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Upon Juan Fernandez, or Massa-
Terra, rock bound sea-glrt island
in the Pacific Ocean, may the name
Of Robinson Crusoe's Island be fairly
bestowed. For here did that hardy
buccaneer, Alexander Selkirk, of
Largo, Scotland, spend more than
four dreary years, thereby suggesting
to Defoe his immortal narrative.
1t must be remembered, however,
that other spots upon the earths sur
face lay claim to Robinson Crusoe,
too, Thus Tobago, in the West In
dies, is held to be the true Crusoe's
Isle, and during the last colonial and
Indian exhibition held in London
there was sent as an exhibit from
little TObago skull! actually pur-
porting to be that OF Robinson Cru.
soe's historic goat, But the Scotch
pirate certainly suggested his romance
To Defoe, wherever that author may
have chosen to lay his plot, and for
this reason Juan Fernandez must be
interesting to all readers, from the
crowns Of its volcanic peaks to the
silver surf which breaks eternally
upon its shores.
Amidst the islands forest of tree
fern did Selkirk live, build him a
habitation and cultivate the soil;
from its mountain caps must his
weary eyes have sought a sail through
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Culinary Connections.

In the Russian Army culinary
competition takes place every year in
connection with the regiments OF
guards. The object is to keep the
military cooks up to their duties. A
special commission is appointed by the
officer in command, and prizes are
given to the successful competitors.
The competition was established by
Prince Petrovitch of Oldenburg, at
the time he was in command of the
guards. The competition this year
TODD place at Krasnoe-Selo under the
orders of the Grand Duke Vladimir.
Arriving i'll an open carriage the Grand
Duke saluted the cooks, and passing
along the line of camp kitchens he en-
tered the mess room of the Nicholas
Regiment, and the saucepans with
their contents were immediately
brought in. Each of these saucepans
was numbered, but in such way that
the tasters could not tell to which par
ticular regiment each one belonged.
The jury, composed of sergeant majors,
solemnly went round and tasted the
food, inscribing on printed form the
number of points given to each cook
for the quality of his preparations.
The first prize, a silver watch and
chain, was awarded to the cook of the
horse guards.
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Grim numor ON a battlefield.

l found one man shot through the
breast lying in little thicket, groan.
ing in great pain.
Water" he moaned. "For Gods
sake, give me water"
Iplaced my water flask to his mouth,
and as [ knelt beside him 1 noticed
that he wore the gray, and belonged to
some Georgia regiment. He almost
emptied the flask before he took it
from his lips, and as he looked up at
me gratefully the tears rolled down
his cheeks, and he stretched his hands
feebly out toward the flask, which
was about to replace in my belt.
It's pretty good, isn't it?" I asked,
when he had taken another draught.
Good" he repeated, between
gasps. 81 should say it was. I've
been crying for it for six hours, an
never thought I'd be cryin' for water
anyhow, not to drink! But this
blamed war has upset things so that
there amt no tellin' what a man will
do"
He said this between gasps, as if
every word hurt, and when he got it
out at last he lay back in a dead faint.
Mrs. DR.. McClelland, in Blue and
Gray.
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was to be loaded with timber at the
wharf at Nashville, Tenn. While the
wagon was being loaded some of the
boys were called upon by our captain
to help n sutler unload his goods from.
a boat. This Gen. Vandorn was among
the number, and as they carried out
boxes he set one close to his wagon and
threw his overcoat over it, not looking
at the brand on the box, but supposed
that it contained strawberries or
peaches, then told the teamster to
watch his coat, and went on to work.
Soon his wagon was loaded and he
was called upon to go to it and pull
out; so picking up his overcoat he
placed it on the wagon and the box
still staid under the coat. When he
arrived at a safe distance he opened
the box, and to his establishment, in
stead of it containing strawberries as
he had supposed, it contained IA little
tin boxes of sardines. As he could not
eat sardines, his comrades helped him
to rejoice over his sad mistake. Amer
lean Tribune.
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and most of them have stories to tell Of
the absurd shifts they were driven to
in pursuing the necessaries of life with
deprecated currency. Confederate
money was never worth its face value,
and by the spring of 1864 it exchanged
in Richmond with United States coin
at twenty-five for one. A banished
northener who found himself in Rich
mond at that time paid twenty-five
dollars day at a moderately good ho-
tel. He lived to see Confederate
money exchange with United States
coin at forty and fifty to one during
the siege Of Petersburg, and, finally,
upon the retreat, few DAYS before
Lees surrender, he found, in bit of
woodland, a great pile of the worthless
stuff neatly laid out ON the ground
and held down with stone. Some
Disguised Confederate had left it there
and there was nobody to pick it up.
While Petersburg was under siege
the price in Confederate money for
anything not issued to the army in the
quartermaster's department was alb
surd. A pair of boots cost two hum
dred dollars. Tin plates were from
ten to twenty dollars each. Whisky,
doubtless made tax free in the noun
tains of Virginia, brought twenty-five
dollars a quart. Tobacco, corn meal
and sorghum were about the only
things issued as rations toward the
last. Meat was at fabulous price. A
few lucky officers had Christmas
turkeys, not bought with Confederate
money, but presents from friends in
Petersburg. If any man got hold of
United States coin he either boarded
it or exchanged it for Confederate
notes. No man paid it out for mer-
chandise. Even the deprecated paper
currency of the United States was
vastly more valuable than the mean
looking and despised Confederate cur
rency, a state of affairs eloquently
prophetic of the end.
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Pap Thomas Nan.

