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32d National Encampment q. A. r.
Cincinnati, Ohio,
September sth to 10th, 1893.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

For this occasion tickets will be
sold at the low rate of one fare fcr
the round trip from all points on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad east
of Pittsburg, Parkersburg aud
Wheeling, inclusive, good going on
September 3rd and 4th, aud good
returning not earlier than Septem.
Der 9Th, nor later than September
18th, except by depositing ticket
with Joint Agent at Cincinnati, be-
tween September 9Th and 9th, inclu.
sive, and on payment of fee of twen-
ty-fve (25) cents, when return limit
may be extended to leave Cincinnati,
to and including October I'd, 1898.
Owing to the great patriotic wave
sweeping the country at the present
time, great interest will be mani
tested at this meeting. Solid Vesti-
buled Trains of elegant coaches,
Pullman Sleeping Cars, Observation
Cars and splendid Dining Car Ser
vice. Three through trains daily
from New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
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Pittsburg.
Get full particulars from Ticket
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Irving to Wake I'm Wordsworth

Alfred Tennyson' S largeness of mind and
of heart was touchingly illustrated by his
reverence for Wordsworth's poetry, not
withstanding that the immense merits he
recognized in it were not, in his opinion,
supplemented by proportionate amount
OF literary skill. He was always glad to
show reverence to tho ''old poet. 4"
Wordsworth, " he said to me one day, sis
staying at Hampstead in the house of his
friend Mr.. Hoaro must go and see
him, and you must come with me-"
AS we walked back to London through
grassy fields Tennyson complained of the
old poets GOODNESS He had endeaVored to
stimulate some latent ardors by telling
Wordsworth of a tropical island where the
trees, when they first came into leaf, were
vivid scarlet; every one of them, I told
him, is flush all over the island, the color
of blood 1t would not do. could not
influence his imagination in the leastP-
Memoirs of Lord Tennyson."s,
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GENERAL GRANTS UNIFORM.
He Disliked to Change Coat That III,
Found Comfortahle

He Disliked to Change Coat That He
Found Comfortable.
General Horace Porter describes thea
vance on Petersburg in one of his articles
in The Century on Campaigning With
Grant" General Porter says concerning
Grants attitude toward dress:
The weather had become so warm that
the general and most of the staff had or
dered thin, dark blue flannel blouses to be
sent to them TO take the place of the heavy
uniform coats which they had been wear.
ing The summer clothing had arrived,
and was now tried on. The general
blouse, like the others, was OF plain ma
terial, single breasted, and had four regu-
lation brass buttons in frost. 1t was SUBJ
stantially the coat of a private soldier, with
nothing to indicate the rank of an officer
except the three gold stars of lieutenant
general on the shoulder straps. He wore
at this time rundown white linen collar
and small, black butterfly" cravat,
which was hooked on to bis front collar
button.
The general, when he put on the blouse,
did not take the pains to see whether 1t fit
ted him or to notice how it looked, but
thought only of the comfort 1t afforded,
and said, "Well, this is relief" and then
added: II have never taken as much
satisfaction as some people in making fire.
Quent changes in my outer clothing like
to put on a suit of clothes when / get up
In the morning and wear it until go to
bed unless have to make change In my
dress to meet company. I have been in
the habit of getting one coat at time
putting it on and wearing 1t every day as
-
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The EcliDse.

On no other occasion does the display Of
tremendous power in the economy Of the
physical universe exercise SO subduing an
influence over the mind or produce SO hu-
initiating conviction of the impotence of
all human efforts to control the ilnmutable
laws of nature and arrest the course of
events as when the glorious orb of day,
while riding in the heavens with uncloud-
ed splendor, begins to melt away from an
unseen cause and soon totally disappears,
leaving the whole visible world wrapped
In the sable gloom of nocturnal darkness
The scene is rendered still more impressive
by the circumstances accompanying so re-
markable an occurrence.
The heavens assume an unnatural aspect,
which excites a feeling Of horror in the
spectator. A livid hue is diffused over all
terrestrial, objects. Plants close up their
leaves as on the approach of night. The
fowls betake themselves to their resting
places. The warbling of the grove is
hushed in profound silence. In other
words, universal nature seems to relax her
energies, as if the pulse which stimulated
her mighty movements had all at once
stood stilL-Sir Norman Lockyer.
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YUKON INDIANS.
The Barbaric Manner In Which They
Used to Treat Female Infants.

