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FAMOUS FOOTBALL CAPTAINS
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
FOR Yoursu mbiN. c
The man who thinks he can't will
..ver succeed. He already suffers from
conviction that he is not equal to the
Vnation und It Is therefore Impossible
! bim w rise to the demands of the
.,. ho would like to do. It la au old
Line that "courage Is half the batt
ittle."
would be better for most young men
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If they ffOUIU reuuau o num. . ucic a
dual In making up your mind
tbat you aro KOUJs l" uu u iius uuu
never doubting your ability to do It.
you may fall, hut what of It? Better to
(all in a good, honest attempt than to
letao-opportunlty pass simply for lack
of the pluck and nerve to at least try to
embrace it. Generals win battles often
bv making a mad rush on the enemy In
tie face of great odds, where if they
tad stopped to debate the probabilities
of victory they would never have got
ten into the fight. You are capable of
greater things than you o dinarlly ihiuk
jou are, If you only get yourself to be
ileve it. Have confidence In the feasi
bility and utility of what you have to
do; have confidence that you are more
loan equal to the task, and then go In
mlbt and main to force It to a success
ful Issue. If others have failed before
joa stimulate yourself with a vision of
tlie glory of rising over their wrecks.
Know of no such word rns fall. After
having done all this if you then fail,
toft mind it. Go at it again If you still
have confidence In It. Develop a strong,
resolute "I will," and you are bound
to succeed.
Cn You Bo Counted On?
Some men are never there when above
all times they ought to be there. When
your employer or anyone else is depend
ing on you he expects you to get in your
work at the right time. No excuses,
nothing, but being there nud discharg
ing duty will answer. Don't let little
things detain or deter you. Recognize
your main duty and be on hand to do It
every time. Society is a mighty engiue,
of which the smallest part Is essential.
You are one of those parts, and upon
your faithfulness depends the smooth,
successful movement of the vast ma
chinery. It Is not always easy or con
venient to perform duty, but If you ex
pect to get along In life you will have
to learn the lesson of doing what Is ex
pected of you and doing it just when
and in the way you ought lo do It.
Don't be one of those useless fractions
of men who always crawl out on the
back of some excuse. Of course there
fT,,lre mes when any man may have to
W'te an excuse, but let those tlmos ha
hw and far between.
MISS MURIEL WILSON.
Entlnnd's Most Beautiful Woman Now
Visiting in America.
Miss Muriel Wilson, known as the
most beautiful woman in England, Is
now in this country. Miss Wilson was
at one time engaged to be married to
the young Duke of Marlborough, who
eventually found a Duchess in New
MISS MURIEL Wir.HO.
01'k. She broke the engagement be
muse she came to the conclusion that
er fortune was not large enough to
Pay off the debts of the Blenheim es
'ates. Later Bhe became engaged to
Lord Willoughby de Eresby, eldest son
"f the rich old Earl of Aneaster. who
the heir to 132.000 acres of good
English land, In addition to a large
amount of other property. This en
S'lRenient was also broken off, since
''"Ich time Miss Wilson has been, so
af as known, heart whole and fancy
tec.
Potentates Who Stay nt Home.
There are but two European potent
ates who manage to get along without
change of residence or outings of any
ascription. These are the Pope of
ome and the Sultan of Turkey. The
"'tan has never left Constantinople
"nee he ascended the throne under
such tragic circumstances, twenty
J"ears ago. And his holiness has re
gained within the precincts of the vat
lcaa since the triple tiara was placed
Pon his head In 1S7S.
Beautiful Australian Town.
Australia Is the one place in the
"orld where the towns are more beau
tfjjfcaa the country.
Precocity of an Artist.
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GEN. MERRITT'S EISE.
iviADt A MAJOR GENERAL AT THE
AGE OF 27 YEARS.
He Won Seven Brevets and Promotions
in Two Years und Came Out of the
Civil War a Dashing Officer "Little
l'liil" Praises Him.
