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THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suffer-"
and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she getsit. -,
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. 49, - ss@
The following letter from Miss MARIE
f. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa. showswhat
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped herr:
my health became SO poor that I
had to leave school. Twas tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. / was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. I, was
very weak and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. NV
mother, who IS q firm believer IN your
remedies from experience, thought per-
haps they mig t beneftme, and wrote
you for advice. ] followed the advice
S,<,,, 40 ~, = :, 4 ....~s s r4-a: n n:-f.1.,
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PATRIARCHISM.
A Co1ored Citizen Has a Great Desire
to Show His Peculiar Pa

A gentleman who was in Charleston
on business last week tells story that
was in circulation in that live and
patriotic West Virginia city:
While Gen. Appleton, adjutant gen.
eral of the state, was passing down one
of the principal streets on his way to
his office in the capitol a colored broth
err, and there are scores and scores of
them in that town, hailed the general.
"Gineral, 'scuse me for stoppin' you,
but I'd like to ak you quessen, sab, if
you'se got time ter answer HIT
"Certain)y, SIR said Gen. Appleton.
"What is it?''
'Well, sub, does. you think theirs
gwine to be wah?"
1T looks that way now, but fear
from the way the white men are press
ing forward that you colored people
will have very slim chance to enlist.
Did you think of going?"
mo, sab; I can't say rs achin' to
go, sab, but would like, eff have to,
erlong wifi lots Nv odder colo'd men, to
show my patriarchism, sab, fob you
know, giner'l, dat de colo'd folk hap
jist as much patriarchism as de white
folks, an we want to show hit. ''-Atlan-
ia Constitution
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though he has no income at all, and
every person over Is years of age is
required to procure every year certifi-
cate Of identification, the charge Of
which varies from $3.50 to $25, accord.
ing to the means of the applicant. Fail
ure or inability to pay this tax means
terrible punishment. Men and women
sex cuts no figure with the Spanish
tax gatherer-are stripped to the waist,
tied to post in a public place, and
whipped without mercy. This is fol.
lowed by deportation to some other
island, where the delinquents are com.
PEELED to work out" the amount OF
the tax due the government at the rate
of six cents per day.
Instructions have been frequent,
but owing to the poverty of the half.
castles and natives who engaged in them
usually ended in quick failure. Two
years ago the first general revolt was
inaugurated. The military resources
Of the Spanish were for some time in.
adequate to quell the uprising, and not
until the government promised the in.
PRODUCTION of sweeping reforms and
immunity of those who had participated
in the revolution was a semblance of
peace restored. The Spanish governor
general announced that the islands had
been pacified;" and thereupon spat
upon his own promises and began a
system of persecution against the "reb.
els" which in cruelty and torture out.
did anything mankind has ever heard
Of, barring only the Spanish inquisi-
ton. The prisoners were put on the
rack, had their limbs lacerated, and in
some instances had their eyes put out
their tongues torn out and their ears
cut off. Howling friars, of which the
islands are full. clothed in the garb OF
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Tor their prey and overhead great vul-
lures gathered for their grewsome
feast. It seemed like section Of the
Judgment day breaking prematurely
before the natural coming of the dawn.
The Maine had been blown up and an
other event had been written in blood
and flame upon the pages of history.
The two comrades, my master and his
friend, both died. They were brave and
comely youths. God keep their memory
green!
was sent home and again installed
upon my throne, q more priceless relic
now than ever. It chilled me to note
the grief of the aged couple, now be-
reaved, with both the brave boys who
would have cherished them in their old
age, gone before them to the silent land.
There were memorial v reaths upon both
portraits now which f1anked me on
either side and completed the row of pre-
cious things grazing this home altar.
The open fire below seemed to be offer
ing incense to their memory when the
aged father at eventide unburdened his
heart in prayer, his only arm clasping
close his aged wife.
