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THE MONROE
VOL XXXIX.
A TAPESTKV ARTIST#
MRS. u m.w. ia i riAD-r daht, Tur mt . rtTl . r p
OF TAPESTRY PAINTING IN
AMERICA.
Picture* That Command Attention-
A Glimpse of Her Studio.
A pretty and practical studio in
New York, which lias not been form¬
ally thrown open to the public, be¬
longs to Mrs. If. W. Dart, the tapes¬
try painter, it takes up the whole
width of the house, on the ground
/ floor, is simple and unpretentious in
% decoration, and fitted up with lar: FfJ
stretches and easels, all of which are
well filled with the work of the artist.
Mrs. Dart is U 10 mother of taj )(» 8 -
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THE MISSIONARY STORY.
cm try work in this country. The first
piece ever completed hangs on tiio
south wail of her studio. It is about
n yard square, and portrays a couple
of lovers, dressed in old-fashioned
eosfcumes, leaning on a gato. It is
iK-ri*.)y ft quarter of a century old.
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fRh Colors anil endears it to the
heart of the painter. Many bids
have been made on this little gem,
but Is not for sale. Mrs, Dart says
that while she lives its home shall be
In her studio.
Mrs. Dart’s masterpiece, and the
most ambitious work of her life, is a
reproduction of Yibert’s “Missionary
Story.” It has just been bought by
parties who value it at $1,000. This
tapestry measures 8 feet i) by 10 feet
51, and luvs a border ono foot wide.
The reproduction is almost perfect,
Mrs. Dart having used the same col
ors in the tapestry dyes as Vibert used
in his painting. At the Boston exhi¬
bition in 1871, Mrs. Dart was award¬
ed the tirst prize for tapestry upon the
merits of this piece of work. The
prize was a diploma, t ho only thing of
the kind ever awarded for stained
tapestry in this country. In 1892
“ t he Missionary Story” was sent to
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
LITTLE 1 ‘DIRTY—FACE. ’ ’
We haven little maid at home.
She says “my name is Dwace”—
To pa and tun she’s better known
As “Little Dirty-Faee.”
You scrub and dress that child at
ton—
White muslin trimmed with lace—
In fifteen minutes, often less.
She’s “Little Dirty-Faee.”
But smiles oft break that crust 0 f
dirt,
And smiles the dimples chase,
And tender eves light up with love
That little dirt-v face.
’T is naught but superficial dirt
\\ liicli scrubbing will erase;
So mn and pa are rather proud
Of Little Dirty-Faee.
On tot ’s Mnall phiz the (rouble is
To find a kissing place,
But stay—l s e a rose-bud mouth
On Little Dirty-Faee.
Then come and give that sweet “bear
hug”
Thou little toddling Gr* ce—
Thy soul’s as pure as angels’ robe.4
My Little Dirtv-Face.
— Bust on Transcript.
\ < t'luoi. exi'ehimen r.
lake a piece 01 pasteboard, , , , about , .
im; inches square, roll a into a tube
1 ° ,u 111 jttst uige euouuh to tit
round the eve, and ‘ the oilier end V
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rat.ui ., , Miia;d. ,, Hold the . tube , be
tween Die thumh at -1 finger of the
riglit hand (do nut -rasp it with the
othci nano . put 1 he large end.close
againsi the right eye. and with the
° bookii: '" , 1 n f t ,lu ? lde
id » .1 the tube. . 1 u Be sure and , keep both
e % \es open, and ttiore wi.i appear
>e u hole through the book, and oh
pit- as if seen throng .1 the
hole instead of the tube The right
e%e sees through the tube, and the
eft «*\e sees the >ook. and 1! 16 two
appearances are confounded to
get her that they cannot be separated,
I he left liand can be held against the
tube instead of .i * >.»,v and the hole
will seem to bf ;' e f a through the
uana. New ( rleane 1 . icayune.
TIIE umbrella biku
D o you thi i s a uni-
FORSYTH. MONHOE COUNTY. GA , TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER •) 0. 1814.
