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to contribute. There" pointing to the
boxes Of vino ho had brought, "aro six
cases OF champagne, which beg you
to accept as contribution from the
Army Of Chattanooga.
at signal from tho officer addressed
q negro removed o blanket covering q
dozen boxes in q cornor Of the tent,
which had como q hundred miles and
had not beon in position ten minutes.
II 500 your six cases, general, and 20
you six cases better"
Having no further resources at
hand" said Maynard, bowling, IT retire
from the gamo''
Hannibal" said tho Confederate,
you may advance tho forco in tho first
box to position in line OH the table. {"
"Yes, sab, said tho person addressed
And seizing saber standing in the COR
nor he unshoathed 1t with q flourish
and pried open box Of the vino. In q
moment a dozen bottles were standing
Oh the table like n platoon Of soldiers.
"Now, Hannibal, you may fire tho
opening shot"
Hannibal broke the wires, and q
pop" q far moro welcome sound than
those that had been SO recently and fre.
quently heard by all present, announced
that the feast was not only sot, but
begun.
Unjust apologize for our glassware, "
said the master Of ceremonies. "Our
champagne glasses were all shattered by
the conoussions at Chiokamauga
And we'll he might. The array oon-
sisted Of tin cups, wooden cups, glass
cups and tumblers, all either cracked,
broken or dented. And az a oirolo was
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bo considered. These arc your youth,
tho circumstances under which you woro
placed, tho voluntary sacrifice Of your
solf mado to savo another and in obodi-
onco to your own Interpretation of your
duty in ropaying q sacred obligation.
While thoso considerations do not do
stroy tho act or its pornicious effect as
al example, they show conclusivoly that
it did not spring from base motives, but
rather in obedience to strong sense Of
honor, which soldier should hold in
highest osteom. -
Whom tho general began to speak Of
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Jakey stepped up to the bride and groom,
formed to pledge the bride and groom
ono Confederate screened himself bo.
hind his comrades to avoid being seell
drinking from gourd When the con.
tents Of 8 cases--a regiment Of "dead
soldiers LAY OH tho table. the guests
prepared to depart. Tho last words had
been spoken by General and Mrs. May
nard and by Sir Hugh and Lady Rati-
gan. Jakey, who had thus far wander
cd about unobserved, though not unob-
serving, stopped up to tho brido and
groom. Though ho had not tasted tho
vino, his eyes glistencd with intoxica-
ton at tho union of his two friends,
whose attachment no had noticed from
tho first
Miss Baggs, air you uDs N Sir Rats
goin ter ride roun Tennessee somo moro
In the chicken coop2'
There was burst Of laughter from
the party, and Lady Ratigan, with a
blush, informed Jakey that tho chicken
coop was broken in pieces.
II didn't know nuthin bout that
Reckon Sir Rats'd find it handy in Ire
land. It's kind O. funny you uns start
In out way up by tn mountings II
fetchin up down hyar, nigh ontcr tn
Georgy line" And Jakey surprised the
company by giving tho only cha, ha"
that had to this moment over beon heard
to issue from his serious lips.
AS tho guests descended tho side Of
tho mountain oheer was heard in tho
direction Of Chattanooga. They stopped
and listened. A man rode out from tho
Union picket line to meet them.
"What's that cheering2' asked Con.
oral Maynard.
"Ole Paps In command Of the Army
Of the Cumberland.
TIE END.
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THE BRAIN AND THE HEART,
II Properly Used Thcy Largely Escape
Senile Failure.

II Properly Used 'N,cy Largely Escape
senilc Failure.
In his work on the scnilc heart DR..
Balfour tells us that there are two
parts of tho human organism, which. if
wisely used, "largcly escape &cnic fail
uro," says the Troy Times These two
arc the brain and the heart. Persons
who think have often wondered why
brain workers, great statesmen and
others, should continue to work with
almost unimpaircd mental activity and
energy up to period when most Of
The organs and functions of the BODY
arc III a condition of udvancrd scnilc
decay. There is Il physiological reason
for this, and DR.. Ealiuur tells u; what
1t IS. "Thc normal BRAIN" he niirms,
"rcmains vigorous to tho ln&t,' and
that "bccauSe its nutrition Is specially
provided for" About middle life or -
little later the general arteries Of the
body begin to lose their elasticity and to
slowly but surely dilatc. They become,
therefore, much less efficient carriers
OF the nutrient blood to the capillary
areas. But this is not The ease with tho
internal crOtids, which supply The capil-
larry areas Of the brain. On the contrary,
those large vessels "COntinuc to re-
tain their pristine elasticity, SO That tho
blood pressure remains normally high
cr than within the capillary area of
any organ in the body. The cerebral
blood paths being thus kept open, tho
brain tissue is kept better nourishcd
than tho other tissues Of The BODY"
Who is there among those who have
reached or passed middle age that will
not be rcioicrd to find such admirable
physiological warrant for the belief
that the brain may continue to work,
and even to improve, almost to tho
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An InrCniOn9 NNiiiuMGr.

