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lose t be s tudent.::- had been forced Th e queslion has often been to form preparatory classes aucl ask ed the s11peri11te11dent what are put these student~ into them, so -~ the causes which led to t he fo 11nd- t hat after two years' t.rnining t he. intf of the Mi:::sou ri Military Acad- might be able to entPr the lowes\ o • emy ? ,Vhn.t. was the use of adding college classes. These preparatory a nother to the excellent high classe:. were ncc~s:.arily very large schools a nrl nr.ndem1cs 111 a St1Le1 and to a certain extent un ,vieldy, alreml y app:1.rP11tlv well suppl ied and compo:;:pd as they were of witl~ ·all th~ seco ndary schools younger studeuts who needed a ll which seemed to be needed r the s timulus a11d perso11al atteutinn 'r he answer is n ot fur to seek. possible in OT<ler to accomplish _the The superintendent had noticed i u best results. it seemed that 1£ a n long profp5sorship in the St.ate school were fou 11cied to \\ l11ch s uch stnden t-s could be seut in their University the fact that a painfully most import ant an_d critical years, small number of t he students who it must commeud itself to the good came to that insti tution or higher j udgment of t.he wisest and bes t let\rning were thoroughly prepared parents of I he State.

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�R�N�E�R-0_1.i'_OU� �J\.-_ tie-� I 11, I s tl1 e :1esia o n of ;h 1�''J'RU� 'I'L 11::;, 'fIO:-i. whos€' ' Academy-to take boy training ha::; bt>en defective or im,\. IL H .U1'1 F:F:T. 1 perfect, n.11d nnder the immedin.'·€' ' and personal can? 1>f the best. (Prepared for Graduating Exercises-'W.) ' that 111011ey can . ecurt>, t.o Our nal·ion' · gre:1t11 1•s: i� L1ui >; ' teacher· make up defi0ie11cie wherever th€'y fir.-!., to tliP u 1 1parall1•le,1 c:ullurP exist. to tea.ch the hoys !tow to a111l 1lt-velnprn�c•11t of I.lie mi 11d:- of study, and what it is t.o pnt their it. ciLi\lt>11s: 'C\l11d; Lhe inrlJ1e11ce minds upou a ubject and hold it. of 111i11ds 11p,11 111 :t ter: third, lo there nntil it i fully nnder tood. the> pn11c1ple� of u11it_y wliieh WL· Thi� great succe s ntte;1cling the 01ai11bL111; and fo11rl Ii. to 011r relig A.carlemy has folly . hown it.. rea ion::; freedom, whit;h lias al way' son for exi-tenc0; for as s0011 as it fou111l 1�xi tance and Ct;11L1,trag:· doors were opened iu SeptembPr, u1t•11L i11 tile U11itnl States. 1800, the building, thought ample \'Ven a nati q n owe lar�1•ly 011r for several years to co 11 1e, wa� filled wondp rful ucce:::s to I.he wisdom t.o overflowing, and man_y appli- aod k nowle1lge of ti1 0:.;e gra11cl old cnnt.s were t11rneLl awnv for lack of pntnuts; room. \•Va::-.hington: the Fat.lier ;1nrl di· The :5Ccond )e,tr t!JP building� fender of Iii s cou 1 1try: were more thnn do11blt>d, n11d they Jelrer;:;011; theantllor of the Dec t.oo were nearly filled. This }ear laratiun of T 11rlPpemle11ee; The has witne:a.sed a sl1;.{ht increa . e over eloq11pnt Pai rick Henry, "ho the h�st, and the pro·pect are 1,hat fought so lrn-tv1Jly n 11 rl defend the results to be secnrecl are far in ed o rd>ly till� cau-,P. of his country. dvance of those of either 011e of' .\nd many others who equally de Ile two previous years. sere great praise f11r. lrnilding so The .A.cadem v has at once moved firm a fo1111diition upon which our to tbe £rout rank among schools .Nat.ion now :-,tn. nds. of its kind, anrl has secured recog 'fhe ma11y seat.� of learning, nition from the Unitetl States the univfrsit.ies. collcgPs, a11d ac:ncl Government in tbe detail of nn e1111es. some of whic:h cannot be officer as profes;:;or of Military Sci surpa . sed even in Enghnd: the ence and Tactics, together with a great i udustr_y for which the Am er full supply of the latest pattern of ican people are noted; the magnifi Springfield rifles aud equipments, cent iuan ufact.nrie' thnt supp] y Lhe and two rifled ca11non £or artillery rnhabitnntc:; with the neeessities of dri\l and practice. F'or further life; t.h e expens1vP nPt. work of particulars and catalogue, address rai !roads and our Free GovPrn meu t., Col. A. 1r. Fleet. "of all the people by the people

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and for t hf' p<'opl e'' ,.ll ow1ng pvery / l argu e th'lt if the United Stat.es o ne to enjoy t(1 the uttm ost, ex tent hacl more military ins tih1tes it all tlt e Ii berties t hat providen ce <le- woulrl not need a standing army. sign C'cl. For all t he youths nud vou ng men Tli e,;e are nat11rai r es nlt Rof a phy~i- would h_c w~ll trai_nP.cl in the art of 1 ca ll v 1111d me111-tlly ltPalLhy, t hn v- war whwh 111 r C'al1t.v w ould mnke in~ ;t11 cl progressive reop lC'. them more powerful than a reguOur n11(·<•!--lor:; were nwnre t.hat. lar ~land ing nrmv with out expen:ie th e l'c w :-.r.d1ools a11_d poor ed ncatio n- to the government. And who afnl sys lr-111 lltC'n exiRt,ing would far fer clue cousid erntion would not 1ro111 quP tH:h lhP t hi rst of th e term t,ltis a great bles~ing. ' Look know l<.>dge seek i 11 g A mericnn,l1 e11ce. nt the Pn orm ous amount of money t.lwy im 111Nlia!Pl_y began oq.~anizing c,pPtlt anuunlly for the su pport of and nclop ti11g new 111 ethocl s whi c h th ese incl o lPnt co•·sumer's of the perh aps h a ve bec:ome t.he be::.L erlu- PRr th's frn it.. Tm ngine lhe ~rent cnJi o,,al $y::1tc- m no w existing. g o,1d such a su m coul d accomplish. B11 t in preparing for the me nt nl 1See also the thousaucls of able men t.rni11i11~ th ey did not neglect to who, if the army were dismiss~d provide fo r tlic neces-;ary phy'>i ca l would he co mpe ll ed to work for devt- lop1•111P11t. sel f- s upport and tlt er,•by bene fit T o m nn v schools a re nttnch ed t.l1 c•i r nat.io11. g j n111asiu ms. in wh ich ever_y pupil The influen ce of mind upon mntis r eq 11irerl to l-pend a certain tn lends u::i to tlfe consideration c,f nmou nt of tim e. Bu t the ~chool th e marvelo•1s inventions of today, 1110st gt>nemlly reco 1111ne11rled as for m a n y of wl,ich the world is inbest for both phys ical n11d mental debted to t he cre,\tive get.ius and t raiui11 g is the 111ilit.a r y school. ln inventive p ower of yoll ng America. co nn C'dion ,vith t.hese a re r egular , Th e so wing n::i c hirie, though it drill" whi1·li not u n i} i11 s un' ple nty i seems a pal try invention is of great of exe rcise but ,dso trnin on e 111 value beeanse it saves tune and lat.he nr t of war and military life. bor, a ud does far more efficient 'rh1!. latter l :tcllll it, will be of lilt.le work thnn . wns formerly done. nse t.o him except, in t ime of wnr . , ,v e have improved the steam enrt ii- to be hope<l that s11c h a giue wit.h its g reat po wer and speed time will npvc r ag-ai11 co rue for th e by means of which weca.n be carU111te<l State:-. r i,~d a ll ove r the American contiBnt the ve r_y fac t t l1at ma n has oPnt)it tbe rate of fifty miles per from his creatio n imitated t he low- hou r. To fully appreciate the vne r n,111 ma ls by fight ing each oth er, lue of this mode of travel, compare is proof enough thnt such a s piri t it with that of s ixty years s ince; ,, 111 prccl,,miuatc for yenrs to come. fo r instance the s tage coach with

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wbich ten mil es per hour was con-/ Th e man y tel ep ho 1~es which are sid ered fast travel, and th e n only of grea t use in t he large c ities; the a few persons with li!!ht ba g gage phon ograph which Sf'E> ms a lmost to could be earned iu eac h coac h. possess life,or a t leas t., vocal orga11s : N ow o ne passenge r train will ca r- - all of t.lwsc i11vr11 t ion s a re of r.r se,·eral hundred pnsseugers wi t h !.{ reat valu e. Bu t _yet th er e re m;,ins nece sary bngg a ge. So we read ily a g r eat llise;o vc ry which out,we ighs SN' li ow indi ·peus ibl e i~ I he steam any of th e in ve n t io 11s we Ii ave eo neng1n t>. a nd t his i:- only one o C t he s id ered. This cli$co ve ry was made ma11s I1 ses to wh ic h it m ay ue npon nppnre11tlv a dis mal, cloudy day; plied. Th e s team e ngin e i · i.h c mo- but i11 real ity it was, f ,)r t he world ti,•e power in onr comm u nica t ion 011e of t lt e br igh tes t clays that cvancl comm erce not only a111 o ng ou r er da w11 ecl. I t was o n th e day that. selves but with foreign nnt o ns. Be nja min Ji, rn.11k l i11 cl1 scov er ecl e lec- . For t he mig hty st eamer , in a tem- t ricty . This po we r war-; afterwards pest plo ws its wny t.h rongh tl tt' bridl ed th at it mig'.1t serve man. troubled deep: and wh en all i::. s t.ill Anrl what n r eliabl e, obedi e n t serau1l c·alm fl m~ts so gracefull y a s to v.u1 t it is . Th e woud f'rful co1.11resembl e t.h e moti on tt s wan at play . mands w e give t.o electn cit,y are alTh e pnuting press, with its most mirac11l 0 us ly nut>yed. It c ar111ightJ iufln ence is our pri11 cipl1~ ries o nr messag es with lightning way of conve_y ing I.boug h t. an d rnpid1t.y not only o n land among communicating between rl1fferi' nt. onrse lvei,;, bu t e nables ur-; to co nsections of this and oth er co nntri f'S. ver se with ot her natio 11 s across t he \iVer e it not for th e pr intin g pres$, 111iglt t y sea. Th e :.tgc of elec:tri ct.v we should be depr ivad of <rn e of the is ias t coming. I ts value to mn11greatest blessings we now enjoy. kind 1s no w bey o nd Pstinrntion . namely s uch rending ma tter as l_n many pl aces st eHrn and gnss books and 11e wspape1·s. These a l'e have been s upplanted b / it, both so nume rous that we do n ot r ealize I in the indu st1•1f'S a11tl in the clo 111f'stheir worth to mankind. tic eco ne my. Suppose yo n, possessed lrn owl111 the unit.y o f o ur n ntion is edge that would be of great sc rv1c:e s tre ngth. to your count.rym~n, or had The hi !'- t.orv or th~ Un ii.eel States throllgh r-;om e m eans obta in ed news from its very beginning rxnctl)7 ti that ever y mnn in your s ta te at lust rates this principll". Could any least should know, you would of th ese states alone ever have ac~ive this news to some editor who r.omplis bed this liber ty? Why wo~\d send it o u t in th o usa nds of Engla 1Hl would have pounced upo o copies a\l over t h e cou11Lr_y. llut if lh c n1 with her power fnl army ancl we had_llo \Winting press, how long completely crus hed them in th e won ld it lake to spread the news? fi r st battle. But n o ! the gren t

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wi�dom of our people t�ld them at the l,lessmgs of the past an<l pres n siugle glance how di ·astrously Pnt, and asking God's guidance in such fol I y woula e11cl. o they the future. united their forces and aHPr many The United States an� blessed with llnsncces:::;ful lmttle,:;, great suffer-\ many churches c f all dcnomina i11g, 1li:-ico11ragement anrl psrsever- tion,:;. The church is not the only a11c1:1, tlie chuk clo11d bcga,n to ,:;cat- ph1ce to find religion. It has been ter a11d sou11 te,tve wn..v to the rnys said that, the home is the cradle of of bri 11ia11 t snc:cess. Th ns it was all tit at is best io indivicl nal char hs 1.he unite<l st,rPngth of all the acter and grnndest in national his tory. lnrleecl, so dear is home, when states our liberty wa<; gained. Later 011 t.hc.· �outh seeedecl, bn·ak: by 1.he side of mother, we are taught to rever��nce the creator, love one i11g the unit.. The re,:;ult was ;t war wh1clt cost another, anrl man_y other sacred an cnormq11s s11111 of money Jett, the lessons, that everv t.rue American land lille1l with widows, orphans shoultl rise to protect it from all aucl pan per�; c,lU5ed t.he lancl. t.o be danger of cl.estruction. The true 11... glectecl, thereby lo�eing millions gr::wdeur of our nation, then ts of dollars nnnually; ,rnrl filled the uot. in trinmphs oE intellect alone l-tr<�arns of the hind with blood. B11t also in nnity, hn.ppines� and ret>11pposP a foreign, nation !tad ligio11. secPding states. aicled tlte TltP. downfall nf t.he Uninn would ANCIENT A.ND MODERL� CIVILl ZATIONS. L1n1loubtedl_y have followed. Tile 1 st Lte� . h LV� s 1ow.1 by their ;LG by 0. G. Ball,trd m Crescent tion since the civil war thnt thev Delivered Society. t:;:;.,,, have learn<:'d t11e truth of the max Every age and every civilizai-efi,t. irn, '"Unit,E>cl we shtucl rliv1clecl we is more or less the development cf fall.'' And t\rnttbey may be ever re a siLJgle idea. In the individual mi11rled of it. tliey ba.ve st,101ped on ,,,ith his peculiaritie�; in the mass their coin t.he iuscription ''E PLU es with their ever varying aod un lU BUS UNUM." reliable opinions. in the more slow L,tstly one of the grandest fea and steady sweep of thought, from tnr<:'s of our governmPnt is thefree century to century, can we trace <lom it, n.llows evPry individual to the effects of a dominant idea. \Ve can see its effects in the worship in whatevt·r way he choos es the wise God. It is in obedi civilization 0£ Egypt and India, of en�e to au uninterrupted usage Media and Babylonia, each oue of that on the Sabbath of the nation, wltich rose and fl.lourished under we have n.11 put aside the never end the ::.way of a dominant idea, then ing C�Lres ancl toils of lite, to meet sank into oblivion. In the fullness of time, the chief in gladness a.nd thanksgivmg £or

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cxcelll'ncies of all these were gat h- artistic a nd politicnl though ts, but

erecl iuto the glorious civilization t,h cir Ienrn eel IIH' n scorn eel the iclt-a of Greece; n civilization that has of clebnsi ng thei r k11 owleclge for cl:lzzled the world with its brillian- the advancement o f the usefu l cy nnrl has been I.be Htndy 1L11d ads. 1'h 01r arc·hit c>cL,;, rl'.'nrecl most marvel of age'. It was l he devel- mag11itice11t, ll~mples wh 1c h I hei r opment. of the one extreme tu :,:;culptor~ fillPil with the mo~t rxquif-ill piec;es o f arl; hut their which ou rs is just the oppo/) itP. "\Ye might liken th is glorious bungli n~ meeh:rnics and 1•nginccr s civilizn.tion of ancient Greece Lo n never oncP clrenmccl of ~uc·h wonflower garden iu which the h~auli- dl'rful achic\'lnc nt,., as have hecn ful, the spiritual nncl the ideal Wf!re acrornplis hPrl in the field of' modern cultivated "ith th<' choice t care. mecha11i ·m; ll1ei r orators could but from whi ch the useful nnd co ns t met th e mo. t fau It 11"-s periods, practical werf' rooted out. as wild h11t th eir s t upid cloctnr. , wl1en a patiE'n t got w t'!] co ntrary to their nod unsightly ,veecls. As a conseque nce of this. there pred icLio ni-, co uld write thirtee n grew and blossomed poclrv. fro111 vult1n1nes expliti ning how it ought whose fragrauce the po••ls of all not to !:ave happe11ccl; steam in ight n(Yes have drunk th eir sweetness; have lifted the lids of (.lie lea-ket.tle n mus ic, whose melody when Orphe- before the e_yes o r tho e old ureamus struck the tensil core\' n11d ers for l'tHll(' ·s cr. 111 uries. wit.bout poured out his c,orrowi ng so ul, once s ugges ting th e idea of a st.cam cou lrl melt the iron lu~art of Pluto; t·ngi ne. architecture. which hac, bee11 the 13ut every Px trern e has ii!-. r~acwonder' of ages ; sculpture, to ,~:h o ·e tio n. 'fne 1cleal civil1zatio11 of the clivmA beauty ou r boas ting . till GreekR, finrls ils r eaction in t he bows in admiring worship; and practica l age of the 10th C:l'nlury. eloquence, t he un rivaled periods of A 11 age whi ch, with equal pr opriewhich still ring unequaled 1n ou r ty, we inrght c:n.11 a11 age of miracles. ears . For never in the kn own hi story of .Now, ,~hile we can but admire th e world have s uch wo nde rfn I and prn1se this civilization of the st rides bee11 n,ade in material adolrl Greeks, for its mauy noble nnd vnncement. beautiful qualities, yet we must Discovery nncl invention could admit that they went to the ex- boast of al I the trophies that treme in the cnltivation of the ed ncated power and human skill beautiful, nud neglect of the could achieve. Bnt we hn.ve disuse{ul. placed lhe dimness of the candle's They have left us uoble mont1 - light with the dazzling brillia.ucv ments of philosoph ical, literary, of gas an d electricity. I n s tead of 1

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th e old fm-h101wcl s:-ii ling sh ip:-, prize elect.rici1 y 111orr I lia n i 111 mormagnifice11f palnce,; now plow 011 talit y, a 11d Ir ok wit 11 111ore favtlr I lie bosom of I he rlPPp. a11 CI band-; upo n n man-1nar!P 111acl1111e f,han of irn11 jni II ocf'all to OC(';tll. The· upon a God i11 ~p1 r Prl s<•11f i men t. ·, v,)ic11 ot' 111 · 111 hnc. h1: c 11 1111Hle to Tl, e ge niu.; of lit e agP. is u11Pc hn ncr,)s,; c·on ti 11<'11 l:,; a 11 rl li i:; 1loubted ly drif'ti11~ int o t lw chanthought-; to pa~-; h,: 11cath tli<· bo- u Pls o f trnd<'. a11rl i 11 011 r haste to ,;0, 11 of' I he rlP('r. They have be ri ch we los,• :sight. of t.ho:--e prin~Pan:hc•cl ont th e hiclrl en .·ecrets or c iples whi cb should ad.11at t:> onr 11attu1•, cli!-covered new worl ds i11 everv m otive. tlw infinite 1·ealm,; nf ,;pncc, :i.nd Phisicn.1 sciPnCt> i~ the idol of the cxplai11ed th e lnw~ I h.ct cause them age : but, 011 r ;o;ci1•11tists in their to movP in thei r !-tl c11t ancl awful search for th., practical have closf'd g-rnndl:'tlr. their eye!- to t i,..- i-:pi ritual, and their Th e 1.ltougll t of I hP age h11sies minds ar e so ali~n rl>Pd with meteria ~elf with I.he g reat probl<•m of al, that t.be_y a n• disq11nli6 Pd fo r the improving 111n11's pl1_ysical co11di- iclt:al. Scie11ci> ha::; -; wu ng to its t ion, and Lhe pe tt.y q11ihb lcs of the widest extre111,, 111 it.i:: al tacks upon meta- physician 's nre accou ulecl of religio11 . •'Puff1,cl up wit h his menst?conrlary im pnrtahce to th e great gre knowledgP nf ont' small world inventions f hat lesse1, tlie b11 rrle ns lit.tie mau 1ttt e111pts l o pro ve the-re a11cl pel'plexitif>s of life. ll11t iu is 11 0 God in th e grt"at univN:-,e, the cliain of ou r 111 11lerinl pros- that immort:dit,r ii- hut an em pty 1w rit.,, of wh ich W(' a re so fo nd or dream, a nd religion u11t the !-iick lr boastin!.!, th ere a re li11ke,l the ch ilcl of ig uora11cP a11tl s 11p<>rst.io~. greatest dangers. Titu s would tl,i:-i agt-', "it.hi ts mateA$ eac h of the n.ncient civiliza- rial c l utch, strn11 gle th e very divint ious rosP, A.ou risli E>d and fell u ncler ity ~11 man 1111rl IPavp liim but the the domination of a pri ucipal idea, monarc h ani mal of tlie wnrld." sc> may ou r 1rnt.io11 wit ic lt lias ft ha::; also prnduced a largt> class reached suc h a brill ian t aucl start- of nari·owly pradical men-men ling development under nrntcrial- wl1 0 ca n see 110 far the r t'hn11 the is m. i-oon rench its 7.f>nitlt and t he n dollar for wlt u::;e accumulat ion th ey Fo r we noticP all become 11wre machines; men bPgin to deray. that the sam e causes w liich Im ve whose so uls are so weighed do,v u proclucP.d snch material pros perity by the ln cr P fo r which they g rovel , do at the ,;au10 tim~, hv foste ri1Jg a that t hey c,t n ne,·e r rise in to t he na1-row practical spirit, tend t o loft.y regioJJ !:> of thought wh <?re dwarf and neadcn the ver.v nobl est man asserts his kins hip wi th the ~entimcnts in man's nature. n.ugel s aud sugge~ts that. h e has an " ThP _spi ri t . of th e nge wou ld immortnl soul. Better he a phi-

I() T l/ h' JI . .If. A. FUU l"::i. ------ - losopher nnd live iu n l,ub; beUer H t STORICA L SKB"L'C ll 01•' C.:OLU .\1BL"S. be a poet a11d heir to pover ty, than one of tl1ose 11arrowly pract.1cal \ Va-- the \\· orld lhtt or r oun d i> men snrronncled by ever y comfort. 11 ad Litt• occ·a11 :l110 1her s hore i' and luxurr t..hat the HHh cc11t11r_}' \\' hat. ki111l of a Vl'rµ-<-' or j1r eci1~i~c cau uffi>r. wa, cl rawn around LhP c lo url y ri m Thu· we SE'e Ll 1nt from !lie t. wo nf- naf ure P \\' l,at. vi,-io 11 of wonopposite iclens- onP of the ideal de>r a11cl JH'ril n1ig-ht ar ise 11po11 I.he and one of the practi<·al-ha.\"e u1ari11cr's :-.igh L '· 13t>yo 1Hl Ll1e exoriginated t wo widelylli[frr i11gci v1 l- trc>111c s,•a wal I an d 1).,(,\, ee> 11 {,he r eizatio11 . rnotc· :-.l',L , ~itfr·s :--" If a 111 a11 go Wh at ca n be clone to 1111 ite I.he could he retu rn ? A re llw:-e antit ,rn? ln the hear t nncl 111ind a nd po1l1•s "ith Lltt·ir fi>et opjrn::-ite to soul of en:ry individual \1 outh who ours. a 11 cl th ,:ir ht.>arb hanging feels within himsPl f the ability to tlow 11 :' th in k, to write, to speak, to lrave Sucl1 WL' re tlw qu<.>ri es ":itli hehmd h im somethi ng b<>LL<>r ~hnn which th e aclv<•11 tt1rer·s hrniw of mere, monry.there lies the r<>gen- 11 ew B11rope ,,egan to busy itsPlf as eraLiug pow er. We 1nust fo rm an the shadows of the Epoc h of Dnrkideal of man hig her f.h:111 tli,lL of nes:-; rolled aw LY to I.he horizn n. a m er e machin e fo r t he accnm ula- The vigorous s:ulors o f t ht.> mariLio n of wetil t h ; " e mustfori 11 iclPa,; t in1e r ep ubl ic a11 d Ll1c> Jarinon frnvof art, of scien ce, of lit,E'rn tur<>. elers who h;1d go r, e up t.o Jerusnhig l,e r thnu those whi ch :nark t his le111 aud t.hE'UCP. do1rn t o India, mater ial age; we must fo r m a. 11 thought they perce ived t he s pl, er irideal of li fe itsel f worthy of a ue w ity of the enr Lh an d that t he Iloly and better ci v ilizatio n. Cit,y was 011 t he crest or rido-e ,... of t he world ! Happy indeed will he tha t age ln the face of s uch 0 1,1 11 1011,1-. nt when these t w o opposite ext.re mes shall be harmonious ly bl ended int.o t he break of' day . A ng-u~t 3rd, 1+02, oue ; when t he beautiful, th e spirit- Chr istopher Co l nm b ns. escOt"ted t o un,l and th e ideal shall be united tlte sea s hore nt Palos by the prior · with t he useful and prnctical-each a nd 1110 11 I<"~ of th e con ve11 t <·£ La modifying, controll ing a nd l{n.bida, who IJlessecl tlte se;t :wtl his the other - and vesse ls, emlJraced lri:i so n, a nd em~ strength e nin g both tl 111 t i ng to form a stro nger barkNl i11 th e larg-est of 'h is th ree ancl morA varied, n broacle1· a.ud bar b . th e Sa nta M ari a, on l,oa.t·cl of o- ,ls adrich er civil ization; a civi lization whic h he hoisted h is fla ,... more wo1·thy of human effort, more mirnl of an unkn owJt sea a ud vi cer oy of undiscovered lands. lt • s ure or diviue bl essiug. was a nJO urn in g procession rather

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I.ban au a 11 gu r y of' a har•PY r esult; Piut.L made s1g11,, of distn•ss, her (,her e was I11 .ire :-Prrow t.han hope, rudder was brokPll n11rl 1111l111u~. more leat·s th a 11 hurrahs. T h e F orl,unate ly , Marti11 Pi11z011. (;om wives, mulltr-r:<, a 111\ :.i!-l<-'r :.- of tlie\ nrnuder of !,he Pint:1, wa:- a11 adroit. Sl':u1Ic11 " cr dly cu r:-ed Llic rat.d nn ~tbl e sea 111e11; lie :-:_11cceP1h•d in st"straugt>r , wh ose ('tH; haultJd wor ds I curing the r u<ld,· r ,vi i 11 <·urds so as liatl :,;eclnced th e mi nd of' a queen, Lu bring the ,·(•sst'I i 11 r.o I11 a II age;uirl who ri:-kecl so 111 a 11 r 111 ... 11 's 111e11L. B ut this was liuL a h:111porl i,•c~ nI1 I.lie m:cu1n plis\11111:11t of a ary expedie11t, 1111d Col 11111bus decl r <•a111. Colutnbu:-; u11wdli 11 gly f ul- tern1in ed t,o Lo111·li at. t he Ca11nrie:-j lowed, likP all men who l c>acl a 11a- a11d :;.eek a vcs;wl to r ~place hl' r. lion IJP_yon<l Lhe pale oE it s p r ... judiOn qu i Uiug lhL"sc islcu1ds, th e et·:-, la1111 chNI upo11 LhP u11lrnow 11 appearance of Liu.• pt•ak of T e11 eriffe. ~ t•xpn11),,e a111i,l maledict;ions and wh ose eru ptions illumined tile 1;0111plui11t.s. Such is tlte law of ua- l1 eavc 11:=; a nd was r eA.,cte1I i11tn the lur1.1. All thatsurpas::;es liu111a11itv. sea, cast t error i1rlo rlu, mind s of cvc11 fo co 11qui-•r ,tn trlea, a truth or his seam en . Tli f',\' thought ti,ey a w,, rlcl mak es ilsco111pla111t. Ma11 I saw Ill it the H11mi11g swurrl of the 1s like the ocPnn . '"it.h ,i r esllt>SS IIP.:-S angels who expcl lcd the first man t.P.11tlin g t.o 111ove1ni>nt a11d au iu ed i.t fro m Ede n dri viug hack t.ltc clail- • i ncl ill i 11 g to n•posc. W oe to Ii im dren o E A da111 from f-li e en tl'ance to that. di:stn r bs it. ! the forbi ll deu Sl'a:- and la11ds. But The appearance of the flotilla, tbe disappP.arn11 t.;1~ nl' the volcanoe·s sC,Lr Cel y eq 11al Io a fishing or coast- peak, a:i it sa 11 k be low the horizou. i ng squadron. off.,r PCl a str o ng con- caused thi::111 as 111nch sa1l11ess a~ t11c Lral-,t i11 t he fH:•i1ple\1 eyes to Lbe eruptiou has ca11s,..J Lheu1 fright. magnit11de of the da11ge r s i t was so I t was t bei r last l>cac,m, t li e farLhr m,h l_y goi ug to brnve. 011 e ltu11- e~t sea mark of the old . world. dred ari d twe11 ty nrt·n weut. on Loo:-.ing sight 11 1' iL i-l:'e111t>(l to be bo,lnl Lhi;: thrN" sh io$, out. Uolum- ,loos111g I.he last. traces of t,heirroacl bus alone went on board w i t li a th rough au im,rH.• asnrablc space. t:alm face, a firm c01111tc11:rnce a 11d Th ey seemed literally to l1avG takeu a C(Jurageous h eart. ll is conjec- l eave o f t he worl,1 ; everything dear lures h arl as~u 111etl i11 his 111incl af'tt'r t o tb e heart of man; c:ouutry, fama l apse of 18 years, the sli,tpe of ily. £riencls, life itse lf. l.:fofore th em cer taiuty, his only cause fur n11x1~ty e\'eryth111g wa5- clt aus, mrstery an<l being a lack of confideuce in the per il. D es1-airi11g of eyc,r see in g r csolut.io11s of his cr ew . A favora- home again, ma11_y rug!{ec.l seam en blc wind from Europe wa.tted t hem shed tears and broke i11to l outl l atowards the Canar ('S. the last r est- m entations. Tlw admiral called i n !.! place of t lr ose wh o ::mil~d into t llem ar o und hi111 in hi,- ow-n ship the Atl antic. On th e 1,hin l d ~lY the n ncl enfused hi~ o wn energy into

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i hl'i r 111 iuds, by descri bing to Lliem P 111 zon co111111 ,t11di11~ l he Pint.a, Lhc ln.ncls, islauds, t he seas, tht> gave t he c ry "la ud, ho r· A ll tltc mines of gold, a ud sand s of! pea rl s cr ews repeati ng Liu• cry of safoiy, towards which e very bree:1.e ca rried J life nnd t riu111p l1, ft.II 0 11 t he ir ku ees I on th e <leeks a11cl s t.rn c k np t he them. The sea began to brin g its warn- hy nin , ··G lor_) I.<> Urn l in I leaven ing. Unk nown vegetatiou was o f- a 11 d u po n earl.It. " 'l'lti .; religio us t e n seeu floati ng 011 it.s su rface. d1 a1 it , Llw fi r,;L hymn Lha t e vl'r a ro:-e 13irds wb ich never settle un Lil e Lo LIH: Grcator from tl1e hoso111 ol: a waves or s leep on water c rossed Lh e new occn •J, r olled slo,, ly over t he sky. But s till t he lan d so often wa ve:-;. \V hen it was OVL' r . all poin ted out was seen to be only ,~ L:limL<'ll a:-; high as t11ey co1dcl u1, mirnge deceiv ing the :,;ail ors. 'l'l1 P th e maRt a 11tl r ig gi11g Lo see wi th s teady east wind th ey fan cier\ t heir owu eyes Lhe s limes to Ll 1e would drive t hem 0 11 t hrou g h space son th west. 'l'h c 1-;u 11ns e destroyed beyond the possibility of returning, t heir fo1td hope•:; I.Jil t t.oo qL,ickly. \ \Tho co111d si-we t .em fr om the hor. 1T he iruaginnr v la ud disappeareJ rible prospect of llyiug ot' hun ger with t he morning 1111:;t.. and th irst ? Se veral al ready b.eg1t11 'l'<:rror again too k possessiou of to oouut th e nu m ber of clays, and th e c re w!-. Columbus lt 1111se lf nutth e rations fe wer t ha n the days, wiLhsta11d1ng h(s apparent calm.. a nd thev mu r mured against th e ness, fa,lt, so me a 1Jx iety. Re proaclies fru itless o bstinacy of Lhefr c hief agai nst ltitu were heard trc111 al l an rl bla111edthemselves1 sec retly, for quar ter:;. '!'lie d 1s pai r \\ hich deper:--evering in a n obedience which p ressed Lhe 111 t;haDged to fury. Racn ficed t he li ves of one hundred \Voul<l 110L J'ull owiug him fu r t her, a nd twenty me n to the maclu ess of make t lte111 the acco mp lices of: hiis one. The calms of t he:: tr opic ,: g uilt ? Diel th e duty ut' ouedieuce alarm ed theru. Fierce nud a11gr) I exte ucl bt>voud Lh<' limi t~ uf the faces crowded around the mast, world r T h<'se co mpla111ts had uow the murmnrs arose loncler and becom e clamorous. Th e admiral lou der. T hey tal ked of compelliug restrained Lhem by I.h e calm 11ess of the p ilot to p ui about and throw his cu untcnnnce. Ile <:ailed npon Colum bus in to the sea. Bu t th ey Heaven to decide b,,t.wcen him a11d we re defied by bis bold 9earing and t hem. l[c fi i1Lched not. H e offered disconcerted bv his cooln ess. his life a:; a pledge of hi;, protnises N a t ur e a t length gave him aid by B ut he as ked with t h e s piri t of a g iving fresh br ee¼es fro m t he east. proph et ,vho sees what the vulgar J3efore thP close of day, A lou :1.0 do n ot. lo sus pe11Ll fo r three days

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their u n belief. He s wore a ra:;h bu t <I red ynrcls in a1lva11rc • of him, 11ect!s.:lary oath, that it in the course bu rst npo11 hi -; ear the a1111ouace0£ thP- third duy, land was 11ot iu rnent of a new borne world. At sight he would steer for ]5;urope. this signal a gt•11eral i-hout.of "land Ile lemplecl (;iod b_y fixing a limit tl• ho" arose trout all I.he y;· ·els :md his rcvcl,tLiv11, 1,ut he !tad w man- riggiu~ of Lhc slti p. a~e 111e11. The d,,w n as it :-: pren<l ovf'r the 011 the morni11g of the U1irJ day sky, revcnled ll vast, 11 ew country, s1g 11 s uf laud i11creased. A p lauk pleasa11ta11d f"r11itrul,s11 rrounded by ltew11 by au ax, a uough of haw- au almosphcn• as dPar a,i cr ystal thorn i11 bloom, and lastly a bird's anrl bal,hed b.r a sPa with per fume nest fo ll ut eggs. 1'/tcy Wlre a ia its wavPs. Gree11 valleys and voice fru111 Lht:slture coufiriui11~ tht: bright clefts i11 the hollows affordas:;ura11ce::i of: Cvlu1t1bus. 'I'he rnu - eel a glimpse i11to the mysterio us tinee;:r:1 h·ll 011 tht:ir k11ccs to the wil<ls , while h·re 1Lt1d there cou ld be a<ltUiral whom they had iusulted Si>P.n a few h111.:-: inhabited by a but the <lay hd:ore, i;rnvccl pardon, peaceful, gen tit' rac£>. Colu mbus, au<l struck up a hymn o t thanks- after gazing i11 _silence at the fo reg1v111g. Niglit tdl 0 11 Lh~se svng.s most shores of tne L,ml , f«)u11cl it to vi: t he cu ur\;h welco111111i; a 111:w exceed eve n hi-, nwn expectatious. world. lie burned with the impatience to The admiral otl\!red ,L rewanl to be the first E11ropea11 to set foot 011 the first who should cry '·laud."' the sand, a u rl lo plant t.hP. flag of But prvvideuce reserved tu hi,n the S pain and the cross. Accorclingly first glimpse. W llile walking tlie lle put on all t he in signi1t of his digC(U.Lr terd~ck alone a.t mid11ig11t, auJ nity as admiral of the ocean aud sweepi11g the horiz,m with L11s keen viceroy of all t11tur r i>a\ms aud eye, ,Lgleam of fire passed a11d Jis- weut ashore a11tl kissed tbe earth appeared, aud aga.iu showed itself and shed tears of jo_v an d gratitude on the wu.v~,,;. lie lost ::;ight o~ the for t he goocl ue~s and grnatue,s of l ight a nd rema:ned ou deck until God. He 1,hen b;-tpt1sed t he lnud two in the morning. praying, with the n,unc of San Snlvndore. hvpiug and <lespairiug aloue, await- Uolumhns explored for some time iug lite trlllmph or the return the the adjoini ng i~la11rls of which he morrow was to decide. He was ,Hote ; .''They are t,lw most be:1.ut1seized with that. anguish which ful is les that ...-vcr the ef·e o~ man prccecds t.lte great discoveriE's of behe ld. One woul<l wish to live there al ways, l t ,s impossible to trutlt, like lhc struggl e wh ich au- think of misery or de,itb in s.iclt n t1cipates the liberntiou of the soul place." He establish;d friendly reby death, wheu a. cannon shot lations with t he nni1ves n.nd presou 11diug over the !-ieas a few huu- pared to return to Eu.rope to an0

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nouuce his great discovery. \Vhc11 to carry him tri11mpha11tly :is hort'. near the Awres t remendous squalls Spnnisi1 nobility ca.111e from t.he of wind- cloud heaped UJl 0 II cloud prov inces to meet lii111. Honor$, -and lightning such a.c; he hnd tit.les a.11tl terri torial rig hts ovPr fhe never before seen, flash ncross th e Jn.nds _of whic h lie s ho11ld <'ompl Pte I henYens nnd disnppear in the sea, the cl1scovPq was t.he reward of huge and foaming wa,·e~ drove his 00111111 bus. vessels helples:::ly about wi t hout HP wn~ 1wrm ittPrl 1.0 make t-hrre aid from helm t q sail, nnd seemed other vo.vages, durin g which ti111e nltt'rnately to open n,~d close tlt c lie ex pPrie11cp1l rhe rcve r. es oF forgnt<>s of death to 111111 and his com- tn m', cause1) bv t he jealo usy of l'ipnuions <wen 011 th e t hreshold of vals at con rt.. 011 one occas io11 his country. He had risked his when hi suhj i>cts harl co mmitt.@d life freely but he eoulcl 11ot bear to n. crime agai11st th e nativC's, his e nsncn fic1:: hi.,. gl ory. Meanwhile e111ies cnusecl him to bP t hrown into storm followed storm; t he ves~els priso n ns rn!ipo11!iihle a.nd Lhe11co became water-logged, nn<l the sav- carrierl to Spain to be t.ried bPf ore age looks a11<1. the n11gry 111urmers the King. Bnt p:trty hatred did of bis cnmpa11 1ons reproached him. 11ot .'.!ros.; I.h e ocean. Th e fet.t.er,; 'l'hey co11sid erc<l this wr,tth of Lhe u[ Culum lJus rou, t•J tlie pit,v attd elements as a vengea11ce of t he i11dignatio11 of thP puoplC' of Cadiz. occa11, a ngry that th e boldness of The King arnl q uee 11 dirl 11ot df'ig_n man shu11lcl have pP.netrated its to exam, ne t he c· hnr ge~ axa;n,-t. mystery. Col umbus, heedless of him. H P was acquitted n~ mucli in their anger but taken 11p with t he l'OllSP<1ue11ce 11£ thrir rc-~spcct as of fate of his di ..r overv , wrote npon his own merits. But his ln~t chys arou se the s_ym parchment several short accou nts of his voyage, clost!cl them in wax .I pathies of HV<:r y 011r-a11 old ' anrl nnd t hrew them iuto the sea that I 111fir111 111a11 , the possessor of so per chance some one might find 1na11y islanc:~ and co11ti11ents had them in cnse the vessels were de- not where to lay his lt earl. •' rf [ stroyed. rt is said that o ne of want Lo eat or IE't'Jl,1 • writes he. 1 •i these drifted for three ceuturies £~11d must knock ut the door of a11 inn a. half and was picked up on tlie and often t imes I have not 111011ev coast of Africa, after America had to pay fur a mPa) or a ord.'' Al I become colouized, Rourishiug and t he afliictions of limb, bod)'. sou l free, the ri val of the old country. · and mind- of the pa._t,, th e present He landed at Palos l\lnrch 15th, and the future united in weig~:i11 g 1493, at sunrise, in the midst of a upon the spirit of th e old man iu crowu frantic with joy and pride, his lonely cha mber in Segovia, unwhich even rush ed iuto the border ntl ended by any one :,;ave an old

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THE MODF.L CADET.

poor servn.nt ! An old man, ahanA boy in years, nnd yet, ·a mnn in tloned b_y the world nnd dying in thought,

a pauper's bC'd in a hired chamber , He learos that knowledgo seeks not, but rlistributing• i11 his will sea!'., hemis sought, i:-ph er es, islancb. co11ti11e11ts. na- T o him each day hns so111e thirlg new to teach, tions a11,l e111pires. theu of little Or brio"s some chorishod prospect wit.hworth. 110w the 111ig l1tiest of the in reach. world ! Experience whispers t.hnt all men repent ' L'he cmvy of his age aud king, 'l'be hours or youth t.hey wasted or misspent, vanished with the last breath of the Aoci if Corbidde n pleneu re tempts the grf'at man who was his victim. He mind was given a royal fun era l, and his Hie though ts turn to the home he left b'ldy, aftPr hav i11 g succe,-l-fully ocbehind. cu pied several 1110111 en t 0 in various And etra1gbt.wny <lo the mad cap schemes depnr~ . Spanish cathedral:::, was r~move,l and bu ried according to his re- Because 'twould puio a lonog mother's heart, quest, i II Cuba. Aiid till hor with <toxiety nnd fear, A 11 I.h e characlerist.ics of the If evil news oChim s hould reach her ear. t .-uly grt'at man are un1 t~d iu Co- All base, unmnnl~· net.ions he rejects, I11111bus; geuiu s, labor. pati,:nce, And ts respected who hi meel[ respects. obscu rity of llrigi 11, ovM·comt:: 1,v Bu t, gentle rende r,.prny do not forget t:: nergv of wi lt ; mild but per~i:-t,eut, 'l'his is tho MODf:r, not the REAL cadot.

A. W. ELF:n nF..

firmness, resiguation toward hcaveu; long concept.io 'l of the icl\!a 111 solitud •, beroi" execution 0£ it in POLl'l'IOS. 'lct1on; con fi<lence i II the clf:sti II r of the hum an race, ~ith an i111111e11se, Wont's this I bear about Fre~ 'l'rn<le, n.rde11 t and e11cl urin g love f11r it. As if by it, the world were mnde, Such was t ht:: 11ia11., We know of While others any tbat true perrect.ion n one more perfect. So g reat. was l e only gained through pu re Protection? his infl uence on the dest.i11y of the I kissed her, then she-kissed mo. earth t.h at non e more t han he ~ver "That's l"reeTrade, ruv dear, you soo," deserves tho 11au1 e of Civilizt r. Then nrouu·d ber waist, with true dis• cretion Americll bears uot bis name ; but. I placed my nrm. nnd that's Protection . the liuninn race, clrnw n together and sern euted hy hi m, to-dny It ID).lBt be thnt ['m weak ot mind, Perhaps 'tis so of womnukrnu; sprenrls hi s re nown over the f ace of Between the two nt nn election t lte wh ol e ear t h. Death cnme and 'Twould be quite hard to mnkeseleotion. afterwards fame. OH! G .

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phr1101111?11nl !'l ll C.Ct>SS in !ts clai:is of schools,-sh:ill 1/ have 1b, succPssH hi Th Wt• hPliP\'e it shall. . . p uo11shed ,.1ont y roug.h1out t,h1e- , ful mao-nzinr? r College Year oy t~e Cadets. I n11cl here i:- Nn. I, Vo l. I. Balinlcl Subscription Prirc $1.00 Per \'ear io Adrnnce. us! Hcan,-r, we a,k i hat .r 011 ex ---- - .,.... ,..__...__._,,.- (e111l tn 11s t lw hancl r,f PriP11dsh ip, .-\. R. H ,\)PJF.T'I', 2 EdiLors. ro-ond f1•l10,,s'11p, :incl hrarf v i:up0. G. B ,\T,1,ARO, ~ port. 'l'l,c li'ocl's 1s but 011<• of I IH• e ORRESl-'ONfc>ENTS: 11 11111 ?ro11s rxcPl le11 t f1•at11 res of I hP ~ P. 8 Lyo:,;. Crescent ? H . G. L ,\.\tn. .hl. l\l . .A .. ancl we ehcri:-h a ho pe s II. G. 'l'UREM \N, which amo111its to faith, a·1d plPClge Euphrndino l ,\. ,v. Er.r.r::r.1n:. ou r goocl will a nd works to I he <>X~!;)!;)RESS ~LL eOMMUNICATIONS TO lent l11at, onr mngazin<', !>l1all fl ou rish wit.I: the most rlPscr ving. l;ti £ f'I\. fl\ ~Our horizon can not. lw the j,'IISSOUftl. j,'IEXICO, wicle:;;;t )'Pt we s hall str ive to PXh• nd EntnNI in the> Po,,. Olllcl' nt MllXICO, :llo 'as its limits lo a ~rea l, ci rcle ill Olll' sccontlclu blnnttor. i<phere, :incl shall rcvohie in ~pace 011 the Aurface of t,his li lt.le plauet, HD ! TORIAL. Pa rt.Ii . with ::t!- mtwh em,e of <lignil,v :rn,1 priclc or \\"llt'lli a~ anv tl1uuS ALUTATORY. derer thrr,,, and wt' :-hall so fix ou r 'l'hnt there is uol1t1ng np1v under lens a-; to :-{al lirr l'rom the 1rreat the s11 11, is perhaps as true lo-day su n of truth, all tl:r liglit, we ran, as nt nny time, to the ere of t>xpe- in point of news, St it! ntifi" research, rieuce. 'l'o advance i11 a way as Jiteran' merit, nn,l philosophical I good as tue old , and to do as well ; a11Ll socinl problem~, a11 ,l rPfiect it as their fat hers have clo ne, t,hc I in ··though ti-I that 1.,rea t he and young men of to-day must kePpj words that, bu rn ." the wh eel ,.f iuvest,igaf,ion, cultu re \\' hile we an~' not e:-qJecting t.o and progress still t urning, nud st.art.le th" 1H1.tio11s, the stale, or that with commendable ~elocitv. even. t,he nejgliborhoo.cl, we do heTh e college auJ arnde111y paper, lievc li o \\ ever, there is ronm fo r u.;; wheu conducted well, has prove11 and a plac:e, bnt if s11c h does n ot of g rent help to th ose studen ts who !'ecm to exist, we nave d!'ter111i1wd have taken part i n its manngemcut to make a 11ict1e for ou r:.el ves au<l and publication; and, at the same occupy it. time, lrns given strength and prec'l'his will be a publication, nrniucdenct!te, t he institntion from which l_yf of the two literary societies, it em:i.uated. Crescent allCl Euphradians, a nd will.

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IJe devoted to their prosperity aud Bo ll1 W<'re v... ry ,,•pl! (•XPCUl~d. tl!e \"Plfarp of the li. l\I. A. Like After the mi11i:trel s th e rec:Pp liou the :,:;oe1d1es, howevn. we shall ex- was held anrl n•frt'shments were

pect it. lo i11trea:;e i11 l'~Lvor aJ1d sen ·ecl.

fn,l(,,·;ut/ 901,d 1cill toward all. A large nurn bn clan c;nl t i ll a late Ou r ;11111 1~ to give opport11 11 iLy ll(Jllr. T hen 1hr )Ou ng ladiP:s were f.,r the cul ti vat.ion of good .English, taken home i11 t lr1:- Coo n-Criglc:r i11 goml tast.e ancl sentinH?uL, to cl ose <;arr iage. offer i11cP11t.ive anwng our ~tu,l<'nts OUR B TBLF. CLASS. for l,he acq11 isi t ion of skill in t li e first sh•ps nf jl>11rnal is 111, and t o ~eWlii le the stuclt•nl:; of our Acndeurc an appreciation fol' the best li ter:1 rJ forn1s gleaned fro111 tl11s en,y are pn.:Rs111g For wnrrl in the c'leveiopemtnt of t.heir min<\,:; ;tn cl ancl form,'r d ay!-, 'rhe F'ocu::, hn-; anntlll'I' airn - t.o boclies, yet they have not for g,>tket•p i II lo11 ch wil.h schools a nd tt:u thn t ihere is a1wthC'r part to colleges i II Lh is and oLh,...'r parts of man of vaster imporlan<:e. A fo,~ tl 1e $tale, lo publi;;li such items of weeks after :1chool commenced. i111portance a:- will be o[ i11ter est. to l.,ut a handfnl of' c·ade ts c:atlle together, and wit it Cup L ~ at,herso n them a11d the ge11 t:'ral r f'arlPr. Aud wbil e wf' shall ue r eg:l:-11,•d as thei r lf'adf'r. a11rl "iti, t he ai1l of ch i C'A_y as I.li e <'X po11 c11 t of t.L,· 11. a Bible outl rn t>r t,ltey hegau to ~1. A. W P. ::-h,d.l grP1•t all, anrl wr•l- learn of the story of' Uhrn,t.. F rom that ti111., our class hac; co111c to ou r t:olu111 11 s ar t iclt's of gradually in cr<.>ased, and now from merit from other sou rce:-. seve n ti ! 1 e i:.{li •. ever y Saturday nigh t yo u can ' t>(• a n)nm fol l o( ;\[ , M. A RE CEP1'TO(\. young rne n tltoughtfoll_y r eadi i1g The Hrst recr>pt.ion of the in su - and stnclyiog the Uihle. I t is hopi11~ year was gi,·e 11 on the e,•p of ed that a Y. M C. A. will l,e t he ~~11d. of last m111ith. 0 11 t grn w th of thi,i cln.;;s.

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Lf'L'~RA RY SOCIETCES.

M. l\l. .A. can no w boast two societies; meeting weE>kly aod ,loi 11g literary wor k f\ 0 11 rishi ng li tl'rary

c:arringt's. 'l'lrn 111i11::-t rel program was cut. and r eg1t l ar parlia111e11tary business. short because Ll1<' t i111 e f or opt!ui11g The tn1ining sec urPtl i11 a literary wns very late. The priuci pal f ea- society has bee11 a gr<>wi11~ need of

tnres o f Ll1 e show wE>re A llllerso n 's the institution, aud one npp ar E>nt. Solo and Pearson Corn Field scene. to all who stopped to thmk upon

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the su l,ject.. That coll1•ge or acad- 111g way. I t i:. a 11ot11rio11s fad cwic educatio n, which 1s nut :-up- that iu t lw caucn,.ses of polit.ica l plcmrnted by d rill Ill t.hi11ki•1 g up- parties. c11ou~lt l1u-;i11C'SS i~ t.ran. on 011o·s fpct., before an a udience ncterl i11 a,11 i1npropt>r 111:rnncr t.o nnd e:x prc:-si 11g that thoug ht i 11 ! annu l lhe whol e proc :ctlings, . 1mgood c,·er y 11:iy English, is Licking ply on acc·ou11t of l,hc gP11cral iggl'eatly iu I.hr c:--.c 11 t.ials that go to 11ora11CP n•garding the rule" g11vmake the ' ucc,Js. fol educnlecl cili- <:rnin~ Ilic fr:1n:-acli11g of IJ11'-i11«-ss :t.Cll. How often h:t\'e we he('11 i11 parlia111t-11fary brnlie,.:. present at. t im es of general rl1sc11;A Sc)CiL•l y, w,!l'll properly co11sio11 nncl hy reasou nf t.hP lack .,f duc!l'd is a ,-chool for parlian1c11t.aco11 ficlencc tn t.>xpress 1111 rseh·"s ry training, "ht>re all l)llsi11ess is properly, allo,~ed n gootl Lhouglit. d1111e i11 a strictly IL'giti111at c way. to go unspoken, wl11ch, if properly accnrdi11g to 111C'l,hods laid clown b_v pnt i11 strong la11guag;c would ha,·e slanclarrl authorif.il':-. \Vt- appr,11d earned con,•iction to 011r he;trcr,. belcrn 111 brief t.he prcweecli11g8 of The wnrhl has ne.,c:r Jet bcl'II I thP two :-oc1et.1es up to date. Septemher 17th t.ht> 1neml,ers 111' t,he g ..iner by an unspoke11 thought . It is Lhnt which cn11 be usccl by all, Co. J\. ,11et in Section R oom A. and f,hat bent:fits manki11d. aftt>r hPing (•,1IIC'CI lo order, ~Jr. A. But. we cligre:;:-l-'['he 111a11 who H. fl nmmE>lt wuc; cho-;('11 asfe1 11pori" mosL sati:-,lied with his n1e111:il ary chainna11 and Mr. 0. G. Baltrn.ining is the man who p;titl I.li e lard a~, e1:. pnih•rn. Twt>11I y thrE'e greatest attr>11Lic>11, a.-111 appeared Iof t.hc memlwr ~ of' thr> co111pao_y ofteuest n 1>011 t he programme of r,urollr>cl a.; mP111 bPr~ of the newly his literary suc1et.y. Ask lii111 whn.t : fo rmed i::ociet y. 'L'h followi 11 g o'.1e Lh 1n g abov_e. al I others !{ave ollicer s have lit'eu elt·ctetl f'or pc rh1111 l11s best t.nu n111 g at schoc,I and: ma1 1c 11 t: 11rga11iz ttin11he will u11 hesilat1 11 gly tell you:! Pre:,;i1lP11 t - A. Li. Uam111Pt.t. "My work in li terary society; l Vice Prr>-.idc11t- Uh ac; . ManSll r. \\'Otdd have dro1,ped any one of my I Ht>cor<ling ::;,,c. • 0. G. Hallard· stutlies before 1 wou ld havP losL ' f!orres p11ndi11g 8ec.- S. Smith. T rea;;urer [l icks. my societ y trnin1ug !" l t is in valuable. Seargea11t nt arms I,inml,. Mark the n, ost i11flu ential citiJ•'irst. Critic- Ly oo. zen of any commu nit,y, f.he ouf' Seconcl Cri tic- H. l•'lt>l't. most often honorPd upon public LibrarianE. Ua rpent.er. occasion. You will find him to be Henceforth it will be k11 ow 11 as the mnn n.b)Pst lo cxprC'ss h, s the ''Crescent T.it.erarv. •· On the san1P aftern oon that the thoughls before the assemb led multilll1\e in n forci ble e ntertain- fir"t meet111g was helrl lJy the Cres-

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CP nts, t he mPm he rs of C,1. B. mr•t Lhe houored and ahl,- presi<lPnt 0f in Section ltoom Mr. A. \V. the past year. was with us and nidEllerbc was elect1•cl temporar y e<l in every po:,siblt' way, the proc hn1rnrnn and Mr. Uliltt on Uawkins g ress of the nircting. The followa, ~l'r. jlrolem. At t his meeting ing office rs were elected for the e11i\lr. Cecil lhskeLt was clf'clecl P res. s uing year: J. F'arri ngto11 - Vice Pres. Preside11t-Cole, P. Y. St. L o llis . V ice-Pres1d c,n t - lla r11mett., A. H_ .J. 13a:,s-- Hc1·onli11 g S ec. P. V. Col,,a11<l D. l3iggs- Lite r- Huntsville, Mo. :i ry Cr itics. Tr as 11rer - 8lli>rbe, A. vV. St. Geo ..J o11f's- Searg<>a11t at a rm s. Louis, M o. Pearson - Treasu rer. Secrctar y- K11i~hl, ll. \•V. HeleLibrarian. and 11 n, M o nla11a. A. \V. EllerlJI'l\lnnagers- l•'rnn c is , P. J efferM>n f·L C. "Murp l:}- Cor re:'pon ding Sec. Ci ly , M o. ; S111 itli. J. S. Fayette, 'l'hc sncietv h ns adopted the Mo. ; l1\ trri11gto11.- - - -Upon being t'lectetl to the chair, fri€'ncll y n nmc uf Euphrndia n as its 1fr. Cole addn.-s:.t>d the Association cog110111cn. The motlo ...nf thC' "Cre!-cent!-" :!- wi th scven:il vt'r_y appropriate re' Oi, ma1·ks 1 ,vh ic h lre ht•rc 1tivc11: •·L ahor co11qller$ nil things.' 1· ., 011 this, t.he s ,·cond an11ual t.lic Buph rn.<l ian:-, •· W e learn to do gathering of our A I h lctic Ashy cloi11g. " sociat ion, we ca 11 ,,ell J0111 in E:-ch, of Llie soc ie l.ies has ha.cl the triumphant hurrah over the the pll•as nre of lis{ ,·nin~ 10 a very past, wh ic h we havP improved interesting program me a nd t lie with ou r e very opporluni tv . and future o f both sce111c brigl,t. tbe futu re, i11 whic h we have every r eason t.u believe, u11lin11ted .ATJJLF:'J'lC ;\' h' WS. snccess n.wa.its us. \V 11 It s uch favorable surrou11di n~s we s ho uld not A meeting of th" M issoLiri "Mi 1- fail to improve each opportuuity in it,ary .At,hlet.ic Association was cal l- such a ma11ner t lia,t in after years -.. rd se veral ,,·eeks s iu ce. All bnsi- we may look ba1· k with pleasu re to nP!':~ wa~ t.ran.~actecl i11 accordance th e time spP.11 t in athletic s ports at with the lawR ()f s·aid nssociation. the M. M.A. which r <>q nire it fo he reor ganize<l It is the ohjPct of these newly elected officers rn promote the in:i nnna.lly. also th e president t o he pre~ent nt the reor ganization, fol- t erest of their ~yu1nasium and all lowi ng t h e ycn.r for whic:h he wns field s ports. iu cludlllg hase ball, f"lecte<l to the chair. Accorcltngly. foot ball rrncl te nnis. Perhaps it. Cnpt. A. Bneckeler of St. Louis, will pl1:>ase some o f our subscri ber s

'I'll J,,' ,II . .11. A. J,'()('l 'S. A f1' \\' day:- ago W C" .i ppeari>rl in lo know f.hat the debt of thirl,y clol ln.rs, in curred by the gym 11 nsinm 11 ew nniforni ia. H c: i11 g so e11l'aptduri11g the nast year, is no,,· paid off 11r~cl wit.h 1!1e tl 1ong hl of li ayi11 g nncl we now linve upwar ds of thirt_v 0 11 a nc•w dres:,:, ~0111e Ollt' r·r mnrk i>cl , •· \ Ve 111 11:4 walk slowlr. or w p · (I dollars i11 lhc treas ury. It has bel'!n nclrnowlcdged by com- g <'t, 111 ixnl." petent judges lhn t most of the rec'l'l1 c O r••a t Ba:-e 13ali ' t\•aru w:.s ords mn,le nt the fir:--t annual fi eld th P t al l, of' I IIP wh olP :achool i-C\'t'ra l clay of this Acnclemy ,,•pre exceed- cl ay:,: :-:i11 ce. bn t t he querie~ n o w irr gly g ood, bnt bey o nd a cloul,t are. Whal i~ it ? and w her e i~ it, r there i~ much beLtcr 111r1tcrial for The progra 11111w fo r ou r nex t. n 11 athletic work ,u t.h c. corps this 11ual fi p \ 1l day ha-. 11 0 L _yet. b eP 11 year thnn last. and if o n I y nn effort arrangt>cl . It will be polilished as is nrn<le by the cadets, 111 a ny of th e S00 11 as possi ult'. rer.ords will be broken. B ,\TT ,\ J, 1,[0N o nOANl ¼,\ TTON'.

1'laj LI. K . i'Hall1c:-;011 , cn111111a 11 rlThrre IS preuo111 i11ant Ill this corps of cad ets a' spirit of e11 th u::;i- da11 L. ; Li<>ut. W. 'l'. LltLlcbra11 t, asm. F or proof ot:" thi s st.n.t.ement LOth. U. S. C.av., t act ical of1i cl•r. refer to th e mn11y societi1•s 1111d as- St.,d:r- ffr:..t l11•11 t. a 11rl arlj ul a nt, soc intio ns a lrcn<ly organi:t.cd, Goth fl. G. Turc man ; fi r,,t. l1i>u l. a11d for the developme11 t of th e L,ody q nartern1aster, O. \V. C larkson ; and mrncl. U nder the fir st. of these ser g cnnt an d maj11r, LI· P. riln r phy. nrny be m e11 t io11etl t he T cm111s Co mpany ..\.- Ca pta in A. Ll Ha111Club, which was orga nized with a 111 el t ; fi r:..t lict! l , .J. S. l1',1rri11 g to11; membership of thirty cadets. H. ~ec:0 110 li,rnte nant. K 11. .McL l:'an: C. Murphy was elect ed President., fir:--1. :-l'l'gPallL, 0 . n. Balhrd: ~ec.J. S. Sm ith secr etary nnd trensnrer. oncl, C. B. Hawk ins, th ird, U. ll. Then the club was divided i11to two Larim on:- : l'enrth. G. W. ,J o n e~ ; sections. Cadet B iggs wns ho11 urecl fifth , Ji.1\1. tierry. corporal. g , I< . with the appoiutmt:iu t of m a11ager Sheetz.; :-l•Co n<l corporal. H. \V. or th e first section nnd G. H. Hicks lrnight. Conqm11y B.- Caplai11, the secoucl. The club is progress- A. \V ~ lll•rlw; fir:,;t li ~ute11a11t. iug very rapid ly; som e of the mc>m- H. G. La mb; -,eco nd lieu lf' na nt. hers who, at first , cou ld not stop a 1\ (. .J. Kilgore; 1in:I. sargt•nnt, Daball with a. bu shel basket, uow vis Big g:-, sec:ond. ,J. D. P. F<'ranc:is, place them with g reat accuracy. Jr.; Ihm! L. E. Crow; fon rtlr , ,J. .-\. We learn ft-0 111 l\fr. Murphy that h<' U1111 c:t11; fifth, .J. S. !Tackett; coris now having an clegiLJLt court por,tl, \\'. 13. K<>lly ; second , G. W. mad£>. The Presidl!nl pro111ises us Seick. a louruame n t in the n ear future- • FirsL sergea11t of B11gle corpse, before .J n ne, '03. KE. \Valke:r.

