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SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES
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L.rcilaltOM.
The (M-nate.
The following is the report of the sen
ate committee on standing committees,
which was adopted :
Judiciary committee Senators Mc
Gann, RanBon, Feltz, Gondiing. Gia
ham, Johnson, Mutz, Talbot, Murphy
Finance, ways ami means Feltz,
Johnson, Ouudas, Mutz. ' i.ndr ing, ira
bam. Weller, Osborne, Evaus
Public lands and buildings Johnson,
Miller, Feltz, Canaday, Howell. Sykets,
Heapy, Farrell, Steele
Agriculture Miller, Farrell. CMorr.e
Johnscn, Ritchie, Heapy, Caldwell-
Highways, bridges and ferriej
Schaal, Miller, Heapy, Fritz, Sj-enctr
Accounts and expenditures Ikdu
ring, Ritchie, Schaal, Farrell, Conaway.
Millitary affairs Weller, Osljotne,
Sykes, Grothan, bteele.
Municipal affdiis Howell, Uondring,
McGann, Dearing, Hatson.
Interna! improvements Ritchie, I.ee,
Dundas, Heapy, Spencer.
School lai.ds and funds Farrell,
Schaal, Graham, Mutz, Caldwell.
Public printing Watson, Dundas.
Johnson, Sjkes, Canaday.
Enrolled and engrossed bill? Mu'z,
Dearing, Weller, Dundas, Watson Beal,
Spencer.
Counties and county boundar-eg Lee,
Beal, Ritchie, Heapy, Murphy.
Educational Canaday, Lee, Osborne,
Watson, Spencer.
Library Canaday, Mulfiy, Ritchie,
Fritz, Murphy.
Ciaims Dearing, JuiiDSon, Howell,
Watson, Haller.
Banks and currency Weller, Gond
ring, 6chaal, Moffly, Evans.
Railroads Osborne. Dearing, Groth
an, McGann, Ransom, Mutz, Weller,
Lee, Feltz.
Miscellaneous corporations Fritz,
Feltz, Watton, Howell, Dearing.
State prison Lee, Graham, Grothan,
Johnson, Haller.
University and normal school Gra
ham, Canaday, Sykes. Lee, Talbot.
Coustiiutions.1 amendments and fed
eral relations Ransom, Feltz.Gondring,
Weller, Farrell, Evans, Murphy.
Public charities Dundas, Fritz, Mc
Gann, Mil lily, Murphy.
Privilege and election DeaKn,
.Gondrtng, McGann, Miller, Steele.
Live stock and grains Heapy, Farrell,
Mutz, Fritz, Caldwell.
Miscellaneous subjects Johnson,
Howell, Heapy, Ransom, Miller, Ritchie,
Conaway.
Medical societies Grothan, Watson,
Dearing. Conaway, Hal er.
Asylum, industrial homes, reform
schools, home fr the friendless, insti
tute for feeble minded youths -Grothan,
Dearing, Dundas, Lee, McGann, Feltz,
WstsoD, Schaal, Conaway.
Immigration Muttiy, Fritz, fykes,
Graham, Evans
Mines and mining Talbot, Fritz,
F"tx, Met iann, Caldwell
- Manufactures and cotnm-rc Beal,
Canaday, Oeborne, Weller, Haller.
Labor Ransom, Miller, Muffly,
Schaal. FxrrelL
Revenue Beal, Johnson, Grothan,
Ransom, Graham.
Rulet Beal, Fel'z M tiz, Ransom,
Talbot
Soldiers' home Rykes, Grothan, Os
borne, Howell, bteele.
Irrigation Keltz, Lee, Graham, Beal
Mutz, Steele, Caldwell.
Standing committees Dearing, Mc
Gann, Osborne, Feltz, Mutz, Grothan,
Osborne.