A practical man lately became wild
over. lie was devoted, in his own self
ish way, to his wife, SO that her friends
were surprised whsn they heard that
he had sold all her wedding gifts-prin-
cipally silvcr-without delay. His in
gcnious excuse was this: "I needed q
good watch, as sho well know. Tho
presents wcro Of no use to me, and
thought that If I sold them and used
the proceeds to get watch, it would
| be like having it como from her." Ger
; ."inly curious way of getting around
the facts
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White Handled Eoyor3.

There arc many BARRIERS who will not
own white handled razor because of
an old superstition that had luck goes
with it. y razor is to the barbcr what q
locomotive is 20 tllc rnHinvcr and thcro
aro moro things to learn about it than
ono would suppose For instance, thcro
arc razors that will cut certain qualities
Of hair bottcr at certain seasons than at
othors. Climatic and weather havo n
great doal to do with razors Some will
cut bcttcr in cold weather and somo In
hot. These arc only fow Of the causes
that affect raHors, and thoy and many
moro all tend to mako tho barber who
does much work keep accommodating ra-
zors until ho has all sorts to piok from
kansas City Journal
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CHAPTER XVIII.

Laura Maynard, after long period
OF sollcltudo rs to her husband-dctain-
| od at homo by u temporary illness of
hor chlld-had at last found it possible
to go and seek him. She had arrived OH
tho morning Of tho news of his appoint
ment and at once sought General
Thomas headquarters. There sho had
been Informed of the status, and q mes
senger was at once sont for her husband.
Leaving tho tent where Maynard had
first been plunged in despair only to DO
elevated to a condition Of mind border
ing Oh ecstasy, tho two sought hotel,
| where Laura could be made comfortable
TILL tho next day, and thero passed tho
time in going over tho period since they
had parted and rejoicing at tho outcome
Of the singular complications which fate
had been pleased 10 bring down upon
tho husband.
But all meetings must have All end,
and at last the husband, departing, rode
to his tent. There he found messenger
waiting for him.
Flag Of truce wants to sec you on
the picket line, sir.
Without dismounting, the newly
created general rode in tho direction of
Mission ridge and met "tho flag" at it's
base. There stood mounted party Of
| Confederates, one Of them bearing a
white flag, headed by All officer, q son
Of the south who spoke every word as
though 1t were Of momontous impor
tanoe, never emitting tho word "sir. -
"Are you Colonel Maynard, sir?''
II nm, or at least was. T hardly
know what I am just now. should not
be surprised to be informed that [ was
to command all tho armies of tho Unitod
States. -
Tho officer looked puzzled
II am tho bearer, sir, of q message
from Corporal Sir Hugh Ratigan. Ho is
to bo married at 7 o'clock this evening
at General Bragg's headquarters Oh Mis-
sion ridge"
| ''The dovil no isp'
"That is his intention, Sir. flo desires
your presence.
"Whom does no marry?"
| "Miss Caroline Fitz Hugh"
Il havo been moro surprised at othor
announcements, I confess I don't won
dor he invites mo to his wedding, since
I helped him to q wife,
tho invitation, sir?"
"On one condition.
"Plcaso namo it, SIR
II fear it will bo unacceptable to
Colonel Fitz Hugh, who will doubtless
bo the host or ono of the hosts. Ho will
not likely yield in matter of etiquette
which l must insist on
"Coloncl FitH Hugh cannot bo present,
Sir. Ho is HOW in your roar with our
cavalry completing tho starvation of
your army Chattanooga by destroying
your lines Of supply"
"H'm. was not aware of any hunger
in our ranks. Indeed my request Is,
knowing that your own larder in the
Confcdcracy is not exactly abundant;
that the horn Of plenty is not buryinQ
you like IIcrculancum under tho ashes
; Of Vcsuvius; that tho blockadc'.
'"rho blockade is not effective, sir, -
= interrupted tho officer stifiy.
i "Has somewhat reduced vour win,
II collars, my condition is, say, that
l. may bo permitted to bring half doZcl
D. cases Of champagne for tho wedding
IS feast" "
~ II assure you, sir, that it is not nee
~ essary. Wo arc getting cargocs Of win
o1 o1 from Havro by q regular limo Of steam
III ers. 1t is your own mess tables at Chat
tanooga that are doubtless bercft Of hoy
of erages, owing to tho fact that our Con
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'Ney>f, so long as 1T Is cause So
long rs my brothers continue tho struR.
gle will be with them."
Then so long as tho Union army is
hghtin ye Oi'll bo in it's ranks"
'You'l do no such thing. You will
go homo, whore your presence is moro
heeded-to your mother, to your ton
ants. ireland needs all her landowners
such as you at homo. That is your coun-
try. You have no interest hero.''
And tho United States is your coun-
try You have no othor."
"Ratsl''
'DarlinP'
Thoro was silence between them for
some moments. Ratigan laid his hand
Oh hers while she was looking, with a
palnod expression, out of the window.
In her oyes was far look. Hor oom-
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Our natural and happicst lifo is when
we loso ourselves in tho exquisite ab.
eorption Of homc tho delicious rotire.
mont Of independent love.
The morning times., 1895-07-07

