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THE LAND OF "PRETTY SOON."
I know of a land when the streets an paved
With the things which we meant to achieve
It it walled with the money we meant to have
saved
And the pleasnm for which we grieve.
The kind words on spoken, the promises broken
And many a coveted boon
Are stowed away there In that land some
where
The land of "Pretty Boon."
There are tin cat Jewels of possible fame
Lying about in the dust,
Ami many a noble and lofty aim
tXivered with mold and rust.
And. oh, this place, while it seems so near,
Is farther away than the moon.
Tboaph our purpose Is fair, yet we never get
there
The land of "Pretty Boon."
The road that leads to that myatlo land
U strewn with pitiful wrecks.
And the ships that have sailed for Its shining
strand
Bear skeletons on their docks.
It is farther at noon than it was at dawn.
And farther at night than at noon.
Oh, let as beware of that land down there
The land of "Pretty Soon."
Ella Wnee.er Wilcox In Cincinnati Commer
cial. ' ,
BEUIN JONES.
the best soldier
ABOUT SHIPS' BELLS.
A LANGUAGE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN
LANDSMEN SUPPOSE,
"Captain, who was
yon ever knew?"
This qnnstion was propounded recent
ly to Captain Bronangh, the present
ooal oil inspector of St. Louis and a man
who has seen enough of war to make
his judgment in regard to soldiers worth
something.
"Well, I hardly know," was the re
ply, "but I can tell you very easily who
was the best fighter I ever knew. "
"What's the difference?"
"There's a great deal of difference.
To be a good soldier one must have
courage, patience and endurance, disci
pline and a great many other things. To
be a good fighter one only needs to have
plenty of the devil in him. I can't say
in regard to the best soldier, but the
best fighter 1 ever knew was undoubted
ly a man named Jones. I have no idea
what his first name really was, bnt our
men all called him Bruin, for reasons
that 1 think you can guess when you
hear the story. He was a member of my
oompany, but I have no recollection of
how or when he joined us. The first
day 1 remember ever to have seen him
was the 15th of August, 1862, just the
day before the awful fight at Lone
Jack."
It seems that on that date all the com
panies in Lewis' regiment were reor
ganized, and that the voting for officers
was ail done by ballot When it came
to Bronaugh's company, every vote read
was cast for him for captain, except the
last ona To the surprise of every one,
the last vote was called out in stentorian
tones:
"The devil!"
At the announcement of this unex
pected vote the men stared around at
each other in amazement
"Say," remarked the wit of the com
pany at last, "that fellow ought to have
better manners than vote for himself."
In the laugh that followed all the
company joined, except Jones. He stood
stiff as a ramrod, with a countenance
like that of Mephistopheles, until the
laugh had subsided, and then he re
marked: "He voted for a blamed sight better
man than Bronangh, anyway."
I think that the reader will concede
that when the captain compliments Mr.
Jones' fighting qualities it is not be
cause of any special personal friendship
for him. He was a man of about 80 years
of age, below medium height, slender,
clean shaven, dark complexion, and was
very much like a hawk in the keenness
of his eyes, the curvature of his nose,
the musicalness of his voice and the
general amiability of his disposition.
The captain sums up the case by saying :
"He was soured on the world and all
the rest of mankind. "
He was never known to agree with
anybody on any subject that could be
mentioned. The nearest he ever came to
it was one day in camp, when the sol
diers happened to be discussing the char
acter of Abraham Lincoln, and one of
them forcibly expressed the opinion that
he was the greatest scoundrel that ever
lived. . -
" Yes!" exclaimed Jones, with a pro
fusion of lurid language. "There's only
one more contemptible hound in the
universe than Lincoln,"
"Who's he?"
