The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1896 — Page 2

>yvacusc Register. SYR M ’PRE. : ; INDIANA ■ I - ■> Nrw York and Brooklyn will begin married life with property whose as■eased value is *2.593,324,829. They ought to be happy. There are now Methodist bishops that were born in Ohio, viz.: Merrill, Thoburn, Joyce, Walden, Foster, Cranston and McCabe. Mask Twain, who is lecturing in South Africa,’ wiM bring back a few pieces of crystallized carbon known as the. diamond of commerce. The czarina has become’a colonel in » German regiment. When she practices with a gun the czar gets inside the ancient armor Os his ancestors and prays hard. The bicycle is the best temperance orator in the land. Bicyclists are not accustomed to stop at every saloon “to wood and water.” A beer-fuddled head has no business on a w heel. The. trial of a man who stole a fiddle has cost New York state *IO,OOO. This la perhaps the most expensive case of rosining the bow since the occasion on which Nero fiddled nt n fire in Ronie. . The annual rainfall in the basin : drained by the Mississippi river is 78,000,000.000,000 cublwfeet. The Clouds' propelled by the *v|mls-carry all this water mostly from the gulf. Jacob Oppenheimer, of Brooklyn. N Y., who has been sued by his wife for divorce, -ays that the trouble grew out of her joining a woman's lodge and staying out late at nigh’, nee? It’s comling. ______ The new illuminate?!'’life buoy is-a hunmne Invention; The unfortunates • are directed to it by the hnliiant lights' it carries, and arc saved; It hns Been adopted for use in the United States A new vi'ass I.as i».i> manufactured that, while' it allows the,free passage ©f light, is a jlecidcd check to heat. in an exjierifneui it was proved that a glass plate four-tenths of nn inch thick allowed but 4 6-10 percent. of radiant bent to pass through it. Ordinary window glass lets 86 per cent.- of heat through. \ Abort 2.000: miles of railway arc under construction in Japan, and the lx»ndon Tiny-s says there nre signs that American engineering ant! materia! ‘will be preferred to English hereafter by the Japanese. • Our Oriental neighbors w ill make no mistake hen they order their railway iron, locomotives and war ships in this country. Du.' KJtAPP, in the Century, shows that the American branch of the A.iph>-Sa-xdn race, is not thy ttervous, lanternjawed class that English critics have loved to picture. ■ In fact, take us all around. Dr. Knapp would seem to con-1 elude that the Americatji stomach can , whip its- weight in -strawberry short- j cake and paUrut medicine and never turn a !t.i:r. ■ . The silly young woman wbo married i an Indian mimed Chaska n few years 1 •go and who dreamed pf-amalgamating the red and the white races anti u'shertn the era <.f nn:i < r brothci hoqfl, has come to grief like the rest of her tribe. Chaska run-off with a squaw, "who, no doubt, suited his coarse nature better, 'and the once enthusiastic w ife is .sup]>or’mg herself and three children by washing. A savant with an unpronounceable name. r.es ding acroM the water, has discovered 6 means of proving the existence of abs> live of. true love by photography., He j li-'to.’raph- tire" electric •parks which jump from the tips of the fingers t-. those who truly love each ©rher. No spark, no true lore. Pshaw, this spark theory is as old a# the hills Iking universally admitted, what is the need photographing-it? Ih’sides.i records of youthful folly arc extremely embarrassing when they turn' up in biter years. , An Englishman in Washington at dinner declined; to eat .air ice in the •hape and color of the American flog. This he did because he held it to l»c bail form to absorb the national enibiem. The incident was significant as showing the difference between the British Idea of patriotism-and our own. Eng lishmen lift their hats when their flag i* carried past and rise when the na tional anthem is played in theaters and music halls. No true Briton; in trade or but of it, would Use the flag of his country for advertising purposes. Another Central American revolution baa been suppressed—-namely: that ir. Nicaragua. The area fought over w«.