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In the French Army.

From the Contemporary Review.
The first and most salient point in the French
army seen from within is the mixture Of social
ranks. Now, this mixture, which might in
many societies be a source Of weakness, may be
said here to be one of the principal causes of
the recuperation Of the country. II is be-
heve, unique experiment to Law the military
law equally upon the shoulders Of every citizen
of whatever rank he may be-
The nearest approach to the French universal
| CONSUMPTION lie TO be seen in Germany. but
even there the absolute equality Of men before
the law Is Tar from holding good Promotion
from the ranks is almost unknown: the rich.
who can AFFORD university education for their
sons ana who can pay q sum OF money to the
government, exempt them from ali serious
soldering These young men pass a few weeks
In barracks and afterward attend O specified
time Of drill. while they are allowed to lodge in
outside quarters and to follow their ordinary
civil occupations in the university This lasts
II am not mistaken, for one year. after which
term they pass into the reserve as officers.
Under the French law every man without
exception serves in the army for at least one
year. During that year he l. merged entirely
In the private soldier. His social rank IL he
has one, is completely ignored; the officers who
| command him regard merely lis efficiency and
faithfulness to duty, and II any difference is
made between man Of some education and
| of putting him into the Peoton d Instruction.
species of school dril-where he may earn in
six months or year the grade Of corporal, but
IN which, on account Of the extra duties the
place involves, the life is harder in manual
labor and has less free time than that Of the
uuambitious trooper outside.
1t must not be inferred from this that the
Peloton instruction stands apart II Ia held
merely during the hours which are otherwise
free time. Nor must 1t be imagined for Q mo-
ment that man OF q richer class than his
fellows necessarily belongs to il, or that men Of
such class form the majority Of its members.
There may be in a company or battery from elk
to eight eleves caperaux. and In Q whole re0i-
ment less than that number Of gentlemen.
The elevation to the grade Of reserve officer
is also proceeded with in q manner very differ
ent from that obtaining In Germany. The
places In the reserve given in part to retired
officers Of the active army and in part TO those
men who have followed the Peloton d'Instruc-
ton for al least one year, and who at the end
OF that time are competent to pass . special sx-
animation
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From the Philadelphia Press.
In England or any other country with Q par
iamentary government, after such defeat,
the ministry which proposed the army bill
would be expected to resign. This d not the
case In Germany. With changes and differ
ences the German kaiser 70 much what our
President would be II the presidency were an
hereditary Office. defeat at the polls tomor-
row will be disagreeable interruption to pro-
posed policy. but the kaiser is no more called
upon to change his ministry In consequence
than our President to remodel his cabinet whom
the election OF the House OF Representative 10
Overwhelmingly against his policy, - 10 was,
for instance. in 1874 and in 1876.
The reichstag has sufficient power, however
to make it extremely difficult for the kaiser's
ministers to get on without . majority In It.
For twenty-five years by various expedlents the
ministers Of the crown have held this majority.
For fourteen years, from 1871 to 1884, Prince
Bismarck held this majority by an alliance be-
government officers and men Of rank mostly
and the national liberal and radical liberal par
ties-made up Of the middle class vote al over
Germany.
This alliance broke up when Bismarck turned
anti-socialist and began in 1884 the repression
OF free public discussion In Germany. BY
making concessions to the Catholics and re-
pealing the Folk laws he got majority. made
up Of the Prussi&n conservative vote and the
Catholic vote In Bavaria, the Rhine valley,
Siless and part Of Poland. This gave Q work.
Ing majority in 1887 and 1890. This alliance
broke up over the army bill. What alliance to-
morrow's voting will bring no one oan say.
The vote OF the Prussian rural districts stands
pretty sohdly BY the government Outside Of
that all is confusion. A majority Of the elect
ors is agreed In wanting the army no larger,
but the electors are aEreed In pothinG else
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A Misery, Eccentric Scot

