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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1892)
r RIO AN O Trii: IN WISCONSIN wiuist OX v. i AKK 1 t MM 0F lit wink ! tit of syj;' t 1 'M: i, H - t u 4 j' ..J "". .. ! . ... v i i .(.., ..,. 11,1 f L p 1 ) I .t At wir.1 ttint in wny !n the t if ntt l llm. ll i ,..?.(, t tM-i lnn or w sublime A tisitt. hw PH. ttwf lHio tt tltf f4hln lndy, V.wtirii.t"," ti Ssrne ot Wi'lher, ll. (I thorns nil rsrrs T CBini'H" If U nt rather, In Ibc mi-hini in the snow, hve nhimil mtr erttsts bsrclhrf W h tc l.iui'hl Hie frii It; V k -!! hullet ruliliiK, tii.ttnir 1T cit h hir true Vhlli Ihti n.l el.t earth n stinklue, Hlile lv sl.le lruiti,'lMl llirouiih. M hv slmi-nt tirh nthrr'. sorrow, W.hsveshsrvilrsi'h oilnr' Joy. When It'swntisl lh.it tin to-morrow Could our h-urlM nnil hsnO employ! hsve supnt'il lih ilrata sad danger When (lflil hie. liild us low; Slisred our eitlle with ihP ntnuigor, l,ove Blone to eiiB the lilow. The Olit Turn Anllr. John It. Clnmrr. U. S. S. Wahnsh 87 Court uttvpt. Ellr.n both, N. J., wa tliaiMd to see the Bi-tifK Bbont boun ties to Millars by Comnule Hoimn, nd aya that the iujnstlrp nici'ted out to sailor In renrot to bounty Is in every Wbo true; thut the anilora atood as firmly by their guns in time of danger a did tlio army all the heavy bombard ments of our fleets atund in answer. (There was no sueh thinjr as colTee-eool-Inff or ffettino; away back in the woods out of range for the sailor, as (tome of ;the soldier-hater are continually harp liiffon. Onboard a man-of-war every oul has bis particular duty to attend to, through fire and smoke, and he must stand until knocked down or the battle ia over. It Is true Uncle Sum paid them their wages, but it w as in greenbacks worth about one-third of their actual value. The writer has written several Senators and Congressmen on the subject, but to no purpose. Their bet friend, the lamented Logan, Is gone. He stood up aanf ully for the sailor's rights. They make the excuse of withholding bounty (from aailors because they got prise jdoney, when the foot Is that not one In twenty got as much as 110 In prize foney and nianv got none at all. hose who were fortunate enough to , V o those light gingerbread crafta fhat were not worth anything for fight ing, but were good enough for catch ing blockade runners, got most of the ipriiee-money. He hopes that the old tars will stir themselves, and ace that thev get their dues. lie would like to have Comrade John Hunan's address. The Itattte of Wlnchritor, 11. 8. Albert. Company I, Ninety-first Ohio, Coatesvllle, Mo., has been laugh lng ia his sleeve at the wrltingsof some tit the Sixth Corps comrades on the Shenandoah Valley, and the Eighth torps, but was delighted to see the true bits of Comrade Howe of the Uhirty' fourth Ohio, and wishes to add his tes timony as to his truthfulness, says the National Tribune. He would like to J ask what corps it was that charged aeven times across the field at vVlnches v tcr, Sept. 19. 18t4. History says that It was the Eighth oorps; in other wordB, Gen. Crook's Kanawha Division of the army of West Virginia. In, fact, the historian savs: "When we heard the unearthly yells of Gen. an,). Crook's Kanawha Division, woll we CAM. knew that many a bravo man would Is T-falt, as we had known them to have ij,een tested without repulse on many a j ' ,i bloody field." The writer s company went into the above named battlo with forty men and came out with twenty. As to marching, no one In the United States will claim that any corps could utmarch the Eighth. The writer hopes the men of the old Sixth corps will remember there were others who helped put down the rebellion, and even helped the Sixth corpsoutof their troubles as well. He thinks If some of the writer of the Sixth corps will read V history, they will find that the Eighth corps received about as much credit as any other corps in the army. Ths C of Dynamite. f Lancelot L. Scott, Eighteenth Ohio, Nashville, Ohio, writes: "I take great Interest In the many Improvements being made in armor, guns and ammu