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dripping with precipitation and his body aching so that he could hardly stand, he started as swiftly as he could go towards the quarters of Commodore Chauncey.
 Lewis well knew where these were. He had spent many hours in the garri- son, and one of his greatest pleasures age-the General Pike-which was now almost ready to put to sea. He knew just where the Flair American" and the Duke of Gloucester" and the "Pert," and all the other vessels of Chauncey's fleet lay at anchor. Indeed, when the British force had been landed at Sackett's Harbor few weeks before this time, and, had succeeded'in burning the stores there which were valued at half million dollars, Lewis had worked with the men In striving to check the progress of the flames when at last the enemy had fed, as alarmed by the movements of the Americans as the presented the novel sight of two armies running from each other.
 Halt. Who goes there?"
 It was the guard who had stopped Lewis now. The panting boy advanced cautiously, and after whispering a word in his ear, said: II must see the com modore right away" See the commo- dore, is it?' laughed the guard. He'll be likely to see such a youngster as you this time O night, when boys of your age ought to be in bed.'
 But Lewis stepped up to the side of the guard and spoke few quick words In low tone. The soldier could not conceal his alarm as he listened, and said hastily: sGo right aheadl The commodore will listen to you this time no doubt of that. Hold on, thought He has rooms on shore now. Do you know where they are?"
 q know, I know" cried Lewis, dart ing swiftly along the street and soon disappearing from the sight of the guard, who resumed his beat with many a shake of his head, and low muttering to himself
 Lewis ran on until he came to the house in which he Knew Commodore Chauncey had his rooms. He was com pelled to repeat his summons on the heavy iron knocker several times be- fore the door was at last opened by a woman. who held a candle in her hand and gazed curiously at him, evidently wondering why she should be disturbed at such an hour.
 Mrs Fox, I must see Commodore Chauncey right away. Right away, I tell you" he added impatiently, as he saw her hesitate
 'Massy me! If it isp't Lewis Ram say. Whats the matter now2 Is your ma sick
 ''No, my ma isn't sick, replied Lewis, sngrily. q tell you must see the com
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sation she started out, and the next day brought to me the skirt once more. Yet such a changed skirt. The facing and braid had been ripped off; the skirt hung out of doors, aired and thorough ly beaten; then brought indoors, to re- ceive good brushing with ammonia and water
 Then the gown was furnished with a new facing-of brilliantine, in q soft, dull pink, that looks like silk. It was rebound-with velveteen, because that wears better than any of the new inyen- tions.
 But l am going a little too quickly. l forgot to mention that the skirt had shrunlk, and was somewhat short, and that our maid had pieced it out before putting on new facing and binding. This piecing she covered with black soutache braid, three inches wide, and to give further finish she added a row of narrow braid above it.
 Such, then, is the secret of renovating this seasons gown. If the material is lighter than serge or more dressy, it is well to use plaitings at the bottom, and perhaps two rows of fancy braid above.
 It is also possible to lengthen the skirt from the top. Such a skirt, which in renovating had been sponged, became too narrow over the hips. The maid of genius, who was it's owner, pieced it, took some inch-wide ribbons, threw two rows over each hip, ending them
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True Story of the War of 1872.
BY E. T. ToMLINSoN.

 Copyright. Iso7.l

I'll never make it. I'll never make it..
 It was early in the evening of the 3d of July 1913. Young Lewis Ramsey, a boy of 16, had been rowing desperate ly over the waters of Lake Ontario, not far from the garrison at Saekett's Harbor. The wind, which had been blowing steadily all the afternoon, had died away at sunset, and almost as glass the surface of the lake spread out be fore him.
 Lewis had been rowing hard for an hour now, and had stopped for a mo- ment to rest his aching arms, and to try to estimate the distance that yet re- mained between him and the harbor. s.It,s good three miles yet, and I'll never make 1t" he groaned as he again took up his oars; but he began to row with desperation that seemed to belle his words.
 He was sturdy lad, and many of his days that summer had been spent on the lake in the rude skiff he had fit- ted out with a small leg-of-mutton sail. On this night, however, he could only rely upon his oars, and with long and steady strokes he drove his skiff on- ward. A great fear was in his heart, for just as the sun had set he had seen a sight which had caused the color to leave his sunburned face, and his heart to beat as it had never done before. He knew that the issues of life and death
 
 not relax his efforts.
 Soon the dim outlines of the high bluffs became distinct, and at last he gained the shore. He hastily drew his skif up on the beach, and then, his face
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Cer.e es : ceurt-rsaftiai

