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No honor attended his marches; no sue
cess his manuvcrs and, overshadowed by
King Joseph, he scarcely ever appears
above the surface in that last effort to hold
the Peninsula. He was present at the
battle Of Vittoria, in which the French army
was utterly routed; and was so hotly pur-
sued after the retreat, or rather flight, COM
menced, that he lost his Marshal's trun-
cheon
INJURY TO NAPoLEoN's PROSPECTS.
This most singular battle, in which the
French army seemed to have been sud
denly turned into cOwardly Spaniards,
gave a mortal blow to the prospects of Ma
polcOn in Spain-for, although Soult was
afterwards sent to restore them, he achieved
only transient success. AS Napier re-
marks, there never was an army so badly
used by its commanders as the French in
this battle, for the soldiers were not half
beaten when the flight began.
Jourdan, after this, remained idle, and
took no part in the last struggle of Napo-
leon. On the abdication OF the latter he
gave in his adhesion to Louis Xviii, and
was made Knight OF ST. Louis. When the
news of the Emperor's return from El5a
reached Paris, he retired to the countr,
and for some time took sides with neither
party; but at length he came over to his
old allegiance, and was given a seat in the
Chamber OF Peers, and appointed to defend
DeSdHCOU
Soon after the second restoration, he was
placed over the Seventh Military Division
and restored to his seat in the Chamber of
Peers.
la 1890 he gave adhesion to Louis Phil
ippe, who, years before, had fought under
his command in the republican armies;
and was appointed by him Governor of the
Invalides, which Office he continued to
hold till his death, in 1888.
Jourdan was good General, but not a
great one; at least, not a great one under
the system which Bonaparte introduced
All his habits OF command, and modes of
conducting campaign or battle, were
fixed before military science underwent
such a change under the genius of the
young Corsican. He was in advance of
the military leaders with whom he was
first brought in collision as Commander-in-
Chief, and at Tleurus, in a great and de-
cisive pitched battle, had proved himself
an able General.
But he could not adapt himself to the
changes that were introduced. One or two
important victories usually fix certain
notions i'm the head Of him who wins them
that nothing can afterwards root out. At
least, they give way so slowly that he who
possesses them is laid aside as a man be-
longing to another age.
This was somewhat the case with Jour
dan. He, as well as Moreau, could not
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"THAT TERROR of MOTHERS"
How it was overcome by
Nova SCOtian mother
Who is we'll known as an author.

c. ]. woodbridge. wortham. Tex, writes:
lone of my children had Group. One
night I was startled by the chiid's hard
breathing, and on going to II found il
straugliug. II had nearly ceased to breathe.
Having a part of a bottle of DR.. Ayers
Cherry Pectorai IN the house. / gave the
child three doses, at short intervals aud
anxiously waited results. From the mo-
meut the Pectoral was given The chiid's
breathing grew easier, and in a short time
it was sleeping quietly aud breathing nat
urally. The child is alive and well to-day,
and I do not hesitate to say that Ayers
Cherry PeCtoral saved its iifc."-C. ].
WOODBRIDGE. Worthsm. Tex.
These statements make argument in
favor of this remedy unnecessary. II -
a family medicine that no home should be
without. 1t is just as efficacious in bron-
chitis, asthma, whooping cough. and all
other varieties of coughs, as it is in Group.
To put it within everyo1e's reach, DR..
Ayers Cherry Pecioral is now put up in
half size bottles, a, half price-5o cents
Send for ayers Curebook Gree and read
of other cures effected by Dr. Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. Address the J. c. Aver
Co., Lowell, Mass.
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W. IN Profuy Best French Pictures

