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J naawsBiiiimimi na a n j. AFTER THE BATTLE. - A wasto of land, a sodtlea plain. A lurid sunset sky. With cloud 4 taut tied and fadeJ fat la chostly ptitintasy. A field upturned by trampling feet, A field up-piled with Main. With horse and rider bleat in death, L"ion tte battle plain. TH? ciyir.jr and th dead lie low: l'r them uo u.ore snail rise. The evcmn; moon, nor midiujtht stars, Nor dayh.'ht o:t surprise s Ty will not wake, to tenii-erjst call, Vor see a -nin e ich home. Where waitin ? he.irt -t will turo'j aaJ break IVlicn tt;s day 's tidings come T'f) soldiers lvinr as they fell I'pou tl.'; reilJ.;n'(l cl;v. In i:ivtime foes, at r.Thi in !eace, Brea'.h.n? tlieir lics away. I5rv hearts ki :d st'.rred e.ich manly breast, Kan? only rciwie them foe. And l.vinjf dyinsr side l)V s;de, -A tolt-.xea leeiins rose "Oirtia:" is short." one t.vnt voioa said, "To day ; v: t'one our best. "On din, r -nt v.u-'s. what matter now, To in jrro wt'r'j at re-.t. lies i'Tiin i. I uilirhi no', care 4' or o:iiy ir.y o v;i sje, nit f r awav are otiier ueirts That this d;ty's vo;-li will bre.i!:. "Amr-n; N'cvr II jrr.p-h're's snowy hills There (.-rays tor ne to nU'lit A Mi inan in,! a litt' j jrirl VW'ti iiiiir toi-.h-u li.Oit." . V-:ri ;it the tLoa-'ht f.r;l;e forlh at last The cry ot ;rivruiii vi:il Til II v. oi.l'i net Ion .er he re rm-.se, I, i) ii oil: My ;te: .My child ' "And." s id the other tlvin r nai "Acro-.s trie (.. r.'i.v n:a n Trnre watch :::.: wait for ill." love 1 one? I'll never s"e ,iui. A i.'tie eir! w.:h dark hrijht eyes Keb day w.; ts at the door. IV father's i;-p. t:v? f:t ier kiss, U'til cever rrtrel her more Tr-.-1.-.r we -oj-.-Vit ea'h other's lives, l'a'il !vv"; thit now. ' Ko''rn ocioro iod s mercy seit Toirether we shall how. Vr ive (.ich o:i; r while we may. i.'es tu a Wfi'.'f i-ause, ri.-i.t .t wrca-i, ta- mirn'n; sua tVi.l find lis de-id, iho same " 7Vm riy.'n'j -he pa-Jon breathe. 'the dvia: Mr.i!s entwine. 1 o Ust r.i'.' L.fs ;u;il over all st ir- iro:n he ivea shine .Tfl-t tlie li:t: cirl withLolden hair. A nd o:ie r. Lark eyes briiht. M iTii-wh.re's rills and Genr,i i"s plain. 1'. ere fat -'.rX-ss that nuht. Atif.-rlcaa Tribune 'unr.'.ng Won the ltattle. Yankee ingenuity in son lights was n-ver .-ito'.vn to better advantage than in the famous battle between the 3VnYlvar'.a state cruisjr Hyder AT';,- and the Kr!t:sh twenty-gun ship tie-neral Monk, which took place near -Visffi- M.iv Koiitls 11 J years ago. In tus: dr.ys t!.e seaboard states v hieh-chose to do so were permitted t maintain cruisers, independently sf the L'nitj.l States navy, for the jw5r;ie of protecting commerce with in their o.vn b j-indai i s. A ntiRi'OT of states availed thsm- wives of this privilege, says the New York Sun. and tlieir cruisers were cn tageil in some of the most creditable lattlcs in oar naval history. The otainerce of rennsyl vania liad been vrreatly harassed by JJritish cruisers - .urerir.g orT Cane May, and occasion ally making incursions up the bay, capturing any craft that came within !-rc'r reach. With a view of checking i vads. the stata of Pennsj-l-vaitj, iitt"d out the strongly built s.:r.:ltant sk'vp Ifyder A1I- with si.-ti-trj six-pour. '!. guns, and placed her i cliat'i-e o Lieutenant Joshua I'-arr.e;.- .f the U.x'ted States nav-, and 1 1 iit:. Da A)v 9. the Hyd?r Ally iSropv.?d tlii-.vn to Cajp Maj- Koads as a t-.-evoy to ti Kvet of merchantmen tliat had been endtr.voriii-. to get to sea. A liilc w. t!i;-' f ir a J'reeze to carry tb.-in clear oi t'.i htn.l. two Knglish crai.v.'rs were des -rie.l standing in 2ire. li.i.-ne;. inilo signal for the Tju-re:ia:it.nen to -m':; sail uo t!ie bay If; c iviTC.l their retreat. The F.ngli.sh ships became widely sei ttratcd in the ciiae, an 1 when one of tiien. the twent.y-gttn sloop-of-war, i"-'neral Monk, was passing, the Jlydor Ally iired a b-oadsi le and the Krjg!ish:naa p it about to loard. l'er ct'iving the intention of the liritish tnwniandir. Lieutenant Harney in strncttvl his men at the whj-1 t cx--nte ui:-. next order "by th j rule of contrary,'' as lie expressed it. Just as the shins were about to foul, the piek-witted Amsricja cr.nmin.ler -alied out in a voice load en-u h ta b Ijear.i in the enemy's ships: "Hard apf-rt yo.tr htdin. Do you want him to rim aboard of us?"' Hit instead of jmtting the helm hard aport. tlte Jielmyinan threw it to starboard, !rmging the Englishman's jibboom afoul of the Hyder Ally's fore rigging. ' This exposed th; English ship to a mking tire from the entire American hroadsidc. Lashing the shijs to other. Lieutenant Harney for thirty Mioutc.s poured in a destructive fire ujion the helpless Oeneral Monk. See ing tiie hopelessness of bis condition, the Englishman surrendered, and was taken into the navy under the name of lieneral Washington. Harney's rize mounted twenty ninc-pounders, rr nearly twice the shot weight of the llyder Ally. The English crew num bered 13C men, of whom t wenty were Jwilled and thirty-three were wounded. The llyder Ally had four killed and leven wounded out of a crew of 110. An fnclijrnmit I'rUonrr. A certain wealthy old planter, - vhoe name we withhold, used to gov rin a precinct in Alabama, in a skir mish was taken prisoner, and at a late hour was brought into camp where a iTiiard was placed over hiin. The aris tocratic rebel, supposing everything was all right that he was secure any-v.