A colored soldier ia giving his evi- dence before court-martial recently at one of our army stations, explained the cause of disorder in the bar racks by saying that game of poker. was in progress, and while holding four jacks he inadvertently" drew an- other-MilitsTy Gazette. Chicago.
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The "Penny Dreadful, Germany.

The "penny dreadful" is known in Germany as the "Schauderroman, and it appears there to produce the same kind of inspiration on the boyish mind as it does here. At Schwelm, few days ago, ten lads, aged from II to 19, were charged with series of burgIaries and high-road robberies for miles around
 It appears that they had been excited, by their common study of the "shudder- romance" Schinderhannes, to consti- tute themselves into band of robbers. Each youth had adopted a robbers name. as the Black Wolf" Antony Bear's-Heart." 'Iron-Fist," :" "Sly-Fox," Falcon 's-Eye,' and the like. Every member of the band was sworn to loy- alty upon the dagger and the revolver of "the chief" The band, happily. had only four revolvers among the ten, and these were discharged at the police. who tracked them to their "cave." though without hurt to the officers of the law. No fewer than TO keys were found in their possession.-N. Y. Truth.
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She Missea n

A poor woman who la h'n.
 ern village, and V who Inc Kept gs. shop in ,..] husband who could scaroa1,.t wss troubled ssa as widow through tie Vne s,a day found 'Iese' S' spouse. A lady. wi wba sudden den;ssa ilels s small purchases at tba bno :, ffequentlyVe ol and to offer her synlnaai io saliIop, calledf fo n, that the mans death ,a.ly, n,.l though gs sse tered os, iron iron his violence e sbe had often s'bsh eyer, qnlte 4n prepared for tbe the Was not h wsleh ssd the the wife wife took her be toea way your husband, '' ----s you mp,t
 Well, mum, it do seen the the 5iep shop and find solnetbin9gu queer e, go
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who Ws in7en9sS Rn9s5d +PDD gD taat ts intellectual wanted ai1ffI, to give her vote of tBanlaa gllaale
 ..,rs, Meh, how did she receive 'lallss- vonss
 The inventor turned out i fo sIa! I wanted wanted to get off to the baseball SC pS mar man Detroit Free Press. oail game
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Confederate Generals.

The eight confederate officers who reached the full rank of general are all dead. Of the 19 lieutenant generals of the confederate army, seven only are now alive: Wheeler. Longstreet, Cor don, Hampton, Buckner, s. D. Lee and Stewart.-M Military Gazette, Chicago.
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THE LATEST FASHIONS.
How to Lengthen Gowns at Foot
 and Hip.
Reseda and Pink Crash and Gowns of Long Ago Furnish Inspiration for the Quaint Dress of the
 Girl of To-Day.

The 1st of July usually finds the maid of fashion in despair. It is just about this time that she realizes that her Easter gown is shabby, and that the edges of most of her other skirts are too ragged for use.
 Such maid visited me last week. She wished to take trip, and had noth-
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Wheel Anh-

a, Flora had a dreadful time la.. < She didn't come in town until aftar tss s ssVenl CT What was the matter?'' = al'er dark
 She lost her powder-rag somonh. on the road, and couldn'f fv f6yn,eWeere ,a ne seen. -Detroit Free Press. 4~ ap 1t t
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dsneaP s5i7 ei otGsia tiGssiPas s5ss 5sss. inquired ing up his old revolver %nen she saw him hra ! evaning nD, not 5a thls his. evening, love. s,, pillow, and Tedged it softIs aS tlISae1ed ned for oesophagus.-Up-to-Date IVY down
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wore a bolero. full. low at the neck. short of sleeve, and heavily braided to match the skirt.
 4 gown of striped challie, in the old fashioned red and brown shades. has
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They Came Thick and ra..
 EIir9d bv Aood,e oot