One of the important measures wb ch
will come before the legislature this ses
sion, the effects of which will be far
reaching, is a bill which Representa
tive Rich has in mind and which be will
Introduce soon. It is in regard to fore
closure and does away with the matter
of deficiency judgments and stays,
though it allows the stay in a different
form from that at present in cse. The
bill will embody the Illinois law regard
Ins; foreclosure and will be virtually the
same as that now in use in Iowa. The
principle will be that after a decree in
foreclosure is tendered the property is
to 5e sold without an appraisment, the
owner being given one year in which to
redeem it lor the same amount at which
the property is bid in The promoters
f the measure think that if successful,
it will tend to bring about smaller loans,
which will be made solely with the idea
that the property given as security shall
be guaranty lor the loan and not the re
sponsibility of the parties who borrow.
The loaner of money it is thought will
be interested in bidding in the property
at the amount of the loan. Should the
borrower fail to redeem, no deficiency
judgment could be entered upon, a the
necessity (or it would disappear from
the fact that the security would be
tmple in most instances. This same
law with a stay of eighteen months is
bow in effect in Missouri, and it is
claimed is responsible for the pros
perity of Kansas City.
Veltt of Keith, foaionist, moved ti.a
10,000 copies of Governor HolcombV
message be printed, 10,000 copies to be
la English, and 5,000 copies each in
Garsaaa and Swedish languages.
Tm, Talbot and Murphy were on
tkjtr feet Instantly. Murphy, rep.) oi
Saga waa mogitlatd. He pb against
ttwMlirwiv eVLirlns , the Cm uc s ..:
state to be in such condition that a
tion of that kin J ought not be adp d
H agreed with the senator from But er
who bad remarked on the first day that
the people are practicing economy at
their firesides and the state ought to do
likewise. In closing Senator Marpby
said the motion contemplated an un
usual expenditure which he did njt be
lieve would be upheld by constituents oi
the senators.
BeaU's motion to table Feltz's motion,
authorizing 20.C0O copies of the gov
ernor's Djfrsa.'e printed was then put to
a vote. A viva voca vote ae taken and
an only one or two voices weie heard in
the negative, Lieutenant-Governor Har
ris declared that the motion to lab'e had
carried.
1 1 1 Hoih)
"he h use cumuii' t cn rules met
at the f.in o'.n hotel in Speaker
nailin'e nun. It was the general im
pressiou that the rules of I r or
might tie el osen, but the rules of l-'.ij.
with few ch 'Pg-s went through and will
Ht reconiur n :eJ today. The uiot iui
po'tant change made was prvidiu
tliat two-thirds of the members present
.ou!d not change a rule Two thirds ol
a 1 the niemteis will now he nee pry
to ao oinphsu this end.
In regard to clerk'bip the committee
dev'ded t recommend that only the iol
low-in six committees should be allowed
cleiks: Jcdir-ary, engrossed and en
rolled bills, privileges and elections,
6nance. wys and means, claim and
account and expenditures.
Rich of Douglas, chairman of the ju
diciary committee, has already appoint
ed as h's clerk Mi's Helen L. Knapp of
OuiHha.
Speaker Gaffin announced the ap
pointment of the following standing
.mni'twe of the house:
Judiciary Rich, Keiker, Kspp. Crow,
Burkett, Snyder of Sherman, Jenkins,
Clark of Lancaster, Wooeter, Fernow,
Mitchell.
Finam-e, ways and means ("lark of
Richardson, Dobeon, Sheldon, Zimmer
man, Gerdes, Roue, Curtis, Jenkins.
Straub, Wheeler, Pollard.
Agriculture VanHorn, Ankeny. Mor
rison, Kyratn,Griuies, Campbell, Sutton.
Roads and bridges Marshall, Horner,
Endorf, Schram, Grimes, Rich, McLeod.
Militia Giosvenor, Grandaiaff, Hy
att, Homer, Taylor, tflske, Burman,
Butler, Caseieer.
Public lands and building- Sheldon,
Gaylord, Soderman, Lemar, Dobson,
Eurling, Zimmerman, Prince, Bernard,
Grandstaff, Smith ol Douglas, South of
Richardson, Marshall.
Internal improvements Winslow,
Shull, Keister, Cronk, Cox, Eighmy,
Fouke.
Fekeral relations Alderman, Liddell,
Givena, Grell, Holland, Waite, Mann.
