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•\'J ,/ ••.v, .-. .WsV.A.-( I r* JhA'V •& tv* S W&M "Right—dressl" KhoiiliHi iiif old Ror grant, who bad stationed himself nt the right of tbo line. Thon ho ran along the front, pushing so mo men hack a little and pulling othora forward. Finally be returned to the right and shouted "Front!" Then the lieutenant looked at ua as carelessly as if merely to see If our general Appearance was fair. At last be shouted: "Atten-tion! Mcu, orders have come for all recruits for the Thirty-eighth cavalry to be sent to the regiment at once. You must reuiaiu here, there fore, until the order for transportation comes. We'll get off some time this evening. That's all. Break ranks march!" The yells, roars and oaths that went up from two or three score of the men were worse than any I ever had heard. I couldn't blame auy of the other re* emits, however, for I was as angry, shocked and frantic as they. "Get off some time this evening!" That meant I couldn't see father, mother or Ned before I started—couldn't see them in three years unless the war ended soon er. It was awful—It was worse than the worst thing 1 ever had imagined about war. Some of the more excitable fellows -made a rush for the door to find there for the first time an armed guard, be yond whom at the bead of the stairs were several more. They did not bo long to our own regiment either. Then they dashed to the rear of the loft and g-J*"# 5*7 L.r^ 1 "Foil tn, men," said, the lieutenant. threw up the window sashes, but two Infantrymen with fixed bayonets were In the tiny courtyard below. Then Babel began again, while the lieuten ant resumed his chair, cigar and pen as coolly as if be were deaf or accus tomed io such scenes, 1 "Can It be possible that this was what the major meant?' I asked of Hamilton and Cloyne. "Undoubtedly," groaned Cloyne, "It Isn't a new trick by nny means." 'The Bcouudrell" hissed Hamilton, who was the picture of more kinds of discomfort than I had ever seen in one face before. "Perhaps be really did want to see as three on the business you suggest ed," said I to Hamilton. 'Twon't do any harm to ask." He shook bis. bead doubtfully, but approached, the lieutenant, followed by Cloyne and me. "Lieutenant," said be, "excuse me, but I bare reason to expect some offi cial communications from Albany, througb tbe major, for myself and my friends here. Can you tell me whether they have come?" "Not that I know of," said the officer pleasantly. I "Will tbe major be In soon?" "Tbe major Is—no. The truth is, I doubt wbether we shall ever see him again. He hasn't succeeded In raising a company, much less a battalion, and has dropped out of the business. He never had a commission anyway." "Then all of us to whom he promised commissions are duped?" "Not at all—If you've raised the req uisite number of men. Have you done It?" VM if "•teak#! Tben Hamilton lost his Belf posses sion for tbe first time within my knowl edge. "How many men have you raised?" continued the officer. "Five," said Hamilton feebly. "And yon?" This to Cloyne. "Four," sighed tbe handsome Irish man. Tben tbe lieutenant looked at me In quiringly. "Three," I whispered, remembering that one was dead and another re claimed by bis parents. "And you've consumed nearly a month at this," said tbe officer. "What commissions do you suppose you are entitled to?" No one answered, so the lieutenant resumed his work. Then we til roe Summer ton men step ped aside at Hamilton's suggestion for consultation, but we at once began to moan and grumble Instead of consult ing. CUyne said be bad no one In particular to say goodby to neverthe less to go off as we were about to, with out saying a word to any of the many people be bad known pleasantly for years, would make him feel very much as If suddenly arrested and sent to prison. Hamilton said he heartily wished him self In Cloyne's condition, but unfortu uately there were mnny people to whom be owed parting calls and some with whom he had ruo'i engagements which be wouldn't breau for anything. I began to say that 1 feared that uot to see me again would be the death of ray father or mother or both, but I didn't get through my speech very well. As for ray brother Ned. wlieu I thought of thut little fellow and all I might Lave been to bin), but hadn't, and now be wouldn't have a big brother again for years, 1 secretly promised heaven to endure patiently nny hardship or suffering of war If 1 might be spared to make amends to that small boy. Suddenly Hamilton exclaimed: "This won't do. We're wasting pre cious time. If we can't go back home we can at -nst telegraph our friends to ^ine vn and say goodby to us. Let me laboi with the great mogul once more." "Lieutenant," said Hamilton, whom Cloyne and I followed to the desk, "I beg a thousand pardons, but 1 kuow you'll forgive me if you'd put yourself (n_my place for a moment I'm an old & .. ^*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0**0*0*0*0*0*0*0-K-O*0 v0x0*0*0fc O »0*-0»0*0*0*0»0*0*0tt0*0*00-*0»0-»0»0-fr0a-0#0-x-Q. p-so^ox-Q^E BOYS WERE MEN 1- By JOHN HABBERTON. Author of ''Helco*s Babies," "George Washington," Etc. copmiGHT loot, itY JOHN HAnnnmYjN *0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*00*0*0*0*0*0* ox o*o »o :vb7*6:*o5 0-0*0*0*0? ffitSSSl i.:.