nition, and have watched the experi ments with dvnamlte in shells closely. It seems to me that dynamite would be found unreliable in a winter campaign for offensive operations, as It freezes at ortv-two degrees, and when in that State will often miss fire. As its freez ing point is far above that of water, i Very slight exposure to cold will chill It. I nse fifty pounds of it daily ia mining operations, and find that it Chills about the 1st of November in the latitude of southern Ohio, and when required fcr use has to be artificially thawed during all of the winter." Hotel AndersonvllU. ITiram F. Daniels, Birmingham.Mich., avs that as the prisoner-of-war bill bas again been introduced in the House be thinks that it is time for everyone to commence making a demand for What has been due for years to this Uu nt soldiers, its it is a disgrace to l&ie Government to ignore such a bill After being a prisoner for six months jfu the South, together with eight mem CSr i Company D, Twenty-second tm n'r V ' w ( . gA Mint f.t ! r, 1 U IWr x,U IV.1T t rr4 !, t M w if i,u f i.i ttviw Hi- ur l)i 1 M'ltl-t l nt ' lvti ) rl, l. fvf I urt m m,-mWi i.f II , Ihiv liwtl t khM w Hi tU ;rpr -nuiiy urn pHi )im I lr Ju f Uiltl'tlL SamttM Ward, U I, NOt eighth Oliin, IVnlralia. M . Mjsthatln lh iMMteof Antf- !7. I' (" cr tCom rude TiwUle f (he 1 wenty-ntnlh mmrl, a l the !. in I'. I. Klulra llrlgade at Un hmT" ' Ihe r k-1 lireasl works at t iil -kiw Hayon, IHv, S'., S Ht2, he ve the Think th Miorl Instead of the lifU fiirlilh Ohht, belonging l that brigade. As the Fitly eighth n there, and lot.t their j Colonel tlvUer) utnl nearly all of the ommiiufclimed oftleeraof the regiment, j hlle nearly the whole irgimeut waa killed, wounded or captured, he thinks they were there for a certainty. The writer's bnnkmate, John A. Meyers, wus wounded and taken prisoner, and died In Vieksbnrg shorlly after. Am. Tribune. 1 A Well-roncliiclril Home. II. It. Itooth, Twenty-seventh Iowa, Mona, Iowa, writes: "While in Min neapolis during the late Encampment I made a visit to the Soldiers' Home, lo cated near Minnehaha Kails and Fort Snelling. The location is one of great beauty, being on an elevation of 100 feet between Minnehaha creek and Mississippi river. The day I was there there were ?04 soldiers in the Home, and I was told by tlio Commandant that they had room for 100 more. There are six large buildings, all built at a cost of several thousand dol lars to the State. Minnesota has done a grand thing for her dependent sol diers. And I notice bv the press that t-niuiiuiiriiia wr iiKui1 nt. the in- . .i.u ...!.. ,.i.iu. 1 that were dependent, and also to make the home a national one. The adjutant told me there were about forty In the hospital building, and it required a nurse constantly to care for some oi them. The mortality is about one per month. Now, Minnesota boys, and all others, when you go to the Twin cities take the electrlo cars for Minnehaha Fulls at Minneapolis; this will carry you to the home." A Wanderer for Many Years, L. Benedict, Company B, One Hun dred and Eighty-ninth New York, Nlles, New York, says that Lymaa Baker ami his son, Edwin, enlisted in the Eighty-fifth New York. They lived in the little valley called Ube Dam. The Eighty -fifth were taken prisoners at Plymouth, N. C. The father afterward reached homo, but the son was never heard from. The mother procured a dependent pension for the loss of her dead son. Lyman also applied, and was pensioned. The son (Edwin) escaped from Anderson villej re-enlisted in the Thirty-first New York, and served out his timo. In stead of coming home wan dered away, as he states, and spent a number of years traveling with Barnum's and Forepaugh's cir cuses, and at last took a whaling voy- age of fouryears. What brought this man home finally was that he applied for pension, and found that his mother was already drawinir a nenslon upon his death. He came home recently and went to his father's, after which he , went to his sister, who was living near by. In conversing he asked after the old residents, and when his sister In quired who he