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WHY ADAH FELL.
A little colored fellow and bis
atmt were standing on a corner
across from where a group of var
ious colored youngsters were feast
ing on melon.
‘•Ji»* look there, t-usty, see that
Shorty Brown rootin’ ’is nose in
that watermillion.’ Alter a pause
—“Golly, wish I bad some o’ that
million.”
“Don't you go ovah tbar’
leggiu' aroun.’ Don't you know,
honey, yo' paw's got a big water
million in de cellab? Deed he is^
honey; an’it s fo’you an’do res’ of
as. You needn’t make no hog o’
yoa'so’f hke dem boys—you jis’
wait till wc git homa an' yo’ p&w
comes an'yon can jis’ eat till you
almos’ bust.”
“ Watermillion’s 'bout de bestest
thing there is to eat, ain't it, aunty?”
“Co'se it’s de bestest; dat’s why
cullud folks likes it. Ought to be
de bestest—caused all de mis'ry in
de world.”
Hcw'd Itcause Jc mis’ry auuty?”
“Law me, Appolonaris, doan you
know dat yet? I tell you how it
was. De’ fus’ man was named
Adam, au’he was a black mart. De
Loid put ’ini in a big ga’den an’
back of it was a watermillion patch.
De Lord he says to Adam, 'Adam
you kin eat bananas, an’ de peaches
an’ de pcabs, an’ all dat you kin fin’,
bat doan monkey wid de watermil
li ms—dey'6 green.
“Adam he browse aroun’ an'eats
peaebes and plums till he's full up
an' presently he see de watermillon
patch.
‘ Law's sakes, honey, dey was de
bigges’ millions in dat patch! Bigger
dan a Gawgy million? Huh! dey
was mos’ big as bar’ls.
“Adam lie he go out an’ pick
out de bigges’ one an’jes’ as he was
gottin’ ready to gouge into ’er, de
Lord appear, an’ He say, ‘Adam’
what fo’you gwine to do wif dat
watermillion?' ‘I’se gwine to eat
er’ said Adam. ‘Doan you know I
siid fo’you not to eat dat water
million’? said de Lord, ‘Kaint help
it,’ said Adam; ‘I’se gwine to cat
‘er anyhow.’ ‘But I tell you dat
million’s green,’ said de Lord. Den
Adam he thump her, and den he
scrape 'er wif his fingh nail, den be
squooze her an’ she soun’ all right,
an’ he say, ,Lord I ’ones”ly b’lieve
dat million’s ripe an’ I bettah eat
’er.
“Den the Lord got puty mad.
‘You Adam,’ said de Lord, “ef you
eat dat million you’ll have a mess o’
trouble an’ all kind3 o’ mis’ry, an’
all you’ kin’ folk’ll have all kinds o’
mis’ry an’ trouble,’ Deu Adam he
scratch hie bead an' thunk an’ den
at las’ he says: ‘Lord, I ’spec’ you’ll
have to bring on de mis’ry an’ de
trouble, ’cause I’m gwine to eat dat
million anyhow.’
“An’Adam he jes’ done eat dat
million— shuah ! And dat’s what
cause all de trouble now.”
“Why you s’pose Adam like dat
million so well, aunty?” asked the
interested little fellow.
“Why Adam like ’er! Why do
cullud folks all like watermillion?
diet ’cause dey know what’s good;
dat’s why, honey. Watermillion
blongs tc the cullued folks anyhow,
’cause when 11am went inter de ark
he tuk a pocketful o’seed an’ de fust
thing he do aftah de watali go down
he plant a watermillion patch. Co’se
while folks cats ’em—dey kind o’
'niverous animals anyhow, an’ dey
jest cats everything dey gits dere
ban’s on.
“Come ’long here, Appolonaris,
we’s gwine over home, an' of yo’
paw doan get dere on time, we’ll
jest cut dat million anyhow.”
Tather Time’s
scythe I9 a
weapon (hat no
man Can es
cape Sooner
or later it must
lay all men
lot#
With prema
ture death it is
different. Na
ture intended
that every man
should live a
long and usefu)
life, and die a
peaceful, pain
less death.