The Barbaric Manner In Which They
Used to Treat Female Infants.
There were formerly many curious traits
Of character and queer customs that pre-
vailed among the tribes inhabiting the up
per Yukon country. Perhaps the most
barbaric of all was in the treatment of the
female infants. Just after the child is
born she is intrusted to some of the oppo-
site sex Of advanced age, who has selected
her for his future wife. During the time
before arriving at that age when she be-
comes O wife her male guardian, for such
he now Is, has to contribute a certain por-
ton Of his spells of the chase to her sup
port. II before she arrives at that age she
displeases her lord, or he tires of support
ing her, she Is given no more food and Is
starved to death. Should female be born
and no man wants to provide for her and
claim her as his future wife, then she is
not allowed to live. All the male infants
are, however, brought up, as they will
make good hunters. Consequently it is
estimated that for every female there are
100 males
Curious as 1t may seem, the two sexes
live separate greater portion Of the time.
Both men and women dress alike, and one
guish one from the other unless very close.
During the winter these people travel to-
gether with dogs and sleds and in the
summer by birch bark canoes. They also
convert their dogs, and even their squaws,
into pack animals, and 1t is q curious sight
to see long pack train of dogs loaded with
90 or 30 pounds each, and the line broken
here and there with human being labor
ing under her pack of 100 pounds. Their
canoes are very diminutiye in size and of
inferior construction, and it is an impossi-
bility for one not accustomed to their use
to sit in them without upsetting. They
arc built to hold but one person, and then
sitting fiat on the bottom with knees curled
under SO as to occupy the least space posi-
Bile.
These Indians are very moral in their
habits and strictly honest. If one is hun
CRY and finds cache of provisions, he sell
dom molests 1t, but when he does he al
ways leaves full value in skins for what
food he appropriates to his own USE
Alaska News.
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FelI Dead.


These words are very familiar to
our readers, as not q day passes
without the report of the sudden
death of some prominent citizen.
The explanation is ''Heart Disease
Therefore beware if you have any Of
the following symptoms: Short
breath, pain in side, smothering
spells swollen ankles, asthmatie
breathing, weak and hungry spells,
tenderness in shoulder or arm, fut-
tering of heart, or irregular pulse.
These symptoms mean heart disease.
The most reliable remedy is DIR.
Miles New Heart Cure, which has
aved thousands OF lives. Book OF
stimonials free at A. NJ. Gilbert's,
who also sells the New Heart Cure.
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willing to Camp Ont on papa.

$50 my little girl wants to get married
Ind go away and leave her old papa, does
sheS' said the fond father as he stroked his
child's sunny hair.
Eyes, papa, she does, I" replied the arch
maiden, "but Fred says 1t would be quite
too cruel"
"Oh, Fred said that, did hes''
ives, papa. Fred says that rather than
take me away from you he'll be willing to
come right here and live with us Amt
1t noble of hims''
Very. cleveland Plain Dealer.
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xRoLLED OATS BREAD.-Pour one
quart of boiling water on one pirt OF
rolled oats and allow it to stand IN
til lukewarm. Then add two, thirds
of cup of molasses, one spoonful OF
salt, one half yeastc,ke and two
quarts of bread -four Mold very
stiff Let it rise over plight and
bake in the morning in the same
way as white bread.
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A prominent and ministeriallook.

A prominent and ministerial-look
ing member of the club went into 6
downtown hat store. Selecting 6
tile that suited him, he asked
s'Wbat's the price OF this?'
Eight dollars responded The
clerk.
"Any discount to a minister?
gravely asked the caller.
''Yes, sir. You can have itfor 81.
The hardware man put the hat on
walked over to a glass, took Ions
look, and said with emphasis: "I'l
take this. If my congregation dom
like it they can 60 to the ID
Hardware.
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The Old Scheme.