Then came the sorrows. The home
had been mortgaged to pay for the
tuition of the boys, and the scanty pen
sion served simply to meet the mere
expense of living. The holder of the
mortgage was one of those vino think
sentiment is unbusincsslike, men who
think the dollar mark better badge
hov v,o c. -
fate drew on apace and the skies of the
future seen from the little home dark
ened. There was faith and courage
there, but these do not heal SCARED
hearts or shield the most heroic souls
from bitter SORROWS. How l would have
liked to spike that hard-hearted old
skinflint who sneered cynicaliy at pleas
made for time and opportunity. It is
lucky for such wretches that swords
ure powerless to act upon impulse or
strike when the iron Tor rather the
steeD is hot.
The night before the day of doom,
that on which the aged couple were to
be driven from the home made sacred
by precious memories, there was a
knock at the door and who should walk
in but young Louis Carroll, the son who
was supposed to have been lost on the
Pacific. Stalwart, smiling, brown as
berry, he clasped the aged parents in
his arms and they mingled SMILES and
tears in a confusion as charming as it
was unphilosophical. The ship had
been lost but all the passengers had not.
Louis was one of the rescued, was taken
in the schooner which picked them up
to it's far northern destination as one of
the whaling fleet in the Behring sea.
and he had been out of reach of mail
facilities and ordinary transportation.
One letter he mad entrusted to rowing
Esquimo, but the man in furs had evil
IDENTIFY proved poor postman. Perhaps
he had fallen victim to a walrus or
polar bear, and the letter reposed with
his remains in its department of the
interior.
Better still. Louis had been to the
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will each wea. blue and gray; blue in.
faded uniforms. gray in beards and hair.

will each wea. blue and gray; blue in.
faded uniforms,gra in boards and hair.
And over the alcoye in which the happy
pair stand to be wed will fiutter the
tattered remnant of the old battle flag.
Alas, of the old comrades I am, the
only one who looks. as young as ever. I
hope to fight the enemies of my country
hundreds of years after all of you who
read this sleep,with the silent majority
under the sod. Shall we meet in Heav-
en-? st. John in Revelations speaks Of
flaming swords there, and of faunt-
ing blades. Be. that as it may, "All's
well that ends we'll" I leave those
love in the happy light which illumines
their radiant faces as a result of the
reunion and the wedding, the light of
undying affection which arches like q
halo over thetaltar of home. My simple
story is ended. May its lessons live in
human hearts for many years to come.
..,t... I. EDGAR JONES.
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ernor general, civilian officer, and u
captain general, who has charge of the
military affairs and defenses. The
group is divided into 43 provinces, ruled
by governors, alcaldes or command
ants, according to Importance or loca-
ton. The revenues collected by
Spain have always been enormous and
taxation has been made as odious as
possible. Every article which comes to
J the island . heavily taxed, the duty on
muslin and petroleum, for instance, be-
ing 100 per cent. of the cost.
[ The climate is good, as tropical coun-
I tries go. From June to September there
are epidemics of fever at Manila, caused
probably by the dense exhalations from
The swampy land about the city. These
fevers are endemic and usually fatal to
foreigners. The vapors rising from
/ the marshes are often visible above the
islands, forming great white clouds.
From October to May life at Manila is
very pleasant.
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Alaska mines and had been there rea-
sonably successful. He was not mil
lionaire, but he had nuggets enough to
erect an efficient barrier against mort
cages for lifetime. I heard him say
after he paid Old Moncybags his claim,
that he was strongly tempted to hit
him with the fiat of the sword which
hung on the wall and then throw him
out of the window. l wish he had, for
I should like to have had a share in the
skirmish. His good mother rebuked
him for the words, but thought saw
CLEAN of approval in, mis- fathers eyes,
though he too was fairly good Chris
tan under ordinary circumstances.
And so the cloud over the little home
lifted. Who was it that said: AT
eventime there shall be light?" In
life's dim twilight the old people are
happy and safe once more.
