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state has a share in his gallant deed.
Mr.. Moore was born in Iowa county,
Wisconsin, in 1888, his father being one
OF the first white settlers and fighter
in the Black Hawk war. His elder
brother was the first white child born
in Wisconsin. At the opening Of the
civil war Mr.. Moore enlisted in the
Eleventh Wisconsin, company E, and
went first to Missouri, serving there
with the Thirty-third Illinois in q
brigade under Col. Hovey, and later in
the Thirteenth army corps under Gen.
Mcclellan. He was through the fight
at Vicksburg, and after existing in
Texas went with the Seventeenth army
corps to Mobile. Then, at the attack
on Fort Blakely, to use his own words,
the company in which he was a corpo-
raj received orders to charge the enc
my's defenses, and nine of us got into
one OF the open spaces or roads be-
tween the works by which they brought
up their pickets, and seven of the nine
were shot down. Lieut.. Angus McDon-
AID, who was leading us, and I, how
ever, jumped over into the fort, and
he was promptly shot down, and then
one OF the enemy rushed up and wound
ed him in the thigh with his bay onet,
and was about to thrust once again in
to the lieutenant's side when I shot
him, and then fought with the butt Of
my gun over the body and kept them
all off until the position was taken.
was wounded in the head with a bay.
onet, but escaped without injury of =
lasting nature. For this I was made q
brevet captain, and later was recon-
mended for the medal. The lieutenant
returned to Madison, Wis, and died
there in; 1891. AS FOR me, have been in
the sherif's Office for some time past,
am married, have young wife and q
baby daughter 20 months old. While
I am proud to be 50 decorated, I never
would have pressed for it. The medal
is Of copper, hanging by ribbon Of tho
national colors from q bar and in
scribed as follows:
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WHEN PA TAKES CARE or NE

When pa takes care Of me- Z, 4.
He says to ma: by Jing! -.
It seems that everything
Comes on me when I've got the most to do.
But suppose I've got to get It through
With; so you needn't fuss one bit about
Him; I'll take charge Of him while you are
But ma makes him repeat all she has said
About what he's to do: guess she's afraid
TO let him try his way -" ..H.N"
OF watching me, the day
When pa takes care of mo. 81
When pa takes care Of ma 49, 81.
He puts me on q rug.
Gives me q kiss and hug,
Then brings in every pillow he can flnd,
And piles them up in front, at sides, behind
Me: $50 that you can't hurt yourself" he
And then he gets my picture:books. and
lays
Them down beside me. and my blocks and
And says: Nov. go ahead: make all the
noise
And sit there and stare; 81
When pa takes care of me-.
When pa takes care of me,
No book or toy or game .r -.a.
Seems. somehow, just the same.
And when cry, pa says: Have you begun
Already? What's the matter, anyway?
There's everything you own! Why don't
you play?
Stop crying now! You won't? Well. what
is wrong? =
Come now! I'll sing" And then he starts
some song
About bye. Baby, Bye!"
And lie fiat and cry,
When pa takes care Of me.
When pa takes care Of me.
He grabs me up at last,
And starts to walk, real fast,
And talks to me. and pats my back, and
tries
To act as II he liked it: but he signs.
And signs, and keeps a-loolking at tho
clock,
And out the window. up and down the
block.
For sight Of ma; and when she does come in,
She grabs me quick, and says: 1T In SIM"
And pa looks mad. and-I-
I'm glad the times gone by
When pa takes care Of me.
Francis Churchill Williams. In Lppin-
colts Magazine.
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osafsssrats frivete was No Longer
Particular with Whom
81. = -. s. He Ate. -

