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The sympathies of the outside world viii
naturally be with the unfortunate prince and
against his enemies, because he is so handsome
for one thing If he doesn't get his prince
dom securely back again and retain it he
ought to, simply because he looks so much
the prince. He is brother of that German
Henry of Battenberg who married Queen
Victoria's daughter Beatrice. European ma
tions naturally wondered what England was
going to do about it, and English papers has
tened to assure the world that England was
going to dO-nOthing.
Russia is believed to have been at the bot
tom of the plot to depose him. Itwas thor
oughly Russian trick, that Of surrounding
him entirely with conspirators, then waking
him from sleep, telling him he was deposed
and marching him over the border.
Howe er, there came in an element which
Russia had not counted on. Next day his
people rose in a rage and declared they would
not have it, that Alexander was the prince Of
their choice and they would have him back.
1t seems to De the first time in the history Of
those regions that the people have had any
thing to say about ANYTHING.
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would he unbalanced ana 90 owe,

would be unbalanced ana 60 ovel
turn of a corner. One Of the drivers in Cork
says: "The outside car is the best. It's mighty
convenient, for if We have lady wild We she
is all to yourself to spake to and to fall in
love wild, and for that raison the ladies pre-
fer them"
These jaunting car drivers are good fellows,
as a rule, and the promise Of q fee of few
pence makes them very friendly and loqua-
cious. One of them drove myself and another
American about ten miles for $1.s5 and wher
l paid him 81, instead Of the price agreed
upon, he seemed hardly able to express his
gratitude. Car fares are very cheap in Ire
land In the larger cities twelve cents is the
fixed tariff of ride from one point TO another
for one or two persons, and two persons can
get a car for an hour, with the driver, for
thirty-seven cents inside the city and fifty
cents outside. A jaunting car costs from
500 to $50, and very good one can be gotten
for 1925. You can hire them to take you all
over the country, and they make the best of
sightseeing conveyances. The drivers tell
Inc that they are not at all hard ON the horses,
and l note that the horses used in them are,
as rule, better than the cab horses 1 have
seen elsewhere in Europe and in America.
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A DRINKING MAN.

We y V not drinking man;
His habit + Il grows
To an Y s do what he can
Naught can Y l. its woes.
'Tis very Il d finds TO stop
Though oft he will S A:
Then fail and C X whiskey shop
His tOrtures TO J. A.
Ills pocket always VI I is,
And G ID are his clothes;
He can't attend to y r biz
Red doth X 4 his nose
Drink holds him in its r n grip;
Soon deep he gets in sin;
Sure in the y d down will slip,
Tiled with decay within.
Though of no use he often takes
II L Of cloves TO quell
His breath and then in d D makes
Those c 9 know who smell.
His friends all have an way
When for their A ID goes,
They can't y Q's his vile display
And Z 7 not his woes.
In X G has a wife to slav
Her heart will A X lot:
The debts he o L makes her pay
And tears her ii will blot.
5 X p can't his doom Alright;
Sick ere old 4 G. lies:
The snakes he c 4 tries to-fight
And without 7 c dies.
II. c. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press
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The round towers of Ireland are remarka-
ble ruins, the use of which is not known,
though it is supposed that they were the
watch-towers Of the people against the Danes,
away back when England and Ireland were
almost savage countries Between Killarney
and Dublin there is one of these towers in al
most perfect preservation. 1t is known as
the Rock of Cashel, is made of sandstone, and
is as high as an eight-story house, or ninety
feet There was an abbey built near this
during the middle ages, but it is in ruins,
while the tower, much older than it, stands
out proud monument Of early Celtic archi-
lecture.
took days drive in an open stage over
the mountainous hills OF Southern Ireland,
going through what is called its most pictur-
esque scenery and stopping at the Lakes Of
Killarney. Leaving Cork by rail, we rode
about two hours through Cork county to q
little town named Bantry, owned by Lord
Bantry, one of the nabobs Of the county, and
from here drove about three hours to the Bay
of Glengariff The drive all this way was
largely through this lords lands, and rich
fields, fat sheep and cattle, and paupers were
the chief features of the landscape. Bantry
is named after the noble family which owns
it, and this owning of a town is not uncom-
mon here All the houses or money of the
lttleT s"n owned by one man whose
Of the Boyne, in the time OF our several times
great -grandfathers, took it and demolished
oil but the donjon tower. This remains to-
day in good preservation, and promises to
defy for years the assaults of Time and the
ivy. Grass and vines grow in its crevices,
and over its top, 120 feet high, the height Of a
good long church spire, the green leaves have
twined themselves. This tower is many feet
square, and has numerous dark rooms.
1t is built of granite, and there is winding
stairway which leads to the top. The tower
Is wonderfully well constructed, and the
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AN IRISH CABIN.