Seven brevets and promotions, all for
"gallant and meritorious service" in
the Held, all won in the space of two
years, is the uniqtfe record established
by Major General Wes.ey Merritt. Six
times he was rewarded thus for brav
ery in particular engagements, und
ouce for his service during the entire
campaign. In 1SU0, at the age of 2-',
he graduated from West Point. He
emerged from the war a major general
at 27.
"It was In the battle of Beverly
Ford that Merritt made his mark,"
says Gen. T. F. ltodenbough, who
served with him through most of the
rebellion. "He set it h.gh up, too, for
in that one day he Jumped from the
rank of captain, acting as colonel, to
the position of brigadier general, and
the commaud of the regular brigade,
familiarly known as the Old. Guard.
"In the spring of 1803 the Union cav
alry, which had been split up into small
divisions during the earlier part of the
war, was reorganized, aud Gen. Fleas
ontou was made chief of cavalry of the
Army of the Potomac. Merritt was as
signed to the Second Cavalry, with the
rank of captain.
"At the beginning of June it was re
ported that Lee was. getting ready to
move north, and a force of 10,000 cav
alry was seut out to see if they could
locate any large bodies of Confederate
troops, with a view to determining the
truth of this report. In the course of
our expedition we ran into some 12,00!)
Coufedeiate cavalry under 'Jeb' Stuart,
not far from Culpeper. Fording the
Rappnhanuock In the early morning we
attacked the Confederates' camp.
"The ensuing engagement, known as
the battle of Beverly Ford, is recog
nized by military writers as the most
conspicuous cavalry engagement of the
war. The numbers on each side were
nearly equal, the ground was favorable
for mounted operat ous, and the fight
ing lasted all day, from 5 In the morn
ing uutil marly 7 at night.
"There weie two young officers on
the Union side who won great glory
that day. They were Merritt and Cus
ter, both of whom were Immediately
afterwards made brigadier generals.
Better than all el-e, Merritt won the
warm commendat on of his old com
mander, the gallant Buford, of whom
he afterward wrote:
" 'His slightest praise was more
valued by his officers than a brevet
from the War Department.'
"At the battle of Gettysburg, his next
big fight, Merritt performed service
which was not fully appreciated until
later. His commaud got Into the fight
on the third day, the day after Pick
ett's charge, and engaged the extreme
Confederate left near Bound Top. He
was facing a superior force, but he
kept it bo busy that when Lee sent
word to Lougstreet to move forward
and back up Pickett Longstreet replied
that the Yankee cavalry was giving
hlni all that he could attend to, and
that he was unable to help Pickett.
Considering the mighty results that
hung on small chances that day, It Is
difficult to say how great Merrltt's ser
vice to the country really was. It did
not go unrewarded, for Merritt was
breveted mnjor from July 1, 1803, for
gallant and meritorious conduct"
' On the 11th day of May, 1804, Sheri
dan was only six miles from Richmond,
when he was opposed by Stuart's cav
alry. The latter believed that the safe
ty of their capital was at stake and
fought like demons. Sheridan usually
knew how his battles were coming out,
but he was anxious on that day, and
for a time the Issue hung In the bal
ance. Then a great cheer rose on the
left of the Union line, and Merritt a
and Wilson's divisions dashed forward
In a saber charge that swept the Con
federates off the field and carried the
day for Little PM1. Thnt notion mnde
Merritt a brevet lieutenant colonel.
Merrltt's fourth distinguished reward
was won In the battle of Howes' Shop,
seventeen days later. Gregg's division
and the brigades of Torbert and Mer
ritt were opposed by the enemy from a
strongly entrenched position. Mounted
troops could not dislodge them, but the
cavalrymen held their own in the face
of a galling fire until Custer's men,
who had betn hastily dismounted,
came up with band playing and colors
flying.
The music and the yell which al
ways identified Custer's men was like
an electric shok to us," says one of
Merrltt's office: s, "and we went for
ward over the Confederate works as
though carried on a wave. The General
was in front among the Johnnies, yell
ing with the best of us. We were all
delighted when he was brevetted col
onel for his work on this day."
It was only a year from the time
when Merritt was assigned to duty as
a line officer with the cavalry of the
Army of the Potomac, and already his
"gallant and meritorious conduct" had
been rewarded four times from Wash
ington. During the following year he
added three more to his list of brevets.