was, and when told that he was Lyman Ilukcr's son Edwin, was told that that could not be, as Ed was dead. He brought up many incidents .i 5 a -ii iiicv wore Biiiiurvu, turn reiuuveu mil ; ,)..., I, (. a V.I. I I.. .,t!i doubU as to his identity. A New Hatter Story. President Plympton tlda good story of Gen. Butler at the banquet it v . i ..un t .... Young's last night. It seems that dl- roctiy after the battle of Chickamauga a "Johnny" went about the streets of New Orleans assostlng every man who wore the blue with "Didn't Stonewall Jackson give you h-1 at Chlcka- m, v maugur iien. juuur canuu hid c a- D .. . ultant rebel before him, and to d him he could either take the oath of alleg iance or go to Ship Island for two years. Johnny deliberated, but finally agreed to take the oath. When he had sworn to support the Constitution he turned to Uen. Butler and exclaimed: "Now we are both loyal citizens, ain't we, General?" "Well, I trust so," said Oen. Butler. "Then," said Johnny, "1 want to ask you If stonewall Jackson didn't give us h 1 at Chlckamango? A Remarkable Chan. A comrade of the Thirteenth Iowa having seen an article on Christian soldiers in a recent issue, states a case ' somewhat different to the one men- j tioned as belonging to the Pennsyl- J VRnU TJpoervos. He says Dan McKinis- j ter of Company A, Fifteenth Iowa was a "devil-may-care" fellow who feared neither man or the Old Harry. Dan was a celebrated forager, bnt a fine , soldier. He was the last person one r i . 1 1 !MvnuA Mnmavinff nMna, rti1sl ever find. But at the lust Reunion of Crocker's Iowa brigade, to which britr - Qda tiiK viftoonth tiolnnired for ovr three years, Dan appeared. He was an entirely changed man, and said he , - ,.6. v ' , worked for a hy.ng. but devoted con- uunmuie uiui, w lng, which, to all who knew him, wat a moat wonderful chat ttitiiHU nut on A ImlMl rf fi Ik t ll ln4l Ml k4 ! lMli -U MMltM kNl k, HO U.I In fr N'tin Sol T rrl (rtn..fl. IhI M"ilinr Klrr, H1 !, rl lh ' Krf a rmxit'n l.i Ihctn ( H1T I IW wU.ImI lr1ttilir,fnilir lfc jnulml WJtln.l f Hiwit tUliKhl imptT l tln: Ut-y rrlniiiNl MiUl tthra tltrjr f wtml, IDB CNANKBL OP VAT IS. rave nearly grinned their heads off had Ihev got the walrus. So far that win ter they had not done much grinning. l)ay or night, fair or stormy, wind in shoro or off, the hunters had walked the ice edge looking for walrus, bu not walrus were .found. The gale at times was fearfully in tense, and those who slept In their little snow-houses near the sea could hear the terrible ripping sound aspieee after piece of ice broke from the shore, and there were many thoughts for the hunters out in the storm, and hopes that they were not on these most un- stable ships, On one of these stormy nights an Esquimau hunter was walking on the lee watching for walrus. In front of him was the appearance of a smalt sub merged reef, which he Identified by the bulging up of the ice over it when the tide was low, and this he thought would be a good anchor to hold the shore Ice to its place, or else he would not be In such an unsafe place during such a terrifie wind off shore. When the tide was low this was safe enough, but as the ice only formed ten or twelve feet at its thickest, and as the tide rose and fell over twenty feet, he did not know the top of the reef could not touch even the bottom of the ice when at high tide, so his anchor of rock would be useless. The poor savages seldom do much thinking that requires addition and subtraction, even when their lives are In danger. Shoo Roko for such was the Es quimau hunter's name thought he saw an object near the reef that might be a walrus, but, when he crept nearer, he found that it was only a large qnantlty of seaweed, a kind of pulp, very plentiful in the Arctic re gions, that had been washed up on an Ico cake, and, as It moved up and down, it deceived even the expert Es quimau hunter In the dim light. As he was turning to go back toward the shore, with a grunt in Es quimau for "angry" the strongest expression they use when disap pointedhe hea.d a terrible noise be hind him like the roar