"Jeff Davis, " he replied, with all the
withering contempt he could crowd into
the words. From this speech it may be
imagined that while Mr. Jones hated
the Union he did not adore the Confed
eracy The boys in camp suggested that
be wore the gray merely because he had
more ineu to shoot at than if he wore
the blue There was no duty too hard
for him, no night too cold or rainy for
him to stand guard, no fight too danger
ous for him, provided only he was al
lowed to have his fill of profanity and
abowe for the world in general Once
when it was hinted that the artillery
wad not strong enough to dislodge a cer
tain battery belonging to the enemy,
some one suggested :
"Put old Jones up in front and let
him cuss at 'em. If that don't clean 'em
out, there's no use to try bombshells. "
He would not only curse the Federals,
but the Confederates also, the officers as
well as the men. Several times he was
known to knock his messmate down with
the flat side of a spade, and then if he
was so inconsiderate as to remonstrate
to threaten him with the edge. Owing
to such traits in him as these, the men
gradually grew unwilling to eat with
him, so that for months he was a veri
table hermit, though surrounded by men.
No one spoke to him or had anything of
any kind to do with him when it could
In any way be avoided, and this seemed
to be exactly what he wanted. About
this time he was nicknamed "Bruin,"
not only on account of his bearlike tern
' ner. but also becauso the solitary figure,
squatting about by bis campfire, eating
his own food and holding converse with '
no one was very much like that of . a 1
;. boar caged by itself to prevent it from
injuring anything. '
In this way things worked tolerably
CSOOtMf for awhita, bnt before loof
Captain Bronangh and his men decided
that if it could be done they would like
very much to get Bruin transferred to
some other oompany. There were just
two difficulties in the way of this. In
the first place, no captain who knew
him very well would consent to take
him, and, in the second place, if Bruin
knew that Bronangh and his men did
not want him he would insist most
strenuously on staying. Both these diffi
culties were circumvented by a little
strategy. In the company of Captain
Boles there was a man named Eph Goff,
a Henry county man, a brave soldier
and on ardent friend of Bronangh. He
is at present living on his farm near
Clinton and is said to be as rollicksome
and as fond of his joke now as he was
thea One day Bronangh approached
Boles, explained the situation and asked
that Goff be transferred to his company.
"All right," said Captain Boles.
"Who can you give me in his place?"
"Well, I've got a man named Jones
you can have. "
"Is he a good soldier?"
"The best fighter I ever saw. "
"Done," said Captain Boles, and that
part of the matter was settled. The only
thing now remaining was to get Bruin's
consent to be transferred, and this was
done in the .following manner:
"Mr. Jones, "said Captain Bronangh
one. day, "I understand you are trying
to get out of my company and into Cap
tain Boles'. I want you to understand,
sir, that I don't propose to permit you to
do anything of the kind. If any officer
has got to be losing his men for every
little fool reason that may come up,
there'd just as well not be any officer at
all"
Bruin looked a little dazed at this
statement of the case, and then remark
ed that he'd be dash blank dashed if he
would stay in any such double dashed
oompany any more just see if he would I
In this manner his consent was won, and
the next day he applied to Captain Boles
for a transfer. The application should
have been sent to certain superior officers,
but Captain Bronangh was unwilling for
this to be done, for fear he might lose
his trade.
" No use to bother Colonel Lewis about
a little thing like that," he said to
Boles. "Just let's wait, till the thing
has about had time to go through the
rounds and then just swap the men ourselves."-
Accordingly, some two weeks later,
Bruin was informed that his transfer
had been granted, the two captains ex
changed the names and the trade was
settled. :-s "' 4
The next time the two captains met
was several months later in Bosier par
ish, Louisiana, and 6hall I confess it
at a dance. If this statement should
meet the eyes of any of his church offi
cials, they are respectfully requested not
to turn him out on account of it The
offense was committed over 80 years
ago, and I do not really think he makes
a practice of dancing today. However,
he and Boles were both on the floor and
dancing, when the latter exclaimed :
"Say, Bronangh, I've got a crow to
pick with you. "
"What is it?"
