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accompany him. 1t was decided that she
should remain with her parents in ST.
Louis until her husband was able to send
for her.
Early Matrimonial Life,
The opportunity never came. Grant
found his salary too small to bring his
wife and family to the coast and support
them there in comfort. and he resigned
his commission in the army and-returned
to St. Louis in the summer of 1854. In his
Memoirs he alludes to this event, and
the following six years Of his career as
follows: t.r %
I'm the late summer of 1864 rejoined
my family, to find IN It a SON had never
seen. born while was on the Isthmus OF
Panama. was now 70 commence, at the
age Of 80. a new struggle for our sup
port Nv wife had a farm near st
Louis. to which we went but I had no
means to stock it. A house had to be built
also. l worked very hard, never losing a
day because OF bad weather, and accom-
plished the object in moderate way
'Tf nothing else could be done I would
load a cord OF wood on a wagon and take
il to the city for sale. I managed to keep
along very well until 1858, when 1 was at
tackled by fever and ague. i had suffered
very severely and for a long time with
this disease while a boy in Ohio. 1t last
ed now over a year. and while 1t did not
keep me in the house. II did interfere
greatly with The amount Of work was
able TO perform. In the fan Of 1855 sold
out my stock, crops and farming uten-
sils at auction and gave up farming
'In the winter established a partner
ship with Harry Boggs, a cousin Of Mrs.
Grant in the real estate agency business.
I spent the winter in ST. Louis myself,
but did not take my family into town until
spring. Our business might have become
prosperous II / had been able 70 wait for IL
to grow AS 1t was there was no more
than one person could attend to and not
enough to support two families. l with
drew from the cOpartnership with Boggs,
and In May, 1850 removed to GaIena, ILL.,,
and took up clerkship in my fathers
store"
The logs for the cabin 10 which Grant
aIludes were cut and hewed by him with
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
OCHH TREE TALES.
New York Commerclal

New York Commercial.
A few years ago Colonel Thomas P.
Ochiltree, who died the other day, was
making a night of it, with some con-
young man Of not more than twenty-five
summers was introduced to the Texan
and upon realizing that he had finally
met a man about whom he had heard so
much he insisted on ordering edfbles, the
drinks and cigars. At first this youngster
was decidedly modest but. as the spirits
began to work upon his system, he talked
too much for one of his years and got
to be disgustingly familiar in a party
composed chiefly Of his elders and SUI
periors. He was member of one of the
prominent families socially and had in
herited big fortune from his father. II
Colonel Ochiltree detested one thing more
than another, 1t was familiarity on short
acquaintance: but on account of his long
friendship for the gentleman who had
brought the young fellow into the circ,e
he was unusually patient and forbearing.
Eventually, however. the genial reconteur
>squelched him in good fashion. The rash
and impulsive youngster feeling hilarious.
slapped Ochiltree on the shoulder and ex-
claimed.
well, Tom, old boy, I'm certainly glad
to meet you! I've heard a great deal of
you for the past seven years. and I'd give
100000 cash If / had your cheek"
eff you had my cheek and no more
brains in your head than you've got now
you'd get your damned neck broken be-
fore breakfast time!" was the instant re-
ply of Colonel Ochiltree.
1t used to make Colonel Ochiltfee flu
rious If any one intimated that he was
sparring with the truth-fn short. If he
was accused of being somewhat of a liar
in general conversation. OF course. he
never got mad with close friends who
were in the habit of teasing him over
many Of his remarkable stories, for the
sake of having a little fun at his expense.
A mistaken idea prevailed in this and 9TH
err countries that Colonel Ochiltree did not
have the acquaintance he was given cred
1t for To illustrate this it is necessary
to relate an occurrence at the Newmarket
races in England during the month of
October, 1891.
There were a great many Americans in
the space that day where the betting is
done. Colonel Ochiltree, with big red
rose on his coat, mixed freely with. the
big crowd laid a, wager on race. chat
ted pleasantly with numerous friends
was introduced by them TO other Anieri-
cans and,n happening to look toward the
private boxes, said:
1T observe that his royal highness, the
prince of Wales, has arrived must go
to his box and shake hands with him. 1
will see you again before. we start for
London"
One of the Americans who had false no.
lions about Colonel Ochiltree remarked as
the latter disappeared thro- gh the I'M
mense throng:
Il believe the colonel is blowing
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THE LOST MONTH---A Short Story.