--1 aui.k.it uuui, aim 1 know orders must lo obeyed." "First regiment, eh?*' said the lieu tenant. rising from his desk, while Cloyne and I pinched each other with delight at the Impression which Ham ilton's announcement had evidently made. "Yes, and I've enlisted for service, not for money, for I'm quite well off already. My two friends here and 1 would like to see our families and ac quaintances before we start" "Telegraph thein to come at once," said tbe lieutenant. "Go to tbe uearcst hotel and see them there. You wouldn't like to meet them before this crowd. I'll pass you through the guards." We uiust have been a happy trio to look at just then as Hamilton took the lieutenant's hand and murmured: "God bless you!" "I hope he will," said the officer, "for everybody else is cursing me today, though I'm merely doing my duty." We all moved through the door, the lieutenant leading. Just then 1 felt a clutch at ray shoulder and, turning, saw Bralnnrd. his face tear stained and most woebegone. Hamilton chanced to see him, too, stopped, stared and ex claimed: "Eh? What's this?" "This Is a surprise," said I. "lie's one of us after all." 'Thank heaven!" exclaimed Hamil ton. I was so pleased at this remark that I was hours In comprehending the en tire meaning of it, which was that there was a woman In the case. Mean while Hamilton named the hotel to which we would go and where the lieu tenant could notify us when It was time to start We at once telegraphed our families and while awaiting them, made some hasty goodby visits to friends In tbe city. Two hours later we felt as criminals condemned to death must feel during the final-visit of their friends. My father—bless his dear, thoughtful heart—brought down the entire family and the dog besides. Had It not been for that dog's efforts to explore the hotel and Ned's efforts to bring him back there would have been little relief from the gloom of which all of us were full. Brainard's mother seemed to suffer worst of all. She had gone through the agony of giv ing her son away only to* get him back again forever, she supposed. Now he was a soldier once more, and at scarce ly an hour's notice she was to lose him. My own misery was doubled by her sorrow, for was not I to blame for bis being In uniform? My cousin May tried to put some cheer into the party, and as she always laughed heartily at the slightest provo cation it was impossible not to be af fected by her spirits. She made cheery though modest* replies to some gallant speeches which Hamilton addressed to ber, and she told Mrs. Hralnard to think how much more Charley's quick wits would be to the nation than the guns of a dozen common men. She scarcely spoke a word to Charley him self, however, and he looked at her only slyly, for, as he told mo after ward, ho had caught a glimpse of him self In a hotel mirror and felt like a scarecrow. A message from the lleuteuaut broke up our party, Cloyne departing first, followed by Hamilton and bis friends. I bad to drag myself away from my mother's arms aud thou tear Bralnnrd away *from. his mother. I hope 1 may never again see such a picture of deso lation as that couple made while tak ing a last look at each other. It seem ed as if a sense of my own responsi bility would kill me, but suddenly Cousin May relieved the feellugs of all present by throwing her arms around Charley's ueek and exclaiming: "You poor, troubled little fellow, your mother shan't be lonesome while you are away." How wo got out of that room—why we did not full dead at the liual part lug—I do not know. To my memory that is still the most dismal day of the eutire war. We took paius not to tell our families where our rendezvous was or by what streets we would depart We did uot know ourselves. Just a quarter of an hour afterward, how ever, as we tramped down Broadway, a dog sprang upon me, aud as I turued to cast hiui off I saw it was miue— that little Ned was right behind him, and my father was following Ned, Wt®ffi CHAPTER IV£ IN CAU1* AGAIN. E went south on a train which contained some squuds of recruits for other regiments, and I cannot say that any of them impressed mo more favorably than our own or that they looked like men from whom the Southern Confederacy had much to fear. Certainly they could not bear comparison with the average of our old militia, regiment, at whom the cavalry had sneered and whom the regular artillerymen had callcd"Dough boys." The great majority reminded me of the corner loungers