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GRANT TO RuckNER.

He Wrote Message While He Was Dy-
ing to His Former Adversary.
Mr.. John r. Proctor contributes to The
Century "A Blue and Gray Friendship"
describing the relations between Grant
and Buckner. The latter visited Grant at
Mount McGregor, and as General Grant
could not then speak, he wrote a message
to his friend and former adversary. This
is reproduced in facsimile for the first
time. The message was as follows:
II have witnessed since my sickness just
what have wished to sec ever since the
war-harmony and good feeling between
the sections. have always contended that
II there had been nobody left but the sol.
diers we would have had peace in year
Jubal Early and Hill are the only two that
/ know OF who do not seem to be satisfied
on the southern side. We have some on
ours who failed to accomplish as much as
they wished, or who did not get warmed
up to the fight until it was oil over, who
have not had quite full satisfaction The
great majority, too, Of those who did not
go into the war have long since grown
tired of the long controversy. We may
now well look forward to perpetual peace
at home and national strength that will
secure US against any foreign complication
believe myself that the war was worth
all 1t cost us, fearful as that was. Since 10
was over have visited every state iii Eu-
rope and number In the east. I know,
as did not before, the value of our inner
itance 4
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Punetured.

A young woman in Detroit, while en-
ioying bicycle ride on Belle Isle, was
much annoyed by 'masher" ON wheel,
who persisted in attempting to engage her
in conversation. Slsckening her speed,
she suddenly dismounted, and, leaning
over her wheel, began to examine one of
the pedals. He was off his machine in an
instant. "Allow me to assist you," said
he She said nothing, but releasing her
wheel to him took his to hold, while he
went down on his knees to the offending
pedal. He was no sooner on his marrows,
with his face to the ground, than she deft-
ly extracted hatpin and inserted the
point into the rear tire of his wheel BY
the time he had discovered there was abso-
lutely nothing wrong with the pedal and
that it was working as smoothly as me-
ohanical skill and bicycle Oil could make
1t the hatpin was resting inoffensively in
its proper place. AS she whirled merrily
out the avenue would be masher stood
by his bicycle with tire as fiat as the pro-
verbal pancake. Exchange
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ELECTRICITY.

1t has been said that If man thoroughly
comprehended the powers and possibilities
Of electricity he might almost hope to be-
come immortal. Electricity gathers, forms
and crystallizes the clements of life, while
1t also furnishes the material upon which
much Of our life depends. 1t can be used
to destroy disease germs and remove inju-
rious ingredients of all sorts. Among its
varied uses is that of cleansing or clarity
ing the strip prepared for sugar making.
A certain voltage evaporates the water In
the strip and clears it better than any
known chemical substance. Passing an
electric current through solution of salt
forms caustic soda and muriatic acid
Electricity is more powerful agent in
separating chemical elements than any
now in use and has the additional advan-
tage OF not introducing new compound in
the work. Heat from an electric furnace
surpasses that obtained from coal 1t Is
clean, manageable and will some day be
SO economical that it will supersede all
other means of heating. As an illuminat-
ing agent 1t Is successful beyond the wild
est dreams of its inventors. Electricity
enters into almost all of the processes Of
human existence. 1t is scarcely too much
to say that our heating lighting, trans
portation, chemical laboratories and food
products will within few years be entire
~ revolutlonized by this new power.
New York Ledger.
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Lima Bean Soup.

Mrs. Rover: Cook one pint Of
good-sized lima heans in salted water
until perfectly tender, and press
through colauder, Add to them
gradually one quart Of milk; turn
into double boiler, and add table.
spoonful of grated onion, a bay leaf
and blade of mace. Rub together
one tablespoonful of butter and two
OF -four; add to the mixture; stir
constantly until thick and smooth;
pnt through fine sieve; add tea
spoonful Of salt, a dash of pepper,
aud the soup, is ready to ssserve.
White beans, such as kidney, or any
OF the fresh shell beans, may be used
in the same way. The havorings
may be changed; celery salt may be
added in the place of bay leaf, or
q single Glove may be added
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Fell Dead.

