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THE CRL WHO LAUCHS. The girl who laughs?God bless her !? Thrice blesses hersell the while; No music of earth Has nobler worth Thau that which voices a sruile. The girl who laughs?life needs her; There is never an hour so sad But wakes ami thrills To the rippling trills Of the laugh of a loss who's glad. ?Ladies' Home Journal. fEND OF MONEY.\ * j. ^ By Barry Pais. j ''But does it never occur to you." asked the curate as he poured two teaspoonsful of coffee into his cup. "does it never o<cur to you to ask yourself what is the good of it all?" "Never," said the millionaire with decision. "You never regret?you see. after all money is not everything, is it?" "That observation is frequently made," said the millionaire, thoughtfully, "and it is misleading. Money is not everything, but it is much nearer to being everything than anything else is. There is quite a good deal of cant talked about money. It is comforting cant, of course. One gets the same kind of thing about birth. Personally, I always mistrust anything that comforts." "But is it all cant? Take the question of health, for instance. Money cannot give health, and it is better to be well than to be wealthy." "I often wonder why people go on saying that money cannot give health, when they must see every day that money does give health, and that pov.erty causes illness. If work is injurious to me I can afford to give it up. If I have to winter abroad I can do it easily, without considering the question of exDense. If an operation is re quired, I can pay the man to do it, and under the very best conditions. The poor man can do none of these things. My ordinary way of life is much more healthy than his. The food that I eat is of the best quality and in perfect j condition, while he eats adulterated rubbish and stale garbage. His house j is ill warmed and insanitary, and mine is perfect in these respects. The : poor man dies, and in nine cases out of i ten it serves him right." "Isn't that rather a terrible thing to say?" said the curate, nervously, ! playing with his spoon. "In nine cases out of ten poverty is the result of stupidity. You Hame a man for his moral defects, and I blame fcim for his mental defects; one is just as fair as the other. And both the mental and moral defects are about equally capable of remedy." "Surely not," said the curate, earnestly. "A sinner may be reclaimed, but you cannot give a man an intel- j lect." * "You should use the same word in both cases. You may reclaim a man's ; intellect just as you reclaim his mor- ! als. I have dont it. I did it in my i own case. 1 admit that mental reclamation, like {noral reclamation, is rare." "It all seems so dreary and fatalistic," said the curate. "So it is," the millionaire agreed cordially. "As I told you, I don't like comforting cant The best fable that ever was written was the fable of the fox and the sour grapes. Everybody's ? *1?: ?v. ~ i;ir?v 1 a geuucmau wuu icci o unc i uuu wealth is not everything. Oh, yes! I know these consolatory stories for those who are out of it. But they are only stories, and, as a matter of fact, wealth is everything, as near as you can get it What wealth cannot do nothing else can." The curate seemed to reflect for a moment "Tell me," he said darkly, "do you value the affection o? your relatives and friends and those whom you have z. ' about you?" "Of course," the millionaire owned. ? Jjjjperhaps on* values that most of all." "And (ioyotr-ms%n to tell me." asked the curate, flushedwItB~friumph. "that that kind of thing can be bought with money?" The millionaire concentrated his attention on his cigar with the air of a man who can provide a platitude without troubling to think. '' VNA noi/t "vAII /ton JDUl, WJL wuioc, ocuva, juu v ci 11 buy affection as easily as you can buy a pound of tea, and on almost the same commercial principles." ^ . The curate stuck to it. "Are you sure that it is genuine affection?" he said. "There," said the millionaire, "I don't trouble myself. I get respect and subservience while I am there, and really I don't care what they say when I am not there. You see, I don't think about these people very much. It would annoy me if they showed hostility to me while I was with them. It would give one all the trouble of having to ? think of new things to say. But they are perfectly welcome to say what they like behind my back, because they haven't got any money worth mentioning, or any position, and they don't matter. But as a matter of fact, ? money can generally buy genuine afi fection, an affection that is just as real ' "as that where there has been no value received." "Really, this is too cynincal," said the curate. "Not at all," replied the millionaire; ' "in fact, I am on the whole les cynical than you. I still believe in gratitude, and it would appear that you don't. Generosity is an admirable and popular quality. You must admit that And it is varv pasv for a rich man to be generous; he just plugs in a few present, as a gardener puts in seeds, and afterwards he gets the fruits?quite genuine fruits, too. I sometimes wonder how anybody who is not a millionaire believes in genuine affection; it is certainly a luxury for the rich." "Well," said ihe