Engrossed and enrolled bills Severe,
Billings, Bower, Coie, Eager, Hamilton,
Hill, Roddy, Wimberly.
Accounts and expenditures Hull,
McCrarken, Webb, Robertson. Taylor,
Welch, Ch'ttenden, Eastman, Mills.
Coni:itutional amendments Hill,
Kspp, Liddell, McCarthy, McCracken,
"hull, Stebbins, BuMer, Crow, Eighmy,
Fouke.
County boundaries cojnty seats and
townsh'p organizations Kapp, Mc
Cracken, Grandstaff, McCarthy, Steb
bins, Sheldon, McGee, Phelps, Alder
msn. Railroads Zimmerman, Campbell,
Gaylord, Wright, Wiebe, Straub, Fer
now, Smitn of Richardson, Ankeny,
Grell Hu 1, Clark of Rlchardsesi.YoiMg,
Chittenden, Mann
Privileges and elections- x)o&is,
Schram Moran, Byram, ""hee':,
Potise," Hill. Lemar, Eager, rieldn,
Grandstaff.
Penitentiary Feriow, Wheler, Giv
ens, Jones of Nemaha Endorf, Soder
man, Snyder of Nemaha and Johnson,
Holhrook, Nesbit.
Insane hospital Eurling, Woodard,
VanHorn, Casebesr, Jones of Gage,
Clark of Lancaster, Prince, Moran,
Keister.
Other asylums Eastmsn, Woodard,
VanHorn, Eurling, Mitchell, Morrison,
Nesbit, P-jllard. Sutton.
Corporations Curtis, Hile, Clark of
Richardson, Hill, Felker, Prince, Jen
k'wu. Library Wimberly, Bower, Coie,
Cronk, Grosvenor, Blake, McIeod.
Cities and towns Smith of Douglas,
Wiebe, WoodarJ, Cnrtia, Billings, (ios
horn, Gerdes, VanHorn, Henderson.
Revenue and taxation Grell, Pollard,
Coie. Grosvenor, Marshall, Billings j
Rich, Rouse, Young, Mitchell, Loomis.
Rules Mr. Speaker, Loornis, Sheldon,
Hull, Femo, Rouse. Jenkins.
Labor Liddell, Endorf, Hile. Dol
son, Eastman, Gaylord, Henderson,
Holbronk, Holland, Jones of Nemaha,
Wiebe, Wright, Schram.
Apportionment Eager, Sheldon,
Bower, Campbell, Jones of Wayne, Rob
ertson, Severe, Shull, Snyder of Sher
man, Straub, Webb, Wooster, Burkett,
Mills, Blake.
Benevolent institutions Cronk, Dob
son, Eager, Wooster, . Taylor, Roddy,
Nesbit. .
Fish culture and game Grimes, Lid
dell, Grell, Snyder of Nemaha and John
sin, Hyatt, Marshall, Alderman.
Insurance Dobson, Lemar, McCar
thy, Hyatt, Straub, Gerdes,. Clark of
Richardson, Roddy, Bernard.
Telegraph, telephone and electric
lights Lemar, Gaylord, Snyder of
'her man, Roddy, Felker, Crow, Mann,
Hile, Jcnes of Oage.
Medical societies Woodard, Ankeny,
Cronk, Hamilton, Prince, Burkett,
Clark of Lancaster.
Fees and salaries Wright, Smith of
D .uglas, Snail, Webb, Hill, Mitchell.
Butler, McLeod, Snyder of Sherman.
Soldiers' borne Grandstaff, Woodard,
an, ..is r, roevenor. Mi ls
.'.iti my.
Banks an 1 run eney Felker, Waits,
Wimberly, P iflpt, Jon- cf Hemaha,
Wooster, Wright
Public tchools Horner, Jones ol
Wayne, Hull. Gerdes, Eager, Young,
Byram.
Univemty and normal schools
Shull, Wright, ft'elch, Webb, Taylor.
Pollard, Go?horn.
Public printing Webb, Horner, Shel
don, Hyatt, Holland, Catebeer, Bern
ard, Holbrook, Winalow.
Mines and minerals fl'aite, Robert
son, Snyder of Nemaha. Taylor, Welch,
Goshorn, Burman.