Men defeat the
intention of a
beneficent
Providence by
the manner in
. - which they
live their disregard of the laws 0/ health
and their utter failure to protect health
when it is threatened and restore it when
it is lost. The most common result of neg
lect of health is that dread disease, con
sumption. Not many years ago it was con
sidered incurable. Now it is known that
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
cure g8 per cent, of all cases if taken in
time. That is its record during a period of
thirty years. Manv of the thankful patients
have permitted their names, experiences
and photographs to be reproduced in Dr
Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
Any sufferer who wishes to investigate
these cases may secure a copy of this book
free, by sending 21 one-cent stamps to
cover cost of mailing only, to the World’s
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo
N Y , and than write to the patients them
selves. In consulting Dr. R. V. Pierce by
letter, the sufferer consults a skillful spe
cialist who for thirty years has been chief
consulting physician to the great Invalids’
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N Y. With the assistance of a staff of able
physicians, he has successfully treated tens
of thousands of cases of bronchial, throat
and lung affections. Ue will cheerfully
answer letters from all sufferers, without
charge Address the Doctor as above.
‘ I had bronchitis for eighteen years and I was
treated by three physicians, but all failed"
writes David Wartsenluft Esq , of Shoemakers
ville Berks Co., Pa 'They told me there was
no cure for me I then used Dr Pierce s Golden
Medical Discovery, and was entirely cured. Mv
weight is now 172 pounda." J
Little John—Fa, when is a man
really old ?
Frof. Broadhead—Whenever he
reaches a point where his ideal wo
man is one who is a gool nurse._
Puck.
She Lo in in it tea Suicide.
Mrs. F. C. Boe, at Watkins, left
this letter; “My husband—Forgive
me if I cause you trouble, but I suf
fer so. You do not know what
these long, wakeful, wretched nights
are to me, and I am so tired darling
—the pain will never be better. It
is not easy to take my own life, but I
have been sick so long. Good-bye,
my husband, I love you—your wife.”
This is but one of the many that
gives up instead of using Dr. Miles’
Ee iterative Nervine, and being
speedily cured of tbeirwretchedness,
Go to A, M. Gilbert’s and elegant1
book and trial bottle free.
BEFORB OLDER PEOPLE.
The nineteenth century girl is
rather spt to express t.er opinion
without waiting to be asked, with as
much assurance as if her few years
ot iile could have made her opinion
of any value to those who have lived
several limes us long. She is rather
apt also to lie somewhat pert and
llippanl in her manners before her
elder-1, as ii she wished them to
understand that she had a contempt
for their old fashioned notions.
She will sometimes talk in a low
tone to some one near her while the
conversation among older people
is general, showing them that she,
for oue, does not find it interesting;
sometimes, it she feels very much at
her ease, she will go to the piano
when people arc talking and begin
to play or sing without request, there
by nnnoyiog every one. Strange
to say, girls that do these terribly
rude things imagine themselves quite
superior. They will perhaps never
kaow till they are old themselves
how shallow and senseless they had
appeared to those whose rich ex
periences of life have broadened and
deepened their minds. I am sorry
that this class of girls is so numer
ous both in city and country, and
that they como from homes of re
finement and culture. If Edison
would invent a mirror in which they
could see themselves as others see
them, they would realize that these
youthful airs ol superiority are
about as becoming as the mumps or
measles This class of girls will
sit in church and make speeches
about the poople around them, com
ment on what the minister is sayiBg,
and indulge, under their breath, in
a great deal of wit and merriment
at the expense of every one; but no
matter how silent their mirth, such
a seatful ofgirlsisa very disturb
ing clement in a service, and their
conduct is very hard to bear by
those who go to church for devotion
I have even heard them whisper
during prayer, and I have longed
to ask if they could not postpone
their visiting until the service was
over.
Tutt’s Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
To those living
in malarial districts Tutt’s Pills
are indispensible, they keep the
system in perfect order and are
an absolute cure
for sick headache, indigestion,
malaria, torpid liver, constipa
tion and all bilious diseases.