From the Scottish Leader.
In the border counties stories arc eotnp the
round regarding the habits Of . surgeon who
died the other day after practicing for the long
period Of sixty-one years. Eccentric, close
listed, and with a reputation for odd savings.
the doctor dressed like tramp and was widely
known over the borderland for his peculiar
habits. Cuffs and collars were unknown to him
and his ordinary gsrb consisted of q pair of
trousers and an overcoat buttoned tightly at
the throat. In his waistcoat pocket he carried
pair of rusty forceps to extract teeth and also
quantity of powders. These were of two
kinds. white and black and were almost the onlv
medicines he dispensed.
When he attended church he ALWAYS left be-
fore the elders went round with the ladle, and
with his saving habits is said to have left elo :
600. The deceased used to pay 2s Sd a week
FOR his room, and ii is said he used to watch il
any OF his landlady's family coughed, 90 that he
could say; THAT BARN of yours has q cold.
give her hot cruel and put her to bed {"
When the next Saturday came round he de-
Quoted a shilling for his professional advicel
Once he was called to . case where a woman
had dislocated her jaw. He very soon put her
right. The woman asked how much was to nav,
The doctor named his fee. The patient thought
it too much. He, however, would not tske
less, and, as the woman refused to give him the
fee. he began to yawn- Yswning, as every one
knows, is infectious The young woman in
turn yawned. Her jaw again went out of Joint,
and the doctor triumphantly said: "Nov, I'm.
til you hand me over nv fee, your law can re-
main as it is" Needless to say the money was
promptly paid.
The doctors pony was known for its lean
ness. 1t is said he tried to feed II q he fed
himself-entirely at other peoples expense
The only thing he Was ever known TO buy for
II were some peas bannocks from q baker. A
far as possible he kept the pony walking on the
To i.a ~ ~ Ia
for bits Of horseshoes which might be living on
the roads, and which he got the blacksmith 10
weld together. He had whip for his pony
with a crook at one end. This he used to
gather tufts Of wool - he rode through the
moors: The wool he put in his pocket, and
when he had a quantity gave Il to old women
who might be due him on account to spin and
knit into stockings for him
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Marsh Lands Made Valuable.

From the Boston Transcript
Time was in this state that the marsh lands
were considered as of so little value that the
more man owned of them the poorer he was
reekoned. OF late years, however, the de-
velopment OF the cranberry industry has modi-
fed the views on this point, and farmers are
speculating on the possibility of finding other
profitable uses for the marshes and meadows
High scientific authority has declared that most
OF the swampy and DOGGY lands about the state
not available for cranberry culture can be con-
verted into soil for the cultivation of berries
and vegetables il great variety. The demand
for such products is yearly growing. even faster
than the population. The systematic develop
ment Of these industries might have the whole
some effect to draw from the cities the host of
people who live in the close, stuffy quarters
that our civilization provides for the working
man. As in Holland. France and Florida they
have accomplished brilliant results with SINH
lar lands, there is nothing fantastic in the sug-
gestions here made.
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LABOR'S CAUSE.
Men and Women Without
a Vacation.
Tired, M0l0'Ol0lS Expressions
On Weary Faces.
What One Of the Leaders
in Boston Says.
]. G. Cinkard of Building Trades
Council.
Was Losing Sleep on Account Of
Nervous Strain.