in city and town. I said as much to Cioyue. who replied: "For very good reason too. That's Just the class from which they were recruited." It was pleasing to think that wo should see something different when we reached our camp, which was only about a day distant from New York. Our quartet wished we might soon reach tiiere, too. for the trip persisted In recalling by contrast that of the Ninety-ninth, and the contrast made us gloomy. No natives wished us god speed or brought fruit aud refresh ments to the train when it stopped at a station. Nobody sang patriotic songs In the cars or passed jokes from seat to seat. On the contrary, there wero much vile language aud drunkenness, with some fighting, for men who had received large bounties and were not accustomed to having much money had apparently tried to Invest all their cash In whisky. Some tried to desert by Jumping from the car platforms as wo passed slowly through the larger towns, and apparently wo all wero suspected by the oflicers in charge of tho various squads of beiug possible "bounty jumpers." It was not until this trip thfit wo came to realize, recruiting oflicers though we had been, that tho payment of bounties, which had not beguu until tho Ninety-ninth had taken the field, -.v:. '_*•' ii-- had developed a new and highly pop ular industry—that of enlisting, receiv ing bounties, deserting, re-enlisting to receive more bounties, and so on In definitely until the bounty jumper was detected or sent to the front too sud denly and securely to escape. One of the officers, with whom Ham ilton and Cloyne scraped acquaint ance, said we were lucky not to be sent down In locked cars, with windows so arranged on tbo out side that they could not bo opened enough to let a man through, no None of these revelations promised well for the Union cause, and I asked Hamilton why it was that the army did not get a better class of volunteers. "Because," said Hamilton between his teeth, "most members of the bettor classes are trying to become officers, Instead of first enlisting as privates, like several fools with whom I am acquainted." "But they can't all become officers," I argued. "There are too many of them." "None of them will become a private soldier until there Is a couscription," said Cloyne. who stood by. "It's the only way thut men of the better classes ever get Into tho armies of other na tions." "But we are different" said I, with rising American pride. "Our better classes know they have more to be thankful for than the people of other nations, so they have more patriotism." "They do, eh? From the appearance of this car and such others on this train I have gone through, I must say their patriotism Is not hurrying them iuto the military service." Then I had to change tho subject of conversation. Before reaching camp we became ac quainted with some of the recruits for our own reglmeut and found enough varieties of human uaturo to interest us and to justify Cloyne's remark that It takes a net or an army to catch all sorts of queer fish. Hamilton, who had a iiead for statistics, took the trouble to ask each recruit for the Thirty-eighth what was his business I "Ah, you vanta glory, cht" before he enlisted. There were only 52 recruits, but 45 different trades and professions were named. Indeed, there was but one business or calling which more than one man designated. It was "soldier." Hamilton, Cioyue aud I were throe of the five who made this statement The others were two Btal wart Eugllshmcn, almost middle aged. I engaged these successively in con versation and was almost paralyzed at learning that they wero survivors of tho famous "Six Hundred" who formed the "Light Brigade" that charged at Balaklava and was Immor talized by Tennyson in a poem which 1 and every other boy In our school had declaimed on "speech day." It was long before I could tear my self away from these fine fellows and tell Hamilton and Cloyne what an ac quisition our regiment bad made. Hamilton was as much surprised and delighted as I, but Cloyne twitched bis face, looked out the car window In an absentminded sort of way and re marked: "They'll make about 1,200 survivors of that 'Six Hundred' whom I have personally met yet I haven't been a great traveler." "Perhaps," said I, "Lord Cardigan didn't carefully couut bis men before riding at the Russian guus, or perhaps Tennyson took poetic license as to number." Cloyne laughed as he tried a pun. "Somebody somewhere has ventured more lie Minn sense on the subject" I thought this was very cyuical of Cloyne. Of course there are Impostors everywhere, but splendid, straight, manly looking fellows like our own regiment's share of the "Six Hundred" could not be suspected of auything un fair or pretentious. They were superb Ij cool and composed, as great soldiers always are, and neither of them seem ed to take ordinary interest In any one around him until 