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imperial station, rending the heavens. with
their shouts, while the saluting trumpets
sreathed forth their most triumphant
strains. Throughout this disastrous cam
paign he fought with the heroism and hrm-
ness Of Ney himself
HEROIC Defense.
The next year after the Russian cam
paign, he maze his Headquarters IN liam
burg, and defended the city herolcaliy
against the Russians, Prussians, ana
Swedes combined. He held out long AFTER
Napoleon's abdication, Tesolutely refusing
10 surrender the place, until Gen. Gerard
arrived ON the part of Louis XVIII. lie then
gave in his adhesion to the Eourbons, put
was among the first to declare for the En-
peror on his return from Elba.
After the overthrow at Waterloo ne tooi>
command OF that portion ol the army WHICH
still remained faithful to Napoleon, ana re-
treated to Orleans, and did not give IN ms
adhesion to the Bourbons untii the NUS
slams were marching against hlm:
The three striking characteristics Oh ia,
voust were great personal intrepldity ahc
daring-perfect self-possession ana cooi-
ness in the hour OF peril, and almost liz
vincible tenacity.
With all these rare gifts he was aiSo
great General. In the skill with which ne
chose his ground, arranged his army, aio
determined on the point and moment ol
attack, he had few superiors IN Europe
Rash in an onset. he was perfectly cooi IL
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repelling one This combination of two
such opposite qualities, so prominent in
Napoleon, seemed to be characteristic OF
most OF his Generals, and was one great
cause Of their success.
BATTLING At AUERsTADr.
One OF the most successful battles he
ever fought was that OF Auerstadt, where
he earned his title Of Duke. The year be
fore, at Austerlitz, he had exhibited that
GOODNESS in sudden peril, and that uncon
querabie tenacity, which made him SO
strong an ally battlefield
The night before the battle Of Jena, Ma
poleon slept on the nights of Landgrafen
berg, whittier he had led his army with in
credible toll, and at four in the morning
! II was an October morning-rode along the
lines and addressed his soldiers in that
stirring elequence which he knew s., well
how to use. The dense fog that curtained
IN the dark and chilly morning lifted, and
rent before the fierce acclamatons that
answered him, and with the first dawn his
columns ere upon the enemy.
When the unclouded sun, at o'clock,
broke through, and scattered the fog il
shone down on a wild battlefield on which
were heard the incessant thunder OF artil-
iery and rattle OF musketry, interrupted
now and then by the heavy shocks OF
cavalry and the shouts of maddened men.
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With the discovery Of America the do

With the discovery of America the de-
p.eted treasury of the Old World was filed
with the precious metals, gold and silver,
exploration and adventure SPAWNED the seas
and stalked through the forests OF the New
World. The peasant came over with the
Prince, and in the new order of things they
sometimes exchanged places, for the am
bition oil a world was aroused and the sur
vival of the fittest has made us a unique
Nation, in which every man is the peer of
every other man.
What more fascinating study than 10 pass
as in a grand review the great actors in all
these mighty scenes before us, and, re-
counting their struggles and trumphs get
SEINE true sense of balance between the past
and the present Ii viii lead us all to the
best use Of our time and talents if we can
bring ourselves to realize how peculiar oar
privileges and how unlimited our oppor-
tunities. Can We not all try to bring sOme
small offering Of the past to the present
some comment showing that we feel that
the world moves and that we are all part
OF it?
Evolution moves the world toward per-
fiction, and if the Loyal Home Workers
VIII take Up the course of study outlined IL
viii be certain To reach generous results.
Life will be all the richer for the new and
varied knowledge with which the mind is
stored.
As a suggestion. articles are invited on the
domestic life of the people who lived in the
twilight of the 18th and the dawn OF the
10th century; on the laws of inheritance;
the conditions of trade and commerce;
pdhlic morality; court customs; Geographic
Sketches social amusements; arms and
armaments; soldiers and civilians; popu-
lar education; the clergy; discovery, and
so on.
For general reading in popular form
! Green's History of the English People"
will be found a suggestive and authentic
book, while Charles Dickens's History OF
England" combines the charm of romance
with the realism of fact.
Edward EggleStOn's " Beginnings OF a
Nation" is delightful book on this sub
ject, and Conan Doyle's romance, Tho
Refugees" is a fascinating story OF that
time.
Editor Loyal Home Workers.
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TOPIC OF The WEEK.

