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THE SIOLI CULNTY JOURNAL.
X. . SIMMONS, Pray.
HARBISON, : : NEBRASKA.
So far as the metric system is con
cerned, li-t it weight.
Field Marshal Yamagata evidently
baa made" quite a name for himself.
It would be a mighty mean trick to
extend a warm wckuuie to Xansen,
anyway.
You can't go to Europe for a song
these days. Atlanta Constitution. Just
our lurk! We can't sing.
Somebody makes the suggestion that
the other Euroieau potentates turn in
and give the sultan a lieucnt.
A New York pacr says that the Be-laseo-Fairlauk
verdict was a compro
mise. It is an easy matter to guess who
was compromised.
A New York paper says that "Nellie
Bly purposes going to Cuba." This isn't
fair. Why frighten Weyler by such
threats?
A third marriage has just taken place
among the under-graduates of Michigan
University. Who says co-education Is
a failure?
A New Y'ork paper's headline, "Tur
key Shows Its Teeth," is rather start
ling, to say the least. How in the
world could any turkey do that?
A young woman in Pasadena, Cal.,
claims to be able to understand maga
zine poetry perfectly. Strange what
hallucinations gome lunatics have!
Editor LaboiK-here, of Truth, wants
to know the meaning of the American
term "poppycock." Life k too short
to explain it; at inly the pcche-rn Con
gress. They have quit signing the pledge
In Brooklyn because the animals In
duced by strong drink are not nearly
bo bad as those In the public water
supply.
Weyler's forces defeat Maeeo and
Gomez two or three times a day, but
neither Gomez nor Maceo ever finds it
out until the New Y'ork papers are re
ceived a week or two afterward.
A physician claims that prunes
are a specific for nervousness. As a
rule, however, we believe boarders
would prefer to be full of nervousness
occasionally than to be full of prunes
all the while.
The late Alexandre Pumas ordered
In his will that all his unpublished
manuscripts should be destroyed, ln
clndlng two completed comedtae. It
wma hard until one recalls Froude on
Carlyle and many similar literary out
rages. The Turklnuh Idea that there is no
good Armenian except a dead Armen
ian is not likely to be changed by aiy
promise the Sultan can make. A Turk
ish government In Europe is an absurd
ity, and no diplomatic ingenuity the
powers can devise will alter the fact.
Nearly all the young English princes
and princesses ride the wheel, and the
Queen herself will Invest in an electric
carriage to add enjoyment to her out
ings. Perhaps when It come to scorch
ing the young folks will do well to keep
up with their royal grandmother.
A Boston girl was asked whether
she believed in thought transference.
"Oh, I am far beyond that," she re
plied, sweetly. "I am already in the
sphere of intense vibrations." All of
which suggests that she ought to have
been the object of more Intense vibra
tions from the maternal slipper years
ago.
When a Russian rear admiral ayg
the disposition of the guns ol the new
Massachusetts aj regards the waring
of range is the best be has seen on any
ship, 1. Iocs not mean that there's a
plenty of our new navy such as it is,
but that It's very good what there la
of rt
The appointment of Gen. Fitznugh
Lee, the nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee
and grandson of the famous Gen. Lee
of the Revolutionary War, to be consul
general at Havana appeals in a certain
sense to the soldierly element In this
country. It will make recruiting in the
South easy in case of trouble with
Spain.
Hazing has probably become a relic
of barbarism as far aa West Toint and
Annapolis are concerned, for the Sec
retary of War has Just approved the
heavy sentence of one year's Impris
onment Imposed by a court martial
on Cadet Rand, guilty of extreme cruel
ry to two "plebes." This la to warn
young men taught at these military
schools at the expense of the govern
ment that fun is not the object for
which these expensive schools are
maintained.
An Ingenious device for testing the
purity of the air In workshops and oth
er crowded places Is on exhibition at
Zurich. A closed vessel filled with a
chemical solution, sensitive to carbonic
MM fas, sends out a drop through a
(iass eipfeon every two minutes; the
Crc soaks through a cord hanging rer
tteaCy from tits end of the siphon. If
Ca Sir Is very bad the drop changes
O asUural color, red, to white at oace,
CI Us Bp per sad of the card. It keeps
I la color along the cord in prornoii
to the purify of the air, not chaui:!,i
It at all tf the air is is-rfectly pure. A
graduated mule fixed to the cord mark
the degree of Impurity.
