WHEN THE REGIMENT COMES BACK.
All the uniforms were blue, all the swordi
and rifles new,
When the Regiment went marching down
the street
All the men were hale and strong as they
proudly moved along
Through the cheers that drowned the
music of their feet.
Oh the mu.-dc of their feet keeping time to
drums that beat,
Oil the glitter and the splendor of the
sight:
As with swords and rifles new, and in uni
forms of blue.
The Regimont went marching to the fight.
When the Regimont came back all tho guns
and swords were black,
And the uniforms had faded into gray,
And the faces of the men who marched
through that street again
Seemed like faces of the dead who lose
their way.
For the dead who lose their way cannot look
more gaunt or gray—
Oh the sorrow and tho anguish of the
sight.
Oh the weary lagging feet out of step with
drums that beat,
When the Regiment camo marching from
the light.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Harper's Weekly.
You smile at her name, finding it
absurd, perhaps? Do not, however,
bo in too great n hurry to turn it into
ridicule, for she who bore it was a
brave woman, anil worthy of all ro
spcct.
You must know that Mine. Jambe—
Mother Jambe, the soldiers called her
—was for many years cantiniere in a
regiment of the line, and in this capac
ity «he was n sort of good angel to
the troops. Officers and soldiers alike
all respected her.
She married, when about thirty
years of age, the quartermaster-gen
eral of the regiment. His time was
nearly up, but he remained with the
colors in order to help his wife to keep
the canteen.
The little house was a prosperous
one, for Mine. Jambe had more than
one string to her bow, and well under
stood how to employ her spare time
profitably. She had learned the art
(or science, perhaps, it should be
called) of hair-dressing, and on the
occasion of any fete was iu great re
quest with the officers' wives. The
thrifty woman was thus able to lay by
a very considerable sum of money,
which by no means lessened her pop
ularity in the regiment.
Alter a year of married life a son was
born, and Mine. Jambe and her hus
band agreed that as soon as he should
attain the proper age, he, too, should
be a soldier. At the age of sixteen he
passed into the ranks,and being smart
and intelligent, he seemed to have a
bright future before him.
But the husband and father died sud
denly in 18159. It was a terrible shuck
to poor Mme. Jambe, and she would
hardly have survived it were it not
for the thought of her son, and the
hope that he would be a comfort, to
her in her declining years. Sorrow
aged her more than her rough life had
done, and she left the service and set
tled in a little cottage left her by her
parents in the village of Clusv* near
Poutarliers.
A year later war broke out, and this
was another sorrow for her to bear.
She was a patriot, was Mme. Jauibe,
but she was a mother also.
During that terrible winter of 1870-
71, she hardly slept for three consecu
tive hours in the twenty-four. Always
on the alert for news, she chafed sorely
at the snow, which almost cut off her
tittle village from the outer world,and
made communication a matter of great
difficulty.
She passed whole weeks iu ignor
auce of the progress of the war, of
her sou's whereabouts, and then, little
by little, she heard of the defeats,and
at last learned that her son,a sergeant
now, had been attached to the army
of the east, which was then being
formed under the command of General
Bourbaki.
From this time and iu all weathers
sho might be seen each day trudging
the weary, snow-covered miles which
lay between Clusy and Pontarliers, or
else climbing to Fort de Jons, over
looking the Swiss frontier. She sought
news, but news, unhappily, was scarce
and contradictory.
Suddenly, toward the end of Jan
uary, the rumor spread that the army
of the east was approaching, having
failed to relieve Belfort. For nearly
a week Mme. Jambe kept a strict
watch day and uight, scanning eagerly
the road by which she hoped to see
the Frouch arrive.
They were signalled at last, but the
Germans were signalled, too, from the
opposite directiou, and it seemed evi
dent that the armies would encounter
one another iu the immediate neigh
borhood.
And now I will let Mme. Jambe
take up tho story, for what followed I
had from her own lips a few mouths
after the events described took
place:
"One morning at dawn I hoard a
noise at the door of the cottage, and
then the sound of breaking glass. I
rose hastily aud ran down to the en
trance. I gave a cry, my boy was
there, and behind him stood tlireo of
his comrades, but in what a state !
Haggard, hollow-cheeked, their uni
forms in rags, their boots almost in
pieces, blue and shivering with cold!
" 'Mother, you must hide us," he
said. 'The general has entrusted me
with a message to the conimnndaut of
the fort, but the Prussians have seen
us and are in pursuit. They must not
find us.
