T"Vs,
I a.
4 rrh vM
at 4 lor' Memorial tlrnta.
fTM r1tea ?, Xhm tt M e.
SorUI -Mr at VtMf to 1 was selected
M the SberiRsa ni.kli Mentnrtsl Hwtlti,
thr t t he AwttiiB Boclett
us fmi tircci
Psirlel trt4 m hour of rtunff,
Hero-tike bit duly done.
Be to fear fore'er stotnirrr.
Vktnry, tttnmrh d. lh hd n
Vt bin oj with grief Iwnuwn.
TVs iipcn the field of tattle.
Where the bullet swiftly srit
Boldly farlnt niiskets' mill.
Mirrhlnc at the rolumn'a hratL
II to victory always led.
Moitrnlnt soldiers of th nation.
Ckimrades bowed In Morrow's (loom,
Year by yar bring lore's ovtkn
Fragrant flowers of fairest bloom)
Floral Inoense for th tomb.
Now tal spirit hftth departed,
Me hih laid life's scepter down;
Thoufrh we mourn the llon-bearted,
Soldier brave who won renown.
Death hath brought to him a orown.
Soldier, rest; thy march U ended,
Warrior, rest; peace Ih thine.
Comrade, rest; our voices blooded,
Tender thought with muslo twine,
Flowers of thought from memory'! ihrlne.
Till, we, too, In death are sleeping,
Till our march through life shall end,
Grandest title, worth the keeping,
Weacoord thee, "soldiers' frlend"
Warrior, comrade, soldier, friend.
Daughters of Veterns.
The number of Tents in the Ohio De
partment at present Is eight Perhaps
a short report from each Tent would
be acceptable to those interested. The
reports not having1 come in In the order
of organization, will be obliged to take
them as returns were sent in.
The young ladies acting in the capa
city of President of the Tents for the
past year were as follows: Tent 1
Mioma Brown, Massilon; 2, Gertrude
Seaerlst Alliance; 3, Lou Marsh
Prairie Depot.; 4, Mame Hall, Ada;
Mozelle Walker, Kenton; 6, M. Emma
Foote, Brooklyn Village. 7, Mrs. Eva
Davis, Alger; 8, Flora Williams Canal
Fulton.
Mrs. James A. Garfield Tent, 3,
Prairie Depot, Ohio, organized Oct 13
1888, named in honor of the distin
guished President's wife. The number
. A t
oi cnarter memoers, o; numoer oi
present members, ,12; number of or
phans, 8. Several charity socials and
benefits were given by these energetio
young Indies, out of which they realized
a good sum, the Inst being a Gypsy
Carnival, which was a grand success.
Present oflieers are: President, Lou
Marsh; 8. V.-l, Ella Hamilton; J.
V.-P., Ida Deiter; secretary, Ida
flutchins; treasurer, Jessie Hutchins;
chaplain, Lottie Hart; inside guard,
Tena Stodlngcrj guard, Hose Stodlnger;
trustees, Anna Marsh, Lottie Hart,
Clara Hemingcr.
Mrs. W. T. Sherman, Tent 4, Ada, O.,
organized March 28, 1890, named in
honor of Mrs. Cen. W. T. Sherman,
Number of charter members, eighteen;
number of present members, thirty'
five; number of orphans, ten. They
gfe a publlo entertainment, assisted
by the G. A. R., which they are re
quested to repeat, a Martha Washing
ton Tea and several other entertain'
ments, the proceeds being devoted to
charitable purposes. O Ulcers are;
Pres., Mamie Hall; S. V. P., Emma
Johnson; J. V. P., Ethel Park; See
Mattie Cratley; Treas., MIna Park;
Chap., Mabel Bowers; L. G., Sadie Hall,
G., Dora Fritz; Musician, Tracy Keck'
ler; Trustees, Nellie Johnson, Allie
Wilson, Lula Garret
Ex-Prisoners of War Pension BUI.
August Moosner, Fifty-second N. Y,
and Sixteenth Connecticut, Veterans'
Home, Yountville, Cnl.. says that the
bill in favor of the ex-prisoners of war
has again been presented, but will
probably meet with the fate of all sim
liar bills." The writer remembers very
well when he returned from Anderson'
ville, a sick and broken-down man, who
was compelled to remain six months in
a hospital to regain a shadow of his
former health and strength, the indlg,
nation of the people was raised to the
highest pitch on account of the horri'
ble suffering the soldiers had endured
in Southern prisons. There are 18,000
graves at Andersonville (where the
writer was confined through the year
1864) to tell the tale of woe. During
the summer of 1804 the pris
oners sent a petition to Secretary
Stanton begging fur an exchange;
with what little effect all know.