"You remember that fellow Jones
yon traded off on me? What did you
mean by telling me he was a good sol
dier?" "I never said it, Boles. I said he was
the best fijrhter I ever saw. "
"Oh. that was it, was it? I believe
you were right about it too. He's whip
ped every private in my company al
ready, and they say he is going to Degm
on the officers next There's no discount
on his being a fighter. "
The last tune Captain Bronangh ever
saw Bruin was in the hospital at Mem
phis. The first face he noticed when he
entered the ward was his, and it was
pale and still as death. Hoping to be of
some service to one of his former men,
the captain stood at the bedside for a
moment Just then the closed eyes open
ed, the face lighted up with its old ex
pression, and in the half stifled accents
of death the old stream of profanity be
gan to flow. Bruin was Bruin to the
last
Hundreds of old Confederate soldiers
in Missouri will recall poor Bruin with
glimmer about the eyes that is half a
smile and half a tear. Nobody knows
what his first name really was ; nobody
ever knew where he came from. It used
to be asserted that he was from Arkan
sas, but perhaps this was merely from a
humorous desire to lower the reputation
of that state. No one knows who bis
people were' or what his past history
was. Let us hope, though, that he who
knows all about him saw something in
his early life that could account for the
hardness of heart of this Timon of
Athens of the . Confederacy and made
some allowance accordingly. P. W.
Horn in St Louis Republic.
Toe Poor.
In Addition to Announcing the Time the
Bells Are Csed For Making Certain Sig
nals Formality on Board a Naval Ves
sel at Eight Bells.
The language of a ship's boll, so sig
nificant to a sailor man, is full of mys
tery for the average landlubber, and
most of the visitors to a warship leave
the ship as iguorant of the meaning of
the bell signals as when they went
aboard.
Commander Rockwell, U. S. N. , has
given some information on the subject
which will be interesting to the thou
sands who have visited Uncle Sum's
ships.
"As bunting is the medium through
which a ship ordinarily oommunicates
with the outside world," he says, "so
the bell is that through which she ad
dresses herself to those aboard, and
which in all the navies of the world
rings forth the hours, summons to wor
ship and peals the danger signals.
"Every landsman has probably learn
ed and forgotten the method of striking
the hour aboard ship, but the dullest
may make snre cf this knowledge for
the rest of his life by getting two or
three things clear in his head. The
nautical day begins and ends at noon,
when eight bells is struck. The boll is
struck half hourly day and night, one
stroke being added for every half honr,
until eight is reached, when the count
begins again at one bell.
"Thus the hours are indicated in every
navy of the civilized world, except the
British. Here there is a curious devia
tion from the ordinary naval method of
indicating the hour.
"In the matter of the boll there is in
the United States navy a routine long es
tablished by precedent. The bell, usu
ally a small affair, of rather high, light
tone, hangs either jnst forward or just
abaft of the foremast, on or under the
forecastle. The captain's orderly keeps
the time and reports to the officer of the
deck the hour in terms of bells. The offi
cer of the dock then bids the messenger
of the watch to strike the bell.
"There is somewhat more formality
at eight bells than at other times, for
then the honr is reported to the captain,
and the bell is not struck until he has
said, 'Make it so.'
"Here is the routine at 8 a. m.: The
orderly says to the officer of the deck,
'Eight bells, sir.' The officer of the deck
replies, 'Report to the captain eight
bells and chronometers wound, sir.' The
orderly then goes to the captain and
says, 'Eight bells and chronometers
wound, sir. ' The captain, if he be so
minded, replies: 'Very well. Make it
8a' The orderly returns to tne omcer or
the deck and says, 'Make it so.' The
officer of the deck says to the messenger
of the watch, 'Strike eight bells, 'and
if everybody has been prompt the mes
senger strikes eight bells at exactly 8
a. m. - .
