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Advance and Retreat.
Personal Experiences in the
United States and Confeder.
ate States Armies
BY Gen. j. 3. HOOD,
Late Lieutenant General Confed'
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ING 1ns Dss' Family Msuspaps,,
Publishes both the re,;o;o..
secular news that is desired !, ald
family, while all that il SpdalI
DO harm is shut out. Il y
four pages to religious =. 80
four to secular. lAd
e.. The s, NEx York tosss.n !,
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The Mystery Of Christianity.

The whole scheme Of Christianity Is
pervaded and distinguished from every
other religion, including even its re,
vealed forerunners, the patriarchal and
Jewish dispensstions, by that mystical
character, that combination Of q body
with soul, of the outward sign with
the inward grace, which brings it into
such perfect and comprehensive har-
mony with the mixed nature Of msu as
both material and immaterial being.
1t is the living and ite.g giving energy
Of the Spirit Of God which animatest the
whole body Of the Redeemer, and
moves it according to his will, in all the
forms prescribed Tor ito exercise and de.
velopment. Nothing can DO more pro.
foundry solemn than the belief, still
shared, thanks DO to God, by nearly gu
who bear the name Of Christ, that the
motions of this Divine Spirit wait, In
some special sense, on certain functions
Of religion, discharged by man at biz
own discretion, like other acts OF bid
common Gfe.-Gladstone. 5...
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Sabbath Rest.

1wish all tired people did but know,
the infinite rest there is in fencing OF
the six days from the seventh. in
anchoring the business ship OF their
daily life Is the Saturday draws to ito
close, leaving them to ride peacefully
mon tho dow or ebb until Monday
FORMING comes again. O, the delik htfut
lull Of feeling: =. No need 70 settle
this ouestion, NO need to think OF this
piece Of work for . whole long. sweet
thirty.six hours" Why do yous take
sunday papers, TO keep your nerves
Astir With business On the Lord own
dav Of restl WY do you add up md
oonsult and consider ID the pauses ct
| tie oer1non. Or make opportunity ior :
ba1inese.whisper % the porch. end, On
| o. Wv hosnsl Why do yca let the
norplexities of servants. u means q
| nlana. rufle your spirits on the on
| sTsat day 81 frssdonl DO you n
IknoW thst oven debtor may walk
abroad on Sunday with no fear Of Z
prison, and house doorsmay stand open
md no Sheriff can enter? Shall It b
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How Peter Cooper Made His Money.

! / learned three. trades. Learned to
be brewer, . coachmaker and . ma.
chinist, Ill before I was twenty-one
years old. I worked three years At so
. day, and ! saved enough out OF that
70 get . start In life. l was making
machines to shear cloth. Then bought
the patent right Of the machine and
made them foi sale. That was before
tho war OF 1912. ] determined 70 give
the world an equivalent in some form
AZ useful labor Tor oil that | consumed
In It., Invent on and enlarged my busl-
ness, all the while keeping out Of debt;
I cannot recollect . time when l could
not nav what I owed any day. 1would
not spend money before 1 earned it.
Another rule I had was to keep clear
! Of the banks / never asked them for
accommodation. I.never got them to
discount notes, because ! did not wish
Is incur an obligation without Q Ger.
tainty Of being sble to pay it. In that
way 1 managed to keep clear OF pan'cs:
INV rule was ..pay as you 60" 3lcan't
l|remember the time when any man cou.d
I'not have had fol. the. asking what !!
lowed. Another thing wish to say, 81
1.-The money l ever made was in mechan'
|ical business and not in speculation.
Peter Cooper. st S
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worse with your mind than with your
body? 3'r
! 'sleep, sleep to-day, tormentlng cares,
OF earth and folly born" .
T. /. to- high court of the Prince OF
10000 - A. IA Wd77aeT. e
----||E ~ 8Vlr..n.2
Scattering ana Increasing.