There are many good stores in Cork, but
few like the American ones you would find in
a city of 1000 Their storerooms are, as a
rule, small and their stock of goods meager.
The smaller stores tumble their goods into the
windows, with no attempt at tasteful arrange
ment, and the sign Of small grocery store is
a window filled with greasy hams and vege-
tables. The meat markets, or butcher shops,
all have one wide window opening on to the
sidewalk, and the ledge of this window is the
meat counter, on which the cuts are carved
and weighed In the better class of butcher
shops this counter is a marble slab; i'll the
poorer it is of wood.
Saloons in Cork are well patronized, and
you will find both women and men drinking
at them. They are known here as spirit and
wine stores" and have signs of this kind.
Another curious store here is "The Potato
Store" where potatoes alone are sold. The
potato is the staple food of the lower classes,
and you will see these stores everywhere.
Potatoes are worth now about the same as in
America. Those / have eaten are very fine,
and from the general health of the people
see there can be no better diet in the world.
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The street scenes of Cork are like those Of
no city in Europe. The vehicles are all two
wheeled, from the jaunting car, which dashes
along at a four minute pace with its load OF
pretty Irish girls or English tourists, to the
heavy cart, which drags on its two wheels
load of stone; from the mail wagon, with its
gaudy colored paint, to the little donkey
cart, whose animal is not half the size of its
driver and would not weigh much more than
Newfoundland dog.
The jaunting car is the hackney cab Of Ire
land. You find it everywhere and all classes
use it. There are three kinds, outside, inside
and covered cars, and give you here pict-
ures of each. The most used, however, is the
open one, or the outside jaunting car. The
seats of this are cushioned and the frame
work is painted in bright colors. The seats
are fully five feet from the ground and
the passengers face the sidewalk as they
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The inside jaunting car has seats turned in
ward, and the covered car has q top, which
makes it look much like an oilskin tent on
wheels. Neither of these are much used,
however, and the open vehicle is the favorite
1t was in one of these jaunting cars that I
rode out to Blarney castle 1t lies about five
miles from Cork, and it, about 40 years ago,
formed the residence OF some of the Irish
klngs. Both Cromwell and King William
III besieged it, and the latter, after the battle
fill your eyes and the fattest of cattle and
sheep dot the landscape. The fields look like
those OF a model farm. They are generally
rectangular in shape and are, as a rule small,
seldom being over five or ten acres in extent
and often only one or two. These fields are
separated by stone walls about two to four
feet wide at the bottom and banked up with
earth, so that in many cases the stones are
not seen and the fields seem to be separated
by walls of green grass, which are often as
bigh as four feet. On many of the walls
hedges are planted and in some of them small
trees grow. There are no wooden fences on
the farms of southern Ireland, and the only
wire have seen is here and there strand or
two on stakes about foot high, running
along the tops of the walls which line the rail-
ways
These fences add greatly to the beauty of
the landscape and make it look totally differ
ent from an American one. They take up,
however, a great deal of valuable land, and
in most cases have as much space allotted to
them as the woven rail fences. Often there
is deep ditch running around the fields in
side the walls, and in such cases the fence
and ditch wastes strip Of land from ten to
fifteen feet wide all around it. 1t is in this
waste Of land in fences that some people find
all the troubles of Ireland. 1t is certainly
great waste, but I imagine Irelands chief
troubles come from other causes.
Before | left America leading editor, who
makes it his rule to spend 100 days every
year abroad, asked NE why wanted to 60 to
Ireland, as there were no antiquities there"
This is mistake. Ireland is rich in ruins,
and you find old castles everywhere. Blarney
is only one of hundreds, and old monasteries,
and there is greater number Of ruined
abbeys here than in England
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MAKE HAY WHILE DE SUN DO SHINE.