/ A crowd Of old confederates were
swapping war stories when one Of them
told the following to Louisville Cour-
ier-JournaT man: .:- :.<'.' !:
I. "One Of the. most striking figures in
the armies Of the west was Gen. John
Magruder, c. S. A. He was what might
be called 'Murat' OF man, for in the
hardest times Prince John, could al
ways show . natty uniform, and he
always went into battle, the soldiers
said, with enough fuss and feathers to
have marched down dozen men. It
was evidently his determination to die
not only with his boots on, but with all
his good clothes 40 well. Added to his
love of dress was a fondness for good
eating that led him to every promising
nome near . camping ground. -.
'On one occasion, with his staff, he
rode up to q handsome, old-fashioned
home in Tennessee, and with his most
eourtly bow and gallant manner hint
ed that food would not be unacceptable
to tamished soldiers. The lady of the
mansion bade him enter and hastily
sent servants running hither and
thither to provide q meal for such
handsome and gallant soldiers.
about the time the dinner was
weighing down the table and just be-
fore the officers had been invited to en-
tor the dining-room, q poor private,
who in peace would have been styled a
gentleman, sneaked up to the back
door and begged bite to eat.
THE hospitable hostess, absolutely
ignorant Of military etiquette, told him
to come in immediately, that dinner
was just on the table,
The officers, Gen. Magruder and
the rest are just getting ready to eat,'
she said; you are in nice time
Had he not been 80 hungry the pri-
vate might have run on the spot. But
hunger conquers all fears and he quick
~ followed his hostess to the dinine e.
room, determined to snatch few bites
and run before he could be sent to the
guard house.
THE officers had not entered. The
private slipped into a seat and began
q savage attack on the food before him.
Chicken, ham, and everything in sight
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HOW PLANTS GAIN WEIGHT.
Their Growth in Avordupoi. Comes
Wholly from Gas in:
the Air.

Az far as Il known the first botanical
experiment ever performed was con.
Quoted by Dutchman. He placed. in 4
pot zoo pounds of dried earth, and in it
he planted willow branch which
weighed five pounds. He keptthe whole
covered up and daily watered the earth
with rain water. After five years
growth the willow was again weighed
and was found to have gained 1864
pounds. The earth in the pot was dried
and weighed and had lost only two
ounces.
Theexperimentalist, therefore, looked
upon this experiment assupporting tho
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firmly brazed together. They are ar
ranged like the windings OF the ordi-
nary electric motor, with one set of
functions brought conveniently to tho
surface, where gas jets play upon them.
The other set are cooled by a rapid cir
culation Of air about them, engendered
by the rotation Of the machine. While
the motor is of no practical value, it is
an exceedingly interesting exemplifi-
cation of the ease with which energy
may be transformed and retrans3ormed
through the various forms OF heat, cleo
tricity and motion.
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ions to! Z. jeyous public. Before the
war the trale in peacock's feathers
was In a"colaatose condition. Huge
stocks were o4 hand, and the promise
of . clearance seemed distantly re-
mote. ,.....7 49, ...-
Then some brilliant opportunist saw
in the feather thu very article for
which an exuberant public might be
taught to yearn. In the sesrly days Of
our successes in South Africa the s'tid-
der" IN the hands Of the boisterous
youth, Instantly jumped into popular
5ity, and while It added to the harm
les igayety Of q nation, its ready sale
enriched all who had foressen the.
boom. = VA .$s
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DON'T STIR WHILE GO GET THEM"
trouble were brought into the kings
presence. How sad and grieved he
seemed when he had heard all! His
splendid eyes were SO eloquent in their
pity.
but would you believe it?-even
when all had been exposed he would
not punish them as they deserved, but
this is what he did. You have no doubt
heard Of shower Of stars. Perhaps
you have seen them. Had you been
looking into the sky upon the night I
speak of you would have seen & shower.
I shall never forgetit. -,
II cannot tell you how often it was
done, for that il a Sirius secret, but
those conspirators were launched OF
into space, and as they fell downward,
downward, ever falling, falling straight,
toward thiss earth they became tiny
stars, and lsst they should vanish for:
ever and never BE heard Of more; King
st. Bernard let them fall gently upon
the trees, where they became the pearly
white stars you call dogwood blos-
sons" ...
"But were there SO many that had be-
haved badly?" asked Madge, insurprise.
e"Oh, no. Only few hundreds, but
you must remember that it all hap
pened ages ago, and once transformed
we could never resume our: former
shapes, but must go on year after year
living and blooming as dogwood BIOS
SONS" Ia " ~ rs s#t Ii
us it true thatyou sometimes poiscn
people?" y -. ~
'Only those who are unkind to dogs.
For Just one hour during an afternoon
in May we may choose mortal child
and. tell her the dogwood's secret, and
have chosen you. Would you like me
to tell you how we live in the dog star?'';
"Oh, ever SO much. Please do" %ss
9. Well you must know" began the
blossom voices, hut just then Paula
came hurrying back and&sthe voices in
stantly ceased. ~ .,-zA,
''Why, how funny you look!" cried
Paula. Have you been dreaming Pr
You have such funny stare in your.
eyes!" Madge jumped up. saying, in :
queer voice: g. g..
,,rs. Maybe have, but twas lovely
dream, and wish I couldthave another.
No. I haven't been asleep Y. Her
AID. .--%.s..
U q 80
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Hard on the Little Chap.


