
our own civil war. and fewer still I
have made any study of the statistics
of our own losses in battle. Modem
weapons, especially the small arms
with their small bullets, are much
more merciful than those used in our
great war, when the bullets were one
inch long and fifty-three one-hun-dredths
inches in diameter, causing
fearful wounds. The papers report
that a very large proportion of the
men wounded en both sides in the
present war have already recovered
and returned to the ranks The news
paper accounts of the great slaughter
in these battles are usually exagger
ated and the figures greatly reduced,
by the official reports.
Perhaps your readers would be in
terested in some statistics of the civil
war. comparing them with reports of
battles in the East. The following fig
ures are taken from a book compiled
by William F. Fox. entitled "Regimen
tal Losses in the Civil War." This
book is acceptec as authoritative, and
by far the most reliable publication in
the statistics presented. The figures
are not estimated losses, nor taken
frcm the accounts of special corre
spondents in the field. Th-y are com
piled from the muster rolls and official
reports on file in the War Depart
ment The following table gives th- per
centage of loss m several regiments
in one battle to the number of men
engaged in that battle, ranging from
60 per cent to S2 per cent of the men
who entered any one battle. In the
table from which I copy these figures
there are a large number of ether
regiments in which the losses exceed
ed hair" the number engaged, but this
list is long enough to show what stuff
our American soldiers were made of.
The list includes killed, wounded and
missing. A small portion of those re
ported missins were taken prisoners,
but the greater part were reported
missing in battles where no prisoners
were taken, and were so reported be
caus at the time the report was made
it was not known absolutely whether
they were dead or severely wounded
and left on the field.
Pet.
Rerimnt and battle loss.
One HundrHi and Firty-Srst Penn-
sy'.vania Gttysbur j-"
One Hundred and First Xew York
Manassas "3-5
Twcnty-hrth Massachusetts Cold
Harbor TO 0
Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Bethesda
Church - 5-2
Twentieth Massachusetts Fredericks-burs-
. . -. 3S 4
Eizhth Vermont Cedar Creek . 6T 9
Sijrhry-nrst Pennsylvama Freder-
ieksours - oT-
Twelfth Massachusetts An tie tarn. .57.0
First Maine H. A. Petersburg . . SS.3
Ninth Louisiana (colored) Milliken's
Bend o4-0
One Hundred and Eleventh New
York Gettysburg .. . Si
Twenty-fourth Michigan Gettysburg -C.T
Fifth New Hampshire Fredencks-
burz . . t3.
Nnth Illinois Shiloh . .... C.3
Xlnth New York Antietam .. CO
Fif'eenth New Jersey apottsylvania.CS
Eighty-second New York Gettysburg. !. 3
Fifteenth Massachusetts Gettysbur.ol.9
Sixty-ninth New Y )rk Antietam. . al.j
Fif ty-nrst Illinois Chlckamauga.. SI :
Nineteenth Indiana Manassas .... il Z
One Hundred iiu Twenty-nrst New
York Saiem Churca ... 60.9
Fifth New York Manassas .d
Ninety-taird New York Wilderness. i-.u
Thirteen-Year-Old Scldier.
"I was mustered into the service at
camp Chase. Lowell, on Sept. 3. 13(51."
says storekeeper Edwin F. Cushmg ai.
the navy yard, a resident of Somer
ville, "and. I was bom at Dover, .
H., on Hay 29, 1S4S, my age at tne
time of muster was 13 years 3 montns
and 5 days. My final discharge was
given me at Gallops island in Boston
harbor, on August 2(5, 1S65, thus mak
ing the oflicial curation of my connec
tion with the regiment just one week
less than four years.
"Of course," says Mr. Cushing,
"there were a great many more boys
in the army. But the larger part of
these under-age youngsters got in dur
ing the last two years of the war
and as I began with carrying a musket
and kept right on in that sort of duty i
curing the major part of the time I !
was in the army, the claim has been j
made in my behalf that I am the i
youngest soldier, with four years of
active service to my credit, who en- J
listed from Massachusetts.