Dr. Cope follows the operations of
the civil war so far as they refer to
Gen. Thomas. He gives a glowing de-
scription of the battle of Stone River,
on the last night of December, 1862.
Thomas was holding the Confederate
forces in check, Bragg having made q
final assault at sunset. The union
troops were badly shaken, but Thomas
had been able to stop the advance up
on the Federal right, meeting the
crisis with promptness and skill.
There is a story that late that night,
at meeting Of the principal officers,
something was said about possible
retreat, and Rosecrans awoke Thomas,
who had fallen asleep, and put to him
the question: will you protect the
rear in retreat?" Starting out of his
slumber, Thomas calculated: "This
army can't retreat" and at once fell
asleep again.
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A Novel Postagc stnmn.

The French Government has just
created, as an experiment only, a
postal service by camel express in the
French territories of Obock and the
Somali coast In connection with this
service a special provisional stamp
will be issued, the value being 5
francs. The new stamp is triangular,
like the old Cape of Good Hope vign-
cites. In the center is a "mehari,"
or racing camel; in the background
a desert landscape. Around are in
scriptions in three different languages
-Abyssinian, Arabic, and French
mentioning the year Of issue and the
name Of the colony, Later on, If
the experiment is satisfactory, a fur
ther issue Of stamps will be made,
the values ranging from to so francs.
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Boulder, they are large, eleganS and
commodious structures. The average
value of school buildings, including site
and furniture, in Colorado is $3,949.13,
while the general average for the whole
United States is only $1,495, the value
OF Colorado,s school house being thus
$2,454,l3 above the average for the en-
tire nation. The high standing of pop.
ular education and the facilities afforded
for mental training of the youth Of both
sexes need not further be elaborated.
Churches of every denomination and
creed abound in every city, town and
village. All of the great secret, social,
civic and benevolent organizations Of
the day exist in Aourishing condition.
Colorado is wanting in none of the
Pleasures attractions or refnements of
modern life or modern civilization.
THE RAILROAD FACTOR. ."
The 1857 miles of railway within the
State afford the resident of Colorado
every facility of transportation and tray
el, The Denver & Rio Grande with
100 miles Of rail, connects Denver with
every principal mining camp, agriculture
al valley and town and city in southern,
southwestern and western Colorado.
The Union Pacific system extends
through northern Colorado, the Atchi-
son, Topeka a. Santa Fe runs through
the Arkansas Valley The Burlington,
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific extend
across eastern Colorado The policy of
all Colorado lines has been to encourage
local industries and to assist by low
rates and convenient service tho deveI-
opement Of the productive resources Of
the State.
Space need hardly be given to Colo
RADIOS magnificent and health giving
climate; to the unrivalled grandeur and
picturesqueness of her mountain scenery
nor to her mineral springs which are a
cure for nearly all the ills of the human
body. These attractions combine with
her material wealth and her social adj
vancement to render Colorado the most
desirable for residents of any State with
~ Vho SohhloS vi IuO republic,
Such is merely bare outline of the
Inducements which Colorado holds out
to all who would make homes within her
borders employment or investment in
every branch of productive industry, tho
best of school advantages and Of church
influences, convenient means Of commu-
nication, magnificent scenery, a rare and
invigorating climate what moro is re-
qured to assure wealth, happiness and
contentment? 1t is only eighteen years
since tho State was admitted to the
Union, and thirty.fve years since it was
organized AS u Territory, and tsassessed
property aggregates about $300,000,000,
representing an actual wealth Of not less
than $900,OO0,00O, II so much has been
created in three and n half decades, what
will not be accomplished in the next
quarter of a century, now that her re-
sources are becoming developed and her
industries established? Come and share
in the rewards which Colorado holds out
to the enterprising and Intelligent, tho
industrious and energetic of every State
and Of every land
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the person as well as to the material
object forming the "body," and it
must not be drawn from things I'M
known, nor must it be too enigmatic
or too facile, too humble or, above
all, too arrogant. Again, it was es-
sential that the figure should be
agreeable to the eye, and its idea to
the mind. Finally, the device was
perfect only when the "body" was
unique and the soul" or motto in a
language which was not the mother
tongue Of him who bore it.
The motto ought not to contain
more than eight syllables. That of
our Order Of the Garter, "Honi soft
qui NAL y pense," contained only sew
en-; that Of our Kings, "Dieu ct mon
droit," only four. The device of Leo
X. was yoke with "Suave" for the
mOtto-"The yoke Of the Lord Is
sweet" That Of Henry Ill, King of
France and Poland, two crowns on
the earth and one up above, with the
motto, "Manet ultima coelo;" that Of
Charles ", the pillars of Hercules,
and the legend, me plus ultra"
Devices went out Of vogue in the
seventeenth century, and now sur
viye only in the coats Of arms OF the
older families, where the reader, If
he be so disposed, may study them at
leisure, and examine how nearly they
approach the ideal embodied in the
foregoing rules. All the Year Round
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A Beggar,s stratagem.

