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HOODS G SAT BOOK
OF THE WAR;

Advance and Retreat.
Personal Experiences in the
UniteI States and Couteder.
ate States Armies
BY Gen. j. 8. HOOP,
Late Lieutenant General Coined
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cadet fwept while he told me these
n,s,SySrf,,l M rfio,lara

cadet 'wept while he told me these
morrnful particulars.
/ When you leave the battlefield, al
WAYS leave it in good order. Remove
sthe wreck and rubbish, and tidy up the
place. However, in case OF a drawn
battle it is neither party's place to tidy
up anything. You can leave the field
looking as il the, City Government OF
New York had bossed the fight. When
YOU are traversing the enemy's country,
in ord Ter to destroy his supplies and Grip
pie his resources, you want to take
alongiplenty of camp followers. The
more the Better. They are a tremend.
ously effective arm OF the service, and
thew inspire in the foe the liveliest dread.
A West Point professor told me that
the wisdom of this was recognized as
far back as Scripture times. He quoted
the verse. 8 He said it was from the new
revision, and was little different from
the way it reads in the old one. | do not
recollect the exact wording of it now,
but l remember that it wound up with
something about such and such devas-
tating agent being as "terrible as an
army with bummers." l believe l have
nothing further to add but this: The
West Pointers said private should pre-
serve respectful attitude toward his
superiors, and should seldom, or never,
proceed so far as to offer suggestions to
his Generalin the field. 1.-THE battleisnot
being conducted to suit him, it is better
for him toresign. BY the etiquette OF
war it is permitted to none below the
rank; of newspaper correspondent to die
tate TO tbe general in the field.
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A Col>rel Mans Account Of Liberia

~ litf I'M .i,r3 "a t----.--- yiaii-Ati /. "a i,
On Friday last, Elijah Gordon, col.
ored, reached Hawkinsville, after an
absence of about ten years in Liberia.
He says that the emigrants on reaching
Liberia take the fever, and many Of
them die Nearly slf II them would re-.
turn Immediately If they had the money.
He describes the climate as very warm
mo difference between summer and
winter. Coffee and ginger are the only
money crops. The people live on fruits
Ahdsi 1aSadas, q = lind d root some
tAitkS1ke asswaet poaetS. Thee crops
are never gathered, but taken from the
ground g they are wanted for food.
Fio1S Aks not uSsd ~ tie cultivation of
tho land. He says . cotton seed planted
when they arrived ten years ago made :
large stalk, which grew like : tree, and
VAS still growing and bearing cotton
whom he ls1t. The people have no
stock. The natives subsist In . nude
state, living upon the natural products
|cf ~ land, Apdsa5s separated By tribes,
which hate each other, and are continu-
nm ca 81! He doee not think the
(soaptsJ y improving apy, a. re main
etbensl ,tAe imnhigrants, alter they
hay6 - ~ tddntfy, ~ devoted t.
plans 81 means By which to obtain mon
~ n retarn to lhe United States.
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Work and Play.

Don't loitcr, boys and girls. When
you know what YOU ought to do, then
90 about it promptly; and work at i
diligently, and finish it. Work first
and rest a,tcrward. Never dawdle, 7,
there a garden to be ';ceded, corn 10 ho
hoed. hay to be raN I'd, coal to be
brought up, an errand to he done. a
lesson to be learned? make that thu
first thing, and if possible. the on]v
thing. until i, is finished. Your com.
fort and your success in lie depcnd
very much upon the habits YOU form in
this matter.
You find some people who are alwavs
saying they have so mnca to do, and vet
they seem to accom- llsh very little
They are not comfortable, aud they ara
not successful. Perhaps they have A
letter to write; and they worry over Il
every day for u week, exhansting a.
much strength in this useless worry and
"dread to go about it," each day as an.
other would IN writing and posting half
a dozen letters. The successful men
railroad presidents, bankers, manufact-
urers, merchaDt S. farmers are men who
have what we call executive ability. or
"dispatch." 1t is the power of forming
an accurate Judgment qnickl,, doing .
thing, or giving order for it, at once,
and then dism;ssing it from the mind,
so that the next I'll ng NAV be taken up
and dispatched. The hours duties are
done in the sixty minutes, the days du.
ties within business hours; and then
the man may read, ride, talk, sleep.
rest, with mind tree from care. If tho
boys AMI girls manage their work thus.
then they will enjoy their play. -Schol-
ar S COnlpan:0N. - 81 l--l.9. M
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COtton.GrOWine and Manufacturing at
the south.