[ Chicago, in he and for hall six months
I 1 entrance of Mrs. Potter
Palmer’s mansion. Tt was to have
been hung in the Women’s Building
at the World’s Fair with Mrs. Dart’s
tapestries of Marie Antoinette, in a
space tliut was offered to the artist
for that purpose, but which she was
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JiOTIlEK AND CU1I.D.
kept from filling by uncontrollable
j circumstances.
In one corner of the studio stands
brella, this bird from Australia, be¬
cause hois called so? Oh, no! But
he does carry over his head a sort of
helmet of feathers, which answers for
one. It is more than two inches in
length when it is spread.
These pretty, hairy plumes, curved
gracefully at the end, cover the head
of this pretty bird all over, even going
beyond the beak. Each one stands
out, just as you have often seen the
downy seeds of the dandelion.
This envious bird is as black as the
raven in body. The edges of the
wings are tipped with glossy blue.
l3e is onl v the size of the jay, but
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bis wonderful crest makes him un
like any other bird, big or little.
Shoudn’t you think any bird might
be proud of such a royal covering?
And yet the umbrella bird has
another gift in a sort of fan on his j
breast. A large, hanging tassel quill! of
feathers grows from a sort of
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of flesh. When this is spread it is
just like a fan and covers the whole j
front of his body.
* Did you ever hear of a bird before al-j j
that carries a fan and umbrella
ready made for use? j |
These birds are seldom seen, be
cause branches they of the live fruit on the trees, highest where |
they get their living. But their cry
i? often heard. It lias so deep a
sound that the Indians call them
“trumpet l birds.”—[New York Re
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mv. woodpiakek > .
There L? a little tapper who gets
his living by tap, tap. tapping at the
trees to tind out any little bugs or
worms snugly hidden under the bark,
His name, as 1 suppose you know
is Mr - Woodpecker. He finds most
0 f hj s f 00 d i n hollow or partly de
caved trees, where myriads of small
j nsee t s make their home under the
bark, or in the various parts of the
decayed trunk. his'
Here Mr. Woodpecker is in
glory. He taps and taps with his
sharp little pickax of a bill until he
finds a hollow place. Here he runs
i,js long, slim tongue, which natura- !
JLsts tell us is so sticky that it pulls
OU t the poor little worm or insect
easily enough and the creature be
►Dies Mr. Woodpecker’s -dinner. If
a raor e thorough search is required
Mr. W P piite
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canvas frame upon which Is
stretched a large worsted tapestry,
upon which the artist is now at work.
1 1 depicts a young girl sitting on the
hank of a stream, surrounded with
wild roses and butterflies; her bare
1 feet barely tip the water as she sits
looking into it with a musing ex
I pression. The figure is three-quart
I ers ing life complet size. Opposite to this, near
| ion i- a large tapestry of
Charon rowing Psyche over the river
Styx. The figures are half life size
and beautifully proportioned. The
subtle beauty of Psyche, as she sit?
reposefully in the end of the boat is
intensified by the contrast of Char
on s ' n ' awr '.v body upon which every
muscle is highly developed.
Another well-known piece of Mrs.
Dart’s work is now in the possession
of Mrs. Ladd, of Boston. It is a re-
production of the celebrated painting
“Mother and Child,” and though
Mrs. Dart had nothing more than a
photograph to go by while painting
this, she has original lost- none of the senti¬
ment of the picture.
“ The Peacock Girl.” purchases 1 iW l
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' Vi his is of the dain¬
possess.on, one
tiest pieces .-ji work ever put upon
tapestry. It is of an ethereal-looking
maiden, gracefully poised in midair,
scattering food to doves.
Another of Mrs. Dart’s talents
comes out forcibly in her interior
decorations. She has painted some
of the handsomest houses in the
country. Another material upon
which this artist has become very ex¬
pert in coloring is the white mole¬
skin, upon which she paints magnifi¬
cent cushion covers, lambrequins,
and designs for upholstered chairs.
The artist learned her art in Paris,
where she spent seven years in the
best schools, under the best masters.
