A CREAT EFFORT'S FINISH Mighty glad to see you,boys! There's no use o' tryiu' To express the radiant joys Through our hearts a-flvln'. As we reached to olasp the hands Of the lads returuln' From the foes of distant lands Or tae fever's burnin'. Voloes choke an' eyes grow wet When again we meet you, Clean forgot them speeches set As WH planned to greet you, From that long oration pat Guess I'll have to free you; Have to let it go at that— Mighty gJ'vd to see you. —Washington Star. jPHUTE MOGANTBETJ A Storjr of tho Santiago Trenches. When yor have shared hardships with a fellow—really shared them, not merely seou the same places and fought in the same fights, but gone halves on the last hardtack, drank the hot, putrid Santiago water from the same canteen, lain side by side with him in the trenches for days and i nights at a time, and had your shirt ripped by the same bullet that grazed his skin when you have done all this with a fellow you get to have a feeling for him that is hard to describe; not exactly a brotherly feeling, but a rough, hearty liking, the whole mean ing of which is conveyed by the words, "my buuky." Bunkies are pretty rough with each other sometimes, in a good-hearted way. When one fellow is lazy atul wants to lie in the tent and let the other fellow do all the work ub ut mess the other fellow kicks; ho goes into the tent, grabs his bunky by the neck and pitches him out. "Get to work you lazy son of a gun," he says, or something pretty neai ly like it. But it does not mean anything, that. The other fellow swears back and puts up a little scrap, perhaps, but lie understands. It is the buuky's way. There is o.ie case of two bunkies really falling out and scrapping, liowe.er, that should be put on record. It hap pened when Private Doogan and Pri vate Henry of the—th infautry fought an . bruised one another "for fair." But it was all about a Spaniard down near Santiago, and the like of it had not happened before and is not likely to happen again. The story comes from Private Doogan himself. Private Doogan and Private Henry were sitting nearthe tire at the end of tho company street the other day, peeling onions. They had a gooil eized basket between them and were working industriously at the pungent vegetables with their knives. A huck ster's wagon appeared at the other end of tho camp, and Doogan looked uy jud said: "There's that fellow that was here the other day. Go over there and buy some fish for dinner, Henry." "G azy. He's been my bunky ever since the war broke out, and We've got ou foine togither. Little things like this happen now aud agin, you know, but tbey don't amount to nothing. But we had the hottest scrap you ever see onct. We wuz both mad. How was it? Why it was iowu near Santiago iti that fight with the Spaniards. You see we'd been a uiarchin' pretty much all day, in that larrible Cuban climate. The whole inorniu' the sun was blisteriu' hot, md all o' a suddint in tho afternoon tho rain couie down and we wuz wet »nd chilt through as suddint as you please. About night-toime we baited, we et our hardtack aud took out our fcnives and scraped the mud off our legs." " 'We're in for a good shlape the night, bunky,'sez Oi, and we bot' on us stretched out on the ground, not sarin' for not'in' but to shlape. The nixt thing Oi kuowed some one wuz a-tellin' us to git up and move. It were pitch dark and we hadn't been ehlapin' more'n a couple o' hours may hap. "'Git up, bunky,'sez Oi; 'orders has come to march.' Henry were a-shlapin' like a dead man, so I give him H shake and say: 'Git up, you lazy vagabono,' sez Oi; 'quit your ehlapin' aud git ready to march.' " 'Go wan,' sez 'ee, aud leave me alone,' sez 'ee. Ho was still ashlape, Henry were, so Oi rubbed his ears and shouted: 'Git up, you son of a gun!' sez Oi; what are yez aftlierex pecting? To shlape all night whin orders has come to march?' Wid that he give a bound up aud wuz ready in a minute, but lie wuz in a mighty bad humor, Henry were. Wo marched in ihe neighborhood o' six hours, may lap, through the stinking mud that iome up to your middle, aud Henry jiever said a word the whole toime. Whin we stopped they set us a-dig ging trenches, aud about the brak o' day we were a-shtandiu' up to our necks iu 'em, wid tho wather around eur bolts. Henry never said a word the wholo time, though I'd bin a-re jnarkin' ou things, pleasaut-loike. That's my way, whin things don't go to'suit—to say something pleasant and cheerful. But Henry, he shuts up. I see by the mum face ou him that he was blamed aggravated. "Well, just about the brak o' day the bullets begun to whistlo all around us and wo knowed the Spaniards wuz not far off, though we couldn't see a thing but jungle. Whin it growed lighter we made out whore the Span ish trenches wuz, but we couldn't see wan of the Dagoes. We kep' a-pump» ing at 'em, wit* the bullets a-fljin* around above ns, for all the irorld like a swarm of hornets, whin Hepry shtuck his head up a bit to see what he could see. Whist—a bullet went right along by the side o' his face. It didn't touch him quite, but it burned like a redhot blister ou the side o* his phiz. " 'Now, bad cess to the son of a gun of a Spaniard that foired that,'sez 'ee; 'if Oi ketch a sight o' him Oi'll pump *im so full o' lead he won't know what knocked *im into next week!' Thim wuz the first words he'd spoke since the night afore. Well, he stood up, loike a idjit, a-loadin' his gun. Just then we see a Spaniard pop his head up, au' whistl—a bullet cut through Henry's hat. " 'He near got yez that time, bunky,' sez Oi. " 'The nixt toime the wicked Span ish beggar shows his head,' sez 'ee, 'Oi'll fix 'im,' sez 'ee. " 'Oi'll bet yezOi hit him first,' sez Oi. " 'What'll you bet?' sez 'ee, savage loike. " 'Oh, anything yez plase,' sez Oi. 