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FEWER MIND THE HAT, MY Boy"

1t is only natural that great Generals
who commanded thousands of men in the
late war should frequently meet men in
different parts of the country who cherish
some incident of war life with which pri-
vate and General were closely connected.
General Sheridan was idly sauntering up
and down the lobby of the Windsor Hotel
deep in thought and cornplacently putting
at his Havana and blowing the smoke into
pretty little rings. Suddenly rough
looking man with face so heavily bearded
that one could see nothing but the twink
ling of black eyes, approached him, and
raising his hat with awkward embarrass-
ment said
''Good morning, General"
The hero of Winchester returned the
greeting, touching his cap with military
politeness, and then trying to peer through
the miner heavy beard to get glimpse
of his features, the General added
"Fm afraid I've forgotten your face,
SIR"
The eyes of the man from Gunnison
twinklei brighter than ever as he re-
marked:
"Its not unlikely. General, sein's we
never met but once afore, you wouldn't be
so apt to remember me as / am you It's
seventeen years since | saw yon last
Things have changed since then. 1t was on
the battlefield of Cedar Creek. Don't you
remember the soldier that gave you his
horse when yours was shot from under you
by shower OF canister from the masked
batteries on the brow of the hill ?" and the
old man looked up with eager pride into
the Genetals face.
'iThat do" answered the General,
with pleased interest and brighter flash
in his eye, ~ remember it well"
II was that soldier" continued the
miner proudly. Il remember the clrcum-
stance well, sir. When you put the spurs
to my hbTse and galloped of, you left your
hat behind you, and l called to you as loud
as / could, but'you replied, never mind
the hat, my boy. I've got that hat yet,
General. It's hanging in my cabin in the
mountains" and the rough fellows eyes
glowed with pleasure.
Sheridan grasped his hand and led him
to seat, and for half an hour they fought
the battle of Cedar Creek over again.
Denver Tribune.
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A MOTHERS EXPERIENCE" shall be
obliged to kill my children or go to house.
keeping" was the somewhat surprising
assertion made by young mother the
other day. She is delicate woman who,
wishing to be relieved of the cares of
housekeeping for year or two, decided to
board for that length of time. My
children are good children in the main"
she continued, obedient, not destructive
and do not disturb things which do not be-
long to us, but being children and not lit
tie old men and women they are as unwel-
come as a frost in June, in the house where
we pay large sum for their board" This
mothers experience is by no means an un-
common one and about the only way by
which sensitive woman can make life
bearable under the circumstances is to
cultivate stoical indifference, after she
has provided as many legitimate outlets for
her children's vitality as she possibly can.
If she is conscientious, and her children
are wisely restricted, she can afford to be
Indifferent, and may even find a sort OF
philosophical content In contemplating
the members of certain class of people
who never were children.
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THE NORWEGIAN STEAMBOAT,

The northern nations of Europe seem to
have hit upon signaily appropriate names
for that place of torment which in England
is called steamboat. There are times when
simply to pronounce the words danlpskib
or danapbaad is soothing to the nerves
and nowhere oftener than in Norway can
one be called upon to seek such relief. 1t
is an accepted thing III Norway that no
steamboat can be counted on either to ar
rive or depart within one, two or three
hours of its advertised time. The guide
books all state this fact; so nobody who,
thus forewarned, has chosen to trust himself
to the dampskib has any right to complain
if the whole plan of his journey is disar-
ranged and frustrated by the things not
arriving within four hours of the time it
had promised. But it is not set down in
the guide-books, as it ought to be. that
there is something else on which the
traveller in Norwegian dampskibs can place
no dependence whatever, and that is the
engaging beforehand of his state-room.
To have engaged state-room one week
beforehand, positively, explicitly, and
then, upon arriving on board, to be con-
fronted by a smiling captain, who states
in an off hand manner, as if it were an
everyday occurrence, that she is very
sorry, but it is impossible TO let you have
it )" and who, when he is pressed for
an explanation of the impossibility, has
no better reason to give than that two gen.
tlemen wanted the state-room, aad as the
/ two gentlemen could not 60 in the ladies'
cabin, and you, owing to the misfortune Of
your sex, could, therefore the two gentle
men have the state-room, and you will take
the one remaining untenanted berth in the
cabin-this is what may happen in Nor.
wegian damp-skib. II one is resolute
enough to halt in the gangway, and order
ing the porters bearing the luggage to halt
also, say calmly: " Very we'll then must
return to my hotel and wait for another
boat, in which I can have a state-room.
1t would be quite out of the question,
my making the journey in the cabin, :"
the Captain will discover some way of dis
posing of the two gentlemen, and without
putting them into the ladies' cabin !;
but this late concession, not to the justice
of your claim, only to your determination
,in enforcing it, does not in any wise con.
ciliate your respect or your amiability.
The fact OF the imposition and unfairness
is the same. l ought to say, however,
that this is the only matter in which I
found unfairness in Norway. In regard to
everything else the Norwegian has to pro-
vide, or to sell, he is Just and honest but
when it comes to the question of dampskib
accommodations, he seems to take leave of
all his sense of obligation to be either
III. II. in September Atlantic.
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INDIAN MGUND-BUILDERS.