Six o'clock-shops and ornces pour on, nss
crowds Of workerS Who would imagine the
buildinr held 90 many;
Tired. monotonous expressions on most q me
faces
Heads Of firms, clerks, shop giria I'll END the DAY
tired. II 10 evident from their anxlous worn an.
pressions.
when worry and anxiety are added %
THIS excessive activity, digestion becomes
impaired, the sight OF food distasterul, Q
wearied feeling creeps over the body, ana the
mind gets confused and respondent.
Joseph @. Clinkard Is q man well known % the
working men of New England.
he has occupied nearly every position or honor
and trust In the labor organizations Of Boston.
he served nearly two years a. president OF TIE
Boston Central Labor Union when that BODY pur,-
eered In its affiliated bodies 10000 to 5000 organ.
ized wage workers.
Up to within a few weeks he wa. the president
OF the Building Trades Council. which n composed
OF unions in the building trades ana estimated 70
have an anilisted membership Of 5000 Hers
carpenter by trade and has been president Of Oar.
penters' Union. No. sa and Is now the business
agent Of al the carpenters unions in TIE CITY Of
Boston.
Mr.. Clinkard has Travelled al over the New Rms.
land stsses In years gone by, organizing unions Il
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panied by his two sons and another follower
The leader OF the party gave his name az
Smith. and they represented themselves to the
community as stock dealers and mineral pros
Smith 4 Sons"
After stopping short time at Sandy Hook.
which lies upon the eastern side of the moun,
tain known as Maryland Heights. thev re-
moved to a place known as The sKennedy
Farm. sonno four or five miles away upon the
opposite side of the mountain. Thew made a
favorable impression upon all those with
whom they came in contact, and there Ia no
evidence that any one in the neighborhood ever
suspected them Of being other than thew repre-
sented Themselves. This is most remarkable
when We consider that during the course Of
the summer their numbers were augmented 10
about twenty. and that they were engaged in
what IL in some respects the most remarkable
conspiracy or modern times.
THE VENERABLE ISAAC SMITH"
For the venerable Isaac Smith," with his
flowing beard, his simple and childlike man.
ners and his stern piety, WAS none other than
old "Osawatomie'' John Brown late Of Kansas.
Such feat would be impossible in the presen,
day Of the telegraph and the illustrated news
paper press. But they took every precautiou
TO guard their secret. In all his correspondence
from the Kennedy farm Brown used the name
OF Smith. even signing that name to his letters
to his family at North Elba in New York state
As further precautiOu ali mis- correspondence
was mailed and received through the post Office
at Chambersburg, Pa Letters to him were I'D
dressed 70 Il Smith 4 Sons" under cover to
John Henrie Of that town.
Here also he caused TO be sent the 200
Shapes rifles and the like number Of Colts re-
volvers which he had managed to secure
through tho agency OF his Massachusetts, friends
A thousand pixies manufactured for him bv a
blacksmith IL CoiEnsville, Conn, were also
shipped TO the same point These during the
Course of the summer. were transported by
slow degrees from Chgmbersburg to the Ken
nedy farm and were stored at the latter place.
without exciting undue notice from the easy
going Maryland neighbOrs.
What WAS the object OF these men? They in
tended to incIte the slaves to instruction
They intended to establish and maintain a spe
cies OF guerrilla warfare. keeping their head
quarters in the mountains which extend south
westwardly through the southern states 1t
was the most fOolhsrdy enterprise ever under
taken by mortal man; but il had been the
dream OF John Browns life. From his earliest
manhood he had hated slavery with every fiber
Of his intense being. He believed that slavery
a crime; that slave owners were criminals
and that ne was Unsuitable in assaulting the pc
culiar institution" BY force il i. could
10. otherwise be abolished. For thirty
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REVENGE OF FATE,
A Proof That Men Who Write Bad vsrses
Always Come to Grief.