>> 60 square mile*. The losses on both snl<-> were about too. President Zelaya'® army numbered 3,000 and the clerical insurgent* bad about 2.000. The duration of the war was abQUt ejght weeks. Now nil is calm in Nicaragua until the next revolution occurs, which may be next week or pext year, no one can tell. For a Wonder there are no revolutions row ip all Central America, but it ma* be con fide n t ly-»y t ici|ia ted that business w ill lie resumed-before long at the old stand. Ax English woman who had hidden a of money, about s2uo worth, in a chimney a yearago, forgot w here it was when she wanted to use it and charged her son with stealing it. In wrath he left the house and has never been heard from since. A few days ago a chimney sweep found the money where the woman had put it and guve it to her. Now she is sorry. The moral is that money was made tor better uses than to line chimneys with. You might as well leaveit where the burglarscan get H m to hide it where you will get nt> good of it yourself, and run the risk of destroying family happiness besides. There are living it ex-governors of Vermont. The venerable war goveruoi of the state. Frederick Holbrook. Brat Ucboro. George W. Hend«-e.of Morrisville. tilled but the unexpirvd term of Feter T. Wushburne.- whp died in IS* J nnd John VV. Stewart, of Middlebury was governor from IS7O until lb'S, when Kedtield Proctor was elected. His sue ee&sors, all of whom arc living, were Roswell Farnham, of Bradford. John L. Par*tow, of Shelburne. Samuel E. Pingree, of Hartford. Ebeneaer J. t'rmsbee. of Rrnudon. -William P. Dillingham, ot Waterbury. Carrol S. Page, of Hyde Fuk. and Uvl K. Fuller, 0/ Untttleboru.

Epitome of the Week INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Tb» Proceedlncs of th® First Seaslow Washington, May 20. —The senate yesterday passed the District of Columbia appropria tlon^bill, carrying-approx-imately $7,300,000. The house entered upon a tw o days’ debate of the- immigration bills, the feature of the debate during the day being the plea of Senator Buck (La.) against any sort of restrictive legislation beyond that now on the statute books, which excluded jmupera and criminals. * Washington, May 21.—The senate yesterday passed the fortifications appropriation bill and defeated a proposition by Senator Gorman for the issue of SIOO,000.000 of three per cent, treasury certificates to meet prospective deficiencies. In the house the immigration bill was §ed. It adds to the classes of aliens uded from admission to the United es all persons between the ages of ud 60 years of age, except parents of persons living in thia country, who canpot both read and write English orsome other language. Washington, May 22 — After agreeing | to several conference reports in the senate yesterday Senator Butler’s bill ; prohibiting the issue of government bonds w ithout the.consent of congress was brought up and caused a lively discussion, but nd action was taken. In th* house the bill granting a pension of SSO a month to Francis K. Hoover was ! passed over the president's veto by a ■ vote of 196 to 47. - AVnshington, Muy 23.-—The time in the senate yesterday was occupied in Senator Butler’s bill prohibiting the—ißßtie of United States bonds vvsthou't the consent of congress. In the houst' the conference report on theWiver and harbor bill was agreed.to and T 5 pension bills were passed. A bill establishing a life-sa'ing station ! ( harlevoix. Mich., was favorably ‘reported. ■ :

From Trees and Bhrublxry were uprooted cn the white house grounds during a windstorm in Washington and in many other portions of the city. The interim! revenue receipts for the post ten months aggregated $1111.660,170, an increase over the like jienCsl of 1k95 of 51.005.196Minister Taylor was instructed by fsecrftarv Olney to make vigorous protests to the Spanish government relat ing to recent edicts prohibiting ex-j-ortations of tobacco from the Island <1: Cuba on the grounds that i!t amounts to a practical confiscation of goods in t übti owned by Americans. The exchanges nt the leading clear , ing houses of the United States! during' ti e we- k ended on the 22d aggregate-: $ ,-d..'1.:?. I ’'.'9.. against $1.019J>d9,27s th--previous week. T he decrease, compared with the corresponding week in ISitfi was 1.6>. . - ■ ' In the United States there were 227 L is hi css f all ure s i n the se Ve n day s ended on the 22d. against 224 the. week pre vious and 2* 7 in the corrcs|>ondiiig p* tiod of . Official statistics of the production of salt in the United States during the year 1595 show-the total prodUc-| lion was 13,665.649 barrels, valued at J *4,223.0X6. ah increase of 6t>>.