: February 22-Legal holiday
February 23-"Nat. Copper, 90 81 10 3d.
February 24-Sunday. t%Ts
February 25-"Nats Copper. 4S 1-2 to 3d.
February 26-"Nat Copper, "A to As.
For the next ten days the stock remain
ed in the neighborhood of a. Then 1t be-
gan to decline more rapidly. In two days
ii had fallen Off nine points, being quot
at SO on March IL. On March IL came
the crash. Ogden, found the financial col.
umn for that day headed: National Capt
per Loses Its Bottom" and underneath
he read:
g."
t'If had only sold" he kept saying to
himself, as he stared at the fatal figures
And IL / had been well would have
sold-when it hung around 80. I'm glad i
owned the stuff straight out instead OF on
a rnargin--but what's the olrerence? The
stocks gone anyway--I guess the whole
business is so much waste paper by now.
Well let's see the worst Of 1t. And ne
turned to the next days issue.
AS ne did so. his eye lit on an item that
drove everything else out of his head.
mr. Freoerick Percy Proctor compli-
mented Miss Bessie Magill with an elegant
box party last night at the Metropoh-
tan.
Ogden collapsed as IL he had been struck.
That's Just the way 1t goes" he said,
family f"While I'm laid up that knock
kneed dummy gets In the game and be-
gins to blow his uncle's cash. And here
/ am, broke-alI on account Of that last
month. You bet If I had 5een on hand
he wouldn't even have got start. But II
done up-absolutely knocked out. A fell
low can't AFFORD 70, sleep a whole month
these days"
qHello Ogdenl Brace up, old man! I've
been here several times, but they wouldn't
let me see you until now" 1t was Jack
Sanford. dressed I'm a natty spring suit
anu looking hatefuIly cheerful and pros
porous.
"Oh, I'm about well now, as far as that
goes. They let me out of the hospital to-
morrow But I've been reading some
things here In the paper" and he reeited
his misfortunes.
When he had finished his friend said
nothing, but turned to the last paper on
the file. bearing the current date of April
H. Running his finger down the stock
quotations, he paused at one near the mid
ole of the list This is what Ogden saw:
Nat Copper highest 81 1-2-iowest so.
Next, day Ogden went down and sold
the most of his National Copper stock at
between so and 81. Then he made his way
to the residence OF Mr.. Edward j. Magfll
on West .sifty-ninth strickland there. no
doubt, he learned who sent him the flow
ers .
The present candid historian is bound to
record also that he there mace up lost
time at the rate Of one month per hour
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BY WILLIAM HuRD HfLLYER.

asked Ogden.
"Oh. a little while. Just take things
easy now and you'll be all right
Where am L? What has happened
| Have 1 been hurt?''
yes but you are better now" He turn
! ed 60 the nurse. and they spoke in whis-
pers Then he went away. and the nurse
poured out something for Ogden to drink
| As he did so, he put his hand to his head
an found it swathed in bandages He be-
came aware of a duh throbbing in his
| forehead which soon developed into in
| tense pain The nurse dipped a piece OF
/ linen in water and bathed his temples
The pain came and went, like great waves
He fancied that his forehead was a sea
beach. and that heavy surf was breaking
upon IL. At last the tide began to GO
out The surges grew feebler and less fire.
/ auent; and the fierce roar sank into a
| low susurrus Then there was gray, twi-
light, and darkness.
When Ogden next regained conscious
ness, he felt that he had walked from
a long and refreshing sleep. The pain had
| vanished.
Very quiet and comforting, now, was the
plain wall. the silence, the CAIN daylight.
There was no one in the room when he
first awoke, but soon the nurse came In,
ana afterwards the doctor.
How long have 1 been here?" asked
Ogden, repeating the question he had ask
ed at first.
TO a memorandum. You have been here
yes, a little more than four weeks. You'll
be well soon"
What, a whole month";" cried Ogden.
Not a whole MONTH Why-it was only
yesterday-w here-who--" a.re
Never mind: you'll find out all that
after little. just take things easy. You
are getting. well now--everything normal
quite normal"
AS Ogden grew better. ne gradually
learned what had happened to him. His
case was a peculiar one, but not absolute
~ without precedent. While talking with
Jack Stanford, he had been struck on
the head by a falling sign, which the
high wind had blown down. For whole
month he had lain unconscious, able to
take liquid noIHishment, but utterly obliv-
ious to all around him. At the first return
OF consciousness~-which took place twen-
ty-nine days after the accident, he took
up the thread of his story where he had
left of when he was injured, and re-
sumed his anecdote thinking that he was
sim talking to Jack Stanford. Twenty
nine DAYS had seemed to Ogden only mo-
ment Of fnattention: and they had slipped
past IN what was to him a matter OF FIVE
or six seconds
What had happened during this last
month? How was National copper? And
Continental Wool? And there was anoth-
er question. most vital of all. which he
refrained from asking aloud For some
body had sent him flowers.
1t was long time before Ogden could
learn the answer to any of these ques-
tons: for his friends were not allowed to
see him, and with the doctor and nurse
the lost month was a forbidden sub
ject ~ ~
at last, after three weeks of GONZALES
cence, ne was permittedt TO see file Of one
OF the daily papers. Eagerly ne turned to
the stock quotations. He began with the
issue of February 21--the day after he
was hurt Nat Copper. 81 to 81 1-2;" a
Sligo rise Very good.
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pied for a number of years; the govern
ment granted her a pension of 5000 per
annum, and the proceeds from the sale
of her husbands Memoirs are said, to have
netted her nearly $5O0,vVO.
Mrs Grants eyesight was not good for
a number of years, and she had to en-
ploy companion to read to her. She al
ways had her photograph taken in profile.
In connection with slight ahiiction of the
eyes very pretty story is told indicative
of General Grants tender devotion to her.
When he was president she became some
what sensitive about her eyes-she suf-
fered from strabismus-and consulted a
specialist to see what could be done for
her The specialist told her he thought
he could improve her eyes, but the opera
ton would be painful. She consulted her
husband to learn whether he would advise
the operation
Don't have 1t done. dear" said the
general. pressing her cheeks with his two
hands LET those dear eyes stay Just as
they are. If they were changed might
not recognize my sweetheart"
A few years after the death of General
Grant Mrs. Grant began work on her auto
biography. This was completed several
years ago. 1t was her desire that her
grandchildren should know GENERAL Grant
as she knew him. and 1t was for them
that she prepared the record of his life
and hers. The biography contains the gen
erals letters to her as lover and husband.
1t is doubtful If it will ever see the light
of day in the exact way in which 1t was
written, but 1t may be that in after years
the generals descendants may be persuad-
ed to give at least some portions of ii to
the public in the interest Of history.
When General Grant died and the move
ment 70 build him a magnificent niauso-
leum on the banks of the Hudson was in
augurated Mrs. Grant notified the COM
mittee that conceived the project that If
the mausoleus was built a resting place
must be provided for her alongside her
husband, otherwise she would have him
buried where she could be with him In
death. Her wishes were regarded, and in
the mausoleum on Riverside Drive, where
the remains of the general now repose,
there are two sarcophagi exactly similar,
and In the vacant one the remains of Mrs
Grant will be placed.
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Atlanta, Georgia.

