THE CALI«
The olouds grew dark as the people paused,
A people of peaoe and toll,
And tbere came a cry from all the slcyi
"Ctjie, children of mart and soil,
Your mother needs you—hear her voice;
Though she has not a sou to spare,
She has spoken the word that ye all have
heard.
Come, answer ye everywhere!"
They need no urging to stir them on,
They yearn for no battle-cry,
At the word that their country calls for men
They throw dowu hammer and soythe and
pen,
And are ready to serve and die!
From the North, from the South, from East,
from West,
Hear the thrill of the rumbling drum?
Fnder one flag they march along.
With their voices Gwelling a single song,
Here they come, they come, they come!
Xiist! the North men cheer the men from
the South,
And the South returns the cheer.
Thore is no question of East or West,
For hearts are atune in every breast,
'Tis a nation answering here.
It is elbow to elbow and knee to knee,
One laud for each and for all,
And th 6 veterans' eyes see their children
rise
To answer their country's call.
They have not forgotton—God grant not so!
(Ah, we know of the gruves on the hill),
But these eager feet make the old hearts
beat,
And the old eyes dim and fill!
The Past sweeps out aud the X'resent comes,
A Present that all have wrought,
And the sons of these sires, at the same
camp fires,
Cheer one flag where their fathers fought!
Yes, we know of the graves on the Southern
hills
That are filled with the Blue and the
Gray.
We know how they fought and how they
died,
We honor them both there side by side,
And they're brothers again today,
Brothers again—thank God on high!
(Here's a hand-clasp all around).
The sons of one race now take their place
On one one common and holy ground.
—llk-hard Barry, in Harper's Weekly.
| A Soldier's Cap. |
The western city where Minnie Til-
Jord lived with her mother, brother
and sister was full of excitement. Its
boys were going to war. Minnie's
father had been one of the boys in the
«ld war, aud 15-year-old Minnie, the
oldest of the three children, was
thinking about it while the drums
beat and the flags waved.
"How old was papa when he went,
minima?"
"Barely 18, dear."
"Did you know him then?"
"No', I was a baby then. The war
had been over fifteen years when I
first met your father."
Mrs. Tilford had not paused in her
Bewing as she answered her daughter's
question*. She was sewing to earn
money to pay the rent.
"Were we always poor?" went on
Minnie.
"No, dear. We had plenty while
your father lived."
It seemed to Minnie that her father
had been dead a long while. Eleven
years. Just as many years as her
younger brother, Allan, was old.
"J can't seem to remember what
plenty is like, mamma," she said at
l»«t. And she looked around the
small and faded room.
Mrs. Tilford thought of the poor
advisers she had had, who had
squandered her all iu bad invest
ments, and said nothing. She could
Remember what plenty was like, and
the contrast between her former and
her present circumstances was painful
to her.
"When I'm a man," said 13-year
®ld Bert, "I'm going to Washington
and get you a pension. That's the
thing to do. Then you wou't have to
few, I guess. I was talking to George
Hooper about it and he said that was
the thing to do. His aunt gets a peu
•iou, aud she don't have to sew."
"I should like to have a pension,
•ertainly," said Mrs. Tilford.
"Well, I'm going to get you one,"
declared Bert grandly. Then he seized
his hat and rushed out, attached by a
noise in the street.
There had never been any talk of a
pension in Mrs. Tilford's flat of two
rooms until now. And Minnie turned
curiously to her mother. "Can Bert
do it, mamma?" she asked.
"No, dear,l am afraid he can't. But
there is no need to discourage him.
He isn't a man yet, you know,"and
Bhe smiled.
"But why, mamma? Why can't
he?"
"Because your father's papers are
lost," answered Mrs. Tilford, gravely.
"I knew nothing about business when
your father died. His army papers
may have been among his other
papers. Ido not know. But four or
five years ago I made a search for
them and could not find them. If I
could find them—" she paused aud
looked dreamily out of the window
*rhile a vision of good food and com
fortable clothing for her children
|>assed before her.
"Could you get the pension if you
found them?" asked Minnie eagerly.
"Yes, I am sure of it."
"I wish I could help more!" ex
claimed the girl, looking up from the
bastings she was patiently pulling out.
"We are poor."
"You help all you are able, "answer
ed the mother, fondly, "Mother ap
preciates her big girl who helps sew
and wash dishes and cook and scrub
and wash and iron for us all. It is
because you help so much that I have
the good chance I have to earn."
"Where did you look, mamma?"
■he asked, presently.