Oo"SOaAD e"s s4rt ta. 49,
Now, you will find thst h. eral people
are happy people, and get mms ENJOY. y.
ment Of what they have than folAs .: ~
churlish mind. Misers never rest III
they are put to bed with shovel; they
often get so wretched that they would
hang themselves only they gro ads. the tho
made happy by the happiness Of others;
the money they give to the poor buys
them more pleasure than any other that
they lay out. I have seen men OF
means give coppers, and they have
been coppery in everything. They car
ried on q tin-pot business, lived like
beggars. and died like dogs. | have
seen others give to the poor and to the
poor and to the cause of God by shovel
fuls, and they have had it back by bar:
row loads. They made good use OF
their stewardship, and the great Lord
has trusted them with more, while the
bells in their hearts have rung out merry
peals when they have thought of widows
who blessed them. and orphan children
who smiled into their faces.-Joh''
Rloughnea,s's Pictures.
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Religious.
THE HOLY DEAD.

"Afid heard voice from Heoven saying
unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which
die In the Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labors; and their
works do follow thenl."-RsU. rio, IL.
Iheard voice from Heaven. It said,
In tones that sweetly thrilled the heart:
" Thrice blessed are the holy dead.
Who at the SaviOur's call depart;
Who earth's long toll and sOrrOws end,
And to the Lord they love ascend"
In spotless robes see them shine,
when s91 p .%,sSi , a. With beams divine,
In the dim dawn she glOws afar;
Till, like her, In advancing day.
They fade In Heavens pure light away.
Though lost to sense, yet behold
The eternal gates unfolding yide'
Downward to hail their coming glide.
All! what celestial harpings sweet!
What rapturous greetings as they meet!
So evermore the ransomed home
Return, by Deaths kind hand set free;
And evermore the eternal dome
When men and angels swell the strain:
Worthy art Thou, o Christ, TO reignv
BRIGHT, blissful day! When severed long
Kindred of earth In gladness met,
With unclaimed love, tor death too strong,
Shall prove the heart can ne'er forget; /
That pure affections, once entWined,
May soul to soul forever bind! 80
. Oh! blest, thrice blest the saints of God,
Now praising with the seraphim!
What though earth's darksome paths the!
No tears again those eyes shall dim;
Each sharpest pang hath rich reward,
Forever they are with the Lord!
3 g Ray Fulmer, IN N. p. Independent.
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most Then the 13,:,ck Pond was frozen
over. and it made <ne nnest skating
ground in that part of tho country. Ana
sfs greatest merit was its abs flute safety.
Even # a small boy should break through
which was not likely to happen->'any
man could step in, or reach down aha
take him out. The ice was generally 80
thick that there was scarcely three feet
Of water beneath it, in the deepest
parts.
people came out to the pond in car
riaees and on foot, and they had cay
Zines. with their skating, and their
Games on the ice. But they were hardly
80 CAV As the folks who could not come
in The daytime. but had to do their
skating in the evening. On moonlight
nights, the pond was beautiful, but the
skaters came on dark nights, all the
same. for lamp-posts were set up in Diff
ferent parts Of the pond (holes we're cut
in the ice, and they were planted firmly
on the bottom), and thus the pond was
made as bright and cheerful As the mer-
REST skater could desire.
Among the merriest skaters was Cur
tbs Blake, for skating was one OF the few
thinps he could do. and Mr.. Faulkner
gave him a capital pair OF skates.
But this was not all the reward he re.
ceiyed for solving the mystery Of the
Black Pond. Several of the leading cit.
liens, who thought that the town owed
him something for giving it such q pleas
ant place of resort, consulted together
on the subject, and it WAS decided to
make him keeper Of the woods and
pond. He had = couple Of old men un.
der him, and it was Els duty to GEE that
the woods we're kept in order In sum-
mer and that the poad was free from
snow and distractions in winter.
And thus the great mystery Of the
Black Pond came to an end. But there
were elderly people in the town who
never went out to the pond, and who
believed that something dreadful would
happen there yet. There used to be NJ
bottom to the pond, they said, and theJ
should not wonder If, some day, j
should fall out again.
EYES," said Curtis Blake to one o
these, IL expect that viii happen-jus
about the time my arms begin to grow.
John Lewees, IN st. Nicholas. ..
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"HOME, SWEET HOME"