curate, with a sigh, "I must not let you off. We owe $250 on the Cnurch Restoration at St. Barnabas. I'll see if it makes me think more highly of you." "I never subscribe; I either do a thing or I leave it alone. I'll tell you tvhat I'll do. I'll wipe out this debt for you altogether if you preach the opinions you have heard from me from the pulpit." The little curate got quite excited. "I'd sooner steal the money and then cut my throat," he said. "If I could have all your money at the price of having your views of life as well, I wouldn't do it." The millionaire smoked for a moment or two in silence. "You're not a bad sort of fool," he said at last.?Black and White. Woman'* L-t*t Argument. *"he last argument of a woman is suddenly to veer around and take your side of it. declaring you have come around to her side.?New York Press. ODDITIES OF THE ARCTICS. IIow the Animals Change Color ? A Domestic Tyrant. During the summer months much of the land becomes free from snow and ice under the joint action of sun and wind, and The snow that resists removal is darkened by a deposit of tin* dust particles. In this season the animals wear their darker clothing, and j j birds have, by way of change, a less J gaudy plumage. The background against which they stand would betray their presence if the white dress of j winter were worn now; then, too. it i makes it possible for the foxes, ducks, ii'i itVir.r am'malc j?nd birds to gratify a natural vanity by putting on, for a j time at least, another coat. In winter, white is again worn. The , i background is now snow and ice. and , ! the only chance which the Arctic : chicken now has to deceive the fox is ' , to roll up like a kali, and simulate a i lump of ice. The ice-bear is equipped successfully to creep upon the everwatchful seal, because he looks like the other blocks of white around him. He remembers, however, his black nose, and is said to be sharp enough to j cover it with his paw while approach ; ing his dozing prey. The seal does not stop his search for | food until he has completely satisfied j his excellent appetite: then he takes a j good nap. lying upon the very edge ol' 1 ! the ice. or as close as possible to his i breathing hole. The slightest sound I will awaken him. and. without waiting to find out the source or direction, he rolls into the water. He can stay under for only 35 minutes, but where he j will come up none can tell. This no j one knows better than the bear; and if ; the bear realizes that it is impossible to steal upon the leeward side of the seal, having his black nose covered with his paw and his bloodshot eyes closed, when the seal has his open and on the watch, he looks about for a fa vorable point of departure, dives uni der the ice. and if he rightly judges the distance and direction, he comes up at the very spot where the seal had expected to go down. The seal's fate is thus settled, and the bear's shrewd- < ness earns its reward. I The beautiful eider-duck has often 1 been cited as an ideal mother, and ; touching stories are told of her pluck- ' ing the down from her own breast to < make the nest in which to hatch her I young. It is also said that if the hunters lake the down, she will despoil herself for the second time, not calling upon the selfish drake until she has literally stripped herself. The drake is de-. dared to be strict in keeping his mate to her duties, insisting that she shall attend to the work of hatching. II the duck ventures upon a walk, he does not offer to take her place while she goes gadding about, but perhaps knowing she is to fond of idleness, cruelly drives her back to her household duty, j The duck lays only five eggs, and ii | she feels that her nest is large enough * and warm enough to hold more, she | boldly robs her neighbors, carrying the eggs, one at a time, under hei wing, until she has seven or eight. However, when the brood is hatched., the drake becomes the teacher to the young. Not in swimming, for that comes naturally, but in diving, which is a means of flight as well as for finding food. The little duck, coming into life above water, hesitates to risk it by going under, nor will he follow the oft-repeated example of his parents When it becomes necessary to resort i to force, the drake comes quietly neai the unwilling pupil, suddenly throws a [ wing over hira, and dives down. The little one is let go under the water, and, coming to the surface unharmed, even if somewhat startled, he is ready to start diving on his own account.? I St. Nicholas. PEARLS OF THO'JGH.. ? | The busy have no time for tears.? j Byron. Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. ?Socrates. What frenzy dictates jealousy be lieves.?Gay. i Strong reasons make strong actions. ?Shakespeare. Whatever makes man a slave takes half his worth away.?Pope. There is little influence where there is not great sympathy.?S. I. Prime. Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.?Sir J. Mackintosh. Great talkers are like leaky vessels; everything runs out of them.?C. Simmons. It is only reason that teaches silence; the heart teaches us to speak.? Richter. A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.? De Sales. Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds and the holiday of fools.? Chesterfield. Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.? Theophrastus. The world is full of hopeful analoJ gies and handsome, dubious eggs | called possibilities.?George Eliot. The Musical Gnmnl'eia. The Guamites are a musical people. The well-to-do own pianos, and are fair musicians; others have organs, and many, many more possess accordions. They enjoy singing and are fond of American popular songs, such | as "After the Ball," etc. Their own ' songs are rather weird and mournful, though always harmonious. At night, the voices rise in sharp, nasal tones, singing the "novena," a term applied to nine days of special worship to some particular saint. Novenas are ever in evidence; for no sooner do they finish with one than it is time for another to begin; consequently "neighborhood sings" are frequent. The accordions are pleasing to thena| tives at their dances and fandangoes or I i weddings. These latter always occur Thursday mornings at 4 o'clock. The 1 names are cried in the church three | times before the wedding: Wednesday evening there is a social gathering of fomiiioc anH friends of the bride and bridegroom, with dancing and re. freshments: guests accompany the happy pair to the church, where the I priest unites them. Often there are 1 three or four weddings on the same I morning, and happiness reigns suI preme.?The Independent. ? - Fainting on Itnman Skin. Marcus Lorenzo, an Italian painter who flourished in the last century, i one paid 200 francs for a piece of hu| man skin no larger than a dinner plate, ! upon which to execute a landscape in j i oils. The skin, which was chemii cally prepared to receive the paint, j was taken from the back of an aged ! woman, whose bony had been sold to a j medical man for dissecting experi- ' ! ments. The human parchment was \ j drawn tightly over a metal frame, and J I the artist spent nearly seven months j in producing a painting that was after' wards exhibited in various salons and ultimately realized 84.000 francs.? ! i Leeds Mercury. i A GATEPOST ORNAMENT. A pretty ornament for gateposts or piazza rail is made of a tiny nail keg. Have holes bored in the sides. As the soil is fiiled in and patted firmly down (using a potato masher for the purpose plant the seeds of various vines at the holes. If the soil isn't well pounded down as you fill the barrel, when it settles after watering, the seeds will be buried below the holes, sinking with the dirt. Use coarseIcaved vines sparingl}-, for the nail keg should be a mass of living green. At the top plant vines and plants and set the whole where it will show off to advantage. A large barrel could bo utilized for beautifying the stump of a tree, if treated in the same way, but I have seen only the small ones. - MISS LAURA HOWARD, President South End Ladies' Golf Club, Chicago, Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound After the Best Doctors Had Failed To Help Her. " Df.ar Mrs. Pinkwam : ?I can thank you for perfect health to-day. Life looked so dark to me a year or two ago. I had constant pains, my limbs swelled, I had dizzy spells, and never MISS LAURA HOWAKD, CHICAGO, knew one day how I would feel the next. I was nervous and had no appetite, neither could I sleep soundly nights. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, used in conjunction with your Sanative Wash, did more for me than all the medicines and the skill of the doctors. For eight months I have enjoyed perfect health. 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There must be a leader, some one who is "prety good in geography" and is capable of d dug some quick thinking himself. Any number of players may take part in the game. When all are seated, and the leader takes his place In front of them and tells them that he is going to give them th> name of a state and a letter of the alphabet, and i is then going to count five slowly. While he is counting five, all the I players must be trying to think of a | city or town in the state he called, j whose name begins with the given let- j ter. For example: Suppose he gives j Maine as the state, and F as the letter, j then the players must all try to think 1 of a city or town in Maine the name cf | which begins with the letter F. It is necessary for them all to do the thinking. for he has a right to ask any one of them for the answer, and they never know which one of them it is going to be. "tTTt 1 1 i 3 ^ ^ \\ uen ne ims received a tuncci an- | swer, he may ask another player to j name some other town beginning with j the same letter, or he may change the j letter two or three times. Then he ! names some other state, and continues j the game as long as it interests the i players. If the game is played at home, or by j a little company of boys and girls, a J prize should be offered for the most ; correct answers.?New York Herald. A Journey to tl?o Moon. One day in the winter of 18C4, I was sick, staying home from school. I thought I would like to see how they manage things in the moon. Pretty j soon ater this I shut my eyes, because j I was rushing through space. Having ; arrived safely at a palace called the j Palace of Space, I knocked at the door. It was opened by a giant half a mile j long, with a beard reaching to