"Everywhere," answered Mrs. Til
ford, briefly. "Don't think any more
about it, daughter. It will only make
you unhappy."
"But I must think of it, mamma.
We need it so.
The next day there came a letter
and a package to Minnie. Her New
York cousin, Willie Applebee, was
going to war. "And as a parting re
membrance, my dear little cousin/'
the letter ran,"l send you a soldier's
cap."
Hastily Minnie opened the small
package and took therefrom a bon
bonniere, which was the "soldier's
cap," and it was filled with chocolate
creams. "How lovely!" cried Minnie,
passing the candy to her mother.
"Isn't it a dear little soldier's cap,
mamma?"
And without waiting to hear her
mother's reply she went on with her
letter. "The shops are full of pretty
conceits in bonbonnieres," wrote
the cousin. "Knapsacks, sailor hats,
shells, shield-shaped boxes, tents with
a soldier on guard at the door. But I
chose to take oil' my hat, as it were,to
my western cousin—" So the letter
ran on.
For two or throe days Minnie's
thoughts were in a whirl. Now she
thought of Willie off for the south,
now of the dainty bonbonniere, and
now of her father's papers. And out
of the chaos at last darted an idea.
"Mamma!" she cried. "Come!"
"Come! Where?" asked the mother
in astonishment.
But Minuie held out her hand al
most impatiently, her eyes shining
with excitement. "I've a thought,
mamma. Come!" she repeated.
Without a word Mrs. Tilford laid
down her sewing and rose to follow
her daughter into their tiny sleeping
room. Down dropped Minnie on the
floor, and groping under the bed
brought out a long flat box.
"What do you mean, Minnie?" de
manded Mrs. Tilford. "That is your
father's old uniform."
"I know it, mamma. Open the box;
open it quick!"
"The child has been too much ex
cited the last few days," thought Mrs.
Tilford, glancing at her daughter's
flushed cheeks. "I will humor her."
She opened the box.
Impatienty Minuie reached past her
mother and picked up her father's
cap. Her sensitive fingers felt of
the crown. "They are!" she cried.
"They are here! Feel, mamma! Dou't
you feel paper in the crown?"
A few moments' careful work took
out the lining, and out fell the papers.
"Your father was wise," said the
mother, brokenly. "He knew I was
careless aud young. And, he knew,
too, that I loved him and would never
part with his uniform."
She said no more, but her heart
went out in gratitude to that Higher
Power that had directed her through
means to this piece of good fortune.
"How came you to think of it?"
asked the mother, when the papers
had been placed in the hands of an
agent and the pension and back pay
assured.
"I thought," said Minnie, "if a
soldier's cap would hold chocolates
why not a soldier's cap hold papers?
It was Cousin Willie's bonbonniere."
—Gulielena Zollinger in Chicago
Record.
ALMOST A TRACEDY.
the Bungling Bucksaw Was Rele
gated to the Barn.
"What I want," said the young
wife who is bravely starting to do her
own work, "is a saw for general use
about a house. Here lam chopping
away with a dull hatchet at this ham
bone," and the vigor with which she
hacked expressed her feelings better
than words could have done.
"I can get you just what you want,"
volunteered the man who was attach
ing weights to the kitchen windows
so they could the more easily be man
ipulated, "and it won't cost over
thirty cents."
He received the commission and
the result was a bucksaw with a par
ticularly large frame, cost seventy
five cents.
"There's a saw," said the pur
chaser, "as is a saw. When your
trees blow down you can cut them up
into stove lengths, or you can cut an |
old broomstick in two with it to make
a clothes stick, or you can u»e it in
cutting u bone when it has to be done.
That's a great all around saw, mum."
There was another ham bone to be
cut, aud she called her husband to
hold the ham while she did the saw
ing. He laughed outrageously at her
purchase, but she stuck up for it and
made plain the opinion that his judg
ment in practical matters was very
undesirable. Of course the long, sharp
teeth of the saw struck too deep into
the bone and made it impossible for
him to hold the ham steadily.
"Give me that saw," he Said, testi
ly. "Thero are some things beside
throwing a stone that a woman can't
do."
He tried and she tried, but results
were no different.
"If you'd just go away and leave
the whole thing to me," she said, "I
could get along nicely."
He went as far as the door and
stood there laughing while she held
the liam with her left hand and made
frantic efforts to saw with her right.
When the ham made a dash from the
table aud slid clear across the floor
and down the cellar way, he leaned
against the door sill and she began
making arrangements togo home to
her mother. When they seriously
talked the matter over half an hour
later the bucksaw was relegated to
the baru and he went down town to
buy a meat saw.
