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i be aasafegrstoi ia half aa. hoar. We
iK isave joe eos ple dy sxrroonded/
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m pcofeaMj a * weiS avr are of mj situa-
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m * * To * dofit't isg&s. that ! ' heex-
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titas-r I propose tosay swhat I hare
skeaJyss&i fchrocgh my staff offi-
; r ifeai a Sag ; of traae is ta exis-
teaee $ > et ee& General Lee * * d Gen
eral GrasS I tres. b © goiag to sur
ra beeajB&eIksewitwit5comin .
I
I 1 wa 0&go 3gtol ; & S&erulaa. eap-
i n& aaeise tkai way. *
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1 aiS. sa ! role aw y.
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"Use ia&aifay © a y fiaaks itad not
-s ssge > Itaekrpot5kao2EiiicIiasthey
had is a o > TM BpTerybIowIy. I
aariB art ftyasfcke siiiier > as
to &eck tfeeaa. In. a few minutes
SbeHdsa aaeseif eaaae ep with , bis
2 aJL ife * as ritSsg aa iaunenire
Mack&osse. I w * sever forget kowj
J | AeSooikedwMita * > sfcort legs sticking
| * * 02 ei fcer jjt - . We * M veryj
aaack tke s-aiae socs # f gariey as had I
I -occarrwi fe weea. Sfceoeker officer !
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I -bos Jbq C a liosiil r prtioa. Fki-
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I * sarfey , I bs winli' p ay mmd.
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1 tife ijtiitw im iiiai wit k swh t
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B compose. trR , iiiwiit ; A * only tbtag we
B s ft49isto uasieK iBg.r
B * I xhmh so/1 repSed.
B HetkeasakitOHiei * If yoa will
Bxagaiie&w yoar fi > rces to a " certaia
B j ace , Iw3i it flrawmine , aruljrait
B > "fcai &o.ppess.c j
B * * WegocdowH. ofFoar horses , and
B • sai ga seat oathe sra > talked
B \ "sfereibreofiae tkae. Ik themean -
B ximfflhad. detached a forceto go
B back sad over oa the brow of a hill
B to 3KpeT ? & & the cavalry tronx coming
B -atr&sad betweea Loagstreefc andmy-
B * L Wh2n we were skMng on. the
B § rae > I heard a roS of mosfketry , and
B looisae : over to where the force had
m heeaE.fhs K& eavk firing into some
B eaxaky that had riddenaown in that
B dire < iofi _
" * Sar what does this mean ? * crifid
3&erida .
* Iaai rery sorry abottt it/1 re-
B p&sd. a I esphtt&ed the circuni-
B .ataacgg * sad. heasd I each sent an
B < § oer orer chehfit to stop the fir-
Mw * * * •
B I saTed KtidsuaV ithat mom-
B ia beyosd qsestiios. One of my
* &trp h < > oie s > was asoersort of a
& > w , asd hss ofily inJea was that
vhss. fce asr a Ifeecoat it was his
asy to shoot k. I h * l the sharp-
&oot xs axosadse when. Sheridan.
&sse jsifek the Jta : of trace and I
- saw tHs & 2ow dfaiw sis gun. 'What
dojoeeaeaa ? ' letsKd itosa Sag of
trace. * Hs < Sd sot pay the sl hteeft
st3cStM > &to seaal wssjeat about
arsag wea I fcaocked ep his gun and
&w KOa OT 3k ric&B * &hea < L 'Let
haa t > t y oa hes owk akg aeralhe
zcsBarkxd.
| " -Geeecal SferiiiB asd I sat on the
| | reianii. kice u > ti e hfick hoiife
II xfcersLee ad Gcaat etr in the
ex xrd. I haul passed the koum. .
fa TwtirMirr 1ft edbt&d each other
t Scrte it lie e acse f the coaversa-
@ $ sSfeffirfex : sayiag : * I feefeTe I
• faare h < d cW pl ttre of
aacH8 g T9S. fetfeereplfcd
that % e ki hai MMse Sttle ac-
esxstaxse a tie vMev © f Virginia.
He t sss * fc ? r id &f the eoaver-
at2 < WEt ] * MBegw shha l received
sa the TsXer. feeridfia had cap-
Ssredaeariral © f Earfy ' s artillery
sdsoaB aK ceitadfceeaseattohim
ro Bkawosd. Some wag had
TrrkteswkicisSfcoa o ? oi those
I ? ? * • 'B&apec fe y eoEsigsed to
f m&joF-GrBesal i baridaa throngh.