1 chanced to meution one of them to the other. To my great surprise, they were not even acquaintances. Tlils fact or some other seemed to surprise tho oue I spoke to, and when I brought them to gether and Introduced them they did not look and act at all as I Imagined old comrades in a historic battle would. Thinking perhaps they preferred to re view old associations in private, I left them, after which they began to chat quite freely, and when next I uict one of them he told me they had identified each other at last, and glad they were to find they were old friends. It was a long time before I could get Cioyue to take the slightest Interest In them, but be finully eyed them, first careless ly, then curiously. Later I saw him In earnest conversation with one of them, and when I joked with" him about It he put ou a queer smile aud patted me on the shoulder In a patron izing manner that exasperated me. Our reception at the camp of tho Thirty-eighth was not what I bad ex pected. The veterans of the regiment did not turn out to cheer the brave youths vho had come to help them put down the rebellion. They did not even offer us something to eat, al though It was long after breakfast time aud our haversacks had been empty since the night before. A few sauntered over to the adjutant's tent, to which we had been marched, aud looked at us as if In search of familiar faces, but no one took special interest In us except tho orderly sergeants of the various companies, whom the ad jutant had the sergeant major summon by buglo call. The company in which we had enlisted had not yet been organized, so wo were allotted tem porarily amoug the older coiupaules, and the orderly sergeants swore fright fully, as they marched us off, at the trouble they would have to squeeze an extra man or two Into every tent of a lot already well lined. The men in tue tents did not do much to make us feel at home, although one or two put on some appearance of friendliness as they asked us If we had brought down anything in pocket flasks. Wo Sutnmcrton boys were not made any more comfortable by being sep arated, as we chanced to be. No three of us were assigned to the same com pany, much less to tbe same tent. There seemed nothing for us to do or see either, for no drill was ordered during the morning. Before dinner call was sounded I had lost all Inter est In the service and the war. I could think of nothlug but our farm at Sam mcrton and the people who occupied It My father had promised to visit mo in camp before winter If tbe au th&ritles would permit How I hoped ho would not do it! I should have been glad to have him see the camp of the Ninety-ninth, but the cavalry camp was very different There seemed no end of detached tents aud huts, with no particular purpose that I could dis cover. Nothing was as I had expected. said also that a number of hard characters had enlisted only for the purpose of robbing their comrades and that those of us who had much mouey would do well to bide it securely before drop ping asleep. After dluner wo boys had an oppor tunity to see each other again. We enjoyed the meeting, but not Its pur pose, for each new recruit was given a shovel and set to digging post holes and ditches for some new stables that were to bo built. I could have had plenty of digging without coming sev eral hundred miles from home, for my father had long Intended to set a new fence. An excitable young French man among the recruits seemed some what of my way of thinking, for he suddenly dropped his shovel And shout ed: "1 will not dig ze hole! I enlist for la gloire, noi for dirty work like zis." "Ah, you vauts glory, eh?" said the German scrgeaut who seemed engineer In chief. "Den better It is you go back to your own country, vere dey ain't got no sense." The Frenchman said something be tween his teeth and thrust out his fist Tho sergeant collared the Frenchman and kicked him all the way to the guardhouse. There were no protests after that. Post holes and ditches in creased rapidly, and 1 was somewhat astonished to discover that the short ditch dug by Phil Hamilton was the most shapely of the lot We recruits got some comfort after Bupper in criticising tbe movements of the cavalry at dress parade. They marched with less style than the most awkward company of tho Ninety ninth, and looked shabby by tho lack of resemblance In their hats, no two of which set alike, although all were of black felt Signs of hospitality continuing to be Invisible, some of us Summerton re cruits concluded to spend the night on the quartermaster's hay pile. Virginia dews, however, had grown cooler In the month that had elapsed since the Ninety-ninth went north, and we had to arise In the middle of tbe night and Indulge in violent exercise to warm our blood. We talked a great lot, too, BO much that the sergeant of tho guard came over to see what was the matter. When wo told