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7
SEALCD ORDERS
hi ft tndr light of each new !j'
dawning
A white-robed angel the order brinjm,
Aaal thou, O S-.nl. in thr silence awaken
in Heareth te mh of the plumed wing,
, Sealed with the seal of the Christ arc the
r ordem;
No eyes ? thin may the mewwige
read.
That places ffwe where, in thy Captain's
judgment.
Of faithful irnW He hath most need.
Oft times thou reiulett the one word "On
ward!" Though steep In- the path and held by
the,
Though hope and cotiraij alike have fail
ed t hee
And darker and blacks the heaven
grew.
Oft times when lb hot blood, leaping,
surging,
Urges thee on with relentless hand.
While others are storming the em-roy's
fort re.
There ootnetb to thee the order,
"Stand!"
Stand and wail in the place appointed.
Though other trooper go galloping
past :
Patiently wait, for thy Captain knoweth
That waiting; shall win the diiy at last
Oft there are niarch-s long and weary
When the sun beam down with pitilesn
heat,
And aolemu vigil when through the dark
ness Thou (readent the sentry's bmeij- beHt.
But always and ever each aoldier know
eth Tb Captain Himself bath nerved in
the rnnk - . ,,
Hath borne the j on weary
marches
Math watched alork by the river banks.
Knoweth that inch by inch He conquered,
learning H'm army's inmost needs,
While marching across the enemy's coun
try Where now Ilia forces He safely lend.
Healed with the wI of the Christ are Uje
order
The angel brings at the iltiwn of diiy;
Take thetn, O Soul, without doubt or
question.
Fearlessly (reail the appointed way;
For nearer and nearer, the jeweled bas
tion Of heaven gleam brightly through the
mists of fcpHce,
And Ilia "Well-done" shall be thy guer-
UOU
Wheo thou meetest Uiy Captalu face
to face.
BY TELEPHONE.
T was a very warm
duy near the close
of August, and Vir
ginia Allen stepped
Into a corner drug
store to refresh her
self w ith a soda.
A woman is nev
er too warm or too
fatigued to nolle
another wot, mil's
gown, and its ir
glnin waited at the
$ LVV7 soda counter le-r
observant eye look
y3r& in every detail o:
the charming suiu-
1 tner eoslitiue worn
by a yotitis womnn
who was stiimJItitc at the telephone.
HUe w;in a very pretty wotnitu and
her dainty pawn of linen, with itx touch
of grecti rttibou here and there, became
Iter exceedingly, on did her bat, a mass
of a went peaa and Rreea (aviy.e, set well
farwnrd on her blonde lien. t.
Just now kIic wiih n hit out nf ti in per.
"Kxpren st 1 1," k'.ic culled Impatiently.
And bh Ktie waited for the desired num
ber nbt turned and looked at Virginia,
who, finite overcome by the beat or
wan It for Koine other reason-hud neat
fil herwdf at no (real dlntance on" and
wax wielding a palm leaf fan em Tacti
cal ly.
The. pretty woman turned abruptly
tr the 'phone In response to a tall. "Is
thin Kxpri-HH L'Stirf" ahe unld.
"It la Myron's number," Virginia mut
tered to herself. "I thought no."
J he woman at the 'phono spoke
a cam:
"this la Mr. Curtis, is It notr Vir
ginia reased funnliiB and ttcnrrcly (lis
KtiiHea tne rant that the convereatlon
Interested her.
ttu j... y . fit . ...
, .jien, i am .viiRs uieavenrooli, ron-
tintied the woman In the linen gown
Then, "Yes, pleaxe."
A short pause ensued. The drtijr store
mi koo clock struck 2. Virginia ex
tltcdly Imagined what Byron Curtis
must he saying at the oth.. r end of tlio
'phone In his ofllce, hlijh tip In one o
the down-town lmlldlncH.
Mls Cleavelirook Interrupted her
thought. "Ves," she said, 'and Vir
ginia fancied i.erlinps that her voice
took on a more tender 'one. "Same
place," she continued, with n ilttlo
laugh. "Did you? I'm so glad. Thank
much for the (lowers. You really
mustn't send them so often. It's too
extravagant of you."