The cotton crop hsty year reached the
unprecedented figure Of 5,757 1897 bales,
each Of which was twenty pounds heav-
ier than the bales OF the greatest ante
war crop. The aggregate yield of this
great staple during the fifteen years fol-
lowing the war was larger by 10000
bales, and more valuable by nearly
$7OO,OOO,OO0, than during the fifteen
fears preceding the war. The crop OF
the present year will be the largest
raised yet, and is expected to amount to
more than 100000 bales. Since 1870
the,.capaoity of the Southern cotton
mills has increased from 900 to more
than Is, 600 looms, and from 100000 to
EOO, 60 spipdls. Within the same pc
Rod The cSns1mptionof cotton has more
Than doubfeds 1t was Al, o00, 900 pounds
lfn 1870, and in 1880 it had increased to
more than 100, O00,0 600. The census re-
Turns show that during the last decade
1.-THE South has made more rapid strides
Injection factories than either the coun-
Etry at large or New England. the great
center Of tie industry in America. The
progress that it has made, and promises
to make, suggests the very important
inquiry whether theSSouth has npt al
last set out upon that course which in
time must lead to, the achievement o.
| one of the great possibilities that nature
has put within its reach. That the
American cotton crop should be sent raw
/ to Engksh mills, and returned manufac.
\ tured to Cisatlantic markets, is as abnor
\ NAL and unnatural as that water shoult
1 run up hill.-New York Herald, az as
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Duke of Buccleuch has kept a
pack of hounds, and hunted them en-
tirely at his own expense, for hfty-four
years.
The simplest of small headstones
marks the grave of William penn' IN
Buckinghamshire, England: The only
inscription it bears is "Willlam rem;
IT'S" 1t is almost hidden in grass anu
wild flowers.
The Emperor William and King
John, Of Abyssinia, have been exchans'
ing gifts and affectionate messages
throuS ii DR.. Gerhard Rohlfs. The En-
peror sent the Doctor all the way to
Abyssinia for no other reason than TO
carry these evidences of friendship.
The editors of the principal Japan
csc newspapers have been fined for the
publication of document addressed by
two of the Ministers to the Government
deprecating official trading and too
much paternal interference with trade:
The paper was surreptitiously obtained
by the leading metropolitan sheet, and
almost universally copied by the other
papers.
The Austrian Archduchess Isabella
was driving the other day beneath a
steep cliff near the Danube. There is a
quarry in the face of the cliff, aud as
the Archduchess s carriage passed under
it, huge block, weighing over two
tons, became detached and fell close be-
side the vehicle from height OF over
forty-three yards. The Archduchess
was for q time almost paraiyzed at
recognizing the terrible danger from
which she had 80 narrow an escape.
Alexandra of Wales is represented
as looking, at = recent State ball, the
'prettiest and most charming lady IN
England" Her dress was of silver-gray
tulle, embroidered in Greek pattern
with pearls, and caught here and there
with bouquets of silver daisies. The
tulle train was spangled with silver, the
corsage was studded with pearls and
diamonds, and the tiara that crowned
the Princess's soft brown hair was made
of the same precious stones. One gaze,
at the slight, dainty figure and young
face and, with very strong effort OF
memory, recalls that this is the mother
of young man of seventeen, and foul
other scions.
Mr.. Healey, the artist, says tina
Prince Bismarck talks very rapidly ane
, with great freedom about men apt
things. 1--WE talked much of Motley,
says Mr.. Healey, "of whom, strangell!
enough, Bismarck could hardly speal
, without tears. He was anxious to see
portrait of the man for whom he hat
, had . very tender and prolonged friend
ship, and one morning brought Mot
Lewis picture to him. He took it in hi
= hands and was quite overcome by tn
: sight Of it. Bismarck repeatedly SAT-
Of Motley that he was one OF the mos
+ interesting men he had ever met.
,, subsequently painted a portrait of tn
eminent historian for Prince Bismarck
Bismarck is so intensely individual tina
:. he is very easy to paint. He was some
what nervous, but always willing t
! agree to do exactly what the artist re
! quested him."
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Our Young Folks.
I WISH I WAS 4 GROWN-UP.
on, I wish I was a erownIup,
"a