Looking ahead This is the topic Of the
week, according to previous announce
ment. IT is a look ahead Tor the Loyal
Home Workers and for aa WHO are inter
ested in this Departments VIII ch ought 10
he Of interest enough to cnllSL the atten-
tion Of all the readers Of The Nation al
Tribune. 1t ,houId be TOOK ahead not
only into and through the year 1888. but a
look into our entire future be 1t long or
short
Particularly should it be a looking ahead
into the subject which has been announced
as the first consideration OF the Loyal HON 2
Workers, according to the pans OF the
Secretary This subject is, EUROPE at ne
close of the 18th and the beginning OF the
10Th Century" a subject large enough TO
enlist the study and attention CT the wIseSt
of men.
Moses, the great Iaweiver, enioined upon
the Hebrews the study Of beth the law ard
the profits. There were no print ng presses
in those days and no books such as we
have now, and the chief learning was IN
possession of the priests and Scrlbes, but
the Injunction was that, by oral transm mis-
sion, the truths of history should be craven
upon the hearts of the people. Transmls-
sion was a great source OF leaning among
all ancient peoples, finding expression
through seer and prophet, minstrel and
troubadour.
One of the most encoura ging signs OF our
times is the wide interest in historic lines
OF study Clubs everywhere are taking
up history topics; patriotic souetles are
ransacking the records Of our OWN country,
and through lectures, books and magazines,
a new study of tho present, through the
reflected light of the past, Is going steadl y
on It's quite right that the Loyal Home
Workers. whose motto Is " Progress and
Patriotism should enter Systematically
uTon such a course.
We live in an age when human comforts
have been greatly multiplied. Luxuries
are enjoyed by the humblest now which
were once denied to Kings and Queens. L
we go no farther back than to the period
referred to we shall find people living IN
great discomfort and privation. The hous-
ings OF the country folk were little better
than those provided for their cattle, and
in many cases one habitation answered FOL
all Poor food, scant clothing small oppor
tunities, and above all insufficient medium
of exchange made human life mOnOton
Gus, and human glory but tawdry show
or a vast arena for the mailed knight, the
Kings fool and the clown with bells anC
horns and grimaces.
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Editor Loyal Home Workers.
By Amos L. Seaman.