"Whether or not that is so, and the !
record may De duplicated several
times in this as in other states, I am
satisfied," said Mr. Cushing, "tnat I
became a soldier full early enough, f
and but for some 'hnrdening I had
just received on a New Hampshire
:?m. my experience m penormmg ,
the duties of a full-fiedged enlisted;
mar might have been much more diL- J
cult than it proved to be. Then again, '
my regiment, the Twenty-sixth Massa- j
chusetts, did not see much real work J
the life in garrisoning forts and in
policing New Orleans gave me a
chance to grow to the full measure
of a soldiers duty, so that when we
reached Sfcridan in the Shenandoah
valley, we were all a toughened lot of
union defenders.
"The Twentysixth " said Mr Cush
ing was one of the Butler regiments
that went to Ship island with Gn.
Butler in November. 1561. our com
mander being CoL E. F. Janes, who
led the 'old Sixth' through Baltimore,
and CoL Jones is now one of the
youngest men in the regimental asso
ciation, of which body I am the secre
tary. The regiment was encamped at
Ship island until Aprfl. 1S6;. cur bri
gade commander being Gen. J. W. r
Phelps of Vermont, who was recalled
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muA m WLdwumi v fcus
uy President Lincoln for issuing tho&i
famous emancipation proclamation
Gen. Phelps being the first of tht.
union commanders to attempt the frw
com of the slave in general order."
Back at Chattanooga.
"I was in Chattanooga last -e&i'
snid the captain, "and went over ;c
the Chickamauga battlefield to Iocf
tne camp of the First Illinois in IsSS
I couldn't find it, or at least I cwilc
not locate it by any of the old Iad
marks. All traces of the old camp h n
been obliterated, and new camps ct
more permanent character have tata
the place of the old ones. In a r
months other changes will have tale
place, giving to the regular cavajj
staaoned in the park the model br
racks and camp of the country.
"The Seventh cavalry is there now.
the troopers riding along the roads
that were the scenes of many dashina
soldier adventures in September, lSt3
An old surgeon riding with me ovei
the field pointed out where a full regi
ment of rebel cavalry crossed the rivei
in the rear of his brigade and galloped
by a log shanty beh.nd which he had
just esrablished his field hospital
The men in gray seemed oblivious ot
the men in blue firing in front, and th
men in blue were as oblivious of th
presence of the enemy's cavalry in theii
rear. That illustrated, the doctor said.
what a mix-up there was at Chicka
mauga. "A little later our driver, pointing
o a large manufactory near the base
ot Lookout mountain, said: In spite
of the mix-up some of the boys were
lucky in the outcome. There is a fel
low named Patten, an Illinois man.
by the way, who is worth J2.Q0O.O0C
because of a leg shattered by a can
non ball over in the park, before n
was a park. He was so severe!
wounded that he could not be sent
north with the other wounded of tat
battles hereabout, and was still ii
hospital when the war closed. Tht
result was he remained here, went
Jnto business, and is now worth 12,
Ooij.000. If his leg had not b5r
crushed by a cannon ball, or if he had
gone home lame, he might have Ios1
his chances to become a millionaire.'
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Camp Has Rare War Relics.
U. S. Grant Pest. No. 227. G. A. R..
of Brooklyn has a veritable museum
of relics in its headquarters, llosj
of the relics are presents from those
who took part in the War of the Re
bellion or their friends. Among the
relics of reat krerest in the pes'
rooms is a collection presentee by
Mrs. Walke. widow of Rear Admiral
Walke. These are relics of the re
bullion and the United Stares fieet on
the Mississippi river, and comprise
shot, shell and fragments from on
board the gunboats Taylor. Carondo
let and Lafayette, commanded by
Commander Henry Walke. Other in
teresting articles ar a large pasteJ
portrait or" General Grant painted by
H W. Bezthrong. loaned by Mrs. U
S Grant: large pastel painting of the
equestrian statue of General Grant,
presented by the Fnion League Club,
a picture of Andersonville Prison, anc
many other things of intere-L includ
ing a srump from the bartlneid ci
Chattanooga in which is imbedded an
unerplcded shell. A case which oc
cupies the center of the rcorn con
tain valuable and rare war relics
which cannot be duplicated elsewhere
Deaths of Confecerate Officers.
