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XII.
THROUGH THE LINES.

Having obeyed the generals order, l
set about persuading him to give me
command of the, expedition. I found
him more ready to do so than had ex-
pccted, for the reason that he could
not help himself. 1 was in the secret of
Margaret's act to a, greater extent
than anyone else, and he did not wish
to confide an expedition guided by her
to any other officer. AS soon as he had
consented I fastened away to inform
Margaret, and then returned for my
instructions.
''Take with you," said the general,
Corporal Punk and four privates, and
go through under cover of the night.
Keep a sharp lookout ahead. Let the
men do any fighting that cannot be
avoided, while you stay with Miss
Beach. Here is map covering the
territory through which you will pass.
I have had Walter put it together from
rough pencil drawings furnished by
union citizens. Whatever happens, hold
onto it," He paused moment, and then
added: you are very poorly equipped
by nature and experience for such
work. I have supplemented the quail
tiles you lack by giving you Corporal
PUNK, who possesses them all.''
Corporal Punk! The blood rose to
my cheeks at this want of confidence in
me. The time came when I thought
differently.
"When you return here-if you ever
do-you will find either me, some
one to represent me, or the enemy. If
the enemy is here, get your report at all
hazards directly to the commanding
general at Chattanooga" With that he
dismissed me.
AS soon as it was dark went out to
inspect the men was to take with me,
and found them waiting in the yard.
All were in uniform except Corporal
PUNK, who wore the clothes in which
he had last secuted. The privates were
armed with carbines, pistols and sa-
bers; one was country boy with rosy
cheeks, another a German, the third an
1rishman; the fourth had chalky face
thin' red eyebrows, closely-cropped
hair OF the same hue, eyes more green
than any other color, and his face wore
a perpetual grin.
"What are you laughing at?'' 1 said
in no mild tone. "Do you think we are
going on a picnic?'
The fellows face gradually resumed
an ordinary expression, as the ripples
arising from disturbed water will slow.
ly subside.
whats your name?"
"Enoch."
"Enoch what?'
"Enoch Mellodew."
"Give that man the mess-kit," I said
HE will never do to fight; the rebs will
knock his teeth out while he is grin.
ming" And the pannier containing the
kit and provisions was slung over Pri.
vate Mellodew's horse. '...:
1t was not night favorable for our
journey, for the moon was more than
half full, and gave more light than we
desired. Isent Corporal Punk to scout
ahead and warn us of the proximity of
the enemy's cavalry. Margaret and
rode together. Above us the constel.
lations were glittering, Orion rising in
the east; the Great Bear was swinging
around the pole; Mars, which, when the
war was opened, was at its brightest,
was now waning and easily recognized
from its red hue. Near by the noun
tains stood out black and bold against
the bright heavens. Something moved
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GREAT MEMS PRIVILEGES.
Gen. Lew Wallace and the Austrian
Ambassadors Had a Right
TO Smoke.

The other day at Marion, Ind, Gen
Lew Wallace was sitting in court when
the desire to smoke came upon him. He
lighted a cigar.
A court officer went up to him and
told him that he must put out his cigar,
as smoking was not allowed. The gen.
eral objected, and, rising, made the
novel declaration that, inasmuch as he
was the oldest practitioner in that town
the privilege of smoking ought to be
granted him.
The presiding judge saw it in that
way, and the act granting Gen. Lew
Wallace, as the oldest practitioner in
Marion, the privilege of smoking in
court is now entered on the records and
will be observed as long as the court
stands or Gen. Wallace lives.
Another occurrence, similar to this
only in that it concerns the right to
smoke, occurred a great many years ago
in the younger days of Bismarck. 1t
happened at a conference of the South
German states before they, through
Bismarck's iron and unfalterfng diplo-
macy, became the German empire.
AT these conferences the ambassador
from Austria, then the Oldest and sup
posed to be the most powerful of these
states, was the only ambassador priv
LEGGED to smoke during sessions. This
rule was always respected, and for
many years he enjoyed his solitary priv
ilege with all the arrogance and con-
descension German can assume when
he feels himself more powerful or en-
titled to more consideration than his
fellows.
AT the opening of one session, how
ever, after Bismarck had begun to make
himself felt as power for the state of
Prussia, the Austrian ambassador, as
Stunning his privilege, had just lit his
pipe, when Bismarck, biting the end off
cigar, went over and asked him for
light.
The Austrian ambassador was as
founded at first, and the other ambas-
sailors looked on in CONSERVATION, but
through the sheer boldness of the thing.
or perhaps for other reasons, the light
was granted, and from that time Bis
marck also smoked at the conferences
whenever he chose.
This was one of the first concessions
granted him. Before Bismarck got
through with the Austrian and the
other ambassadors in his lifetime they
him great many more.-N. Y.
World.
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Travelled in a Cage.