him why we were there and how uncomfortable we were, he said: "Serves you right Men who've been In the service once before and got out and hadn't sense enough to stay out deserve all the bad luck tbey can find." I was angry aud miserable enough to believe for the moment that he was nearly half right. CHAPTER V. THINGS SLOW AND LIVELY. ITHIN a few days our company was organ ized, and we recruits were gathered Into tents of our owu. But we continued to bo thoroughly miserable. The cavalry camp seemed such a shift less, do nothing place for all who were not recruits that I thought seri ously of writing a private letter to President Lincoln suggesting that he should have this largo aud lazy body of men go out and kill some rebels or do something else that would help end the war. It seemed to me that the men I saw lounging about me could not pos sibly be the same who had .been all the talk of the post when the Ninety-ninth was there. We recruits did very little lounging. We were drilled pretty steadily in tho use of a saber, a weapon which did not feel or act anything like we had sup posed. For days it seemed too heavy and clumsy for me ever to use to any purpose, and I doubted whether I ever should bo able to injure the Confeder acy or defend myself by any of tho beheld an odd spectaclc. thrusts, points or cuts of the manual of arms. I told Cloyne so one day, and he replied'. "That's tho reason you'ro being taught. There'd be nonsense in teach ing you if you already kucw how." The regiment—that is, the new com panies—had uo horses, and wo Sum merton boys would feel very dismal when we saw the older companies mount aud go off ou a scouting trip, as they did at least once a week, whllo we. Instead, were marched out to drill or set to work on the stables, which were so many and large that it seemed they never would be finished. There were 12 of them, and each was more theu 300 feet long aud required 100 thick 10 foot posts, which had to bo cut In tho forest, besides hundreds of Binaller ones for the roof and to divide the stalls. Many of the men made up their minds while this work was going on that a soldier's life was a dog's life, and they proved their sincerity by act ing like dogs—growling, snarling, skulking and fighting. During this wretched experience of cavalry life my spirits were strength ened frequently by observing the im perturbable uiannerof Hamilton, listen ing to Cloyuc's sensible comments on whatever occurred and admiring the loyal spirit of little Bralnard, to whom whatever the government did through uny of its otlicials seemed entirely right. Whenever my mind was troubled because I didn't understand jthe full meaning of everything that was done ortlfif&mdone Bralnard would remind me thatjr Knew everything about thj* war I probably wouldn't be a private soldier, but general of the nrmy% or perhaps president of tho TJuited States. "Leave something, a little something, to the colonel or the war department or at least the president," Bralnard would say. "If you could do aud manage everything, as you seem to wish, the higher officials wouldn't have anything to do- but draw their pay, don't you see?" There was some truth in this, and such a remark would generally pacify me for a few hours. I think, however, that I got most comfort out of my spurs and the joy 1 anticipated for tho time when I should have a horse aud tickle his flanks. My father had never allowed one of bis horses to be touched with a Kpnr-my experience with old Rover was unknown to him—so there was a pleasure In store for me. And what spurs they were! I had brought them from Xew York. They wero "Mexicans." the wheels nearly three Inches In diameter, with points as long as a shingle nail, and they gave out a bell-like jingle as 1 walked, which was such sweet music to ray ear that 1 never was without them. I even wore them to bod, for. as no one removed any of his clothing when lying down for the night on the floor of his tout, whore was the use in taking off one's spurs? One night this question was an swered to some extent. Our tent was round, and the 15 men who lived In it slept with heads toward the outside and feet to the center. By early No vember the nights were so cold that a man ueeded a blanket as well as his uniform to keep him warm. Several recruits who admired my spurs .had purchased others as much like them as possible of the regimental sutler or storekeeper, and they wore them con tinually. Oue evening after our tentful had enjoyed a private supper of fricas seed goose, purchased from a colored woman, we ail lay down peaceably to Bleep. Whether the geese—there wero two of them-were underdoue or too rich for men whose ordinary supper was dry bread and sauce of dried ap ples 1 don't know, but some of us were affected in our dreams very much like small children after Christmas dinner aud unlimited candy. How the trouble began 1 do