Virginia gave u little slnrt. "Thearer
KaiD this trvir (uestloned Miss
Cleavehrook douhtlnicly. "I really
think twlee a week is too often."
Hut the man with whom she was
talking seemed to overcome her acru
lAt, and after agreeing to go with him
'ti rrldar j evening of that week she
iika whj I called
lag to forget that
plaoe, she laughed
nse that came back
loall aha Mid:
that. I want voir
t - .J1 DOOB 01 Ancr dinner
."-rTr po of. Can't you
J- ry J me thla evening? NoT Well,
i t ..n, oku, vvnai ara 70a going
1 lJM Mlonaf tMIMd but little
T
pleased at the answer she received.
She tapped her foot Impatiently, and
It was a full minute before she spoke.
Virginia fancied she beard Hyroa
aaylnjr: "I aw going to call ou Miw
Allen to nljiht." Kor had he not asked
If he luihi come over to ae her Tuea
dsy? Miss CleavebriMik recovered her tem
per, If indeed she had lost it, and said:
"1 thought I told you to drop that?"
Virginia rose hurriedly and walked
to the front of the store. "It Is insup
portable," nliu muttered to herself.
"She speaks as If she owned hlra
when "
Iler thoughts overcame her as the
memory of all that bad happened be
tween ber and Byron Curtis rushed to
her mind.
The sharp ring of the little bell re
called her to herself and she looked up
to see Miss Cleavelirook leave the store
ami go slowly down the street with a
happy smile dimpling her pretty face.
Virginia look an Impulsive step to
ward the telephone, heedless of the
clerk who Ktood behind the counter and
who began to g''.e at her rather curi
ously. "He need not come to see me," she
thought fiercely. "He would rather be
with her." Iler voice nearly choked
ber as she answered, "Kxpresjj .'it04,"
to the Inevitable, "Number, pleaacl"
The moments which followed were
agony to her. Her thoughts ran wild.
"It was only last week that he told me
that he cared for me and I was to have
answered him lo-iiight. Why why did
1 cure so much V"
"Hello:" sounded a man's voice over
the 'phone, and then, before she could
speak, "Is this you again. limine ?"
Virginia's face paled; then she flush
ed painfully. Had she been mistaken?
it had never occurred to ber that an
other man could have answered to Ex
press "Xo4.
Khe made an effort to control her
voice. "I am Miss Allen. I wish to
speak to Mr. Curtis."
"Mr. Curl Is left the otllce, madam, at
2 o'clock. I am his partner, Mr. Ool
way. Can I do anything for you?"
"Thank you, 110." replied Virginia.
Mr. Cohvny wondered as he hung up
the receiver at the glad change In the
girl's voice.
"Miss Allen:" he soliloquized. "By
Jove! I didn't know It had gone so far.
Her voice sounded as if she might be
pretty. If I am to believe Curtis on
the subject of the young woman's
charms, he Is In great good luck, but
I'll bet she can't touch Lou,"
The glad change In Virginia's voice
was noticed also by another man a
man who stood by the clgur counter
watching the girl with his whole soul In
his eyes.
Virginia turned from the 'phone with
a happy feeling of thankfulness that
was almost a pain. The man who bad
been watching hir stopped quickly to
ward her.
"Byron:" she said, with a little glad
ct-y, holding out both hands to him.
"Virginia," lie answered, "It Is Tues
day." "Yes," she said softly, "It Is Tues
day." "And " questioned he.
"Yes, again." she murmured, even
lower.
A drug store Is not a very romantic
place, but, I think that those two told
each fithor everything In the look they
gave eai'li other, quite unmindful of the
little clerk, who lllppanfly mixed an
egg phosphate for the next customer.
HIS FOOLISH PRESUMPTION.
The Vounic l,nd jr Tnoulit Him that He
Hnd Made a Mistoke.
"No," saiil Evangeline (Jlendennlng,
as sh looked down at. the floor and
nervously t'vistod her Kli tit little fin
gers; "1111, Alfred, I am sorry, but 16
cannot 1"'."