oh. de June bug rustles an huns an sings
Ez he ketches fun on de fly;
But wha' 'er de June bugs hummer an wings
Wen yo' look fo' um in July?
De yallah dog thinks de sun boun' toe shine
Mex wintah jis laik hit do now;
But he'll hunt fo' a bone an howl and whine,
. An wish he war dead, allow.
De hen yo' eat In de spring oh de var
Won't lay yo' no aigs in de fall;
An de wool yo' git off de sheep yo' sh'ar
Won't fodder de mule in de stall.
De niggah dat plays wen de sun shines br ut,
An sneers at de hoe an de fail,
Mus read moru laws toe is appetite
An sku'mish toe keep outen jail.
j. A. Waldron in Judge.
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Prince Alexander of Bulgaria.

All Europe woke up one fine morning To-
Gently and were dumbfounded at the newu
that Alexander, the apparently popular
governor, whom the great powers had ap-
pointed over Bulgaria. had been hustled from
his throne. 1t occurred so unexpectedly that
it required days before the perpetrators OF
the deed could be determined. They were in
stigated by some government, undoubtedly,
but this is not SO easy to locate. The wiley
Muscovite publishes an oily statement deny
ing the charge that they had anything to
do with it. 1t is question that may re-
main as far from a solution as the one in re-
gard TO the party who assaulted BILLY Pat
terson"
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States soldiers from New York and New
England A fountain of medicinal water,
called Togus spring, flows here.
One who has himself been United States
soldier is always selected for the office of gov
ernor of home. The superintendent of the
central branch is Gen. NJ X. Patrick, strict
military disciplinarian. The Central Home is
situated at Dayton, o. Here is one of the
most beautiful spots in the country, though
the grounds of all soldiers homes are beau
tiful.
The Dayton hospital was the second one es-
tablished under the law of 1866 1t is the
largest of all the branches. 1t occupies fer
tile farm OF G2, acres Its landscape and
greenhouses are noted. Some of the choicest
plants known to botanists are to be found in
its conservatorieS
Mary Lowell Putnam, of Boston, is the
gentle patron saint of the DAYTON, O., Sol
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YOUTH AND AGE.

When am old, these hills that bound
My life within their narrow round
Will be the threshold Of the door
That leads to Freedom and to Fame,
And the wide world beyond no more
An idle dream, an empty name
But ], from cares and troubles free,
Its giories and its joys shall see.
The Summer isles of southern seas;
Great battles, glorious victories;
The boundless prairies of the West,
Where red men hunt the buffalo;
Wherever fairest gifts are best
The gods have given to men below
These, heart of mine, these shall we see
In the brave days that are to be.
When j was young this narrow round
Ofhills glorious world did bound;
Here, on the quiet valley floor,
| dreamed of Freedom and of Fame,
Ere yet learned they were no more
Than "A vain dream, an empty name:
In that glad careless long ago
The happy hours seemed all to show.
| have been wrecked in stormy seas;
Not mine life's glorious victories;
Gone the bright spell on boyhoOd cast
No more along the'primrose way
| wander, for my paths have passed
To this sad world of every day.
All, heart of mine, no more we know
The days and dreams of long ago
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four hospitals. Government meantime
helped its manned and sick soldiers as
well as could be done in their scat
tered homes all over the Union. For
one thing, it distributed among them gigan-
tic batch of wooden legs and arms, free
gratis for nothing" Whatsoever old soldier
wanted an artificial limb at either end of his
trunk got one.
In 1866 a soldiers national home was estab-
lished by act of congress- A board of nine
managers was constituted. To them was
given authority to establish one central home
and hospital and as many branches as they
thought best. Under this authority at length
five homes were established.
The five homes for disabled soldiers are re-
SpectiYelY the eastern. western. northwestern,
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Scientist Chevreul 100 Years Old.

