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THE COLONEL'S STORY.
How Jim Adkins Went to War, Get
Buried and Was Resurrected.
"Talking about war times,'' said
the old colonel, "did any of you
ever hear the storv of Jim Adkins ?"
'"'Well, I'm surprised. Everybody i
in the settlement knew it. Jim was
a no 'count sort of a fellow, and the
old man was anxious to get rid of
him, so when the war broke out and j
they were looking around for men
the old man gave him away."
"Gave him away?"
"Yes. Jim was in the hayloft,
and they were about to leave with- '
out him when the old man winked
andipbinted t? the barn.
"Tl^t was enough,r and tlfewgot
fiim and marched him to the front.
'The old fhan was sorry after
Jim was gone, and his conscience
tl? WsV until on^day he got a message
that told him Jim nad been
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~IWD ne psfxeu nit gnp ana
started right off to bring Jim's body
hdfcne if possible, for the grief sirkken
mother would have nothingelseand
made Hie miserable for him
with her reproaches. .. :
*He went to Virginia and was
then informed that It would be imposaibk
40 remove the body. So ho
stood over tlm spot nhtw> it voa;
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otmea ana wept 9m vbtm mya
Then he went sadly home.
"And, lo and behold, the trst
man he mpt as he neared his gate
was Jim?aaff, oswnd and rightaide
up with care! r . >
*Tt was some time before the 'old
man could -say a word, but when he
found it was really Jim?in flesh
_ sad Blood?that they had got Jim
mixed np with some other JUDrins,
and he hadnt been killed at all, the
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ed himself of his coat, then tolled
up hie sleeves and made for him!
It was the liveliest toap you ever
aaw?the oU man on top and the
two of 'em wallowing indbe dust!
"It took the old lady and the
three girls and two stent darkies to
pull & old man off.
"He never did explain why he <Aid
it, and Jim didn't ask any questions,
hut tile next morning he told his
mother that while his furlough
wasn't out, staff be knew his country
needed him and he cehHhrt stand to
\ , stay at home^pnder those circumstances,
so he left his blessings for
the old man and took the first train
for the front"?Atlanta Oenstitul
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Why Do tcotmwn SuocooJf
"Johnny, dearf said the visitor.
John MacTurk turned around,
while the family cat seised the opf
portunitv of rescuing her tqil from
nis CTubtj fist
"Now that * you're going to
school," continued the visitor, "I
want to ask you a little question.
How many marbles would you get
if I gave you twenty to be divided
between yon end Andrew HacDonald?"
Johnny thoughtfully rubbed the
point of his nose where the cat had
scratched him.
"Idinna ken,'' he said.
$ ''Come, come," said his elder.
"How's that?"
"Weel, ma'am/' said Johnny, "ye
see it's a' according. If ye gie me
them when we're both here we'd hae
ten apiece. If Andrew was here
and I wasna I'd only hae about five.
But if I were to get them when Andrew
wasna here 1 dinna ken whether
he'd hae ony at a'."?Dundee Advertiser.
A Homemade Curfew.
Every family should have a curfew
which should positively "ring
tonight" and every night if needed.
These curfews are inexpensive and
can be homemade. Take a piece of
siding two feet long and whittle one
end down to a handle. Then take
the child that needs the curfew and
bend him over a barrel. Now take
^ ' the piece of siding in the hand and
use it for a clapper. Put it on hot.
Divide the strokes evenly and see
that none miss. Good for a boy or
girl up to the age of sixteen, and
; applications are warranted to cure
r tne most pronounced case of street
loafing that exists. The music this
* curfew makes is finer than singing
1 ''Where Is My Wandering Boy Topflight
?**?Popular Mechanics.
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^ An Optimiatie Outlook.
-v It has been the cfy of the irresponsive
man since criticism began *
that his own generation produced
nothing. It's a cry that I ;>ate and
' deny. When the dross has been
cleared away and comparison becomes
possible I am convinced it
will be admitted that in the aggre- 1
gate, in philosophy and significant
literature, in architecture,- painting .
and scientific research, pi engineer*
ing and industrial invention,' in
statecraft, humaiity and valiant
deeds, the last thirty years of man's
endeavors will bear comparison with
r any other period of thirty years
whatever in his histoiy. ? H. JG. ,
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BIRDS' WEAPONS.
