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The smoke of soft coal ought not to
be allowed to becloud the atmosphere
of any clean city. Those who have
submitted to its defilement under com
pulsion will some day demand protec
tion, and secure it.
The relative proportions of urban and
rural population have not the impor
tance-that they once had. Modern con
ditions have brought the city to the
country and the country to the city to
such a degree that the dividing line Ls
not only not sharp but even extremely
hazy, if it exists at all.
A scheme, which lias the support of
the Marquis of Granby, Sir Herbert
Maxwell, the Dean of Winchester, and
many well-known anglers in England
and America, proposes the erection in
Winchester cathedral of a stained-glas.-;
window in memory of Izaak Walton.
The remains of Walton rest in Prior
Silkstede's Chapel, and the proposed
window will overlook his grave.
Some of Connecticut's national
guardsmen have made the interesting
discovery that khaki dye Is poisonous,
producing abnormal swellings and
troublesome skin disorders. Genuine
kliaki—a vegetable extract from a New
Zealand plant—may be swallowed with
impunity, and it has become the ac
cepted coloring matter for the uniforms
of the world's armies. The Connecti
cut khaki is probably a Yankee imita
tion.
President Tucker of Dartmouth, in a
late address said that the newspaper
ought to be studied in college; not
journalism in the sense in which busi
ness colleges propose to teach it, but
the actual newspaper itself. Journal
ism has, according to him become such
an immense power for good or bad in
the country that every young man
when he comes out of college should
know whieli are worthy newspapers I
and which are not.
The legislature of Massachusetts has j
determined to make an experiment
with cottage hospitals for the insane.
Many experts have come to the con
clusion that the true method of treat
ment is not the crowding of great num
bers together, but that of separation
and occupation. Even sane people I
crowded together for a long time, |
whether in a camp or on shipboard, !
often become morbid and unhappy, j
Antipathies are generated, and an un- j
wholesome atmosphere is created i
which is only cleared of its vapors by I
change and occupation. What is bad j
for sane people is still worse for those I
who are of unsound mind, thinks the j
Christian Register.
A "bread factory," being erected in
Milwaukee, is to have some novel, but
very desirable, sanitary features. All
the ingredients are to be tested in a
laboratory before being used. The bak
ers will work in full view of the pub
lic, at long tables stationed in front of
wide plate glass windows. Each man
will bo required to wear a special suit
of clothes provided by the management,
and to take at least one bath a day
in the bathroom that is connected with
the lockers on the upper floor. More
over, he may not smoke, chew, or drink
and be a worker in the bread factory.
Tills sanitation is to extend even be
yond the limits of the factory, for every
loaf of bread on being taken from the
oven will be wrapped in a sheet of
waxed paper and so sent out to the
market. The grocery boy may handle
it, but the customer who buys it may
eat of it in perfect serenity of mind,
knowing that it has not come into con
tact with liis grimy hands or been piled
up on dirty counters. The capacity of
the fnctory is to be 30,000 loaves of
broe'i dallv _
Trie fastest flowing river in the world
is the Sutiej, in India. Its descent is
12, 0c0 feet in 180 miles.
THE LIGHT ON THE WAY.
| Sorrow co'-ing up the slope-
Coming right along;
I Listen to the bells of Hope,—
.We'll drown her with a song!
Swinging,
Ringine;—
Listen to their singing!
Sorrow's only for a day:
Hope is lighting up the way!
Not in darkness do wo grope;
When the storm strikes strong
Listen to the bells of Hope,—
Dro\vn it with a song!
Swinging,
Ringing;—
Listen to their singing!
Sorrow's only for a day:
Hope is lighting up the way!
Hear the world's heart throb and beat
As she rolls along!
Thorns but make the roses sweet,—
Drown 'em with a song!
Swinging,
Ringing;—
Listen to their singing!
Sorrow's only for a day:
Hope is lighting up the way!
—Atlanta Constitution.
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8 TWO HOME COMINGS. §
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O By Annie Hamilton Donnell. O
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IT was one of Scarecrow's poorest
dnys. They were all poor. There
were seldom many errands to do,
4 and never, never enough to eat.
When a boy is only ten and lives all
by himself In the dreariest attic In
the dreariest tenement in the very,
very dreariest alley in a great city,
and when the errands fail—well, Is it
any wonder a boy gets downhearted?