These words are very familiar to
our renders, as not 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, asthmatic
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. M. Gilbert's j,
who also sells the New Heart Cure.
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A PEEP INTO AFRICA.
Marco Toio's account OF the Natives an
the Animals.

= -
the Animals.
The eastern coast Of Africa was ar an
known region In Marco Polo's day, and
when he had Travelled so far to the south
ern end Of Asia that he began to get
giimpses OF Africa he could not believe
that he heard reports from the eastern side
OF that continc1t-of which he already
knew something, as 1t formed the south
ern border of the Mediterranean sea- So
he speaks of Madagascar, which he calls
madagascar, and Zanzibar, which he calls
Zanghihar, as though they were parts Of
India. IL we remember that Marco was
the first writer, European or Asiatic, to
mention Madagascar by that name. and
almost the first to give the world any in
formation concerning that unknown land,
we may excuse the fact that his geography
Is sometimes mixed. But his descriptions
of the people and the animals Of eastern
Africa are pretty accurate, as may be seen:
They arc all black, their hair is as black
as pepper and SO frizzly that even with
water you can scarcely straighten it. And
their mouths are SO large their noses SO
turned up, their lips so thick, their eyes SO
big and bloodshot, that they look like very
devils. They are, in fact, SO hideously ugly
oA4Re tAAO WIN Aif<o oUOl1tilS W sllOW uuOFb
horrible.
There are also lions that are black and
quite different from ours And their sheep
are all exactly alike in color-the body all
white and the head black No other kind
of sheep is found there, you may rest as
sured. They have also many giraffes. This
is beautiful creature, and / must give
you description of it. Its body is short
and somewhat sloped to the rear, for its
hind legs are short while the fore legs and
the neck are both very long, and thus its
head stands about three PAGES from the
ground. The head is small, and the ami
NAL is not at all mischievous. Its color is
all red and white in round spots, and it is
really beautiful object.
The women of this island are the ugliest
in the world, with their great mouths and
big eyes and thick noses The people live
on rice and flesh and milk and dates and
they make wine of dates and of rice and of
good spices and sugar. There is great
deal of trade, and many merchants and
vessels go thither. True Story of
Marco Polo" by Noah Brooks, in ST.
Nicholas
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hoods
said: " You never know you
have takena pill till it is all
over" sc. c. l. Hood s. Co., 8 b q -
Proprietors, Lowell, Mass = y . a.
The only pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.

Little boyl" exclaimed the man
who had just turned the corner,
"don't you know its wrong for you
to match penniesf"
II amt matchin' pennies" he
answered, as he surrendered coin
to his antagonist. "I'm jus! tryin'
to. Detroit Free Press.
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House Plumbing.

"There Is nothing about q residence
plumbing system" says an authority,
THAT a child may not understand and
there is every reason why housewife
should be able to make her own periodical
inspection of all the fixtures of her home"
The kitchen sink should be frequently in
spected. 1t is often connected directly with
washtubs, its pipes receiving double waste.
Traps under sinks and closets should have
thumbscrew at their lowest turn, so that
they can be readily examined and cleaned
out. A test for the presence of sewer gas
is sugar of lead sprinkled on blotting pa
per. If this is held near pipes of closets
and Mushrooms 1t will quickly discolor If
sewer gas is present.
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A Million Friends.

A friend in need is FRIEND in
deed, and not less than one million
people have found just such friend
in DR.. Kings New Medical DiscoV
cry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds.-If you have never used this
Great Cough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful
curative powers in all diseases of
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each
bottle is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed or money will be refunded.
Trial bottles free at L. G. .Matthaei's
Drug Store. Large bottles SO cents
and 81.
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Suffered ~ Years With Kid
ney Disease.

