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Show rs. TRANSPORTING THE MAILS Wi'Jjii? Iron and Oust silchtjr ones who wrench! yorld with pain. In the peel. AS Ills ranine oer the bloody plain, The Stourii of Jieeven. and bold m bad . tfel rl erb adust tfkere ypor le ' T-- old Time ha cast M each brow. Mere roams the spirit of the Norman Where The untamed soul That from the sea. a lion from Its lair. Arose 'gainst England? Where the ? nAf fair be. ' aanasem an o wra5tBsu e.jr-The world aaw wave? O'er Harold, resting In man's common goal A Barrow f rsve7 a: ben serving ns Gov, Yates lramoi ixois TElilUC KOHL pri- out on the deck over night. What did you leave them out there " fort asked the captain. "I thought 1 would trust to toe honor of the men, answered the payAnd the captain master. concluded with the remark that when you have liven In the navy aa long as I have you will know better Chap to trust to the honor of old sailors where anything to eat or drink la e 8elf-8acrlfl-c. Tor the Irishinto the geons lap and hurried away to hla place at the head of the column. All anypthfeiitiTapgeroent, &i man bppJ na Abe bag through two bloody days Dr. Sternberg carried that bay of gold with hla surgical Instruments, and it was a harden and an embarrassment to him. He tried to get rid of It, bnt couldnt find anyone willing to accept or even to share the responsibility, and ha couldnt throw It away, tor the sake of "ould folks at ho'me." Toward the close of the second day the aurgeon was taken prisoner. He lost his surgical instruments and hla medicine chest case, but clung to the gold, and, making a belt of hit necktie and handkerchief, tied it around his waist next to hts skin to prevent Its confiscation by his captors. Dur-luthe long, hot find weary march that followed the gold pieces chafed hla flesh, and his waist became so sore and blistered as to cause him Intense suffering, but he was bound that the .ould folks at home should have the benefit of that money, and by the exercise of great caution And patience managed to keep It until he was exchanged with other prisoners and got hack to Washington. Her he found hla regiment In camp, and one of the first men to welcome him was the Irish sergeant, who waa so delighted to learn that the doctor had saved his money that he got drunk and gambled it all away the first night g lira. Theo. A. Ruggles-Kttaon- . The monument Is to stand upon a bowlder I tarried at Annlsquam, and will be in the National park near , wee ted Vicksburg. . - Mrs. KlUon submitted the figure of typical private soldier of the union . army to repreeent the men of Massachusetts, who were in the Vicksburg Old aoldlera who have . campaign. the design were. Impressed with the veracity of the bronze figure, ns has reproduced, with -t- he eculptor faithful detail the union soldier In rough campaign carelessness. Veterans hare commented upon the realism of tht clothing. They have pointed to the socks, pulled up over thn legs of the trousers, as an evidence of the value of this work of art as an example of the real soldier of tho Civil war. imicTUQ cleat CURES vate secretary, came to the reptaln In greet distress, claiming that the neo had stolen a lot of the ships stores. It transpired that said store .t (a g S, 4 . L 1 j- 7 war-flag- - PINKHAM fJLaP What profits Alexander now, that he at stake. Aeroes the world Capt. Selfrldge speeded the VindBore ruin, sorrow, death, and misery? icator around for a while, and had the The grim phalanx which Irresistibly Moved o'er the field misfortune to run her aground and s all are tear the copper off her bottom. ComHast oil Is dust! The furled i mander J. I. Foster of Indiana said (June every shield! to him; See here, Tom, you have Man lifts hla voice and fills the universe got down to the Vs, so you will have For one short hour to be a little careful or you will run With blatant vaunting of hla sword V out. When a vessel grounds In the purse; For God a sneer; for Destiny a curse, Mississippi river the swifbculrent will 1 tin's stroke Is slow: tear a great hole In the sand under But when It falls, man withers at Its her bows and pile it up astern, causpower ing the vessel to break In two. As And hours him low. the captain was bringing the Ironclad Kan's amt is strong; his footstep shakes U. S. 3. Ozark up the river the pilot the land; run her aground at Helena, Ark. His iron grasp The captain astonished the admiral Ms y bold a mighty nation; but bis band Withers and falls when stops the run- by reporting tho accident. Why, you ning sand havent got the Ozark aground, have Is Old Time's glass; Oh, yea, shudder cry a you? asked the admiral. Death's finger touch in two by shes aground and tasp. Tbs strong ones pass! this time I guess. I want another vesWhere Is tbs glory of the sword and sel. She will have to lie there all summer, high and dry