1t was proved long since that intellectual
study is conducive to length of years. NJ.
Eugene Chevreul, the great French chemist,
who has just had a fete and statue unveiled
to him on his Tooth birthday, is one of the
most shining examples of this truth. There
has not been the like of him in modern times,
if there ever was in any time. How at 100
years old he works in his laboratory, among
his books and experimenting with all the
strength of a man in the prime of life. He is
very erect and square shouldered.
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library. Her III GEN. JACOB SHARP.
terest in it and the invalid soldiers
additions to the library from time
to time, and works for her soldiers in
other ways There is also another collection
of reading matter in this well provided home,
called the Thomas library. There are over
$500 inmates in the Dayton home. From its
location in the center of the state it attracts
q great number.
Gen. Jacob Sharpe IS governor Of the
Northwestern home. 1t is at Milwaukee,
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY. He was then only
23, yet the same year lie was promoted to for
eign editor of The Star.
In 1864 he became its editor-in-chief Four
years later, in 1868, he visited the United
States, and resigned his place OH The Star.
He is q good example of how much work
one man can do when he sets his head to it,
Besides his constant journalistic duties, he has
written i'll almost every field of literature.
"a Fair Saxon," Lady Judith" and "Dear
Lady Disdain" are some of his best known
novels. But his most famous work is his
stirring "History of Our Own Time," the
period being the reign of Queen Victoria. He
is still political writer for London daily.
He will find many changes in America since
he waS with us last
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Justin Mccarthy.

Justin Mccarthy, NJ p, novelist, essayist,
orator and patriot, comes to the United States
this fall to lecture and labor for home rule in
Ireland. Like SO many other sons of helpless
Ireland, the productions of his brain have
added luster to English literature. Away
from Ireland, Irishmen can dc anything.
This is not Mr.. McCarthy's first visit to
America Some time ago he spent nearly
three years here. In that time lie visited
thirty-tive of the thrty-eight states of the
Union He is the vice-chairman of the Irish
parliamentary party.
Justin Mccarthy was born at Cork, Ire
land in 1880 He beoau life as a uewsDaDer
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THE MlTTEN.
From NIollie.

From N1Ollie.
This little mitt hope will fit.
'Tis for your hand intended, 1t
took me very long to knit, But l am
glad to send it. You'll wonder whyI
send but one, And think acted blind
ly, But one will do the best for you,
And you may thank me kindly. 1t is
all wool of good stout yarn, Your yarns
are all un- common, And am sure
gladder gift was never sent by
woman; And by this mitten you will
see That you I've not forgotten, And
when you wear it think Of me It's
really wool, not cotton. l hope to-
night you will not write, And say
it is un- mated, And think it
only half a gift. And feel but half
elated; But if you find one will
not do, And you can only rest
with 49, two. With fingers
which are deft ones,
Ill set to work
And send to you
Another mitt-
:. both left
- ones.
Detroit Free Press,
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southern and CEN
trail. The eastern
branch was the first
one started. 1t was
organized at Au-
gusta, Me. The su-
perintendent of one
of these soldiers
homes is called a
governor. The gov
ernOr of the home
at Augusta is Gen.
Luther Stephenson,
Jr. In November
of 1866 this haven
was opened for all
invalid L IL i t e d
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THE OLD STORY.

Twas on the beach he met her.
And they oft sat hand in hand
Upon the cool piazza,
As they listened TO the band.
He told her that he loved her,
Praised her hair, her cheeks and eyes,
And she listened, blushing redly,
And she answered him with sighs
Then they parted. In the city
Now he meets the maiden sweet,
But she does not recognize him
AS she sweeps along the street.
'TiS the same with most fiirtations
That occur beside the sea:
She was an under housemaid,
And dry goods clerk was he.
Boston Courier.
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GrOundless Fears.