the first and chief military leaders who
helped TO roll hack the tide of aggression
fror, the French borders, and opened the
great tragedy that ended with the carnage
of Waterloo.
The Marshals of Napoleon arc regarded
by many as SO many ferocious animals let
loose on the continental armies; but let
such eXcept, at least, Jourdan, the off
spring of our own Revolution, and who won
his renown in carrying out the very prin-
ciples Washington and Lafayette implanted
in his breast.
True, where he was compelled 10 struggle
Liberty assumed the form of a hateful
reptile, and dragged her slime over ruined
altars and deserted firesides. But. even
there, she will yet appear in her beauty, TO
cheer and 10 bless.
soJoURN IN THIS COUNTRY.
Jourdan passed several years in the
United States, so that his character and
principles tecame settled under the in
ildcnce Of our institutions, and when he re-
turned 10 France 1t was natural he should
enter, heart and soul, into the Revolution.
In 1891 lie commanded u battalion under
D0umourieZ. and the next year fought
braNcly at the battle of Jemappc. In 1893
he WAS made General Of Division, and in
October was appointed TO take command of
the army in Flanders in place of Houchard,
who had been executed Tor want OF energy
in conducting the war. The republican
armies needed the most efficient man at
their head in order to resist the coalitions
against which they were forced 10 contend;
and Houchard having endangered the
campaign by his tardiness, was tried and
uniustly executed.
Jourdan, who short time before at
Handschootc had mounted the cnemy's
works with the greatest intrepidity, and
showed himself man of energy and dar
ing, was put in his place, with the most
peremptory orders 10 attack the enemy
and drive them over the French borders.
Young, untried in chief command, and
fighting at the foot of the scalfOld, he,
nevertheless, did not shrink from the task;
and, at the head of hundred thousand
men, boldly took the field.
The Austrians were strongly posted at
Wattignies, but Jourdan, obcying his or
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OF all the evils that attack children
scarcely any other Is more dreaded than
Group. 1t so often comes IN the night.
The danger is so great. The climax is SO
sudden. 1t is wonder that Mrs. w. ].
Dickson better known under her pen
name of stamford Eveleth,") calls il "the
terror of mothers" Nor is II any wonder
that she writes in terms of praise and
gratitude for the relief which she has
found both from her own anxieties. and
for her childreu's ailments, in DR.. ]. c.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Memory does not recall the time when
DIR. Ayers Cherry Pcctoral was not used in
our family, for throat and lung troubles.
That terror of mothers-thc startling,
croupy cough-never alarmed me. so long
as had bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectorai
in the house to supplement the hot-water
bath. when suffering with whooping
cough, In its worst form, and articulation
was impossible on account Of the choking,
my children would point and gesticulate
toward the bottle; for experience had
taught them that relief was in its con-
tents."-Mrs. w. J. DICKSON e. Stanford
Evelcth"). author of Romance of the
Provinces" Truro, ~. s.
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PUZZLES AND QUERIES.
Some Problems Which are Really
Worth While Working Out.

The Editor of the Puzzle Column has had
occasion To leave Washington repeatedly
recently, and by reason of this, as well as
from the fact that although he can answer
many things, yet he cannot count straight;
the publication of Questions and Answers
has been irregular and the numbers have
become confused. With the numbers sub
Joined, however, he AYERS that he means to
start new leaf.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE.
Answers to questions appearing Dec. 9,
and numbered 81 to 20, are given in this
number. Answers 10 later questions have
been received, andwill he noticed and pub
lislled in their order.
Harry Matthews, Kinsman, o., answers
correctly 63 and &c. Alex Van, Franklin,
ILL.,, answers 81 and 6S correctly. Asa w.
Slayton, Grand Rapids, Mich, Co. b, 18th
Mich, answers So to SO, all correctly. Com
rade SlaytOn also propOunds new ques-
tons, which appear below. Will T. Welch,
Boston, Mass, sends answ ers to 81, SO and
61, which while they must be adiudged
correct, seem of an unscientific levity.
Answers.
81. All the metals are more or less like
tin in c>lor-i. e., white-except four. Gold
barium and calcium are yellow, and cop
per is red.
81. A dolichocephalic skull is one whose
width as compared to its length does not
are dolichocephalic.-A W. Slayton. A
dolichocephalic skull must refer to long
headed, bean eating Yankee. = viii T.
Welch
81. A mixture of about two parts of lead to
one of tin makes soft solder, used for solder
ing tin and sheet metals generally. Melts
at about AGO degrees. Hard solder is mix
ture of copper and silver, used in brazing. 1t
fuses above red heat (977) and must be melt
ed in a fire.-Asa w. Slayton- L don't know
what hard solder is made of, but it sticks
things together. Soft solder (soft sawder)
generally goes a great way towards stick
ing things.-Will Il. Welch.
Ga. The Symmes Hole theory was that
centrifugal force had thrown the matter
forming the earth away from the axis, thus
leaving hole at each pole and the interior
hollow, probably inha bita b,e.-Asa W.
Slayton. By taking a ball of twine and
unwinding it from the center, after two
thirds have been taken away, it will leave
a fair representation of the earth as it was
conceived of by Symmes. His ina gination
pictured the inside world as was the
outside, with seas, mountains, rivers,
plains, etc.-Alex Van. | haven't time to
write it out, but the Symmes Hole idea can
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WASHINGTON THURSDAY 49, 1885,

