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ARAB CHARACTERISTICS.
Peculiarities Of the Handsome Men Of tn
East.

Pecullarities of the Handsome Men of the
East.
The Arab is tall, straightforward,
well-shaped man, varying in color from
dark bronze to tone quite as white
as the European. He is decidedly
handsome. Women are apt to be
struck by the manly beauty of the
Tunisian. He is, in his way. cleanly;
he washes his feet before praying, and
his hands and face before and after
eating, and is apt to bathe in streams
at not infrequent intervals. But, and
in the Orient there is always but on
this subject he can scarcely be gauged
as up to our standard of what is next
akin to godliness. One sees at the hut
doors all too many instances Of cere-
hral insecticide to be reconciled to the
Arab as clean mortal No odor of
nationality Ia apt, however, to exist in
\ dry climate, 20 that he is. quoad the
nostril, unobjectionable. His value as
a laborer Is not great. Many OF the
pastoral Arabs who own fiocks hire
herdsmen for their food, fifteen francs
and two sheep year, Lodging is al
fresco most Of the time.
am, Of course, not referring to the
educated. intelligent Arab. passed
some days with the Kaliph of Kesar
HAL, and can truthfully say that
have never met man with finer in
stincts, nobler presence, or more
abundant courtesy. There are also
sheiks who would murder you for your
money-until you have broken bread
with them; but so there are in Amer
lea, and breaking bread with these will
by no means save you.-Col. T.. A.
Dodge, in Harper's Magazine.
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THE BOY IN THE NOW.

There siides thro1<h the harms nAmno'
door
Asueetscenfed hilltop Of hay.
An athlete With strength eaoelinS oer.
Nov fiHg< 1t in fofk-fulls away
Another Is slowing il hack.
With white pearls Of toll &C his brow;
And treading the hay in his track
Looms family the boy In the nov
Throash ereviees often can be
View. past the old harn-ual Of brown,
A river that leads 70 the SEA
A railway that drives 10 the to~h
. On. when shall my fortune make hay
In yon fields Of splendor. and howl
Twill wait for full many day;
I'm only boy in NOV"
A cloud Ike eas from the sky
Is splendidiy spread and unroiied;
The sun reaches down from on high
- fringe IL with yellow and gold
" On. when vii Heavens mercy my name
As bright IS those colors allow:
But earth has no glory or fame,
To waste On . boy in the NOW"
A cloud in the vest like pail.
Creeps upward. and hangs in the light;
II earries gloom over ALL
II looks like part OF the night
With cizmor the ihunderbolts swarm.
And trees bend In agony now,
: lis thus, too. that poverty's storm
Would conquer the boy in the now
The clouds hare flown into dream,
The birds are discoursine in giee,
fhe smile OF the sun il agieam
On riEer ard hill top and tree
Look mp to the heavenA little lad
And thea to yeaf ezfth-duties bow;
And some day both worlds may be glad
To homer the hcy from the NOV,
VIII Carleton In Youths Companion
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Small Cow. Heavy Feeders.

The dairy experiments at the worlds
fair show that small cows are as heavy
feeders as the large ones The cost of
food and production Of the Jerseys was
but little different from that of the
Gnernseys and shorthorns. They con-
sumed more food than the Guernseys
and bat iriile less than the short
horns. This demonstrates that the cost
of the food and production do not de-
pend upon the size of the cow
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WAGON END GATE.

Directions for Constructing Very Useful
and Handy Device.
A is the end gate or board. B Is an
iron hinge IN riches wide by u inch
thick. the joint of which is shown at
c. This hinge is fastened with wood
screws on under side of the bin and ex-
tends up on back of end gate to top
of the bin. E is the brace commonly
used on frame wagon bins, bolted at
the lower end to cross piece under the
bin. and at upper end with 2l1-inch
bolts to side bin. This brace has two
misunderstanding fanges, as shown
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EI6. q

writing for cure they would examine
their chicks the trouble would very
likely he found in multitude of lice
playing on the poor chick, sadly to its
detriment Use insect powder freely
all over the chicks and on the mother
hen: also use carbolic acid and vaseline
to grease their heads; then clean and
whitewash the coop. These remedies
win prove fatal 10 lice and improve the
chickS-Ohio Farmer.
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SECURE FASTENING.
How to Keep . Corral Gate Closet
Against swine and Cattle.