uot know, but I awoke from a dream of being heavily shackled In a rebel dungeon to And a terrible uproar and struggle going on in tho tent which was as black as Egypt dur ing the plague of darkness. To make matters worse, the most serious part of my dream seemed still in operation, for I could uot liberate my feet when I tried to crawl away from the center. "What blanked cuss has been tying our feet together?" roared one man. "Lot go of my blanket," shouted an other, "or I'll break your head!" "You're a nice oue to talk," said a third, "when It's you that's making all the trouble!" Meanwhile I, who had Just awoke and didn't know anything about the difficulty, was being dragged one way and another by my feet, so I raised my. own voice and complained of unfair treatment The din awoke the first sergeant, one of the only two noncommissioned offi cers yet appointed for our company, and be opened tbe tent flap and roared: "Keep quiet here or I'll send you all to the guardhouse!" "I'd be greatly obliged, sergeant," said Bralnard plaintively, "if you'd send me there right away, if only to get out of this frightful snarl." "Strike a light," said the sergeant Hamilton, who always carried match es, scratched one aud lighted the can dle, which was in a socket on the tent pole then, as*I struggled to a sitting posture, I beheld au odd spectacle. Nearly all the men In the tent seemed bound together by the feet by blankets or held down by blankets stretched tightly across their legs. After each man had Investigated for himself a lit tle while It appeared that the men with Mexican spurs, like all the others, had been tossing uneasily in their sleep, all on account of the goose supper, and had worked the point of their spurs through the blankets over their feet As the blankets greatly overlapped one another at the center, a spur as often as not had contracted an entangling al liance with some other fellow's blan ket, and the harder the wearer tried in his sleep to free himself/ tossing and straining, tbe worse became the mis ery. "Unloose yourselves!" said tho ser geant "Unloose thunder!" shouted a big ex drayman from New York. "You can't unloose a tie till you And the end, and the ends of these blankets is all Inside somewhere." "Be jabers," grunted an Irishman, "I belave some spalpeen has stole the Inds and tuk 'em away." We picked and pulled and tugged and lost our tempers, and tbe few men who weren't In the tangle drew out of the crowd and laughed and Jeered. Final ly one desperate mau drew his pocket knife and began to cut himself loos(*. The others* followed his example, and after five minutes of hard work wo were free, with an immense heap of woolen rags In the center of tho tent and a hard tuft on each spur to teli how the wretchedness began. "No spurs In bed hereafter," said the captain, who had come over to see the fun and was nearly choking in an ef fort to keep down his laughter and his dignity. It took an hour of time next day to get the fragments of blanket from my spur wheels, and I wasn't helped by tho fellows who sat around and said I was to blame" for the whole row, for no one would have bought those infernal spurs If I hadn't set the example. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Reuaon For the lilt. "Was Mrs. Gabbot's 'conversazione' a success?" "Decidedly. Everybody chatted at a great rate." "How did she ever manage it?" "Oh, she had a musical programme, you know, that lasted all through."-— Philadelphia Bulletin. The Ilen*on. 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Do you ever wish lor book that can bo relied upon to answer correctly all the little questions and knotty problems that present themselves day by day—a book that will quickly decide all argu ments on all subjects The I'J02 World Almanac and.-' Encyclopedia, which is now ready, is exactly tills kind of book It takeB the same position in tho world of l'aots and iigures as does the diction ary in the world of words. This little volume contains over UOO pages of well printed agate type, ever) line containing some fact that you will sooner or later want to look up." The World Almanac should*occupy prominent place iu every progressive Amerlcimhousehold. The i'J02edition more complete tlmn'sny1 or the 'formei ones. It contains fact's on many sub jects thut have recently been brought to ike public notice and which every up to-date person should have at his tin gors ends. Among the features of the 1TO2 A! manuc are: ®T!ie millionuiris of tho United States, list giving the names cf nearly 4,000 Americans who possess over 81,000,000. The great American trusts full particu lars of IKi leading industrial oraaniza tius. Organized labor enlarged sta tistics of the strength of labor unions and tho prtsent condition of the labor iviov ment. The Nicaragua Canal and the nny-Panncefote treaties with Great Britain Progress of aerial navigation