Mr.. &. a. Stillson, merchant of
Tamico, H., writes "Foley's Kid
uey Cure is meeting with wonderful
success. 1t has cured some cases
here that physicians pronounced in
durable. l myself am able to testify
TO its merits. My face today is a
living picture of health and Feley's
Kidney Cure has made it such. /
had suffered twenty-seven years
with the disease, and today / feel
ten years younger than did one
year ago. / can obtain some won
derful certificates of its medical
qualities.
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S In eastern countries,
sssz=ss1- - in place of our story
writers, they have professional story
tellers. 1t is their art to interest their
listeners with tales of love, and marvellous
adventures, and hair-breadth escapes, and
magic cures. There's story of a wonder
full medicine that has made thousands of
cures that seemed almost magical which
every woman should read or hear. To
have heard il or to read II, may save wo-
man her own life or that of her husband.
The medicine Is the discovery of DR..
r. v. Pierce, an eminent and skillful spe.
cialist, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the great Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y 1t is
known as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t makes the appetite hearty the
digestion perfect, the liver active, the
blood pure and rich, the nerves steady, the
brain clear and the body strong. 1t is the
great blood maker and fiesh-builder, It
cures o8 per cent. of all cases of consump.
ton and diseases of the air-passages. It
cures nervous diseases and is the best med
icine for overworked men and women.
woman may save her husbands life by
keeping bottle in the house, and getting
him to resort to it when he feels out-of-
sorts. All men are needless about their
health. Medicines stores sell it. Doctor
Pierce's reputation is worldwide, and his
fellow townsmen, of Buffalo, N. Y, think
SO highly of him that they made him their
representative in Congress, but his great
love for his profession caused him to resign
that honorable position that he might de-
vote the remainder of his life to the relief
and cure of the sick.
Another good thing to have in the house
is vial of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
They cure biliousness and constipation
and never grippe.
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1.-The last man you sent to, the
front is not new journalist" COM
mented the city editor.
"How dc you know?" asked the
managing editor.
"Why, his dispatches are devoted
entirely to the movements of the
troops, instead Of to his own move.
ments and explanations as to where
he stood when anything happened"
Chicago Post,
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His Present.

What do you thinkp My wife's father
told me before we got married that he
would give mo handsome present on our
wedding day"
"And didn't he?'
"Well waited over a week, and as he
didn't mention the subject I asked him
for 1t, and all he said was, Why, didn't I
give you my daughterP' "-Philadelphia
Bulletin
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Scratch for Money.

A fathers lot is to dig and scratch
for money, but yet he should not neg
lect his baby's health. Provide your
baby with DR.. John w. Bulls Baby
Syrup when teething, and avoid much
suffering. Mr.. J. 2. Steiner, Aurora,
Mo-, who has had some experience
with this remedy, pronounces it "the
best medicine for babies he has ever
used in his family" 1t costs only 25
cents, but fathers should see that they
get DR.. John w. Bulls Baby Syrup.
For sale by ri. A. Snodgrass, 12N. Queen
street
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AS a brick fell from carrier q bod
it knocked down Spanish flag dis
played from a store front below.
"That must have been an Ameri.
can brick, y said passer-by.
"Yis," said the hodcarrier above
"but it was Oirish DESCENT" Rich.
mond Dispatch.
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What roared Big Pete, as he
iourished his wall-eyed revolver,
edo you mean to intimate that I'm
crooked"
Not at all, stsmmered the ten
derfoot. didn't / just say that it
was mighty strange how you could
win ten straight games7"-Detroit
Free Press.
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An English paper says that Florence
Nightingale received her Christian name
from the town In which she was born
Florence, Italy. Her name is not Night
ingale, but Shore, her father being Not
tingham banker who inherited the estates
Of Peter Nightingale on condition that he
assume the name"
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What is

Caste ria is Dz. Samuel Pitchers prescription ta- ynrr
and Children. 1T contains nc Their Opium. hEoyfi
other Narcotic substance. is fsg9naasa sls.uss
Paregoric, Drops Soothing syrsggs Castor Oil.
1t Is Pleasant. Its guarantee IS thirty years By
MILLIONS of Mothers Castors destroys and aiIays
feyerisness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour C1r.
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castcria relieves
teethng troubles constipation and latuIeRcy.
Castoria assimatcs the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Case
tori the Children's Panscea-the r1others Friend.
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"What kind Nv a cannon dew yew
call this one, Reub?" "That's a
twelve FOUNDER, father Don't
try to poke fun at yer father boy;
that thar cannon weighs ton or I'm
a isri''-Trnth.
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Leave the house, cried little
Binks, making brave bluff OF
strength to the burglar.
II intend to my small friend,p re-
piled the burglar, ..courteously. 81
am merely after the contents. When
l take houses l do it through the
regular resl-estate channels. '-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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Incontinence of watex during sleep
stopped immediately by Dr.. E.
DETCHoNs ANTI DIUREIIc. Cures
children and adults alike. Price 81.
Sold by L. G. Matthaei, Druggist,
Martinsburg, w. va.
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When You Take Your Vaca-
linn