A Physician's Opinion.
An eminent physician of St. Louis,
Mo., says that no person should be
permitted to drink tea or coffee until
he or she has attained the age of 15
years. Iu the young those beverages
unduly excite the nervous system and
have an injurious effect upon the di
gestive organs.
A Generous Hentist.
A Toronto (Ontario) ientist gratu
itously cares for the teeth of children
whose parents are too poor to pay for
the service. Last year he attended
over 2000 children.
HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT.
Just Like llelng Struck Or«r the Shook
ders With a Club.
Lieutenant Kains, commanding an
artillery platoon under Captain Potta
in Porto Rico, was wonnded on Aug
ust 12, the day the war ended. He
is now at St. Luke's hospital, in New
York city. Talking with his brother,
Captain T. Rankins Hains, who was at
his bedside, he said :
"On the morning of the 12th Cap
tain Potts was ordered to proceed up
the San Juan road with five guns for
the purpose of shelliug the Spanish
trenches at Asomanta. Four guns,
which included my platoon, were
moved into position in a field near the
San Juan road at a range of 2000
yards, the fifth gun being sent ahead
100 yards to our right on the road.
"Just before we came into action
the enemy opened on us with infantry
volleys and two 3-inch howitzers. This
hastened us iuto action. We picked
up the range immediately and did
splendid work. The two howitzers
were soon silenced and the Spaniards
were seen running from their intrench
ments. Then we slackened our fire.
"Soon after we did so the enemy
took heart and began to return. Gen
eral James H. Wilson sent me with a
gun up the road in advance of the
rest to try and enfilade the enemy. I
went up the road on horseback about
200 yards and found a company of
Wisconsin infantry on a bend of the
road which formed a cover from the
Spanish fire. I passed beyond them,
and the gun was unlimbered in the
next turn of the road in a somewhat
sheltered position. My men lay down
by the roadside to escape the Spanish
volleys, the mausers coming in a storm
with each volley.
"I told the sergeants we would have
a try at them for luck, anyhow. As I
could see no Spaniards nearer than
500 or 600 yards, I had him run the
gun out on the road a little. We had
no sooner done this than the fire sud
denly increased fiercely, so the gun
could not be served. We hauled the
gun back to the next turn in the road,
where we were joined by the second
gun, still unable to do any great exe
cution owing to the sheltered position
of the enemy. The fire continued
with fierceness, but from our new po
sition we brought a house into view.
I had the gun instantly trained upon
it, as I saw several Spaniards outside
of it, and felt certain it was not empty.
The very first shot landed fairly upon
the side of the house and, penetrating,
burst inside, sending things flying.
The enemy broke cover and I turned
to the sergeant saying: 'That was a
good one ; now give them '
"As I turned something struck me
through the body. I knew I was badly
hit, but felt no pain after the first
shock. It was like being struck over
the shoulders with a club. I passed
my band to my side and brought it
away full of blood.
"The sergeant saw me and ran to
my side. 'They've got me this time,'
I said. He put his arm around me
and led me away and let me lie down."
Morbid Cuilnmi in Portugal.
There seems to be a certain mor
bid fondness for what may be called
playing with the dead in Portugal.
They seem to take a peculiar delight
in dressing up their dead and expos
ing them to public view. I happened
to be present at the solemn requiem
of a Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon,
when the corpse, dressed in full can
onicals, was placed in a half-sitting
posture to face the crowd in the nave
of t-he Cathedral, and 1 thought at the
time that the interment ought to have
taken place sooner.
One line Sunday afternoon in spring
I was strolling along one of the main
thoroughfares of Lisbon when the
shouts and merry chatter of a lot of
little boys and girls attracted my at
tention to a side street. The children,
all nicely dressed, were coming down
the side street at a brisk walk, evi
dently interested in something that
was being carried along by three or
four of them. When they reached
the corner I saw that the centre of in
terest was a very small braas-studded
coffin. The lid was open and I could
see the little flower-decked and bediz
ened corpse inside of it.
Another time I mistook the corpse
of a child on its way to the grave for
a waxen image of the Madonna being
carried in procession. It was a little
dead girl, beautifully dressed in white
satin and wearing a white veil and
white flowers. The little body had
been made to sit up in a chair which
four boys were carrying on their
Shoulders. The bearers and the other
children in the procession wore white
ribbons and white flowers, all em
blematic of innocence and liappy con
fidence that the soul of their little
friend was in paradise."—New York
Ban.
Blowing Hot and Cold in the Arctic.
