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,rohn Pau, Jonos Was n scotchman.

John Paul Jones was born in 1747,
in the parish of Kirkbean, upon the
Solway Firth, in the southwestern part
of Scotland. His family name was
Paul, that of Jones being assumed
later. Thirty miles south of Kirk
bean, on the other side of Firth, and
therefore in England, is the port of
Whitehaven, whence he sailed during
the early part of his maritime career,
which began at the age of twelve. His
voyages, of which, however, only an
incomplete record remains, were chiefly
to the West Indies and to the North
American continent. In the latter an
elder brother, William Paul, had set
tied at Fredericksburg, in Virginia.
There John Paul visited him from
time to time, as opportunity offered;
and when William died, in 1773, leav-
iDga considerable property. John went
there to live and to settle the estate.
It was then that he formed the pur-
pose, before quoted, of abandoning
the sea; moved thereto, doubtless, by
the prospect of q reasonable compe-
tence which had thus opened to him.
-Scribner's Magazine.
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receipt to the regimental quarter
master, who keeps it for his voucher.
The same formula for the issuing Of
clothing is followed in the navy.
{, The army and navy uniforms are
made in nearly every large city Of the
Union, and the cost. of those for the
priyates is about SIS, and those for
men before the mast is about $8 per
Off cera uni rms range in
price from $50 to 8 8. A Dnilet VIII,
however, pierce the one as quickly as
the other. The uniform of the gen.
eral officers of the army is o double
breasted blouse of dark blue cloth or
serge, with four outside patch pockets
with flaps, rolling collar, with two
rows of buttons, grouped according to
rank, of the same kind as those worn
on the dress coat. For all other Of
fcers single-breasted blouse is worn,
of dark blue cloth or serge, with four
outside pockets with flaps, falling col
lar. with five buttons in front Of the
same kind as those worn on the dress
coat. The skirt of the dress coat ex-
tends from one-third to one-half the
distance from the hip joint to the
knee
Quite as important as the clothes
are the shoes. For Cuban service the
men will wear dark brown canvas
clothes, but the shoes will be the
same as worn at home. They are COM
mon brogans, these shoes, stout Of
upper and mighty of sole and heel.
In fact, the army shoe is not o thing
of beauty, but on the march it is ajoy
forever, as every veteran knows. They
are made of cowhide, and, if possible,
of the hide of very tough COW at
that. They are exceedingly broad of
sole and heel, and are made with the
double view OF securing durability and
comfort
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army and the paymaster-general for
the navy. In time of peace the duty
involves considerable labor. In time
of:;war, and especially at the begin
ming of hostilities, when the public
are crying for o million men to be
enlisted, clothed and put at the front
ID IA minute, the task assumes the
proportions Of q mountain in fog.
Es rtsrsnas nersl, fer
instance. It is his duty to see that,
the big army which t he President
has called to give battle to the Span
iish. is clothed at the very earliest pos
sible moment. His usual sources of
supply are quickly exhausted. 9th
ers must be found. The clothing
must be made. The first thing the
quartermaster- general does is to as
certain, as nearly as possible, the ex-
act number of suits required, the kind
of suits, the number of shoes and
underclothing, also hats. The exact
kind is then specified in detail, and
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/ He.r. .Anceatar.