And the painters of many of the most
beautiful tapestries painted in Amer¬
ica to-day boast of having been at
onetime or another a pupil of the
mother of the art.
—[New York Recorder.
large pieces of the bark of the tree
and he hunts his game out of its
hiding place as gleefully as a real
hunter could do.
• Mr. Woodpecker is said to have
several peculiarities. One of these
is his feet, or rather the arrange¬
ment of his toes upon his feet. He
has two toes pointing front and two
back, instead of three in front and
one toward the back, as most birds
have. This enables him to cling
more tightly to the bark of the tree
when he runs up and down in search
of food. Another singular feature
is his short little tail, which is not
ornamental ^ , or loose and , feathery,
but is very stout and firm and use
ful to him, for he can prop himself
upon it as he pecks away upon the
trunk for his dinner,
The funny noise which the wood
pecker makes sounds much like the
tapping at a door or a window. And
the disturbed one looks out
find finds clinging to the roof or a
post only a saucy little woodpecker
>> easy to think by his mischievous
eyes that he knows he is cheating
somebody and rather enjoys the
person s discomfort,
Mr. \\ oodpecker makes his nest in
the same spot where he get? his
dinner—an old hollow tree. He
picks out a tree to suit his taste and
makes a long passage down the in
side of the bark as a sort of entrance
to his house. At the end of this
passage he hollow? out a nice-nest in
the dead part of the tree, lines ii
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with . soft, leaves, and wood
ury moss
dust and then hi? nursery i? all
ready for hi? young family,
There are many different kinds of
woodpeckers—the downy wood
pecker, the golden-winged wood
pecker and the commonest—the red¬
headed woodpecker. This bird is a
well-known one and makes himself
very useful in destroying the various
insects which destroy various kinds
of trees.-[Atlanta Constitution.
The regulations of the British Post
Office require that every "of unsound
tooth shall he taken out a man’s
head before he can be employed. An
unfortunate girl who recently was
examined for promotion had fourteen
teeth taken out at one -fitting by or
der of the official dentist, who ex
plained that “we can't have girls
Liid no with *thache
CAPIT AL Oh IRELAND.
ITS POLITICAL SPLENDOR 4 HAS
DEPARTED
Though It* Manufactories Are Nov De.a,
and It* Tru;lc I’aral.vzc;l, Dublin li Still
a City Rare Deanty — Some of the
City’s Historic Buildings.
On the Green Isle.
There was a time when Dublin the
capital of Ireland, was one of the
most splendid capitals of Europe, and
though now its political splendor is
departed, its manufactories dead, and
its trade paralyzed, it is still a city of
rare beauty and interest. Dublin
Hay, one of the linest bays in Europe
or in the world compares with the
i.a> °t ISaples fot scenic beauty and
charm. The river Liffey runs through
the city and with its quays as the
eaat^nd fhe^grand ^thoroughfare thestiteW 0 of e the°citv
west while l£eete It rtbi
vUle and 1 GrHton mnnrltfto ran
ancrie t the ^^120 , ^ ’! '
SackdHe t’hommzlifarps 44 Vn’
few suDerlor oin tTr in
ro n.-> In ho anrlftiv hi m« d
into upper and lower Sackvilie street
rises the Nelson monument, a fluted
Doric column RH feet high and ti„!
crowned 0 bv Trafalgar*" i st-itn-* nf NoUnn
hero of
bS
ings are the Custom House, erected a
century ago at the Cost of $2,000,000;
the Four Courts built oven oenUn ti.! v
ago ago at at a a cost cost of of aifnno W, 000 , 000 nnm , tlie old
J ail lament House, now the Bank of
Ireland and the handsomest structure
devoted to banking business in the
world; Trinity CoMge, founded by
Elizabeth and which has turned out
such men as Swiftl cUtinn Berkeley, Parnell
Edmund Rm-ke wii ^ ,n in., rXt m
and DuhU f St St c
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Liiuiui. aH 8 k..,
Of other histoidyjaildings St. Pat*
rick’s Cathedral possesses the great
est interest. Here thrift-, body is
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CEMETERY.
interred, • + i and it here also i sleeps i TT Hester ,
JohDsou, better known to the world
as Stella, under which name she is
celebrated in the writings of the
dean. The cathedral was built in
1190, and was erected on the site of
another church that was built by St.