Upon the Interpretation of the word ego
tism depends our answer to the question.
II we interpret it to mean the opposite of
altrusn1, then are we truly Nation of ego
fists, since we believe in the adage: Self
preservation is the first law Of nature" We
are. usually, in the walks OF every day life
selfish.
We constantly seek every advance of our
own interests. Our commercial nature
forces seIIishness upon us IN the relations
of trade. We would not think of being
charitable in business, or OF pointing out
to another with whom we might be con-
Quoting transaction an advantage we
might see for ourselves.
That would not he business, and we are
business Nation, led by competition and
the desirable ambition 30 be as rich as our
neigh bor We do not live III chlvalrOus,
ar stocratic, genius h0norng era, but IN one
OF business and sensational publicity.
Mammon is a great element OF power IN
attaining to high ambitions. 1t cannot feed
the soul Of man, it cannot give him great
ness but it can and does win him his spurs
in fame and glory.
The press p4Tades the sensational the
public wants it and gets it. IL is business,
and appeals to National egotism, because It
most appeals to SelfishnesS. Ii IS the con-
slant hope OF the ambition that inspires
egotism, not greatness.
JInCDiSm Is dDOtnEf ptdSe tOi
eootiSm 1t is based upon the National
confidence, inherited and inspired by the
cons ciousness that our forefatherS whipped
the British; that they endured the hard
ships of Valley Forge and Brandywine; that
they, without equipments and with only
the hope and faith that right must win to
inspire their courage, sounded the alarm
from every town and hill top, that made
Bunker Hill, Lexington, and Concord
famous.
JingOism-born of the thought that.
mighty Nation divided against itself fought
the most bitter and destructive struggle
known to history, to end in the promotion
of greater strength and unity OF purpose
leads us to boast of these things with pride,
and to count nothing impossible to Ameri-
can arms. We do not even reckon OH the
strength Of our antagonists. Our egotlsm
asserts itself it hegets confidence, 1t IS the
/ self thought OF the Nation.
1t is in great National crises that altrIl-
! ism, the opposite of egOtism, is asserted.
| We forget ourselves then. Our hearts go
out to the weak and struggling or suffering
| humanity. We are quick to sympathlZe
| with the oppressed, and would venture
! the assertion that when once the popular
/ mind is diverted from the egOtism or the
| II ann by causes appealing to justice, 10
| sympathy, to humanity, there Is not an
| American who could not be wrought up to
] the point of giving his all If the needs OF
| society and his country demanded IT.
j NominaIly, we are cyclists. Put to the
] test, do not believe We are.
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place he had sought. He was not included
with those selected by Donaparte 10 &C
company him To- France, and did not re-
turn till the latter was proclaimed lTst
Consul.
Attaching himself still more closely to
one whose fortunes were rising so rapidly,
he was placed at the head OF the grenadiers
of the Consular Guard, and soon after
through the influence of Bonaparte, o.
tanned the hand OF the sister of Gen. lie
Clerc-a lady of captivating manners and
rare beauty.
ON THE ROAD TO FAME.
The road 10 fame was now fairly open TO
the young soldier, and he pursued ii with
n holiness and energy that deserved sue
cess. In 1904, he was made Marshal 81 the
Empire and the next year found him at
the head OF a corps OF the Grand Army.
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EDITORIAL NOTE: The fascinating serial
Napoleon and His Marshals will run
through the greater part Of the coming year.
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81 KLEGG.
ADVENTURES OF ALT WILSON.


BY JOHN H,t'ALF'D WILSON, One Of
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The "Alpha" discs make a machine
skim cleaner, leave no fat in the
bowl, produce a cream that churns
out completely, and butter which
always scores highest in competitive
contest. They enable the use of a
much smaller bowl, with one-half less
speed, which means running much
easier, less wear and greater durabil-
ity. They are easier to clean, better
made, and practically superior in
every respect.
The following letter simply illus
trates facts which may be duplicated
in every instance, and from which
there can be no VARIATION
"Pittstown, N. Y, April 6, 1897.
Moseley & Stoddard Mfg Co.,
Rutland, Vt.
Gentlemen After trial of the
III. S. separator for twenty-seven
days, your agent came here and set
up De Laval Baby No. and
wanted me to try it. l told him l
had about made up my mind that the
u. S. was as good as any separator,
but he said so much in favor of the
Alpha that | decided to give it
thorough trial, as I wanted the best
one, and with the following results
Milking our COWS at night and put
ting the milk in large can, thorough
ly mixing it, and dividing equally,
running 40 pounds through each sep
arator and going through the same
process in the morning running AZ
pounds through each separator, fol-
lowing the directions of both agents
in running and handling both ma,
chimes, and cooling the cream as cool
as our water would do it, and churn-
ing each separately, the u. S. cream
churned in 81 minutes 4 lbs 7 OF. Of
butter the Baby De Laval churned
in 81 minutes 4 lbs. ID o., each
being sailed with the same number
of ounces of salt before working. |
also found that the De Laval turned
easier, cleaned quicker, and ran more
milk per hour Just as we were
weighing the butter the agent of the
u. s. drove up and wanted us to
keep the two machines through the
week, weighing the milk and dividing
the same as before, and with this
result In a four days test, with an
average of95 pounds of milk per day,
the De Laval made 6 ounces of butter
per day more than the u. S. machine,
each using one-half the milk. There
fore, | could not decide but to take
the De Laval machine.
Truly yours,
HERBERT A. MASON"
D. ,,c
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Truly yours,