An Australian woman of great charm
and tact tells many amusing stories oi
the strange questions put to her by
people with thirst for information
about her native land.
''It is very common thing for me
to be asked if the bushes are still
thick where I live, OF whether our
house is,in the clearing" she says,
plaintively; ''and I know they often
regard my veracity as doubtful
quantity when I tell them Australia
is not all bush by any means. But
an old lady asked me new question
one day. She evidently supposed
that all the dwellers in Australia were
descendants of the criminals trans
ported to Botany Bay.
"'Is it possible for convicts to edu-
cate their children so well, ordinar-
ily?' this terrible old Englishwomar
asked me, surveying me through her
lorgnette as I finished telling one of
her friends about my school days.
But my father was not q convict,
madam I said, with natural sur.
prise.
".Ah,' she said, meditatively,
then I suppose it was your grand
father who was sent there. Of course
much can be done in the third genera
tion.'
ct should have been angry Eif' it
had been worth WHILE" the Australian
adds, with admirable wisdom. ''But
she surveyed me so impersonally that
I didn't even tell her there was actu-
ally part of the population of my
country which did not come from
convict stock. Youths Companion.
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Dispatches from Cuba tell how the
soldiers of our army, burdened with
hot flannel uniforms and heavy out
fits, are throwing away everything
they can on the march; even their
coats. In the terrible heat every
ounce of weight adds to discomfort
while marching, and, regardless of the
future, men are casting aside blankets,
extra clothing. tin plates and other
articles in their Merriam kits, caring
only to tighten their burdens.
Men in regular marching order who
have been sent to Cuba, volunteers as
we'll as regulars, carry in all nearly
sixty pounds, including their rifles:
enough to stagger o man in d cool
climate. This casting away Of every
superfuois article is not new prac-
tice, for it was done by tens of thous-
ands of men III the Civil War and
has been done by soldiers in al.
most all other wars.
Recognizing the unftness of the
regulation uniforms for the tropics,
the Government is having 40, 900 cot
ton drilling and duck uniforms made,
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which will greatly add to the comfort
and general appearance Of the soldiers.
Already 1000 of these suits have been
completed and shipped to Tampa to
be forwarded to Cuba for General
Shafter's command. as;
The new campaign uniform for in
fantry is made of canvas duck or drill.
Its Distinguishing feature is q Norfolk
siaeket, bl0use effect wi <
plait down the back. There are four
pockets in the front and five buttons.
The two upper pockets are faced with
blue cloth, the epaulet straps, cuffs
and collars being of the same material
and color.
The uniform is made with felled
seams. Brown canvas leggings some
what darker than the uniform are
used. A web cartridge belt, blue
wooden blanket, haversack to contain
tin plate, knife. fork and spoon and
rations, n water bottle and tin cup
complete the equipment. No KNAPP
sack is used.
The trimmings of the cavalry uni
form are yellow and of the artillery
red.
Regulation army uniforms now in
use are lined and weigh about eight
pounds, being better suited for use in
the Arctic regions than in q climate
where the suns rays are as hot as the
blasts from a furnace. The lining
carefully sewed inside the coats makes
them doubly warm, and officers do not
wonder that the men under them cast
the garments aside. in disgust.
Different from any uniform ever be-
fore worn by any United States troops
are the new styles adopted, and they
are as attractive looking as they are
durable. The cloths used in the suits
for the Cuban campaign are what are
known to the trade as drill weave and
duck. Housewives would call the first
named material cotton drilling.
Suits of these materials weigh less
than half as much as the uniforms now
in use, and because of their looser
weave are much cooler. The cotton
drill uniforms, which are Of light
buff color, weigh just two pounds and
fourteen ounces, while the duck, which
are light reddish tan, weigh four ounces
more.
No colors could be found bet
ter adapted for service in @ country
where the men are exposed to dust and
dirt in all kinds of weather, and even
after hard, long campaign it is ex-
pected the uniforms will still present
fairly respectable appearance.
In style the coats for all depart
ments of the service, infantry, artillery
and cavalry, are like the once popular
Norfolk jacket, with belt of the same
material. The trimmings are of the
same style, but of different colors, blue
for the infantry, red for the artillery
and yellow for the cavalry.
This trimming, which lends an at
tractive bit of color to the uniforms,
consists of deep facing at the ends Of
the sleeves, over the lapels of the two
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$S each. Four big pockets are made
in the coats:
Dressed -in these suits, with the
light underwear being provided by
the Government, the soldiers will feel
like new men. No attempt probably
will be made to carry the kit on forced
marches, except when absolutely nee
cessary.
Officers will wear uniforms of finer,
but no more comfortable, material.
The cloth is known as kahke in India,
where it comes from, and is like
brown linen. Uniforms of this cloth
cost about $25.
I'm addition to the canvas and drill
uniforms, which will be sent to the
CAMPS in the South as we'll as to
Cuba, the Government is providing
blue flannel suit, unlined; which
weighs only few ounces more than
three pounds.
Clothing the army and navy is one
ofithe most important problems pre-
sented to the War and Navy Depart
ments for solution. The quartermas-
ter-general performs the task for the
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No More Burnt Fingers.