They Game Thick and Fact
 Cured by Hoods sarsanar,I,a
 My brother had terrible bo;ls ~ back Of his neck. As fast as ons ,..
 get better another would come. He bao.
 very much emaeiated, and began t.,, Hoods Sarsaparilla. One bottle mod, great improvement, and when he had ts, two bottles he was completely cnrs, CARRIE D. ERWIN, Mound City, Illinois Hoods SarsanarilI Is the One True Blood Purifier. sl; six ,o.
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sI'n never make it. m never make
The herald., 1897-04-05

ly argue for fomented wine at comlnun-
ion in face of the fact that many man
being inclined to drink has been melted
to a debauched life and drunkards s
grave by the passing of such cup.
Many believe In unfermented wine,
grape Juice, or even colored water, and
in their strenuous advocacy of these fail
to see that the spirit that they were in
tended to inspire is killed by the appe-
tite the sight of them may arouse or the
line OF thought they enkindle in the
mind of the communicant. Some call for
pure water to be passed from mouth to
mouth, forgetting the sanitary laws
which God calls us always to observe;
not being cognizant of the fact that mi
crobes of disease have been found in
quantity on the rim of the cup at the
conclusion of such service. Shall we.
because of the letter, endanger the phys
ical we'll being and life of brother?
In this city our own church has tenn
porarily abolished the passing of the cup,
for we are here not to destroy life but to
fulfill. We hope to observe the commun-
ion, not with blindness but with eyes
open to the truth, and since we cannot
conform the spirit to the letter. let us
conform the letter to the spirit. This
innovation of the rite, if such it may be
called. is evidence of spirit struggling
for life and not struggling in DEATH
The herald., 1897-04-05

clared passeth understanding. When
man knows God and his heart is right
with God, He maketh him to know this
great peace. Great peace have they
that love thy law" saith the psalmis,.
The knowledge of God gives us strength
and life and peace-a peace of which the
world can not deprive us.
The power of Jesus Christ is the pow
er he attained by His resurrection. He
who raised UP Christ by His spirit shall
also quicken your spirits by His spirit,
which dwelleth in you. What Paul
wanted to know was the power of that
spirit in it's fullness When we contem-
plate this we are standing upon the
shore of a great ocean whose depths we
cannot fathom. Here I take my stand
and claim for the spirit of God, all the
possibilities spoken of it in the Book OF
God. The resurrection of Jesus Christ
accomplished two things, the atonement
of sin and abolished death. Paul not
only wanted to know the power OF HIS
resurrection but to know the fellowship
of His suffering. think he was Wiling
to endure all the suffering OF this life
that he might attain to the heights Oh
the glory of the eternal
The herald., 1897-04-05
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
Rev. William Stevenson breaches at
Simpson Tabernacle

Simpson tabernacle was largely at
tended Sunday morning. The pulpit
was occupied by Rev. William Steven
son of Santa Monica, who exchanged
with Rev. c. c. Mclean. The venerable
dii-1O. That l may know him and the
power of his resurrection and the fell
lowship Of his suffering being made COM
Portable unto his DEATH" etc.
We recognize Pauls power of concen-
tration of thought in this text. To at
tempt any arbitrary analysis of the
verse would be impossible. Paul said,
"Seek to knod nothing among you
save Christ and Him crucfied.' Paul
did not undervalue knowledge in gener-
al, but he priced most highly knowledge
which came by the spirit of the Lord
Jesus Christ. He speaks of the excel
lency of that knowledge.
The fact that all our strength comes
from God sometimes becomes appall-
ing when We consider that we are con-
fronted by principalities and powers
which are against us. We not only need
this strength to overcome these foes but
we need it to overcome the tribulations
that beset us all along the pathway of
life. We need this strength as did Paul
when he declared the LIST of obstacles
that confronted him, and although
prosecuted. beaten, imprisoned. imper-
lied by land and by sea, yet he was
able to say: None of these things move
me.
Eternal life must come to us through
our knowledge of God which brings
peace. The peace of which Christ said
"My peace I give unto you-my peace l
leave with you" And which Paul de-
The herald., 1897-04-05
Usefulness of q Card