When Memorial day comes l. shall be
worn again by the honored commander
of the &. A. II. post as the members
march proudly under their tattered bat
tie flag to decorate the graves of their
dead. Upon those grassy affairs we will
renew our vows of fidelity to the old
flag and the union it gloriously repre-
sents. Already arrangements have been
made with American friends at Havana,
and silken flag with flowers in pro-
fusion will lie on the grave of the young
soldier served, sleeping peacefully
there with more than 200 comrades
who wore the blue. In God s good time,
perhaps in 1899, soldiers of the Cuban
republic, then fully established, may
plant the flags and scatter the flowers
on those honored graves + T.:
And on the evening of Memorial day
here we are to have wedding. Louis
Carroll, the returned Klondiker, will
marry Virginia Secession Poindexter,
daughter Of the man who once captured
me from her father-in-law. Captor and
captured will be there, and the whole
squad will be union to the core. The
dainty little maiden will practice what
she breaches by her ''union" with the
son Of the man in blue, and the old uni
form will be brought out for the occa-
sion, my honored self hanging as of old
near the soldiers side. The old soldiers
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ouls asserted itself upon occasion, even


then.
One day about four weeks after my
capture, Col. Poindexter bore me on q
round OF visits through the hospitals.
Past cot after cot we went, most of the
pale faces thereon being those Of union
soldiers. Suddenly we came to one
upon which lay Col. Carroll, my COM
rade whom had mourned as dead. Col.
Poindexter recognized him at once,
spoke kindly to him and spent some
time in conversation. l could have
leaped out of my scabbard in my anx-
iety to rejoin my brave comrade of the
union cause, but could not. 1t is our
misfortune that we may change places
only at the will of others. Suddenly a
pleasant thing happened. Col. Poin-
dexter unbuckled me from his belt, laid
me on the cot beside Col. Carroll, said
Take your weapon, colonel, your cour-
age entities you to wear it," and walked
swiftly away. Col. Carroll actually
kissed me in his delight, and l verify
believe his recovery was twice as rapid
after that day. Soon after we were ex-
changed, and again led some of the boys
in blue as they fought for the good old
banner of the stars.
By and by we saw the end together.
At Appomattox the conquered banner
bent low to ours, and its fewer stars set
to rise no more forever. The gallant
ranks in gray melted away and scat
tered to distant homes, and the ranks in
blue marched proudly homeward, glad
that the good cause was won. Not long
after our return there was a wedding,
and Celestial Kirk became Mrs. Carroll.
Of course l was at the ceremony, and
the two brightest creatures there was
the pretty bride and myself. l was
treated with distinguished consdera-
ton, and soon after installed in this
place of honor in the new home, throne
l have occupied ever since except for a
period l shall soon tell you of. The
observed of all observers, people like to
notice me, and the family tells my story
with a pride in my record as genuine as
my own. That house was a center of
patriotic influences, and | was usually
brought into all discussions concerning
the war, flashing exclamation point
emphasizing gladly what Col. Carroll
said.
l saw my beloved master and his
sweet-faced wife grow gray, their hair
silvering until it resembed the bullion
decorations upon my scabbard and hilt.
And l saw their two lovely boys grow
up to stalwart young manhood, as proud
of me as was their parents. To those
boys 1 became also a mentor, one they
trusted and loved. At last one went to
the naval academy at Annapolis, and
one to the far west to seek his fortune,
their parents once more taking up the
burdens of the old life alone. I used to
hear their conversation at eventide and
hear the letters from the boys read I
may be made of metal, but it warmed
even my stern heart to note their hap
piness, the love which mellowed and re-
fined with years. True as STEEL" is a
common phrase. Sensitive as steel
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would be equally applicable. We swords
are brave, and the brave are ever tender

would be equally applicable. We swords
are brave, and the brave are ever tender
hearted.
Suddenly the letters from the
younger son ceased coming, and they
heard later that he had sailed away
from San Francisco for some distant
land and that the vessel was never
heard from again. They heard of this
in May, and when Memorial day came
around a wreath of roses and forget-me-
nots was placed around the portrait of
the loved and lost, which f1anked my
position on the mantelpiece. On that
Memorial day the other son came home
on furlough and announced his appoint
ment as an officer upon one of our cruz
sers. My old master gave me to him,
and babe me serve the son as l had
bravely served the sire. Soldiers are
always ready, so gladly obeyed.