When the Latt'e of Winchester was
ttEX. WESLEY MEItRITT.
begun Merritt was six miles away fac
ing Breckinridge's column. He fol
lowed Breckinridge into the fight, al
though he knew nothing of the state of
the battle or whether lie might not
have to face the whole Coufedeiate
force. He fell upon the line with a
rush, breaking It, driving the cavalry
back through the infantry lines, and,
in the words of Sheridan's report, "sent
the enemy whirling through Winches
ter." For his service in this battle and
at Fisher's Hill, one mouth later, Mer
ritt became a. brevet major general of
volunteers from Oct. 19; 1804.
In the following spring occurred the
battle of Five Forks, In which Merritt
and Fitzhugh Lee fought on opposite
sides. Some of the fiercest fighting of
the whole war occurred here, and Gen.
Merritt was in the thick of it. His
cavalry command distinguished Itself
by Its gallant work on ground as un
suitable for the operations of mounted
troops as auy that could well be se
lected. It charged through woods and
earthworks, captured a battery of ar
tillery and carried everything before it.
Merrltt's bravery was again rewarded,
this time by a brigadier generalship In
the United States army, dating from
March 13, 18G5.
In the days succeeding this conflict,
Merrltt's command was in almost daily
collision with the forces of the enemy
down to April 10, when Lee surrender
ed the remnant of his defeated army.
Gen. Merritt was one of those present
at that memorable conference In Mc
Lean's house which marked the practi
cal end of the attempt to disrupt the
Union. He received the exceptional
honor of a brevet major generalship,
U. S. A., "for gallant and meritorious
service during the campaign ending
n-uh tho surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia." This was one of the
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rare instances In which a division com
mander was rewarded for services dur
ing an entire campaign. At the same
tlmo ho wns nmn!nt,1 to n innlor ipn. '
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April 1, ISC",.
At the ond of tho r Merritt wn,1
regarded by those who had served
with him as a most excellent officer.
Gal'ant Thil Sheridan paid him this
compliment during the Shenandoah
campaign:
"I have one division commander who
is always equal to any task that I can
impose upon him. That Is Merritt.
Others are just as brave and just as
well fitted for certain kinds of, work,
but Merritt seems to be able to cope
with any emergency. He has the genius
of calculation and can get himself out
of a tight place as well as he can put
the enemy into one."
QUEER TALE OF ARCTIC SEAS.
Ship Icebound for Fifty Years Drifts
Into the Harbor of Corvo.
One of the most curious finds ever
made from the sea was that which
came to the Azores In 1S58. The island
of Corvo was then in possession of two
beach-combers, runaway English sail
ors. There came drifting into a little
harbor one morning a craft which bad
evidently been frozen in the Ice for a
life-time, and had lately been released.
It had come down from Davis strait,
and was an ancient and battered hulk
without masts, bulwarks, or name.
The craft had been a brig, and she was
a Russian. Her hatches were on and
her cabin doors fast, and the hulk was
buoyant. She had come out of the belly
of an iceberg. She had little cargo,
and that consisted of skins and furs in
prime condition. No papers were found
In her cabin, but it was figured that
she was a sealer or trader, carrying a
crew of ten or twelve, and that site
had been provisioned for a year. The
flour found aboard tasted like chalk,
but the beef was perhaps better than
the day it was put on board. She had
been abandoned when frozen in, and
the dark color of the woodwork and
the growth of moss proved that she had
dirfted for years. Then she got fast
in the ice, and became part of a berg.
The date of a letter found in her fore
castle showed that she had been aban
doned nearly half a century before.
The hulk drifted on to a sandy beach,
and the combers went to work on her.
They got out the furs, which brought
them $4,000, hoisted out a couple of
barrels of beef, and then set fire to the
wreck, and little remained of her when
the story leaked out. That the hulk
bad come down from the far north was
proved only a few weeks later by the
log of an English merchantman. She
reported passing a great Iceberg to the
northwest of the Azores, and of seeing
a curious object embedded In It fifty
feet above the surface of the water.
