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Veteran U. $. Engineers.

At the Crawford House.. Boston, Thursday
evening, Nov. 10, some 80 members of the Asso-
citation of Veteran United States Engineers en-
jOyed their fourth annual dinner. All the Engi-
neers fought in the rebellion, and their famo us
motto, Essayons." which means Let US try,
is well known. The retiring President, Mr.. I.
L. Perkins, presided, and speeches were made by
nearly every comrade present. Letters of re-
greet wero read from Gen. ]. c. Duane, Col. G.
I. Gillespie, Col c. B. Comstock, and other
officers of the T. s. Corps of Engineers unable
to be present. The following officers were
elected: President, Melville c. Grant; Vice
Presidents, T. w. Parker Warren Lee Goss
and T. w. Paine; Secretary and Treasurer.
Frank E. Beahn; Entertainment Committee
Messrs J. A. Wilson, w. p. Putnam and John
s. Leavitt; Historian. B. c. Sparrow.
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of age he left the farm and entered mercantile
life as clerk at SIS and suit of clothes per year
This pursuit he followed as clerk and owner I'M
til the breaking out of the war, when, IN Sep
TENDER, 1861 he enlisted as private in Co. ID,
10th n. Y. Cav. He was member OF that or
ganization for three years and five months, and
gradually rose through all the grades to Cap
tain and would have been commissioned as
Colonel had he not been confined IN one OF the
prson-pens of the South. For six months he
was prisoner at AndersOnville, Macon,
Charleston and Columbia from which place he
escaped, alone, on the 25th day of November
1864. His sufferiugs and trials while pris-
oner, and before he reached the Union lines,
would fill a volume. After escaping he travel
ed for Is nights through low swamps and al
most impenetrable thickets, often without any
thing to eat except roots and berries. Liberty
and the old flag was the goal which kept up ms
tagging spirits aud enabled him at last to reach
the Union lines near Savannah more dead than
alive. As private in the ranks, non COM
missioned officer, commissioned otleer and a
prisoner of war, he knows all that our soldiers
suffered that the Union might live.
Soon after the war he removed to Michigan
and began carving fortune ont of the pine for
ests, in which he has been eminently successful.
Assisted by his noble wife,-who by the way,
cheered his spirits during the dark days of the
war with her letters of hope for the future, and
whom he married soon after the war,-he has
built up reputation for honesty and business
integrity second to no man in Mich gan.
Through it all he has always had good word
and an open hand for the deserving comrades.
and many of them have profted by his bounty.
He has taken a great interest in the Grand
Army, has been Aid Camp on the staff of the
Grand Commander, is at present Commander
of Penoyer Post, and is also Treasurer of Michi-
gan Soldiers Home From all that we can
learn we are confdent Comrade Bliss can be re-
lied upon to assist in all measures that will
benefit the old soldiers, and we congratulate
both them and him on his election
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WAsHISGToS, d. c., July 20,

WAsHINGTON, d. G, July 20 1850
You are hereby suspended from the Office of
Postmaster at Freeport, in the County of Stephen
SON and State of Illinois, in accordance with the
terms of the 76Sth section of the Revised Statutes
of the United States. GROVER CLEVELAND
To Mr.. SMITH d. ATKINS, Freeport, Stephenson
County, III.
As there were no poetic phrases in this letter
which Gen. Atkins did not understand, he did
not hurry about replying to the communica-
ton, but the other day it occurred to him that
Mr. Cleveland might be waiting impatiently to
hear from him, aud he sent the following to the
White House:
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ATKINS NIAHsroN
FREEPoRT. Ill Nov 7 Il

FKEEFUHI, III, NOV. z, 1888.
You are hereby suspended from the office of
President of the United States, at Washington, d.
c.. in accordance with the terms of section l35 to
I49 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
this order TO take effect on March 4, 1889.
SMITH ID. ATKINS.
To GROVER CLEVELAND, Washington, D. c.
1t is understood that the manifestations of
ghoulish glee since the election have seriously
interfered with Mr. Clevelaud's personal com
fort and he has retired to Red Top, ostensbly
to write his message to Congress- He begins
to understand now how some 10000 often
sive partisans whom he has sent from official
station to private life, enjoy innoeuous desue-
tudp
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Suicide Dne to Dependency.