on, wish was ErOwnup,
And nobody could say:
"NO. no, you can do SO-and-so,
Or, elf you're good, you may.
If grOwn.,lps waited to be- good
Dcfo they b ID their fun,
a great deal that is gong on,
lguCsS, would no! be done.
On, I wish was a grOwn-'lp,
Then I'd play with bigger boys,
Aud spend il hundred dollars
For nothing lie but TOYS.
I'd give the fellows all boat,
\ knife and kite and bail:
I'd sit NJ, late. ana sometimes
Wouldn't - to bed at all.
On. wish was q @rown-up,
I'd wear my very best.
With long gold chain a-dan2ling
Across my still White vest;
With b.g top. boots SO heavy
lcOud va &c out anywhere:
With a gold watch in my pocket,
And Il close shave on my hair.
Oh, I wish was grown-up,
As tai rs my papa,
I'd have a pis,O' and Il cane,
1fA nlt'lS "o1- ~ S't'
I'd have a party every night
How jOliyit would seem!
Id have house OF citron cake,
And q lawn Of lemon cream.
Oh. wish was grown-up.
I'd have a stunning yacht;
And cat at thu ii st table
VII! G thc bccf>trak was hot:
I'll ON r,rht in the D4ilOr.
No matter who was there;
Id have span OF horses,
And keep dancing bear.
But. then, amt a grown-up,
I'm a boy that has TO mind,
With little bluc-checked apron,
That buttons up behind;
And tn" women come and kiss me,
And call me "ltte DEAR
And shan't be grOwn-up
In many a long year.
-lIr*. w. +. Butts, IN iuuh's Companion
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praise given to privates, the entry in the
ordres du jour being read to the as
sembled regiment at each morning
parade as follows: "Monsieur lie
Colonel compliments Private Don
the Jealous performance of duty under
the most trying circumstances" This
nublic rebuke to the officer had a sald-
tary effect. However, to his credit be
it said, he never attempted in any way
to modest the sentry for his share in the
affair.-ChuDLers's Journal.
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Joseph Sabine, the Noted BibliOpOlist,

joseph SaOlnG, VINO mas JusC uleu ~
New York, aged 60, was placed by the
trade as the first book expert in the
country, and as perhaps the best book
auctioneer3 in the world, and to all Ii.
brarians he is known as a great cata-
loguer.s Born in Northamptonshire,
England, his intimate acquaintance
will the rank and file of the vast army
of blocks with which the world is over
run was due in some measure to the
thorough training given by a long ap.
premiership to an Oxford stationer; but
the love OF books for their own sake
seer he'd born in him and gave his knowl-
edge a fullness and accuracy which no
amount OF mere persistence could have
conferred. He married at twenty-three
the slaughter of an Oxford architect, but
'sooh after came to this country, intend
ing, to farm it in Te>a'. Finding his
farh not next door to New York, as he
had thought it, he entered the service
of W. H.. Appleton, the bookseller. then
of PHILADELPHIA. In time he established
himself there as book importer, but at
the beginning Of the war he opened a
store in New York and began the great.
est work he undertook, a dictionary OF
the titles of all books relating to Ameri'
ca Thirteen volumes ofthis dictionary
have appeared, the last covering the
letter 0, and more than 100000 books
ARD named, Many stories are told of bis
wonderful memory for books, which
might be- called Photographic, so exact
was his recollection of the size and ap'
peArance of thousands of volumes. He
!; assonished the New York DO TX connols'
seurs at an auction once by bidding 80
fol q copy of "Smith's History of New
York. printed in London in 1853
more than they could think it worth
Bit when it was knocked down to him
bel explained that it was printed on pa
pd aIittle wider than the ordinary edi
tion,, and he sold it for $500. He coulC
Recognize books even when wrapped up
"Wbere are you going with that Ho
garth?" he once cried to a passinf
friend with q parcel under his arm
though not Of unusual size or shape. l
| is said that he could walk by the shelve
OF any large library and tell something
interesting about 10000 out Of 1W,OO
! books. He bought for many hbrarie
land collectors and had the reputation
Of compiling more catalogues than an.
man in the country. At this, as well a
al great book sales, he made . great dea
Of money, netting. it is thought, $500
A oAt Of the three Brinley sales; but q
'|1ate years the impr.eticability whic
lseems characteristic Of bibliophiles ha
lessened his prosperity. Though hi
vitality has been recently impaired b
Bright's disease, Of which he died, b
persisted in going to his store up to th
last for the companionship he found
his rare volumes.
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has enacted q law designed