A poor woman took her five-year-oldu
boy to- p hospital andaasked the sur
geon to look at his hand. BY some
freak of nature the thumb and finger
had interlocked, causing him great
pain at times why didn't you come
here sooner?" said the surgeon, re-
provingly. 'The. little chap. has evil
IDENTIFY been suffering since the day of
his birth. Il you had brought him
when hes va 2 baby I#might have
cured him hut fear I cannot now"
Tho woman aware that she was to
blame, but 10Th Is take The response
bility, imn iatel turned upon her
unfo rtnnats 8 lsprring. ssDo you hear
what the doctor says. Tommy?'' she
cried Yousousht @ have told me
Ave years ago declare I have no
patience with people who suffer and
my nothing. = 8 80 ~
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THE MAGIC STRING.
cleveP Trick Which, with = Little.
Practice, Can he Performed by
Any Boy or Girl.

The boy or girl who can perform ya-=
r1ous little tricks with matches, string
:etc.,is generally very popular and much
in demand. A rainy day at the sea,
shore, or in the mountains, is generally
dreary enough, and anyone who can
help while away the time is regarded
with gratitude. Here is q description
OF the marvellous ring trick, which the
writer has not seen described since he
was child, which il quite good many.
years ago.
Having tied the ends Of your strink
together, pass it double through 8
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theory that plantsrequired NO food but
water. But he was wrong. Later II
was discovered that much of the in.
crease in weight Of plants was derived
from carbonic acid gas in the air.
Vegetable cells contain 4 LIQUID
known as cell sap" which i, water
holding in solution various material,
~. which have been taken up from with.
out BY the roots and leaves. Thu, it is
In the living cells Of the plant that
those digestive" processes are carried
on which We're once believed to occur!
in the soil. ..s:.. ~ T 'ts.,,, n
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''1'll attend to. that part

chopper. 'I'n attend to that part
of it."
Still paying no attention to him, the
messenger got up and walked away.
He had chopped one ticket, that's all
he wanted to chop; and now he strolled
down the platform as calm, as grave
faced, as reticent as ever, a. COO, even
in this weather, as the proverbial Gu
cumber.
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A Destructive CHARGE.

One of the most. terrible conflicts Of
the civil war occurred near Centralia.
Boone county, Mo-, in the afternoon Of
Tuesday, September ~, 1864. Nearly
200 federal soldiers, commanded, by
Maj. A. ". =. johnson, Of the Thirty
ninth Missouri infantry, riding out aft
:er guerrillas, met there Capts. Bill An
derson and George Todd, with 2e5 men.
Scarcely q dozen Of the federal soldiers
escaped with their lives, while of the
guerrillas two only. were killed and one
mortally wounded. There is nowhere
fnst the history of the world record Of q
charge more destructive than. that
made on the fair September afternoon.
Every man 81 the federal line Of battle
Perished, and only half . score Of those
left to hold the horses got away.-St.
Louis Republic. Vs. ss 4. *.. ss5.
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GRANTS GENEROSITY.
Shares His Personal Supply Of Cur
Fency with a Captured
Confederate.