petticoats; but now that the timid ones see
that their fears were unfounded, they are
so eagerly enlisting themselves in the ranks
that last year the Revolutionary Society
doubled itself in number.
Miss Pryor was also the first young maid
TO join the New York City Chapter of the
Daughters, her number being two, her
mothers one as Mrs Pryor was the first
regent OF the chapter, which was the first
one in the whole society TO be organized,
and is now the largest and most influential
offshGot.
Miss Pryor is a charming young lady,
her beauty of face and distinguished bear
ing making her a noticeable figure wherever
she appears, ana yet one of her most char
acteristiC traits is a marked indnfe renee to
admiration.
She is a Colonial Dame, besides being q
Daughter and by right. coming, as she
does, from a long line OF distinguished an
cestOrs on both sides Of the house. She is
the daughter of Judge Roger A. and sara
Agnes Pryor the former a noted juriSt,
the latter woman OF much personal beauty
and charm, as well as high mental attain
ments as both writer and speaker.
Miss Pryor was born in Virginia and
comes from good old Virginia stock. On
the maternal side she dates back in Eng
land to the ancient days of the Palatinate,
while Judge Pryor's geneaology traces back
TO the Saxon kings.
Her character is rather anomalous one,
combining sweetness and anna bility with
independence and unusual courage
CAROLYN HALSTED
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impossible task in entering the chilled steel
door and penetrating the huge one which
is closed by the time lock In short, it
would be simply impossible for a robbery
TO be committed on the United States
Treasury.
In moving the money back and forth
from the mint IN Philadelphia and the sub
Treasury in New York. the safes, which are
huge ones Of heavy chilled steel, are car
red IN a special car, which is guarded by
TWO armed messengers. In fact, all men
who are engaged in handling the money
during transportation go about with a
pistol in their pockets. and all must be well
armed. For were an attack to be attempted
these men are expected to defend their
treasure at the risk of their lives
From the railroad station the safes are
brought up by the express companies in
large wagons whose sides are framed in
stout ironwork. Within is a guard locked
and the outside has an additional safe
guard in the armed driver and a sentry.
The guard in the cage work cannot get out,
even were the wagon attacked an he would
be forcedto defend himselfand the moneyat
all hazards. No one, however, has ever
been known to make the least attempt on
any of the Treasury wagons or any others
engaged in the transportation of money
GUIDE STOLE SILVER DOLLARS.
The only case of stealing reported re-
Gently in the Treasury was few years ago
when one Of the guides took great many
silverdollars. Atthattimeth ethesilvermoney
which is always put up in bags containing
several thousand was exposed to ofullviewof
the eyisitOrsandoneb ba aglayopenedon table
in a room of the vaults and the guide would
steal one each time he took a aparty through.
He was at last caught, but strange to say,
that same thief is now working in a bank
in Chicago.
When CoXey's army was coming to town
little over year ago there was great fear
lest an attack be made upon the money vaults
and an extra guard was for a time placed
about the big white building. No such
notion had ever entered the head of the
band OF ragged hoboes and they could have
been dispersed 10y small squad of police in
three rounds.
Great precautions against theft in the
ranks of the clerks are taken and any missing
note is deducted from the wages of the one
into whose hands it last passed. Heavy
wirework is all around the tables where
the counting goes on, the visitors are made
to keep together and in the room where the
bank notes are printed, q man at the door
takes note OF all who enter and watches
closely every one. A person is not al
lowed about the building alone, but must
go with party and guide and if tired can
not return, but must complete the journey,
willing OF unwilling
To get any definite information about
the thickness'of the vaults is Impossible, for
the higher officials seem imbibed with
the strange idea that to make such facts
public would encourage attempts on the
place. On the contrary, q publication of
the safeguards by which the money is
surrounded is likely to deter any one who
might dream of ever attempting such an
undertaking. In no other way can the
public be made to realize the impossibility
of ever penetrating the huge steel vaults.
V.STUART MOSBY COLEMAN.
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MRS. .ELLESHARDINw NwALwoRrH.