Patrick in 448.
rpup The squares . m1ar . a of ,. f Dublin i hit,tin have h'j vp always -iiwiv*
been particularly admired. Ot these
Stephens Green, Mcrrion Square and
Mountjoy Square are the finest.
The environs of the city are espc
cially interesting and some of them
very beautiful. To the west lies the
spacious Phoenix Park, oue of the
finest and largest narks in Great
Britain but memdALble now rather
lor its connection with an atrocious
crime than on account of its beauty.
It was here that Lord Frederick Caw
endish and Thomas Henry Burke
were assassinated May 6 , 1882, by
the Invincibles. The Wellington park,”aml
testimonial stands in this
is an obelisk 205 feet high, inscribed
from base to summit with victories
of the “Iron Duke.” Wellington was
born in Dublin, and the sum of £20.
000 was citizens*to raised bv public subscription
of the erect the testi
monial to the hero of Waterloo,
Glasnevin at the northeastern outlet
of Dublin was the favorite residence
of Addison, Steele, Swift, and Sheri
dan, and in its cemetery lie the ashes
of Curran ami O’Connell. Curran's
tomb is a sarcophagus of the Doric
order, built of blocks of granite, the
largest of which weigh four or five
tons each. O’Connell's tomb is a
square block, surmounted by a min
iature pyramid, 1 ’ and in the vault of
ft
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the mausoleum the coffin of tbe -Lib
erator” may be seen covered with a
crimson velvet cloth.
Of tbe more remote and romantic
localities adjacent to Dublin is the
celebrated Yale of A voca, whose ver
lant loveliness and beautv Moore
^ - --: ihe
There Is n t In tne wide world a v&ilev -o
As tdat vale in whose bosom ibe brigh
vaters meet.
.nthnsiasti Angler.
a! Maury, who writes the
“Be— .c-ctions of a Virginian,” sijs
Shat when he we? in Texas he found
Colonel George Crittenden, who wa
'hen commanding ForJ-i^;*?U> le a
ADVERTISER,
! ma n d t vofc * d t0 s PR rt ’ one day
h.iiled , , ten deer in . nine shots, and he
. spent tiav after day in floating about
! ; toe Leona catching black ba?s.
I 4c was a wonderful tisherman. and
. sea. to tind out very quickly whether
his soldiers had any qualifications for
the ‘gentle art. ’ When the orderly
reported to hitU at the daily guard
: lUOUUtiUg, lie Would Sayi
“l)o you kuow how to catch min¬
nows?”
“Yes, Colonel.”
1 5® k « *»«*«*• l ° T
( u c ‘ v - a ' ld cat( ,l so!ne - 1 ' hen the
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(m arters ” For his tlaYs bait was
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anidfer jje w is fhn one dav telllnir ! a brother
it hi * Hoonmowt m
j ! * M-it-imon? i\ -md ukl d
! * x miincd tho well of that 1 orison *
and fmm d a fish in k ”
“I'll bet you caught him!” was the
, ‘ inswer :
lntleed , i did,” said he, laughing.
^°t a made a hook, found a
plece of twlne ’ and flshed for that
fellow t,U 1 caught hlm ‘”
An en thusiastie angler, he was also
a most patient one, for he confessed
th at when he fished two days in the
Tennessee river withoutgettlng a bite,
^ Gn ^ o y Gdlt ^ nmch ^^y s ^vthe
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A WARM WELCOME,
„ , —-r~-~ I r!encM w,tU
" Humnle( k 1 Vamous r A xl> ® a
Abe the New Y.,Hc
^r “We ,e ' 18 "" driving ,on, '"^ along hmo, Mm -
were a country
v. ad, ” said he. “in the early part of
the sUmmer , Hlld m -V companion, an
other law y ev lik e myseif, became very
thirsty, while I—well, you know how
thirsty fall least. I always am, from spring until
far at Rut, although we looked
and wide, searching the country
™ads as far as the eye.could reach, we
could see nothing m the way of a conn
Dy tavern.