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Cadet Flawki11s has been very sick for several clays, but he is ra~t COL. A. li'. FLmP.T, Supt.. nod Pror. of recoveri ng. Lnt.in and Greek. Ex Capt. RoPckeler a11rl Ex Lieut. :\-IA,J.'TC G. '.\,L\TH ERSON, CommandCole were herr. last ,vn·k vi:;iting ant nnd Prof. or Eoglish. CAPT. D. A. l\l' ~fILLA N, Prof. of old friends. Lat.in, .l\l at.homat.ics and Elocution. A certain vou11g ln,ly wnnts to CAPT. D .' S. :'.£:\'l'Hl!:RSON, Pror. of En~Jiab I .nn~un~o and His tory. kno,-v 1£ we a n• goiug to wear our CAPT. D. A. 'J'HORNBURG, Prof. of s nits t o ch urch 11c,xt Su nclny. Mat,homnt.ics nod Natural Science. W. ' L'. LI'.l'TLEBRAN, Sec. Lieut. U.S. v'Vhtle you ar P. down town just A., Pro r of M ilit,nry Scionce and Tacstep in the Bo:-tu11 shoe store and t.ice. • CAPT. E. H. WADE, Prof. of Book- purchase that. pair of sh9es you Keepia~, Stenography nnd Type Writ· need. ing. The third IP11nis court hns just PROF. W. :M:. : 'l'RELOAR, Chorus 'l'raioing. been finished, :rnrl in thP near fuPROF'. G. F. I<GE:\TM.~L, P1noo, Violin . _ f7 t ure tl..e Tournament will take 11 t and Ger runo instruct.or. DR. C.R. HALL~Y. S urgeon. - ,.. - L place. Patter~on. t lte grNd, 'fi re K111g, 1 1~0CA L _DFJP ARTM E N__7_'... :.:; has d1stingnisherl himself by using thP hose ver y clextnonsly when tbe Capt.. Thorn bnrg- 'My dnrli ng club rO('l)TI:S wne burned. Dora. Th e _young man who ..wants to All subscri p~i1111s a re du e af.ter bP. rich i 11 this worl,l's goods, mn st the first i,;sue. get up with I.hr s 11n a nd not stay Maj. K. G. Mnt.herson mnrle a up t oo late wit.It t.he dnughtn. businpss trip t" St. L o uis last wpe(c J . S. Smith, i n his recitation in The st11de11 t who it.c h es for fnme Eng. Literatnr~, made the broad much, scrat<: h aron11d lively t0 get, assertion thnt Chancer was .ed ucatP.d at Yale. iL Whenever you know more than Tlw coon t: riglcr carriage was iu g reat de ma nd 0 11 the night of the you r teachers, boys, k ee,:i it to yourself. That's the secret of my reception. Q uite a 1111mber 0£ .our corps at- success.-LYONS. tended the fair hem last week nnd The cadets were glnd t.o wP.lcome reported havi11g had n good time. back M. H. G. 'fnreman who atTlte 0. D's. are getting lo be tended the Academv last year. He q11ite cl cspernt.r ns t.hey take an im- will be among the many who men s~ pistol t o com ple te I heir uni- will striv~ t.o carry U1P Focus on to snccess. form.

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Cadet \ \'ilcox visited pare n ts nucl \Ve wne pl~aserl to ha,•., w1tli us friends Inst week. fo1 a fc• w <lays la:-t week, l\Ir. Rolla 'l'ho ~iris in Chicago are all very shorl, Hot h well O IIP of on r fo rmn st uAod thoronson I very soon round; dent~. It is rt>pr1 r terl that he came 'l'here is mnLerinl e uough lo mciko e,·ery u P on a '·dc->ar Ii II n I,.,. Success f o ,:prl tall, I 11 I But it,'s nonrly all spread oo tho ground. Y1111 0 < >O.}' •

Per r y Pnuicis w a,; nL h ome sev'l'lu• baud inst ru111 c-> 11f il arrive,l a t' rnl days last wee k. few !lays ago a11 cl will he nrg,:uizPd Messr .i! . Glar kson Ti nsley an d in a short t i1nP. Th ere n1·A !':Pv ernl llays attended the Exposition at of t he c,Hlels that have pl ayPd l,efore and t hey will sf rive to give us ..$t. Louis. some ,·er_y l'XcellPnt music hy It w,i.s remarked to the waiter 'l'hanksgiv111g. . when ihe hash was l,roug l1 t t.o t.he it has ortoo been saicl, t,lble. Johnson - I l e brews 13 : 8. Perse,·erauce \Vill push a mno far. far ahead, Then businoss moo or l\foxico, Messers J oe an<l John Hamm ett Prove yourself no miser, ot Huntsv ille paid us a vi,,it 1t fe w And nway to Lbe front you will go tr throu~h t,ho Focus you're no u<lrnrnny s since. The form e r had two tiser. h orses in last , veclnesday"s race. Robert Broc k, a ~t.udent of (01), Mother-\Ve ought to have named dropped in mir sa11 ctunry last wc!'.'k t ha t boy flannel. and rna<li: n R h,LJ1f).V by Ruhscribi ng Fath er- \•Vhy so? £or t hE' Focus. Il e was re turnin g J\lother- 13e",WSe he s hri nks from fro111 a trip thro11gh the South and washing. h_ns now resumrd his poi;ition with Ch icngo University wi ll erect a the Smith Drug Co. of St J osPp h, gymnns1t1111 costing $200,000. The .Mo. great nthlete, A. A. Sngg, form er- , \\Thile talking up the pa per buRly of Yule, will have charge of tltisiinesR, une of ou r editors was asked department. j wl,ether or not we would ltnve n Y~u can't hit Bnss if yon throw locnl and personal colu11111, •r1i e at h is legs. ll'nrrington threw an nns ,ve.- wa~; ··If the cadets rnnuiopen Greek book between them fest a dispositio n to aid 11s 111 thi' while Iris heels were to11ching-. H e rlepart.ment we will b ) glad to have can't stop a billy goat. such a column in our paper. A few clays ago we appeared in Capt,. Wade to Capt. Mc.-"If I our new uniforms. Being so en- were yo11, T would print a rabbit r aptu r ed ,vith the thought of hav- on th e back of my head."' ing on a uew dress, some 011e reCapt. Mc. (who 1s bald) "Why?" marked ; V\Te mus t wnl k s low 1v or Capt. \Vade :- 13ecause ~Clme peowe'll get" m ixed. ple might take it for n hnr e (hair).

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Ch ristopher c.. 1,1n1h11s WII S lit-fi t.• tinaly ,... . ohserv1•1l with f'X N Cise::; of The constant gonw oC 'rowser t,he highe~t o nl<'r at. Hardin ColfE>ge Mnaticntes the tough• it bone; The coostn11t coot0g lo\"er ln,t night, partic: ipal Nl 111 by lll P Carries off the blushing maid, 111ost accompli:411t,<1 and r_P11owne<l Aad the constant advertiser l s the one who gots the trade. celebri t.ies i 11 111 ,1::.ic a n,1 "lo<: 111 io n. \Ve wrn• favorerl la:-t week with Tim cu rta in r,H,• up,rn a c rnwd»cl n call f'ro111 i\liS8f'S oliller. Oeyo1111 g, house of enthu,iastic ,andi,t.o rs wlio H amnieLt and HillllP, Al:::o Mrssrs joined the hun,lrP<l:4 of' happ_y i:;h1Sa11clcrso11. Vase Hamm ett n.nd deuts of t h ese t.wo rt>lebrntPd i11 RtiFerg!'l•mn, whQ wen~ down on a tuti11us. of learning in that Ro ng of vi~it f'rom J·l untsvil le, the g111•sts g rat itude, "Prnise God From Whom of :Mi!'ls 11 i ncle. Thf'y ntte11<lPd the nil Dlessin gs Flow:• A Fter an enrr acP:4 hPre and had a !.!OOd t.ime nest invocation by Elder .r. [l. .Jac:kgenerally. son, of th e M. E. ch n rch, S011 th, I kissed her io the dim moouligh t, Cadet 0. G. Ballard gave a hist,)riAs down the path we at.rolled cal ::.ket c h hefnri-: t.l1 e vovnge, s howt:-'illed wns I with pure delight,Wit.h joy and bliss untold. ing the disheart<'ning t rial s a nd 1 kissed her in the moonlight gray, disappointments to which ig noAud yet her cheek seemed bard; rance and su pn;;tition subjected I guess the reason; Ah! 1t. was ' l'h~ chewing-gum she ,ohawerl. t hP. ~ reat explorer. Mr. {fallar<l's TURF.i\l,\."\, mnnlv bearing anrl <>xcelleu tl y \\. JlAT WE \\"Ot,;J,I) Lll(E TO SEE. trained voice callNl for prolonged ca, ,t.. Math er :-10 11 111 love. c hee rs. Maj. Mntherso11 married. Th<'n 1\:Iiss Ella J,owery, of HarA. W. ~llerbe'i:; 111ustnche. d.in, appe·ired I.Jl'l'nr e the footlights A good flue cn111 pat1 .) o r g:rnizPrl. nnd in a most d 1armi11gly modest M o re inte rest man ifested i11 0111 man ner rPnd .a 111 ni:;t interesting Bible c las3. s ketch ou '·The Oi..,cover v of AmerSt11rle11ts patronizing our nclv<>r- ica." S he dtserves g-rcat credit. t1sPr!'I. \Ve a re cr edib ly informed that Mis~ Ramsey with his hair cut. L o wry is o very clo:--:e studE'n t and n S,nit.li de<'plv engaged in s tudy. most estim a ble _young lady. We pred ict tha,t s he will b ... uuother COLUMBUS DAY AT HARDIN . star in the ~alaxv of H a rdin some dav as her es~1\,Y port.rayed rnre Union Exercise ot tha Young - I c ulture. L a di es of Hc1.rdm n.n.d the Ca<lets cf the M. M.A. Next was '·The Boy"s Hemonstrances" by Miss Lizzie Gosnell , of The fou r hnndredth an111versary Hnrdi11. :Miss LizziP hns been hf'~ of t.lrn discove ry of America by fore the nppreci:itive people of

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Mex ico hefor e n.nd nlwnys to their a.11 Italia n ,-u11g. Sita c:1·rlninly rlel igh t. llc-r pret ty fr.ce, com pos- surpasst>d t l1<' expcct,at.ioni- of' hn ed mnn 11er nn d nat ural gifts iII clo- most arrlcnt :ul111irf' r:,, :111rl an1ply cu tion alwnys carries her audi tor:; snstainecl the very liig h e11Jur-.<'mc11t slH' brought, from Lhe 111ost at her will. 'vVe were nexttrraledto mus ic classical and lear11PCI 111 uxi cal confrom the tale nte(l h and of Miss sPrvatories of .1£urnpc•. All \\Pie Genevive Kiug, of Ha rd i11. \Ve cleli;.ditetl a11d will hail with jo,\' hc•r recoguize her a.t first nppPara11ce as Df'Xt appe:1ra11 c:e 0 11 t.la~ pl.Ltforn1. An !,our or social int t>rcr,ur ·e bPthe ta.leu ted daughter of th e Lo ne tween tht> bo_vs of tir e M. hl. A, and Star stnte who so charming ly cont ested £or the honors of Mozart thr gir ls nf Harcli11 closed Ollt' uf I he f:onservatory la::;t year. '!'he n.url i- most ha j>py l•CC' a ions. We e11 vi<>rl th e yo1111g- cadets i11 th eir bea11lif11I ence received her with appl ause. Next was an historical :,ketch on uniforms o f g-ray as th ey Ji,d, 011 1 lo Missouri's cle• The Voynge and Discovery of Uol- the ar m dedicat ed nm bus," by Cecil M. Baskett, of the fcn s(', the beautiful :.chool gi r l 111 M. M. A. ft is useless for ns to all th e rosPate l,l11s11 of i1111cice 11t s peak of the literary attai11me11ts maiclenh oucl . M ay we ~o 111 hnvc; of Cacl t Has ki>tt. lie is one of ou r a110Lher celchi:,Llio11 of L:1e discovhoys who knows n o failure and lrns er y or A nw r ieu at Hnrclin. Col. A. F. l 'leet o f the l\J. M. A. 11e,,er aecep tccl or fille<l any pince presided with rligniLr. Pro f. \V. but ll.t the very top in l1ttralure. l\.L Treloar pianisl.- J11tclligencer. H e has c hose11 t h e journalistic profess i1011 and Mis~ouri will some day A good deal has beun goiug 0 11 be ns prond of him as M<•xi co now this w eel, at the ltli l itnr y Acal1em y. 0

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The uew band in!'\trtrn1<>nls have Next warn most im pressive rec- arnvnl a11d the buys ha ve hPgun to itation from ShakespeLLre iu per$Oll- take their le.ssom,. Among them ating n court scene of Heury Vr tr .. nre sev~r .. l who h,1ve had practice by Miss Hotchkiss, of Hnrdin, in band:. bc,fore and who will nut t eacher of elocu tion. I t was her find it hard to learn tb ei r parts. first appenrnnce before nn audience Ji'ollowi11g is a lis t of th e ba nd wiLh of our peopl e and s he may well be the ir ins t.n1ment$: r>roud of the en com iums of praise .Solo cornel, A. Lam e ; Eb cnrn et, thnt came from every tongue of her t'. Colt>; 13b cornet, A. E. Asbury; charming snccess on t his occa~ion. lib corr~et, C. Simple ; first tenor Miss Louise Von Floto w, teacher tromnone, E . K Walker; second ofsingiog and voice calt,.ue at Har- tenor trombone, H..J. Smith; fi rs t din, the11 favored the nnd ience with alto, L. B.. Pearson; second al to, "Arin dell o pera. gli Hngonette," T. King; bar itone. E. R. Page;

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ll <'aL ap pear,11icf' a n<l i:c-: nrt isLica l I) :ir r1111ged. Th e co11te 11ts ar e q uit1· fi. E: \ V1LL :-!OT : \TT l•,ND T U E D E DICA · 1£ we i ns t rucLive a11,l i11ter e:-;l i11g-. TLO:-., AS Tl' \\"o ur,r, OE U:- PATR -ro Wl' l't" compet,a 11 t to j udge w e w111dd 1:L, r11:1::;o:-.. ui v e specia l c n •d it t o t l1e art ica l <' ll '·l' he v al 11e ot Sacri fici;.'' C FlfCAGO, O c t.. 17. -Grnver CleveTh e /) rnr!J JI 11·mr 1 • a ver) .land, M rs. C l ev1>lau cl. an rl Baby r t->adal>li:: pap •r. It 1:011 l ai 11 . se\·er- l{ul h will n ot come to Chi cngo afa l li L1•r ars article,. \\ hirh u r : ,·prr t e r all. In n l e tte r r eceived t.o-cl ay i n -.tru ct i v .... T he paper Is small , hy Secr etar y C u l p Mr. C.:lcn•lant:1 lrn t ver y neatly got te 11 up. [t cle;:l inc<l t h<> inv it ati on wh ic:!1 t h e --<'<·111~ t o us t.liat it. wo ulcl bl:' ht:>lt.er exp o,-i t ion o fticial ,. h nd sent h i JU to to usi· 11 w r e ::; I,1a1;e for Ii terar ,\· art.i- take part i n th e var ious f est1\·itics • cles. NL' VC'rlh r> llc':=:::, ·'1'he 1l/ irror "" is a liv<>, P ll l" r ge , i c paper. a nd o f t h e week. Ir c h11cl bPe11 expectspeaks well f or t h e co llPge t.bat 1t. ed to partic ipate i 11 ull t h e official

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Tb c t.ext of l\Jr. C'lr,·c.>la nrl's )Ptter --Opening· ot I he Lo n ge:-t T eleis as follows: ohoneLiue. -N ew Y ork to NEW YoJrn , O..:t,. 15.- To E el ward Chicago, C. Culp. E$q., Secrclar,r: :\I, DEAH The i\layor of Chicago ">air! to I he Srn.-1Jy r13s ponse lo you r c·o11rtco ns 1nvi tntio n to attend th <' dPcl 1- i\la_,or of _i\pw \'ork : ·' l::lello! T he• c-ation rere moni es of t.lw \Voi-lrl'~ cily oC Chu.:ago grtJcts--" ·\\ littlt> l0111h• r. plea~"," saicl t.lrn Coln m binn Expositio11 lrni- hPen .Mayor of N C'W Y 11rk. loll;.{ delayP<l. " .\ ll ri ght: ho w·s l !:i:.?" ;ir-.kecl ~lw l shou ld hn,·e bec>11 vl'ry glad t.o l\[av or of' Uh icago. ht' j,resl' nt. on th is i n ter Pst i11 g oc<;n··Ven• ~ooc1:• ~aid the Mayor. sio11 and thus sho w m_v ap prPcta"Go alwarl. l ldlo! Go ah<>a<1.·• Lion nf its im porlance 1r I cou lcl ,10 'l'lw cil,j of Cl11cugo.'' l'C'HIIIIC'Cl so sole Iv ns all ex- Presiclctl t, of the it.::; ~l avc•r, '·grl'els 1 he c:it._y ,, {' Ne w U11i tecl Stali, •. f R m su re, howeve r, that this 1s impossible, a11cl r ani York." '"f lw ci t.y of New York ," !::-:ti1l its unwillin g to nndel' tnke t he trip. whic h, from beginning to en rl, <h•- 1\I n._yor, ··ri• tu r ns I he com pl1m P11t sp ite ::i.11 cffol'ts nn Ill\' pal'l. wou ld a11d se11cls g r1 cl111g to Cl11<:ago be r eg arded .is ~1 political Lour m ndc ,~ ishiu;.{ lwr ~I I s11ccPss i11 her by a caudid:ite for th e Presiden cy. forth.::on,ing celebrntio,,. 'l'l1P c: it_y ) l y g e ne ral aversion to s uch a trip of New York a lso congratulat<'s is overwhelmingly iucr eased in tl11s Chic·ago 0 11 th<' e:o mpl er.ion of thi:,; particnlar i11stance whe n 1 rrcal l telephonP li1..e which, I an• , urormthe effective d i!-pe ,rnat ion which deed, is twice Lh e cli::;t.n.11 ce of any tains at tlH• bedside of his sick wif~ other Jin<' 111 o peration." '·Oh," whispered a _you ng laJ_y a1iothel' cand idate £or the P rc>siden: cy. l hn.vc th 11s fra11 k ly 1;iatcd th e wh o st ood near th e nln_yor of New

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Ynrk walchi11g hint 111t,·n•stt•cl lv, by t.lie plai11 l iv1• q111•r_r, ·· ,\re you ''wh v cl11t>s 11 ot li e ~peak loudl·r? J through?" do11't s.-u how tl,ey ca 11 liear hi111 Tl1ere are 111 I.lie world 1;:;, ed11i11 Cltical-{o. l cau't, li c•,ff hint l1(!n.•." ··'J'11e cit.y ,,l' Clrn.. ,tgo," its 1) [ ayor c·ntio11;d in:::titulirrn.; c·allr<l 11uiverwm; sa~ i11g, ··n•i t,~rate,.; it:.:. g rec•tiu!{ si t,jpg_ 'rh e largest is i11 Pari::- wit.h 021~ ulal1•s I h<' Mityor of :irul <:Utl''ral C, • st.uclent.s: the 11E-:d in Vicuna N,•w Yo rk atnl the JH!Ople of t it~ with (;220; the third in 8 i'rli11 . with countr_y 011 a11 .\ tnc·ric:a11 i11vPul.inn whiclt snpple111c11ls tltc telegraph ;:i527. The sma l lrst. j.; a lir,rnch of a11,l e11ables l't.:u pl e with a thou..,ancl D E> nham Univc•rs1t~·, Fourth .Br 111ilc:-. bctwl·l• 11 tlic111 lo cu n1111uni- Coll ege, in 8iP11a-- Leo n<'. with tw~ln• students a11<l five professMs. ea t 1• oral!)." OYER 1,000 )11LES.

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I t wm, i11 tit is wa_y tl1at the longCou ldn't b e I mpoScd on. tlista11ee tel••phone li11c::-. l1el,ween Cl1ic-1go a11d )/"cw York Wl'l'C form The amate~1i· 1·.1rmcr looked wise. ally opeue,! tl1is af-ternoo11, :M ayor He had lrnn1pe1l or <I.riven over a \Va:-hburtH' auct Ura11t. grC'1:tl.'<l Pad, large portion of the fa rm, hail ot.llC'I' ove r a 111etalli<.! c,rcuit dw::I pa~sed juclgme11t on t,ltt' riC'hnes~ of 1.U00 111iles l011g, and in this c ity the soi l, n11d harl tal kr TelE-JJi1011,• purchase of .0111e i111prnved maUuild111g-. LS Gort.laud street, the chi 11 pry. 1\ lt-01-'t'Ll1n he wa:-: vcr.Y offa:Prs ot t,hc A 111erica11 1'elepho11e ·ravornl,ly im pn,s;;p,l allcl Hl1110ll11Ceti u11d Telt-graph Co111pany and aboul that he liad about. made up hi:'! J 50 111 vit eel gu1:1sts lward the e;LRt- mind to buv tltt> lan<l. ern enrl of the conv<>rsatio11 and Then he not i <.:ed a little> pool ()E ,, ere mu ch gratified. Tire sa.111e bu blJli11g water. . slate 1•f affair$ 111·c,·ailecl io a large " \•Vh nL's that:'" l,p asl,,.11 q II ick ly. roo 111 i 11 Cit icago. ·Uy the elceLric•·A sp ri ng," replie,l t he> olcl far1a11s presP11 t. the t-\' t'll t "as rt'ganlecl mer; ··one of the p n rest. col dest a.; rclat,vcly i111porla11t with t,1e sp rin gs in this c,iunt.ry.'· c:ornplet.ion of the first .\tl1111l1c L'il• "A cold spri 11 g !'' exclai111ed the hie. Th e long li11c worked well. arnateur farm er. Voict•s i11 Chi cagt• could ue lieard •·Yes, s ir, ancl a.::; dear as crystal.'' qui te a.; ,l istin<!tivcly as voice:; arc ' ·Look her e,'' !-aid tl1c a,uat<>tn· heard OYt-r local lines. Aud on tlt is farm<'r slern ly. "do f look like a occasion "Central'' was abse nt. ma11 who can be imposecl upon?" :Neit.lter Ma.vor \Vashb11ruc nor " Why, 110 " -:Mayor Ora11t ,,·a,; once 111terrupted " \•V ould you pick me out fora

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it ?'' "n[att er wi t h ii ! Oo11 ·t )'OU ~11 ppnse 1 r ead the p:qwrs ? They kill corps." ··Springs kill e:orps?"' '·Cohl s prings •lo. You c11 1, ·1 fool nw, old man, if [ 1]1) li111k lil,l· co1:-.c: MbT. a city hrc•<l 111an. A colcl :-prittl-{ i, 1 Lc:i'l"ci-. •:So.:!. ~,•w \ 'or I.. Liu,ill•<I. . .. . .... ;J:\-li 1, 11 wore than n linckwarcl sprin". a<·- No. 1~.st. L o11t- 1c:q,r<•» . . . . . . . .. . 1,u:,prn , c, • I ~<t. I , ,\tluutic l£xpr1.·,-:--. . . .. . . .t. :~,~, n n COl'Cli n 0u lo The Y o 11!10' l•nr 111t•r..; :So.:-.<;t. l~n11i~l,;x1,11••-.. .. .. :,:,,Un n, ...... • .So.~~ \\ n) Freii: ,t.. . .. . . . . . . . . ~: IU 11 11, weekly, and yn11 wnn)<ln t dnr(' In No. ~Ii. '1'hrci11~t. 1'rc·1i:h1. ~:•,:, 1 '" to ,:ell 111P a fnr111 wit Ii a ba!'k"n rcl oo::-.o "C'-T. spring ou it.'' :So. :1, l'a•l l ,111c... .. . .. .. . • . I:! . :it I• 11, 11. Mn1l ,11ul bxpi-c~...... .. . ... . .. l~ :.S:11, 11 'f h e oltl 111 · t11 lea11e1l a ~ni11st a :So. ~ n. :,, l \lf I lir 1:,q1r (.>:,..,t,,. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jt: ~.:, ;1 111 :So.~. (h1111ha l•::-.1 1c,~ . . .... .. . .. . 11 :1,!1 " 11, rail fence aucl d1d11·1. kn o w "li cllier •:,,;o, ti. \\ n,· t-'rc ii;ht.. . . . .. .. .. . . . I ::Ml JI m tn Jnng-h t1r-:<\\C':lr ,is h e watch..-d x,,.:!i,'l'tmi,wt,F1ci~ht. .. •• •• l · IOnm CJ I JC ,\. G O ... "i.: _\.JJ ..l'O~. . t,I1e amateu r f ,irnw r ::-t;i II, Iiang I1t1l_,, down I he lanod.-/J('/roil F,·<1'

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No. 2.

life wli en his heart did not beat

i11 ~y mpa,i,hy with the people. CECLI, ~r<,nnl::-0 ~ I\AS!rnTT. )11•: xrco T o-rlav I.hey :ita 'ld out as the two ll lO lf SCHOOL. SVi~I O H CLASS, ~I ,\ Y g reat preu11 ers oE the. age- the one :w, 1 u~. a princP, the oth er a co mwo11er. Th e one has climbed into his niche 0 11 Lhc othrr:-i,lc of rh e A tlantic. l,y the force of genins, but not by i11 th e t'ar l r p:irt of: this t:e 11t11ry . the force of genius al one, but by were born wiLh i11 s ix _) ears of each power, oppre ·s1Crn, craftiness-all oth er, t wo bors-b,,y •. tliat wer ... tinge<l wi Lh the stain of l>lood. The dt'sl.i11ed a-, 11, ... 11 to.pf;w c1111 picuou o lh P1· has 11101111tecl step by step upp arts ui,i rn l.ht>ir n :;pective st.ages. 011 the affection s and the franch i ses ' l'h e 011~ scarcely h ad a country Lill of Ii is f el lows. he mad P i t.; t he utla:r was born in h> Loo k n 1110111e nt. nt Bis marck's th e heritage of n 11oblt:! land. E ,1cli career fo glor_y ! Pre,·ion::; to '62 has bPe11 ,, large fat:Lor i11 his co u11- wliile Prus.:,ia was rated as one of t.r v·:; ~reatue:, · a11<l both s laurl out th e power of Eu rope, s he was to-day 11s rare old me11 wh o ca11 st roug 0111 v am ong t li e weakl1Jvk hai.; k u11 tile work of: a ce11t11ry great liy the co11trast of her suras Lhe work of a l1fotin1e, a11J re- r, 11 11di11;,_{s. \\'eak little electorates, call Ppoc hs of 11 alio nul growl.Ii a.s cln chit":-. principalrt.it>s and k111gt11e lll ere i11 cid1•uts o f lh eir tJ\\' IJ clnm .: :. buu 11<1 loosely together by past. the honJ of a c·n1um o 11 interest and ' l:311t how tli[ ,· reut · ha,·c• l>t'e11 ·11ie k11ow11 a., the Geru1a u Co n federaµ;it·l~-0£ 11:ei r pro;{re-.i,; ! 'l'l;e~oue tirrn-1 hPRP \\"Pr e lwr associat,es and s l:1rts i11 publi c lift: a:- a dclt'gat c of her 11ri!.d1 bnrs. J ealnllsy and int,he no bi Ii t.y 111 th e Pru ss ia 11 Di,?t; t~rnal wnrs had largely been tlieir t.he ·ntlwr as a ' rcpr{'se n tat,i V t! of I hl! onl_y glory :lllrl the ir portion. pc>nple in th e E11gl1sl1 Lower I fo11se. ln ~.hat _vear, •PJ~, c1und this man A.:; " tlH•v ha\"e h1>g11n. ·so· have of iron IIPl"\'P n11cl i:.ton_v conscience they continu e,1. 'LhPrc hm; ne,er 11po11 the political arena and swnyb e P11 a t.i1UP whe n Bis man:k wns C'• l not ouly th e fortune of his ow n not an oppo::;el' uf liur,rnl reforn1s C()lllJ f n ·. Ull t that of over\'" ni ein l>er ;,7c1•~tll'a<J \'~~ati Of ~ ~-1 if If ; 11"\" ·for.Ce of th is Con ferl natioo. an<l roynl prerognJive: H11<j - ,·;;,:;~ A s I.he powPr behind the throne was t.hcre a 111omcn L of G l;11lsl'o11e·s of P r u..:;~in, he conquered Schleswig

..., '

l lol,lein ,

pil'k,•tl a q 11a1T1•l "11 h l 1\'1• :11111 ,c11l'1lt'd ( ht> cn, 11 111 011 lt C' nl.

.\ 11sl r ia . hi,; 1·01111t r \'\, most tl:1 11 g •r- o ,,·t--cl tlrl• opp 1rl11 11 i !., of' 1 i,-j1,g in to

011:- n,·,il . 1,y a ,1,.ci,-in~ ,, .u 1•:q 1el l1•1l I lu• p o,itio11 nf a 11 o b l1• L rm 1, her from ll11· 1 •llllJlUd anti a11.i I t lf• t hr1111~h t h:- t>ITorls o r (h rs 1ro!1ler n clori ,,11..; P11 lh11si .1:-111 111' a er 11-.l1111g t·n111111otlf' I._ dcrcat df Fr.1.:ce. ltt' l'n111 1cl«·d I hc• Xow l1111 k 11p<,11 1li" "'' I wo 1· ltic· l'1;l'r111.u1 E mpi re 0 11 1',,1·l' i ~11 ll'r ri! n- t:1i11 s 1111' 1·h ,wc-1•il11r o f tlH• r-:,•rr y, at Y er ,;,1ili1•-; a 1·r aft r s' rok,-, 111a 11 ]1:11,p in•. I Iii' c ha111pio n o f I he wh i l t> t lw i ro11 ,,·:i,,; liot - .11111 111,1i11- 1:;,1!:{li,..h l\•11pl1•: f.wn llH'll ,,f ,VC',-fC'rfa i11PC1 it i n spilt' or tl11·1•.ite11t'd ch,·- t \\'o 111 ,. 11 i111li>Prl oF ln-rl a,Y. re vol 11 t.io n:-. T l;P\' :trc> worth, of ,· ou r at.lt•1ilio 11 . :\ L'ro"" thP ch:111,wl, I h.d ol 11 .. 1· for t.hf'n' h,n r• hr>r11 ti 11\f'i- w h e n l hP ho\' with ' l\•utnn bloorl li ke,, ,i,;., ,Jc,._ti11ip;:: o f cn 11ti 1w 11t-. ltavp n •s!r•1l p u l:-i n !! in h i" n-i 11,. is l<'arl i n t{ a 011 I hrir ::ltn11l1l ,• r ,. ' l'he nnf' thr q u,et. but otlic·ial life nt IPg i,lntl\·e r•xp0ttt>1tl n'f fo r tP :11111 prP~ti~,, hP-

ancl aclmi 11 islr,tt.ivt> po--il io11. I 111·11- lo11g-- tn h is (:onntl'\' 011ly; tlw o t h,-r i n!{ n;:.i1l e no w n 11d t li e n int•) 11atli;.. tlrr rxP 111p!P r of p Pa CP an d :tnorlwill or li fl:' r alll l'P and social l 'Olll ll\ lllliOn j ,_ t hr wnr lrl ·,,. with hi,- fe ll o w,--, 11i,nwrc·k 111 a,• cemr• 11 t ·a 1m-

Paf r io t 1sm . too, is !ti..; in fl,:iL tion a 11 ,\ rn:tk<' a11 ,,n,. m y ::. u,. broader s~ nse of loving h i, co1111 - f or 1wact•. lint no 0111" b11 t. a Gl:trlfn 1 's g oorl nc: w<>ll as liis co 11 11try',: :-inn,· can hi111l pN1plrs in f o it com gl ury. .,\ par ti -m n only wl 1c11 p,tr- 111,rn l11·othr1·- h11wl. h\' fllf• 1~x:a111 pl1• t isawhi p a rrcl p rinc iple r,u1 lia11tl i11 o f hi, Ii [,, till lh1• ,·.,r., c h ild r r, n of ha11cl , he con lei ch:u1 ~P ·, IH• pol ,! re, t,w., 1·0 11li11,-,ut~ L11row l,Llll'l•l, at l11s of h i, 1wo p 1P wi t h t l1r clra11 g t> ol f,,r, t , h is 0 ,,, 11 ~c11L11n.,1II:-. D 11 ri 11g tlit~ of" lhi> m i11 th ,•ir r Pl.i r e111 c 11 t g r eater pa rt ut 11 i,; lire 1here w,, , e 'L' 111• 011,• aw,L_\' f r om l11s 0 11 lv Pl••few ~d 111 in is tr.:tiun , l'o r 111c~l, w h~tli- 1 111... 11 '. 1i1· I111 \\ c>r. ~.u I l~s i " t lw ,r11· '.1· 1y er l ruer al Ol' CCl 11'11'1'\',1t11· ,,, 111 !0 ot 11,,.. dug:- a f1\ l111g r•o 111pa1t I011 w li ich he wa ' uo t i11 vi11•1l - :-1> ~ i t•l'- sltip for 1111 11 "h o ha., al\\'a_) :- ht•P11 litJg was his i11 tegrrly , so hroa d - 1s11111l•1111,•,; 111as:iIT : fli,• oilier i,- i11 g 11 ag 1•cl his pa tn u 1is 111 .. !J u t, lh c tl1 1• wor!rl a nd 1.f' ii , t.r earl i 11 g a bou 11 cl s o f Ir i s bt-n Pvr1le11 c • WN c 1101 hro:ul"r d ,1111ai11 t li a11 ;i 11y p osili o n l im ited by his is land. Th ,· rirst co uld 1• ,·r r g ivt•. U1 , marc·k with no speech he c•,·pr 111 acle wa, t o l'l'll\O\ l' pri 11c: 1pl e l,11 t pulin . 110 n, ligilln the clisabiliLy o f' 1hr .Jpws. -2\uy . 1,,1[. ll1L" lu v,, ot jlO \\ Cl'. '<Corn s the

Di::1racli, th e 111:111 w ho was hi-- l'l\':tl 1 c 1111 11• r o r l o-•l a v lu•t·a11sr his ,\ <H111g w ho \'on11tlcd tl11• I 11<l1a11 Empi1·,·, 11 ,·art I hroli,- f 11r hr-. l'""o pl.,·s go111l. who strengtl,cn<:d roya l pn•rng-a- T lw ntlw1· i,n,111cl loyally lo Goll i:,,

3 l>u1111 tl lo,•i11~ly In Iii,- p,•nple al l pn•,-:-1•tl i, a l111os L pl'rf'Pct. Th~ th e world m · r•r. \\' ith Bi, 11 1:1rck follow in ~ I prl',-C'll f l:'cl l o the maid• , 111 t,· ,11 ,. 1. 1·t .,ll lCl c11 w li o111 I lir,-1, lic,11orPcl witli mv SII Cl' l'SS \\ as I11, J ulT, ction ,: 1 hPr,• h ,l\'P lu•t- 11 I i111es wlwn i ls S\\eet g irrul my lo\·e for yow is like bnlla11 1·.\ ai,111t• l'P.,I r:ii11eil t lw c11r,-v" I Som,3 bocly tool< a railroncl spil<o .\nd drov(1 iL deep within 111,· brcnet. nf I, , , 1'""1'11•. \Vil h Glad-,hllll' his 'L'o till 1110 with n calm 11nre,.t. v,•n f'ailun•, liav,. l1ee11 l1is , irl llt>:-, Tli l' rollcrn ing was \\ ritten later au.I 1111'11 11.tn• 111,•c>d hi111 a , 11111eh in Iii',· i11 1111• aut,1graph alb um of a fo r w!:. l 111• "ilh•il as lor "11:i t he f'r,l' IHI ~l11y ani;:els rouod thy be11steacl h over,

, , 0 11.

T he• ,,ur!d u--uall,

kunws uie n

\ml keep th~<• from 1<1ck10~ olf the CO\'CI".

a11d c.tl t .. th ,•111 1,y lhP1r 11a111t>,. It About tlii:- t;nH' has e11lli'd 0111• 11f llwse ··The Iro n ,kalP. T lw fa ll,.. I ~o t

l1•arn<'1l

111nclc qui t e i111pn•,:,io11 upon rn_r youthfol

l 1 ri11<·1·,'' lh ~· o dwr "Tl1t· (~rn ncl O !,l a11 1 111i 1,d - au cl \'1tr i o 11 , ulhcr JHl,rl:s o[ ,'1 I ,Ill. · • --- _ ·----n1y body. I l 11w1•,·er lighte11jo\' 111e11ts The Au tob iography of a u oth ,: r I ld<t• 1111s so11 11 tire,l 1t1f'. a11d mr Cad et. !.{n' at,•,t :-olace wa, to sit in the o ld - - ,t11ri• r 110111 " ith my hnck ,1g11in:-t ( Writte n h) him 5 ,•lf!J 1 l1 1• \\ar111 ,-ick llf a11 i11c11bator. and .) [ v .,oulh l ul ey, •.; li r :.t :-a\\ 1""' ll1r•i1ri•:id.:-;l1ak1•spPar. Da1111• l \\'l'litl1111 ,-,1111 tl1 rot,gl1 1111· cln111l,; uf' ,,.,.-·:; O,c1 11111 a rr. llill n 11 Pair n£ s111okt: that 11;111~ u,·1•r tti ... )[ n1111 d ,lic:i> Ln,-t, : 11111 ,:arious ol ht-r ,,ork:-:. Cit,•. X,,t t ,h L 'C , .; •11 ,k,,. h 1· t 11 Lt I IIL•xt n•111l Xi,· k C'ar ter',- Tlwolughlack coa l sm,,k1• I hat fJl' l' \' ;,d,·s tlie ll'al Lt-1'11 1n-•~. llw F,,•a11g-~lical Car t·•·r o r F,·:111 k ancl .f,•:s~e .Jamt>~. air a, tlw Ill 11,I j h:l"\' ade:. " " "' ,11, ·1 ,,f B11i1_ • I' ll~ri,n, · I' nl~res~ :UHI n. , a11... :-;1.L11uis ,\ I 1111 ea r l\ a;.{r l all1•111lt-cl B nnk nl ( ' 11111111 clr11111,-. UII C 11[ (11 1::-e admir,d1l1• lll:-l1t11li1111,;-;1111rll\ ar, .... I l l \' fifre<' 11tlt rear k11 nw11 a.; n p11l,l1 c ,-c l1 •>11I. ll t> r P 111, f'.L1l1,·r 1111lici11g t,hat hard, st.ua.;si-;1l• l h\' a :-l!l.'rn, la.tnl , 11111 \\ho : •!' 1'.:i,1 :-11111t'\\ hat ,,arpccl m_,, grace1 f 111 lra111". it,,c11lc<l to :-e11cl 1111• tu . 1 , , 'I :-!:t\'1• fn·<Jll ' llt :ipplic.:al 11111 , ,,r I lte 1 'I \ I • II .I . ·' • t . pa1<11 .... I acqu n•il 11.e r 111l1111c11l, ur . y ,,11 Ill l\' r l.'aclih· :-11ppo,'t' that. I, 1111\\ ll'dg,•. tt,i, s 11111•il 1111', for 1111 hoy!- han• .\ t I Ii,· :ag.. 111 I,, eh·l' [ b,, ..r1111 to an 11d1t•n•. at .lo:·e ~~~ t ht> milit ryw ,·1r,• \'1• r s1•s. , \ :- 111,· ' 1•ac h1•1 :- and u11tal ti,.-) _li.1\1 ti11cl i t. . • / Mau) of Ill\ "'arl r l•xpeneuces at olhPr • 1\ lio r L•ail I Ii,,,.,, ,·arly d!,,rts 1111, j[. '.\I. .\. ,, 1111 Id melt a heart \\' l'l"P :< I r11d, ilu111 I, \\ ir.11 Hlll:tZI IIIC'llt o r sl o 1w.

will .,j,·,• a re,, nl' 1lw111 . h t>r l' .,... T horo was II lrippopotuuius

I wa , ' 'l\'" 11 a littl1• lr11nclle

t:,

al,,1111 fiq, li•t•t 1•1 11~. 111 \ fl',· l a111I I Ii,· lo,,t'r

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r:rnsl'd

'l'h1tl llv<'d d (l1\n on 1ho Silt.\ p <1rt ion of Oh !hoeouh1mak~,11lotof fu&>, oE 111 , I,,.,, to ha11gr1\'t'r the foot .\ntl oat 1111 orf u l pill.'. tht• IJ;d, II,, ,1·.,\·t;.'r this ,li tlic11ll\· (f w ,• e\'.c"'pt t l1t• sl 1:.{lit gl:'11gruph- \\ a,; r,•111o>1li ... it l,r uailill g to th~ foot ical c 1-r11r lhl• :w1di11H•:1 t hen• 1•x- ,,t' rlw, IH"tl, a c·igar lt11x ,nto which

put my fed.

Duri ng a spell of

homcsicknc..;s I gnvc ,·en t to

,, feeling .. in the 110w fa 1111>11..;

my poc11I

whil.!11 he ;i 11 s.Old Jay Ooolc, you must, be n {ool_ .

AUTOB I OG RAPHY . Of One ' adet of Th e M . M. A. (l 11 !

tr you send your children t,o n mthtn-

ry school. Stra11ge to .. ;1,· , th e mu-.t in1por Gra1l11all_y 1 ov,,rca111c my ,lei-ir e tau t t.hill;{ that, «•vcr happt'IH' cl lo for l1omf' an<l food. Fron1 Lhis 111e, was rn~· h1rth. I wa-. horn li m e 011 r thoroughly e11jo)e«l my- on a ho t s11111 1ners tla_y,a grcmL I11a11y self. )'ears ago1 11 ear U oo,..p 11 eck 111 Platle When Old J i·[. LhP c:1ni11e l"t'l'lr<.'- Purch11se. But for the rl'aso11 t hnt scntati ve of tltP :01. U. A . \\:\~ 11111r - it; does not ,u1rnuI1t to 11111cl1 \\ lte11 derecl hy lhe vigil:1111:e t·ornmillec. n 11erso11 ii; born, I will cl el"er I wrote ..;ome lrndcr lines in honor tellincr the .}·ear i11 wltic h I came 0 of this pleasant cataslropltt'. into t.hi-- w .. r ld- 1111lil :1fler l a111 At the an nual FiPlrl D,L,Y of ·oz I married. \Vhe11 [ first 111t-t my won the ..;tantling bro,ut s11,ile a11<l father. he was livi n g tlte life of an wou Id h ave· don btl ess wo11 t.h E' honest farn1cr. u11 one of tliP 1110:.t chariot race.but at the Inst 1110111t>11t pr oductive sect.io n s rn the Nori It was unal>le to get ,t uit1Lhl1: cl1ar- wc,:,,t... rn part of Mi:.sour i . Il e iot. taught 111 • 111:; ('xperience a11d [ Since I ha,·e been at lhi:-: • ncnrle- ,-0011 founrl out I l1P c haractcri;;tics ni y l ha,•e 11 ol onlvstutlie1l thci rcJ- of the biting clog aucl in11ocP.nt nlar course but. re·1d many Vi1l11- 111ult'. ! harl n•ally a 1-{0od ti1ue nble works such as, Golrl..;mitl.'s wlle11 l wa-.. a iJO\; 11,,tlti11K to <li~ Desc r tecl Villian, The r\utohiogrn- t11rb 111u sav,• lhe patr.N of the 111aphy of J. L. '111liva11, nfotlfly's lt·1'.11al :-ilinp1•r ll JlOII th e SPat or Ill}" l11story of the Dutch Republican. t,hiu li11e11 extre111itics. 1lan,, we r e :ind :some UP1tt1Lif11l poems p11hli,d1 - the exciting raeps m_v hrotlll'r ancl ed uy t hr , 'ar,na11 Vegetable l had when at I l1e 1011,I cackle of Soap Co. the !ten al t hP liarn ; we woulcl cha--t· ln conclu-;ion I 111ny say, that olI to '-PP. who would l,c first. at the t his is n frank 11 11 p rPj11d1ced nest 1 and bear t he e:.{g tn lh e hou. e in childish tr i u mph. l•'reqnt>ntly accou n t of 111y earl y li f'e. Sneernotnt.t.taienccou 11tor my sLran~e we would have a gl'l l'ious co111l>nt life, wit en lie wo11ld gC!t the fou I fruit Fraught haA it been w11,h 11111nr n care and strife. first. A 11d sometimE:s we ,,·onlcl r eIn silence have I seoo my uesL hopo die turn, lie l!lll<:'11 with I.he t r ophies of A ndtnilootogeL t hesecoucl piocoofpiC'. victor y and I yellow with a11 exterA. w . 1-:. nal app l ication of t he <>gg over

wh ic h we t oug-ht.. ~ 0 11111, rn_v

, ,\7 hcn but a enough to furn ish com-ag e t o pro-

l11~art was pierced by ceed.

<..: 11pi,l's rlarl; l,uL al as ! not t o His not the most cneerful occ~1,.,1iek, f ur I 11.as soon given to u11- pation in the worlc.1 t o ride through cl,•r,-1.:t11d f'l'Om the one upon whom a co untry wher e t he dwellings are 11Iy rn11Lhful affections had hee11 t en miles ap.!rt and vour friend c1· 11l ,-.n.:d , Lhat my "roo 111 wa:- bt)t- wh o shares your scat g 0es to sleep fc· r t han 111 y co111 I11-tn y, "and t h en I tal king, 0 1· the Indy 0 11 the 11ext folt as a " base, ignol•le fellow; ' seat, whose hand-box e~ y ou have without, 111 0 111>_y and wi thout 1riP11ds. conuted twelve tin1es, ask s you to Si nce t he11 I h n.vP. ~o oft en bee11 co11 1,t t hem agaI11 and th en bring " tossPcl 11pon life's te11Jpest.uous her a dr i n k ot' watC'r. sea,'' tli at [ have givcu np i 11 ,leA tlt> I' a while surroundings bespair. a11cl a111 11 0 w a c,rnsish:11t and came more pl C'asi11g. Occnsionall_y clevoferl nll'lll ber nl' Lh e 13acht>lor',, \ 1l' would pass a Reid where a g ood Glu b. 'i\ly i-chool life has bec!ll o l<l f ar n1er with on lv 0 11 e snspcndvr>r) plea ·a nt but I li an: a ··h ard Pr, or 11011.! at. all. wouM be standr oad l o travel" never t hele~s. I ing lwldi 11 ga little Lrembling m ule can fi11d no better wa_y t o end t.l1 is 61• Lhe bit wui ting for tlH' train to sket ch t han by t he f ol lo wing:rass. B etween H arrilll an aucl A sLuclonL's l i fo is rou~h imleed. Cli 11 ton we stoppecl at a lilt.le Listen to my tale of woe; But hurcl study is whnL we neell, L isten t.o my Lale or woe.

\Vo should all sou1e wny conLri,·o, \VheLber weeucl dead or alive, 'l'o roach t lie grade or 75, Listen to my t alo o[ woe.

111 ou 11tai11 station anr obser vec t m t i t was flll u 1I build r cl Bah_ylo n; bts a ucl streets w en• stak ed o[ i II reg-ular order 011 th e 1nou 1,tain side

w1 Lh a sig11 . "('it y l ots for sail," i11 large l et.I Pr :<. .J u:-:1 her!! my fri1•11d awok r a11d n•1111Lrked t. hat this :--u g'{ little p:~r~.Y left. Lt>xi11gto'.1 g ei-it ed a 11anIl' f or lwi latest po£:111UL on t.hc lll~.l t or J1111c 10, '' Gr...at, J,;;,q1r<: tit.i o11 s"-which hP. •, ; ovC'r I lie Q. anrl C., t or a t.r ip i 11t.,,ncl e,I t.o ,-di for 111on~ than all through the most pictnresQtH~ th o41 • 111!.~ wo11l1l realizt->. part.of T e1111essee. To a tn1n•l1•r :N othi11g of in ferr>st t>XCPpt the waking up at daylight. tc, , aw11i11g t·o11!':c:ioui::npss of a ,·ery . c.:ha11ge cars, nu~n_y p a 1·1 s 11i latf' 111-. akf:i~t. oc:c nrn~cl nnt.il we )~a!'< t 'l'ennesRee seem to lw fu ll nf n•m•lwcl T,1111xvillP. )) Pl'e we were suggest ed wild beast.:,; 1Lntl ha11tlilt,i. pn•,·ail,,,1 ll)'oll h_v one of our pai·t.v t.11 hrP:ikfast. at. Hotel Hattie. 1 he hut to buys who liad rt>acl ll 11t: k rnul hl'u l K,, 11 t 11 cki r. 11 has a ~irl by fi'i11n a11d To111 S ,wy,,r , n v 1•r :u1 1l I.ha!. 11a111P. a 11 rl t.o h11m1tr lii m W t! over agai11, tlter,• w:1~ r 1111I:111cP ,:011,pl ied. K11ox,·illP is l'C'rtai11ly n.

-----------Our Trip to Knoxville.

beautiful allll c 11 Ll· rprisi11g c it.y, a ncl i 11 t h t.: c r w , k ot h1..; elbo w. t.lil'Y

to pcrs1)11s cl' kin g an l'Vc 11I11g c o 111- w,llld,·r 111 tllc 1110011l1ght of the l.>i11at.io11 n~ c,111 l11~•ss ancl cl i,·,, r .,11111 elccLrit· • ,11,d fragra llCt.' 11f the 111 ,, g it ca11 .,;1:arct>ly be lwat ~11 . O.ir , 1ull.1,-, JJ uL Llil'V do11·1 c,1l"t! ; LIii.')' e\"l'lll11gs hen· would pass \'t' f." ar,· goml, :-,\\1'.cl l1Ltlc gi r b - ,\·t;: ple,1,:antl,v i11d ,·1•,I. w,:r,: it 11o t fo r ,l 11,•\'t:r doullt l haL - we can sec Ll1at young ll.irrnrd st11tlt-'11t., wh o tall,,: i11 c,· ,·ry s,, I L fold of th,ir e\'1lli 11g all lea-tinw. a111l spiel'" ou r 11ll'als go,,·11:s ,,11d every 10.-;-, uf ~lil'ir curiy with c1ff-ha11d SJIP<:11l:11i1111s 1111 t.lw IH•ads. !Jr,•,,c1111y unc. says: ·· Yu tt t.hent·em-; o f Tra11,:cP111l ,•11 tal P hilo - arc a 11a11gli I,v lwl', Utll; y11 11 a n :: ophy, Kant , l•'icli tt-", 1·l c .. a11d 1'11r a a 11,lll;..{liLv buy; JOU 111::cd s 1Lli 11 g1c;ood oltl S011lher,wr wl111 cOlllt-''l up dow 11 1111 . Bill." U1II rcp11c< ·· I do, t.> our l'Oll111 s al tPr l,t•a In d1,cu"'" L do.'· \Ve tllok :tlh·a11t.1gc uf a :-ll :tlllt he p11.;sil>il1t1c, of t h ,• c•rn1i 11g ca111p,1ign anil r,1 ;;.,t 111 ,-..q11iLoc · , u bu,1L l"Xc111·.,111 11 yesl,1•rJ:1y Lo Pa1utt:.t u.-, t111l i l a la t e lio11 r . l{nck, a d1:-.L,W cl:! uf alJ1111t, lil'L1: .'11 On e o{ our p;irl,y, wl,o 1111' ad,·- ,uilc.., up tlw T .: 11111:::,,St:1·. '£here I$ c iil ed ly p1>etical i 11 c li11at io11, re- so11Ic bi,,111t,11'11l :-cl·llcr) up tlil' T e11 mark eJ t,hal t.h~ city of Knoxville 11e,.:sc1::, 1111d u11r p ,,euc fnc111l, t,,,k see111cd to him to lia,'l' l,ct-'11 c.011- 111 g 011 u,,anl ,,ucli a le ad ut im,p n·cei \'Cd i II pie Lu n•;,q 11c11l'.,.s a 11,I r o- at1u11 1 lwg-,111 Lo q 11,,Lc p oet r y at 111a11cr : but m e n who h,1ve si111ply :,uch a f.,11rf11I rate Ll111t Ll1 c c,1ptai 11, a pracl ic,d an m o rni11g t ,011~ of foP-li11g, declared hi111 n.11 • arc co111pellc:1l t,1 lislen to a 11 llltl u11l11wf11l p,1:ssc11gcr allll conVC\'l:'d

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bo'>k-- an I t.,1k1• a trip fo r a good pleasures when int.roclucecl into the t i 111e a1unI1g th,• l1cst people i11 the wide world alone. Home should wrorld, l.o t:irn their care worn Paces be n happy place, though often it t, K ,wx"i ' I,·. t.lH• ".Houut:ti ll City of seems a place of miser y rather than the ,'0111l1.'' ljo:·. I t 1s here we meet our deep.J 11111• ::!8 th; J 802.__ __ _ _ e. t sorrow. Still, these cro~ses we n1 n s. t l,ear while t.raveling through th is world of? woe, and though ou r ho111es ~o metim es look gloomy, we 0. G - 8. sho11 Id not fai I to expend both care and labor , t o rendPrthcm beautiful , t l OW n~ry deep! how te ncler t.h e and ~1. places of 11leasure. , -vith1 n wnrd! how full of th e assoc:ia- h o me, is all that i s near nod clear tion,; which huth wring tH1r to us; he re clwc-11 ou r best, our nPa rts wiLh s<1rrow an <l fill them :. in rlest friend s. One cannot conwith joy. ' Tis the ~realest earthly I <:eive how dear h o:ne i s to h im til l lrnbitalion in whic h we first la_y the he is called upon tn bid farewell t o fo11udatio 11 of a futu re course; h ere the i)o,ly oE one clear iuem her is nur starting g r o11 11d, t11e pl ace whic·h neath, that dreadful tsrnut, where lrnbit,; are f o r111ed; wit ere lrns tak.!n from us. ,,vc cnn the11 character a n d co11ver:;al ion are c1tl- Pxclaim in th e bittere:-:t. g ri<'f, how t ivated; a uil be it e"er re 111e mb<'re<l, cl ose c lin g the cnrd,- nf aO:ection that ill wltat.soever ma11m•r t:11~.r withi u h o111e. Wh1•11 t lw cliief may be cult.ival<>d ll(•re, t l1 ey will liend d the litt.1,, c irc lP i,.; tak('n cling, a:. a lel'ch. to us Lill death fnln1 us and Wt' are a><!-Ured that, No !\latter i11t.o what ~ociet.y we the dearest. :-~iot n u r!arLh is 111) 111ay be iutrodn cecl, wh e rever we longer to , •., 11111·,:;; tl1at. we c:t11 no 111a_y be t hey will be wit.h u::. / '.11ore ro·,111 .' he 1Jroa1l li1•!il s of ho111e Not Cllle word sho111<l fall fro111 j 111 s•'arc li of thP swPet hit le flowns our lips, while i11 tho,-e sweet :-ur- wi1l1 ~which 1111r ,lwel li11gs hnvi>:-:o I ro1111cli11 ,., <YS, c11lculaterl to n1ar our . ol'tl:'ll 111•,... 11 cl.-c•o r:Lt,Nl; t.ht:1 ma11y plea,.;ure whcrn in socict.y . H 11w I l ,1\'1•I\' Iii ti,, 1,ir,I:'; whi c h ha\'() twitnftcu, whe11 111 rt:'l, n ed socie t.r. is ,.r,·tl arn111.rl 011r witHlows; the:::e Lhe f ace of 011 e mad e to blus', fn,111 pl,,as11n•s. ::- \~t'•·t pkasu res of lio111.-,1 the C\lllrSe grov<>l ing exprt•s..;i,111:> 111 0 l1 ,11 g1•1' In Iii: ours, O! what a prncticecl in the home t·ircl(•. 'l'l11•11 c rn..;s lo llt':tr! "littt, a trial to ~nil is our m ost important and scd- 1dnr.-! _ .\11d I li11 11 gh aftt•r the ex1st• I"' I ,,o"(' ti 1,•r / 111wi> ,, 1 1i:1n•1lls ha\'e cPa:'len. we are 1 t y w l11·1 t:' 111111" t•m11 cu . . .""' ""' 1wrn11tt,•cl still, t.o retu r11 home, 1t 1 111 our homes, In l·11II 1v11tc• wPII I l at I c 1111 111 , 11111 ~ 1-r lw so lovelr, IJ11t wil whic\1 wili 111nkt< u:< li :tl'P.\', whicli ap11P:1r t:1,.t 1erl ill gloom and sndwill not bt' c,tl ut!a!l'd tu 11111r 011 111•:-~. --

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IJ0,11c- is n pl ac·P t h at,- h 11 11 ld 1H' /,,l1nrt i ntL•rco111·.;c with th e world, lo\'P1I a111I c h er ish, cl by :d i i t~ i11 - 1 t lte ir p 11r 1• a11cl u n molest ed w al k s i n 111al,•s. Too 111:tll\' co n ider t l,is l11•avi,11 : 11 11 l n 11 gPr i 11 a :-l a Le o f :-acrp,{ spo t, ,ts Olli> 11pon ,, ltich l o I a 11 x=,•ty :1 1111 rl o 11lil : 11 0 ! 0 1,:. ! 0 1' to e11entcr 0 11 lr w hi>11 t.h er~ i.; no o t.he r I c,111n t l•r 11 11• t r ia ls and lt• 111 1 lali 1111s prPSt'lll ed nw n• cl1t• rn·:l1i11 g-, 11 1ur e of' P,i r lh, lin t I n dw,, 11 f o n•vt•r i n pll'asan L lo t lwi r wi1·k1•rl cl ,•si re, . p ,•r f ,•1•1, bl i-i, with (' h r i~t ll1t•i r S.rll is a ,,l acl'. \\ ii h lll.tll r. f lr at i-. \"1(111 1'. Htted only to re:-t th l·i,: f':t1 1g11 1•cl O! IP!. 11,: im· ,• lr n 111P, a11d i 11 it lrnd1e-. a f ter s11cces,;i\'t' rl ,1y ,.; and " ""k f h,, f'a ,•o r :, 1111 pPa1: 1• o f Go<l 11ig hts of f ea-; fi11 g a11 d r,,,·,,lr., . w ho ha-· gl\•1• 11 it. But. t.ho,-e w l10 tli ns treat thi-; sncr erl -spol , l ht..? greal1•~Learlhly boon T h e Adva ntages o t IV1il 1tary wlii1,;h Gml h as ),{ i\'<'ll lll t' ll; tire o nl y Schoo ls . Part Ii ly p lM l ut., pe c, f h Pa,·en . Those " ho t h 11,; c:m •I.,:,;,..) y nlisPn ' <' I H . f'. ) t vnrnY · it. 111us L kn ow t,hi:-, f h Pir :-orrow -- 11111st. er t' l 0 11~ feel fl1 <' ir 11 e<>d of n f11king 11 p 1111-. :-1il1j t>d. it w ill h o 11 1e, a nd 0 11P I on, t l1at f ar s11 rrl11 11 hr I••:-::- I>\' lwst. t11 1·11 111111en c e pns:-es an earthl v 0 11 e. .\ f..,arf'u l ' "i t.I, 11 1~• ~c h ool t hat was fi r.:; L s hado w Ir a n ~' o vn t li\'111 - a ,l,ad- o q ,rn111z•<l. ow nPver t.o he di· pell i>rl. 'l'hr• 11 lpt T hP p11hlic s,·hnnl . or 1110l'P ~lr ict11:-1 c111f iv at e a lovp for l1C111w; n ly !l- p:--aki 11 g . a ny ::-:c l1 nol I ha t has· deep nn d 1H• ,·e r - il_yi 11g lo\·e: a ln\'e 11 01 n1il i 1ar v drill M cl i-.t ip l irll' , has thnt will ma ke 11ssl1:1re t he ~01-ro \\ :- 110 po wt•r . o~ wl1ic•h lo ~pt!:tk, over a11<l trial s of a ,isf pr or brotht'r. thl· s lucl,•nt,. PX<'Ppt w h en h e is on One wh o h as Lhi,; t enclt•r atiec- the ~r , 111H l .; o r in I Ire b11ild i11 g of

tio11. is o n e wh o r Ps pecls hom e ns : the i 11-; (it11l iu11 iti-e lf. th e dc>ar c,;t spot 0 11 eart h . li n e• i11 1 li e m ay ,-m,,k..,, pos!:lihly d rink or t.he s w,:;et e:>L hour:.-; ol' ,-f ii l 11 e,-s. 1 :.;arul,le. 111· i11tl ulge in an,Y for m ofw h e11 LltP br i g h t sl,,1rs 111' hPa,•pn d i~s, pa l i on th nt he 11Ht_y choo:-;e; a l I SPe ,n to smile upon us. a11tl !he t h at i-: n •q 11ir <>cl of hi m. i~ th a t he ma 1q , lovr l r objed' uf 11 aL11re be in his ;:.,aL nt th e rrqu 1r ed time n.rounn , telling of t he Onrnipoft> nt e,1ch dav. a11,l kn o w hi~ l esson s : if power of th.a t :iii wisf' 11t>1n g \\ Ito ht' tlo,•s· ll(lt. dn I Ii i -; l'Pgularly, he is h~L5 crea ted th c 111 , clo we l>ri11g t.n p 11 11i:-li1•1l i11 so111e :.light ma n ner mem o ry those frien ds :rncl rclati,·, s th at. 11mo u11I :- to n o t lai ng. \who have long sinc.,'l' bid far.., wel l II,• 11rn v s11 rceecl in pns:- ill A' his t'n Lhi:; ca.r t hl )1 li o 111 P t o rl\\' PII in e xaminat io n s at l lw e nd of- th e th l \wight home bt1 y o 11<f tli r :-kies. yea r, h,r "c ra111111i n g n p ." a,; some \lo\\ , \!sweet to i nrngin e, afLE:'r lrn l a call it, hnL he knows ri>all y \'ery L

little more tha11 he did before, by tary und common school, t he advantages 0£ t h e for mer nre, as I will en• clui 11~ th j,., _ 11' 111• i~ at. a com r.:o n bonrdit.:g denvor l o show, nt on ce apparent, 1,,c: l1ool. ll1ne nrc 110 restr ictions in and ns far as popularity is con cerned, Iii., l1 ou-ic k1::epi 11 g, h ut he m ay keep we have only to look at t he increHse o f Lh e Mil itary Sch ool in t h e • bis roo111 to su it h imse lf. ff l ie does 11 ot fPe l com pctPnt t o las t decade. fake c:are o f it him sPlf, he is at Wh en persons enter a M ilitar y l1hcr ty t o hire some one else to d o School, they are at once struck it for him , if he 1~ financially able. with the air of neatness nnd sysAs some can afford to do this, and tem that p er vades everywhere. others cannot., e11 vy, or some other Everything goes off like clock disagreeable fee Ii ng, is very likely ,,·0rk, nnd the halls that were vacant t o spr:ug up betwee11 two boys who a nd s il e11t1 are instantlv fi lled with otherwise, might be the best of life nnd animation nt tlle .stroke of n ~ong, or the hlas·t of a bugle. fri ends. Th e cadets walk in a man 11er Some may sny, that the stude nt is n ot allowed to hire any one, buL that s ho ws their lrni u ing, and it ii. the school Furnis hPS persons for kuown tha t n s trir.t mil itary mnu, t.his purpose. May be so, but there cau be tol,1 anywhere, whe t her hi.s a re ~11rely !to rest.riction s on the drt>ss ·be military or civil ian. The cndet 's r oom m 11::;t be kept orn ame nts etc., th:'l.t he has 111 hi~ r oom, and if there are n ot , then in order at all t imP~. a~ an officer may in s pect nt ans time. the same thing is th e resul t . General Tns p ecl io n is held once Th e studt:'nt i11 n school of this a week, arnl I Iii:-: is by fnr the mo~ t k ind, is allowed to go o ut of nights, or if it is prohibited, he fi11ds 110 ngid of I li e wePk and at th is 111di ffi cu lty in viohrn ng t h e r ules. spection c ,·ny thing is ins p<.'cted This is s ure to tell o n the lwst C'l ll - 1ninntt-ly. 'r!~t' i11:-:pc•cfi 11g offi1ers gennnlly st1tu tion , es peciall y t hat o f ;t boy. As soon ns !>Choo! is vnt f or the pa~s ...s l1is w hi te gloved h,tnd over day, h e goes off Lo indulge in so me sc,111c 11f the article:. in the room, sport th,tt dot's him litt.le or nn a11d if tli~v are soiled i11 t he least, gootl, o r possiuly he takes 110 PXl'r- a '·r,•fHll"t'' a nd "extrn •lu ty'' is t he cise whatever, :111,l i£ suc h i:. I lie CU ll ~t> CJ 11e 11CI:'. Tlw caclt.>t m u~t ke"t.>p his ha ir case, h e teels ln11gu1d a11d nufit, lo prepare llis lesso n s for t.h~ tullvw- c11 111bt:'d, liis c:lolltes br ushed, h is s h ot>:- polislted, in fac t he must ing day. Now let us t11rn tn fhe l\[ ilitar,r kel:'p ii i~ 1wrs1111 r.l nppearnnce nent School. When we com part> the hlili- at ' al l time!,,. T his tenclte!=- h im t o

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du 11uL ~clil'tlull• auy s uch a t th is Special to ·'The Focns." L,iter: Upon closer observntion {1 111c of t.he , ,,ar. l\[any t hi nk it was found t hat the above nnm ecl t!ie,.,t· edq•M'" .wJ Ll,e :::tar seen t li is planets were on l.v Semple's eves t,m,1111011 are c<•rtni11 . igos, placed in t,hP I leavi> us b_y some s uper nat- as h e too k his morn ing <lrin ks ural po 11;:r , d 1: n,,t.11g so1nc terrible a t t he well. 1"xtreme elevation cala111iLy; prol)llblv Ll, e lllilhm11ium. a nd inca pabil ity of onr telescope are the cau'ics of mistake. .All is fear. ASTHOXO.\I F.HS. M. M. A. Observ'\tor y. When t.be above telegr:rnis Thi:; expla ined th e mystery of r eached tliis office 1t n1 c h co n fo ~ion those fiery or b;;, bu t what about was uot.i ced among the e rn plo_yes. the eclipse"? 'l' he type setter · worked wi t h unThe table agai n resounded fro m stea,ly hands and fu rms were ca re- :-e1wat.erl tapping, a.nd we took off ll'ssl_y pic>cl. Our ow11 breat h came : he foll owing: t.o u:: in spasmodic j,•rks and ••'l'o the 1-'ocus." e nough s weat stoo,l 0 11 ou r brow lo Late·t; The causes of the men re pl c ni::h 011 r ink-bottles if I.he tio ned eclipses owed t heir or ig in to •·1Jian1011d Dye·, lrn<l lJeeu ou hand . the frequent passin g of K1lgore':,1 Our" dPvil" was the first to Ln:ak IH'ad betwee n t he s un a nd tbe earl h t,lre dreadf11 l s ile nce by scrParns of du r ing the evening drill. 'l'hc Obcle,,.pair, a rid cunsta11 fly best>echi11g ser vato r y can now be nsed hy t hP. Smil«·) tn le111l l, 1111 h1s•·Caf ec hism." Band if they pay for our expense::. \i\' e were :di a bo ut lo Form into - ~x- A STRO~Oll F.R!'>. a prn_yer- ni t.wf,in g wl11rn the ins tru- . 'fh e "devil " g ri11necl ; the pri 11turs m ·11ts ticked ofI n ha~tr call to glicled to th,.,i r stt1oh;, nn cl we :-1t t ou r oper.tt,or. Mr. Li11ge11foltcr. dow 11 to ,, 1it.,• a u ~cl itor i:d on ··The With ears erect we patiently lislt-n ed wh ile lte rcccl\·ed th~ rol low- Adn1oct> m .-11t or: Sci1rnce clnring the Xi 11.. 1,•.. nth Ce11 t 11ry.'' i11g:

Jy(eenlight E_ever~. America 1, 111y 11:i(iv11 l:inil: And in tlil:' tow n 1,f :\[,•xic·c, 1\Iany a relat iv,• a111l fr,i,ncl _l lan• l1,·e1l t. ho11gli 11111 ~ .a~u. I lo w manr a 111ilf' of la nd :1 1111 ~C':t, L11y twi:rt ine a 11d my h o 1t1t' 1

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hl_y tho11 ghts we11 t hack 1.0 my 11:1.tivc la n<l To t.he plat:1:: which wa once 1uy home; Th e oltl urit:k l1ou~e wi t h timer d id s lan<l Midst trees nnd spacious la wn. I th ought wherP the corn field usPcl to stay, A largr li rick lrnilcl i11g stood : l II it were boys, all d res,-ed i II gray , Trnin i11g fo r their count riP-,· !?0011. T his place was fu ll' of enterpris1•; The boys wou Id dri l I at 11 0011 ; Going through n ki nd of exerci~e. U nle s thf>_v saw fit t.o s w o o11 . l n nftcrnoons they "'On iel come 011 d rills \V ith g un and hayon et atHl s wor,1, Rl'ncly to move ,vith wond rous skill W hen th e cap tai n gave the word.

