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eoRttma JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST a i898.

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SOME WAR SONGS.

%B» C » d l s Sqitai lrou Coincv. Will Oerrer»he unlxittltHl, to the must,

the drums, i til* Oadu squadron comes— i «he Cadiz squadron conn's:

Kay, * harbor waits- in hades For those Spanish ships from Cadis. There1! a bottlo, lords and ladies.

For jwur squadron when it comes!

I *h«? Santiago corks fly to the music o' the drums

When the Cadi* squadron comes— Wlu-n the Cadis squadron comes!

"Will Cervera hom« be reeling To the bells of Madrid peeling! Kuy. he'll have "that tired feeling"

'When the Cadis squadron comes 1

Bat our troops, they will be marching to the music o' the drums

When tbe Cadis squadron comes— When the Cadia squadron comes,

And in spite of Spanish scheming Over Santiago gleaming Will the stars and stripes be streaming

When the Cadis squadron comes! . —Atlanta Constitution.

NOT IN THE RECORDS.

h Couple of Bygosta

I t Coming Out.

long ago that Uncle Sam was

It was strange he

isn't very thought

A trifle shy in some things. never caught

The fancy to be wandering that the average nation gets.

He said he'd rather tend to business here and pay his debts.

80 he swam in his own ocean, and he tilled his own good soil

And vowed that here was ample to reward his st. skly toil.

He prospered till the folk who make alliances t ho r care

Agreed that he could go and pick a partner any%here.

But the s^aid and quiet youth oft makes a rest less/man and bold,

And now that he is started, from the borealis cold

Te ihe^ropic sun that beats where wild, un-»nny creatures roam,

He tSafces his hat off and prepares to make him ! at home.

—Washington Star.

Agninaldo. We rather like your style,

Agajnaldo. You are at it all the while,

Aguinaldo. Ton step right out and fight, And you hit with all your might, And you make the dons a sight,

Aguinaldo.

And when all's said and done, Auuinaldo,

Well remember you, my son, Aguinaldo.

Sou're the friend of Uncle Sam, And you'll find he's not a clam When he hands uToand the jam,

Aguinaldo. —Cleveland Plain Dealer.

What's In a Name? Here i s a l i t t le story, w i t h a local set­

t ing , told by veteran Bi l ly Emerson, the old t i m e minstrer performer.

T h e story concerns a v is i t lie made to Cleveland a t one t ime and bis experience wi th some "cul led g e m m e n " who were waiters a t the hotel where he made his home. A s he arrived a l i t t le after the supper hour, the clerk gave h im a note to the head waiter, saying, "Give Mr. Emer­son of Haverly's minstrels the best you can."' The man in charge "told one of the waiters to look w e l l after the gentleman, as he w a s a minstrel man. The waiter said: "Of course be is. I k n o w him. He's Mr. Bsmopson . I used to wai t on him 1B Cincinnat i ." "You're w r o n g , " said the other; ' 'his name isn't Esmonson. It's Henderson." The t w o coons had quite an argument and finally bet $ 1 on the name and agreed to leave i t for a decision to one of the waiters w h o was r ight up in the • h o w business and knew all the people. He w a s brought in and g i v e n a chance to walk around Bi l ly several t imes and then after mature deliberation said: "Both you coons done, make a mistake. I knows dat m a n ; he's Bi l ly Sanderson. I've seed him often do de big sunflower." So, after all, w h a t ' s in a name?—-Cleveland Plain Dealer.

War Stories of Days.

&n o ld soldier of Detroit has a couple of stories of the late war that w i l l not be preserved in the archives of accepted his­tory- ^

"In the Pioneer brigade to w h i c h I be­longed," relates this veteran, " t h e n w a s a Wisconsin man who seemed to have the gift of perpetual good feeling. After Bragg had left Tulmhoma o n b i s w a y to some safer locality we pushed o n to E lk river to repair a bridge. The Wisconsin n a n , w h o m I remember as H a n k , went down the stream a l i t t le w a y t o take a swim, a n d while he was disporting him­self In the water five of Bragg's boys ap­peared on the bank, covered h i m wi th their g u n s and cordially invited h im to come in o u t of the wet . H e promptly yielded to the persuasion and dressed whi l e laughingly te l l ing his captors t h a t if there had been b u t four of them he w o u l d have declined to recognize them as a superior land force and fought them from the wa­ter.