. MScslExrlyS&erida * had heard
: thas. a d he was Try msch
iiiiT r : feet whether he erer
' mw scsis woffd * t oxsgsx I do not
l kmom. 'Khe&he- # throcghi with
ias oey I s eeted that I i o had
4w g3gK Yh c&I eosld coaslgn to
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and rem inetl Trith mo nbontanhour
andahalC .My recollection is that
we stayed xit that place until tvo re
ceived information that General Len
and General Grant had agreed. "
Philadelphia Call.
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Vcuuks.
Tlieaiab-treasurj' contains at pres-
mt aaore tha $100,000,000 and this
mub , large as it may appear , is only
part of the national cash account.
CaMag at ose of the offices , areport-
• r saw a man oflering some of the
© Id postal cfirrency for redemption.
This carrescy was issued during the
war , and , it was supposed it was all
redeemed. The clerk , however , 'in
formed him. that small amounts were
coastaatly brought in , but he added
that " $15,000,000 are still out. "
Most of this , no doubt , got worn out
or destroyed , and thus our govern
ment is a large gainer. The ex
change of cents for larger currency
is conducted at the same desk , and
while standing there he saw a man
| bring a long bag which contained
ten small bags. He said that each
of the latter contained § 5 in cents.
The man took his § 50 in currency ,
and in a few minutes another man
came up and said : "I want $25 in
| cents. " He handed over his curren
cy , and as he departed he said that
they were wanted by a bank. This
exchange is constantlv going on ,
averaging § 5,000 a day. The
bank , for instance , never receive any
cents , or , indeed any other small
coin from depositors. They are ,
however , constantly paying it out ,
as required by checks , and , conse
quently , they send for it to the sub-
treasury , which is supplied by rail
roads and saloons. The Broadway
railroad and the Third avenue road
each , averages a surplus of cents and
other small coin of $200 a day , and
thsy exchange it in the above men
tioned manner. N. Y. Mail and Ex
press.
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Three Brare Women.
There were eight persons in the
"mountain wagoar They'were atthe
steepest pitch in the descent from
3foont Washington , and both
springs had already been broken on
the trip and were bandaged with
wooden splints , when the horses
tumbled. The woman on the seat
with the driver turned an eye of ter
ror to those behind her. In a mo
ment one of the two men In the party
had jumped from the wagon , and or
dered the ladies to dismount as
quietly as possible. The other man
of the party , stricken with terror ,
ran into the woods. The driver , sat
speechless , holding his reins in hand.
One woman hastened to block the
wheels with a stone. The woman on
the front seat unhitched the two
span , of leaders from their fallen com
panions and led them to a position
ont of danger and petted them until
they were quiet. Another woman ,
and a Boston lady who is well known ,
stepped up to the kicking and groan
ing horses and disengaged the traces ,
at the same time dodging the heels
of the disabled animals , and then the
driver , who had held the fort till his
assistants had made the lifting ol the
team from Its pressure on the dis
abled horses possible , dismounted
aad speedily put his team in order
again. White Mountain Letter.
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Cistern Filters.
A cheap filter and one easily con
structed may be made by walling of ?
one-third of the cistern with a wall
the thickness of a brick. The brick
should be soft and porous , so that
the water will soak through into the
larger compartment , from which the
water will be drawn for use. Bocm
enough should be left at the top for
apersontogot down into the filter tc
clean it out occasionally. Bainwati r .
as it falls from the clouds contains tl e
least foreign matter of all others ex
cept distilled water , and ranks first
in wholesale qualities , along with
spring water and water from deep
wells.
Or a small and shallower cistern
may be made near the main one for a
receiver , and the two connected by a
piece ofclraln tile with a bit of fine
wire strainer fitted over the receivii g
end of the tile. A still cheaper oi.e
can be made out of a tight cask , with
a false perforated bottom , leaving a
few inches of space below it. On this
false bottom lay a little clean straw
or a new gunny sack , and cover with
clean gravel and sand for straining
material , and connect the bottom
with , the cistern by a pipe.
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Attacked bja Xoaster Owl.
Dan M. Banks , of Elizabethtown ,
DL , had a singular experience with a
large owL He was awakened by his
chickens squalling , and going to tl e
house to investigate matters , he \ \ s
attacked by an owl , which ran • * s
large , sharp talons almost thror h
his arm. He defended himself w h
his other arm and had an ugly h e
torn in his right hand by the bi < s
beak. His cries for hetp attra tid
the attention of his wife , who ran 1o
his assistance and succeeded in Ck-
patching his owlship , whose ckws
were still fastened in her husbai d's
arm. A physician was sent for , wl o
dressed his wounds and pronounced
them as being of rather a serious rn-
turethe owl wasofthehornedspecics ,
andan unusually large one measuring
five feet from tip to tip of its wings.
