It 
AUG. IS THE BUBAL WEW-YOBKEB. 
In order not to awaken the tears of the enemy, 
I divided my party, six went to Ttrnover. 1 had 
Kaudalltch In my head. The way to Timover 
was plain. Every schoolboy knows it. But Kan- 
dalitch was a serious thing. My guide assured 
me he knew all about it. tVe marched forty-eight, 
hours without a smile. Then the guide confessed 
he was at sea. My Turks understood him liter¬ 
ally, and before I could Interfere, there was an 
accident, ills last words, “ Klskklllsslasamoko- 
vokajeldrc," haunt mo still, l was mad with im¬ 
patience and rutile endeavor. No one could tell 
where we were; the black pall of night was 
stealthily obliterating the crimson blnsh or twi¬ 
light. I mused of home—of dear old Patchogue. 
Fond recollection overcame my manhood. 1 turn¬ 
ed my face and dropped a furtive weep. But 
enough. 
I thought a moment. It was a new sensation, 
but It produced results. I grasped a Herald, called 
the nearest Turk, and compelled him to eat it,. 
The elTeet. was magical, lie whirled about In a 
frenzy, crying, •' Thoso Is Constantinople. Oh, 
ha! Here, see, here la Krzeroum. Look! at our 
feet lies Bucharest. We tly," Following him, we 
presently found ourselves In Hustchuk. I had 
counted on this; but thegulde never again spoke. 
He was a poor Turk, and did not understand 
newspaper enterprise. 
The city was unendurable because of the heat 
rrom the Russian lire. 1 Immediately sent a note 
to the Muscovite commander that, 1 had arrived. 
The bombardment ceased. Kb him anxiously 
awaited me. He detailed the situation, and asked 
what was to be done next. Then nu unfortunate 
thing happened. I told him Hint operations must 
absolutely cease until the Rural was advised of 
what, was already done; and while dictating my 
dispatch, the liusstans seized the opportunity and 
sistova. 
l ordered a battle on the shell at oneo, thus vin¬ 
dicating itciiAi, enterprise. I produced my map. 
ABnnr. Kkium pulled out Ills, l directed a flank 
movement on the road leading from Rustchuk to 
Sistova, supported by monitors. Kerim said there 
was no road on his map. I pointed It out on mine. 
It was enough. Nineteen battalions and ton 
squadrons of cavalry were sent to the front. Wo 
put the telephones to our ears and awaited re¬ 
sults. 
For three days wo hoard nothing of the forces; 
on the fourth they deployed before the walls. The 
General reported that It was a false alarm; there 
had been no crossing; there was not a Russian lu 
Bulgaria; that there was no such place as Sisto¬ 
va. He had faithfully followed the road marked 
on the map, and had not found an enemy. But 
he had discovered many new villages not hitherto 
known to him, although he had campaigned In 
that country tor twenty years. 
It was a proud moment or your commissioner; 
but 1 lost no time lu Bonding word to Mac Uahan 
to be more careful In his reports, and to cross a 
part of the Muscovite army at once. 
But the account of the battle will have to be de¬ 
terred until the wires are in order. 'J'hls Is sent 
by courier. Syler. 
P. S.—Sad news. Our Circassian cavalry have 
soured on us. They are now Kurds. B> 
A MORAL VICTORY. 
Slowly and sadly she turned away from tlic 
homo or her happy wirchood. tier unconscious 
husband and children, Ignorant of her flight, lay 
sleeping the sleep of I nnOCCUCe, while she was sev¬ 
ering their heartstrings at every step. The early 
birds or morning twittered on the eaves. The 
early sun gleamed upon the cool waters of the 
lake. The old well and the old bucket put on a 
sorrowful smile as she passed them by. The gar¬ 
den gate gave quite a little groan as she pushed 
It open for the last time. Then she flung back 
her bonnet, from her flushed forehead and stepped 
out. Suddenly a lark whirred up from the pop- 
pled wheat Held and gave his mal l n song to azure 
ubove. She stopped, and a strange hungering 
look came Into her uyes. “ I will go back again,” 
she murmured. A favorite dove hopped on her 
shoulder and said, “Coo.” “ 1 must go back again," 
she said. At, Urn end of t.he lane. Tommy, the 
blind pony, run up and rubbed his nose against 
hers. “ I will go back again,” she cried. She 
turned her fair young face once again towards 
her home. There was a look or determination In 
her eyes, and with bold brave steps she oponed 
the wicket door and went up the gravel path. On 
the threshold of the door she halted. But the 
song or the lark burst out again, and nature tri¬ 
umphed. “ I will go In again,"she whispered, “ 1 
know there’s another dollar In Ills pocket, aud he 
ain't awake yet." 