! Proof That Men Who Write Bed Verses
Always Come to Grief.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Here il Q letter from Q friend of mine in
Kansas" said guest at Detroit hotel the
other evening" Is he held the epistle in his
hand, land it relates to very serious circum-
stance. Without the letter here to back me
up should not have dared to tell Won the
story"
he was asked to drive ahead, and after an
other glance at the letter he continued:
From my earliest recollection love the
patter OF rain drops on the roof at night MANY
and many night I've rubbed snuff in nv ewes
that might keep awake the longer to bear the
patter. Five wears ago built me house in .
certain town In Kansas. 1t cost me $500 extra
TO get things so arranged that could hear the
RAIN drops patter as lay in my bed. For two
weeks before moved in it rained every night
nVed In that house three years, and what do
you suppose happened, or, rather, didn't hap
at burned down and there was no insurance. ("
answered one OF the crowd.
:, NO, SIR 1t never rained one single night in
al those three wears, unless happened to be
away from home. If there were showers they d
pass away before bedtime. IL happened to
De away u would pour all night. got SO mad
about it that went to bed in the DAYTIME sev
eral times, and L pledge you my word II IL
didn't stop raining before got fairly between
/ the sheetsi'
And what about the letter?-
Its from the man who bought nv house.
de bought it because he wanted to hear the
rain drops patter. and he says: What in blszes
is the matter with your old shanty, anyhow"
1t hasn't rained here but one night since I
bought you out, and then not a blamed drop
fell on the roof Of this house, Isn't it curl
ous?"
"Have you any theory about it?"
well, yes, have. / think its retribution. Z"
"How retribution?"
why, l am the author Of that old song en-
titled, Rain Drops on the Roof Wrote it
when was only fourteen years Of age. 1 was
innocent Of any wrong, but fate
Then everybody got up in thu most solemn
manner and walked away and left him to
pursue the downward path which leads to
destruction.
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Carpenter and has always been resdv "a ~
msetinu Of workingmen q n,Rhs saa sner,~e
them on The labor question.
De u . fluent eaay and prssnosa psaaa vns
always talks 30 the point
Recently the Building Trades Council esvs nsR
INST annual ball st Music Hall At which vsr, pru.,
emit Gov Russell, Mayor Matthew ana other d,cn,e.
ries- MI. Cnksrd was chairman Of the eommsr,s -
Of arrangements and aeor narsAsl ,..d,ns sss
grand march
HIS extra exertions 10 make this affsfr secouu
combined with the amount Of energy put fursa ~
him In his regular calling during the DAY hrouass
him nearly to the verge Of extreme neryous pr,,.
traitor his condition and its result can pert 10
described In his own words IN the fo,,oxtn. ,..,,
BUILDING TRADD ooUsou or Bosror ASpvrcrrrz-e.
BosrOs. April IS issa
Dear sirE On account OF the extra WORK / vas
doing. WORKING late nights and losing sleen ths
strain on my nerves became 90 great that WIS
sanering with nervous prostration, to the exte nj
that was losing my memory and had q pecuI mr.
dizzy sensation In my head that ct times took AWAY
my ~ esight and nnmbed my sense Of feeling %
that Iwas unconscious Of What vss going o.
around me-
became greatly alarmed. and on recommend.
ton Of my wife who had learned Of the peculiar
virtue Of Paine's celery compound. began to take
II AT nrst 10 seemed TO do me more harm than
good. but after the first dozen doses or 80 began
TO feel better and the rheumatic pain In my r.rhs
ung. which hs q also been troubling me, began 20
subside. lam now beginning on the third bottle
and al the nervousness and Dizziness q gone: nv
memory especially u extremely bright ana now
sleep hike baby.
All my friends speak ofthechangs IN ny iooaa
and ask me what have been taking.
In these days Of worthless patent medicines BE-.
leve It . duty 10 my friends and 10 suffsrins In.
mainly In general when nnd . medicine sass u
good 70 let people know IL
oan highly recommend Paines celery con-
pound. and for those who are suffering from o~sy,
work and nervoumeo nothing 10 better % restore
them 70 shsir former strength and vigor.
Youn truly, Jos q. ClnnAn
Neasra welia Richardson Co Burung>oa, -
R.A-As TIE ab0vs Aas besn unsorcassl I'D
have my oonssns - make nA - e shs snms q
you 80 n Loo
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An Extraordinary Diet.