Engaged Upon a Work of Peculiar
Interest to American Women
In Mrs Ellen Hardin WalwOrth is found
one OF this Couptry's most representative
women, aud one who is constantly turning
her attention to something new. She is one
of the three original founders OF the Ma
tiOnal Society OF the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. She ranks IS one OF
the feminine pioneers in Chronicing Ameri-
can history and genealOgy. She was also
among the first OF her sex to make q thor
0ugh and systematic study parliamentary
law and practice, her classes for consider
ing parliamentary procedure being we'll
known in New York city, as is also the
Post Parliament Club, of which she is presi-
dent. But her latest departure is the writ
ing of book on the subject OF the patriotic
genealogical and historical societies which
have sprung into existence andg grown apace
within the past decade.
It has become perfect craze. especially
among the fair members Of society, 70 join
one or more of these orders, and many a
gentle dame isat her wits end in the search
for an ancestor. To all such this forth
coming volume of Mrs Walworth's will
prove a Ionged-for boon, for in it will be
given explicit directions as TO how to go
about discovering Il colonel IOrrevOlutionary
prOgenitOr. IL win 90 almost everything
but create a forefather for the anxious
Searcher. and it viii go into minutest de-
tails 4 regards sources of information.
1t viii further give a list up to date OF
all the patriotic organizations, what are
the requirements for eligibility in them
to whom TO apply rOreDtraDce, Naturalization
fees, annual dues, price of insignia, also
the aims and object of each association,
and how each one differs from the others.
A little account viii be included of how the
various orders originated, and the most
important points of each constitution are
to be quoted. long list of the chief vol
Umes Of reference will be added, from which
the would-be candidate can compile the
documentary evidence" f" the sine qua non
of admission to any of the organizations.
The leading feminine associations touched
upon are to be the Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Revolution, the Daughters of the Gin
cinUati. the Colonial DANES, the Daughters
Of the Revolution, the May Flower Society,
the United States Daughters OF 1912 aud
the other less weII-knowu genealogical and
historical societies.
In Mrs. Walworth are combined the
qualification so necessary for the executing
OF such a task as she is familiar with the
inner workings of these organizations
through practical work therein, aud also
through observation. Besidesbeing found
er of the Daughters OF the American Revolu-
tiOn, she was its first secretary, ,laterleading
vice-president md at present is an honorary
vice president.
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LOVES a HERO.
Every body Does Says Gen:LonGstree,
EXperience With South Women.