A Def ? Attempts JHurder.
A valuable bird dog and the pet o
the family owned by a W-dlingford
man , was recently compelled to divie e
his attentions with a little span el
added to the household. But the
bird dog _ did not take kindly to t e
innovation. A few days ago both |
dogs were missing for a time , aad
upon search being made it was found
that the old dog had dug a deep hole
in the ground and had put the un
welcome intruder into it , and when
discovered was covering up the hole
asfistas possible. When theHtt'
feUowas rescued his would-Le mur
derer showed quite as much discom-
fltfere aad shame as a human sinner
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THE IIKATED TEnH.
I Fnt upon nn ice ranchino
One Bultry day of Anpfust , < - -
Fcnriiit ? that I would dcFBirato , *
Like hcntlicn god or sawdust. '
I took my pen to writo a akotch
Of what I Htiw about ,
And lit my pipo with point of it ,
While undornoath a spout.
I saw a star juBt tip our air ,
> And leave with fiery tail ;
Upon n p rco of ton tcd bread
There camo and sat a quail.
A dog picked up a marrow bone ,
But dropped it with a howl ,
My fl&cera boiled liko partnipa ,
Aa I lanced his blistered jowL
A cat let off its midnight best ,
And climbed a charred post ,
f Which saved a littlo red-hot mouse
It's little red-hot ghost.
fho milkmaid lost her plumpness ,
> Ah sho melted on her stool ,
And said Bhe could not milk again
Until the cows got cool.
I laid my scorched paper down ,
For gono tho power of writing ,
When lingers dry burst into flame-
, ' And mattors grew exciting.
TOBE HODGE.
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The Lieutenant's Story.
It is a somewhat rare thing to
some across a good story teller in
this world one who knows how to
embellish his yarn just enough and not
yet to delay the point too long. If there
aver was a good hand at this sort o.
thing Lieutenant Walsh , of the Sig
nal Service Corps , is that one. This
morning he was in a fine mood and
told the following thrilling story of
adventures in the far Southwest :
"Several years ago I was inspect
ing stations in the west. I had just
arrived at a little station out in the
direction it doesn't matter where ;
We had come across the Alkali des-
srfc and my throat and eyes were fill
ed with the dust. I had to send my
clothes out to be beaten just like a
carpet. They , were perfectly white.
i ' 'After I took a bath and got
dressed I felt better , and decided to
walk down to the signal station.
This was in the morning. The man
I found in charge was a big , raw-
boned fellow , over six foot high , with
as villainous a countenance as ever
you laid your eyes on. Somehow or
other I took a dislike to him from
the first look I gave him. Well , I
went into the office and looked over
things. It is usually the custom to
examine all the property in the store
room also. I went into it , the man
keeping with me all the time. It was
a small room about the size of a
large closet. There were a lot of
boxes in it. I looked into some of
them. In shoving them around I saw
one under them all. I looked at it ,
but this fellow said , we'll call him
Thompson , 'That is my personal
property. ' There was one thing
about it that I noticed at the time
and that for some reason stuck in
my head and probably was working
there all the time , although I did not
know it.
"This box , which was piled away
under all the others and all covered
with cobwebs and dirt , had a screw
driven into it , and the screw had
broken off a sliver of wood which
looked quite fresh. I noticed at the
time , but thought nothing of it.
"I went to the hotel for my dinner.
At the table a man sat next to me
who attracted my attention right
away. He was dressed like a cattle
man and had all the rough ways of
this class , but somehow or other he
impressed me as < a man who was not
wearing his own clothes , so to speak.
It was only a slight impression , but
it grew on me as I observed him. He
seemed anxious to talk and opened a
conversation with me.
" Tenderfoot'he inquired.
"I didn't like his looks at all and
the impudence of his manner made me
answer him very shortly with a plain
" 'No. '
" 'Gunning ? '
" 'No. 1
" 'Thought I saw. a gun on your
shoulder this * morning ? '
" 'Not much. '
" 'Fishing rod. then ? ' %
" * Nor fishing rod , either/
" ' ' '
'Purspectin' ?
" Inspecting. '
" 'What might a tenderfoot like
you be a doing out here inspecting' ? '
" 'What is that your business , sir ?
And who told you that I was a ten
derfoot ? ' said I. T was out here on
these plains before you were born , as
it is plainenough to see from the way
you wear your disguise. '
"At this last word he colored up
and soon after left the table. A
gentleman on the other side of me
S11fl *
' "Who is that fellow ? '
" 'I haven't the ghost of an idea/
said I.