derIoin" with the exception Of Dr. Parkhurst
and Mr. Jerome. better than any man living.
He then delved into the subject of hoodoos-
.grhe distinguishing trait" he said of those
VINO take office in order to save the masses
Of tbs people Is an oppressive modesty, which
they hide By abusing everybody else. They
oppose franchises in perpetuity, except those
that are given TO their friends; they despise
partisanship. except when 1t works for them
1.-THE alderman Is man who always has
the hoOdoo with him When that individual
votes for franchise. he Is accused Of having
done so for money. and when he votes against
it he is accused Of wanting money That Is a
real hoodoO Sometimes, when I reflect on a
hoodoo I think of a book 10 be written on the
Nfe Of Jerome, by Seth Low. / would hate TO
think Of the name OF the book that Jerome IL
TO write on the life Of Low
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GDEN was in excellent spirits
Things had been prosperous
downtown. National Copper
" stock. which had been quoted al
around Is. and had dropped to % few
days before, had risen above 50. closing
at u IA. Ogden had bought 500 shares OF
this stock at ~ 1-2 and 200 shares at a.
and had held them three weeks awaiting
a rise He was confident that the stock
would touch IS before the close Of the
next days business; and at this figure
he purpOSed selling his shares, thus real
izing a handsome profit
He would dine at the club. he thought;
and after that he would read and smoke q
while, and then go and call on his-not
his hancee as yet. but-well, we shall see
Here too. the outlook was favorable
Miss Magill was handsome. charmings OF
aristocratic family-and not averse toAOg-
den. He was really In love, poor fellow,
and had almost convinced himself that
she cared for him. As he sat in the elevat-
ca train. suddenly sort of bravado seized
him. and he almost determined to ask her
that very evening to marry him. He
could dare to do anything, he felt.
While these thoughts were occupying his
mind the train reached his station. IL
was only few minutes walk to the club.
ana Ogden strobe along well satisfied with
himself and the world.
Hello. Ogden" said a voice close be-
side him, where are you going in such
hurry?'
why. how do you do. Jack? didn't
see you at all Windy day. isn't it? I was
Just going to dinner; won't you join rne?''
NO thank you. I've been. Well, I'll not
detain you.
neNarf d acrF
Nothing much. Heard about Fred
Pr3ctorgr
aHis uncle Joe's dead at last. and left
Fred about half OF his dust"
what Why. that would be ten or fif-
teen millions"
That's about the size Of It. Freds a
good sort Of fellow in his way. but don't
you think he's feaTfuily conceited?"
Connected? well. l should say so" an
swered ogden. And after this he'll be ten
umes worse. l was at college with him,
you know and he was conceiteo enough
then. I remember that one time the boys
thought they'd play joke on him that
would take him down q little. So they
all banded together to induce him to run
for class president. The agreement was,
that they would datter him into running.
ana then not have him get single vote.
Well, election day rolled around"
fused. For some reason which he did not
understand. he lost the thread Of his
story. Il seemed TO him several seconds
before he could collect his thoughts.
THE election day rolled around" he
went on. land Proctor was simply jubil-
ant over the prospect There were other
candidates, but none Of them appeared to
stand any showing. AS soon as nomina-
lions were In order, somebody put up his
al
took the vote. and when II came to be
counted" vi
Ogden stopped suddenly. What had hap
pened? Where was he?
A clean. whitewashed wall-a square
Windows woman In snowy. cap and apron
these were quiet things; but the sight
unnerved him.
That's all right" said the nurse.
You'll be all right now" Her voice was
gentle and reassuring.
A tall, grave man bent over him and felt
his pulse. How long have been here?'
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Going to Bed Hungry.
It is All Wrong and Nan Is the Only
Creature That Does IT,.