In doors they tried t t• :<t 11d_y books, Of mn11v different ki nd.; : And t hey recited, just fo r looks, For it didn't improve t heir mind~. l thought t.his place a collegP., W here t he boys, day by <lay, Received their store of k nowled ,e. For it ,vns the hl. li. A. 1 t ben realized 't,wns grow ing ligh t., And turned m.v steps t o wnnls Rome; But uever w ill [ forget t he night, , v hen [ th ought that I wns home.

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a11cl repealed fnil urcs to find nmong ()P,S !'11l11111bn;:. who, fighting all Lhc 111011ar<;hs of Europe,asinagai11 ,.,,. ohsLiC'les that wo1.1ld gle one who won Id ghre him n tri al. 11 · , ·1• di..;co11ragNl a less da1111L Bnt at la-;L Lhis untiriug 1.eal was !,•:-:s ~1•iri l. ,li ..e:ovPr e<l. fhro11~h his r ewarded. But how rewnrcled? He ow11 untiri ng effort:-:. a 11ew Janel, on wns g iven fur lhe g rc-atest project wl1i ch wilh iu lht'. 1t<'XL -LOO ye<1r man •!ver eyen clreamp of on ly three th e gn•ntest 11alio 11 LIie world ever . 111all vessels ouL of which but one knew grew up a nd flourished, de- wa'l other tlrnn :rn open l,oat. ~en •<•, 11,orc• cred it t ha11 \Vash iogf.011 r\nd wa,; he tlte11 dis_couragt!d? who ,levoted his Iii\! a11 d wonderful )fo! with tlte insn fficieut mt!ans 111 ilitary _gc·11i11~ tn the freeing uf 0 i,•e11 him and eve n ,unoug a mutil11 s country fr olll !he ty rant"::. yob: ? 1,ous c re w, d<'clunng to do or die, Lt~t ti,, lo,Jk i11 to the life work of he set out n11d at last, in spite of I hP.sr~ l wo her0es. all. nCJ'ave to llie o ld world a \'ast Colu 111hus bo rn i11 th:: most ig- laud full of nnd,vi11g resources of norant ;111d su perst itiou-; age of all Lhi11 g,;_;, needful to .nan, no,I J~11rope, rose aho,·e lh e ignorn11ce thus ope11ed n way to the bu ilclin~ n.nd su persLit,011 of'. liis time a11d 11p of a new world, and then, ~kipdan•,1. hy carl' rll I s lt1lly to co111e to ping over a period of nearly th ree t l1 e c o 11 cl 11 sio 11 t.hat tltc parth was centurit'S we ri11d rt n u 11 r isl1111g peo11ot fla(;, but r ,rn 11cl: a11d if CHIP trn,·-· ple whn. tired of the tyr,u1 t,- yoke eled clue west. fr um Europe, far are brave!\' fi!.{111 i11 !{ t< i 1.liruw it off (•nough, he w oul,1 611tl hi111 :-elC 011 and dec iar<' t IWlll"t'h·es fn'P a11cl i11tlepe11dant. .\11d nt their li,•arl is the ea:,;ten1 coast of Asia. A n cl II o t o II h· th at. Ii II t he dared l,eorgt> \V :1,ltin~tn 11 a tnan doubtp 1·oce ii. l es:-: of g lL•rio11:< c haracter aml genil•'cared not t o th row hi1n:,;elf in to 11 ,.: . hul did h,• ha,'l! lo struggle a11 e11 terpri~e ·:,rhieh all th e wise 11 lo1w ag,ti11"'t th P op11iion,.: of llC'tttlv mc11 ui' hi'i tim e declared w:1s h11 t t.!i1• w!1ol,~ world like r:ot 11rnl>us? throwing hi111selt 111 c.:er tain rli:<- Xu'. S11rrt,111Hll•,I by an ar111_y of brnr e trncliou; anrl which he liiin~ elf d,•ten11i111.•ol 111 c- 11 whn were will ing knew, shou ld his pct theory prO\·e [ to li:!lit t•~ tli 1: 1leath '?t_her th_nn w!·ouo-, w o ul,1 1.,l'ing abonl, t.he i1 ... :lf h n •m:1111 -.n hJ•:c.:t to a11 1111~ust. ~ov~1 u-

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of h1111st•IE a11tl ~111 th o,.:e wh o lia1l ,.,,..11i11 ~ fnr t.111• ,,.;wd of hi$ c.:onnt r v ventured with hi1n . ;·hich j, 11 ,, 111 07-e thau h1111dreds <.; f Aml sLill g r<':tt l'r flta11 his hPro- llll'll wn11ld haverlo11e hml the_y fl<J:-.ism, on this point, wa,; hi:-: np,·er $P~:-:t•cl lii:-i ability.

But, \\ho if lw,t•I h \' <:01111IIC'S::, wh om hl• appl'l>:lt'hl's with his theollilliculti,•s a, Col11mb11,- \\,t--, would ri""· lra111 p 111~ barefooted through stru~glc Oil witl1 t hi> :t,l'al anrl pl•r- l~urnpe \ai1 1ly :--('1•ki 11g the lu•lp :--1•,,~ranc1• 1liaL It,• did! llPCCP,,an• lo 111.1kc a \·o_vage. ant! \\ ho is the grcatt>r? who at la-.t in , pilt• or nil. discovers • · t i Ill' a m•w world. nr he who at I.h e hPacl a"a111-I lc \\ Illl ' II'll"" Illl'Y • · '"'"" ~ ,... lo t' a 1l1•l,•r nii 111•1l a rn, r of pa triots op1111ons 111111 ~111w r ~l1tio 111'- of agP~.

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11<' f nrnP<l the wc,rn an d yPllow lt>avP-. I 11 -:ilr•nr1•. and a ·ol11•r l--111111' .'wC'pL o'pr hi-i face a-i o n each page He p:tt1>iPn, fo r ah, it plpn;:es t\~e To m1i-.P of rnn t h a whil,,, It \\' a c; n -:chool-1lny l,,)ok, profti-.r 0 ,,,tel lllPlllCll toe~, h i1lrl~n th ere \Vere fnclecl carrls by t.imf' nasNl, ,\ nd ~ncrro11 earns with 11:l.lllPS e{T.1ce<l, A 11 ,l lorks of w:n·i11~ hair.

Then troopi n~ to thP olcl man came The s wift- winged Yisions of the l>oy; Th e shou t of voices kn o wn a· well, 'l'hc tramp of f eet, I he ho uri\• hell, And lnnghs of school-clny joy. • Wh tie on he turned, of chilclhoocrs dny J~nch ragged pnge somP tale dicl _y i£-ld,· I le fotind npon n. stninerl spot There 011 its blu ·h in g life-clew's bl,Jt.\. lily of th e field.

1§ .. P,,nr broke n flow eret," he mused, .. l•~·c r t l1at thy charms had scaled thy doom, Years, years ago- ho w time has BedThou hadst upou thy g ent.IP, bead A diadc lll of l,100 111 . "I snw Lhce nt Lhe risio g s uu Turn to thP enst thy mell o w horn, All streak',1 with vei ns of livid dyes C~ught from Lim ti 11 L of blnsh ing s kies, Th ou t.r umpc-t of the moon. "Or wh en at eve ~rent Natur e wept Upon tby c halicP.d hrim n tear, T though t t h on rench ecl llp t.hrou g h the night, Up to the brightest star to light Th v cream-h ued chandel ier. " But as we came at eve from school , v\Then day was done and done wns t.oil, Thy namesake broke . th v slender s tem, Th on wast her moc;t beloved gemThou art a mnicle11 's St)Oil. " [ lnirl thee h ere to call t o min,I Th<" do nor an<l t.he g ift s h e gave : But cln~ped h er fo rm t o k PPp it gr<'l" t1 fn mpm'r _y's pnges. bounrl hPt wcen rr he crnclle a nd the grn,e. "Oh happy is t he hnrefoot bo,· vV hose th oug ht<- nrl' p n r P, wh osP. words nr<' trn r . Whose littl e hitters in his swPPt.. fi'arlP. quick n<:. from Ins tire,l feet Th e oeade<l ,l rops of ,le w !

But h ow is it with mi> who 011ce Knei.v 11 n11gltt. of !'-or row or of tPar~? Oh how it. c hill, :t vonthfnl drcnm 'fo pl 1rncrc- ir. in tliE' 1cv l'- trenm Of stern 1rn,l crn el years!

··A111l is it 1li11,; -Ll1t•:-1• lhkP::: 111' . 1 g l ' 111i.,,,, ht>r, mu~t I call h,•r 'l{pacl~ l,if,::; S\H't'lc.•,-t. ,;u.1g f11rt'vc•r ii 1i-.h1•1l. Lih::"s bl11,-:<01111>rl jny:-: 1111timl'lr ('l'llShl'd, L1fl' S dew_,. lc,d1 .. t-. ,dwil ~ 0

'·0 1 110: f ,r 1111•m 11·y call· h111,·h T lw:,:c Pmht>r,; of' 111_\' l'ou11t lo tla111e, 1

wlil'11 nl' rnrc 111,v l,rai 11 was rif,, \ViLI. fur111~ reeling dn•a111s o[ lif~ .\ ntl glory, l1H'<' and fa 11111 • .\ ,

'·\\'c pac,, a~ 1111 11i,, "i111l-,,,·ppt hall, L1rn1l l:111!.{lli;:g ho_\', a11 I m:1itl,,1 1,, 1·11,; :\ g,tin we dance 1111011 the l,!r,1,s '1'l11• lrn ri1·1l \' ;.. i,>,h ,Yak,, a11d pa,;:;, .\n,l l - ;t }.{nt_,. haired bn) ! •·.\ way 'with shoe,-, we wail,• tl1e ,·r t:>ck ,\ 11,l <;\11uh 11p ..ach f'a111iliar tr,•,·;

Again Wt' s wing ·.-01111cl on lhn :,;a11cl . L seem to clasr th,• th r llhhin~ hand T hat gave il11s bloom to me. • ··80 gl'nlle fl ow •cl her lifr, as f' ru111 cio111e sacre,1 nm, di,·inl'I,\' fair .\

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The gone\ n11rl heautfu l anti pun• A lone wer e mi rrored then•. •·Oh o ~athle-.s ::,,nil! lfow thou a1·t like .-\ sea-sh"'l1 moa11i11g fo r I ht:> ,t-a; The Lide ot ,•ears comes 1111;iwarc~ l 11 noiselt's-; ci rcle:-. thee it 1J~•a1s Uaek to l~tt:>rni l_v.

" .,.\ n,l t h us; thou nrL ,11y cheri ~lwcl. hl oo111, H e r 111 c 111 ory is li 11 kPcl wi t h Lhi11e : ciin ce fir st we rnet an cl lo\'ecl in yo11 t.h l1]'e n to ol<1 :•~e, t hon wa:-.t in t ruU1 Her lily . s he was m1Pc !"

o. w. c. ( Dedicated to one of Mexico's fairest damsels.) The gracef:111 and the beautiful, The gentle, kind. and airy, Together 11.1et to mould the form, Aud gift the miud of Mary : There's nature in each careless curl, [u every grace a morc1.l; Her mouth-'tis cupid's mouth-sweet girl, And fu II of pearls and coral! S~1e's like tbe key-stone to an arch, 'ruat consuruates all beauty; S he's l ike the music to a march, , vV hich shPds a joy on duty! All happy thoughts and feelings rife, Seem evermore to guide her; The very ills and cares of life, Forget themsdves beside her! Each sweet t:Xpressive g lnoce appears, Of 11atu re's best selection; It took the world ten thousand years, To· perfect such perfection! A ll gifts div111e thot could combine, All charm s of, nvmou or fairy, Agreed to grace on benuteous face, ~nd witc h the wor ld with Marv! She speeds as if with wings, so fleet Not birds could ere s 11rp:1ss them; YeL non e can ever spy her feet. Thoug h 'tis believed s he has them! She lends a spell to every scene, li er step make wiuter vernal; A so1nethi11g half divine between Th e earth Iy and the eternal!

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Ll'. e I l uu~t' 111' H.•,-pr~:::entnt i vP.s,. a11d fi'.1is h ed produces ~s to pr_oduce _n o al l1•r tl,t' -I I It ( I t ~larc h the Senat<' cl1~L11rbn11ce of existing 11Jdustr1es. w ill al-.11 p s, fro111 t he hauds of l11 a word the rE>sults of the el ect 1 lrl' H" p11hlica11-;. ! ion s sho w loo the reop le from t he I t. i, \\ cl I that Lh<' vicLory is so pol icy ad vocnted by Garfield, • of a 1•11111pl1•lt1, fu r iL not only rernoves lllOd erate protecti,,n at present :ill :;rou11cl for a <li-.pnt,•,l rled io n , bu t ''a protection t hat leads to ul1,ut 1l tit rows all th e n•$pons ibility tiuiale frf'e-Lnul<'." of l.!~e governnwnt upo n th e Tn t he ne xt Presidential cot1t est Dr1nocrat.:-, ,o I.hat. if the peoplP 11Inny of lh e <:atlets 0£ t he M. M. A. arP. cfo,sal is fiecl \\ it Ii f hE-i r 11~c o f' and of I.he readers of the Focus powr,r tli Py ca11 re ,·er;o;e thei r ver- will take a 11 active part as voters, diet in l SfJG. j a nd it is thei r duty ns true lovers of .There can he n o doubt ns to the I liieir co untry to iuforrn themselmPa11iug nE th i,; pr,l i ti c;;d rP\• olu - 1ve-. t.hor oughly o u n.ll political and t.ion. In tli e Sout h the qne-;l io u j econo mic questio ns, 11ndiutel11ge11tof tlie li'orr.c Hill inflt1<' 11 cerl rn a 11 y ly l o array the nrnelves on tha.t ~ 1de v ,,ters a11d helperl to k ee p th ree or whic h pru1111ses to give absolntr four of the states f.-0 111 going off n11d i111parLial justice to all class..s ,-,ith th e .People's Part.v. B ut th e and conditions of ou r people. ll11Li ll issue was th e tari[. 'rill:! pen'l'llE M. i\I. A. c;:,OY P ULLING. vie were not i11rlifferent, as t he poli t,1cian s thought. " li t H1 ey ha ve Tli e ;nost enj,>yal1lc eve nt of tlw hr>e 11 quiP.tl.v tliink1 11 ~ fur several sea so 11 was p ... rla aps tliP. r cce p t1011 yc1L1" o n Ll11 ,; :rnhject, an,1 hail lllade give11 Inst \\' ~d 11 e:-1lay eve 11i11g to up thei r mi11d.; t,l1 11t thtl :McK inley i the young ladit;-snf :Hexico; a goodBill did n ot suit t!1em, an,1 on clec- i ly 1111 111b1-r wh o 111 wcrC' presPnt. _tio 11 tla.y thf'y expressed their ,,·_ill Tuesday wli(•11 the fu~t wa · lll~lle 111 a way lh .. t cou ld nut be 1111s- 1 k11ow11 Lltat t.lipse a1111alJI~, Jad1ei; un,lcr:st~od. : wo11ld 1101101· u·~ wit.h I hl"ir prest'11ce Nor li a ve t h e 11c0ple dcclarecl in 0 11 I hf' following eve .. and that too favor o f free t raclP. a-; ;-;omc of I li e f,,r t.li e l'lll'l'osc of t aki11 K a hand 5

11In.11y nf ou r Y. oI. C. alruo..;L forg•Jt tlu•ir piety 1111,I :,.!.t\'t• Vt'IIL fo t heir g rrat pleas11111;-;t hP simply tn rni·-i~ r 1-' \'1•1111I• nrc l,y l:iki11~ part. 111 a qoori old suffic ien t to meet 111,.. d t" 11tu11-l.; of li111(• ,-l111fll1•. Tiu, ·' 0 1111g Iail ies ,vere escor ted the go\'ernmeul. l,1 ad111it l'n·l· of d11ty raw materi.t!s fur. uur ,u .,:iu- lo llit> ,,c111l.:111r iu lhe ns unl manner

pul i t icia-is \\'1Jlll1l H SS lllll C. H 11 t. j l11•,· ltave ,lt,cf:tred t li aL t il e: t:iriff 11111;-;t be lnwered, a111l that it .; cil,j,,ct.

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by fou r cadets wh o were in charge 11 umbPr of LhP Focus will be seen 0£ carnagP~; the.}· wPre mel in t lie a card ,,i th spv<;ral blau k s paces parlor by the cadets and ntter se,•- upon it which Lil e stod,rn ts are excrnl hou rs of solid plenSnrt>,. pent peeled to fi 11 011 t. by s•Jme in the diz~.v whirl of I he Rules of the Ball o t . dance, others in promcnachng and conversiug, we were invited lo 1. Evny:ma n may vole as man_y Lim es as he ,, i ·hPs. • cease from tne ns11al e11joyment of 2. Write the full 11~me of t he the even in g and all take two h;111cl-i iu pulling candy. Each per.so u person _you wi::;h l o .desig nat e un was proviclecl with a bowl of lhe der each head. socchaine substance, then ~rnch n 3. Every nnrnc 111u s t he that of jolly tim e as follo wecl. It wa~ a stud,.,nt of l,ht> M. J\I. A . somethi ng in wh ich every t>ue 4. 'fh t~e slips c,f paper. when could join nnd all on all equal footc ut out. mu st he placed i11 a box fo r ing. A number of th e cadet:, wh o that pu r pose placed in lhc mam werP anxions for a. romp i11creased corri cler. th ei r store of canclJ• l>y steali nl,{ 5. The b;tllot wi ll be co unted 0 1\ fro m the young ladies; the rt'snlt was that some ol: t he boys were Dect:ni bt>r 11th. a11(l results p11bl is11 seen carryiug. not a black P.)'•t a~ i· ed in the issue for t he same m onth. generally tilt' ca e, but a whil e l:lYP ....:.,. l!ausecl by a well clirecterl hn11clf11I of tiour. Th ui,; was spent :in cvenCadet s...rgt. Cro w who has been i11 ~ t hat will long l,e r P01P~11 IJered hom e on a short visit, returned l,y t he cndP.ts of the l\L M.A. Auel last week. The couutenan ces of r.t n very late hour wh en the shr ill many of the c,1clets were ligh ted note of th e bugle nn11ouncP.d the up with bruad s mile.,;, aud hn.11ds hon r of departllre, man y if not all extended 011 all sides to welcome seemed to foste r n desi rP to linger bim back in ou r midst. Mr. Crow a few minutes longer; perhaps For has made warm frie nds of nil whom the purpose of givi ng thnoks for Ile met, and woo fc.r himself a ou r Thanksgiving rP.cep lion. 11a111e of a gnod stude nt. But sorry are ,ve indeed to say that he was TIIE FOCUS' POBULAR Bi\LL01'. taken sick soo n afte r his return and not bein g able to discharge his The Focus, wishing to find out duties as a st11d ent left for ho me llOU\e importaut facts nhont t he agai11 to-day. ll e har, the liearL felt Acailemy, takes this 111ethod of do- sy mpathy of all the cadets und we ing it. Upon the last leaf of I.hi::; l->i nccrely hope he will soo n r ecover.

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P R.OF. G. F. KUE:\TMBL, P 1nno,[V1oli n roo m otl. 1 'A s im ple look !10d G er111nn instructor . is a ll r. crave;" D R. C. R. HA LLBY, Surgeon. s1Lid Stl n t i,n en ta l M r. · Jam es-

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P atroniztl ou r A<lv.?rtisers. • You ca u see Berry walking up 'i ' I1e u·10- a.Iu l L ,"t.tl . t! <Jf ·t , - Ell , er be a nti do w11 th e l1alls look ing fi rs t Ha t 0 o ne . a r111 a nd t li e. 11 the of.her. e :u 1d l[ uys. has Ju s t put ou 111s c heverons. C,1cleL Ti 11s ley \l is it ed parP. nt s a nd fr ieud-, in Louis iana la:,; t week. A. R . a.ad M il ler H am mett l\t~""f.f• I) ti k c tended ~he P ay ne nod Rut heford • J Otl ,~ 1 IC ua r 1 ·epp a Ul 11 1Ill ~ : rr •O • • f r wedd ing las t week. hey report • d I . bl · ·t ~ gen ts ur 111s 111 11 g guo s. ,. hann 0a a u enJoya e v1 s 1 • Cadet H u Lch1so 11 s pent several I . t ""I L I ··very 1 1eu . !l c ean sa y s 1e 1:,; d ay:. las t week wr th l11s p ar e 11 ti-. r·, ot tli e 1,•usu re t h a t D e n h am ,"as . P res ide n t Harriso n is said t o t hor of B u nker Hi ll, bnt be is not have saved one hal f of his ::rnlar y. s ure just wln,t k ind of hill 1t wa~~ T11e people i11 to wn arf' qu idlv Cu,let H l>lwkius has been very l is te nin!! for t he ca1111 o ns. s ick at h is ho rue fo r several weeks, P. V. Co l,~ s pen L S11 1Hl ;t y nnd but we leuru ~ba th<> j;; rapidly r e1\lo nrlny Ins t wit li ho me folks. ('.overi ng . He in tt: nds remaini n g lJrc..;nr st11 de 11 t - : Gallia e.-;f om- ,vit h his parents to enjoy a rest uis ,li1Ji,-;,1 i,i ]>ult'.{ t,,,, ,i - viz : till Chris t mas '"h ~n he will ag a in B askett, Lyo n a11cl Macfa r la ne. be wi t h us.

22 :\s Tnm O'l::ihnnter How o,1 er the bl'ic1 ~ ~ Pat.ro11i'l:L' 1,hc Bo:-1Lo11 Shoe oLn re. 0n thnL so, 0 1·0 nncl stormy night, S1> lforrit:on will l oa\"o tho White lfouse Th is is the place to go for fine goo·ls T o rnll back o ut. of sight. ,111d low pricP:--. 1

Misses Xellic Coors n111l B;rlie l,\·0 11 and Paltiso11 w;ll lwcome Crigler visill.!11 i11 8t. L 1ui~ la-.t -.,dTt•rr-n, f:-~ 111 llti> g-out if t.he week. , 01111 g latlit•'- i11 t o ,, 11 :.l' 111l 111a11y ·1 here• i,, so ,ni> liLLlc talk of 1110rc bo:,.1•:. out to t lH' i\L i\l. A. io1111cl in g a hrn11 ch of th e l,1•1.'l}' A Chic·a~o Jll'<'Hclte1· ntarrild l11s1 i~ule in th is ciLy. lhrt>I' cou pl t's 0 11 a rail rund trai11 i11 ILsnO\\edfor th e firsLli nwlhis u 11 e rlay. JI µ, t h111 k, of b1k111g nut season 011 Xov. 171h. ~\ litLle a p:tl1•11t as a rnr -t·o11 pl er. t>nrlier Lhn11 Inst wi11ler. 'l'lil' boy, -.Pl'lltPd I<• r em<•111 h<'r Moberly, Ue11lrnl1a. Vandal ia n 11d I.he l1 u1e spokr n of: liy l{ev. JackColnmhin, all ratifie1l Lilt! n~ccut so 11, "hen he ~aid he hennl t.he s uccl"SS of Clevclancl d11ri 11g Lite cl r dl-niasl1•r say, ··.\ 0 11 rnn likP a lnsL few \\e<'ks. :lock of :-lt1•1' p.'' 'l'ltat time 1111s Jiiss i\In n ie D1111 cau gave a plca,-- pa...t. nn t party al lwr lt'at lter'::. rcs1dc11ce i\la ny peo plt: in the c1f_y are al111 east Mexico 011 \V edn e~day uYt> ll- reacl)· uegi1111ing lto pr.,part' J or i11g ~ O \', 23rd. Uhn:,ltua,. 'I'he Uoltdn)s arc uot Patliso11 says he's walk ed enough looked forward to "iLlt 111 o r e pleas1>xtrn duty al ready, lo have about ure by 1111y (lllt', lr o w<'vc r, th:111 the put him home. g\·ans,·il le, lltll.. Cadets. 'L'h es will then ee ni ul her. s1:-I er, and s wee I h t-arl,. is about 800 mi lt>scli Lant. Miss ~InUie J ohn ·on t•nlert.ai11eJ On Th u rsday, ~ov. 17th., Mi~s :t party ot lwr 111a11y young lrieuds Su~ic Coo ns nncl 1'lr. Ro~:,; Cau l ho rn, on Saturday evening ~ov. Hit.It. bolh of t.l11, cil\, w er e united in. All enjoyed tlie m-;eh·es. mnrriagP, Hn. Tuylor, of the h is n mystery to t he ·•t.own- Cltri:-lian Chu r ch. officiali11g. folk" ho w Turema11 111a11agccl to Both of the'-«' you 11 !{ people are llllLke the two words ·•1tard" nnd well known 111 'ociety Circles. "chawed" r.,yme in bis la t pro- 1,on~ life a11ci ltappi11e~s lo th~m. ductioo. i:-. lite wish o.f the Focl'S. Miss Ess ie N<wn s enter t:.u ned 1st Trn111p:- f-1ow nrnny shi rts her )'Otrng frtPnd s un L11c e\'t>11 i11g can you ~et out. of o ne _yard? of Nov. 12th., nncl a11 PXCcllc n t 2 11<1 Trnmp:- Don 't know. how time wns hn<l 1,y all presen I. 1t ma11.r can you g et.. Wa<; a starter for other t>nrtic!> t hnt 1 ·t Trnmp:- Thrf.e if I.h ey nre wi\\ fo\lo\, . 011 Lhe fen ce.

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cac et .n urp 1.v s roo m an saw ou The e lect.ion pa!:.t t he t ,Lblt: t wo very large exceediugWA !. no w nt Inst. I • I I 1· d to Whic h pHrt.y is Lhe stroogor. y we 1g lty e nye opes c 1recte I the sa me per son. We wer e i11£ormOh wh Jv 11o t s t rike t,h p h u nr o £ P d bv bis roo ,u- watetha t 1tllS . • 1 1-1e ....ers t h e ho pes to his betr o thed ar e so le ngthy a s tu n1 u rro w. w he r<>in lies of nia ,,_y t. ho o sn11 ds- Ln m b. to occu py two en velo pes. vVhil e y o n a re rl o wu to wn just The weather is rapidly g e tting t no rl rop i 11 ~{ c K ee's . l1uy a F ocus a11d co ld f o r base ball and e ven uow try lits d c lic 1011,; ca ndy. cn11 be s ee n the football player s G ill ~:tys t he re a r e some t hi ng s e ver y eve ni ng o n t h e grounds, res t.i n th e rC'g 11 latio n • t hat we s honld less for the senso11 t o open. Therti all k no w, s uc h. as; sa lu t e at head- is sn me e legant t i111be r in t he acadq11 ,i r Les ancl p re.:;e n t a r m s. ~m y th is i::ess io n for foo tball p lav11, j,:. appa,ll l ug to t lii n k t h ~Lt iu t h e :;nrnl l :--t ale o f Rh ode I :sla nd a lo'II-! uiore f,lia n 5000 chi laren nre ,,, o rki u~ in facto r ie:; th a t, 1. wo f:u r a d o lla r a wee k- Ex

er ~, both fo r t he ru s h line and bac k playe rs. T he t r o uble her ~t o~ fo re lrns b':le n t.he lack o f sy st em and p r oc ras ti nation in o rga uization . Organ ize ea r ly , play motler atP.ly a nd tog e the r , stuclv th e rules aud Wear e g lacl to liav~ with us tri <:ks a ud le tus healJletoscore well t.h is ter m "FaLt,y'' J o ne!-, w ho is w iLh nov team i n Missou ri. Cl b 1 th b stil l " n11 s uppo r tetl fro 111 t he w or lcl ,' Tl --. . •. . 1e 1, 1am eau u , 1111c er e a11 ,I :-till free f r o 111 the wis hes of . t . . . fl £ lJ t . • t n , ox1t:al1ng ,u ue ncc o e mocra . • • • d ti , , t,l1e 111a t n mo 11 1a 1 111: • 1c p ntnot1s r11 , e n i.er e 1e v ampus i\Iesc:1·s . .J.M. 1Yl cVl"y, 0. G. Bal- : of H a rd i n Co ll e g e on tl1e night of lar<l , an <l G. \iV. Kf'mpe r r"'pres 11t - i th e rat ificatio n , n11cl d rill ed for the eil t,he U n ivers~t._y Y. ~ - C. A .._a t j be1~efi t o f _l he D_e m ocralic g irls I.he Sn11t.he rn Cn 11 n •11 t1o n, wl11c h • am 1rl rlazz l111 g g limme r of to rch wa s held in Kn o x vi ll P, Te 1111., las t ! an d roc kt-t. Tlt e 11 ext d ay all was J un e .- Th e_y r Ppo r t q uite a la r ge j fo,tr. R •in1 o r was a drift to tbe f {,•11/ucl,·!f efl.'t-'c t, that ,v n rre n ts h ad been issued an<I pro fitab le nlf'e t.ing. U ,1ivvr sil!J 'l'ra11 .<1yl 1m 11if1. r\ n uc- fo r th e n rrr st n E eac h memher of co nn t of t n is t ri p w ill be seen e l!:ie- said c: l u b. T hnc ,va,; nothing Ill w herP. it ho ,vever . 'l.1h e fac ulty ·e ojo ve d it ;l$ we l l as t he von ng l ndie$. The A Parodox. yo ung me n's f fLces ba".e now r e• Tr white be "all t.he colors coml>i u etl,' SLl m ed the ir uaturni colo r and t h e y A1:d bla ck Lheir '·abse nr e•· be, '£he n nr n 'L the whites tbe colored rolks a r e e x 11 I tau t o ver their escape from t he pe n n Hy o f t.re$pusser s . 'l ' h e black fro m color frefl?

Somo fan cy tho chnrms of the llly-"'htto Ort.hwern one and n c1under. maid, . Of otherinl fo rm nod languish mg eye, Lorie, A. has gon!! home on \Vho faints in 1,he suoshioe and droops account of sickuess. in tho snatlo, And is always '·just. ready to die." Ho,v many or us are fro•n the But givo me the gi rl of the ~uoshiny back wood:-:' 0'le. Cnce, Tho bloom in whose veins courses Whel'e ,loe~ Clark ·o n go every hoa!Lhy aL1d free, 7 Sunday. Watch boys ! " 1th tho \'igor o r youth in her movent<'nts of g raco, Mr. J. C. MackRoth w11.,; her· Oh thnt is tho gil'l ror me! ' 11. G. LAMC. last week visiting his son. The laclie~ oC tl,f' Pre:;by teria11 ·w. C. Yonng of Columl.,ia drop- Chur ch clean·cl $135 net f ron1 tlH'it· ped in to see us a few dity); ago. Crysa11 thum and Dull S l1ow of r <'Thnnk!:giviug was enjo,•ed by ce11 t elate. the Dem ocrats as it n£>ve1· was beThe great fire King, PnU.i::in n, fore. wh o waR mentionPd i11 our last isMac Rotts from the State Uni- f: UP was in q11it.e a rain r,t.orm t he versity was her.: a f ~ w 1lays Inst other <la_y, and remark ·cl that. he week. was now co111pletely extiugu i~hed. "Prof. Yancey lovE's the bo_ys ari d ·'I wi sh J could give a perforthe boys love the girls" wn-; the ·n1u11•e th at would rea lh1 be appremotto that wns turned towilrcl the ci1ttecl , '' said P t'arson. "I will teli college. yon what t.o cl u", Raid t.he popula: Cad~t McLean is reviving hi:1 Catlet.. 1 ·Anno1111ce yonr po;;itiveF rench again but we do,.'t see how l y last nppl:'ara11ce." it is possible wht'n he mnrdered ' reach er : [n whnt part of the ti so horri bly last year. Biblt- is it taught that a man shoul,J T hci·A is n protract.eel n, eeting be- have onl_y one wife? ing held at the M. E. Church Little Buy: I guess it,s the part South nt preseut. Great crowds that says no tn,\11 s hall serve Lwu go to b1::ar Rev. Jnclcso11. masters. Liadet Walke'r is exceedingly It see1m, that. Lieut. F1trri ngto 11 , bright, but 1f JOU can not see the ,vhu broke his toe the othe-r night., the point m his witty sayings, wns not sufft:ring from nigh t- niare. just loo.le at the end of his uose. He merely woke up suddeu l v n11d The chance game of. butto11s mistaking his feet for two burglars which has been Pagag-cd in bv the ;ouki 11g over the foot-board, made cndots for several dayR ,vns nbrnpli- a terr ific blow :it one of them with ly btokcn up a few eveni ngs since. r, stick.

263 0 ri £ [V\. fV\.. ~ . B:OCG8,. -- - - = = ~ ==---=== We r t>c: ivecl, a fe~v days ago, ~h: 1~ Our Alph abet. followi11g lf•tter from \\1. I I. / Dulany Jr. ·01, wh o is 110w itttend- , A. Sta_n ds for Ada"! t he first on in« the U11iversily of \ ' irui nia. tlie list.: but don t yon worry, 0 0 • you slrn11 1t be missed. H. Sta11cls for Ballard, what do y ou tl,iuk of t.hnti' When he came to r evet! l<>, he was uluck as a rat.

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E:ucl osr-cl fi1 1d 81.00 for which C. S t-nn c1s for Capta111s who are pl ea,-1.! St> 11cl 11I t> t,lw ··ft'oc l:s'· fur one litMd of Lhc corps: a11cl 1f you y ear . D ,m ·t l'or).{et to !ie ud back clo11 L w.d ch, they will r eport yo u HlrP. 1111111ber. A111 verv 11111cll obiigecl for t h t> hon or o f cu n t ril> uti11 1,! to D. S t m1ds for D1111ca11 who i s i n I.h e 1-'0<'li:,,, l,11t. foar I a111 11ol ~c11i.~l d ism av: anrl wheu h e is o n 0. D. what due:- h e say . t u I he cle111a111l. H l)wever, i f llwn, is a11ytl1i 11 g i11 my letter,- which E. S t ancl s for g I1cr be th e great Librari an: o f the little society you 1.lii11k wo11l,l be 111tt>rcsli ng to calle,l B11phrad ia11 . your rcadc•r~, yoa are ·at t'i hcrt.y Lt• F. Stanrls for [i'r ost, so li tUe and pri11t iL s,reet: lie i. ver y small all but 'l'li e foo ~ hall SPaso n i:. <lrnwi11g hi s feet.. to a <:lose, and so far ou r fc-nm has donH well. ThP)' have suffer ed uut G. Sfiwcls for Gill ,rho IS ont of si:.{h t: hut h e will walk tP 11 hours 011e d1, f1:11.t., :3.i t o 0. at t,hP. h:1.11ds of for brE>aking the light. P,~·1sylva11ia t.c•a111s i11 I.he 1·ou 11ry. fl. Sta 11cb for H erndo n so ha11dOu r vidorie,; are as fullo",- : sn111 e a11cl ~a_v : who o ne dark Pantop::; Acnrl1•111_y, 3 l to 0. 11i { h t wnnde1·tc>cl n way. U11iv. of N. Ca 1·ol i11a, 30 to 18. L ~tands for lus/Jection: the hardS,, wane Collc•gc, :30 to 0. es t of the wee c wh e1J all tile

.Sta11t.011hlil.A.ca<lem y·,OOt,1U. 1)()\' ::,\\' - 0 Il Jlt·k J l 1·e,•o";,Ilea<. I n the la,;t t.h r,~e ye.Lr~, even · foueh do" 11 wa , f<,ll cHn·d U\' a ..,.0 al .J. Stands £or .Jones ihe S<>r gean t · I · • · . n_ at ar111:-: who goc.•s to t h e ~loor at I< IC <, ": 111c11 t s a ;::p 1e11111c1 s 110\\:111g all alarlll,.;. f ur a11y team. On r fil'l, l dar is on K. Stand s for King whv was ,)pfl',•rso 11 \; birtlHlav. 11- " ,;; .,. c-hc>wi11g i11 rn11ks : at1cl now he is With rn~arcl,- to all of Ill)' frit>11ds, w:dki11g like N an cy U t1.11ks. I r<•11m111. \"u nr.. Lruly. L. Sta nt!:- for Lor ie who wears eye W. ll . Dur,.,::-Y. Jr. gl.1-.:<e:-- : a 11cl is always ou time nlall of l1is cl :issPs. At. 1-iarrnrtl. for fifty years, 11 0 t\I. is for M e!-S· hnJI , t IHtt l ov el v sn1okc·r wa,.; gra,lt,at.Pd w i Lli the pliL<:P : wh erP all the carlct:-- go to first ho11ors of hi s c:la ·s.·-E.r. f l:ll'd their face.

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~- Sln11,ls for Xigger ,·ou all knO\\' hi111 \\ell: but if any 011r n:.k~ ,· 011 ,, 110 he is cl on' t .\ on t el I.

l<'r:111 cis-:::iam hill. ~hcd:t. - Gr 1•:~t gu n,.;. K II igh I - Dab-1,lnsl.-i f•. ~l 11 n 1l1y - G reaL Ca<. :-.ars gho~t. A11Cler;-;on - .J0-ii,ic loves D or sey.

0. :-;ta11c1-.:r,ir Ortwi1w he's a lm•Pr of \\'all'r: h11t he always 11111:.I walk Olll' n11cl one quarter.

P. ::;tan,ls for l\•gr<'nl who ,-ha,·p,l his hPa1l: anil alW,L\' S al'Lt>r he wi,d1ed 11~ Wt!S cleat!. • (~. Slan,ls f or Quee 11 o prcli:y anol ,-me ~t: but we only g et:. to ~ l 't-' them 011 u,e s1n •L·t.

t.ancls for i<c• veilh~ I.he ,·en· fir:.t call: ,t m,1,111s gt:t. up bur's aml come 1 low11 i11 tlh• hall.

~,uiLh :-3.- Y ou ~ld grcc11-horn. D,dr\' lltjllc- ll cllo he.

ll'11rrn1gto11- Y ou olll chn mp. Uallanl Oh q 11 It. 110w. J\J c L ea11 - i\lo re tlta11 I.h a t.. J~llt•rue- Gornl go!"l1. 13ri1,kcrhol l- l le ltisself.

S. .'ta11il:;; for Smi ley thH <:all him '·La:-.f Sat nrday after 1101>11 was an a .Jew : but he sa\;s he i~ ju<.t a-.; eventful pe r iod for the Univcrsi ly goocl as you. c,1d ets, [or on Lhat clay . the b;t ta\T, Sta11cls for Turem ,I!; I he w ,rn- lio11 wus orga111zctl and Lite ottice1·,; clerfnl poet: he ,nay b,· 011 c lrnt h1: appoi II ti:d . There w1! rl:l also ,l do-sc1J°t k11ow it. l11rgc 11umlwr of d1::mp po i11 t 111e11ts U. i:51a11tb for U ni!'or111 their color and 111 ,111y ln [ ty-builL ai r -castl Ps is g rey: b11t whi>11 school i" out crnmblecl awar att.l1e J'att" l' u l wor ds we will throw lhP111 away. V . Stand,; fo r Ve n ison a ,·pn· fi11P of Gapl. .Neitl el'nH<·l', as he l'l:'ad out meat: hut Wt' never see au., thin,!{ tl1e IPng list of' £orln 11 atc cuics w ho of the k 111cl to 1:at. were to tlo11 the chev r o ns a 11<1 shou I\V. Stands for Wall they callctl der :.t•raps. YeL the appoi11t 111e11 Ls him Uismark: he wa . . a great 111a11 111et wit.II gc11eral approval au tl ,•c rJ l 111 ust r e1uark. few con1plai11 I,,.; wne heard f ro 111 X. is s,i hanl I have f.,, qn1L: h11t any of tl11• u11furt1111at.e,-.-C11/1tJ11no ther e iso11e I havcu't hit. bict Ife,·rtlrl.

Y. is fo; Yo Ta111bea 11 Lhe oltl gre_y ma.re: aucl ;di the l,o ys weid; broke on her at the fai r. Z. Stands for 7i1:no. w i th hair so light: bu t. 1 lt>ll you his huglt11~

is out ot sight,. 'rh er e ar e I 00 college pap,• r :-: published i 11 the Un itcrl States. -

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"Tile man who ro\.Js vo editor, Out. or a coppur cc1ut, Can never see t,he \.J)of;1,eu land, Where old Ehjnh wont.

He,11 Dever gain adm , ttnnco ther<', Bui bo by demons dri\'en, An<\ made to l.oaC his tun e abo,ut , Outside the gates of heaven. I [o'I I never meet, a plensnn t Caco, Or see one festi,·e gnu. H11, only chance of happi ness \Viii be nlmighl:y thin."

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1.-S ullivnn i n t,;enty-one r o unds at New Orleans 011 t>cp tember 7. l~ighll'1•11 111111drP<l a11cl 11i11d_y-1The figlili11g world has not,yetret wn w i 11 ~o do w II I ,, postt-ri t)' as a c<>VL'reci f' r o 111 t he (•ff1~ds of t he ye.11· vc•r y 111ucli out. of thP oroi11ary. l f 111 ,1s hi11g of that record. ll i:..toria11s c>f" tl1C' f11t 11rc will point i\an cy l lanks al most 1-{nve the lo it with pricl1, :1" 0 11P retlole 11t I r utting sl1 a r ps hystl'ria w he n , two wit.Ii I.he• gl,1ric•s o f Colninhus. But m o ·1L h i- al.{o, s he knocked spots o ut I h<' :·1l carl-g a111 r" s portc, of fu L11n• of 1'fau,l 8.' record of 2:08 by t ro tag,Js will r eg11 r.t i t with n•vr• re ncc ti·ng a m ile i 11 i:05¼. ,.\ cou ple of and wii11 dP.l'(l sat1sfac:ti,, 11 hN·ause weeks lnt\1 1· w h e11 Nancv did the of the grPat 11 11111ber ,1f r e·ords lllile i11 2:0..i, t.he asto nishm ent was which ha,·e l,ee 11 :; 111ashPrl in to world-wi,l e. Si 11 ce t hen Nancy has s111ithcr t:'t>n~. 811ch a y(•ar w i t h tried lo cliscount t his perfor ma11 ee, the;;c p•'Ctiliar qnn.ilfi,..s 111a_v ne ve r but has fai led. 2 :0;, bei ng the hest a gai11 be :::i>,m in the histor v nr t,liE' site could do. world. an,\ c,vcr_v 0 11 u liar! bet.I.Pr Olcl sc1t -goi11g lllPll a re st.ill tal k1"1'111 <>1 111,er thi:-;fact. :111d c lwri,.,I, thc i11g of t.ht- r erfor mn°nce of t he Uit y r l' nrni 11ing 111 0 11t1t~ a, a 111ise r ,loe:; of Paris 0 11 he>r last ,, oyage to l b is Iii;; hnnrd of golcl. port-, wh en she caused a heavy dro p [Jol 1l,ii;:-1, p11g-ili:::m, t rot.t-ing, ocea n i n t,he ocean record by n1aki110t he 0 f;tea11wrs. bi i;vcli~ts, r u 1111,.r:-. lia111 - trip f'rom o ne sidP of t h1 vast At111 Pr- : hrowcr-: a11<l -.i,ot-p11t.L,..r:s a11d la n t.ic tn I he ol lwr in fiv1:i day:", ll<'arly eve ry I.ranch of the at. hclP.t- fonrtN, 11 hours and twe11ty-fo ij r R eco r<l s

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has sl.'e 1· n11e or m or e> of 111i11utcs. 'l'lll' best previous r ecor d it,- rcco rcls go u11rler . The record was lw r ow 11 - I hat of five days, which passt•s t.hrnugli tl11~ ,-1.. i~P. ·o f , 6ftee11 hours 1111d fHty-l·ight lllin18U~ a11 cl co nws 011t ali,·e will li an, ute:-:. Not content w ith ,rn1ns hi nx su rv ivPd a liul.l t•r ca111paiil1 1 than I this r ecor<l t he l 'aris broke t w o

th e 1ll i"ht.v ,.rra,· ,.... . w :\ rrio rs in :-, - ,dw II ot lJC•r r ecords 0 11 the sn111e vovi1cre. . ,., roilc wit 11 P, cke tt, in his tnritic She made I li e higgc•~t clny's n111 <:h,_uw· o~· tlw i::1olilic•rs 11F ~he L _ight e ver kllO\\' '.l (~>:1~) mil ~s) in t weu_tr: H rwarle 111 tJu, hallc.wc•rl n rl<' of thP f 1) 11 r lio11 r ,-. "l11 ch ,, as t,wo n11les 0 !::,ix fl 1,11rlred. ll.1nll_r 11 week hit, uetrPr than th at, 111 a<lo uy f,he \\'uite pa,se,1 :ai11c<' .Ja1111ar_y I 11p t.o the Star li1wr Teuh 11 il'. T he Lliird repres1•11L Li111e but that ~o,11P n•c:nr d cont of t he. Paris was t hat of the ur o~her ha:-i hei>II :S-mnslwrl: 'l'o lwst a,·(•rage spt>ed per hour for th e .J in1 Corbett lwlun~::: Ilic prize fo r whole ,·ora!{e, rloiag 20.70 kn ots, making- th.=> hi~ge.;t recnrcl whe 11 ecl ip:::i11g llPr own reuord of 20. 18 he kuockt>d 011t. the i11vi11cih!e .John k no t. 111adc in .l ul_. last.

.Na,il' \" I I an 1,~ ha,- n,,t, cln11e al; at the rec:nrd:-;. [,'o r ~.li e mile, th1• n•t•nrcl lirraki11::; in llw trotli11g sta11cli11g !'.lnrt , li e !!Of, t he vrrdicf, ,,11rld 1,_y 1111.)' 111Pa11-... ,-\{ ~a-..hvillP. rlo111g it i11 2:08 -1-3. Th e best prl'Tc1111., 011 Oetoher 2 1. tlw hlac·k I ,·iow, milt• n•corcl, slnlldi 11 g sfarf, ._( dlion ::3t11rn1 sll'PP''ll o[ a mile 111 w:i~ lwlil l,v I l arr_v C. 'Cyl er. 2:08 :l:OS~. giv,n~ hi111 I lie -.talli1111 r1•c- ~-3. 011 1 hP -.a111c afti•rnon11 \\I i110l'il . . \I the ~nlllt' nH•rli11g-L1Itl,· cllet111,k anothPr try at th<' half .\ lbt'd, i11 the fr1•p-for-.tll ~tak1•-.., milr llvi11g- sLtr t l"Pt-orrl, and 11111cle forc-erl t.hl" fou r f'aslt•-.,1. l1t•,1h 111.,t it in ::1-: 1:3. jn,t two s<•eo11ds hl' fl n werl! ever t,rol.1 1111, t Ii<' t i1111' IJ,•i11g Lhan I liP n•cord h • t>'-lahlis hNl the :~ :12. 2:10=:. 2:11} nnrl ~:Ill::, 011 p rl"vio11" rlav . This was at t.he rate October JS. nt the ~a,lJ\ ill,· trark, of a 111ilr 111 1 ::;;3_=t-aln10,-t rn1111i11g Sl'VPr:tl other ri>ccml-.. wP11L l,y t hi' hor-;P 111111•. boanl. Oirt>ct11111 e"-Lalilt-.hecl a 11ew 0111 of l.hc nw,t. wo nrl erfol fpnts record for :3-, Par-ohl-. b) l'l'Cl1 11~ 111! ot rc•ronl-hrt•alii11g acc-0111p lis hed in a mil e in ·2:11:}. • tl11s 1110,t wn111h•rful _,·c•ar w.i;; that 011 f,ht' samP tlay a yParl111g p,1ce of ~l. I•'. ,'wc•P tl!'.\', of the :X.adt>r n.·corcl was c•..,lal,li~IH·CI l,,· M ill Lach AthlPLi,· As:-:oc iat ic,11 , wh en hr bc•at going a mile i11 2.:30. T h,. da) be- \\'. Byrd Pu~,.-:- gn•at high-jurnpfo rP (October J7) :tl the -.anIe lrnck. ing rc•cor,1 of Ci 1'-c•t>t. -I lll ches by a L1·x1ngl.1111 bay lills, Nt>llie A .. jnlllping j11-;t 011P-fo11rt h of an inch lrn ockl-cl the :-:pot.~ ont vf lite lrnl- higher. Pag,,·,.. rr>corrl wa<; made li11~ mile r<>cortl for l'earl1t1g➔ by O..:tol>er ,. 18S7. atHl few evH doing a mile in ~:2~J!l- 'l1 he b~-..L thought it. would he t•quall (•cl, l c•t pre,·ious rrcorcl f'rir tl11• a~•• ,, a, ido nP s11 pp la II led. 2:%1. made by Lt>O llP aL ChdliL"otlt l'. Th~ pole- v:1nlt.ing recnr,l, 111arln l3icyc:lists h:1vP ~e... 11 -..en:ral rec·- b1· 11 . 1-1 . IJ, lXter 0 11 Octohrr 1;;. onls diiposed of cl11r111g I.he la,L 1887, of I L ft>et 3 inclw!:'. llas urrn co upl e of mouths Ii\' tltat wliPPling clispo:-P, I of. " 7 • S. R O(le 11lmug h, wond er, Willie \\ ill(lle. On Odo- of 1,li c t\tnle tic Cini., of Schurlkil l her 7. at Hamp1lr11 Park , :-.ipring- navv , clPari11g. o n ~ptembr•r 17, field, Mass., thaL gen tleman got t.h,, 1 l f cct ;,~ in c he~. pal m for ;\ mile (fly ing start) by ' l'hc stnncling high nm! sta.ndiq~ covering the di~t:mce in 2:02 :1. ;;. brn11rl j11mp rec11r,l-. have -uffere,I The best previous rPcoi-d was 2:0-1 at lhe han1l:,;. or fl•d rat.h er, of:\.. c\-5 , ltelcl by hi111. Ht> al:-.o g ot the P.Sch w allf'I'. a 11 c> W CO tn Pr in t.he half-mill' r ccnrd i11 Ll1P ~a,ne ride, N"cw York ,\thl l" t,ic Club. At th1! a" t.h(' first h alf' of the mile was club ga111es 0 11 .Jun e IL he boosted i\nno in :30 .J-l1. 'rh e following rfa), the !:ta11,ltng high jnmp figurns to Oclober 8, Windl e took another trr ;; feet :1} inchf>s, made by D. Crook 1

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at \V orcesle r, M ay :!8 , JSQO. A t, o wu previous best record by onet•11c fal l 0,,.am es u f tli P. clu l, !\Ir. fil't h o C a seco nd. Sc h wan er cap Lnrccl I li c s taud i11 g \V . C Georg·s world's recorod, bruad jum p record bv coveriu g 10 23 :08 -1-3 for five mile.", has been f'ec•t 0~ inc li e:-, rlis pot-in g o f J\lal- 1t wi rc beate n abroad. W. H. Morc11l ,11 \ V. Fon!",; record o f 10 feeL Lo n. at D u blin , on May 7, ran t h e \l;l i11c hes. <l is ta uces in 25 :03, au<l Sid ne y K \\' . G,1[ . al lli c i\hnhnU an Th om as, of Lhc Lon don At hldic fi eld t;,lr m ,•-., on clep te 111 be r J7, di, - Clud , at rfom fo rcl, £ $Sex, got over p11 ... erl of th e A1uer ica11 l1 o p, :-.ki p t hr g ro uucl iu 2•b:53 3 5 or on an a11d j11111p record of .J-.::i f'et'L 7~ averagP. of less th an fiv e minutes to ench o f Lit e fi ve mi le:;. Th omas i11 cl1C·..,, hy ,l u nrg -17 feet l i11 c h. 'l' ti ,• worl,\',; l"l'C >ril for cl i-. t.ltH:e ;i l:::,o ueal t he worlcl ,s records fo r 13 p,Jlc• v:uillin g h,t-. hecn s mashed b_y mi le:;, i 11 l:1 0 :35 ; fo r 1-b m iles, 111 ,\ . I I. G n•e 11 P, o f t h ... aL111haLtan 1: 1<.i :-~I 1-5, nnd in 15 mil es in 1: ,.\t.lil1•Lic Cluh, hv covl'rtn ~ 20 f,,ef. 22; 15 i .;;_ I~- i11 l: l1 e-;, ag ain -.t. liis o wn rPconl of \ V. ( I. llen r y, of Sa n P ra11cisco. :.!Ii l'c•l' L 8:/ i11,. l! c-.. m,t1IC' at Madi:;o a has ane w n ·cord for th e 120-y urcl :-,q 11nr1~ Oa n lr 11 011 .Ja 11 uary i:j la<;t. cl a:o.h over :3- l'oot 0-in ch hurdles at .J .1 1111•,; .'. M il chPI I, uf l h E' X c w :lf>;~. \'ork At hl Ptic Cl11h, li.t'> ,lo ue wo n'f' ,.e t wo 111 ost important tu rf ,ler fu l work i11 his pa rtic· u lar lin" . recordssn1•1s hed t lt i,- re1lr o<·cnrred 0 11 Octollt'r " lr t• th rew the 18- at t he fall lll ee tin g of Morris, Park, 1111u n<l liamni <>r 1-18 feet~ inch es. 0 11 t h e same a fteru oo11, of Saturda\, a11cl i11 t.he ,,;a111e a f' Le rr rno u li e Ll1 rPw Oeto ber l. Everylh 111 ~ \\' as fn vort he :Sfi-pn11 11rl weig h t :3;; l'e,..t. G} a ble to fa$t t ime, as the t rack was i,u:hes, bt',tt.i11:; his o w 11 world's ,n pt>rf ect. cnntli t il a, a nd :1.· po werfu l record b3• o ne- half i11 el1. j wintl wa,; b lo wiu g d irectly in t h e Georxe H. G r,,_y ~•it Lwn r,,cor ,ls j di rl!d ion of t lie ruuners. l t. i · e · t.inrnte,l thnt t he wi nd c>:1sib y putt iug t.he J~·po11 11 ,1 ';li o t 01:> fi::t·I '2 i 11 C h t'S a 11<l the l -t-- po1111cl s hot ly accou nte,1 for a seco u,l a nd a h:ilf u1 fr et uJ i nc hc•!". Il e al s1J c n: a ' e,, d o f th<' faia t Li me madt'. a w,>rlcl 1-; rPconl'l., y p 11 t.l111g t.l1c 2oDr. ll nsbrouck ra n fh·e fu rlong s p o11 nd ,- h ot 38 C...1:'t 'i} in c h~:-. * in :Z>7, .vliuirahly r idde 11 b, D og.Xn t n1a11 y ru1111 i 11~ n~conl:-, com- ett , 1t1h l E>a~ily beat ing Corrcc tio 11 , parar i \'cly s1w ak i11 ~ . ha,·<• · ht•e 11 t.he r11 11 11cr -11p. T his k11ocks a clea n IJroke11. E. B. 1310.-,-, 011 l+'t• l1r11 nry t wo :--eco11ds off the pre,·ious recor d 2 !, ,tt IJo.;t.ti n. did 20 yarcl. in :20 for I.he <l i.-tance. held uy half a cloz2.;;. !.{l:' tl i 111-{ I he l'E>Ccml. 1le also en s pri11 tt>rsTh t.• t-C'CO rHl rPc:ord to go by the did +O y.trds in :O ~ 3 -3. bcn~i ng- hi-.

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six furloug.;.

PopL1 lar Sludent.'

after a hard ran• wtl It },.;(l'Jli>. I h.., ti111~ bt•i11~ 1:nu::. 11:ttl ~lct'a[rP_\' •••••.••• ...... '... ..... . ...... . ri1ltle11 E,lclle "ith 111orc j11clg1111•11I,

the laltf't' would !tare got the ra~c

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a11d pcrliap:- a ,till 1,Pltt>r record, as she had (ll'C.lllS of s..;pceil ,ll. th<~ tiin- •••••••••••••••••• •• • • • ••••....

i-.h and was r11u11i11~ muc:h faster than the w11w r. .Mc('aftrc_v kept E-,lelle back in th e race 1111lil tile 0

last. few jump", an<l 1)11;11 it. \\;ts tiJO late. T1 thP:-e we 111 igh I a,lcl I lie record:; mah· al till' .i\l,,xirn rac-t>s. Th e yearling lrol, 1111w :!!~. a111l 8 )'ear olcl pa:,e {i111e·~:13.

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\re have ri>ceivecl tlw first 1111111bPr of lite b'ocTs' a cnllc•gc journal pnbli:;hed IJy the :-tud1•11t-. of tht•

~Ii~ioori :\ltlilary .\ c,1<11•111 y at Jlt•x.......... ........ ............. ilO. The Focrs <.:1J11si ·I:-. of':!~ p,tges and is abl)' erlite,1; the> 1·011lrili11t ious from the .-t11denl:-. an• quite creditable. nch paper.; ._1io11 hi be.: cncouragE:cl and p;1tron1z,..tl as t,liPy

will prm·e an incalcnlnhll• lw11i(it to llw hovs . wh o an~ eek111rr ., knowlPdge. ln the columth o:- Ll1t>1"0< tis it is recorded lhat. W. l:L KPllJ, of Solo1uo11sville, was elt.!cled first corporal of ComJ)any .13 i II LhP Col lege hattallio11.-Arizo11a /Jul/1·liJ1.

... ...... ... ... ....... ......... I t 1s a f act.

'l'hi, b'ocus i is spco11 d t.o 11 0111•. 'L'haL Ulurkso11 i:-. ill love. That ll ick~ got a11 uflice. ' Tli t~L ma11_y pnpc>1·s fry lo in1irnf<' bnt. 11o r1C: to exceli. \\'!tile you an~ clown tow11 just. 'l'ltat .James is in love wit.Ii hi m1\r()\l in 2'\lc Kee 1s, IHI)' a F'ocn, ancl ·elf a11d has not a ri,•,tl 011 eart~. try \Hs d<'lictous candr. That Ti'rnncis na111 e is Bro11co.

-----~----WAS A Q UEER F U NERA L ·

Ill iife.

C hines e Free M asons, is L aid to Rest With a ll P omp Th e B and Play e d T a- r a-ra-Boom d t: Aye.

laLc r e~idc u cc of Man rruck.