Much has rjfen said in the Euro
pean press of the death of Lieut. Gen.
Count Keller, of the Russian army
who was killed in a recent battle with
the Japanese in Manchuria. Gen. Kel
Ier was the first otScer of high rank
Killed en either side, with the excep
tion of the Russian Admiral Makhar
off. who was blown up in a warship
at Port Arthur It may be out of
place to mention that in the civil war
in th's country the Confederates had
killed in battle no less than fifty-two
general ofiicers. of whom one was a
general of the highest rank and commander-in-chief,
Albert Sydney John
ston, who fell ar Shiloh. and three
lieutenant generals. Leonldas Polk.
Stonewall Jackson and A. P HIIL
There were eight major generals and
forty brigadier generals. The Confed
erates fought great odds, and it was
necessary for oficers of the highest
rank to expose themselves. They
went with their men into every dan
ger, and this was the reason why so
many were killed in battle, while few
escaped being wounded. New Or
leans Picayune.
Wetenns Passing Away.
Soldiers of "the disappearing
army," as the veterans of the civil
war have been termed, are dying at
the rate of 100 every day, from sun
rise to sunrise. This pathetic show
ing is made by the quarterly state
ment of the pension bureau, given our
by Commissioner Ware. The mortal
ity among soldier pensioners of all
wars and classes last year was 31.278
deaths, of which 30,071 were volan
teer soldiers in the civil war. Com
missioner Ware estimates that there
are from 150.00 to 130 000 soldiers ot
the civil war who are not on the pen
sion rolls. These he has designated
as "the unknown army." It is said
fully 3S.000 civil war veterans (pen
sioners and nonpensionersj died last
vear. Washington Star.
Delaware G. A. R. 3adge.
The "Little Diamond state," as
Delaware is called, has adopted a de
partment badge consisting of a dia
mane, shield and pin. The diamond
bears a representation of a hen. chick
ns and a coop, emblematic of the
-3Iue Hen's Chicken's." as the sol
diers of Delaware were called in the
revolution. The reverse is inscribes
"The Department of Delaware. G. A
R. Instituted Jan. 14. 1SS1." Depend
ent from the pin is a shield bearing
the coat of arms of the state. Th
pin is inscribed "Delaware." From it
is suspended the diamond by a cherry
ribbon.
Attacks Old Custom.
An Enziish educational society
which declares that people ought tc
live in and use their "front rooms
Express remarks: "Such a reckless
suggestion is calculated to undermine
the very foundations of lower middle
has created a sensation. The London
class life in this country," the front
room being sacred to "company" over
there. Next thin? it will be suggested
that the Britishers wear their "best
clothes" every day.
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Ntw Oil Engine.
A new oil engine is the recent and
fruitful development of the internal
combustion motor and its adaptation
to the use of crude oils or oils of a
specific gravity that precludes their
use in motors of the ordinary type.
Like all engines suitable for crude oil
the latest innovation has provision
for the Injection of water into the cyl
inder before compression. This has
the effect of allowing a much higher
compression without preignition than
is ordinarily possible, and it has other
important effects. The builders say
that the water vapor prevents the de
composition of the petroleum to an
extent, enabling the engine to run
long periods with crude oils without
leaving an excess of deposit on the
vaporizer's walls. It is not easy to
understand why water should prevent
decomposition of the petroleum. The
engine works on the four stroke cycle
and uses the heavy black petroleum
oils and the semi-refined or inter
mediates, as well as the ordinary re
fined lamp oiL There is a cylinder
fourteen inches in diameter, giving
fortj -seven brake horse power with
horse power with crude oils. On the
suction stroke of the piston air is
drawn Into the cylinder through the
main air valve, and oil is pumped
through the oil sprayer into the va
porizer, which receives a further sup
ply ot air through a shifting ralve. At
the same time water is pumped
through the water sprayer and enters
the vaporizer. This charge is then
compressed, and. as the crank of the
engine passes the inner dead center.
is Ignited by the hot igniting tube.
giving the working stroke. The ex
taust valve then opens to allow the
Durnt charge to escape, completing
the cycle of operations. The ignitions
are continuous on all loads, and the
ignition tube is therefore retained r.t
the required temperature without the
aid of a lamp except when starting
the engine. The speed of the machine
is governed by varying the amount cf
water and oil injected, so that on
heavy loads full charges of oil and
water are delivered, while on light
loads small charges are given.