Tutt’s Liver Pills
he Chased the Cash Ball.
Some amusement was created in a
dry goods store in Binghamton, N.
Y., the other day when a farmer
came in to make a purchase. He
bought some calico, and when the
clerk placed the $5 bill the farmer
gave him in the cash ball, and sent
it spinning toward the cashier’s desk
a funny sight was witnessed.
Our rural friend evidently thought
that was the last he would ever see
of his bill unless he moved lively,
which he did, keeping his eyes fixed
on the ball. He collided with an
old lady, fell over one of the seats,
regained his feet and kept right on
until he arrived at the cashier’s
desk. #
“By gosh ! I want my money,” he
gasped, “I’ve read too much about
bunco steerers to lose my money,
and I'll have my change if I clean
out the whole shebang.”
He was finally pacified, and de
parted amid the broad smiles of the
clerks and customers in the store.
As he went out he muttered :
1 If I don’t come to the city very
often them swindlers can’t catch me
with their sawdust games.’’
A Million Friends.
A friend in need is a friena in
deed, and not less than one million
people have found just such a friend
in Dr. King’s New Medical Discov
ery for ConsumptionCoughs and
Colds.—If you have never used this
Great Gough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful
curative powers in alt diseases of
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each
bottle is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed or money will be refunded.
Trial bottles free at L. G.Matthaei’s
Drug Store. Large bottles 50 cents
and $1.
That,” said Maud, as the distin
guished stranger entered the room,
“is the Victoria cross.,’
“Is it?’’ inquired Mamie iu a tone
of great interests “How many cen
tury runs must you make to get
one?’1 Washington Star.
Scratch for Money.
A father s lot is to (jig aud scratch
for money, but yet he should uot neg
lect his baby’s health. Provide your
baby with Dr. John W. Bull’s Baby
Syrup wlieu teething, and avoid much
suftering. Mr. J. P. Steiner, Aurora,
Mo., who has had some experience
with this remedy, pronounces it “the
best medicine for babies he has ever
used in his family.” It costs only 25
cents, but fathers should see that they
get Dr. John W. Bull’s Baby Syrup.
For sale by M. A. Snodgra ss, J2N. Queen
street.
The Wife—What a sweet smile
there is on the baby’s face, John 1
The Husband—Yes; he’s proba
bly dreaming that he’s keeping me
awake 1
Spring humors, eruptions, hives,
boils, pimples, sow, are perlectly
and permanently cured by Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, the best Spring Medi
cine and One True Blood Purifier.
Hood’s Pills act easily and prompt
ly on the liver and bowols. Cure
sick headache.
■SMfcwniiwm ifnt nii-ili » jfcrf N ~ »■ '/.W- -
THE HHWSErfOLD.
, China Cement.—Stir plaster of
paris into a solution of gum arabic
until it is a viscous paste. Apply
with a brush to the fractured edges
and stick them together. In three
days the article cannot be broken in
the same place.
In Washing Silk.—Id washiog
silk there arc four things to avoid—
rubbing, wringing, soap and heat.
Have the water lukewarm, make a
lather with a little dissolved soap, if
very dirty ; if not, use bran water.
Don’t allow the soap in lumps to
come in contact with silk ; swish
round and round till clean. Rinse
in cold water to which has been ad
ded vinegar, one dessertspoonful to
a quart. Place between dry clothes
and squeeze perfectly through a
wringer. Shake well and iron at
once through tissue paper.
Chafing Dish Dainty.—Corn oys
ters, made at the table in the chafing
dish, are a dainty addition to the
Sommer breakfast- They may ac
company the meat course or beserv
i ed as i substitute for meat. To
make them, take one-half pint of
grated green corn, two tablespoon
fuls of milk, one gill of Hour, one
beaten egg, one half tcaspoonful of
salt, one-eighth of a tcaspoonful of
pepper and two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter. Mix the flour, sea
soning and corn together, add the
melted butter and beat well. Then
add the beaten egg. Have a spoon
ful of butter piping hot in the cutlet
pan, and drop the batter in by
spoonfuls. Serve with maple syrup.