JJehi 11cl t his wagon cnme the pall bearers and n. s mall house M a n T uck, the Loa a e r ol the in a wagon, which represented the

bearing the objcC'l oE all this displ ay. On t h e Sf'::t.t wilh tbP. driver sat a man scaLl eri11g bits 0£ paper to enn.ble T in• c1·,,wd ,11 1 lltl:! str ~el:3 Bu nda\' th e pi r it of t.hc dead man to find afr.er11 0011 to w1t11 c:,s Lhc C.:h i11 e·e its way back l'ro 111 the graveyard. fo 11 t! r.11 p r ,icess1011 was Ii ard I\' Oll t- I 1111ned iat., Iy i II I rout of tbe h en.rse 1, h <'11 came the hear se,

1111 11111 •reil hy Ll1e tit ro11 gs Ll1at. was a wago uette i11 which was Wt'rt' 011 1l1e ~trtets Satu rday n ight -,c,tl cd Prof. H est er ' s Orches tra to vie•.\ and part1cip,ttC! in t he De ru- ,, lii c h nlayed som P li\'ely airs, suc h

.Xo ai r of sad- a~ ·'Down we nt iUcGint) ,1' •·Ta-rn1 11 es:-; appl',1red t<J h over u\'l•r th e I n1-IJoon1-1l1•- ayc•," " lla7.¼le Dnzzle,'' ,·or tPgi.:, 111:-teacl 111 11.~ic and.ga r c,-1- and etr . ors WPre tl1e m ost. pro11l i 11P11t feat\V rn,Jy G et• the succe-.~o r of 1\1a11 urPs. T iu~ C!t1 11 (•,;e l•'rec ~(asc, 11:- 1 Tuc k. w as 0 11 horseback accompao[ ,, ho111 tlw deccn,ed :\la11 T uck, n,ecl by ahnut forty members of wa-; I he lc.1d .:!r. had f 1111 c11urge ol I lw :-oci1•h·. Th e second carriage tlte aCf,ti r. ln 1lt e furp110011 the beh111cl the hear:-.e wai:; occupied by culI111 co 11tai ni11 g th e l,ody was St• ve rnl meu. one bcati11g n tom- t,om pl.u~~,I und er a C',tnva-.;:; i11 frv11 t of j ih e other,; c·l.ti-h ing cy 111bal -. Th E" th e dece:Lsl'1l'i lio111c and 1111111,Jrou . di11 tliu-, rai:.1-d was with the intent p1::i..:ul1.1 r rile:- \\'ere pe rform ed 1Lbout l of fri~hLP11 ing awn.y all e vil spi ri ts it by his fel low cu11 1.1try111c n. .-\t . 1u t he vici 11 1t\' . TllP rcma111d er of :~ o'clock the proce.::,-io11 Harr eel j the process io n whi ch was five or frun1 lite co rn er of Ore~u n ;\11cl; si x hloc ks in ll• ngth wa • made up ticco11d treet ,. F 1r,- t came the ad- ! of a ll t :1 c \'chicle::. that could be v,tn cc: guard co,npos<>d u f :-.0111e t c u , l1irt!d in t l1 e c ity. M ost of them o r tw1•lve Ghi11a1111.! 11 011 foot and 111 ,vere occupi,;d by Ch inamen but gay aLtir e a 11cl each carry in~ a I man,. ,vere vacant so far as morta~ gaud.r bauner. 'rh t>.Y were i·otl;, w- 1eye:1 cou ld discer n. The names of ed h_y a Cltin c::;e hanil i 11 a wagou the dec1•a,P<l's relatives wl10ie s pirw ith music,d iuslru 111c111s 1wc ulinr its wer e th oug ht to be mling i 11 to Ghi11.-. Xex t c.tute c1 spr i 11g then, w er e displaved in Chi1wsc wago 11, l ni1Cled wi t.h roa,;t t11Pat s, c haracter s 011 the 5ide of thP. car t he 111t1:·d 11 ol ici>:tblt· of whic h was a j ric1ges. goat cooked whnle a11cl :-t,,wding as .\ f e w .r\ 111t, ricans w er P al o i n

ocr,,ttc jl11lifil·ati011.

I 1

32 f he proce..,inn,

prnhahl) I lirong-li and (.;om nnt11tla11t, of (.;acids nt c11rio,-it1. \\'1.•st _Point. 0. G. Ba_llard \\HS ~dAt the !.{r,tve tlw or ·lll•-.lra plar-1 ,tor 11t 011c of tlw l1·acl 111g \\ et•kl,cs l'd •·Homl' .\ ~ai11,'' a11tl all 111,, <1( .lfoston. U. \ V. Clarksuu was noi,;l' po,,iblc ,,a~ nuulc• 1,y t lw thl· L' . .5. idol a,; a po1•t. 'fun•lllun cla3h of c.ymb.d:-. an,1 b,•ali11~ nt wa,-, :-;lill a ··surgco11" :11111 quite Llw lo111-tnnl. ,, hilc• IIt ◄' lindy "•'" IJ,ild ftpacl1·rl. Parks liatl gom• lo laid at rl!:.t ,,irl, qu,~f'r 1·en•11H1t1i,•,. ·'Cl1111a· a 111i8sio11ary. \Valk l!r '.l'hc meat wa-.. placl'•l al lht> foot. ,11 wt-- a linll1a11t L;rnyt-r. it'ck ,,as the grnv" and left. 'l'lw 111i11inL11n• 1ran•l111g "ith a cIrc11f-.. ~lau:-,·r hou,e, the co tly ha1111er, :11111 l,hl• h.ul g row11 a hca,·y 111u1'lac hc, an<l p[ect-. oC thc <lea1l 111 u1 Wl'rt' pl.icNl hail i11\'e1t,t-rl a l:.ht1 111. Nig P~arnear bv ancl the torch npplif'rl. .\ ,. >-Oil had cho,.l:'11 th~ :-.tagc a11,l was thl' cr11w,I IC'ft a nun :-.101111 al Lill• fa-.t. 111.1k1 11g hi-.. way h, tltc top of gale and hau,le:,i each a 1li111t• In thP ladd1·r. l<'ro-;t ow11ccl a large ,how the getwro. ih· nf .\f,111 TtH;k. polato farn, 111 lrelaucl, ht ' ll CCl-'SS Some hun~r_y .Mexic,111, more ,,a:- 1110:-t phl:'110mi11al : 1,e st.tiled like)) c.ipl11 rerl the roa,t m1•als It- fl Lhat he rni-;1•d a i,otatu eac h yea r a:,; alt.he grave bPf'nre the p,trtr n·- largl' a::, lt1:- I 011t. C,tr pe11Lcr had tnrn e,l to town. IJe1.>11 marnecl for 1-l yc•ar., a11d affirm .. thal Iii-.; only tro11bl1•~ aud /ll'.ll /:-'HO('.' DE!-1.IHT.IIGST. c1re-.. ,m• lttt.lt.! one:-. l•'ra11kie wa' au able and 1•loq~1t.i11l orator and Dream of H G . Lamb. w,t.. U. , •. Se uat ur. L, 011 had al:,o A fE.-w d,1 \''- a~o nue ,,1· I he Pores re 1chl'd a htl,{lt po~ilw11 111 life bC'r eporters met JJ r. Lam h, :111d 111 th P i11g ! J l'cl:'l ~ i11chcs in heigh t. cnun,C' of the co11\·ersatio11 which fol)O\\"Ccl ~Lr. Lamh ru.1clc the fol - H ow we Spent Ti1 anksg1v ing. lowi11g- :-lall'111e11I. " I hatl ;1 nw,-l 1'<'111:trk.d,le drra111 \\'f, aro,p ,tt i ;1. 111. :u1rl l,urritdthe ,)lher night. I dreamed I had ly -.(1pp111g on a11 tl\'1•r coal. and a bee11 to South ,\111Prica for lOyenr~ pair of :-uck:-, wc11t down lo r;,re,/le. Of cou rse r found 111,lll)' 1:hangf', \Ve al e the w,nal brl•akfa.,1 uf cu lt! had tak<.'11 place during 111, ,tbs<'nCP, bisc:uit, l,ot huller, cc,ld cuffn• anti e~peciall y a111011g I11y :-i·hooliuates tooth pick.;; ann the 11 willt (lta111ior the i\l. i\L A. ful h"arl S We as:;e111 vlc1l to be Dalrymple wa.; a rt'al estall· cleat- marchl!t.l lo tlie Opera I louse, er in Kansa:--, and hail 1-{rowu an \Vher c sen ·ices \\ er e h eld. "normous beard l'l!aching lo lii::\.:, we start<·d we bad the pleasure knee;;, .\ . H. LI ant meU wa<; .\lajor of w1t,111•ssing an interesting ho r:-:e 1

;•,

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..-\t fir~t the U:i,·or. ch~aring

r:ir-<'.

C.tdel Bu.-,kPlt told o ne of the r eday.

tl1c tP1111i-. court. lo'lk the lead but por ter s bis Lroul>les the other wn~p11s~t>d i11

the la... t quarter by

ll esaid

•·Oneclay(wnssittin~

T11rl'nia11 nH111 1tll'll 11p<111 Y ota111 bie11. under ,u, apple t r ee i 11 I owa. tnlk('l.1rks1111 wa~ not i11 the race anrl l ing t-J ayou11g ludy- l remarked, how tlie "11 1d makes this tree moan wa-. fl.Lgg-ed out..

.\t the Opi,rn 11 011~<' we hNtr<l n and groa11. ::ihe s,iid if you had as line :.t•r111011 clc•l1vpr,•d IJ\' a local ma11y ~ren11 ap ples in yo u as this pre:u: lwr: aftc•r wl1id1 a collec.:tio11 t r Pe has, you wou Id m oan and grc, 111 Loo. wn-, I ake11 for I lie poor o l' ::Uexil'o. l'ol. l•'IEwl )"(l!--C ancl g-:we five 1loll,m.:, aftt,r "hicli Frau ci,. row a11,I

TIIV1E :-: TABLE

g:ivp five te nt~.

Tiu· 0111'• ncci,lrut that ncrnrrP<l ,VA UAS J-J. 00l!'i0 r.11ST. ( IH· 11oti•:- r'roz,, ill \\ alkL en~es. ' Pr's cornet. R d1tl'llill0' ro thc1•;--o.!.~cw Yo rkLin11tc1I. •••••••••••• :1:~pm o :'\o. 1_, St. Lou•• bxpre•"·· . .. ........ . i!:O:, 1>m 1• \tl:rntic b;ti,rcN> •• •• •• •• • • •• • • • 2 :r.~ nm A C,1de Ill"J we \\ e r P ,.., rrj Vt.>ll a VPP' ~ o. b. 1 ., :So. ':>l. Lo,11• l~x,,r('~b .......... , ..... 3 :Fi0 n u, w .1:- wlwn

• flllC

I 111 ll t' I':

·l·r '

I) . '

cI··

•;,;o.~~,\\ n) Fr{'if.!t~ ••••••• ••••• ••• b: I011m :'\o. :!6. L·l,roui,:h I, r1:1i:ht .... .. ...... .. .• 8 :r.11 11tn

lll , \. ,I II P t r _\ 1wu·aro1,i. JHllaloi;-s, i::alt,

sa111.:1•. 001<0 wE1>T. L rnvea <·elt-n', )11:'l p e r, li l'Patl, Hild for,!Psert •~o.3,e:'a~LLin<' ................ ...... 12:2111m 11 • M,,il uud Express.·· · ········ •• • I:! :;J.i I> n, l •, 1•n,11 Nn. r,, '-• I cI· 11 ,•II l1s.· ,"II • cl 1··,1·1.--' ., ·111 ~. , • 1-io. l'ac,Uc Exprc~'I ........... . ...... 12 :r,:i am :-..o. 7. Umultn Exi,rc,-., ...... .. ...... . .. lJ ::,9 t1 m II I.h,, aft(•l'llOClll llt:111\' nf t lie •:-.o•• ~I: Wn) Fro,i.:li~ .. • •..•...•... 1 ::io 1> Ill :-..11. -•• rl.Jrour:h l•retf:hL............... 1: 10 nm bny:- callPtl 11p1111 thP _young laclit-'> I ·JIIC A GO .S.:, .1\..Lr.ro:;s. ,, f J[,•xico. M.111y of" I lie oflict>r , w ere \'Pr\' Ill uc.:h Jl,Li nPd ht'CHIISl' i11 TRAoi-i> C:Oll"G C.\bT. L

('8\'{'8

the mor11i11~ tlieir ,.,•c,rc1iat... cou- ~o. 1;, Mnil .. ~·· .......... ........ 1 ::lCI SJ"'

1:So.!'l••\tlant1cEx11re!'s .... .. ....... 12::lOam . Ie :O:o.rn.St.Lou1!-Lim1ted ............. 1:1!\p m I i :O:o. 51, Chico::<> Limited ........... 11 :00 pm I I IC. a• I lllll"lll!.{ gazt.! o f I I 1e I'll> U , 1',,.!!'J. \\"ay 1-rciuht. ................ 11 :;;oa, m the af"l1•r 110•J11. in l'-l'ile of I Ill· :•wvere i TRM:s1o ooiso w1::sT. L onvce

ti tt't· r

c,•a I "'1

C te\1•r1111..;

l'1Jll1

c.:olcl, tl1l'Y wc.rP tit> ovc•rc,,.its.

::,;o. !81,Mai/·· ·~

...... .. ..... . .... ;=~0 11111 .'.\ o. Ii, rncioc bll.l>re~s.. . ........... I~: .\0 nn, \Ve had ,l VC'I'\' i1dor111al -.n II1wr. I •~o.r,~, l(~11~~sC.ty.L11nite<J ••• •••••••.1_:./>011, o. !\., Dc1n1 r L11111ted ......... ......l.-' nn, l II faet it wa<; I lit• llH•~L 11lf°1)r111al j :':o. too. 11 > Froii:l•L·..:....:.:..:..····· •··· • ll :OOn m :

•

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s11pper [ P\l('l" ~aw; Hild

wa~

JIFTERSOS Cl~\· RRANCII.

('lllll - '

LNl\('f,

po:-erl. largPly, ol' l1.,clr1111t. \Hllt>r. • :su.l:l.", . . . ..... . .... . ............... ~::!Opm • No. 110, .• .•.. . . ................................ 7:1.0am Oni>. of tlh- h,1_,., fo•111,l the r <'111ai11 Arriv(',.

r a

tnr I,,,_y

ta('k lr,l. "Fowl

· I

w I 11c 1

l1'

at. 1111 <:f'

But some. Ollt.> cnPd o11t. tacld1•! fo,\I la<klt'!

·cl 1•1 \\ 1 - 11't t·•11•r

Slll

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::-.o. l:Ji. - -

- II : ;JO n 111 • t:1r, p n,

r-:o. t:19, . . '"J>ail)rxcoptSaodny.

and B • ••• " ' IT,SO~, 'fid,cl .A ~<- 11 t .1. ('JtURLTO);, I F. C'HA~DLER, r;, P. nud 1'. ('. & ,\. CT. P, nnd T ••\, W. w Ry.,

Chicllf:O, I JI.

Ry .. St. L oui", mo.

Th e success of a Qu arter of a Century H as rnade us to-day The L ead in g C lot hi e 1~s of MEXICO. . 'I W e have just r~fi tte d ~~ Our place of bu s in ess / , , And proud l y boast of d .Th e most thoroughly W e s h_ow u nsurp~sse Lig hted and N ew li nes of s u1trngs, Metropo l ita n Clothing Overcoats, G e nts EryaporiL_1m s in I nterior Furn is hi ngs, H a t s, &c. M1ssoun . And so li c it your ~ Patro n age o n a Guarantee of Satisfactio n . The ~ tar • Furui licrs of 1li"S(llll"i )lilil:m Academy Uniform _lJ Cloth iers. • . •

7;-

. .n&Son Ph111l

French & Garrett, l?resQri-pi:on Qro<Jgists. SouthSidf'I

Mexico.

~q_ua1.>e,

THE WINDSOR,

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1-1:1~xif~Goi~ · Prop.

Only /Tote[ i11 lite Giff, 1cill1 Olfice and J)i,, i1.cJ

J,'r,0111 fJJI

Gro1111d Floor.

Sleep,r1g Ro-:ims all Lighted wicl') Incandescent Eiecmc Lights.

• f;lcrlric Bells aud '11caking 1rnl1cs ~lmrn~houl the nous~. lies!, Table in North llissou1 i o.irnwu.s ro A .\'1> Ftw.,r AU. '('R.JfNS. HA T ES S2 00 J )P1' day.

TOM ROBERTS' * * ®pp3site Cfh,e ~indsor. Lunch Room, =

=·

1'Ccxico, iUo

?;K £ M . fV\.. 1\. flOCG£.

=====:-::::=========== 1 ]_ J • F • •: T Jiif~\.R~~~J.]_yr.i_, West Side of Square, Mexico, Mo. _ F or I trictly First Class _ Fine Shirts, N eck wea r, Hosiery a nd a ll kinds OF

Under Garments for Gents Wear. T UE BEST FI'l'Tl;,;G

Clothing for both :\'icn and Boys, CalJ on

J,0e orCV'ic Barth..

J. W. McKin.ley,

Bakery -:- and -.:- Restaurant. Candy Factory,. C hoice C a ncli es, F ruits, N uts, &e,. A lways on H and. Faust's HOwn" Bra nd of Oyste rs. Ice Cream in Season.

Wilson Bros., ~ rti~t ic '"Pl)oto2raplJer~. ci, loGlents f--iesdqoa r ter s J-'or all K i nds o r 7-l_rtisti~ Worf<... •

Studio Oppos ite the R ingo, S. E. Corn er Square.

c1..0t.

@l✓e7n,l

@lfa ~,co,

D EN rrr~'r,

Opposit~

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John Jyt. J3a?:ker, A 'l"l'ORNEY·AT-LAVv,

P. 0. r,,,Ex1~0.

•Cadats of Tlrn Missouri Military Academy ~;i~L,; 'ALLEE & CRADDOCl(' ' ~ BOOK STORE ,

F.m,t Side

pl'~qU:lJ'<' ,

EA OQ LJ A RTE RS

..... .FOR l'll F L\"1'8ST .....

lloo~s. Prriotlicals. '1 aga1.iue., l'inc Stationer), Porkl'l-Bo11k.. Card Cases. (lold llaunlain Pens, &r. B ep,·e:.e11 /1•rf 1tl f/,e ,1/. J/. , I. Uf/ .1/u;sr,-:. Cl"rksn11 o ,ul ,lfu,phy.

-------------------South

Side

of -

~ic~eTib$ ~ Emm□n$ Il~y Qood$ Co., "'1 exico. Mo.,

Soutll Side o: Square,

..... C.\ RR Y A PULL LlN~ OF' ...... .

