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A War Story.

The veteran had just finished a lee
ture 10 the Old soldier club on military
exactness and had been rather severe
on some who were disposed to be rather
lax in their methods, particularly tall
corporal wi h one arm off. When he
had finished the corporal stepped out
in front of the soap box on winch he
had been sitting. May it please your
honor" he said mockingy, Z" / have a
story 10 tell which may in some meas
ure excuse my fault. You see this
arm" and he held out the stump.
Well, that is the result of too much
eXactness." The veteran showed his
surprise and asked how it happened.
Well" went on the corporal, sit
was this way: Along in 1864, when l
was in the army of The Potomac, was,
as you know, a cavalryman, and one
day 100 OF our regiment were ordered
out TO act as q reserve for small sortie
that was TO be made to stir up the
enemy. Every officer we had had
been so raked over by our clusty old
colonel for not having everything just
right that life on duty was burden
A captain was in command of our force,
and he had us ranged up in exact line
as if were on parade, and that, 100, af-
ter the enemy had begun to sling shells
over cur way, ard man wanted to
dodge in spite of himself. The cap
tain wouldn't have it, though, aud
there we sat, every head on line,
everybC dy's haLd as straight with
every other bride hand down the line
as 1t fixed by spirit level. 1t was
hard, l tell you, but it didn't last long
for all at once gun, over on our right,
that had evidently just got into posi-
ton, biz zed away with twenty-p0und
shot, and as | star d Lere holding up
this evidence and the stump went
up again" so help me gracious, that
shot went down our line and shipped
off fifty hands as if it had been done
by a knife. Since that | haven't been
SO con ounded particular about being
so coufounded exact" and the corporal
sat down amidst great applause and the
overwhe lining confusion of the veteran.
Detroit Free Press.
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Winchester, and filed her with dismsy
and fear, The shells fell so near The
little Quaker dwelling that its Inmates
were Onpelled to seek shelter in is
cellar AS he day grew older the rum
blings grew fainter, and at last, unable
TO bear the confinement and her uu.
happy thoughts in silence, the school.
mistress left the cellar and went up into
the house. From the first floor nothing
was To be seen, from the second fl jOr
all lol ked q let, bat from an attic win.
dow she could see in the distance her
country's flag waving in the bre, re.
One moment spent In thanksgiving
that at least the sacrifice, if due to her
interference, had not been in vain, aud
descending from the garrett, Miss
Wight told the good news to her fam
lily.
In the evening Miss Wright, hearing
the clank of swords against the front
steps, opened her door to two Union
officers. One of them, announcing
himself as General Sheridan, sad:
Miss Wright, it was entirely on the
information which you sent me that
decided to give battle to General Early"
He further asked permission 10 write
his official report of the battle in the
little school-room.
Two years later she received an Of
fetal letter of thanks and most beau
tful watch and chain from General
Sheridan.
Miss Wright was born near Winches-
ter, on January 3, 1888. Her ancestors
were for manv generations of the So
eety of Friends. She rec, lived her edu-
cation at the Winchester public school.
Her first engagement as teacher was
at the friends school at Hopewell
Meeting, Virginia.
During General Grants first term he
appointed Miss Wright to posi- ion in
the treasury department, which, in
spite of her marriage short time later,
she still retains. A rule of the depart
ment being that married women are
not eligible to civil service employment,
this exception was made at the per-
sonsl request Of General Sheridan.
On May 4, 1871, Miss Wright was
married to William Carpenter Bonsal
a Washington agriculturist, whom she
had met in the Capital City. She has
had one child, a boy, who lived only
until six years of age. Mrs. Bonsal
has lived ever since her marriage al
Mount Pleasant. one of the suburbs OF
Washington. Alice Graham McCollin
IN Ladies' Home Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

The art of good looks is fine art indeed
and one that deserves the encouragementit
seems to be getting on every side. Even
those lads to beauty" in the shape of To-
lions, lemon water and skin soaps SO en-
Enthusiastically urged upon womankind from
the back pages of every magazine and
pamHhlet in the land are not to be treated
withV rping scorn. They have their places
and use in the general struggle for lowell
ness But why not back up these efforts
for comeliness by common sense conducted
throughout each days wear and teari
To begin with. women sit too much, and
women stand quite too much. Nothing is
30 wearisome as standing about" even to
the we'll trained body that has been drilled
into good poise, and sitting is not resting,
however cleverly women may delude them.
selves on this point.
The young girl who desires to keep away
crows feet and that jaded look we all know
so well and to retain the suppleness and
adorable bloom of extreme youth should,
when off parade or off duty, as the case
may be, and in her own room, make the
couch or the floor her habitual resting
place.
Absolute repose comes to the tired mus
Giles only when the body is in a reclining
position, and absolute repose comes TO the
overstrung nerves only when the muscular
system is perfectly at rest-relaxed.
The middle aged woman could, am pos
tive, WOO back much Of the freshness and
nthesomeness Of girlhood if she would be
at little pains to learn how to rest.
Five minutes of rest fat on ones back
on the floor or on u hard, smooth couch are
worth half an hour of SO styled rest" in
IN armchair or in that unreposeful tempt
er, the rocking chair.
Some one has said to the women OF to.
day, Never stand when you can sit, never
sit when you can lie down" This exhor.
tation applied with some elasticity is The
best recipe for beauty know of.
While | have little sympathy with the
gospel of laziness preached so consistently
by some lives, | do recommend frequent
daily lapses into complete fallowness -
ReD Orleans Times Democrat.
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A Thanksgiving GrOwl.