his : knees. I was frightened quite a bit, | but said bravely, "May I Valk in and j visit the palace?" He replied, "Yes," and I walked in. I asked if I could see King Sun and Queen Moon. The giant said, "Maybe," and went to see. Pretty soon I was ushered in to see them. Strange to say there I saw my t eacher and the class in j school. After 1 went out of the hall j in which were the king and queen, I j asked the giant if I could see the pal- i ace and what office he held. He told me that he was the porter, and that I could see the palace. So I went round with him, seeing the stars, and in fact, everything. When I was ready to go home, I asked him how to go. He said he didn't know. I was in a fix. Here I was stuck up in the sky, with no way to get down. But, as luck would have it, a wise star came along, called Saturn; and he told me to go to Mercury and borrow his slippers, and he would tell me the rest. It was pretty hard work finding him, but at last I did. He gave me them, and told me to fly by swinging my arms. I did fairly well, and soon I was back in bed. I stopped to take off the slippers; but they weren't there! Mercury had come and taken them away. I told mamma, and she said it was a dream. I don't believe it?Christian Register. Tlio Chestnut In Jtnly. It is said that the chestnut was discovered by the old Romans at a place called Castanea, in Thessaly. They called it the Castanea nut, whence comes our name of chestnut. Strange to say. they held it in light esteem, and the patricians would not eat it, leaving j it to the common people. And the | ..Ann Allf Vinw I cummun piruyn: 3WUU IUUUU M I good and nutritious it was, and it became a regular article of food with them. In Italy today the nutting time is one of the important seasons of the year, for many of the people almost depend on the chestnuts for their food. So important is it that the schools are required by law *.o have a vacation at that time, so that the children may go out and help the older people gather the nuts. It is by no means a pleasure excursion, but a regular industry. Whole families go out into the hills and camp there for a month. During this time they scour the woods every day?men, women and children?each person having a canvas bag suspended from the waist, into which are put the j nuts as they are picked up from the j ground. They do not throw sticks and i stone into the trees to knock the nuts down, as tie boys in this country do, but gather only those that have fallen out of the burrs. The nuts ripen under the combine action of the sun and the frost, and the burrs then open and the nuts drop to the ground. The crop is so abundant that the gatherers always find enough to keep them busy. Some of the nuts are saved to be eaten as nuts, but most of them are dried and ground into flour, from wVnVh a kind of nnrridce railed nolen ta is made. Little cakes, called necci. are also made out of it. I The drying is done in huts built out on the hills specially for that purpose. The nuts are spread out on the floor, and a low fire is kept in the hut to give a certain degree of heat, which soon dries them. The drying is merely the evaporation of some of the water from the nut by means of the warmth.?New York News. Mr*. Spocklcspot. Mrs. Specklespot was so worried? who wouldn't be with 14 children to take earo of? She had never done such a thing before, for it was only a year ago that she was a little chicken herself, waiting for her mother to show her where to find the best things to eat. She almost wished now she had not run away from the chicken yard and stolen a net out in the weeds behind the barn. She had done this because it was almost impossible to get together a nice lot of eggs; some one came and stole them every day. She nad once complained about it to Mr. Coek-of-the- Roost. He didn't appear a bit disturbed about it, but told her to cheer up and "Cock-11 do what he can do." He didn't do anything, and so Mrs. Specklespot took matters into lmr own hands (of feet), moved out of ! the chicken yard and started a nest strictly her own. Unlike most hers, Mrs. Specklespot knew how tc hold her tongue, and not a single cackle did she say to disclose the hiding place o; her eggs. She did not con tell any of the other hens and roosters, for she did not want them prying abouS.. "The hens are a little short in their laying," said the farmer's wife, as she gathered the eggs each afternoon. When Mrs. Specklespot had 14 fine eggs in her new nest she decided tnat was all she could possibly keep warm with her feathery wings, and it was quite a stretch, indeed, to do that. But she persevered, and her reward was. as you saw in the beginning of this story, 14 beautiful little downy chicks?the prettiest babies you ever saw. When ?he discovered that they were pecking their way through their shells she was too delighted for words, so she just said "Cluck, cluk," softly. The lirst thing to be done was to find them some food, and she knew that the big worms that she thought so delicious would choke the babies. It was all cozy and warm in the nest, and the sun shone down upon the chickens so kindly that the mother ran oft for a few minutes to find something to eat. "Baby chicks are usually fed with soft food." she said