They Are Not Confined to the Beak
and the Spurs.
Many people are inclined to think
that a bird's weapons arc .practically
confined to beak and the spurs |
with which the legs of some birds !
arc provided. There are, however, [
i good many instances of different |
armament. A moment's reflection !
recalls to any one the mulelike kick j
delivered by the foot of the ostrich, j
which requires no spurs to insure !
effectiveness.
Besides this, many birds uee their
wings very effectively as weapons.
People who have spent their childhood
in the country will recall how
fiercely the domestic gander uses
his wings, and among domestic
fowls the cocks not only use their
wings to blind their adversaries, but
batter their opponents quite severely
with them. Although doves have
been Selected as emblems of peace,
yet they are rather pugnacious and
when Quarreling among themselves
bring, their wings' into play to good
advantage.
Birds using the wing to strike a
blow, Usually, attempt to land on
their adversaries with the wrist,1
joint . This 'demand for a wing
weapon among birds has in some
species brought abont remarkable
and formidable developments. The
spur winged geese of Africa have a
spur on vie bend of the wing sometunes
attaining a length of one and
one-hsif inches, and fully as savage
an appearing weapon as that of a
*fm?oek. One ofvthe wrist bones
known as. the radialq projects beyond
the others and is capped with
xtst spur. ,
A now extinct species o! bird;
which formerly inhabited Rodriguez
was flightless, bat an outgrowth of
bone at the joint of the radius and
metacarpus formed a knob that rendered
the short wing as dangerous
among birds as a policeman's billy.
Some of the Australian pheasants
and other gallinaceous birds have
blunt tubercles on the wings, increasing
their effectiveness as weapons.
Africa, Ask and Sooth America
produce a number of species of
spur winged plovers.
The jacanas, tropical or semitropical
birds of both hemispheres,
have many of them mora or less
developed spurs on the wings, while
one genus, though without spurs,
has the bone of the wing widened
and flattened, forming a sort of
scimiter.
The screamers, birds related to
ducks, are the most formidably armed
birds as to wings. They are provided
with two spurs on each wing
instead of one, the inner and longer
one of whieh is a three skied stiletto
of needlelike sharpness.
Some birds while young have a
claw on the wing which is used by
the bird not as a weapon, but as an
assistance in dragging itself along,
after the manner of a bat The gallinules
are an example of birds haying
such claws while young, the
structure being lost before the birds
reach maturity. ? Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Faat of a Greek Scholar.
It may 6afely be said that no feat
of translation in any age has ever
equaled that achieved by Professor
Jebb in rendering Browning's "Abt
Yogler" into Greek verse. This fine
soliloquy of the musician is less obscure.
no doubt, than many other of
its author's productions, but it
abounds in imager}' and in turns of
thought which even an Englishman
finds it not very easy to follow and
of which he could hardly have conceived
it possible that any Greek
equivalents could exist. Yet they
did exist, for Jebb found them,
though it may be doubted whether
any other Greek scholar living
would have been equally successful
in. his search.?London Telegraph.
A Problem.
Two Irishmen were discussing political
economy. "The problem of
r>litical economy/' said Casey, "so
was readme in one of thim books,
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is the distribution of wealth. That
means, Grady, how are we going
to compil the rich to give back the
money that they have stolen from
the poor?" "Ye may be right,"
6aid Grady, "but there is wan other
thing about yer problem, Casey,
that I can't figger out. It is this:
How the diwle did the poor iver
manage to git all the money that
ye 6ay the rich stole from thiin?"?
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A ury Lina run.
^e periopathalmus, one of the
piost remarkable o$ the several species
of dry land fish catalogued by
|he naturalists, is a native of Mauritius.
He is only four or five inches
long, but has a big head, very prominent
eyes and side fins which bear
a strong resemblance to legs. They
have the curious'habit, of leaving
the water ip. the .evening and spending
the entire night;' hunting the
nocturnal insects which Inhabit, the
muddy flats near tidewater. A similar
species of New Zealand are
called Running flab*" .by the na'twrt.
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