Truly yours,
HERBERT A. MASON"
Send for bran new "Baby" or
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containing afund of practical dairying
information.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13
Tour to California via Pennsylvania
, Railroad

Tour to California via Pennsylvania
\ Railroad.
In Southern California is found the real
ization of dream of the ancients. Here
are the "Golden Apples of the Hespesides, I"
ripening beneath a sky more beautiful
than that of Rome, and in a climate more
perfect than that of Athens. Never in the
widest flights of his Imagination did either
Homer or Hesoid ever conceive of gar
den richer in yerdant beauty, more produc-
tive of luscious fruit, or set amid more pic
turesque and lovely surroundings.
The last Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
tours to the Golden Gate will leave New
York and Philadelphia March n, stopping
at Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Colorado
Springs and the Garden of Gods,n and
Salt Lake City. Tourists will travel by
special train of Pullman palace cars going
and return on regular trains via any route
within nine months. Round-trip tickets
including transportation. Pullman accom-.
modations Zone double berth), meals, and
other tour features going, and railroad
transportation on regular trains returning;
and one-way tickets, including transporta-
ton and all tour features going, will be
sold at the following rates:
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13

We owe much to christianity for our
schools. The Jews believed their national
existence depended upon their schools.
Some of the beautiful sayings contained in
the Talmud have become proyerbial. "The
world continues to exist, only by the
breath of the children of the schools. +" The
true guardians of the city are the teachers" /"
"A village withouta school for the children
ought to be destroyed"
Eighty years before Christ, "saysD Deutsch
schools hourished throughout the length
and breadth of the land;-education had
been made compulsory. In every Jewish
town teacher was appointed, and chill
dren six or seven years old began to re-
ceive instruction. Their only book was the
Hebrew Scriptures" From this it would
seem that compulsory education is not
new thing after all.
Martin Luther said: ''God maintains the
church through the schools" No sooner
had Luther finished his translation of the
Bible than he suggested to the magistrates
that the children be educated at public ex-
pense; and out of that grew the public
schools.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13

VIoLET.-The earth is nearest to the sun
on January 1, and fartherest away on July
/. The first point is called periheIiom and
the second apheltom. The perihelion dis
tance is "a 1858. 1856 miles and the aphelion
distance is 81, ,240,74 miles. 1t will be OBJ
served that we are over three million miles
nearer the sun in winter than in summer.
The reason for this is, that all heavenly
bodies move in ellipses, not in circles.
The figures, however, that are used in
our biographies to show the positions of
the earth at the different seasons Of. the
year are greatly exaggerated ellipses. If
they were drawn accurately they would
appear to be circles.
The proximity of the earth to the sun at
perihelion has little or no influence upon
the northern hemisphere, for we are turned
away from the sun, where the earth is near
est to it, and its rays glance off giving them
very little opportunity to warm us during
our short winter days. 1t is different in
the southern hemisphere, for the south
pole is turned to the sun at perihelion and
away from it at aphelion. Consequently
the summers in the southern hemisphere,
are warmer than ours and the winters
colder.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13
THE MARCH wINn.

O March wind.
What is it grieves thee to despair?
Have you sinned
That furies seek thee everywhere2
Not SO; have lost my little ones dear;
covered them softly with robe Of white
And left them alone Of winter night.
The moon / left burning and little stars
bright
Oh, kind souls heaTl
left them alone, without fear,
Tucked snugly into their soft warm bed,
Then off on an errand of joy sped,
And now they are gone wish were dead;
Oh, kind souls hearl
lam seeking them everywhere, far and near.
And my signing and crying and shrek
ing must
At last make them hear as come with a
gust
And wearing veil of binding dust
Oh, kind souls hearl
The March wind thus her story told;
A mortal may the rest unfold.
Her sad soul, weary of searching pain,
At last grew still. Then fell rain
Of tears, and tears-sweet April showers:
And then she smiled and found May
flowers
Her little ones dear-awake again.
From "Blue and Gold" by VIM. s. Lord.