-ay as a prisoner of war as a com mittee of the whole resolved himself info "sleep's dead slumber." Awaking about midnight to find the moon shin ing full into his face, he chanced to "inspect the guard," when, horror of lsorrors.that soldier was a nexrro! And, worse than all, uo recognized in that owet'ing fn. tlnwl t- nnfl sloadilv Ikin le could not stand that; risoner was enraged, furiotis.and e that he k-U!Jat tu?JU'11 clenched teeth, l nr ..rt'.'noiith hf T-ollpd out. - , i . jf the colonel to come here immediately. Sly own slave can never stand guard over me. It's a d n outrarje! No gentleman would submit to it." Lausrhin; in his sleeve, the dark faced soldier called out: "Corp'l de guard!" That dignitary appeared, and presently the colonel followed. After listening to the Southerner's impas sioned harangue, which was full of invectives, the colonel turned to the negro with, "Sam!" "Yes, coloneL" "You know this gentleman, do you?" "Ob course; he's Massa I, and has a big plantation in Alabama." "Well, Sam. just take care of him to-night," and the officer walked away. As the sentinel again pacsd his beat, the gentleman from Alabama appealed to him in an argument, "Listen, Sambo!" "You hush, dar! I's done talking to you now. Hush, rebel," was the negro's emphatic command, bring ing down his musket to a charge bayonet position bj wa3 of enforcing silence. American Tribune. Let V Have Peace." Shortly after the death of Genera. Grant, a lady who had known him personally happened to meet General l)ent, Mrs. Grant's brother, in a Wash ington street car. The conversation naturally turned on General Grant, and, referring to his remarkable sim plicity and directness, both in talk ing and writing, she quoted the line, "Let us have peace." General Dent said: "I was present when he wrote that. I have to get out here, but when I see you again I will tell you about it." General Dent did not, however, wait to see her, but the next day sent the following. written in pencil on a sheet of note paper, which the recipient keeps as it treasured memory of Gen eral Grant. The following is a ver batim copy:' I HI I S II Ave I'KACE. My recollection of its origin. General llawley and the committee called at General t irant's headquarters. southwest corner of Seventeenth and j F streets, by appointment made the day before, and were received by the general surrounded by all his staff then present in Washington. After introduction of the committee to General Grant by General Hawley, the latter made the announcement to Gen eral Grant of his nomination by the convention for the oftioe of president of the I'nited States. General Grant in a conversational tone replied, ac cepting the nomination, and express ing his appreciation of the honor, and then remarked that he would com municate his acceptance to the com mittee in writing. Ater a pleasant half hour's chat General Hawley and the committee departed. The next morning, fearing that the committee was being delayed. I asked the gen eral if he had sent them the written communication he had promised. He replied no, but he would do it now. Turning to his desk he wrote without hesitation his letter of acceptance. All of his stall had in the meantime come into the room. When ha had finished he turned to me and re marked: "I have used a word that does not rive exactly mv meaning," naming the word. "I want a synonym." ! i gave one. lit said: "That is the word want," marked out the word written and substituted the suggested one, and then read aloud to us all his let ter. ieneral IJawlins took up the letter from the desk and read it over to himself, apparently weighing every sent 3nce. Then, handing it to (leneral Grant he said: "Just the thing; put your name to it, general." (leneral Grant immediately wrote, "Let us have peace." and signed his name U. S. Grant. It was sent at once to General Haw-lev- 1". T. Dent. Hrev. Hrig. Gen., U.S. A. OIJ Itonneson." The name of our colonel was Will iam II. Hentison. llefore leaving Quincy for the s'.-at of war some of the boys were irreverent enough to speak of him as "OKI Ueunesou." This annoyed the colonel whenever he heird of it. as it was not only nn dignilied, but it was not applicable to him, as he was not a very old man. When business commenced and orders from the commanding general came with the usual mark of "). H." on the envelope, the colonel one day noticed the letters, and trailing his adjutant inquired. "George, have you noticed these letters. 