The benefits of a travelling card were
strikingly illustrated in the far-away
republic of South Africa a few months
ago. This government has very strict
immigration law, similar to the one We
toed by President Cleveland in the last
hours of congress. A person arriving
in that country. unless able to satisfy
the authorities that he has some means
of ensuring himself against restitution
which would otherwise cause him to be-
come a burden on the community, is
prevented from landing.
In this instance member of the Anal
gamated Carpenters union arrived at
johannesburg from England, and was
promptly turned back, as he had no
means, but on being searched by the
customs officials they discovered in his
possession a large blue envelope, care
fully sealed. They desired to know its
contents, and were informed that 1t was
his clearance card showing he was
member of the Amalgamated Carpen-
ters' union. 1t was opened, and on pc
rusal he was permitted to land, the card
being a guarantee that he was capable
of earning his living, and he was al
lowed to proceed on his journey to the
town he had so narrowly escaped being
prohibited from entering.
The herald., 1897-04-05
Council of Labor

At the last regular meeting of the
council communications were read from
Senator S. NJ. White, Congressman cas-
tie of the Seventh district, c. A. Barlow,
James G. Mcguire and others.
They all agreed with the posi-
tion taken by the council in resolution
passed at a former meeting, and agreed
to vote against any increase of the to-
bacco tariff on Havana filters or import
ed wrappers. The bill, however, passed
the house in its original form and is now
before the senate
The secretary was authorized to write
the city council calling attention to
violation not only of the eight hour law
but of the law recently passed by the
legislature requiring minimum wage CT
So per day. 1t was claimed that contrac-
tors on public work were violating these
laws.
A communication was received from
the labor council of San Francisco stat
ing that the Union iron works of that city
were about to employ fifty japanese
students" Also that the board OF su-
pervisors had adopted the union label on
all printing.
The herald., 1897-04-05
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR
BUILING TRADES COUNCIL IN
REFITTED QUARTERS
Meetings Of the Carpenters and
Council of Labor-Usefulness of
a Travelling Card-Notes

There was an interesting meeting of
the Building Trades council on Friday
evening last in its newly decorated and
refurnished quarters. Fred Pendler of
the Cornice Workers union presided.
A vote of thanks was tendeyed the libra
ry committee for its services in increas-
ing the reading matter of the counciPs
library.
A slight improvement was noticeable
in the state of trade as the different del
egates reported A vote of thanks was
rendered the Painters union for the do
nation of the services of its members in
painting and refitting the headquarters
An informal meeting will be held on
next Friday evening and all union men
are invited to attend the house warming.
In the new reading room attached the
Herald, Express, Examiner and the
leading reform papers and magazines
are now on file. The list is gradually
enlarging from week to week
The herald., 1897-04-05
TO DIE rs GAIN
Life a Preparation for the Inevitable
Departure

David Walk, at the Church of Christ,
on East Eighth street, near Central ave-
nue., based his sermon on the words of
Paul, ITO die is gain" This is true of
any man who lives right. The apostle
had previously said, For to me to live
is Christ" Men are exhorted to prepare
to die. This is folly. Death needs no
preparation. 1t is life that needs look
ing after. If we live right death will
have no terrors. A true conception of
Christianity teaches that religion is not
to keep men out of hell, but to keep hell
out of men; it is not to get men into
heaven, but to get heaven into men.
Paul knew that what is called death
is simply the promotion of the soul.
There is neither lapse of consciousness
nor enjoyment. He knew that to depart
and be with Christ would, for himself.
be far better; but to abide in the flesh
was more needful for others. This was
brave and manly. Death will be no gain
to the man who has not so lived that
his departure will be loss to others. Dy-
ing grace is not what a well man with
a helpless family needs, but living grace.
Such a man does not need priest so
much as a pickaxe.
The herald., 1897-04-05
TO UPLIFT THE RACE
A Colored Minister Tells of the Work
of I.ivin gstone College