(s)o barrels o\«-r the .previous year, but i|. decline pt _5300.000 in value. THE EAST. N’ew Hampshire democrats in convention at Concord elected delegates at large to the national epnventibn and declared for the gold standard. In Saratoga, N. Y.. the losth genera! ro*i-mbly of the northern Presbyterian v hutch met, and Rev. John L. \\ ithrow . of Chicago, the liberal candidate, was , elected moderately. ■' A building in Buffalo. N. Y., collapsed, killing Jennie Griffin and injuring 12 other perrons, two fatally. At Mechanics Falls, Me., Joseph Holt, a paj>er mill ojverative, killed his pne-veur-old child and then cut his own throat. * Kc-olutibns were presented nt- the Presbyterian general assembly in bar a toga. N. ilenouuciiig Sund'ny_ exenrsions, Sunday l-aseball games, Sunday Sunday bicycle pleasure, riding and the greet! of gain, which *--»ni|H‘ls dhousands against their will to work on the I«ord> day. -, At the age of 6® years ex-Upited States Senator William A. Wajlace. of Veiinsylvnr.in, died in New York. He was senator from 1875 to 1881. Abbey. Schoeffel A Grau, controlling the Metropolitan Opera house and Abbey’s theater in New York ami the Ttenibnt theater in Boston, failed for*3oo.VOO; assets, $200,b00. - The election of officers of the American Baptist Missionary union resultedat Asbury Park. N. J., in the selection.of Rev. Henry F. Colby, 1). D. of Ohio, aa president. WEST AND SOUTH. In a freight wreck near Chapin, ft. C, .Enginev/ Williford, of Carlton. <>o...ai:d two negro train hands were killed end 14 cars burned. Democrats of the Seventh Ohio district nominated James Johnrou. Jr., of Springfield.-for congress.By an accident to a Ixike Shore freight train in Toledo. O_ Frank Harm*, of Washington, tla,, was killed and si* ether men were injured. For cause unknow n Wallen Wagner, aged 30 years, cut his w ife's.throat w ith a razor ami then kiilbd himself at Parkersvillv. Ind. A mob took James Itazzele (colored) from the jail in St Bernard, !j» m and lynched him for attempting to assault a w hite woman. fk-mocrats of lowa in convention at Dubuque declaicd for free silver at a ratio *»f sixteen to one and instructed 26 delegate* to Chicago to present the • name of Horace Boies as a candjdata for tl.e presii'.eutial nomination on a free-silver platform. Dr. C. C. McCabe, of New York, and Earl Cranston, of .'Cincinnati, wera < iectrd bishops at the Methodist general conference in Cleveland Near P'restonburg. Ky_ .women white caps destroyed an illicit still owned by Mo*e« Maygord, Resolutinr.s were adopted in thedem- ■ ucratic state convention at Aberdeen. S. I; M imk»rsing the administration and declaring for the preeent money standard. Delegates to the national epnventiou were chosen. Lightning struck the house of B. F. HoYix nt Chillicothe. 0-. and his two daughters were killed. hi a habeas corpus case at Frankfort Williams rendered a decision, the effect of whieh would be to reloe*e about 25') convicts now confined ir {hp two pofiiugtianra sis beatuvky,

Populists of the Second Tennessee district nominated William G. Olivet for congress on a free-silver platform. At Bronham, Tex-, John Rutherford and his son, Brody Rutherford, and Joe Goodson were executed for the murder of Thomas Dwyer on January 29. The democratic slate convention at Columbia, S. C., declared for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteeh to one and the delegates to Chicago were instructed to vote for Senator Tillman for president. ’ In East IjOs Angeles, Cal., Charles M. Eugland, a young attorney, killed his Wife nnd then committed suicide- No Cause wns known. Republicans ot the Eighth Indiana district renominated Charles 11. Henry for congress. In Sevier county. Tenn., white caps went to whip Rufus Ingle, a peaceable farmer, nnd he shot Huston Burnett, the leader, dead, and fatally wounded three others. , Seven miles south of Emporia. Kan., farm property wns -damaged and orchards nnd by a cyclone Wyoming democrats in convent-ion «t Ijiramie elected free silver delegates to the national cOi vention. A cyclone passu*’ through the Osage reservation in Oklahoma, devastatingfarms and ranches and killing a number of people. A boiler in the Davidson Bro*,’ sawmill near Marietta, Ind., exploded, fatally injuring Thomas and Eunice Davidson .and Frank Batt ran and woundi ng six others. On the Omaha road a freight train Was derailed nt Lemurs, In., nnd M.r. and Mrs. Ernest Hildebrand, of Beattice. Neb., who were in the caboose, were instantly killed. At Grayson, Ky.