'Half the mouth's pay,' sez Oi. " 'Oi'll take yez up,' sez 'ee. "So we slitood there a-waitin', the bot' of us, for that Spaniard to show his head agin. Our guns wuz sighted on the place we thought he'd appear, you kuow, aud our fiugers wuz on the triggers. We waited in that same position for two minutes, mayhap, though it seemed like half au hour. Finally, all a suddint, we see a head. The very same moment I tired, and the son of a guu of a Spaniard dropped down, picked sin e enough that toime. " 'Beg..ria, bunky,' sez Oi, 'yez owe me hulf the mouth's pay,' sez Oi. " 'The mischief, Oi do,' sez 'ee. 'Oi shot the son of a gun, mesel.' " 'That you did not,'sez Oi. 'Didn't Oi foire the very minute he showed hisself, and didn't he fall down of a hape ?' "'What's yez talkiu' about,' sez 'ee. 'Didn't Oi foire the instant I see him?' sez 'ee. " 'Alavhap yez foired,' sez Oi, 'but 'twas me that kilt 'im, auyhow,' sez Oi. " 'Ye loie, ye read-headed son of an Oirishuian,' sez 'ee. " 'What's that,ve dirty blackguard,' sez Oi. 'Oi don't take the loie from anny wan,' sez Oi. 'Come out o' this ditch aud we'll see who's lyiu',' sez Oi. "Wit' that the bot' on us climb out'n the trench, t'rew down our guns and squared off. We had it hot for a few minutes, the bullets a-fiyin' around, but niver touching wan of us. Finally, Henry landed wan alongs de of me face. It made me biling mad, it did, and Oi forgot me tactics and wint for him. Oi slugged him wan ou the tip o' the jaw and he went down of a hape. " 'Git up,' sez Oi, foldin' me arms, 'and we'll see who hit the Spaniard first.' "Henry jumped up and we went at it agin. Begad, wo drew more blood out'n wan anither in them few minu tes thin the S aniards did in the whole war, but we didn't decoide the matther, for prisiutly a big sarjintcome aloug. " 'What do you mane,' sez 'ee 'to be aftlier foighting ache ither. Brake awuv there,' sez 'ee, kuockin' about wit' his gun b'twaue us. 'Git down in the ditches there, and shoot the Spaniards,' sez'ee. "We picked up our guns, sliapish loike, aud jumped down intro the trench. The sarjiut stood a moment watchin' us, and thin he said: " 'lf I catch you two mugs—' He niver said anything further than that, for just then a mauser ball hit him in the stomach and he were down in the grass a-groaniu' and clutchin, and bit in'. "Well, sir, we niver said anything more about the dead Spaniard the rest o' the day. The euemy kep' us pretty busy till toward uight, when we wu;f wit'drawn from the firm' line, and whin we got to our quarters we didn't give a rap for nothin', but to get some shlape. It's me private opinion, sir, that we bot' kilt that Spaniard, but we've niver cared particular about arguing tbe matther out " "Begorra, Henry, that's a foine fish yez have there. Eighteen cints? Begad, it's dear, but it's worth the price to git a taste o' say food. Oive just been telling the gentlemau about our scrap down in Cuba." "I warrant you made yourself out a regular Fitzsimmons," said Henry. "Sometime, sir, when he ain't around you shall hear my side of the affair." —Walter Strong Edwards, in New York Commercial Advertiser. The (ilowwnrm'i Rays. The glowworm's light is said to have been shown to be due to the emission of rays similar to Roentgen's. Three hundred glowworms were caught near Kioto and placed before photographic plates screened from the light by several thicknesses of paper, together with plates of brass, copper and aluminum. A piece of cardboard with a hole in it was placed between the metal and the photographic plate, i aud for two days the arrangement was kept iu a chamber sheltered from all foreign lights. On developing the plate, however, it was found to be blackened, except the part opposite the hole iu the cardboard. Tho rays of the glowworm would appear, how ever, to penetrate metal and excite luminosity in cardboard. When there is nothing between the sensitive plate and the glowworm the rays are said to behave like ordinary light, but in traversing some metals and card board they seem to acquire properties like that of X-rays, or it may be that tlio ordinary glowworm emits X as well as ordinary rays. This account savors some-vhat of tho improbable, and iu regard to the latter part of it there may bo a third explanation. AN ALASKAN WONDERLAND. A Mecca for Naturalists—Skeletons of Colossal Monsters—Fantastic Mirages. "Along the coast region southeast from Yakutat bay, between the beach and the St. Elias Alps, lies a most re markable tract in Alaska," remarked G. W. Stephens of Seattle. "I