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Ip Training Canaries. In the canary breeding establishments of Gern_any only the male birds are valued, tor the females-never sing. The method of training the birds to ting is to put them in a room -where there is an automatic whistle, which they all strive to imitate. The breeder listens to the efforts of the birds and picks out the most apt pupils, which are then placed in another room for further instruction. Immense ccal fields have been discovered in Zaluland. Haw'i This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foi nny case of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. "We. the undersigned, have known F. J. CheBey for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transaction; and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Trcax, Wholesale Druggists,Toledo, Ohio. Waldino, Kiksan & Marvin*, Wholesale Drugsrists, Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent iree. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the b*st. For every million inhabitants in Ru?sia there are only ten newspapers and journals of all sorts. Southern Railway'* Service for the South. This popular route announces for the coming winter season the usual improved serv c? between New York and the South, via Washington. h our through trains daily are operv ated from New York, giving the most perfect through Car Service. Dining, Library and Observation Cars are operated on its Limited trains the year round. This route is the most picturesque through the Southern States. II you are thinking of taking a trin South, tc Florida, Cuba, Texas, Mexico or California, call on or address Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern Passenger Agent, 271 Broadway, New York. '''? n*An^??fnn ftf T otfn DtllrlAnta In filp. mentary schools has increased. Findley's Eye Salve Cure* fiore eyes in 3 days; chronic cases in 80 days, or money back. All druggists, or by mail, 25c. per box. J. P. Hayter, Decatur, Texas. The proportion of female to male teachv ers is increasing in England. , "Daly Feed Man and Steed." / Feed your nerves, also, on pure blood if you mould have them strong. Men and ivomen <who ire nervous are so because their nerves Are starved. When they make their blood rich and pure 'with Hood's Sarsaparitta their nervousness disappears t because the nerves are properly fed. O r? V , . , MDC^eMMpawiq. A Profrreulve Barbarian Monarch. The King of Somaliland is in Loodon to promote the interests of his domain. His subjects are chiefly halfnaked barbarians, but he is highly cultured, speaking English, German, . French, Italian and Spanish. The purpose of the Emir Soliman?for so he calls himself?is to civilize his peoplo, an end for which he seeks British aid in the development of Somaliland. He confesses that five years ago he was with the Dervishes, fighting against England, but he has since become king, and has come to the conclusion not only that the British are not only to be supreme in Africa, but also that they ought to be, because, to nse his own words, they are "the great people." Coffee, corn, ostrich feathers, sheepskins, gum, india rubber, ivory and mines of silver and gold we all, according to the Emir, to be had in Somaliland; but there are no engineers, no machinery, no capital, and be wantr these. WOMEN do suffer! Even so-called hea But they are not b The marks left by pain are 01 daughters. Pain that leaves ir i v a ujw> ai influence i #1w C/v # whole life. , U//1 EffKTBiB Vegetable ffv mJbwESLPb formly sue SUFFER? SSS u - directly tc remedy for woman's ills. Miss Emily F. Haas, of 148 St., Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.' "Dear Mrs. Pinkham?I State that I used your Vegetal pound with the greatest suci was very sick for nearly a y hysteria, was down-heart< nervous; also suffered with j menstruation and pain in bai limbs. I often wished for thinking nothing would curp r had doctors, but their medicir me no good. At last, by the of a friend, I began to take Lj Pinkham's Vegetable Com] and I am happy to say it has < ly cured me. Jennie Sherman, of Frem Mich., Box 748, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I that I must write you and t you what your medicine 1 done for me. I had neuralgi of the stomach for two years so bad that I could not do an work. I had two or three doc tors, but did not seem to ge ter. I began taking Lydia ham's Vegetable Compound i Pills and improved from the better appetite, a^id after tak: and one box of Liver Pills, ca Vegetable Compound is a w< rsmmm \ MS The first five persons procuring the Itrocer will each obtain one large 10c pi ilOe package of "Hubin?er'? 