Lord Wolseley Believes in Tea.
—Lord Wolseley, commander-in
chief of the British Army, recently
celebrated his 65th birthday, and is
still of extraordinary activity and
youthfulness, both iu appearance
and character. He entered the army
a high spirited Irish lad of 19, and
has taken part in eight expeditions
and campaigns. It i9 said that he
would willingly see the abolition of
every canteen in the army. He de
clares that for fighting there's noth
ing like tea, and he himself practices
what he preaches in this respect, for
he has been a total abstainer for the
greater part of his life.
A Hint in Pie-Making.—People
find that, though they put plenty ol
sagar into a fruit pie it is not sweet
when baked. The ordinary cane
sugar used is converted into grape
sugar when heated with any acid,
and that sugar has only about one
third the sweetening power of cane
sugar. But if a little baking pow
der is added to the fruit, so as to
neutralize the acid, the sugar will re
tain its sweetness in the cooking.
Brain Work for Winter.
During the winter plans should be
made for lawns, the setting of shrubs
and trees for ornament, and, above
all, the small fruits should be pro
vided for which are so delicious and
really essential to the health Rnd
prosperity of the family. Too many
farmers neglect these necessaries,
which are at the same time real lux
uries. Nothing gives more substan
tial evidence of thrift on a farm than
to see all these things in abundance
about the homestead_Farmers’ Re
view.
Dangerous Drinking Water
Death lurks in impure water. It
breeds diseases often in epidemic
form.
The fir6t symptom is looseness of
the bowels. These diseases are
checked by taking Foley’s Colic
Cure. For sale by E. C. Wil
liams.
Taking the census has its humor
ous side, even in Scotland. Says
the Dundee News:
A census “gatherer” was collect
ing the papers in one of the lower
districts ot a large town, and an in
telligent looking woman handed
him a document which contained
an amusing entry. The blank in
stead of reading bluntly, “Married
or single?” put the question indi
rectly, thus, “Condition as to mar
riage.’’ Under this the woman had
written:
“Hard up- afore marrige, worse
afterwards.”—Ex.
Incontinence of water daring sleep
stopped immediately by Dr. E.
Detcuon's Anti Diuretic. Cures
children and adults alike. Price $1.
Sold by L. G. Mattbaei, Druggist,
Martiusburg, W. Va.
“Goodness alive, children !’’ ex
claimed the Populist orator’s wife,
who had been drawn to the garret
lumber room by an uproar from her
offsprings ; “what is the mat— Mary
Ellen, stop playing with your pa’s
old cross of gold. You’ll scrapetbe
gilt paint all off from it, and— grac
ious me! What is the matter with
little Peffer ?’’
“Oh, he’s sat down on pa’s crown
of thorns,’’ replied Simson, the fire
year-old, “and stuck the stickers in
him.”—Judge.
The Host Fatal Disease.
I It is not generally known that
more adults die of Kidney trouble
than of any other disease. When
the first symptona of this disease ap
pear, no time should be lost in tak
ing Foley’s Kidney Cure, which is
guaranteed or money refunded. For
sale by E. C. Williams.
Billy—I understand you’ve bought
a dog to keep burglars away.
Freddy—Yes.
Billy_You are not troubled any
more at night, then, I suppose ?
Freddy—Only by the dog.—Bos
ton Traveler.
The only True Blood Purifier
prominently in the public eye to
day is Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Therefore
get Hood’s and ONLY HOOD’S.
International Sunday School Lesion for
August 28, 1898.
“Elisha at Dothan.’ ’2 Kings 6 : 8
18. Head the whole Chapter. Gol
den Text, “The Angel of the Lord
encimpeth toond about them that
fear Him, and delivereth them.’’
Psalm 34 : T.
As the eons of the prophets were
cutting timber on the bank of tbe
river Jordan, for building, one of
them lost his r.xe in the water, and
said to Elisha, “Alas, master, for it
was borrowed." Then the man of
God cut a stick and cast it in the
place where the axe had sunk, and
the iron came to the surface, and tie
man took it.