Scarecrow was downhearted. The
Invalid In the other attic across the bit
of a hallway liad not beard him whis
tle for three days. She could hardly
have Imagined beforehand how she
would miss the shrill, cheery sound.
When Scarecrow whistled it seemed
to make it easier for her to draw the
needle through the stiff white cloth
with her thin, weak fingers.
'Toor little fellow, he's a-drendln'
havin' her eoino home. No wonder he
ain't whistlin'l" the invalid mused.
Was that what Scarecrow was
dreading? Or was it something else?
There were so many things to dread.
He crept downstairs again and out
through the noisome alleyway to a
corner on one of the busy streets.
There he waited on listlessly. It was
almost night when his good luck came.
"Errand, mister? Cotter errand fer
a feller? Kin I run? gimme a try!
On'y a fiver to go a mile—dat's de bar
gala price."
"Eh, eh, what's that?"
The looming figure half halted and
looked down absently into the anxious
face. Thou it went on. Scarecrow
rati along beside it.
"Cotter errand, mister—say?"
"Oh, you want a job, eh? That's it."
"Yes, sir—wot'll yer bet I does! De
doctor has prescribed a dose er vittles
fer mo stummick. Ob, say, mister,
mister! Gimme a job!"
The figure slackened its pace again.
"But I haven't any job—well, well,
let's see. Come with me. I suppose
you might run 011 ahead with the lit
tle chap's greens."
At a florist's up the street he bought
a load of trailing green vines and
cheap bright flowers and put them
In the boy's hands.
"Take them to Chandler street—one
hundred and seven. Here's a quarter.
Now run! the sooner you get there
the better."
Scarecrow gazed through a screen
of vines at the silver lying on liis
grimy little palm. It took on enor
mous proportions and twiukled glori
ously, wealthily.
"I ain't got 110 change—l runs 'em
fer a fiver," he muttered.
The man towering above him
laughed good-naturedly.
"Well, run this one 'fer' a quarter.
It's worth it—it isn't any common er
rand," lie said. And his face as he
strode away was radiant with n sud
den joyful remembrance. No, no, this
was no common errand! This was
nn errand out of a huudred—a thou
sand!
The man smiled joyously. In anoth
er minute Scarecrow felt his hand on
his shoulder again, and another sil
ver quarter dropped through the vines
into the small brown hand.
"It's worth it. Off with you!" The
man laughed.
It did not occur to him to distrust
the tattered little messenger. He was
not in a distrustful mood.
At Chandler street, 107, the lights
were all lighted. It seemed to be n
regular illumination. Scarecrow could
see through the unshaded windows a
big, bright room, that seemed full and
running over with eager-faced little
boys. Tall hoys—short boys—curly
boys—straight boys—and one little
kilted boy who danced wildly about.
One, two, three—Scarecrow counted
boys. There were six of them! And
what was this they were doing? The
little street boy stood watching them
outside.
"W-e-l-c-o-m-e," lie spelled slowly to
himself, as one by one the big green
paper letters were tacked up over the
mantel in the big, bright room. The
word, complete, meant nothing defi
nite to Scarecrow. Ho puzzled over
it curiously. Then he knocked loud
ly at the door beside the window. A
troop of boys answered the knock with
a headlong rush.
"Oh, oh! it's the flowers!—-Daddy's
sent 'em! A boy's brought 'em!"
"The flowers have come!"
•'An' the smile-axel!"
"They're red an' pink an' yellow—
nn' they smell—my!"
"Goody, goody—hooray!"
In an instant little Scarecrow's arms
were empty, and the rush back to the
bright-lighted room iiad begun. Scare
crow plucked the sleeve of the rear
boy boldly and whispered:
"Say, wot's de game?" he asked
eagerly. "Wot's dem letters in dure
spell out?"
I "Why, don't you know?" the little
follow exclaimed in astonishment.
"They spell 'Welcome,' because moth
er's coming home to-morrow. To-mor
row morning—yes, sir-ree! They've
cured her at the hospital, and she's
coming home. We've got pieces to
speak, and singing, and we're going to
drape the picture with vines and flow
ers. I tell you there's times, when
your mother comes home!"
Little Scarecrow crept away in the
darkness. Even the bright silver quar
ters clinked, unheard, in his pocket,
lie was thinking.