A gentleman with very singular cpl
sode in his life has just died in China
This was M. Piry, the "father" of the
Chinese customs service, which he en-
tered when it was first formed by the
consuls at Shanghai in 1854. M. Piry
was a Frenchman by birth, and in his
boyhood went to sea. Being ship
wrecked on the Corean coast, he was
taken by the natives and dispatched to
the king at Seoul as great curiosity.
The king, possibly desiring to send a
rare and strange present to his suzerain
in Peking, put poor Piry in cage and
sent him overland to the Chinese cap
ital to the emperor. The latter, after
OBTAINING him some time, sent him
down to Shanghai to the foreign con-
suls, who gave him post suited to his
age in the newly-established customs,
and there he remained until his death.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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his name, secured 81 900, hoping and be-
lieying that should be able to prevent
my crime becoming known" Smith be-
gan.
THE more pondered.upon the mat
ter, the more fearful / was that my
crime would find me out" he continued.
ITO prevent this, attempted more
heinous one, having no fear that the
latter would be detected because, as
you have intimated, brucine and its eff
fects are unknown to most physicians.
l intended, but forgot to take care of
the bottle into which / put the poison
| and expected the coloners death would
be attributed to natural causes. cal
culated Incorrectly, but L am prepared
for the emergency in which find N.Y.
self. Please let her know nothing about
the affair."
As he uttered these last words he
drew vial from his pocket, placed it to
his lips, fell from his seat-a corpse.
The vial had contained prussic acid.
For his services in behalf of Col.
Barnes, DIR. Woodson was by him lib
orally rewarded. Only to the persons
above specified--not including Miss
Barnes, who was nearly crazed by the
untimely death of her affanced-have
the facts of the case hitherto been
known.
Miss Barnes gradually recovered from
the effects upon her system of the
shock. and, fully realizing her indebted
ness to the doctor for saving her ia
Tiers life, began to entertain for him
warmer regard than had been hers,
though she had ever held him in high
esteem from the time when they had
romped together as children.
The colonel was more than willing to
intrust his daughters future welfare TO
the doctors keeping, and happier cou-
pie than DIR. Woodson and his wife it
would be difficult to find.-BostoD
Globe.
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Henelxinh n waterworks Eneinee,

Hezekiah, king of Judah, who reigned
in the years III to 6ss B. c., was pion-
eer in constructing system of water
works, bringing water into the city of
Jerusalem. In the holy book we read:
He made the pool and the conduit and
brought the water into the city, stop
ping the upper part of Chou, and
brought it straight down to the west
side of the city of David. And Hezekiah
prospered in all his works." From the
pools of Solomon" near Bethlehem,
water was conveyed to Jerusalem, a
distance of six or seven miles, through
e. conduit of earthen pipe, about ten
inches in diameter The pipe was in
cased within two stones, hewn out to
fit it, then covered over with rough
stones eemented together. Even in
those days "boil the water" was WE'LL
known injunction.-Chicago Chronicle.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Roquefort cheese was made in the
time of Pliny.
The cheese mite is more tenacious of
life than any other insect.
A needle machine turns out 1,500,-
900 needles week.
In ten years the production of steam
engines in Germany has more than
doubled.
Oil refining in western Siberia is
making fast progress, and large guam
titles are sold abroad.
New Guinea is considered by the
German naturalist, DIR. Semon, the
richest of tropical islands.
The product of the 81 milk-condens-
ing factories in the United States last
year was worth about $100, ZOO, 900.
The lightest tubing ever made is of
nickel aluminium. Three thousand feet
of this tubing weighs only one pound.
Emilio Borgiotti, an Italian horti-
culturist, has succeeded in making vio-
let's 21s inches across, with 100 petals.
A kind of paper is made from sea-
weed which is SO transparent that it
may be used instead of glass for win
dows.
Medical men now regard typhoid fe-
yer as disease SO preventable that, as
one of them declares, "for every case
of typhoid fever somebody ought to be
hung"
Many animals in desert regions never
have any water except the dew on vege-
tation. A parrot in the London Zoo is
known to have lived SO years without
drinking drop of water.
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Vanity and Genius.