Creature Thae Does u.
The complete emptiness OF the stomach
during sleep adds greatly to the amount of
emaciation, sleeplessness and general
weakness so often met with. There is a.
perpetual change Of tissues in the body,
sleeping or waking, and the supply OF
nourishment ought to be somewhat con-
tinuous and food taken just before retir-
ing adds more tissue than IL destroyed,
and increased weight and vigor is the re-
suit. DIR. W. T. Cathell says: .'All animals
except man eat before sleep and there is
no reason in Nature why men should form
the exception to the rule
II people who are thin, nervous and
sleepless would take light lunch OF bread
and milk or oatmeal and cream and at
the same time take a safe, harmless stom-
ach remedy like Stuarts Dyspepsia Tab
lets in order to aid the stomach I'm digest
ing 1t, the result win be a surprising in
crease in weight. strength and general
vigor. The only drawback has been that
thin, nervous, dyspeptic people cannot
digest and assimilate wholesome food at
night or any other time. For such 1t is
absolutely necessary to use Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets. because they will digest
the food, no matter how weak the stom-
ach may be, nourishing the body and rest
ing the stomach at the same time.
DR. Stevenson says: IT depend almost
entirely upon Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's in treating Indigestion, because 1t is
not q uuack nostrum, and / know just
what they contain. a combination OF veg
etable essences, pure pepsin, and they cure
Dyspepsia and stomach troubles, because
they can't help but cure" Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets are sold by druggists ev-
erywhere at 80 cents per package. They
are in lozenge form. pleasant to take,
and contain nothing but pure pepsin, veg
etable essences and bismuth, scientific
ally compounded. Your druggist will tell
you they give universal satisfaction.
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"THIRTEEN CLUB" HAS A
P0RTENTI0US DINNER
philadelnhia Publlo Ledger.

About fifty members Of the Thirteen Club
dined at the Cafe Boulevard Sunday evening.
elected officers for the ensuing year. and then
listened intently to a discussion on the hoodoo
in notifies and a poem entitled. Jefferson
and Jerome by Abraham Gruber. the new
vice ruler of the club. The decorations were
ali in keeping with the reputation Of the eluo,
omen umbrellas being stationed here and there.
Mr. Gruber announced himself candidate
for the police commissionsrship, for the good
and sufficient reason that he knew the Ten
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IaEued 70 soldiers q ths war Of me hsToio-
-7@~u.s a wosasers az tne war az fsiA
Issues Is nc1dsexw ~ tre War with 4ex1co.
Tmwned 70 soldiers q any var. WIN also pur~
errwl Cofiewe Scrip. Soldiers Addfuonal Hone-
wfenA rights. Forest Reserve Lana o. 1ny
Wsf1a rand warrants o. Land Scrip WIN Day
enef caxh 81 delivery az paperA-
W.EMOSEs rJmcobaons Bldg Denver, Col.
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wANTED-Two travelling statesmen in each
state: permanent position. $50 and expenses.
Central Tobacco Works Co.. Penicks. Va
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a bachelor who has beer rejected by seven
decline.
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It Is high arm machine, the size under
arm being s IA by 81 inches.
II is made OF the very best material. the
bearings are all Of hardened steel
The machine Is noiseless and very light
running and does not depend upon paos
or appliances TO deaden sound.
The drivig wheel ID guarded for the pro-
lection OF users garments.
The woodwork Is OF special design, in
oak. and the whole machine is an orna-
rnent In every house, and delight TO
those who use ii.
The machine has a perfect AUToAIAT-
&c BOBBIN ,WINDER.
And above all they are the ball bearing m
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A Wealthy Woman.

Mrs Grant was a wealthy woman. Pa
triotio friends of the general gave the
family many presents of value. besides
the New York house, which they oocu-