in ltKll. Complete United States census. Anarchist statistics ot the United States and Europe, etc to the extent of over 1,000 topics. "I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve ror piles and found It a certain cure." Bays S. It. Meredith, Willow Grove, Del. Operations unnecessary to cure pileB. They always yield to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cures Bkln diseases, all kinds of wonnde. Accept no counter feits. Smith Bros. Improvement of Corn. .7 "Uncle Henry" Wallace,is devoting a good deBl of space in his paper Wal laces' Farmer to the improvement of Iowa Corn. He calls attention to the fact that while the Iowa Farmer has been improving his live stock for twen ty years and more ho has given very little attention to the great Iowa crop, corn. Among the many articles which have appeared in Wallace's Farmer on ... ., uuuvc a i' at utCl UU. •. In thie connection we wish to say that Wallaces' Farmer ia one of the best agricultural papers that comes to thin oilice. It is handsomely printed on paper of line Quality, filled with at tractive illustrations, and in addition to its regular features, Its editorials by "Uncle Henry," its departments of Dairying, Horticulture, tbe Hog und Poultry, Its Home Department, for the women contains full reports of the leading fairs, live stock shows, and sales, agricultural meetings, etc. It Is published weekly at Des Moines, Iowa* at 81.00 a year, ail subscriptions pay able in advance and the paper stops hen tho time is out. We can send Wullacea' Farmer and the Democrat both one year for only 2.23 and you get ir-e of our nice premiums. Apply at !!ie Democrat oilice. Loads Them AU. "One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicines I ever tried for coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung trou bles,' says D. Scott Currin of Loganton. l'a. One Minute Cough Cure is the only absolutely safe cough remedy which acts immediately. ?.lothers everywhere testify to the good it has done their lit tle ones. Croup is so sudden in its at tacks that the doctor often arrives too late, It yields at once to One Minute Cough Cure. Pleasant to take. Chil dren like it. Suro cure for grip, bron chitis, coughs, Smith BroB. Much Heading tor Little Money. Tho New York World has got the cost of printing down to a minimum. Its latest oiTer of its monthly newspa per-magazine is interesting if from no other cause than it shows the acme of "how much for how little." The Month ly World is a 32 page magazine with colored cover. Its pages are about the size of the pages of the Ladies Home Journal, aud it is copiously Illustrated in half-tone. The illustrations are the results of the best artistic 6kill, aided by all tho latest printing-press appli ances, making a magazine unrivalled in the quality of ItB contents and its ap pearances. Each issue contains stories of romance, love, adventure, travel stories of liction and fact stories of things quaint and curiouB, gathered to gether from all over the world the re sults of scientiflc research, and editor ial reviews. It numbers among its contributors the'leading literary men and women of the day. A feature each month iB a full-page portrait of the most famed man or woman of the moment in the public eye. In collect ing and preparing for publication the literary matter and art subjects for the Monthly World no expense is spared. The New York World will send 6ix numbers of this newspaper-magazine on receipt of tifteen cents in stamps. AddrosB The World, Pulitzer Building, New York. rl Wiiltrt Slallutojir. per Tlio Regular and Reliable Chi cngo Wpwialist will be at Man Chester, Clarence House, Monday, July 14, one day only and return once every 28 days. Office hours 8 a, ni. to (5 JJ. in. r» ittjtumncnuy ma cases no unaenauen minds ie lutnirablo r»ome without tirkluw a vfiomthom. TltU Is why ho continues tils Ut3 year after r, svhilo other doctors have .•id* a low vlslt3 and stopped. Dr. Shallcnber- Is an eminently successful specialist In all •lilies dlsoasos, proven by tho many cures i5'of! In chronic cases which ivo baffled tho .iilof all other physician*, ills hospital ox* .. rlenco and oxtonsivo pr ,f!co 1 The 1902 World Almanac aud Ency clopedia is on sale by all newsdealers throughout the country for 25 cents. When ordered by mail 10c extra for postaoe must be inclosed to the Woild New York. Sures ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM, ALL SKIN ERUPTIONS AND FACE BLEMISHES. IT HAS NO EQUAL. Sold by druggists or sent, express prepaid upon receipt of price 75Q. Address V- N. DEA.COM. MANOHESXT'N. «old by Denlun & Ward, Manchester, lows. Johnston, DelhJ, lowa.» Dr. II. Livingston, liopkinton, lotva. 