This object was believed to be a whale,
but it was probably the hull of the
brig. Getting down Into the warm sens,
the berg fell to pieces, and that queer
old relic found herself afloat again.
Vaccination In Jnpan.
In Japan vaccination Is compulsory
and the government makes Its own
lymph and Issues It free of charge. Re
vaccination at stated periods Is also
rigidly enforced. Only calf lymph is
used.
Effectual.
"Puffins answered an advertisement
In which somebody offered to sell him
the secret for preventing trousers from
getting fringes round the bottom."
"What did they tell him?"
"To wear knickerbockers." Tit-Bits.
Mother Worship in Turkey.
The strongest sentiment of the Turk
Is his reverence for his mother. He
always stands In her presence until In
vited to sit down, a compliment he pays
to no one else.
When you hear women abusing a
young man because he does not speak
to them on the street, it Is safe to bet
that the young man is popular with his
employer.
Rome Interesting Facts About En
gland's Ilclr-Presuuiptivc.
Here are some facts about the Prince
of Wales which are coudensed from
his biography as written by his private
secretary:
lie never allows a typewriter iu his
house.
He spends $3,000 a year for tele
grams. He allows only two knives and forks
to each guest at his table.
He is colonel eight times over.
He has one private secretary, two"
assistant secretaries and a Btaff of
clerks to assist them.
He receives 200 letters a day, and an
swers most of them.
Every minute of his time in London
Is spent according to scledule.
He has every order of knighthood in
Europe.
His uniforms are worth ?75,000.
lie is a field marshal aud au admiral.
He is the chief horse owner, dog
owner and yachtsman in England.
He goes to church every Sunday
morning.
He never foes to the races on Sun
day. He started life with an income of
5550,000 a year.
He says he has no debts.
He loves to travel incognito in Paris.
He buys hundreds of theater tickets
Without using them.
"IO vciucie in ixmuou is s
hausoiue cab, yet his staoies cost 7u.-
000 a J'eur-
IIe thlnka hIs nephew, the German
Emperor, is too sensational.
miNCK or WALES.
He has friends of every nation and
speaks German, French, Italian and
Russian. .,
His life was never attempted by an
assassin.
He is 5 feet 6 Inches high and weighs
180 pounds.
He has light gray eyes, gray beard,
a brown complexion and a bald head.
His hands and feet are small and
neat
He is 57 years old and has four
grandchildren.
His favorite wine is a champagne of
1S89, and his favorite liquor a Cognac
40 years old.
He Is fond of Irishmen, Frenchmen,
Germans and Russiaus.
He is fond of all kinds of people, es
pecially if they have money.
When he was young he was very tender-hearted
and cried for days when a
tutor left him.
Hi Is a first-class Judge of horses and
dogs, and ho thinks he kuows some
thing about actresses.
lie is said to be one of the bc3t shots
In England.
He sets the fashions in clothes for the
whole world.
He loves to labor for the working
man. He popularized the Alpine hat.
He Is a D. C. L. of Oxford, nn LLu
D. of Cambridge, and a barrister.
He has thirteen university degrees.
He has laid seventy-three large and
Important foundation stones.
He opened part of the Suez canal.
He has made more speeches than,
any man In the world, but mostly short
ones.
He owns the deepest mine In Eng.
land.
He was the first Christian to dine
with the Sultan of Turkey.
Jowelt's Extinguisher.
The late master of Balllol was so well
known as a resourceful antagonist that
it is a matter for wonder that any wom
an, however youthful and sure of her
self, should have had the temerity to
take liberties with hlni.
The Hon. Lionel Tollemache tells in
the Spectator of a young woman who
had the effrontery to sny to him:
"I want to know, master, what yon
think of God."
"I am more concerned to know what
God thinks of me," was Jowett's felic
itous reply.
Richest People.
The Osages are probably the richest
people per capita in tlvo world. Each
one of them, man, woman and child,
has 00 acres of good land and receives
(50 from tbo Government four times a
year. (
Soldiers' Handkerchief.
Russian soldiers are supplied with
handkerchiefs at the expense of th
Government