There are "times"—l tell you!--
when your mother comes home. Thav
is what Scarecrow was thinking.
Scarecrow's mother was coming
home, too, to-morrow. Had they
"cured" her at that great, grim hos
pital for sick souls, over there? All
at once Scarecrow remembered some
thing. She was coming out weeks
earlier, because of "good behavior,"
they said. Some one had told him.
Scarecrow was conscious suddenly of
being proud of his mother. He had
never been proud of her in his life
before.
"Dey're goin' to let her out sooner
along o' her hehavin' good," he mur
mured, a little glow warming his thin,
brown cheeks. "Oh, I say, mebbe"—
his voice quavered excitedly—"mebbe
dey'sc cured her!"
But there would be no green nnd
flowers or "welcome" on the wall. The
utter contrast smote Scarecrow like
n dull blow. lie stopped in the street
and sobbed in sudden compassion.
There would be no vines, no flowers,
no singing—no anything—when Scare
crow's mother came home. That oth
er mother would have them all.
Then the silver coins clinked remind-
Ingly. They bore Inspiration straight
from the tattered pocket of despondent
Scarecrow to his brain under the tat
tered cap. Fifty cents will "carry"
a great way sometimes, and it was
Scarecrow's trade to carry things.
There were the odds nnd ends of
greens and the half wilted flowers that
the florist let him have cheap; there
were the buns and sausages and the
tea—and the bit of sugar and milk,
lie carried them all home to the attic
in the dreary alley. All the way up
stairs, flight after flight, Scarecrow
whistled. Across the dark hallway
the invalid woman took up her nee
dle again and smiled.
"Maybe she ain't comin' homo after
all—then I don't wonder he feels like
whistlin\" she thought. "It's dread
ful good to hear him again 1"
The little attic was swept nnd pol
ished and decorated with the treasures
from the florist's. Scarecrow got up
at the first ray of daylight to do it.
And he set out liis little feast on the
tilting old table. Over the one little
window he nailed a gigantic W that
he had fashioned patiently out of
shreds of green. It was crooked and
queer, but it was a W, and it began
the word welcome. He would explain
—she would understand.
"I wish I could remember <le way
dc other letters went," he thought,
standing off and eyeing the solitary
letter wistfully; "hut I'll tell her wot It
stall's fer, an' liow she's welcome
homo again, and when she comes In
de door I'll set up an' whistle, loud.
Dat'll be de singln'."
It was midway In the dull,wet morn
ing when the mother of little Scare
crow came home. Sore-liearted and
hopeless, with the brand of shame on
her forehead, she dragged listlessly up
the stairs, flight after (light. She had
"been good" over ou the Island, but
now
"I say!"
It was Scarecrow on the upper land
ing, nodding cheerfully. His little
brown, lean, hungry face was elate
with pride.
"Yer come along in an' look, will
yer!" lie cried, exultantly, hurrying her
before him. "It stnn's fer 'Welcome,'
sec?—it's dc first letter. I couldn't
spell de rest. An' de llowers an' vines
an' de vittles—dey all stau's fer 'Wel
come.' "
Then the boy's lips pursed into a
whistle, and the whole decorated little
attic was filled with shrill music.
A moment the mother gazed—for a
moment she listened uneomprehend
lngly. Then, with understanding,
arose something sweet and warm in
her calloused breast, and she caught
little whistling Scarecrow in Iter arms.
The music stopped when she kissed
him. lie could never remember to
have been kissed before,and the proph
esy of better things was in the strange,
warm touch on his lips. The faith of
a little child and the love of a mother
were born then, and the squalid lit
tle attic blossomed Into a home. It
would be easier to "be good" after
that.—The Interior.
A Cat That Kills Snakes.
Miss Ruby Fleming, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George M. Fleming, of this
place, has a eat that is not only a fine
mouser, but has developed a penchant
to kill snakes. This eat Is a very fine
one and wears ribbons and bells,
through the pettish scheme of Miss
Ruby. One day last week she heard
the bells ringing vigorously. She
went to the door and saw a fight in
the yard shrubbery going on between
the cat and a very large moccasin
snake. The snake would dart its head
at the eat and she with her foot would
knock the head of the snake to one
side every time. Finally the cat
grabbed the snalce by the back of the
neck anil shook it considerably. Mr.