Oh dearl do put some more chips on the fire.
And hurry up that oven Just my luck
To have the bread slack. Set thar pie up hieherl
And for goodness sake do clear this truck
Away frogs legs and marbles on my moldlng.
boardi
What next, wonderl John Henery, wash your
face,
And do get out from under foot. afford
More cream?" Used wi at you had7 II that's the
case,
Skim all the pans. DO step little spryer
wish hadn't asked so many folks
To spend Thanksgiving. Good gracousi poke the
hre!
And put some water on. Lord, how 1t smokesl
never tired In all my lifei
And there's the cake to iost. and dough to MIX
For tarts. can't cut pumpkin with this knifel
Some women's husbands know how to fix
The kitchen tools; but Tor all mine would care
Knight tear pumpkin with my teeth John Hen.
cry,
II you don't plant yourself on that ere chair,
I'll set you down so hard that you'll agree
You're stuck for good. Them cranberries are sour,
And taste like gall besides. Hand me some flour;
And do fly round. John Henery, wipe your no. Ell
wonder how twill be when am dead"
Ct How my nose Will he?" Yes, hou pour noseH be.
And how your LdckH be. If that amt red,
IN miss my guess. don't expect youll see
CYou your father neither what I've done
And suffered in this house. As true's live,
Them pesky fowls amt stuffed The biggest one
VIII hold two luaves of bread. Say, wipe that sieve
And hand it here. You are the slowest poke
In all Yarmouth. There's Deacon Gubblns' wife
She'll be here tomorrow. That pan soak
A little while. Inever in my life
Saw such lazy crttur as she is.
II she stayed home there wouldn't be thing
To eat. You bet she'll hll up herel It's rizr'
Well. so 1t has. John Heneryl Good k ngi
How did that boy get Out2 You saw him go
With both fists full of raisns and pie
Behind him, and you never let Inc knowi
There you've talked so much clean forgot the rye.
1 wonder II the governor had to slave
As do, he would be so pesky fresh about
Thanksgiving Day. He'd he in his grave
With half my work. What. get along without
An Indian pudding? Well, that would he
novelty. No friend or foe shall say
I'm close or haven't as much variety
As other folks There, think see my way
Quite clear. The onions to peel Let's see.
Tarnips, potatoes, apples there to stew,
This squash o sift and lick John Heneryl
And after that, really think I'm through.
-EieaRor Ark
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SOLDIERS BUDGET.
Our Dead.

rhey died for the flag OF the brave and the free.
For the rights OF mankind,
That the children Of God might have Gods liberty
Their sonshp might find.
They died for the right of each man to possess
One Lord and one Owner his God-God them bless
They died that each man made by God st might
be
What God did intend.
Gods own happy child; that nations decree
Might be strong to befIiend
Its subjects oppressed and its own life to save;
Gods blessing be with them the valiant, the bravel
And you. sons OF God, who enjoy the grand fruits
That boundless upspring
From the seed by them sown. whose blood. Redeemed
roots
H. humanity cling.
Keep sacred the names Of the brave ones who died,
And cherish the few who s,ill walk 10y your side,
E. j. v. Haigihn.
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A HOUSEHOLD TREAsURE.-D. w.
Fuller of Canajoharie, n. Y says that
he always keeps DR.. Kings New Dis
covery in the house and his family has
always found the very best results FOL-
low its use; thai he would not be with
out it, if procurable. G, A. Dykemsn,
druggist, Catskill, n. Y says that Dr.
Kings New Discovery is undoubtedly
the best cough remedy; that he has
ustd it in his family for eight years,
and it has never failed to do all that is
claimed for it. Why not try remedy
so long tried and tested? Trial bottles
free at G. Blakely's drug store. Regu-
lar size, fifty cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

DURING an hour at a New York ele.
waited railroad station 4S7 men and
women with umbrellas went up The
stairs. OF these, 297 men and II women
carried their umbrellas under their
arms, and so men and 8 women car
ried their umbrellas by the handles.
The remaining passengers-25 men and
3 women--so carried their umbrellas
that no harm could be done with them.
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Major-General Commanding

You can trust the bearer"
To say that Miss Wright was troub.
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press nj dy the doubts which besel
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the risk, and take upon herself the
great responsibility. The conversat on
with the Confederate officer, her guest
of few evenings earlier, formed the
bass Of her reply. Her letter was as
follows, dated but unsigned, and writ.
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have no communication whatever with
the rebels, but will tell thee what / know.
The division Of General Kershaw and Cut
shaw's artillery, twelve guns and men,
General Anderson commanding, has been
sent away, and no more troops are expected,
as they cannot be spared from Richmond.
| do not know how the troops are situated,
but the force is much smaller than repre-
scented. l will take pleasure hereafter in
learning all ! can of their strength and po-
sition, and the bearer may come again.
" Very resDectfully
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History and Biography
Literary History and Criticism

VIII be made attractive by letters Of Coerldge
and Thoreau, and by papers on engaging themes
from Sir Edward Strachey, Professor Kittredge
OF Harvard. Professor Tyrreu Of Dublin. and
other very competent writers.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-11
New Southern Industries.