It appears that the single State of
Georgia now has more manufactories
than the whole South had in ImKi. This
is an illustration of the remarkable
change that has been taking pla-e In
Southern industries during the ist
thirty years. That section is no longer
giving all of its attention to agricul
ture, but Is reaching out for additional
means of prosperity, in imitation of the
North.
The experience of Miss Lizzie Graff
myer, of Pittsburg, should serve as an
added wa ruing to all other young wom
en to lieware of matrimonial bureaus.
Miss Graffmyer became entangled in
a corresiKHideuce with one of these in
stitutions and in the course of time ots
tained a husband by paying Her
newly acquired and enterprising "lord
and master" borrowed f2o of her be
fore she even had time to fix his name
in her memory, anil has not tpiiearcd
since. Miss Graffiiiyer is fortunate In
Setting rid of him so soon and with
so small a loss, but other confiding
women may find this form of matri
monial exjH'riinent more costly in every
wav.
A hypnotist at Atlanta, Ga., has !cen
ordered by a Judge to pay for a
hat which was destroyed by the hyp
notist's subject. A young man had
leen placed under the hypnotist's sug
gestive jsiwer and at one stage of the
proceeding was made to think he was a
monkey, and aiting up t the part with
somewhat too much realism, he grale
ls-d a hat from a man in the audience
and bit a piece out of it. The hypnotist
refused to pay for the Injured procny,
but the court decreed that this young
man. while tetiqiorarily in a monkey
state, was not resjoiiible for the dam
age he caused and that the hypnotist
was. Mont people who place them
selves under the influence of hypnotist
make "monkeys" of themselves and In
many cases the damage cannot be re
paired so easily as in the Georgia case.
Du Maurier's end seems tragic, view
ed in the light of his long struggle
against poverty, crowned at last with
success the pi-cuniary fruits of which
he has not lived to enjoy. But how
often does success come to men sur
rounded with all the conditions need
ed to make It enjoyable? Who that
has ever read It forgets Disraeli's pa
thetic plaint after he was made Earl
of Beaconsfield, that the glittering dis
tinction came only after the dear one
who had been the sharer of his hopes
and fears, and whose delight with It
would have made him value It, had
passed away? There Is, however, a
more philosophic view than that from
which the contemplation of Du Mau
rier's career brings only sighs. Hu
man life is a school for the develop
ment of character, and be who has
achieved great things has by the effort
of achievement realized the greatest
good which tbey could confer.
Whatever Gail Hamilton did she did
with all her heart and mind, and this,
no doubt, was the secret of the success
of her long career of activity and use
fulness. A woman of warm sympa
thies and Intense earnestness, she bad
the unusual trait among women of
writing in a thoroughly masculine stj le
and fighting for her convictions witii
the dash, vigor and heat which o:,e
naturally expects from the other sex.
Her work covered a wide range and
Included everything, from literature
and essay-making to active controver
sy. She fought In her usual dashing
style for her sex arid she waged un
ceasing battle for the liberty of Mrs.
Maybrick, whom the British court
confined In prison. She could not only
write a trenchant article as argumen
tative as a lawyer's address, but siie
could back It up by aggressive fighting
In the open world of affairs. Perhaps
the work by which she will be Ix-st
remembered, however, Is that in whicj
she championed the cause of Junes G.
Blaine when he was under lire. As a
memler of the Blaine household and
his sister-in-law she held him in flu es
teem which was almost idolatry. As
her biography shows, her faltti In him
amounted to reverent regard and
when Gall Hamilton's heart was so
deeply interested In a cause her strong,
clear head could be relied upon to fight
for it. Her remarkable and able cham
pionship of James G. Blaine will le
remembered first whenever her name
Is mentioned and her long and earnest
life-work Is recalled.
What a nilllnn Means.