Inventive genius has come to the
aid of the millions of people who have
been burning their fingers by holding
on too long to blazing matches. Upon
the market has been placed brand of
matches with the reverse end satur-
ated for distance of half an inch with
a chemical compound, pink in color,
and impervious to fire. When the
blaze reaches the chemically treated
wood it goes out, leaving the fingers
unscorched. A Swedish inventor Is
the originator Of the improvement
Trade Review.
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bids for the whole or part of the
clothing needed. Accompanying every
bid is check to guarantee that the
terms of the contract will be carried
out to the letter.
These bids are submitted, together
with samples of the goods required.
The bids are carefully examined and
compared and the lowest bidder (the
quality Of goods being satisfactory
gets the contract. The goods con-
manufacturers and jobbers in that
line of business are invited to submit
tracted for must be ready on time and
delivered to the Government. When
they are delivered they are inspected
by Government officials and, if all
right, accepted. Then they are for
warded to the store house of the army
at Philadelphia to await orders.
When a regiment is recruited and
sworn into the United States service,
the captain of each company makes
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Margot was undressing. Every
body knows that q girls undressing
takes much longer than her dressing.
Tonight Margot was longer than
usual; that is to say, about two hours.
She combed her tresses in an absent
minded way for full forty minutes.
At the end of that period (by which
time the air round her comb must
have been charged with great quan-
tity Of electricity she sat down on the
side of her bed and decided to accept
Reginald.
She arrived at this decision by the
appended route of reasons:
s'It was all a plot-fancy! He
bribed the tramp to attack me so that
he might rescue me, and-and make
me like him." She then turned to the
left, thus: "But I have liked him all
along, ever So"
And to the right as follows: cit
was deceitful thing to do; most girls
would have nothing more to say to
him."
She then recollected that Reginald
had often Informed her that she was
quite different to other girls. Margot
did not bear in mind that every cub
in love tells his sweet one this. Hav-
ing been informed of the fact by such
an excellent Judge of character as
Reginald, she now believed herself to
be on exceptional girl, quite out of
the common ruck. Therefore she
went straight ahead in this Pharisaic
fashion.
$50, as I am not like most girls, I
shall accept Reginald. I believe him
to be an honorable boy, the soul Of
truth and the embodiment Of integrity,
so that he must be very, very fond of
me to have stopped SO low as to league
with horrid tramp against me. lam
fortunate to be so beloved"
And with this Margot said her
prayers and got into bed.-London
Weekly Sun.
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Record in Clothes Milking.

Thomas Kitson, employed in one of
the cloth mills of Pennsylvania, had
six sheep sheered at $50 o'clock one
morning recently. The wool was then
sorted, secured, dried, carded, spun,
woven into cloth and the cloth was
given to the tailors and made up into
q suit of clothes which were given to
Mr.. Kitson at 1884 o'clock, or six
hours and four minutes from the time
of shearing. The best previous rec.
ord was about eight hours.
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knights arm. Reginald, with certain
vague misgivings, faced round on the

knights arm. Reginald, with certain
vague misgivings, faced round on the
man.
sStorp-'ere-where's that other
'arfquid?" gasped Grimes, hoarsely.
"What do you meanH" demanded
Reginald, bound to keep his end up
before Miss Carpenter,
''The other 'arf:dnid you said you'd
give. he for attackin' this yer young
ggeellr' was Grimes's explanatory re-
joinder.
Margot gazed wonderingly at Reg
inald, whose face told her that the
tramp was attempting no illegal ex-
tortion. Reginald sew smile creep.
ing round her lips. Silently he ehand-
ed Grimes the coin. The tlamp
pocketed it, and then departed, CIV
ing vent to what sounded in Reginald's
ears like satirical chuckle.
When he had gone Margot and Reg
inald wheeled silently bart to Wood
chester, parting, with some little EN-.
barrassment, at Margot's gate.
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rha MOST Beartiful Gardens.

The finest gardens in the world are
the royal gardens at Kew, England.
They cover an area of about 270 acres,
and are visitefb by about !, 800, cooper.
sons year. The gardens contain the
finest collection of exotic plants in the
world, palm house, winter garden,
a museum, an observatory and school
for gardentys,
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A Dwarf Painting.