on a sand bar. shield? The bright spears rust: Tou had better get some soldiers to ones Fond levers stray whers tbs legions guard her or the confederates will Whseled; The stolid plowman turns ths battlef- destroy her. He got another vessel while the more timid officers said, It ield i Tbs ollvs tree, ' Is the Audacity of the man that carries Cm-oar-s Q roe it bodge of peace, may from him through. dust May our glorious navy always have Spring tranquilly. her Decaturs, Farraguts, Porters and Oh, you who would Immortalise your Selfridges. T. F. Leech, M. D Late name, Surgeon United States Navy. Neer soulless cast Tour brothers blood upon ths pyre of shams Wasted And salt ths dread black amoks Immortal fame! 8urgcon General Sternberg bad a Though reared noseen, Tbs sodded mound wblto marble will out- peculiar experience at the battle of Bull Run. Just before going In he last. was approached by an Irish sergeant-majo- r And still bo groan. Iwwell Q. fteeae In Baa Francisco Bull of his regiment, who handed Mu. , him bag of gold weighing three pounds. Doctor, aald the Irishman, Ho Was. ' Ths Soldlsr I know Im to be kilt entirely, an I Thp commissioners appointed to sewant you to take care of this money lect s memorial for tho 29th, 35th and Massachusetts regiments, which an see that it gets to the ould folks at home In ould Ireland. The doctor had no time to remonstrate or make tk part la the alege of Vicksburg, lave accepted the design submitted by MANILA EN i had been left standing are they now? V w THE Veterans Welcome Old Foe. The annual reunion of the survivors of the Second Illinois cavalry was held at Quincy, I1L, recently, and an confederate soldier was the guest of honor. Ha was Capt J. It McDowell of Nashville, Tenn., and he came to return a carbine which he took from a soldier of the Second Ulinola car-airCapt McDowell was dressed In the gray uniform be wore In the com federate army. He captured the cap bine at the battle of Holly Springs, taking it from Isaiah Wetdman, who was killed In test battle. Capt M Dowell presented the carbine to M. X Wetdman of Farmer City, 111, a sob of the man from whom he took It nearly forty years ago. Warm Praise for Belfrldge. We of the South thought we were The passing of Rear Admiral Aald Capt McDowell, as he right feelcause O. will a Thomas Belfrldge handed the old carbine to Mr. Weld-maing of sadness in the bearti of all hla But thank God, we lost Proviold shipmates, for he was an idol dence decided the war right and we among us. His was a positive are now glad you won. (strenuous, as we call it nowadays) character. Without such the great reRemarkable Family Record. bellion would never have been put James Lester, born to John and Vida down. Born and reared, aa It were, fa the United States navy, he was Brennan, la Harwlnton, Conn, reewnt V aa Ik tlJ( M MNB Wf frasswfW QDOrl woe to a delinquent officer who had Bring together la the same house tn to pass hie scrutiny. We were always which they were born. hearing something fresh and racy that Fremonitlon is what people think Belfrldge had aald or done. One Instance which happened in they have when they say, Y told you Illinois offered ns a great deal of so. amusement. ' In 1861. while in command of the United States ram VinThe Massachusetts women who dicator, which was being fitted out at played golf In a rainstorm are congratMound City, Ill his paymaster, who ulating themselves on hsvlng fownd as fresh from the capital, where he i a way to add excitement to o-- raroe. C'tyj i ' 7. V A I Vvtfo J 4 rJ c4i . Vi . 7 , . s r - - V- -. V- - , Trip . ' ' ; -- , v, . fs &?' ' . . - aaL&jsr,.. v" v - ?1 v je el . s- v m - i ' r,-- V. j - -- V vr b-V W ftMZ.S sAdBF'' ' A as. , &' .A "v" i.. .1 W4 little group of women who had lieen cured by the new discovery has since grown into a vast army of hundreds fit thousands, doubts and skepticisms have lieen swept away as by a mighty flood, until the grertt good that Lydia 11. Pink hams Vegetable Compound and her other medicines are doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many of onr leading scientists, physicians and thinking people. Merit alone could win such fame ; wise, therefore, Is the woman who for a cure relies upon Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound-to-da- "FAR WEST WIPED OUT; LARGEST SCHOONER. AFLOAT Culture No Longer a Monopoly of the f Older Region. . A publishing house in this clty.iajs the Chicago Chronicle, has recfvel an order from the Yukon reglo expressive of what la bow tie far" Northwegt. The order lnchdcs Gibbon's Route, Macaulays Engh.nl. the writings of John Stuart Mll Hammarion and other engaging sctei-tistgraphic novels, humorous etqrlei, but none of Bret Harte's, Tb$ Fir West of Bret Harts Is at the vt thing point. A hurry postscript observed that only letter mail is czrriid over the Ice. In truth, there