Every tSOUN DOE.
Experience With hern Women.
The Georgia camp fires are made more
brilliant by the presence of Gen. Longstreet,
says the New York Recorder, in whose
honor an extra log is piled upon the flames
aud who tells over and over again his march
down ION to Richmond" when single, on
foot and unarmed, he trod from his post in
the west to join Jeff Davis and the state
forces. Everybody loves a hero says
the general, "and to that simple people |
was SUCH l had resigned from the north
ern army and was on my way to fight with
my state countrymen. One night reached
a small hamiet, and, being almost too tired
to care whether friends or foes were there,
Istopped and asked for supper and nights
lodging A nice old colored aunty opened
the door and let me in. If you'se a south
erner,' she said, you can have your eggs
fried tender. If you'se a northerner they'll
be tougher than h
II had to laugh while I assured her 1
was a southener. In the morning l asked
for my bill. 1t amt nothin', said she, EFF
ye're goin' on ter Richmond, but ef ye're
goin' hum ter think it over it1l cost yer
$1O
II paid little and while put the coin
in her hand she explained that she didn't
know nothin' bout the meanin' of war, but
she did know dat some of dem northerners
had come down and spoilt her bleachin'
ground and carried de clothes line away.
And since then she had had ter dry de
clothes over de backs of de chairs"
The morning times., 1895-07-07
Hard Luck Fol1oWed the
Washington monument
Trials and TribuIations of Horatio Greenough's
Colossal Statue of the Father of His Country.
Criticism and Acrimonious Debate.

The undraped colossal statue of Wash
ington, sitting clufnsily on q broad, low
pedestal in the eastern grounds OF the Cap
itol, facing the grand poTtico, is always
an object of interest to residents and visit
ors. Washingtonians have ceased to rail
at it, but visitors, and especially foreigners
find it source of considerable merriment.
IL is by Horatjo Greenough, an American,
and has been the subject of more ridicule
and adverse criticism than any other work
of art in Washington, perhaps in the world.
Congress ordered it in 1892, with the
intention OF placing it over n vaUlted tomb
of Washington which was to be constructed
in the crypt OF the Capitol, but as the heirs
OF the soldier-statesman declined 10 allow
his remains to be removed from Mount Yer
non, the tomb was not constructed
This statue gave the government great
deal of trouble, spread over many years,
and led to famous and acrimonious debate
in Congress, which was participated in by
such distinguished men as Calhoun, Keim,
Fillmore. Henry A Wise and John Quincy
Adams. The history of this work is TO be
found in lengthy report made by Mr. f. c.
Adams to Mr.. Henry Barnard, Commissioner
ofEducation, who oembodieditinhismem
bic report to Congress in 1870
This history, to use Mr.. Adams words
lis alike curious, interesting and instruc-
tive" instruc ctive because, "if dearly
bought experience had any weight with us
or did anything to shape our future relations
with art, the lesson would be ofgreat value
to us 1t would teach US that art has
certain fixed rules which cannot be violated
except at heavy cost in money and reputa-
ton"
According to Mr.. Adams, Greenough
was man Of genius, capable Of doing
something really good but his mind ran
to eXaggeration and his ruin was the result
of a too liberal government patronage,
which permitted him TO indulge his fan
cies rather than correct and improve his
judgment.
He was a man OF generous sympathies,
but of an impulsive nature. An eXacting
critic himsdf, quick TO point out the
faults of Others, ready always to instruct
Congress in its duty to American artists,
be was siBgulany unfortunate in what
he did for the government. He had a
number of plans he was always ready to
urge on Congress for decorating the Cap
itol, and knew exactly what works of
art should be executed and where they
should be placed. But his plans were not
practicable. and il is only fair TO say that
his execution was not equal to his con-
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She Is a
Fair Pioneer
MISS F. T. B. PRYOR WAS THE
FIRST OF 10000.
To Her Belongs the Honor of
Having First Joined the
n. S. D. A. r.

To Miss Frances Theodore Bland Pryor
known at home and to friends as Fan or
Fanny, belongs the honor of being the first
girl to join the National Society OF the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Now that this feminine organization num-
bers 10000 members and is increasing at
an astonishing ratio, this fact makes Miss
Pryor q young lady who may be regarded
with much interest, both by her fair col
leagues throughout the country, and by all
good citizens as well, for the pioneer in
any enterprise is always one who merits
attention, as it takes certain amount Of
courage and spirit as wen as foresight to
enter uponany y fresh undertaking.
At first the ladies of the land were
somewhat doubtful as to the advisability
of attempting any such untried scheme, aud
joined themselves slowly to the band of
long-headed, clear-visioned women who
were wise enough>to divine what great
future of usefulness AMI influence lay be
fore such an organized body Of patriotic