to herself as she hurried toward the house. "I'll just see what I can find. Grains of corn arc too large for them." Pink and Posey, (he twins, were sitting on the doorstep, each rating a beautiful fresh sugar cooky, which mother had just taken from the oven, and they were delicious; '.he only trouble vras tnat Posy's cookie looked bigger than Pink's. "You ought to give me a bit to make it even," said Pink, Posy didn't agree. "You're a greedy ooy," sne saia, noi very politely. "Your"re selfish!" cried Pink, "eating all that great cookie by yourself. Why, it's twice as big as mine!" And just as he said the lasr. word he felt a little tug at his hand and in a second Mrs. Specklespot was almost flying toward the barn with a beautiful, Siveet, soft, warm cookie in her bill, followed by several of her neighbor's children. "Cluck, cluck, darlings!" she cried as she broke it up on the edge of the nest. "That stup::d boy was so impolite he deserved to lose his cookie. Wasn't it lucky h3 d'dn't follow me?" The little chickens thought so, as they pecked daintily at the crumbs. Pink shook his fist at Mrs. Specklespot as she disappeared, and Posy, and Posy, breaking his cookie in two, gave Pink the Digger piece.?New York Mail and Express. When Johnny Went to School. Johnny Newton's first day at school was very hard. The first day at school is apt to be trying when you are a 7-year-old boy who has always been too delicate heretofore to go to kindergarten even. Johnny felt so lonely and so homesick as he sat there, trying to catch up with the other children, who had all entered school in the autumn instead af waiting until well along toward spring, that he simply couldn't help crying. And of course, after that, a bigger boy in the same room laughed at him at recess, and Johnny, who was only to attend schol half of each day for some time, ran home to his mother, crying harder than ever. But Johnny's mother was firm in declaring that he must go to school regularly, just the same. Ker promises that he would surely like going to school later doesn't console him much, but the big hug and kiss she gave him when he started off after lunch comforted him greatly. And four days later the promises about liking school later came true. For three long, long days Johnny was the newest pupil, and as lonesome and wretched as ever. But on the fourth day there came a little girl who had been too delicate and sickly to at1 J on/1 oll/a tOA TX72JQ ItUU KillUCl ?,0.1 IC1:., anu oiii., I.UU, ?WW so lonely and so homesick that she cried. Johnny felt so surprised and queer to see any one cry in school, even though he had been attending only three days, that he quite understood how strange and amusing he must have seemed to the bigger boy who had laughed at him. But he was so sorry for the little girl that he walked home with her after recess, and when it was time to enter school in the afternoon he met her at the door and went into the big, quiet building with her. Next day as she was a nice little girl and very sweet and gentle he tvent to her house and walked to school with her, and the next day the teacher let them have seats together. And after thatWell, after that a lot of things happened, all of them pleasant, and it wasn't until Johnny's mamma had company to lunche on,nearly two weeks afterward, that Johnny remembered that he hadn't always known the lit ue gin. "Well, Johnny," asked the visitor, "how are you getting on at school?" Johnny blushed and was silent, but his mamma answered for him. "Johnny didn't like school very well at first," she said, smiling, "but I haven't heard so much about it of late. You do like school now, don't you, Johnny?" "Why, yes, mamma," answered Johnny, slowly, surprised when he came to think of it. "I do?I do like school?a whole lot, mamma. And j I'm learning lots and lots of things there, too!" "I know you are, dearie," smiled his mamma, patting his shoulder. "I know of one very nice and useful lesson you learned the fourth day." ; She didn't explain, as company was present, that she was glad because he | had learned that to try and make some ! one else comfortable and happy is the ! surest way of being oneself, but you j and I know that she meant it. And | Johnny, although he doesn't yet know ; how much he learned when he made j up his mind to try and comfort the i lonely, homesick little girl, knows just | how he will try to act next time he is ! wretched and unhappy himself.?Chica! go Record Herald. Sorry fhe Spoke. i "Thank you, my little man," said , Miss Passay to the nice little boy who J i ad given up his seat in the car, "and 1 have you been taught to always give I your seat to ladies?" | "No'm," replied the bright boy, j "only to old ladies."