After 1808 sympathy with the sur
viving prisoners seemed to have died,
and all bills in their favor have been
ignored by Congress. They have never
received consideration of patronage,
as civilians have been employed in pref
erence to ex-prisoners of war. This
was the case at San Francisco. We
have another election before us, which,
to many, will be the last, as a large
number will join the Grand Army
above before they can cast another
vote. Therefore, lot us rally for a las
attempt, and enlist the sympathy of
old comrades and all good and true
citizens, and get the loyal women of
the country to assist only such candi
dates as will pledge themselves to our
support, as our claim is a just one.
A dries to Pensioners.
. A veteran of Co. G, 1st N. J. Cav.,
having noticed that a resolution has
been offered in Congress to publish a
list of the pensioners, to be circulated
ta Ml m tttiUl tV fM
reaint, la erste II, s ltt !if .,
IK tVfai tweet, think thai If . W
paitmr l ; t rvttt f letl
prnstmier front h a kner, Ihey
will feat t el wntil t niilifl
Ih M4tert-M4 IKlMt aeie
NNofilh ta It) irmr.nM nM tuat
a ii Vtn lt r-r a
r.v, il lie tvHrtva h Dta)tiMf vf
!! Vrlrtan tsmtttt IKInk I do
War, la ll oplttl m. bal IsurU pr.
ior II, an nlhinf )m la the
fsl lltal f thrm a tker
ft Ikpif MfkUl fiuMiry kih,1 a
ileal of It f.e mm, tlma tn)nHn( Ihrtr
famllrr-, ant mvr win haf fin faml
Ilea rnt rf ty r-M in this way, 1la
lV-rnMnl fhoulil apiotint a unlal
kfTPitt ft rai h rnn-iikiiial dmlHi t,
liliVi m h prrtiiti-r inillr lakm
from the ml). IU not think that
ny Inid aolilier Wfu' l i.l.j. vl . Hon
kind f Invrktifntion. wlii.li wotild
jmmt.il- a Mior geititous frrlitig
kiwaM the truly rtitsg,
Namtter f MnMlera In ihm Itebel Army,
Mr. J. II. Itoa, vf WanliinjM'iii, having
area a aUloincnt mal by a I'niled
htatoa Ntmlir riNH'tilly, vhloh was la
the effHl Hint Ihi r wriv but Bx),0()0
men in the Confederate service during
the rebellion, thought it would le in
tere atitig for some pcftpie to know tho
at'lusl facts of the it h tier, tie says:
There were in amis of Alalminhtna
neaHy i;3,(M0, when at the Preside nihil
eleettoit of J 800 only alout lui.ooO voU-s
wero cast, and North Ciiiolinn had over
108,000 in the Confederate service, with
out in chiding senior and junior re
serves and home guards. These two cases
represent about the extremes of loyalty
and disloyalty to tho. Con fed
racy on the part of the people
of the South. tfiAnd from the
entire South 1,652,000 men or boys bore
arms for a greater or lesser time dur
ing the rebellion, and, in fact, every
male of sufficient age and strength did
some military service, and some of tho
most promising expeditions of the
Union Generals were defeated by the
home guards of the Southern States;
and about 500 young boys in 1804 left
the Virginia Military institute in a
body and opposed Sigel and then Grant,
and in 1804 a complete brigade of cav
alry of young men was raised in South
Carolina, who were in 1801 incapable of
bearing the weight of arms. And for
every 100 votes in 1800 in the South
about 140 individuals appeared in the
field under the banners of the Confed
eracy up to 1805.
Indian Courage.
The annals of no country can show
any savage foe so formidable for his
numbers to trained regular troops of
the white race as the American Indian.