Just as the physicians who had been In
consultation seemed about to reach an
agreement the patient died.
Fine subject, said one of the physi
clans as they gathered about the bed.
Splendid, % echoed another. Seems
too bad to waste it by burial"
why should WEI" asked the third IAN
we have to do is to get up Violent dis
pute as to the real cause of death In order
70 get chance to dissect II"
And so they worked the old sehc4ns
again. Chicago Post.
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SEEING THE ELEPHANT.


How 1t WAS Done by Some New Kianp-
sbire boys Ia 1921.
Mr. Briggs asks lo;syc TO tell . New
Hampshire elephant story. IIcwas brought
mp ia Kocne, and there, in August, 1882
every hos was excited by the sight Of pla.
cards announcing the advent Of "a great
natural curiosity, nothing less than "a
living female elephant - admittance
1215 cents; children half price
The days Of Barnum had not yet come,
and so far as Mr. Briggs knows, this was
the first elephant that ever set foot in the
Granite State OF course every boy was
bound to see 1t. But how Ninepences
did not grow on every bush, and some
schering was necessary Tho boys got
together in convention, liko committee
Of ways and means, and not without re-
suit.
The elephant was exhibited In tho day
time and was driven from town to town
in the darkness of night The boys found
cut in some way that 1t would be driven
into Kccne over certain road-Prison
street. On this road, at a point about hall
"a mile from the hotel, was large COM
mon, and half mile farther away was
bridge over Beaver brook. The boys laid
their plans to see the elephant at the OK
Ponse Of a wagon load of sbayings and a
peck of potatoes
These were deposited on the common,
Then boys We're stationed at short inter
walls along the road, beginning at the
bridge. The moment the elephant arrived
at the bridge the first boy was to shout
'Hellor at the top OF his voice and start
on the run for the common The next
boy, hearing the shout, was to do likewise,
and SO on down the line
Well, the night came, and with It the
elephant. But when the first boy saw it,
he was literally struck dumb with aston.
ishment, As he could not shout, no waited
to see the creature Cross the bridge When
she put her foot on it, however, she felt
that IL was not safe and refused to proceed,
and the men in charge had to drive her
through the stream
BY this time the sentry had recovered
his voice, and with vigorous Helloi"
started down The road Before the elephant
reached the common the boys were all there
and the shavings were in d blaze. by the
light Of the fire the elephant caught sight
OF the pile of potatoes, and no persuasion
could get her past them till they were de.
vOured.
And there stood the boys looking on,
with their money, If they had any, safe In
their pockets
Mr., Briggs declares that this line of boys
was the original telephone, and that the
modern instrument dates back to this noe.
turnal New Hampshire beginning he
proves by the fact that the word 'iHello"
Is still the telephone signal the country
over.-Youth's Companion
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Attention, Old Soldiers.

The manufactures have instructed
E. G. Williams to give a bottle Of
Zoe size of Foley's Collie Cure free
to the first soldier of the civil wa,
that applies for same. 1t is the
great remedy for Chronic Diarrhea
Cramp Collie and all bowel com.
plants.
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eNnBRERY OF EDUCATION.
The College Girl Who Afects an Air u
Superiority.