From the London Daily News.
A German contemporary states that very
peculiar patient is at present under treatment
at the Augsburg State Hospital. A man. aged
forty, had set himself the task of swallowing
some $50 fruit stones Having finished this ex-
tracrdinary meal, he experienced excruciating
pain. While under treatment on the first day
in the hospital the medical men succeeded in
removing 200 hszlenut stones. The man had
taken all this trouble to place his life in jeopardy
for o wager OF five shillings
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elude all the territory not held by prior title
lying In the Northern Neck" which, in other
words, meant all the lands situate between the
Rappahannock and the Potomac rivers. This
princely estate kept the Fairfax family ''land
POOR" for several generations and afforded
George Washington his first employment as .
surveyor, near the middle of the last century.
II was the information gathered and stored
In Washingtou's practical mind while making
these surveys that led to the establishment here
Of the FIRST governments armory soon after the
close Of the war for independence. He it was
also who first suggested the work which in the
early part Of the present century crystallized
into shape under the name Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal, which passes the town, skirting
the northern bank Of the Potomac from George
town to Cumberland. and which was in its day
regarded as a MASTERPIECES Of internal improve
ment.
The little town was also q favorite place Of
resort for Jefferson during his lifetime, and the
tradition goes that he wrote a large portion Of
bis "Notes on Virginia" while seated upon q
clin overhanging tho Shenandoah river. which
stone bears the name Of "Jefferson's rock" till
this day. The view from this point looking
eastwardly to where the two rivers with their
united volumes break their way through the
mighty walls of the Blue Ridge is one of the
grandest on the continent, and Jefferson de-
clared that the sight would amply repay the
trouble OF a voyage across the Atlantic ocean.
The place was also Of considerable strategic
importance during the war between the states,
being the key to the celebrated valley" Of
Virginia Ii was captured and recaptured sew
sral times BY the opposing forces.
JOHN BROWNS ADVENT.
But 1t IL emphaticalIy John Browns town,
and will be through all future history.
John Brown. body lies s-nnouldsrins in the srsvs
But his soul IL marching on"
The famous ''raid' OF October, 1859, and the
tragic sequel enacted forty days later at the
neighboring county seat Of CharIestovn, over
shadows all else Of its history or tradition.
Who was John Brown?
What did he do, and WHY?
For what was he hanged on December z,
1859?
How many intelligent readers Of the present
day could state what particular crime that old
rnanacled and wounded prisoner was charged
with when placed upon trial by the great COM
Inonvealth Of Virginia. and aftervard led forth
to death. all within little more than one month
from the commission OF the offense?
The story runs thus: On the Fourth Of july.
1859, an old man of austere manners and ven
cradle appearance made his advent at the little
village Of Sandy Hook, on the MARYLAND side Of
the Potomac river, about one mile from the
town OF Harper's Ferry. He was accom-
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What Was He to Do.

From Puck
sunday-School teacher-"You should not
light, Tommy. If thine enemy smite thee on
the right cheek. turn to him the other"
Tommy Smathers-"He gimme lab on both
him."
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AN EXPRESS IDYLL.

GENE, YORK STA
ton. Time, 8 pm.
The south express,
known commonly -
"The Flying Scotch
man." IL stthe platform
and on the point Of
starting.
He has taken his seat
and is snugly ensconced
in the far end Of . first
class compartment. He
is straight from the
moors the "dittos,"
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OLD JOHN BROWN.
The Story of the Famous Raid at
Harper's Ferry.
A FOOLHARDY ATTEMPT.

IL Was the Result OF Thirty Years Of Plan
ning-No One Believed 1t Would Succeed
but Brown-WhAt Influence It Had Upon
the Civil War That So Soon Followed.
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More Like 1t.


From Truth
Mrs. Toots-"Aren't you ashamed to come
home in the condition you did last night, when
had callers, too?'
Toots-"I was as sober as an owl, madam"
GrA Toets-'Asa boiled owl yeu mean"
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HIS ISJOHN BROWNS
town. The little ham,
let situated in he angle
formed by the junction
Of the Potomac and the
Shenandoah rivers 10
not without An inter
esting history Of Its
own, aside from that
fact. The land it occu-
pies was originally In
cluded In that famous
grant made to old Lord
Fairfax, intended to in
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Special Corrsspondsace Of The Evening Star.
HARPIa's FERRY, WEST Va June =, 1898.
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TRIAL AND CONVICTION.

Inc prisoners were removed to the Jail at
Chariestown, the county seat Of Jefferson
county. and on the 25th day Of October were
put upon their trial under Indictment charging
them with treason, murder and melting slaves
to instruction. OF course their conviction
was foregone conclusion. They were speedily
found guilty, and on the I'd day OF November
Brown was sentenced to be hanged on the I'd Of
December.
IL was In many respects a most remarkable
trial- capital cases have been exceedingly few
IN the history OF our country where trial and
conviction have followed SO quickly upon the
commission OF the offense. Within a fortnight
from the time when Brown had struck what he
believed to be righteous blow against what he
felt to be the greatest sin of the age he was a
condemned felon, with only thirty days between
his life and the hsngman's moose
During his trial he was brought into court
shackled and suffering from the wounds re-
ceived when captured. During most of the
proceedings he lay upon his pallet in the court
room, tho Judge not requiring him to stand
during thereading of the long Indictment. He
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nATKoI q, @ BRENNAN. PUBLIC AoOOuTT
AMI end Au6fsos, 1924 st n y. fnvssurstions
I'd rsporo 0sds o bsnkrupt and tnsoavsnt eonoeSna