”suddenly an idea occurred to mo.
of the farm houses on this very
™w I t, ray companion, ‘there
lives a couple who are deeply indebted
tome in a professional way. It
penedyears ago, hut J am sure they
rhe'house-a’gtaUo? nothing oolS milk u
more.'
“Ahead of us to the right side of the
road and up a long lano stood a small,
how, rusty-looking familiar house look. which had, some
a And looking at
it again I saw it to be the home of the
people I sought.
‘This is the very house,’ said I, and
clucking lane to the horse, front 1 drove up the
and MirWSta stopped in of the dcor.
Menu ; , woir. »n 5 J anssi oj
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leached the house triio **as gone.
“ ‘i’ll get out,’ I said to my friend,
The weman does not recognize me. I
wilLgo to the door and speak to her.’
Across the little porch I walked arid
an s nose stuck itself out, while behind
it came a sour voice demanding, -What
do you want?’
"Dae you do not remember me,'
said 1, smiling at her in my most re
as u D ", ay ’.*
« t A xr - T L don
0 ’ , said .jii. s h 0 ) an we don , . t
wf braced ^^^Wrginning, . n r myself to that glass but I
get of milk.
“ ‘Madam,’ said I, in mv most Ches
terfieldian tone, ‘I once had the oppor
husband. tunity of being of great service to your
Some years ago he was ar
rested and tried for robbery, and it
was I who had the honor of successful
which—^ alleged
“I got no further. With a sweep of
liei ‘ brawny arm she reached out and
brought me inside the door. ‘Glad ter
see yer,’ said she, wringing mv hand,
‘glad ter see yer! Alleged theft be
darned! We’ve got that harness vit,
an’ father’s gone out now with it' on
the horse. Come right m an’call yer
Pfrdner. nl f ?I b ® r dldntba Alleged theft! Alleged ! harness theft! I ll
f retis r1 S J
oa *Vw t b If ra d d MP
co urse we got * oar glass , o f f milk, „
Rreatiy Tempted.
We hear a great deal about the
repression of the Scotch, who
are even shy of showing their affec
t3ori to one another, but that species
of moderation scarcely exists to-day
ln ^' ew England. There was a time
' vb en the genuine Puritan felt
obliged to resist his impulse to
"tsUsh,” but his descendants have
] °ng ago broken such iron bands,
° ne man, however, has proved his
descent from such stern ancestry.
IJe bas been married about a year,
and is devotedly attached to his wife,
! ^ e without her was a hard and
solitary one, and in the sunshine she
brought him his nature has bios
so mod out into good deeds and gen
tie thought.
^ ou are not as melancholy as you
used to be,” said an old acquaintance
to him not long ago
“Melancholy! 1 should say Dot!”
he returned, with emphasis. “How
could anybody be sad with such a
wife as I’ve got? Why, sometimes
when I think what she’s been to me
it’s as much as 1 can do to keep from
showing right out wliat I think of
her!”
r^ The shifting Tb ^Tr about of the a admirals \ ,
‘ 1 "renk’on’fhT’acGve
"' three^emLn Of last vear’s six rear admiral list
onl on the active
FfcW of tbe admirals ran remain
m0 re than three or four rears on the
active list Vdmirals Drum Greer
sss Walt?er and stnnton * who are arrone- *
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Wby Puii't They Try It.
some physicians have arrived at
the conclusion that most persons
struck by lighting, and to all appear
ances dead, could be recalled to life
b applying the method o' artificial
i**-piratk.u in use for resuscitating
-be ’Nox^'wcl
LA"\\S OF v .VRAIY JjU LIFE ^
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now HOW UNCLE p SAM cav« GETS rcrc U HIS ic SOL
DIER BOYS.
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Kecruittng Ofliees In All Large title*
Where the Wouhl-be Soldier May Kultot
—No Man with Impaired Constitution
Need Apply — Utgornns Test*.
Must lie VhysloaUy Suuud.