When Mirabeau was dying he said
to his servant: Prop up my head care
fully, for it is the most remarkable head
in all France" Michael Angelo wrote,
in 1912: 'All the differences between
me and the Pope julius arose from the
fact that Raphael and Bramante were
jealous of me and tried to overthrow
me. Yet everything that Raphael
knows about art he learned from nae"
Rossini addressed some of his letters
TO his mother as follows: ITO Mrs.
Rossini, the mother of the distin-
guished MASTER Finally, Schopen-
hauer, when he was asked where he
would like to be buried. replied: THE
place does not matter, as posterity win
know well enough where to and me-.
Chicago Inter Ocean go
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PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS

Boy-"Pn carry that carpet bag for q
dime" Uncle Josh-"Wall, guess I'll
go you one better and carry it myself
for Northumberland Leader.
Teacher-"If man is so years of age
and his wife is half as old, how old
will she be when he is 65?' Student
"Nineteen."-St. Louis Republic.
THAT man always keeps his weather
eye open," said Mr.. Cumso to his wife
''Who is hep" HE is forecaster for
the signal service" = Detroit Free
Press.
Teddy (who has just begun to go to
schooD do you know what six
boys and five girls maker" "Yes," an
swered his father, "a racket."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Hicks-"Miss Sweetlips has given
Tom the mitten." Wicks-'Well, it's
the least she could do, seeing the many
pairs of gloves he has given her.
Boston Transcript.
This Rapid Age.-Percy Quick-"Sir.
I love your daughter and want to marry
her." The Father-"How long has this
been going on, young man?" Percy
Quick-"Oh, as far back as early yes
terday Observation-Disclosures North
American.
'It's awfully late," remarked TO my
friend, after a long whist bout at the
club. 'What will you say to your wife ?"
"Oh, / shan't say much, you know"
was the reply. "'Good morning, DEAR
or something of that sort. She'll say
the rest" -Roxbury Gazette.
"Why do they have those glass cases
with the AK, hammer, crow-bar, ETC.,
in on these cars?" asked a traveller on
the railroad going to New York. "Oh,
those are put there to use in case any
one wants window open," replied the
facetious man.-Yonkers Statesman.
Father-"What! Another dress
makers bill? My dear girl, you should
fix your mind on something higher than
dress" Daughter-''So 1 have, papa.
I've got my mind fixed on a love of a
hat in downtown milliner's window,
and just think, it's only $19.9s. You'll
get it for me, won't you, papa dear?"
Chicago Daily News.
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ENGINEERS LITTLE DAUGHTER


Where far away the two long tracks
Seem running into one,
! watch, and watch for fathers train, :.
AT setting of the sun.
/ seem a giant as / stand,
My shadow at my side:
The engine just a tiny dot,
Upon the prairie wide.
But, on, it grows. and grows, and grows
Into monster high
Flying silver banner out,
Against the eastern sky.
My father it's the engine drives,
He looks out sharp for me,
And whistles by the willow trees,
To let me know it's he.
He takes me on the engine tall,
ride while II goes slow,
Backing about from track to track
Taking on freight, you know.
love my father very much.
And when he kisses me.
never mind that he is black,
And leaves the black on me.
When go home my mother dear
Speaks soft and sweet to me,
And kisses mel wonder why
Just where the black spots be.
Grace Hibbard. in Youths Companion.
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fIRE-REs1sTING MATERIAL.
II IL . Plaster That Does Not Trans-
init Heat to Wood Which
1t Covers.