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Like Finding1 yioncy The use of the Endless Chain Starcli Book In the purchase of "Ked Cross" anc ''Hubinger's Best" starch, makes it jusl like finding money. Why, for only 5c you \ are enabled to get ono large 10c package of "Red Cross" starch, one large 10c pack, ago of "Hubinger's Best" starch, with the i premiums, two Shakespeare panels, printed in twelve beautiful colors, or one Twen tieth Century Girl Calendar, embossed in gold. Ask your grocer for this starch and obtain the beautiful Christmas presents free | Island Seen Three Timed in 160 Yearn Among the places visited by the , German exploring ship Valdivia, recently returned from the Antarctic Ocean, was Bouvet Island, which, alii though discovered in 1739, is known ; to have been sighted only twice since ; and until the Yaldivia's visit naa noi | been seen for more than seventy ; years. The island is the summit of a [ volbanic mountain rising 3000 feet , above the sea. Its crater is entirely 1 covered with ice, which caves down in a steep wall to sea level. It is about 1800 miles west of south from the Cape of Good Hope. A 50c. Calendar ForTwo 2c. Stamp*. If you will send 4 cts. to J. P. Lyons, Art Publisher, 9 Murray St., , New York, he will mail you a beautiful screen Calendar for 1900, size llx 16 inches, in 3 panels, lithographed in 11 colors and gold. New York stores charge 50 cts. foy Calendars as good. The "Blastinc" Wsa Good. "The guides who pilot visitors about in Norway," said a tourist who has just returned from a summer spent in that picturesque land, "arp a pleasant, intelligent set of men. They have had so many associations with English and American travellers that they speak our language fairly well, and are always on the alert to pick up new words. Sometimes this desire leads to funny mistakes, too. While exploring some of the wild and precipitous cliffs one day with my guide, we came upon a spot which looked like an abandoned quarry. "'What is this, Karl?' I asked; 'have they been getting out stone here?' " 'Yes, sir,* he answered; *it is where some time ago they have been shooting the rocks.' " Oh, yes; blasting,' I said, Bmiling, and Karl's quick ears caught the new word for 'shooting.* I heard him murmuring it to himself two or three times afterward. "The next day our journey brought us into a large tract of magnificent forest. 'Karl,' said I, 'there ought to be $ne hunting here in the season.' " 'Yes, sir,' -was the prompt reply, 'very good hunting.' Then, -with the air of a man who seizes an opportunity, he added proudly, 'Indeed, it is near here, sir, that we blast many bears.' "?New York Tribune. Clarinda, Iowa, has an insane asylum which cost$l,000,000. It is said by experts to be the finest building of the kind in the country. Khy women suffer! 1 ealthy! 3 the young faces of many of our its mark comes from a curable that cause is not removed its eaches out and overshadows a The reason Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound has been so unicessful for over a quarter of a 1 overcoming the suffering of that it is thorough and goes > the cause. It is a woman's Freeman y., writes: wish to JTT )le Com-ess. I ear with , ^y, v \ t any bet- II I \ E. Pink- If \ ind Liver I I \ first, had i | ing three bottles of Compound n say that I am cured. Your anderful medicine." Fndlcsv Chain Starcli Book from'tbcli ldl-Qoa r% f UT? A<1 ^i#oVrh_ nnft lflffft tarcli, two Shakespeare panels, printed ir or one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, the sly free, All others procuring the Endle?* their grocer the above goods for 5c. ' Iled entirely new, and is without doubt the great It has no equal, and surpasses all others. II the United States. It has superseded every i in the laundry art. It is made from wheat pon scientific principles by J. C. M nbinger Iry prola-fion, who has had twenty-five years and who was the first successful and original the States. Ask your grocers for thii as pro-'fots iree. "campaign parallels. [ FORMER PRESIDENTIAL' ELECTIONS AS A BASIS! FOR PROPHECIES. > National Campaign Predictions?Speculation* oi Politicians Itasecl on Parallels ' and Comparisons?The liay of SweepIne Victories Apparently Over. I ? The Washington correspondent of 1 the New York Evening Post says: As I the Presidential campaign draws near, there is much search for historical parallels to the present situation, and prophecies are made on the basis of theso comparisons. That there is a 1 good deal of nonsense in such mat-, 1 ters, no one doubts. For example, the Republicans in 18Siwero cheered, by the assurance that no man whose name began with C ever had been, and therefore nono ever would be, elected President. That comfort was withdrawn for the next campaign, but in 1892 they were again confident of suc1 cess, since no President, once defeated for re-election, had ever been reelected. So it is not safe to rely upon precedents. And