Alfred Iioticiister hail loved the Is'au
t If ul girl from the moment he hud first
seen ber, and be had fondly bwleved
that she looked upon him wiCs more
than ordinary favor.
But now his 1iom lay shattered, and
the future stretched out black before
him.
The strong, handsome, young man
sighed, and was silent for a long time.
At last the sweet maiden said:
"Try to be brave, Alfred. Look at
me. Hue how I am hearing up."
He turned toward her in wonder, and
said:
"Why should you bid tne do this?
What have you to Is'ar up under?"
"Oh, Alfred, If you only knew!"
"Evangeline!" he cried, catching her
In his arms and holding her In a strong
embrace, "you love me! Ah, darling,
you cannot hide the truth from me!
Tell me It Is so!"
"Yes," she said, "I love you, Alfred."
"O heaven," he groaned, "this Is ter
rible, terrible. Oh, if you only hated
me loathed me! Then my fate would
be less bitter."
Hhe was frightened, and drew away
from him.
"Why," she flaked, "do you want me
to hale you?"
"Ah," he answered, "I might bear
my own burden, but how can I survive
knowing that you, too, suffer?"
"Ye, why should either of us Buf
fer?" the trembling girl Inquired.
"Evangeline," he almost hbtsed, "do
not Jest with me! Why should we Buf
fer! Are we not doomed to everlast
ing separation and mlswy? Ant wt
not to lie "
"Oh." sin Interrupted, "you're no!
going to let n little bluff a I op you right
at the start, are you? D5d you want
me 1o tumble Into your arms the first
thing, as If I had merely been waiting
for the word? You must lie new at
this btwlness."
Then she became so angry thai It
took Alfred Doncnster nearly aeren
minutes to win her back again, Cleve
land Ieador,
If you start on tourney and fowet
to take an umbrella with you K'a a
sure alga of rain.
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITALS OF CAMP AND BAT.
TLE INCIDENTS.
arvlTora of th Rebellion Brlate
Hair Aatuslac and PtartlinK Inci
dents of Marcbr, lamp l.llr, Foraa
Eiprrlrncri Hut'.le Sctaft,
Caoqunt bjr lovc.
OM PAN!
H
had one soldier
who was the
terror of b I a
comrades. He
was disobedi
ent, cruel, quaj
r e 1 s o ni e and
vMous. A g a
result be was
often terribly
punished, but
there was no
reformation. In
due time, by the
fortunes of war.
a captaldi from another regiment was
placed In command of that company.
The very first day the orderly sergeant
Informed the Captain of tlio terrible
character of this Incorrigible soldier.
That afternoon the man enx'trated
some mUdomeiLrtor, was arnwted by a
sergeant, and brought before the Cap
tain, lie looked at htm for a moment,
and, speaking to the sergeant, said:
"Let him go to his quarters."
"Shall I keep him under guard?" In
quired the sergeant.
"Oh, no," said the Captain, quietly.
That evening the Capta-m called his
sergeant and said:
"Jo down to Mr. Blank's quarters
and tell him to come up to my tent; I
Wish to see him."
"Shall I bring him up under guard?"
Inquired the sergeant.
"Oh, no," said the Captain. ".lust tell
him to come. I guijss he'll come, if you
tell him."
"Take a seat, sir," said the Captain.
The soldier obeyed, but all the time
looking defiance. The Captain Inquir
ed of his home, his relations, etc., and
then wild:
"I .have heiird all about you, and
thought I would like to see you pri
vately and talk with you. You have
lieen punished of ten most times, no
doubt, Justly, but, perhaps, sometimes
unjustly. But I see In you the making
of a first -class soldier just the kind
that I would like to have a whole com
pany of; and now, If you will obey or
ders, and behave as a soldier should,
and as I know you can, I promise on
my honor as a soldier, that I will be
your frlenl, and stand by you. I do
not. WHiit you to destroy yourself."