the most necessary article to have
with you latter your pocket book) is
a bottle of Foley's Collie Cure. 1t
is an absolute prevention or cure of
all arrangements of the bowels
caused by change of water. You
are likely to need it.
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Nineteen years after the patent office
was established in Washington the first
patent was issued to woman, Mary Kiles,
who secured it for a method of weaving
silk or thread with straw This was in
fN0O
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Struck by Lightning.

A German statistician says that of every
10000 chimneys three are struck by light
ming, while of the same number of towers
and windmills 60 and so respectively are
struck.
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Truth Tersely Told.

Foley's Kidney Cure is a safe,
sure remedy for all kinds of kidney
and bladder diseases.
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A chain bridge over the Merrimao river
at Amesbury, Mass, is said to be the old
ast suspension bridge In the United States.
1t was built In 1902.
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Women say that long waist is a
sign of beauty. We rather admire
short wasted women.
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The man doesn't live who feels at
ease in room in which two women
are whispering.
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When widow begins to leave off
mourning, the person whose opinion
she fears worst is her mother-in. law.
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Paris has factory which annually turns
out 10000, 900 quill toothpioks-
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"No, sir,' said the Kansas editor,
"your services are no longer re-
CURED"
"May ! venture to ask why I'm
discharged
you're Too blamed funny. That
style may do in the blaze and heart
less east, but when you refer to q
death in cyclone as q terrible
blow to the family you oyerdo it
out here"
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A Word to Physicians.

Do you know that many. broad
minded physicians are using Foley's
Honey and Tar Cough Syrup in
their practice. They have found no
remedy that gave as satisfactory
results for all throat snd lung COM
plants as this great cough medicine.
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are they who have not Foley's Collie
Cure as q safe guard in the family.
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euzzaxm
asy to Take
- q sy TO Operate

Are features peculiar to Hoods Pills. Small IN
size, tasteless, efficient, thorough AS one man
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Arthur-"Wh hat did you tell him?n
Ramsey-"l told him to go on
the other side of the street and yell
three cheers 'or Spain. '-Harper's
Razar
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Castoria.

aCastoria is an excellent medicine for Chill
aren. Mothers have repeatedly tol3 me Of its
good effect upon their children"
On. g. G. OseooD,
Lowell, Mass.
~Castoria Is the lest remedy for children :,
which am acquainted hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, AMI use Castoria in
stead of the various uaek nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfld
agents down their throats, Thereby sending
shem TO premature grsves-"
Dr. J. 2. KIEcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
~. y
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Penny Wise and Pound Fool
ish
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Ramsey-"While walking down
the street the other evening Span
lard asked me if / could tell him the
quickest way to tie nearest hos
It'll
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FRAZER AXL.:
Il 4 A y ;. :;:;' &C. GREASE
1yr3
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DtADr $0At y ~ A4a ct X Has
Act on new principle-regulat
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through the nerves. A new dis
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cure biliousness, bad taste, torpid
liver, piles, constipation. Unequal
ed for men, women children SMALL
est, mildest, surestg so doses, 25
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Chanberiain's Eye and EkG
Ointment.
A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyea
letter. Salt RAeum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
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ard Pies. It's cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of eases have been cured =
ii after ali other treatment sssa isilss
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A face at the window

1t is haggard and motionless.
Two wrinkled hands crossed in peace;
gray head resting against the sill.
A tired mother in Israel, sleeps at
last. Ended are the trials and heart
breaks. Ended are the tolls and
troubles Moonbeams gently rest
on the aged face. Night birds call
from the woodland.
Beyond the parting and the meeting,
Beyond the farewell and the greeting"
Josie is there. Papa las con Q
home at last.