1 I..,.i »»». UITIU^SIUU, UtipA J.P.Sireigul Ky:tn. Iowa. K. F. Mulvohlll, MasiMVMo.lowR. i.. it.,u,iu«, A. Ivi-ndftU, lSurlYill", Iowa. lverpcr fileyors, r^rsbu/t lov I. Armslrcnx, livo^un.Iov/ lr. W, Roydou, hdgewooii, /•.771. Whoeloi- Katon. Lamcntl Iowa •lames Musser, Almoral, Iowa. J. V. Hush, Colosburg, Iowa. IS. U. lirtggg Si Co., Dundee, Iowa. Mus.soh 3EACOM'** iUTlCSLBaR THC Oft'AT M80S0AV •IBOOVIHV havo mado him proficient that ho can narue aud locat, a dis* IMJ ill a £ov mluutss. Troats all -able r-^o.s of Catarrh. Noso, 'uror.t and diseased. 2-yo -nd Lur, touiach, Liver and Kimevs, Gravel, puma 'sn. Paralysis, Nourabrla, Nervous nnd lloait "^oases, Blood ... Skin d. oases, ht's Plsoaso Cor^um 'iiseases jf theUladilor and K-'ilepsy, Jilted u»nl liils.Cataraet, Cross Eye r?»!n. NERVOUS A. 11. BL&Kti, ... II. 0. nAKRKULK. and. V.rroaWont, 1 BANK, MANCHESTER. IOWA. CAPITAL. $50,000 General Banking ElUSlllGSS KW9 US SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES tP and these are illustrated by a nnthber of photographs showing different va rieties of corn, perfect and imperfect ears, the most prolitable to raise, etc. I he average Iowa farmer thinks he knowB as much about corn as anybody does but we miss our guess if he can not learn a lot from these articles in Wallaces' Farmer. A._yon Transacted, Interest Paid on Time Deposits, TOR BENT. B. Hobioson, M. Garr, A. Granger, M. F. LoRoy, M. Beehler. A. H. Blake. Oven, LVriwr'™' H. O. Haeberlo. cosesseBFoaTesaTTs. First National Bank, Dubuaue, Iowa. Central National Bank New Vork City. Commoreial National Bank. Chicago, ius. R. W. TIRRILL Is Loaning Honey as chead as any person or Corpora tion. Compound Vapor and Sham poo Baths. Baths Most all dis-' eaBos are caused by poisonous seo retlons, which clog the wheels of NATURE. Vapor 1 and Shampoo. The name and the symptoms: may be different but the cause of disease can us-7 ually be traced to tho imperiect aotion ol the millions ot pores of tho human body. A bath in accordance with scientific require monts is the best preventative and romedy known. The methods employ ed by me are tho most scientific ever invented or discoveied (or dispelling dlseaso. Results tell tho story. Give' mo a trial. This is the Conant system ol baths. A competent lady attendant In charge of the ladies department. Office and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel, 8tf Q. D. QATeS. BOYNTON M'EWEN, I HAVE Ladies and dents dold Watches in all sizes kinds and styles, Ladles, dents and Chrildrens Rings from DIAMONDS, OPALS, EMER ALDS, PEARLS,ETC., down to PLAIN GOLD BANDS. WEDDING RINGS. SOLID STERLING SILVER PORKS, TABLE, DESERT and TEA SPOONS, NAPKIN RINGS, ETC., ETC., ETC. Also large line of Best Brands of— SILVER PLATED SPOONS, PORKS, KNIVES, TEA SETS, WATER SETS CAKE BASKETS, BUTTERDISHES, ETC., ETC. CARVING KNIVES and FORKS, LADLE GUARD CHAINS, GENTS VEST CHAINS? EMBLEM RINGS, CHARMS, LOCK ETS, GOLD SPECTACLES, MAN TEL CLOCKS, SILK UMBREL LAS, GOLD PENS. Come and see the many things we have not space to list. BOYNTON & M'EWEN. Delaware County STATE BANK Manchester, Iowa. CAPITAL S60j000 OFFICERS WM. C. (SAWLEY, CHAS. J, SEEDS Presldont. R. W. TIRKIL, Vice President, oui. Coj^umptlon in early il Female Organs. ,1'juor and Tobacco habit. Stammering cured id sure methods to prevent its recurrence given. A nevor-failhiK remedy for Hlu Keck. 'I1.E3. FISTULA '"••I oured-wlthout 'P.ch'.l nUention a "i'si's, anil all lisoI uml Throat. ni RUPTURE puaran ntlon from business. to all Surgical of tlio Eye, Kar, nioud. Granulated ..ralKhtenod without DEBILITY. Aro you nervous aud despondent: weak and dobilitatctt tired mornings no ambition—llfo* memory poor easily fatigued excitable and irritable eyes sunken, red aud biurrod pies on face dreams and night losses rest* haggard looking weak back deposit In rlnfl and dralnS at stool: dlstrusu".'* want of uHlilouco: lack of energy and Mrecgth? ^Private Diseases a Spec ialty, Rlood Poison, Nervousness, Dlz/iuess, De ective Memory and other ailments wMeh rulu body and'mind'posltlvely cur«Ml. W0R9S9ERFUL CURES Perfected In old cases which havo beon neg locted or unskillfuliy troatod. No experiments orfaliuros. Ho undertakes no Incurable oases, but euro thousands given up to dlo. Consultation Free and Confidential. Address, OB. WILBERT SHALLENBERGER, Oakwood Blvd., Ghloogo. Befercnoc: Oakland Nat'l Bank. v* i'i Cashier, C. W. KEAGY, Ass't. Cashier. —DIRECTOR8 WM. C. OAWLEY. H. F. ARNOLD. W. (5. KKNYON. R, W. TIURILL. EDWARD P. SEE G. W. DUNHAM. CL1AS. J. SEEDS. M. H. WILLISTON. C. W. KEAGY. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Prompt attention given to all business. Pas senger tickets from and to all parts or Eur ope direct to Manchester, ror salo. Long Time Mortgage Loans Made Bought and Sold. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES .For the storage of valuable papers, etc. (or rent. When you want Fine Furniture Al" Fair Prices GO TO Werkmeister's AT i, $ I J* I 1 1 1 Earlville. Undertaking Solicited F. WERKMEISTER, Earlville, Iowa, 'PW