A Paris beggar has been living very
comfortably by hanging himself. He
would choose a tree where young
children were playing, string himself
up, and grOan to attract their at
tention, so that they would run for
help. He would be cut down and
restored, and letter in his pocket
would explain his attempted suicide
by a statement Of his restitution.
He knew how to attach the moose SO
as to avoid strangulation.
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the Spaniard whose name it bears,
and between that date until its oc-
cupation by Spain in 1850 appears to
have been little more than a sort Of
headquarters for the bold buccaneers
who roamed all the Pacific over.
Juan Fernandez passed to Chilli when
Spain lost her South American pos
sessions, and from 1919 until 1885
her new owner used the islet as a
penal settlement, To-day Gillian
experimentation and professional
wander uron Juan Fernandez seek
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the officers they prefer, and the re-
quests have been granted where it was
possible to do so. The Century con-
tains an interesting letter from ex-
President Harrison on the suggestion
of Lafayette Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, that military instructions
and drill be used in all schools for
boys. He strongly approves it for
many reasons, not only because it de-
velops the brain and muscle and
teaches subordination, but because it
qualities men to serve their country.
He declares that the best marching he
ever saw was that of the school chill
dren and college students in the Cen
tennial parade of April, 1889, the align
ments being better than those in the
regular army or of the Seventh Regi-
,ment. If" he says, "all the school
boys of the North had, from 1880 on,
been instructed in the schools of the
soldier and the company and in the
manual of arms, how much precious
time would have been saved in organ
izing the Union Army in 1861. \
The military taste and training ac-
quired in the school will carry our best
young men into the military organiza-
tions, and make these organizations
reliable conservators of public order
and ready and competent defenders of
the national honor"
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1LO W 90 uH III NGbtluDS
skulker, but managed to escape pun
ishment through his ingenuity in de-
yising excuses for his absence in times
when his presence was necessary. Not
that he was u coward-no man was
Drawer than he when he got into
tight-but he hated the trouble of 60
ing in, and greatly preferred getting
under tree, at some safe distance,
and enjoying the spectacle presented
by the contending forces. One day in
1864, in the Valley, 1 notified him that
the next time he failed to show up for
a fight his case would be attended to
by court martial. He had about eX-
hausted himself in the invention of
excuses, and 1 didn't think it was pos
sible for him to make any showing
that would give him a ghost of
chance. Two or three days afterward
we had a sharp brush with some cav
airy, in which the regiment suffered
quite severely from sOber cuts. When
we came to sum up Jake had not been
seen, and it was not until week later
Oi'''o Nv N"hiO lhIO Null llOuuNCu Ou
sorry-looking mule, with an old negro
leading the animal, and with one foot
swathed in bloody bandages. Don't
say word, Captain, he burst out be-
fore l could say anything, "till 1 tell
you how it was. You see, 1 had bor-