How to Keep . Corral Gate Closed
Against swine and Cattle.
In the far west barnyard IS called
by the Spanish name, corral A gate to
a corral that is proof against being
opened BY SWINE or cattle should al
ways be provided One that is excel
lent for security. and that can be easily
constructed by any farmer, is shown
in the illustration. 1t may be Of any
desired width, but il over three feet
wide it should be provided with a
diagonal brace, extending from the
lower hinge corner to the opposite
upper corner. The gate h made of one
inch lumber. four inches wide, with
bottom pieces six inches wide. The
vertical cleats on the sides are double,
and secured by wrought or wire nails,
driven clear through and clinched. A
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Fancy JeWelrX.

The rage for fancy jewelry is on the
increase. Flower and animal forms are
still highly favored. All sorts of wild
flowers are chosen for lace pins. hair
ornaments, and small buckles; spravs
Of valley lilies, single blossoms of haw-
thorn, pimpernal, chickweed, speed
well, geranium and heather, in gold or
silver set with gems. A row of daisies
alternately frosted gold with pearl
heart or with diamond chips clustered
on silver makes pretty brooches and
bangles Flowers are also combined
with insects. For instance, a tiny bul.
-ush in diamonds perched upon twip
II holly in enamel; a spider with an
opal gray pearl of Labrador stone for
his body is elinging with his many
diamond-set legs to golden leaf. The
newest thing In single flowers is the
bee orchard and the narcissus. The
former may have its purse-like cnn
covered with little sapphires, and the
petals In diamonds, or vice versa. The
narcissus is in plain FURNISHED gold
with a brilliant in the center os in
diamonds and topazes Chicago Trib.
s.s
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SECURE GATE LATCH.

sliding bar. a, with peg, b, extending
through for handle, is notched on the
upper side and placed between two of
the gate bars Two cleats. C, of one
by-six stuff. are nailed across two bars
on the hinge side of the gate To these
cleats drop catch d, is fastened by q
wooden pin. SO that it will allow the
sliding bar to traverse beneath When
the sliding bar is pushed forward into
mortise in the post the catch falls
into the notch, and no COW or horse
can possibly remove it = American
Agriculturist
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Aiding the Digestion.

Succulent food, such as silage. tur-
nips, beets, carrots and pumpkins, aid
digestion by the natural juices of their
cells. Dry food undergoes some changes
during the process of drying, and por-
tion of the matter becomes iudigestible.
but the green and succulent food con-
tains a large proportion Of water. the
whole being in a natural condition for
digestion, easily soluble, and promot-
ing the health OF the animal by affori-
ing it greater proportion Of nutrition.
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Sour MIX for Poultry.

Sour milk may be fed to hens, but
not to young chicks Fresh milk
should be preferred, hut the sour milk
may be used for mixing ground grain.
When the hens have helped themselves
the remainder OF the food should be re-
moved For dueklings it matters but
little whether the milk is fresh or not,
as they viii use it in short time
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FARM AND GARDEN.
uo GOOD cooPs.

One L. Made from Rcssh Lumber, ths
Other from . barrel
Fig. shows cheap coop. made from
rough lumber. 1t Is 3 feet long, IA
inches wide and so inches high To
build the coop. nail the end boards to-
ge.her at the top; this will make an A.
shaped frame. Then nail the bottom
board at each of the ends. and the bot
tom and ends are complete Side up
the backs all but ia inches of the lower
part and then cut board the desired
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Traits Of the stormy Petrol,

The stormy petrol, in proportion to
its size, has immense wing power, for
it is the smallest web-footed bird. II
belongs to every sea. and, though
seemingly SO frail. breasts the utmost
fury of the gale, skimming with in
credible velocity the trough of the
waves and gliding rapidly over their
crests. 1t does not make practice of
alighting on the water and seldom
rises higher than eight or ten feet
above the surface. have known them
to perch all night on the extreme end
Of the fying-jib boom, keeping up a
constant low musical whistle, seeming
ly in accompaniment to the noisy
wate-s foaming and eddying around the
cut water. Petrol, in focks sleep upon
the water at night Off the Cape of
Good Hope, on bright moonlight nights.
when the weather would permit.
have seen through strong night glass
dozens Of the sleeping petrels pass di-
rectly under the bows of the shin.
They would bob up serenely" astern
in the glittering wake with nlaintiye
whistle, swim few yards, and with a
preliminary fiutter of wings and feath.
ers, settle down to enjoy again the
slumbers that had SO rudely been dis
urbed.-St. Nicholas.
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keep ont the rats.