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According to he Temps, the military authori¬ 
ties ol Franco have decided upon Issuing an order 
sanctioning the wearing of spectacles by the olli- 
cers and men or the French army. 1 n Germany, 
spectacles have long been worn by both o/llcers 
and men in the ranks. It Is recognized as essen¬ 
tial, that, an officer should be able to sec his men, 
and that these latter snould be able to clearly dis¬ 
tinguish the target at which they have to lire; 
and therefore, unless spectacles or eye-glasses 
are permitted, every short-sighted man must be 
excluded from the army. Consequently, by allow¬ 
ing a man to assist Ills defective vision by artitl- 
clal means, a large number of men who are at 
present necessarily rejected, wlU become avail¬ 
able for service In tho ranks. 
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Compliments which we think are deserved, we 
accept, only as debts, with indifference; but 
those which conscience informs us we do not 
merit, we receive wit h tho same gratitude that 
we do favors given away.— GotdtmUh. 
PLANTING THE ELM TREE. 
BY GERALDINE GERMANE. 
The sun-kissed earth le moist and warm. 
All nature waken in glee. 
In faith the farmer plants his farm. 
Now let ua plant lli’ elm tree. 
A landmark for posterity, 
An emblem of the free, 
Au ever-living memory. 
Now plant wo in this tree. 
As ever nearer to the sky 
It’s spreading brunches grow, 
So shall our glory rising high, 
To all our progress show. 
The birds shall sing among its loaves, 
And through its branches sigh 
The cool and quiet ev'ning breeze; 
While in its shadows lie 
The wearied group there children play. 
At sehool-tlme’a sultry noon. 
Of warmest, brightest immmor day, 
Long seeming, waning soon. 
A far-off huudred years from now. 
Shall people ask. who see, 
Its tow'ring form and lofty bough, 
“ Who planted this old tree ?" 
Aud those shall answer then who know, 
“ In days past memory, 
In the good old times of long ago. 
Was planted thlB elm tree." 
Than he who stately houses reared, 
More honored then shall be. 
Ho who the past to them endeared 
By planting this elm tree. 
-- 
POOR ERMENGARDE! 
I quote from “F.RMENGARDB,” In Rural of May 
26th: 
“ Women, as any fair-minded man will readily 
admit, have stronger religious tendencies than 
men, a quicker sense or right and wrong—bring 
these qualities Into political life, and what would 
be the result? Yes, take tho weakest and silliest 
of them all, and In nine cases out of ten, you will 
ilnd, under all the weakness ami nil the vanity 
mid all the childishness, a heart, truer and more 
nuHelllsh than beats under the broadcloth of 
many a male “ pillar of the church!"’ 
If, hy the foregoing, we are to understand that 
women have a keen sense of Justice, I must take 
Issue with tho writer. Women are sadly lacking 
lu powers of discrimination. They apply personal 
tests to all questions submitted to them. In fact, 
their judgment Is always strongly Influenced by 
their feelings. 
ft, however, Ermbnoarob. meant that women, 
as a class, are better than men, I agree with her. 
Ungallant as it, rnay sound. 1 hold that this much- 
vauuted goodness Is not Innate, but Is the result 
of training. Grant to girls the same license allow¬ 
ed young men, exposing them to similar tempta¬ 
tions, and would their superior goodness stand 
the test 7 1 urn very coiiflrtoat It. would not. 
If, then, women are allowed to become a factor 
lu polities, are wo to suppose that the opport,uni¬ 
ties and Incentives for Intrigue and bribery, which 
stand In the way of moat aspirants for political 
honors, will not.be yielded to by women? Will 
they go to the polls with a Bible In one hand, aud 
a copy of some profound work on the laws of gov¬ 
ernment In the other? Will they study political 
and social economy, and consider all matters In 
their broadest possible sense, and with a view to 
results, or will they not, blinded to general con¬ 
sequences, advocate and vote for their various 
hobbies? 1 Incline to the latter opinion. 