The fluctuations in the temperature
were very trying. Frequently with
the onset of a southeast gale it rose
from forty degrees below zero to
twenty-eight degrees above within
thirty-six hours—altering our gar
ment! * which had previously been
hard as sheets of galvanized
iron, so that it took us hours to get
into them, to a state of noisome mois
ness, and everything inside the tent
would be in a condition of drip. Down
again would go the temperature, and
the rockiness of our clothes and equip
ment would be increased. This addi
tion of moisture and ice in our clothes,
besides being inconvenient and un
comfortable, greatly increased our
weights. To give an instance, my
militza (fur jnmper), which on leaving
the hut weighed a little under ten
pounds, on our return scaled nearly
thirty pounds. The rises of temper
ature and consequent wet in the tent
caused our furs to rot, and the stench
made thereby was absolutely inde
scribable.—Harper's Magazinn,
| THE REALM OF FASHION. I
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Ladlti' House -Ticket.
Plain and figured cashmere in tur
quoise blue and blaok is here daintily
trimmed with blaok baby ribbon
"frizzed" on in evenly spaced rows.
While conforming closely to the lines
A DAINTY HOUSE JACKET.
of the figure the jacket is capable of a
loose easy adjustment by omitting the
lining over which the fronts are ar
ranged.
The full vest portions are gathered
at the top and joined to the edges of
the pointed yoke, closing invisibly in
centre front. A standing collar with
frill of lace finishes the neck.
The over fronts are faced with the
plain cashmere and rolled back tc
form prettily pointed lapels to the
waist line, under arm gores separate
the fronts and the seamless back
which fits smoothly across shoulders
but has fulness drawn to the waist iu
shirred lines. Ribbon is backed on
aach side passed through the under
LADIES' MILITARY COLLAR, TO BE
WORN WITH OR WITHOUT HOOD.
arm seams and tied in a bow with
ends at centre front.
The graceful one piece sleeves are
shirred to fit the arm near the lower
edge, which is edged with lace and
ribbon to form a dainty frill. The
top is gathered into the arms-eyes. At
tractive and comfortable neatness in
this style may be reproduced in taf
feta or Indian silks, foulards, challis,
or fine flannels, with insertion, lace,
gimp or ribbon for garniture. Plain
or fancy silk may be used for revers,
vests, yoke and collar. Figured or
plain lawn, batiste dimity or other
wash fabrics will develop satisfac
torily by the mode.
To make this jacket for a lady in
medium size will require two and one
quarter yards of inch ma
terial.
A Military Cape.
A convenient and serviceable cape
in the now popular military style is
represented in the large illustration
in navy blue faced cloth, lined with
red taffeta.
The straight military collar is faced
with velvet, embroidered stars decor
ating the ends.
Pointed straps, attached by button
holes to regular military buttons, or
buttonholes worked in cape and but
toned all the way, may be used in
closing front. The cape is circular in
form and closely fitted by a dart on
each shoulder, pretty rippling folds
falling to a fashionable length. The
hood, shaped in pointed military
style, is lined with red taffeta and may
be made adjustable or omitted, as
preferred.
Machine stitching provides the coi
rect finish, well pressed seams and
edges being all that is necossary to
secure the correct tailor-made effect.
Capes in this style are exceedingly
comfortable in cool or wet weather for
traveling, shopping or general wear.
Double-faced cloth is much used
for making these capes, in which case
Uo lining is required.
To make this cape in the medium
3ize will require two and one-half
yards of fifty-four inch material.
The Fashionable Handkerchief.
The most fashionable handkerchiefs
of the moment are bordered with nar
row colored Valenciennes lace. They
may be fashionable, but the woman of
really refined taste avoids everything
but pure white in her linen from her
handkerchief to her nightdress.
l>alntjr Trifles For Belts.
Some dainty trifles are seen in belts.
A peacock's feather winding around
the waist is carried out in flexible
enameled goods. A Cupid brooch
representing Cupid carrying in hie
hand a ruby heart is a new design for
part of a watch fob. Just below the
waist, on the left side, is now the cor
rect place for the corsage watch, by
the way.
St. Louis's Only Woiuan Lawyer.
St. Louis, Mo., has only one worn
an lawyer, and St. Louis is proud
of her. She is Miss Daisy Dorothj
Barbee, and is about twenty-five
years old. At present Miss Barbee if
giving her attention to some civil
cases, and is achieving success. She
believes in dress reform "lo a de
gree," as she puts it, and in woman
suffrage "in a way." She believes in
marriage, provided people are mated
as well as matched, and never fails tc
read two novels a week as a recrea
tion.