of thunder, and which the poor follow knew at once to be the irlvlntr way of the Ice on which he stood. With what rapidity he could master he ran to one end, but there law a very wide channel of water, and to his chagrin saw that, had ne gone to tne otner ena, ne mignt nave saved himself, for the floe had swung around that corner as on a pivot; but bv the time he reached the end of the , long floe it was too late, and he dared . not attempt the jump, for none of the liRdUimaUJI KnUW IIUW w nvruu, oi IV would have been certain death had he ' vniijkn inmT.rm water. All that he could do was to wait ---: , . , , . f unill ins snip unoum n-m;n mo v.Ko w , , . ht v h a as best he could. This depended wholly on whether he was able to hold out ? Ke,7 'T "Tr" .1. . ,1 I aiu not oreaa m pieccn biiu vuiuuiw mw wat(,r Ma, ofl)l(1 frl(nQ) h8 kn6w had ,lri(ted out to sea in this way Bome absent many days, and some, he bitterly remembered, never returned. As the Esquimau people are accus- I tnmnd to the crreatest hardships, they , " , , , , , - I .inii.tninal tft Kit. fwiivn fl.nn hM. ( "thdr faU on an occasion of this kind. Shoo Boke at once commenced ta look around him. and was greatly surprised to see a dark object on the ! floe. IT VAS HIS LEC0S AND DOO, Walking over to It, he wasaston- ' !shed to see It was his liirht sledge and ' 'our dogs. The poor dog, lightly fed (or many a day, had curled P in. i bunch and were so comfortable tVit j had not moved Kokxj; out his snow knife, that all Yf j meD and jy, .carry with 1 j St. . ttf eW kit iia liV 1.1 tmj,iti til lit. tel I m tfc-'(l Ibrf r I .t .tf l fsed. rM !, rl-l tSrh, kr Irt dt" CM le taw arminf dimwll wH r. rr'l 'p 'M it j.t t,.tlntteil itl Mm, fr live lr r fit. ! I. tl trt !.! .le, UII t..pf U IK by Viillf Tm II lr.llr b'l Ur4 li rr wfceii l bMml ft "t 't h d.ft iMikbkg and nr nif al .rHi!ef ttrapie bis pr mUd it anil found it' tl lntpht l. t'f fair d lUr r, The lr I. ml f nt1 Ih MRtp and as ttyrtictig henh w.U wp lte riir I ilHitt1, hhw Hoke () Wed 1. 1 in, and trr leltg ttrsrlv allied by a fi-r.. hnm i hsrc fnrn Ihe etvatnw. lie got a thrust In the War's foik ttisl rnded Mm. Ho the sntjecl of f.Hwl s w tlliil for a longtime. W bile he was eultlg P the flrt In-ar be hs pinned l look around and mw lht his sledge and snow-bouw lias disappeared, and he built another one un his new floe. Many a day be at peri lled on tnpol his lilt leMiow-honxe WHtehhuf for Ini.d. and at lut he was surprised fcnd gladdened to see It to the cat ward, although he had Immmi watching in Ihe direetion of his old home, toward the north, and when morning broke he was not over 11 fly yards from land. He hud been over a moon at sea. (They reckon time from one full moon to another.) It did not lake him long to reach the shore, Biid shortly after ward be met an Esquimau with whom he could speak, but still with difficulty understood. He found he w as on the great Island of Sed-luk (Southampton), of which his tribe had a half fable knowledge. The natives treated him kindly, but as the ice was breaking up and these new friends had no good boots, he was compelled to wait until the next winter to cross the Ice to his home, 200 or 300 miles to the northward. When he reached home his friends were frightened almost, to death by his appearance, for lie had been given up long since as dead. He had been gone within a month or two of a, year, and his return was regarded as little short of a miracle, and is still regarded by the natives of North Hudson Hay as one of the wonderful escapes of the many they have from drifting to sea on ice floes. FICHT WITH A BEAR. Tunkahaona Creek the Scene or Another Thrilling Encounter. Abraham Nott, who lives on Tunka hanna Creek near Scranton, Pa., car ried a half bushel basket full of pork to his son William's house on Laurel Itnn, two miles distant, recently. His route led through woods and chopping. Late In the afternoon he filled the basket with tools and started for home. Near the edge of the Old Swamp he snmsa at no saikst. placed the basket near a tree and went off some distance to gather evergreens