rowed this ERE mule an was coming to
camp just when the rebels attacked.
and when I started for the regiment
one of these ornery cavalrymen Just
came down on me an cut my foot
right in two" My anger was instantly
turned to sympathy, and as instantly
returned as he continued; "He Just cut
clean through my shoe an down to the
sole, an the old mule ran an took me
to this old darly's cabin, and as sure
as I'm a sinner he just stuck that foot
together, an it's as good as ever, only
just leetle bit tender" Jake didn't
escape his court-martial, but he has
that shoe to this day, and still exhibits
it in proof Of one of the most remarka-
BILE cures on record. Rocky Mountain
Herald.
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The art Of composing the motto
was subjected to severe rules. The
body" and the soul" were required
to be in such relation to each other
that the soul" should invariably ex-
plain the body" The legend must
be concise, neatly turned and ingeni-
ously suggestive-like the "Desdicha-
do" of the disinherited knight in
"Ivanhoe.
1t had always to be applicable to
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the long years of lonely waiting, says

UIIO HIIuUOIpITd IlUUUIU'
"Selkirk's Lookout" is ragged
mountain draped in foliage, thinning
toward the last rounded peak, and in
1868 the tablet, which forms an H.
lustration, was placed in its present
position upon the mountains side at
a point judged to be sacred for many
a weary month of the forlorn exlle's
solitude. Scratched and cut about
it are to be read the names of innu-
merable nonenties who have since
visited the spot. Nothing is sancti-
fed, no tract of ground too celebrated
or too sacred for Smith, Jones and
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Robinson. Given a stump Of lead
pencil, and they would gleefully in
scribe their historical names in the
holy Of HOLES, together with the date
and their addresses in Peckham Rye,
BrixtOn, or elsewhere
But while denying such as these
the satisfaction of their names in
print, we may copy the memorial.
Thus it runs:
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The man who hates light is always
afraid Of his own shadow.
lT is long step toward heaven to
be able TO say no to Yourself
THE easiest thing for fool to do
Is to tell how little he knows.
WHEN PEOPLE have only little
religion they are apt to be ashamed
Of IL.
NOTHING but sin ever made any
body doubt the divinity of Jesus
Christ.
The man goes to bed tired WHO
spends the day In looking for an easy
place,
can bestow upon His children only in
the lions den.
If the devil can only get our eyes
he knows that he will soon have our
hands and feet
WHAT commotion of Joy there
must have been in Heaven on the
day Of Pentecost
You can generally tell how a man
would treat Christ il you know how
he treats his wife.
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In 1864, during the cold, icy times,
the first week in January, a soldier boy
known as Gen. Vandorn was called
upon to take charge of wagon which
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Selkirk's cave is also a point of in
tereSt, though it may be doubted
whether there is much more than an
imaginary connection between this
cavern and the solitary sailor. The
history Of Juan Fernandez presents
new features Of particular interest
The island was discovered in 1898 by
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ronrh on the Confederates.