Superiority.
Editorially, in The Ladies' Home Jour.
nal, Edward W Box expresses himself Wig.
orously In depreciation Of the tendency to
introduce dangerous element Of snobbery
into education He notes the peryading
II know SO much air that is encountered
on all sides, and the feeling that line is
being drawn on a so called educational
basis. Mr.. Box contends that ian educa-
tional process which sharpens and polishes
only girls intellect, and either deadent
or neglects her heart or soul, is sorry
imitation of what an education really
stands for and Is. The practice followed
by some girls who have been at college OF
holding their heads above those who have
not is foolish proceeding, and smacks OF
the most repulsive kind OF snobbery. 1t is
never safe for us to assume that we know
more than the people around us, whether
we are college trained or not The longer
we live in this world the more we become
convinced how little we know.
s'The people most humble in their opin.
ions are generally the best educated. It Is
an art which only few of us learn, to
be reticent Of our own opinion when every
one around us is expressing his. Yet this
is one of the attributes of the we'll educat
ed. Silence often speaks louder than
speech. But tho girl fresh from her books
and college does not always perceive this
She is apt to assume, for example. that
people are uneducated If now and again
they speak ungrammatically But she
does not know that the most vital truths
ever spoken or written, the truths which
have done mankind the greatest good,
have not always been those which would
have borne grammatical dissection.
Their good lay in what was said rather
than in the way IN which the sentences
were constructed. 1t is when we are young
that we believe that all that Is worth
knowing is printed in books. When we
are older, we find that the deepest truths
are never written. 1t Is well enough for a
girl to hold up for herself standard In
grammar or anything else. But she is
unwise when she believes that her stand
ard Is the one by which she must Judge
and measure others. She has no right to
do SO In tho first place. And in the sec.
ond, she is far more apt to be wrong In
her deduction than she is to be correct
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Coop GINGERBEEAD.-0 n e-hali
cup OF sugar, one quarter cup OF
butter, onc-half cup of molases, one
half cup of sour milk. one and one
half cups of flour, one teaspoonful
of ginger, one. teaspoonful of soda,
one egg, in pinch Of salt. Beat
thoroughly and bake in moderate
oven.
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African DWarfs.

The Akkas, or forest dwarfs of Central
Africa, gave H. NJ Stanley and his follow
ers an immense amount Of trouble in his
last memorable expedition. These little
ringers" arc diminutiye race Of people
about feet 10 inches In height They
were continually hafassing the explorer,
whofound them cowardly, treacherous and
very expert in the use Of poisoned arrows
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HoMINY PuDDING.-TSo cupfuls
of cold boiled shominy, two table
spoonfuls of melted butter, three
we'll beaten eggs and cup of sweet
milk; mix thoroughly, season to
taste, and bake in a buttered dish
for half an hour.
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The school ..shows or

In illustration of the way In which
teachers lessons are frequently lost on
their pupils Chicago teacher tells a story
of some of her pupils showing off, under
her auspices. She had been drilling into
them one afternoon the difference in the
meaning of the words Taught" and
"learned." Over and over again In the
presence of late visitor she had explained
the use of each of the words and had Civ
EN- them several examples in which the
words were correctly used.
Now" she said, II think you have
learned your lesson as well as l have
taught it to you. Willie, will you give me
sentence with the word taught in itP''
A fair haired urohin on the front scat
spoke up promptly:
u fought it was time for school to let
outl"
"No, moi Mamie, you may give me an
example," she said turning to bright
girl farther back.
81 fought 1t was time go home, y an
swered Mamie, with an air as If she had
done exactly the right thing.
And, though she tried several times
more, no other form of the word than the
variation thought" could the teacher get
out of her school. Youths Companion.
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Family Table and Recipes.

NuT MAcARooNs.-Beat the whites
of two eggs to roth, add slowly
one cupful of powdered sugar, and
one cupful of nuts chopped fine.
Mix thoroughly and drop on butter
ed tins. Bake slowly.
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war getting out Of nate.