Is no longer aiy "far West or "far Northwest f Tie rugged and often- - Illiterate humanly that cleft the mountains and fwan the rlvera, opening up a new empire for all the world, la also of the part. The universal free school sends a di- with Inches in diameter throughout, t feet long. pine topmasts Her overall length Is 403 feet, her beam fifty feet, her depth thirty four feet five Inches, and her cargo capacity about 8,100 tons. Her displacement when loaded Is 11,000 tons, the and a load draught being twenty-sihalf feet. fifty-eigh- New Word for Legal Profession. In the future the? New York lawyers will be able to make themselves understood when they say a case la being Lamberted instead of using the oldword expedited Washington Post suffered for months from eore throsl Eelectrio OU cured me in twenty-fo- o M. S. Gist, Heweeville, Ky. hours. He Explained. Brother, what kind of a thing Is a By goodness, DoUy, what maggot! an Ignorantness! Why, thats how multitude now to the adtaie-lnfrontier. Sturdy but not illiterate, fferent y x g papa made all his money by being Brooklyn Life. a coal maggot! the new pioneers want bcoka whereier they go, and science nnd the orgwied Ten thousand demons gnawingwsy si be much wore than tbs tortures of itching piles. Yet there'e a Doan's Ointment never I alls, 1 forces of civilization enable them to gratify their taste. Culture h no the oldsf permonopoly-o- f Ipnger uana of the country. - xmat y CHARITY BEGGING A BUSINESS nss vitals couldn't - - Bridge bad to be torn down before she could get out of It wax then seen that her sails, which weigh eightTwo Young Men Fare Well Raishg een tons, were hoisted by engines on Funds for Institutions. f herShedecks. spreads 43,000 square feet of Two of the most energetic and Inyoung men of Philadelphia fol- canvas, and her complete outfit. 83,000 cluding awnings, contains low the odd buslnesa of petitioning " square feet. Each of the seven steel money for charities. in masts H 135 feet high, and thirty-tw- o are interested Ton, for Instance, an orphan asylum that has a deficit REMARKABLE 8TROKE AT GOLF. this year of $8,000. Tou go to Be young men and tell them you wint Wonderful Feat Reported From the 8 " money. North of Scotland. Ml answer, Leave us," they make ?e- of Talking unique catalogues, happenings tn your literature your everything yea golf, here is a "miracle from unpreports, announcements tentious Clunny, In the north of Scothave ever published. land. The tale runs; aftd literature that master And they A most remarkable, not to say then they visit the asylum and inspect miraculous, stroke at golf was made it thoroughly. By this meana they themselves with the charseFr at Cluny castle on Monday on the course recently made by of the Institution In question, learn- nine-hol- e ing whether or not the benevolent Sir Reginald Cathcart just outside the rich would be likely to help It If s castle walls. Mr. Matthew Best, an case were laid before them. Acoofd-in- g employe at the castle, and a fellow to that likelihood Uiey set thlfr servant were playing from the fourth price, saying they will beg for tfe hole when the former drove the ball place If they are given 10, 30 or $0 into the fifth hole. It being a rough sort of a course, per cent' of alt the money they ellelt abundance of long grass, a boy with is tie agya It estimated, make. They Record, 13.500 a year waa stationed to watch the balls. He Philadelphia called out that the ball had gone into apiece. the hole, but Mr. Best thought at first In Texan Packing-Housthat ths lad had meant a rabbit's burThe great cattle firms are putlllg row. The boy was well within sight of the player and never nearer to up large packinghouses In Texas. the-rive- r. es RECORD JUMP FOR A HOUSE ; a fora the entire crew, Sixteen as six engines do the heavy work. One of forty horse-powe- r will hoist the two five-to- n ive anchors. The others, of horse-powe- r twenty-f- each, will handle the aalls and do stevedore work. The schooner has cost (250,000. Hay fever la not to be sneezed at, but ita nesy thing to catch the green than thirty or forty yards until joined by them. The bail was duly taken out of fifth hole in the presence of all three. The distance of the drive was afterward paced and found to be about ninety-tw-o yards. Mr. Best, it may be mentioned, has been forty-fiv- e yeara la nerrice at Cluny castle. Golfing. CAREFUL WHAT YOU DRINK. Fat Persons Should Not Imbibe Too Much Water. The Idea Is that water fattens and that ail mineral water tend to this also. Tea, coffee and every kind of liquid sour or sweet, feeds the hungry tissues and the weight Increases. K Women who practice In a gymnasium a hour and then rush off to drink a glass of cold water will never grow thin. Water Is necessary and ths tomach should have a pint, at least a day of 1L or of some other liquid that