" 'I think he's a stranger in town/
he said , after a moment. 'There have
been a good many burglaries here
lately and we have watched strangers
pretty closely. '
" 'Nothing more was said , and after
dinner I went down to the Signal
Office. I noticed that Thompson did
not have on a uniform. So I asked
him :
" 'Wheres your uniform ? '
" 'Haven't anysaid he.
ir 'This made me regard him with
.sf&l more suspicion. He hadto take
an afternoon observation and tele
graph it into Washington. After he
took it he said :
" 'I'll go down to the telegraph
office with iihis. *
" 'How long will you be gone ? '
" 'About an hour. '
" ' ' ' wait here until
'Wellsaid I. 'I'll
you return , as I have some writing
to do. '
"He went out , and somehow or
other I began to wonder what was
in that box that looked as though it
were newly screwed up and yet was
hidden away under all the others.
The idea of looking iuto it grew up
on me until I decided to unscrew the
id. I went into the closet and pulled
ft out. I Boon had all the screws out (
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and lifted the lid off. You could
hnvo knocked mo down with a feath
er. It was filled to the brim with
silverware spoons , knives , forks ,
etc. The rascal had been disguising
tho burglar under the signal service
officer.
"I began to put the lid on again
and had just finished putting in tho
last screw when I heard a step be
hind me. I turned quick as a flash.
Thompson had returned and the car
pet had deadened the sound of his
footsteps. He was standing just be
hind me with a revolver pointed at
my head. I never thought what I
was doing so far as I know , but by a
sort of reflex action of the muscles I
knocked the revolver up with the
screw driver I had in my hand. It
went off against the ceiling and we
closed for a life and death struggle.
"Thompson was taller than I and
more powerful. I was and always
have been short-winded. It is all
right with me for a minute or so , but
then I am played out. Back and
forth we wrestled , and he was begin-
ing to get the best of me when I
thought of the old track at wrestling
taught me at Trinity College Dublin.
I felt for his collar bone with my chin.
I found it and down he went.
"All this time , they told me after
ward , I had been yelling murder and
police loud enough to wake the
whole town. Just as Thompson fell ,
in dashed my fresh friends at the
dinner table. An accomplice " of
Thompson's ? Oh , no a Chicago
detective , who had the singnal officer
in his bracelets quick as a flash.
Thompson got five years it the peni
tentiary , and I got a dinner from the
prominent citizens of the town. "
Cincinnati Times-Star.
"To Take the Cake. "
American Notes and Queries.
This expression applied to one
who does a thing pre-eminently well ,
or , sarcastically , and more usually
to one who fails conspicuously un
doubtedly had its origin in the negro
cake-walks common in the Southern
States , and not unknown in the
northern. The walk usually winds
up a ball , Couples , drawn by lot ,
walk around a cake especially pre
pared for the occasion , and the um
pires award the prize to the couple
who , in their opinion , walk most
gracefully and are attired with the
greatest taste. Hence they are said
"to take the cake , " an expression
which has attained its wide currency
through the burlesques in the negro
minstrel shows.
Yet the cake-walk has
negro - re
spectable ancestry in the mediaeval
past. Gorard's "Herball" (1635 ( in
forms us that "in the springtime are
made with the leaves hereof newly
sprung up , and with eggs , or tansies ,
which be pleasant in taste and good
for the stomache" and a contempo
rary , speaking of the Puritans , says
"all games where there is any hazard
of loss are strictly forbidden not so
much as a game of football for a
fancy. " According to Brand , in the
Easter season , foot courses were run
in the meadows , the victors carrying
off each a cake , given to be run for
by some better person in the neigh
borhood. In Ireland , at Easter and
Whitesuntide , the lower classes used
to meet and dance for a cake raised
on top of a pike decorated with flow
ers , the prize going to the couple who
held out the longest ; and in some
parts of England a custom prevailed
of riding for the bride-cake. "This
riding took place when the bride was
brought to her new habitation. A
pole , three or four feet high , was
erected in front of the house and the
cake put on top of it. On the instant
that the bride set out from her old
home a company of young men
started on horse back , and he who
was fortunate enough to reach the
pole first and knock the cake down
with his stick , received it from the
hands of a damsel. This was called
'taking the cake. ' The fortunate
winner then advanced to meet the
bride and her attendants. "
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He Stuck to his own Name.
Chicago Herald.
"The whole house roared and
roared again. There was no let-up
on this merriment , and amidst cat- ;
calls and shrill whistling the curtain
had to go down. " It was at the
theatrical agency on Clark street ,
'
and the speaker was a young come-
dian in search of an early engage
ment for the fall. "And what was
the cause of it all ? " queried a by
stander who had just dropped in.