" 'Give me your order,' I cried, 'I
will take it while you hide here; no
one will suspect a woman '
"I had no time to finish, we heard
a discharge of musketry and a neigh
bor rushed in crying:
" 'The Prussians! The Prussians
are berel'
"I pushed my son and his friends
iuto a storeroom,at the farther end of
which, under some hay, was the door
leading into the cellar where I kept
my little stock of wine and cider.
"The Prussians entered in through
the open door; I saw others in the
road. There must have been about
one hundred of them altogether. A
young officer was in command.
"He camo up to me and said, bru
tally—
" 'ls it you who are Mme. Jambe?'
" 'Yes, I am she,' I answered him.
"'Your son has just entered this
house.'
"'My son! He is far away from
here, always supposing that he is still
alive.'
" 'He is here; I am sure of it.
Come, now, where is he?'
" 'You must seek him, then.'
"He made a sign, and 1 was sur
rounded and prevented from moving
my position. The soldiers ransacked
the house, I askod myself meanwhile
who could lie the coward who had be
trayed my son.
"At last the brutes found him—him
and his friends, aud I saw them
dragged out covered with the hay in
which they had attempted to conceal
themselves. And my son! How brave
and handsome he looked with his
Hashing eyes. Yes! he was my own
flesh aud blood, aud I felt proud of
him. They were rigorously searched
for the message they were supposed
to bear, but as it was a verbal one
they could find nothing.
"The officer stamped about the
room, mad with rago. Glnncing at
the prisoners, he said:
" Ms your son amongst them?'
" 'He is not; and if he were I would
not confess it.'
"He drew his sword on me, aud
then we were all dragged out iuto the
roadway, the officer shouting:
" 'Where is the man who gave us
the information?'
" 'One of his companions has just
killed him,' a Prussian sergeant re
plied, pointing to a corpse which I had
not seen, hidden as it was behind a
bush.
"The traitor was * franc-tireur, who,
to save his own life, had given up my
son to the enemy. His punishment
had not been long delayed.
" 'The murderer will be shot!' cried
the officer; then, looking fiercely at a
group of villagers who were cowering
under bis men's bayonets, he con
tinued:
" 'Some one among you knows tho
man Jambe; point him out to me, or
I will order my men to lire on you.'
"Ah! they were brave, my neigh
bors, they made no reply.
" 'Then we will soonfiud out.' He
gave an order in a low voice. His
luen pinned me with my back against
a wall, and placed rifles in the hands
of my son aud his comrades.
"And the officer said:
" 'On the word of command you
will tiro and kill that woman. If you
disobey it will be your turn next.'
"A cry of horror ran through the
crowd, followed by a dead silence. I
—well, 1 offered my soul to the bou
Dien, telling myself that I must try
to show how a French woman could
die if need be, and I waited, watching
my son.
"But he did not seem to see me.
His eyes were turned to his comrades.
They seemed to be making signs to
orfe another.
" 'Present!' and they obeyed,cover
ing mo with their rilles.
" 'Fire!' They turned suddenly
to the right nbout. An explosion
followed, aud four Prussians, the
officer among the number, fell. Aud
above the roar of the discharge I
heard my boy's voice clearly:
"'Fire! Yes, but ou you, yon
coward!'
"A general volley on the part of the
Prussians followed, aud I fell with a
bullet in my shoulder. Before I lost
consciousness, however, I saw that
my son was still unhurt.
"I learned afterward that, just at
this moment, the cannon of the Fort
de Joux began to play. The com
mandant had caught the reflection of
the sunlight from the Prussian's hel
mets, and, concluding—none too soon
—that something untoward was tak
ing place, had sent a few shells into
the crowd and rapidly dispersed the
enemy."
Mme. Jambe died a few years after
the events, which I have related as
nearly as I can in her own words, took
place. Her story was recalled to my
mind the other day on hearing that
the son of this brave woman had just
been promoted to the command of his
regiment,—Pearson's Weekly.
Tlio Porto ltico Marketmnn.
The marketmau in Porto Rico is the
small landholder. No Porto Kican
possessing any considerable amount
of money would invest it iu agricul
tural products other than sugar cane,
tobacco or coffee. Owing to this beans,
corn, etc., which could be raised in
quantities large enough to supply the
whole country and leave a surplus for
export, are imported from Spain and
from this country. He also devotes
himself to several small industries,
such as the making of charcoal, ham
mocks, whips, earthenware, canes and
especially straw hats, some of them
of fine quality.
The market places iu Porto Rico are
owned by the municipality. They are
generally in the large squares, the
centre of the market being without a
roof and divided into small spaces, in
which canvas tents are erected daily
by the merchants.