E. S. Lucas, a Grand Army veteran, COM
mitted suicide at his home in Chicago, Nov. 81
He shot himself in the head, severed the arte-
ries at his wrists with razor, cut his throat
and sashed his temple. He was an engineer
by trade, and the suicide is attributed to de-
spondency over his inability to get work.
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posed the granting OF a
pension to the widow
of Gen. Logan, in the
Eighth Congressional
District of Michigan by
2, 200, the soldiers have
evidently found a new
friend at court. Col.
Bliss first saw the light
in Madison County,
New York, in 1886.
His boyhood was much
like that of other farm
ers' sons-plenty of
hard work, with lit
tie chance for educa-
ton and improvement.
When he was 16 years
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ESTABLISHED 1865.
PENSIONS!
PENSIONS!
PENSIONS i!
ARE YOU ENTITLED TO PENSIONp

Every eI-sodisr and sailor who il any mannsT dis
abed from cause OF causes which originated IN sAs ns
OF duty in the military naval service and who
hOnOrIby discharged theFerOm is entitled pension
and should correspond with me IN regard 70 Il an zt
ali times glad furnish advice free d charge and In
wife everyone who believes himself entitled 10 pension
70 write me. hSye had p years OF active sxpe
rence IN prosecuting pension and other claims and have
L-ralr ar -LaE. Ill - -
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ONE HUNDRED MILLLION DOLLARS.

Every person who places his claim in my hands esn
rest assured that his interests vii be CAREFUL looked
after There thousands entitled % pension Wh9 have
applied and who may be jeOpsTdzing their FEht2
by neEeciHg 70 ME their claims believe that Congress
viii pass the Arrears BILL which viii give every disabled
enlisted officer entitled pssf1 from dGss o. DIS
chIrgs and in the event OF such law being enacted Is
IS possible that tt nay include 9g those h0sc rctRs
lie az the Pssi0E BursIE Gt tfe aIts 9f passage
Hence te Importance 70 claimants OF hug their GLAZING
H0Jr also believe that Congress VIII be liberal IN legis
lating upon pension matters and it IS therefore 20 tl
interest Of every exoldier sailor to inquire into hi
rights.
There fees IN pension claims payable IN advance
The law ates all such fees, and they payable
only IN case OF success.
have been very successful in obtaining increase OF
pensions and all who think the rated too low should
consult me by letter will e them, nee Of charge,
whether not think they entitled ~ higher rate
Remarked widows OF soldiers or sailors who failed
file their claims for pension prior % July l5eo
now, under new law, secure pension Or Otherwise
euttled] for the period Of their wid0whOod. Many
rejected and abandoned claims can now be sue
eeSsIly prosecuted ui1er new rulings and decisions and
Invite correspondence from al parties interested.
All classes OF claims before the Executive Depart
meutS prosecuted with energy and dispatch. Core
SpOndenGe invited from ali parts OF the country regard
ing claims of any nature against the Government
can clients and others in snv Congressional
District in the United States and VIII give particular
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BLARNEY STONE S Z y !
ECHOES FROM THE |
and other rhymes

new original book of Irish dialect rhymes full OF rich
and keen perception of the strong points Of Irish
character. Handsomely bound with ine engraving o!
RLARNEY CASTLE cover. 800 by mail or agent.
Charles H. Kerr Co., 1s5 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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AIl Fortnnes rake Their Turn
FXECUTIvE MANSION.


In 1885, Gen. Atkins, Postmaster of Free
port, H., received the following letter from
Grover Cleveland:
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Zoology.