Even while I write, my views receive confirma¬ 
tion from the acts of two prominent women. I 
allude to Mary Clemmbr Ames and Gail Hamil¬ 
ton, boih or whom aro to-day allowing personal 
prejudice to blind them to the needs of the coun¬ 
try; and If women of their mental attainments 
show a splicfuincss and narrow-mindedness wor¬ 
thy of a ward politician, what can be expected of 
the rank and llle? 
Krmknoakdk prophecies that intemperance will 
be voted down at the polls 1 My dear lady, noth¬ 
ing could have more clearly demonstrated your 
Unlltness tor the right, or suffrage than such a re¬ 
mark. Virtue Is not a matter or legislation; It. Is 
the result of education. Recall the growth and 
adoption of reforms. Were they brought about 
by the small army or the virtuous voting the evil 
away? 
Take, for example, dueling. In earlier ages It 
was held in esteem, even law cases being decided 
by judicial combat. Later, gentlemen avenged 
slights, real and funded, by puncturing the ag¬ 
gressor. Now this custom has fallen Into disre¬ 
pute. Was It law or the force or public opinion 
which changed all this? 
Ehmknoakdk tragically demands the “ right to 
help save our children, to help save our country!” 
Well, what han been committed to you to do you 
have not done well. Even tho most advanced 
thinkers among women admit that motherhood 
Is the destiny of most of the gender sex. Do you 
train yourselves or your daughters for this work ? 
Not at all. How many women ever study physi¬ 
ology and hygiene, or Insist on their daughters 
perfecting themselves lu a knowledge of their 
functions, as a preparatory step toward mar¬ 
riage ? No, your daughters study fashion plates, 
not repulsive (?) medical works; and your cou- 
teinpt for knowledge of this kind Is evidenced by 
tho thousands of misshapen, plain-looking chil¬ 
dren annually Inflicted on a world already over¬ 
burdened with moral and physical ugliness,—the 
result of Ignorance on t he part of women who, 
having fulled to do well what was essentially 
their work, yet clamor for more rights, and more 
extended spheres ot labor. 
In vlow of what women could have done, but, 
have neglected to do, I confess that I am not san¬ 
guine as to tho advent, or the political mlllenlum 
when women are allowed to vote. 
Free Lance. 
-- 
FRETTING. 
You wanted “some real good, hearty person, 
who Is not In the habit of fretting,” to answer 
Grandmother. Perhaps I do not como under 
that head, though I am hearty and sincere In ray 
actions. Still I cannot aspire to goodness. No¬ 
body ever accused me of being real good, unless— 
yes, years ago, When 1 was attending school, my 
teacher once called mo *■ a real good girl" for sit¬ 
ting quiet live whole minutes without getting 
into mischief. I might ndu that within ton min¬ 
utes I was holding a book at arm's length, for 
having fastened the girl In front, of me to her 
seat. However, t do understand the moaning of 
the word rret, and do not believe in abusing any¬ 
body for having formed that habit. 1 think onr 
time can be better employed In telling them how 
to avoid It. In my rambles through the Htales, it, 
has been my lot to fall in with a large number of 
these habitual fret,tors, and by careful study 1 ar¬ 
rived at tho conclusion that there was a good rea¬ 
son for nearly every case, though tho causes were 
as different, as the Individuals. The habit la often 
formed In childhood, and enlarges with the growth 
of the child. A little one teases, knowing, If It 
perseveres, It will succeed lu obtaining the de¬ 
sired object; or, dlssatlilsed with something, it 
wonders and complains till it frequently results 
In a tit of sulks. That,IS only an advanced stage 
of fretting. You will see It In grown-up children 
also, though It. Is worse in such cases, for they are 
old enough to know better, and too big to have 
the shingle doctrine applied. 