yet there are certain facts in history which are uniform and reveal tendencies and influences, These have fairly crystallizod into 1 ? ?1- Z ?U lilra oil fli/> rules, wiijuu, u.u? D > o*, other rules, have their exceptions. Those who believe tbat President McKinley will be renominated rely upon the fact that only one man, after having been elected President, ever made an unsuccessful fight for renomination. This was Franklin Pierce. It is true that Fillmore, Johnson, and Arthur were candidates for the nomination, but they had been elected, not Presidents, but Vice-Presidents, and their failure was the natural result of the sudden shock of change, the introduction of new policies and new men, and the disappointments which these entailed. It is well kuown that no Vice-President who became President was ever nominated for President at the end of bis term. John Tyler was nominated by another party than tbe TVbigs in 1814, but, after a few months, be withdrew from tbe race in a letter fuii of anger and disappointment. The nearest parallel to tbe case of Mr. Cleveland was tbat of Martin Van Buren, who was elected by the Democrats in 1836, was renominated' by them in 1840, was almost nominated by them in 1844, and was nominated by tbe "Barn-Burners," or seceding Democrats, who would not work for Lewis Cass, in 1848. So strong was tbe "Little Wizard" that be received more votes in tbe States of Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York than CaBs. although he carried no State. Here are some interesting facts of the political successes and failures of our Presidents, conveniently arranged: Presidents renominated and re-elected?Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackon, Lincoln, Grant, and Cleveland. Presidents renominated, but defeated for re election?John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. Presidents defeated for renomination?Fillmore, Pierce, Johnson and Arthur. Presidents who were not candidates for renomination?Tyler, Polk, Buchanan and Hayes. Presidents nominated and renominated without opposition?Washington, Jackson, Vau Buren and Grant. Presidents renominated without opposition?Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Lincoln and Grant. Only one President was elected without opposition, Washington being so chosen twice. This honor would have been given to Monroe for the second term but for an elector from New Hampshire, who voted for John Quincy Adams because, he said, he was unwilling to allow any man to be honored as "The Father of His Country" had been. In speaking of "nominations," it must be remembered that in the early days of the Republic there were no political conventions, and consequently no nominations in the sense in which we use the term now. There were many candidates for the chief honors then who would have figured I in the political conveutions had they I liaon linM Tnlin A rl a nt a if in Hflirl seriously considered himself an available candidate for the presidency when Washington was elected. The first thing like a convention for the nomination of a candidate for President was the cancus which convened in 1804, consisting of the Republican Senators and Representatives in Congress, and nominated Jefferson. At other times nominations were made by State Legislatures. In September, 1812, an unofficial political convention was held by the anti-Madison Democrats aud the Federalists to effect a coalition. The result was the nomination of DeWitt Clinton, of New York, for Pres. ident, and Rufus King for Vice-President. The coalition was much more powerful than is generally supposed. Madison received iu? electoral votes, while Clinton received eighty-nine. Only two Northern States, Vermont and Pennsylvania, voted for Madison. In 1824 a minority of the Congressmen held a convention and nominated W. H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, for President. This was indeed an odd contest, the candidates being three members of the Monroe cabinet?John Quincy Adams, Clay and Crawford?and a Senator, Andrew Jackson. As in 1800, the electors did not decide this contest, no candidate having a majority. The House of Representatives, voting by States, elected Adams. Jiad tue electors ueon allowed to vote by States, Jackson would Lave bad eleven, while tbe combined vote of tbe otber tbree was thirteen. Jackson, by the way, was a candidate for President for tv longer single period than any otber mau. He was nominated by the Legislature of Tennessee in 1823, the year after his defeat by Adams and tbree years before tbe Presidential election. He at once resigned his seat in tbe Senate to enter the canvass. Tne nrst national convention 01 me type to which we still adhere met in 1835, one year before the election, and nominated Martin Van Buren. This convention resembled