The following remarkable calculation
on the length of time which It would
take a person to count LOOO,0(iO,0Xl re
cently appeared In an Issue of an Eng
lish periodical: What I a billion? The
reply Is very simple. In England a
billion is a million tiroes a million. This
is quickly written and quicker still pro
nounced. But no man Is able to count
It You will count 1(30 or 170 a minute.
But let us suppose tlmt you go up as
high as 200 a minute, hour after hour.
At that rate you would count 12,000 an
hour; 2S8.000 a day, or 105,120,000 In a
year. Let us suppose now that Adam,
at the beginning of Wa existence, hud
begun to count, had continued fo do so
and was counting still. Had such a
thing been possible, he would not yet
have finished the task of counting a
billion! To count a billion would re
quire a person to count 200 a minute for
a period of 0.512 years, 542 days, 5
hours snd 20 minutes, providing he
should count con tenuously. But sup
pose we allow the counter twelve hours
dally for rest, eating and sleeping. Then
he would need 1S.028 years, 319 days,
10 hours and 48 mlnotes In which to
complete the task. 0L Louts Republic.
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THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS fALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES
The Bine and the Gnr Review Inci
dents of tne Lata 1 ar, and in a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle,
Grint at A ppomittoi.
When I left camp that morning I had
aot ex petted so soon the result that
was then taking place, and consequent
ly was In rough garb. I was without
I sword, as 1 usually was on horseback
n the field, and wore a soldier's blouse
for a coat with the shoulder straps of
my rank to indicate to the army who I
was. When I went Into the house aud
found Gen. Lee, we greeted each other,
nnd after shaking hands took our seats.
I had my staff w ith me. a gosl portion
of whom were in the rtsm during the
whole of the Interview. What Gen.
I-ee'g feelings were I do not know. As
be was a man with much dignity with
an Impassive face. It was Impossible to
say whether he felt Inwardly glad that
the end had finally come or felt sad
over the result and was too manly to
show It. Whatever his feelings, thoy
were entirely concealed from my obser
vation, but my own feelings, which had
been quite Jubilant on the receipt of his
letter, were sad and depressed. I felt
like anything rather than rejoicing at
the downfall of a foe who had fought
so long and valiantly, and had suffered
so much for a cause, though that cause
was, I believe, one of the worst for
which there was the least excuse. I
did not question, however, the sincerity
of the great mass of those who opposed
us.
en. I-ee was dressed In a full uni
form which was entirely new, and was
weariug a sword of considerable value,
very likely the sword which had been
presented by the State of Virginia; at
all events It was entirely a different
sword from the ooe that would ordi
narily lie worn In the field. In my
rough traveling suit, the uniform of a
private with the straps of a lieutenant
general, I must have contrasted very
strongly with a man so handsomely
dressed, six feet high and of faultlui
form. But this was not a matter I
thought of until afterward.
We soon fell Into a conversation
about old army times. He remarked
that he remembered me very well In the
old army, and I told him as a matter of
course, I remembered bJm perfectly;
but from the difference In our rank and
years (there being about 1ft years dif
ference hi our ages), I had thought It
very likely that 1 had not attracted his
attention sufficiently to be remembered
by him after such a long Interval Our
conversation grew so pleasant that I
almost forgot the object of our meeting.
After the conversation bed run on In
till way for some time, (Jen. Iav called
my attention to the object of our meet
ing and said that he had asked for this
Interview for the purpose of getting
from me the terms I proposal to give
his army. I said that I meant merely
that his army should lay down their
anus, not to take them up again during
the continuance of the war unless duly
and properly exchanged. He said that
he had so understood my letter. From
his Second Volume of Memoirs.
Reported at I-a t.
Ready wit Is sometimes worth more
than long and careful thought. Mr.
Du Biguou was a young and rising man
who had been sent to represent Georgia
at a national convention of lawyers that
met in the West some years ago. He
was to reply at a banquet to the toast,
"The Young Manhood of the South."
His speech had been caref uly prepared.
"Gentlemen of the Bar," he began.
But at this moment every eye wan
dered toward the door, and the toast
master sprang to his feet with the wel
coming cry. "General Sherman!"
"Sherman! Sherman!" whs echoed
all down the table, and the assembly
rose to greet the great soldier. It was
long before the tumult sults'.ded, but
when It did, something else went with
It, Mr. Du Bignon's speech. He rose
slowly to his feet, and stood silent. Tin
silence was appalling.