The reason in the first-mentioned case Is lack or 
Judgment on the part, or elders. A child should 
never be allowed to tease. Give attention to Its 
Utile wants, aud grant them, If possible; but by 
all means give them a hearing, and give a decided 
answer, either one way or the other, without 
keeping them In suspense. Wc ought to all know 
how unpleasant that is. if not, just listen to a 
child, and notice how, In an unsuccessful attempt, 
to get. mi answer, they go from one question to 
another, Anally becoming Irritated! Into abuse of 
the brother or sister who chances to approach 
them, and sometimes the parent; by that time 
they usually receive an answer. A dissatisfied 
child Bbould always bo allowed to give an expla¬ 
nation, else they will keep on muttering, com¬ 
plaining and sulking, year after year, over trifles 
that seem Important to them. Ido not believe 
habitual croakers are plenty, else they would blot 
out morn or tho sunshine. Those whom r knew 
were searching for the almighty dollar in every¬ 
thing they touched. It was because they feared 
their produce would bring only cents In stolid of 
dollars that they fretted. The fault, if not ac¬ 
quired In childhood. Is generally due to overwork 
or either t he body or mind ; though sometimes au 
overwhelming disappointment will embitter a 
person ’a life, so that it Is almost Impossible to 
please t hem. The world Is “ seen through a glass 
darkly,” and they feel as If It were useless to be 
sattsiled with anything—to ever hope more. Yet 
a change of scene, and intercourse with the right 
kind of people, would evontually drive such reel¬ 
ings from their mind. All who have been house¬ 
keepers know, if not from experience, then from 
observation, how men, wearied with labor, will, 
on their return home, fret at the smallest trifles. 
Sometimes It Ls because they are hungry ansi 
tired. Tf such bo the case, 1 would advise you to 
get them something to eat as quickly as possible, 
It you value peace aud quiet, aud, under the re¬ 
freshing effect of a good repast, see how amiable 
they become. 
Again, during business embarrassments a man 
will act In this Irritable manner merely to hide 
Ills feelings and avoid being questioned. If 
women were notsuch a bunch of sensltlvu nerves, 
they would never he accused of much fretting. 
A long-nosed, HUarp-foatured woman rret$ most, 
altar the work Is done, and she Is completely tired 
out. A round-favored woman begins at the very 
outset to do the moat ot her talking, tormenting 
herself and every one around her, simply because 
the work looms up before her so that she knows 
not how she will be able to accomplish It, In tJm 
end she ls generally too weary to say anything. 
Sickness, or contlnemenf in the house or one room 
fora long time, will upset anybody's good quali¬ 
ties unless they are thorough Christians. People 
who dislike children (thank Heaven they aro 
few '.) win trot at the very presence of a child, 
and do It in such a way that you never would 
guess the cause, unless acquainted with their 
likes and dislikes. This ls unadulterated selfish¬ 
ness -worse than the money-grubbing fuss. But 
men and women who are conscious that fret¬ 
ting Is not habitual with them, ought to have per¬ 
ception enough to see that it, is the friction ot thB 
hard-worked machinery of body and mind, and 
know that unless they bring into use a liberal 
supply ot the Oil of Rest, the whole apparatus 
will give out after a time, ero the task ls half 
done. Husbands, drop your labor, take your 
wives away from their work for a change, and 
take a season ot undisturbed rest.. If your child¬ 
hood days were happy ones, go among your for¬ 
mer playmates, and, lu recalling old times, grow 
young again. Pick out, all the merriment you 
can. Laugh till your head aches, and avoid every 
long-faced Individual until you are rar enough 
advanced to show them how to enjoy life. 
There is just one little important watchword l 
want to give you here, that will help you at all 
times, but especially when the world Beems full 
of darkness and everything against, you: Pray. 
When you find everyt hing going wrong and sharp 
words rising to your lips, let, a little prayer em¬ 
brace them, and seo how quickly they change. 
Not alone at morning and evening will we Im¬ 
pulsive ones find It necessary, but every hour— 
perhaps many limes within an hour, if wo have 
more than usual to overcome. Try to make some 
oue happy each day. if only hy your presence. 
Let them see a smile upon your Buie, and some¬ 
how, berore they know It, their own has grown 
brighter from the reflection. Kind words are so 
cheap so easily spoken—that we ought to strew 
t hem broadcast. I wish wo did. But there Is one 
thing we cun nil do that Is, to work for some one 
else so cheerfully that. In attempting to help 
them bear their burdens, wo partially forget our 
own crosses. When wo lighten the loads of the 
weary, cheer the disconsolate, encourage the de¬ 
spairing, we are teaching them to forgot that 
they ever knew the ruo-.nlng of the word fret, 
and there Is little danger of railing Into the habit 
ourselves while so occupied. 