"While the prisoner was a w a i t i n g an order to march the five surprised h im by s tack ing the ir arms, not i fying h i m that they surrendered and asking to be taken into camp. Like hundreds of others in lower Tennessee during the sumn^gr of 1863, they were tired of the fight and glad to ge t w i t h i n our lines. The last t ime I was at a national' encampment I came across the hero of tbe occasion, a n d I'll be hlowed if he wasn't te l l ing In so lemn ear­nest how he made a sudden dash upon those five Johnnies , surrounded them, disarmed them and marched them to headquarters. Such stories are apt to grow, even w i t h one w h o participated in the event , and I was convinced that Hank thought he was te l l ing the gospel truth ."

The veteran's other story i s about a b ig member of the red sash brigade w h o had done yeoman service in the pine woods of Michigan before he entered the army. " I didn't see th i s ," he acknowledges, "but I can bring the proof if i t be demanded. A t the Bul l R u n retreat the woodsman stopped to assist a wounded comrade. While he w a s do ing this good Samar i tan work he w a s suddenly surrounded by pur­suers and ordered to surrender. H e had not yet been weaned from the. favorite method of f ighting in the lumber camps, so he threw aside his g u n and bayonet as useless incumbrances and sailed in for a rough and tumble, repeatedly a n n o u n c i n g that he could lick the whole outfit. The onslaught was so sudden and so ludicrous that those assaulted were temporarily par­alyzed by laughter and half a dozen of t h e m j i a d gone down wi th damaged heads or bleeding noses before they could rally. Then the bold puncher w a s taken by a good natured exertion of force and was only reconciled when assured that some m a n would be found to do h i m battle in a rough a n d tumble ."—Detroi t Free Press.

With a Difference. P o l l y — Y o u know, father,1 I told you

you shouldn't have come t o town In that awful bat . I wonder yon wear i t at home even. *

Father—Why, i t doesn't matter. Every­body k n o w s m e there.

P o l l y — Y e s ; b a t i t 's different In Lon­don.

Father—No, quite the came. Nobody k n o w s m e here.—Punch.

We Interpreter Weeded. " M y s o n , " said the country gentleman,

"I fail t o see w h a t satisfaction you can loading that little cannon and

firing i t over and over again. T h e n is • o n l y no m e a n i n g in the sound ."

" Y e s , t h e n i s , " was the prompt and emphatic answer. "That ' s the way we say Remember the Maine' in Spanish." —Detroit Free Press.

• Weal I4HML Lord T. (arguing vociferously)—Why,

Lord Igno Ranee was a g n a t m a n In his day. H e Won the battle of K., and, in fact, he left h is mark on history.

Lord B — That's easily explained. He couldn' t write, so he had t o leave his m a r k — P r i n c e t o n Tiger.

V I'm too tired to g o to a s s theater. Wise—But yon won' t have to d o

l i n g but s it down. -Bosh! Y o u ' v e either got to kill

yourself applauding patriotic s i n or else the audience wil l ki l l you foe. e> Spaniard. — N e w York Journal.

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High Light*. We seldom tolerate a ly ing friend after

he has begun to lie about us. * Work is nature's physician, b u t some people are everlastingly chang ing doctors.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the dinner knife is often more deadly than either.

These are t imes i n wh ich al l m e n should show courage if only by wear ing a last year's s traw hat.

The average family i s made u p of men w h o w o n ' t take medicine and w o m e n who take too much .

A gir l naturally puts on her best shoes w h e n she th inks a m a n i s g o i n g to lay h is heart a t her feet.

F a m e i s the knack of t u r n i n g off good work so fast that the world doesn' t get a chance to forget you.

When a boy suddenly quits g o i n g bare­footed, i t i s safe to infer that the g ir l he is sweet on has made fun of h is b i g toes.— Chicago Record.

Considerate. Harold—Do you stay up on t h e roof of

your house most all the t ime, Miss H u y -standr • Miss Huystand (with d ign i ty )—I do not

understand you, chi ld! What do you mean?

Harold—Well, I thought y o n w o u l d n ' t s tay up there so much if you k n e w , for Unc le Jack said you would never get mar­ried unless you came down from t h a t roof of yours. Didn't he, mamma?—Brooklyn Life. -

By Proxy; "Why, Mr. B iggman, I expected after

reading your stirring war speeches you would be in the army by th i s t i m e and at the head of a brigade at l eas t !"