Nevada has enacted o law designed
to prevent opium smoking, which makes
the possession of opium or Of an opium
pipe . misdemeanor, punishable by fine
and imprisonment. The statute IL very
obnoxious to the Chinese Six Compa-
mics Of San Francisco, and interferes
With their profits, and they have retain-
ed three leading lawyers, two of Cali
fornis and one Of Nevada, to test the
law, and, if necessary, to carry the
question to the Supreme Court OF tho
United States. tt ,4tss5 g.
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pathway, 10! close beside the Doorstep
grew a four-leaf clover. 1t may be thatt
your assurance of success lies hid1o"
between the leaves OF the despise! speIl'
er; it surely is somewhere amcny von,
school books. -G0lAcu Kulc.
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s-In Jacksonville, florida, = lemon
W. grated on IN orange tree with re-
markable success. The tree exhibits
full-grown oranges and lemons growing
side by side, both apparently in : -four
ishing condition.
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The old Childs house at NorwIc c%
Town. (Conn.) has not been tenan!ea
for many years. 1t was decide, .n -,
other day to smoke out the myriads .;
swallows that year after year had ioana
lodging in the wide.m2uthsea c 'ahn S;s.
Straw was pro cured, placed in the .. n,eI
place and lighted. As the smoke nou ,,
billowinq up, the swallows came d9w s.
bv the dozens and hundreds. Not ieS'
tHan four or i've hundred were H'ilo~
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Mrs. Virginia G. Thompson, Post
mistress at Louisville, KY, is . dangh.
ter of Rev. Alexander Campbell, the
founder of the Campbellite Church IN
the United States.
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"A troupe of wandering musicians


"A troupe of wandering musicians
were once playing before a country
hotel. At the end Of the piece one NJ. - 'r
the members left the group; az,
preached the leader Of the bena a, Nv
pulled out a little paper box'wnIen 10
emptied into his left hand.Wh'le !ne
eyes OF the leader followed every mVs9
ment. Then he took a plate IN mp n.s
right hand and passed it around, Ine a0
was large collection: but every o ae'
wondered what he held in ms lea;
hand. "Why, it's very simple'N ssaa
the chief, when, questioned, 'iwe 10 10
all sub ect to tenn ptation. but 10 w
sure OF the fidelity OF our co ector w
oblige him to hold live lies N MS 'Gls
hand, and we count these hrstWnen n ne
returns, so as to make sure y Wy
money.-FrencA Anecdote. .,.,,!u ma 4.
--"Well, my little man, what can We
do for you?'' said we, as "a youns
freckled-faced urchin stepped up to .n 10
desk with his hat in his hand: 's
this where YOU put thngsin tSe pa :.
PERI" inquired he, shyly, SOM pnre
times we put things, in the paper n n1 feI.
What news have you got' w W. ~ -
lers licked the Daisycutters u 70 - i;
this morning." 'Wnat is the name o.
your club?"o 'We're the N'nepounaders,
no oro VIII vnu mt IL in. mister! anu
say that we played ag;n ten men. IN 'I' =
ter; the umpire was awful rank anu -; =
| we fellers ketcEes him he won't see n ~.
| way home for five days" HOW very s
| much like other folks boys are' "'
thought. -New Havea Register.