"It was just like this , " he said. "We
were making a tour of 'one-night
stands' in Michigan. One of our
most successful plays was an adap
tation of 'Deborah. ' There is a
child's part in it. The little girl who
usually played it happened to be
sick when we got to Battle Creek , so
we had to get the only available sub
stitute , a small boy , to assume the
part. The little fellow was 'fresh'
enough and not likely to be em- j
barrassed by the crowd and lights. '
Of course he was put in girl's clothes ,
and with his piping voice and small i
featured face he made as good a lit- '
tie stage girl as one could want. He
had only a few words to say , and
they were repeated to him over and
over again , until he knew them thorj j
oughly. The performance went off
all right until Deborah stood in
front of Joseph's house and was met -
at the threshold by Joseph's little
firl. 'His child ? Ah , I must kiss the .
ear little girll' exclaimed Deborah.
'Oh , it's you , poor woman ? Father
is looking for youreplies the child.
Deborah ( imprinting a burning kiss
on the child's lips ) : 'And what is
thy name , my sweet child ? ' Here
the little pseudo girl , forgetting his
lesson , or bewildered by the unusual
situation , blurts out : 'Tommy 0' -
Houlihan , please ma'am. ' His fath
er keeping a particular saloon in
town , and being known to everybody
in the audience , a burst of laughter
broke loose such as I've seldom
heard in a theater. And that's why
the curtain finally had to go down. "
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Written for tho Constitution.
"If my time sights ain't out of kil
ter , " remarked old Jack West ,
thoughtfully , "I dug a grave in the
ice this day was thirty-two years
ago. "
Then ho emptied tho ashes from
his clay pipe in a little heap on tho
deck. The breezo scattered the ashes
bit by bit as the old man watched.
"Yes. Thafs the way it is. Only
the ashes lef to show for what has
been. Thetf-ifa'thne the ashes goes.
'ori cf
But a nice luiober I is , " he said ,
changing his expression suddenly.
" 'A cryin/ was , cause the ashes
was gone , an' here I is with a pouch
full o' tobacco. I'll have some mo'
in a shake or two , an'then somebody
else can do the cryin' . "
Looking the least bit ashamed of
himself the old tar began industri
ously shaving off thin strips of to
bacco , filled his pipe and lighted it.
As the smoke began curling upward
in thick , heavy clouds , Jack settled
himself comfortably against a con
venient mess chest and waited in dig
nified silence for an invitation to be
gin the story.
"Let's have the yarn , Jack. "
"It's a true story , lads. " i
"Whose grave was it , Jack ? " '
He took two or three long puffs in
. quick succession , blewthelastmouth-
ful of smoke lazily between his teeth ,
and watched it with his eyes half
closed.
(
"Whose grave was it , " he repeated
filowly. ItwasDartBowden'sgrave.
Jes thirty-two years ago this day in
November , an' a truer shipmate than
Dart Bowden I never sailed with.
That grave was dug about seventy
north latitude an' no livin' man saw
that grave dug but ole' Jack West.
, "It happened this way :
"The whaler St. Mary left Bedford
town in ' 43. Dart was young an' .
venturesome in them days an' he I
took the ice fever when that ship
come. Nothin' would do but Dart
must go.
"Now Dart an' me was brothers-
like , an' our daddies was brothers-
like before us. Many a cruise them
old chap took together , an' many's ,
the day me an' Dart has watched the f
ship come in a lookin' for 'em home. {
I loved Dart Bowden , I did , an' |
more'n that did I love Mary Bowden ,
the handsomest little gal in all Bed
ford. Them was days when they wa3 .
lots o' handsome folks there too.
"So , when Dart made up his mind
to go , I 'lowed I'd go' too.
"Ten men we had a gallant ship
and a gallant crew. God bless me ,
how well I remember that day. It
was a Monday , an' a smilin' , happy
sort o' day it was.
"The town folks come down , the
flags a flyin' an' a ban' a playin' .
I kissed Alary Bowden good bye , nn'
then we was off. I was up aloft with
the captain's glasses , an' I watched
the wharf tell the fog come up ,
"Lads , if ever the curse of God
rested on a ship , it was on that one.