Automatic Railway Signal.
Misreading of signals and failure to
eiecute them are the most potent
causes of accidents on railways and
it has been the work of many in
ventors to lessen these dangers by
uiuuuutus ituiuuidui: iisaiis, which
shall relieve the human mind of the I
responsibility as far as possible. Thus i
the block systems now show signals '
which are supposed to prevent the I
train next following from running !
into the one which has set the sig- ,
nal But these signals depend on the
Stops Engine Witncut Aid.
vigilance and action of the engineer,
and so it may be wise to go a step
further and make the block system
not only set a signal against a train
following on the same track, but also
operate a mechanism to bring the sec
ond tram to a standsall should the
signal be unheeded.
How this may be done is shown in
the illustration. There is a lever
depending from the engine on the
small forward truck, with a cord con
necting with the throttle and also
with the bell and whistle. Beside the
track is a long, light rail, which is
elevated or depressed after the man
ner of the signal arms. A reverse
lever is provided for use when the en
gine is backing and. seemingly, there
is little chance now for a tram to run
.past the block set against it.
The inventor of this system is Orr
C. Fisher cf Delphos, Iowa.
Electric Launches in Venice.
The Italian ministry of posts ani
telegraphs has received authority in
parliament to establish telepcone con
nections between 3rescia and Ber
gamo. Lecco and 3ergamo. Cremona
ind Piaenza. Genoa. Pisa and Leg
iorn, Naples. Foggia. and Barletta.
Vaples. Reggio. Calabria, and Messina.
The authorities of the province of
Rome propose to build an electric
railway between the city of Rome and
Civite Castellana. The city council
of Venice has decided to purchase a
number of electric launches for use
on the canals of that city. The een
iral inspector of the Adriatic railroad,
whose office is in Rome, has received
oermission to purchase 150 electric
iccumulators. The Adriatic Railroad
Mmpany is planrinz to build an elec
ric road from Chisso to Como and
Zhiavenna.
A Pocket Umbrella.
An umbrella small enough to go in
side a pocket is a recent invention, it
s designed on the principle of the tele
scope, and consist of a series of tele
scopic slides, a carrymz case and a
liece of silk coverms On opening the
rase in which it is contained the con- ,
ents resemble a bundle of steel rods i
I n
a wrapping of silk. These are. witn I
i little manipulation, converted into
in umbrella of the orthodox shape,
he short handle of which draws out
nto a stick of the requisite Ienzth. i
Hie cover is described as beins quite
ts stout, tight and rain-reslstins as a
irst-class umbrella cf the old style.
Radium Argentiferum-
Particulars are out regarding the
iew metal discovered by the Tuscan
mgineers, Travazlini and Fabian.
The discoverers have given the new
metal the name radinm argentiferum.
The metal is composed of copper, iron
and infinitesimal portions of silver
radium and phosphorus The chief se
cret, it is said. lies in the phosphorus.
It is claimed by the patentees that
radium argentiferum is stronger than
steel, does not oxidize, is a better con
ductor than copper, and can be manu
factured in large quantities at one- I
tenth of the cost of bronze. There
fore they expect thatit will ue large
ly used in making cannon, munitions,
etc and that it will supersede copper
in electric wires.
Electric Tracticn in Ccal Mine.
Electric traction is asd In at least
one coal mine. Two locomotives of
eighty horse pftwer each handle the SOU
:ons daily output. They are seven
feet long and three feet high, ran
ring in headings too low for the use
ff mules. A single eighty horse power
iiotor is used, with its armature
reared to two driving, sprockets, one
ja ach axle. The gradients are from
r s
I ira zi to lin a- ,
Wcll-Built Concrete House That Will
Defy the Cold.
F. V. G. I would like to Ieara bow
to. proceed to build a concrete house
for little chickeHS" in winter. I usaal
ly keep about 200 chicks oa hand: sellr
ing them at about three months oM.