The tales of the Sepoy rebellion, re
plete as they are with heroic achieve
ments of British soldiers, read like ab
surd fairy tales to Indian-fighters of our
armv. The spectacle, repeated again
and again, of a score or so of these
Englishman riding through as many
thousands of opposing Sepoys,
disciplined, and thoroughly supplied
ith the best of fire-arms,
would be a very novel one to tlios i ac
customed to the temper of the savage
of our continent. Had Capt. Jack or
Joseph, or Geronlmo. with such war
riors as they led, been the sort of foes
to attack the English power in India,
the history of Delhi and Lucknow
would have been written in far darker
characters on tho pages of English his
tory. Self-reliant, intelligent, fierce in
battle, inimitable horsemen, armed
with the modern rifle, our own Indians
have often waged successful battle
with regular troops unsurpassed in
quality and far outnumbering them.
It is doubtful if even the CosMick or
Arab can be compared with them in
partisan warfare.
Peach Tree Creek.
E. D. Patterson, Sergeant, Co. C, 82d
Ohio, Marion, Iowa, in writing of Peach
Tree creek, says that at an early hour
on the 20th of July, the Twentieth
corps moved forward in line connecting
with the Fourteenth corps. Tho writer
says the Third brigade, Second divi
sion, Fourteenth corps, moved forward
on the afternoon of the 19th, and the
62d Ohio crossed the creek on drift
wood, 'and drove the Johnnies from
their front The rebels being rein
forced returned and attempted to drive
them from the hill, but the rest of the
brigade crossed, as also did the 08th
Ohio of the Second brigade, and they had
as lively a fight as any one would wish
to be engaged in; their loss was consid
erable, some companies being left with
out commissioned officers. The writer's
attention being taken up with the
affalrln their front, did not know but
wriiafc fha nrlinlrt flrmv inA frnnunrl tlmfc i
iftarnnnn. Thev hold the bill that
night, and Barnett's Battery (I, 2d 111.)
was brought over and placed on the
hill, and were instrumental the next
day in inducing Hood's army to retire
from Peach Tree creek. The writer's
brigade was composed of the Fifty
second Indiana, Eighty-fifth, Eighty
sixth, and One Hundred and twenty-
fifth Illinois, and Battery I, Second
Illinois, L. A., and they were the first
troops to cross Peach Tree creek.
Mending Lane.
The mending of lace is quite a fine
art in itself, and many professional
menders, who are usually French or
German, earn handsome livings at this
dainty task.
A knowledge of lace stitches is neces
sary in mending lace. If an ordinary
piece should tear mend it with lace
thread, which comes in small soft balls
at ) or 10 cents a ball. Imitate the
ground-work mesh to the best of your
ability. Before taking a stitch, how
ever, baste the lace to be mended upon
a piece of embroidery leather or stiff
paper, otherwise it will be drawn out
of shape. In pulling out the basting
threads after mending be sura to cut or
snip the threads into short lengths,
draw out and lift from the leather
when perfectly free.
THE AMERICAN
CrsTDMSOFTIliCT.
ONVAtOT UNRAVtl uri
IN TMt MOUNMN.
tXlwsxitatt ItnihkM Ae th
M VH4 l'4f WMk I a
fit - Wtt Ma a I1mI
11 f t ItMtWMMla
A illlle ftlhrt pf I ha, at
! m.wnUn that tutor that lattf
the rcl Utea f Titt, t"
pluter Ji"iel"t f.iml a laife wtl
Ihxt. It la In thie vallrta thai a.n
ttf the rivera of India hat htlr head
water. TMi ret; lw la rwutiar as the
part f Tlbi-t v here ol vanlrjr Is I he
rnalotn, and this feature f aortal life
ha given Tllrt mw holrlety, be
ratiae fiere are verv few tmrla of Ihe
wtrld tit hlh polyandry t praelhvd
lUiiitalot tints don-rt tu n the i-uot.im at
It rsiat fa TiWU
A family has a daughter. A young
man wiahea 1. 1 enter tint fnmilv, to lite
under its itf, and Wihuiii (he husband
of the tlnugliler. He riiHtti with the
parrnta, and If Ihev arrive at an agira-
ment with n-iraid to the amount of
prtitH'rtr he Is to turn over to them, he
takes up his abode in tho hut and be
comes the husband of the daughter. It
may be that there are other young men
desirous of partaking of the same good
fortune. They are not at all deterred
by the fact that the girl Is alrendy pro
vided with a husband. They preseu
themselves at the hat, mnko offers of
certain property, and, unless the first
husband has paid what Is regarded in
Tibet as a very large sum in order to
secure the young .woman as his
exclusive possession, she becomes
likewise the wife of these other claim
ants for her hand, and the whole fam
ily live together in the Mime hut and In
the utmost harmony,
It rarely happens that a young man
thinks so much of the girl he weds in
this peculiar fashion as to be jealous of
others who also desire to bs her hus
band. Now and then, however, such a
case arises, and then there is likely to
be bloodshed. He is a huppy young
man who is wealthy enough to become
the sole lord and master of his wife.