though not partaken of the passion or
energy that bore il on.
Had Napoleon trusted him will, his
armies, and brought him under the in
fluence OF his genius in sorie of his great
campaigns, it might have been different.
But he entirely neglected him, or only
put him in places calculated to break
the spirit of any man.
Jourdan remained inactive for two years,
but in 1912, when Napoleon set out on his
expedition 10 Russia, he was ordered TO re-
turn TO Spain in his old capacity of Major
General. Here he sustained the appella-
ton given him of "the anvil" and was
called to very little active service except TO
conduct inglorious retreats.
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was strongly opposed, and, the excitement
running high, the ,mlembers of the clubs
assembled in great numbers around the
palace of the Five Hundred, and openly
insulted the Deputies
1t was in the midst of this confusion, the
report spread that Bernadotte was about to
put himself at the head of the patriots,
and excite an insurrection. 1t was on this
occasion also, that ithe Directory, alarmed
and agitated, dismissed him from office,
under the form Of an acceptance of his
resignation.
The news of this high handed act reached
the Council of Fivd Hundred, Just as they
were about to vote son .Jourdan's resolu-
ton. Alarm instantly seized the patriots,
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ders, marched rapidly against them. After
a severe action, in which he lost more than
a thousand men, he was compelled to
draw off his troops. The next day, how
ever, he renewed the combat Conccn-
trating his forces on the most important
point, he, at daylight. moved his army, in
three massive columns, on the enemy
The artillery opened with "a heavy and
rapid fire, but their steady roar could not
drown the enthusiastic shouts, and songs
of freedom with which the French soldiers
rushed 10 the attack.
HEADLoNG ONSET.
Like the shouts OF CromwelI's army.
they fell in ominouS tones on the enemy's
lines, telling TO the world the spirit that
imDelled them on. Nothing could resist
their headlong onset; and over the cnemy's
works, and over their ranks, the excited
thousands went, treading down everything
in their path, and strewing the field with
6,00e bodies.
This victory relieved Flanders, and
threw a ray OF light across the darkened
prospects of the Republic. Jourdan was
hailed as the savior OF his country, and
Immediately summoned TO Paris, 10 con-
suit with the Committee of Public Safety
on future operations. Attending the Jaco-
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dilu IL WdS ueCIdIcO
aloud that some eX-
traordinary meas
ures were in prcpa-
ration. In the heat
of the excitement
caused by this an
nOucement, Jourdan
arose in his place,
and in a stern vcice
exclaimed, LET us
swear to die in our
curule chairs!'
"My head shall
fall" replied Augcr-
eau, "before any out
rage shall be com
mitted upon the ma
tional representa-
ton. " The tumuIt
increased, and be-
fore the house could
be quieted, the reso-
luton to declare the
country in danger
was put and lost.
After this, things
went on as they had
done before, and
everyone was cast
ing about for some
one to arise and
arrest the disasters
abroad, and qucil
the tumult at home.
Affairs were in this
state when Bona
parte returned from
Egypt, and, throwing
himself into the
chaos, soon showed
that he was the
spirit called for by
the times.
Jourdan, however,
kept aloof; and with
Augereau remained
at ST. Cloud, while
this young General
yuoc uroctinU the
The National tribune., 1898-01-13

BRoxCHITIs. Sudden changes of the
weather cause Bronchial Troubles. " Bro,crs's
Bronchial Troches" will give effective relief.
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"Macaulay.

EDITORIAL NOTE: The fascinating serial
Napoleon and His Marshals viii run
through the greater part of the coming year.
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A CRISIS Is REACHED.

Jourdan belonged to the patriots, who
were in the minority; and, in order to do
to check the disorders and
arouse public spirit, proposed the resolu-
ton declaring the country in danger. This
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MARSHAL JOURDAN.
CHAPTER VII.

SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE AAiERI-
CAN REVOLUTI0N-T1I VICTORY AT
WATTIGNIES-A FLEURU.S-A MEM
Der OF THE COUNCIL OF FIVE HUN
DEED-MAJOR-G GENERAL IN SPAIN.
HIS CHARACTER,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-19
The Kouaka and the Mule.

An interesting incident happened
when | WAS in Honolulu" said Senator
Morgan. You know the natives are
magnificent swimmers. They take to
the water like ducks. One day Il cargo
Of mules was being carried on Il barge
TO Il steamer lying off shore, when one
of the mules jumped overheard and
made for the shore. When he landed
on the beach he looked around, and,
seeing all the other mules still being
carried toward the steamer, he went
into the surf again and started in the
direction of the barge. After he had
gone some distance a great wave came
along and turned him over. When he
righted himself he was absolutely
wild, and blindly headed out for mid
ocean. The men on the barge watched
him for awhile, and then the captain
asked if it was proposed to let the ami
NAL drown. Quick as a flash one of the
Kanakas sprang overheard, swan at
a tangent to intercept the mule, and,
reaching the animal, climbed upon his
back. and by clever tactics directed the
animal to the steamer. riding him like
n centaur in the water all the way
Washington Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-19
The News in Madrid.

MADRID. Feb. lT.-The following
scmi-otficial note was issued yester-
day:
The news of the disaster of the
Maine has caused a painful impression
in Madrid. 1t was ut first feared that
there had been some act of im]prudence
to which the catastrophe was attribu-
table. Afterwards as the details ar
rived the fears dispelled took the form
of feelings of sympathy and sorrow for
the misfortune which has occurred.
The captain-general. the command
ant of the arsenal. the sailors of the
cruiser Alphonso Nj, the crews of the
merchant vessels and all the available
forces fastened to Succor the injured.
The government has expressed to
Minister Woodford the regret it feels
at the catastrophe. nor especially as
it occurred in waters within Spanish
jurisdiction.
An admiral in full uniform. in the
name of the minister of marine and the
entire Spanish cabinet. called on Gen.
Woodford and informed him that the
government had photographed to the au-
thoriticS in Cuba 20 do their utmost to
relieve the distress of the injured and
to furnish the officers and crew of the
Maine with everything which they
NAV need.
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A QUEER


In these days fadvanced~ engineering.
railroads have sought and conquered
many remarkable places. Here in the
United States we can ride up and down
mountains just as if they were little
hills. and hurry along the brink of
gOr@es that make us shiver when we
lCCk down. From California. however.
comes the strangest railroad story and
picture for a long time. 1t tells Of and
SLOWS a train that actually runs over
tree tops.
What n singular sensation it must
he to realize that one is following 4
Tuning, splitting locomotive over the
very places where kind nature intended
birds should nest and that delightful
quiet found among dense foliage reigns
supreme. This railroad down in Sono-
ma county, Cal, between the Clipper
mills ana Stewart Point, is not exactly
a passenger line, but it is 4 railroad in
every sense of the word.
1t so happens that when the railroad
comes to a pace about equi-distant
from the two points mentioned. a huge
ravine is encountered. the sides and
bottom of which are heavily wooded,
Two giant redwood monarchs of the
forest towering far above the less pre-
t%entious growth and imparting an air
Of almost regal impressiveness.
Now, it was very necessary that the
railroad should cross this ravine. 1t
was also true that the building of a
regulation railroad bridge would hard
ly pay, and this is where real genius
came to the rescue. If the reader could
stand either at the edge of this ravine
or on one of its sloping sides, he would
see that strangely enough the growth
OF the trees and their position is such
that their tops can be cut off and an al
nest level surface of stumps be Sc
cured.
This is what genius saw, and hence
the railroad across the tree tops. In
the first pace. the big redwOods were
sawed off - feet from the ground, this
being the exact height from the cot
tom of the ravine to the level of the
tops of the trees. Next. trees on either
side were sawed off of sufficient length
to render their tops in a direct line
with the tops Of The rcdwoods, rs well
as of the edges of the banks.
In this fashion was nature made to
provide the piers and superstructure of
the desired bridge. To the lumbermen,
even the California veterans, the project
seemed almost chimcrical, but the
builders pushed ahead and presently,
one day. with Il snort of triumph, 4 lit
tie logging engine pulled four fiat cars
and a caboCse over the tree tops.
Nobody ever heard of such 4 thing
before. We have ali been told of the
rope bridge, have read of the great steel
structures that span several famous
I~ivcrS, and many of US have seen these
tr:umphs of engineering genius, but
who is there that ever heard anywhere
else of a railroad bridge over the tops
Of trees? 1t is by long odds the queer
est of the whole IOt.-Philadelphia
Press
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-19
SCHOOL AND CHuRCH.