I have no place to keep them In win
ter. Please show how to build a salt
able house of concrete and give aa
estimate of the probable cost.
The chicken house represented Ib
the accompanying cut is 12x24 feet:
it is 5 feet high on the south side and
S feet high on the north side. It it
built of concrete, the walls being
six inches thick, with 2-lnch strapping
and is lathed and plastered. Port-
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Front View of Concrete Poultry
House.
land cement being used instead of
lime in the plaster. By using Port
land cement in the plaster the chick?
ens will not pick the plaster off. . The
floor is of concete and a wocdea
floor is laid on top of it. This will
keep the rats from getting under the
floor or troubling the chickens ia ary
way.
The cost of the concrete wor wottd
be 10 barrels of Portland cemeat
makiag the concrete one of cement tff
nine of gravel. 9 days labor for oae
man and 12 yards gravel. The athex
material and labor would amount to
about $11 for lath and plastering and
J2T for windows, door, roof and labor.
The inside can be sheathed up with
matched stuff if desired instead ol
being lathed and plastered, but th
walls can be more easily kept free
from vermin if plastered. In order to
get the sunlight into the chicken ,
house, the windows should cot be
more than one foot from the floor, if
higher than that the rays of the sun
will not strike the floor as it should.
The walls are built between plaaks.
This is done by standing 2x4 inch
uprights every three or four feet, both
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Section of Ground Plan Shoeing Con
struction of Wall.
A.2 by : In. strapping B. Iah and
piaster: C. 2 in. hollow space; D. wood.
brick. H, concrete aiL
on the out and Inside of wall, and op
posite each other, leaving twelve
inches between the outside and in
side uprights. A 2x12 inch plank ia
now placed on adse both on inside,
and outside of wall with an inch
wedge between the planks and up
rights. By using a small spread stick
six inches long bween the planks
it will keep them in their place. In
raising the planks loosen the wedges
and raise the planks allowing them to
Inp down on the concrete li-2 or 2
inches, drive in the wedges and pro
ceed as before.
Poplar Shcots. '
S. W. M. How may the roots of'
poplar trees in a neighboring garden i
be prevented from throwing up shoou '
in my garden? i
The poplar shoots which come up in
the yard may be prevented oy sinking
a strip of galvanized iron along th
edge of the garden. The roots frora '
which the shoots spring are usually I
within a few inches of the surface anc
a strip of galvanized iron one foot wide '
should suflice. If this is not found ,
practicable, the roots should be pre '
vented from entering the garden bv
means of a ditch, or in some other ',
way. Once the roots are prevented
from entering the garden the shoots j
may be gradually eradicated by dig-1
zin:r them out.
Jaundice.
S 3. What is the cause of a hen
turning yellow in the head? We lost
one from this cause this summer and
another is going the same way.
This is undoubtedly a case of Jaun
dice, which is a form of liver derange
ment brought an by improper feeding
cf unsuitable food in too great quanti
ij. It would much simplify matters
if you had stated the age of and kind
of fowls you have, on what was fed
and in what quantities. Very often
such complaints are the result of the
feeding of too much soft food in the
shape of mash. As a result the gia
zard is not exercised enough, and dis
ease follows. The mash should b
varied from time to time and not fe
too frequently or In too great quanti
ty. A healthy gizzard means a health
bird, and no bird can be in propei
health without its gizzard setting wort
to do. How. By feeding a well-bal
anced ration.
Spelt for Stock Food.
F. B. S. 1. Is spelt a good food far
horses, cattle and swine? 2. What
fime cf year is it planted and Bow i
the ground prepared?
1 Spelt compares favorably with
wheat, oats and barley as a fcod for
stock cf all classes. It has a cling
mg husk, similar to barley and an in
ternal grain of much the same nature
as wheat. As a stock food it would
probably be as valuable as a mixture
of wheat and barley, o-r wheat and
oats. Spelt is a comparatively hard
crain and should be ground for feed
ing. 2. Spelt requires about the same
method of cultivation as other cereals.
as wheat, oats or barley, and it should
be sown at about the same dates in
spring. From 50 to 100 pounds of seed
should be sown tc the acre. It win
thrive on light soils and withstand
drought welL
Rust on Iron cf Machinery.
