Evening star., 1898-08-26

wounded. I never expected to come
through the battle alive. much less without
a scratch. At least a dozen men were
killed or wounded right around me.
The major of our battalion called for two
men to go forward and locate the enemy,
so / and another man called Bolts jumped
up and ran forward to where we could
see the Spaniards the hill
1t seemed certain death to get up, the
bullets were flying so thick, but we got
back all right and reported. Bolts
afterward shot through the leg.
I have lost everything except the clothes
I have on. Your loving son,
JACK HAWTHORNE,
Company A, list New York Volunteers.
But no, Jack Hawthorne had not
lost his most precious possession OF
all: the heroic blood that courses in
his veins Heroic blood it was that
prompted both him and private Bolts
at the same instant to jump up and
rush forward with such alacrity in
the face of almost certain death.
All the world knows the name of
this young fellows grandfather, Ma
thaniel Hawthorne, author OF the
Scarlet Letter" and The Marble
Faun,' masterpieces of English lit
erature, but who has heard of Bolts,
the unromantic cognomen of the
Youngsters equally brave compan-
ion? What forefathers have handed
down to him the blood from which
heroes are made?
HERoIsM IS IN THE BLOOD.
Blood will tell" is an axiom that
in all the ages has never been gain
said Every man who does brave,
heroic act carries within his veins a
quality OF blood that urges and sus-
tains him. No matter whether he in
herits it from a long line of famous
ancestors or from the sound and
healthy constitution of his immediate
parents, whose only distinction is
honorable toll and simple, virtuous
life.
1t matters little where or how YOU
obtain it, but it matters all the world
that by some means you possess
good blood Good blood is first,
last and always the making of manly
men and womanly women 1t is the
source OF all courage, virtue and hap
piness.
CAN A MAN MAKE HIMSELF A HERO?
A mans first DUTY" said Henry
Ward Beecher, in a grand sermon
on human development, is to be a
good animal" A man may himself
begin the rehabilitation OF his ply
sical powers, laying the foundation
of his own manliness and of an in
heritance for those who come after
him more precious than fine gold
and rubies.
Men and women who are sick.
wretched, and incapacitated for their
full share, in the daily, hourly strug-
gle for existence, ought to carefully
determine whether or not their men
tai, moral and physical faculties may
be improved and advanced surely to
higher and nobler plane.
WHY PEOPLE DESPAIR
In the depth of sickness and
wrctchedness, men feel that theif
days OF courage and usefulness are
ended, women feel that they will
never more be equal to the duties
md burdens that come upon wife
and mother; but too often this sad
conclusion, and the deep and hope
less dependency that accompanies
il, are entirely erroneous.
1t comes because manly mentality
and womanly courage have been sap
ped and undermined by the subtle
disintegrating poison of physica
debility and mal-nutrition. The spirit
ceases to be willing" because the
flesh is weak: the blood is impover.
ished, the nutritive powers depleted
1t is by overcoming these physical
disabilities and restoring the force:
OF nutrition to full and complete