The king of Syria warred against
the king of Israel, and Elisha told
Israel’s king all the movements of
the enemy, so that tbe king of Syria
was troubled, and sent spies to find
Elisha, and when he learned that tbe
Prophet was at Dothan, he eent
horses and chariots and a great army
to capture him.
This was a singular battle, a great
army against one man, but God was
oq Lis side. And when Elisha’s
servant, Gchazi, was frightened and
said, “Alas, my master, what shall
we do ?” Elisha answered, “Fear
not : tor they that be with U9 are
more than they that be with them.”
BlUba prayed that his servants
eyes might be opened, and then the
young mm saw that the mountain
was full cf horsc3 and chariots of
fire. And Eiisha prayed to the
Lord, “Smite this people I pray
Thee with blindness," and they
were blind. Then Elisha led them
into the camp of Israel, and the
Lord < pened their eyes at Elisha’s
prayer, and the king of Israel said,
“My father, shall I smite them ?
But Elisha said to feed them and
send them back to their own camp,
and this act of mercy ended the
war.
But the next year, Benhadad,
king of Syria, besieged the Israel
ites in Samaria, with all his host,
and there was a great famine in
that city, so that the meanest pro
vision for a single day was sold for
as much as $50, and two mothers
bargained to eat each others sons.
Then the king of Israel turned
against Elisha, and made a procla
mation to have him killed, but Eli
sha sat in bis house eafe, and said,
“This evil is of the Lord.” Then
God told him that the famine would
end the next day, and on the morn
ing four lepers brought word into
tbe city that the entire Syrian army
had run away ; for the Lord bad
made them hear the noise like a great
host after them.
T..,*__3_r.. i j _ _• 11 <i r . _ i
oust as wonueriuuj wm uie l-ora
deliver all those todaj’ who put
their trust iu His Son, for His
Word proclaims, “Deliver him from
going down to the pit: I have
found a ransom.” “Neither is there
salvation ia any other; for there is
none other name under Heaven giv
en among men, whereby, we must
be saved.”—Sunday School Mission
ary, 5219 Morris, St., Germantown,
Phila.
32d National Encampment G. A. R.
Cincinnati, Ohio
September 5th to I Oth, 1898.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
For this occcasion tickets will be
sold at the low rate of one fare fer
the round trip from all points on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad east
of Pittsburg, Parkersburg and
Wheeling, inclusive, good going on
September 3rd and 4th, and good
returning noteailier Lhan Septem
ber Cth, nor later than September
13th, except by depositing ticket
with Joint Agent at Cincinnati, be
tween September 5th and 9th, inclu
sive, and od payment of fee of twen
ty-five (25) cents, when return limit
may be extended to leave Cincinnati,
to and including October 2d, 1898.
Owing to the great patriotic wave
sweeping the county at the present
time, great interest will be mani
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Pittsburg.
Get full particulars from Ticket
Agent, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
“Do you see that tall girl with the
fluffy brown hair, over there ?”
“The one with the pink roses in
her bodice
“Yes. She knows French, Ger
man, Latin, and Greek, besides
English, and she took the honors of
her class when she was graduated, a
few weeks apo.”
“Pshaw, t at can’t be right. There
must be mj -u mistake. Why, that
girl is aetu .lly beautiful!”—Cleve
land Leader.
To Conanmptiveg.
As an honest remedy, Foley’s
Honey and Tar does not hold out
• !se hopes in advanced 6tages, but
truthfully claims to give comfort
and relief in the very worst cases,
and in tbo early stages to effect a
cure. For sale'by E. C. Williams.
“Is that one of our men over in
that field ?” The Orderly—“It is,
sir.” “Who is it?” “Fassett, the
plumber.” “What is he doing in
that onion patch?” “Looking for
leeks, sir.”—Yonkers Statesman.
WONDERFUL are the cures by
■ ■ Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and yet they
are simple and natural. Hood’s Sarsa
parilla makes PURE BLOOD.
On one occasion of obedience to
bis wife Bismarck remarked, “It is
surprising what a man will do to
eDjoy peace iu his own house after
having had a thorough taste of war.”