Immigration McCarthy, Hamilton,
Henderson, Hyatt, Zones of Wayne,
Mills, McGee, Jtoddy, Soderman, Bern-
aid, Endorf.
M an u fart u res and commerce Jones
of Nemaha, Cox, Severe, Leniar, Mann,
Marrhali, Sutton.
.S-hool lands and funds Billings,
Morrison, Endorf, Coie, Cronk, Givens,
Kapp, G. .horu Eighmy.
M iscellaneou subjei t i ;rdes, Wood
aid. Rich, Lemar, M ran, Smith of
R chardson. Fouke
Claims Soderman. Ilnll, (irtsvenor,
Winslow, Kapp,(iei.le, lUmilton, Ber
nard, i ox, Km man. Wane.
lave elm k and grutin.- Keiler, Mor
rison, Stelt.ins. Ankey, Grell, lirmies,
WeU h, iiiiani, Chittenden.
Ifii.'aimn -icllliin, Sheldon, Phelps
Hile, M I anhv, Wtriblow, Riliertson,
A Idermu u, t ioriern.
Tlif ( o hbnok.
When 1 sking a custard pudding or
pie, as g.yon a fie cutrd becomes solid
remove the dish from the oven, for too
long cooking will make a custard watery.
It is better to stemn green rabbaire,
cauliflower and the like A sprinkling
of bait should be applied to the v geta-
bles before thev are put into the steamer.
When icav) of bread are late! in
too hot an oven and ti e outside rust
get too brown, do not attempt to cut it
off. but as soon as the bread is cold ruo
it over with a coarbe tin grater and re
move all the dark brown crust.
On WbrrU.
A French railway company has or
dered clocks to be plared on the outside
of every locomotive.
The Maine Central roa J is experiment
ing with a cyclometer for its locomotives
w ith the idea of learning the exact dis
tance each macnine travels a year.
Maceo's face had the coloring that is
known at dry goods counter as cufe an
lait. Though he wa rr .r in his
youth and never possessed any advan
tages of education, his manners were so
good as to exuite comment in
strangers.
Hallway Rambles.
The Vermont legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting Sunday excursion trains.
On the stste railways in Germany the
carriages are painted according to the
colors of tne tickets of their respective
clauses. First clas carriages are painted
yellow, second class green and third
class white.
Since the opening of the railway be
tween Yafa and Jerusalem tne necessity
for a harbor at vafa has become all the
more urgent, and sooner or later it will
have to be consirticted or the Yafa-Jer-ualen
railway will be extended.
True l'olltei e.
The palm for abw nt-mindedness is
probably taken by a learned German,
whom a Beilin -nn.ic paper i-alls Proles-;
for Dufe:, oi Ho in. One day the pro !
fetsor noticed his w i:e placing, a large'
bouquet on his dek. "Whatd,es that
mean?" be asked. j
"Why!" she exclaimed, don't you;
know that this ts the anniversary ol i
your marriage.
"Ah, indeed, is it?" said the prcf
sor politely. "Kindly let me Know
when yours comes arouDd, and I w ill re
ciropcate the favor."
Tb Koad to Wanllh.
Bu'iness i what you make it by ad
vertising. The busiest utores are tboae that do
the busiest advertising.
One of the road to fortune is paved
wiih advertising type.
Don't stop advertising and thereby
cut the acquaintance of tour customers.
A good advert aenient and then the
salesman to wail on the customers do
the business.
The successful business man in hissd
vertisement is as constant as the compass
and as s'eady as the polar star.
How HeRnw Hla Mother.
The Prince of Wales Is not sverm
to having a little fun over bis august
mothers propensity for giving awsj
India shawls. At tbe recent Henlsj
regatta be. bad hla attention drawn U
an elderly lady who, the Prince's frlen4
said, bore a striking resemblance to tb
Queen, and might be her Majesty's In
cognito. As tbe Prince leveled bis field
g Iaas on r. sbe rose, and taking tb
shawl or welch sbe had been sitting,
tbrew It s round tbe shoulders of tb
young girt who was wftb her.