These spaces are rented,or, rather,
a tax is collected on them, each day,
from the country people who use
them, and who, in many towns, are
not permitted to sell their wares iu
any other place. The houses sur
rounding the market place are rented
by the year aud they are usually oc
cupied by grocers, butchers, etc.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
ENGLAND WOULD WIN..
fruit Mo Match for Her, According t«
Naval Authorities.
The naval authorities of the United
States do not expect war between Eng
land and France, but if it does come
it is their opinion that the result would
be similar to that between the United
States and Spain. While France has
the larger army, the fighting will be
done at sea, where England is supe
rior not only to France but to any
other nation. She has twice as many
battleships of the first-class as France,
three times as many of the second
class and five times as many of the
third class.
Groat Britain has 21 first-class ar
mored cruisers, while France has only
4; she has 22 first-class protected
cruisers, while France has 5, and
48 second-class protected cruisers,
while France has 18. Great Britain
has 11 second-class cruisers aud France
has 6. She has 31 third-class pro
tected cruisers and France has 17. Of
the third-class, partly protected, Groat
Britain has 23 and France none. Of
the sloop class she has .18 aud France
15. France, however, has 18 third
class cruisers, with no corresponding
rating in the British service. In the
line of coast defense, non-seagoing
ironclads, Great Britain has 11 and
France 12. Of the heavily armored
gunboats Great Briain has -1!) and
France 12.
Great Britain has 33 torpedo gun
boats and France 15. She has !)5 tor
pedo-boat destroyers, while France
has 8. She has 61 torpedo boats of
class 1; France has 50. Of class 2
she has 30 and France 169; of the
third-class sho has 104 and France 46.
A general summarization shows the
following: Great Britain has 88 line
vessels, 153 cruisers, 60 coast-defense
and 313 torpedo craft. France has
60 line, 71 cruisers, 24 coast-defense
aud 288 torpedo craft.
Great Britain's armored cruisers are
the finest afloat. They were no bet
ter than the New York was when
she was launched sit years ago, but
have been greatly improved since,both
in their number and effectiveness. The
most formidable battleships in the
world also belong to Great Britain,
although they are not much superior
to the lowa, the Illinois, the Kear
sarge, the Oregon and others of our
navy. The most powerful ship in the
English navy is a battleship 400 feet
in length, 75 feet beam, 26 feet St
inches draught, 18 knots speed, coal
capacity for 220 ) tons and displace
ment of 14,6i 0 tons. Its armament
consists' of four twelve-inch wire
wound guns, twelve six-inch, sixteen
four-inch and a nftmber of machine
aud rapid-fire gtins. The most power
ful ships in the French navy are the
St. Louis and Charlemagne, each hav
ing a displacement of 11,260 tons and
a speed of seventeen knots. Their
armament is not up to several of the
battleships of our navy.
Tl»e Ctirioim Sea-Sqnirt.
Tho sea-squirt has such a curious
organization and passes through so
strange a series of changes in its de
velopment that it and its allies have
lang been regarded with more than
usual interest by naturalists. For
tho sea-sqnirt is a living example of
degeneracy of structural degradation
so complete that until recently it was
universally supposed to be a mollusk.
Its shape is roughly cylindrical, its
color a dingy gray,and it lives attached
by its base to a rock on the seashore.
At its free end there is a hole, com
monly surrounded by eight small lobes,
and a little less than half way down
the side of the body is another open
ing, with six encircling lobes. Tho
upper aperture is tho month, and it
leads to the digestive tnbe, which
consists of a spacious pharynx im
mediately following the mouth, a gul
lot, a stomach and an intestine. Com
pletely surrounding the digestive tube,
except along one line, where the
pharynx is fused with the body wall,
is a chamber called the The
atrium opens to the exterior at tho
lower of tho two external apertures,
which is hence called the atrial open
ing. If the Aseidian be carefully
watched under natural conditions, a
current of water will be seen to con
tinually enter the month and leave by
tho atrial opening. If it be touched
the creature will suddenly send out a
stream of water from each opening,
aud its common name is derived from
this habit of squirting when irritated.
—A. E. Stouhouse, in Knowledge.
Torpedo Hoata Are Dangeron* Tliingfl.
We have learned that the torpedo
boat service has been the most dan
gerous afloat. More men have lost
their lives on torpedoboats than on all
the other naval ships put together.
We know that this service tries the
men, in nerves and muscles, mere
than any other, while young officers
have had the responsibility of inde
pendent commands. So this service
has done more than all others to im
prove the personnel of the navy. And
it is not unlikely that the most help
ful part of the experience of the bat
tleship crews was that had when they
faced the black mouth of Santiago
harbor watching for an enemy that
had not the nerve to come.—John B.