'O. H.' on every order that we gjl?" "Yes, sir," said the adjatint, "I have." "Well, what does that mean?" "It means 'Oiiic'al Husiness,' " re plied the adjutant. "George, kick me for a fool." said the colonel. "Why so?" inquired the adjutant. "Mess me," replied the colone l, "if I didn't think some of the boys were at their old capers and meant Old Hsnneson." An Incident; of the Street. The old soidier was feeling his way along in an ill-lighted, dangerous quarter of the city, when a footpad stepped from the shadow of a tall building and confronted him.' "Throw up your hands," was the sudden command. "That's the best I can do," respond ed the veteran, throwing up one; "I left the other at Mission Uidge." The footpad stopped short and went down in his own pocket. "Here," he said, shoving a five-dollar bill at the soldier. "I swiped this from a bloke an hour ago," and before the veteran could say anything the footpad had disappeared in the dark ness, leaving the biiL Ilclal loiiHhip I'orgoU During the battle of Lexington the bullets new thick and fast. A ball struck General Sterling Price's saddle shattering it and turning the occu pant half-way round in his seat. His son, who was near by, came up in haste and cried out: "Father, are you hurt?" "General Trice, if you please, sir!" Then, after a minute's pause: 'General Price can assure Colonel Price that lie is unharmed." Argon aut TTar Is a I'roblem. A volume has just been published, of which Moltke was the author, giv ing a series of sixty-six strategical problems, set to be worked out on the map, 'together with the solutions. "Wari," saj's the great general, is sim ply af long series of problems, im- perUvtt ly d.emandinsr an immediate CHARLESTON'S OLD CHURCH. Regan in 1753 and Opened for Dlvina Services Ju'luo Year I.Rter. St Michael's Episcopal church, corner of Hroad and Meeting streets. Charleston, S. t'., was established June 14, 1751. The next year the actual work of construction was begun, and the first public services were held February 1, 17t51. The bricks with which it was built were brought from England, and enough were left over after the completion of the church to build the high fence that surrounds the graveyard, which is in the rear and on one side of the church. The structure, says the Buffalo Commercial, was damaged by the fire of British artillery on James island in 178J, struck four times by the federal artillery on Morris island. 18G3 to 186.3. greatly injured by the cyclone of August 25, 18S.", almost destroyed by the earthquake of Aug ust 31, ISSti! and reopened for wor ship Juno I'd, 18S7, having been re stored to its former beauty by tho generosity of its members. At the foot of tho steps ascending to the pulpit is an oblong hole in the floor, caused by a shell from tho union forces, which crashed through the chancel window, burying itself in the temple of tho Lord. A magni ficent chancel windoA-. made by Tiffany of New York, representing the dragon under the feet of Mich ael, tho arch-angel, replaced tho shattered one. The organ built in England in 17C7, though greatly in jured during tho war. was repaired; but two or this stylo of organs were ever built George III. had one. which is still in existence, and Charleston tho other. Tho chimes were made in England in 1776, aud Charlestonians tell hjv they were capture I. taken to Colum bia, broken by order of iencral Sherman, the pici-es gathered to gether, sent to England, ten per cent new metal added, were melted, recast, returned to St. Michael's and rung by the same old colored man, who styles himself "Professor George Washington Mclean Gaston." These chimes are the admiration of every Charlestonian, irrespective of creed. The same old chandelier is now in use, so fondiy do these parishioners cling to old remembrances. Candles were used until twelve years ago, when gas pipes were run through the chandelier. A largo square pew. in tho center of tho church, belonging to tho Vanderhorst family, tho atten tion of all strangers is directed to. In 1701 Washington viewing the har bor, and, as was his custom on the Sabbath, attended church. entered St. Michael's and was seated in this pew. Many years later Robert E. Lee entered this church (unknown to the usher), was shown to the pew. and sat in the very chair occupied by George Washington so many years ago. Also Princess Louise sat in this same pew and chair, when with her husband, marquis of Lottie, she visited Charleston a few years ago. The venerable pastor, Uev. Dr. Trap pier, is 84 years old. and to hear him read the commandments will repay the journey of a thousand miles. He is the wonder, admiration, venera tion of men of all creeds, and many will go to St. Michael's to hear the commandments read. leaving the edifice immediately alter the reading is finished. ituiit of f:c;s. A woman, tho wife of an Essex agricultural laborer, invested a few snillinirs in the purchase of two or three good laying fowls, the eggs of which birds she sold to the well-to-do people of the small