Racine, Wis, has been selected by
the United Danish Evangelical Luth-
eran churches of America as the place
for locating the Danish-American col
lege.
Miss Parrish, the seventh round
the-world temperance evangelist, is
now in Japan, where she IS pushing the
Gospel temperance work with much
vigor and earnestness.
Sixty young men r pursuing a
course of study in the Y. NJ. c. 4. train
ing school at Springfield. Mass, in
work in the Y. NJ. c. A..
Rev. DR.. David p. Breed, late pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, of
Pittsburgh. has accepted the chair of
sacred rhetoric and elocution in Wes-
tern Theological seminary.
The Homestead is the name of the
rescue home for women in St. Louis.
1t is a roomy old mansion and was re-
Gently given by James Stewart to the
Salvation Army of that city.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Abingdon (Ill.) Christian church
provides carriages for invalids and
aged people, taking them to religious
services. This society also supports two
children in India.
Rev. John Robertson, the famous
Scotch preacher, has resigned the pas
torate of the City Temple, Glasgow,
Scotland, and will make Il lecture tour
in America. He will reside in the VI
entity of New York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-19
CAPT. SIGSBEE'S ADVICE.
Gen. Coppinger Says Judgment Should be
Suspended Until the Facts are known.

OMAHA. Ncb.. Feb. 16.-Brig.-ticn.
Coppinger. commanding the depart
ment of the Platte. said. when asked
this morning for some expression on
the Cuban situation. that it was impos-
siblc for any army officer to make any
comments on international affairs,
and that in the present strained rela-
tons between Spain and the United
States careless talking might do great
injury. lie thinks that Capt. Sigsbee's
advice to suspend Judgment until more
is learned concerning the destruction
of the Maine is very wise.
Gen. Coppinger expects that a full
report of the affair and Il satisfactory
report will be made by night. He says
the loss of such an expensive and Won
drOusiy-constructed vessel was a loss
that our navy could i'll afford to en-
dure.
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Lieutenant OF Marines Catl,n.

Assistant Engineer ]. r. Morris.
Naval Cadets J. H. Holden, w. 7. CluveriuI
R. Bronson, p. Washington, A. CrenshaW, J. u
Boyd.
BoatSwain F. E. Larkin-
Gunner j. Hill.
Carpenter J. Helm.
PaymaSter's Clerk b. Mccarthy.
Men-Redon, Larson. Hallberg, Bullock. Mel
vile. Willis, Galpin, KuShieda, Noppin. Tur-
pin. Harris, Lutz. Jeretson. Holland. Her.
bert. McDeWtt. Foley. Hutchins, Schwartz,
Richards, Teaclle. Flynne, Dresseler. Da-
vid. Michaelson. Sohman. Fox. Wilbur,
Waters. Anderson. Christensen. koehler,
Ericsson. Mack. Williams, J. White. PaulS,
Co1ee. j. w. Allen. Roe. ID. CrOnin, F. Cahill,
j. Kane, Jerene. G. A. Smith. c. Shea,
Hernes|. j. Hebron, Bloomer. johnson. Berg
man. MattiSon. 4. johnson. Pitcher. Holster,
LOTUS. McGinniS. w MatiaSOn. FurneSS,
Good. Ddr.iinS. fIu, McNLir. Gabriel. y. Hal
Ion, Senetech, A. Knee, benjamin, Mckay.
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The Red Cross at Havana.

New YORK. Feb. 17.-The following
instructions have been cabled to Miss
Clara Barton. president of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. now at Havana:
Save neither trouble nor expense to
render every possible assistance to our
wounded sailors
Miss Barton and her corps of Red
Cross aides are available for immediate
service in behalf of those injured by
the explosion on the Maine. Their
organization. and the Red Cross tempo
rary hospital will doubtless be placed
at the disposal of Capt. Sigsbee for his
wounded crew.