a BRET HARTE MIGHT HAvR WRITTEN 1T.
brown o. San Juan,
Stranger, Pm Brown.
Come up this mOrnin' from Frisco
Ben a. satin my specie stacks down.
Rem a. knOckin' around,
Fer man from San Juan,
Putty constable frequent
III Jes' catch Onter that streak o. the dawn!
Rizh. thar lies my home
t Right thar in the red
IcOuld slop over, stranger, In pOtry
Would spread out old ShakespOke cold
dead.
Stranger, you! freeze to this; there amt no
kinder gin palace
Nor no variety show lays over mans own
rancho
Nay be it haint NO style. but the queen in the
Tower o. London j
Amt got naathin' I'd swop for that house over
thar on the hill side.
Thar is my ole gal. m the kids, m the resi-
my i've stock;
Thar my Remington hangs, and thar there's a
griddle- cake brilin'- =
Fer the two OF US, pard-and thar, allow, the
Smile more iriendly.like than on any other
locality.
Z Stranger, nowhere else I don't take no salts.
ton.
Gimme my ranch N them friendly old shang.
''I'"' hal chickens
brung the original pair firm the States II
eighteen. n fifty
Gimme them, and the ieelin' of solid domestic
comfort.
Yer parding, young man
But This landscape kind
Ell f!ickers-I low 'twus the pO'try-
Thought tibet my eyes had gone blind.
Take that pop from nv belt!
Hi, thar-gimme YER ham
Or I'll xiii myself-L'z.ie. she's left me
VI Gone Of wHh q purifier man!
Thar, I'll luit-the ole gal
An the kids! run away!
Ibe derned! HOwsOmever, come In, pard-
The griddle cakes thar. anyway.
a. c. Bunser, IN ScsibHer.
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The Mound. Builder.

q The report Of retiring President
Pratt, of tho Academy Of Sciences Of
Davenport, Iowa. gives especial atten-
ton to the researches respecting the
mound builders, in which this associac
ton is much interested. One OF the
members Of tho society, the Rev. MI.
Gass, explored seventy-fve mounds
during 1880, about fifteen Of which ct.
forded relics to be deposited in the
museum. According to the evidence
Of the mounds in the vicinity of Daven-
port, copper was . rare and highly va.
ued article among the people who built
them, 40 rare as to indicate that they
did not work the copper-mines OF Lake
Superior or any Others, and were not 10
communication with any people who
did. The amount Of drift copper still
found in the region indicates that .
sufficient supply for al that the mound
builders seem to have had could be
accounted for from that source. The
copper was Ill hammered; no evidence
exists of any Of it ever having been
smelted or cast. The so-called copper
axes do not seem ever to have been
used as tools, and are supposed to have
been kept % badges OF wealth and
distinction. The mound builders
smoked tobacco, but, as is inferred
from the form Of the pipes, ceremo-
nially rather than for enjoyment
Among the great variety Of animal
forms represented on the pipes, two
distinctly represent the elephant, man.
moth. or mastodon.. MIR. Pratt declares
that the Davenport Academy has evil
dence-the only evidence discovered 50
far-that tho mound builders had .
written language. Il exists in the
shape Of two inscribed tablets found
| in the mounds and deposited In the
| museum Of the society, which have At
tracted considerable attention in this
country and Europe, and to which,
! provided their genuineness can DO
maintained, much importance 10 natu-
rally attached by archeologists. They
were kept at the Smithsonian 1nstitu-
ton for two months. and were carefully
examined there by members Of the NJ
tional Academy Of Sciences a. well ~
by other persons; he1iotype plates were
taken Of them, and they were exhibit
ed at the meeting Of the American As.
ISOLATION at Boston last August. Mr..
Pratt believes that the evidence Of their
eenuineness issufRcient. The society
oollact;on If mound relics 10 REGARDED
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Fathers Of tho Society Of Jesus.