town near which she lived. This business turned out to be so profitable that she devoted her small savings to the extension of her poultry yard. and so rapidly did her custom grow that still further ex tension followed, and site was at length able to open an account at tho local bank. On every anni versary of her wedding-day this in dustrious woman carried the profits of the past year to the bank, and in the course of years her balance there grew so substantial that she was able to purchase a plot of ground, on which she built a house of consider able dimensious, fitted with a billiard-room and other luxuries which she forth ivith christened "Kgg Hall." Fastest Jx Team ui IlerorJ. Dwight Piatt of Mil ford. Conn., hitched his ox team, loaded with lumber, to some freight cars stand ing on a side track near tho Milford railway station, one day lately, and went into a neighboring hostelry to recuperate. A freight train came along about that time. and. coupling on the cars without noticing the team, started up. Tho oxen never went so fast in their lives as they did during tno next few seconds, and their path was strewn with lum ber for some distance. The team was discovered by a brakeman before tho oxen were injured. In a New York Conrt. Merchant I maintain, your honor, that, looking at it from a mercantile standpoint, I havo acted squarely. Judge Erlieh You do. oh? Well, let mo tell you that this entire tran saction is fraudulent, and is not a legitimate transaction in any sense of the word. Merchant Yes, your honor, it is very dillicult nowadays to distin guish between a legitimate transac tion and a downright swindle. Texas Siftings. Her Voice Iteturned. Miss Mary. Titus of Williamsport. Pa., who lost her voice three years ago, electrified a congregation at a l-evival meeting last week by sud denly rising and exclaiming: "Praise God from whom all blessings flow!" She regards tho recovery of her voice as a direct answer to her Xrayers for relief. The I'ge of the Alligator. Louisiana people are clamoring for tho re-enactment of the law protect ing alligators. Since their wholesale destruction was resumed the increase of muskrats, rabbits opossums ' and other pests has been so great as to destroy levees and crops and perhaps endanger life. Cost of Narrow Tires. An agricultural writer figures that the loss to the farmers of the coun try by the usfc of narrow sragon tires, through the wear .and tear of horse flesh and thefloss of time, amounts TIIE MEXICAN RODEO. ANNUAL ROUND-UP IN SOUTH ERN CALIFORNIA. Old Spanish Customs Are Kijldly Ad hered to by the liescendants of First Settlers Indian and Mexican Vaqueros in Charge of the Branding An old-time Mexican rodeo, or round-up, of cattle is still to be seen in the distinctively Mexican settle ments of Southern California, but, of course, on not so grand a scale as in the primitive days when the ranches were much more extensive than they arc now. In those days Mexican and Indian vaqueros were employed in great numbers and whoso dailj- oc cupation was merely to ride around over the vast estates and grae tho cattle, or rather to keep track of them so that they may not stray upon another rancher's land. But, as a rancher usually had from one to seven leagues of laud, his cattle had sufficient stamping ground. The rodeo is held in the spring of tho year for the purpose of branding and claiming the calves of the sea son, selecting beef cattle for tho market and that each neighboring rancher mav select his own and dt ivo him homo. The San Juan Capistrano valley is the most dis tinctively Mexican settlement in Southern California. The rodeo usually lasts WCCli. sometimes much longer. It begins at a stated ranch and is continued throughout that cattle district until j each ranch has had its rodeo the word properly meaning "the place v.nere cattle are garnered. it is sometimes on the stylj of a progres sive euchre party in its nomadic rounds. For example, tho Jueces del Carapo" decides that tho rodeo shall begin at the ranch of Senor Avila, and then he designates each succeeding ranch in tho district, ending with that of Senor Arrillaga. whore tho final fandango takes place. Each ranch has a corral, located on a plain, from 10 to 0J feet square, lormed by driviug timbers in the earth, standing closely together, leaving them six or eight feet in height, just beyond the jumping powers of the cattle. In less wooded sections, like the San Juan vallev. I the corral is forme 1 by stones, cov ered uy cactus Drusii;some are auoi)? walls, surmounted with a fence ol cattle heads, retaining the horns set upright, one upon another, forming a veritable bulwark. The vaqueros. who havo been out herding the cat tle, drive them to the corral, where they enter a gate at ono corner, aud when all have passed in the gate is I closed, leaving only a small opening for one to pas out at a time. In order t: induce the cattle to enter one of them has been lassoed and tied to a stake in the center of