At last he began, "Gentlemen. I am
confounded! The advent of so noted a
warrior as Geu. Sherman has made me
forget every word of my speech." here
the men all looked anxious and Inter
ested "but I think you can scarcely
wonder at my confusion. Georgian
are so used to having (Jen. Sherman
follow them that It Is enough to paral
lyze any one of them to lie asked to
follow the general."
There was a mi use for an instant over
the young man's audacity, and then the
room rang with appreciative applause
of his ready wit. Mr. Id Bignon was
encouraged to remark that he would
tell a story slsiut the young manhood
of the South, the very young manhood,
including some personal Impressions in
connection with (Jen. Sherman.
"I was only a little shaver," be saMd.
"staying at borne taking care of my
mother and a younger brother. All the
men had gone to the war. Early one
morning the cry started, 'Sherman is
coming!' It Increased from a frighten
ed whisper to a shout. The old negroes
who were at home left the field and
gathered Jn their cplilns. People stood
Irresolute In the street, not knowing
what to do, or whether to refrain from
doing anything. Even the chickens and
cows seemed to understand that por
tentous cry that was filling the air
'Sherman Is coming?
"And later on he came. Soldiers and
horses began to All the little town, the
bouses of the people were entered, and
fear was the prevailing sensation.
"I Insisted that my Shetland pony
and my brother's pet rooster must be
tared. My mother equally inaired
that I should stay In the houe, for If
iot the soldiers would carry uie away.
I was put Into a room from a window
of which 1 saw one o" the soldiers go
under our house and catch the rooster
and wring It neck. I was certain my
l.ny would git next. So I junqwd out
of the w indow, ran to the soldier, and
doubling up my fist, cried:
"'You old Yankee, you. If you take
that pony I'll report you to Gen. Shcr
manr "
He stopped for an Instant, and then
continued courteously, "General, he did
take my luy, and this is my first op
portunity to resrt to you."
He tofed and sat down. His Seech
had won the day. As he took his scat
men cheered blui for his cleverness, and
Gen. Sherman, Jutupip,? up. said. "Will
siime one pres-at me to the young
rebel ?"
Tbe Khootias of Ktonewall Jackaon.
After night fell. Stonewall Jackson
rode out with bis staff to rcconnolter
In front of the line be bad gained. It
was his Idea to stretch completely
around In the rear of Hooker anil cut
him off from the river.
The night was dark and Jackson
came usn the I'ulou Hues. Their In
fantry drove him back, anil as be re
turned In the darkness, bis own sol
diers is-gan firing at their commander,
of course mistaking bis party for the
enemy. Jackson was shot In the ha nil
and wrist, and In the upper arm at the
same time. His horse turned, and tb.
general lost his hold of the bridle-rein:
his cap was brushed from his head by
the branches: he reeled, and was caught
In the arms of an officer. After a mo
ment he was assisted to dismount, hU
wound was examined, and a litter was
brought. Just then the I'nlon artillery
opened again, and a murderous fire
came down uon the party through the
woods aud the darkness. One of the
litter-bearers stumbled and fell, and
the others were frightened; they laid
the litter on the ground, the furious
storm of shot and shell sweeping over
them like hail. Jackson attempted to
rise, but his ald de-camp held him down
till the tempest of fire was lulled. Then
the wounded general was helped to
rise, and walked a few steps In the
forest; but he lieeame faint, and was
laid again In his litter. Once he rolled
to tbe ground, when an assistant was
shot, and the litter fell. Just then (Jen.
Pender, one of his sulrdliiHtcs passed;
he stopped and said:
"I hope you are not seriously hurt,
General. I fear I shall have to retire
niy troops, they are so much broken."
But Jackson looked up a once, and
exclaimed:
"You must hold your ground, Gen
eral Pender; you must hold your
ground, sir!"
This was the last order he ever gave.
He was borne some distance to tbe
nearest house, and examined by the
surgeon; and after midnight his arm
was amputated at the shoulder.