It is a question entirely of money. If
the young Tibetan is rich enough he
buys a wife and remains the only master
of the household. Sometimes, also,
the husband acquires sufficient property
to buy out the interests of the other
husbands and then they retire from the
field. They are generally content if
they receive back a little mora money
than they paid for their interest in the
young woman. The children are al
ways regarded as belonging to the
woman, and the fathers lay no claims
upon tbem.
Polyandry is not established bylaw.
but it is a custom which probably arose
at some time when the female population
was J jgnumcrous than tho male, and
lb nan uuuwuugu jujcijr UU SU1
count of the poverty of the people. Po
lygamy is practiced as well as polyan
MORS THAH 0KB MUIBAKD APISC1.
dry. While the poorest men have
only a fractional Interest in one wife,
the rich men of the community have
several wives. Thechlefshave as many
as they can buy. Financial considera
tions, therefore, have all to do with
questions of matrimony.
SOME FANCY PIPES.
They Are
Owned lly
New Tork
Sports man
N. C, Barney, a retired New York
banker, has an interesting collection of
pipes. One of them represents the
trunk of an old tree, around which are
grouped a party of sporting sruntlemen
with their gun and dogs, rnlovinif a
hunter'
meal. One of the members of
the party is cleverly shown to be cut
ting with his jacknifo the namo N. C.
Barney on the trunk of the tree to
commemorate, no doubt, the occasion
Each figure is a correct likeness of an
individual member of tho party. Ths
owner's name la also carved on eaoh of
the game-bags and the delicate net
work around the game-bags is true to
nature. In this collection are also a
few pipes that came from Alaska. They
were made of walrus tusks by the Es
quimaux. Another remarkable piece
is a cigar holder on which is carved a
Gordon setter, a favorite dog belong
ing to the owner. It is a perfect image
of the dog and from smoking the meer
schaum has acquired a brownish red
color which is exactly the color of the
dog.
A Step Ilaekwaril.
A French officer has perfected a rifle
which will throw a stream of vltrol a
distance of, say, 100 feet, aud has sub
mitted it to the war office. He apolo
gizes for the savagery of his proposi
tion by saying that it should be used
only against savages, but tha people
who would use such a weapon against
any enemy are themsulvus tho savages
against whom It should ba turned
when they lift it
?H HIW MAW.
MiatMt It ftvas
Ml
UMltMBi
htatnfe4 iKsi vttiK.n tW
t""lv B teat tiil
til (vn..a the tn-t t-l,lil U af
la .l,t The 4rnteM.fta ina.la
n" rf t'. nt i I MM
aM I t I otre f ir hiatal nr
a slrea.lv tatlltf fttill la
MMh ivi!i the M. t ihah,
Xet rttk, i ti'imf,, IWnniityl.in,
I'i u.h l.,la, M.titeft ami ithrr pea
rm una.
makers of like pnttnrn. And now thnt
we are getting a formidable nnvy not a
few statesmen ara claiming the eredlt
for bringing the result about To place
the credit where it belongs, so far as
credit can be allowed to a single. In
dividual member of Congress, it I
necessary to make mention of a tnnn
who in his early life followed the
humble occupation of u ship carpenter,
but who afterwards became one of the
most distinguished members of three
Congresses following the forty
eighth Frank Lawler of Chi
cago. In the course of his
earlier life Mr. Lawler placed a "Jack
staff" on Admiral Porter's flag ship.
After he entered Congress he renewed
his old acquaintance with the Admiral
by making an inquiry as to the condi
tion of the navy. He received a
prompt reply to tho effect that the
Talapooso, a dispatch boat, was the
only warlike vessel in (commission. Mr.
Lawler thereupon, offered a resolution
of Inquiry into the condition of ttie
navy. It met with great opposition
from all sides, and after much
heated debating the Porter letter
was printed in the Congress
ional Record. Tho following
day the people of the whole country
wore treated to a rich piece of news.for
news it was tho deplorable condition
of the nation's navy, llcpubllcans and
Democrats earnestly joined lswe with
the result that f '10,000,000 has since
been appropriated for coast defenses.