Zoology.
Carlisle Pa Red Man.
To one of the well classes the ques
ton was asked:
"What is the highest form of animal life p"
"The giraffe was the immediate response
from bright member of the class.
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ARMS AND LEGS
WITH
RUBBER HANDS AND FEET
New Patents and Tmportan
Improvements.

Endorsed by the U. S. Government
Exhibition, Commissioners Of New
York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New
Orleans, etc.; eminent Surgeons
and over 5000 persons wearing
them, residing in all parts of the
world.
The rubber hand and foot gives
the most natural appearance, the
greatest durability and comfort OF
ali artificial limbs.
The engraving is from an instan-
taneous photograph of a man as
cending ladder He has a pair OF
Marks legs substituting his natural
ones, which were crushed by rail-
road accident and subsequently,
amputated. With his rubber feet
he is able to ascend and descend q
ladder, walk, and minEle with per-
SONS without betraying his loss; in
fact, he is restored 10 his former
self for all practical purposes.
With the old methods of cOmpli-
Gated ankle joints an undertaking
of this kind would be at the peril
of the wearer, but with the rubber
feet he ,.an venture uDOn all sorts
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COL. A. T. BLISS,
The Man who Succeeds Timothy E. Tarsney, of
Michigan, in Congress-

In Col. A. T. Bliss the man who has defeated
the Hon Timothy E. Tarsney who's so bitterly OBJ
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One Way to Strengthen Cable.
Atlanta Constitutional
Figures don't tell the truth all the time.
See if they do.
Take single link of ships chain cable It
is exactly like letter 40" turned thus:
NJ
One War to strengthen a Cahle.


Only there is short iron bar, stud " the
sailors call it, joining the sides together as
from NJ to N.
Now, the result of careful experiment shows
that the addition of the "stud adds one
quarter to the strength of the link. See Luces
Seamanship," page 282.
Another rule, the result of equally careful
and thorough experiment, shows that to take
out the stud decreases the strength of the
link only one-ffth See Luce, page 263.
Now, if putting the stud in increases the
strength of the link ve-twentieths, and taking
the stud +" out decreases the strength only
four-twentieths, the difference is evidently a
gain in strength and yet the link is exactly as
it was in the beginning.
If, now, it increases the strength Of the link
by one twentieth to put in "stud and
straightway take it out, why can we not go on
increasing the strength of the link indefinitely
by putting the "stud - in and taking it out, and
repeating the operation?
Luce's rules are accepted as infallible, and
yet the conclusion you have arrived at does
not look like common sense.
What's the matter with it?
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