to take home, says a correspondent of the New York Sun. When he returned to the path he saw a bear sniffing at the basket. lie yelled at the bear tliree or four times, but the bear only glared at him awhile and then seized the bale of the basket In his teeth and waddled toward the swamp, Nott grabbed a club and chased the bear. In the swamp the brute dropped the basket, faced his pursuer, and growled savagely, Noi X was about to strike at the animal witn his ciun when it struck him o the left shoulder and sent him nprawling in the bushes In stead of repeating the attack, the bear turned, took tbe bale In his teeth, and waddled off again. Nott gave chase, overtook the bear, and pounded him on the back. The bear dropped the basket, turned on Nott and knocked the club out of his hands. Nott then sprang past, grabbed the bale of the basket and started off on a run. Bruin overtook Nott soon and struck at him, but Nott took nail hammer from the basket and hit bruin a stunning blow on the snout. It made him wince and stagger for a moment, but he started after the running man, grinding his teeth and snarling, and chased Nott out of the swamp. y that time iSou- had fumbled in the basket till he got hold of a pair of sheep shears. Seeing that the bear was still bent on regaining possession oi tne basket, jnou jammea it in the crotch of a sapling, and stabbed him in the neck with the shears. The bear sprang up and Nott stabbed him ia the neck again. The bear scratched at the wound with his hind foot and Nott stabbed him several times on the other side of the neck, the shears piercing the jugular vein the last time. The bear made several ef forts to stand up, and then bled to death. Nott skinned the bear the next morning and left the carcass in the woods. Rnperatltlon About the F.lnt.r. The elster (plea candata) is a bird that Is respected and feared throughout South Germany. It belongs to the raven tribe, and Is about the size of a dove, with black and white feathers and long pointed tail. It builds its nest in orchards and its life is sacred. If it is seen three times in succession on the same house top in a place remote from its home it is believed to be a sure sign of death in that house. If it flies over a house where anyone is ill and r1. lt nociilliir e.rv the sick nerson is ufv,ure to die, but if It docs not scream patictf paueu uiay recover. IMi HCIM Or A HtnUlWHH WI1M HUNiV WIHVM rte f it Hln mm l tM tlt II M IW eJsmln lprr, a ld plotMr tf J, ff. couniy Wtw.tiHin. b l'd thrilling .lrtt!o"e wth a a 't ..li. It wan ottr turning dtoiog !' M inter while be was mskiMir hi home fri W sti rtown on .d. Ihrt-e a io nn the gftMind, and It had lstl lonjf rttoufc'h l ntslie wn'es nn naliv flt n atul aatagv with lnt"i?er tH-r lia l U rt iuiiihI by freti.U In Unl.-ll.OMll.nt to attempt the trip, bill he Mil tlieiit that he had Hot the lihlct fear. Numerous lre llmWr V-"l 1. i , wolves bad been seen near these same forests through which Piper had to tmss. but as thev had not yet ventured to attack anyone, little attention hud been paid to their presence. But now, in their desperate hunger and whim lurking about for something to prey upon, some of them had discovered Pi per, and at once set up a howl for their companions. But Piper was utterly In different to their howls and walked boldly along. Suddenly, just as lie turned a sharp corner of the roadway among the dense timber, a large gray wolf walked across the road slowly and deliberately abou two rods ahead of hiiu. and then turned and leisurely recrossed to the side from where lie came, swinging Its tall aloft, mid with the hair raised on Its neck, It a'so howled in a dismal mariner, as If to hurry up its companions, whose answers now began to come from in any directions, Piper marched straight ahead as if nothing had happened, save that he picked up a good-sized club. Intending to throw it nt the animal should It approach him again. A mo ment later the same wolf trotted out from the brush much nearer to him than before, and Piper hurled the clab at the animal with tremendous force. But quickly