The following list represents the
more important new concerns organ.
lied in the south during the week
ending July :, and are taken from
the construction department of the
Baltimore Manufac urers' record
The Paramount Ice Mfg. Co., of
w ashington, D. c.; capital stock
$500 900.
The Hamlet Slate Co., of AL.
berene, Va; capital stock 800, 900.
The keystone Coal aud Iron Co. +,
of Big Stone GAp, Va capital
stock 5000
The Ayers Coal Co., of Big Stone
Gap; capital stock s25, 900.
A l00-ton cottonseed oil mill for
Port Gibson, Miss.
The Columbia Peanut Co., of
Norfolk, Va. capital stock SEC, go.
The Swansboro On. c. Lumber
Co., with capital stock of $4,000
The Lake Lumber and Single
Co., of Chopin, La capital stock
100000.
The Smith Brewing Co., of
Wheeling, w. Va; capital stock
800, 900.
The West Virginia Fuel Gas Co.,
of Charleston, w. Va.
The Virginia Plumbing and
Heating Co., of Richmond, with
capital stock of 100000
The National Park Co., of Nor.
folk, with a capital stock of $780,.
coo
The Norfolk (Va.) Land and
Savings Co., with capital stock of
$40, 900.
The Fangueiet Printing Co., of
San Antonio, Tex.
The B M. Wilson Importing and
Commission Co., of New Orleans,
La, with capital stock of $685.
600.
The Southwestern Graphophone
Co., limited, Of New Orleans, with
a capital stock of sl2, 200.
The John l.. Byrne Co., of New
Orleans, with capital stock of
5000
The Southern Liquor and Tobac.
co Co., New Orleans, with capt.
tai stock of 300 900.
The New Orleans Shoe & Lea b.
er Mfg. Co., with a capital stock
OF $50, coo.
The Mechanical Composing Stick
Co., of Washington, D. c., with a
capital stock of $l5 $1,000.
The Branchville Clay Co., of
Washington, with capital stock
of 800, 900.
The Aberdeen, (Miss.) Cot.
ton Co., with capital stock of
10000
The Anglo.Southern Mineral
Trust Co., Of Aberdeen, Miss,; cap.
ital stock 300 900.
The Alias Mining & Lumber c..
to operate in North Carolina; CAPT.
tal stocH OOO, OUO.
The Iredell Tobacco Co., of
Statesville, Il. c., with a capital
stock of $40, 900.
The Fender Loan & Trust Co.,
of Wilmington, N. c., with
capital stock of $4,000.
The Barnwell Is. C) Oil Co.,
with capital stock of $4,000.
The Great Pee Dee Spade and
Handle Co., of Bennettsville, S. G.
The Edgefield Is. O. Oil Co.,
with capital stock of $50, 900.
The FGppen .Ad one Investment
Co., of Dallas, Texas, with a
capital stock of 800, 200.
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For rheumatism, govt and all pair
use nothing but Climax Oil.
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waco FIRE DEPARTMENT

location "a IRE Alarm foxes.
.P,fth pari FIRE station strikes IN
Corner Htb and Austih I'm
- 4th fIIIr'
7Central FIRE station " IIIrn.
West End Fire station rlII1III
IL Corner la and bsmhstOn lin
ia 9Th and Marlborough - r-IIIj
ID - .th aud COlumDuB I-IlrI
'le . stn and Jackson t-1IIIE
IN ith and ebster t-1IIIIII
a sth and Cleveland 1l-IIIn
Pc 9Th and SpciBnt tI-1ifIIi
~ sthand Washington =" iI.I1rrIIi
SIS Kovai Hotel 6th and Franklin ~ III-IIII1
" q W9oien Nall 18th aud Mary" r1I.r1iI1i
u ,orner 10Th and Jefferson q III-IIIIIu
All hoxes numbered above strikes thus
aar IN strikes | and stops, then strikes III
making Roy il, then repeats four times.
Rox as strikes II and stops. then Strtkea uJ1l
! making Box "a and 40 on
DIRECTIONS ron GIVING ALARM.
Keys will be found In residences on each COZ
aer where boxes ore located. Open Fire Alarm
3oxea and pull Hook down and let go. Leave
Turn alarm In only for hrcs. 5000 hne TO,
alse alarms.
Slow tapping Of bells signify compsn.
,alls.
Second Friday in each month each box lie
tapped twice, testing boxes and circuit line
When alarm OF fire is givei the Fire Depart
nent has the right of way on all streets. All
vehicies nust irive near the sidewalk and keen
away from the Are. 900 Gne for running over
nose.
Report OF any careless driving going to OF
from fires BY the Fire Department will be
thankfully received by the Chief, as fast and
careless drivingis strioklv forbidden.
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