keep out tine rats. -
Fig. 9 shows a coop made out OF
salt barrel To build this. just nail all
the hoops tight to the stayes, then cut
out about one-third of the head and
slaves This gives iat-bottomed coop
with q circular roof. For the front,
nail on laths about ~ inches apart.
but have the center one slide, 50 as TO
allow the hen to pass through The
slide on both eoops can be made by
mailing a lath over the center one at
the top and bottom. to allow it to slide
between the coop and other laths-
These eooPs should be whitewashed
at least once every three weeks and
cleaned every week. have been using
the barrel coop for three years and find
j. cheap and serviceable one, but If
the ground il damp board should be
placed beneath it to keep the chicks
DIR. To close the coop, do as in No L
Plaes the eoops 50 as to face the south.
ard when the breeding season Is over
clean them thoroughly and whitewash
and store them in building so as to
hare them ready for next season
There are numerous inquiries for a
cure for young chicks when they ap-
pear dumpish and will not eat will
venture 10 say that one-haf of those
cases are caused by lice If instead of
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No Expression. = Tom = Who's
picture can that be- There is absolute
ly no expression in the face" Jack
''Of course not That is the picture Of
juryman. Yankee Blade.
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Family Fiuauee

us Skinner liberal with his wealtbs',
No. His wife has TO biaekmail hin,
for pin money."-Judge
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-Hess-"That old Mr.. Booger drinks
like fish" Suarleigh-"Nonsense. a
fish does not place the end OF whisky
flask to its mouth every ten minutes
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The Other Way lit mu st be mag
nifcent trip out to San Francisco said
Americanus. ''It is. il you go via Lon
don. Paris, Brindisi, Suez Canal, Hong
Kong and Honolulu" returned Tcry-
auus
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width and length and fasten it by
hinges to the portion above. This gives
= door the whole length of the coop.
and is useful fer cleaning the coop and
catching the chicks
The front is boarded down to within
IL inches of the bottom. and the re-
mainder is covered with lath, and pro-
vides for the chicks space to run out
and in the coop There should be one
lath made to slide up and down to
allow the hen to pass in and out when
desired
For ventilation there are four one
inch holes on each side just below the
peak. To close the chicks in the coop.
stand 12-inch board on its edge and
place stick against it. This will also
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"Castoris Ia % well adapted to children that
recommend It rs superior to any prescription
knowx to mo-" H. A ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So oxford ST., brooklyn, 7.
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die for his country, and that the more he
did Of both. the greater and truer
soldier he was. With many other cheer
ing words that had picked up, from
listening to the grown people. ! ex-
horted my army to do its duty.
But in spite of all could do the COM
mand began TO straggle SO badly that !
was forced to detail Private Lanny as
q rear guard, with strict orders to keep
the men in line. But as the rear guard
itself soon began to straggle. / was
forced to quit my place at the head of
the column and fill that place myself,
urging my men on. sword in hand. -
After awhile we began to skirt a pas
ture in which grew many persimmon
trees Among them was dead one, to
whose branches some OF last years
fruit still clung. The moment the com
mand espied these, all order was lost.
1t scrambled over the fence and began
TO feast
Knowing that an officers place was
with his men. and also being exceed
ingly hungry myself, | was not long in
joining them. The persimmons must
really have been dry and tasteless. but.
pientifuiiy sauesd with hunger, we
thought them the daintiest food we
had ever eaten. We swallowed them
BY handfuls-
While was in the tree loud rush
ing ia the leaves of the adjoining
woods attracted my attention We
were sBtired that | was sure that we
must have traversed a vast region. and
thought it more than likely that we
were at last in face of the enemy
ordered my men down from the per-
simmon tree and threw them hurriedly
Into line l drew my sword and ad-
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ball passed very near or through his heart, and