The pulpit of the First Presbyterian
church was filled last evening by the
Rev. Paul A. Hobart, D. D. (colored).
president of Livingstone College, North
Carolina. DR.. Hobart made a most elo-
quent appeal for funds for this college,
which is in debt $60O0 and for which he
is now travelling, seeking aid. Living
stone college was founded fifteen years
ago, and has now three hundred stu
dents, being fitted, DR.. Hobart said, ito
become citizens of the United States"
1t is trade school, and in its work is
greatly helping the development of the
colored people.
The speaker touched on the troubles in
the south. the lynching, the disorder
the crimes, of the great responsibilities
of the race-responsibilities which had
fallen upon them so suddenly, and which
in their great ignorance they were un-
able to use. Without education, even
unable to read and write, no wonder
they could do nothing with the political
situations with which they so suddenly
found they must cope. Seven million
and a half cannot read or write, said
DR.. Hobart, and five thousand of these
are preachers. The speaker illustrated
his subject with many anecdotes and
stories, told in dialect, and full of ire
sistible humor, eloquent and able, and
presented the situation of the colored
race, and its needs with graphic and
peculiar power. He showed the super
stition, the simplicity, the dependence of
this people, in high lights, and urged
the responsibility of the white race in
helping them in their efforts for develop
ment and education, closed with a pow
erful appeal for help in raising the debt
upon the college, in thus aiding the peo-
pie to help themselves, and to better fit
the race to educate and advance their
own interests, and also those of the
country in which they live.
The herald., 1897-04-05
SERVING THE SPIRIT
Outward Observances Which Are Un-
wise and Dangerous

Serving the Spirit" was the subject
before the Universalist church yester-
day morning. Rev. A. A. Rice, the pas
tor. said in brief:
There are two ways In which the law
of God is transgressed, the one by wilful
disobedience, the other by unconscious
wrong6oing, in which the actor may even
believe he is giving God service. Under
the latter. may be classed' the action of
him who by the letter doth transgress
the law" All transgression takes us
away from Jesus Christ, who did no
wrong, and letter-serving is one Of the
chief means of our departing from his
ways. BY undue service Of the letter the
Christian church may annul the very
spirit which that letter was intended to
serve. st. Paul realized this danger
when he wrote the text, and when In
another place he said: Wherefore if
meat maketh our brother to stumble, I
will eat no flesh forevermore."
Our Lord condemned the excess of
such service when as he and his disciples
al different times were outwardly break
ing the Sabbath he said to his adversa-
ries: 1t Is lawful to do good on the Sab
bath day." and the Sabbath was made
for man and not man for the Sabbath"
Much less clear-sighted was that minis
ter who adhered so closely to immersion
in the rite of baptism that an innocent
young lady of his congTega tion became
the victim of his blind following of Jesus
and yielded her life because physically
unable to bear the shock in an eastern
winter.
We desire to understand the bearing
which the text has on the rite of the
Lords supper, which we today COM
memorate. In this the letter must be
held only as it can serve the spirit. Our
service must adjust itself to the right
for the right will not adjust itself to our
service.
There are those who conscientious
The herald., 1897-04-05
Tossed on the rosmlng BlI,ows

You may never have been, but IL you cross
the Atlantic, no matter how smooth the
watery expanse, without sea sickness you
are-well lucky voyager, that is all. Old
tars who have spent their lives on the
ocean waves. who were almost born, so to
speak, with their 'sea legs on" suffer now
and then from sea. sickness in very tempes-
tuous weather. Sea captains. tourists.
commercial travellers and yachtsmen say
that there is no finer safeguard against
nausea that Hostetters Stomach Bitters,
and it has been equally reliable as pre-
ventive by invalids who travel by steam
boat and railroad, and who sometimes
suffer as much in those conveyances as
ocean travellers do in steamships. Bilious
ness, constipation, sick headache and dis
orders of the stomach caused by oppressive
climatic influences or unwholesome or un-
accustomed food or water, always yield to
the Btters speedily. This popular medi-
cine also remedies rheumatic. kidney and
nervous disorders, and the infirmities Incl
dent to increasing years.