Representative Vespasian Warner
spoke from personal acquaintance with
his subject; when he made one OF tho
addresses accepting the Grant statue
paced in the capitol recently, says the
St. Louis Globe Democrat. Warner
carried musket in the Twentieth Hi.
nois at the time Grant was a captain,
stationed at Springfield and engaged in
mobilizing the Illinois volunteers. He
was boy Of 10 at that time Grant
commanded the Twenty-first, Illinois.
He took q fancy to the boy subaltern
and showed him many personal kind
nesses. It was somewhat due to
Grants recognition of young Warmers
capabilities that the private soldier OBJ
tanned his first commission. The trib-
ute which Mr.. Warner made to the
great commanders memory came
straight. from the heart. It,contained
this story illustrative of Grants char
acter: He fought battles not for tho
purpose of killing men, but for the pur-
pose Of saving his country, and when,a
battle was over he wished to take his
enemies to his heartand make them His
and his country's friends. I do not
believe he ever had an unki1d feeling
for any man, living or dead. whether
he wore the blue or the gray, and do
believe his great heart went out to all.
When Gen. Buckner, at Fort Donelson,
asked that commissioners might be ap-
pointed to consider the question of
capitulation, Gen. Grant answered. that
such commissioners y. .se unnecessary,
adding that he purposed to move i'm
mediately upon their works. That was
Grant, the general. Gen. Buckner sur
rendered Internationally, and that
night, after taps Gen. Grant found
and entered Gen. Buckner's tent, and,
taking out his pocketbook, said: Gen.
Buckner, you are prisoner and will
be sent north. I presume you have no
money that Is current with US, and I
wish to share mine with you.' That
was Grant, the man.
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HE WAS TOO BUSY TO TALK.
and reach were sei:~d by the soldier.
When Prince John and the staff came
he expected nothing more than death.
"The door opened, and with the hos
tess on his arm Gen. Magruder entered
the dining-room.
I'm moment the general saw the
private. -.
"'What are you doing here?' thun-
dered the officer.
"The private sent half a corn-pone to
join the chicken he had just swallowed
and reached for piece of ham. He was
too busy to talk.
"Gen. Magruder strobe up. in his
splendid. uniform, and touched, the
dirtycoated figure seated composedly
at the table.
'Sirrah, do you know with whom
you are to eat?'
1.-THE soldier never looked up. He
only grunted out between bites: Don't
know-don't care-was time when I
was mighty particular. All that gone.
Too hungry-willing to eat with any,
body.'
HE was allowed to finish his meal"
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ship that has since ripened into love,
to use the expression of famous novel
lists.
Before this love became an undying
one the cat found herself the mother
of four little kittens. Despite her
great friendship for Lump she had
much doubt about his intentions when
he began poking around the box where
the kittens lay. The mother promptly
asched her back and made ready to
slap Lump if he became too rude. he
showed himself thorough gentleman
and a member of the Society for the
Prevention OF: Cruelty to Animals. He
expressed on.y great solicitation for the
cat mother and actually went away and
got piece of meat for them. This
pleased the mother. and in short
time afterward Lump entered the fans
lily az. stepfather. The most remark
able things are told Of. his paternal
deeds. :. -. >.2%..
To divide meat with the little kit
tens was nothing uncommon. Lump
made up his mind that the kittens
should never be alone. He seemed to
fear that something would happen TO-
them. So, when the old cat went out
to get little fresh air, Lump would
take her place and lie in the box with
them or remain near. He allowed
them to scratch his nose with their
sharp little claws and to sport around
him in the merriest fashion. Some Of
: the spiteful 400 said that Lump was
doing all this just to raise cats to bite
and chase over back fences. The
queen of the hollering danes said that
he would not risk his life for them.
Not long afterward this assertion was
proven untrue and, Lump made him
self hero. One day the ODD mother
cat was out for visit to some Of the
neighbors who had not utterly repudi-
ated her, and Lump was looking out
for the kittens. A man who wanted Q
pair of shoes went into the store and
with him q big bulldog. The brutal
dog began smelling around, and be-
fore Lump thought about it was &C
the box with the kittens. The big
dog growled and started to seize kit.
ten, when Lump was upon him. The
big dog then attacked little Lump and:
there was . fierce fight. When the;
store people got the big dog away, lit.s
tie Lump was hardly able to stand.
buthe crawled over TO the cat box. and
when he saw that everything was:
safe gave pathetic whine and fell
infn thu hoy ii HA use hell~ .-....,
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The Same EJECT.

s Il II observed by travellers ii Siberia
that the eject OF constant cold isprac-
tically the same % the eject, OF, con.
slant heat. The people develop : dis
inclination TO work, and ! become
'strangsss 70 ambition 81 any desottip-
don.
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ON MlpaET,s SLATE .

There IL wee. wee artist,
& The tiniest little miss;
She draw my portrait, 30 she said,
II would pay kiss.
But whose the likeness was. when done.
You really would not know;
The nose was like a question-mark,
The mouth was like an O.
The eyes were like a salcy owls,
The hair was like our Skye:
Now would you pay her just the price
She asked, If you were I?
Youths Companion.
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Mans 9Rpefiority.