"Nobody knows whether it would be
eight bells if the dignified captain should
take it into his head to withhold his
majestio 'Make it so, ' for an American
naval captain is so powerful a person
aboard ship and routine has so powerful
a hold on the navy that perhaps the
captain, if so minded, might put the
nautical day out of joint
"When ships arecraising in squadron,
the entire fleet, lying in port, awaits
the flagship's bells. On all the other
ships the messenger stands by the bell,
clapper in baud, and as soon as the bell
has sounded the bells throughout the
fleet are sounded. Lying, as they are,
quite close together, the effect is interest
ing and agreeable.
"The flagship also gives out the time
to the other vessels every morning.
Shortly before seven bells, at 7:80
o'clock a. m., a time signal is displayed
by the flagship. At exactly 7 :80 this
signal drops, the clocks on all the ships
are set, and seven bells is struck through
out the fleet.
"The ship's bell serves not only to in
dicate the hours, but to signal a variety
of other things. When the ship carries
a chaplain, the bell is tolled for service
on Sunday morning. The bell, however,
is not tolled at fnnerais. With a nice
sense of propriety the navy regulations
provide for the mere passing of the
word, 'All hands bury the dead.' In all
matters pertaining to death the navy is
distinguished for delicacy and a touch of
old fashioned sentiment, to be expected
of men who, in theory at least, are sup
posed to be risking their lives in the
service of others.
"The bell is also the fire signal. When
a fire is discovered aboard ship, the bell
is rung rapidly, and the ship's company
responds with the proper appliances for
putting out the fire. When a ship is in
action, however, the bell is not used as
a fire signal, lest the knowledge that
there is a fire aboard ship throw the crew
into panio and distract them from their
business of fighting. A tire during ac
tion is reported to the captain, and he
details officers and men to the duty of
putting out the blaze.
"The ship's bell is employed in all
the navies, except the Turkish, as a fog
signal. When a ship lies at anchor in a
fog the bell is kept going with strokes
in sets of three, separated by a short in
terval The Turks, who have a distrust
of bells, use dtums for this purpose.
The provisions of the United States
Harry I cannot offer you wealth,
Marie; my brains are all the fortune I
possess.
Marie Oh, Harry, if you we aB bad
ly off as that, I am afraid papa will
never give his consent Scribuer's
Magazine.
A Story of Monte Carlo,
In the good old days of M. Blano it
was the custom, so the story goes, di
rectly a suicide was found to Btuff his
pockets full of bank notes. This was
done to prove that his losses at play
were not the cause of his hurried de
parture from the shores of time. The
last person who received this generous
treatment was, I believe, an American.
He was found lying in one of the quiet
alleys of the beautiful grounds, with an
empty bottle labeled "Poison" by his
side. The secret agents of the bold
Blano instantly stuffed his pockets full
of gold and notes, preparatory to giving
information to the police. No sooner
had they filled him as full of lucre as
he could bold than the suicicU leaped to
his feet, raised his hat, exolaimed,
"Thauk you very much!" and went off
to enjoy himself with his newly acquired
wealth. G. R. Sims in "Dagonet's
Dauuuerin's."
TBI T. O. G. T.
If we take up a modern atlas and look
over the map of the United Btates, we tee
the traoeriea of rivers and railroads so in
tertwined as to be confusing. But main
stems and main streams are plainly lined.
It is very much Ilk a chart of the human
system, with nerves and arteries well de
fined. Particularly do we see the Q. 8. N.
(a-reat Sciatic Nerve), main stem, whioh
nan carry to the square tnoa more pain
than some railroads carry in treinht. A
prominent business man in a big oily was
attacked by delation. The pain was awful.
He hurried home in tear that he would be
crippled bv it. In half an hour he was
cured by 8t. Jacobs Oil. He now takes big
stock in that famous remedy, and travels
on the T. U. C. Y. (take irootl care ot your
telf) plan, keeping a bottle of the great
pain ouie always at nana.