"That night on mid-watch I saw a
phantom ship. I saw a twelve-sail
ship , all big and clumsy , like in olden
times. I saw her torn sails iiap an'
beat , an' her ice-covered poles bend
like a hurricane had her. I saw a
leai an' hungry crew a beckonin' to
me. They put their long hands up
trumpet-like , an' sent a hail that
never reached us. On she ploughed ,
an' the mist-like foam relied up about
her rotten prow. AViider an' wilder
her ghost crew motioned. They
kneeled an tore their hair , an' wrung
ther hands. They climbed like mon
keys , climbed to the very trucks of
those icicle masts , an' out to thetips
o' the bendin' yards. An' off in the
mist the phantom ship sailed , that
ghost crew still a beckonin' .
"That meant death , but never a
word I said.
"Ill luck came from the very start.
Five days out we buried Mike Stroker.
Then the squall took our foremast
an' the life boat. We patched her up
at St. James an' headed north again.
Then another brave lad give up.
"It was on' an on through the
frozen channels , amoirg the iceburgs ,
an' everywhere our ill luck followed
us.
us."Worn out one night , I was half
aslpop when the crash came a slow
grindin' crash , an' the good ship
quivered like a straw in the wind. I
was out o. ' my hammock in a twinklin' ,
an'jes' as I touched the deck there
was another long lurch , another
shock , an' the ship stood still in the
water.
"It was a question of minutes.
We got off through , eight men and
ten days provisions , alone in the ice
current. Ten days , an' they might
search for. ten thousand years an'
not find us.
"I thought of the phantom ship.
"Four long hours an' we reached a
island , Rescue island we called it , an'
there we stopped. , Nothin' but snow
an' ice , an' north sea water.
"First on half , then quarter , until
that fearful time come when there
was no rations.
"Nothin' was said , but we all knew
it was a comin. ' Twenty-four hours
we sat in that tent. The raft had
been burned , an' the chill was a
creepin' over us.
"Another twenty-four hours. Two
an' two we had been out huntin ; but
we come back empty handed always
an' had jes give it up. That , .day
though it was all day , but I meas
ure by the twenty-four hours I went
out alone. I knew it was comin' an'
L dreaded it.
"I never shall forjrit that walk.
Nothin' but snow an' ice , an' a think-
in' of the lads in the tent. And lads
let me tell you right here. Hunger is
a fsarful thing. When I thought of
it first it seemed horrible an' inhu
man , butlwas close to death an'
that feelin' was wearin' off.
"When I got back it was all settled ,
an' nothin' to be done but draw the
lots.
"Eight pieces of paper with a name
on each. On one of them a cross
mark was made by the captain
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blindfolded , an' tho cross mark
meant death.
"Then Dart Bowden began draw
ing tho slips.
"It was awful.
"Tho first slip was'Eugene Wright. '
There was no mark on tho front of
tho slip , an'as Dart turned it over
to see if tho cross mark was on the
back , I fairly quit breathin. ' I
looked at Gene. He was fixed like
ho was cut in marblo.
"Dart shook his head , dropped
the ticket , and reached for another.
"Gene Wright lay back an' threw
his'sleve ' across his eyes saved.
"The nex' ticket was the same way ,
an' the nex' was mine.
"I saw Dart's face turn pale as a
corpse lust a flash-like look , an' I
felt the blood surge in great tides
through my body.
"He shook his head an' smiled ,
turned over the paper , an' shook his
head again.
"Before I could get my wits togeth
er again the nex'name had been call
ed , an' he too was saved.
"Then Dart called his own name.
"He looked aroun' with a smile on
his face and then said quiet like :
' "Well it's . '
, boys , me.
"I was up before I knew it with my
arms aroun' his neck , an' a cryin'
like a baby.
"They had to tear me loose , an'
boun' and gagged mo.
"Dart sat down an' wrote a letter.
He was as cool as I ever saw him.
He folded the letter an' kneeled down
beside me.
"Jack/ said , 'this is for mother
an' Mary. When you aro married
an' happy , old shipmate , remember
me. It is best that I should die , Jack.
Goodbye , lad. '
He stooped and kissed me twice ,
an' then he walked out steady an'
erect.
"The minutes seemed like hours. I
would struggle like a maniac to free
myself , an' then I would listen. Then
I would struggle again.
"It came at last , three shots al
most together , an' my very heart
stopped beatin' as I listened. -
"All was still for a minutt or two ,
an' then I heard , faintlike an' far
away , another shot.
"They must have heard'it outside *
for presently one of our men fired
again.
"I listened again , an' presently it
come again , but nearer an' clearer.
Then another one come , an' another.
"We were saved !
"They unbound me , an , I lef them
talkin' an' cryin' in the tent. They
had brought bread with them , an' I
was starvinbut I couldn't eat.
"I followed the tracks in the snow
till I found Dart's body.
"His face was turned upward , an'
the old smile still lingerin' over it.