Proudly we sailed the seas. Strange
ly enough my young masters chosen
friend on the vessel was Carroll Poin-
dexter, son of the confederate colonel
who once wore me for awhile. The son
VI tuC uIAH III gay was IAS OOSoAh - 'Sho
of the son of the man in blue, both 10y
ally serving under the cid flag, united
heart and soul against its foes. 1t
pleased me to note their friendship as
the sunny symbol following the storm
cloud of civil war.
Finally we anchored one day in har-
Dor of the tropics. The land-locked
bay was almost in the center of large
city. whose gayly-colored houses stood
out against backgrounds of palms, and
farther still great mountains which
erected natures cathedral spires and
lifted their sunlit SUBMITS to the azure
sky. IT,.
There was revolution on the beauti-
full island and feeling ran high. Sud-
denly one night, as my master and his
companion conversed in low tones in
their hammocks, there came sound as
of thunder, the great ship heaved and
rocked, fires burst forth as though her
interior had become the crater of a vol
cano, and by their baleful light bodies
of men could be seen hurled into the
air, some shattered, some whole, while
underneath the watching sharks waited
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b IT'S, DEEPEST MEANING.
Whist II Necessary to the Successful
PerpetuatiOn Of Mem0-
/ = rin1 Day.

IT Memorial day is to be continued in
its intended meaning it must grow to
be the time of happy memories for all
our heroic dead. So :: must come in
evitably to have it's deepest meaning
with reference to those who are nearest
and dearest. Each has his own horizon
OF immortality in which few stars
>shine-our own, our fellow combatants
in life's great struggle, whose quiet
heroism has touched our hearts and
nerved us to self-sacrifce, whose strug-
giles and defeats and victories we have
seen and wondered at. Some went down
after long years with the white crown
of honor. Others fell in what our lack
OF faith calls an untimely overthrow.
These are the heroes of our closest
memory, and these shall link our
thoughts to all the glorious names
which went before.
Who that will stop to mediate but
finds treasure house of such pathe tic.
yet delightful, neutrality-suspicious. I'M
known to any other, but held in COM
>panionship of knowledge with the all
oSSAA6 Noo' Clut pS ~ IL veteran VINO
wears the army blue, hut one glimpse
of the wide world was in the glorious
days when he bore arms to maintain
the nations life, whose eye kindles at
the name of Lincoln or of Grant, and
who has shown soldiers patience ever
since the mastering out in drudgery
of steady toll. Perhaps it is young
girl cut off in her fresh bloom of beauty
and of sensibility, having served her
generation for few brief years with
delicate ministration Of gracious kind
ness. She was ready in self-denial,
swift in thoughtful deeds, mellowed by
sorrow and radiant with promise of
happy days, until in Gods good pleas
ure the summons reached. her, and.
without murmur at laying down her
life OF hope and beauty, she fell on
sleep. These are all ours and Gods,
heroic if not heralded by blasts of fame,
and through their courage we are
helped to heights of courage in our own
perplexed and troubled days.-Congre-
gatiOnalist
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On the Safe Side.


"Doc," said man who had approached one
of the surgeons Of the recruiting stations,
81 wish you'd examine me and see if I'm eli
gible for enlistment"
"You must file your application in the reg
ular way with the officer in charge, replied
the. surgeon.
ri haven't time to do that just now" the
stranger replied. ''Why can't you take a
look at me and see what my chances are,
anyway? It's very important that l should
''Well, take off your coat and vest, and let
me listen to your heart the first thing"
The examination was very short
"Ah," said the surgeon, after he had lis
tened for moment, "there isn't any use CO.
ing on in your case. You'll never do. Why,
y y J, might almost as we'll have no heart at
"Hurrah for war;" yelled the man who
had been EGeft h he pulled s his o
War! Down with the towards who don't
want blood! Hurrah for the crush of mat
ter and the wreck of worlds! '-Cleveland
Leader
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|CAPTURE OF MANILA.
It Means Freedom for Millions Of
Z Miserable Creatures.
How the Philippine Islanders Have
Been Robbed and Abused by. y
the Omcers Sent to Them
p. from Spain. -.
Especial san.Frauc1sco Letter.