Clolltiog, } Hat 8. ¼.Ca1,s, t ~hoes. ❖ Neck ¥ \\ car i aud i Urnls ❖ ~111ruH1i11gs.. §)

~~~;tr; _ Abstract Co.,~- F • :?.!:1~TRY, (:laster & [V\Qfi:ad1n. Prop. C HOl CE -:- GROCEBJE8 Real Estate. Loans and lusuraurc

Everything F1-esh a nd N ew .

ig .R, Il , WORRELL For all . kin els of Jewelry, l D 1a rnonds, &c. Sout h • ide of Square on N ational Bank C:::> r n ~r.

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The -:- Ringo -:- Hotel. W. F. REED, Prop1·ietor.

1 argest and F inest 3'\etel in th,e ~it~. Rates $2 .00 Per D ay.

C. A.

BUCKNER ,~- =:::::::::::====:=

Prescriptio n D r u ggist,

Oppo site R ingo H o use

'1) re.wriptions Ac<'nrately Compounded Day or N ight. ,;_,I

P□LLA~~ll;:f.ci'Jt\~Y! J. G. HEAD. ..,1rrica11 a11rl lmpnrlr~ Novr.llirs fur Birthdayand'I Yi11c l'hotugraphs . at CHH I ST:\1AS PHESI<:NTS.

_ _ } '1<.•x ico,

N ntiumU 1.lnnk C'oruc.,r.

ne~-sonable

Rat~.

Snnihwc:.l < oruorof Squnrc,

:- , F. A . SANNEBECK & CO.,

iUo.

• •

Butch er s a n d Packers, :Fresh and Smoked Meats ~Fish. ¥0 ~. 1\. 0 ibbs, :.~:.h~. .~..9.I.;~~~!.~ 11ruggist, . ... DNlers in nil k iocls of ... .

8TE.-\ ~l SAUSAGE MAKERS.

r<'or fl.\l R, ~A lL, AND TOOTH BRGS M ES.

l~ine Pcrfun1.eric, and all :u :cxi <· o.

l'oilct Articles,

:.uo .

f- '? tJl. E_._ Tru{\ -·ThB P h o to ~ raphBr, ---Best \/\.) or'l<, intF1e (:ity. ~

Cabinets

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Specialty.

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f i

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MEXIC·:>

Cordovan Gal¥, ~anyarao, and Dongola, - -

i 11 Lace c1 ml Congrest'. _._

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our Men's Calf, Lace and COilllrBSs, $8.00, 8.00, $4.00, SHOES

Can not be Excelled in Quality and Fit. Try a Pair of them . ~-------- - - ~ - - ~ - \

S<>l . ( ~I -"On

~especnfuig,

Boston SI100 Store r-~--:~~--ii-f't~~ , ___ • Opposite T he Hingo .

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.:..d

TH E

M . M. A. FOCUS. VoL. J.

DEC E~lBER,

The Garbage of Literature.

1892.

No 3.

lie allowed to come in contact with it:. 1nfectiCluS influences. H ''lilP.rat.ure is truth acting CAPT. 0. A. THORNBURG. through the ima~inatioo upon t he emotion,"' theu the emotion arous~ H.Y clt>catle has its threaten- eel r11ust be the criterion as to what i11~ f'vil:-.; everv gf'nerati'ln elevaLPs a11d degrades. From this evul vf's some vice which thrente ns point of view lllU$t be judged those 1v 1111.J~•rin Inc th~ morals of tlw t bousao,ls of pu bhcativns. now paspeoplP. 'f,, ply tlae keen t'd~ed si ng int-.o eirculat.ioo whose sole 1-cal1wl to a tlepLh I l1aL will r1::111nve meri t il'I their chenpness; whose f l,e roots of thii:. disease becomP:1 ever_y t.e urle ocv is demornlizing and the duly of all wl,o would !-ee t.be whose baueful inftutioce is felt human rnce nclvnnce in!';tead of re- wherever read. trngrade This is an age of readers. Thons'l'he pu b 'ic ,uorals 1,f b-day are n11cls of printing presses nre giving threall'lll:'<l hr a rliseasP, wuose rav- to the world thoughts opon every !L!!;f'!- are m, si)P.11 t as thev are dearl- subject I hat can Interest auy porl_y; wl,ose auva11ce is ch<'cked 1111 ly tion of the masses-from the deepi II a 111ea.~ure, ht-cause of its bei ng est resenrclt into metaphysics 1,mked 11po11 by I he masses a~ re- down to t he slim iest tra~h. [t is sult ing in 110 gn~at harm; but )t>t no loug<•r a q uestion of enviro11the light of iuvr,sfi~at.ion lay lmre me11t:::, fo r n. per8Oll can get just it::; genus and ;.o <l i--ea e is fo11111l such ~rade 0f literature as he delo be 111ure clPad ly Lha11 Lhil.t of gar- sire->. lrngi• lit,•rn1ure. There ,s a sort of cynicism preIt. i:,; a vice f.1111dame11tal in de- do1u_i11::111t amoug n certain cluss of stro_y i11 g the foundabou of hunrnn fiction reuders that. calls for proclurncl<:'r; for all ot her vicesfollo,v ductious that delve deep, into the i , nu•.urnl &eq11e11ce and with ever W,)ak ne3sed oE human nature; in creasing rnpi,lity. that reveals all that is COil temptaEmanating from miuds morally ble in man, but not the uohler di~easerl, it contai ns l!Othing that qualities; thal picture the str uggles inspires but 11rnc11 lhat degradei:; of man against his baser passions and no mind 1s SO Jhlrnbut t bis pol- as never snccessfnl ; that represent luting virus will ent.er ifthnt mind man as n creature of appetite and

T 111•,' Jf. Jf. . I. F O(' e:-:.

pa~,i,,n whoc:e morn\ qunlitie~ are he woul<I OIICI' have I ur n rel fro m \\ ith a,·er...wn, lw rea<l" "ith 10or1licn•r . ub,n,·icnt to h1, gro..,n. 'l'lwre l'IL II be 110 po,-.ihlc- goo,\ re- 11ate i11lt'rPst; lh1• 11 .' i,•hlit1K to the :-ultin~ to the )01111~ m1111I from lt•mpl 1tio11, he plu11g1•, rap11ll_v incon tact with suc h liternluri>. No to t!w nln•..;-. o~ i111mornlitv -n book ~houhl lw rend ,drn-.l' r<.'arlt>r II i~h t -.. c,1rm1-.. li \\Ith g,1 Y C•>fll p:111cannot ~av'· [ am helter 111 or,illy, in11,, a111l I h" ,IPpl-h-. nn.: ri>achcrl. ~piriLuall). i11t1•llrcl11,1II_, f ,r 11 n·- \\"1tl) II f,,,,Jiug of 1111,•r ln<S or 1ua11h• qnalit i,•-., he rises fro111 a ing ab:-:or .cd ih t hought.'' (,buct• nt tht> lihr,11.' ol tlw "iU· tr,H1lil1•tl 1,J1•1•p. ll is t,•mplt>, lhroh ciety youth of our 1·il,il't-, pon viole11tl_y anti hi-. 111i11tl is 1t rhnos. hi.., t 1blc will I,,, fo1111 I lhl' tra11--l,1- D1•,po11rlo>IIC\' "'"II.•'" him :w,1 1i11tio11s of Lhe J;ite-.t 1: rc111 h 1111,•1•!-. : ot.her \'ictim of s tlac r,11-, l iterature 011 his sl11•ln~ the \\f'll th11111l,e1l i, II 11111 ht•rp(). Ll't lnw-. lw t•r111,·t.•cl nn,1 olfi r! ml pn~es of Don .I 11a11, D••l' wwrunl'. rl1·cre,•.., be pnhli-;hetl .1, Lh1•y tllll\', Tol-.loi nod 011idn wu1 k ,. anll by t lwi r s1d~, hut,, ,111 1111 ...oill•,I pa- s ,ch lllPm~11re will ci rc11la tf' just ge,, mil) re,l a few , ul11m1·-. of su Ion~ a-, Lhcre 1s n wicir-ipre,111 de1111u11I for ,t. TIH• cl~:111 ..in).{ ,ta11clarcl ,\"ork,. The rcndi11~ of ,111;h litP.-,tlure 111 11-.L !.(, ti,• •p •r. ••:; t.rikt• at t.h•• doe:; nl)t 111..;p11e that ln,1• 11olid1ty root if ~ou \\ 1Hll1l kill t.lw co11q11t>rof character wl11ch ,1•1•-.. ft•t•l,. ntll1 ing w0nn." .-\ -: pulilic mnr1lls i111re ·pond.., to I he 111·1•,J... of I ho-.e prove, lhl' lowe.. t gr.ult.>., o f liternaround us; who-.l' syn1patl11•l iC'chord l 11 re ,,di !'ea,cloesi,t. Thl.'two i:- touchcil wlwnev••r the ,ni..,for- c wnot i11crca,l' tog1•thPr f or thev tunes of othl'rl\ are k11ow11; ,,h1ch are com1wllt•d ll\ the very law of vie,,s ,, ith acl1111ralt1111 all that 1 • their e\'.1sl1•ncc lo var.r in 1111 i11pure, nohll' and GU1l-l1kt! i11,1l'hn,- \'1•r--c ralio. .\ ... is lhc chnracln tin11 character; "l11ch ,,.I'., wit11 uf the 1lt.'m,111d, ,o will he the ch.,rpl en•wre the cousl 1111 L !-l t r11 lc{glt• of acter ol' lite lilcrat11rc p:oclucNl. t hat ,oul towanl, n hi-'l11•r plane I ft\llll'Clt 1lt:I\ r,,llo,, i11g tlu• craze where the l,n..,1•r p 1..,'iio11-. arc t•,•cr f,. r Tolstoi·-. lat<"-,t i'rucl11ction, sc\'l'lll_r lhl' 1wr1;c 11 t l• f the prod, c,ubjPcl lo tht! hi~h••r. No. tile reading ut «uch liler.1- l 1011:- oltt•n•tl hy .\ ou 11g writt•rs Lo a turc ere.tics n progn•s,.,i\l• appetit,, pnp11l.1r journ,ll wen• of a ·eo tithat will surel) lea,1 him who ~r.1t- menL tc,o gm,-: for p11hlicatio11. P nhlic 111or,d ... or to-day ,lrP. uot iffo,., it clo,, 11 to I he ,·1•q dept It,, for it 11wakeus a 1le-.in, lo know b_v i111pr«H't11g. Tlw greaL daily uewspersonal t.>xperie1H;1• the ,..,n an,I papers, \\htch hut t:cho lhc,·oice tlcgrnd11tio11 of Lhc wodtl. I I1s o f the people, nre pest houses keen moral sell"l' i ti II lltd. "" hat ,, here .tll for m-. of moral c\1:.cases

1'/JE ,lJ. .ll. A. FOCUS.

nre ho used whil e being s ufficiently is purged of this corrupting lepropr oberl by t he edi tor's tre nchant sy. 'rhe time of th is r efor m is not 1w n . All matters of p ubl ic scandal hnve become mat.ters of publ ic f~lr distant. P reliminaries are ali11terest n nd cliflcussio n. What, a ready being m11rle. Many who are quarte r of a ct·ntu r v ngo wo uld fully aware of t he danger are have hetn looked upo n ,, it.h scorn , aro used to action nu<l are brin~ing is n o w pa.,sed by with indiffere nce t o bear \Jpon public sentiment o r wi th a fa iut noel of appro val. forces that must be productive of That. wr it..r of fict io n wh u plays a f urw 1\rcl movement. The figh.t t he flu r geon in hi,. ,111al_y;;is or will be lo ng and sevPre. There elt a•·acln; wll() does 11 nt breat he w,11 be no roo m in the ranks for into hi$ w ri t ings, I.h at, s pirit wh ich those lrnlf-h earted people, who; in~nirrs 0 1,e lo no bl er action s ; who i-Peing the d,inger, d raw over it the nrvn st r ;v2:1 to poiu t o ut tlie rig ht vrLil of sile nce because of an "8pal h b y t he ,vords a11cl nets of his s um ed modes ty. cl1a rncter, 1s t he novelist wh ose Pul>lic senl,ime ot cnnnot be r1•p11tatio 11 i!- bu ilded in a day; Lhe changeil inn day; es pecially if that 1111t• lo w hom I.lie l!ovcl re td ~rs Lu m c han g e l,e one of education, for. with ,lll eagerrws:s: l,o rtl eri11 g on t heu reaso11 mu"t uproot prejudice. freuz v, a nd 11 c1 t to h'lVe rearl s uc h Le t thE:: s tandard of lit.Prature be and such boo ks, is , in t he est.ima - raised so high thnt minds ri:iing to tio 11 1 of a large clitss, to l,e sa<lly be- this to t.l11s plane ,viii from this h ind l ht! timt'S. vantage gro und produce though t fi'rom this it follo ws t ha t t he cl.e- LI.at will educate the race in the m a nd fo r ~11ch li terature, 1s t he direction of its true destiny. There ca11se o f' it.s be ing protl uced t o sucb is 110 no bler task than thnt of exa u alarm ing- ex.t e nt. T he reform alting the ideas of true manhood must start wit 11 a pu rifi ca tion of an d wo ma nhood, for with this in t he dema nd. u niversal ascenden cy, our world I f cite child's love fo r tlrn.t whic h becnni es a heave11 1 aud "nll who is p 11re a nt.I ins piring is c ulti va t ed dwell therei n," blessed with tlie from h is e arliPst ac:quai n tauce with attributes of God bimself. li t.erat.u re, lhe11 ns l hat mind ma'l'he horizon of the present is ol,tvres it wi ll 11ot lose its early tastes. scured by clouds of dark and low'l ' he sd,uo l- ltouse is t he bedrock ering a spect, but the curtain of the wh e re every pc-r111 n11c nt reform be- future is rising. lly the lightg ins, aml upon tbis m us t be la id mug's glare tUP y be seen the hosts t he fou ndat io u of t hat • re form i11 battle urra v. On this side floats the crirnc;on "ttag; f rom that the w hich wil l lrnu w 110 pause nutil pale blue, bearing the motto: "Our lite literatu r e of o ur fa ir <.:o un t ry g lo ry is to snve."

1'f1E M. nl. A. FOO US.

Under the folds of the crimso n A Trip to th e Delta of the Mississi ppt. flag is eulistecl a mot I ey t I1rong. l!"'ierce deterrui11atio11 is slamped upon ruanv a fenture t.lmt shu ~"s R\t\B morniug, ~ta11di11g i11 front only too pl.iinly the motive of it s VJ of a h,>tt"I 111 New Orh:ans, cause:- humanif.y recei ves uo aid c,lllside ring wh et·c I so h,ild spe nd from such. Upon other::; is 1111- tlic rla, my atte11ti,,n was J ra w11 to printed tbc unmis!akable sign o~ n a parL~' ~0111g in t.lie ,lirect.1011 of will power co11t,rollec\ by a desi re t11 e wllal"Vt'S, a111l this bro ught to for pleasure; a11cl in ~UP rear may min,l lhe atlvit:e giveu me lwfore be $CCU those who ~dmire ther;e lt!nviu~ th~ parPn tal u cst. •· If }'(1 11 productions as works of art, 1·ut ever go to Lite City of New Orleans see not their fearful results; nnd don't, rail lo :--ee t.he DP.Ila." those who ·eeing have 11ut t 1,e Gl,wcing :•t my wat.cli, I foun, l courage to stand l1y their convic- th.tt L had Lime e11011:;li t.o g .. t my tions. Note the ,Mikin~ cont rast valise aucl catch tlte IJOaL. I soo n of the vpposing array. Virl11e is fo11nd rn ysc·lrat the office of H P11r_y tl1e sta11d.inl be,Lrtff. a.nil thn mi~li ty H,. Lee, applying fu r a l>ertb; 1,ut, [ phalauges that '-11pport l11:r at·~ was kiudly i11fon11E'tl t.liat, ,di the composed of all whu place humau- u:•rt,h~ \\'Pre taken, l,11L that I hey it/s dest111 ~' first. cou l1l givP 111e a cot 011 tl, e deck The struggle ha-- hi>g11 n. An wh ete I cou Id sleep. I titan keel the advance is ordered a lo11~ ti11, whole official::; v,~ry ki11cll_y a111l told them Jin ~. A crash of arr11,; :inrl all is L wou Id )pt, t.hen1 know i 11 a11 110 11 r obscu red. The smoke o!' lrntLle or so. Nnw, vou see I had 110 deltfa, and the pale blue hag is ::lPe11 sire to slet>p ~ 11 I he rnof of th ir ,vavlllg above a triu111pha11L lto~t. littl e fluatiug l'iha11t._y or run t.h e aad th rough the inter.st ices uf tlte risk of a 11i~ht,":,, l1;~l h 111 t he river; clouds m;ty he seP n the glori"us ue:;ides I t.hougl,t l cnutd do bet t.·r su u rise of that ra1wl ly approach- by apJJI ri 11g 1::bewhcrt'. iua whe:1 all •hat i.~ vile sl. a ll _,.., rlav J L llt'Xt applied at I he office of the lwve passed away. Hilt! ,- 111· wltole stcamt:r, .Mary Stuart., a11 rl t ht>r tl sc.• liternture consist of.ge,11s 0l" p11ncu reJ a ben.h. L was informed ty. Tucn will the hu11H\U race that [ 111ust hurry 1f [ ex pected to again take np its on ward 1lrnrcb take p:is,;age down tl1at morning. toward the goo! of 1t..i inherited Just as 1 came within twenty-five destiny . yards ol' her ~ang-plaok, it. com.......,_ _ _ _ menced lo ri::-e. and I harl to make Do cndets ever powder, paint or a ru11 for it. A11d what a run it crimp? Excelleutlv done if God wu:-- ! [ made it, however, by a !a{oncl jun1p1 an cl landed o n the di<1 it all-RA)ISA Y. 0

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front part of my back.' By the ~engers p,ven ,veut so far as to concussion, T lost m.v brr>nth, hut shont at us and wave bnndker chiefs. s oou recover~cl it ,nnd !-tarted for Now I don't belie,'e in ''kicki ng 1 the bo:tt propn ,v th as.nlnch dig- a mun when he is clown.'' especially ni t v ns I had in stock, nnd glauc- when I nm thnt man. Disgnsted I i11g fngitivi,lv nho nt was both su r- w_e nt below and nrgfld t he firemen pris ed nncl s hocked to see two t0 ''fire up'' a nd pass them. HP y oung laclies • who wne langhiog saw how I felt., a nd said ••Never irnmoc:e rntely ut 111P, ns if th<-'y had mind, yottng man; we shall pass jnst r~turnPCl from the d~11ti1-t with thelll before we return to the City. H fr esh snpply of langhing-gas. Unt l remained below uutil the l:le nry I ca He th ro ugh ital] ,vithollt injnr- R. Le(' sped out of sight. I tben ing 111v clothe1,. went upon deck where I got a r wPnt to thP uppPr clef•k nud chair. ~~nd fonnd a cool and shad y from it hncl n fine view cf the riv- Rpot. Abont n oon we passed the er and wh;•rves. With flying largestOrange Plantatiou in L ouiss lre,i.1uers and waving handker - iana. How T enjoyed di n uer when chie fs and the bnn1l playing "Old it was called. [ ate as long as my l::H,!.ck J ue." we started fort.he Del- jaws were williug to fu lfil their I u of Lhe Mississippi. proper functiou. F in ally, I was P assing ou r rival, the Henry R. co·mpellecl to ·'lay to," rmd gave LeP, ou r band pliiyed "Good Bye, the command to myself; '•Rise! .My Lov er, Goodbye." M arch Out!" I returned to my ·w e soon passed the National shad y retreat and t,here found t h at Cenietr _y, whid1 is siLuated about an elderly woman had npvropriated t.hret! miles below the C it,y, and saw my chair to her own use. When 11 hy t.he canebrakes which co ntinue she saw m P she asked, You ng qutward about te:n miles, that. we Man, ha.,,e I you r c hair ?" Of course had left fcrt.ilP. lan,ls l,ehiud. I said "Yes Marn.'·' She r eplied, I had noticed, jus t before, ,,e "l am $Orry." As there ,vas notht urned the last beud rn the river ing Plse to say. I said "Di t to,'' and that th~ Uen r_y H,. Lee was just. thought of my old saying-"Ch e.apleaving the Oit.y, ,uHl on looking er to move than pay rent,." back a second time, was startled to I went forward, watched a small find her c lose upou us. T thonght steamer which kept plyiug back she was not feeling happ_r over the and fo r th. a.nd 11oti~ed on her dides "parti ng stnii11 s" we had g iveu her: the letter s '·U. S . M. S." I inquired fo r :-he came right on with out' a wbat their mean ing was, and au s i.,nal u u til directlv opposite us old man tt~lct 'l?e th~y st~?d for b· <l .~ . " ' ''Unc le Sams Maiden Sister; but _i e t. 1e1 , Ln . st, nc~ up The as I did not see any ribbons flying, 1 Girl l Left Beh111cl .l\if'. Her pas- I doubted his stat.emeut.

wl . 1 .

TllJ•: JI. .11. A. ,,·orus.

About half pas t, th ree, p. 111 . we 11:11," a11d· rdirt>cl to sleep oCE t he passed lite two fo rts, Fnr t St. l 1 l1il- t: lrecb uf llle 11 ighls cli,- ·ipaLion. lip and Fort Jack son, wh ich still H. G. L A.\lU.

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st.fu 1d lo

guard " the ln11d of t,hc free," ns they had stood to guard LhcC1ly of l{cw Orleans. As \\C pas~cd lhPm . a young girl wav,•d ,

\ T""T"i"!\I' i-; ('fin-,t.111L-.:' ,\I I c;'lll

with her sun-bo1111rt, a farewell.

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Ch n 5 t mas.

About, five o"cl ock our fi reman's nut

u11dl.'r-..1a11.t

111:111 y

too, do

lllc 111t'a11111g ot

remark , .co11 cernin 00- lh e !J enn LL t 1i~ "onl 111 ii ... pr.ipt' l' :--1: 11..;P.. OE Lee, that we w on l<l pn~~ her lidnrc cour:,,e lht• chilcl n •11 a-,:,:11eiate t.liis we retu rned Lo Xi:>w Orlea 1.-.... "as t1111t~ ,, ilh the c11111 111;.{ of Old I, ri, verified. 'fhi s we now d11I: h11t :-he Krin gle and lhe 1vcit->, 111~ o f' pn· wa:, rPturninct, while w t'. "t'ft' g11- e11tti, wh1d1 h 11at11ral. l111t. a:-. WP o r,ro,, olilt•r we ,..liould lo11k at 11 i11 i ng . We arrived at !he Oelw ,., about half past. five, :w•I hml a -:lay a li1 t.le

d1[i>n• 11t \'It:'\\,

and, al -

we 111,1r ,-Lill 1"1'1·1•1,·,. •• !.!il"t ..; ~(m,t 11f 11' t 11.Jtwh r.J • I :,;oon f t'II i11• ·111d :,till lore Llw ,·a11ta Glau-. o 1 to a co11,·Pr::,atio11 wi!h one of t!ie ou r yu11ngl1 r cl ,1\ s, we ,.;hc111l1I alin habi t a 11 ts. [ -,nit!. " II nw do yon W,l)'=- hold th i::. 111t:'111oralJl1• ti 111e 111 spen,I you r t.im ct' ··011 ! ,, e il un't huly revcrencr. do noffi n b11L kill f l11•sc pt·:.ky Ghri ,;l111,cs i-- a liolr \\ Orel; lol) gnat '' said he. We :,i,011 ,, ,· rt• u[ tt.:l'C:'d i11clt>etl lo iJe ~liorl P111•1l 11110 fo r Kew Orleans aga in. I h. L fu r 111 , X111as, wh i1.: h i:- su 11Ct1 •11 A.t upper, I ,li,1 full j11-.LicP lo ,,it,..,, itu rt•d fut it. t>VeryLhi;:i g, ul trr whil:11. ,, e n•pair"L'hn-..t" is the m«>-;t ht:'a11Lilu l ed to th e sal oo n, wherP Lhost> wl1 0 par t of l!:c wo rd and fll r it to lie c·ouhl clr.11ce wer e compellt>d to do r t' pr..:-.,1'11tetl liy so m e u l 1l1•r :--i ~11, . o. As 1 was ver y ti rt>d. I turn ed al I.l111ugh I Im u o..;-, ( X) is all e 11J. in; out uot feeliug wel l. could 11ot. ble111 11f Lhc Loni, i:-. <lPgracling a11il of

fifteen

111in11l£'S.

made the be~L of ,t.

sleep. I a f t e rward ' detern1in ..t1 to l! \'1·11 ,acr ilig iou-.. take a stroll nbou t. thP boat; forgetting to notice t,hc nu111ber of n~y stale r oom. W hen l r et11r11l·d it wa,, to t.h e wrong rocnn. which wa • oct upied by a11 oltl lady. ·,d1 u cried out ' ·Murder! fi re! Lhic""'· !'' that l made m y r xit in ha:-te, i • u 11necessa rr to state.

' hr isl 111 ,1,; i:. alwa)S n--social,l•d wi th ll 11111e. Th e, sho11ltl be in,wpc r-

nulc. It ~hou lcl IJ ~ a t in1e of rPunion , a li1n t> " lwn .011 :u1CI 1la11glitc:r hould 111<•d with p;1 n.•nt and gra11d-parc>11 I.

Tl11• yo11tl1 wh o ~pend hi · hol1dav~ awav fron1 li on 1c d«)l' not

We a rrived in New Orlea ns at 6 Cull)' 11nclPrsta11d Llic u1 ca 11 i 11g o f [ wa . 00 11 b:1ck at "1n i11e Ch r isLmas.

a. m.

'I'll h' .1/. ,lf. .A. fi'OC US

I L •Ii o II Icl IJc a t i111 e o f h a pp i II ess abl e you th -a cadet o[ t he M. M.A. hut ,10~ o f re vel r y. The most st irrin g events of my life I t ~l, 011 Id li<;i a tim e l o e11gngc in were the two elect,1011s ,,f P res. q uiet. a 111 11,,•men t s a ncl 11 o t a tim e Clevelan ,l, a11d o n e dny when l and fo r cnrou:.i11g an d fo r e ngng iug in a fe ll o w cnd e!; ,vho was nn e nthulioi:-l,. rn u..; ~p11rt,. Cli r i-..t 111a::. ( a.,, !':i ,1st ic nimrod w,;nderetl from the Llr t> old

darkt•y :-.aid),

bnt M. M.A. wit.h shotguns in qnest reaso n it · uf Lhc Linck t hat floats so placidly ob:-.1•n·a11ce ,hun Id ht> tll nre i 111purt- o vPr the clear rippling water s of :111 L I L, .t.!{<' al:-o add, to it~ rcv,, r- I he ··Wi_Ll,• r- works Pond." We had :L11 ce. l'l•ac liecl I.h e nr,nd and :.ucceeded in \ \·., -.ho 11 ld not cPlt•li rale lh1 s l,agg ing a coople of duck, when, t li P l,1111r,-.. f rl , L\' of' I he ) l'ar t he n ou r actio n being obsP.rved by a withou t n :> 111 t>111lwri11~ th at 011 t hat. ccrnplc of me n 0 11 the other side of -:;u11P tl :tll•. 11n•r ,,i:.{htPt' ll h11 11 cl r t:'d t hat va:- t l"Xpan e of waters, they y e;,r:-. ,1g11, 1111t Lr,rcl a 11 d S ,tvior w a, began tel,...phoni ug to us with ~Vinl,o r 11. c. ,1. u . che. te r rifles. 'l'hen we sti rrPd, I " ill no w procPed t9 um up t he A t 1tob1ogi-crn h y of a C a det uf g reat cpitoiuc of my lifo. tlw M . M.A . L1' ir-..; Ll y my i ng res::. i11to the world wa:-. naked and bare T D0 1,;:-; Jill i 111,tll1• r s o 111111: h wi t h ' ecu ndly n1y prog r ess ·throu~b 1he ,\ 1111·ri,·a11 p1'ople c, t to-day, th e world has been mar ked with wli.,rc or " lic, 11 a 111 ,u 1 is IJorn c r I r oll ule and ca re. co 111 es

1111<.:t' a Y"ar a nd fo r th is

what IH• ha, l11, i,11. a, i t cl oi,~ what Thi r dl y m y egress out of the lwno wi-;. ,' 11 1lice it. tosay l wa:-; worltl, will be Lo. uo body knows b.ir11 i11 t his

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c1,nl e11 t to n •n1: 1111

a11ll ha r e bl•e11 wh ere. hn l:' e"e r . i nce.

.M y fa t l•l!r \\ a, t hC' :-.1111 of a ,\:o lc h p h_rsicia11 1 rny m o llit> r wa. lh e

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Th e H ero of the Gam e .

d :tugli l n uf' a :·11a 11 i-.1J n oblt> nhtn. l f 1s cheeks nro etched in Harvard stripes, 1n i 11 gl1 11g o f ,'cotc h a11d His eye& nro dyed Yale bluo; I I is noso is warped. bis front teeth gone, pani..,h bl ,>0d i11 11 1y ,•e111 ~ 111 nch of H is sl<u II 1s f racLured, bot.b ears torn, Ill\' viv ucity, 1,rillinucy of "it and ll is arms are bandaged too. A c rutch supports bis crippled weight,

'l'o th i

of 111ov<'11w11t. h igh lc, mper 111 a y be

nod hi~ aoatom·y

ubtracts no w, fro1:n the maximum 'l'wo broke n ribs. n jomtless thumb, pu u lica n~ wc• rt> t he chiP f po;itic.tl An<l fingers - a ll but three. pc>wPr in l ht- U. Y,•t notw ith - But, ob! he wea rs a laurel crown, H is pedestal's near bea,·en ~ s t :u1 cl i11g a ll t.his l g r:ul11 n l l y g re w 'l 'hey stamp and about, when bel comes ou t, f rom n. ponr boy with one 1- us pell He's pride of men. nod pet otlten, der an c\ n sore loc Io he a 111 ost I ; ,·- Tue king or bis eleven. A. M. w.

a , c rilwd. I ,\ a:-. Imm wl ti)P t.h c re-

TIIE Jl. 1lf . .. L FOCl",<:7.

J3ttcle ~alls. HJ-, \"Cl,LE.

H ow ,nerrily I Ile rev eille on ncl lhro~1gh the hall al bre.d~ of <by. With many ~i ~h=- thl' boy, ari ,c Ancl listen whil" Llit> b114"le r q play rr l,Pn clown lfic• ~t n1 1" with 1111eomecl liair 'l'hPy crowd with hnrried st:rirles n.1111 ,1111 [11 plnct' lh l',\' h1111nrl; th e bugles ound The ea1•crea11b:, lotully cry •·Fall in!" Sl'RGRox·s

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The s urgPnn's cnll brings Lho nghf c; of , lb Of ~n rglPs and of qui11i11e pill~, Of sore Lhroat' :ttHI unplt1a,n.nl chill,

Of Jails wh o lel th eir lcsso11s go Ancl come with plai11t.1vc --talc of \, cw·• "Oh doctor! Ill) chest pai11. mt> o.'' Cll.\ PF.I~ C.\ LI,

The chapel cal I wilh sol em ll hi are Calls us to lectu re a11d lo prnyP r : H: deep, maje'ltc 11 11 m hers say 'l'hat God alone guide~ through t.lie clay. llE.S C,\LL

The cray notes of the oltl 111 P'>s cal I Sonnd ,,.ccle·t. lo the t•ar of all. " ' e hear and, with, thr mental eye. llehold th e meat awl bread a11d pie. T.\PS

Taps b the call I lo,·e to hear Jt:. mu-iic floating swee t a nd cle.1 r Falls ofll; 0 11 t he drowsy car Now, like a war- ·on,.,« :dron«r and hi ,.. o- h ' 0 lt. clear note, ,trike Lhc s~arry ·kr 'l'hC'n, in swcele t sadnes~ die.

1-f .i\.. I~ J ) I N C ONS E RV.ATORY OF 2QTI-I

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s PrtOFES',Or•· ,

16 TEACHERS!

10 SCHOOLS!

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IVIUSIC .

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Th~ mo,.t rro<;1 ro 1<. L ,J,.s' Collc,;c 111 the \\'c..,,.

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COMPLC:TC LITCRARV ANO SCICNTlr&C COURSCS, ANCICNT ANO MOOCRt, LANCUACCS, CONSCRVATORIC&

or MUSIC ,H I D '- A":' :

CHART CRtO OV THC STATC, WITH POWCR TO CONl"CR OCCRCCS ANO GRANT OIP L O'~A$ . MOOCLCO AF"TCR LCIPZIC, or WHIC H

THC OIRCCTOR IS A f"ULL G R AOUATC .

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'I'll F: .II . .\I. . J. POCl"s.

cL·s, as its name

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tr11clt·d t o lie po111 led 1111 <1 hopE.'!l tc, he clear; we wo11I,\ not. issue anothPub 1 c ned rvjonth:y Througl)out tl)e er nn nd,c,,r if its managers tlid not C oilcg Year OJ trie Cadets. dPt->nl it II bencfiL to t he acaut:my ~ub~rri111 iun Price $1.00 Per \ Par in \d,aure. which it rt>pre,;ent,;. ! 11 repr~•sc11Li11g an academy with .., . 1:. I I ,~D1rrr I E di to re. snch a gro\\ in g rcpu lat ion for 0 l: l\\1 l , \RU \ - g ootl r..tirnl ·, iL feels a responsilnlieORRESl-'ONl.>E N TS: ly t hat c,111110L bt> li~htly l,iid aside. \ P. R T,,·o~. 'l'lie fi rst rult> i-1. that we ~hall i 11. G. L \~III. • • • I c:i-1 I 1c 1se 1w per s t n or t hi n~, un ess \ 11. G. Tt Rf \I ~~. I ,\ . \\·. ELunnF.. it lw fo r tlw g ood of t he perspn or CF:e ll, .\f111rn;o:-; n ,A1,F.TT, Cit y Cor. acnd,•m_v. '!'his pnper is not pubJ<~lc>RESS f"L L eoM~NICA~ S ~ 11, h l ·d ns an

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fAEXICO,

arh·_P.rt1sing medium.

A FOCUS · l_n fac t, we have l1 111 1ted Lhe ~dver•

• fA ISSOU~I.

J,'IJI /'ON f , I I,.

, t1semcn t~ t.o th ':! I-est houses in the city . We ~x pect the studt->nls to 11..,(' t he " :tcl\'ertising rlirector y,•· and

\\ ou lcl 'not direct tht> n1 to l.> uy g,>otls fro111 " humbugs." We urge upon W e ,lr" :draul the gids of :)Jc xic 11 ,H<' lia\'111g .1 had c• lft•c l o n tw111r t he cadets that they hel p us make of 011 r 1·a,l~1 s . Th e old provt>rb this th e !.>est academy pnper in alrnu t ~,rt,, ,11111 h110ki-. is <;till true>, ::\fi:-.souri. ns lh f'\ "ill fi11 rl o ut at cx;1111 11Ht11 ow true it i~ that t he '·cares f i o 11.

Xothi 11g h:1s a 111ore 1l en1 or- of this world, choke t he word al izi11~ eIT,•ct n11 -,tutle,1I-; th ~n the so t hat it Lecv mel h un fruit-. w('1•t 1 a1·1• a nil \ uire of t liP eollt1ae ,., ful." It i:. \'er_y hard lo ordt-r (and ci1/) !.!i r l: o 1f li t <' \' will !ah our mi uds 11ccortli 11g to 1,hc t rut h, our ach·icP. they wil l drop the c,·en under the most fav ornhle cir-

lurl 1es 1111lil .l une. Howi>ver, cu111 stances. How much more so we clo, hut d:> as we sny when the 111i11d is lt.tr assed by the t/ I). dai ly troubles that are the lot of ·-- --Onr n •:ul<.> r:. will perh aps remcrn- all. H it, after nll, be true that l:er that i11 ou r fi r l',t i ssue we did t rifles make the sum of h11m1u1 benot l',lah.: the fn ll scope -a11tl cle--i gn i 11gs 1 a ud our com fo rts and discomof thi-. paper ; nor is it our in te 11- forts spring alike from tbiugs iut ion to do . o now, but it might be sig nificaut and trifling, even in this weli lo . late so me of th e' e!lsential life when \re thi11k of onr little priuci pll'., of th e FocL·s. The F o- vexations a nd irritations, after they )01111g

c( ., 11 ot :t

T l-IE jlf. ,1/. A. ,,·ocu. '.

nre pn~t. ,,c woncl,>r how we could

Acacle1_Qy

i rec tor,,.

·o torme•1t O\ll'~el"c· n.bout thin~s I) i11 themsrlvrs, 11ot worth a t l1 ougl1 t, and we think if we harl lo pas:-. COL. A. F'. 1-'LEE'L', Supt. a 1Hl Prof. of I hrongh t.hc :-amc expe ril'II CP, w P should noL ~ll [t-'r ou r"elvl•s to bl· t.hus tormP. nled. But ,, 111•11 the)' l'C'Cu l" i11 oLher form.;, w "' :- !to w O11rseh·es no wi~H. ur th e tlt>Cl•ilful11ess of riches ,, P l,a , c l,,,d l1tt l1•1·x periC> 11 ce, but no doubt. like cvery-

Latin nnd r.reok.

i\L\.J. K. G. i\f.\Tfl Ji:So:,: , Comn1andnnt and J'1uf. uf 17:111-dii.h.

C:\.PT. D. ,\ . i\T"i\lTI,L. ·\N. Pmf. of 1..,ntio, i\I11therualies a111l ·1~lucut ion. CA fYI'. IJ. S. i\l .\TH 8~0.;(, Prof. of Eni::li~h J .a1Jgua:;r<' 1111<1 I I isl ory. C.\ PT. 0 . .\. 'l'HOR:-:nUHO, Prof. of \l:l th0mnt.1C'fl and .'.\atu1·:d SciancP.

W. 'I'. t..,['f"I'Ll~nl1.\XT. 2d. Lieut. U. 8. r\ .. P rof of .M ilitnr) Scw1wl\ and Tactics. U.\ r ·r. E. If. \\':\DB. Pror. M BonkJ{ee1>mg, SLeno!-{r:tphy uurl 'l'ype. Writ.-

lhillg else in ll oh• \\'rit, Lhe a-.•wrtio11 is made with a Cull lrnuwledg,, of the h11man ht!arl. in~. l f the L1ithful over a tt!w thil\:.{S P[Wl". \\'. )f 'l'TTELO.\ n, Chonis were jnd~e<l :1s l"aithf'lll over 111:t11\, '!'raining-. so if unfaithful with te111plaliu11:-, PROP. G. F. K t;E)T ;\I t•:L, Pi.1110, \11olin noel Gerrnan instr1wtor. we ~hould :loubtlcss bP 111nre so wil'h "rie;h1•s as a :mare." X ur is DR. C. I{. HA I LF:L Surgeon. _:-_-_-_-ex treo, e povf'rt) ll'ss a te111ptalit>11, LOC,.1/_, J) /-,' P. l liT.ll /•.'.\"/'. t hongh "LO whom little is /,!ivc11 of th ese, little will he requin•cl;' .-\., reOh! D :u1il ,. I f iek-.. 0. 0. gards ul hE>r. nnrl soci al obl1gal io11,-, for hiin~elf- evPry one: 1s c'qu:tlly acBerry . the K niulif ,... of t.110 p:u-lo r. cou uta blc•. and req11ired 10 ke.,p from Lhe \ Vho ft>ll in thl' pap<'r \,ox the hi m1-elf '·un f; poll ed world." '_l'hi s is a le:-.L of tr ue l"P- ot.l1 er 11iglit? l igion . ancl with out it,, wh o c.an .. :-.H ie],<; c;:i)"' it. mak e:-. l11 s fec>t s1ir e pect to s lallcl ju. 1ifi ecl 1.l'f ol"t• 1lit' l o pla_y foot l,a!I. t.ri bunal the Most 11 igh. Youn g men ofle11 fail in this ,\ 111 r 1-ry CJir;t,llllrtS ancl a h a ppy wor ld, simµly because th ey neglec t; ~ P W Year to all. ~nnll opportu n it1e:s. N"t lit:' 1n~ \ ValkPr doe:-11'L ,'!Pele :rny 1110 r P , f"a1t h ful in Iii Lie Lhing,-, Lh Py are f,,r f ea r ol' lit,. lhrk Pr. never pr o mot,~d to th e c·•r c of large

th ing!-. 'l'hc habit of doi11g work [,ie11L l\fcl,ran ha,;; i:toni, ho me In th oro ug h ly, 110 nrnlter of how lit- s1w11d Ghri..;ln1:ts wilh hi::; parents. tle i111 por t11 11 ce it nrny be, i:. wh,tt P,trk in-;011 Lo LiPut. llow 11nrny is most lik ely to Pnahle a young hours recome11clation llo they get man to m ,1kc his mar k i11 t his nc;at \\'~s t PuinL ? livc and proxn.-ss1ve world.

Tfl g .11. .lf. A. ,,•or 1·s Tl

n. L :t111h ,a.v, lw (';Ill rnh his

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r . 1CE- ,11111 pl.1,·

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.\I 1hr hull ga111P, 0 mv clnrli 11g. ' l'hink not billl'rlr of 111P. If I "hon lei nt the 1i111 pire

'onwtl,ing that hPgi11-1 with I>.

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tlw ha ll

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raclPt ncro;;<.;

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in cP our 111 t i 'HIP, cMl<>t A nderson ha<l I hP 111isfort11ne to gl't ,·er.<: hnclh hnrt ,, hi le playirg foot hnl l.

TII•· 1•a rl1•ls "i-.h lo inf11n11 ihPi r fl <> ha<; fa::,;I rN·o,·rrNl n 11cl rch1rn('cl fri r>111ls t It it t '.wr" i, hut 1111r Flerl to his home in :'t Lon is a fl•,v days ~1nr e. 1 :111 .. 1. a 1111 I ha( i, I h t• ('o l'--. :-on.

Thr nP:d 111or11111g nfte r our lac.t )[r. l/ nl,i11-..1111 !<JI\-; wlwn AP11 Pa irec,.ption. Clark!:011 showed the ef•; \\ I " fat hf'r's pl111l11~raph in r,LrfecL it hatl on him, by rutting on t ha~I' h,· ,,·.,1tl . his nC'cktie l,pforc his collar . Th en \ \ ' II\ d11c•, :\l i,, );'pJl,., -.i11g. ' ·l hP wi>nt out, liro11gl1t Ill clean wa .

i11 slracl of ler, ponri>d it. i n 1l1e c;Jop bucket. HtHl lwgnn lo wnsh himsel f. Oh! foo)i,;h l'lnrk,on, who hath bel ':1111"! :-;,,r gl. ll awld11 <;. who hns 1 w1 rh<>cl yon? IH Pit :d 11111111• , i,·k fc,r ... o mP ,;ix w .... J, -., r,•t II l'I' Ptl ;t I PW rl:t).., ,i trCP. , ome of t hl' good peorle of ~Iexiro l',pr11~c;,,,1 thei r sy111pnlhy for 1 S o111c> n i t ♦' .i'-k P,1 \\ 11lkrr ,, hr hP Olll' . lnn·ed c0nclitio11. rt seems W PII I to ...,.,, hi, hP,I girl 011 'l'ha11 k~that the_y n1i<;com;lrued, perhaps g" l\'1 11 ~. JI ,. r11pliPrl: " l11•c·au"e thr i11 te11tio11allv, n h11mm·o11s pnssnge prPsi,lr•11t told ,is i11 his proc·lamnin thP Fur t:s . W e wi h to sny 111111, that \\P .... 1i n11 hl repair to our thn.L we need 11 0 <1y mpath y; ns we plac"" of ,,·nr,h i p." bon,t al". goocl bill of fnre as nn., ~chool in the. late. tr.111c.lnlecl I he La l in of ll omer i11to poli,hc1l E11gT he foll owing i a re u lt of the 111 11)-t 11I,.,,

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gl i,h H' r,..r. Poer ballot. l'rof. - .\ 11cl trn1i-;l:1te<l lhC' Greek 'L1he most. popu l nr endet, Pear son. o f Virgil i11to 811gli h? 'The hnnclsomcst ...... Hawkiu!l. L a 111 Ii Y C'S ...,ir.

The most studious .... E. Sheetz. Bo..,to n C'on1ic Opera Go. Dec. 2;3. ' 1 l1<• wittiest ..... . . . ..... . B ass. Eel,, i II l l.u,~fonl in the , ham The uglie t .... .. ....... Berry. ro<.k Dec . :30 The lenst studious ........ Page. Bri,t ol Eque • Quericulurn Jn11. The best. aLh letc .. A. R.Haru mctt. Z·nnd :t Th e majority of the cadets are Ca~Py'<; Lurk Jan. 7 \"ery wel I pleased with the returns.

12 \\.ht'u l th1i1k or that sweot. girl, :-Jy he;1rLa 1n a whirl ; Sho's lhe \.Jelle or Lho town Her eyes :ire llnrk browu; H er small hnud is ,,bite Aod Iler hnir black as ni:.:hl; Sh(l's lbo wholo world to me , Who am called IL G. 'I'.

a, l,!iey w.d kr•1l 011, cxcha11,;i11~ p,·p 11 (:- o f tire da.v, tl1i,- galla nt <•,11let lwg1111 111 c·x1wri••11c,- I l,at fcPl111v ,., w Ii ic Ii a 11 .\ u nth-.. cl o, \\ Ir<' 11 th"\'.

lak,, t l11•ir "first <.: Ill' \\"_.'' )i'o1 "i-,l,i11g I hP ·' n1111g lacl_y 111 \V ho wrolP lliP n1ost, Dic:kP11,-, k111111 ( haL ht• \\,l'-1 <.:hL•1, i11!', he• .~11Hl-

\ Varren or Hulw,•r i' lu111·,/ iI, \\'a rrPn wrolP ");'ow aurl TIH•11.' ' 11.11111g rr•:1d11•tl l>1'r 1!11111e. lie lfolwer w rnte"~ ighta11,l J\l 11'11- quitl,1_, IJatlr! l1Pr .icli,•11 a11d ha,-;l ing. 1 , e111•,l for 1 l1L' M. M . .\ . Dickens "1·ote •• \ II th e Har U,,fon' rPa,·lii11~ ( Ill' l; 11111•,·ard, Ron nd." 111! l1atl ,-.11u·11111 lwd to I lit• i11L•vit:al>l1•. \V hile a ca<leL w.1, walking bo111e and ,at do\\ 11 11po11 tlr1• \\alk lo ,;0111 ,, i th a _young larl_) not lo11g ;1~0, 111-; tlrrul.,hi11;.:- 1,row ,l!.{,1111,t tl1t• l.11 Py h:tpjH''1<'<l to n1C't'l a lt!tle kit- L·oul iron hPari11g-; of I IH• Ir\ dr.111 l ten 011 Lhe road. 'l'he little: ani111al 111·:ir 1,.,. in secret a,l111 iratio11 i ollowell lhe1.a II' )OIi 1,11111 lo k,ww lllPl"I' :dw11t to the you ng lady':- home. I f Pre this :-,:1tl C\'t'III. ro11 \\ ill l,av,· to ·1,k it i-, f,,cl 011 milk n.11,I lrnnPr and liim, l\ir this,,., all we :tll' :ill11\\c 1l en.I led H :rn1m...t.t. to I c• I1. U u I, w 1i o is /11• ~ E e ,o a1J,-;\\1•rs- \\"alkt>I'. C,,l. :\. Ii'. l•'lt.>1·t, S1qwri11t,•11dl•11t ot the i l is,nuri Military .\ ca,lt:'111\' at Mr xic:o, :Mo., lia.c; l,p1,n nl'pr1111 h·il li \' Pre:-i1le11L l..:liot r,f ll.1na nl l'111vi:r:;it_r, •> IH' o f a s;,l1•r-~ , on1 1111t1 p1•

.,f t e 11 G rf't:k :,ch,,l.tr... 10 prr,e r il11• a ::y:,lemat.ic c·onr ..;c n11<1 J>rnpt>r

Wh a t T h ey Say. Sol il-'I y ',, tl.u-1 i 11.; l\·ar,n11 . \ ,,11 1111y \\,•.dth11f hair llicks. T l1t,rc• h la11g11:ig1, i11 111, ,•_ye,. his chei:k..;, h1-; li['", rray e1e11 Iii

for !sL11cl,v of t ~" t:rttek --p1•,d,, f.'rn"I. la11g11age in the Uni f Pcl S;af,::-. \\ li"rt.' ,1111 y :\fexico L edger. 111<'Lhotls

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131-rrv.

A j olic ha..: ju..;t, come In li~l,t, cnncerning uue of the ;'I[. M. r\.

C:i, e 1111• a ,ly flirl;tl in11, 13 y thP I11,/h t ol' a cl1 and cl i,,.-,

cn,Jcti,;.

\V 11 h 11111 si1· tu lill rrp Lhe pall>"C'", .\1111110 l,wls \'Pr\' IIPnr, -L)OIJ.

\ Vhtl u going ho111e from Lown \\"h aL a grand lhirrg is the lilwroue aJrernoon la~t y C'ar , he t.honght he would tn, for th(' fir~t tirn e, to f _y of lhl:' )>r«-'.ss.- Ballard. chPw t obal'CO. Div i11,,1., Lal I nrril 1110:- t ,l i,. in cl .Y H o wever hP t el I 111 corn pan y fai r.- EllerliP. \\ilh a young Indy 0 11 th <' r cmcl, a11d Pi:rhaps he'll grow. --Hays

T II F; .If. .If. A. FOGl 'S. \ Y l,11t ·-. i11 a 11a111f':' •Li11 gt"11l't•l fc r.

l 11:, ,1 d,,i,,.

Ou r G 'i nstmas Recepti o n.

111,·s :1 1larli11g, h1.-,.,

011 the ev<'11i11!; ot !hi.' li'1h lhc y111111~ ladies of J[rxico were agai11 H -.,i11g-, 1111 t 111• litl I,, 111.lll . invil ecl lo a r<'C•·plion ~ivC>11 hy tlic li 1,i:1 11p"11 11. t· flag- 111111• pla 11. :-;,,111 plc•. <"a<lt>I,. 'l'lii • ti111e lhi,y cnt11c 111 a,kl:'1l a11tl 1111 ,;ny LhE'_\" hacl n g o,111 :-, wl, 11111111•..; lwlnl, 'II gri>.d111·""· time. ( 11'111'~•• \\',1,J1111g lo11 . ( ' . a\ great m rnv pr'-'lt.Y r-o,t11111cs \ ,I II ~i·I l.h •·. 13 I"'"· were> no(i,;~d. ,:i1111P of winch we

a il11111pli11~. 111.', a l:11111,

L a11il1.

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ti,l•r, nf' tlH! i11s!it11tiou from w1 1ich 1I t'11rnualerl. Fo r lhis rca,;011 alo11e, it ,,,i~hl lo recri\·e th l! ,;npport of nll ,, hu lia\'C at lirart., the wpl fare o f Liu• colli>gr it rl'presents.-8x.

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Under Garments for Gents Wear. THE REST F ITTl:SG

Clothjng for both ).Leu and Boys, Ca ll on

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J. W. McKinley~

Bakery = :~ and Res)caurart Candy Factory ca:~

Choice C andjes 1 Fruits, Nuts, &c. Always on H and. Faust's "Own" Brand of Oysters. lceUream iu ~t·aso:1

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Th e success of a Qu arte r of a Century H as m ade us to-day The Leading Clothiers of MEXICO. We h ave just refitted Our place of business And pro u d ly boast of The m ost thoroughly Li g h ted a nd We sh9w unsurpassed !Vl etropolitan Clothing New lines of suitings,· E mporiums in Inte rior Overcoats, Gents Missouri. Furnishings, Hats, &c. And solicit your Patronage on a Guarantee of Satisfaction.

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IBAR_GAINS!I UNTIL

IBARG.~I NS!I FEBRU~RY

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Wf Will Off ER YOU INDUCEME~TS IN 80018 RND SHOES SUCHASYOU HAVE NOTBEEN OfHRtD BHORE. NOlf THE PRICES AND SEE OUR SHOWWINDOWS FOR STYLES. WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING GOODS, HENGE THE fOllOWING REDUCTION IN PRICES. MEN'S DEPA RTMENT. Ncttletou's Cordovan Bal. :md Cong., regular pri ce $6.oo, now $5.00 Netfleton's Kangaroo " " " " " 5. 50, '' 4·75 Heywood Ciudnvan " " " " " 5.00, " +50 Men's Calf " " " " 5.00, " 4 .25 Men's Calf " " " " '' 4.00, " 3.40 :Men's Calf " '' •• :, 3.50, " 3.00 M en's Calf " " " " 3.00, " 2.60 !vlen's Calf " " " 2.50, " 2.00

o<J BIG CUT IN BOOTS -AND SHOES t>o LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Hand Sewed , v elt Extension Sole, regular price . I-f and Sewed " " " " " Hand Sewed ' ' " " " Hand Sewed '' "

• $+5°, now $3.75 4-00, ll 3•40 . 3.50, " 3.00 3.00, " 2 . 50

ALL THE ABO\'E GOODS l'N OPERA A:-.10 SQUARE TOE.

~Others in proportion. At such prices the goods and sizes won't last long, so don't miss this opportunity while we have your size and width. F irst come, first served.

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CITY CORRESPONDENT,

FIGHTING EDITOR,

C. M. BASKETT.

G. P. LINOE N FELTER

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THE M , M , A . FOCUS, MEXICO, MISSOURI.

~ E x r c o , ~ o .. JA:NVA:RY, 1893.

NO. 4 .

Editorial Dep~rtment. A:-1oxc the oAiccs in a liter ary h:1\'e lau ghter, elect the funny man society, there is uo nc more dinicu ll I of the soc ie ty lo the p osition of to lill than that of critic. H e not je ter :rncl let him h:we the flo or for only needs the power of d isco,·cring fifteen min11tes e,·ery m ~eting. error, but must have a gentle. unoflc nding ma1111c r of tell ing it. T11E makeup of a good s tude nt is Agai11, he is cxpeetecl lo put in to I a varied one. Not only arc the well his critic isms as mu ch fun nll{l humor kno\\'n q u:1lities, tenacity, method ns they \\'ill hold : so th nt a criti c is I a nd fa ithful11css, needed; but there considered a partial fail ure, who . is one cs cntial clc m <.:nt, which. ii though his cri tic is ms may be good . In cking in a student's composition, cnnnol tic kle the risible fa c ulties. , is a serio us dra wback. This is the There is clanger of cnrry111g thi s to art of lis te ning. There ~re three an extrem e . L et us h:1,·e fu11 by a ll things that arc scarce in this worldm c:111s, b ut not a t the expense or good readers. good impromptu good c, itic is m . Let o ur criti c keep s peakers and good lis teners. L ook to his special wo rk ot discerning I around i,\ the cl:iss-room :incl notice merits and fia.ws; and if we must I varied expressions of the faces of the

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students : ob!:'erve lhe o wl-I ike ex- once to get e ,·eryth ing perfectly as pressio n of one . :rncl the far away. \\'C goo, e r it: so whe n the final test vacant stare of anothe r , and conb·ast shall come we w ill not be found them with the bright. cager watch- wnnting, but rnther confident. fulness of the hoy, who. if you will ex:i.minc his record. is running up a AT the fi rs t c hapel exercise after I ist of ' ·te ns ." This nrt of Iistcn- o ur ,-eturn from , .tc.tlion the S upering sho uld be culti,·ntecl; it may be intendent te11dcrcd to tltc cadets a tedious hut when once gained it is a ,·cry hearty welcome and s poke of treasure. ll will 111:1.kc study easie r how the faculty was ple ased with and church services more inte resting; the work clone so far. L e t us now it will mnke hearls lig hter, Lh:1t come remember o ur pas t achie ve ments and with talcs of care, and will st:i.mp press 0 11 lite next few m o nths to o ne a s :i. gentlem:\ll in whatever cir- win new laurels fo1· o m·sch cs . cle he may move. THE HOLIDAY RECEPT ION .

OUR SCHOOL.

She is now in the le ad and no t The cadets of the ~ I. M. A . with th ree years o ld. L>ar\!nts and yo ung one vo ice wish to thank the young men of !\Ii<;-,ouri, listen whil e L te ll ladies of 'M exico fo r the rcccpLion that was gi ,:c n at lhe Ringo J l otel you of U1is the rnilitary school of on the e ,·cni11g of D ec. 22. After our state : and 1 ,nay a<; " e ll s ay o f e njoying the receptions g ive n by the the Un ited S ta les , for it is rcprecade ts , s ince the opening of the -,e11led in m ~1ny of it-, s_tates. \Ve prese nt session , the young Ind ies h~tve enrollee! one hundred and fo rty concluded that they wo uld repay us cade ts ot the bes t .111d mos t d isti11hy having us a ll meet at the ho tel 0 11 g11 is heel f:un ii ies . The faculty is composed of as the last night before the holidnys hig hly educate d and thoroughly and sp e nd a few ho urs in an e njoyprac tical me n as w ill be fou nd anyable manner. The young folks danced. plnyecl where. One o f the best, and should g:i.mcs noel partook of the delicious be first cons idered. features o f th is refresh m e nts until a late hour whe n school is, th a t it is under Christian nil we nt home. feeling that it would influence. This is one point thnt hns been overlooked by so many parents. be an event long remembered. They d o nol think thnt, when they T tr E intermediate examination send the ir pure. almost pe1·fcct, boys was had before the C hristmas ho l i- away to school, that s uc h noble days, and thnt g reat burden has youths co11ld y ie ld to the temptatio ns cleared away. Let us commence at that would like ly accost them.

TIIE M. 'M. A. FOCUS.

But you forget that in a school Aattering homage to any of his se lfwhere no a tte ntion is paid to the constituted heroes than docs he to relig ious ancl moral training o f a that unique character, found in its pupil , that he is not only away from pe rfect ion in America only, the orahornc innucncc b 11t also being taught torical editor o f a lead ing da ily to negle ct s uch duties ns a rc neccs- s heet. .sary to the Sl1ccess :1ncl happiness of From the g rou p of such famous :1ftcr life. Then. under uo circum- charnctcrs. it was o ur privilege , o n s tances pbcc your boys where they the e ,·ening of the 1 1th inst. , to hear ;1rc likely to form had habits . one whose repu tation st:mcls second The :i\fissouri :\filitary Academy lo none, :Vlr. H enry \Vatterson of is already we ll kno wn for its splcn- the Louisville Co11ricr-Jo11r11al. did milita ry discipline : but in no I The hearty applause which greeted case is the lrainin~ of the mind :i\Ir. \Vatterson's appearance o n o ur s:icriliccd for that o f the body. whi ch local platform bore evidence to his will. by the reg ular clrill. be suffi- populnrity; :\llcl it is safe to say tha t cien tly dc ,·e lopecl. It is the object h is e (fort o n that occasion gained of the )[. r, L A. ro Lr.tin men who him new laurels from the typical in a fte r y ears will no t hc nfrnicl to American a udience present. In repul the ir s houlder lo the wheel o( s ponse lo n brief though. s ingubrly f o rtune nnd cns t o ut a lot of whuch fe licitous, introduction by our honthe world "ill be proud. orcd s uperintende nt, .i\lr. \V,tttcrson app eared before his cager audience. HENRY WATTERSON'S LECTURE :rncl humorously opened his famous O'i lecture o n Money nnd t.Iorals with :.1 o ~r,:y ,\ -..:o :\!OHA L S . an anecdote of a friend who claimed to h:n-e come from afar to he ar the ] Icro worship. to :1 greater or less lecture because he possessed neither d egree , i~ an inhercnL c haracteristic of its s ubjects. Trusting that such of mankind. .Admiration fo r pre- was not the case with his present <:minent ab ili ty oi any description is hearers. :\1[r. vVattcrso n began a naturnl ; a nd especinlly docs the maste rly treatment of his theme, power of excl. .,ng appe:11 with which claimed for the winged period m:1rked cmph.ts is lo that idealizing of an hour. the undi,·idecl attention <:reature, the Ame rican. Adm iring, of all present. .1s he does , s upe r ior merit and acIn an easy conversational tone. he <111 ircment, whether of mind. body drew a vivid word-picture of ou r or estate. and cheerfully :1ssigni11g pccrless nation, with its progre ssive p ate nts of su premacy to their posses- people and bouncllcss possibilities, sors, he yet pays no greater or more and then asking if there cxis tc<l any

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,·ital oh,t.u:lc to thrc.,tcn or impctle l.mcl oi Jdfcrsoni:rn l>c mm. r:H.,. to our pro~1c,,. 111: found .1 n:iturally C:111:1<la . .,., .1 co111111 \' \\ ith ,;rnrc c:.u~~l·,tcd .111'\\ l·r in the recogni1.ccl mone) th.Ill it h.,d k:!.11 right or national f.111lt. g-rcl·d in moncv- title lo: ,t11d tu \lc•dco . a, a (. 111d :,{l·tt i11g-. "ithout mone) 01 mor.lls to "Jll ,tk

L' p to this point. the <.pe:ikl•r h.ul of. H cl111 nin~ lo tlw '• I ••ind of inler,-pcr,ed hi-. entc 1tainin~ remark., the Free.·• the ,pc-:1ke1 fo1111d much with periodic~c,turcc:.of :111 .,utomatic for "hich to he hopeful i11 the nature. hut \\arming- up \\ilh hi, l0llllll) ·,.. i11t,irl. in ,pitc of lurl,ingdi,,cu«sio11 and hecomiug i!r:,ccful in d.lll~l·n, llll·ntio11cd. I fc.: p1c:11:hccl motion .1, he i, ah, an, cloquclll in lOllh:11tnwnt .11ul clc.•.11 con,ciencc5 spcl·ch. he g:I\ e ,·enl to ,L comhincd •"' mo,l dfccli, l' mc.111-. lor cli-.pdlcxprc,..,ion of wcll-dcc;c1 ihccl Lier, ing me11.1c.ing l, ii, .ind thou~h hi-. .111cl timely warn in~"· that appt·arcd 'ic\\., were ~onw\\ h.11 optimi-,til· i 11 the more cCfccti,·cl) to hi, amlicncl' their 11.1111n, . , cl it ".,, ol 11 .it by heing intermingled with :,pt il (u<;- l11.:,1 lthful opti1111s111 wlrn:h has po-,-.i. tratio11, from .L quaint .rncl ,ceimn~h hilit) .,.. it, fo1111<l lion .md 1plit1 111 g illimit;1blc h umor. • progrc.,,, .1:. ii.. l'llcrg,. .-\ n •m.u·kIn hi,, ,·Aof. of tl1 I . .1hlc feature • of ~h. \Vatlcr..,011',,i· . I C ( .lll~cr, .II I!-• in..,. fro1n rrr·c"cl ·11 l I. lecture"'·'" his 1>0\\c1 of condcn..,in,.,. ,:, ,-. ,_ I I lOlll'\ ·Sl'C , 1110• .., the .,pc.11-..cr did no t "i·,h to ~t• i~in~ though in ll • ,e. 1wo, v1 hm i:,11nclt·r'-IOOcl ;i,;; conclc.:nrning- the 1.11- lil-..~ l:111g11.1g~. ;1 ~\'\\ of hi-, ,110:-l pm,uit in it, entirety. But onh 10 ~rap~u~ e,prc,,1on-, lollo": 1 1 d efine tho,;c c:urrcnl mcthocl 1' •11 1,1 .1 :\[ \. 1\ .011-. . \\Oll , 'l cu n: .,me tol''• appc.il "itho11t clict.1tion lo honc;,t f m1ll10na1n prc-,<.t.•d aliout \\'ith ·111cl . . I .ilccI m •inds, and to "' oolclcn ,01 , \\·c•II rcg11 , . ru\\. w.1111 .1gain'-l i11c\11l~cncc in other 1 h~ Iat.11 mi, t.Lkc i"' \\ hen a man pr:u:ticei-. I n hi-. owu \\ord, ... 11 i, lay-. 111-. ham!., 011 a doll.11 he c.rn·t a good thing· to h:l\e plcnl\ of honc.,Lly cdl hi:-. own -:-.cd,in~ the m ont.') honestly obtaint.·d ;" hut .uld1,, d.1rk-.1llcy ,hort lllh to forl111w. -- .\!though I'd hate to think monc, I low Ion~" ill this mcL:11lic "l'lltiwas a positi, c b ar 10 salvatio n , ,ct •1 , m~•~t c.ru,h out m.11~1) lccling. know it \\Ould corrupt a h1111drl·~l to I he m~ncy de, ,I st:11u(., lil-l· ., hun"n lion ,ll l'Os, ou r n.111011.il • one II i:t l it \\OIi Ioor cre.Lt11rc ,, ·1111 11·1·. \\ :llll·r,011 ,, ,·11111 ere<unkc.t l S . I . and 111.111 with :t .h111Hlrcd mill ion; and l • 0 • \\'ll/.l'I' and a, the rein ,.;, \ the Ill.Lil" ith $100.000 and $1 :;o.ooo

THE 11. ~L A . FOCUS. " ·o nh of \\':t nts . is w o ,·se off than qucnt :mthor, and '1cnr his ,·h·id a hcggnr "itho11l moue_y fo r his descriptio ns, g raphic expressions and dinne r. profound conclusions. roll in a In conc lus io n. we coul d not hope golden stream of eloquence from I lo 1.:,·cn approximate justice to his inspired lips. 1 [is subject is a this m astc rl _v e ffort o r i 1r . \ Vatte r- li,·ing o ne : and his lecture pregnant son. in the co11lraclecl limrts of :i. as il is with mome ntous influences s imple rc ,·ic w . I n fa.c t. no mere fo r the wea l o r woe o f our country, d e,criptio n could :1<lc qu:1tely rcpro- should not be :i.llowed to fade from duce the lcctun; . • To :1ppreciate it the m ind. S hould th is short notice thoroug hly o ne sho uld come into accomplish such nn cud: its purpose llic mag netic prese nce o f its clo- will have been fulfilled .

L itera r y Department. THE FETTERED M I LLIONS.

n,· o . c . B .-\LL.\rtD .

I\\'hile the sunlig ht turns its l ittlu 1waves to ring lets of gold : is :rn emb lem of d ivine liberty.

Freed o m is cli,·ine : nil n:1ll11·c spe,iks of Jih cn y . The antelope . ~ations ha,·c m et in d eadly conas he luaps from crag to crag . Aict; b~ood iu crimson ri\'ers hns s nifring the (rosl<.:cl a ir o ( h is rugged Aowccl from noble m e n whose bones ho m e . o r whe n the: snow s haYc been \\'ere left to bleach upon th1.: field of mc ltc~l b , Lhc summe r 's s un he battle : m :111y :1 proud metTO(>Ol is rests in tl;e pc accfol sh ad e of ; o m e I has been robbed o f its inhabitants spreadi ng t ree . a 11 cJ e njoys the unin- to po 1~u l~Lc the silent'· c ities of the cwnbc rccl l ife dcs igl1<.:d uy the Hand d ead. ' rn o rde r that tire yoke of of Lo ,·c . 1~hc e ag le . a~ it s preads I one 11:1 tio n ,~1ighl no l rest upon the its \\ i11g s upo n the summ it of nn neck of anolhcr. i11nccc ssihlc cli ff and launch es out I It was t his , principle, lea ping in upo n the bosom o f th,e g r1.:at sen of the hearts of our fathers . th:tt led nir. ris ing higher and hig her. until. them to discard fo re ig n powers. \\'ilh its wings it seem~ lo fan t he \ rcjccl the lio_ndagc oJ ou r parent h1.:atcd bro \\' of the prince of light. land . 10 sncrrfi cc home: case and is n I i,·ing witness of the freedom personal interest, and strike for 1ibI of natun:. The lilllc s tream. ns it I crty. And now for more than a bre aks fro m some r i,·c11 rock . · w:1 11 - hundred years America hns enjoyed dcring unrestrained through hill and I'.·ce go,·e rnment: The notes o t clak , rcfkcling tire whi te lily that liberty an: heard lrom C\'cry q11arter stoops to kiss iLs c rystal w aters, of the land.

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1' 1IE ~I. M. J\. FOCLlS.

Thus a l this :1ge of the w o rld for stop at :1II the apartments so :L one to s peak of slavery may seem few must s utlicc for the re t. bul folly. ):ow. while we stand in 111 the firs t one al whic h we shall the aorcrcous sunse t of the nine- pa11c;c arc those who h:n c fcttcrccl lce11~1 c:nlury. when civilization is I them scl\'cs by indulgc11cc in tinholy \\"caring garment · of glory , when h:1bits. and conscg ue ntly f.ill en viethe flam e of . \merican progrc s tims to n cruel maste r. I fnhits. if seem to lick the bending sky. can it formed 11pon \\ 01·thy princ iples ;incl be that men of our p1:oucl nalio 1'. a~c properly c11l~irnted arc a l~less in_g. sl:wes? S trange as 1l cc,rn, 1t 1s hut when fo1mcdupon :rn 1mmo1:1l true. Amid the gilded '-plc nclo rs b:tsis. or ab11sccl. they h ccom c a of our n:ttional grandeur: amid the curl:-C : and he who indulges in them sl~tely buildings . in which thl· vo ice bccom ei, ,1. m os_L cle plo rnblc ~1:1\ c . of eloquence from noble statesmen ._cc the "1nc-b1bbc r . ns he :l\\ :1k1:s is heard: amid the m.rny institu• from hie: h.111 ntecl slumbers : his eyes tions o( learning, stands :1 vnst naming . 1,i,. br:1in \\'recked, hie; reaprison-house. Its cold gl:t ring grnn- so n d ethroned . I n hi-, .,gony he itc, its stro ng bnrs. its hen,·y hinged cries for drink . And ri-.ing from door. nil bear the imprint of the I his comfortless conch. he drinks grim-,·isagcd. henrtless tyrnnt!-. w ho d eep fro m the flo" ing ho" I of hold cnsi:l\·ccl n ,·nst m11ltil11cle o f lhcchus, until he hecomci, a i,taggcrAmeric:1'5 once libcrnlccl p eople . ing, ictim of tl1c.: · · god of \\'i11c." The prison is not controlled by n cc him as he reels iu his step : s ingle lord, but by a number. ench upon hi-. lip · ;1n: \\'Ords unholy. b lending his interests with those of wrecked in the bloom of manhood . the other _ They, 111 the ir iron hc.tlth destroyed. nobility blurred . grasps, a rc holding millions of Yic- aucl mind clcpra, cd- - a \'ngabo ncl in tims "ho arc cl n)' br cl:t)' sen iuothralld o m, scn ·ant of a' kina. I le is • b • these maste rs in dcfe11sclcss ohedi- l misera ble by clay nncl \\ retched by cncc. night. \\' hen c:u'lh is h\1shecl in It is through this house of bond- slc.:ep. his dreams ,1rc broken b_v physage I in\'itc you to \\':ilk with me. , ic:tl ~ains. s~u_l-picrc i11g- tho ughts, And :1s we p:ii,s throug h its ,·nst and l11dco11s n s1011c:. ch:imbcrs, "hile the.: rattling of Y ct su ch n state of :1ff:1ir· exis t in ch:1i 11s g-rcet our cars, we sec men America. o ,·cr whose proud palaces who r1rc :is complete sl:l\·cs ns c ,-cr w:1\'e the .. i-ta rc; and <;tripes," :incl sang a plaintive sonnet of the ··ago- fro m who,,e slrcclc; coni,t:rntly ari~c ni~ing Sl.l\·cry dny s " in the cotton the sho uts or fn:c:dom. . \ n:1tio 11 fields of the so uth. \\·c can no t that is c.:vcr poi_nting to her l\\'O great

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·· pillars of liberty": C:ducation and of this god, a nd they will tell you popubr rep1·escntalion. It wo{tlcl his followe rs arc legio ns. seem that t\mc:ricn has yet to le arn Herc let us resume o u r walk. At that liberty consists nol in ou tward t he next apartment we find a Q \leen freedom bltl in that which is within: in roynl robes-the b ride of lvlam not m erely in a natio11 , hut an indi- m o n-ruling with a relentless hand . ,·idual; not merely a phys ical but Upon :rn arch bending above the ~ohc r intellectual. and moral free- throne is written, " F.ishion." To clom . \Vho then is res ponsible for her m a ny bow. · Ko sooner d o h er this stale o f affairs? F or this pres- roy:-il fingers touch the wires and cnt bondage? Ts it the p oor ltnfort- send over the m the tidings that n \ln,1tc su fferer? Y cs. he is respons ib le I ch:-inge has taken place in the fashfor his co11dition: but not he alone. io nablc :i.rcna th:111 multiwcles of Every citizen who con sents, by his America's m a ids and matrons, men ,·oicc or his bnllot. to this ex i ting and boys go wild to im itate their e, ii i-. hut an armor bearer to t his leader and do the b idd ing of t he clchasing mon:irch. And by th is Goddess of Fashion. conscnl he is saying. • • biucl him \ ;\Then shall we learn that li fe is closer, con fine him in prison , but not :i.n e mpty im itation of folly , but pay to uc; our pnllry tribute ." a reality and seeking for right and The only key th:i.t will fling wide usefulness? IIow n-t1c arc lhe words the door o( lite pri:.on nncl give these of the poc: l: poor unfortimatc bcingc; per fect free " Poor c;oul. the t:enter of my sinful d o m is the ban ishm ent of the tyr:rnt earL h • 13:1cchus, and the d cstruelio n of h is F'oolccl by those rebel powers thnt t hee array. thro ne. Tur11i11g from the cell with \\"hy dost thou pine within and suffer its h cartTencl ing cc1H.:s. " c npproach dearth. another. I [c who claims the scrPainting thine outward "alb so costly vice o( these fcltc recl \' ietims is ga}·? robed in :l m:i.ntlc of gold. Around \\'hy -;o large a cost. hadng so s hort n

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his neck hangs a c ircle of diamonds: D o~t thou upon these fading mansions his girdle g·lillc rs with rubies; in c;pcnd? one hand he ho lds costly jewels . in The key that u nlocks th is cell is Lhc o the r a rod of irou. II he is not common sense. accompauicd by a n a S ianH:sc rwin to 13acchus. he is :u appreciatio n of the real nod a deprele:i.st :i near kinsman. Upon his ciation of the nsi-umed. an esteem head he wears n crown bearing the tor inward worth a nd :i con tempt I I:ts he for outward pomp. inscription, ' 1 l\,fo111mo11. " (cw or m:~ny followers? Ask of the There yet rem.tins a n umber o ( winds lhal m oan nbo ut the temples :i.pnrtmcnts to this p rison-house, in

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pletely foiled. lle stood gnzi11g m o rt:11 :" but the younges t replied . upward nfter his new love till the · •Oh no! quic k ! lctu~ ascencl. " :tnd music of the singing mnicle ns nil jo ining in a hca,·cnly ch:rnl. they faclecl from his cars and the cnr rose out of s i~ ht. ( C o ..._,., '\"t· ~o.) vanished fro m his s ig ht. Then. he who :rn h our be fore was the hold hunter, b r:H"e :rnd CHOLERA. fancy free, began lo be wail his fate . The ve ry wo rd m:ikes us shudde r, I le hunted 110 mo re. hut we nt home yet m:llly g o nlong in the ir d :iily to his wigwnm. All nig ht b e n(fair" n ncl d o no t pre te nd to g i,·c :L thought of this ucw wond er , nnd he Is ing le tho ug ht to this clis :ig rcc:1blc determined to goo b:tck to the prnirie but g r.we '-Ubjcct. I t is inclt:1.:d :1 next day, a nd o nce m ore try to win suhject o f vital impo rtance. One in the fair maide n, the youngest of th e which a nntio n.nny.[m aysaya " o rld . i-. inte rested. B u t l a m now s pe:1kr..,·cln;. \Varnccl by his former failure ht· ing espccinlly of the indi fference of did not :tttcmpl lo seize he r o pe 11ly . the American people . T hey seem but, by hi" rnngic p ow er , change lo h:1,·e fo rgotten the slight scare himself into :rn opossum. IJaving l they had whe n it was re pon ed lh nt determined lo assume this cli"~ui e . c ho ler:1 had been carried into 011 1· he clid not w:-iit long befo re he native po rt~ last fall. Tlicy seem lo heard ag ain the S \\ eet mus ic and forget th a t had no t g rim wi nter snw the baske t d c"cencl into the e nte red upon the scene abou t lh c 11. center of the ring-. ng a in the m nide ns the re ,·c1·y p robably w o u ld ha,·e bee n eornme11ccd the same g-ay dance.: nncl : 111 epide mic of this fat.ti d isease . piny. They seemed e ,·en more They see m to forge t that proh.th ly beautiful. lh:111 he had thou~ht the m 110 w many germs of this te rri b le the clay before, and she . the disease arc 01ily lying d o rmnnt youngest. wa s the perfcetio n o f throug h winte r' s frig id rule , to hre nk grnc<.:. . ' lowly and cnutiously the out again with spring . The " ·i11dsopossu111 cre pt townrcl the ring, o f winte r seem Lo h.1,·c w nftecl away but c.:vcn this clisgi1isc could 110L all thoug hts upon this s ubjec t as deceive the wary mnidcns . The eas ily as its frost cho ked the plag ue. instnnt they saw him they spr:rng 13ut winte r i~ not alwnys. The re is into the basket and rose in the air. grenl clange r o f this pes tile n ce reThe baskd stopped whe n a liltle turning during the summer mo nths, way from the cnrth, howc ,·er. and and if it should do so there is a one of the ohlt:r maidens spoke , greate r danger of it traveling this ··Perlrnps," said she, •• it is come to land of ours from ocean lo ocean and i,.how u how the g-:tmc is plnyed by from lakes to gulf. O ld Death, with

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THE SOUTH ERN G IRL. h is bblccl sickle, will follow with T h e re'!. n nnme n ol often !-po ken , fa t:1.l footstep.., a nd sm ile :1.t his 1\ nd n young g irl's h e arl is b ro ke n. bou ntiful harvest. T h i, story so ,·er_v l rnc, Our \ Vorld's Fa ir will offer fi ne I'll g11nrnntce i,, som e th ing ,·cry n ew ind11ccmcnts for both its coming and Of m nn y •l:;au. southern g irls ; it~ :tbiclance. Our e :1.slern h a rbors l le r benut_v incren,;cd hy many curls . will be: it~ birth- pince. Ch icago its J langing so g r m.:dully O\'er h e r shoulders i ai r, nursery. Add ing lo her beau t) a nd g race nn indeOne of Ill inois' young daugh ters, pendent a ir. "ho S)mpathi,.ecl with the repu bl i- \V ns one who<;e loveli ness ouL<;hone the c:rns. recently asked :1. gentlem an n:sl, oppositely inclined . if he thought She "'"" the youngc:st and fa irest of t h e lle',l. Clc:,·eland "ould keep the ports as )ly lo,·c for her was exce ed ingly g rent, well quarantined as i\fr. H arrison I hncl even d eda red myself lo b.: her had done. . 'he m11st ha Ye thought male. th:1t Hen. s11 perintcnded itpcrson:11ly . \\'e hnve mnn~ a bright summe r 's dny. She also was not aware that ne ither I l id rrom the s un's b rill iant my. 1 J :u-rison nor CJeyeJ:1.nd oor. :1.I low R cclincd on t h e edge of a ba bbling b rook: Seemingly d..:,·ouringnn interes t ing book. me to sny. the people cnn hn ,·e ,·c ry And p erha p<; wi t h h e r ' 1wns so , little eilcct 11pon the r:1.picl spread of !Jut w ith me I 'II ever say n o; this mc!-scnger of death . God nlone !''or. whi le rend ing. as did thi'- g irl of pcrtccti o11, can check it. J\ I any of our large cit ies at present T wns lost in sweet m omen1s of re tkct ion. Thu'- mnn.,· happy hours we s p ent, :1.re being infested by .1 pbgue of \ \'hich now 1 s11 r dy d o n;pen t. typhoid fc,•er. which some physic ians But then. only too soon d id the !'Un g o to s:1.y is very often a forerunner of re ....t. .\ nd thi-.: dear little bird h nd to seek her cholera. IIC!>l. It is well llien that we ~houlcl Befor e parting. in thi, ln!'l happy hour. dc,·otc more thought to this imporShe plucked (o r me the i"Y· m y fa,·orit.: tant a(fair . :rnd . :1s a people. conflo we r, sta ntly guard against it. _\ litt le \\'hy did I lhis b lo,-,om t nke : prcc:111tion on the pare of every one I:kcnu~c t h e b i rd w11s it~ n :unc:-:,a ke? m ig h t he lp ns a preventative of this Oh! If it co uld h,we a lwa y s been thus . terrib le dise:1sc. \\'e :1 11 kno w tha t But ~o ! we were d o o med lo fuss. Ench lcll :,o independen t . old :1.clage :1.bo11t ··stitch. '' " t ime" :\nd hence. would m:ilh c r re lent. a nd ··ni ne . " a nd 110w i, the time lo The rc,-,ult wns too plain ly to be seen. p11t it into pr:icticc.-CrTY EDrTOIL E ,·cr -.incc I ha,·e fdt. o h ~o mean.

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I hardly have control of my mind. l3ecau,-e m_v heart is ldt behind. l wo nde r why it is I do not care : Does hall my heart l ie buried there? F or the th ings 1h:1l around me s tand, In T e:1.as down b.v the Ri o Grande. - RAI i :

111 rnpid s11ccession . Graduating. in 1S95. wi th tlic d egree of J\. M. he re tired to his mother' s ho m e . Be neath the shade trees of this romnntic spot he clc\·cloped those I bcnutiful ideas whi ch, he afterwards gn,·c to the world in the Dying Dof>·'s Last / ljpcal. \ Vhen the

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GIVE ME. Gin:: me hone,-;t_,. rather thnn grace. .::, , . Good c harnclcr rather t h:rn handsome poet 1 urem:rn re.tel this work he fnce; l cxcl:timcd ··This 111:111 is :1 poc l." Rnther soft hands wiLh g lo,·es filling \\"ho . h:n·ing- once read . can c,·er

tig ht, fo rg-~t thosc lines : H andsom e ones that have \\Orked for the ' rig ht. •• 0 ! T have bcc n a faithful hound. But now my joys nrc 'o..:r; Rathe r t h an qunrrel::- e(i' e me Jo , e, I lie upon the l rozcn ground The purest g ift from I lea,·en nbo,·e. Far lrom 1\1) mas ler's door." Give me lrm: kinclncss ; no :;lony sm il e F'rom a he art th:i t is hardened all the (11 1S9S appc::1recl Lhc: L o.,/ .1/<7id while .

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Give me som e useful work Lo no, heart " :is almost b roken by :t )o\·e And s trength of \\'ill t o take mc lhroug h. (f • I I j· t F inni!,· ..,i,·e me ·1 lo,·in"' wife a :'Ur. tl 19 15 1e; \\rote 11s mos T o ch~c~ m_,. s te;,s on the ma r c h of life. , fnmou s poem. 7'/tc i lappy Gadd.

The following- ycnr, whil e \\ aiti11g at Cedar City for tlic ferryboat. lie ::\'ot a few of our readers arc very caught .1 sc,·crc cold from \\'hi ch he c 111·ious (o know wltat wil l be the I died. destiny of some of our Cadets . ' MISCELLANEOUS W R ITE RS.

PH OSh \\' IUTl:: HS ,

Afte r ca refully co ns ide ring the atiainme nts o f m;iny of the youn~ Philemon Riise; L yon, a gi(tc:d ns p irants, the Faculty has ckcided but unfortun:1te young writer. has Lh:1t the folio " ing may he a reliable shown. g-r:nt prom is~l le \\·as 111 111 1 account of the ir lives. which will be born . St • .Joseph. 876. At h a nded down 111 Ellcrbr's Amer- ' a n c :1rly age he atlenclecl the pub lic ica11 LiLcrrdt1r c l\\'O gene rations I schools and :iftc rwarcls g-rac.lu:1 tcd at h r.:i icc. the r. f. :.w. i-\ . . where he nsto11 ishcd , profr.:ssor and pupil with his meG eorge \V,1shi11gton Clnrkson, teoric rlashcsof wit. ll c it \\ :Is \\'ho born at Arcad ia . in the . ' tatc o f s.ticl. •• Bo_vs, whenever you know :Missouri , in 1S75. \\" hile :it f.hc more lh:111 your te achers . keep it to ]vf. ~,r, i\ . he w rote h is firs t g reat yourse lf. T his is the secre t o f :i ll poem . .1/n,J ', other works followed my su ccess. '' 1 11 1895 he entere d

TIIS Ni. ~,(. J\ . FOCUS. lfarvard ~ollegl: , where in spite of the title of Forgotten Stories and his g re at a bility h e did nol succeed: the l•V!tile Star. The diction of fo r he w,1s fo nder of goocl socie ty these stories is excellent and they th an of stuclv. His m ost n o te d ha,·e a simple, straig:htforwarcl manw o rks nrc . T/, e Soldier' s L ove. ncr wh ich charms the render. written in rS9S : A S ummer R oBob Erwi11 al Tale. appea red in 111a 11cc ( r90--1.): 71/,c R ssc11l/als of 1903 . a nd w~1s followed by the Lives .f-/11.m or ( 19 ro) : ..II J,f'e int Story of A m crica·u Orrrlors. This old ( 19 16) and . Tlt c C ,·cs of .llesm cr - , m:111 lived h ~1ppily among his ch ildism i 11 _l f cd icilla ( 19:: 1) . L yon re n :rncl g rand children. until 195+ was noted fo r h is witty re marks. whe n he died. O n o ne occasio n he stopped at a crowded h otel in . t . L o uis i\nd was 0. G. Ballard wns born ( 1875) fo rced to shar e his h e el with a near Goose l\l:CI,:", in \Vhippoorwill strange r. Finding the ne xt m o rn- district . Platte county, ~ lissouri. ing that h is bed-fe ll ow was the Graduating fro m the \ •\·c ston High noted criti c, G o rdon L a m b , he Sch ool h e ntte ndcd for n year rem arked, .. The mill e n n ium is . K c11t11cky U nive rs ity. lfere he w:1s su rely . a t h:1 11d , fo r the L yo n lies noted for l1is or:1tory and connection down witlt the L nm b . ' ' Bu t. no t with the lite r:11')' societies o f that lo ng n fte r sorrow !-lo ppe d the Aow college. The fo llow ing year he of hu m o r. Lyon's o nly son, Phile- j e nte red the junior cl.1ss at the :\I. .:\I. 1110 11. cliccl s uddenly :rnd left the o ld I A. and by his e:1rnest efforts sucman w itho u t a n object in li fe . The ccecl ing in o rg an1zrng a college rc m n inckr o f his lif1..: is soon to ld , I p a pe r. ircanwhilc he clid not n eglect Il e li,·cd .1 qu iet li fe fo r four m o re to prac tice o rato ry. to wh ich he I ye;irs. :111<l the n , lic,1rt b ro ke n. sank :1ftc rwards owed hi s g reat s uccess as into the g-rn,·c. I :1 pu b lic spe nkc r. Entering Prince! to n in 1S95 he clcvotccl himself G eorge !'rice Lmgcnfcltc r was e arnestly to his studies and in 1899 h o rn n t K e arney. n fi ssomi. in 18 7+ took the degree of 13. A . For the Ile is jus tly c alle d tltc American I next four y ears l,c \\":lS o n the staff H a ns .A ncl e rscn. Those b oo ks which o f the SI. / , 011is Republic :mcl :ire very popu lar with little childre n created grc:1t exci tement by his arc us uall y good nncl Lingc nfc lter 's articles a ckocating \\·omnn's rights. w o rks :11·c e njoyed b_v o ld and young Ballard next appears as ed itor of alike . This \\Tite r. whe n a c hild Back:vood~· h'u::z ard. which met h:HI an T11dia11 nurse. who told him with g re:it succes~. In 1902 he many w e ird legends and rradilions . c:111n1sscd '\fi~souri for Darnley who These i11 after lif1..: appeared under was elected go,·crnor o n the D cmo-