All My Life
I bad that distressing disease, catarrh of
the stomach. It proved most troublesome
in tlie summer, and wa Hcoomptinlcd by
that tired levling.' 1 took
Hood's Sursaparilla
and have not had a single mtpck of my
old con p'aint even during the extreme
hot weather. Mv general health is also
much beiter." M lbs Minnik A. Buna,
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Mrs. Somebody, who lives in Thir
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just beginning to walk. Lost week he
fell down stairs, so his mother bought a
gate to put at the top of the stairs
There is a little metal socket screwed to
each side of the stairs, and the gate fits
into these. It was put up one day
Wednesday, I think. It was Mr. Some
body's night at the lodge, and Mrs.
Somebody remembered after he had
left the house that ho had not been told
of the gate. She was so exercised for
fear he wonld fall over it wheu he came
in that she sat up for him. He was late,
very late, aiid she was very tired. And
yet when he did come, and realized how
devotedly she had waited up in order to
save him a tumble, what do you think
the heartless man said?
"Why, my dear," said he, "why
didn't you just lift the gate out?"
Wasn't that just like a man? Wash
ington Past
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Hoaakintn those of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
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WAS PARADISE AT THE NORTH POLIt
. . . m rhA th Oanteai
Many Oeolotrisis vonwo- "r
of Eden Was in sue
la an interesting and highly instruct-
a A vast a l I m let fj n an
We article EUwara o. .
Ladies' Home Journal, reviews he no-
meron theories auvauoou vj
in the endeavor to solve the IfPlln
problem as tolhe exact l.aiou of be site
of the garden of Eden. After sift ng he
theories the writer conclude that the
Question is no nearer answered than It
no present indications that the matter
will ever be doUulttily sottlod by any
msn To one of the latcwi auti nn-s m-
... fnMl- lltni M.
gonious theories wr. '"
tc! ..a
The north polo win town
thought of the avurage investigator the
most unlikely site on earth for paradise
to have occupied. Nevertheless several
sv'jerand thoughtful books and pam
phlets have been written in support of
ft nrth nnlo's nroteusions. The north
IUV I m
Dole nowadays is bitter cold, bat it has
" . fltnlnn ttllnl 111 Hal
hot
.Kv.ra boon so. Geologists ten as
DR. GUHITS
IMPHOVBD
w ll.o earth was exoBsaivciy
when it first began its course much too
hot to admit of the proscnoe of any Hv
iug creatures, except, perhaps, a sala
mander. As it grew cooler vegetation
began on it, and then tl began to be
poopled, first with fishes, and then with
birds and boasts, finally with man.
Tho first spot on earth to got cool
enough to use was the north pole. In
the process of time it got too cold, bnt
there must have been a long period
whon the polar regiou was the most
oomfortable part of tho world. Daring
this period, many eminent geologists be
lleve, there existed around the north pole
a continent now submerged, and that on
that continent onr progenitors were
oorfortable In their first home. It is
known with entire certainty that the
polar region was once warm enough for
tropical vegetation to grow there. There
..a lioht enonsh alto for such vegeta
tionabundant light, Indeed, tor all
uses ana pionty ur jiimii
Geology tells us that man migm nave
lived at the north poie.
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Popularity of the Bicycle.
Some definite idea of the growth of
the bicycle business in this country m;ty navy make it impossible that the various
be sained from the fact that whereas
the total number of bicycle manufacto
ries in the United States was but six in
1886, with an output of only. 11,000
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signals of the bells shall be confused
one with another. The tolling for
church, single strokes, separated by a
single interval, cannot be mistaken for
the rapid and irregular fire alarm, nor
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Angling For Hkui.
Johnny Smart 1 say, Mr. Cashley,
are yon a fish?
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yon ask? ;
. Johnny Smart Oh, nothin. Onlyl
heard sister tell mommer that she in
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The earliest and oldest and longest
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Oftentimes exouslngof a fault doth
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A. D. Clfngman of Oornwallia, Or.,
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