many other succeeding conventions in consisting almost wholly of officeholders. It is a fact not generally known that Willium Henry Harrison was a candidate of the Anti-Masons against Van ' Buren the first time, and that tVi.e was the only election in whioh th< electors voted for five candidates these being, in their order of strength Martin Van Buren, W. H. Harrison Hngh L. White, Daniel Webster anc W. P. Mangum. An apparent excep tion to this statement was the Greeley vote, which was scattered after th< candidate's death. The last candidate for whom a Whif convention voted was Millard Fillmon in 1856. He had been defeated foi the nomination four years before. H< received eight electoral votes, ^thost of Maryland. One of the electors who voted foi the Democrat Monroe in the "era o: good feeling" was the venerable John A /Inma r\f Afflaaonlmcpff.a Only one man was nominated foi the Presidency and Vice-Presidencj and declined it. John Langdon, oi New Hampshire, was nominated bj the Republicans in 180S for Vice President, but one month later declined, and Elbridge Gerry was chosen. Since the day of Monroe, the most sweeping electoral victory was that of 1861, when Lincoln received 212 votes to 21 for McClcllan. All things considered, the worst defeated mau who ever ran for President was Stephen A. Douglas, who received bul 12 electoral votes in 1860; however, he received only 500,000 less votes than Lincoln, and 500,000 more than Breckinridge, and 800,000 more than Bell, both of whom led him in electors. a situation never paralleled. The President who was worst defeated for re-election was Van Buren, who in 1840 received but 60 votes to Harrison's 234, the magnitude of the Harrison vote being one of the greatest surprises in the history oi American politics. It will be seen from the preceding facts that the American voters are in the habit of renominating their Presidents. The habit of re-electing them is almost as strong. As an offset to these facts, one might suggest that the only Presidents who were renominated over opposition, and two of the three Presidents who were ever defeated for re-election, were among the most recent, Cleveland and Harrison. Tbe friends of Mr. Bryan may derive satisfaction, so far as bis chance of renomination is concerned, from the history of Henry Clay, who was a oandidate threo times. As regards his chances of election, they can point to the examples of the great ideals, Jefferson and Jackson, as well as William Henry Harrison, all of whom were defeated before being successful. One notable lesson is easily read in the figures for the last twenty-five years, viz., that the day of sweeping victories is over. Unless some overmastering issue comes up, Presidential elections probably will continue to be closely contested, and their results difficult to foretell. Feeling Hit Ifumps. A phrenologist "who has been touring the country and giving lectures in the art tells the following "good one" on himself. He was in the habit of inviting people of different vocations to come upon the stage, and he would dilate upon and expound the peculiarities of their cranial construction. He had come to that portion of his lecture where he dealt with the criminal form of the cranium, and addressed the audience: "If there is any person present who at any time has been the inmate of a prison he will oblige me by coming upon the platform." A heavily-built man responded to this invitation. "You admit that you have been in yi inuu, on i "I have, sir," was the unblushing answer. "Will you kindly tell me how many years you have spent behind prison bovs?" "About twenty yeaxs," unhesitatingly replied the subject. "Dear, dear," exclaimed the professor. "Will you sit down, please?" Tho subject sat down in a chair in the centre of the stage. The professor ran his fingers rapidly through the hair of the subject and assumed a thoughtful expression. "This is a most excellent specimen. The indications of a depraved character are very plainly marked. The organs of benevolence aud esteem are entirely absent; that of dustructiveness is developed to an abnormal degree. I could have told iustanlly without the confession of this man that bis life had been erratic and criminal. What was the crime for winch you were imprisoned?" "I never committed any crime," growled the man in the chair. "But you Baid that you had been an inmate of a prison for twenty years!" "I'm the governor of the jail." The First Bomb and Mortar. The Koreans invented the first bomb and mortar. The lust for revenge had taken such a grip upon them that nothing sufficed to hold them in check when once theylLiad the enemy on the run. Before the first year of the war had expired the Koreans had imitated tlie tire-arms 01 meir enemies, inougu pebbles were at first the only missiles