TIIE 1vI. :M. A . F OCUS . J3:ill:1rd's g reatest together w ith an account of t he cr:1tic ticket. work is a poem ent itled The Fair poet's li fe. The last years of B alR ose of.lfcxico ( 19 10) . Th is poem la rd's life were spent in t he cducnd escr ibcs the undy ing love o f a young t io n of his red headed ch ild ren :tncl soldier for·a fn ir maide n. Jlis poems the decora t ing of h is scmi-gothic we1·c collected after his death , by residence on ~{alvin Hill. l le d ied i\. R . Hamme tt, and p u blishccl of h ard study in r9+S ·

Local Department. Cold ! C older! ! Coldest ! ! !

A C hicago preacher ma rried three couples 0 11 a railroad trn in in Again we :ire down to h ard \York . one clay. IJe thinks of tak ing out Oh! oo, sweet little s ing.-D u n- a patent :is a car-coupler. c:rn . An exchange says the l\lissouri The new p ostage stamps arc a ri,·er is w ithin a few inches of the lowest po int ever reached within the good s i7.e fo r fra ming . memory of ma n. A sbury says G ibbon devoured Cap t. :.\IcMillnn nsked Jas. Smith his to ry and jogfy. what a pilot was. lic replied by \\Thy is it that Ilnmmett likes to s ay ing " I t is a lot w here they g ro w re:1d Luc ile? pie-pl:111t. The cadet' s d ilemma- T he w nnt La mb a nd rnany other ·' K ids" o f money. s till ho ld to a few of those ch ildis h irnp lcm enls of safety. Narncly, \ Vith but o ne or two excep t ions snfcty-pins. a ll the cade ts lun-c reh1rncd to fini sh P. V . Cole h as caused some of o ut the session. This is a good our cad ets to get :1 little ang ry, for s howing fo r nny school. the reason that he is so attenti ve at Cad e t H arris, who has b een the receptions. G ive us a ll a s how , atte nding the \ Ventworth Acad emy P ercy. for the p ast term. is now with us :1nd O ne o f the ed itors, while call ing w ill remain ti ll Ju ne . las t S unday, was as ked w hy C apt. Geo. \V. C larkson. who was :M a theson always sang "Oh! Z ulu called lo the bedside of his sick land , sweet Zu lu land, " inste ad of mother, will return in n sho rt time. B e ulah land . It remai ns a probW e !cam that she is fas t recovering . !em .

Tl IE M. '.M. A. FOCUS. \ Ve wonder why some of our c:1dcts arc parting their hair in the midd le . Jnck.-\Vha t a stunning benuty th:1t was with S miley!

J c1111ie .-I didn't notice. I was thinkiug bow handsome: he was. Mis~ .A1111n Bro wn, of Fulton , and l\l iss Li6zic I latch. of St. Louis. were the g uests of ~fisses Grantham :ind E:mmons during the holidays. 1\ fr . Otto 1Vfacroth entered the ; \ c;1clemy Inst week. His home is in :;\!i11 11capol is . £Tc hns been attending lhc Griswold Military Academy in DaYenport, Iowa, for the p ast few months. \Vhile the colleges of the state are ha,·ing their contests. why can't the acad emics fa ll in line a nd som e time in . \ pril ha\'e an Inter-ncademic clccl.unatory contest. \Ve ha,·c refere nce lo the .i\Iilit:iry schools .

And his heart beat higher, h igher; And her loo k "rew sh,·cr shve r When he s ided up clo~e ~}: her.' ,\ s he s hould. And from time to lime: he eyed her, As lhough he'd like to buy her, And his bashfulness was dire, For a s pell. ·Th.:11 his husky thront grew dryer . \\' h e n he told her that the sqnirc To himself would g ladl." tie her. If l>he would. Mig ht h e now go ask he r sire, And T thought h e would expirc; Then s he said to his des ire That he could.

' T IS EV ER THUS. I le called h e r ••;-.Jis~." S h e call,:cl him .. :-lis kr:" They co ntinued this ' Till onc night he kissed he r . Then t heir ba~hfulncss ' L:h ey percch·ed w:u; folly: :-;ow h e c alls her ··Bess" And ~he c:tlll> him •·Choll~··"

Our wnrm-hc:urecl fe llow cndet, In the last issue of the Focus, we Charlie Herndon. while s pe nding notice quite a lengthy :u·ticlc o n the the holic!:1ys at Fayette. l\Io ., fell unhappy inAuence w hich the young desperately in lo,·e with a young ladies e xerted upo n the cn<lets. \Ve damsel (who will be meutioncd Inter). \ Vhy wns it? The b rass thi nk the true s tate o{ affairs is j us t the reYcrse, and that the young buttons, of course. ladies arc the ones affected by the The following is n descriptio n associ:tLion, as so me of them have gi,·cn by l\lr. S hank of l\Ir. J o nes' evidently picked up Acndemy slang proposal to l\liss Blank, of Spring- phrases. For instance a certain fair field: maiden is given to exclaiming 0. G. ! ·' \\1hile U1ey sal before the fin:. 011 eYery occasion. C an any of th e N othing m o re did h11 desire ed itors tell us what it means?T h a n to get a little nighe r, Tf he could. ' . Ledger.

TllE M. :M. A. FOCUS. llays s aid a little prayer.

Thos. \V;1rren, :in. o ld cndct, is ag:1111 with us. J le atte nded lhc quotation from Luc ile- · ·J ohn i\caclcmy he 1·c las t yca1·, and it is George P.1rkiuson." with pleasure that we welcome him Can J go ho me with Charlie back. 11 c is now on th1.: b ug le. R ,1msey ?-R. R . to f'egrnm. corps. Sm ith H. to Jones-Has the gong b lo"·n ?

The yot1ng ladies in town arc all hcnrt-broken over the departure of Jvfisses Ncnl and Phillips . iwo l\Ir. Jnrncs. One espcc i:d ly .c harming young l:1dies of the Fulton Later.-Hc hns jus t returned, and Orphan School, vis ited fi:iends here they nrc go ing to gl\·e him a grand b st " ·eek. hall. The :'IL M . .A. band is rapidly J arncs J\ . J l c ndcrson, : 1 student progressing under the s kilful m:rn- o( the J'Vlissomi Dental College nt agemcnt of I'rof. 1K ru mme l. l. Louis. was the guest or " )'C city editor" d 1iring Christmas week. Captnin nnd .M rs. Thornburg enjoyed a ,·ery pleasant sere nade last T. T . Frisscll is here preparing F'1·iday night g iven by the l\L l\l. A. to s tand the ex:11n i11ation for entrance bnnd . into \ Vest Point. \Ve hope that his L eona- \ Vh:1t do you think of cCforts will he rewarded with s uccess. the i\cnderny ·s bug le corps? J en nie-Oh! it's just to utterly The M issouri M ilitnry .\cadcmy toot too. "yell. " as adopted last year is: Mrs . Capt. \ V:1de is visitingHobble ! gobble! light and squabfrie nds :rncl rclntivcs in \.Vichit:i, ble! Knns:1s. The C:iptnin looks so S is t ! boom! ah! lonesome thnt the boys have cleeidcd M . M . A! 11. M . A! t·o try to com fo rt him. Rnh ! rah ! rnh ! '' The .Mn rmadukc Military Acadl\' otice :-H c,·cr Christmas again e m y ·'yell " is : . fall s 0 11 S unday while you arc · 'llobb lc ! gobble! rnzzle ! cl:lz,dc ! you ng . for the s ake of comfort do Sist ! boom ! bah ! not wear lo cht1rch the same pair of .Mannnduke ! l\Tarmaclukc ! clean stockings in which you 1·eR :ih ! r:,h ! rnh ! " cei\'l:d c:111cly the nig h t ucfore. Some did . That's all. It is strange the l;1ttcr should \ ·cry s weetly _yot1rs. choose :1 yell so very much like the \·1CT J:\I. fonnc r.

THE ?-1I. :M. A . FOCCS.

The following is a letter, which brave. T stnde at a llotel the nigh t one of lhe cadets rece ived ,c few bciore my ralc departure, an saw all t h em fine g lass-wear-nod pepper an salt an days ago from a friend :

sass an cnts upc bott e ls- they did look nice but cl.:w you jest believe- the)' nxed m e s ix b its £er stay in : part of that wuz fer D1:: E.R Cuz1~ :Y ou nxed me i nn e piss al t e w yore Illar fire- twas e nough fer cbcnezer an me an Par the U ocl,;r an. docln::ss kw rile lerl ive un ' l u i te a spel but Ian s akes you a :trLickd fer yore paper. \\' ell ( w11z C uzin it d11z t:ike so much now ndays a reddy :'Ill a waitin fern oppcrtunity tew hocver r h ed started out ter see the counair,; my lillerrary cbillily . r kep look in an tr)' :in I did nol mind unly it did rile me expcctin for you tew send m,; o ne uv yo re som e t ew be c harge d for fire, when so pape rs . But Law bcholcd. as the olc- mcnny line b uildings air gitten afire an wo 111e n s aid whe;:n s he;: seed th e calf h:td burn in , wi thout as mu ch ni: (by yore !eve) cha wed th e s<.:nt ouh:n her hus bands uni.,· tew t h are ones. Ez I wuz remarkin I trowsers,-That is all maid u p in mi one ariz n e xt 111o rnin b rite an early an took the cars fer tcxas-and t rid an rid an rid, h e d-but u don't haf to tell fo lks th:it.\ Ve ll cz I wu z sayin ini.tid i "· 111,: you stnt an l rid, nnd l seed so much says r tew that pape r to Polly ann. thnn 1 why they myst:lf, Ill jest rite tew my Cu7.in the did n ame thet gal. S ich a o nclas io u s Captain an s u bscribe my trip tew him. nnmc is morcn I can reso lve wid my heel. The m pesk_v cars d oes keep a body always I gc:ss h e r :'.lar an Par h ed run Oute n a wipi n t here specs-but the n you knonames-dcerc cuzin [ maid my foi rwel l n o good wilhoul so m e bnd. l'\ow ef yon ade w tew my nali\' s tate and the people like this Ill tell you more in my next. Yore C u zin. round about in p ince : a tcrc-drnp dimmed J ,\)IE .MF.RRIER DooLtTTLE. my Cj c- but J wipe d m_,. s pecs an loo ked ST,\Tr; \;\ " Tr;X,\S .

Exchange Department. An Arnh fin;t disco\·cred :ilcohol Tt is \,·ith n hearty welcome that 111 t he thirteenth ccnhll")'. llis w e rece i,·e the /-/iram College spirit still li ves. .Advcmce. It is very plaiuly gotten up, but contains m:rny gootl a r ticles. 'Tis an o ld maxim in lhe schools . Thal nattcry is the food of iools; Y et now and then you men of wit\ Vill cond escen d to tak e a bit. -70,ut!h,111 S,vift.

At '\1/:1sh i11gton-L ee U nivers ity . Lexington. Vn.. there ::i re two students whose ch ristiau names arc Robert E . Lee and U lysses S . Granl. They 1·00111 togcthci-.

B y mutual agreement between all the faculty :md officers of the U ni,·crs ity of Chicago. the uniform appel lation of ' ·l\fr." has been adopted in mutual intercourse, th us doing away with all doubts anti mistakes as to the proper t itle ot an,· m:111 connected w ith the ins titutio n.

THE M . i\1L A . FOCUS.

- - -- --- - ------ -- ------------T he St. Johns Call is a neat :rnd vVc may wns te time, b u t not attractive paper, containing a good eterni ty . deal of readable matter. The p erson who asks you m a ny questions ans,,vers many to others. Few thi ngs g row larger as we The first nnh·ers ity to which all the world mig ht come nnd learn the clra\\' u eare r to the m. Fortune is .sometimes kindest knowledge w hich then existed wns whe n s he fro wns . founded 011 Egyptian soil more Do a fa \'or ra ther tb:rn rece ive than two thousand ye:-irs ago . It 011c, if yo11 would be free . was th e U n ivers ity of Alexandl'ia Forg ive a fault, b ul do not fo rget founded by .Ale:-t:rndria the Great. it. L inrs' clubs exist in London and S ELEC TED G EMS. SC\'eral provincial c ities. The initiaS u ccess cloi::s not consist in ncYer tion Ice is fiyc shillings, half ot mnking bl 1111ders. b ut in nc,·cr mnkwhich is remitted shou ld the ne w ing the same one the second lime . member be able to 011tlie :111y Ile good :tt home ; member prcsc11t. Thi:: ta llest stories Deller nbroad ; arc told at each " eek! y meeting :1.11d Lo, c your s weclh e arl, the best exaggerator carries off the A 11d serve yo ur L o rd • honor of the eveni ng . B u t if a mau lf a yo ulh would excel in his nrl. is known to lie outside the precincts I l e must k eep th t: girl'> nway from his h1;nrt.

of the club rooms he is liable lo l[e'II n ever into bnltk go. expulsion.-Ex. N or rouse Lo war's alarms, The American people should be l~or girls nil sn_r h e docs not know -E.,·. g lad that they do not live 111 a T h e way to use his nrms . 'Ne have rece ived the No,·emhc r country where lying is made :1. profession. number of the Poc" s, published by the cadets o f the :Missouri Military Acndemy, .i'vfoxi co, :Mo. It is nc:1.t STUB ENDS OF THO UGHT. and w e ll edited. '.Ve g lad ly we lcome it to ou r table, and with pleasvVe pay for our pleasure in tears. Time 1s bu t a narro w runic ure enter il on our exchnngc list.T/w .1Y ephistoph elca11. around the garment o( e te rnity . J ustice rn ny be b lind , bu t she seems to sec " ·he n there's money 111 The P . .M. 1. 7011rnal is second to none of our exchanges in regard the extended hand. Debt is a pin whose point 1s to merit. It is an excccclingly interalways sharp to honesty. esting paper.

THE :M. l\(. A . FOCUS . :M, Ln, \ftY TACTlCS or- A Kiss. An exchange says that there is a First motion.-Tic11cl the right distinctive feature in the new styles knee, straig hten the left, bring the of girls' cli·css waists this fall, but head on a line with the face of the the young man' s nrm has the same piece; at the sam e time e xtend old crook in it. the arms a nd c lasp the checks of th c It is a littlc- c-·a-1--I-y- yet to be lookp iece fi rmly iu both ha nd s. ing around for candidates for state Second motio n. - Bc nd th c bod y oflicers in 1896, but the Mexico sl'.ghtly forwa rd , puc ke r _th e m o ul h L edger of Inst week suggests the slightly and apply ~he lips smartly name of E . \•V. Stephens, of the Coto the_ :nuzzl~ m o ulcl1_11g~. . _, lumbia .l-Terald, as "a man in eYery T? 11 d mot1on .-B1 eak off p1o~pl w ay equipped to be the ncxtgoYernor l~• with bo_th_ legs to escape the Ja~·- of th i::; g reat state." And the sugnng _ or ln)Lll'}' should th e p iece 1l gcstio n will strike n responsive reco i1• ____ chord in the hearts 0£ newspaper 1 vVa tchmakc r.- 'Th c first ti m e I men throughou t the state, who know c leaned you r wntch it_was_ in a gold and appreciate_ l\fr. S tephens' mercasc, an.cl the next time 111 a gold.- its a nd peculiar fitness for this fil led case, a nd now it, in a s ilver oflice. Ile is n you ng man of brilcase ." liant :-ittainments, fine executive I-ford U ppc. -' :y cs, s ir : c irc um- ab ility, matllrc jlldg ment and sterstanccs :-iltcr cases. yoll know. " - ling intcgrity 1 :rnd woulc.1 make I \ f ' c:Jcweler' s 1l£011thly. _' 1ssom·1• n moclc I goyernor.

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mEXICO, 711\'.0., FEBRV~RY, 1893.

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•Editorial Department. Oun re:1ders will notice that "The I DvR1>:G the past six weeks the l\.fog ic Circle" ends with this issue. weather has been so disagreeable it This was written b y a cadet, and has been almost impossible to take we hope that in the near future he regular physical exercise; consequently little interest has been taken will fayor us \\'ith :mother legend. in athletics and gymnastic work. N oT many clays ago there ap- Bnt now, boys, you cannot again peared in the Ledger an article complain of the cold, for it is just stating that the Focus had com- cool enough to cause one to brace pletely collapsed. vVe \\'ish to up, :rnd work all the harder. correct this, as it is a gross mistake. · You must also remember that the ,Ve arc in a (ionrishing condition time will soon come when ,ve will financially , and in other ways as want to boast of the best college well. It is somewhat hard ,vhen an baseball nine 111 the state. On field day. which will be the old established daily attacks a monthly paper hnd a very young first of l\fay, is n time to \\'hich we all look forward with the greatest academy paper at that.

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delig ht :rnd pride, \\'he n cnch conlcs- the last rny of the nineteenth century t:rnl will w:rnt to make records that shall ha\·c faded away. our academy will compnrc with those of :tny \\ ill be universa lly known throughilC:tdcmy. There is but one w:1y to out o ur country. do this ; go into rcgul:tr training :1t once :1nd loose not a single moment WASHINGTON 'S B I R,THOA Y. th:-it could be spent in the grmnalT is .1lmost folly to undertake to smm. s;iy anything IIC \\' of. \\',1shi11gton . 1T is strnngc to i:-cc the spirit of His ch:1r;1cter and his deeds arc clestructi\·cncss that exists in :t fc\\' household \\'Orcls in C\'cry American of our cade ts. It is not m ;rnly , to home. \Vhere the light of intellisay the lenst. in a boy who \\'Ould gence h:1s eve r sho\\'n, ndmirntion, destroy property not hclo11ging to wonder nnd lo,·c arc the tributes himse lf. I t is cowardly to stenl the that every American pays to his electric fixtures that cost not a lilth:. me mory, :ind the universal ohsctTbesides g iYing a great deal of trouble ancc of his narnl cl,ty throughout our a11cl annoyance. L e t every manly immense country is a more glorious cadet in the academy t:ikc this thing monument tht111 a sculptor e,·cr chisin hand and it will i:-0011 be broken eled. hnm:tn h:rnds ever rnisccl . or up. hunian ,·oiccs ever clcdic:1 tcd. On the 22nd o( Fcbrunr_v the re w e re llo\\' filled \\'ith joy \\'e :tre \\'he u gnthcred, O\·er this broad lnnd \\'hic h w e look around us and sec C\'Cry owes him :1 debt beyond calculntion, thing in co1111ccrio11 \\'ilh the :i.c:td- thousands of yo1111g men \\'ho dee m y progressing so finely. Only light to honor his memory. hold up three yc::1 rs ago the ground on his record as the one in \\'hich n il which this spacious building now true Americans take ju st pride, and stands \\' HS tilled, and the people of elevate his . nam e as the o ne that J\fcxico n c\·er 011cc clre:tnH.:d of the his countrymen delight lo honor. instit ution Llrn.t hns been erected And so long as the ris ing generation within her limits . \ Ve have a b:1t- of a nation is capable of g iving just talio11 composed of as \\'ell trnincd· appreciation of such a life as thnt of companies 11s ex ist in the st:1lc. Washing ton; so long as a record Our soci<:lies arc doing excellent such :ts his, excites i11 the ardent work . :ind iL is \\'011dcrful to see the bosoms of young A mcricans the iutcrcst manifes ted in o ur bib le ~clmirntion which may incite to class. \Ve arc confide11 t thnt before simiJar deeds, so long is lhcrc n s ure

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1' ow th ey have reached Al's s hop, And n c nr the po or they ~top With the ir breas ts heaving Unde r the razo r's blade Did th e mustac h.: fade . Back th e n , they all e ssayed. Silently g rievin g . J e ere d a t wi t h s h o ut and yell, Bolclly they marc hed, and well. 1-le edh::&s of fris ke rs . H o nor th e bra, c brig:id.:, Hono r th e ch arge th ey made, Nob le s ix whis k e r s .

F'onvarcl. ;\fu s ta c h .: Brigad e ! F orward! th e i\l :ijor s aid . And t h ey we re :ill d is maye cl \Vh en his vo ice thun der ed. Under th<!ir breath t h ey swear Thin ki ng of a ll the c are \ \lasted upon the hair Soon to be sundered.

Literary Department. DUTY. Glance up a t the arch as you pass I n the com111011 w a lks of li fe, in beneath , and y ou will sec painted in local. a(fo irs, in the affa irs of g ov- g laring co lors the word dutv. ernment, 111011:trch ies, e mpires, duty ··Life is a roy:11 path " and to you is the p red o min:1ting po w e r. \\Tho it may be eithe r a millstone about can refuse to do th ings required by your neck o r a diadem on your the b ws of man a nd na ture . and bro w. the n rig h tly d e mand the respect and Think of what is expected of you; compa nio nshi p of h is fe llo w mor- think of the conseque nces of every ta ls? actio n. good or otherwise. and do ~ o o ne needs lo be re minded of what your true consc ience says is the r e l:ltio nsh ip wh ich e xists be- rig ht a nd du ty. How many homes twecu him and his comrades. ha\·e been ruined , how m::my liearts ~ o r docs lie . who wilfully he- have broken because some one trays th e trus t J)lacecl iu him by failed to do his dt,ty. There may confiding friends, (ail to kuow thut be some diffe rence bet,.,vccn right he is :t traitor both to his conscience and pri,·ilegc . hut between right and and to his duty. Tho ugh the \.Vays duty there is none. of life :ire many :1Ud ha,·e the same The m an who knows his duty s tarting place, Oh ho\\· di-ffc1·c 11t are aod iu th e face of nil d ifficulties and their dt!stinatio ns. Of nll the roads hinclerances, performs it. is admircu we poi nt to one that leads to honor, and respected by a ll. Think for an instance of the vast s uccess aud happiness.

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amount of m eaning in the ,Yord our own interests when our di1ty cluty. It embraces c,·crything : do clcmancls it. your duty both to God aud man, i\fany diffcre'nt kinds of men :md you need have nothing to fear. g r:icc the world to-day : men of The world :1clmircs . idolizes a ri ches :ind me n of po,·crty; men of m:rn whom nothing cnn deter the g n!at intellect and me n of feeble slightest in doing what he knows to minds : but c,·ery m:rn of eYcry be his duty, both in respect to him- stage has a duty to perform, and sci( and in consideratio n fo r his perform il he must before he· c:m fcllo"·s. lny cl:tim to a conscientious regret There arc many th111gs we fail to from the rest of mankind. do. for the reason thnt they seem to • It mig ht also be said that duly is 11s to be detrimcntnl to ou r interest synonomous with h onesty, for :111y and of the reverse to the interest of one wh o is honest is duteous and others. and the world at lnrge is v i'cc ver sa. ignor:tnt concerning them; but of The fate of a nation is often in this we m ny rest assured. that when one nHm's hands, nncl !tangs ckwe thus evade our duty. if our rcpu- pendent upon the fa,thful discharge talion is not lowered, which i t gen- of his duties . Should he fail. how ernl ly is, our character is one more g-rent the sorrow and cl istress ; degree debased than it was before should he pro,·e trne to the trust our guilty action. g i,·cn him, a nation's gratitude is \•Ve always des ire the praise of his. So it is, on ;i smnllcr scale i11 ou1· 11c ighhors :ind the plaudit of the common affairs of life. our friend s. a nd on some occas ions Ple,1s ure comes not to those who we m:1y think that by a too s trict obl ivious to the good o f a ll others adherence to our dutv we may lose see k it diligently for themsch ·cs the good will oI som e; yet in nine alone. It comes to those \\'ho do cnses out of ten, whc11 the person not attcmpt to cYade the ir duties of whose ill will you arc the object. nil(! obi igatio ns, to those in whom :is perceives your sturdy character and a fellow being they should have an. firm integrity. the bartered frie nd- interest. ship will either rc lmn twofold or it How often \\ hen we sec anothe r is not worth having . human being, unkno,vingly, about to Friendship between man and his thrown into pitfalls of misfortunes, fellows is a glorious thing but it arc we prone to say that it is not: must not be purchased at the cx- our a(fair, and to blind our conpens<: oi duty. \Ve should forget science, ·when in the deep recesses

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of o ur inner nature w e feel that it is another consideratio n into our probnot only o u r pri\·ilege b u t o ur d uty. le m . \ ·V ho docs n o t desire to le m·e to wnrn them. behi nd th em an h ono rable name: I t is well known that e,·e ryone is who wishes to he forgotte n a ~ soon not born w ith the same tempcrment as he sinks from sig h t? T he answe r is, no ne. A nd since all of o r intellect. The grenter the m ind the greater us d esire to lc~" ·e a wo rt hy n ame t he amount of duties w h ich clai m behind us, k t us not fo rge t to do its attention; the sm:1lle r th~ m incl , o u r d uty, for to do our duty is the ~malle r the amount of du ties, ho no r, to not is infamy. and the smaller the excuse for negH . I-I. L ,\tU;\LORE . lecting them . Some persons desire p rnise fo r T HE MAGIC CIR.CLE ON T H E n strict adherence to duties : th is js P R.A IR.IE. something no one shou ld in the least expect. 0 Ro ~1 110 :-. r::s . vV e need 110 honor for doing -what we think is right, b u t we do A lgon retu rned to his lodge ag ain , need censure fo r doing whnt we sadder nncl more d ejected th an c Yer. know to be wrong. but s till rcso k cd not to g i,·e up his \ ,Vc sometimes l:tugh ::it t he fo lly ne w fo und t reasure . of people when w e should ce ns ure The nig h t seem ed an e ternity to their neglect. vVe too often at- him. and early in the m o rning he tribute c ,·il actions to t he lack of set o u t over the prairie ag ain , h is better jndgment, w he n it is only u head full o f e xpedie nts to d eco y a nd lack of zea l in the p erfo rmunce o f cnpturc the cause of ,ti] his rapt ure their uatura l d u ties. T o do o ur and all his u neasiness. Directly in d ut ies shonld be the p rim nr_v object h is p ath lay a n o ld hollo ,\· stump. in wh ich a nu m ber of mice had m ade of ou r lives. T hat o ur m ind s sho uld be imbu ed the ir • nests. S ure ly, th oug ht he w ith a just regnrd for others no these d iminuti,,e forms c annot create sens ible person ..v iii de ny. This alarm . I will become o ne of the m . being the case, ho,Yever , can a nyone So mo ,·ing the stump as ne ar the with out n p nng to his couscie ucc, circle as he dare d , he b ecame a fa il to d o tha t wh ich he is bound by h a rmless, little mouse, and m in g led :111y n atural, m o ra l or legal oblig n- with the r est in the old stump. l l c tion to do. h ad n ot b een lo ng in his ne w ch:u A nd in conc lus ion le t us take a cter , when the baske t dcsccnd1,;d

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and the sp ort bcg:rn. ••13u t sec ! " The novelty of (he scenes at fi rst cried th e younger s isler, '·lhat stu mp amused the young bride, and the w:1s not there yesterday," :111d she loving devotion of J\ Igou made he r rnn, frightened, to the basket. The content to live on ea rth , bu t by a nd others only smiled, and g:Hhering by she began to pine to see _her around the stum p to show lier there sisters once more , and to \'isit her was no clanger , bega n to strike it in Cather- for she was the d a ug hter of jest, when the mice nil ran out and one of the sta rs. B ut she was Algoo amongst them, The sisters obliged lo hide he1· feel ings fro m her killed :111 but one, which the young- husband , and to appear con tented est pu rsued ou t into the pra irie, a nd cheerful before him . for she where she ,,·as no longer pl'Olected knew he ,,·011lcl thwnrt :1ny attempt by the charm of the circle. Just as she might make to le,\\'e the earth . she r:1ised her stick to kill the mouse. She remembered the ch:11 m that it changed into a bra,·e humcr before w ould carry her up. :l!l(l secretly her eyes, and she was chspcd in the made a wic ker basket, large enough arms of Algou. T he other sisters to hold he rself and son, and kept it all spr:rng into the osier basket, nnd hid away. No\\ she collected :-ti! were dra\\'n up to the i,kies . but the the rnre nnd beautifu l things of earth youugest was carried, all un\\'illiug that she thought would please her captive, to the hunter's lodge. father, together wi th the most dainty The young hunter cxlrnustcd nil kinds of food . At lnst all ,\·as his s kill and inge nuity to \\'ill the ready, nucl she only awaited ra n :1ffections oI his fairy bride. H e opportunity lo escape . T aking her wiped the tears from her eyes, told child and her treasures, with the in pictured words his adventures in basket, one clay \Yhilc i\lgon was the chase, painted all the charms o( absent in the chase, she set out across life 0 11 the earth. :rnd told h is never the prnirie to the m agic c ircle . dy ing love. Il e was incessant in Taking her little son in her arms, his attentions, and picked out the she sat down in the basket and com smoothest path as he led he r tow anl menced her song . The charm w as his home. How his heart bent with still potent, and as he r soug rose on joy and love as he e ntered his home! the air the basket began to ascend. From that momen t he was the hapAlgon was hunting o n the prairie piest of me n. \Vinler and sum me1! and , as the song \\'as borne by the, quickly sp ed away, and another joy winds, it struck his car with ineffacame. A lit tle boy, pledge of thei r b le sweetness. In a moment he love, was added to the home c ircle. recognized the voice, aud , in an

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agony of s urprise . real izcc~ that his I in the renewed joys and bfoisfu l c mwife :111d son , nil that he cared ior ploymc11ts o l hc.;r ch ildhood's home , on earth , \\'Cre being w a fted to the that s he had left a husband on cnrth. s kies. \ Vile! with s us pense, he rnn B ut her son . true to his race . lo nged \\'ith the s wiftness of a d eer toward to vis it the p lace of h is birth . :111<1 to the fatal spot. but. before he could sec h is fathe r , whom he could jus t reach the.; ring, the.; b as ket. \\'ith its remember as the proud hunter. precious lrnrdcn, was hig h in the a ir. T he Jiule fellow's entreaties so wo n Loudly and a nx iously he c:11led the he :1rt of his g rnnd[arher that. to his clc.;ar 011es to co me.; back. calling his daughter to him one day . but of 110 a ,·:iil. l lighe1· :incl higher "Go my child.'' he said . --tak e ,,·cnt the.; b as ket. the happy song o f your son clo\\'11 to his fat her , ask his \\'ife . dirge of a ll his hopes . grew him to come up and li\'c w ith us . fainte r :ind f:i.intcr . a 11d finally died and tell him LO bring a s pecimen o f 1 le w atched the receding e,·cry bi rd and animal he kills in a \\'ay. speck. s training his eyes until it , ·an- the chase." is hed: theu. gazing up into heaven So s he took the hoy and returned whe re hi s lo,·ecl o nes had g one, to earth. J\ lgon. w ho e,·cr ho,·ercd long after they h :1cl clis:1ppcared. he near the enchanted s pot. hea rd her stood alone on the pr:1iric, :ilo nc in Yo icc . s inging as s he h:1d sung the.; the world. Then he bowed his fit·st time he saw her. ! low slow proud head in t1gony lo the grouud Lhe descent· of the car seem ed to am! \\'Cp l like a ch ild. h im! Il is heart bc.;at \\'i th impa.A l011g, dreary ,,·inter and a ticnce ancl hop e as he saw the forms cheerless s ummer p:1ssed. and s till of his \\'ifc and child, and soon he Algon bewailed his loss. The cl:1s pecl thc.;m in his arms. :-ind was chase had los t its charm lo h im now, happy ouce more. 1 le he:1rd the and h e lo:1thcd his food s ince the message from Lhc star. a nd :tcccpted loving hands that we re want to pre- the in\'itation \\'ill, a l:1crit \'. X ow pare it were ahscut. I-le mourned he bcg:rn to h unt w it h the utmost the loss of h is \\'ifc, hut h is son, who ncti ,·ity , that he m ight collect the was a ll his hope and w ho w as to p resen ts for his father- in-law. perpetuate his race. w as still r1 \ Vhole nig hts as well as days he g reater loss. l fi s s m ilc was gone spent on the p ra irie, searching for and he who had been the liic of the e\'ery cur io us and bca11ti f11 l b ird a n d ,·ill age w as now sad and gloomy. useful animal. He o nly kep t a foot . l\ifcanwh ilc h is· w ife had reached tail , o r w i11g ot cnch. :rnd \\ h e n he he r starry home. and almost forgot h ad collected sp ecime ns of all th at

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w:1s beautiful or u seful in the c h:1sc, And case his soul of its dis lres$. he took them "ith his wi fe :111d In ea rl) pati-inrchal d:l) ~ The w,111di:ring trihes tlu: ir simple lnys, child. ancl wns w afted up in the ~nng on the plain "hen o ,·er head wickcr-b:H,ket, Lo the mus ic of hi ... Th<! st.1rn· robe of ,1igh t was sp r end. wife's voice. T he\\ ild horse on his mad caret:r, Grent joy ":i s shown "hen they The warrior ignorant oi fear, :1ni,·ed 011 the s tnrry pl:i ins. Tlie The ~uclcl.-n ~alley in the 11 t)-(ht W <!rc themec; in "hich they took delight. st:1r- chicf st1rnmoned all his people The I lebrc ws 5.:ourgcd by E;:.1 pt's rod, to a grent :Cc:1sr. and. when the) had Poured torth their grief in h_1111ns Lo Cod assembled . he proclaimed aloud tha t The b.1rhrous nation of the K orth , each one of the g-ucsts mig ht l:ike of \Vh.:n "inter·s winds were blowing\\ roth . the ea rthly g-1fts whatc,er he liked C:-.ulting rai!-ed their voices c;trong,

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Immcclinlcly a , cry strange To chant a wierJ and runic song. Thus.:, en in remok'>t lime,

scene of confusion ensued . One In c,·cry nation. e1cry clime, chose a foo t, nnothcr a ,ving , Of which the :tnckn l record~ tell, another a cla\\ . umil all the guests I fa5 m us ic e:-.e rci~.!J n spell. had chosen g ifts . Then those who In latl\:r y.:ars it is the same , h:id chosen n t:1il or foot bcc.11nc A ~train of music" ill intlnmc. Or cal m the troubled heart~ of men nn imnls and r:1 n off ; othe rs chose .\ 5 e:tsy as it d id then. :1 ,, ing or clnw, and bccnmc birds The French. in revolution rlny-;, 1111cl fl ew aw ay. J\ lgon chose a Took up the hymn of i\l:nseilles, white h:1wk's fcnthcr. which w:is .\nd ~oon a , nst nnd mighty throng his token . His wife and son fol - \ Vnc; fired b_, the '> tirrin g song. The mode rn milimr_v band lowed his example, :ind :il l thrc:e Is ulili;,:ed in eve ry land, bce:ime ,, hite hnwk5 nnd fie w down To rni ~e the weakening cornage high . to earth and mingled with the fc:i th- And tench the timid how to die. ~u rro und lhe globe and evc r.)"',here . ered tribes. From tha t cl:ly the white hawk \Ve find e a ch 11:tlion has an a ir; In solemn measure stron g ly grand, became the boldcsts of birds. [TIIE E:>:D.]

MUS IC. l\J us ic, that gen lie link which h o lds In union heave n and o ur souls , \ Vas un to 1:::ve and Ad:1111 g h ·c:n \Vhen they from P aradise were driven. 'Twn$ given s inful man to bless

To symboli1.e its Fntherl:tnd . Th,;: English sin~ '·God sa1·e th e Queen," The I ric;h '· \\'earing of the Gree n;,, Sons of \m e ri ca, the free, All s ing ·•i\ly Country ' tis of Thee." Sweel mus ic, blessi ng from nbove1 Sent by the ho ly ~laster 's lo ,•c . L et thy ~trcngthcn ing power res t Upon u s C\'Cr for lhe best; Lifting lhe soul from e:trlhly care And scattering blessings e,·erywhere.

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Loca l Depart1nent. Crc11sh.,,, - The good queen is f ::\lrs. C:1pt. \ \Taclc h:is rct11rncd fro m hcr visit and the Cnpt. wcnrs p rar'scd. i\lis!> ·· I'. " 1} .- ··H I could only .t bro.id <;m ile .

J oc & Vic B:\rlh is the only house

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B.-··.A11d if I could i11 the c ity thath:mdles the !>elect line of Gent<; ' F u rnishings.

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J :1ck Duncn n se nt r:\ther a pccuIi.tr message lo a yo ung bely not s inc.c . • ,S crgl. 11:lckcu l,as returned to lone~ his home on ,lccount of :.ick 11css . Jim Bass s:'lys that no \\' with all

Col. Flct:t mndc ,1 htP,inc:-~ trip to I hi;, cduc:1.tion , he will g o home, SL. Louie; 1;i._ 1 wcck. hitch u p his mule :lnd go to farmi ng . Locke .\LcF adnnc :-A man is litGo to C . 1\. Buckner'" for pure tle to he pitied who will not pre\'nriclrugc; and all kind"- of toilcc :lrciclcs. cnte, c~pcc ia lly when the tru th docs Try Duckner's Cream Lotion· for not fi c. the li,111d s :111d face . J oe & \ · ic 13:irlh arc s howing a 1Ltn,:;111· i~ to 1·idc two l,orscc; field handsome line of Sl, irt~ :rnd 1\Tcckday-llohl.>y horses . wrrrc. 1\fr. Smiley·!> l:ltec;t solo i!>. ··Oh P hi l!. Lyon :-Hanlin coll ege is R ose! R os,~! lc(a,c) me not.' ' more conscn ati,·c thnu the ::\Icxico Can :1.11,·onc tdl "11'· . Turem:1n cemetery . .dways takes .A-dnir (dare). Jns. Smith :- \Ve nrc s urely all \-Vhy d ocs Geo. lf osrn oUer bles- on n .. d ead level" whe n we are taken to n g r n,·<; y .trcl . s ings o otle11 . \ Ve heard thr1t o ne of the youug C:1.pt. J.\ . \\T . Ellerbe s pent b st S uu cby. with his p:1re 11ts . ladies remarked that, Phil(osophy ) l\ [ansur has ch:lnged from n is her £.\\·oritc s t udy . rncc horse fiend lo a seclio1i1 hoss.

\Ve ha,·c bee n thinking wh:1t n

Cade ts: lf yot1 need a nything- in fine w orld this wo uld be if the 11. the drug line . you can get the bes t :M. A. boys were. trnns po1·tccl this quality at Buckner's. s ide of the o ld fir tree. Hardi n C o l.

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Lamb says lh:H ~\ si:1tic people ' Sc\ cr.1I c,tdets ha\·e cntcrcd since stand in gl :1cicrs up to their necks. our lac;t issue. \ Ve ,,clcomc the m This is done for comfort. into our ranks. One of the ~ onng L1clic~ i-; :tlways singing . · •I'll be .111 Smi l(y) I to- night, lo,·c. "

·· [ lo,·e to tlirt with ;,c:,1dc111y boys, 13c.:i.:a11~1: the.:., ,,re.: "o n ii.:c: \ud "hen the,\ ki,~ me un.:c. I know

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.\. IC mile~· picking ltp a souYenir from Jeru salem w.1, heard to sing-, fran ci~ (rc.1cli11g \ 'i rgil)-:lllcl '·nfr cou1Hry 'Lis of thee: .• , I thrice J tried to throw Ill) arms • . about her. Th.,t w,ts as far :ts [ Attention! C:t!I 011 Jop :rnd \ 1c Capt:irn. . crot C:ipLlin-Th,tl was 13:uf-h for undctwc.n, col1ars and "' . . . . , C[llllC 1,\1" C:ll0llg'11. sir. cuffs nnd 111ee silk 1111brcll:1s. ' . lw-( lhink it \\ as ,t pl·ricct Cadets P. \" • . ~lc a n cl DotS t: Y lsh:111,l' that thc 1,op, killu l onr old .Anderson ,·isitc:cl lnonds .rnd rcla- dog Jeff. Jlc \\'Gs just lik e Olll' of t iYes in St. Louis !:1st wee k. the i:11nih·.

I .A cad el o t• the ,_,!. ,\ I. , \. cannot wear n n111stnchc till he is cornmnndant.

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Lie ut. J , S . Fal'rn1gton spent several d.1ys in Fayette last week. H e says t here j,. .1 g reat attr:ictiou • for him there.

ThL'.' sat in th~ ha1111noi.:k. Di<l he and she, . \nd >- he was happ,,. :\ 11d '<O w as he. :\n<l "hen he .1lkmpku To ,te.tl a \I cc kb,, The hammock upst:t nnd

-~pn ,111!1 p;1pur1 .,;,q,J, F l'i zzcll was seen comi11R out of \ Ve h:1d with us 0111: mo rning last the collage singing to hims1:lf, week, the .1ble minister ::rncl lecturer "There arc moments \\ hen one R ev. G . G. F',:rguson, who conwants to he alone ." ducted our chapel exerc ises; afte r A young lady in i\lcxico adver- which he deli, c reel a short talk tised for a large handsome blonde, whic h was g l'e:1tly cnjoy~d by every Pattison upo n hearing this immed i- cadet. Frequent lectures from s uc h ately shaved ofl his whis ke rs aud is men w ould be \·c ry beneficia l a nd now an applicant for the situation. highly apprcciatcc! .

THE M. l\I. A. FOCUS . T he Missouri M ilitary Academy Cadets Inte rest a Magnificent Audie nce at t he Ferris Grand.

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C ivili7.ntion," bro\1ght clown the house, so to s peak. It was declared lhe treat of the evening . lv[r. Bal hrcl 's :11'ticu l:Hions nre clear and distinct and his gestures nenrly pe rY oung and old. big and little ect. His excellent d elivery \\"On were at the F e rri. Grand las t n ight pr.iise .from all who appreciate fine to witness \ Vashing to11's birthday oratory and heard him Inst night. cele bratio n liy the l\[ic;souri :'. l ililary The ··Sq uad Drill" attract-e el A cade m y cade ts. l t was a \·cry muc h inte rest and the cade ts looked inte1c;,t ing c ntc rtninmenl. the pro- b,-ave e nough, w ith thclf" arms. to g rnmmc h a \"ing hecn p1·e parcd with tackle the \\"nrriors of Kansas-both a varie ty- hand mus ic . cl eclam,1- R epublicans and P opulis ts. The ti ons , m llsic hy m a ndo lin club, ··bllgle ca lls " showed the pcrformor:ttio ns, s ing ing- a nd funy ··bug-le anccs at the acade my when the c :db.'" The b :rncl ag reea b ly s ui-- cadets arise in the morning, at prised thl! :-iud,cncc : il was not brcakfosl tnblc . at surgeo n's call generally kno wn that the c ndets h:-id and at retiring hour. It was e xaga good hand until this entertainment gern tcd uotil it was ,-cry amus ing . w as g i\·en. The :rnclic nce man 1- They would come out of camp in festcd its :1pprcc iatio11 o f the org:rn- nbbrcvi:Hcd cos tumes in the m ornizatio n's m11s il: by lo 11cl enco res an<l ing , w ould fight like pigs :1.round a the h:-ind ,,·as compc:llc:d to ,·c:,ppcar butter- milk trough al the breakfast nnd re11de r more sele ctions than table and at nigh t when all was still were 0 11 the programme. . .1 w ould break garriso n and go to a The " C haracter o t \\"ashinglon .. d.111cc or somewhe re eh,e. was inte n.:st ingly told by Cadet The e ntert:1inme11t \\TS a c redit G . S. Gil l. a nd ".·\ Day o f our to Missouri i\Iilit:try A cademy.Country" w as ,lll entertaining .lfcxico L edger. Feb . ~5th . d eclamat io n delivi.:rcd by C adet Lingenfe lte r. Cadet 13as kett's F a111ili:1r by-wo rds o f the young p a p e r, "Relics, " was (ull of humor ladies of 1J\Icxico. and wns a w e ll ,nittcn document. ]\,fiss Jennie }vfcKinlcy-Did you " The U nkno\\·11 Spenkcr" was the ever. s ub ject of Cadet T ure mnn' s dccla1\liss "Gen" Ringo-Oh! hormation, which the nudi..:nce loudly rors. ),1f iss Eva Ross-Great patie n ce . encored. Cadet 0 . G . .13all.ircJ-' s ).Iiss I da Edwards-Goodness. oration , "Ancie nt and 1vioder11

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Exchange Department. PrttKC!PAt. pnrls o f the \·crh ··i\[o x EY is n ot nt the botto m of "Aunco. " - ··Flunco , Aunkerc . s us- e\·cry thing," sadly rem a rked the pendi, exp11ls11m. "-Ex. college mnn ns he plunged his hnncls d eep d own into his pockcts .-E:<. OF :ti] the snd words of tong11e or p e n , the saddes t nrc th ese, " I ha\'e A l, UC KY 1; r, r.r. 0 w . tluncked :1ga in."-Ex.

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Tm~ J :wunry number of the .A nd , :is usu:il. slill in the ring: Collegian, thal old st:111dhy 1 h as F o r , whilt' we :tll «hi\'t~r and h :iul up l h c kive r, made its :irriv:11. 1L is filled with J le's writing his po em for spring. well written nrticles and choice - Ex. selections.

TllE 1\I. M. A . FOCUS. A Sopho more stufliing for examThe Souvenir h:,s m ade its way has dcYelopcd the ethics of ination into our mid st. It is with p lcasnrc Sunday work in a way to render we pince il on o ur cxchn ng-c list. further cluciclation oE th e s ubject The 1-foward .llaJ;-azt'n c, from ncccss:uy. I-le reasons, that, ii a East L:1kc, Ab .. is n welcome visi- man is jt1stificd in trying to help an tor. Tl hns been in c ,is tcncc but il ass from a pit o n the Sabbath clay shod time: but promi5c"i to he a good much more would thl.! ass be justified in trying to get out himself.-Ex. pap..:r. \Ve arc n:ry th:111kful for the man) college papers that arc co11DR . \V. B. S:-.11T11. he:'1.d of the ti1111.dly corning lo m,. It is indeed department of mathematics in the gr:-itif) ing lo know th:i.t we nm rcc- tatc UniYcrs ity at Colu mb in, is ogni'l.ell by nil the principal colleges authority fo r the stateme nt that in the l.1ncl. l f. C. \Villiams, a member in the junior class in the course o f science, r,; ot m •lll)' \ c·1rs '10-0 it w:is the • • . • • ' • '.,., . 1 has s ucceeded 111 soh·1ng a problem heig ht of every towm,mnn's amb 1- thnt hns b;1Alcd all ages-that of tion to :icc11rn11l.1te wealth • ... • l an ang 1c b y geome,.-iea , . enough 1n•sectmg to purchao;c a r:trm. 1 hen the best. means. D r. S m1·ti1 re ..,.~..i·cl s ti• 1 c 0 m ost cul tured an<l most e-.:cl usi,·e achie,·cment as one of the g reatest society wns to be fou ncl 111 th c mathematical feats of the ngc :rnd is country. justly proud of one of h is most tal"\Vhcn the people,, anted a _college entcd pupils. }.fr. "\Villinms' soluIJrofcssor, a -go,·cri1or or a pres ident, tion of the p 1·0blcm w1-11 b e o f g reat they '' c:nt to llic f.i,·m for him. interest to mnthcmatici:ws :111d it will Thell did :,grie ullurc occupy its be p ublished in the kading scie ntific natural position. :t position it would journal s o f the country at an ear1y occupy to-day under natural cond i- dntc.-E"':<. tions . -E.:1:.

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County, Va., June 6th, in the ycar I -r has been o ur 11ne nt1on for 1844. As ea rly as his t,yelfth year som e time to !;!ivc.: l o the cadets a nd h e had decided to be a Pro fe ssor fri e nds o f this institution. a brief of Greek; ;111d his 111 othe r, as a n b iographical sketch o f the life of affectio na te c ncoura g e111 e nl to s uch o ur hig hly e<;tcemc.:d Supcrinte nd- ambitio n, p rese nted him with a ,.....- --. G reek Lexico n, promis 111g hint a full prosecutio n of his s tudies ;,t a G e rm a n Un iven,ity. B!OGRAPHY.

Thi-; a mbitio n has m,1te ri.d1zcd, 11 () \\1 ..,land<; prominent ,un o ng ou r cou n try's schola rs ,ls n I Professor of G reek a nd 111 oclcrn l,1 ng uagc~.

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vVhen o nly :-i:dccn. he.: e nte red ~ the U nive rsity of Virginin with ~ I every p rospec t o f a successful \~l~~~~~ career I n the follo\\'ing re.1r when all young Southern h ea rts were s tirred by the o utbreak o f the Civil

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\V,1 r, he qui tte d the Univers ity to o rganize ,\ volu ntee r compa n)· in his native county. Afterw,1rds he

c nt, Co l. A. F. F leet, .\. :'I L, LI.. was m ade 1\djutant of Ge n. vV1:,c's D. B ut p reviou.s to this ed itio n o f Brigade \\'ilh the rank o f m,1j or. o u r paper ,,·c were unable to so d() Gen . \Vise, \\'ho 1-; now an E:--.:-Guvin as satis factory a manner as \\'C crno r of Virginia. testified lo hii; wished. F ollowing r1 n: a f<.:w of life as a sold ie r in a very complithc many importa nt cvcnts th,1l m c ntary lt::ttcr, sent l o the Colo n e l have happe ned to him during his a f<.:w years :-i ncc. life o f nea rly a h al f-cen tury. As s0011 a ... the war was ovt:r, Alexandt::r Fred i:ric Fleet, lhli Col. Fleet returne d to the Univc rcldesl o f . 1 fa111 ily o r six ch i'ldrc n, s ity, ta king h is degree o f A. M . 111 was born in K,ng and Q ueen I rwo years . /\ftcr g raduating h e re ,

he taught for two years with a was proposed to him ;rnd its s uccess Judge Colt:man, who had just open- unde r his lc.1dership has bl.!en aled a classical school in J7n:clericks- most phcnomenal. Onc o f hi s burg in th c same state. !:nest honors was his appoi ntmcnt I Jere it was that he cha nced to "by Prof. Elliot, of Harvard, to meet llleet :'.liss Belle Seddo n a bricrht with ninc other Grcek Scholars of ' ,:, ' young school-girl, whose win-;<,mc:: the la nd .i nd nrrangc:: a method of charm~ soon <;ea lcd his fate. study in g Grcck, to be adopted by The fo llowing year he. with all the collcgcs in the country. a-nothcr young Vi rginian . w,ts in- They m ct at the Univers ity o fMich duced to remove to the v\/ c:-.L lo I igan_ du ri ng the past Chr istmas assist in building up the fortune:- I Iulidays. H e has been blessed of thc College at Liberty, J\lissou ri. wit\~ good hc allh and a happy . I I . . f family. w I11c 1 t 1c 1nterrupt1ons o th e war . . I le is the prou<l father of -·1,· I1a d sa diy 11np,ured . H e filled the :e- ·' G c hild ren-two beautiful a nd ace I1a1r o f reek there very accepI c1rn1plished daughters a nd four :-bly '"or 1, t" severa I yc:i rs, ,,. 1cn a n urgent appe,d from fri e nds in Lex- sons, who are bright little;: fcllo\\'s. ingto ii , Ji\1o., to accep t ti 1e ILI est. We c,:n only hope to add to his him a lo ng . . happiness bv wishi no0 d e ncy of the J, ema1e College there ' • . ' life and a continuation of l11·s pro· a<ra 1n caused a c hange o f work • pen·tr, • so H e rema ined in Lexington six W. L. Tinsley Jr. from the i\ lisyears a nd the n accepted the chai r souri ::\lilitary 1\ cadc;my at :'l iexico, of Greek in the State Univers ity in Columbia, l\Io., at the earne-.t :.\tlo., was at home a few days last solic itation o f Dr. Laws, its Pres i- week vis iting friends a nd rclatives. dent at the time. This position he I Jc was in company \\ ith a you ng held for e leven years resigning at lady from l l ardin College at that t he expiration of that time to found place. From tht: present indicathis present large and prosperous tions one would thi nk that their school days arc almost at a clos1:. Institution. \Ve h ope that t heir casc \\'ill b e a n Three the idea of es- exception to th~ old saying, "True . . years. ago . tabltshing a Mtl1tary School for the love never runs smoothiy."- L ()uis~ preparatory training of young men ia11a Pt"ess. J '

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volume o f " J\ hist o ry ofrh e Unit ed States" w as published. Duri nrr his life he h a-, seen th is

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cou ntrr rise from n nati on to tlte On the seve ntee nth of Janua ry . II · kl . nation. C 11as seen t 1l e S I C e in the )'ca r of 189 1. there d1ccl .il . rr1vc aw,1y to m o wer, the stage\1/ashinn ton Cit)' a nw n \\ ho ... e life :::. . ' :::. . , coac 11 to t 1tc 1o co 111ot1ve :i. nc1 1g nohas kCJ)t pace with th,-, count ry" . . . '· ranee and 111cxpcm.:nce g ive place a rowth for t h e l:lst fou r !>Core year " I I o to know cc gc. b S c1· and ten • a man whose memory ' tu mus a-; a yout 11, 11e ecamc w ill linger always in it s f11t11rc tict . 1c:,unecl a~. ,\ m an ; a patriot no vclopm ent ;:is thea 11tho r o f 11 ~c.1rly b cl b t b on Iy y pc11 ,111 tongue u y hi st o ry. How remarkable it '-CClll'J I f .I dee ; ,rn ex t e11c er o euuca t1o n that the life o f o ne ,nan shou ld r f . , ;ind a de,encI er o 111s cou ntry s . , span the epoc h o f a n.it1on s p runghts. g ress so g reat as o ur-;. Jt j._ shown both by th e quality

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Few m en live t o such an age and the quanity of fricnc.ls that he: that they c,111 lo ng enj oy thei r rep- was p0pul;ir, and that his r epu t a11tation after it i1as become f,nnly I t ion l ay nol o nly al ho me bu t established, for a repu t ation is a abroad.

man like him whose

t!:1 ng that comes fa r do\\'n the l,it - .1ssociates wer e Goeth e, Byr on , l\il at c r encl o f m ost m en's lives, .incl c,llllay, Gladst o ne, Bism arck and fame and death oft en d\\'ell nea r the Atn<:ric;in p r cs ic.lents fro n·1 V ;in eac h o th er. F o r ne.irl)' -,i~ t)' yea rs Buren to Cleve land, had a kno wl Hnncro ft has been f;iinou..,, and six- ed ge of both litera ry and govern l )'

years w ithin itsd f is .t lifetime. m ental nffoi r.., th at

no t

t o be

Think o f n m a n \ \ ho h;is li,·cd to d espised e,·en by th e best o f cri tics. see six gener,1tio ns r e;icl his book s. That ht.: was liked and cou rted Thourrh not of t he best style, his wh er ever he went 1s evident from b writings :,t:cmcd t o attra ct th e pco- h is r efusing. sevcrn l o ffices that pie's attentio n, ,ind his fam e bec,1 m c were t endered hin1, for _he had not cstablishccl in '3-+ when his fir st that greedy ambition to be ever;•-

'J'l(I,: ) f. )[. . \ . FOC U;-,.

t!ti11g that some po litici.111s o f t0- high u pon the roll heaJ ed br t he day possess. I [ c as p ired to political immorta l I lc:rodotus, and m;iy we pos itions o nly to help hi m s ucceed always remember him by that sho rt but pointed d c::scriptio n o f J ohn in his literary u nderta k ing. Bright's-"The I dea l o f t he :\merW hile p reacher, teacher, o r-ator, a nd s t;'l.tes man, he was pla nnin g fo r ican I listo ria n· · --t hat sole object o f 111s life , to write COQU E TRY. a history o f hi s country. It may be T his foe to human happiness has said of Banc ro ft that he not on ly become endo rsed, in pra ctice if wrote history but he maue it. As not in theory. by a ll classes o f Secretary of the Navr during the society. :rnd especia lly by t hose l\Icxican war., he o rde red California who con-.ider themselves the highto bc seized a nd T exas to be occu- est c l.1ss. ~l a ny who in oth er pied. while rn inistrr plenipotentia ry matters cl1sclai11 a fa lsehood. in this to Pru'>Si,\ :rncl Germa ny, his t erms perpelrall: a wi llfu l lie. were received with respect by BisI t is so ca lm a nd unpretentio us ma rck. and while 111iniste r to Eng- in its d e vel op ments t ha t it has land, he obta ined the liberty o f a become a giant evi l, e re men ha ve numbe r of his fello w citi?.ens. H is risen to l> Uppress it, a nd when its lo ng life c:;howed p hysical stre ng th po te ncr a!- a n evi l agen t has been as well :is me ntal. detected , it has become so thorAt school he associated with his oughly roo ted into po pu la r society teac hers as much as with his class- that me n. fro m lack o f wisdu m, ma les and lhc reby becom ing a cou rage or so me oth er mortal infavo ritc , received ma ny ho no rary ce ntive have no t ril>en ag ainst it. d egrees from bo th ho me and fo r- So by common co nsent it has had e ig n Co lleges. s uch easy sailing tha t young me n A l h is death America lost o ne a nd you ng women tell, oftc!l wit h o f her noblest pioneers a nd her boa stin g , ho w ma ny young wom e n fi rst biographer. or yo ung me n there a re wit h whom 'Nell d ocs he deserve the ho no r they have fl irt ed. I re me mbe r well o f hea d ing th e list o f his country's whe n in the University to have historians a nd justly is he placed hea rd a fe llow student say ' 'res , along with Prescot t and i\ Iotley, I 've been engaged to six girls a nd

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I don't mean it a si ngle ti me.:." 1 It: love. Shake..,pearc says: " \IVho s aid it b oastingly, but those stand- steals 111)' pu rse ste,ds t rash," but he ing a rou nd blushed in shame fo r who steals the affections s t eals that him . which is almo:-t , 1.., clear ,1s li re itself. \ Vhen a n undeterm, ncd, desi~ning , Coquetry has been de fi ned as attempting to attract admiration, rascally Airt has gone on wooing until the whole of ,\ wo,nan'.:. sou l o r love, with a design of dccl!1v111g; and purposes of life arc wr,tppcd trifling in love. Now, an atte;:mpt r t o gain admira tion is all right. ,or to up in him, he lh1,;n accomplishes live without admiration ,s ,t down his design by deserting. Then .ire hill business, a nd hl! who ha .. lost the aff<.:ctions to ro,1m through the ' · · .,s world a re;:sting place, but t I1c apprec •,a t 1011 o r a d m1rat1on . seeking . • I 0 f one O f ti le 11\0', t l:llJOya • bl e finding 1t not a nd finally to retu rn VOi( e Ieme n t S O f I1u111nn 11,1 t url!. 13 e- and linge r uound the hopes oncl! r t',ona t l! clt c n s hccl, but 110\\' flown. ,\ nd k 111 ti1c a f,cc cnusc, t o b as· he, who <.kcl!1vccl, may admiratio n o f a pu re \\'O llH\11 .,s thourrh t> ' man's g rcatei:;t t:a rthly joy, !tis have; su nk to sham e and cJ,.,grace s he wi ll love h,m s till. stro ngest safegua rd and woman's dea rest treasure . That combi navVoman, 1t is sa id is the •·creatu re tion of feelings , be tween the stxcs, who lives by love" a nd if love be we Jesignate as L ove, is the most loc;t the vital part 1c; gone. l\Ia n sacred o f all e x isting realities. 1t lives to lo•; ,c; wome n to be loved. is symbolica l of that relat ion whic h ~ever is s he so happy as when s h e exists between Christ a nd his fol- ca n :.ny ''l know somebody loves lowers and this forcib ly demon- me." s trates its sac red ness. "Love," it • i\ [uch of the disco ntentment o f has been said, "is a n exotic form , a many o f ou r people to-clay is atfar off world ,' ' anu s hould be nurt- t ributable lo this one evil d irectly

urcd with the te nderest care nnd o r indirec tly. Many of the Sllicides watcn.:d by the d e ws of thoughtful conirnittcd by both men and consideration and prayer for divine women may be traced back to disdircction. appointme nt in love a s the first Be tte r had a m an s teal a woman's cause purse-her livelihood--tha o h e r I Near my home there lived an old /

'1'11 1•: _\[. )l. _\ , FOOU:--. man

who had

passed

nearly his

1-le"s deep in love with Alm11 :>.bier!

70th sum m e r o f l o n ely h e rmit life \\'e'd bcuer keep him tenden' corn, whicli cou ld have been mingled An' feedin' pigs nn'doin' plowin' Since he's a student-in a horn with but little joy and h ad but An' spendin' money I'm nll?win. few years o f r eal su n sh ine. I've 1, . s • , , . . 11,or qu,gg s ga1111en: s 11etlle, nc,g, bee n t old often that t h e;; r e ason why :\h, how the news 'II circumstrnte her:

he liv~d this life of l o nely exclusion fro m his fellow man, wa s that when

I 'd allus picked h.:r out ror llal

Now he':, in love with Alma i\lnter!

young man, o n e whom he dearly l',•e heo.rd :i.hout tho~c college ch<\ps, An' re:i.d :i.bout 'em in the paper. l o ved_ ;ind . wh~se hand had b ee n An' 1-l nl he'~ one 'em, perhaps. pro1111o;ed him in marriage, proved An' think in all their scraps an' capers,

deceiver a nd traito r and had thu s

krt him to make li fe's lo ng journey I without

I l o v. ro1.: us he was doin' tine,

\\'as somethin' of a woman h:1ter.

the e xpected

l o ving a nd I An' nc,w we sec that he's n lyin'. • :\ nd s1>enclin' time with ,\lmn ~ra11:r. s ympathetic compa nio n to c h eer . . l.:is1 niaht we wra1 a let1er ,~nrin cl , h11n when despondent. to share his 1 , "'. , 1 ,-, sny1n we wen: 1e to s1a1<:n sorro w ;ind e nj oy his pleasures. ll t'd bcu"r come en' work 1he farm,

J\ nd lhu~ lik1:: poor Byron he h as been heard t o

And w.:' ll<l help his gr:i<lu:i1ion ;

s,iy, '•Since she de- Th:11 he could pack hi1, college rig~.

ceivcd me, h o w ca n I trust anothcr. ''

Er he'd cliscov.:r soon or later. It's better ~mrkin' lle11ic Squiggs fellow Th:in makin' lo,•e to Almn i\lntcr.

i\'lay the life o f <;very :,,tudcnt yea of all mankind be fn;t: from suc h

evil

social ci r cle and

l e 11t.k ncics tend to

rather than tear down

o f the

THEORY AND PRACTICE .

upbu ild ")i ow do your best; they told him.

hum a nity.

,-\, STUOE:-ST.

v, '~

COLLEGE ATTA C l DI ENT.

T o the voice of duty. har k,

lf you but work you cannot hdp Uul suc,ce:d . and make your mark .·• Bui when h e went 10 college, About in life to embark .

\\' ,:',·e skrimpcd an' sent th:11 l,oy 10 till

The holher in l11s head wllh kno\\ lnlgc: I l e wasn't J!OOd for much lull ,-till \\'c 1ho11ght he 111igh1 p111l 1hrou~h c1,llege;

_\!though ' twas he who did t he labor , "Twas lile Prof. who made his mnr/..:.

Th,;; two gr.:at mon.:rs o i t h e h uman \\'c guessed he'd >,tudy up a1 nii:h1. \\.ork haul 10 m1:ncl hi,. 111i11,l :in,l n:i111rc. mind arc the d..:si11,; of good and th1; fear Of e\'il.--_/0/11/JOII, :\ n' here the youcg l'hilil>tine write:,

' I' ll 1,: i\1. ~t. A, l.t'QCU~.

Local Departm e nt. .. l I ow are you ?"

Never did any o ne m ak e a dolla r a nd a ha lf mo re easily tha n Zeno Ward off the spring fever. Page when h e jumped from the Vlh,1t kind of a valentine did scco ud story window. i\lurphy send. Ellerbe- I wou ld n' t be ca ug ht Th e eve o f a g reat event-Moth- d 1 k" 1 t · eac sm o 111g L1a pipe. · Lo n- 11 e r Eve when :,he a te the.: apple. - us I1.1 you 'II smoJ,.e 1-•arnng A. R . H ammell visited parents worse th ,1 n that when you a re dead . a nd frie nds in 11 untsville last SunWhile playing foot ball last clay. week, C,lclcl D rake had t he misMars hall says that he has come fo rtune to break his a rm. H c has to the cnclousio n t hat he \\'ill never gone home, but will return as soon marry. as he has recove red.

Why i 1, it that Parke docs not T urema n expects to o rganize a visi~ t he young ladies that he used class in t ht' "Secrets for Love makto? Is he a fra id of the.: dead ? ing" in the nea r future. I l ie;, tex t book has a rrived and he is now Anmhcr mon1h ha~ r:i,~cd ,1w:iy, l'inic Swiftly speeds along s tudying it up faithfull y. A, li11le while yet, then cumc~ the d:iy

Som e of the cadets sei.:m to car e Jt 1s s trange indeed why two o r for but one day in t he week ; as m ori.: s tripes o n a cadet's coat wd. 1 they have , ''com e day, go day ; necessitate the purchase o f a new God send Sunday" fo r their meeting and pa rtin g sayi ng. ca p. \\'c'II ~ing our p:irting song.

L asl wcck while the Supt. wa!; Bui le t ui. s 1ill be ,;ny. absent, M iss Minnie F leet t.1uo-ht For ii canncH whis1lc "l.om,acki.'' ti1e Gr~c,J< a ncl F renc J1 c I·,1sscs. . . V~' .. .. ve 0 r ·• 1a - ra-ra-1>Oom-t1c•:I). \\·ould ltke to have the Colone l f\sbu ry proceeding s lowly l o the . f . ca 11ed away qu ite o ccn. Latin class a few d,t)', ago excln i111ccl : "Oh, cou ld I on ly evapo- 1 Ba~k ell says h e has an e lectric rate t his hour." battery. We think h e must have Ere long 1hc "ind will whi~11c:.

TIIB )1. )[. A. FOCOS.

A few nights ago as the sentinel had it in his pock et judg ing by the appearan ce of h is hair the other t ro d his beat he hea rd the following nig ht when getting in rather late. conversation in room 69. Herndon-•'Say old man, was Some of us have been trying to soothe pentcr for some time yo u ever in love ? " Farrin g ton-•·Go on to sleep but with no avai l. H e was bewitched by a sweet i\Iexico g irl, but wha t do I care about love." 1-1.-Well please just talk to me afterwards foun d out that she was a few m inutes. I have a feeling e ngaged. to-nig ht that I neve r had before. There is a timt: when the cadet You kn ow I love both Lelah a nd office r dis likes the military. It is Lizzie and I don't know which to when he has'nt been to call on his take.'' sweetheart for three weeks and am F.-'· I c;i n't help that then comes o n Officer o f the D ay sleepy." o n Sunday. H.-"There is no other way but They ~al upon the sofa to draw straws to see which I love The lime passed slow indeed, the best. Oh! what a wretched Fair-yawned ineess:inlly, d isease is love . Will some divine But Cl:lrkson look no heed. "Why :tre you like 11,:it blasted tree?" power not soothe me!" 1 Poor Geori;e could not conceive, , F .-"l will g ive you t wo minutes "Because," she ans wered we:irily to go lo sleep o r 1 will soothe you ••llec:rnse yo u never hav , .•• with my s hoe.·• Cadet D a 1rympI e 11as a very The sentine l listened a while devoted friend at Hardin College. • t lo nger but lhe you111g lover had ,. A n d no t 1ong Stllce wrote a 1e ter gone tu visit his •·Faerie Queenes . . . . to 11cr con t ammg s 1xty-s1x pages. 11 . 1n d ream land. H e tho ug 11t 11e had t 11e record for 1 lo ng lett er writing, but another Mens Blucher Balmoral are all cadet wrote one hundred a nd ten the go. 'vVe have them in Calf pages t o a frie nd at the same place. : and Patent Lether, $ 5.00, in a new styles of Toes. BOSTON S HOE HOUSE. H ave you seen our Me ns Pc\tent L eat her Blucher, Hand Sewed at $5 .oo- a ll widths. I One always has time enough if he B o $TON S 110E HousE. will apply il well -Goethe.

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'l'l tJ:: .M. :'ll. ,\. FOC US .

\,Vhy did Knig ht, Pcgra,: a n;! perhaps it was bccaus;one o f FulTinslcy vote for I Jardin ? ton's most c harming yo un g ladies Cadet O rthwci n vis ited his pa- Miss Jamison was present. rents in St. Luus last week.

Cadet Hay:, s pent the l..ist two Miss Hayworth o f i\foberly ha-; weeks in traveling in the E ast. He been t he g ut!st o f i\ I 1ss Tu cke r visited a ll tht: l,1rge citi es a nd the during the past mo nth. coast, a nd had a n e njoyable trip. Duncan to Lie ut. 1,itte brant, Frnm one o f o ur lat<:: guard "Docs the band play music'· ? sh eets we infer that Corpo ral KelLieut. (hesitating)- '·Yes" ley was no t to b e ratt led .is easily Capt. Thornburg.- Wh:11 is the a:, some o f th e cadets thought. Diameter ? llurrah fo r Ke lly ! Pattison.-The width around IL. :\liss Mamie Blanke, uf i\faysM iss O le ta Wise of Fulton O r- ville, Ky., who has been vis iting phan school spent sever;i.l d ays I rela tives in this city, returned ho m e last week, with relatives in Mexico . ye tc rday. Phil L yon's heart is The S tate Inter-Collegate Co n- aga in in its p lace- as k him the test will bt: held in th is city o n the rest evening of the 3 1st. Many college Why did th e two cadet colo nels boys will be here. who visited L ouisa nia , te ll th e Every man in Cleveland's Ca bi- Suprete nd e nt their tro ubl e in ·uch net has been married. 'Twas b est a pitifu l way as to ca use him to t hought Grover, l o sellect m e n postpone the receptio n which Wt: with settled heads. were to g ive. last Saturdc1y nig ht The cadets highly appreciate: to the young " Indies o/ .JI.f t·., ico.'' the k indness and interest taken by Miss Hattie :-.:o rtlrern, w ho ha s Mrs. Percy a nd Miss I l ord and bel.!n vis iting 111 St. L ouis fur som e do heartily thank the m for t he weeks returnc;:d ho me last M o nday sam e . nig ht. Quite a cro wd of young T he care worn expressio n caused folks met her a t the depot. Berry from h ar d study. was drive n from put in a n a pplicatio n to gu · but 1t several cadet:, hlst Saturday eve; wasn 'tgran ted .

TII].; ~I. )f. A. FOCUS.

- - -------e-----Quee n E s ther was p resented to W H A T WE WO UL D LIKE TQ K N QW. the public o n the ni ght of March l f we are going to Chicago. 15th and 16 th to la rge ho uses and Why Percy Cole seems so sad. was a fine di splay of ho me tale nt. What is the matthr with Co. A's Misc; \lildrecl Wilson, o f Wells- can no n? ville is th e guest o f fri ends in the I l ow \Ianser was caught taking c ity. She will take mu s ic le!-~ons al th I lardin the re mainder o f the term. c.: light. Why i\Iurphy blushed at the Ou r Mens S3 .00 am) $3. 50 Ca lf Inst receptio n. Shoes fo r good hard service a re I f Brinkerhoff will ever s hoot t he b est in the land for th e mo ney. You ought to wear a pa ir o f t!~e m. the ca nnon agai n. BosTo~ S 110E I l ousi.:. Why the F irst Sergeants voted Thi!> 1c;sue of the Focus docs not fo r the I la rdin girls. contain much humorous matter. We If J\la rmaduke really wants to a rranged 10 make a department for this and have i\lr. Ellerbe conduct It, go int o the contest.

but his time has been so well occupied \Vhy Turcman doesn 't go callror a while working on the mysteries ing o n Sunday any more. of mesmi:rism that he failed to conWhy the Se nior Capt. does not tribute. H owever look out for the: go to town as often as he used to. next i~sue. Who arc going to be our repreThe reception g iven th e J uniors a nd Seniors from l Ja rdi n College, sentatives in the Declamatory Consome two weeks ago, was a suc- test with Marmaduke. cess. The young lad ies seemed Jim Smith, by special invitation, t o e njoy themselves a nd ex pressed took di nner at the Ringo a few their desire for a like occas io n in Sundays ago and to give our readthe future. " Reciprocity" on the ers an idea of his appetite upon part of the cadets, caused the m to that occasion we wish to enumerecho the wish. ate a fcw of the things he "made Idaho opened he r University, way'' with, viz : Fourteen b iscuit s, Octo b er 38, to both sexes, "without one ham, s ix sweet-potat oes, a distinction to race or color."- E:i:. 1 dish of tomatoes, a dish o f cr ushed

'I' ll I,! M, ~I, ,\ , 1•'1II II 111. W I r"r' J(_;. l ~M~. potatoes, two lnave11 ,11' l,n ·11tl, 1i ,11r Th, · (1·( •1•1. i11E p1,in t. cups ,,f 1.:uffc1·, tw11 P" "'• llin·1• s a ucers of ic;e c 1·c·11111, 1 wi, l' Hkt•i! Whal 1sl nq w w :1kb~: a nd good ness k1111\1' !, wlt ,, t ,·l:w. t i \ lip t i1·kk ) Who can b r.:,,t tl1ix? Why an; M,,. ~,:-ifl•, t h ,·;;e!::es : GAEA, MEN'S OPIN I ON 0 11 i11 th e' world i' M ,_la5>S'::~H C O P SK I RTS . . - ('.,.. ~,CIark son- lJ own with t hc obWI 1:il l In11 1~s •in c rr: .,.1.'>..:" •••;,. ...- ... noxious hoop skirt they arc a yn11 contract th c:rn:, D ec.'.:5. fraud and a failu re. J low is a kiss like;,. S'::r~o:: ? E. Sheets- I ._dways take uff 111y Two heads .ind an r.pplica::0 ::. hat and bow hu111bly to the decree What class of wome n a :-e :n-:.3~ o f fa shion. apt to g ive tone to societ:; : The 1;