XVTANTED-By Charles H. Anthony, s. Louis. 40,
w care Auth0ny & Kuhn, Brew eEs-Ine A9lre5 y
any comrades present with wagonsrain oatssei kcss9A
and RoIu, Mo. between May - aud NAY - 4co Nog9
wagons burned.
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"No, indeed; have no heart for
such folly" sighed Eunice.
Folly l don't call it folly"
laughed Nina. 81 don't think Uncle
Nahum could have given me a more
acceptable gift. Of course what use
are all my point-lace, jewels and CASH
meres now?"
AS she spoke she opened the curious
little volume, dark-hued and fastened
with tongue of discolored leather
which slid between a strap of the same
to fasten it.
What a queer little book" she
said, "and what an old pocket at
the end, stuffed full of newspapers.
Why, they're not newspapers at all
they're-look Eunice, they are folded
bank notes"
They were. The end pocket or COM
partment was filed with packets, each
wrapped in slip of newspaper, con-
tanning some single recipe for cake,
jelly, or marmalade and tied round
with bit of waxed linen thread.
Uncle Nahum's quaint fancy had
taken that peculiar turn, and each worn
little recipe-book contained $4,000 in
$50 bills.
Eunice," cried Nina, when the two
sisters had recovered in some degree
from their astonishment, "there is
Uncle Nahum's wedding gift, and how
inestimably valued at present! Oh, if
l could only see the dear old man once
more to kiss him and thank him as he
deservesl"
And Nina burst into tears, which
flowed from various causes.
A little while ago $4,000 would have
seemed but trihe in the aggregate of
her annual expenses; now it was COM
parative wealth-the foundation, as it
were, of new fortune. The old man
could hardly have taken more secure
method of keeping his memory
green in the hearts of his two nieces.
Years afterward, when Eunice and
Nina were once more restored, through
the instrumentality of Uncle Nahum s
oddly-given presents, to competence
if not to wealth, the worn old recipe
books occupied positions of honor on
the shelves of the respective library
MISUNDERSTANDING Nail.
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to the strains of martial music, to the
thump of the drum and the scream of
the fife, going away down the street
with nodding plumes, heads erect, the
very port Of heroism. There is scarcely
anything in the world so inspiring as
that. And the self-sacri6ce of it. What
will not men DO and endure to crafty
their fellowsl And in the heat of sum-
mer, too, when most we need some
thing to cheer usl The writer saw,
with feelings that can not be explained,
noble company of men, the pride OF
their city-aU- large men, all fat men,
all dressed alike, but each one as beau
tiful as anything that can be seen on
the stage-perspiring through the gala
streets of another distant city, the adj
miration of crowds of huzzaing men and
women and boys, following another
company as resplendent as itself,
every man bearing himself like hero,
despising the heat and the dust, con-
scious only of doing his duty. We
make great mistake if we suppose it
is feeling of ferocity that sets these
men to trampiug about in gorgeous
uniform, in mud or dust, in rain or
under a broiling sun. They have no
desire to kill anybody. Out of these
respondent clothes they are much like
other people; only they have nobler
spirit, that which leads them to endure
hardships for the sake of pleasing
others. They differ in degree, though
not in kind, from those orders for keep
ing secrets or for encouraging dis
taste for strong drink, which also wear
bright and attractive regalia and go
about in professions with banners and
music and pomp that can not be dis
tinguished at a distance from real war.
1t is very fortunate that men do like to
march about in ranks and lines, even
without any distinguishing apparel.
The writer has seen hundreds of cit
liens in a body going about the coun-
try on an excursion, parading through
town after town, with no other distinc-
ton of dress than a uniform high
white hat, who carried Joy and delight
wherever they went. The good of this
display can not be reckoned in figures.
Even funeral is comparatively dull
without the military band and the four
and-four professions, and the cities
where these resplendent corteges of
woe are of daily occurrence are cheer
full cities. The brass band itself, when
we consider il philosophically, is one
of the most striking things in our
civilization. We admire its commonly
splendid clothes, its drums and GYM
balls and braying brass, but it is the
impartial spirit with which it lends it.
self to our varying wants that dis
tinguishes it. 1t will not do to say that
it has no principles, for nobody has SC
many or is so impartial in exercising
them. 1t is equally ready to play at q
festival or funeral, picnic or an en-.
campment, for the sons of war or the
sons of temperance; and it is equally
willing to express the feeling of demo
cratic meeting or a republican gather
ing, and impartially blows out " Dixie ,
or" Marching through Georgia, v" The
Girl left Behind Me " or " My Coun
try, tits of Thee" 1t is equally piercing
and exciting for St. Patrick or the
Fourth of July.-Charles Dudley Var.
ner, IN Harper's Magazine for Septem.
| Der.
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Did there ne'er fall on your listening ear
From silent streets or a passing throng,
A reminiscent snatch of song.
OF thoughts not all OF the song my dear?
Did careless gaze meier chance to fall
On painting, picture, perchance face.
That carried your thoughts to another place;
To thoughts that we're not Of the picture at all?
And did you ne'er breathe from costly silks
Some perfume rare of lovely flower,
Recalling from a distant hour
Some thoughts you thought beyond the vail
An old red school-house under hill,
robins song, a blue-brd' call,
The purl of a brook as 1t rushes along,
Pausing an instant before its fall;
Frecked faces in breathless race,
Bare feet FLASHING wet, pebbed sand,
Wide spread sheets for the beechnut rain,
with burrs that chung to tender hand;
Days OF pleasure and days OF pain,
Huskings, applebees many and gay,
The whirring partridge with startled train,
The whistling woodcock safe hid away;
Spelling down on company day"
Speaking pieces in style quite free?
These and more Of the days Of yore
The scent of corntassels brings back to me-
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Home of the Silent Brotherhood.