Mr. Lawler, who Introduced the origi
nal bill, asked for &S0,000,000.
QUEER OPERATION.
The Ilrokan Rib of a Hers Maeeessfnl;
Hat In Hho.le Island.
Four or five months ago one of the
hostlers employed at the stable of
Charles D. Nichols of Pawtucket, II. I.,
noticed that one of the hundsoue pair
of cream geldings acted a little lame.
A superficial examination of tho shoul
der resulted in not finding any causa
for lameness. The next morning when
the animal was tnlten out to bo curried
there was a swelling back of the shoul
der, and a veterinary surgeon was
consulted. It appeared to hlra
like rheumatism, and with Instruc
tions to see if it could not be sweated
out, he left, saying ho would call tha
next day. The sweating process did
not meet the desired results, and a
thorough examination revealed tho
fact that the fifth rib was broken off
very close to tho backbone. The rib
was set, and since that time tha ani
mal has dona no work. Tho result of
this pieoo of bone-setting has been
watched with no small amount of in
terest by all veterinary surgeons here
abouts who have become acquainted
with the peculiar circumstances of the
case. How the rib was broken is yet a
mystery, and it probably will remain
so. Tho rosult of the operation was
successful, and the animal Is ag0u all
right
A Hall Itoom C'lierk-IInnk,
Tho very latest fancy in tho line of
ball programs Is a miniature check
book. Women carry them, tear out a
leaf for every wsltz, polka, etc., enter
the name on their stubs in quite tho
form of a business transaction, and are
expected to honor tho engagement
when'they are presented. Only second
to this In novelty and popularity Is the
glove carter, used to keep tho long
evening gloves In place on the arm.
It Is not elastic, but made of velvet rib
bon tho shade of the glove and fastened
with a jewel buckle or clasp.
A dirt at Seventy.
Mary A. Llvcrmore, who has recently
passed her 70th birthday, attended not
long ago a little gathering of people
where Drs. Holmes and Whittler wero
present Tho conversation turnod upon
ages, and tho two great poets having
confessed to their 80 birthdays Mrs.
Livermore announced her approaching
70th, when Mr. Whittler replied; "Oct
thee along, get thee along, thou art but
giddy girl."
Tlrlgtiteat Spot on K.arth.
Persons intending to take a journey
in search of sunshine without going be
yond tho British islands must direct
their steps to Jersey, It appears from
the observations of the sunshine re
corded for ten yesrs that that little Islet
Is tho brightest spot within the limits
of the four seas. Falmouth is the next
and there are several stations on the
south coast almost ennallv well off.
It is hardly necessary to name the place
which carries off the palm for sunlasa-
ness. In the city of London there waa
no registered sunshine st all In Decem
ber, 1884; in January, 1885, or Decem
ber, 1890. Seven years ago, therefore.
London was without sunshine for two
consecutive months.
V A
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RTH0NU AS A (11 ANT.
lONMflKUT MAI A MAN
OtOANIIO MUtU'ltt.
or
ttta f aa-a It atlas ttaMit a4 Ms
4s at 1eMI It Ml HS ! MS
Dan tt He t ) a " ttikt '
MH
There litea on Ptffeow Hill, t ' , a
man la hi pHine tio.il.l hs instlr
baiiil.i. the liemtaM frtant, and t jr.
the I atiedlan llewtilea, hamet tl
their lxiasle.1 alietifrtN If iiwlS.S
hate m his Miww lea toil t their
grva!et lent.
The tuan'a name la Helnn llamlH, or
a he la familiarly railed Hh, In tl
early iHllea he was btminht fnwii the
Went In, I lis ,y a Inervhniil teiwwl U,li n
with rum and molsea,sn. tel adrift In
Middli'bm, on lh t oimei'tleut rlvttt
t.itmlt I na nf an eseedtngty juiwerfn
build He M.mkI alt feet and teven
In. hes lii bin akin and the ttT half
of his Ihxly wna as mnaalve slid as flint
aaa struct urt? of Iron. He waa always
very f.md of rum and would work
harder and lunger vi hen tha wages to
bo earned were so many quarts of rum
than when tho compensation was to le
dollars and cents. Notwithstanding
the man's liking for liquor, he never
became a drunkard, and be was slwnys
Industrious, duo day Bob wna going
to the village of Palmertowu. Hit
tho way he enmo across an auquultit
u iioo who was laboring with a balky
horse at the foot of a steep hill. The
man wns taking a load of potatoes to
market, and as it was late in tha fall
and quite cool ho was anxious to get
Into touu with them before they
should freeze.