went ashore at this bay during a summer trip to Juueau a few years ago, and I found a veritable wonderful that can furnish a large amount of material for museums. Naturalists will there find many interesting problems to solve. That section of the country is mostly a low,sandy flat, almost bare next to the coast, but covered pro fusely nearer the foothills with a growth of timber and brush, amidst the lakes swamps, and glades. Grass grows luxuriantly, as there is an annual flood. In the summer season the game comes down out of the mountains aud browses ou the vege tation in those low flats. Some of the bears are of immense size. But I saw no deer of any kind. Skeletons of so ue gigantic animal that lived ages ago are found in a good state of preservation in some of these long, low flats. Jaw-bones twenty inches in diameter and three feet in leng h have been found there. Ribs sixteen feet long ha e beeu exhumed. That animal must have been a monster. "But the most wonderful things are seen in the mirages during the days aud twilights. Over this waste of sand, mud,and gravel are scattered strauded trees, logs, stumps and snags. The mirages produce entranc ing pictures of mimic lakes and water courses fringed with vegetation mirror ed upon the surface, while the grassy mounds, stumps, trees, logs and roots which have an actual existence are distorted and magnified into the shapes of ungainly animals and rep tiles of enormous proportions. The fogs and mists from the seas a e driven across these wastes by the winds, aud as the objects I have men tioned loom up in the flying vapors they appear to be living creatures moving rapidly through the air, and again plunging through the sea at a terrific rate of speed, while huge breakers roll over them aud dash them against the mountains. One scarcely knows which to wonder at the most,or to think the strangest, the phenomenon of these mirages with these horrible images, or the acuial remains of , the gigantic auiinals."—St. Louis Repub lican. Generosity Among Soldier*. The sight of the war cured the writer of one notion—that the military profession may tend to make those who follow it brutal and cruel. On the contrary, it seems to make them more generous and kind. It is not to be supposed that it is war that makes them so; it is probable that the removal of the professional soldier from the field of competition for exist' once among independent workers and "business men" leaves him little chance to fall into that hungry and fox like instinctive hostility to one's fel lows that is developed by the social struggle for existejice. All soldiers, whethe" officers or privates, seem to be engaged, on the other hand, in a kind of comjHjtition of generosity. It is a great point with them—a kind of invariable rule of conduct—to be ready to share what they have with others. This rule of generosity does not, of course, save them from doing cruel things occasionally. They have not ordinarily a very delicate sensi bility to one another's pain; they do not seem to waste much sympathy on one anothe"'s physical sufferings. They bear their own without com plaint, and seldom ask favors when they are suffering. But when it comes to "grub" or shelter, they will give a comrade, or even n stranger, better than they have themselves, if they possibly can. And the work of an officer, even in the most active and terrible campaigning, seemu to be easily consistent with the finest man liness and most delicate sympathy. And yet we should not encourage war in the expectation of cultivating fine sentiments auy more than we should invite yellow fever epidemics simply because a yellow fever epidemic de velops fine cases of heroic solf-sacri flee.— Boston Transcript. •foe Jefferson** Bircli Hark Clieck. There is a bank in a little country town up in the mountains of New Hampshire, as the story is told, which holds a check of Joseph Jefferson for $2. The check is in a frame, under glass, and will probably never be seen by Mr. Jefferson. It was written while the veteran actor was out on a hunt ing and fishing trip. While following the road on foot to a town he came iu sight of a farmhouse. Here, he thought, was an opportunity to hire a wagou and team to carry him the re mainder of the way. But to his sur prise he found he did not have the $2. Not a piece of paper conld be found. So the old comedian took out his knife, cut a square piece of white birch bark from one of tho trees near by and wrote a check for the amount on that. When the little country village was reached this unique check was taken to the bauk by the farmer and immedi ately cashed. The bank had it framed and keeps it as a souvenir of the great actor.—Portland Argus. Veteran Working Implements. G. C. Barton of Brownsville, Mo., has a scythe snath that he has used every haying season for forty-five years, and it is in good conditioh now. He also has a cart built in ISfiO, and a pair of wheels built the same season, the tires of which have never been reset, and do not need it. While Mr. Barton was telling this he was sitting ou a little bench, built over a hundred years ago, such as the blacksmiths of that date usert to sit upon to straighten nails.