Fleming then came to the rescue and
killed the snake with a stick. A few
days after, the bells on the eat began
to ring again in the front yard. Miss
Fleming went out and found that the
eat was in another combat with a
huge snake. The cat put the snake ti
rout, and as the snake attempted to
I run in at the door Mr. Fleming killed
lit also with a stick. This is a re
markable eat and one we would like
I to own.—Marietta (Ga.J Journal.
COL. BRYAN'S LETTER
SPEAKS TO THE POINT ON
EVERY ISSUE.
Tho Malutenuucu of the I'rment Gold
Standard a heavy Burden for tlie
l'oople to flour—A Clear Statement of
Facta.
William J. Bryan, in his letter ac
cepting the nomination for president
by tho Kansas City convention, once
more proves his profound mastery of
public issues, and his wonderful skill
in illuminating, with a few words, a
debated question. His utterances are
as direct as rifle bullets, and in every
paragraph, we can find an aphorism.
In his speech of acceptance at In
dianapolis he confined himself almost
wholly to the subject of imperialism,
whereupon arose the cry from Repub
lican leaders and organs that he was
dodging all the other platform issues,
and particularly the silver one. They
knew better, for if there is one thing
more than another the American peo
ple admire Bryan for, it is directness
and the courage to "speak the thing
he will." No other man with his re
sponsibilities, In our public life today,
is politically so brave and honest as
he. Mentally and morally he is so
framed that he cannot hesitate or
dodge or fawn, and it is the general
acknowledgment of these characteris
tics that make his character public and
private, unassailable, and gives him
in popular estimation the attributes of
a hero. How different, although in
high station,. does his competitor in
the national race look to the public
eye. Versatile only in change, and
content only In ignoring "plain duty,"
McKinley, politically, is a cipher and
regarded by the masses as simply a
proxy for Mark Hanna—a creature
ever ready, at the dictates of the
trusts "to crook the pregnant hinges
of the knee that thrift may follow
fawning."
Bryan's letter Is a public paper
worthy to be bracketed with his In
dianapolis ppeech. It overlooks no
jtopic that thoughtful voters are talk
ing about, and the Republican high
binders who complained that he was
dodging the silver, income tax, and
other vital issues, are now themselves
dodging the solar plexus blows hi 3 ac
ceptance letter deals out. Unable to
gnswer his logic and trenchant argu
ments and battered by his proofs of
their duplicity and rascality they are
bow saying he covered too much
ground, and that he ought to have con
lined himself to what they hypocritical
ly propound as the paramount issue—
that of silver. But even on that point,
he has said much more than they relish
or can refute. He exposes the double
dealing of the Republican party in
financial matters, and shows that while
they have conspired to establish a gold
standard, they were too cowardly to
declare their purpose until they felt
that they had the people at their
mercy, and could safely pursue a
policy of robbery at home in connec
tion with the glamour of expansion
and military glory abroad. Mr. Bryan
shows that the currency system now
upheld by the Republican party in
volves a permanent and increasing
debt, and adds "it is hardly conceiv
able that the American people will de
liberately turn from the debt paying
policy, to the dangerous doctrino of
perpetual bonds."
Of trusts he pithily says that "a pri
vate monopoly has always been an out
law. No defense can be made of an
industrial system In which one, or a
few men, can control for their own
profit the output or price of any arti
cle of merchandise."
He Is equally explicit and pointed In
his treatment of government by In
junction, in denunciation of employes'
blacklists; in a demand for arbitration
as a prevention of strikes, and the
establishment of a government depart
ment of labor, with a cabinet officer
at its head; lu Insisting that pension
laws should be construed according to
the generous spirit which prompted
their passage; in favoring the Imme
diate construction, ownership and con
trol of the Nicaragua canal by the
United States, and asserting the right
to close it against any hostile power,
for to ratify the Hay-I'auncefote treaty
would be to lessen its commercial
value and convert it into a positive
menace in time of war. The entire
letter is as'meaty as a nut, and worthy
of his reputation as a fearless and
acute political thinker. Here are a
few sentences from it:
"The weak and qualified condemna
tion of trusts to be found In the Re
publican platform is designed to dis
tract attention while industrial des
potism is completing its work."