What is perhaps the smallest paint
ing in the world is the work of a
Flemish artist. The canvas is the
smooth side of kernel of common
white corn. So s't;llfully has the ar
tist worked that even in this small
space there is painted a picture OF
considerable latitude. THERE'S mill
on terrace, a miller with a sack OF
grain On his back. By the building
stands horse and cur, and in the
roadway is o group of peasants.
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The king was furious, and upbraided
his old comrade in arms bitterly for
what he considered disrespect. In
explanation Won Zeithen said:
"Why, your majesty, I am the large
blot in the center, the enemy is any
one of the four smaller blots. He can
march upon me from the right or left,
from the front or rear. If he does, I
simply advance upon any one OF the
four lines and lick him where find
him."
Frederick the Great was satisfied.
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Editora in China.

Careless or impolite editors are not
tolerated in China. The Peking Ga
zette announces that an editor of that
city, who in referring to certain dead
Chinese rulers had omitted to give
their full titles, has just had his pun
ishment commuted from being slowly
sliced to pieces to simple decapitaticn.
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uniforms are needed. makes requist=
ton on the quartermaster-general, who
draws the supplies needed from the
depot at Philadelphia.
Upon the delivery of tile clothingto
the regimental quartermaster, the
captains of the several companies are
notified. The captains march their
men to headquarters and there they
receive the clothing apportioned to
them and for which the captain gives
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Heart Facts and Figures.

The human heart is six inches in
length, four inches in diameter and
beats on an average seventy times a
minute, 4200 times an hour, 100, 800
times day and 36, $4,000 times in
the course OF the year, so that the
heart of an ordinary man eighty years
Of age hau beaten 5000. 100000 times,
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Miss Carpenter generally went rid
inc on that dreadful invention of mod
ern times, a "bike," on most fine
afternoons between two and four of
the clock. Z should like to say, as
the late G.. P. r. James so often said,
that my heroine might have been OBJ
served galloping over the moor on
beautiful coal-black steed of rare
blood and mettle-but I can not. The
age of romance has been sbabbily
buried, T should like to say that her
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CATCH THE SUNSHINE.

Catch the sunshine! Tho it ffckers
,Thro' dark and dismal cloud,
Tho it falls so faint and feeble
On heart with sorrow bowed.
Catch 1t quickly! 1t Is passing,
Passing rapidly away;
It has only come to tell you
There is yet brighter day.
Catch the sunshinel tho lifes tempest
May unfurl its chilling blast,
Catch the little hopeful straggler!
Storms will not forever last.
Don't give up, and say, "Forsaken!
Don't begin to say, "I'm sad!'
Look! There comes CLEAN OF sunsh1ne!
Cstsh It'll oh, it seems so glad!
Catch the sdttshine! Don't be grievinG
Der that darksome billow therel
Life's sea of stormy pillows,
We must meet them everywhere.
Pass hight through them! Do not tarry,
Overcome ths heaving tide.
There's a sparkling CLEAN OF sunshine
: Waiting on the other side.
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TROS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR
OPTIMISM.

4
There's word Of gentle meaning,
"Afterwkfie."
It's the sesame OF dreaming,
- '<AFterwhile."
When our fortunes halt and vary,
It's the watchword of the fairy,
FraD hopes sweet VOCABULARY,
"Afterwhile.
y We will hear no sounds of battle,
"Aiterwhile,"
We will miss the cannon's rattle,
"Afteswhilc."
Men will put away the saber
And together they will lab or
Each to .ielp helping neighbor,
'Afterwhile."
~
This old earth will cease its sorrow.
"Afterwhile."
There will dawn peaceful morrow,
(. "Atterwhile."
When oil grief is but tradition,
, Giving Ctis it's rightfti misslon)
Contrast to EfeNs blest condition,
"AftefwAile."
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Ready For the Enemy at Every Point.

Frederick the Great, desiring to pro.
cure the opinion of his generals on
strategy, at one time asked them to
submit to him plans of campaign for q
supposititious case. A number of
most elaborate plans were submitted.
Hans Joachim Won ziethen, the fam.
Gus cavalry general, produced queer
diagram in black ink. IT represented
a big blot in the center, intersected by
two black lines, whose four termini
ended each in smaller blot thus:
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out q requisition for the number of
uniforms needed and forwards the
requisition to the quartermaster of the
regiment. The colonel approves of
the requisition, and then it is for.
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ARGOT had no
very particular
reason for re-
T u S i n & the
young gentle
man who was
SO very desir-
Gus of being
hsr r eggie.
Yet had she
spoken ID a t
fatal monosyl-
liable which has
,t,,,o1, oo1l ~
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Healthy Hungary.