With that the soldier's chin began
to quiver, anil the tears trickled down
his cheeks, and he said:
"Captain, you are the first man to
sjieaik a kind word to me In two years
and for your sake I'll do l,t."
Give me your hand on that my
brave fellow," said the Captain. "I'll
trust you."
And from that day on there was not
a Ix-t.ter or more exemplary soldier in
the Army of the I'ntomnc. Love con
quered him. - Ham's Horn.
Mr. .Moody's War Story.
V A N O K L I S T
Moody occasional
ly tells some good ;
war stories. In one
of bis .sermons In :
C I n c I 11 n a,t I the i
o t h e r d a y he .
brought; In the;
story of the little !
child visit ing I'reg- 1
blent Lincoln and I
imploring him to save the life of a con- '
detuned soldier. I
"Imriiig the war," he said, "1 re- '
member a young man, not 'Jo. who '
was court-martialed down In front and ;
sentenced to be shot. The young fel-
iovv had enlisted. He went off with ',
another young man. They were what ;
we would call 'chums.' One night this ;
companion wns ordered out on picket !
duty, and he asked the young man to (
go for him. The next night he wns ;
ordered out himself. Having been I
awake two nights, and not being used !
to It, he fell asleep at his post, and ;
for the offense he was tried and sen- j
fenced to death. It was right after j
the order of the President that no In- I
tcrferenoe would be allowed In rases i
of this kind. This sort of thing had
"become too frequent and it must be i
stopped. When the uews reached the '
father nnd mother In Vermont it al- .
most broke their hearts. The thought
that their son was to be shot was too
great for them. They had no hope !
that be would be saved by anything 1
that they could do. But they had a
little daughter who had read the life I
of Abraham Lincoln, and knew how I
he loved his own children and said: j
'If Abraham Lincoln knew how my i
father and mother loved my brother I
he wouldn't let him be shot.' That '
little girl thought this matter over and I
made up her mind to see the President. ,
Hhe went to the White House, and i
the sentinel, when he saw her linplor-
Ing looks, passed her In, and when she
t ame to the door and told the private
secretary that she wanted to see the
President he could not refuse her. She
came Into the chamber and found
Abraham Lincoln surrounded by his
generals and counselors, and when he
saw the little country girl he asked
her what ahe wanted. The little maid
told her plain, simple story-how ber
brother, whom her father and mother
loved very dearly, had Im'cii sentenced
to be shot; how they were mourning
for him, and If be were to die In that
iway It would break their hearts. The
f 'resident' heart waa touched with
ocyasslon, and be Immediately sent
dispatch canceling the sentence and
airing the boy a furlough, so that be
wl4 cbm imm a4 ass that father
and mother. I Juat tell yon thla to
how you bow Abraham Lincoln's
bear't waa moved by compassion for
the sorrow of that mother and father,
and If be showed so much do you think
the Bon of God will not have compas
sion upon you, sinner. If you only taka
that crushed, bruised heart to hiui?
Orville H.Ftewnrt, In Chicago Times-Herald.
Made the Yankee a Hluvr.
Most of the Mlsaouriaus who attend
ed the ex-Confederate reunion at Nash
ville, Tenn., have returned. They have
all brought back new stories and rem
iniscences of the war. Frank James
entertained a crowd at the Laclede
with a recital of several new stories he
beard.
"I visited the battlefield of Franklin,
where was fought one of the bloodiest
and most terrible battles In the whole
history of the world's wars, great and
small," said the survivor of Quantrell's
night raiding dare-devils. "I met there
a lady who played a conspicuous part
In that awful drama. She is Mrs. Sic
Cavock. A colonel from Alabama,
whose name I can't recall, told me that
he was under Mrs. McOavock'n com
mand during most of the battle. II'T
magnificent home, situated close to the
heavy fighting, wns converted Into a
hospital soon after the battle opened.
This colonel says that when he applied
to Gen. Forrest for orders, that dash
ing cavalryman told him to report to
Mrs. McHavock. He did as directed,
and when he reached the house found
Its fair mistress ministering to the
wounded and washing the blood from
the dead. Her skirts were splashed
with blood and her bare arms were as
bloody as though she had stuck tnem
into buckets of the crimson fluid. '(Jo
get me n Y'ankee,' was the Imperious
command she gave to the Alabama col
onel, when he told her he bad been
ordered by Gen. Forrest to report to
her.