*, James Ijewitt was hanged for the murder of his wife on November 14, |895.. A gns explosion wrecked two buildings at Coffeyville, Kan., nnd. David Carter was killed and 15 other persons were injured, two fatally. - A boiler in a’tile mill at. Tipton. 0., exploded, killing Alexandfer Moore pnd his son Charles, proprietors of the mill, and ten employes werelnjured. Wreckers who for thbj4>4 two years and a half have been JflWy clearing up the world’s fair grounds in Chicago have completed LKeir work. Silver inen will' hold n national conference nt-Columbus, 0;, on June 3. A cyclone in Oklahoma territory .wrecked 20 houses at Edmond, 12 at White Eagle And several at other places, killing ten jKTsoris, < Eureka Camille Storey, widow 6f the famous evlitpr, Wilbur F. St<|rey. died at her hottie in Chicago, aged 57 years. It was decided nt the-Methodist general conference in Cleveland that the eliurcli should not recognize any matter of legislation of the Christian En-. deavor societies or sanction in any manner the affiliations of these societies with the Epworth league. In San Francisco Aha E. Sheppard, a jeweler; murdered his cousin, Nirs. L. E. Aweny, W hile insane,' anil then cut his own throat. . At her home in Carroll la.. Mrs. Margaret Kelley celebrated her 106thbirthday anniversary. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. At Pretoria the executive council decided that the punishment of Col. Francis Rhodes. Lionel Phillips, George Fsrinr and John Hays Haiuiiiond. the leaders of the Transvaal reformers who were sentenced to death, shall be 15 ‘years' imi>ris<>nm».-nL In China the lndo-Ch>na tine steamer Onwo and the Roasting' vessel New Chwung collided ami 252 lives vvere lost. In Paris “Torn" Linton, a Welshman, beat the bicycle record from the fifth mile "upward, covering SO miles within an hour. Amid a grand display of imperia] potnp and splendor the czar and czarina made their triumphal entry into Moscow. , " A picador, Jose Mnta, was gored to death ami four other performers were fatally wounded and six horses were killed, all by, one bull, at a bull fight in Monterey, Mexico. The steamer Ijvurada, which left New York on May 9. landed on Cuban soil all the men and ammunition she earned for the insurgents. LATER NEWS. La. Fontaine, Kan., a village of 200 souls, was almost destroyed by a .-yilotie. ami a mokc of farmhouses north. eiu*t and west were destroyed. Aaron E*iWants, a farmer, w-is killed and many others were severely hurt. "1.-tsel*-" Daniel Frederick, aged 107 rears, died at Vrnwnnes Ind. He was the oldest citizen of the Date. . Gen. l.uiins Fairchild, »h" wasgpvernbr of Wisconsin from 1865 to 1871, ex-minister to :>|>ain ami ex-*x»mmauder >n chief of the G. A. R-died at his home in Madison, aged 65 yeats. A cyclone struck Palarin, Fa., 15miles’ north of D. S M"ine<, k-lilng nim js-ople •nd injuring a number. The schooner Mary Sprague collided near Boston with an unknow n schooner and sank her and nine men and one woman were drow ne<|. Loryn Fletcher was renominated for congrr'-s by Fifth Minnesota district republicans. The percentage of the baseball clubs in the National league fog_the week •uded on 24th were as follows: ( irvelntxd. Cincinnati. .6*5; Boston. .621; Pittsburg. .593; Baltimore, .552: Chicago. .s+B; IMtiladelphia. .517; Washington. .4- t; Brooklyn-. .414; New York. .379; St. Lonis. .367; Louisville, X 33. In a railway collision near Ely. Minn., Engineer George Weaver and Fireman Wallace Moulton were killed. A flue in the boiler of the steamer Rhoda Stewart exploded off Presque Isle. Mich., and Henry Kesten. second engineer. Robert McNorton. fireman and Court Schrader, a deckhand, were fatally injured. o Lieut. Luther R. Baker. the capturer of J. Wilkes Booth, President assassin, died in Lansing. Mich. Washington, May 25.