In Hungary there are thousands of
villages and hundreds of small towns
without q doctor within ten miles.
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PITH AND POINT.

"Why do they nave such polsy uu-
sic at the e1hibition?" TO drown
all comment, I suppose. ."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Ibid YOU hear old Longbow's lat
est story?" 'Nope." "Says he saw
hoop snake with rubber tire
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What is time immemorial' Uncle
Jim?" "Time imn1emorial is as far
back as you feel posted on ancient
history. Chicago Record.
Safeguarding lovers are really
only amusing themselves. He
"And married couples in row amuse
tbs neighbors. indianapolis Jour
nal.
Mrs. J.-"Are there any good dry
goods advertisements in the paper
this morning?' Mr.. J.-"Really, 1
don't know. usually read the other
part. ."-Someryille Journal.
Husband langrily, after some
what heated argument with his better
half)-"Do you take me for a fool?"
Wife (soothingly)-"No, John. But
may be mistaken. ."-Tit-Bits.
Dollie-"He promised to send back
nv lock of hair, but he hasn't done 1T
vet" Mollie-'That's the way with
these hair restorers-all promise and
no performance. - Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Uncle "a lawyer)-"Well, my boy,
I'm sorry to hear that you are study
ing law. I can't see any way that
young lawyer can make money now"
Nephew- "Where there's q will there's
a Truth.
Office Boy Ito his employer)-"Mr.
Brown, outside, sir, wants to see the
Junior partner. +" Junior Partner
'.Not in; owe him $780," Senior
Partner-'Sh him in; he owes me
$40" O."-Harper's Bazaar.
Excited Lady lat telephone)-
want my husband, please astonce.
Voice from the exohange) Number.
please?' Excited Lady tsnappishly)
t.Only the fourth, you impueent
thing Boston Globe. g
sIid t,at s: gir &, reesig9 e. g;
|. yonr! letter Offering niarf 3 i3tfes
wouldn. have me because i don't like
Ibsen, but she said my spelling and
punctuation were better than she e2-
pected." Chicago News.
CT am very much afraid that our
friend Mr.. Fritters lacks application"
remarked the business man. Not at
ALL" replied the friend. "He ap-
plies to me for @ loan once week
regularly. Washington Star.
GLOW is the young king getting on
in his studies?" inquired one member
of the Spanish cabinet. "Well," re-
Piled the other, che doesn't seem to
have nearly as much trouble with
geography as we have. Washington
Star.
Mudkins-"what would you say,
sir, if I should tell you that I love
your daughter?" Mr.. Cashtuburn-
-'Not q. word, sir; not word!
Your audacity would simply hold me
spellbound. u Philadelphia North
American.
"Did that man directly assail my
credit?" asked the indignant caller at
the bank. "Not directly" replied
the bookkeeper. "But he said that
it would be great deal more appro-
pirate if that promissory note you
gave him had been written in Span"
ish. Detroit Free Press.
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New Kind of window Pane.

A novel sort of window glass has
been invented. Persons on the in
side of the house can see through it,
but it is Opaque to those on the out
side.
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Toads and insectivorous birds from
the United States are being introduced
in Hawaii,
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!. {HG MIND OF A MAID.
CHARACTERS.

CHARACTERS.
Margot Carpenter. .........A young lady
Reginald Oldercheek "A young gentleman
Grimes. ..............>.,At tramp
Scene-MarSot's boudoir, afterwards
Woodchester High Road, and afterwards
: N&rgot's bedroom.
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upper pockets, shoulder straps and
around the low cut military collar.
The trousers are perfectly plain.
The uniforms of privates and non
commissioned officers are worth about
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ROENTGEN RAYSIN WAR.
A PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR THE
USE OF ARMY SURGEONS.

Results of tile Employment of x Rays In
HtI1itary Surgery Oh the Recent From
tier Expedition in 1ndia-Worling tho
annarrafus at the Front.