L A r. L Y
every ex
confeder t Q
preserves
some scrap
of Confed-
crate paper
money as a
inenento Of
the civil war,
l5ays the New
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The following table shows the num-
Der of volunteers contributed to the
war by twenty of the states rs pre-
pared by the Soldiers Bulletin, CHI
cago:
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SOLDIERS STORIES.
ENTERTAINING "REMINISCENCES
OF THE WAR.

Graphic Account of the Stirring Scenes
Witnessed on the Battlefield and In Camp
Veterans OF the Rebellion Reclte Ex-
periences OF Thrilling Nature.
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A Good Liar.

was q fellow
in my company, said
the Major, who was
without doubt the
worst liar in either
army, and was never
at a loss for q lie,
even when the truth
would have answered
the purpose better.
He was an inveterate
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INC PuIse and nc Temnernturn.

II you take thermometer on
hot summer day and watch it until
it runs up underIthe influence Of the
sunshine to 08,4 degrees you will see
1t when 1t reaches that point, at the
exact temperature OF your body IL
you are in normal health Your
temperature may fuctuate fraction
above or below 0S.4, according TO
the time Of the day or night, but IL
never varies to any extent until fever
or some other kind Of disease sets in.
Then the temperature begins to do
what the pulse would not do, tell
just how dangerously sick the person
Is. And one of the very strange
things about it Is that iii does not
vary many degrees from this normal
point Of 9S.4, degrees 70 matter how
Ill the patient may become.
If there is high fever 1t may run
up to l04 or l05, and sometime to
1906, but Ii seldom stays at this last,
point for any ZENITH OF time. II III
goes up to 1903 the good physician
who is watChsng ut the bedside OF
the sick person concludes that death
will soon put an end to thesufferlng.
Sometimes, as In case Of cholora, Il
may drop several degrees below 0s.4,
but 1t seems to be impossible for it to
change many degrees from the normal
point There are cases recorded
where the temperature ran up to ITO
or IL and the PARENT recovered.
The pulse, on the contrary may
change may BEATS and still the sick
person will not be in danger of death.
But as a rule, il the temperature
reaches l08 or 100 death soon
follows -
A tiny thermometer, called elm.
cal thermometer, Is used to Indicate
the temperature. 1t Is placed under
the tongue, or close to the SKIN In
the axilla, or arm pit, and left there
for few minutes. by an ingenious
the mercurs in the
slender glass tube Is self registering,
so that you may tell how high it was
at any time after the Temperature ia
taken, if the mercury is not disturbed.
st Nicholas
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CRUSOE ISLAND.
JUAN FERNANDEZ is WHERE
SELKlRk LIVED.

The Assumption that lie Passed His Weary
Years of Exile on Tobago Island In the
West Indies Ia Unwarranted The Cave
Where lie Sheltered Himself.
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Tactics in the School.

EVERAL officers
of the regular army
who have had long
tours Of duty at in
situations of learn
Sing where military
l'tactics is a part of
1.-THE course have re-
Gently been re-
lieved by new de-
tails and have been
ordered back to
duty with their
regiments. Many
of the institutions
applying for such
details have named
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Motto to Cont-Of.Arms.

ing and Staying seal or sea lion when
opportunity offers.