It happens occasionally that peo
,le see in tbeir wanderings about a
huge city t a flag Hying from the win
dow of a building, and are curious to
kmnv what mis8ion of peace or war
11 represents. A dose inspection or
some letters on the building in the
vlcln,t >L{J f lll ° *hig explains Its pres
enCe * rhe Ictters form th,s s '^’’
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RKCRU1TING OFFICE, U. S. A.
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Further investigation reveals the
fact that a soldier In the uniform of
the United States army stands at at
tention in the doorwey;, bis white
gloved hands held in military fash
ion at his sides, but holding neithe?
gun nor sword. Heisa soldier of the
Peace, the office orderly who stands
lherc> n °U 0 ^ liar<l the premises, but
t to fj’ Th,s v wa *' r Pnvs, to the
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would-be recruits . who are looking fur
the enlistment office. Then a dia
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;{«»»U Lp stairs, 0 J.ne turn the to artsy. the light, * foi- .
' a f
thuik , 1 II pass?
“Reckon you will. Can’t talk on
duty. Go up and Mist.’”
Then the candidate rs* fir military
honors goes ^very^step onsta ^nd dreading tlie or
]co l at JL tlnds himsHV
ini a room w ere the iecjru ting
officer sits at a table attended bj a
Sergeant and an Orderly m the im
posing uniform which the candidate
for enlistment hopes to don.
«i wan r * 0 ,.. v< ....
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“ake off vour Iln
The hat Is sheepishly removed.
“What is your age?”
“Twenty years old.”
“Arc your people willin< ° r J ”
“M-m-led^’” “Thev are sir ”
“No !,ir sir * ” mk f^uis may or may not nrif
be true.)
“Ever been in jail?”
At this the candidate looks sur
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convincing «e.*»/..nt tav&r«-na
Then bnen t.he the seigeant takes die man m«n
in . hand ]ool down hl throat,
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“this wav, boys.”
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amines his teeth, weighs him, takes
his height and finds out his reason
for wanting to enlist.
If he tips the beam at regulation
' VelKl,t ‘ “ ot >e» s ‘han 120 no, more
than 190. and measures not less than
„ ve feet tol „. i„ ches , hc comes up to
the requirements of an able-bodied
soldier, and is sent into another room
to disrobe. Then be is again weighed
and measured and put through a
course of physical exercise that
brings out any disability that may
exist in bold relief. If lie is gym
nasDcaHv correct, can bend his body
like a contortionist, expand and con
tract his chest without getting
breathless, prove that every toe and
finger is capable of active service,
and that his back is limber enough to
enable him to stoop either way, he is
accepted and registered and taken to
the Captain s office, to f e swowi in.
But first he must answer a personal
category of questions, and must
make affidavit that he has neither
wile nor child. J he laws that regu
late army iile aie then iea I to him.
He is shown the fate of the man who
enlists under a false oath. <g who,
once enlisted, deserts before his time
is up. lb* has now the gala dross on
for which his soul has hankered, he
wears the regimental- of a private
soldier in the Cnited States army,
He dare not walk out of that office
without leave from his superior offi
cer. He is an enlisted man for three
?he fl \years 1 't Vl thf* riisf* ihmv rnoSh Vif* iinri
«cip e n a io
UQC i e gam's money
dier a,ler ^rviug'one year can pur
chase an honorable discharge, 8120
beiQg Lhe maxitnura I’ rice -
Aitlaough the P a y of a private sol
d 3 er se c uas al most inadequate to meet
hls , liviD ^ expenses, it must be re
meQjbeie(1 lhat in addition to the ?13
ss- and medicines free. s
There are libraries, reading-rooms
and post schools, where men
need instruction can be taught a fair
knowledge of necessary English
branches, and where foreigners can
improve tneir use of the English
language. A large p*rcentage of
T ncle Sani’s soldier boys are
can only by adoption, but they must
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k® at) le to read and write before thev
take the oath of allegiance and be
come soldiers.