the corral, as if he were to bo offered up as a sacrifice. In a short time he begins to paw and bellow, and the herd rush in to see wnat is the mat ter. When grown cattle are to be branded, they must first bo lassoed, says tho Philadelphia Times. They are stampeded; the herdsmen start . , 1 1 -1 i ! in iuii cnaso, yeuuiii as ii cuastng Indians. One cf them throws the lasso over the horns, others at the feet and at a signal cry each stops his horse short, bracing himself backward, and in a moment tho loop becomes taut and the animal is en snared. If either misses his aim ho is the subject of ridicule. The horses are specially trained to stand firm on their hindmost feet, when the rider presses the ilank with his legs, which he does at the moment of throwing the loop. This firm stand of the horse brings the bovine up with a short turn aud sometimes throws him head over heels, or heels over head. The horses' flanks are protected from the cattle by leathern armor. The herdsmen have thick wooden stirrups and leathern armor for the legs. The lasso is mado firm to a ring in the saddle girth and after having thrown ii the rider has I only to keep his seat and hold on to tho pommel of the side, which is made vei" high for that purpose the horso does the rest. After each vaquoro has "weeded" out his cattle they are driven to that particular ranch, and on the morrow the same ceremony is gone through with aj the next ranch, and so on throughout the cattle circuit At the conclusion of each day's rodeo and slaughter there is a "big feed." A long table runs tho entire length of the adobe building, con taining the hottest of Mexican, dishes (Chili peppers boing the predominat ing flavor) and a variety of native wines, distilled on tho premises and mellowed by age pure as tho red grape juice can make it. It is noticeable to Americanos that condi ments are not to be found on Mexi can tables. The dishes are seasoned by the culinary artist, and it is con sidered a reflection upon his ability to add seasoning to a dish. But these dishes are invariably hot enough for the Americanos. These rodeos are usually feasts- - ( everyone in tne neighborhood at tending and many of them'make the circuit. The senor of the ranch en tertains all who come, and of course without c harge. There are twenty or thirty herdsmen, each with three or four horses, and the proprietor of each ranch in the district, with his sons and perhaps their friends. This, in addition to the populace of the neighborhood, makes a good si:ed crowd. But there is plenty for all and it is the pride of the Mexi can hidalgo to count his guests by the hundred. In tho late afternoon the young senors and senoritas begin to flock in. There is to bo a fandango a free-for-all dance, Thev have an op portunity to dance their national cachuca and La Jota to the sweet tones of the violin, guitar and harp. And thus ends the day's round-up. rieasert Her. Shoemaker Well, don't any of those shoes suit you, miss? Miss Fiipporly Oh. yes. indeed, but you have such a delightful way of lacing them up I thought I would try on several pairs more. Harvard Lampoon. I ndeeit So they wa'frteJ it was f S)0v and girl?" AND THE HAT CAME BACK. A Eiscardod Tile Which the Owner Was Finally Compelled to Hum. Captain Ka of the British navy, was at anchor in Aden harbor once after three years' in tho East Indies. says tho Youth's Com panion. Being now on his way home he began to clear out his cabin. Among his traps was a hat-case, which, being opened, disclosed a "tile" which had once been new and fashionable, but which was now moth eaten and out of date. Inside of it, in iudeliblo ink. was printed its owner's name. The captain glanced at it and said to his servant: -Throw it overboard." Overboard it went Soon afterward one of the crew of a boat from the flagship, coming from the shore, espied the hat floating in j the water, picked it up. read the ! name inside and carried it to the ' commander of his ship, who in turn ' sent it to Captain Kay with his com i pliments. supposing it had fallen ; overboard. j "Hang the hat!" said Captain Kay. ! stnd he chucked it overboard again, j adding: "Tell your commander I in i very much obliged to him." j Two hours afterward tho hat again reappeared, this time with Captain X 's compliments. Cap tain X was the commander cf an American man-of-war lying farther down tho harbor and the hat had been picked up by one of his boats. Captain X had dried it carefully and then sent it to its owner. j "Tell Captain X I am greatly j obliged to him," said Captain Kay, ; and the American officer departed. I "Confound the hat!" said Captain ! Kav. "I shall have to ask X to dinner. Here, bring me a lump of coal or something else that is heavy. " A lump of coal was placed in the hat and the hat was taken dewu the accommodation ladder, carefully al lowed to till with water and watched till it sank. That's the last of that!" said Captain Kay. Two'days later a parcel came ad dressed to "Captain Kay, II. M. S. S. " with fourteen rupees eight an nas to pay. The money was paid. the parcel opened, and behold! hero once more was the discarded hat, looking more disreputable than ever, With it was a very civil note from the Aden superintendent of police. A diving boy, ho explained, had brought up the iiat The superin tendent had found the owner's name inside. He had taken for granted that Captain Kay would wish 1 1 f 3 boy's honesty rewarded and so had taken the liberty to give him a rupee. Ho hoped his action would meet with approval. The police station fees were one rupee, with boat hire, twelve rupees eight annas. Captain Kay paid these different cnarges; then he ordered a big tire lighted in the stokehole, and after jumping on the hat, ho. ordered it p ished into the hottest part of tho furnace. He watched it burn, and even as it crumbled into ashes the inscription. "Captain Kay; It. X.," was still visi ble. I'nlucky. With a sweet smile she took his hat and cane. "Dearest." she cooed when they were seated in the gloam ing, "I havo something to tell you." Summoning all his fortitude ho bade her speak. Dearest," she prrceed ed. a delicate flush overspreading her cheek," "papa has at last consented to our marriage." He was too deep ly moved to express himself for about frrty-five minutes. When at last he found voice the latter thrilled with emotion. That " A gentle pressure of the hand told him she was listening. " is what I get by monkeying with an opal ring." His eyes rested upon the fateful jewel with a fascination of horror. Detroit Tribune. The Itat. There is a very strong dislike to the bat among the peasants of South Germany. A feeling of disgust and fear takes possesiion of the farmer who finds bats in his chimney, not only because he believes the crea tures will feed upon his pork that hangs in the smo'.ce, but because bats are regarded as unlucky and bring poverty and misfortune. I.'slitnlnsr-FlaHli Out of u Clear Sky. Weary Senator Well. I'm glad my work on the tariff is ended. His Wife My dear, I wish you would look over this grocer's bill it's outrageous! Truth. SO SCIENTISTS SAY. A fire ball, so brilliant that it was seen in midday, passed over the Irish sea on May 0 last. It is believed that in the future hay will be so prepared that it will be fit for the food of man. The distance from the farthest point of polar discovery to the pole is said to be less than. 500 miles. There are forty-eight distinct dis eases of the eye. Xo other organ of the human body has so many. It is estimated that the terrible Zante earthquake of 1SIJ traveled with an average velocity of three and one half miles per second. Leroyal, the French engineer, re ports the discovery of a tribe of good Indians in Guerrero, Mexico, over 400 of them, petrified, in a natural cave extending fifteen miles under ground. An alloy that adheres so firmly to glass that it may be used to solder pieces together is made by a French chemist. A. F. Walter, from ninety five parts of tin and five parts of cop per. The alloy may be hardened or softened, or made more or less fusible by adding from one-half to on; per cent of lead or zinc. A meteorite of 2i7 pounds, found by Professor A. Heilprin in 1S01, near Godhaven, Diso island, has been pro nounced tempered steel, its extraor dinary hardness having possibly re sulted from rapid cooling in snow, ice or water. It contains iron, nickel, sulphur, traces of carbon, chlorine, phosphorus and chromium. Dr. ISuisson of Paris, is the author of a pamphlet treating of a certain prevention and cure of hydrophobia by vapor baths. The author has tested his plans for years with, it is clanned, almost invariable success, and isso convinced of its infii its jpjlii lit f vir that he elVers to submil occulaAToa with the vi: UNCLE SAM'S MADE SUN BIG ELECTRIC SEARCH-LIGHT AT SANDY HOOK. It Throws It Key Over the Atlantic for a Distance of F.ighty Miles Perched on u Tower Ninety Feet Illtjh The Largest Projector" Kver Made. The largest electric search -light in the world, laiger even than the famous projector on tho top of Mount Washington, has been purchased by the United States government for the purpose of experimenting in coast defense. It is at Sandy Hook prov ing ground where it is perched on top of a tower '.0 feet high, from which it sweeps the waters in all oi rections. It is undoubtedly the largest pro jector ever made. It measures live feet across the front of the lens, and though the strength of the arc is -17,000 candle-power, yet this is mag nified by a special mechanism which is a part of tho lamp itself, until the beam of light reaches a candle-power of l'Jl.0 10,00). So strong is it. in fact, that it is possible to detect its darting light eighty miles away. The fact that the search-light, so successful on our men-of-war, might prove of great utility in coast de fense has been suggested before, but no good opportunity presented itself until last year when a German firm of electricians