—Saturday in the senate was consumed by the “filled cheese" bill and the second installment of .thc speech by Senator Allen (pop.. Neb.) on the Butler bill to prohibit the issue of bonds without tKe authority of congress. On the ground that the filled cheese was a revenue measure several amendments to raise revenue were offered, but all failed. The calendar was cleared of all the private pension bills. In the house the conference reports on the river and harbor bill and the executive, legislative and judicial bill were also adopted. Mr. Howard (pop.. Ala.) failed in an attempt to secure consideration of a resolution to impeach President Cleveland on eight eounta.

SOLDIERS’ wUJ SAVES. i*l~T' RS for the sol- , Ay diers and sailors *’ ’ ‘ to-6ay. 8352 Rightfully loved I and rent em- *' .JaWM&S* be red are they. itattles are ended and marc bos are done, Dust on the saher and rust on f\ the gun; Come with roses and beautiful flowers Pearled with the dewdrops and tears of the showers ■? Fit for the graves of such heroes as ou:s. Fragrtfnt and fresh arc the breezes of May, Flowers offer incense for Blue and for Gray. All of thes? suffered and most of them bled. Peace broods fraternally over the dead; Ours was the cause and the banner of stars. Won by the stern arbitration of Mars Flowers for the Gr’ay, too, who fought 'neath the bars. Ring we their praises as years gently pass, Spread we our florat gifts deep on the grass. Fresh blossoms blending with sweet thoughts renewed Fragrant a* these treasures over them strewed; s God grant that ever as years come and go. Bummer's green velvet, and winter's pure snow 1 Out Os these graves, noblest lessons may grow. 5 . ■ i ■■ Out. of war's vortex, Its horrors and fears. Borrows made sacred and jeweled with „ teats, Radiant and glad rise the hopes'of -.he years. —I. Edgar Jones, tn Ram's Horn

Hadley children were very H sorry when Jack, fl the donkey, died. H Philip and Sara {I missed him sadly, find even the baby turned her heal about, seeking him in h>s old place in the bayn. The children chose the spot where Jack was to be buried; under awalnut tree that stood on the edge of • field looking down upon the Hilton Road. It was oh a bleak .March day that the donkey was buried; Sara cried when her father began to shovel the dirt over him, but Philip soon comforted her by picturing the beautiful grave they would make when the weather grew, w arm enough to cover it with flowers. “I don't know where we’ll get the flowers, cept it's lilacs; but Jack was very fond of lilacs,” said Sara, drying her eyes. • “Yes, he was,” answered Philip. “Don't you remember how he ate a whole bushful last Decoration day?” "Suppose »» coyer his grave with lilacs each year ou Decoration day as long as we live. He ought not to have eaten them; but a donkey is only a donkey," said Sara, making what excuse she could for poor Jack ; and then the children raced down the hill together. Decoration day was always a great day at Hilton. Scattered about in the little cemetery, were the graves of a few soldiers who had fought and died in the service of their country, and Hilton never failed to do them honor once a year. Greater preparations were being made for the coming celebration; sot a new grave, marked by n costly monument bearing the name of a noted general, had been made there during the last, year; a. bra v e soldier, once a Hilton boy, whose bines had been brought back to rest in his native place. In nddition to the usual floral decoration of the graves to take place ■in the morning, there was to be a gathering ou the village green in the afternoon, when various speakers nnd a brass band would entertain the crowd. Decoration day opened .warm and bright. The lilac bu-hes in the Ha Ilejs' front yatxl were full of bloom, and not very long after breakfast Sara aiiff Philip [started for the donkey's grave. Sara Itearing greet bunches of the fragrant flower and Philip carrying a small flag. They carried lunch as well, the platt'lH'ing to join their parents in the afternoon oh the green. “We haven't thought as much about Jack lately as we ought,” said Sara, a- they clifabed the hill. "We must think