The causes that lead a voting man
to enlist and assume the arduous
duties of a private soldier are too uu
merous to be specified. Young men
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And themselves arrived at iua
turity without any trade or profes*
sion and who crave change and ad
venture, take the army as the most
desirable career open to them. It
takes only half an liour to take the
oath, got into a uniform and become
* , '“ 1 "'^ e<l “ M,W ‘
A Romance of lliguiuy.
Do you know the story of the man
who had two wives and was held
blameless? 11 is name w r as Count von
Gleiehen; . , . lie was a m, Thurlngian; . • and
R happened early in the thirteenth
century. The Count went forth, as
.
was customary, to tight the Saracen,
who proved, as too often happened,
the bfttter wairior and took him
P . i ‘ Therefore J the Count count, was was
0 1 0 tl,e ^ la ce of Noured :
din, where Ira was made , a slave 1 anil
set to cultivate the delicious shallot
of A seal on in the garden of the
Cairene Caliph. His good looks and
knowledge that he was a great
' n '™ il ‘ t racted ;
^ )e a ^ eu n ^ ( ’ n <d a ceitain princess, ,
daughtei of the . , sultan, blie heard
bls Sim P*® story; she wept lor him; he
opened his arms; she wept with him.
She offered to effect his escape for
him on one condition—that he should’
marry her.
_nr vnnr rnvui \>r
highness 11 ^ nne8H - or > your jai illustriousness Rustnousness, or
whatever was the lady’s style and
! • U9 a m of the caliphate
| 'Ifed . , 1 tp-me
a An me a wife and'Aod
der children.”
« W hy,” she asked in maidenly sur
prise, “what ails the man? As If
obstacle. m Do not-the 'T laws [i of •? W the
prophet—whose name be blessed!—
and the customs of the Cairene
Caliphate allow a man to have more
than one wife?”
He yielded; he promised: she was
as good as her word; in a few days .bfp
they emWlced logetbe, In n
by lieisclf, and they arrived
*n Venice in safety. Could — O
Christian moralist!—could this noble
knight desert the princess to whom
he owed his freedom? Never. He
repaired to Rome; he laid the case
before the Pone ili«iiniine<;« utter
considering the matter, granted him
permission to keep both wives and to
be legally married to both. And the
story goes on to say that they all
lived together in the greatest happi
ness, the Turkish lady being child
j ess an( j loving her sister-wife’s
children as muc h as if they were her
Co Concerning ”erelnk Meat for Younir Ibe the ?reane^ frequency Children with with
] ".".If ^ t^jme mea ‘ o/dav"best suited^uTus be ,* , ’ ,e0 V
aUramistratK.n ,” 1 , 1 : opmmns Suons differ differ wide widdy. v
The writer believes, on the basis of
his own experience, that children
under five years do best with only
one meat meal per diem, this being
. be { = , the mornln br^kfast Af
s J’ c1 " ^ „ nr . nnnn
f p { , mid-dLv bf)t m? 1!
an(1 a the ' Ann al
♦ eal dimetic -iiE!' sched
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nb , b .‘ annronriate ,d d cereals ‘\ s beimz sun h " 1
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j for children should be carefully y
cut into pieces, and children old
enough to cut their own meat should
he cautioned to make the pieces as
small as possible.
cudor < uder ttu.'macDniri^f the machinery of the tho law mw as
at present administered a lawyer has
treat advantages over a witness,
Recognition of this fact is probably
the reason why people always enjoy
seeing a witness get the better of his
examiner.
An exchange reports a case in
wliichi . t.ii 6 plslotiif Liad LC/StlnccI a , tiiat ,
»»d .Iw.ys
been k r ood. The opposing counsel
asked the lawyer,
I ha\e not. was the an wer.
careful, did you ever stop
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“Ah, I thought we should get at It
final ) he dld ... tnal . hil ha ^ r n
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3falntuiniiig Quarantine.
French journals are criticising the
attitude of L'nited States delegates
to the sanitary convention at Paris,
The Americans have opposed every
measure tending to make quarantine
less rigid Their object is to make
the regulations so close that quaran
tine measures can be used to restrict
immigration,