"It Is uudotibtedly the Queen," tht
Prince replied, quietly; "she has be
trayed herself. She has Just presented
one of her India shawls."
Two Preferences.
Tbe Marquis del Carplo, Viceroy of
Naples, waa once going Into a church at
Madrid, and saw a lady entering at
the same moment wbo wore an e j
tremely beautiful diamond on a very
ugly band. I
"I should prefer tbe ring to tb
hand," aald he, 'with no expectation ot
being heard; but she Immediate!)
touched tbe collar of bis order, whirl,
be waa wearing, and said, "I sbcaiU
prefer tbe baiter to tbe doake T J
When is fanner bat a big bara, at
tbe other, fa rates bate him. j
SOME QUCER TOURISTS.
(krr G Abroad Cattle mmd Vetera
bwells.
While hosts of people look over tbe
passenger lists of the lucky ones who
ire able to go abroad and envy them
way down In their hearts, there la a
clawi of men who make frequent trljjs
ai tokk the cK-ean which would hardly
excite envy, excepting by r in sou of
their e-ullar privileges. Thla class la
humorously called "cattle chamlier
maids," Ikhsum- of the fact that those
who belong to it give their Mttetitlon to
the live cattle that are exiirted from
thin country to Euroe. The men who
do this are the riffraff of the world and
w tu-ii here find It dinVtiit to earn more
than enough to keep IkhIj- nnd soul to
eeiber. Hut when they are lucky
enough to p't one of these "cliiimlier
timid" job they feel like millionaires,
for they p'l more money a d:iy for the
trij) thfin they could get on shore in a
week.
There are a number of Chli-nco st k
yanls men who do :i l;irj.'e business ex
portim; isttle. and they uIhhis have a
isuui; ' ''Hows iiround waiting for the
first li.iiice to go out with a caigo. The
average time of these trips from Chi
cago to Ixmdon Is alMiut fourteen days
and the price paid the nttemlaiits Is f.'MI
in pohL The haiuberiiuiid is at no ex
pense whatever. He is fed, but. oh,
such feed. It Is worse than that of the
animals he looks after. There Is always
a gang Ihisk and he It Is who dispenses
the 'grub. Ordinarily this is Inilled
fnt pork and bread, with only water to
driDk. The pork comes from the kitchen
in a great t or tub. The Ikss stalm
a chunk of solid fat w ith the long hait-dli-f
fork, almost a pitchfork In fact,
and hurls it at one of the "maids"
with some choice specimens of billings
gate. It is caught much as a dog cn tclies 1
n chunk of meat In IiIh mouth nnd no
attention Is paid to the liquid grease
which files In every direction. The fat
pork is followed by a hunk of stale
bread, and a drink of water Mulshes the
repast.
Hilt w hat care these fellows for the
fare ami the lalmr point; over. They
know there will ! Joy nnd pleasure
when their destination is reached. Once
landed In Liverpool or Southampton
they are given their $.'10 In English gold,
this so they will spend It in England,
and a return ticket good for ninety
days from date.
Then at once begins a season of riot
ous living. The first thing Is a flashy
suit of clothe and a walking stick nnd
then off for findon. The old bauds
know better than to "blow In" their
money on expensive eating. They have
befome familiar with the "coffee pal
aces" to be found all over Ixuidun,
where they get an Imperial quart of
coffee for one penny and a "bun." equal
In slr-e to an average loaf of bread, and
thus for two pennies they buy all they
can possibly eat. On certain days,
when they feel like luxuriating, they
may perhaps spend threepence on some
dainty like a dozen shrimp, but even
with that extravagance Indulged In
every two or three days the $30 w ill riot
Inst a long time nnd give plenty of op
portunity to soak themselves with " 'alf
and'alf."
These chaj nlwaya stay until the
money Ik about gone and then back j
they come to Chicago, w here the glory j
of their fyoudon clothes soon becomes
dimmed as they lonf around the cattle j
pens at the stock yards while waiting
for another chnnce to act bh chamber-
mams 10 n orove or entile t nic.-go
Chronicle.
Didn't Approve.