The blood was oozin' from the wounds
over the heart an' had clotted in the
snow.
"I knelt beside him.
"Still clasped in his right hand were
two of the slips. I recognized them
at once.
"The first one read :
jDAHT BOWDEN' .J
"There was no cross mark on the
front. I turned it over.
"There was no cross mark there.
"I rubbed my eyes and looked
again , but there was no cross mark.
"Then I looked at the other one.
It read :
: Jack XWest. j
"The death mark was there. Dart
Bowden had died for me an' Mary.
"So all alone I cut his grave in the
Ice just thirty-two years ago. "
.
! ji III itlill III
Jersey Hawks and Owls.
Newark Journal.
The United States ornithologist
has prepared for submission to con
gress an interesting report on the
food material found in the
stomachs of hawks and owls. Many
of these birds were caught and the
post mortem performed on them in
the state of New Jersey by Dr. A. K.
Fisher , assistant ornithologist.
Much difficulty was experienced by
the assistant , as in some instances a
hawk's craw was found to contain
the remains of a meadow mouse , a
sparrow , a snake , a frog , a grass
hopper , an earthworm and a snail.
Theeraw of a marsh hawk from Ber
gen county , captured near the home
of the Honorable William Walter
Phelps , contained the remains of the
two meadow mice and a sparrow.
A sharp skinned hawk shot near
Maplewood , New Jersey , had just
feasted on a swift oriole , while a red-
shouldered hawk , taken in Gloucester
county , contained a fair-sized catfish.
The craw of a short-eared owl from
Hackensack contained a robin and
two mice , and a barred owl from
Englewood has feasted on a frog and
a red-backed mouse. A screech owl
from Rive Vale , New Jersey , had
within it a sparrow , a crawfish and a
large spider , and a great horned owl j
from Burlington county was found
to have dined upon a pigeon , a beetle •
and a small snake. Many of the '
hawks and owls examined had preyed
upon poultry and game birds.
A Pale-Faced Mrs. Lo. '
From tho Newark Journal.
Justice Snyder , of Gloucester City , .
exhibited a new § 5 greenback , the fee j
he had received for marrying Wahkij j
kaw ( Capt. Stubbs ) , the Kaw chief t
performer at the Wild West show , to i
Miss Annie Harris , a white woman. (
The ceremony took place at the close j
of the afternoon performance , and i
was witnessed by more than 5,000 j
persons. The Indians at the close ]
went through their form of marriage ,
and presented the pair with moc
casins , robes , blankets , and trinkets.
The bride was attired in a full In
dian costume , a present from Pawnee |
Bill. The chief and his brid * , headed ,
by the cowboy band and all the In- ,
dians in camp * made a parade :
through the streets of Gloucester City. 2
Tramp "I know it ma'am ; I'm al- .
ways out of work , but it'3 all my <
cussed luck. " Woman "How is that , <
poor man ? " Tramp "It's this way , 1
ma'am. In the winter I feel like mowi i
ing lawns , and in the sammer I just <
actually crave to shovel snow , and 1
nature continually balks me. Have <
vou such a thing as a piece of pie in ]
the house ? " <
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, American Jixcltislvciicss. ; M |
From the Literary World. / 1i
There is a young Englishman fn -lj
that amusing novelotte , "The R < h 1 It
mancoofuQuiet Watering Place , " | j
whoso viows of American society aro J 1
interesting. Said he : "A few months | . J
ago I was at a reception given by 11
tho American embassy in London. < J. ; .
Now , as arule , an embaesadorial re- * | j
ception in London is a meeting of I ,
friends of the nationality represented § :
by the embassy just as ono knows ty J j
that in Paris , Berlin , Borne , and so \
on , ono is certain to meet at the re- • - • ,
ceptions of one's minister exclusive- I j
ly people of ono's own 'set' that is { $
to say who know tho samo people
and move in tho samo society as one
does one's self. But at your minis
ter's reception t was different. I
was seated with a reigning American j
beauty in tho recess of a window , j
and we listened to the sounds of rev- i
elry by night , whilst we compared
notes upon tho ceaseless panorama
which passed us continually. I ob
served that whenever I pointed out
anyone whom I had reason to sup
pose came from New York her own
city and ask , * Do you know tho So-
and-So's ? ' she would turn her shape- t
ly head , look at me for a moment in
mild astonishment , and say , ' 0hno , Y
they are not at all in our set. ' 'Will \
you excuse me , said I , at last , 'if I *
'
say that it appears to me \
that none of you know anybody I
else or one another , in America ? ' - > '
and she said , 'I don't think that that j :
is the case ; but you see my father
was a Van Mattan and my mother
was a Van Huyderhauser ; so natur- f '
ally we know only people of that set. j1
For instancesaid she , pointing J
out a handsome woman who wasat
that moment entering the room , [
'like Mrs. Van Rensselaer Koster- \
mann , who is over there. Will you j
excuse me ? And with that she rose [
and tripped across the room to t
greet with effusion this representa- !