“ AquadalB." C. Estelle Peirce. 
GEORGE 8AND. 
The death of Goorge Sand (Mad. Dudevant) af¬ 
forded the pcnny-a-llners of the pross an oppor¬ 
tunity to throw aspersions on her memory that 
they would novor have dreamed of making had 
she been a man. In her youth tills great, writer 
was gay In her life; not more so, however, than 
Ir nearly every man of strong physique and exu¬ 
berant vitality. BuL these Irregularities, which 
In men are speedily forgotten, were In her case 
rememhered and treasured op against her. Her 
genius conferred Immortal JuRteron her count ry, 
and her ago. She was the greatest French novel¬ 
ist, of the century and yet, when she ls gone, every 
scribbler who can hold a pen, hastens to remind 
the world of her youthful Irregularities. 
When Balsnc died, did these writers speak of 
his early love affairs? When Thackeray was at 
rest, was the world called upon to remember that 
when ho was a young man he was seriously mm- 
promlsed with various women? If every man 
who takes up his pen to write an obituary on ono 
of his own box wore disposed to mete out to hliu 
the same measure that was meted to George 
Sand, what, a series Of lamentations would eluir- 
torlzo every sketch! Not that wo would bo held 
as defending lids groat woman's weakness, but 
wc do protest against li« being held up to public 
scorn when no such treatment ls ever accorded 
to men who have similarly erred. 
CHILDREN’S STOCKINGS. 
The question of short socks Instead of stock¬ 
ings for children Is, says a physician, I am glad 
to sco, being noticed; and I trust tho result will 
bo that the custom of onnnmng children's limbs 
In hot, and especially In dark-colored stockings, 
will, at toast in summer, give wuy before the 
pretty fashion—now almost universal la France, 
Italy, Belgium and Holland—of keeping boys and 
girls, especially the latter, In socks. Ah a medic¬ 
al man, 1 am convinced that, provided a child ls 
healthy, and otherwise warmly and suitably clad, 
It Is all tho better at any time of tho year, for 
having Its limbs exposed. In summer there Is no 
doubt about It. There is no liner hoall h-giving 
agent than rresh, warm air and bright sunshine. 
Children cannot have too much of either. Their 
limbs ought to bo bathed in both. Those who 
see our little people wading on tho seashore, do- 
ltghllng to paddle for hours lu the waves, their 
scanty clothing tucked up charmingly, know that 
children are never so happy as when their arms 
and legs are bare and free. 
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Some Interesting facts have been made public 
In regard to a noble but unobtrusive work which 
the CountoHs Ebersberg is doing In London. About 
two years ago she lost, her two Infant children, 
and then devoted her fortune and life to the work 
or saving t he lives of children. The statement, 
that tn England 200,000 children die annually 
under tho age of Uvo, and three per cent, of these 
from preventable causes, met her eye. She began 
to visit the poor, to talk with mothers; she Insti¬ 
tuted weekly meetings, at whtch she gave them 
Instruction In regard to preparing nourishing 
food, and she herself provided large quantities of 
food for sick children. She has extended her plan 
to Include a day nursery, where wonmn may leave 
their chlldreu while they are at. work, and a Chil¬ 
dren's Retreat, In the country lor Infants whose 
lives depend ou change ot air. The Empress of 
Russia last year sent the Countess a donation for 
her work and a warm letter of sympathy. The 
Grand Duchess of Baden has this year done the 
same. 
The Value or tub LBft Hand.—D r. Seguln, a 
French physician or International reputation, in a 
report, submitted to tho Vienna International Ex¬ 
hibition, emphasizes the Importance of training 
children to use and exercise both arms, lie says: 
“ By this means may be restored to our use an 
Inexpensive power, more permanent, than steam 
and equally applicable to mental and physical 
labor. Through tho restitution to our children 
or this natural capacity (the equal use of the left 
hand and arm), the diseases and Inllrraltles which 
attack one side of the body would become un¬ 
known or rare." 