used. They even surpasaad the invaders in the use of gunpowder, for the records tell us that a certain general invented a piece of ordnance which, when discharged, would throw itself bodily over the walls of the besieged fortress, and when it exploded the Japanese who had crowded around to examine it were either torn to piece;? by the flying debris or choked by the sulphurous fumes of the burning powder. The startling statement that the mortar threw itself over the wall is merely the work of an excited imagination, whereby the projectile became confused with the machine used in its projection. We are told that the secret of the invention perished with its inventor, but that the mortar theu used still lies in one of the Government storehouses in the fortress of Nan-ham, which guards the southern approach to the capital. Description ol ? Woman's Club. A woman's Society for Political Study is a club where a lot of women g<;t together to spend twenty minutes telling each other what their husbands told them about the Transvaal War, the yacht races, the Dreyfus verdict, the Peaco Congress, the Alaskan boundary, arbitration and the weather, and an hour and three-quarters putting on their wraps and eating cara* uiels.--New York Press, 31-UROPEANS TRY ORDEAL BY FIRE. | , Srltlsli Official! Walked Barefoot Ovei , Red Hot Stones Unscathed. ? Some weeks apjo, writes Andrew ' i Lane in the London Athensenm. I con> densed in the Athenaeum a description 1 of the Fijian fire walk (Umu Ti). In 5 the Journal of the Polynesian Society, Colonel Gudgeon, British resident of ? Earatonga, late a Judge in the native 3 Land Court, and an accomplished stur dent of the Maori speech, records bis 5 own experience. A Eaiatea man, 5 young, but of the fire-walking clan, officiated. The date was January 20, ' 1899. As usual, a large fire had been ' blazincr on a foundation of stones: the w _____ 1 burning logs were liooked out and al 2 p. m. Colonel Gudgeon found the glowing stones ready for the cere r mony. The officiating Raiatea man pointed out to his native pupil that r two stones were not hot, they having been taken from a marse or sacred place. Nothing was done by way ol ' magic except that the Eaiatean spoke a few words (not reported) while h< and hie tauira, or pupil, thrice struck the edge of the oven with witd ' branches of the ti (Dracama). "Then 1 they walked slowly and deliberately ' over the two fathoms of hot stones.' 1 The pupil handed his branch to Mr. ' Goodwin (on whose land the perform' ance took place) and said: "I give my 1 mana over to you; lead your friend* 1 across." The word mana means a king of "magnetic" or magical force which ' individuals are supposed to possesf in differing proportions. Perhaps ' "power" is the best English equivalent for mana: Colonel Gudgeon, before these per ! formances, had asked that the glowinp Btones "should be leveled down a bit,' as his feet "were naturally tender,' and so the stones were "leveled flat.' ' In walking across, three white men accompanied him?Dr. W. Craig, Dr, George Craig, and Mr. Goodwin. Col> onel Gudgeon "got across unscathed.' He says: "I knew quite well I wai walking on red-hot stones, and coulq feel the heat, yet I was not burned. ] felt something resembling slight electrie shocks, both at the time and afterward, but that is all." Au to the heat, the oven is made fo) cooking the ti, which is put in aftei the rite. Half an hour after that performance a green branch thrown int< the oven blazed in a quarter of a min ute. The ti (teste Colonel Gudgeon, i ?*?\ ?ii i-?;j | wuo ace ms soarej wua wen wuaou, I He walked "with deliberation," ane "the very Render Bkin of my feet wai not even hardened by the fire." < H? offers no explanatory hypotheeis. In this case (1) no preparation oi any kind was applied to the feet: (2] they were not hardened by walking nnsbod; (3) no abnormal psychica' condition was involved. Three stool explanations were therefore put ont o! court. I have none to offer; but tin facts appear to illustrate the mediaeva' ordeal, as well as certain other curi ous phenomena handed down from o old. Habits of the Pygmies of Africa. An ivory horn was also carried bj some of the Pygmies and with this, also, most cnrions sonnds could b( produced. They all carried bowsanc arrows, and with Jhem were most ex< pert little marksmen. Some of th< arrows were poisoned, others were not; no doubt tbe poisoned ones are used for their enemies, and the ordinary iron-headed shafts for killing the animals of the forest. I asked my little friend what they lived upon, and he told me nuts and fruits from the trees and wild honey; also the animals that they killed. "Wliatanimals can you kill?" I as^ed the little chief who stood before me on this memorable occasion. "Antelope, krtflpnl/i nn/l nlanlmntfl " Bflid