"It is a significant fact that the Re
publican party should accept the Eu
ropean Idea of a protectorate, at the
time it adopts a European colonial
policy."
"The principle of direct legislation
rests upon the sound theory that the
people can be trusted and that the
more responsive the government is to
the will of the people, the more free
it will be from mis-use and abuse."
"The abolition of government by in
junction is as necessary for the pro
tection of the reputation of the court
as it is for the security of the citizen."
"In the hour of danger the govern
ment can draft the citizen; It ought to
be able to draft the pocketbook as well.
Unless money is more precious than
blood, we cannot afford to give greater
protection to the incomes of the rich
than to the lives of the poor."
"It is easier to lose a reputation than
to establish one, and this nation would
find it a long and laborious task to re
gain its proud position among the na
tions if, under the stress of tempta
tion, it should repudiate the self-evi
dent truths proclaimed by our heroic
ancestors and sacredly treasured dur-
Ing a career unparalleled In the annals
of time."
HERESY OF IMPERIALISM.
(By David Starr Jordan. President of
Standford University.)
There are four enemies that have
stood in the path of man. 'These are
aristocracy, militarism, slavery, and
imperialism. There are various other
enemies, but those are the four arch
enemies in the political sense. They
all spring out of the idea that man be
longs not to himself, but that he be
longs, body and soul, to somebody or
something else which owns him. These
four enemies in a dangerous garb con
front the United States today,
"Schiller says that the tyrants reach
hands to each other—that they reach
to each other the hands. They stand
together now. These four stand to
gether now. Wherever there is one,
the other is. Aristocracy, slavery, mil
itarism and imperialism. They reach
other's hands.
They all have their fair, attractive
side. They are defended sometimes at
the fireside. Slavery was discussed
and defended from many a pulpit in
New England.
Aristocracy has its fair side.
The foundation of a quality is aris
tocracy; the foundation of our liberty
is rebellion against it—the very thing
we came here for.
There is a fair side of slavery and a
fair side of militarism. How clean the
streets can be kept under military dis
cipline and how free from noise! How
easily people can be sent to bed at
dark if it be desired.
There is a fair side of Imperialism.
You will find in many places that nine
tenths of the people believe it is a
good thing for the world. May be it
is, but when we come to read history
from the one side to the other we will
find that the British people have been
debauched by their course in India and
that the Hindoos have been cursed.
You will find that the English people
have been turned from being a strong,
freedom-loving people. You will find
also that the heart's blood has gone
out of Great Britain as it has gone out
of all countries which have engaged
in constant wars.
We know how Napoleon depopulated
Prance by his wars. We know of the
murders of the nobility, the murders
of the peasantry and the result in
France today, in 1630, when the Phil
ippine question was a burning one in
Spain, La Puente, an Augustinlan
friar, expresaed his opinion of the
whole thing when he said:
"Against the gain of redeemed souls
I place the cost in loss of armies and
of soldiers and friars sent to the Phil
ippines, and these I count the chief
loss, that while mines give silver and
forests give lumber, only Spain gives
Spaniards, and she shall give so many
of them that some day she shall be
left childless, and forced to bring up
strangers' children instead of her
own."
The heresy of imperialism is the
most dangerous that has arisen since
the heresy of secession, and it must
be fought as vigorously as the heresy
of secession. If we admit as citizens
any number of millions of people that
are not ready for liberty, if we admit
them with all the degradation which
they must bring into our politics, we
must take the consequences.
It is better that we should be just
and faithful to our own principles and
to the principles of God and that we
should in our laws be no respecters of
persons, because if in our laws we are
respecters of persons we must go the
way of empire, as all empire has gone.
The best way in which the growth of
any man or nation has ever been pro
moted has been through self-govern
ment democratically looking after its
own affairs We do not expect that
self-government will always be good
government. Men learn not by their
successes, but by mistakes. It is ab
solutely impossible for any republic to
conduct any affairs well except its
own.
REPUBLICAN AGNOSTICISM.
The Republican campaign has be
come a negative proposition. The can
didates and leaders have beconv stolid
agnostics. The rank and file is hiding
behind breastworks of shifting sand.
Mr. Hanna says:
"There are no trusts."
Mr. McKinley says:
"There is no such thing as imperial
ism."