Some of our esteemed contemporaries seem
to think that because there are few an
archists in Chicago that the country is going
to come unglued, and that the streets will be-
come impossible with gore.
This style of editor reminds us very much
Of that old lady whose teeth were undergoing
repairs at the hands of a dentist, and who
groaned dreadfully.
do hurt you much, madame" he asked.
"Oh, no." she replied; but l do SO love to
grOan.n-Texas Siftings.
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diers' Home. She
lost her only son
in the war. an Of
fering to his conn
try. After h i s
death she built a
monument 10 him
in the shape of a
library for the
good of other sol
dieIs. She gave
thousands of books,
papers and pam
phlets to the home. ,
II he collection is
named the Putnam
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diers' graves, in rows, with their little white
headstones. Whatever the men were in life,
they are alike now under the white head
stones. There are 1890 veterans at the
southern home.
last Of all. in 1884, congress established
yet q fifth soldiers home west of the Missis-
sippi river. 1t was opened last spring, at
Leavenworth, Kan. Its superintendent is
Col Andrew J. Smith. 1t already has more
than loo inmates.
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THE HUSBAND SPEAKS.

Ye Gods, you gave to me wife
out Of your wonted favor,
To be the comforter of my life,
And was glad to have her;
But If your Providence divine
For something else design her,
To obey your will at any time,
I'm ready 10 resign her.
old English Ballad.
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ing the late war.
Other graveyards
of We men,
some of them ly-
inS beneath name
less hea dStOnes,
are scattered all
over the south.
At the close of
the war there We're
204 COVER II m ell t
hospitals contain
ing sick and
wounded. Nearly
a year afterwards
t here were Vet
maintained thirty
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1t is strange how a circus will upset al town;
Thirty or forty years ago, people were hearo
to remark, on coming out of circus: wen,
when you catch me going to place like tnis
again you'll know it." Every year since the
first show started on the road that same
remark has been made, but those people are
always the very first at the main entrance
when the next one pitches its tents.-Pecks
Sun.
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Its governor is
Capt. p. I. Wood
fin, a man who is as
courteous as he is
good looking. The
grounds are exquis-
itely laid out. The
governor has exert
ed himself to enter
tain the bat tie
SCARED veterans. A
pretty little theatre
has been provided
for them. Travel
ing theatrical and
concert companies
regularly stoD hero
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Helena, Montana. Thursday October 14 1886.
architect of today would find it hard to

architect of today would find it hard to
duplicate it.
The Blarney stone is about twenty feet
from the top and though the guide books say
otherwise, it is impossible to kiss it and live.
Some travellers are shown other stones and go
away imagining that in kissing these that
they carry with them the mysterious power
given by kissing the Blarney stone as de-
scribed in the Irish lines. For
Like magnet its influence such is,
Attraction it gives all it touches,
If you kiss it they say, from that blessed day,
You may kiss whom you please wild your
blarQey
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reporter. He went
to England on the
staff OF a Liverpool
journal. Aft er-
ward he went to
London, and, like
Charles Dickens,
became n reporter
in the house of
C o M III Ons. He
worked there for
The Morning Star.
With it his own
star began to rise.
IL 1900 ILL., -
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FIGURATlVELY SPEAKING.

Astronomy is 1-derful
And interesting
The earth Evolves around the SUM-
Which makes year I YOU.
The moon is dead and can't res
BY law of phys-6 great,
It's where the stars live,
Do nightly scintil-S.
If watchful Providence be9,
With good intentions fraught,
Did not keep up its grand design
We soon should come too.
Astronomy is 1-derful,
But it is S04
Imam grasp, and that is why
Id better say no more.
II. c. Dodge.
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COL. A. ]. SMITH.

and give their programmes. Guests from the
great hotels at Old Point Comfort, officers
and their families from Fortress Monroe and
residents of the villages hereabouts swell the
audience
One OF the things that will attract the visi-
tors attention here are the thousands Of SOL
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buildings stand.
They did it by means of sanitary fair.
In 90 the board of managers decided to set
going soldiers home in the south. A lovely
salubrious location was selected at the ancient
town of Hampton, Va. The buildings look
out over the blue waters of Hampton roads,
where the battle was fought between the
Merrimac and Monitor.
The visitor to the southern home will re-
gard it as one of the lOveliest spots of earth