ing glance. This was only momentary. Each tle sigh, like one suddenly relieved of a time it was more difficult to penetrate be- painful burden. In the hush which followed, neath the freezing flesh to the living soul. the watchers waited for the next breath. At two o'clock of the morning, Colonel It did not come. The doctor stole softly to Grant laid his hand on the dying man's fore- the bedside, and listened; then rose and said head and said: "Father, would you like a in a low voice: "It is all over." drink of water?" Ulysses Grant was dead. In reply, Grant whispered, "Yes." At three o'clock Colonel Grant again approached the bedside: "Father, is there anything you want?" "Water," whispered the dying man, and this was his last word. He could not swallow; but when his wife placed a sponge in his mouth, he closed his lips upon it and seemed relieved by the trickling moisture. All danger of a violent death was over. He was passing peacefully away, his face calm and unlined by pain. His body, wasted and grave-weary, composed itself for final rest. The coldness crept slowly but inexorably toward the faintly-beating heart. The birds sang outside, and the sun rose, warming the earth, but no waking and no warmth came to The Great Commander lying so small and weak beneath his coverlet. At seven minutes past eight, in the full flush of a glorious morning, he drew a deeper breath, and then uttered a long, gen The pomp and pageantry of the funeral which followed surpassed anything ever seen in America. The wail of bugle, the boom of cannon, the rataplan of drum, the tramp of columned men were all of martial suggestiveness- ceremony for which Grant cared little; but if his spirit was able to look back toward its outworn vesture, it must have been glad to see Joseph Johnston and Simon Buckner marching side by side with their old classmates, Philip Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman. Over the body of Grant, the great warrior of peace, the North and the South clasped hands in a union never again to be broken. It is well that on the majestic marble mausoleum erected to cover his dust, on a wall looking to the South, these words should be carved: LET US HAVE PEACE; for they express, more completely than any other symbols could do, the inner gentleness and patriotism of the man. Not of CUBA but of Sozodont -the "Sozodont Girl" so frequently seen in the public prints during the "sixties "-for Sozodont was, even then, a favorite and famous dentifrice in the UNITED STATES and SPANISH AMERICA. One need not look far for the reason. To the delightfully fragrant and refreshing properties of ar. absolutely wholesome tooth-wash, for daily use, Sozodont unites in the same package a box of the finest, fragrant powder for use twice a week. In a word, Sozodont is the only complete dentifrice of standard merit known on this continent. For sample phial address P. O. Box 247, New York City, mentioning McCLURE'S MAGAZINE. #R ર SPRING CLEANING "One Swallow does not make a Spring," but one cake of Sapolio will divide the labor of a Spring- "Tis nonsense to rub, and scrub, and scour, without Sapolio. You must get the house clean, but why should you do it the hardest way? 'T will be easy if you do it with Sapolio. |