Mr. Biggman—Why, no. T h e fact is I 've b e e n busy gett ing commiss ions for some of m y young relatives. Looks a good deal l ike rain, doesn't i t?"—Chicago f r i b -

AppeJUmg Everett Wrest—Do you k n o w the doc-

t o n say the American people i s gradual ly k i l l ing theirselves off w i t h overwork?

Dismal Dawson—Yes, and i t somet imes worries m e to think w h a t ' s to become of n s when they ain't nobody left b u t us .— Indianapol is Journal.

'• Interesting Dteeoeerj , We called up Christopher Columbus n ight at the seance."

"What d id he say?" " H e said i t was tough on a m a n to get

off a good Joke and have to w a i t 40ft y e a n to have i t appreciated. "—Chicago Record.

Right . C a f t a n Longhow (yarnlng)—Well, and

after that, you know, I was severely wounded In the Musuldoolah.

F a i r Y o u n g Th ing—How very dreadful. I er-'hopo-"or—that's nowhere very aainfoJ. is It*— Ally Hoper

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Caeertatatlss of War. " Y e s , dear, by ail mean* marry

before h is regiment s tarts ." " B a t , m a m m a , his regiment start* to­

m o r r o w . " "Well , what ' s t h e matter w i t h this

iAC?"—Cleveland Pla in Dealer.

Child. . " the nnrsery story teller,

sont inulng , said, " t h e duke and the mar f o i s fought a duel and they—and they —

" L i v e d happily WW after,' • suggested small slider —Cincinnati Enqnlrer.

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Spanish Admira l—That victory w e w o n yesterday.

I don't The Yankee pigs

Hew York Truth.

NEWS.

" L a s t i n p e a c e , l a s t i n w a r , a n d

Inrst a m o n g t h e l i a r s o f h i s c o u n t r y , "

i s the^ w a y a n e x c h a n g e d e s c r i b e e

G e n . B l a n c o .

T h e S p a n i s h C a b i n e t T h u r s d a y i s ­

s u e d a n o t e a n n o u n c i n g t h e o p e n i n g

o f p e a c e n e g o t i a t i o n s , w h i c h r e a d a s

f o l l o w s :

' T h e French A m b a s s a d o r a t W a s h i n g ­ton, dur ing t h e afternoon of t h e 26th, presented i n behalf of t h e Span i sh Gov­ernment, a m e s s a g e t o P r e s i d e n t M c K i n -ley w i t h the v i e w of br ing ing t h e w a r t o a n end, and m a k i n g k n o w n t h e condi­t ions of peace. T h e Government h a s re ­ceived informat ion t h a t t h e m e s s a g e h a s been handed to t h e Pres ident , w h o re­plied he w o u l d consu l t w i t h h i s Counci l of Ministers, a n d requested M. Cambon to come to t h e W h i t e H o u s e a g a i n t o con­fer w i t h him-"

G e n . S h a f t e r r e p o r t e d 8 3 2 n e w

c a s e s o f f e v e r T h u r s d a y a t S a n t i a g o ,

m a k i n g t h e t o t a l n u m b e r Bick 4 , 1 8 3 .

T h e r e w e r e 3 d e a t h s . O n t h e o t h e r

h a n d 543 w h o h a d b e e n i n t h e h o s p i ­

t a l s r e t u r n e d t o d u t y . S o w h i l e t h e

m e n a r e b e i n g s t r i c k e n i n g r e a t

n u m b e r s , m a n y o f t h e m a r e r e c o v e r ­

i n g r a p i d l y . M o r e m e n a r e b e i n g

s t r i c k e n d o w n d a i l y b y d i s e a s e . t h a n

f e l l i n a n y s i n g l e d a y ' s fighting a t

S a n t i a g o . A l l o f t h e s i c k s o l d i e r s

w i l l b e b r o u g h t n o r t h — p r o b a b l y t o

M o n t a n e : P o i n t , L o n g I s l a n d — a s

s o o n a s t h e y c a n b e m o v e d .