Spears, in Scribner's.
Aii Ancient Bargee.
Montagne, in the Orne, rejoices in
the possession of a female bargee, or
bateliere, who is one hundred aud two
years old. This ancient person has
spent nearly all her life on the water.
She is in full possession of her facul
ties, is able to take a haud at the
helm,aud, as physiologists would say,
her organism has still tho power of
repairing substance wasted in fune
tionßl activity. The old waterwonmu
has two sons in the same business as
herself. One is seventy-two and tho
other seventy-six. London Tele
gr.ijh.
I NEW YORK FASHIONS. 1
|§ THE LATEST DESIGNS FOR WINTER COSTUMES ||
NEW YOBK CITY (Special).—There
never has been a season wlieu so many
different styles were in fashion, par
ticularly for cloth gowns, according to
Harper's Bazar. It would almost
seem impossible for a woman to be
unfashionably dressed, provided the
sleeves of her gown are small, and the
skirt has no particular fulness except
at the back. Velvet and cloth are
combined in many of the new gowns
with very satisfactory results. A
LADIES' AFTERNOON TOILETTE.
favorite combination of color is the
light wood-color with dark brown,
and a very charming gown of wood
colored cloth, the cloth with a satin
finish, is quite odd in design, and is
trimmed with deep brown velvet.
Tho cloth is in an over-skirt or polon
aise, while the under part of the skirt
and the upper part of the waist aud
sleeves are of velvet. There are four
rows of narrow velvet ribbon outlining
tho cloth. There is apparently no
way of getting either in or out of this
costume, but the gown is fastened at
GIRLS COSTUME.
the left side with invisible hooks and
eyes. The sleeves are small, with a
cuff of the velvet at the wrist, aud are
cut so as to give the effect of a very
long shoulder seam.
A smart cloth gowu that is simple in
design is made of blue Venetian cloth.
The skirt is cut with a circular
flounce effect, fitting very closely over
the hips. The flounce is not scant, as
is generally the case, but, on the con
trary, is exaggeratedly full. It is
made in clusters ef pleats at equal
distances apart, and the pleats are
only fastened a short distance, leav
ing the flounce to flare out above the
foot. The waist has three rows of
tucks put onto give tho eflect of
pleats below a plain square yoke of
the deepest blue velvet that is finished
with a stock-collar and side tabs. The
sleeves are very nearly tight-fitting,
but have some fulness at the top, with
rows of tucks across the fulness.
There is no finish at the wrists aud
the sleeve is very long. The belt is
of fancy metal.
A Favorite With Girl*.
The pretty combination of plaid and
plain dark blue terge, shown in the
largo engraving, is attractively dec
orated with rich ruby velvet, a color
ing shown in the plaid. A narrow
frill or satin ribbon matchos the vel
vet edges of the graceful Bertha that
flare apart in front and back. The
stylish waist has a full front that is
gathered top and bottom on each side
of a centre box pleat. The backs are
gathered in like manner, and close in
oentre with buttons and buttonholes.
The front and backs are arranged
r i Uiiinvji {luuil
at the top to round yoke depth with
the plaid. A standing collar of plaid
completes the neck. The Bertha is
interlined with light-weight canvas
and finished at the lower edge before it
is applied around the yoke outline. A
belt of velvet finishes the waist, over
which the front pouches slightly, and
three decorative buttons are set at
evenly spaced distances on the box
pleat. The closely fitting sleeves of
plaid have a gathered puff of the
plain goods gracefully disposed at the
top, the wrists being completed with
bands of velvets and frills of ribbon.
Tho skirt shows the very popular
graduated circular flounce, a favorite
with girls as well as with their mam
mas. The skirt is somewhat of circu
lar shaping and may either reach to
the lower edge or terminate at the top
of flounce. The front aud sides fit
smoothly, gathers causing a pretty
fulness in centre back. The skirt is
sewed at the lower edge of waist and
held easy at the front and sides;
it closes with the waist in centre back.
Possibilities for remodeling dresses
that have been "grown away from"
are suggested by the mode; the dress
may also be all of one material in silk
or wool and trimmed with velvet,
gimp, insertion, braid or ribbon,plain,
ruched or frilled.
Fiue tncking or all-over lace may be
used for yoke, or the dress may have
a low, round neck and short puff
sleeves to wear with or without vari
ous styles or guimpe.
To make this costume for a young
girl will require three and one-half
yards of material forty-four inches
wtde.
•Styles In Ifairdresriing.