Francis- I admire both the belles. hoop skirt and th e bustle, the bigWhy is a book binder :,ke c~ariger t he better. ty? Because he o ften co·:e :-3 a '\lurphy-1 admit 1 am rather multitude of faults. an admirer of the hoop s kirt, I n Why do pianos bea r the ::o o :est m,· oo . inion they set off a woman J characters? Because they a re to a good a dva ntage . grand, upright and square . Tureman-A well developed lady looks immense in my eyes Who was the shortest :r.a!l ::1 t:ie with or without hoops. Bible? Peter, because he said : .r\sbury-They make a woman ''Silver and gold have I none:· look much p rettier, I hope they Why is a vain lady like a con, will come in to use. firmed drunkard? Because neitl1er Ellerbe- I am not much in favor of them is satisfied with a moderate o f them coming in, they look too use of the glass. much like an inflated rubber barrel Why is a bride-g room often but I want the ladies to wear more expensive than a b ride ? Bewhat they wi ll. cause the bride is given away. but Ca rpenter, when asked about the groom is o ften sold. the: hoop s kirt, sn id he did not A young girl being ask ed how w:1nt to get ta ng led up in them.

TErE :,\L M . A. FOC US.

s he expected to kill ti1J1e tltis 1v£nter q uickly responded, "O h, I e xpect t o slei"glt it."

TH E LO N E

13 G RAVE ,

On the hillside she is reHing Rcsti ng ns the years d rift on, She in s ilence found a blessing, \\'hen her h,:ipe o f joy was gon1::.

ST UB E N D S O F THO U G HT.

G reat barkers a re no b iters. A pu re mind is the most a ugu s t possession. The kindest :rn<l the hap piest p:iir \\11II find o ccasi0 n to forue:ir. Cowp er.

Good ord er is the fou ndation of all good things.- Burke. Passion will maste r you if you d o not mas t er y o ur pas~ io n. L ea rn ing mak es a ma n fit compa ny for h imself as well as others. Example is :i li ving law, whose ~wny Men mon:: than all the writte n la ws obey.

True merit, like a river, t he deeper it is, t he less noise it ma kes. H e wh o ca n p la nt courage in a h um an sou l, is t he best p hysic ian. No thing is more d a ngerou.:- t h an a fr ie nd with out d iscretio n ; eve n a prudent e ne my is p re ferab le.

Be s low in ch oosing a fri en d, and s lo wer t o ch a nge him; courte o us to a ll ; intimate with few ; slig ht no ma n fo r poverty, no r esteem a nyone for his wealth.

Lone :ind drear her couch o f s lumher, D:uk :iml damp for one ~o fair ; Wh} sho ulcl s he he of that number Who g o down in dark d es!)air '/ O nce her face wi1h joy was b urn ing , She h:id lovecl-:ind who has no t ~ Bot her lo vl! knew no re turn ing. Days g1e ,v long and har<l her lo t. No w on yonder h ill she's slt>cJJi ng, 'Bove o ld Ileth'ny's s unlit to wer. O'er her g r:ive no fri end is weeping, NQnC has planted there a flower. l'here is peace and rest u nbroken [n he r quiet n:1rrow home ; S he is d rc:i.ming drea ms unspoke n, 'r-;e:i.th the leaden s(ld alone. Autu mn leaves lie ligh tly o'er her. S ummer grasses whispt>r low; \Vi n1e r's moaning s torms deplore her. 13'..lt s he ~Jeeps in peace helow, S he is hid in ea rth forever And life' ~ bittt:r tears a re shed ; She is s:i.le where sorrows never Blig ht :i heart that once h:i.s bled.

I Speak no t lightly of her weakness

W hen beside her s unke n g ra"e; The re's ;1 beauty born o f meekness. That is better than the brave.

E. J. \\". THE FOOT BALL GIRL.

I passed my arm arountl her waist , And drew her to my side ; Twe nty-seve n ma rried lll ;} Jl at- I Clasped her close in eager haste, t end fh e U nive rsity of M issouri. 1 " Well tackle<l, sir," sh~ cried. - E:i:. -E:-.. I

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Awaken seet girl, Fo r mo re than a centu ry precedFor a ll is now in :i whirl, ing the g reat c ivil confl ict of t hirly Over at the :'l•L M. /\., years ago, the war-cloud had Not so very far awny, The bugle's notes have pierced the wal 1 hovered like some dark-winged And now ihe cad e ts sw:um the hall, lllessenger of sorrow o ver ou r fai r

ianc!. Leading spi rits both >forth a nd So uth ho ped fo r a n amicable settlement of the sect io nal differences of those troublesome times; ,111d Lhe who le people lo nged for a clea ring away of the s hadows , but the g reat :\!atio n w.1s divided To Opcrn H ouse they gladly go, against itselr. The war-cloud grew T o gi,·e a public clri!l or show , Or perhaps to the ci ty hall. mo re threate ning a nd fi nally u n T o attend Mexico's annual ball the mo rn ing o f April I 4, t 86 1, t he Or be the object what er'it may guns of Fort Sumte r .t nno u.nced The cadets always take the day. the beginning of that mighty Some times a young lncly with a soltd struggle which lasted for fo ur lo ng, weary years. Both s ides engaged b eau, Will with the boys in gray refuse to go in the conAict under false colo rs . So the boy with a military bearmg, The South c laimed to be fight ing Cares no t for such n girl marrying. for t he mainte na nce o f "State RUT H FORD. Rig hts," whi le the true cause of her appeal to arms, was the perpetuar-\ fter the first the foot ball team tio n of "Slavery.'' T he N o rth will disband a nd go into base claim ed to be fighti ng for the presbaH training. L ast year we boast- ervation of the "Union," while at ed a number o ne nine a nd expect the same time the intention was to do the same this. Capt. Thorn- the abolition of the ins titution of burg wiil undoubted ly pitch and •·Slavery." cadet Page catch. O the r cadets In that c ruel war, the noblest who will like ly be o n the nine a re ,md th e bes t o n both s ides fe ll to S111ith, Dalrymple, H awki ns, Mac- rise no mo re. The Nation was farlane, Francis, Pindall and Cole. baptized in the blood of heroes, Before you are aware of the fact, They will march with military tac t, He:ided by the battalion band . Each man with a g un in his hand. Down in town in perfect line, Every file the lender behtnd.

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a nd the fl owe r of the country Confederacy which had hitherto withered in its g lo rious morning. sh one so brightly, now began to 1-J us bands, fathers, brothe rs, lovers, g row dim. Hope died in the we re called to muster on that silent bosom o f h e r g reat command e r, shore. Wives, mothe rs , sweet- \ a nd with calm and brave resignaha rts . waite d at home for loved I tion, his noble soul bowed to that ones who never came back. We migh ty sorrow which filled his may apply the words o f the: poet being in the sad hour o f defeat. a like to the boys in blue a nd the I At Appomattox, r\pri1 9, 18-65, li~ys in . g ray who~e blood was \ the Confederate soldie rs laid dow_n ming led 111 that te rrible war. the ir arms and returned to their

homes, no longer soldiers, but American citi~ens. When the roar of canno n h ad ceased and the s moke of battle had cleared away, F rom a mid the s nowy hill o f th e the Natio n came fort h from its ~ orth, and the fr;igrant orange baptism o f blood to behold a New blossoms of th e "Land of Flowers,' ' South . The s hackl es fell from the praye rs arost: to God at the time wris ts of four million s laves. Then, o f the morning and tb<.: evening a nd not till then cou ld this be sacrifi ce fo r the s uccess of ums on called "the la nd o f the free a nd either side. But a hand divine, the home of the brave.'' Si nce th e close o f th at g reat t ho ugh unseen, was guiding th e po w.c rs that moved in that mighty conAict our peo ple have been s truggle. Stonewall Jackson was engaged in repai ring their shatte red p ressin g on from victory to victory, homes a nd collecting t heir scatt erand e re the gold of .Autumn had ed fortunes. :VIean time we have glided the landsc<1pe, might fo r karnt:d the lesson o f self dependaught we know have planted the e nce; and now the people o f the ban ne r of the •· Lo:.l Cause" upon Sou th a rc an e ne rgetic people. the Nation's capitol. But Jackson Railroads are becoming more nute ll. Then did the Southe rn ban- m e ro us : factor ies arc springing u p ner spread its wings to take its almost everywhere, a nd all the imeverlasti ng flight . to greet the portant facto rs of trade a re becomwarrior·s so11l. The star of the in g common. The invention o f " O n fame's ctcrnnl camping ground . Tht:ir silt:nt 1ents :ire s pread, .\n d g lo ry gunrds with solem n sound The l11vc,unc o f the dead.''

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the cotton gi n revoluti0ni zed t he may be tra ined fo r the active duties whole sectio n. At this ti111e o f life. The South realizes to-day, thous:=rnds of he r people a re as never befo re that she has a engaged in the produc tion and mission to perform. Th e: dead past manufacture of cotlo n. But it is is forgotten amid the de ma nds o f not the pursu its o f me n that make the living present. We wee p no a section or a nation wh;1 t it is; longer over the resu lt o f the war as but th e homes of its people. The over the ashes o f our ruined hopes . South is noted for he r pleasa nt Th e terms "North " a nd •·So uth'' home~ and the hospitality of her a re no longer used in a sectio na l people. No allusion to the South sense. Thi s is b ut one nation. We is complete without mention o f he r have but to point to the utterances whole-hearted kindnes~ to the of such me n as the late Ir enry Y.l . s tra nger. who may happe n to pass G rady to pa·ove that sectiona l within he r gates. We rnigbl also d iffe rences are be ing fo rgotten . me ntion the fact that a goodly Hearts lhat were once enkindled numbe r o f our g reat m en were o f by the fires of jealousy a re now the South. The names of those aglow with the warmth of brotherly of the past s hine brightly upon the love. Again . as in the olden time, page of his tory. Poets, preachers the voiccs of Northe rn a nd Southand s tatesmen. The ··Old D omin- e rn s tatesmen a re mi ngled in ion" has furni shed a g reater number harmo ny o n the great questions o f of Presid ents than a ny other State a righteous policy. Men o f both in th e U nion. North Carolina is sections seeking a wise ad ministrathe p io neer of A me rica n liberty, tion of t he affairs of the government. and lVfa ryl,1nd claims the g ifted The time is fast approaching whe n Edga r r\. Pot as her son. Nor all the old jealo usies shall be fo ra re the Southe rn people s low to gotten, when we s hall tha nk God see the adva ntages of c:.:ducation. that e ve ry man, is a free man, and in a free cou ntry. Yo u may think They have a fine syste m o f pubme somewhat unloyal in these lic schools, in which both colored utterances, but loyalty s hould and white childre n have the s ame ne vcr be used as a cloak fo r error advantages. The re a re also ma ny or to hide a fa lsehood . 1 ho pe that colleges where the ir young people l a m a true patriot. t loy~ the

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"Sunny S o uth L a nd." T was there of h e r vine-clad hills sleeps the I fi rs t behe ld the lig ht b reak upon form of he r whom I loved and the mo unta ins , a nd th e sea waves learned to call mothe r, a nd in he r wh iten upon t he s hore. W it hin he r s oil I hope to find a home with my bosom my humble a ncestors h ave fat hers ; b ut with all this I love my foun d a d rea mkss bed . Upon one count ry be!,t . 'vV. R . J.

Athleti cs and Milita ry. DAY. will ever have occasio n to be One mile ru n. p roud of it. 2. O ne-ha lf mile run. On the fou rth, the batallion was 3 . 220 ya rd run . fo rm ed a nd ma rc hed l o the court 4 . 100 yard ru n. ho use::, when.: we heard several 5. Pok valt. a ble: m en speak on the subject up6. Runnin g b road j um p. permos t in t he mind o f eve ry 7. Ru nning h ig h ju m p. Democra t. l t was on t his day o ur 8. Ru nning hop step and j ump firs t g unne r re fu sed to act be ca use 9. T hrowing 16 16. hammer. o f na tu ral timidty, b ut h e does not 10. Putt in g 1Glb . s ho t. s eem to hes_ita te w!.ile walking T he Co llo wing will b e permitted thos e fo rty h ours p rese nted him by but will not be cons ider e d eve nts. t he F aclllty. Sta nding b roa d jump with or with Suc h acti on on th e pa rt of the out we ig ht s. Sta nding high ju mp F aculty is necessary if we want with a nd witho ut we ig hts. Forty good o rder which e ve ry s uccessful y a rd dash . H ig h k ick . Th ree le ggschool m us t have . ed race and a baseb a ll th row. No Mr. R obert Lawde r while playcadet will be a llowed to e nter in a ny of the eve nts unless a me mbe r ing footba ll week before last, was thrown to the gro und a nd in th e of t he gym nasi um. A ha ndsome medal will be g iven scirmm.ige receive d a sevc:rc sprain for each o r the e ve nts, t he re being a nd we fear he will not be able t o ten in a ll; these \\'i)l b e \\'Orth pla y for :;om e time. This 1s a working fu r a nd th e cadet who is heavy loss for the team as :\l r . fortunate enough to ca ptu re o ne Lawde r is a splendid playe r. P R OG R A M F OR FIE LD

'J'Jll~ ~I.)[. . \. FOIOUfi. The b oys a re looking forward On Monday last the gymnasium with great pleasu re to th e first o f was the scene o f " m ost brutal slugg ing." Two o f o ur boys 1\lfr.P. no ! April when we will meet Marmaand P. no2 feeling their a nger was dukl! Military Academy in a footsome wh at a roused agreed to b_all ga me at Sportman Park K a nsas Ci ty. \,Ve c:x pc.:ct a large e nto settle it with the gloves. Both o f these llll!n werc in splen- thusiastic crowd from i\lt'.xico. This gamt: will be a very inte rdid condition. the fi rst weighing one hund red pou nds ,1 11d the estin g and hard fought c1ne as it will be belween two mil ita ry second even two. of the Statl:. schools The first round was appa rently of little effect, as was the second, :-Jol a single cadet is sc1.tistied third and fou rth, the fifth round i\fr. P. 110 1 bro ught blood which with th,e way in which ou r com pa• :;eemed to flow with very little diffi- n1es drill, yet no o ne.: see ms to be culty from that organ of P. 110 2 exertin15 himself to better it. All which tells him, without tasting, that is 111ecessary is good a ttention that limbergcr is good . The sixth and life, don't go to sleep but let was of little importance except it each man wake up and put som e shortened Mr. P.no2\; wi nd, the 'j life into, his m ovements then will seventh round Mr. P. 110 1 drew the d rilling be as it \\'as last year. second blood and when the eighth absolutdy perfect. was called Mr. P. 1102 refused to Cadet Drake while p laying foot come. ball last week fractured h is righ t Both Mr. Price a nd Pattison a re forearm, but he is not su ffering now in goo d health a nd the b est o f very 1111c1ch and h o pes in a fc w days friends. to be himsd f again.

A n,cgro was class o ra 1:o r at Our footba ll team i:, now lr.iin- Amherst College last s ummer, ing in <lead earnest. l t has b een a nd ncgr o bc::aux with their partners greatly streng th e ned by th e addi- attended th e final ball.-Ex. I .ifc is 1·cal, life is earncs1, tion of a new playc::r, Capt. Tho rnAn d the grave1is not its gonl ; burg who has kin d ly consented I Rm to write n composition to play with us in the future. Tr:rcth body, mind an<l s0111. E .1.

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to take money for services for which you do not rende r an equivaGolds m1th.-(aside) I'm sick of this. lcnt.-E.i:. \'ou're a dclightfnl pair, A Scottish weast'I and an F.nglish THE BASE BALL GIRL, bcnr. She wns a bright girl :rnd they were . \ dchson - H ow can tht> \\'nters find m the sea sun's last game of base ball. sufficient ni;:ws. I ..)he had won his enthusiastic heart by Incessantly their readers to :imuse? f nnders tanding the ?:ame right o~, and Boswdl.-\Verc:: John!:.on living. folly he loved her even . more than 1f she could not thrive. had been his o nly sister. '· It n;minds me of the household," Voltnirc -Your reasoning is weak he said. •·Tne plate, the batter, the your sp eech uncouth. fowls, the flier , etc." My . slaves, at lea-,t. were slaves nlone to truth. " And it reminds me of marriage," s he :i.dded. "Fir~t the di:i.mond, where Johnson -'Tis folly for n wtse man to t hey a re engaged ; t I1en th e struggles resent . ·tnd the hits; then the men going out ; T he speech of fools. Sir. you·re I d' ffi . 'lnd, finally, the 1• culty they have m impertinent. \ getting home !" And he sat :i.nd thought and thought. 1

ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN. --EX. Be ho nest; do not spend as much 1 In olden times the love uorn youth, as you make ; don' t s moke or Who hel<l life not worth living Would plunge n <lngger in his heart. drink ; depend upon your own An<l d ie, his ,ove forgiving. exertivns, and d o not leave pe rsonal The modern youth who s:1,·ed by lo,·c. affairs to a third person ; do not Seeks ..h orler paths 10 heaven have two many irons in the fire ; llis sweater dons, cnts raw beefsteak. do not get above your own busiAnd joins the foot ball '!even.- Ex.

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NO. 7.

Editorial D epartment. O uR readers will notice that in BuT a few days ago we were this issue a c hange has been made overjoyed to hear of the success in o ur s ta ff. Our object was in of l\1r. T. T. Frissell who was a making those acquainted with the cadet here for three months, prework, who will likely attend the paring fo r his entrance at West Aca demy next term. Our plans I Point. H e passed his examination arc to make this the leading l\cad- with credit. In a short time he emy paper in Missouri. We must will don the West Point uniform not look after personal honor, but anrl start upon his four years' labor fo r the upbuilding of our In- course. We wish him much sucstitutio n and everything in connec- cess and hope that some future tion with it. day he may hold a high ranking office in the army. ON Wednesday evening the I 2th inst., the Cadets tend ered to the WE are very thankful to the young ladies of Mexico the first reception s ince t he holidays. In Skirmislur for its flattering comevery way it was cons idered a sue- pliment, as regards the arrangecess. ment of our paper,

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ON the night or A pril 1 1th o ur never make a statement that we building was struck by a terrific can't back by proof. win~ a nd ha il storm. A part or EXPRESS I ONS OF SYMPATHY. the roor o n the west wing was takVvr: lea rn with regret lha.t the en off and the occupa nts or the two lower rooms ba rely escaped th e father of Cadet A rthur George, bricks from a foiling chimney. Ev- died a t his ho me in Prin ceto n, Mo., erything has been substa nti,dly re- o n the 15th of this mo nth. One pa ired a nd we a re now ready for o f his rel lo w c itize ns writes of him: "Abne r George will pro bably be all kinds o r cyclones. rnissed ino rc tha n any othe r m a n Or-m or the worst evils of o ur in the cou ntry. J-Ie w,1s libera l school is the habit (can I call it almost to a fault to his childre n ha bit) of some of ou r boys telling and re latio ns but he did not stop little fibs . Boys, s top it, it will with these-to the poor nnd needy grow on you and your conscience he was lavis h in his c harities and . . will soon be dead. j-I owever, we . r J was a lways ready to assi st 111 a ny • bl ame t I1e g 1r1s ,o r t 111s more t 1ia n . . r Ic harities in, his own o r ne 1g.hborb l . t I1e b oys, ,o r t I1e oys 1canno- t 11e • • b ing towns .' 'vVe te nde r to his son g irls say things that are not exact. . . • • II . d and berea ved family ou r si nce rest ly true, b e I1eve 1t 1s a rig 1it nn . . • . I sympa thy 111 the ir g reat loss, and soon get to cI01ng l 11e same t 111110-. . b j po int lo his well spe nt life; ns the S0M 1£T1~1~s. we a re somewhat greatest incentive to a 11 effort to snrry that we can' t have th e con- walk in his foots teps. lest with J\l a rmaduke, but feel su re A . F. F. th a t our contesta nts wo uld stand a - -poor chance with Co ll ege, o r UniI N be h;llf of the cadets o f the ve rs ity me n wh o would uncloubt- Missou ri l\llilitary Academy I wish cdly re present th em. That's the to express o ur deepest sym pathy wny they do business. Th ey hilve to ou r frie nd a nd re llo w Cadet, not the ma te ria l to com pete.: with .M iller T lamm ett, and those who a n o rdin a ry public school and the mourn with him o ver the loss of his o nly way fo r th e m to ga in a victo- dea rly beloved s iste r. W e canno t ry is lo hire their contestants. 'vVe unde rstand the mysterious working speak v<:ry pl.1inly because we o r the Omnipotent Goel, but we

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mu st ever bow humbly to his it is the tender devotedness, the decree. 1t seems hard that provi- gentler cares and consideration, dence s hould call a sister a nd the genial sympathy and companclaughter, a lmost idoli?.ed, from her ions hip fo r his motherkss child re n, happy h ome just as she was bloom- that gives the keenest sense of iring into womanhood. But huma n reparable loss to the sorrowing helpers and human comforts can hearts that mourn for him. \1Ve tender them our warmesl avail no thing. Words , always in<1dequatc to express the deepest sympathy in their sore bereaveand tenderest emotio ns o f the soul, ment, and ou r earnest wis h that seem d oubly so in the presence of H e, who binds up the broken hearts this g reat sorrow. As human of earth, may be near them with com forts all ft'\il, we would cry to gentles t consolations; keeping the •·One altog ether lovely, and e \'e r fresh the sweet m emories that the c hic f a mong ten thousand," to made his life so honored and bepro tect a nd comfort this stricken loved, and pointing ever, too, to fa mily . We commend our brother, I the b right home where he has reto o ur t~nder, loving elder Brother, ceived his welcome, " Well do ne, our sympathizin g high priest, "who good and fait hful servant," and is to uc hed with th e feeling of ou r wears his crow n of rejoicing in the infi rm ity,'' who suffers with us as sweet compani onship of all the wel l as for us. 0. G. B. loved ones gone before him to that h appy world . Su rely the poet's IT ls with re lu ctant hearts that ep itome of the.: Christian's life is we chronicle the sad event that :,;omethi ng to be envi edhas cast its s hadow upon two of "An :irm :ilmighty lo defend, the dear young lives in ou r midst, ,\ n e:ir for c \'<!f)' c:ill. the sudden and a ltogether unex, \n hono red life, :\ pc:iccful end. And hc:wen to c rown it nil." pected dcath of Mr. W. E. Hosea, i\IRs. M.A. SEooo:-.. one of the p rominent business 111e n of St. J oseph, Mo. The teacher asked, ·What is space?' P re-emine nt in all that makes the good man respected a nd be- The trembling studen t said, ·•I can't loved, a nd his death a loss to the think at pr~sent, but I have in in my community in whi<;h he lived; yet hcad."-Ex.

Literary Department. STONEWALL JACK S ON. Southern army wiih a world wide rc:puAmong nil the great generals that tation. have graced the world, comparativeIn character , proper, J ac kson, it is ly few rose as high in the estimation of said by some , was extre me ly peculinr t11e people, rn so shorl a time, as did and eccentric, but this is an extravathe one whose name is the subje ct of gant ill wished for s tate m e nt and may this sketch. His splendid services, if be accoumed for by the rea son. tha l not appreciated now, were once hailed the sudden exhibitio n of s uch s o ldie rly "'ith delight and inexpressible joy from abilities induced many to be lieve him the hearts of the people, whose cause strangely different fro m o the r men. he so nobly championed, laureled his The truth see ms to be, thot he wns brow with glory and wrote his name as quie t, unassuming in charac te r, with a n high upon the scroll of fame as the iron will and great de te rmina tio n , and roar of the cannon and the rattle of a military g~nius by na ture. the musketry could write it. His grt>at composure in umc:s of In our great civil war, many whose imminent peril ; his g re at tact a t the genius had hitherto been dormant most critical periods ; imbued a ll shone forth with a brilliancy never to around him with confidence; gave his be forgotten, and on both sides it was men courngc when most needed, fi lled thus demoristrated that we: were a na- them with tile belie f that whe n he w:is tion of warriors when occasion called us in front victory was sure. And seldo m forth. were they deceive d and had he bet!n in Especially in the South was this the Early's place during the Shena ndoah case, it was Northern skill and numbers Valley raid, Washington wo uld s urely against Southern skill and bravery, but have fallen for her··kicchen doors we re the Confederacy could not stand a lways wide open. " since her brave armies could not bt Cautious in his plans . g reat puwer recruited, and when Jackson died in of conception. quick in action, his enevictory she lost her strongest prop, for my knew not when to :.trike him m like his veterans that fell in the battle order to frustrate his desig ns until his of Gettysburg, could never be replaced. object was accomplished. Everyone admires the great talents Anyone who is in dou bt as to hi~ he displayed, and, all the more on ac- true military abifay need only to study count of his sudden nsc from a quiet his movements, witness his dispatch . professor to a lieutenant general in the I observe the me th ods by which, with a

comparatively small body of men he But he did not live. he died too soon continually thwarted the pb.ns of the in years, but not too soon for his own commnndc:rs of largt' forces , to be con- fame, and as Jong as a spark of manhood remains in men he will hold a vinct:d. I t has been said that , his magical cherished place in their hearts, as a name was worth mo re to tht: cause of soldkr, a christain and as a gentleman. the South than a11 army ; the remark H.H L. ca !Is forth no wonder or surprise, and IS T HE U NIVER S IT Y C L A SSIC AL COURSE OF M ORE V A LUE th<:: Southern p~ople of to-day do well THAN T HE SCI E NTIFIC? to honor the ma n who has shed so Neit he r a n affirm a tive nor negamuch lusu e on the glorio us arms of tive a nswer can be give n to this Southla nd. So me mny think that praise should ques tio n. In genera l. the classical Ge givt:n only Lo those who aided in courst: o f all colleges contains a supprci.sing the rebellion , and , a l- g reat de:-il of Latin a nd Greek, a though they ad mit the mental greatness fai r a m o unt o f mathe matics a nd o f their a ntagonir,ts, claim that their pro b a b ly one o r more years of tale nts wc.:rc used detrimentally ro the Fre nch or German, while in the good of the people, a nd, thc.:re fore, sci e ntific m o re attentio n is given to deserve no considcrauon ; but these the· sciences and mathematics. sentiments are wrong in eve ry particuBy the majority of s tudents the lar, fo r. in truth, there was no rebellion, classica l is acknowledged to be the 1t was peaceable secession and forcible hardest. A s a m ean s of mental cot:rcion. The national government culture the n th e classica l has the was encroaching upon Southern rights decide d p re fere nce, because it conwhen 1t presumed to abolish an institutains the g reatest a mo unt o f thinktion olde r than the nation itself. turning loose bands of slaves full of ' ing- the noblest exe rcise in which rt:sentmcnt towards their form..:r mas- the mind c a n e ngage- a nd by their Lcrs, to rob and ,; ilfcr for a live lihood, da ily e-x e rcise is the mind stre ngthwithout the consent of the states it e ned and developed just as the strictly concerned. body is. Any o ne , an expe rt in Jackson's noble mind e ver filled gymn astics, wi th a g reat amount wi!h a sense of justice rebelled at this o f stn:ngth a nd activity o f body is a11d he; gave his 1::ITorts ::1i1d his life to called an athlete. So may a mind a fallen cause, which, h!!d ht: lived trained by a d a ily. rigid course might have proven victorious. o f exe rcis e, be called an athletic

mind-fi t to grapple successfully be equalled by a ny future nationwith any problem or question that a language rich in hist orical association and sacred in the eyes o f may present itself. cv<::ry student comparing together The real, the aspi ring student with the H ebrew t he MSS. of the wishes a n athletic mind: wishes to g reatest book eve r writte n-the have his menta l faculties so dcvelH oly Bible. opeJ that they may grasp a fact and retai n it. He dcsin::s some Unless well versed in Lati n and solid retu rn for time, labor and G reek a student is to a ccrt1'\ in money spent. Such he receives extent handicapped fro 111 purs uing by properly pu rsuing classical successfully the sc ientifi c cou rse, studies. Some may say that the as the major ity of the te rms fou nd classical cou rse is not practical; 111 the sciences are derived directly that the Latin and Greek a rc dead from these la nguages. As to t he la ngu ages a nd that th<.: s tudent relative utility of the two cou rses should devote his time to the much dcpcnds on the me ntal mastery of French and German, calibre of the s t udent's mind; on which a re needed in almost every the vocation for which he is prewalk of life. In a certain sense paring and tu rn o f rnind-rna thcthis is correct, but a wide view ma lical or philological. The classicreveals more hopeful opinion. The al training offcrs advantages LhLlt L atin is the foundatio n of many the scientific docs not and vice languages and is of paramount im- versa. portance as a mental dicip line, else However. every s tudent who why is it the first language studied can, s hould never fail to ;wad himin o ur schools. r\s fo r the G reek, self of all the education any unitoo much can never be spoken vers ity o r college can give him, ofit-a language spoken by lc n In a libera l ed ucation fo reign travel million o f people a t the prese nt generally fo llows the collegiate catime and once the ve hicle of reer a nd to be thoroughly acq ua intthought for the greatest rac<.: phys - ed with the languages is o f the ically and menta lly that ever lived, g reatest importance·. Lord Bacon whose civilizatio n an c m i,ncnt Pro- said, "He that traveleth into a counfessor recently declared will never try before he hath some entra nc~

into the la nguage, goeth to school, war-path. But war and hunting a nd not to travel." Of far greater had lost the ir charms for him. His importance docs a n education seem heart was a lready dead within him, when we recognize the fact that in a nd he wholly neglected both his this age o nly the b rightest minds war club a nd his bow. a rc g iven pre:ference in every walk 1-1 e had heard th c old ~eople say o f life. But le t us , who are as yet that there was a path that led to sc hool b oy s , forget not in ou r com- the h nd of souls, a nd he determing college careers, that witho ut ined to follo w it ; a nd accordingly true a nd upri g ht purposes we a rc set out one morning, after having o fn o va lu e eithe r to God or human- com pleted his p repa rations for the ity; tha t without up rig htness of jou rney. At first he hardly knew c ha r.i.cte r we de prive the common- which way to go. He was gu ided wealth o f tlhat usefulness which only by the tradition that said he only a n educatio n b est ows, must go sou th. For awhile he E. R. S, could see no change in the face o f the cou ntry. Forests and hills , valTHE HUI N TER'S DREAM. leys a nd streams, had the same The re was; o nce a beautiful ln- look which they wore on his native d ia n g irl , wh o died s udde nly on the plains. There was snow on the ve ry day s he was to have been ground when he started, and it was marrie d to a handsome young \\"ar- sometimes seen to be piled and rio r, who had p roved his bravery in matted on the thick trees and wa r, s o that h e e njoyed the praises bushes ..At length, however, it beo f his tribe ; but his heart was not gan to d iminis h, a nd as he walked proof a gains t this loss. From the on, finally disappeare d. The forh our his betrothed was buried, est assumed a more cheerful apthe re was no more joy or peace for pearance, the t rees put fo rth t heir hi 111. l Ic a,ften we nt to visit the buds, a nd before he was aware of spot where s he had been buried, the comple teness of the change, he a nd sat musing there for ho m s, found he had left behind him the whe n it was thought by his fri e nds land o f s now and ice. T he air behe would have done better to try came mild and balmy; the dark a nd amuse himself in the chase, or clouds had rolled away from the by diverting his thoughts in the sky; a pure fie ld of blue was above

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him ; a nd, as he went forward in old man, "a nd t!~e wid e, s tretching his jou rney, he s;i w Rowers beside plain beyond ; it is the la nd of his path, a nd heard the sweet song sou ls . You s tand upo n its borders, of birds. By these signs he knew a nd my lod ge is th e gate of enhe was going the right way for trance. But y o u ca nnot t a ke your they agreed ,, ilh the tradition~ of body a lo ng. Leave it he re with his tribe. • At length he s pied a you r b ow a nd a r rows, you r tomaY o u will find path whic h led him through a hawk a nd spe.tr . grove, th e n up a long a nd elevated the m safe upon yo ur re turn." So saying he r~-e nte red the ridge, on the very top of which, he came to what seemed to be :rn I 11- lodge a nd the freed travele r bo unddiiln lodge. At the door stood a n ed fo rward as if his feet h ad s udold man with white ha ir, whose denly been e ndowed with the poweyes , though deeply s unk, had a er of Aig ht. But all t hings re tained fie ry brilliancy. H e had a long thei r n;itural colors a nd s ha pes. robe. of skins thrown loosely arou nd T he woods, a nd leaves, t he streams his s houlders, a nti a staff in his a nd la kes, were o nly more b right hands. a nd beautiful than he had e ve r witThe young ma n began to tell his nessed . A nim a ls b o unded across story ; but before he had spoken his path with a freedom a nd confiten words, the venerable man ar- dence which seemed to tell him rested him. "I expected you;" h e that there was no blood s h ed there. replied, ''and had just risen to bid Birds of bea utifu l p lum age were in y ou welcome to my abode. She the g roves, a nd sporte d in the wawhom you seek, passed he re but a te rs. T here was but one thing he s hort time ago, and being fa tigued noticed as unus ual. He noticed with he r journey, rested he rself that in his passage by trees and he re. Enter, be seated, a nd I will othe r objects, he appea red to walk satisfy your inquiries, and g ive you directly through the m; they were, direc;tions for your journey from in fact, but the images or shadows this point." of materia l form s, a nd he became H aving done this and refreshed sensible that h e was in the land of himself by rest, they both issued Isouls. I When h e had traveled half a from the lodge door. ''You see y onde r g ulf," said the I day's journey through a country

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was conti nua lly - b~comi~g o f pers;ns who had perish ed bem ore a nd more attractive, he came fo re. T he Master of L ife had, howevt o th e ba nks of a b road lake, in the centre of which was a larg<; a nd \ e r, decreed to let them pass, for b eautiful island. He fou nd a ca noe the t ho ughts and acts of neither o f s hi ning wh ite s to ne t ied to the had b ce;:n ba d . But they saw many s ho n;, ,ind was now sure h e:: ha d oth ers s truggling in the waves. Old com e to th e right pa th , for the aged men a nd y o ung men, males and fem a n ha d to ld him of th is. Imme- males, o f a ll ages and ranks were di ately upo n enter ing th ee: canoe there ; some passed, and some a nd ta king t he sh ining padd les in sank. I t was o nly t he little chith is h a nds, to h is joy a nd s urp rise d ren whose canoes seemed to meet o n t urni ng aro un d, he b ehe ld th e no waves. At le ngth every d iffiobject o f his s earch in ;i not h<.: r ca- c ulty was gone, as in a moment, 11 oe, ex act ly the co u nterpa rt o r his a nd they b oth leaped out on the in eve ry resp ect. It set::rned in fact hap py is la nd . They felt that the to be th e s had o w o f h is own. She ve;:ry a ir was food. lt s trengthe nha d l!xactly 1mita~cd hi -. _n~otio ns, t::d and no urished them, and t~c.r a nd they were s ide by s1a e, a nd wand ered togeth er over the bliisth ey at o nce pus hed out fro m th e fu l fie lds where everything was s ho re a nd b egan t o c ross the lak e. : fo und th e eye a nd ear could wis h. It's waves see med to be r is in g,and, 1 There we re no tempests ; t here at a d istance, look ed ready to was no ice, nor chilly winds ; no one s wallow the m up ; but, jus t as they I shivered for want of warm clothes, nor e ntered t he whi te a nd foa mi ng suffered lrom hunger; no one mourned ed ge, th ey seemed to n~elt a way, fo r the dead. T h~y saw n~ graves ; as if they were but the i m ages o f they heard of no ,rnrs. Animals ran waves . B ut no sooner was o ne freely about. but there was no bloo~ wreath o f foa m passed, tha n a no th- spilled in hunting them ; for the air • st1-11 rose up. itself was nourishment. Gladly . . would er m o re t I1reaten1ng . f the young warrior ha\"C remamed ther~ r b u t 11e was. o bl'tgcd to go T h u s th ey were 10 perpet ua 1 ear, ,orevcr, wh i~h was increased b y the clear- back to his body.

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"Go b:tc k," said this soft breeze. voice, "to the land from whe nce you came. Your time has not ye t come The duties for whic h I made you, :'Ind which you arc to pe rform, n.re not yet finished. Return to your people, and do the works of a good mnn . You will be the rule r of your tribe for many days. T he rules you will observe will be told you by my messenger who keeps the gate. Whe n he gives you b:tck your body, he will tell you what to do. Listen to him. and you shall afterwa rd rejoin the spirit which you have followed , but whom you must now leave behind. She is accepted :tnd will eve r be here, as young :tnd :ts ha ppy as she was when I first called her from the land of snows." Whe n this voice ceased the warrior awoke. .ft \\':'IS the fancy work of a dream , and he was still io the biae r la nd of snow, hunger, tears, and death. B R0~t B ON ES. SWEET REMEMBRANCE.

Once r lo ved n chnrming g irl 11 c:w en bless c:ach s11nn)' curl On her hcnd And her s:111cy liulc " :iys But n!ns those hnppr d nys Arc nll fled. I It:r vo ice it \\':IS ns S WCCI As :i bird tha t w:ikes to g re<'t .i\loroing light And her look w:,s like :, s 1:,r S hining from the s kies :1far l'urc nnd bright. \\.hen we we nt nul Co, n rid e.

I !er l>ny pony by my side T ossed his rn:ine Anet the pl:iyful S ummer breeze Whis pered soflly thro ug h th e trees 1\nd 1he grai n. Pnu~i ng- by th e wntcr mill, Ri iling s lo wly up the hill To the crest, T here we wnlchecl the sell in~ s un. Wh en its cl:iily cc>u rsc was done Sink lo rest. As I g:u:cd upon hc:r face Lit np by the winso me grace Of her eyes, Oft I wonrlerc,l could there be I l oly ,\ngels f:i ir :is sht.: In the ~k ie~.

:'\lnny ye:irs h:ive pnss.:11 since then And nlo ne r cross 11\c g len To the mill R u 1 I ~cem 10 sec her fact.: J 11 its old accusto 111c,l pl:lcc 13y me still.

A, W. E. 1\ lover th us appealed to hi~ te nder duicinea for a parting kiss. " T erribly trngical and sublimely re tributive will be the course purs ued by me, if thou dost not ins tanta neously place thy s wee t lips to min e, enrapture my immortal soul by imprinting angelic sensations of divme bliss upon these indis pensable me mbers of human physiognomy, and then kindly condesce nd to allow me to take my departure from the eve rlasting subJimity of thy thrice glorious presence."-Ex.

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Exchange Department. I had a dream the other night, When everything was still, I dreamed that each subscriber Came up and paid his bill.-Ex. Thirty ladies are taking po~t Happy thought ! ---graduate study at Yale. This is the An experiment was made some time first year they havt:: been admitted-Ex. ago with the four-foot search light at An Irishman was marking his hand- the World's Fair grounds. kerchiefs one day, and lo save time he The power of this light is estimated wrote Pat on the first aud dillo on all at 1.500,000 candles. The lamp casts the others. -Ex. S(J strong a light that a newspaper can be read by it at a distance of fifteen Zoology T eacher-·• How do apes miles.-Ex. crack the hard shells of the nuts they The editor s:11 in his sancrnm, pick? I.citing his lessons rip Humorous Pupil- ·• With a mo nkeyRack ing his brnin for :tn item, wrench, J suppose."-Ex. J\nd stealing :ill he could clip. It is an interesting fact that the University of Michigan has 10,603 living a lumni -- Ex

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We sny thnt spring is here-we say The :.nrne thin~ e,·ery ph:asanl cby; \\\: turn u, thoughts o f new spring clothes, and then it snows.

The edi1or s:it in the cl:tss room, As if :;cuing over a drunk. 1lis phi,. w:is clouded wi1h :twfnl gloom For he h:td 111:tde a total flunk.

Disheartened now, o ur hopes g ive way Till 1hc sun shines; then :igaio w.: s:iy l'he spring 1s here-when, as before, ii snows some nior.: !

T he editor returned to the sanctum, And hit himself in the eye. lie s w<>re he h:td enough o f 1he business; lie wo uld quil the 1he paper or die.

Athletic Departm e nt. TAYLOR W ON THE G AME. foot b all game in Kansas City is Th e foo t ball game b etween the j altogether cnrrect in its s tatement Mi ssouri Military Academy and that "foot ball among college Marmaduke Military Academy men , is esscntialy a gentle man's was playe d April 1st., as had game. No one but n m a n playing been forma lly announced. . . rr· . . d. for 11onor can engage tn a roug h d. The 1 m tes 111 1ts 1ea ,ng e 1to. rial o f April 2, the day after our and t umble scrimmage without

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losing his temper o r his head. In obj ect; but as th ere was no time no game are so many opportuni- for con fc re111ce o r change, it was ties for unfair tactics presented as hdd that Mtr. Marmaduke's asscrin foot ball. 1t is necessary above tio n shou ld bind matters, a nd all things to rigoro usly c limina t(• Anderson's pl,1yi ng was in s iste d every element which will tend to upon. d egrade the game. O therwise it On Thurs d ay eve nin g. March ,vill d egene rate into 'slugging 30, Mr. Anderson Wil !:i disable d and matches' with a few paid 'st;u s' to could ne ithe r pra ctice nor play with do the slugging." ou r team. .A telegram was s ent to It was in the spint of ho nor a nd Swee t Spring s o ffe r11ig l o withdraw sincerity tha t o ur team e ntered a ny tr,line r of o urs pro vide d th ey the contest with the Marmaduke would withdraw McFadd e n, a nd Academy. They had expressed play s imply cadets with a member thems elves willing to meet us in of the facu lty on c.:ach lea rn. The declamation, o ratory, competitive . Marmadukes replied • th a t they drill and foot ball. But when they . . ._ r d d t t II r would co nfe r abo ut 1t 1n L-..a n~as 1oun us rea y o e n e r a ,our . . . d II b r City. On ou r a rrival there we con t es t s ti• 1ey d ec I me a ut 1oot ball. I told them A nderson was hurt and I We were to have a tra iner a nd could no t play, a nd co ntend ed play him with our tea m, and they that accordi1:1g to tJ1 e :.pirit of the were to do the same, Mr. McFad- agreement, if o u r trainer d id den to represent them a nd Mr. no t play ne ith 1;r s ho uld thei rs. • us. U 11- They park) e d over the matte r "« 11d R o bt . L aw d er t o t nun fortunately for us Mr. Lawder had had nume ro us confer~nces, and his foot sprained two weeks before finally re plie d thc1t if we wou ld the game, and his s urgeon declared take off one of o ur bes t men, they his playing out of the the qu estio n. would take off McFadden. Thi s W e then sent for Mr. Sam P. we declined . a nd they k ept McFad Anderson of Columbia , a nd in den on. This was su rely ungenerKansas City, March 25, we no tified ous, and we s hou ld have declined Mr. Marmaduke of the change, to play with the odds so decidedly which he accepted w ithout objec- againS t us. tion. Col. Spe ncer, however, did But the u nfair a nd dishonora ble

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part of the transactio n was their been at Marmaduke a week before playing on their team Mr . Charles the game took place. Taylo r, a man who did no t belong This statement is suµporte<l by the follow affidavit: to it, but one who weighed over ;\I 1,:x 1co. )lo .. April 2Sth. 1S03. 200 pounds. was a stude nt a t Ba\\"t • h N d 1y <·crtify that in th e· Coate~ ke r Univcr$ity, Baldwin, Kas., and 11 0 11,;c• ill l{an~il!> Uity . .\pril Jst. 1803. had playc.:d o n their tea m fo r Col. ' I' . . \. ~ptmC('r. Superintendent of 1bc :\lnr111adukc )[ilitnr,\' .\cadcmy. in two y<.:ars, a nd is rightly consider- gh·ing- thl' na 111cs oC hi" foot b:i.11 team. 1..:d one o f the star players of the wlwn lie· 1":1111 c to til e na111c or 'l'aylor. W est. Tn giving th e na mes a nd who w,,,. put down a,: third in Lbo list of •11li>'li1111 1'::. ,-tntc·cl that Ta_vlOl' wa,; n wGights o f their team, a week be- ,,,,If, Jirl1· l'ar.lc1 of the )larn1.1d11kc Ac·adfore th e ga me, that of Mr. Taylo r c 111y. am! hacl hccn rcg11lal'ly enrolled clo<.:s no t appear, no r was it g iven :::in<·e ab1,111 the 1ir::1 of )larch. We also until 12 o'clock Saturday mo rning c·Prtify that Mr. T.c::lic i\larnwdukc. tbc Bu!'int•,-, )lallil,!CC•t· of the )l:11·111adukc· April l st-three hou rs before the .\cade rny. contirn,cd the sta1c111cni of game would commence- a nd then 1 hL· :-i11 pc·rin ll'ndcn I. each one• r Opl':\li llJ! t lw :-l:ll(•ll1t·nt i'C\'eral linw.~. he was put down as third man .\. F. F l.~~J-:T. :-;upt. :\I i,:,:ouri )lilit:11·~- .-\c:Hlcm~· among the substi tutes and his K. G. )t,,T11E:,;ox. C'o111111:m<1ant. weight no t given a t a ll. When The following letters from Rev. questio ned about him, Col. Spencer W. A. Q uayle, D. D., president s tated tha t Mr. Taylor was a bo11a of Bake r University, wil1 show the fide cadet, that he h e ha d been cn~·f d true state of the case, and confirm 1 1st o f lv arc11, a n ro 11e d a b o ut t1e •• f l o ur position that Taylor was not a was pursuing a regu 1a r cou rse o ~.1arm a<1u k e A cad e- bona fide cadet of the Marmaduke stu d y at t 11e lv • b d b Academy, but that he was a boJla my. Tl11s was corro o rate y . . ~. k . fidt· student of Baker Un1vers1ty, 1M r. lv1a rmac1u 'C, 111 l 11e presence I . • d C who had not thought of w1thdrawo f t 1,e :::iupennten ent a ncI oming fro m that institutio n, but had mandant of this Academy, and the been hired to go to Marmaduke, Marm ad uke cadets had evidently where his nall!e had been falsely been coached to tell tht: same stoenrolkd, a cadet uniform put on ry, although some of them did not him for the day, and he had been h es itate to say that Mr. Taylo r was taken to Kansas City for the sole no t a genuine p1.dct, a nd had not I purpusc.: of winning the game for

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them at a ny sacrifice of honor or with a wedge which was nice ly truth. On Apr il 6 th the fo llowing broken by our boys but th e giant, cour~eous lette r was received fro m T aylor, broke a rou nrl the right Prcs1clcnt Q uayle : wing o f the wedge, fought h is way H,\l.OWIN, .K,,s., April !ilh, isi, 3. rio-ht across o ur line and scored

illy Dear Sir: ::, . As :i mailer o f collei;e comity I nm chd I th~ first . touch -down, but Coit 10 give you nny inform:111on yon desire failed lo ki ck a goal. Mr. Chns. Tnylor wns e;-:cnsed by me 1101 T he b,1ll the n went to our team b ier 1hnn Tu<!sclny of bst week 10 go 10 which da::;hed fo rward with a flying Mnrmnduke 10 :i.c1 as trainer. He W:tS 10 wedge, with the ball in t he ha nds be bnck within :1 week, nnd is now her<!. o f our right half back, J7ra nc is , a nd \V, A. (~U,\YI.E.

The college paper of the Uni- advanced five yards when it struck versity g ives the e:-rnct date in the some thing with a c r.ish, we afterfollowing extract, April 4th, 1893 : ward s fo und this somethin~ to be a " Ch:1s. T. T:1ylor, linker's wonderful h:1lf- 2 10 lb. giam, ca llt::d T aylor. Th e n h:1ck, le ft Inst Wc<lnesclny morning for Sweet a buck at center, when the ball Springs, Mo ., 10 1rnin 1he ~lnrmnclukc i\l ilit:iry ,\ c:idemy foot h:111 tcnm, preparatory lo was dropped but quickly caugh t up their gam e in Knn~ns City Sntnnlny wi1h 1hc by Biggs w!~o made a good a nd ~1 issoun i\l ilitnry J\cndcmy, o f i\l csico. i\lo." ha rd run. r\ nd under date of April 3d, Again lined up, the bctll was Presidt:nt Q uayle adds: passed to Franci!:> who got c lear ")Ir. Tnylor is :ii home to•dny. :ind will be in school lo -morrow, :is for :i~ we know. a round left e nd and wai; only * .i, \ \'. J\. QUA Yl. l!., downed a t the five yard line. Next the bcdl was passed to Page who TIIE G,\ME. A bo ut 3 o'clock the two teams bucked th e centre ~tnd succeeded in getting ove r th e line, but in the line d up as follows : Position Mnrmnduk c ;\I. M.A. scrimmage th e ball was lost a nd Spann Right end Biggs caught up by Harrison, of the Left cn<l I lnn11nell Yenger IVlarmaduk es, who bt: ing o n the Mich:iel Ellerhc Right tackle Left 1:ickle Atchison T erhune outs ide had a c lea r fi e ld a nd I lnrd ing Right gunrd Thornburi: Left gu:ird i\1:irshall Vunn cll s tre tched himself out for a sprint, 11 ill Center rush Lnrimore fo llowed by Cole, o f M_e xico, who I lnrris,rn Right halfbnek Francis Taylor Left h:tlf hack l':ige g radually came upon him, but did l\lcF:1<lc!1!1) <Ju:irtcr b:ick Cole Coit Full hnck I hnchins'n not succeed in touching him until The Marmaduke boys led off he ha d reached the line. 11

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This was the second to uch-down Mexico team on his shoulders, but fo r the Swe<~t Springs boy s but he did not mind that for he had Co it a gain fail e d to kick a goal, too much bull strength. This time Coit kicked a goal a nd le ft the s core 8 to o . Twice more we tri,e d the Ay ing wedge , m aking the score 14 to o. The th e second tiimc it was fo llowed by ba II was tossed to our left half-back, a punt by Hutchmso n. F ranc is Page, ,, ho ma de a good run ch::ar got the ba ll 1rrncl ran we ll until h e aroun d left end to Marmaduke's 10 was cl owned at the 30 ya rd line. yard line and undoubtedly would A n a ttem pt a t buck ing centre was have ma de a to uc h clown if he had fo ile d by Taylor throwing himse lf not tri e d lo " horte n his run by aga ins t the rus he rs . After se veral cutting throug h inst ea d of going y,1rds gainedl by our ha lf-bac ks, we o n, he was d owned by Taylor and Coit. Co it was hu rt in the fall gave up the ba ll o n do wns . a nd gave way to Hamilton. Mc Fa dden fu m bkd a nd the . . . Fra nc is ran very near their lute . . . d d b T W sp he re a ga,n fe ll into o ur h;rn ds; this b . , ut wns own e y aylor. e lim e a des pe rnle struggk followed · I· bl d . d gave up the ball on downs. Taylor 111 \\' 11 c 11 son11e oo was s p1 11 e , . but little ga iin was mnde. M c F ad- again bega n to charge the center fo r repe.ited g ains a nd forced the den o nce m e► rc fum b k d a nd th e ba ll across t he field, Hamilton b a ll was ga in ed by us . L ittle e lse made a good run and was beautie x ce pt at tem pts a nd fai lures fill ed fully t.tck e led by Page. Then t he re ma inin g pa rt of th e firs t half Tay lo r for the las t time forced his o f the game, e x cept tha t 1 la rrison way thro ug h the ce nter and made spra ine d his a nkle o r got o ut o f a touch down, I lamilton kicked ,1 wind a nd was re placed by Prof. goal making the score 20 too as it Moore. s tood at the close of the game. A The who,lc of the second half few minutes more closed the game was close, we play e d to redeem which was undoubtedly the hardest o urselves and th e Mnrmaduke boys one eve r played in Kansas City. to h old their o wn. Finaily T aylor Francis and Page both played s cored a touch-down by repeated very well indeed as did every other shoving and bucking of the center; player. In fact it would be a lmost sometimes carrying the whole unfair to praise one mor e than

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Mr. T ay lo r ,rnd Co it both the M. Ml . A . whic h wil l be, unless put u p a good g a me. Y cager a lso p re ve nted by bad w e a th e r , the p la yed we ll. li rs t Satu rday a fte rnoon in Ma y.

N o twithstanding the for.t that we O ne m ile run, Larimo re a nd have no t yet o rg:rnized a nine, we had Smiley. q uite a n inte rt:sting lillle practice game H a lf mi le run, S m ile y a nd with a Me xico nine Inst Mo nday. Most of their men were srnall and ,·cry Fra nc is. young but they played well a nd earnTwo hundn.:cJ a n d twe nty ya rd estly. Owing to tl11S fact and tha t o ur ru n, Hu ltchin son, Elle rbe . Cole P. m en we re g reen a nd played a very H a mme tt. poor game, the score was closer tha n Hu nd red ya rd dash, Cole P ., it o the rwise would have been, 14 to 6 Hutchins:011, W a lk er, K111g-. in favo r of the M. M. A. S uch games Po le •vau lt, H utch inso n, Ha ma s this o ne will r:use the interest for m e tt. baseball , cause tht city a nd Academy Runni111g broad jum p, Ell erbe. boys to become beu e r a cquaimed , F ,trringtc>n, Bass, Biggs. give both t<::ams a grea t deal of muc h Runni111g hig h j um p, Elle rbe, needed practice and in many o ther ways ·bene fit both parties. So come F a rring to n, a nd Biggs. Runniing hop, ste p a ncl ju m p, o ut boys a t any time ; any Monday afte rnoon we will g lad ly pl:iy ball with Elle rbe, Fa rring to n, a nd P age. you. Throw ing 16 lb. ha mm er , G ill, I t will not do to get angry in a game A ll e n, A tchison, Ma rs ha ll, a nd especially • a t your own players , it 1s Ha111me tt. e no ug h fo r the m to wn hsta od the guys P utt ing 16 l b. s hot, l\ la rs ha ll, o f the o the r side.

A lle n, A tc hiso n, Gill, a nd H a mme tt Monday 17th was Preliminary Field Day. The object in having this was

H undre d a nd twe nty ya rd Hurd le Race, E lle rbe , H utchison, to see ho w many boys would ta kt: part in the fi nal Field Day sports, what Co le P . a nd H a m mett. Each a nd every o ne of you each one was best fitted for, and to cre ate mo re interest 111 tha t line. T he a re especia lly a nd c o rd ia lly invited follo wing with perhaps a ft:w ch:rnges to be pre:se nt a t the second A nnua l is t he program we will follow o ut Fie ld D a y of this the Missouri the seco nd A nnua l Fie ld D ay of Military A ca d e my , May 6, '93.

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- ; ;- e x pected lo win the game pleasu re, to the fi rst of April, whic~ u f footba ll, but oh ! how sadly le ft. they were. The first came a nd passed. H o w n1.tn)' times we were W e boys looked several times Lo I fooled that day? ri nd the bird tha t our pitcher was 1 ---throwing a t but finally found out that We did not expect to win any he was trying to throw on,:r the plate. 1 ho no r o r establish ou rselves in the 1 favor of th e K a nsas City people [?oot ball is a g.ime of the p.ist , the unless we won the oame but we :-.cason for it is over. Our team has un d o u bte di y <I'd ti11s • b an(;.1 'a 1so won 1 dtsb.indl:d and most of the players ti h I I d . . . 1c syinpat 11y o 1 t e w 10 e crow are now pracusmg base ball. with the E .. p . . . \ at • xpos1t1011 ark. 1nt<:nl10n o f playing on the Iiirst nrne.

The foot ball gaine seems to h;ive g ive n 0 •11 e or two of the cad~ts quite a s nap, as they get on th e s ick list whenever they want to, almost' with~ut consultation.

We expected to play the cadets of the Marmaduke Military Academy, but therein we were mistaken fo r they rush ed in a professi'ilnal, McFadden a nd Chas. Taylor a number o ne, 210 pound half-back ln ou r last issue we said every belonging to t he team of t-b kcr o ne was looking fo rward with g reat University, Kans;is.

Hume rous D e partment. Walker when asked who Pontius 1st Carver-"Thc pitcher is empty Pilot was. said- -"l'm not sure but shall I send the waiter for more water?" 2nd Cnn:cr-·•No, h<:: is too slow, I believe he r:m a ship." better pray for ,'rain.'' Jack-"If you we~r a hoop skirt Farri11glo11-•· Did the Greeks think Jdi'lnie. I will never drive with yoll. again." m ur.h of their fe male girls." Jennie-"You won't be able to, Visitor-" I'm told that Cadet Berry dt'ar." is the handsomest fe llow in school. Cndi:t Captain-"Who told you 1 }Ifarshall-(After ordering the enthat," ' tire bill of fare)"Say, waiter. got any Visitor-"Cadet Be~ry." i doughnuts?"

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AN APPEAL TO TIME . how am I to get any sleep while he is Forward, turn forwa1'cl, 0 time m sewing butto ns on his pants :ifter taps'? your fl ight, turn me a ro nune :ind set I'm a s tudent, a s oltl1cr, a lover, a me up right. 1 'm wt:ary of running in pedestrian , a nd a member of the debt for my clothes. a1,d <>wing for grub brotherho,od but dog-o n-me if 1'11 be a that down my throat goes. Weary of seamstres,s . working for wh:n J have no t, we:uy of The gentile spring has come again, owing for what I have go1. The soft g reen grn!;S is growi·ng, Never, no never turn backw:ird for The swee t vo iced birds do gaily sing And noses are a ulowing. me, for well I re me mbe r my good

mother's knee. 1 remember the slipper The mild eyed turtle dove , his mate Will soon be sadly calling; came down with a slain , wl1enever I At present seated by my grate got in the bl:tckberry jam I watched the s now flakes falli ng. The days, too, at 1he school were a ternbh.: bore, whe n I was obliged to Clear :ue the blue s kies O\'erhead, The e:1rth is robed in g n:~n. s tand o n the floor; and all in the wo rld And soon we'll sec the Summer girl that ever I did, was 10 wink at a girlDressed in her crino line. pure maller of fon. With 11rembling and fear in his b reast The days of the past, like the dnys He hired a man from ti1c west, 1ha1 we meet, composed a fair mixturc:Who won him the game, But iinjured a name of bitt..:r and sweet. Which llias never been one of the best. So forward. turn fo rw:nd. Oh time in your way , and give me some cash, just Jli/o·iro-\Vhy w::i.s not Taylor's enough fur to-day. name on the list you sent us? G. P L. S7(1cet .Springs-- O h ! H e was no t here whc1~ the lis t was sent Not long since Cadet Le wis applied for permission to keep a sewing Wa Iker says that the English Pee rs machine in his room. arc places: where ships land. 1-fc nde rson , who rooms next door when 10ld the news gave vent to the The darkest sce ne in the wodd following-Goi1~g to keep a sewing ,s a darkey, in a dark cellar, of a machine i~ he? Well. I' ll just move dark nig ht, w ith a dark lantern, out o f here if he does. I hunting fo r a d a rk cat. He will keep the: blnmcd thing going-a ll the time :ind run a man crazy A 01 a 111 who eats too much turkey Things a rc bncl enough already but , is a turke}' gobble r.

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Local D e p a rtme nt. The latest thing-out of sightPercy Cole's mustache.

Base Ball! L awn T e nnis !!

Miss Barker was 111arried on the I 3th. Poor Walker!

F ield D ay ! ! ! T ack le low, P age !

The last reception was given in hunor of Knig ht's birthday (?)

Free coinag e-Slang. Bo und to sell-Books. Ad mitted lo ba le-Hay. Jack, how does she walk ~ Hig h to ned-Church be lls.

I h ate to s ee him go.

Why?

Lcl us clown easy-Elevators .

Cadet Tinsley spent a few days with home folks last week. Where do we g o to buy drugs? Why Buckner's of course. W e had o ur fi rs t full-dn:ss parad e Tuesday, April 25.

Warren says G. D. had two sets of H o w o ft e n were you fo oled on eyes but one set 1Joppcd out. t he r st ? Cadets Haggard and HutchinH as a wnlk-over- The Brookson we re at home last Sun<lay. lyn Bridge. Look out for the next issue of the Where commencme nt is th e end Focus ! It will be a good one. - A t college. " L et us prey," said the owl, and O swald says he was watching the mo use said '·Let us pray." that big knife. Jim Bass say s he fooled his Who has bewitched the Senior teacher by knowing his lesson. Captain ?-Junior Ed. True Cole says he was offc::rc::d a corWas P.1.rke in the pus h the las t poralship but that wasn' t enough. rece ption ? Well, yes. Mi~ Elva Charles of Kansas T ry Buckner's Cream L otion for City, is the g uest of Miss Treloar. the hands and face. Where was Bass the night of Capt. Keith Jacks spent a few the storm? days with us last week. bed."

Echo, "Under the

Ed Sheetz sa~,s he could see Be carefu l, Biggs. Don't fall through the roof. We shoukl say into the net. That head is too old for you. he could. 1t seems s trange that F a rrin gThe guard is now relieved in the evening at 6 o'clock instead of ton got up with such a sore limb Sunday morning. morning. Why is a thief, wh,m robbing a Capt. Thornburg- -H.ow ma ny bank like a Focus reporter? ''11e elements in water? is taking notes." P,Htison-l·lard and soft. i\forphy, when he ld down by Page would like to know what that bell is for that the street car some cadet, ex claimed, " Ireland has always bee n oppressed .' ' conductor wears. Seick, to lady on s treet : 'vVll ere How did Ed S heetz repay his did you get that hat? La dy: O h his friend for taking him in, on the that's the one you ga\'e me. night of the storm? Col. .A.. F. Fleet went to K ans ,1s Photographer Wilson has some City las t week to meet his s is ter pictures of the Focus Staff, all of who is now visi ting him . which are good likenesses. Who do you think will wm the deiVh:!5srs. Young, Rothwell, Tayclamatory contest ? Gill, ~forph:)', lor and Botts, all of Columbia, were Kilgon:, Carpenter, Lingeniclti::r or Balhere attending the contest. lard ? The Focus has deciJed to hold another election. This time we will vote for the young ladi6s of Mexico.

There's Cnrlc:t Hnwl:ins n nice y1111nf: man A~ swee 1 as n fragile ros.-. But try as he will. he can't induce: The eyebrows unde r the nose.

W e have now a very fin e band . The College phrase, " not in it" They can play a g reat many sdt:c• is not as new as many would s up• tions and are lea rning to march pose for it was used by Eu; ipides nicely. more than 2000 years ago in his Tht: part taken in the recent Mal~ger when he says, ''Cowards carnival by the cadets was well do not count in battle ; th ey a re executed, so the town people there but not in it." think.

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pointments a nd promo tio ns : \ and his C r eam Lotion, w h ich is ll i-.,PQl'AWn: 1:,- .\I. .\I..\.. h / I' • r 1 h .\l c·:: deo . .\l o .. .\l :1 r. 2-1. ·rn1. t at 0 11y app 1cat1on ,or t 1e ands 1;1s:•n-: 1u1. <ll<1 >1•; H xo . Ii:-. a nd face. Thl· fnll()\\"in•• prn111ol i on~ and :q1puin1- I 111cnt;- of l'adPt'11t1il'cr,- a1·t· h1·n·h,1· 111:11l c•: The questio n has been asked, C'ad,·1 U11111·a11 to bi· :!rd ~,·r~t. ,,r t :1•· wher e do you ao while down to wn ? B . C:tdl'I lh•l'l'I' lO lw Ith :--vr).{t. or',,. "' . . JL C,1d,•1 f.init'nf,·l lPr tn Ill' ;,,1, :--('1')!t. \,Veil th1.: fir st place 1s McKmley's of (.'o • . \ . l.Jall!'t l':1 qw1111·r LI• l w :,111 Caf1: wher e we get delicious cakes S,•rgt. ur l'o. H . 1a• i1d ca 1d· • • then we drop •in M r . 13~· 01"1!1•1· or l '<11 ...\ . F. F 1.1: 1,:T. < 1 tes, 1,. (: . .\IAT111-',-.o:s. :--11pt. Buckner's, the ouly drug stor e in .\I ajM and t '()ntd 1.. to\\'n 1 a nd buy o ur toilet articles1 • \ \I. 'I'. i.lTTE I\II A:--.T. :!11 J.ii-,11 . 10,1 1 <·a ,·,, JI v. l'. :--. .\.. and nil kinds of pun; drugs; aft er ,\ t ilit:ir.1· 1 ·0111. 11n •. \ ppoi1111111·i11-. t hi s w e go up to Joe and V i c 13art h w h er e w e find a grand assortment 1:i,:~ i -: HA , . ,, 111 , 1.: H,-. :-:o. , t. 1. t.':1111·1 :--ril"I, i:-= hc-r,-hy :1"i ~1wd 10 o f furn ishing goods; lastly w e visit :Vlr Pollard and there we get Co . •\ . 'l. ('atkt:- 11 111-·hi,on. ~l,· l n1irc• and .\ tchin,11n arc· lll'i·.-ll\' :q,piiin1t·d c·,,rpur- ou r watch repaired o r purchase a :11.,.. L':,cll'l :- l l 111dii:<on :intl .\ 11•h in-on diamond ring for our sweetheart :t1•r- :1,-.,-i:,_:1wd 10 <•... H .. 1 ·:1tl1·1 ;\l<-l 111 i r 1 • a b,:d r ock prices. 10 <.'o . .\ . lh 1>1d1•r of ('0 1. . .\ . F. F1.1,:1,:T.

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Said Atom unto Molly Cul e : --\\·111 you unit,: with me?'' I And t\ l olly Cule did quick retort: Some o f lhc town peoph: :,eern •·Then.: ·s no affinity." Lo think that i\ l r. Buckner w o n the I B eneath dertrir 1t:r hl plants shade secon d pnze in tht: carnival by in- , Poor ,\tom hoped he'd metre ~ut she eloped with a rascal /mu nu e nc 111g th e cade ts to vo te for I him. Mr. Bu ck ner did n ot say :i 1 :\nd her name i s now Saltpetr~. H 2S0-J. word t o any cadet as r egar ds his Ou r Yf ens S3.oo and $3 .50 Calf vote. I l is true. Ill Ost o f the cadets Shoes fo r good hard service ar e voted fur him a nd w e h ad good th 1: best i n th~ l and for the money. r easons t o hel p h,m win. I l e:: takes Y o u Ot!ght t o wear a pair of them . more intP-r est in o ur athl etics a nd BosTo:- S11or-: HousE. is a better fri end t o the c ,1dets Why did Tu r c m an offer such a t h an any m e r c hant i n i\l e:-:ico. The bi g pric1: for a certai n aut ogr aph other drug st o r es in to wn plo tted aluum t h at made iti; way into the together. 1w he:: w o uld have gotten r \cad1.:111r ?

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Mr. H. H. Gordon, a s tudent of must be an attraction in Mexico Drury College, spent a wc:ck with fo r him, although s he says it is all his cousin, C. M. Baskett, th1.: first over with. or the month. Gcncral Orders No. 42: No The comedy called "The Breezy cadet will be allowed to rem ain at Time" and t he cyclone struck the M. M.A. a rtcr June 7th unless Mexico the same night. Quite a he tries a bottle o r Buckner's coincidence. Cream Lotion. I'm onto you said the drop of Lie ut. Littlebran t says a cadet ink to the blotter in a tone o f co n- that would kiss a g irl shou ld be siderable asperity. "D ry up" replicd dismissed from the Academy. We the blotter savagely. are glad that ou r Facu lty d id n't Why was it that Ballard reti red think likewise. to his room so soon when we gave Mr. C. M. Baskett, of the F ocus, the last reception? Poor fe llow, he had the pleasure of meeting Mr. has a sympathizing heart.. I Clelland , of D rury College, while A certain young lady heard Pat- he was here attendi ng the contest. Lison yelling for Phil at the Ringo Although the last J1t/£rror was last F riday nig ht. She modestly quite an improvment ove r p revio us remarked, " I think he is already issues, we still think that the colfilled." lege ought to publi s h a better Miss Mary Page, o ne o f Mar- paper with Mr. Cl~lland as Editors hall's foremost soc iety lad ies, in-Chief. visited Miss Grantham the fi rst of We have been told that a certa in the month. She is a cousin of Cadet became almost wild wh en a Cadet Page. Mex ico girl went back o n him. Little Lloyd -What's tht: mat- H e told her h e would ki ll h imself unless s he consented to be his. ter Capt. Captain-No matter at all, all We have a letter in o ur office fresh cut. evidently written by the same Oh how cute. Cadet a nd to the same y oung lady. Bob Brock, o f St. Joe, made us He can have this loving message a visit last week. There surely if he will repeat the first five lines,

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MEXICO, MO., MAY, 1893 .

NO. 8.

Editorial Departm ent. O u1< term's work is d0 n1.:. Tht: ' th1.: school for th1.: past ti ee years fi rst volume of the F ocus is com- stand by us when we say that this pleted a nd we nre ready to receive I session has in every way been the a ll the c riti cisms t hat may be dealt most su ccessful. Let us use o ur vacation t o the best us. To those who have been instrume ntRI in making this paper a<lvantage, so that when he bugle what it ·is, we wish to e xpress our , will again call us to dut \'('e can many tha nks. The corps as a , take ho ld of ou r work wit · renewed whole has been very kind to us. 1energy. T o one and all t 1e Focus With but a few exceptions our bids farewell till Septc j ber next.