exhibited tho present big lamn at the Chicago exhibition. Then the ordnance department de cided to buy it and commence the series of experiments at the Sandy Hook proving ground. Of late years immense strides have been made in tho offensive facilities of the navy department, and. while tho systems of defense have wonder fully advanced, they hae not in many instances kept pace with the other end of the science. A very good instance can be found in tho performances of the torpedo boat dishing. Tho little craft built by the HerresholTs has been able so far to defy even the search-lisrh t Since she has been painted green it is almost impossible to find her in the water with the search-light now used by naval vessels. At Goat island last summer she played about the water near tne man-of-war and was never discovered until she had signaled that she had been prowling about and could have blown any or all of the big t-attle ships out of the water. On several occasions she ran up within a few yards of the San Francisco and the Miantonomah in tho face of the search-lights and was not detected. With the big search-light at Sanaj' Hook it would be impossible for the Cushing to play such pranks. The lamp was made especially for the Chicago exhibition by Schuckert fc Co.. of Xuremburg. Germany, says the Xew York Journal. It was mounted on tho northwestern corner of the roof cf the manufactures building, and when it was operated, three evenings each week, its light was detected in Milwaukee, over eighty miles away. When completely mounted it stands about eight and ono half feet above the platform on which it is erected. The space with in the lamp is large enough to allow five or six men to ensconce them selves. Tho most important part of tho lamp is the large parabolic mirror, which is used to magnify the light from the carbons. It has a working diameter of five feet and a thickness of seven eighths of an inch. It is a remarkable piece of glass, and six months were consumed in the labor of grinding and, polishing. The back of the glass is heavily coated with silver. vhich is protected bv a coat ing of specially prepared paint It has been proved by experiments that this stylo of mirror is best adapted for projecting the rays of an arc lamp for search-light purposes, as it furnishes the reflection of the in tense rays more than any other kind. In fact, an electrical engineer, sneak ing of it, says that though great im provements may be made in search lights in the future, the parabolic mirror must form an integral por tion of the meehanisn.' of the lamp. The carbons in the lamp are very large, and a device is provided by means of which they can bo sepa rated immediately, and the arc, which depends on this separation, established automatically, so that it is only necessary to turn on tho cur rent to. get the full force of the light at once. This device will make the lamp very valuablo for naval pur poses. Although tho lamp weighs in tho neighborhood of 2, 00 ) pounds, it is so perfectly poised that a child can swing it about. So it can bo worked by hand or by means of electric mo tor. The lamp is mounted on a tower. First a wall 3) feet above the sea level was built. Oa top of this wall stands the tower. GO feet high. Tho height of the lamp and stand, 8 feet, places the total height of all at l8V feet. From this eminence it is possible to command a verv extended horizon, and with systematic opera tion of the light it would be almost impossible for a largo vessel to ap proach within a destructive distance before it could be seen. The chief trouble will he the de tection of the small and almost in visible torpedo boats. The per formances of the Cushing show what has to bo contended against, eves if the boat's presence in nearby waters is known. Her Final Answer. He had proposed to her in an ex tremely florid and luxuriant, not to say tropical and soulful, manner, and she had received it with laughter and merry gibes. Naturally this course of treatment didn't improve his temper. -What do you take me for, anyhow?" he asked, furiously in dignant Again the provoking laugh. "1 don't take you for anything," she replied; "I reject you utterly. Good evening, sir." And sho left him to his meditations. Detroit Free Press. She Didn't 3Iind It. Bridget's mistress had asked her if sho overheard a rather angry con versation between her husband and hcrseM. "n, yis, ma'am," replead Bridget Vsure I didn't moind it. I'm f.n it. I'm married f myself. " IN'CERSOLL'3 KINDNESS. How He Helped a eilv Iteportcr t Make a Fevr Dollars. Colonel Ingersoll has the kind l of hearts toward all mankind, say-, the Chicago Inter Ocean. Only a few days ago a newspaper iran told me a character story about hint. This newspaper man found himself in New York out at elbow, unable t get work, and unwilling, of course, to ask alms. In his strait it occ ired to him to go to see Colonel Ingersoli, although he was quite sure that tho colonel would not remember the