of him all the morning to make up for it. Isn't it too bad that donkeys can't go to Heaven?” "Maybe .there's a donkey land some where,” answered Philip, hopefully. “And anyway. Jack doesn’t have to work ally mole. He uas worn’>ut.” When the children reached the walnut tree in the field, they let to work bn the lumpy' mass of earth that piarked Jack's resting place. It took • long time to smooth and shape it; but after the flowers were htranged according to their taste. Sara and Philip rested,'well Satisfied with their labor. , "I’ll put the* flag in tbe middle;” said Philip, proceeding to,carry out his words. “I think more flags and lees lilacs would, have been-better, don't you?” 's. “No. I don’t,” answered Sara, looking at it critically'The lilacs are especially for Jack; and (lie.flag is only to •how our respect for the country. This isn't a soldier’s grave,” “But I believe that Jack would have made a splendid soldier if he hadn’t been a donkey.” said Philip, thuughtfnlly. “You know a good soldier is one who stands by his |>ost an l don't move, whatever happens; and Jack had just that kind of spirit-” “And we used to whip him when he wouldn’t budge.” sighed Sara, remorsefully. “But I think we better have the exercises now, and then eat our lunch;” and Philip readily agreed to this proposal. The “exercises" consisted of patriotic song*, sung by the children ss they slowly marched around the grave. It was while their voices were sounding out the ringing notes of "Anteriea." that two gentlemen, coming along the Hilton road in a carriage, bad fu{]»ighc F|id round ot thia perfonoauoe.

“A soldier’s grave in this lonely spot!” one of them exclaimed, as they drew near enough to see the decorated mound. “The Stars and Stripes art floating over him. I’ll ask who it is.” “No, no, ’ said his companion, quickly. “Like enough it’s the children’s father or brother, and we won’t ask any questions.” Sara and Philip had stopped singing to dispute- Over a certain' point, and were too busy to notice the carriage and its occupants. Philip insisted on singing: “Land' where pur donkey died,” which Sara thought was disrespectful, not to say wicked, llOwThe dispute would have ended, no one can say; for a call from the carriage start led them and brought wrangling to a close.“Here, children, let me add my tribute to a friend and. brother. That he served his country is enough for me to know;” and the gentleman whpsatd this held out an elegant wreath of white roses and glossy green leaves. Philip made ho move in his astonisnment, but Sara quickly ran down the little slope dividing the field from the road. “We’re much obliged; but it's only Jack who is buried here. It’s a great deal too nice for Jack.” she said, looking admiringly at the flowers. But the gentleman was quite determined that Jack should have them; and after a few more words Sara was standing, wreath in hand, looking after the departing carriage. “What a generou? man he is!” sqid Philip, after every bud and leaf fad been admired. “It seems too nice for a donkey. Did you tell him* who it was?” " “Yes, I did,” answered Sara, forgetting that a stranger could not possibly know that “Jack”.was a donkey. “It didn’t make a bit bf difference.” The grave looked v'ery fine-indeed; when it received its new decoration, i and the children could hardly tearl themselves away after their luncheon i was catep. “We’ll bring father and mOth-raround tolook at it,'Philip said, when they finally left the place to wash their harjds in the brook and make I themselves',presentable for celebration ' on the green. A great crovyd had gathered therPhilip and Sara squeezed through and f found a seat in front of the brass band and very near the platform erected for i the speakers. The children were not.' particularly interested in the speeches; j but there was a great deal of cheering and they considered it fine fun to be j there. It was not until a gentleman • rose to speak in whom Sara and Philip |