tive of the haut Knickerbocker re- -J
gime , who , alone , among the 128. 0 v , |
fpeopieiirthe Saloon of legation , was v
worthy to be recognized by the in- j
herited concentration of tho Van • (
Huyderhausen and Van Mattan J
pedigrees. i
"I tried a similar experience with
one or two other ladies who were
there , and I found that , m tho rare
instance in which I got for an answer , \
• The Van So-and-So's ? Of
- - course ; I
dear Mrs. Van So-and-So is ono of , .
my dearest friends. ' The truth was ,
to be arrived at by reversing the
with Mrs. Van So-and-So
process - - , i
who would raise her lorgnon , and * „
after inspecting her 'dearest friend' '
for a moment , would say , 'Oh ! that
little Mrs. Thingummy ? Yes , I be
lieve that she was brought up to me
by somebody at the Van Choso's one
day and had herself presented. ' !
Finally , I came to the conclusion {
that in America noono knows any- '
body else ; and , at the same time ,
that if , in Europe , one abuses one
of your countrymen as an Americans ,
all the other Americans in tho com- ]
pany will stand up for him vehement
ly , whilst if you remotely suggest to ,
any of them that he is one of their
'setat once there descends upon
your devoted head a gentle breeze i
of mild expostulation. " .
a > - oca j
A 3roHiinieiil to AIai. j"
Atlanta Constitution. iCm
General Spinola's bill , providing * * fl
for the erection of a monument in 'B '
Brooklyn to perpetuate the memory fl
of certain revolutionary soldiers , has 'fl '
excited the violent opposition of Con- . fl
gressman Kilgore , of Texas. Mr. 'fl
Kilgore even goes so far as to threat- . 3
en the introduction of a bill to erect fl
a monument to Adam in his Texas ,1
district. 'fl
Congressman Kilgore is not so far ' .fl
wrong , after all. The truth is , Adam B
has been shamefully neglected. We < fl
have raised monuments in honor of ,1
a host of smaller men , but the father ' 9
of the human race has been ignored. 'fl
Yet , in his day , Adam was a big ' 9
man. He was an original man , es- 'fl
pecially in his ideas about clothes B
and such matters. He was the "rj9
monarch of a Uhe surveyed , although (9 (
his surveying was conducted in a ifl
very primitive fashion , because the fl
state of his finances made it possible * fl
for him to supply himself with the [ fl
proper instruments for the business. \ fl
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Still it should be recollected that B
Adam was one of the old pioneers. . . fl
Whenever he saw anything that he fl
wanted , he simply reached out and fl
helped himself to it , a method of buai- j 9
ness which has been utilized by many J ; fl
of our most successful men down to Ifl
the present time. 'ifl
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Points About Hydrophobia. fl
3t. Louis Post. ' fl
The custom of killing dogs that { fl
have bitten people is a great error. /9
Hie idea that the death of the dog , ffl
If he be rabid , protects against the ' 9
levelopment of hydrophobia is one ' * a
Df the most absurd superstitions ; 9
that remain in this enlightened nine- { • ' " * fl
ieenth century. If a man has had - 9
: he poison diffused through his veins ' 1M
t is immaterial whether the dog fl
" rom which it was derived is dead or fl
llive. The only good that can re- fl
• ult from his death is the protection 9
Dftheunbitten : On the other hand , * 9
fhe is killed , and was not rabid , ' 9
; here remains the ineffaceable belief 19
n the mind of the bitten man that ifl
le was. bfl
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An Italian Prodigy , 9
Another musical prodigy has ap- l 9
} eared. This oneisagirllOyearsold , 9
vho plays the violin and interprets .i f 9
vorksofthe greatest musicians in a ifl
vay that arouses the wildest enthusifl
ism in Italy , if we to believe those fl
vho are about to bring her before the ' fl
mblic. Giulietta Dionesi , the girl in " " //fl /
mestion , comes of a musical family jfl
) f Leghorn. Her father , who is a ifl
riolinist , was her first teacher , but ! 9
ilthough he is an accomplished musi- I' fl
: ian she has already far outstripped I' fl
lim. As the season is over in Lon- I fl
Ion this infant phenomenon wiB | fl
jrobably be taken to America. Lon- 9
lon Letter. I 9
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