. Especial San.Franc1Sco letter.
Everybody on the Pacific coast is still
talking about Commodore Dewey's
bold and successful attack on the
Spanish fleet at Manila. Other naval
victories call forth loud plaudits,
of course, but the conquest and
occupation of the Philippine islands
means, to use slang phrase,
"a whole lot" to the merchants and
traders of San Francisco and other
coast towns.
Those who are not shouting are look
ing up facts about the islands. A few
weeks ago the average American citi-
zen knew as much about the Philip
pines as he did about the political di-
visions of the Soudan. To-day he in
forms you that the group contains
about 1900 islands, covering 114,326
square miles, all but 1900 square miles
of the total Asiatic colonial posses
sions of Spain. Most of the islands are
small, with the exception of Luzon,
which has an area of 40,024 square miles
and population of 100000. The
islands next largest in size are Min
danoa, Samar, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte,
Negroes, Masbate and Zebu.
Manila, which, according to the last
census, has population of $4,000, is
the largest city and the capital of the
archipelago; the other important towns
and trading points being Laoag, Lipa,
Banang and Batangas, with popula-
lions varying from 10000 to $4,000. The
total population of the group is given
as 100000, including the Spanish army
and navy.
The Philippine islands were discov-
cred by Magellan, in 1921, and few
years later the Spaniards took posses
sion of the whole group. The inhab-
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Under any sort Of decent govern,
ment the Philippine islands would long;
ago have become immensely wealthy,
but the Spanish dons who were sent
there to administer affairs had eyes
for: nothing but their own interests. In
stead of encouraging enterprise, they
killed it by placing an onerous tax on
every cocoanut tree planted, on every
beast of burden, on every animal
slaughtered for home consumption or
market. on mills and oil, presses, on
weights and measures, and even on
cock fighting. An income tax is col
lected from every inhabitant, even
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(C1v1l Governor of the Philippine Islands.)
itants consist partly of negroes, who live
| In the interior, and are repulsive in as
| pect and savage. The Malays, the real
native element, are Roman Catholics
and engaged in agriculture and fishing.
| They are in control of many branches
of industry and initiate European handi-
work with great success. The Chinese
and the mestizoes, generally descend
ing from Chinese fathers and native
mothers, are mostly engaged in COM
merce. The few Spaniards living in
the islands belong to the official class.
The Malays have to some extent been
crossed with the Spanish as we'll as the
Chinese; and these half-breeds, like
their brethren in Cuba, hate the Span
iards and have worked tremendously
with the natives to throw off the Span
ish yoke.
The islands are among the most fer
tile in the world. Huge mountain
chains, all of volcanic origin, rise to a
height of 1000 feet, and are covered to
their very tops with forests of immense
trees, yielding excellent timber and
many of the most valuable kinds of
wood. On the extensive slopes and in
the valleys are cultivated manila hemp;
tobacco, which the Spanish govern
ment has always kept as monopoly;
cotton, sugar, coffee, rice, indigo, wheat,
maize, pepper, ginger, vanilla, CHINA
mon and cocoa. The mountains yield
precious metals in limited quantities,
and coal is successfully mined in several
localities.
The commerce of the islands is impor-
tant. In 1896 the imports were about
$12,000,000 and the exports $22,0oo,ooO.
IL 1895 3o4 vessels cleared the principal
ports, and there were in existence 720
miles of telegraph and 70 miles of rail-
way. Manila is connected with Hong
Kong, Great Britain's trading center in
China, $50 miles distant, by cable.
The colonial government of Spain has
for years been administered by gov
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Sleep, soldier, sleep! Thy work is Ger;
No more the bugle calls Ito arms"
Dream on beneath thy tent of green,
Sleep, soldier, sleep, free from alarms!
Rest, soldier, rest! while we to-day
Bring fragrant flowers. with reverent
tread.
To deck the graves of those we loye-
A tribute to our honored dead. g.
Sleep, soldier, sleep! Thy work Is o'er.
Sleep on and rest, free from all care;
While we our gratitude express,
With blossoms sweet and garlands fair.
w. G. Park, in Good Housekeeping.