We are not without testimony to the fact
that the present Indian tribes did build
mounds. Lewis and Clarke mention the
custom among the Omahas, saying that
90 one of their great chiefs was buried on
hill, and mound twelve feet in diameter
and six feet in hight erected over him."
Bertram states that the Choctaws covered
the pyramid of coffins taken from the bone
house with earth, thus raising conical hill
or mound. Tomochichi pointed out to
General Oglethorpe a large conical mound
near Savannah, IN which he said the
Yamacraw chief was inferred, who had,
many years before, entertained a great
white man with red beard, who entered
the Savannah river in large vessel,
and in his barge came up to the
Yamacraw bluff. Featherstonhaugh, in
his Travels, speaks of the custom among
the Osages, referring to a mound built over
the body of chief, called Jean Defoe by
the French, who Unexpectedly died while
his warriors were absent on hunting ex-
petition. Upon their return they heaped
a mound over his remains, enlarging it at
intervals for a long period, until it reached
its present hight. Bradford says that
many of the tumui formed of earth, and
occasionally of stones, are of Indian origin.
They are generally sepulchral mounds
either the general cemetery Of vii
lage or tribe, funeral monuments over
the graves of illustrious chiefs, or
upon a battlefield, commemorating the
event and entombing the fallen, or the
result of custom, prevalent among some
of the tribes, of collecting at stated inter-
walls the bones of the dead and interring
them liz a common repository. A mound OF
the later description was formerly situated
on the low grounds of the Rivanna river,
in Virginia, opposite the site of an old
Indian village (Jefferson's ''Notes on Vir-
ginia, PIP. 100. lO3). 1t was forty feet in
diameter and twelve feet in hight, of
spheroidal form, and surrounded by
trench, whence the earth employed in its
erection had been excavated. The circum-
stances attending the custom alluded to
were, the great number of skeletons,
their confused position, their situation in
distinct strata, exhibiting different stages
of decomposition, and the appearance of
bones of infants A mound of similar
character, and constructed in layers or
strata at successive periods, existed near the
south branch of the Shenandoah, in the same
State. A tumuLas of stones, in New York
State, is said to have marked the grave of
a distinguished warrior (McCauley's Z" His
tory of New York." volume H., p. 239),
'Beek's Gazetteer Up. 3OS) states that "a
mound of the largest dimensions has been
thrown up, within few years, in Illinois,
over the remains of an eminent chief y
[Prof. N H. Winchell.
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4HE DAILY RECORD-U UNION.
GELD AID MocKING-BIRD.