Location most healthy and pleasant. On G.
Aiexandria Branch of the Morgan. New
leans and Texas Railroad. TIVE We miles ~ II
from Vermillionville. Beautiful play yIo.ne
and avenues Of oak trees. Buildings c0@iHs.
Sble, Church new and magnthceAs; .mvmS
seryice impressive. Fare substantial ana
rIoiesomc. Education paternal, cuitivattns
fhn heult W. well - the mind. Classical, SCI
Snttfic and Commercial Courses. Special e.
kention paid TO Book. keeping and tsnman,
shiD. Terms moderate. Per session; :. boe!0.
Tuition, Washing. $50; Bed and beddis3, w
Medical Fees, SO; First entrance " "s ~
iation fee, so. 49, :, o...,
References: President Of st. Charles Col
seee-jesuit Fathers, New Orleans. nov5l.ly
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Queen Margherita Is one of the most
skillful sewing-wsmen in Italy.
The Empress Of Austria recently
sent to reporter q dressing.c case en-
bossed in silver, as . mark Of her pleas
ure At hi, account of some of her ex-
ploits in tie field. .. ....
The Princess Do]gorouki, beside
innumerable jewels and other souvenirs,
has received from the late Gar legacy
of about @1O, 900, 900, which at her death
will 20 to her children. Most OF the
money came from the gold mines Of the
Ourai and of Siberia, which belong to
the reigning Car Of Russia.
DIR. Kidd, who was Lord Beacons-
fields regular physician, has the largest
regular practice in London, and y an
eclectic. With the exception Of this
gentleman, it is . curious circumstance
that al around the bedside Of the dying
ex-Premier- Quain, Lord Burning.
ton, Lord Rowton, James McClennan,
his servant, and the two nurses-were
Irish, sentimental and sel-sacsi6cing
race" a. he has styled them.
Many Russian young ladies Of posi-
ton appear to have been beguiled into
more OF less completely with the Nihilist
party, It Is said that an intimate friend
Of the Duchess q Edinburgh, : young
lady who osiyithe othsr day was one d
the party who officially received thu
Duchess on her arrival in St. Peters
burg, has since, under the pangs Of re-
morse, confessed to very close &C.
quaintance with Nihilist leaders.
The Midalesex magistrates In Eng,
land have been using their power and
have stopped q religious service In
music hall. Great Indignation has beer
aroused; the Home Secretary, the Ear
Of. Shaftesbury and others have been up
pealed to, and the meetings have beer
held in the open air pending some re
dress from the local authorities Or else
regulation forbidding the use Of theater
and places of Amusement tor religion
purposes. '
i Lord Beaconsfield had two brother
james, deceased, and Ralph. H
never associated with any Of his kindred
but hs appointed james, in 1852, whel
he became Chancellor Of the Exchequel
. Commissioner Of Inland Revenue, th
salary Of which is $4,000 . year, IN
his brother Ralph was, at bis Request
appointed BY Lord Chancellor Cairnl
I In 1857, deputy clerk Of the House :
Lords, the, salary Of which is e1,M
They both, particularly James, bore
t strong likeness to their remarkabl
\ brother. a,s E!t. .t-ss
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international Sunday School Lessons.
cnNn orARTRR-1Ml

May 2eParables on Prayer .:... Luke lS: IL
Jun. 6-The Crucihxi0n. ..... Luke g: St4S
Jun. L.. = Tue Walk to Emmaus.. Luke "A: l8-1
Jun. lo-RevieW Of tho Lessons.
jun, 2e-Goepol for the World. Luke n: ~
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\ Mis- Lueia Zarate, . dwarf, en-.
hibitiue in London, commands . larger
salary than any other woman In Eng.
land.
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Ihsye IN actiyooperation . ste1tk1 Furniture
FACTORY and Win sal goods, homosmade. -
dealers and consumer at saving On former
prices Of from % 70 ~ per cent. waTo1e
bstter goods thar these nov fe1S,ralH -
at high rates Of freight.
In addition 10 homemade goods eoops
constantly ON hand full sock Of hno 1nrn8.
| turo Of latest styles and designs. also gle1oe
sash, doors and blinds, xal. pageE: winaov-
! ct lowest market prices. $500. g
oot3.ly Wm. kNDEhos