lit won't be long" said the thoughtful
man, before all possibility of war among
civilized nations will vanish forever"
II quite agree with you, returned the
member of the peace commission, grasp
ing his hand and shaking 1t warmly. 1--WE
have PROFESSIONALLY done noble work.
"YouI" exclaimed the thoughtful man.
"What have you dones'
mot very much personally perhaps, but
as member of the peace commission -
peace commission nothing interrupt
ed the thoughtful man. 1.-THE thing that
Is going to end all war is the fact that
they have reached that point in the con-
struction of mammoth cannons where o
new national debt Is created every time
one Is discharged. Chicago Post
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"And with this money we ought
to buy ship to be called the Delilah.'
"Wby call it the Delilah2"
20, we'll call it the Delilah by all
means, because with this ship we'll
cut the hair of Sampson" BARGE
Iona Comica.
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these discussions Of the ailments peculiar
70 women took place twenty years earlier
In Iite' II little of the prudery of mod.
erh society were banshed, so that Young
women talked these Subjects over among
themselves, there would be less suffering
among women in middle life.
Good health Is the best endowment that
q human being can have Good general
health among women Is largely dependent
upon good local health in womarily way,
Through ignorance and neglect il has be.
come such an Ordinary, common place
thing for women to suffer from weafness.
and disease of the delicate and itnnortapt
feminine organism, that iuany women have
come 70 look upon these troubles as an
unavoidable inheritance, This is a mis-
take. All troubles of this nature NAV be
cured In the privacy of the home. without
undergoing the obnoxious "exatniuatiorss i
and local Treatment insisted tinon bv
the average physician. h On Pierce's Pa.
vorite Prescription gives health. elastic
strength and vitality 10 the sensitive ORGANS
concerned. It allays Inflammation. heals
nleeTation and frees from pain. II tones
the nerves and builds up the nerve centers.
~ makes woman healthy and strong, and
thus prepares her for healthy wifehood,
eapaple fnotherhood and safe transition
at the change of life.
want to testify to the great benefit derived
IRON using Dr. Pierce's Favorite PrescriDtior -
writes Mrs. H Mason Of StrylersviiIe We
mipg Co, n. Y. II commenced usjnn 4 nbSr,
ihree mouths before confinement with INV
FORMER confinement suffered greatlv while tf,fs
ons was comparatively easy OWING 10 the use
Oh me FaYoflts Prescription ~
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Quick Relief for Astlrans.

Foley's Honey and Tar is guaran-
teed to give prompt relief in all
cases Of Asthma. Do not class this
with other medicines that have fail
ed to give relief. Give it trial.
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SUGAR CooKIEs.-One cup OF
sugar, two eggs, one tablespoonful
Of milk, one teaspoonful of baking
powder, one cup Of butter. Flour
tofoll.
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What is
1 .;,''!'zslii|,lZ'. \

ria lis d. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Inf
and Children. 1T contains neither Opium. Morpi.ins
4other Narcotic 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
II is Pleasant. It's guarantee is thirty years. by
millions Castoria destroys Worms and alays
feyershness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curds
cures Diarrh9a and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and hatulency'
Castcra assmilatcs the food regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Case
toria ia the Chldrens Panacea the Mothers Friend
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When You Take Your Vaca
ton.

The mot necessary article to have
with you (alter your pocket book) is
bottle OF Foley's Collie Cure. tits
an absolute prevention or cure of all
arrangements of the bowels caused
by a change of water. You are
likely to need it.
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Sincerity.

In the evening"" remarked the observ-
er of men and things, "a girl viii tell you
that she carries her heart upon her sleeve.
The next day she will carry her lunch In
! music roll Detroit Journal.
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Cause For the Condition

You don't shine SO brilliantly as of
yore," remarked the oil.
NO" said the wick, II have been
turned down by Miss Maud because that
young Simpleton is coming Brooklyn
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Schoolmaster-A poet is called word
painter. Now, pommie, can you name
mo q great poetP ~
Tommie-Dadl He paints signs. New
Yorb Times
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'sMen differ" said the feminine
person OF varied experience. aSome
can be conquered with Tears, bnt
with others it's necessary to resort
to the hatpin. Cincinnati Enquir-
er,
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Wonderful! Marvellous !,

Are expressions frequently heard
about Foley's Kidney Cure. Do
not fail to try this great remedy for
sll kidney trouble.
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Runaway horses are unknown In Rus
sia. No one drives there without having o
thin cord with running moose around the
neck of the animal When an animal bolts,
the cord Is pulled, and the horse stops as
soon as it feels the pressure on the wind
nine
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The darkest hour is only an hour.

0ERFEcT and permanent are the
y cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, be-
cause it makes pure, rich, healthy,
life and health-giving BLOOD.