II will not be the fault of the Paris
hairdressers if finger puffs are not
worn this winter. One of the models
they show has the hair arranged a la
Pompadour over the forehead, with
three small finger puffs above tho
ears. The hair will be dressed high,
as it has been, which gives another
chance for the use of the finger puffs.
Plain Skirts Favored.
Already the reaction has set in in
favor of plain skirts. Some of the
most eminent fashion designers and
autocrats have emphatically declared
against so much trimming and the
consequence is that the death knell of
the ultra-elaborate skirt is sounded.
We may indulge in a moderate amount
of frills, but the lino must be very
sharply drawn, and under no circum
stances is fashion to tolerate anything
that has the appearance of fussiness.
There is also some objection to the
skirt that is made in two lengthwise
sections. Very few women, and surely
110 practical ones, like to cut hand
some material into such shape that it
is absolutely worthless after the stylo
A SKIIIT WITH CIRCULAR FLOUNCE OP
UNIFORM DErTH.
of the moment has passed by. There
fore, the cut-in-two skirt is always
short lived; indeed, it has scarcely at
tained the prominence with which it
ha* )?AA»
Tender Fiesta.
The more tender the flesh, the blacker
the braise. Tho sooner you use St. Jacobs
Oil, the quicker will be the cure of any
bruise, and any bruise will disappear
promptly under the treatment of tho great
remedy.
France has 1007 women to every 1900
men.
Beauty la Blood Oeep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Caacaret*, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Caacarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c. 25c, 50c.
The growth of the beet-sugar interest in
the United States has been remarkable.
Coughs Lead to Consumption.
Kemp's lialsam will stop the cough txl
once. Qo to your druggist to-day ami got
a sample bottle fret). Sold In 25 and 50
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerous.
The maximum temperature of tho gulf
stream is eighty-six degrees.
noir'i This?
WeofTerOne Hundred Dollnr< Reward for
any ca-e of Catarrh that cannot b« cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Wo. tho undersigned, have known F..T. Che
ney lor the l5 l5 years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tion m 'de by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX.Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Oh o.
WALOINO, KIKNA>- A MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledu Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken iniernally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
laces of thi* system. Price, Tflc.pei- bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
America has more than half of the total
railway mileage of the world.
Five Cents.
Everybody knows that Dobbins' Electric
Soap Is the best in the world, and for !I3 years
it has sold at the highest price. Its price is
now 5 cents, same as common brown soap.
Bars full sir.e and quality.Order of grocer. -I rt r
In fifteen years llussia has sent G24.009
persons to Siberia.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke tour I.irc Anaj,
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
llac, the wonder-worker, that makes weal: men
strong. All druggists, COc or (1, Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Auciress
Sterling Hemedy Co., Chicago or New York
The first lnrge Iron bridge was built In
1777.
Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.—Mrs. M. O.
BLUNT, Spragne, Wash., March S, 1891.
Every ninth person in Franco is a trained
soldier.
Catarrh Cured
Blood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa
rllla and Health Is Good.
"I was troubled for a long time with ca
tarrh and a bad feeling In my head. I bo
gan taking Hood's Sarsaparllla, and it did
me a world of good. My sufferings from
catarrh are over and my health is good.''
Mrs. A. A. Libby, Fownal, Maine.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1: six for $5.
Hood's Pills cure all liver Ills. 25cents.
Shoes ti* Detectives.
Twenty years ago American shoes
were unknown in Germany. Within
the past eighteen months the amount,
of imports has increased rapidly.
The many improvements in American
machinery anil the careful attention
paid by American manufacturers to
style and finish have placed American
shoes in the front rank. The de
mand for American shoes in Germany
has not beon created through the ef
forts of manufacturers, but through
Consuls and resident Americans.
Many Germans are now ordering
Bhoes from American retail houses
and have them sent over by freight.
"An American,"says tho Consul at
Leipzig, "can always be distin
guished in an Europeon crowd by his
shoes."
Would Make a Glorious Exhibit.
The King of Barotseland is a tre
mendous swell. He dresses in a long
blue dressing-gown trimmed with red
braid, trousers and shirt. Ou his head
he wears a scarlet nightcap.
"I DO MY OWN WORK.""
So Saya Mrs. Mary Rochiette of
Linden, New Jersey, in thia
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.
" I was bothered with a flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
at others would almost stop.
"I used prescriptions given me by my
taking your medi
cine, and have certainly been greatly
benefited by its use.
"Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been a friend to me
" I am now able to do my own work
thanks to your wonderful medicine*
was as near death I believe as 1 c P° at
be, so weak that my pulse scarcely
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could not have stood it one wee ,
lam sure. I never thought I would
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-i .tan-.
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