answers the purpose. But the woman who la too fat la In the habit of drinking two glasses of water every few minutes In the day. And when she goea out into the street rtie gets an Ice cream soda and winds up her shopping tour with a phosphate or two. says the Louisville Courier-Journa- MEN. FAMILIES OF "BAD V, ? Remarkable Attachment to Home T14 Shown by Crooks. On of the peculiar phases of life It teen In- - the love that bad men hav for their wives and children. B bad men we generally mean thost lawbreakers who thrive in communV ties by the purchase of protection from law upholders. If you pleas" let Tom Gould be mentioned aa type, or The Allen, though I do not know anything about their families Men of that stamp, with their hands ever against their fellow men, living only to do them, usually have happy homes. The family ties are sacred. The gamblers daughter is the light of hla soul, and his only holy ambition la to shield her from Knowledge of his moral obliquity. I could name a dozen such men in this city whose names are as well known as District Attorney Jerome's. No matter how black the record against them on ths outside, wlthlnthethreshold of theli homes they become loyal husband and Indulgent fathers. New York ' ' ' Times. ' A 8trange Calculation. Taking the length of the permanent railways on the surface of the globe at nearly sixty thousand geographical miles, with a dally average of ten trains. It is estimated that the total loss suffered by wear and tear each day by the metallic rails of the earth la about six hundred tons. The six hundred tons are lost In the form of fine powder, and. are carried back to the earth In the shape of soluble Iron salts. - l. THE BLOOD. IftThe blood Is life. We derive from the blood life, power, beauty and reason, as tho doctors have been saying from time Immemorial. A healthy body, a fresh appearance, and gener. a!2y all the abditles we possess do pend on that source of life. It !e therefor the duty of every sensible man to keep the blood as pur and normal as possibla Nature, la !ta Infinite wisdom, has given ns a thermometer indicating the state of the blood, which appeals to our reason by " giving notice of Its Impurity."" Small eruptions of the skin, to which w scarcely pay any attention, headache, ringing noises tn the ears, lassitude, Sleeplessness, are generally a alga that the blood Is not la its normal state, bat- Is filled with noxious substance. These symptoms deserve our fall attention. If more attention ..were paid to those symptoms, and. steps taken to remove them, then many Illnesses from which we niter would become unknown and the human body would become stronger end healthier. - Attention therefore should he paid to those warning signs, and the blood can be purified and poisonous substances removed from It by the use cl Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops, discovered more than CO years These things are supposed to b had for the stomach, but experience will prove that they are not really harmful. There la nothing about ice cream soda that injures the digestive organa. The only objection to it for the woman who is reducing lx that it makes her taL y. s - Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E. 114th St., N.Y. City, adds her testimony to the hundreds of thousands oh Mrs. Pinkhams files. When Lydia E. Pinkhams Remedies were first introduced skeptics all over the country frowned upon their curative claims, but as year after year has relied by and the Did Not Hava tho Fries, A bucolic constituent received tn hla mall the other day a copy of a consular report, the wrapper of Offwhich bore the announcement, icial business. Penalty for use, 300, whereupon the recipient wrote to the What department of state, saying: la thunder made yon think that I would pay (300 for the darned old report you sent me! American engines In South Africa, those In Germany, and the treat movement la Auatrla- do with' the raising of corn and potatoes, and so hare no Interest for me. Send return postage and I will mall Aa a rale, a new a of and record made ance has is cos gate sidered a good leap for a hunter, and 8fL lln. Our picture represents the paper back to you, and yon can a fqw horse have been trained to Heatherbloom clearing the fence at send It to some dude reporter la New clear six and even seven feeL At this height; Heatherbloom York who baa got the price In his also - Chicago last year Heatherbloom, the against the bars, showing the propor- clothes, I havent property of Mr. Howard Wllletg of tionate height of the record Jump. If we could see ourselves as others Mamarsneck, New York, established - Many a man who wins his bride In see us mirrors would be a drag on ths a record with a jump of 7fL 4 Hie. market . has now lmnmved upon this perform a canter loses her In a decanter. five-barre- r ago- - - era.. - - - - i |