ball passed very near or through his heart, and
he fell upon his face and died instantly.
They turned him over OH his back, and seeing
a small gutta- -percha ring on one of his fingers,
attehlpted to take it of, but his finger was so
much swollen the ring could not be gotten of,
and Motto deliberately took his knife out of his
pocket and cut off the finger took the ring
and placed it on his own finger, where he con-
tinued to wear it during the time he remained
in Carter County. They now left him. and the
Union people removed his body at night and
buried it. Smith was good citizen, and no
charge had been preferred against him, only
that he was a Union man and had been scout
ing to keep out Of the rebel army. At the time
he was captured he was engaged i'll getting up
a small company to go with him through the
lines.
A short time before Smith was murdered by
Duvalls men a company of rebels from john
son County, under the command of notorious
scoundrel by the name of Clifton Blevens made
a trip into Carter County. They murdered
several men in most brutal manner before
they arrived at Elizabethton, where they tar
ried all night and started back the next MORN
ing toward Johnson County, by the way of
Stony Creek. Before starting, however, they
secured the services of old Ike Nave, violent
rebel, who lived a short distance from Eliza
bethton to go with them and point out the
Union mems houses, rs he was we'll acquainted
all through the County where these rebel
thieves and murderers desired to CO. When
they got near the house of William Blevins
he happened to see them approaching, and i'm.
mediately ran and concealed himself in the
bushes under the steep bank of the creek
When they arrived at the house they searched
it from garret to cellar. At last Blevins was
found by old Ike Nave and dragged from his
hiding. place by his savage aud vindctive
enemies. Nave ordered him to turn his back
around to receive the deadly bullet and then
placed his finger upon the spot where he wished
Blevins to be shot. One of the fiendish gang
of desperadoes then raised his gun and fired,
and another poor Union mans soul suddenly
winged its flight into the dim regions of the
eternal world.
These murderers then started on their desc
lating march, shooting at Union men as II
they had been wild beasts and rObbing their
houses. When they got few hundred yards
from Blevinss house several men saw them
and plunged into pond of water in order to
effect their escape. The rebels fred at them
and one of their balls struck one of the men
while he was swimming in the water giving
him severe wound, but he finally recovered
from it.
he eo,,fiUupI0
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Sugges,ed by the recent deaths OF Gems Ruther-
ford B Hayes lex Presdent), b. +. Butler. J. }.
Bartlett Rufus Ingalls, and s. 3. CarrOll.l
The days grow cold and colder, every year;
We feel we're growing older, every year.
What care we for merry dancing,
Or bright eyes with pleasure gancingr
Life is less and less enchanting, every yearl
OF war and hard fought battles, every year,
OF friendships rudely sundered, every year.
OF the sill k en- cord that binds
Until time 20 death consigns us,
Our infirmity reminds us. every year!
The spectral beck ming finger. every year.
Questions why long we linger, every year;
Draws US to- rd our comrades, sweetly sleeping
In the graveyard; whittier, weeping,
We. unwept, are surely creeping, every year.
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Read the following Unexampled Offer:
Sample Of Belt Sent Free.


imposed dealers od
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Smpl sen ns 81 on S
of rmpe" form tmsa
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.