"What am your opinion ob dis 'man- j
tint training iley talk oh llitrojuclng
Into our school. Cncle Snmson?" in
quired Mr. Mare Antony Washington,
In a respectful tone, of his nearest
neighlHir.
"I habu't glbbeu le subject de full
benefits ob de pnibnostlcatlons oh my
mind. yet. sah." replied I'ncle Kimsoii,
promptly, though a close observer
might hare noticed a puzzled look on
his sable countenance at the moment
he beard his nclghtior's question; "but
on de whole, I don't approve ob It."
"Is dat so?" said Mr. Washington. In
evident surprise; "now 1 thought you'd
be right down pleased to hah your
Iyouisn's Joshua get dat manual l rain
ing." "No. sah," snid I'ncle Samson, grow
ing secure in his ow n mind, ns he went
on, "not so tongas his maw and me is
alive. I don't approve ob manual trrun
lug In de school for Joshua Romulus.
He am a mighty servlg-rous chile, dat's
true, but his maw has got a goHl strons
arm, and dere's consld'ble power left
In mine yet, sab, and what manicil
training dat boy needs, his maw or me
will gib him right here at home, yea,
sah!"
An Awful Itlsk.
Two impecunious Scotsmen came
upon a saloon. They had only "sax
pence" between them, so they ordered
one "nip o' whusky." They were hesi
tating who should have the first drink,
when ao acquaintance Joined them.
Pretending that they had Jusl drank,
one of them handed the new-comer the
whisky, requesting him to Join ihem
In a drink. He drank, and, after a
few minutes of painful and silent sus
pense, jwld: "Now, boy a, you'll have
one with me'f" "Wasua that weel
managed, nion?" said one lo his pal
afterward. "Ay. It was," said the
other, solemnly; "but It waa a dread
fu' risk!"
Little Sister (studying her grammar
lesson)-How can yon compare the
words "Is-iiutlfiil girl?" Itlg lirother
(alswtil-mlndelly Positive, you cull;
r-oinnsiratlvo, you prnjiowe; sii;m rhilive,
she accepts.- Maltlinore News.
"Hkorcher's a perfect wreck." "What
alls hltn?" "The doctrrr says he has
tricycle heart, bicycle head, bicycle face,
bicycle eyes, bicycle tetli nlld bicycle
knocs."-Chicago Record.
A Marnic Klne.
A prisoner narm1 Davenport, who be
longed to a Maryland regiment and
whose home was In Haltlmore, had a
hut near that of Richardson and ItelL
He had lieeti sick for some time. He
failed rapidly and seemed to realize
that he would live but a few days.
Richardson was by his side a good deal
of the time.
"I want you to do something for me,
Charley." said Davenport.
"Name it. and If possible it shall le
done."
Then Iaven;ort slipped from a bony
finger a ring upon which there were
emblems which his friend did not un
derstand. "1 want you to get permission to go
outside and find Sergeant Hall, the
Confederate who helped Wins the day
we came to the prison, hand blm this
ring and tell him I am very sick."
"I went down to the gate," said Rich
ardson, "and walti-d for a chance to
speak to the offli-er In charge. While
standing there I examined the ring.
The Confederate guard noticed It. and
nski-d me to let III in see It. I held it so
he could see the ring, not daring to let
It get out of my possession. "You need
not le sfraid to let me take that ring,
young fellow; I have one like It. you
mi'. Hut w hat are you doing with such
a ring'; You are not old enough to lie
a Mason.' "
"I then told ti i id alsmt poor Iaven
port and what he had asked me to do.
"'Corjsiral of the guard No. J,' cried
the guard, without saying a word In an
swer to me. In a moment a corrsiral
appeared am) the guard asked hlrn to
have Sergeant Hall sent to the gate, ex
plaining that a prisoner had a message
from a man who had a right to call up
on him.
"Sergeant Hall soon came to the gate.
The guard pointed at tne and said: 'He
wants to speak to you." I held up the
ring as he approached and ls-gan to tell
him why I had come after him. but
hadn't gotten half through when he
said: 'Take me to Mr. IavenKirt; I
can guess the rest.'