?Philadelphia ; Press. A Valuable View. A story is told of a man in Massachusetts who sold a scrubby farm for $12,000 although its value was not more than $1000. "How did you do it?" a friend asked him. "Well," he j replied, "I had $1000 worth of farm j and $11,000 worth of view." | In Java there is an orchid, the gram| matophylium, all the flowers of which open at once, as if by the stroke of a fairy wand, and they also all wither together. GEOGRAPHIC SCULPTURE. Scheme to Make an Exact Model of the United States. An exact model of the United States on a scale of two and a half inches to the mile is one of the possibilities of the future as an added attraction to the national capital. While this possibility is, strictly speaking, as yet only in the air, it nevertheless has some zealous advocates who see in it not only a great educational function, but a feature of attractiveness to the people of the country not equaled by any piece of natural scenery. It will be recalleo' that several vears a an then* was a nroieef. for an outdoor map of the United States on the Potomac flats, through which visitors could walk as through a park. Bills were introduced in Congress for this project by Senator Cannon, of Utah. The Idea was also zealously advocated by Mr. Gardiner Hubbard, president of the National Geographic Society. The present plan, however, contemplates a much more perfect reproduction than would be possible in an outdoor map. The country would be produced in strictly the same manner as the city of Washington has been in the models prepared by the park commission and now. on exhibition in the Congressional Library. This scheme carried out delicately and accurately would make it possible to reproduce every building, road, bridge and railroad in the United States, as well as the physical features of the country. A model of this character and on the same scale is now being made of Switzerland. This model will be the first production on a large scale of what is known as the new school of model making. The new idea differs from the old in that it eliminates the exaggeration of certain lines which was supposeci 10 De iieeesattiy m wider to convey to the eye the impression a person supposedly gets by seeing the original subject. To accomplish this the scale in elevations had to be made different than that of the surface modeled, which fact has tended to destroy popular confidence in the accuracy of the old models. The new modeling Is really "geographic sculpture," as some of its devotees call it. It aims at absolute accuracy and is made possible through the perfection in mapmaking and of dry-plate photography. There is no attempt, at exaggeration of elevations or any other illusion. The new park commission models are examples of the new school, only on a considerably larger scale than that proposed for the model of the country. It would be necessary to house this model in a well-lighted building, which would have to be about 800 feet long and half as wide. Visitors could see it by walking over glass paths. These paths would be made on sliding supports, capable of being pushed sideways, so as to allow of an inspection nf the whole surface. One of the possibilities of such a model which would make it appeal to statesmen as a practical proposition would be that of having any section desired removed and replica productions made, as well as changes made in the model to suit changed conditions, which might occur at any time. These replica sections could be made of paper pulp or any other light substances and used in school work, just as the maps of the geological survey are now done, and sold at cost He Had Six Months to Live. The early life of Cecil Rhodes was frequently endangered by illness, and the slender boy gave little evidence of tne sturdy, lion framed man. Even his own physician did not believe at one time that the youth would ever live to grow up. and'told the boy if he ever expected to live he should go to * * ^ r>Ar/v?/v lAntrlnrr TTVl Orl OTlH hfi tne uape. dkiuic ico?m6 uv again called on the doctor, and wa3 informed that the physician was dead, and that his son was conducting the practice. The visitor then made himself known to the latter, who, on consulting the register of his father's cases, said: "Yes, here is the name, Cecil John Rhodes: but it can't be you, for there is a note after it which reads, 'Cannot live more than six months.' n TO wash blankets: Pour into a tub half a pint of com mon household ammonia, lay a blanket lightly over it, and immediately pour in enough warm water to entirely cover the blanket. This sends thf fumes of the ammonia through the fibres of the wood and loosens the dirt. 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This was not the era of canned meats, and to each regiment had been allotted a certain number of cattle, which had been killed, skinned and cooked; but while the men were still eating, scouts came in with the news that the Austrians were near at hand. The men got i-nto marching order, and in a few minutes were in rapid advance toward the enemy. The Grenadier Guards, conspicuous always for their dispatch, hurried to such purpose that they failed to seniro the skin of a cow which had been made over tat them for rations, j When the official who was responsible for the value of the hide came to ask for it, it had to be reported j missing. Inquiries were set on foot, ! evidence was collected, and a voluminous correspondence lasting fourteen or fifteen months failed to account for the skin. There had been a cow. She had been made over to the guards. She had a hide. The hide was government property, representing a sum fixed by official tariff. The government must be credited with that sum. 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