T h e b a s e b a l l c l u b s o f t h e N a t i o n a l

L e a g u e s t a n d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g o r d e r :

C i n c i n n a t i , B o s t o n , C l e v e l a n d , B a l t i ­

m o r e , C h i c a g o , N e w Y o r k , P i t t s ­

b u r g , P h i l a d e l p h i a , B r o o k l y n , W a s h ­

i n g t o n , L o u i s v i l l e , S t L o u i s . B o s t o n

i s m a k i n g a h a r d s t r u g g l e t o o b t a i n

t h e l e a d . *

A l l b u t o n e r e g i m e n t — t h e F o u r t h

O h i o u n d e r G e n . H a i n e s — o f t h e S e c ­

o n d B r i g a d e o f t h e F i r s t A r m y C o r p s ,

s a i l e d f o r P o r t o R i c o T h u r s d a y a f t e r ­

n o o n f r o m N e w p o r t N e w s , V a . G e n .

J . R . B r o o k e , c o m m a n d i n g t h e F i r s t

A r m y C o r p s , t o o k p a s s a g e o n t h e

a u x i l i a r y c r u i s e r S t . L o u i s T h e

F o u r t h O h i o w i l l p r o b a b l y l e a v e t o ­

d a y . T h e t r o o p s w h i c h a r e J o c o m ­

p o s e t h e s e c o n d P o r t o B i c a n e x p e d i t ­

i o n a r e a l r e a d y b e g i n n i n g t o a r r i v e

a t N e w p o r t N e w s f r o m C h i c k a m a u -

T h e t o t a l - r e c e i p t s o f t h e R a i n e s

L i q u o r T a x l a w i n t h i s 8 t a t e , f r o m

M a y 1 t o d a t e , a r e $ 1 2 , 0 0 7 , 9 9 4

T h e s t e a m s h i p H u m b o l d , w h i c h a r ­

r i v e d a t S e a t t l e J u l y , 2 7 , b r o u g h t

$ 2 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n g o l d f r o m t h e K l o n d i k e .

T h e h e a v i e s t i n d i v i d u a l p o s s e s s o r h a d

$ 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 . A n o t h e r m a n h a d $ 2 0 0 , -

0 0 0 , w h i l e o t h e r s h a d s a c k s o f f r o m .

$ 2 , 0 0 0 t o $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . S i x m i l l i o n d o l l a r s

i n g o l d d u s t h a v e b e e n r e c e i v e d a t

S e a t t l e s i n c e J a n e 1 , a n d a l i k e

a m o u n t i s e x p e c t e d o n v e s s e l s d u e t o

a r r i v e w i t h i n a f e w w e e k s .

M r s . A l b e r t B o w k e r , t h e o r i g i n a t o r

o f t h e W o m a n ' s B o a r d o f F o r e i g n

M i s s i o n s , a n d f o r t w e n t y - t w o y e a r s

i t s P r e s i d e n t , d i e d J u l y 2 7 a t h e r

h o m e i n N e w t o n , M a e s . T h e A s s o c ­

i a t i o n w a s t h e first d e n o m i n a t i o n a l

o r g a n i z a t i o n f o r m e d i n t h i s c o u n t r y

f o r w o m e n ' s f o r e i g n m i s s i o n a r y

w o r k ! M r s . B o w k e r w a s a n a c t i v e

w o r k e r f o r t h e s o l d i e r s i n t h e c i v i l

w a r , a n d w a s a t o n e t i m e P r e s i d e n t

o f t h e U n i o n M a t e r n a l A s s o c i a t i o n .

B o w k e r H a l l i n B o m b a y , arT A m e r i ­

c a n m i s s i o n s c h o o l , a n d B o w k e r H a l l

o f t h e A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e f o r G i r l s in

C o n s t a n t i n o p l e w e r e n a m e d a f t e r

h e r .

G e n . S h a f t e r w a s a M a j o r i n t h e

N i n e t e e n t h M i c h i g a n d u r i n g t h e

C i v i l W a r . I n M a r c h , 1 8 6 3 , h e w a s

c a p t u r e d i n T e n n e s s e e b y t h e C o n ­

f e d e r a t e s a n d h e s p e n t s i x w e e k s i n

L i b b y p r i s o n . H i s c a p t o r s w e r e

c a v a l r y t n e n u n d e r G e n . J o s e p h E .

W h e e l e r , o f A l a b a m a , w h o i s n o w

u n d e r S h a f t e r a t S a n t i a g o , —

P r i n c e B i s m a r c k , a l t h o u g h r e p o r t e d

t o b e a v e r y s i c k m a n a n d c o n f i n e d

t o t h e b e d , w a s a b l e T h u r s d a y t o e a t

h a m , c a v i a r e , a n d e g g s , d r i n k b e e r

a n d c h a m p a g n e , b e t i d e s s m o k i n g a

p i p e a n d r e a d i n g t h e n e w s p a p e r s .