—New York Tribune. S THE REALM OF FASHION. $ Ladiei* Cape With Applied Yoke. Heavy black silk poplin is used for this stylish cape, the applied yoke be ing of rich guipure lace over white satiu and the decoration of satin rib bon ruchiug. The cape is shaped on fashionable A SEASON ABLE CAPE. lines which slope gradually to points in front and back. Darts at each shoulder with a seam in centre back cause a snug adjust ment at the top, graceful fulness in rippling folds below the shoulders to a comfortable and fashionable length. The circular yoke is applied after the larts are sewed and may be cut with or without a centre seam. The high standing collar is shaped in four sections joiued to lit the neck comfortably and flare becomingly at at the top. T\TE OF THE WINTER HAT. Aru ffle|of£net, lace or chiffon is placed inside the collar, a large bow of the same being tied over the closing in front. The fronts are closed at far as the waist with coat hooks and eyes. An interlining of wadding or canton flannel gives richness as well as warmth to capes of satin, silk or poplin, a silk lining of some becoming color adding elegance to its finish. Capes in this st jle can be worn at any age and are dressy cnongh for church or visiting. Velvet can be appropriately chosen with passementerie for the yoke and fur 01 any desired decoration may be adopted. To make this capo for a lady of medium size will require one and five eighths yards of material fifty-four in ches wide. The New Winter Hat. My lady's new winter hat is shown in the large engraving. An extremely chic affair of no particular period re produced. The knots and twists un der the front brim and the high trim ming at one side recall tha sportive modes of 1830. But hats then were large in size, and the fashion this au tumn calls for head coverings only medium in circumference, except in carriage hats, which are huge and heavy laden with plumes. At a favorite shop where many wom en inspected fall hats, Madame, the milliner, said that there is no common name for this stylo in hats, nor, as a general thing, for auy sort which is brought forth at that store. "So far as possible," said Madame, "every hat we make is unlike every other, so we cannot give a general name which would be at the same time individual." That hats are to be worn "off the face," as was predicted in the summer. j It is only the exceptional headpiece I which is fashioned for the wom an without a pompadour. The ' roll of hair over the brow ' jußt fills in the space between brim and forehead. And many of the turbans are arranged to fit around the baok hair, which should be done on the crown of the head. | Such is the most patent fact about new autumn hats: That the largest number of them turn away from the face. Though a few with straight brims are for sale to those who cannot or will not abide these upturned ef fects. A Woman Physician's Work. Dr. Katherine Kollock, a medical inspector for the girls' high school in Philadelphia, during the last year ex amined more than 3000 pupils. As a result of her work it is said the stand ard of health among the girls has been better than that of any previous year. Edison's Tribute to Woman. Thomas A. Edison declares that women have more quickness and in sight about machinery than men have, and he prefers to employ them in car rying out the details of his electrical inventions. Child's French Drtu, This dainty dress of embroidered cashmere in pale blue, showed yoke and sleeves of dark blue velvet which were made adjustable so as to do for ordiuary or party wear. A short body lining supports the shirring that adjusts the fulness in front and back, the top being arranged tc form frilled headings. The sides are gathered to the lower edge of body lining, a band of the embroidered cashmere passing all around the short waist. Bands to match pass over the shoulders to foot of dress in front aud back, pretty gathered bretelles standing out over the sleeves. Stylish puffs are mounted on fitted sleeves, which may be omitted as here shown and the dress may bo finished without the yoke to wear with or with out different guimpes. The front and back are shown of cashmere having embroidered edge, while the sides are completed with an embroidered frill of cashmere. Cashmere, veiling, challie and all other soft wool or silken fabrics will develop prettily by the mode, lace and embroidered edging and insertion, ribbon or braid being suitable trim ming. While material of this kind is not always available, the design furnislie3 suggestions that may be carried out daintily in similar fabrics in one or a combination of material or coloriug. It is also pretty for wash dresses of thin white stuffs that are worn by lit tle girls over slips of silk or satin all winter. FOR OI'.DIS'ABV OK PARTY WEAK. To make this dress for a child of four years of age will lequire two and one-half yards of material thirly-sii inches wide. ST. JACOB* OIL cures Rheumatism. ST. JACOBS OIL euros Neuralgia. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Lumbago. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Sciatica. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Sprains. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Bruises. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Soreness. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Stiffness. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Backache. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Muscular actios. Australian rabbitsklns are being con verted into sealskins for the American market. NO-TO-BM for Fifty Gent*. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, malies weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, SI. All druggists. The first envelope ever made Is in the possession of tho British Museum. For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is a suc cessful remedy.—M. P. DIKTKR, 07 ThrooD Ave Brooklyn, N. Y.. Nov. 4. IH!>4. In all Spanish-America the Indians form the great muss of the population. Fits permanently oured. No tttsor nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve triHl bottle aud treatise free DR. 11. H. KI.INE. Ltd..'.Ml Arch St..Phlla.,Pa. Tho marriage of minors in this country are six per cent. No specific for local skin ailments cau copo in popular favor with Ulenu's Sulphur Soap, uiii a Hair & A'liig\er Dye. IIIHC.-L or Drown, 50c IMnte glass was first made in 1(J98, at Plcardv, France. Fall Medicine Is Fuiiv is Important and Benefi cial as spring Med cine. Hood's Sarsaparlila Is just the modicine to keep the blood rich and pure, create an uppetlte, give good digestion and tone ind strengthen the great vital organs. It wards off malaria, fevers and other forms of illness which so readily overcome a weak and debilitated system. Hood's Sarsaoarilla Hood's Pil>s cure indigesl ion. 25 cents. Uncle Sam'a Sweet Tooth. America's sweet tooth is said to be abnormally developed. The consump tion of sugar reaches the astouishiug total of 5,500,000,000p0und5; butonly one-eighth of this is raised at home. Last year nearly a third of the supply came from Germany, and eight per cent, more from the rest of Europe. The West Indies sent twenty-four per cent, end the East Indies fourteen per cent. Fully half the sugar imported came from countries no better able to produce it than is the United States herself. Last year we raised 125,000,- 000 pounds of beet sugar. There are those who prophesy that in another ■ decade the entire amount of sugar needed for home consumption will be produced within our own borders. The present average is about seventy three pounds a year each, or a pound a day per family of five. The nicknames of some" of the new States: South Dakota, Swing Cat Stite; Washington, Chinook State; North Dakota, Flicker-tale State; Mon tana, Stub-toe State; Nebraska, Black , water State; Nevada, Silver State. There have been 300,000 volumes published in America and England in the last sixty-three years. YOUNG AT SIXTY. Serene comfort and happiness in ad vanced years are realized by compara tively few wom»n. Their hard lives, their liability to se rious troubles on account of their pecu liar organism and their profound igno rance concerning themselves, all com bine to shorten the period of usefulness and fill their later years with suffering. Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make ; women strong. She has given advice to many that has shown them how to guard against disease and retain vigor ous health in old age. From every cor ner of the earth there is constantly com ing the most convinciug statements from women, showing the efficacy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound in overcoming female ills. Here is a letter from Mrs. J. C. Orms, of 220 Horner St., Johnstown, Pa., which is earnest and straight to the point: " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I feel it my duty to tell all suffering women that I think your remedies are wonderful. I had trouble with my head, dizzy spells and hot flashes. Feet and hands were cold, was very nervous, could not sleep well, had kidney trouble, pain in ovaries and congestion of the womb. Since taking your remedies I am better every way My head trouble is all gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am cured of womb trouble. I can eat and sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I consider your medicine the best to be had for female troubles." The present Mrs. Pinkham's experi ence in treating female ills is unparal lelled, for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham. and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year. IT ry Qrain"oi" Try Grain=o! ; | Ask you Grocer to-day to show you 1 » a package of GRAIN-O, the new food i i drink that takes the place of coffee. ] | The children may drink it without > Injury as well as the adult. All who | \ try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that j | rich seal brown of Mocha or Jnva, i > but it is made from pure grains, and i , the most delicate stomach receives it j | without distress. i the price of coffee, i > 15 cents and 25 cents per package.' ! | Sold by all grocers. > j} Tastes like Coffee i \> Looks like Coffee » I > lamt that yoar grocer give* yon GRAIN-O 11 Accept no Imitation. >