When Is was told that bis uiost
trusted lieutenant bad leen wound
ed, he mi grwitly distressed, for the
relations between them were almost
tender.
"Jackson has lost his left arm." said
Iee. "but I have lost my right arm."
St. Nicholas.
Adventure of an Artist
An adventure of a war artist Is
told
In IbLs atyle:
When this train left Martlusburg.
Krank Leslie's tipecial war artist with
Sheridan lu the valley, then ou bis way
to the front, accompanied It, as a mnt
ter of safely, It being very heavily
guarded As the hour of noon ap
proached, this worthy artist, disdaining
the humble fare of the poor soldier
(hard tack and bacon), and longing for
the dainty food which he knew could 1m
procured at the farm nouse of one
Ihivkl Stewart, in the hollow on the
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town, proiswe.i to a lieutenant jin.i
three of four cavalrymen ilmt they
leave the train and push ahead so ss to
make surf of some of Mrs. Stewart's
famous pl"S liefore the trsln came up.
While our kulght of the Htici and
brush tol on the porch Inn-gaining
with the good lady for a pumpkin pie,
he cast his eyes down the hollow to the
east and suw several horsemen leaning
forward on their horses and scudding
along a Utile lane which led directly to
the pike, fine glance he gave at the
gray uniforms; then hastily dropping
his (ile, he called the attention of the
lieutenant to the swiftly approaching
riders. In an Instant Ited-straps vault
ed tlie fence r?nd sprang Into the sad
dle, the others following, and up the
pike the whole party sped. In the dlrec.
tlon of the escort, who were not yet In
sight. Our artist lielng swirly mounted,
brought up the rear, but a friendly stone
fence Is'twecn hlin aud the gray Ink ks
served as a shield and pnnerver.
America's Need of Cavalry.
Discussing the possibilities of a war
with England, and the strength of the
I'nlted States militia or national guard,
some of our newmper lately Itoasied
tlwit an army of a hundred thousand!
men could Is thrown Into Canada with-
in a few weeks. How many of these
men would be mounted on horseback?
It is a very pertinent lniiilry, for It re.
quires from three to six months' train-
lug to make a cavalryman, and some of
1he States which furnish large con
tingents to the national guard have not
a single troop of horses. If there Is any
lesson that the failure of (he Confed
eracy can teach us. It Is this: that an
invasion of Canadaand I do not mean
that such a thing Is In the least prob
able or desirable made without suf
ficient cavalry would be as a Istrren of
permanent results as It would Is- If
made with an army of crossliowmen.
"Why the Confederacy Failed," by
Duncan Rose, In the Century.
A London thief holds the record for
meanness. He stole tbe purse of a doc-
tor who was trying to aid a man that
had been run orer by a heary cart and
lay dying In the street
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.aaar nT sanr . , a j. - . - M.
It it an atied farmer-man:
He r'amteih at his ilr
And gszetb out where 'here lias been
' A road In days of yore.
But. ah! ye winter rains have come
1 Likewise ye w inter n.ow.
And the road is turned to a sea of mud
Abov and eke below,
j There is mud to the eas and mud to tho
-west, ,
I Aud mud is everywheie;
The U-ns they perch on top of the fence,
I Aud the cat is in despa'r.
Sad is the heart of the fanner-uinn,
And wnndroua wroth is he.
And thee words, in a mrup undertone,
t He muttereth angrily.
" "Tain t because I can'l haul my wood,
I I gueaa the stufTIl keep.
But I can't drive up to town-meetin' now.
The mud's so tbunderiu' deep.
And, as selectman of this town,
i I oilfiller le there, ioo.
To vote agin Ihnt highway bill
They're tryin' to put through.
It . the lHnnden
duty of every insti
To vote airin that
movement ;
This town hain't got
no ch to wante
In this here road im
provement." -Joe Lincoln.
Contractor and Country Hotels.
Street contractors us'-d to slight their
work in the most important streets In
Philadelphia, but. thunks to the news
, papers aud the Citizens' Municipal As-
K.-iatlon, this sort of thing has grn
'unprofitable. A complaint to the C'.ty
Controller that could be slwiwn to Is
j well founded was apt to n-sult In a
, refiutal to countersign the warrant for
the defective work, and as street con
tractors work for jay, they tmve l.-aru-ed
that It is lst to keep In slirht of
contract speel flea t ions In rcp.iving
principal streets.