A Smart Tafleta Coat.
A very smart blue taffeta coat is en
tirely covered with a narrow blue silk
braid. It is made tight-fitting in the
back, but with quite a long basque,
and has a belt studded with jet thai
goes under the full straight fronts
There are two deep revers, one over
lapping the other, cut in sharp point?
and faced with white monsseline de
soie. It is intended to be worn witb
a fine blue wool skirt a shade deeper
than the taffeta, and trimmed with
braid like that on the coat.
A Stylish and Comfortable Coat.
A stylish and comfortable coat,
which, if made of suitable material,
may be worn all winter, is here illus
trated. Navy blue melton is tbe ma
terial selected, the collar and cuffs of
dark blue velvet being overlaid witb
guipure lace. A lining of bright red
taffeta gives a smart finish to the in
side. The velvet belt is closed with a
gilt buckle, ami gilt naval buttons are
used in closing the double-breasted
fronts.
The fronts lap widely, are long and
loose-fitting and meet the back iD
shoulder and under arm seams. The
smooth back is fitted by a centre
seam to the waist line, the skirt por
tion, which is joined on, being ar
ranged in a wide centre box pleat each
side. The deep, round collar, that
fits the neck closely and flares widelj
apart in points at the front is an at
tractive feature of this dressy and
stylish coat. The two-seamed coal
sleeves are very slightly full at the
top, and the wrists are finished with
round, slightly flaring cuffs.
Coats in this style may be made ol
cheviot, tweed, heavy serges, oovert
or broadcloth, in either plain or mixed
colorings. Braid, guimpe, ribbon,
lace, applique or edging will be ap
propriate decoration. It is a practical
and economical idea tcfe make up a
coat in this style now without lining,
As cold weather advances, a warm
lining and edging of fur on collar and
HOY'S COAT.
cuffs will transform it into a good win
ter coat.
I To make this coat for a boy of foui
I years-it will require, two and a quar
ter yards of material forty-four inches
Vide.
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Clean blood mean* a clean skin. Nf
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and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
CaseareU, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
{ists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
The Bermudas export over 17,000,000
pounds of onions every year.
The public no longer lacks a genuine remedy
for' skin diseases—Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair A Whisker Dye. black or brown, 50c
Tennessee eoal production inoreased by
217,280 tons in 1897 over 1196.
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Good Digestion
These are the essentials o( health. Hood's
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Samoa's Snake Slvas.
Samoa, it is well known, is one o)
the very few islands in the Pacific
where snakes are found in plenty.
None of the reptiles here, however,
are venomous, and in consequenoe the
natives show absolutely no fear ol
them.
Their indifference to the reptiles ii
made most markedly manifest at the
hamlet of Iva, on the northeast coast
of Savaii.
The dancing girls of the place are in
the habit of employing the snakeß for
personal adornment in their danoes.
They tie them about their necks, their
ankles and their wrists, festoon
them in their headdresses, and tuck a
few extra ones in the belt in readiness
to replace such as may escape in the
dance.
At their best these sivas danced by
the Samoans are revolting shows ol
savagery. It can be easily imagined
that they are made no more attractive
by the village maid and her crew of
attendant girls oareering round
adorned with an assortment of writh
ing red snakes.—London Mail.
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.
Mrs. W. E. Paxton, Youngtown,
North Dakota, writes about her strug
gle to regain health after the birth of
her little girl:
" Deab Mbs. Pinkham: —lt is with
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your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val
uable medicine.
"After the birth of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor. I had leucorrhoea badly, and a
terrible bearing-down pain which
gradually grew worse, until I could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
struations were very profuse, appear
ing every two weeks.
" I took medicine from a good doctor,
but it seemed to do no good. I was
becoming alarmed over my condition,
when I read your advertisement in a
paper. I sent at once for a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
ponnd, and after taking two-thirds of
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one.
" I think it is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised, and
recommend it to every lady I meet suf
fering from this trouble."
Maternity is a wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
unprepared. Childbirth under right
conditions need not terrify women.
The advice of Mrs. Pinkham is freely
offered to all expectant mothers, and
her advice is beyond question the most
valuable to be obtained. If Mrs. Pax
ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be
fore confinement she would have been
saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
DYSPEPSIA
" For six years I was a victim of dys
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but milk toast, and at times my stomach woulo
not retain and digest even that Last March l
began taking CASCARETS and since then I
have steadily Improved, until I am as well as I
ever was in my life."
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