stepping to one side and dodging the weapon, the wolf planted Itself In the middle and was not dis posed to move any further, but showed Its teeth savagely and uttered more howls for Its companions. Piper now began to get frightened. If o gathered sticks and stones, and hurled them at the wolf until it was glad to get out of his way and let hint proceed, lint he knew from the sounds still com ing behind him that a pack of the ani mals was on ills trail and he would need to make haste or they would soon overtake him. He was a strong irmti and very fleet of font, but he had no expectation of winning against a lot of wolves in a foot race, should they determine to pursue him, No he con cluded that he must at once bring all his wits into play and, If possible, de ceive them. 'Ihe forest trees arvrtind him were rather small to climb and be safe among the branches, and he did not relish the Idea of being kept op In a tree all night In such cold weather. The dcKperatenes of the situation called to his mind a singular cava con taining two narrow openings, and ho concluded that It might afford him pro tection and give hlin a chance to de fend himself, No away he hurried for the cave. It was now long after dusk, but the moon shone tirlghtly.yet owing to tne shallows or me trees riper ex perienced ei nslderable difficulty In finding the entrance to the cavern, He fore crawling Into Ihe narrow pas sageway he secured a large, heavy club lo use should the wolves attempt to fol low him into his retreat, He was scarcely a half-dozen f -et Inside ere he heard their horrible howls hear the phtrnhcc, and saw their eyes like balls of fire glaring on linn from ' lie outside, At first they seemed d sidelined to follow after Mm. nppircitly fearing a trap, but finally Ihe boldest one started Inside, ami then all sipieezed them selves inro tne opening until It was jammed tight. As the forward wolf came within his reach, Piper pounded it with bisclub until It was utterly (II aided, bnt the great pressure of those from behind constantly brought the heads of others nearer and nearer. Piper never stopped fighting, but whacked un l beat and gouged and dis abled woir aiter woir as tnev came within reach, But at length the en trance became so perfectly filled with wolves that, they could neither get for ward nor backward, while their savage bowls resounded In the narrow place with such deafening effect that It made Piper tremble, and his sole thought was to get out and away from them. drop. lng around with ha hand he found some good-sized, loose stones, with which he hastily filled In the opening just In front of the wolves ns tightly as he could pack It. and then with club In hand, ho crawled along and sought exit at the opposite entrance of the cavern. The dismal darkness prevented him from seeing anything, and it was sometime before he found the way out. l ne wolves miii not know, or else bad forgotten this entrance, and Piper left them howling with fury, crowilei Into the narrow month of the cave at least sixty yards away from where he had emerged, He now made his way in the road again, and two hours later had reached home. A few days later he visited the cavern, but found nothing mivo a few bones, the dead and wouiuled wolves having been, as lie supposeu, eaten un , .t.-.I .... - I ujr men invi-uuim cuinpvmouB. mmm lIPR NKVES STOPMO flOHTlNS. till MMMT trMlV l, !! t IUH S rt t ! H, f..tl Hme U wMh a lts ! us.lan. nuie .,t..U ' " H. U.f mt d " w Mi ! Mthrilo iM.lm I- t , r. sh.I Mil trailers, Jt ,U,l (litre lottes toe An t' M . ..bd a nH tt.ite muiM it,, 1 1. . on K a tnf " I ; intent st.d lbl.tr"' 'd "",',,' ..i,.t. ,p.dobHu .wetiHt and tin wroit.ls, a tt am s. I.I l ' t.t. si. l IweUe m.ii 1 and '" lion, and a skater un be, with ft' ,. Mittdls hted Mm. and lelr McotnU and rslhrr a latter ttsrtlotl ... A tspid writ. f ran write IHtitf W4"', a minute, T" do I Ms he inl draw his pen Ihmtigh Ihe paee of S rod, aHteeil am! one half feet. In fotly tt.tiiutes bis pn tta ls a furlong, and In fl hours and a third a lull mile. M makes, nil an aterage, siiteen rtirvea or turns