An illustrated article by James Lane
Allen, in the August Century, describes
the Trappist monastery in Kentucky.
The following is an account of the out
door occupation of the brothers.: "The
community do not till the farm. The
greater part of their land is occupied
by tenant farmers, and what they re-
serve for their own use is cultivated by
the so-called family brothers, who, it
is due to say, have no families, but
live as celibates on the abbey domain,
subject to the abbot's authority, with
out being members of the order. The
monks, however, do labor in the ample
gardens, orchards and vineyards from
which they derive their sustenance, in
the steam saw-mill and grain-mill, in
the dairy and the cheese factory. Thus
picturesquely engaged one may find
them in autumn: monks gathering
apples and making barrel after barrel
of pungent cider, which is stored away
in the vast cellar as their only bever-
age except water; monks repairing the
shingle roof of stable; monks feeding
the huge swine which they fatten for
the board of their carnal guests, or the
fluttering multitude of chickens, from
the eggs and young of which they de-
rive slender revenue; monks grouped
in the garden around green and pur-
pie heap of turnips, to be stored up as
a winter relish of no mean distinction.
Amidst such scenes one forgets all else
while enjoying the wealth and fresh
ness of artistic effects. What picture
is this young Belgian cheese-maker,
his sleeves rolled up above the elbows
of his brawny arms, his great pinkish
hands buried in the golden curds, the
cap of his serge cloak falling back and
showing his closely-clipped golden
brown hair, blue eyes and clear, deli
cate skin! Or this Australian ex-
farmer, as he stands by the hopper of
grist or lays on his shoulder bag of
flour for the coarse brown bread of the
monks. Or this dark old French
opera-singer, who strutted his brief
hour on many a European stage, but
now hobbies around, all hoary in his
cowl and blanched with age, to pick up
handful of garlic. Or this athletic,
superbly formed young Irishman,
thrusting great iron prod into the
glowing Goals of the saw-mill furnace.
Or this slender Switzer, your attendant
in the refectory, with great keys dang
ling from his leathern cincture, who
stands by with folded hands and bowed
head while you are eating the pagan
meal he has prepared and prays that
you may be forgiven for enjoying it.
From various countries of the Old
World men find their way into the
Abbey of Gethsemane, but among
them are no Americans. Repeatedly
the latter have made the experiment,
and have always failed to persevere up
to the final conservation of the white
cowl. The fairest warning is given to
the postulant. He is made to under
stand the entire extent of the obliga-
ton he has assumed; and only after
passing through novitiate, prolonged
at the discretion of the abbot, is he
admitted to the vows that must be kept
unbroken till DEATH"
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Why Americans Love to Wear
Uniforms.

1t is fortunate that a passion for dis
play is implanted in human nature; and
if we owe debt of gratitude to any
body it is to those who make the dis
play for us. II would be such a dull
colorless world without it! We try in
vain to imagine a city without brass
bands and military marchings; pro.
cessions of societies in regalia and
banners; Respondent uniforms and
gaily-caparisoned horses; men clad
in red and yellow and blue and gray
and gold and silver and feathers, NOV
in beautiful lines, proudly wheeling
with step elate upon some responsive
human being as axis, deploying, opening
and closing ranks in exquisite precision
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For three years was almost crippled with aw-
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disease. Some physicians pronounced 1t incurable.
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other, and was in hopeless condition. After try.
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result was as follows After three days noticed a
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over year. got sound. The flesh began TO grow
and to-day and for nearly two years past my leg is
well as ever 1t was, sound In every respect and
not a sign OF the disease to be seen.
8. g. AHERN, Dubois, Dodge county, Ga.
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annoyance at this season. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla purifies the blood and cures all such
affections.