The most vital step in constructing
thoroughly tireproof buildings nova
days is the substitution of stone, brick,
terra Gotta, metal and other incombus-
tible material for wood, and the COM
plete elimination of the latter from the
edifice. But it is not practicable to
carry out this latter part of the pro-
gramme without much expense, and
therefore endeayors have been made to
render the wood fireproof. One way of
attaining that object is to treat it
chemically, and fill the pores with sub
stances that will discourage combus-
ton. This is the plan followed on war
ships to-day. Another idea which has
been received with favor is to cover the
wood after it is in place with plaster
composed of lime and vegetable fiber, to
give the compound a body, and certain
chemicals to resist the fire.
A test of an invention of this latter
class was made in London recently.
The author of the system, named Rous,
and number of experts were present.
The Pail Mall Gazette tells the story,
Bits of wood were coated to depth of
three-quarters of an inch with the stun,
and then subjected to the flame of a
blowpipe. Similar specimens were
thrust into boiler furnace. The blow
pipe, used continuously for 20 minutes,
did not sensibly raise the temperature
under the compound. The piece of
plastered wood that was put into the
furnace stayed there half an hour.
When it was removed the coating was
Clipped of with a tool, and the wood
showed temperature of only 70 de-
grees Fahrenheit. The only costly in
gredient OF Mr.. Rous' mixture q tung.
stsN 1t soda.-N, 7, Tribune.
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THE EMANcIpATED MIND.
An Antagonistic Feeling II Sure to
Invite Ahtagonism in
Another.

was travelling with friend from the
south, who is one of the best fellows l
know. He is kind, considerate, chival-
rous and all that characterizes south
ern gentleman, but he has false idea
of dignity in some respects and precipi-
tates controversy sometimes without
cause, and when he himself is to blame
in the matter. We were discussing the
theory of emancipation, and he agreed
with me on almost all of the points at
issue, in fact, to such an extent that
felt that he absorbed the idea fully.
when he said:
r "Yes, it is true, and / believe in it,
and think have practiced it some
what, but l can't stand impertinence
from niggers; they rub up against me
all the time, and annoy me terribly,
especially these Pullman porters."
"Yes," said in reply, you have at
tanned pretty good self-control and
have reason to be proud of it; you are
pretty nearly perfect man; the only
thing you are not superior to is mig
ger" The rebuke impressed him as a
truism that had never occurred to him
in that light before.
The truth of the matter is, and have
had both experiences to prove it to my
own satisfaction, antagonism invites
antagonism. A fostered dislike or an
anticipated friction sends out a shaft in
advance which rebounds and rebounds
with quickening vibrations. If one is
looking for impertinence from any
source he will be pretty sure to find it,
but If he carries mind and heart free
from prejudice, which is the condition
Of emancipation, the shaft will not be
unloosed, and the disturbing vibrations
will not occur. / do not believe that
Pullman porters were ever discourteous
to Phillips Brooks or Edward Everett
Hale or Prof. Swing or men of their
caliber of mind; or if they were, 1 do not
believe that the impertinence made any
impression on them except to excite
pity.-Horace Fletcher, in Menticul-
ture.
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An old Irish lady thought she would
like to know what the probable expense
of her funeral would be, as she de-
sired to arrange for it, and thus save
all trouble to her heirs.
The old lady, who suffered, sent for
Mr.. Blank, the undertaken, and said
to him: "Mr. Blank, what would you
charge for a funeral? / don't WV
want plumes and all s-s-s-sort of grand
things, but nice, plain hearse, without
any n-n-n-n-nonsense." Ten pounds"
replied the funeral furnisher. Ten
pounds!" said the old lady. ''Th-thank
you, I'd rather walk."-London Spare
Moments. u
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my doing so, am going to analyze
what wine remains in the bottle and
learn the kind of poison used"
Il am incapable of performing such
an analysis and shall be glad to have
you do it. Butt cannot comprehend
why anyone should desire Col. Barnes
DEATH
"We will investigate that later on, If
my opinion proves to have been cor
rect
The fourth evening afterward DR..
-Woodson was seated in his office con-
versing with a middle-aged man. when
a fine-looking and neatly-aftired man
put in an appearance, saying:
Il came here as soon as possible after
receiving your note requesting me to do
SO, Frank" smilingly adding: please
excuse me for thus Familiarity address,
ing you, but it is more natural to do so
than to address you as doctor"
THAT is all right, William" was the
response. s]Iave seat
The newcomer, William Smith, ex-
|
other man, and then sat down.
During Col. Barnes recent illness
you assisted considerably in caring 5r
him, did you not?" the doctor presently
inquired, addressing Mr.. Smith.
Il did," was the reply; and the speak
er's face slightly crimsoned, probably
because he was the colonel's prospective
son-in-law.
You know the extremely critical
condition in which he was when was
summoned to attend him?"
II do" was the tremulous response.
"A qualitative analysis of the wine
revealed an alkaloid in it known as
brucine. This poisonous substance fig
lures so slightly in materia medica that
it is procurable at scarcely any drug
store save wholesale concern, and L
wondered where and by whom it could
have been obtained.
"At length," the doctor continued. sit
flashed into my mind that you, whose
vocation is that of head clerk in a drug
store, would know where to obtain it,
and could easily place it in the wine
without being suspected, though could
conceive no motive that would induce
you to do such thing.
"The next day after completing my
analysis, | casually learned that you
had been engaged in disastrous specula-
tons, and it ut once suggested itself to
me that the brucine might, in some
way, be connected therewith; indeed
that"
The doctor hesitated. and Smith said:
'That l administered the poison to
Col. Barnes.
Hadn't / reason for so thinking?"
"And you invited me here that Mr..
Fox might arrest me?"
ut grieved me to pursue such
course against an old friend, but I
wished to make no publicity of the af-
fair if you could explain away the cir
evidence of your guilt"
I'm order to pay my margins, /, famil-
lar with Col. Barnes chirography. by
means of a check to which / had affixed !
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a Dainty Summer Bath.

