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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
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'vMninsclL
com m
to 300,Oi)W a year.
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