C H A R G E D W I T H A B D U C T I O N .

A H o r n e l l a v l U e M a r r i e d M a n T r i e * t o S l o p * W i t h a l 5 - Y e * r - 0 1 d O l r l .

The Hornellsville Times say a that William Cole, a married man forty years of age and the father of two children, planned an elopement with 15 year old Teresa Colston, daughter of William Colston, all of Hornells­ville.

Cole bought two tickets for Olean and gave one to the girl and she l»ft town on Brie Train 1, Cole saying that he would follow on Train 5. The girl's father got wind of the plan, and, unknown to his daughter, accompanied her on the train as far as Wellsville where he had an officer confront her, and she readily agreed to return home.

Cole, not hearing of the turn af­fairs h§d taken, went to Olean on Train 5, and not finding the girl there, telegraphed "her to come on Train 7. The Hornellsville police wired him a reply that she would be there.

Upon the arrival of Train 7 at Olean, Cole stood at the depot wait­ing for his beloved, but instead of her falling into his embrace he tumbled into the arms of a Hornells­ville Deputy Sheriff who alighted from the train and arrested him on the charge of abduction. „»

He is now in jail at Hornellsville awaiting a hearing.

Per tbe

The Lestershire boot and shoe fac­tory of Binghamton has received from the Government an order for 30,000 pairs of shoes, to be furnished the army of invasion at Porto Rico. The shoes are wanted at once, and the capacity of the factory will be taxed to its fullest extent night and day until the order is filled. It will take about a week to turn out the required amount. The factory has just completed an order for 50,000 pairs that were shipped to troops in

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V e r d i c t A g a i n s t t h e Advert i ser .

I n t h e C i t y C o u r t a t E l m i r a i n t h e

c a s e o f R o b e r t B a t t e r e o n . a t a i l o r ,

w h o c l a i m e d t h a t h e h a d b e e n s w i n d ­

l e d b y c h e E l m i r a A d v e r t i s e r o u t o f

a b i c y c l e i n a p r i z e * c o n t e s t , t h e j u r y

r e n d e r e d a v e r d i c t a g a i n s t t h e A d ­

v e r t i s e r i n t h e s u m of $ 7 8 . 1 3 , a n d

a b o u t $ 2 0 c o s t s .

T h e E l m i r a S t a r s a y s t h a t i n

F e b r u a r y l a s t t h e A d v e r t i s e r o f f e r e d

t w o p r i z e s of E c l i p s e b i c y c l e s t o t h e

p e r s o n s w h o w o u l d of fer t h e h i g h e s t

c a s h b i d a n d t u r n i n t h e l a r g e s t

n u m b e r o f c a s h s u b s c r i b e r s t o t h e

m o r n i n g A d v e r t i s e r . Mr B a t t e r s o n

e n t e r e d t h e c o n t e s t , a n d , a l t h o u g h

c o n v i n c e d t h a t h e w a s e n t i t l e d t o t h e

first p r i z e , a h i g h g r a d e E c l i p s e b i ­

c y c l e o f t h e 1 8 9 8 s t y l n , h e w a s

p u t off w i t h t h e s e c o n d p r i z e , a

a c h e a p e r g r a d e o f w h e e l ; w h i l e

H a r r y C l a r k , a n a t t o r n e y , w a s c r e d ­

i t e d w i t h w i n n i n g t h e first p r i z e

M r . C l a r k t e s t i f i e d u n d e r o a t h t h a t

h e p a i d n o m o n e y i n t o t h e c o n t e s t ,

a n d t h a t h e d i d n o t e v e n file a w r i t ­

t e n b i d , a s t h e r u l e s o f t h e c o n t r a c t

r e q u i r e d ; a n d i t w a s s h o w n o n t b e

t r i a l t h a t t h e first p r i s e , s o - c a l l e d ,

h a d r e a l l y b e e n s p l i t u p i n t o t w o

p r i z e s o f c h e a p e r g r a d e s o f b i c y c l e s

I t t o o k ' t h e j u r y l e s s t h a n t w o

m i n u t e s t o d e c i d e t h a t Mr . B a t t e r s o n

h a d b e e n s w i n d l e d . T h e S t a r g i v e s

t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g b i t o f t e s t i m o n y a s

s h o w i n g M r . B a t t e r s o n ' s s w o r n

o p i n i o n o f t h e $ 6 a y e a r A d v e r t i s e r :

In t h e examinat ion A t t o r n e y E u s t a c e a sked t h e plaintiff t h e f o l l o w i n g ques­t i o n s ;

"The people from w h o m y o n secured the subscr ipt ions received t h e fu l l v a l u e of the ir subscr ipt ions , didn't theySV

"I w o u l d n o t say t h a t a m a n rece ived as v a l u e o u t of t h e Advert i ser in t e n years now," answered t h e plaintiff. *, . ,

'Your opinion has c h a n g e d s ince y o u r la te unpleasantness:-"

" N o ; i t h a s n o t changed, b u t t h e A d ­vert i ser has changed ."