lift. "What?" I said, "little people like you killing buffalo and elephants!" At which he laughed heartily and turned to tell his companions what I had said, and they also joined in the fun. "How do you manage it?" I asked. "With these," holding up hie bow and arrows. "Very many of uf surround the elephant and shool many arrows into it." "But," said I, "how long do you take to kill an eta pliant?" "Oh!" he replied, "some titues three days, sometimes six days, bat when he is dead we make oui tents round the carcass anil there stof till we have eaten all the meat, and then we hunt another elephant.' From this remark, one gathered ai once that the Pygmies hare no "abid ing city," but they move from plac< to place, wherever there is food to b found.?Albert B. Lloyd, in Ainslee'? Revolutionary Sharpshooters. The settlement of a new eountrj .imid hostile Indians demanded frou our colonial grandfathers eternal vigilance, and developed in them conliderable skill with firearms. Even the colonial boy, we are told, is soon as he was big enongh to leve! k rifle, was given powder and ball tc jhoot squirrels. After a little practict tie was required to bring in as man} iqnirrels a* he was given charges fox the gun, under penalty of a severe lecture or even having his jackel "tanned." At the age of twelve the boy becanic a fort soldier, with loophole assignee him from which to flght when the settlement was attacked by the Indians. Growing older he hecame a hnntei of deer, bear and other wild animals, J 1 i 1?it li. l,;? | I auu must UUUBlttUUjr piV mo mo ajaiuol | I those of the hostile Indians in th? forest. It is no wonder, therefore, that the men of the Revolution were all expert aharpshooters, whom the British dreaded and tho Indians feared. God bad been schooling them for theii struggles for liberty.?Forward. Commander of n Large Army. There are few living generals whc have been called upon to command more than one hundred thousand mer In time of peace, but tuat 101 nas jusi fallen to the German cavalry Generai Count Yon Haeseler. He is the commanding general of the Sixteenth Army Corps, stationed at Metz, and he was intrusted with the chief com mand during the recent army manoeuvres, which took place on ground made memorable by the conflict of iOir\ ti IOIU- I A. Tbo manoeuvres lasted more than a (veek, aud four complete army corps, ftu entire cavalry division and more than one hundred thousand men took part, under the personal ohservatiou of the General. The second in comi mand was General von Falkenhausen Do not wash your banc laundry soap, or if you do, find them rough, hard and cl soaps are good for scrubbing Ivory Soap makes a creamy 1; takes the dirt with it. Th washed with Ivory Soap is n< left soft and smooth. IT FL COPYRIQHT 1883 BY THC PROCTI Save the Nickel** From saving, comes having. Ask your grocer how you can save 15c by Investing 5c. He can tell you just how you can get' one large 10c package of "Red Cross" starch, one large 10c package of "Hublnger's Best" starch, with tbe premiums, two beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed in twelve beautiful colors, or one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, all for 5c. Ask your grocer for this starch and obtain these beautiful Christmas presents free. 4V'How the Enellfthinan Told It. Here is a joke which comes from the Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht. Names were given to the writer, but they are suppressed for obvious reasons. x ' ? A yonng woman on the Erin while every one was waiting for a wind asked: ( "What slang expression which yon ; have in America pleases a pussy cat?" The listeners all gave it np, of coarse. "Why, rubber neck," was the reply. One of Sir Thomas's British friends heard it, and thought it was so good that he called a friend np to hear the conundrum. The one < summoned came all expectancy. The enthusiastic admirer of the story could not wait for the young woman who had originally sprung the joke to repeat it, but started to tell it himself. "What slang expression which you have in America pleases a pussy cat?" , he asked. | The new man also gave it up. ? "Why, smooth her back," was the , reply, and the answer brought out a ? greater roar than had greeted the orig inai story.?iJtew iors xriDuue., c ? Hit by Twenty-ieTen Ballets at Ouc?. r Among those who arrived at San [ Francisco by .transport the other day * was D. W. Krider, of Wharton, Ohio, } of Battery K, Third Artillery, who J gained the distinction of being the t worst wounded man in the war. In J. February last he was with his battery in a native attack on Manila, when word B :ame to fall back. Utah Battsry was ;iven the same order, but failed to observe it, and a shrapnel shell from this battery exploded. 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