Ten minutes later the soldier In gray
was lovingly bending over the soldier
In faded blue. Hall did everything In
his power for Davenport, but help had
come too late. Three days afterward
JnveiiMirt died. Hall took charge of
the Issly, and word came to us that
Davenport had Ix-en burled with Ma
sonic honors."
"It was nlKiut the middle of Decem
ber. 1W4. when word came to the pris
oners at Florence, S. C, that a tifltch of
the sickest and weakest men would lie
exchanged. "Now. Hell, we. will try
again.' and we did.
"A few days lcfore I had found a
new friend, a brother printer, the flrM
before-the-war acquaintance I hnd met
since twinning a prisoner. He was M.
P. Walsh, also of n New York regiment,
but, like myself, a rtsldent of Milwau
kee, Walsh, Hell and myself fell In for
examination. All three were bndly
wrecked. My wtdght bad gotten down
to 70 pounds. Walsh and Hell were no
l-tter off.
"'You ran go, and so can you,' said
the surgeon, when he came to Walsh
and Hell.
" T guess you can hold out until the
next Isttch Ik called for, young fellow.'
is what he said to me.
"I staggered and would have fallen
If one of the Isiys hadn't ctiught tne.
"'Can't I go, drs-tor? I have Iwn a
prisoner over a year. I am sick and
too weak to live here nny longer.' Hut
my apix-Bl did not avail.
"Walsh told me to cheer up, and said
that It wouldn't be long before I would
get out. I askul him to call on my
mother when he got home and tell her
where 1 was. I ran away to go to the
war. and hail never written her white In
the regiment for fear that she would
get me out because I was under age.
For two or three minutes before saying
good by Hell and I skmmI with arms
around each other's necks crying, not
softly, but heart-brokenly, loudly. I
con never forget tliat parting."
Richardson's brother and sisters had
long since given up their brother as
dead, lint tils mother was sure that he
was alive and would return home.
The night before Christmas, 1W14,
Mrs. Richardson stsrtled the family by
saying tluit one of their Christmas gifts
would consist of Information from
Charlie. She could give no reason, tint
stoutly declared that she knew the glad
tidings were coining.
Sergeant Walsh, since s iiicuiIkt of
the assembly nnd Sheriff of Milwaukee
County, arrived home the night tx-fore
Christinas.
While the Riclisrrlsons wen-at break
fast the mother talkul aliout her son
most of the time, closing w ith "And tills
is the day we are to hear from him."
She took a sent near a window and
watched for the messenger who was to
tell her something about the Isiy she
had not seen nor heard a word from for
more than three years.
The hours dragged slowly along. Two
o'clock came and (lie watcher had
walched In vain. The family had gath
ereo alKiut the table to enjoy the Cbrist
uia dinner. There was a rnp at the
dsr.
"T he nw has come!" cried the moth
er, as slw hurried to open the door. "I
don't know wbo you are, but I do know
tliat you have come to tell na about
Charlie." said Mrs. Richardson, before
the wilier ccnid say a word.
"That's what I bsre." maU V aswb.
"He la at Florence prison, and i lli4SJ
be will soon It exchanged luC sa.1 for
home "
"There, what did I ull yuT e
claimed the overjoyed not her. a ahs
fdl Into a chair and wept wept as aui
Mother would have done under like cir
cumstances. Three months later the Is.y returned
to his home. One of his first acta waa to
w rite and ask how Bell was getting on.
Word came lack that he bad died on
the way home. J. A. Watrou. in Chi
cago Times-Herald.
A New Lincoln Anecdote.
A Kentucky contributor sends to the
Youth's Companion a pleasing anecdote
of Abrahum Lincoln. It haa never be
fore been published, be says, and was
received by him from the other party
to the story, who la still living In Ken
tucky. It Illustrates once more the
genial, friendly temper of the great
war President. During the Presidential
campaign of IMO, when (Jen. William
Henry Harrison waa the Whig candi
date, Lincoln, then a young man Just
rising Into prominence, accepted an In
vitation to address an audleon- In
I'nh.n County, Kentucky, at Whig
barleciie.
lie was met at a landing on the Ohio
River, about ten miles from the place of
the barbecue, by a committee, headed
by Capt. George W. Riddle, and waa es
corted to the meeting, seated In a spring
wagon by the side of Captain Riddle,
the driver.