"That h a s a l w a y s been your op in ion?" asked t h e attorney. ^ .

"Yes , sir, I w o u l d not g i v e 16 for t e n y e a n . "

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Beginning August 1st there will be an increased mail service on the Fall Brook Railroad between Williams-port, Pa., and Corning; and between Corning and Lyons. As it is nose, the only Fall Brook trains between Lyons and Williamsport having Postal Clerks are Train 1, leaving Corning south-bound at 10:35 a. m.; and Train 8 going north at 5:80 p. m. After August 1st there will be a Postal Clerk on Train 4, reaching herefrom Williamsport at 11:10 a. m , and on Train 7, leaving for Williamsport at 6:20 p m There will also be a postal clerk on Train 2, leaving here for Lyons at 7:10 a. m., and on '"rain 5 arriving from Lyons at 9:15 p. m.

Three additional Postal Clerks will be required. Tbe new service will be of great accommodation to many people, and will be highly .ti. '

Story of a Famous Poem.

At the request of two valued friends of the Journal we recently republished Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic," probably the greatest war poem ever written. One of our friends there­upon writes us his thanks for the publication, and concludes by asking if "the Hymn was written before or after the Emancipation Proclam­ation?" Before the Emancipation Proclamation. TheJatter was issued in September, 1889T The poem was written in December, 1861, and was first published in the At­lantic Monthly in February, 1863.

Julia Ward Howe, the author, is yet living. Not long ago she wrote the following interesting description of how the Hymn came to be writ­ten:

"In December, 1861, t h e first year of t h e Civi l War, I m a d e a journey to W a s h i n g ­ton in company w i t h Dr. B o w e , Govern­or and Mrs. J o h n A . A n d n w , a n d other friends. A s our t ra in sped o n t h r o u g h the darkness , w e s a w i n v iv id c o n t r a s t the fins of t h e p i cke t s s e t t o guard t h e l ine of t h e railroad. T h e troops lay en­camped a r o u n d the ir c i ty , the ir canton­m e n t s e x t e n d i n g t o a cons iderable d i s ­tance. A t t h e hotel , officers andThe ir orderlies were consp icuous , a n d a r m y ambulances were cons tant ly arriving and departing. T h e g a l l o p of horsemen, t h e t ramp of f oot-soldiere, t h e no i se of drum, fife, and b u g l e , w e n heard cont inual ly . The two grea t p o w e n were ho ld ing each other in check, and t h e very air s eemed tense w i t h expectancy . T h e one absorb­ing t h o u g h t in W a s h i n g t o n w a s t h e army, and the t i m e of v i s i tors l i k e our­se lves w a s m o s t l y employed in v i s i t s to the camps and hosp i ta l s . I t happened one day that , in company w i t h s o m e friends, a m o n g w h o m w a s t h e Rev. J a m e s Freeman Clarke, I a t tended a R e v i e w of our troops a t a d i s tance of several m i l e s from the city. T h e manoeuvres w e n in­terrupted by a sudden a t t a c k of t h e ene­my, and ins tead of the spectacle promised us, we saw fwrne re inforcements g a l l o p hast i ly t o the nld of a s m a l l force of our own, which had been surprised and sur­rounded. Our r e t u r n t o the c i ty w a s m u c h impeded by t h e march ing of t h e troops, w h o near ly filled t h e h i g h w a y . Our progress w a s therefore very s low, and to begu i l e t h e t i m e w e began t o s i n g army songs , a m o n g which t h e J o h n Brown song soon c a m e to mind. S o m e n m a r k e d u p o n t h e excel lence of t h e t u n e and I sa id t h a t I h a d often w i s h e d to wri te s o m e w o r d s w h i c h m i g h t be s u n g to i t W e s a n g , however , t h e words which w e n a lready w e l l k n o w n as be­longing t o it, a n d our s i n g i n g seemed t o please t h e soldiers , w h o surrounded u s l i k e a river a n d w h o t h e m s e l v e s took u p t h e strain in t h e intervals , c ry ing to u s : 'Good for y o n ! ' I s l ep t a s u s u a l t h a t n ight , b u t w o k e before d a w n , a n d soon found myse l f t r y i n g t o w e a v e toge ther certain l ines w h i c h , t h o u g h not ent i re ly su i ted t o the J o h n B r o w n mus ic , w e r e yet capable of be ing s u n g t o i t . I l a y st i l l in t h e dark room, l ine after l i n e shaping Itself in m y m i n d , a n d verse after verse. W h e n I had t h o u g h t o u t the l a s t of these, I fe l t t h a t I m u s t m a k e an ef­fort to place t h e m beyond t h e danger of being effaced by a m o r n i n g nap. I s p r u n g out of bed and groped a b o u t in the d i m t w i l i g h t to find a b i t of paper and t b e stump,«f a pen w h i c h I remembered to havjrh'ad the n i g h t before. H a v i n g f o u n d tinea articles, and h a v i n g l o n g been ac­customed to scr ibble w i t h scarcely a n y s ight of w h a t I m i g h t wr i t e in a r o o m made dark for t h e repose of m y i n f a n t children, I soon comple ted m y wr i t ing , went back t o bed, and fel l fa s t as leep . After m y re turn t o B o s t o n , I carried the verses t o J a m e s T . F ie lds , a t t h a t t i m e editor of t b e A t l a n t i c Month ly . T h e t i t le , 'Bat t l e H y m a of t h e Republ i c? w a s of his devis ing . T h e poem w a s p u b l i s h e d soon after in t h e m a g a z i n e j u s t named, but did n o t a t first rece ive any especial ment ion . I think- t h a t i t m a y have been a year later that the l ines , i n s o m e shape, found the ir w a y i n t o a Southern prison in which a n u m b e r of our soldiers w e r e confined. A n a r m y chapla in w h o had been imprisoned w i t h them c a m e t o Wash ington a short t i m e after h i s n l e a s e , and i n a speech or l ec ture of some sort described t b e s i n g i n g of t h e hymn by himself and his eswsrsssaistss l a t h a t dissaal p laes of eoa lh i. P e o p l e

TALKING ABOUT WINDS. V'

now began t o ask hyma, and t i e

Something l a Of Blower* Themselves.

They w e n t a l k i n g one evening in Uncle-Silas' country s t o n about hard winds a n d strong winds .

"Speaking of s torms ," said Abe Wilcox. "I 've seen the w i n d b low so fast that it blew the t o w n clock back Iff days ,"

"Well, w e l l , " said Oy Campbell, "per­haps you have seen some strong blows, but when I l ived up i n Montana m y neighbor carelessly opened his door during a storm. Well, gent lemen, you may think I a m a War, but the w i n d got right in behind the door and turned the house completely i n side o u t . " ,

" A n d the man?'Vgasped several in o n e voioe.

"Oh, he jus t sat o n the stove and t h e ffinft carried h i m H miles and landed h i m |n the top of a peach tree. Pretty soon a side of bacon a n d a loaf of bread c a m e sail ing by, and, gentlemen, I 'm darned if he didn't l i g h t a fin and cook his break -fast r ight up in that tree."

The clock in i ts excitement struck 18 ;

and the tomatoes turned pale. "That w a s qui te w i m l y , " drawled U n ­

cle Silas, chief v i l lage liar, as he carefully emptied h i s pipe in to the sugar barrel, "that w a s qui te w i n d y , but out in Nevada a friend of m i n e started to leave his house-whi le the w i n d w a s b lowing rooks as b i g as pumpkins around the town. N o w I don't expect y o u to believe this, but b e ­fore he reached the bottom of the s ta irs t h e n w a s n ' t a s t i tch of c lothing left o n his back. (Sensat ion . ) Yes, sir, and t h e n the wind blew h i m u p against a wal l a n d ' flattened h i m o u t as thin as a wafer. N e x t day his w i fe c a m e and pried h i m off w i t h a shovel, and''—-

"What did she d o wi th h im?" a s k e d Abner Johnson.

"What did she do w i t h him? Why, she-just dusted h i m off and used him for a floor m a t , " and as the company s lowly filed out of tho door each man shuddered as he eyed the hoary headed liar w i th a re- » proachful look.—Philadelphia Press.