Mr. Roosevelt says:
"I am not afraid of militarism, be
cause there isn't any militarism."
Mr. Gage says:
"There isn't any gold standard,
therefore it must not be attacked."
Chorus of Republican spellbinders:
"NOW YOU SEE IT AND NOW YOU
DON'T."
They I)o Protect Too Much.
Baltimore Sun: —"There is no im
perialism," declares President McKin
ley in his letter of acceptance. From
president down to the humblest spell
binder and organ grinder the republi
cans are kept busy protesting that an
evil which does exist in a palpable
forin really has no existence. Their
denials are based upon the assumption
that the American people are so dull
witted that they are unable to under
stand the difference between Republi
can government and the kind of gov
ernment which has been established
in Porto Rico and which is ultimately
to be forced upon the Filipinos.
Fulling Down the Flng.
Kansas City Times:—What does Mr.
McKinley mean by pulling down the
flag in Pokin? It was thought that
flag furling, except in territory belong
ing to the United States that England
wants, was treason, according to the
rules laid down by the Hannaites.
NEWSPAPERS IN RUSSIA.
Journals Arc Permitted to Print OnlJ
News Authorized by the Censor.
The Russian government ha 9 gone
into the business of publishing news
itself, has established a regular press
bureau for the circulation of news and
supplies all home newspapers now
witn foreign news. State Councilor
Naratoff is the editor-in-chief of
news on questions of current politics.
Should a Russian newspaper dare
to "handle" news in a manner
different from that in which it is
furnished the censor takes hold
at once. And it is a pretty hard
case for which the censor can
not find a handle, as was shown by
Count Uvarolf when he found an ex
cuse for warning an editor enemy by
citing his eulogy of Pushkin. The edi
tor had said nothing against the gov
ernment implying disrespect or criti
cism of the government in his article,
but Uvarolf found that Pushkin "had
no position in the government service,
was neither a captain nor a head of
department and was only a verse
writer." So the editor was "warned,"
and a warning is a serious thing, for JI
it means that the next offense may be
punished summarily by the suppres
sion of the paper. Thus one paper, the
Gazeta Gatzuka, was warned once and
then suppressed for "want of respect
for the nobility." The motive of a
minister's refusal to authorize a new
publication are sometimes curious
enough. For instance, not more than
three years ago the permission to pub
lish a private newspaper in Tamboy
was refused on the ground that the
necessity for such a publication there
"has not ripened yet," and that "the
local official paper is quite efficient for
the place." Sometimes a refusal is
based on the fact that the local censor,
having various other official duties has
work enough without a new paper.—
New York Press.
Rhati'H World Clock.
The Shah Persia, now in Parl3,
is apparently determined to keep level
with the times. He has just bought a
clock for his private use whicTi will
show him at a glance the time, not
only at Teheran, but at twelve other
places scattered across the world.
When he gets up in the morning he
will be able to tell to a second how
the world Is wagging, from Washing
ton to Pekin, from Yokohama to
Berlin, from Rome to Paris, London,
St. Petersburg, Vienna, or Bombay, to
Teheran or Samarcand. The central
dial of the clock, which shows Teher
an time, is surrounded with smaller
dials giving the corresponding hour
in the other cities named. Messrs.
Bensons, of Ludgate, have made thiß
remarkable timepiece. The dials are
set in richly-engraved ormolu, and the
figures are, of course, in Persian. But
the case is ornamental with the rose, M
thistle, and shamrock, on either side
of the Prince of Wales' ieathers!
A Japanese Memorial Service.
When lie had finished the address.
General Fukushima made another pro
found salute to the temple and stepped
back. One of the priests took his place
and began a droning chant. Presently
the other two priests ioined in. This
part of the ceremony did not seem to
be especially interesting to the officers.
The priests chanted and droned and told
their beads, and the officers talked and
moved about restlessly, and finally Bar
-011 Yamagtichi stepped un beside the
priests and made his salute to the dead.
The other generals followed and then
the crowd of officers. .They walked up
very gravely to where the long strips of
paper with prayers printed on them
were fluttering in the breeze from their
fastenings amoHig the blossom-tipped
bushes. There they stopped and salut
ed, with eyes fixed for a few seconds in
tently on the temple. Then they with
drew slowly, and those not of the staff
corps rejoined their troops.—Harper's
Weekly.
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