"What's tho tise'n poundln' Mm?"
said Bob quietly, "I k'n make Mm
pull."
"If you'll make hlm'draw this losd of
potatoes to town I'll give jou half they
fetch me," said the desperate owner of
the horse.
Bob said he could, The village was
two miles distant Bob went to a farm
house ncur by and got a long, stout
rope. Two ends of this ho tied around
the neck of the stubborn horse, and
across his shoulders and under his
arms he passed tho bight at the other
end of the rope.
He started up the hill about twenty
feet ahead of tho horse. The animal
planted lis fmtr feet and braued against
tho man, but it might as well have
tried to kick a hoo through the shut of
an ironclad ship. Bob bent himself to
his work and slowly pulled horse
wagon and potatoes to the top of the
hill. From tho brow of the hill to the
village the road was levol, and tho man
drew tho entlra outfit Into tho town,
When tho villagers heard of Bob's won
derful feat they requested tho owner
of the team to put tho potatoes up for
sale at auction. Ha did so, and they
ELMO OAKtTSI.
Bold at an exceedingly high price, and
uoo got wen paid for his work. This
example of a willingness to pull had
no sffect upon the horse, whose neck
wits nearly unjoin tod, It balked ss
badly as ever,
Cunning of Onlla,
An example of tha cunning of gulls
was onservea at lacoma when several
alighted on a bunch of logs that had
been in the water for a long tlme.wlth
tho submerged sides thick with bar-
naeles. One was a big, gray fellow,
who seemed to bo the ciiptaln. He
walked to a particular log, stood on
one side of It close to the water, and
then uttered peculiar cries. Tho other
gulls come and perched on the same
side of tho log, which, nnder their
combined weight, rolled over several
Inches. Tho gulls, step by step, kept
tho log rolling until the barnacles
bowed abovo tho water. Tha birds
picked eagerly at this food, and tho
log was not abandoned nntil every bar-
naoio naa been picked.
Tor Down the Load Show mils.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union, offended at the gaudy printing
of a thoatrioal troupe, requested tho
management to take it down. It did
not immediately comply ana the
women, who are the wives of local
businessmen, hired boys to destroy tho
bills. They havo also declared a boy
cott on the opera-house.
Tramping In th Hanks.
A French physician Is authority for
tho statement that tho regular tramp
ot marching soldiers Is much more
harmful to brain and body than tho
loss regular walk of tho ordinary
pedestrian. According to tho scientist
walking ten miles In line is as exhaus
tive as walking twenty at a go-as-you-please
gait
She Will Write I t America.
Hulda Friedrleks, a young German
woman, has been engaged by tho Pall
Mall Ga.ctte to make a tour of the
United States for the purpose of writ
ing up the soeial institutions of the
country, especially their effect on
woman's condition.
3
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A fe taraas-s I III fill ett!'J
t a atm la nf r It if eilta
f t a ti.ll..i lul.t hs tins lit fc.,
M.e ttat .l.l Ut Hf r 4
tw'-l ! i wan in I tf ier, t
thi the i l.i a w s i h; tfctt
.we rlaovea i-..i, t if al-! MteH
dis jv.iHli.l, te Mil I tsn tl
sate rnM. l,t rait a r
f't the f ntwe f t Hlaifinf h rhae a
la Mler thai ah an.t nlhrr l MMrett
lise het might Im a..,.i.lir.
rhe li!. (in on itf hey arntllhus pr
p., I.wrnt. ai tl.st when I he atf
of lb la v tm nh tna ea I let! I.i her led.
aide a few mtith lalrr, t.t eoitifutt l
In to r aeiere lllnra, he aaw ttotMnf
iinntiial. only a fmll child of .t )
1 he little sufferer died, and a week
later Ihrie were found In her tutlered
Mil poi seith.k, hleh had leert her
anv lilies tmtiU. St iieiiiiles and a avrap of
H r that told In ihlldlali print lh
story i.f her aml.lll.in and the imrptam
nf her a'lf denial.