of the Mn for eat h word wflt l,.M. Writing at the rate of Utlr f word per minute, be mtil make right curves to ra h seeoiuli In an h"r, . Simii In live bourn. HI, "', mid l f'0 dnvs, working only live hours each day, lie liinkes not less than 4J,3HI,uuO curves and turns of the pen! The man who makes but l.mto.ooo has done nothing remarkable; lliera are those who make four times I hat number. Here we have In the aggre gate a mark wmi miles long lo be traced on paper by a single writer In a year. In milking each letter of the alphabet we make from threeo seven strokes of -the pen -on an average, three and a half to four. PLAYED THB OROAN A Milluclrlplils Monkfy (lives lite Neigh bors a frm Concert. Lorenzo Vltunrdl Is an Italian who lives In Philadelphia and pursues a variety of occupations, some seemingly Incongruous, changing from grave to gay, according to the seasons, but by the adaptable son of fair Oerioa all are zealously followed, and that he likes best which brings hlin the largest quantity of money for his labors. in the more clement seasons oi tne year Lorenzo Is an Industrious organ grinder, sometimes taking trips to an- iiirban ana rural points, ana tins occu pation brings him in much revenue. and also serves to satisry tne nner anu more icsthctic sensibilities of hi nature, In all of his long peregrinations fof several years past he has been ably supported in charming and stimulating the liberal impulses or people y a faithful monkey named Vincenzo, whose preternatural wisdom and cun ning have often forced a nickel or dime from the reluctant hand of the selfish and hard hearted onlooker when all of Lorenzo's sweet organ strains had proven Ineffectual, For somfe time past both organ and monkey have been In state of desnetiidfl In Lorenzo's room, owing to the inclement weather, and Lorenzo bas been forced to another calling for his and Vlncenzo's susten ance, liotn ne ana the monkey nave jsw mas ail a im t,. been rather despondent of late, owing to hard times, A strange occurrence happened, bow- ever, the other night, which In (Orer o s eyes Is a most significant snd f vorable omen of organ weather and ?;ood business soon, Me was obliged M if away all night from his room, and left the monkey oulct and sad, sitting In n corner, seemingly with no energy or spirit. ivext morning' early when heretnrnefl to Ids room the whole neighborhood beselged the door of the house nod asked hlin angrily why Ji had bees annoying and keeping them awake half the night with his organ-playing, says the Philadelphia Times. Indeed, they were so fierce and bitter, in spite of his protest ations that It was not ho, that he was frightened, All the night, they said, the organ had been grinding ontat Intervals "Annie Uooney," "Com rades," etc, until every one in the street was awake and shouting out maledictions at the player, Kven while they were sjieak" lng to Lorenzo the familiar air of "Mcfifnty" came from the organ, snl rushing upstairs to his loom and un locking his door he discovered Via eenzo, ids monkey, turning the organ handle In the greatest of spirits, The secret being revealed to the nelgh bora their anger gave way to mirth, and as such a thing had never happened before the superstitious Italian thlnki that It Is an omen of an early spring, when he can again return to his favorite occupation. A I hlM's II. mora., The childish Idea of the manlfesta, tlnn of Justice is often very amusing, JSot long ago a certain spirited small boy was forbidden to go out been use of imiiKri-fiiuiH wciu ncr. J rinpttttlon r"" ion miien jor his tiny Hedged virtue, however, and in nif'fit of weakness Im disol,i,ir,l half- mn lit- tie later It began to snow In Hurries, followed by hail, and his IflOt.llAl hap penlng to look out of the window saw mm scurrying toward home with the most distressed expression on his puck ered up countenance, "Oh.mainmii.iiiiimma!" be exclaimed, oiinvoig iiiwj inn room and caa himself sol.blngly lute her arms, casting "I M T.-i win im naughty again never! ! .I ,. " '' """i iitrer, bven Ood s thawing stones at never, me." tyo Ta S, win o