In the month of December, 1864, most
infamous scoundrel by the name of B. III.
Duvall, who took his first lessons in the re-
belioss in the city Of Louisville KY, was sent
into Carter County with company OF reckless
soldiers, and it was the 1st of January, 1865
before l could get my company ready to start
through the lines. The last of November and
all of the month of December WAS very cold
and the mountains were full of snow and ice,
which made it an awful task for men to scout
in the mountains for they could not come
within three miles of their homes without rum
ming the risk of being captured or killed by
some Of the villains who were controlled and
counseled by Duvall. This gang of thieves did
nothing but rob houses and search the country
for Union men, to kill them in the most bar
barous manner. So perfect had they become in
the business of house robbing, that nothing
scarcely could be concealed from them. The
women in the country had to take their few
articles of wearing apparel and all other arti
cles that they wished to hide from these rebel
thieves out of their houses and conceal them
in stumps and hollow logs. But these scoun-
drels soon became acquainted with this mode OF
operation. and every stump, old log, or bank of
leaves which they found near house was
thoroughly searched and not always without
success. They would take a wOman's dress
and have shirts made out Of it for their own
They would also go to Union mems houses
and haul off their household property to Eliza
bethton. and sell off the various articles to the
highest bidder.
This scoundrel had been sent here for the
purpose of enforcing the conscript law, and had
a company of % or 80 rebel soldiers with him
all the time, as the Union sentiment WAS very
strong in Carter County, and seemed to be Civ
ing the rebels great deal of trouble. He went
TO my house, but WAS not there. He then told
my wife and my sister to make their prepara-
tions TO 60 to Richmond, Va, as he was going
to send them there as prisoners of war, saying
that was
THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD GET RID OF ME.
He told them that WAS giving them great
deal Of trouble, and they could not get hold
Of me. He then told my wife the day he
would be back after her, and left. Soon after
he was gone my wife came to me in great
deal of trouble. and told me what Duyall had
said he was going to do.
This was a new idea sprung on me, and
now began to think seriously what to do. i
thought for the first time the rebels had got
ahead of me, and had gotten me down. l
could not tell what to do. But told my wife
to 60 back home, and l would at once 60 to
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week.
Now wish to know. and vas not in fun.
Who it dot retook Chake Schneider'5 gun;
Chake vas great. pig. sthout, deutcher poy,
private in Koompsny ID, Sixteenth Illenoy.
Chake vas full of fun unit full of fight,
Unit sometimes so full dot dey sed he tight,
But always reddy his soldier duties to do,
Egsept ven he vas in kommand of Koompany @.
Chake he walks de ranks in nice unit kvck.
Den bends his peIIy de musket ofer unit say he
sick;
Den NIT some oder sick fellers dey roam de koun-
teree,
Unit brings in eferydings dot vas goot to eat dey
Won day he findts chug dot vas lost in a bile Of
hay
He geefs us all a taste unit den We all get gay;
Den der Kapetain he get mat unit schyear his big
He'd findt dot visky out unit bunsh de guilty man.
Chake vas front rank man unit he kvickIy shange
to rear
Unit shange dot visky into his gun, den he haf no
fear;
Der Kapetain schmell dot kanteen unit schmack
hees lips SO dry,
Unit Chake schmile init innocence all ofer unit wink
hees eye.
Shust in von hour more dey run troo brush unit
dree
Unit make us on de groundt lie to support Elm bat
terie;
Dem gannons nearly schbt your hedt NIT der
noise,
But We we're dere to sthay dot Sixteenth Illinois.
So We lay down all aroundt unit dook ease,
For We dinks none gooms near dem blazing bat
teries.
Ven donner blitzenI shust before We could fire
agun,
Here goom tzwei tousand Chonnies, yelling, on de
We knows not nodngs for shust a minute or two
Unit falls pack Chake ses, Poys dis will nefer
dol"
He shake his fists un, he say. "Poys, shust follow
Unit I'll show you how teu setback dem foes of
libertieI"
You see Chake vas sucking de Ieedle endt of his
gun,
Unit dropt it ven dem Chonnies goom in on de run;
He looks pack unit Chonny init his gun up in
de air,
Unit Chal<e vas mat, he shake hees fists unit
schvear.
We drifes dem Chonnes pack unit retook efery gun,
Unit Schiac6S dein de payonet NIT uIt makes uem
run;
But Chake fndts his gun not. hunts all
aroundt.
For many guns lay dere dot bloody hard
tramped groundt.
Ven We vent into camp dot night should
But Chake's gun standing empty against Won pig
dree;
He vas mat. he say :" "Vot ish dis de meanings?"
Unit he haf to schvear in deutch get relief his
feelings
Last year We haf von Reunion. De olt poys vot
now ish men
Gooms from eferyvere. unit SO glat to each oder
again,
Unit dem comradts NIT broadclot CLOSES folded
to der breast
Unit hug and cry ofer dem poor feers dot vas
shoddy dressed.
Den We schbeak of dem olt dimes unit dose bygone
joys,
De sights We saw. de hardships we're sojer
poys;
We talk of strange unit puzziing dings, unit efery
Wondered who it vas dot retook Chake Schneder's
gun.
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The annual seed catalogue from the reliable
house of The Storrs & Harrison Co., PaDesyie,
Ohio is issued and is handsome indeed The front
cover shows a combination of roses in red, pink,
and white colors aud in the distance a beautiful
Winter scene. The catalogue shows each depart
ment complete in itself, the seed. implement and
plant departments, well as a fine collection In
trees small. fruits, etc. This is old-established
house. and is reliable In every sense 1t is well to
have their catalogue before you before making
your purchases.
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A Fraud.

A comrade in Toledo. o., writes: "Will you
subserye the interests of the GAR in general,
by cautioning the comrades to beware of a
Dutchman-not a German-sailing under the
name of Henry ]. Bergman? He is about 81
wears of age, tall and thin, claiming to be a
florist, and also a member of Wells Post, 45l,
Columbus, O. He also claims he has been an
inmate of the Soldiers Home at Milwaukee. but
a letter from the Governor of that place states
that is untrue. and letter from the Comman-
der of Wells Post shows him to be q fraud"
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Hoods
SdrSapariIIa

So promptly and effectu-
ally oyercomes THAT
RED FEE NC,
as TO concluslyely prove
this medicine makes
the weak strong" j. B.
Emerton, q we'll known
merchant of Auburn,
Muina Lad DYsnenSia
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complicated with Liver
and Kidney troubles. He took HOODS
sAItSAPARfLLA aud IL gave relief and
great comfort. lie says: "Tt is GOd-send
10 anyone suff ring as did"