THE following poem is in no sense a mere fancy
n the contrary, the strange, pathetic incident !
actually occurred not long ago in tn
.ighboThoo of Jacksonville, Florida.l
Once, in land of balm and flowers,
OF rich fruit-laden trees,
Where the wild wreaths from jasmine bowers
1rail DER Fioridian seas,
We marked our Jeannie's foe tsteps run
AthwaTt the twinkljug glade;
She seemed Hebe in the sun,
a Dryad in the shade.
And eli day long her winsome song,
Her trebles and soft trils,
Would wayelike how, or silvery low
Die down the whispering iills.
Ono morn miGmoss the foliage dim
4 dark gray piuion stirs;
And, bark along the yine.clad limb
What strange voice blends with he's?
u blends with hers, which soon Is stiiied-
Brayer the mock birds note
Than all the strains that ever filed
The quee1liSst human throat
As Jeaanie heard, she loved the bird,
And sought thcucefcrth to share
With her new favorite, dawn by dawn,
Her daiatest morning cheer
But, ah blight beyond our ken,
From some far feverous Wild
Brought that dark Shadow feared OF men
Across the fatsd child
1t chilled her dropping cufls OF brown,
Il dimmed her violet eyes,
And like an awful CO crept down
From vague, my sterious skies
1t last one day our JEANNE lay
All pulseless, pale, forlorn
The sole, sweet breath on lips of death,
The futtering breath OF morn
When Just beyond the o'er-curtained room
(How tender, yet how strong ,
Rose through the misty morning gloom
The mock-bifds sudden song.
Dear Christ those notes of golden neal
Seem caught from heavenly spheres.
Yet through their marvellous cadence steal
Tones soft as chastened tears
Is it an Gngets voice that throbs
Within the brown birds breast,
Whose rhythmic magic scars or sobs
Above oar darlings rest?
The fancy passed-but came once more,
When stolen from Jeannie's bed,
That eve, along the porchway floor
found our minstrel deed
The lre of that transcendent strain
His life chords burned apart,
And, merged in sorrows earthlier pain,
1t broke the o'erladen heart
Maiden and bird the self same grave
Their welded dust shall keep,
While the long, low Floridan wave
Aoans round their place Of sleep.
Paul H. Hayne.
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A French physicist, after study of the
records of earthquakes from the beginning
of the last century, finds that the disturb
ances are most frequent when Jupiter and
Saturn are in certain positions, and from
this he predicts that the number of earth.
quakes will be large in 1856. 1891, 1898,
1000, and onward to 1880, where his calcu-
lations stop for the present. In one sense
it may be regarded as fortunate that the
world must wait six years before the pre-.
dictlon can be verified.
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American pottery manufacture is i'm
proving SO rapidly that the home prOduc-
tions this year are for the first time equal
to foreign importations. Beds of valuable
claws have been found in plenty, and the
common wares OF the potteries are declared
to be as good as those Of Stafordshire. -
[Celtic Monthly,
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A eood Baptist

Clergyman of Bergen, N Y, strong tenn
perance man, suffered with kidney trouble
neuralgia and dizziness almost TO blindness,
ever two years after he was told that Hop
Bitters would cure him, because be was afraid
of and prejudiced against '.bitters." Since
his cure he says none need fear but trust in
Hop Bitters,
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Educate the mind, elevate the motives
of life, ennoble the affections, ealighten
the conscience, invigorate the will, estab-
lish good habits These are the things
necessary TO right state of society. The
scbool-house is better than the prison, the
teacher moro economical than the police
man, and the Bible one of the most poten-
tial factors in human culture. The true
citizen is made not by merely REFRESHING
the criminal act. but by eradicating the
criminal disposition. DR.. Platt.
WHY suffer longer from the torment of an
aching back, kidney.Wort will cure you.
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The citizens of Bieber, Lassen county,
propose erecting college at that place for
the advancement of the youth Of thlt Sec
ton.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-10

The surveying party, under United
States Surveyor Berdan, are now at Parks
creek, in Shasta valley, sectionizing town
ships.
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one backward. as closely resembling the
visitation from which heaven had delivered
them as as rhy thin and good taste would
allow During the French occupation in
1898 the procession was forbidden, but the
easy going Dutch government of Luxem.
bourg has allowed it 20 be revived.
Disc SCISSORS. novel pair of scissors
has been devised by Herr Sievert. OF
Dresden. The blades are represented by
two circular steel knives, W hich slightly
overlap at the edges, and are pressed to.
gether by two spiral springs. The HALVES
are fastened to pair of woodel, rollers
with india rubber rims, which grip and
guide the cloth or paper as it passes be-
tween the knives, so that the latter uiay
cut straight. These cutters are carried bp'
two handles or levers which are held in the
hand, and the cutting it effected by push.
ing the scissors forward, so as to cause the
rollers to revolve.
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COOKING By GAS.