Marvelous Time Changes.

She says she is only 81, but I k n o w for a fact that she w a s 18—20 years ago . Rather odd, i sn ' t i t?"

"Yes . Y o u m i g h t call i t the wonder of t h e a g e . " — V i m .

Honesty Mot the Best Policy. H e w a s an honest young man, u n u s e d

to the w a y s of society and making a cal l on one of the mos t s tunning young ladies of the city. " H o w I love beauty!" she said. " I t seems t o m e I would g i v o i i P most any other worldly possession i n ex ­change for b e a u t y . "

" D o n ' t m i n d if you're not handsome ," he replied. " I t ' s mueh better to be k i n d andTgoodT1

Then he w e n t home wondering w h a t had given h i m a chil l .—Detroit Free Press .

Suggest ing an Outlet.* "Come .outs ide ," fiercely shouted t h e

young m a n w h o felt himself insul ted , "and we' l l soon see which is the bes t m a n ! "

"If you w a n t to flght," said the other, who w a s about t w o sizes smaller, ' ' w h y don't you go u p against Spain?"

The crowd applauded, and thus he saved his hide and his reputat ion.—Chicago Tribune.

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Edwin Wildman appointed by the Promdeut to

be Vice and Deputy Consul-Oeoeral for the United States at Hong Kong,

The office pays about tt.WO

Tbe Naval Battle Off Santiago.

Buffalo Kvpret*.

If the public insists on picking out some individual hero to honor, how­ever, tbe man who has best earned thauiistinction is Capt. Clark of the Oregon. The performances of this vessel have been highly commended by every observer of the battle, in­cluding both the foreign attaches* and the captured Spanish officers. The Oregon was the wonder of the fleet.

The disposition has been to credit this to the superiority of the ship. The ship is a superior one, but it would not be if it had not been superbly managed. According to admiral Sampson's calculations the Cristobal Colon's speed was less than fourteen knots. The Iowa and Texas and the Indiana should have been able to keep pace with it as wall aa the Oregon, hot neither did, though the Texas wee well up in the chase. The Oregon wee east of the harbor

oame out, making

Yet the Oregon took the lead almost at the start. Ths explanation of this must be the

srness and the splendid diactp-

"Look "those flags

A Convenience, here, ' ' said tho Spanish officer,

w e bought of you weren ' t dyed w i t h fast c o l o n . "

" Y e s , " replied the Havana merchant . "That was a l i t t le idea of my own. Y o u can run one of them up and then g i v e yourself no further concern. After a shower or t w o i t w i l l of its own accord turn into a flag of truce:"—Washington Star.

T w o Households. Mm. Heartsore—Yes, i t just keeps m e

on pins and needles to think m y dear boy belongs to a football club. I 'm so afraid something w i l l happen. Does yours?

Mrs. Cheery—Indeed he doesn't. H e wanted t o join one, but I just packed h i m off to France, where they don't have a n y ­thing worse than duel ing c lubs .—New York Weekly.

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Only Temporary. Mrs. B r o w n — H o w quiet it is next door

today! I have not heard Mrs. B l a c k ' s voice all day.

Brown—Natural ly . Black told m e las t Bight they w e n to b a n a new house g i r l

J u s t w a i t until Mrs. Black

"My w i f e k n o w s more about the g e o g ­raphy of the w a r than I do ."

"Doesn ' t that annoy you?" " N o . When she gets to showing off, I

oorreot her pronunciation of S p a n i s h Words."—Chicago Record.

The ir Consolation. P ip—What a lways strikes yon a b o u t

that proverb, "Beauty ' s only skin deept" N ip—Don' t know, I'm sum, except t h a t

yon general ly hear i t quoted by a w o m a n that squints or a m a n wi th a nose half a foot l o n g , — T o w n Topics. ,

Bespeecfel . • •Pshaw!" he c r i e d B u t h i s tone was not contemptuous. Indeed i t w o u l d Have been as m u c h a s

his life w a s worth to have addressed t h e Turkish governor i n anything but a rev erential m a n n e r . — V i m .

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Mrs Sweet fare—Is your (laughter hap­pily married?

Mrs Sourfaoe— Indeed she is!

Ca husband whale as 'fraid as death o f — 1 - N e w Y o r k Weakly.

raphercaught!"

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I "—Chicago

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