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recognized their friend of the morning that they gave close attention. Wild applause greeted this gentles man, which broke out afresh at his stirring words, particularly,when he dwelt on the great;■ .pride{that .Hilton might well feel in its distinguished son, who, after doing noble service for his country, jnow rested in their midst. But after- sounding the praise of Hilton's s|>ecial hero, the speaker went on ’o say that’ the day was not set apart for the worship of any one soldier, no matter how great his career. It was just here that the listening children's inter est suddenly turned to consternation; for in a few touching words he deserilß d the humble grave w hich he supl>osed to be one of the nation's heroes decorated by loving children’s hands. “I came to you bearing a wreath of laurel for our brave general, but 1 left it on yonder hillside to deck the grave of a man unknown to fam*-, xriy tribute of respect to a brother soldier, caring whether he wore the blue or the gray;’’ and after a graceful bow. the orator retired, while the bras® band struck up amid the cheers of the crowd Sara and Philip looked at each other in a frightened way. The general s wreath on the donkey’s grave! It was a dreadful mistake. "1 told .him it was only Jack, I’msuriI did,” whispered Sara, her face very pale. “Oh. Philip, what shaU we do?” took a great deal of whispering, and courage, and resolution, before they decided what to d 6; and when Mr. and Mrs. Hadley, on the edge of the crowd, saw Philip- and Sara making their way on the platform after the celebration. they wefe much astonished. “Please, sir. my sister thought she told ydu that Jack wasn't a soldier.”, said Philip, when the pair, bolding each other's hands, stood before the gentle; man.', “1 think Jack would have made a good soldier.” he added, quickly, wishing his hearer to know that the flowers had hot been bestowed, even mistakenly, on an unworthy character “We're sorry, and we’ll bring the general's wreath back right away.” “Ah, hot a soldier?” said their friend, recognizing the children after a puzzled stare. “May I ask who Jack was?” “He was our donkey,” answered I’h’lip and Sara together: and the hearty fit of lauffhter that followed this disclwwe drove tb* children’• fear.

It was not long before the gentleman was listening, with flattering interest, to the story of Jack's life, death and burial, and declared that the wreath should be left where it was. “It was brave in you to come and tell me about it,” he said, as he took Philip’s hand in parting. “It’s as hard sometimes to tell the truth as it is to face shot and shell; and I believe you have real soB diet stuff in you. The laurel wreath really belongs to you.” “It’s a pity Jack can’t know al-out it, for he'll never be so grand again,” was all the answer Philip made to this praise, and when the gentleman stooped to kiss Sara’s pretty laouth. she said seriously: “Jack was very fond of lilacs, and we mean to cover his grave with them.as long as we live, but I’m sure this will always be Jack’s best decoration day.”—Ella Doyle, in N.Y. Independent. THE MONARCHICAL THEORY. Hm Received Some Severe Blow* of LatO Years. To the student of political institutions perhaps the most characteristic thing about the history of the German empire is the example that it gives us of the revival or reaffirmation, so to sjteak, of the principle of monarchy. That principle has received some rude shocks in recent years. The establishment of the French republic was one and the deposition of the emperor of Brazil was certainly another. Both events gave great encouragement to republican ideas. Kingship in the old absolute sense had long been on the wane. The French revolution almost shattered- the foundations of the old monarchical rule. In England the old kingship received its final blow when George IV. surrendered his position or the question of the emancipation of the Catholics; no attempt has since been made to impose the royal will upon a reluctant ministry or parliament. In France the Old disappeared when Louis. Pliillippe, the citizen king, was summoned to the throng; for the monarchy Os July was built on strictly ' constitutional lines. Even in Prussia a very restricted constitution was reluctantly conceded. King Frederick' William IV. vowed that he would never let a sheet of paper intervene between the God in Heaven and his subjects; but even he was forced at last to yield to the spirit of the age, and; as Bismarck picturesquely put it, the crown itself threw 4 clod upon its coffin. The Italian state* and Spain were for long-in a condition of chronic revolution, and either constitutions w ere extorted dr republic! w ere