YENHE CAPITAL GAS COMPANY HAVING
1 received a supply Of the most approved pat
terms OF GAS COOKING STOVES request their
patrons to call at their workshop, CLUNIES BUILD.
ING, Eighth street. between J and X and select
their Cooking Stoves. ALL WHO ARE USING
GAS STOVES FOR COOKING are sgreeably sur.
prised to find they easy to manage; cause no
heat, SCOT dust in the apartment; take up little
room; may be placed wherever desired, and less
expensive for most families than the ordinary cook.
ing stove The Company will put them up at their
own expense, charging for their use a small monthly
rental. All those now in Use are giving complete
satisfaction so far as known. sl-istf
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rThe following poem is in no sense a mere fancy
On the contrary, the strange, pathetic incident it
commentaries actually occurred not long ago in the
neighboThoo. of Jacksonville, Florida.l
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HOW LONG MAN MAY LIVE.

1t was Prof. Bufeland's opinion that the
limit of possible human life might be set at 200
years. This on the general principle that
the life of creature is eight times the years
of its period of growth. That which is
quickly formed quickly perishes, and the
earlier complete development is reached the
sooner bodily decay ensues More women
reach ,old age than men, but more men at
tain remarkable longevity than women. Some
animals grow to be very old. Horned ami
mails live shorter lives than those without
horns, fierce longer than timid, ampbibious
longer than those which inhabit the air. The
voracious pike exists, it is said, to an age OF
100 years; the turtle is good for 100 years
or more; and among birds the golden eagle
is known to have lived nearly 200 years,
while the sly and sombre crow reaches the
venerable age of century. Passing up in
the scale of life to man, and skipping the
patriarchs, we find many recorded instances
of longevity among the classic Greeks and
Romans. Pliny notes that in the reign OF
the Emperor Vespasian, in the year Is, there
were l24 men living in the limited area be-
tween the Appenines and the Pc Of 100 years
and upward, three of whom were 14O and
four 1S5. Ciceros wife lived to the age Of
1O3, and the Roman actress Luceja played in
public as late as her 10Th year.
Coming down to more recent times the
most notable authentic instance of great age
| is that of Henry Jenkins, of Y Yorkshire, Eng
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land, who died in 1870, 1863 years old. He
was fisherman, and at the age Of 100 easily
swan across rapid rivers. Another historic
case is that of Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, a
day laborer, who lived to the age of l52
years. When more than 120 he married bis
second wife, and till l30 he could swing the
scythe and WELD the fail with the best of bis
fellow.laborers. In his 152nd year Parr went
up to London to exhibit himself to the King.
It proved an unlucky VISIT for, violating the
abstemious habit of century and half, the
old man feasted so freely on the royal victuals
that he soon died merely of plethora. On
examination his internal organs proved " be
in excellent condition, and there was no rea-
son why he should not have lived much Ion
ger save for this unfortunate taste of royal
hospitality. Prof. Hufeland's roll of cente.
narians includes many more remarkable cases,
among them that of Mittlestedt, Prussian
soldier, who served sixty.seven years under
both the Fredericks, fighting many battles,
and enduring much hard campaigning, and
who, after all this, married suecessively three
wives, the last when he was 10, only two
years before his death.
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pensation is absolutely essential in order to
secure the most worthy men and women for