ForMalaria, Liver Trou
ble, or Indigestion, use
BROWN'3 IRON BITTEM
If somebody would only pull the
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What is
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Castoria assimilates the food, r» gulaf.'s the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cte
toria is the Children’s Panacea- the Mother’s Friend.
Castoria. j Castoria.
“ Castoria Is an excellent medicine for etC “ Ccatoria is so well adapted to children Hat
inn. Mother* haro repeatedly told me of its i -ocoir” ,rd It nssuperiortoany rrec^rlnttoa
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Da. G. C. Gsooc.n, U A. Aacfsa. Jt
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gtead of the various quack no trums which arc cdlc. mppllcs what Is known a regular
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium. : ,yr; .me lea© t< confess the' the
morphine, sooUiiDg syrup and other hurtfid , .arils ! . t kUx ... 1*s w ,a » l - ok wiO.
■gents down their throats, thereby sending . -vor c,on"
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fcvii Reports.
Tbe evils which result from
spreading reports ol evil are so ter
rible that no thoughtful man can tell
that which he feels ought to be told
without being burdened in the tell
ing. If it is an awful thing to tell
that which ought to be told, it is
nothing short of a crime to repeat
that which we have no right to tell.
The man who spreads a rumor af
fecting the character of another
must stand on & double foundation ;
he must have unmistakable evidence
that it is true, and he must be sure
that duty to the living requires that
he shall tell it. He is cot justified
by tbe fact that men arc hanged on
circumstantial evidence, or by the
proverb, that where there is so
much smoke there must be some fire.
Men have been baDged on the
strongest circumstantial evidence
that could be cone.ived by the hu
man mind, and the real criminals
have turned up afterward. And
who has not been sure there was fire
beneath smoko that turned out to be
dust or vapor.
The fact that a maa looks black is
no evidence that lie is a black man ;
he may bo a blacksmith. The sad
dest chapter iu the history ot the
Church has not been written. It is
the chapter that contains the names
o! men of whom the world was not
worthy, who went down to their
graves with the smutty finger prints
ot Satan’s emissaries upon their
names. There arc dead heroes one
cannot recall without tears for think
ing of their bitter trials, of cruel
mockings and scourings, and how
they suffered in silence before the
world, only now and then in the se
crey of midnight, when the heart
was breaking unfolding their sor
row to some bosom friend. But
there is comfort as well as warning
even in this sad chapter. ‘ If the
world hate you, ye know the wotld
haled me before it hated you.'’
It is a noble thing to have the
power of retaliation and not to use
it.
Every man has just as much van
ity as he wants understanding.—
Pope.
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“I should like most,’’ said the
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“The sculptor cuts a pretty figure
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Cincinnati Enquirer.
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“A good general never overlooks
a point in the game," said an ex
army officer, who grieves because
time, bae ruled him out of the ser
vice.
* Nothing escapes him, and that
should be remembered by these
curbstone orators and corner gro
cery strategists who gather a little
surface information, and then howl
because campaigns are not carried
on in accordance with their plans.
“Apropos to this, I recall what
seemed a little thing that happened
before we attacked Fort Donelson,
and yet there is no measuring the ef
fect it may have had upon history.
General Grant called a council of
war to consider whether they should
attack at once or give the troops a
lew days’ rest. The other officers
favored a rest, while General Grant
smoked, and gave no opinion.
“ ‘There was a deserter brought in
this morning,’ the general finally
said. Let us see him and hear what
he has to say.’
‘■The first thing Grant did when
the fellow came in wns to open up
his knapsack. ‘Where are you
from ?’’the general ther: asked.
“ ‘Fort DoneLor..'
“ 'You have six days rations, I
sec. When wero they served
“ ‘Yesterday morning, s’r.'
“ ‘Were the same rations served
to all the troops ?’
“ ‘Yes, sir.’
“Gentlemen,’ said Grant, ‘troops
do not have six days’ lations served
out to them in a forf if they mean to
stay there These men rneaD to re
treat, not to fight. We will attack
at once.”’—Detroit Free Press.
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