established. It almost seemed at though the principle of kingship was ■ doomed ere long to disappear. JJufthe history of the tierman empire has dona much toward 'the restoration of monarchy to its old illustrious position.— Macmillan’s Magazine. The Beat Tribute. Mji grandpa was a soldier. They tell about the day He said his very last sood-by and bravely marched away . With flying flags, and baydnets all gleaming in the sun— They never saw him marching back when all the war. was done. They brought him here and laid him whera I can always bring The very brightest flowers that blossom in the spring. But sweeter far than flowers, as everyone will tell, ’ Is the memory of soldiers who loved their country well. I wish I could be like hltn—to try with all my might And do my loyal service tor honor and for right. And victory and glory!—But children now, you know, |lave never any chance at all to war against a foe. And as I think upon It—the beat dihat we can do I To show our love and honor for a hero •' brave and trme| . Is to resolve together, here by hla grave, \ To live our very ndbleat In the land he died to save. —Sydney Dayre, In Youth’s Companion. Dangerous. A contributor to the “Transactions of the Devonshire Association” says that when he came to a certain place as t icar, he asked whether there were any sick to be visited. “Oh, no, sir,” was the answer. “Nobody is ever ill in Berrynarbor. There is an old man. to be sure, over 90, who has taken lately to his bed, but there hain't much the matter with him that i knows ol.” “I thought to myself,” added the vicar, “of the story of the Scotchman who said to "Lis doctor:. “‘Ye pu’ a vara long face, doctor. D’ye think I'm dangerously ill T “ ‘Na, na,’ was the reply. T don’t think ye’re dangerously ill, but I think ye’re dangerously old.* ” —Youth’s Companion. —A noble cause doth ease much • fdevous case- -Sir F. Sidaejr.

Natural Dentistry. A curious fossil that bears a fantastic resemblance to the work of some prehistoric dentist is mentioned in a recent book. “The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn.” An acquaintance of the author’s, during a journey from the Strait of Magellan up the coast, stopped under a vertical earth bank to pick out a fossil that he saw protruding. The relic proved to be part of a mastodon’s lower jaw, with two teeth still in place. As it was in bad condition he was about to throw it away, when he saw in a split in the top and side of one tooth a bR of some foreign substance. This turned <ut to be gold, and, as the finder believes, must have been deposited in fine grains by the action of the wat<s. All About Western Farm Lands. The ‘‘Corn Belt” is the name of an illustrated monthly newspaper published bv the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R, It aims to give information in an interesting way about the farm lands of the west. Sena 25 cents jn postage stamps to the. Corn Belt. 209 Adams St.. Chicago, and the paper will be sent to your address for one year. 4> „ 5V he's, we put our picture in the magazine or newspaper, we always select the photo that was taken a good while ago.—lndianapolis News. Piano and Organ Agent*. Waste t> —Reliable men to take the agency for our pianos and organs in every county not alreadwrepresenteci. Money can be made. Only men of good habits who can give firstclass referenced need apply. Address Estet & Camp, No. 233 State St., Chicago, HL Ox Even Terms.—“ Why do you always select a i>oor partner at whist?” ’•‘So that we can understand each other's mishaps.” —Detroit Free Press. Monet is a handmaiden. If thou knowest to use It; a mistress, it' thou knowest not.— Horace. Piso’s Cvre is the medicine to break up children's C.-ughs and Colds.--Mas. M. G. Blunt, Sprague. Wash., March 8, ’94. ‘“’Are ydu an officeholder?” said one man to another. “No; I work for a living.’’— Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. Gatety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.— Mme. deStael. Seize life where you will, it is interest-ing.-Goethe.

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