For refreshing summer bath use soft
water. Make dozen or more cheese cloth
bags. Fill them with oat meal, and finely
shaved Ivory Soap, add little powdered
orris root, mix well, and tie up securely. One
bag in tub full of warm water will make q
delightful, cleansing bath, and render the
skin soft and smooth as velvet.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
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An Irritating Phrase.
H3aZ47 |:,s:y7.yx

care you seriously ill?' asked the well
meaning friend. "oh, no." answered the
ddyspeptic, with EARRING, sarcastic laugh.
Il hurt all over and don't care whether the
sun rises tomorrow or not. But I'm not Sc,
nously i'll. I'm loosely, fippantly and farrell
cally Ill. I'm going through all the symp-
toms, but don't mean one Of them. Wash
ington Star.
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Try Grain.Os Try Grain-Ol

package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place Of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price of coffee. Is cts. and
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The wise bachelor who is called upon to
compliment the new heir of his welded
friend can make himself popular by declar.
ing with emphasis: 'Well, that is baby"
complimentary, and sounds like strong
praise.-Philadelph Times
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Diagno.ing Her Case.

He-If were rich, darling, would you
love me more than you do?
She-I might not love you any more, Hem
~, but know would look forward to our
wedding day with degree of impatience
that never seems to possess me at present..
Chicago Evening News.
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Ffppy-After she had rejected me 1
told her there were plenty more fish in
the sea.
Brash-What did she say?
said that might be, but that they
were giving Holsters wide BERTH,
Philadelphia North American
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ers?"
No, sir; not to-day"
called"
impossible, sir; she can't see you. She is
sick. LA Caricature.
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The Best Prescription for ChillA
and Fever is bottle Of Crows TAsrKLnsu
CHILL TONIC. It Is simply iron and quinine In
. tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price,6Oc.
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Family Dutiea,

Mabel-Wonder what Mrs. Flayabout
does to kill time?
Sue-Why, she has a bicycle and hus-
band, SO she divides her time between them
blowing them up.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the live and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price Is and SOC.
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Some people demand that the world not
only be patient with their foolishness, but
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The most common name for . place
in England Is Newton, which occurs
no fewer than n timest-N. y. Pest