I But while the combined watchfulness
, of officials and private citizens has -om-j
iellel contra -tors to do reasonably fair
work in the most prominent public
streets, no amount of watchfulness will
change the nature of the average Phil
adelphia contractor. He will slight his
work If he thinks nolssly Is looking,
nnd he neglects the country roads lie
cause he thinks defective work on the
suburban roads and lan won't be seen
' or reported by anybody. He wants to
! Increase his profits by shirking his
work somewhere, and Just at prewetit
j the country roads seem to afford him
the only chance of shirking without
getting caught at It.
j Fortunately, the Citizens' Municipal
Association, through Its agents, takes
a look at the country roads occasional
ly, too, and It has recently filed protests
sgaitist the present condition of some
of these roads with the Director of
Public Works slid City Controller
which they are likely to en use derelict
contractors some trouble. Weed-grow u
ditches and roadts-ds lower in the ceu-
. ...
ter ttian at the sides constitute a com
bin.'itiou that fails to fill contrat re
(jiiirements to maintain gisxj roads,
ami It lieglrw to look as though the con
tractors might yet 1h compelled to be
as honest In the uufrequented country
Janes as In the chief thoroughfares of
the city. More power to the Citizens'
Municipal Association. Philadelphia
rimes.
A Navy to lie Proud of.
Kst-Presldent Harrison in writing of
"This Country of Ours" in the ladles'
Home Journal, reviews our navy de
partment, nnd tells of the reconstruc
tion of our new navy. "We had no
great ship-yards, and no shipbuilders
vvltli the capital, the skilled labor slid
the eXierleuce To fit them to enter this
new field," be writes. "John Roach,
however, had the courage to believe
that he could create a competent shop
and build the new vessels. He put ev
erything at risk aud should hare had
better treatment from the government
than he received. He was fairly en
tltliNl to some of the profits that have
since accrued to those who have walked
In the path he blazed. We have now,
Isrth on the Atln title and I'aclllc, ship,
yards and builders capable of cou
s'rncting any ship and of putting Into
her any machinery of the first effi
ciency. We have great steel plants.
costing millions ot money and caputs
of making armor plates of the highest
resisting power, nnd steel giin forging
of the finest quality. These great ship
yards and steel plants are convincing
proofs that the supremacy we once had
In wooden chlp-bulldlng may be at
tainedIf It has not already 'been nt-tallied-In
steel ships. prnr..
tli-ally all of this work has Ix-en done
within ten yeurs, and the Secretaries
of the Navy who have presiditl over
and directed It; the constructors and
ordnance officers of the navy who hnve
furnished the plans and designs, and
the steel-makers and ship builders who
have executed these plans are entitled
to the highest praise. We have always
f,Bd a navy personnel to be proud of,
asd we now hare a navy to lie proud of
-not a llnlshed navy, but one on the
way. A new battle-ship Is a new argu-
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me-nt for International arbitration for
you must have noticed that jieri-mpiory
demayls for a fixed amount of dam
age are usually made ujsn nations
that have no lattle shlis nor tondo
Isiuts. It Is not our plan, I am sure,
to match the great navies of Europe.
We may safely keep our register of ves
sels well within theirs; but we do Dot
Intend again to h-ave tbe sea."
Chinese Ml !ervl-e.
The mails in China are different from
the postal arrangements of any other
country In the world. In China the mall
service is Hot III the hands of the Gov
ernment, but is left to private persons
to establish stal connection, how and
wherever they please. AnyUsly way
oen a store ami bang out a sigu adver
tising that he Is ready to accept letters
to Is- forwarded to certain (daces or
iiiuitris.
The n-sult of this arrangement is that
in jMipulous towns there are a great
number of persons accepting letters to
Is- forwarded to all parts of the coun
try; at Shanghai, for instance, then
are not b-ss than thirty live hundred
stores competing with cadi other and
carrying on a war to the knife as far
as rates an- concerned.