On the road Mr. Lincoln entertained
the committee with several amusing
anecdotes, and on arriving at his des
tination delivered an able and eloquent
address-probably the only addreaa)
that he ever delivered In his native
State.
After the speaking Captain Kiddle,
who commanded a military compauy,
fired a salute in honor of the orator of
the day. but the cannon, an old sli
poiinder, w as overcharged, nnd explod
ed: though without any serious results.
Captain Riddle raised a subscription
to pay Mr. Lincoln's expenses, contrib
uting liberally himself, and then es
corted him back to the river. The fu
ture President was much pleased with
his visit, and so expressed himself.
Many years passed. Mr. Lincoln waa
elected chief magistrate of the nation,
Riddle took sides with the South, and
having expressed his opinions rather
lsildly, was arrested for treason and
sent to Camp Chase, a military prison.
"It was a dull and gloomy place for
me," said the old gentleman. In relating
the story, "and aftor i ii remained
there about ten daya I got home-sick,
and concluded I would remind my friend
Lincoln of bygone hours. So I wrote
to him as follows:
" 'My Dear Mr. PresidentAfter pre
senting my compliments to you I wlati
to remind yoo that a good many years
ago I had you in tow at a Whig barls
cue near Morganfleld, In I'nlon County,
Kentucky. On that occasion I tried to
treat yon kindly, and even burst my
cannon In firing it salute in your honor.
I hope you have not forgotten It. Now,
sir, you have me In tow, nnd I am your
prisoner here In (lamp Chase. I am
lonesome ami home-sick, and want to
get back to my old wife. Please let m
go. Yours truly.
"GEORGE W. KIDDLE.' "
When Mr. Lincoln received this letter
he laughed heartily, and at once wrote
upon the back of It, "Please let Capt.
George W. Riddle go home. A. Au
coin." TletlEhte't In Taklnv !rloner.
Grant made very few comments upon
the stirring events which were crowd
ing so rlosely upon one another until
the reports came In regarding the pris
oners. When the large numbers cap.
ttired were announced, he said, with the
flnrt trace of animation he had shown.
'That's the kind of news I like to hear.
I had hoS'd that a twld dash at day
light would secure a large number of
prisoners. HatKiick Is doing well."
This remark was eminently character
Istle of the I'nlon commander. Ills ex
treme fondness for taking prisoners
was manifested In pvery battle he
fought. When word was brought U
him of n success on any part of th
line, Ids first most eager question was
always. "I In ye any prisoners bH-n
taken?" The love for capturing prison "
ers ainoiintnl to a passion with him. H
l!d not seem to arise from the fact thai
they added so largely to the trophies of
twttle. and was no doubt chiefly due t
his tenderness of heart, which prompt
ed him to feel that It was always mor
humane to reduce the enemy's strength
hy captures than by slaughter. His de
sire In this n-ct was amply gratified
for during the war It fell to his hit t
capture a larger numtier of prisonm
than any general of modern times
Century. Kill end laiitnrr.
When after the second battle of Bui:
Run, Genera! Sickles assumed com
mand of a division of the Army of th
Poioniac, he gave an elaborate farewell
dinner to the officers of his old Excel
slor Brigade. -
"Now. tsys, we will have a family
gathering." he said lo them nx they a
semblnl In his quarters.
Pointing to the table, he continued
"Treat It as you would the enemy."
As the feast ended, an Irish officer
Captnln Byrnes, was discovered hi
Sickles in tbe net of slowing nway
three lmltlcs of champagne In his sad
dle-lmgs.
"What are you doing, sir?" gasped
the astonished general.
"Olwylng orders, sir." replied the cap
tain. In a Ann voice.
"You told us to treat that dinner ni
we would the enemy, and you know
general, what we don't kill we esrv
ture!" 1
Moses was the ablest lawgiver wh
ever lived. He waa aiso mi eiecatlv
manager of matchless resources, am)
the system of stale government found
d br blm nas ever lne . , llMjtl
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