single occasion when they had met. Well, what can 1 do for you. young man?" said the colonel, com ing right to the point "I am a newspaper reporter and want you to give rco an interview.'' "On what subject?" "Any subject you please, sir." "For what paper?" "For any paper that will buy it of me." Well, that's ool! Don't you know my time is valuable?" "Yes; but 1 am in a tight place. I am out of work; I don't know which way to turn. There is r,o market for what I write There is always a market for what you say. Ta'k to me twenty minutes and it will be or foO in my pocket." But I would rather give or !e:;d 3-011 the money.3' "I couldn't take it as a gift, and I have no right to ask a loan. I want to ean it and I think I am justified in asking cha1 ity to the extent of a few minutes of your time." All right," was the cheery re joinder. "Fire away with your questions." The reporter "fired away" on the first topic that came into his min.i. and soon had material which he made into copy salable to a syndi cate for $10). Nor was Ingersoll's good nature exhausted with a single interview. Said my friend: "I ate. drank and slept on Ingersoll for a month, or until I got regular work, and whenever he gave me an inter view he went over my notes and touched them up until the matter was in his best stvle. That's the sort of a man Ingersoll is." Laid Hi Wires tell. Ihe foresight Lord Rosebery dis played in arranging his matrimonial plans is illustrated in tho following anecdote: Shortly after he had re turned from his continental tour, he was one of a house-party at Ment more, a lordly pleasure house which Baron Meyer Hothschtld had built for himself in Buckinghamshire. One evening, at dinner, the conver sation turned on the exquisite decor ations of the room. Lord Bosebery's observation to his next neighbor, by way of epilogue to the conversation, was: "Yes. this place would suit mo excellently." When, seven years later, ho had married the daughter of the house, and was the owner of Mentmore, his friend, happening to meet him, reminded him of this ob servation. Lord Hose be ry replied with assumed gravity, but with a tell-tale twinkle in his eye: "Well, of course 3ou know the unexpected always happens." Argonaut An Kventfnl Day. "Well, well!" exclaimed the editor. "If that wasn't a queer experience!'' What was that?" said the fore man. There was a man in here just now who didn't seem to know any more about how a newspaper should be run than I do." What She Meant. Minnie How in the world car. you say that Mrs. Tellit is a woman of intelligence? Mamie I meant that she had all the neighborhood intelligence that was going. GRAINS OF GOLD. Are you making anj' plans that reac'.i beyond this life? When you bid your sin good by. don't shake hands with it. A fool empties his head cverj- time, he opens his mouth. Growth in knowledge is the only cure for self-conceit Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind. There is nothing more beautiful on earth or in heaven than love. Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the trait of all quarrels. The best remedy for self-conceit is to be well introduced to yourself. Speak but little and well if you would be esteemed a man of merit. I?e grateful for your blessings and it will make your trials look small. It is much easier to be contented without riches than it is with them. Don't talk much about yourself when you want to be listened to with protit One reason why there are not more good boys, is because good fathers are so scarce.- People who are wrong in their thinking are sure to be wrong ia thoir everv dav life. MANNERS OF MEN. In an Oregon court a laborer who has an Italian name, but looks like a German, had a linguistic duel with the court interpreter. He understood each question, but replied to it in a different tongue until the interpreter acknowledged himself beaten and asked the court for protection. Suicide statistics, covering a period of twenty-five years, in New York city, offer some interesting deduc tions. They show, among other things, that tha Irish and the negroes are not given to self-destruction. The Germans show a iauch larger per centage of suicides than either of tho races above mentioned. A rancher on Yashon island, Wash., has his house painted more expen sively than any other house in the state. Last fall he found a box which contained about 200 pounds of what he thought was a fine quality of fire proof paint floating in the souni The paint was packed in small tin cans and bore a foreign label, and as it had cost him nothing he thought he would paint his house with it The house is now painted inside and out, and in do ing so tho greater portion of the paint was consumed. The rancher has discovered, mach to his sorrow,. tb.it instead of fire-nroof paint he has i his housl covered with about S3.00) j worth ri"W'-'.'V"'W4',,,-.;vI.w0 tln-o'-' V J . : ' - , but? 'vMninsclL com m to 300,Oi)W a year. "Yes it caino a J ls." Truth do-. Z 'V i i , - s,