This system, although having great
faults, has some good qualities. There
are several parties accepting litters In
one certain town. The Chinese mer
chant who writes letters two or three
times w ill patronize several of the con
cerns, ii hi asks his correspondent to
Inform him which he got quic kest. Hav
ing experimented Ur a while, he will
select the firm giving the bi-st service,
but he always has the choice of several
mailing agencies for his correspond
ence. To Evict a licad IbMly.
Mrs. H. I,cwl, of r.s Second avenue,
has begun legal proceedings to evict
the tenant of her prospective grave iu
Cypress HHls cemetery, who. she says,
U wrongfully in posn-slon of it. The
tenant Is unable to file an answer to
Mrs. Lewis' suit, but his relatives aro
making a vigorous tight against the
w oinan.
Mrs. Lewis' late husband bought a
lot in the cemetery about four years
ago. containing Just space enough for
two graves, line he Intended to oc
c i;;y himself and the other was for his
wl-c. Shortly after that he died and
entered upon pisisesslon of his own
share of the plot. It has Is-cn the
custom of Mrs. I'wis and her son to
visit the husband and father's grave
at short Intervals.
Their last visit was on Ijilsir Day,
and then they discovered n newly made
grave in Mrs. lyewls' half of the plot,
and at one end of it a stone bearing
the Inscription "Salmon Solomon."
M;s. icwis Immediately retained
counsel, who served notice on the man
agers of the cemetery that Mr. Solo
mon's tsiily musr be removed at once.
An Investigation was made niffl It was
found that Mr. Solomon had been
buried by mistake In Mrs. l-wls' grave
instead of the adjoining one, which
htdongs to the Congregation Chevre
Macphd.i, of which he was a mem
ber. The congregation, however, re
fuses to disinter Mr. Solomon's Ixsly,
as to do so would be a violation of
the Jewish law. The cemetery author
ities have offered Mrs. I-wls any
other grave she may select, but she In
sist on resting beside her husband,
and her counsel have served notice oa
the managers of the cemetery that un
bss the grave Is vacated within thirty
days a suit for the eviction of Its occu
pants will be begun. -New York Her
ald. How " L'ncle Ham" Uol Ills .Name.
The nickname, "I'mle Sam," as aj
plled to tbe t'nlted States government,
is said to have originated as follows:
Samuel Wilson, commonly called "I'll
cle Sam," was a government lnscctor
of bii'f and Hrk at Troy, N. Y about
IMJ. A contractor, Elbert Anderson,
purchased a quantity of provisions,
and the barrels were marked "E. A."
Anderson's Initials, and S.," for
I'nlted States. The latter initials were
not familiar to Wilson's workmen,
who Inquired what they meant. A
facetious fellow- answered: "! don't
know, unless they mean l'ncle Sam.'"
A vast amount of property afterward
passed through Wilson's hands mark
ed In the same manner, and he was
often joked upon the extent of his pos
sessions. The joke spread through
all the departments of the govern
ment, and before long the t'nlted
Slates was popularly referred to as
"l'ncle Sam."--October Ladles' Home
Journal.
A Change In Sleeves.
The woman who Is dressed up-to-date
now must either discard her ward
robe or have nil her dresses altered
In shape aud trimmings, so that those
who kuew them before will know
them no more. To Jjc sure there Is
plenty of material In last season's
gown to make mamma a new one, and
out of each sh-ove will come a frisk
for the little ones. The passing of the
sleeve seem anything but lovely to
us now, but a few months hence the
woman with beautifully molded arms
will glance with satisfaction at her
skin tight sleeves anil wonder how
she could ever have Ix-en willing to hlds
those lovely lines under bushels of
baggy doth.-Boston .dvertlser.
Hemarkabla Argument.
"Your honor." said a lawyer In a re
cent trial lu England, "the argument of
tny learned friend Is lighter than van
ity. It Is air; It Is smoke. From top to
Isittom It is alisolutely nothing. And,
therefore, your honor, It falls to the
ground by lis ow n weight." New York
Tribune,
Wow Far. ;
"The wages of sin Is death," quotas!
the preacher.
"If that is the rtse," remarked M
Crumps, sot to voce, "there Is a nasi
delay in paying off some peopl I
know."-New Torfc HeraJdt
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