humerous allusions have been IT has been our extreme pleasreceived c heerfully. No o ne o n ure to have Mr. Baskett g veto us a our staff bears any malice to a series of lectures on Natural single cadet. It has bee n o ur History, t::tking ornithology as his d esire to move a long as pleasantly chief theme. He inspire~ us with as possible a nd to make this a a desire to find out mo e of the worthy expone nt of the Acade my bird_ creatio~ and ~o b 'come acit represents, All who have known quamted w1th their wJ ys and

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habits. Such a treat as this along was well filled with college boys the general line of study is very from all over the State a nd more beneficial whether we expect -to especially from Columbia. From make ourselves naturalists or not. a leading editorial in the W ashington University paper, which we Srnc E the opening of the World's give in extract, we infer t ha t t here Fair our Superintendent has been a re hard fe elings existing with the g iving us from time to time, after State University students. the chapel services, extracts from "It was expected that the S tate articles regarding the wonderfu l University students would patronexposition. A lmost the entire ize the concert g iven in the evencorps expects to attend sometime ing and contrib ute their s ha re during the su mmer. A fter arrivtowards making it a success. But, ing in Chicago one can see the inst ead of this, it was fou nd that whole world in a few days. There o nly a few were prese nt, a nd tha t will be no cause to be ashamed of they had come with the firm the gra~d old State from whence resolve of interfe ring with t he you came, for Missouri is right concert as much as possible. I t near the top with he r appropriations and consequently her exhibits is ha rd to say wha t actuated such treatm ent, whethe r it was the arc among the best. appearance of so ma ny respectable WORK~IEN are busy trimming the looki ng stude nts in the town, or trees and setting o ut shrubs over the g rudge which they bear townd t he campus. O ur g rounds will us on the athletic score. Nu mero us soon be the prettiest in the State. insults were resorted to a fter the Money a nd time has a lready been concert. Of cou rse the re we re spent a nd a start has barely been some gentlemen among t hem but 1 made. Our Superintendent has an they were in a hope less minority. eye to such things; and he will The actions of the majo rity were ha ve this Academy all that a characteristic o nly of a ba nd of student could -want. toughs who cared little for the On the day of the I nter-State good name o f the ir Alma Mater contest a t this place, the glee a nd and less for that of themselves. banjo club, from W ashing ton UniThe reception of the club by versity, gave a concert. The town the people of Mexico afforded a

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most pleasant contrast. A lthough on the lapel of his coat, and thus a iame of base ball interfered with the formality of an introduction the a tte ndance at the concert on was dispensed with. The young the a ftern oon of Good Friday, the ladies of the reception committee progra mm e was well received by showed rare grace and tact in those p resent. All went to the their management, and it was due o ratorical contest in the evening, to their efforts and to the kind a nd by well-tim ed yells made the indulgence of the President and his n.--ime of W. U. resound throughout wife that we were allowed such the opera house, despite t he oppo- freedom in our visits. The College sitions of much la rger delegations was the rendezvous during the fro m t he o the r colleges. Mrs. rest of our stay in Mexico, and so A llison gave us a very pleasant loth were the boys to leave that receptio n the next morning, at t he car was held over a train and which we were permitted to meet o ne long, last l<:)Ok was taken of some of t he belles o f Mexico. The Hardin's fair inmates. After sereboys were now t horoug hly in love nading the Missouri Military with the town. Messrs. Wood- Academy all returned to the car, ward a nd Hudso n ha d somewhat and, although more asle~p than prepared them for a hearty welcome awake, they had energy to declare at Hardin, by their g lowing ac- that a trip might be a financial counts of the ba nquet g iven by the failure and yet be a g rand success. you ng ladies to the oratorical Both Clubs show the effect of representatives and their friends, good training and conscientious but thei r re po rts were far too work. The Glee Club needs a meagre. By p ermission of the little more volume, and this can P resident, the club gave a short only be had by taking in a few concert in the chapel, and in turn older men. The Banjo Club is in we re favored with some vocal better condition than was last selectio ns by the young ladies. year's Club. Several small trips The ice was now t horoughly are contemplated yet, and it is broken, a nd the boys made them- likely that a home concert will be selves at home with the fair ones given abqut the first of June. in a remarkably short period of time. Each one pinned his card Stuclenl life. "

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WHILE we a re e111·oy i11g 11·r,"'~ ,"',. I'•d e d·t I on•a l not es of .)c-1111rln_1• •s·c·ltc1c1/ prosperity let us no t fo rget that Times : m an is like a Aower th at cometh up and is soon cut d own, a nd when Th ere ctr<! two ways o f looking we turn to the d ea th roll of the a t work, by a ma n wh o is ea rning past few mo nths ,\,e can see that wages, o r who is having a sala ry; statement verifi ed, t hat God is not and his practical efficiency depends a respecter o f perso ns. Those la rg ely upon whic h view o f h is least e xpecting deat h are the ones work is take n by him . O ne ma n wh o must g ive up life. A mong look, at what he gets for h is work, the numbe r o f p romin ent person- a nd the o th er ma n looks a t what ages that have been recently called he g ives for his pay. l n othe r away we not ice J ay Gould the words, o ne ma n looks a t h is selfis h millionai re rai lroad magnate ; interest in the ma tter, a nc.l the Ceorge W ~llia m Curt is, author, other man looks a l his effi c ie ncy in jou rnalis t and orator ; A lfred his p lace. I t is a ll r ig ht fo r a ma n Tennyson, Eng la nd's p oet la ureate; to cons id er be fore h e b egins t~ 1 J ohn Greenleaf Whittier, poet ; , wo rk whether h e can a fford t o b e Charles H. Spurg eon g reat divine; 1in that p lace a t the pay tha t h e is Cy rus · W . fiel d, founder of the I to rece ive there; but whe n he is A tlantic cable enterprise a nd J a mes once in th e p lace, t he duties o f th e G.Blaine one of A merica's g reatest !) lac_c oug ht to be more p romin en t 1 states men. S hall we remembe r 111 his thoug hts th c1n th e pay h e rethat time a nd t ide wa it for no ma n ? ceives in that place. Oth er wise Th e wise young 111a n wi ll see to it he is, a t th e b est, a m ere hireli ng; that h e ma kes the bes t of this life, and he mus t s ubm it lo b eing reekwhich is b ut a day co mpared to oned s uch by his em p loy e r. It time eterna l. matters not wheth er he be a b lack ·•Thc boast o f herahlry, 1hc pomp o f power s mith's assis ta nt, a fa rmer's h elpo-r, And a ll th:it bl!auty, nll 1h 0 1 we:illh e'er a mercha nt's clerk , a pas to r, or a g:ivc II Aw:iil a like: lhc inc vitnblc hour:co ege presid e nt, if he is careful T he p.tlhs o f glo ry lead but to the srnve." to get full pay fo r all he does, and not to do more t ha n he is paid fo r. WE commend to a ll o ur readers he is a poor ma n fo r his place, the following extract from th<= and he is s ure to mak e this known

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wagc:s, o r his " sa lt," must wa nt to to, and who scrimps or slights his give mo re for his pay than he work in consequence, is pretty agrc:cd Lo gi ve ;' a nd o nly the man s ure Lo make his employer think who d o c:s this will be va lued even I tha t he is giving less for his pay a t h is cash va lue. It is the man, 1than he o ught to give. H e who in a ny pos itio n, who is s ure to do wants a n advance in his position mo n; than h e is paid for, who a nd his pay, must see to it that he s ho ws h imself wo rth more tha n he rec eives, a nd so is a dva nced corres- adva nces in his work in his posipo ndi ng ly in pos itio n a nd in pay. tion at its present pay.

Literary D e partment. THE DECLINE OF O R ATORY .

many centuries later, was changed by the eloquence of Peter the HerC);l:,:, O r;llio n o f Cecil ) l orri~on Bnskcll. mit. J11nc, l S!l~. Oratory is the weapon of a menO rato ry h as b c<;;n a n important tal athlete. Men who have had facto r in the a dva nce ment of the this power of eloquence have alwo rld. I t has had a powerful influ- ways been leaders o f t heir fellow e nc e in eve ry age, a nd since the mc:n. "He who can speak wtll is d awn o f civilization, the tongue has a man," said Luther, and it is also rivaled if not s urpassed the sword well known that he who is a true orator is a stron g a rm in the govin its triumphs. O rato ry h as s haped the d estine,:; ernment of hi,:; country. of natio ns, h as sealed the fate and In our own cou ntry the victories to ned the sentiment o f a continent. of oratory have been hardly less Greece rece ived her fata l blow ma rked than those of older nations. whe n Dem osthe nes was d riven to Greece with her Demosthenes exile a nd to d eath, a nd R ome s tag- and Pericles, Rome with her Cicero g ered whe n Cicero's h1::ad fell from and r\ ntony, F ra nce with her M irhis s ho ulders. abeau and Englantl with her BolTh~ entire moral face of Europe, ingbroke, Chatham and Burke, all

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might have listened e nt ranced t o hope lies not so much in him who our Henry, our Clay a nd our hurls a dart or thrusts a s pear as Webster. in him who sights a krupp or deOratory, however, docs not be- signs or gu ides a torpedo. Ma n is long wholly to highly civi lized na- g rowing deeper 1nto mind. The tions. It's a weapon of the stone heavy deeds of war a rc not all age as well as the iron. It found as done in open battle. A nation may fit backing in the bow and the lose a st rategic position by weakhatchet as in the ballista ,t nd bat- ness of its diplomacy or the lack of tery. Those haug hty wo rds of elo- , shrewd ness in its advocates before quence sent to the "pale-faced" a court of arbitration. governor by J .ogan will live as Ou rs is the age of t hought, not long as the Ph illipics; a nd the nc- man against ma n, o nly, but mind gotiary speeches of Red Jacket against mind, a lmost without the wilJ rank well in diplomatic clo- medium of speech. quence. Ours is the age of facts. Eve n But the golden age of oratory is the sylogism has lost its prestige. fast going. It no longer occupies Men a rc only concerned about t he the place rt o nce did before the mino r premise. general diffussion of knowkdgc. Ours is the age of deductio ns. We have no master-pieces of elo- W e take the genera l stock. We quence t o-day like those with strike the balance o f book keeping which the ancients awed and over- eve rywhere. W e d oubt dogmas towhelmed their hearers. We h,.ive day a nd heed statistics and the many able debaters, for this is an general ave ra ge. age of wrangling, but few g ifted The whok teno r of o ur civili zawith the e loquence that goes with hon lessens the demand fo r o rato1y. an age of acting. Ours is an age Civilizatio n tends to extinguish it. of thinking. Men have ceased to I t is a fact that the period when triumph by sheer st rength. Ours Athenian oratory was at its heigth, is the conquest of brain, not brawn. France lost the war of '70 becaus e was also the timt': when the Athethe clmss,'}ot was not equal to nia n cha racter and empire were the needle gun . sunk to their lowest points of deglf war is to be our glory now1 its redation, and in our Q\~11 !an.cJ, the

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time when our people were compar- It was not till "The Eternal City" atively rugged a nd ig norant, was was torn by factions, convulsed in the time wh en such men as Ames quarrels and slashed by the assasRncl J e ffe rson lived. s in's blade, that those orations of Oratory used to be the only Cicero a nd other Roman orators m eans of speaking to the people. were g iven to the world, mak Now the press, t he g reat med ium i111g their names immortal. through which the people receive Vehemence, as well as carefully interpre tations of a ll governmental turned phrase, is the great essential affairs, has sad ly weakened the o,f oratory. necessity o f o rator},. l t is said of Mirabeau, the ruling Long periods o f peace a nd pros- spirit of the French Revolution, perity a rc fat a l to o ratory. These t hat when he spoke his immense quicken t he g rowth of other arts, frame quivered from head to foot but o ra tory, the companion of war while his thundering voice echoed is fo rgotte n. a nd re-echoed from hall to hall, Whe n every one has become casting a spell over his hearers by excited a nd ha ughty indig natio n his eloquence and his earnestness. has sorca<l every where, then is the , B ut t o- cl ay we cannot put so 1 proper time for oratory a nd then it rr I1 d I into our 0 is tha t it shines forth with all its I )Uc ar or d~d zca rorefat· hers slPeec11cs as I ou r 1 sp I encrl o r. · )'b when their country an d t I1cir I erB e ,o re t I1e Pers ia n Wars and ties were at stake. while Greece was gai ning those victories the memories of which 1 There •are• no two sides to will Jive' forever, the eloqu ence of ' o~ratory. There is no time to ~1ass Athens was but in its infancy; but phenomena, to make deductions. when she was forced to bo,~' to the True oratory is the free exprcsyoke of a Macedonian King and , sion of one's thoughts, not hamt o support the viceroy of a foreign ppre~ and modulated by the fear d espot in he r midst, then the gilded olf disapproval or contempt; but is the man who dares d a wn o f an e loquence wac; seen, t >-day where . . . such as the world never since has s )eak 111cons1stently with the known. d "mands of his party or his purse? Nor was it different with Rome. Another reason. We have 1

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ceased to regard orato ry as a pro- to their speeches. It was Ca rlys le fession. Many s pe,llk well bu t few who declared that Eng land and tower in eloquence. America a re going to nothing but Oratory is a g ift: as Goel-given mind a nd tong ue. as the mind itself" but like the Although oratory has declined mind, may b e a b lank un lesc; s ince men have learned to think cu ltivated. fo r themselves, its use will never This neglect is s;een in many of e ntirely be lost. No ear but the our colleges. Ful!-nedged grad u- human is able to distinguish ates, rich in knowledge. often do rhythm, a nd than the rh ythm of not succeed so well in life as others orntory there is none sweet er. who have better powers o r 1.!xpresOurs is a n age of music, a nd sion but not a tithe of their orat ory a nd music a re close aki n. educatio n. Ours is an age appreciative o f In the ;:incient states all youths small things in life. T he Epic, were trained in this art. This like the Phillipics, is a thing of alone was their edu,cation. T o be pas t ages, wh ile t he Ballad, faste na prominent orator a nd to speak ing itself upon all th e refi nements from the Forum or the Bema was o f our lives a nd loves, is with us the ideal of every lad, for it was more and more. the orators mainly who were the I A s lo ng as there a rc people ch ie f political powers of the s tate. with passio ns; as lo ng as men To-day it is the sche mer. love libe rty ; as long as freedo m There never was c1L11 o rato r in the s tru ggles for s u prcmacy ; as lo ng his tory o f the world who did not as the home is o ur castle, the firs t g ive time and study to his hearth-s tone our a ltar a nd as lo ng speech. as the doctrines o f God a re p reach It can not be de111ed that we ed fro m the pulpit; oratory wi ll have an excess of plllblie spea kers vie with the p ress in moving the already; speakers who, like the people. Oratory h as rare ly been Roman tribune, Novius, hold thei r the engine of wro ng doi ng . pos itions more o n account of their A'f'.. lo ng as th ere is work for it lung powers t han thc~ir intellectual to do as t he g reat advancer of attainments; s peakers who g ive truth it will live. little or no thought or p reparation It will die only when t h e demand

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for it dies, in th e age, a nd that age the religion that teaches it, to a only, ''wherein there is nothing that g reat extent, teaches civilization, makcth a lie." and, in this sphere the christian rel igion remains with no comCHRISTIANITY AS AN AID TO petitor. Compare it with the other CIV I LIZATION . creeds ; there is no comparison ; The virtues a nd vices of lllcn, for it is based upon the spiritual when properly appealed to, rise side of a man and the more intelliwith equal rapid ity ; a nd, if the gent he becomes the better is it h igher natu re o f ma nkind is not adapted to him. On the contrary controlled and impelled forward by the other creeds rest upon the direct a nd pro pe r influence, vice ignorance and superstition of their will inva riably gai n the ascendency adherents. and triumph over the most noble The subjects of the Mohametan traits. religion cannot attain a high degree But if the virtues o f a people .lt, · es of of intelligence; the fraud on overpower t I1e . ot h er fral which their belief is founded would their c haracter, the direct out. . be exposed should they become g rowth of these virtues 1s a general power fu I th 'in k-ers. enlig h tenment; there is infused in · S ome may, to re fute tlus, • cite, • them a dis p osition to excel in their as examples of ancient civifoiation, different vocations, and, thus, their t he Greeks and Romans, and it intellects are taxed to the utmost, is true that their progress in the and a high degree o f civilization is arts and sciences was very great; a natural consequence. but all this is traceable to their The question which then arises many divinities. Thus ther stood is, what can g ive this universal without rivals, two oasis in a limitpurity ? We answer and say, it is Jess desert of barbaric cruelty and I th eir reli g ion which can give all , regal sloth. these things ; but it can also give , The Asiatic nations had no great wickedness, a nd the genera l char- 1civilization; the splendor of their acter of a nation depends solely I kings did not comprise the refineupon the divinity o r divinities they ment of the people; pomp is not worship. Therefore, since purity intelligence; neither is wealth inconduces to social advancement, . dustry.

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T he socia l progress of t he Greek most co nt inent of the eastern hemand Ro mans was also pa rtly due ispherc is due to th e prcvale ncy of to the hardships t hey encountered, the ch rist ia n relig ion, fo r as we their ind ustry as a nation, a nd t he ha ve said befo re a nation's characabsence of t hose luxuries so preva- ter depends on its relig ion. T he lent in the East. But all these progress of ,iny na tion in the mat hings were before t hey became terial a rts, be it small or g reat is mingled with the pleasu re loving a ided o r retarded by the ir fo rm of A s ia tic : for, when eastern gold worship ; if it be an idolat rous and orie ntal custo ms were showered creed the belief conce rn ing thei r upon t hem . the intellectual deve l- own existence, t he chie f mo tive of opment, wh ich had so marked the the ir lives as taug ht to them, deform er stages of t heir e xist ence, moralizes tha t part of a ma n's intelceased forever. lect that tends to increase his m enTt was a mo ng these people that ta! adv::r. ncem cnt, a nd their civil la w christianity became fi rst est ablished be ing generally fou nded upon their in Eu rope, t he fierce natio ns of th e mora l code, gives license t o cri mes north, swooping down upon the or lessens the punishment so tha t tottering emp ire of corrupted Rome it is easily evaded met a nd subm itted l o its peaceful This progenerates st rife and inn uence and braced by its sublime d iscord ; renders the ir minds unfi t e ffects in the memora ble batt le of fo r the entertainment of hig h a nd t he T ours, forever turned back th e noble ideas, and th eir advanceme nt tide of Saraccnic invas ion from as a natio n to a g reat degree of civilizatio n is impossibl e ; fo r c ivlliE urope. I O nce estab lished, its results zatio n is 111dustrio us a nd e nl ig htwere s ub lime and wonderful, 111- 1 ened purity, the very esse ntia l they stead of no mad ic t ribes and barba- 1most lack. Christ ia nity,. t ho ug h favoring ri ous c ustoms; pompous ki ngs and g roveling s ubj ects, it pro duced peace, docs not make a na tion wise a nd econom ic governme nts ; unable to p reserve itse lf; it mak es stable a nd intelligent peo ple, free 1 its subjects k ind a nd bold instead from the cruel practices of their of c ru el a nd treachero us ; energetic predecessors a nd lux urious habits, j not slothful. The fact tha t Europe is the fo reAs a g eneral thing the great

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r e ligio ns of to-day teach the exisTHE PATRIOTIC POLITICIAN. tence of a s upreme be ing possessed Grndualir.g Oration by J. S. F:miogton. with power over a ll; but with a fe w e x ceptio ns th e ir religious rites In this day when inordinate love of a re s hrouded in mys tery ; the money, madness for spoils and intense common s nares o f its adhe rents partisanship have taken suc:h fast hold know not the customs o r demands upon the minds of our people, the o f their o wn re ligion; a rc led belief is prevalent that the patriotic blindly on; b rough t up from in- politician is a being, who belonged to fancy in such a m a nne r as to have the infaucy ofour Republic, or at least to ante bellttm days, and that as he no desire fo r a n accurat e kn owledge relates to the present time, is to be c ~mce rn ing thei r c reed, is it a regarded as an imaginary quantity g reat wonder that thei r intelligence only. What constitutes a patriotic politio n other practical su bjec ts is s mall? A ny re lig io n, the facts concern- ciao~ First, he must have an ardent ing which, c~nnot be seen a nd in- Jovc of country, her institutions and her 1 s pec t ed by all connected with it, laws. Second, he should be willing to wil~ bring_ no res ults from the minds / ma ~e sac~ifices for her safe~y and of its subJects save ig norance a nd wel,are, being well versed and mtcressupers titio u s a we. ted in all her political affairs. With The laws governing christia nity such a country as ours it is not difficult have not always been free to all ; for her sons to love her and fc~I proud but the people would no t always of her progress an~ her prestige; b~t love of country, akm to love for ones s t a n d a loo f ; a n d w 11cn ti1ey b ro k e . bb Id mother, 1s not measured by th1.: extent · tile b a rne r ' so stu . o rn 1y up 11e Iof grandeur of that country, her by papa I a utho ri ty a new t:ra , progress or her high rank among the began 1n the hist o ry of Europe, nations of the earth, but is inbererit, followed by g reatly increased and gives forth its purest and strongest mental development of the lower expression, when in her weakness, she classes. is in danger of being lTamped upon by A nd civilization, pricked by the tyrants or destroyed by enemies. lt is s pu r o f a free a nd true religion, then that her true sons fly to the rescue rush ed fo rward at a gait hitherto and forgetful of self, lay thcmsel\'es unknown . upon their country's altar. Such was • H. l·L LARDIORE. the tender and ardent love of the

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Polander for his own m:fo.ted land and l but let them bewnrc how they deface it! so it is with the Irishman for his A free ballot and the right of dearly loved Emerald J sle . suffrage can not be too well guarded May we all cherish a like devotion or too highly esteemed as means of for our own fair Columbia! securing and preservi ng good laws. To the patriot the laws of his The adoption of the Aus tralian country must ever be sac red. \V<; do ballot law or one simi la r to it, by so not argue the justice of all b.ws many of our s tates is s ufficient evidence enacted and forc~d upon our people, or the manner in which the uses of the but we do say that almos t any sys tem ballot had been perverted by base or law is preferable to 110 Imo Tho$e I and designing politicians, until wis t: who have had experience or the latter men rearing the consequences upo n during the "late unpleasantness," or our free institutions we re forced to d o have had personal observation o f ! something to :wen disas ter. 11 ~ /J ln~t,, ,,ii~ th e more readily agree Intense partisan ~pirit holds a. va5t will: th1_s sentiment. Far better that army of our fell ow cni,cns in ~Jave ry rest,tuuon of wrong should come and compels them to vote fo r the slowly or not at ~II, than that men in nomi nces of the party to which they defiance of, or with contempt for law, belo ng, regardless of character or should ~ake matters in their own hands principle. Even good men insis t that and attempt unlawfully to mete out r h"1s 1s t.h e b est po 1-icy an d ti1ar 1·r 11c I justice or injustice as the case may be. • • • d tr f th . . pnnc,p1es an pa I 1orm o e party b e Even admitting that some hetnous ng . ht , 1•t ma tt ers 1-Ill1e a b ou t ti1e man. crimes may receive prompt and de. . Bul expen ence should teach that the served pumshment yet no man should . ' . . platform of any party, w1thout a stro ng dare assume such respons1b1hty or set t· t • f: r• d d sen 1men 111 so d augerous a preced en t . . . avo r o 1t, an goo The end can in no wise justify to men to_ carry it out. is but as s~ much " sound111g bra<.s, or so many t111kl111g means. The true patriot will scrupulously cymhals."

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The mdepcndent voter or "lWugavoid any infring ment or that grand system oflaws, the foundation of which wump." as he is commonly called, is was Jaid broad and d eep by our regarded as an object of suspicion nnd fath ers, and from time to time, wise contempt by the majority or men in master workmen have builded thereon, both parties, but we believe he holds till it looms up before us a gran<l and an importent plact"" in the safe ad111in\Ve imposing s tructure, beautiful to behold. istr::it1on of our government. Let .all men respect and admire it, should not forget that a party is only a

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111e(111s to an end a nd not the e nd itself, the only road to success in politics.

and while recognizing the usefulness o f But have we only demagogues and is parties in our politiclll life we regard the patri_o tic politician indeed a being the independent voter as an equally of the past. or a myth? We think not. useful facto r, serving as a safety valve We hold in our mind the image of a upon the actions o f the two great , man, who has had houors heaped opposing poli tical armies in our land. I upon him by his countrymen, a truly H ow m any of our best and mos t con- I' S11crcss/11l politician. scientious citizens have bet:n made to bear the !.tigma of traitor, for the H e has opinions and_ does not fear reason that they were unwilling to aid to express th~m. He ts not ~wayed in the e lection to office of corrupt by popular will nor can he be silenced men_, whose only merit lay in the fact by fea1 of p_ersonal defeat. ~c does that they were the n ominees o f the n~t court victory unless obtained by party to which they belong. Of this f~1r. honest m~ans. He does not use I class George William Cu rtis was a . his ~ffice for his own purposes or tho:e tru1.: type. All h o nor lo the memory of his _party, b~t holds that "a pubhc of hi111 and nll other bra \"e llnd patriotic office is a public tru 5t•''

poliuc1ans, wh o h~ve esteemed their He may not have the learning of a th country above eir party, who have College President, nor the eloquence honored good me n above bad oues, of a Clay or a Webster, b ut he is wh o knew the right and dared main- honest and wise and true. He looks tain it. \Vhe n a man's ambition beyond the narrow confines of a state prompts him lO aspire to office. how or section , and his eye and heart take shall he obtain it? in a broad aod glorious land peopled

Shall he no t resort to the methods with s ixty millions of human beings. usually employed by successful politi- witl1 sixty million pairs of eyes centred cians 1 Shall he not vilify his oppo- upon him , pleading for justice and n ent. abuse the opposite party, conceal fair dealing And they shall not be his own real sl'ntiments until the disappointed. Th:rnk God for our popular pulse is felt evade the issues Washington, our Jefferson, our Lincoln of the day, appeal to sectional 1Jreju- our Robert E. Lee and our own dice ; in other wo rds , shall ht: not c:ill I F rancis P. Blair, and thank God we to his aid the "Machine'' with all its i have even now at least one Patriotic corrupt and contemptible workings? 1 Politician. who loves and trusts his :M any who do not approve of such I countrymt'n :rnd is loved and trusted )nethods, honestly believe this to be ; by them,.

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Chide me not, the word is spoken, Bidding c ,•cry fond hope to die; Let me give this o ne snd tok en ; ' Tis the l:i~t-thc b st ''good l>yc." Could'ts thou k now how dearly cherished \Vere the hopes or those brier hours, Those two lovely hopes which perished With the faJing Summer flowolrs. Had'st thou sceo thr 11nagc seated, Like :m :mgcl's in my heart, Hcnrd c:1ch inwnrtl thought repeated. \Vl1ich hnth said, how dear tho u art. Then, oh! then th ou hncl'st not le(t me, T o th is lonely lifo o f pnin, N or or those fond hopes \iereft uw, Which c11n never come again. \\' hen thy years of youth hnve faded, And thy thoughts nre l>:ickward cast, And thy gentle soul is sh:1.clecl By the memories or the past. Then, oh, thlW'l, not :'11 forgetting, Thou wilt s till remember me; Thou m:iy come, at Inst, regretung, For th e love now spurned by thee. There c:in be no soul replying, In those future years, to thine, \ Vith a lour o f love undying. Pt1re, and deep, anti s acl is mine. Theo, when longing for :iffection, I n thy spirit's secret cell, There may come a recollection Of a heart that loved so we ll. But 'tis vnin ! to me remainethNnught but un:wniling sighs. And the thought that e ver pnincth, Anrl th e grid that never dies. There :ire d:iys o r deepe r sol'l'ow, T han mny come with dyi ng breath ; There are li1•es, whose ever morrow, Comes more full of pain than death.

These to me thou hns nppointcd ; Macie my hope a withered lea.(, And my soul 1hou hast annointcd, \ Vith th e hiller "oil of grief." Each chill word which thou has spoken, Wrung my heart with more than pain, Ellch cold look . that hea rt h:1s broken, T elling it, "thy lo ve is va.in." Oh ! how cnn'st thou thus distress me ,. Slighting love ns deep ns mine, And the spirit which lo bless thee, Even IVOuld dare to "die for thine." Fate in hope's once fairest palace, 13ids the :1ltar lights to pale, And from love's divines t ch:ilice. llnth decree(! the wine to foil. Thus, :lll co ld, :1nd drenr, :rnd shaded, P ass, in gloom the ruture hours ! From my heart, hope's plant hlls faded; \Vh:it rema.ins .- "Love's wi thered 0o wers !"

- Seketed. THE CABIN ON THE CLAIM,

Lonely, you say ? with mighty arch Of sky so grnnd ly blending? By bright-hued clouds a nd glillerm(:' stars A lender message sending? J oyless? when out o r crimson cloud The sunrise pours its glory, Morn after morn re pe:iting well Aurora's cheerful s tory? Pcaccless ? when night wi th noiseless feel, From fields o r herbs and Rowers, Sweet odors or her mantle d:irk Dears to this col of ours ? L ike faintest sounds of dist:1n t sens, Pounding some castle hoary, \Ve hear the i;:-reat world's roar and fret. And trace her changeful story.

As far away white glcamin(:' sail, Turning a hend of river,

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As o'er hill-top, ficl<l and mount:ain, Light and glory blend their charms.

So than kful. where the kindly stars Spang le the blue with beauty, \ Ve look, nnd breathe the fervent wish, That all may d o the ir duty. - Boston T ransc,-ipt.

There's the old barn and the orchard, And the fields and meadows green. How they answer to my longing, F or the h i rd-song and the stream.

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Far away to the sunny south land, Where the pine nnd myrtle g row; :.Iy he:m doth o ften wonder; Wh ere the breezes gently blow.

On the h ill-side, by the s trcamlet, W here t he Sporti ng lambkins play; And the whipper-will and c:i.glet S01,nd their notes :i.t the close o f clay ; Let me walk agni n and listen, And behold the ris ing ~un,

And on yon hill-~ide, where the sun llis morning g lory daily sheds, Is :1. q uiet spot, nnd s;icred, In the city of the de:id. Oh ! could I for a moment kneel. And kiss tha t sacred d ust, 'Twould fill my soul with joy ond pence.

And gh-e me slrongi:r faith :md trust. But sundered far from those blest tics, I sit :md muse :i.t midnight hour; Diesi hope of heaven, 1he tears dries. It ,vhispers o f blis5 in yon fair bower. -Selected.

L ocal D epartment . From the present indica tions, it T hree months of rest a nd pleas- seems that the Academy will be overflowing next term. ure . We now have the best band in A re you going to attend the the cou ntry, and it will be too bad W orld' s F a ir? if the boys who compose it are not W ere some of the boys happy back next year. la st Mond ay evening ? We have heard it said that the Oh! gosh there goes a slice out young ladies of Mexico expect to of t he conti-ngent fee. give the Cadets a handsome flag J a ck wanted to borrow Murphy's next session. Cadet Jones has a very nice playsword. W o nder what for ? thing, his key chain. Whenever The fin al examinations were held and a ll came out with good he is visiting this little toy rot ates around his finger. grades. Vacat ion.

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They t ell us that Charley Man- Mexico boys a nd t he Cadets get sur thought fo r awhile that he o n together. There has bee n no wouldn't walk his three hours extra t rouble or ha rd feeli ngs e ngenderduty; but he evidently cha nged ed by t he Cadets vis iting the t o wn g irls. Th e boys of Mex ico a re his mind. Miss W. (talking to Berry.) On- gentlemen in eve ry way. Cadet Edwin Sheetz we nt home ions are about the only g reen things I like. Berry : That is a compli- last week o n accou nt o f ill health. ment. Miss W.: Oh, d o you take He is a hard-working s tudent a nd is tired out. W e dislike t o g ive it home? him up at this part o f t he term as Cadet H a mmett had, unfortunhe was in the race fo r the scho larately, while driving , not lo ng ago, ship medal. his horse fall in the sha fts. The L ie ut.- Who a re yo u talking to horse was evidently sick before leaving the stable. Biggs? Biggs. -No one. Nearly all of the g raduating Lieut.- W hat's that ? class of '93 will attend some eastB iggs.- ! was o nly tal king to ern college. Ca det Marsha ll, the ? myself lover of Homer, will likely make A llen.- 1 got a lette r fro m my Some two weeks ago Cadet Tu- neice. re ma n fell and hurt h is knee. He B urdick.- Wh ich is it, a boy o r a g irl ? had quite a serious time of it, but in a short time we hope will be 0. D., Please wake me up at able to walk without the aid of his 1 2 o'clock i I want to trtke som e crutches. medicine. (One hour later after rece1v1ng a We can't just see how Mr. Williamson's speech was beaten in the hint) Never mind 0. D . I will take Inter-Sta te contest. But such it a fter reveille. judges as ex-Pres ident H arrison H erndo n while o ut wa lk ing last and Senator Ingalls would of Sunday was reminded by some o f course vote for an eastern ma n. the Hardin girls t hat it was just his ma rk at Princeton.

It is rema rkable how well the the time to hunt Drakes.

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K oette r say s he lives o n Bre nnen

l Cad ets George a nd E d Hosea

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\ rctu m e d to the ranks after a few lt was rather a shnrp bayonet weeks at home. t hnt Steele ran thro ug h his hand Cadet True Cole returned to his

i 1r. P . F rancke, o f S t. Josep h, hom~ last week on account of ill s pe nt a few days with his son last health. week. Messcrs Botts a nd Rothwell, of Cadet Ha rt's mothe r came from Columbia, were here to attend the C hicago to sec him when he shot · field day exercises and the receptio n that nig ht. Mans ur said, while in the midst H a rris wn nts t o inst ruct anyo ne o f his examinations, that he was with common sense in t he art o f spea ring frogs. g oing to be like Prof. Moore's Jud ge Ram say , o f Ma ryvi lle, frog , ·•s ure to come to the top." was do wn visiting hi s iittlc son, Ct1det H art while hunting. some Cha rlie, last \\'eek. few weeks ago, had the misfortune H e rnd o n tried to b ri be t he to shoot himself in the right leg, F ocus e d ito rs not to me ntion his in flict ing a painful, though not D ra ke re lat io ns hip. serio us. wound.

Captain-Lloyd what size collar R ube, t hat o ld t rick o f relatio ns passin g throu g h o n t he tra in will do you wear ? • no t work a ny longe r. LI d , 1 oy -~-.o. 10 sir. Capta in- A ll right, I will be up Bri nkerhoff says h<.: a ttend ed th ree fa shio nable balls in o ne nig ht ; a fter o ne in a few m inutes. that is if b rass is fas hionable. T he corps o f 9 2-93 wish to exSevera l o f H ard in's beauties I tend to i\frs. Seddon and Mrs. Tate mad e us a visit o ne a fternoon last I their ma ny tha nks for the loving 1 week. Consequence, 2 0 demerits. kind nesses shown them since they

Lieut. L ittebrant told S miley have been at the A cademy. T hese tha t if he wou ld use the d og cha in two la dies have been mothers to that he wears t o lock his gun it us a nd in every way t hey han: wo uld be in bette r condition. ministered to our needs.

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place we have stnick fo r ;i lo ng still confi ned lo his room in New time. 'Ne a rc going back to York City. There is very little iVkxico next year, if it breaks the hope fo r his rccovf: ry. It seems crowd! ! ! - l l'rrsl1i11g t o11 C11io11. ha rd indeed that a ma n wh o posJ\ certain y o un g lady whe n o n sesses such a wond e rful genius the grand stand at the fair ground s should be s truck down a t the fide.I day ,vas asked whe re he r 1.en ith of his success. Lieut. v..r. T. Litteb ra nt has brought suit agains t Latney BMn es Prof. Allen Moore of the Chilli- fo r S I 50. In the petition filed Lieut. cothe Normal school ga ve us ,111 c laimc; damage: to th.it a lllo unt a nd inte resting talk a t the chapel service s tates that Latney Harnes the one mo rning last week. His e nt ire you ng son of A. C. H;m1es, or this speech mig ht be good food fo r I c ity, s hot a nd kil led his Newfou nd thought. / la nd dog valued at S I 50. ho rse and buggy were. plied : Oh, down belo w.

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/\. R. l·h11nrnett attended th e / Th e [;-acuity of Boston UnivcrsiCom111cnccme nt exerc ises at the ty has deciclecl th a t ed ito rial work F ulton Female College o n th e 25th o n College p.ipe rs connected wi th J-'lis sister was o ne of the g radutcs ' tha t institution s hall be :11lowed to and c hose fo r the s ubj ect of he r t«ke the: place of some of the regucssay, "Golde n Threads tha t ha ve lar cou rses of study, t he m anaging 111::vcr been W oven.'' Jt was well ed ito r be in g cred ited with seven written a nd she read it in a very hou rs a week a nd each of his assist pleas ing manner. a nts with two. T he corpc; \\':lS a ll owed to attend Ca pt. I ,CC , of the: 9 th infantry, in:;pccling offi c1::r of the U. S . a rmy the Co ntec;t at I Iard in College o n was he re to sec us last wee k. W e the evening o f the 19 th. lt w.as drilled all day for him end ing up g rea tly e njo yed by a ll ; bu t W;ilker I by making a te rriblt: charge o n was especia lly pleased, fur when the fence. He was very much "Lady Bird" wo n he co uld ha r d ly plcasc:d with th e Acade my in keep his scat. Misses \i\la re and cv<.;ry n:s pect. H is repo rt will be Saunders ,,·ere the victo rious ones. published some: time soon. Miss Rho me also rec ited in her

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c harming man na a nd it was hard , accompany it, which we all enjoy ed to dec ide between he r and Miss immensely. Ware. . , Since our last issue the F ocv:• T he C ad e ts s hare d with the 11 1 cl t 1as 1a wo e 1ections The fi rst s tudents of H a rdin College in th e ir r1or ti1c t o wn g 1r • 1s, t h e • scco n cl r,n r " C0 11 • Tl c hapel the baccala,n eate se rmo n th 1r d 10 o n Sundav the 28 th. I t was I e It. a r f egc gir1s. H: resu was as o 11ows : de live re d by Or. J. S . Kirllc:y the YOUI\ G L:\DI ES I N MEXICO. pasto r o f the D el111ar J\vcnuc T he best da ncer, M iss CunningB aptist c hu rc h in St. L ou is . It ham. was a mai;tc rly effo rt a nd was T he prettiest, Miss Williams. hi g hly a po rccia tt:d . I _ • 1 he best conversatio na list, Miss The Marm a duke P k/Jc has sure ly P 1'lc h e r. become de fun ct. W e were favo red T he most •popular, Miss Boy d . with t he firs t issue but t ha t was a ll. Miss W illia ms had for her oppoIt has e it he r ceased to c:xis t, o r ne nt i\Iiss Ross who received 3 1 they a re ash a me d fo r people to .see vo t cs, M.rss w 1·11·1ams ge tt·mg 39. More of the cadets took sides it. We t e nde red to th e m a hdping hand whe n it was fi rst publis he d in the sec o nd electio n and it terbut they the n t h o ug ht . th cy_ did minated in a very warm conll.:s t. no t need o u r he lp. lt is evi d ent T he b<:st da ncer, Miss S mith. they ne1c:ded some o ne's assista nce. I The prettiest, Miss T alley.

Mr. Chas . Buckn e r, th e Cadets' j T he b est co nversationa lis t, Miss frie nd, has b een ve ry k ind lo bo th G oodma n. Hardi n Colllege a nd the A ca demy . T he most popula r, M iss Bates. F o r a while it was hard to H e gave two lo ve ly me da ls to y o ung la diies a nd a lso gave t he I dete rmine whe the r Miss Good man be aut iful me d a l t o th e \\' inna of , o r Miss Stra ub would win for the :\ Ir. th ird place, a nd the same clo~e o ur de clamato ry contest. Buckne r 1s a very generous · race was had betwee n Miss T a ller ma n a nd ha s many fr ie nds in our ' a nd i\liss W a re for the seco nd c orps. Onie e vl!ni ng last " ·1.:ek he place. \ Valkcr went off a nd kicked sent o ut a la rg e fr<.:eze r full o f 1 himsc::lf when the result \\'els d elicious c ream with cake to ,urno u11c1::d, while Murphy crit:d fo r ·

---- ----joy. The Focus will hold another the violin solo, "The Bird in the election next session but in a Tree" by Miss Pearl Williotms. different way. \1\/ith h er master hand she can T he corps had thc:: pleasure of al1110:;t make her instrument talk . attending tht: grand concert at The vocal solos by Misses Michaux, Hardin College on the evening of Ya ncey and Ewing wt:re much . apprc::ciated. A nd th e n when the:: the 2 7 th - It was hig hly entl:rtain- un fortunat<.; contestant in the late ing a nd those who u nd erst a n cl declamatory struggle appea red un classical music were muc h ple.isl!d the stag,e ou r very hea rt went out by the efforts of some of Hardin's I to hc.:r. W e refer co :\fiss Rhome, accomplished d;rnghters. The I the brightest s ta r among l [a rdin's special feature of the evening was I acco mplis hed you ng ladies.

Humorous D epartment. Gilmc,re. -One, two, thn.:c-e, Park- "This is the litera ry trans ready, play. Bass (the.: bass dru111lation. 111is t)- l·l old on Gilmore, l can't The blues-Membe rs of the find rny music. Faculty. .Avc::ry (trans lating Gt::rman)-The Cadet Lloyd asked if the hot lion was .111 ,1 1HX caught, but was water was warm. by a mouse scared. Professor-We will take the Dunca n says his girl bdongs to same 1esson yesterday. the al,111111/11111 at Hardin College. ''I Tave a c rumb of co111 fo rt,' ' Pegram (tenderly)-Do you love remarke d a Cadet as he thru-;t a me-a little. huge ro,11 o f fine cut into hi s mouth. She (absently)-Yes, I am very •·Do y ou call that a O'lfll/b''fond of children. said his fricnd-"It looks to me Lieutcnant- "Farrington, if you more like a loaf.

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were told to take you r company Ture ma n wrote to his best gi rl into action what comma nd would and received no reply for Lhree you give first." week:-_ Fina lly the long expected F a rring lon-"To the rear, march." a nswer came. "Y 011 must excuse

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me for no t writin g sooner, but we by ; a nd the whc:els arc just ·the havt:: bec.:n ho use cleaning and thing for your boy's goat wagon. eve rybo dy has b1::en almost wild. T he clear silvery tones o f the alarm l think J must be crazy now." have a remarkable effect upon the T u re man f.1inled. heare rs and act as a tonic for the nerves .. The alarm usuallv goes off Tvf r. R eid who was fo rmerly a , . . 1s d.uring at .,rregu 1a r intcrva thc Cadet at this Acad e my was o nce day thus afford ing a pleasant surrcported for ta king '"liberties with prise lo all. For particulars apply Officer of the Dc1y." ln h is ex- , at this offic<.:. planalion he wro te: Si r : 1 have the ho nor to s tate 1 The Rev. Blank has a rather that J can explai n t his i:eport only savage little dog. One Sunday by ,1 Ca mous quota tio n fro m Patrick the aforesaid dog attempted lo bite 1 lt:nry : "G ivc: me libe rty o r give:: o ne o f tht:: Cadets and was kicked 111c death ." fo r his pains. The R ev. Blank R espectfully s ubmitted, FRED R EI D. rose in the pulpit and roared : The Comma nda nt se nt fo r him " \N hile I was in my study a few ant.I said , "Mr. Reid, I have con- 1110 ,ne nts ago some cruel person s idcrcd you r expl,uiatio n a nrl as I kicked my c.log. I never coul<l can give you neither liberty no r , tole rate crudty to animals a nd let dc,tt h, will g ive you th ree hours rn t state herc: that a reckonina • st d " , ::, 111 1 ca • _ ___ awaits that person. He has no NOTICE. , hope uf salvatio n !" 'v\l c have for sale at this oftict:: a W 1:: have no desire to critici1.c fine 'vVatcrbury a la rm clock, the the Re v. Blaak but we do hate to wo rks a re warranted and if des ire d see a ma n lusc his temper and say may be used to run a saw mill. rash things, even if he is a preacher. Th e main s pring is ten yards long :\otes o n Ornitho logy.-The a nd can be conveniently used to measu re cloth or bee fstea k. This j a il bird has a remarkable rnnge o f clock would be o f g reat service to territory and is found in nearly all a ho te l k eepe r. It has a fin<.: alarm parts o f America. It is easily diswhic h may be used as a dinner tingu ished by its horizontal !>tripes, gong. Jt wo uld a lso a muse the ba- 1while the stripes of the bird tennis

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playcr-: r: vi:rLical. The jai~b~~~~l largc -:;-mbers often s tay. The jail a great pilfen.:r a nd very darin g. bird has a good appetite and is not Then: a re cases on record where it averse to whiskey a nd tobacco. has attacked travdc rs and even e n- O ne or its ha bits is to press its ten::d houses a nd carried off valua- beak ag:iinst the bars of its cage hies. r\lthough not a songster il 1s a nd e ndeavor to cscapc. The s tufrequcnt ly k e pt in cages. The dent :,hou ld admire these birds Government has rnanr cages where from a distance.

E xcha ng e D e p a rtm e nt. 'v\ir..: wou ld like fo r sonH.: good "'vVhat scu lpture 1s to ma rble, editor of a colkgc paper lo tell us education 1s to the sou l." the u se o r r,1lhe r advantage of this department. Js it to cover some Puck's advice to college stude nts two or three pages with compli- is to go to bed ea rly a nd avoid me nts to othe r papers? \Ne think the rush. no t. Unclcr this hc:acli ng we wis h to publish c l1pp1ngs from other pa- Tbe solcmncholic d;iys have co me, The wughest o f the y~:ir, p ers; and hereafter no paper will The w;tiling l>oys ;ind mourning girls, r eceive personal me ntion Lhrough And professors on their cnr.'' this column. This reminds us of these;: sadd er · · H o w did th e murdr..: rer RC t / lines contri buted by a Juni or. when he was gui lloti ned ? " H e • "Tell 11~ not in mournfol numbers . completely lost his hcad. " Life is bnt "n empty drcnm. 0

Pro fessor: "\l\fhat excuse have you fo r going about 0 11 crutches?" Student: (Turem an) A lame onc, 1 fea r, s ir. A lmost eve ry y oung lady is public ~pi ritcd e nough to be willing to have he r fa thcr 's h o use used as a cou rt-house !

When a girl wlio wcii;hs ooc hun clrcd Ct:ts outside a qn:irt. o f crcilm." A DV I CE TO THE POET.

When yon write a merry jest Cut it short ; fl will be too long n t best, Cut it short; Life is brief, :ind full of care; Editor5 don't like to swear; Trc:it your poc-m like your h:iir; Cut 11 short.

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"Young man," said the pro- p rayed v.i.in\y for relief, they put fessor, as he stepped in the hall t heir gods out to set: how they and caught a fris ky Fres h. by the like it. s houlders, " [ believe Satan has got hold o f you." " I believe so too," Johnny-"Papa , I looked through was the quick reply. the parlor keyhole last nig ht , while s is and her beau were there."' Papa- "What did you fi nd out ?" Street ca r conductor: •· H ow old J ohnny-'·The lamp." are you , my little girl ?" Little Boston g irl : ''lf th e corporation Ir er li ps s:iid no, her eyes said ye!' : does not o bject, I'd prefer to pay Which did she mc:in 1 I low coul.t he guc$S ·: full fare and k eep my own s tatis- To he 100 uold mighl be unwi~c, tics." Bui cow:irds " omen :ill despise. :'.'1 01 long w:1s he in douhl lik.: 1hi,;

At Vassar the Greek drama, lie 100k 1he ch:111ces, nnd 1he -l.i~$. A ntigone. was p layed in Greek by p -- rofcssor m Latin (dictating the s tudents on the 26th of May. , L . . . . I at111 composition)--"Tcll me, Tl 11s was a m ost 111te rest111g event . . d b is thy horse?" a nd was inte nse1y c nJoye r a II , slaSve,tartwh<.:n.: d • . f Ic Frcsh- " l t's under my w ho I1a d t I1c pnv, 1cge o see ing it. chair, s ir. I wasn't using it."' WE LCOME. \\lclcome, springtime fairies g:iy. To the fr-or.en wintry e:trth. Sof1ly y ou :ire m:iking w:iy Fo1 our c:irl iest season' s birth.

In th.: world's bronc! field o f h:tlll.:. In the s1rife of rc:tl life. :\dvcnising is lhc sccrcl • 0( :1chi.:,·cmen1 in the strife. I .ivcs o f rich men :ill remind 11~, /Vt rich C.'\n be, in cou rse of lime, .\nd , hy liberal ad,·cni~ing. To 1hc highest summit cli111I,.

With the writer's rippling song. Rousing violets from their bed, Nnturc :111 will join 1h.: 1hrong, lly s11ch wondrous music led. \Vc lco me, s miling clv1Hls :ibo,·e '. \'011 will :inswcr to the cn!I, Emblems o f our F:11her' s love, Wntching fondly over :ill.

THt:: IDt::AL STUDEN T .

The ideal s tudent? W here is he ? I Let me sec him. S uch e:s:cla m;1----I tions would greet the enr if it A fter a long period o f wet s hould be remu kcd that an idc.ll weather, when t he Chinese have stutknt was fou nd. L et us look 1

at some of the c ha racteristics o r He would no t lin ger in th e halls such a b e ing. s mo king a c iga rette, whic h is poisHe wo uld JI(>/ s tay fro m c hurch o nous to himself a nd very o ffe non Sunday a nd ans we r, "Guess s ive to o the rs . In fact , a n ideal sir." He would no t go to the s tudent wo uld no t s m o ke ciga re ttes church rloor, th e n ret urn ho me a nd a t all. say he had b een to c hurch . H e " ou Id not attend the s how l le wo uld no t keep his feet in and a nswer next mo rning, u11prc read incss to ch eer in the c hapel ;."tt pa red, no r neglect his stud ies for the s lig htest o ffence. a ny o the r pleasu re. H e wo uld no t go to the rccit~t• H e would no t s hirk any du ly tion rooms prepa red with a ll kinds imposed un him by h is soc iety, of tricks to det ract the stu dt:n ts ""hether he were asked to g ive a n attention. address o r debate, o r whatever du ty He would no t play mean o r vu !- mig ht devo lve upon h im, hc wo uld gar tricks 0 11 the pro fessor o r a lways perform it. studc.:nt. W e o mit cheatin g in exa minaH e wo uld no t spend a n hou r in tio ns , fo r it does not ta ke an i dcnl \\·hich he ought lo study, t rying to s tudent to abstain fro 111 such ,k.~·rnfix up a plaus ible excuse why he dnJ/()11. These a re o nly a few of lh e doesn't know his lessons, at the sa me time hindcring t hose who things a n ideal s tudc.:nt will not do; wo uld s tudy. we might run it o n indefi nite ly .

Athletic Departm e nt. The c o ntests wc.:rc fully up to Our Mexico fri e nds ta ke a g reat those o r last year, a nd in some reI deal o f interest in th e Acade:my I s pects the records we re very fin e. ., I u t c I1a nd e verythi ng connected with it, I Tlie 100 yarcl cl as I1 o r A· . G.i.and he ncl:! we were no t surprised . I inson, of St. Lo uis, in 10 2-5 secwhe n a la rgt: crowd of ladies a nd gentleme n ass embled at the Fair o nds was very fine a nd puts him in Grounds, Snturday afternoon, l'vl::ty front o f th e runne rs o f this rank in 15 , to witness the.: Field Dar sports. the !Vlississippi Valley, and within FIELD DAY AT THE M. M. A.

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P retty silver medals were 1an1·t· :-1::; :i . lla11111u, u. :-,111ik•y. Ellerlw awarded the victors in each con- and .\ 1<•hi,:011 1·:11111! in tilt• o rdc-r nnn1l'd. test. The score is as fo llows: B1111ni11.l! Broatl ,l 1111q,- Ua:-.<. 1::;: 1. ll:1111IIH'II :!d . 1 IIJU yartl tl:1,h-ll 1nl'l1i n~u11 1. L'ulc :!. 0111' .\l ite R1111-:·;111ilc\'. f,: :!U :l-n. Ellerbe :l. Berry -L K night :i. 0 .- wul!l Ii: .\lad1l'nth :!d . • tilll\'. JU :!-f>. :!:!O yal'd,- l >a,h - lluh•ltin,-on. :!-1 1-:! P 111till_!.:' JU-pound .- hot - ll ,111111 1<•11 I. ,-,·,·uml,,: (:ill :!d . .\l n r,- hall :! : di,;1:11H"l'. :-!O :-1. ' l'hrnwin ~ Hi- pou nd lla111 1m·r. lla111 H11nni n~ lli;.:- h .J11111p- l-'Hrring ton l. 111t,r 1,rnkl• and contc,-l 11· :1, po,:q,011c1l. Elll•rl,<: 2: 5ft. 7 in. 1 llaH .\lik H11n- ll 111d1in::o n I. 2:-ti',: P OI(•

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C o mm e nce m e nt Exercis es . The Mexico papers have given ally fine, :;hort, and to the point , such accu rate a nd spirited ac- commenced with a burst or splencounts or our Commencement Ex- did mus ic furnished by the Acadercises that we cannot do better emy Corn et Hand, a band that than copy their reports. '·can't be beat" and is certainly one The fo llowing excellent report of the best ever • heard within of the Elocution Contest is from Mexico's borders. Capt. D. A. the columns or the J.cdga. We l'vlci\lillan, one of Missouri's most understand that it is from the popula r and honored teachers, g raceful pen of a fair reporter who soon appeared a nd with brevity h as c learly entered into the spirit made known the points upon which of the occasion : the sever.ii conte:;tants would be "'Twas strange; 'twas passi ng g raded, viz: Conception, vocal strange,'' but the medal ··went expression and action. The first speaker to come upon rig ht" last nig ht and every one went hom e satisfied with the decision the pbtform was Cadet Lingenrendered by the fivejudges-B. W. felter, who commanded quietes t Torreyson, S. B. Cook, J. G. Trim- attentio n from his hearers until, in b le, R. M . White and Capt. Shea. mos t expressive tones and with The programme, which was unusu- easy changes fro m narrativi:: t o tht:

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impassioned style, "Shamus O'Bri- when a ll th<.: world will honor the en " had been sorrowfully led into soldier, stalcsman, martyr, "To usthc dock, condemned lo ha ng saint L'Ovcrturc." from the cross-tree, and had at Cadet Gill knows how to tell an last escaped the penalty. Number interes ting s to ry in ;:rn interesting 1 understands "Paddy's brogue" way, as was plainly exh ibited in in a manner that suggests long his recita l of "The L ife Boat." His practice. na tural style a nd freedom o f action Cadet Duncan entered the race a rc points upon which he should with spirit and determination, and be complimented, as his rank in vigorously depicted the meteoric the judges' gradi ng testified. cnrccr of the famou s "Black 1-lorse The band again up-ra ised their and His Rider," brave Benedict instruments and the jolly s trains of Arnold. With plenty o f li fe and "Dixie" filled the house ;tnd "made moveme nt, the speaker begun, con- the echoes ring." tinu ed a nd concluded. The Academy Mandoli n Club A solo by Cadet L one, a prom- had an able representa tive in Mr. ising young cornetist, was a con- . Murphy, who treate d t he a ud ie nce spicuou:; feature of the entertain- to a selection exceed in g ly sweet, me nt. He owns ;rn exceedingly fine a nd fau ltlessly re nde red. instrume nt and as it is manipulated Cadet Balla rd's delivery comby eq ual ly as fine a playe r, morP. bi nes all the qualities of the " natcxpc ricnced cornetists will have to ura l born orator." With s plendid hus tle con<;iderab ly to su rpass him. presence, correct a nd d istin c t cm; nAlthough encored repeated ly h e Ic iation . perfect gesticulation and could not be prevailed upon to fac ia l e x p ression, he held his listre-appca r. cners' undivided attention during Cade t Smith orates intelligently the whole recital of "The M assaand stro ng ly. vVith a good sclec- cree of Z oroaster," from the very tion he made a good effort; with beginning till th e e ncl, when the vigor and fire did h e contrac;t the cha nting, white-robed priest a nd heroes o f the earth. ·v nu r ead his doomed yet faithful ba nd met history not with eyes but with the ir common fate. prejudices; the dny will come :\1r. Trimble with his usual maid-

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THE PROGRA'.\JME. en modes ty, a p peared upon the stage a nd bestowed M r. Buck ne r's Ess:i.y . . .... . ..... The Profession of Politics Frank '.\1:isvn ,\vcry, Clinton, Mo. handsome p rize u pon the for tunate Oration. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. Decline of 0ratury and deserving winner, Cadet B a lCecil .\ lon·ison llaskcli, '.\lexicu, '.\Iv. la rd, a close s tudent and a gentlc;:- 0r:i.tion. . . ....... . The Pntriotic Politician John ::iel,rcc Fnrrington, Fnyettc,Mo. m a n or unus ual promise and e x Essny...... . ... .... lntcrnnlion:il Exhibits ceptional ability. George Shelley (;ill, Knns:is City,Mo.

The Intellig encer reports the Com- Essay ·· ··· • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •Navnl 1lerocs mencemen t Exer~ises as follows: W1llinm llnrrison I lnys, llnnnihal '.\lo. Ess:iy .. .... . .. ..... . . . . '.\I odcrn In,•cntion The third session of the Missouri ~l:lrk Joseph Kilgore, )-[e;,.ico, Mo. Military Academy ac this pl:tc1,; h.is Essy ........... . ......... . ... ... . '.\lyths 1lamillon liord0 n L:imb, Fort Scott K:in. been the most prosperous in its histo· Oration . ...\ d1•:in1agcs of Clnssical Education ry, and its success ha~ shown that such Fleming :'-Liles :'llarslrnll, Nelson )lo. • a school with superb equipments and Essnr ........ . ..... ........... Cohtmhus buildings, a nd ::t course of study equal J:i nw$ Solon Smith, f:1yc11c, Mo. to that of the best eastern ac:idamics Of the above o nly three were pubwas much needed west of the Missis- . licly delivered, those of Cadets Baske tt, sippi. Ope ned by Col. Fleet in the fall I Farringto n a nd Marshall. of 1890, a plant has been established The ora tio ns o f Cadets Baskett and equipped at a cost of about $90,- a nd Farrington will b e found pub000, and a patronage hns been secured lishcd i n full in this number o f t he e mbraci ng the sons of the best blood F oct;S. They we re very gracefulof Missouri and the surrounding states. ly a nti s trikingly dclivcrcd, anc.l T he marked advance of th;;: past wi..:re hcc1r<l with much pleasure by ye.ir has been the detail of a U . S. Ar- the a udie nce. my officer as professor of Mililtary Sci"Advantages o r a Classical Edu ence a nd T accics, and the supplyiug of ca tio n" \\'as the subjc:ct or Flemi ng the Academy with new Springfield rii\liles i\farshall':; o ration. The:: Aes and equi pmems. Five acres more have been added to the already spa- 111odds in lang uage a re the cbscious cam pus, and over 6oo e vergreen sics, a n d while th1::ir s tudy givcs us and shade trees have been pl::tntcd. the form o r language and laws of A large audie nce;: listened to the its construction, it also brings lo closing e xercises at the Ferris Grand our minds and hearts th e best Opera H ouse this morning. Following tho ughts of the:: must s ucce::s~ful was writ e rs.

"Next to kno wing a n individual the cl,1s~ics. L eading works for is to be a cquai nti..:cl with his writ- these profession-, we re fo rm e rly ings and th o ughts . writt l.! n 111 o ne of th e cl.lssics, a nd There the lite raria n, the lrn,to n - 1they have m a ny . cxpressi~ ns in an, the human ita n a n, lt:a rn lh c them lo-day which rc ma an unfacts , the dc:t!ds, fancies, ,rncl pur-1 tr,uhl,,ted poses of m en. T o the pro fes:,1o ns,then,a knuwlf l edge:: . of the classics i:- ind1spc11-;a1 l 1:-, l u t 1l e,; C 1:l!:>SICS O t Ile ,.111 . ble. . \ nd not only fo r them but c1ent Greeks and Romans th at "c . for evcrv o ne wh ci would re,1cl wn h are mdebted for the g n.:,lter part • d . unrlcr'-l,tndrng an spml. . of a ll that makes h1:-tory, poctrr. I .ct ll'-, then, fo r lhe -.ake of the human liberty , m odern literature, philosophy, art a nd cultu re By bc..,t thought a nd it, -.uit,tblc ex the s tudy of the cl,u,<;ic s civtliz,l- pre-. . . 1on, perfect o urse lves in the whic h ., t..rivcs cl,tssic tio n and C hristia:11ty a rc spre,lcl lan!!Ua?"e ~ ~ abroad ove r th e la nd H .td it nol st re ng tb a nd beauty b een for the s tudy of the m the c1vCadet 1'1us hall, who was in ilizatio n of the ancient Greeb a nd I tho rough accord wit h what he Romans wou ld ha ve been confin ed 1"aid, •,pok(.; wi th much power. to their border:., a nd, to-day, we I I (is oration wr1!- received with a and m.rny other natio ns wou ld be <;torm of appla use. in a barbaric cond itio n-would , After delivering th e diplomas to know no thing of th e gove rnm ent the five gr,1duatc .... Col. F leet m,1de a nd affairs of any o the r na tio n ex- 1 ,1 s ho rt add rec;s, o f which we give cept our o wn. th ~ follCJw1ng synopsis fro m the Notwithsta ndi ng th e g reat ad- hand o f our ...,pecial reporter : vantage which the classics a ffo rd, Col. Fleet stated, in ope ning l11s th ere has always bee n g reat p reju- a ddress to th e g r,t<.lua tes, th at he dice against the ir stuclr. The had hoped ,rnd e xpec ted to have s peaker thought if th e cl,1ss1cs a di sti ngu is hed ~pea kc r to g race were excluded fro m o ur ~chooL it t he occasio n, but as the gentle man would be a natio na l misfortune. he hat! selected had bee n p rcve ntThc lawye r, the physicia n, th e eel from comin g-, br prc~si ng (;ntheologia 11, s ho uld be learned in gagcmcnls at the last m o ment, he

was no t so rry to ha ve lht.: ttppo r- o rs the ideal 1'. Iilitary School and tunity t o sny a fe\\" worc.ls to them what it was designed to accom hims e lf, which he hoped mig ht be plish for this class of boys. We helpful to them in their future ca- can o nly to uch b riefly upon a few rcers. Th ey !>t ood jus t no w at the po ints. In the first place, it ta ught parting of t he ways. Th e cour~e implicit o be die nce to law. ):othing laid d o wn in the ;\l issou ri Milita ry I sho rt of r\bsolutc obcdit:ncc was Academy they had comple ted. t o le rated in a i\ l ilitary School, a nd Some of them \\ oulcl enter upon o nly by \e,m1ing to obey d id they bu~iness C<lreers a nd sonic wo uld become qualified tu command. lt only 111;1kc thi s one s tep in the ir was a pure democracy. Tiu.: unicd u c,1tiona l prngrc.,s. form abolished all distinctions o f I \i~\•c I1car(t mu c I1 now-a-cays o f I d r t!SS, a nd merit was the o nly re. cocr ni zed ste ppincr-stone to success M.:I f -made m e n, a nd this was usu-1 :::::, ,div understood to mean nH.:n who ,rncl the o nlr ground fo r promo-

ha~I raised th e m selves fro m povc r- tion . t o wealth a nd pos il1on. But it I The < neat defect of r\111erican b wa'- ,1 g rave quest io n, with th e bu r- c haracte r was a la ck of !-)'Stem a nd de n o f p roof o n the affi rmative, o rder. Thus the J\Iilita ry School wh e th e r the y o ung man who h ad I with its rigid adherence to the th e s ti mulus of poverty did no t ro utinl: o f duty, its promptness sta nd a fa r better chance fo r gai11- anti punctualitr \\'JS bes t fitted to in g dis tinctio n in life than his mo re teach. Order was heaven's fi rst f,lvmcd b rothe r wh o wa s bnrn with I la w. it was also the first l,1\\" of the a golde n spoon in hi s m o uth. ln 1 :\lilitary School. :'\or was th is the tru est sense eve ry ma n was' o rder slciv i:--h ancl 111cchanica l as ·" ~/-111nd, , a nJ th ose wh o o vt:r- 1was some times contended by th ose cam e th e temptatio ns of wea lth I who objected to it. The ha bit ,ind the allu re ments l)f social posi- l mi~ht b e mcc han1c;il but it had its._ t1 o n, and llladc lllankincl their I root in tht:: recog nition uf legi t imate:: debtors, (h:sc rved m o re credit tha n autlw rity and the principle of obe:::: those who alla rn e <l like results un- dience, and the ,·err promptm:S:::= rle r the sp~r o f necessity. of ;iction b rought about a corr H t: then painted in ::, rrlo wi ncr col- I sponuin<r promptn~ss of t houg.._ ::, ::,

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After a ll, what were m ilita ry me th- 1they h a d receive d in the Missouri ods but the tru est bus iness meth- .Mi lita ry Academy had h elped to o d s? Did we n o t find in the mak e them s tro nger, brave r, mangreat k•ings o f finance the same lie r, more ready to respond to qua lities we admi red in the g reat every call o f duty, he would fee l leade rs of a rm ies? Punctuality, fully repaid a nd he b ade them promptness, system, self-control, a h earty God-speed. pat ie nce and perseve ra n ce were Then came the best and most pleasalike necessary to the bus iness ing part of the Colonel's labors, that of awarding the medals for schola rship man a nd the c adet. Above aJI, t h? tru e l\lilita ry and reading the honors of the class. s pirit cultivated a high s ense o f The nudience cheered, the band played honor a nd truthfuln ess. A t \Nest "Home Sweet H ome.'' and the cadets Point, the model fo r all Military closed the exercises with their College yell. S chools, a hatred of fa l5eh oocl Scholarship Medal, presented by R. was regarded as th e dis t inguishin g O. Worrell, F. M. i\'Iarsh all. ma rk o f a Cctdet. Elocution Medal, presented by C. A. Col. Fleet c losed by pointing out to th em th e fact th at without Buckner, 0 . G Ballard. their co-operation he could not Prize D rill, firs t medal, presented by o btain the bes t resu lts o f this Sallee & Craddock, H. H . Larimore. training for every o ne of th e m, Prize Drill, Second medal, presented and th;1t, severe as th e dis cipline by the citi.!.cns of i\•Icxico., A.G. Hutchinson. must some times see m to them, it Members of the class of ' 93, most was inte nded only for thei r good . distinguished in military science and He th e n espec ially addressed the tactics, whose n:irnes are to be inserted graJu.tling class in a n insp iring in the United Statl:!s Army R egister peroratio n The next century would and published in General Orders, J. S. b e o nly what the young men o f Farrington, M. J. Kilgore, and H. Gto-day made it. If th e trai ning Lamb.

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