One sees many curious phases of hu-
man nature in the safe deposit vaults
of banking institutfon-from the
women who never by any chance know
where their keys are, and go through
bag and pocketbook with reckless
haste, to the man who is not quite Ger
tain that he has locked his box and re-
turns to the vault three or four times;
puts his key in the lock, shakes It
hard, and finally goes away convinced
that "all is WELL" But in recent ex-
perience with new customer to whom
was renting a box the climax was
reached when handed him the keys
and said:
SNOW, here are two keys. Separate
them, SO that if you lose one you will
have the other to admit you.'
He quickly replied:
Every well. Twill put one on my key
ring and lock the other up in my box"
' And yet they tell us that men are
more logical than women. John Hart,
in New Lippincott. ~
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Pole Defended ~ I1,e.

There are 400 miles Of cebergs, Aoat-
ing ice, plains Of ice and Ill other sorts
OF arctic distractions to trayer.u. be-
tween the nearest discovery Is the pola
and the pole itself. Perhaps some
means Of overcoming these }dimculties,
may present themselves within the
next g, century 9 science / goss 81 Il 10
progressive way. s ..ssfla' go
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PEACOCK FEATHER BOOM.
Sale Of the "Tiddler'' Means Much {.
London Trade - Many
Made Rich.

The peacock's feather has become a
conspicuous feature in our national
rejoicings, says the London Mail.
Ito Introduction has brought about
q: revival of trade in the commodity
which has filed Mincing Lane with
gladne4s and proved windfau to thou
sands Of London's poor.
For purposes of jubilation the "eye"
feather Of the peacock has been re-
christened fiddler" and sold in mil
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Strictly I. tl'l = Up to Date

" Yes remarked Mrs.. Malaprop.
"our new house has got All the mod.
ern cancellations, even to eclectic
lights, rheumatic tubes and 8 porcu-
Pine bathtub. Chicago Daily News
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OF Two Evils.

Binks-By George, here's another lat
ter from my wife at the seashore asking
for. money. That's all she does.
Jinks--Y You're lucky. Mimi simply
makes 2 draft on me, and I have to hon
or tn. Y, World. 5s5E IA S
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A Use for the Fog,

An apparatus for condensing sea
fog into drinking water has been In.
vented by Prof. Bell. twill be vel
coined a. desideratum by ocean yoy-
.sasrs. Il. ..@s..s,.@ss
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BetanieallyssAc accurate.

Editor Here's slime n your poem
about the .:aOwefets shooting into the
air Flowers Do, not shoot. They
grow.
Poet But, q, they have pistila
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capital y divided into thres distinct
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gentleman mpond his
He elected United
always been fighting a ~ ~ ~
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it leaves the string, to add to the mys.
terry. q
The surprise of your stringholder will
now be doubled if you proceed to re-
turn the ring to the string without re1'
moving the ends from his fingers. Pass
the string, as in the first trick, around
one of his fingers, and in drawing the
loop, as before, toward the other hand,
slip it through the ring as shown at d.
then pass the loop over the finger, this
time leaving it near the end, as at c.;
with your two forefngers catch up the
string which was irstupo the fingers,
and slip it from them over the part
holding the ring, and you win find, the
ring in place, as at the beginning Of the
first trick. Is
Here is another very simple trick:
Pass your string around your neck,
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Nearly 5000, 900 persons IN Germany
s1e Insured against illness.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-01
WELLSBURG.

WELISBURG, W. Va, March 81
Col. ". ". Beall is being very favor
ably spoken of by prominent Demo-
Gratis as excellent timber for the State
Senate. Mr.. Beall is well and favorably
known all over the district; nor is he
stranger throughout the State, hav-
ing made many friends while colonel
on Gov. MacCorkle's staff. II Mr.. Beall
can be induced to accept the nomina-
ton, we know of no better selection
the Democrats could make TO look
after the interests of this district
Samuel Jacob, Jr., for some time past
managing editor of the Herald, has ac-
cepted a position in the census Office
at Washington and will leave to-day.
accompanied by his wife. The Herald
will continue on in its usual cour Sc.
being under the management of John
F. and Louis H. Jacob, " II. Simpson
continuing as city editor.
The concert and recital given at
Barth's Opera House last night by the
Junior Christian Endeavor Society far
excelled anything Of its nature that
has been presented to the public here