The story of (hat little nil pocket
Usik and lis cotttettls.Miid the nnfaller
lug fallh of Its little u licr.ifot shroud,
eonstrueted Dm esnsl. Iind aecoiif
It touched the heart of sslnt ami
sinner alike, Hei Insplrstion be
ennui a prophecy, and men labored and
Women sang and children saved In aid
In Its fulfillment These 67 pennies
been mo the nucleus of a fund that in
six years grew to 3.vi,ihki, and to-day
this heroine's picture, life size, tilings
conspicuously In the hallway ' a col
lege building In which l.too studenta
attend, and counueted with evhloh
there are a church capable of seating
8.000, a hospital for children named
for the (hMidSamarltan, and a Sunday
school room large enough to accommo
date all the boys and girls who havo
yet asked to enter It. A fs try story?
It reads like one, but happily It Is not
one. Tho little girl's name was Battle
May Wlatt. and the splendid Instlttt
tlona described are located In Philadel
phia. OSTRICHES
ARE
DANGEROUS.
They Don't
(,'ii(t familiarity
at Car-
lain Mi'mon.
During tho nesting s anon the male
ostrich seems to be auyU ing but an
agreeable creuturo. In a paper lately
read before tho Itoyal society of Tas
mania, Mr. James Andrew says that at
that period the bird Is moit pugnacious,
and may only be approached in siffety
with great precaution. He resents the
intrusion of nny visitors on his domain,
and proves a mast formidable opponent
ills mode of attack Is by a scries of
kicks. The leg Is thrown forward and
outward, until the foot, armed with a
most formidable nail, Is high in thealri
It Is then brought down with tcrrlflo
force, serious enough to the unhappy
human being or animal struck with the
flat of the foot, but much worse If the
victim bo caught and ripped by the
toe. instanees are known of men be '
log killed outright by a single kink, and
Mr. Andrew remembers whilst on a blt
In the neighborhood, that on a farm
near Graaff Uelnet a horse's back waa
broken by one such blow aimed at Its
rider. If attacked, a man should never
seek safety In flight) a few yards, and
tho bird is within striking distance,
and tho worst consequences may result
Tho alternative is to lie Hut on the
ground, and submit with as much reslg
nation as possible to tha Inevitable and
severe punt moling which It may be
expectod will be repented at Intervals
until a means of escape presents
Itself, or tho bird affords an op
portunity of being caught by tho nook,
which, if tightly held and kept down,
prevents much further mischief,
A WONDERFUL COLLECTION.
fossils, Minerals anil Meteorites ft
eently Destroyed lT Kir,
It was repot ted from Kochoster, N.
V., recently, that one of the most Im
portant of tho fourteen buildings com
prising Professor Henry Ward's natural
science (istabllshmnnt, Cosmos Hall,
was destroyed by fire. It was of two
stories and built of wood, It contained
In tho upper floor a valuable collection
of fossils which Professor Ward had
gathered from various portions of the
world during his many years of travel.
Nome of the specimens t an never be
duplicated. Tho lower floor contained
a stock of every known mineral, from
which hu had supplied numerous cab
luets und collections. The minerals in
cluded valuable meteorites. Tho rear
of each floor contained rare Indian and
Artec roilcs. Strenuous efforts were
made to save this property and a con
siderable portion was removed to a
pliu e of safety, but the pecuniary lose
cannot full much below 0,000. The
prompt arrival of the fire department
saved the remaining thirteen buildings.
Much Inconvenience er 111 result from
the necessity of carefully Identifying
and relabeling such specimens as were
saved.
A Monster Cannon.
This is an age of big things, and la
no department outside a political prom
ise or a Chicago sky-scraper is the.
science of size more liberally displayed!
than in tho modern machinery of war.
Battle ships are floating fortresses and
guns metallic tunnels, and now a can
non ball has been made that is i feet
In length and weighs 9,000 pounds..
These were the dimensions and weight
of tho enormous projectile ilrcd from,
the lsrgest cannon yet manufactured!
at Krupp's works at Kssen for the fortl-
flcaMou of Cronstadt The gun is made
of the finest quality of cast steel and
weighs 270,OOi) pounds (about 13J tons)
tho caliber is M1' Inches and tho bar
rel 41 feet long, the core having been
removed In one piece. Tho greatest
diameter Is 6i feet and the range about
twelve miles. It will fire about two
shots per minute, each estimated to
cost :i0. At the trial the projectile
was propelled by a ehartre of 700 pounds
of powder and penetrated 19 inches oi
armor, going 1,312 yards beyond the
target
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