pensation ls absolutely essential IN order 10
secure the most worthy men and women for
our teachers.
Henry Ward Beecher, in speaking of teach
ers and salaries, says: "There is no profes.
sion 80 exacting, none that breaks men down
so early as that of faithful teaching and
there is no economy so penurious, and no pol
icy so intolerably mean as that by which the
custodians of public affairs screw down to the
starvation point the small wages of men and
women who are willing to devote their time
and strength to teaching the young"
Nv. Positions must be made dependent on
merit. Favoritism and nepotism are the
bane of the profession. They literally drive
the most worthy out of the profession. The
selection of teacher upon merit is the ex.
ception. The modest and worthy teacher
gives place to the dolt who happens to have
an influential uncle or rich brother. in law,
or who belongs to popular church or to the
dominant political party.
This crime against the race demands
speedy and radical remedy. The indignation
of outraged humanity should be visited upon
guilty perpetrators of these frauds School
boards must be held to strict account. Ne.
cessary safeguards must be provided. He who
votes for teacher from favoritism must be
branded as public enemy; and unscrupu-
lous place hunters must be expelled from the
brotherhood.
v. The best means of educating teachers
must be provided. The coming teacher will
usually be graduate of normal school,
hence these institutions must be made every
strfoo ho
maintained to stimulate continued growth
Our educational literature needs to be vastly
improved and extended.
The coming teacher will not only be famil-
lar with the educational achievements Of the
past, but also with current educational thought
and current movements.
4. The COMING TEACHER WILL BE MAN
AMONG MEN-He will boldly lead his pupils
and the people up to higher life. He will
dare to teach vital truths, and will not shrink
from pushing them to their results.
5. The MISSION OF THE COMING TEACHER.
Our best school systems are now comparative.
ly inefficient because of the incompetency Of
teachers, and our best systems are full of de-
fects.
I. The coming teacher will perfect our
school systems, so as to secure the highest re-
suits at the least expense. Only teachers are
qualified to perfect our educational plans.
The outlines of the coming system are now
we'll defined and our educators, with singular
unanimity, support the proposed measures.
II. The coming teacher will revolutionize
our school methods. ASter all that has been
done, the majority OF our schools are wretch
edly taught. But the coming teacher, even
now, is at work in favored localities, and is
doing bravelY and well the work of revolu-
tionizing school methods. 1t may take gene.
rations, but ultimately the coming teacher
will find his way into every district.
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Seletted 2aetrg*
CARRY ME- BACK.

The day was gone, and the night was dark,
And the bowling winds went by,
And the binding sleet fell thick and fast
From the stern and stormy sky,
When mournful wall, through the rushing gale
Was heard at the cottage door
o! carry me back-O! carry me back
To my mothers home once more.
Twas youth who had left his mountain home
He had wandered far and long;
He had drained the goblet's fiery tide,
At the festal midnight throng.
But dream of hope came over his heart,
As he crept to the cottage door
o! carry me back-O! carry me back
To my mothers home once more.
I have left the hall of the tempters power,
And the revel wild ar high
They cared not in their reckless mlrth
If wandered alone to die.
Doth the fire still burn on the household hearth,
By the elm tree old and hoar!
O! carry me back-O! carry me back
10 my mothers home once more.
Like weary bird that has wandered long,
will seek my mother s nest,
And lay this aching head once more
On nv gentle mothers breast.
Once more will seek the household hearth,
By the elm tree old and hoar-
O! carry me back-O! carry me back
To my mothers home once more.
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He is like the Irishman who was put in a
bucket and hung in deep we'll. His tor;
mentors would neither let him down nor pull
him up. $50, by the mother of Moses" said
Pat, II will get the best of them" and he cut
the rome
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sa- How many times we are impatient with
our friends when they do not do as we think
they should. T. we knew the circumstances
surrounding tn, m, the difficulties they have to
overcome, our 'ity instead of our impatienc,e,
would no douh be excited. We judge harsh
" because we = . not know the facts. When
will we learn to be patient and charitable?
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CHE Has Nor AN ENEMY IN THE WORLD"
Hasn't? Well, we are sorry for him, for he
has very little character who has no enemies.
He is nobody, who has not pluck enough to
get an enemy. Give US rather, as our ideal Of
virtue and manliness, one who has candor and
fearless love for the thing he sees to be right.
The man of earnest purpose, strong will and
love of principle, for his own sake must have
enemies But this, so far from being i'll, is to
him good. The strong tree is more deeply
rooted and fastened in the soil, by the blast,
than by the summer breeze. A man never
knows how much there is in him, until he has
confronted and braved opposition.