X. Y. Z. What Is agood prepara
tion to put on iron work' of machinery
to keep it from rusting?
As good a preparation as aay
which can be used i3 ordinary eart
grease. This is smeared thinly ot
the exposed parts.
Royal "Wit.
Wclsey was sayingt "FareeIL a
long farewell to all my greatnesa.
-I hope it's not a Patti tMrtrntO,"
added Henry VOL, with
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Object ta Matrimeny.
"Look here." said the soar-faced
lady who had answered, the "pcrsca;
iL" "your ad. is a fake.: it distinctly
ttated 'object matrimony.
WeH er am-yens see. tattered
the man nervously, there was some
xUstake. The printer omitted a word
IThe ad. should haTe read, 'object "to
matrimony. Town Topics.
Modern Maid in a Quandary.
Modern maid I wish some advice
Old lady Certainly, dear. What
is it?
Modern maid Shall I marry a ma
whose tastes are the opposite of mine.
and quarrel with him. or shall I marry
a man whose tastes are the same a.
mine and get tired' of hint? Ne
York Weekly.
One Weuld De.
She If I give you one kiss will yoa
ie satisfied?
Ha Yes. if we start now, so we
mn get back home before night.
oxed.
i They were returning from the husk-
Jig bee.
"And were there any red ears?"
isked the friend.
"Oh. yes." responded the girl in the
gingham dress. "I had two, when pe
caught that city fellow kissing me." -
The Change Benefited Him.
"Yes." said Slyman, "I've been away"
for a week, down at Swell- Beach." -
( "Ah! I suppose you gat a little .
change for the better there."
"You bet. My hotel bill amounted
' to $31.50, and i paid for it with a
' counterfeit S30 note."
j Something' Wrong-
Nbw, Henry she began, with set
Jaw. "I must have 150 to-day."
i "All right," replied her husband,
t "her it is."
"Gracious. Henry!" she exclaimed.
! suddenly paling. "What's the mar
' ter? Are you sick?"
Apprehension.
Little Edith Oh. ma. when I grow
up wdl I look like that? Pittsburg
Telegraph.
The Little Woman.
Little Girl I want to get a mittea.
please, and charge it to me mother.
Shopkeeper A mitten? You meaa
a pair of mitten3. sissy?
Little Girl No. jest on'y one; on
that's suitable for a boy that's gain
to propose an be rejected.
Real Sufferers.
Rodrick They say automobiles ara
terrible an the nervous system.
Van Albert I believe It.
Rodrick But you have no autornc
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street occasional!?.
What Mamma Said.
Mother What reason have ycu foi
not wanting to marry Mr Oldboy. th
capitalist?
Daughter I don't love htm.
Mother Pshaw I that isn't a reasoc:
it's the rankest kind of rank noa
sense.
Looking Ahead a Long Way
"What are ycu crying for. my boy?"
"I ain't got nobody to play wid."
"But where are your boy friends?'
"Dey are all at de reform farm.'
"Oh! Well, don't cry. You'll see
them scon."
"Ah. go long! , De Judge said I
wouldn't be old enough to go dere fc
two years."
Strenuous Life.
The mother Now, be carefnL 3
son. and don't work too hard at col
lege, or you may injure 7onr health.
The son Don't worry, mother. Un
der the new football rules there isa't
half so much work requireii as for
merly. Like Its Namesake.
"What on earth is the matter with
Peckham?"
"He bought a naphtha launch, y-ac
know, and named it after his wife."
"I know, but he's all cut and
bruised and "
"Natural result.
thing blew him up."
course the
Latest.
"Who owns that strange-'cG'iing rag
tag machine over there?"
-Why, the new barber. Ycu get in
side and get shaved."
"You dent mean to say he shave
you in the automobile?"
"Yes: he goes so fast the wind Just
euts your beard off a3 clean as a
whist."
Her Only Troukle.
Mr. Stubbs "Gcodness. Martha, -the
baby has been crying for two weeks.
What is the matter with him?
Mrs. Stubbs "Why. nature is givina
him his teeth. John.'
Mr. Stubbs "WelL nature, may h
ill right in some ways, but the la cer-
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