" 'Alive or dead? laconically Inquired
the colonel.
" 'Alive, of course,' was the quick re
sponse. 'What use have I for a dead
Y'ankee ?'
"Without further ado the colonel gal
loped back to our lines and In a Jiify all
that, remained of the army were made
acquainted with Mrs. MeGavoek's or
der for a live Yankee. The colonel soon
succeeded In capturing one and march
ed him to the McGavock mansion, with
out the least Idea to what use his trem
bling prisoner was going to be put. Mrs.
McGavock eyed him closely for an In
stant when he was ushered into her
presence, and then broke the silence;
and relieved everybody's feelings by
Inquiring of him: 'Can you peel pota
toes? The Yankee gleefully told her
he could. 'Then come to the kitchen
with me," was her next command. 'Your
people are tring to kill all of our boys
and those who survive the day wil)
want something to eat to-night. My
cellar Is full of potatoes, and you can
begin now and peel on them until night
comes. Then you can help me cook
them. You have freed nil our negroes
and now that you are In my power I
will make you do the work my slaves
would do but: for the conduct of your
sort of people.'
"And the colonel says the way that
Y'ankee shed his coat and got down to
peeling potatoes would have distanced
the modern machine used for that pur
pose." St. Louis Republic.
Swopping HoiocH.
General Horace Porter, In his "Cam
paigning with Grant," In the Century,
tells the following nuecilote of his chief
(luring a ride from Petersburg to vjily
Point:
. Owing to the bent nnd dust, the long
rule was exceedingly uncomfortable.
My best horse had been hurt, and 1
was mounted on a bay cob that had a
trot which necessitated no rnd of "saddle-pounding"
on the part of the rider;
and If distances are to bo measured
by the amount of fatigue endured, this
exertion added many miles to tin; trip.
The general wns riding his lil'ick pony
"Jeff I'nvis." This smooth llltle pac;r
shu along at a gait which was too
fust for a walk and not fast enough for
a gallop, so that all the other horses
had to move at, a brisk trot to keep up
with him.
When we were about five miles from
headquarters the general said to ma
In a Joking way: "You don't look com
fortable on that horse. Now I feel
about as fresh as when we started
out."
I replied: "It makes all the differ
ence In the world, general, what kind
of horse one rides."
lie remnrked: "Oh, all horses are
pretty much alike as far as the com
fort of their gait Is concerned."
"In the present Instance," I an
swered, "I don't think you would like
to swap with mo. general."
He snld at once: "Why, yes; I'd Just
as lief swap with you as not;" and
threw himself off his isiny and mount
ed uiy uncomfortable beast, while I put
myself astride of "Jeff." The general
hud always been a famous rider, even
when n cadet at West Point. Win n .10
rode or drove a strange horse, not
many minutes elapsed before he and
the animal seemed to understand
each other perfectly. In my experi
ence I have never seen a better rider, or
onewhobada more steady seat, no mat
ter what sort of horse he rode; but on
tills occasion IT soon became evident
that his body and that of the animal
were not always In touch, nnd he saw
that all the party were considerably
amused at the Jogging to which he was
subjected, In the mantlme "Jeff
liavls" was pacing along with a
smoothness which made me feel as If
I were seated In a rocklng-chalr.
When we reached headquarters the
general dismounted In a manner which
showed that be was pretty stiff from
the ride. As he touched the ground he
turned and aald with a qulislcal look:
"Well, I must acknowledge that ani
mal la pretty rongb,"
RECENT INVENTIONS.
To assist In leveling billiard tables a
Bietul base la provided with a screw
Miliar, which can be turned to any de
tired height to raise the table legs.
To keep hns' nests free from ver
min a medicated nestegg is used, the
uter iiortlon being of china and tilled
with powdered asbestos to hold the
medicaments.
in a. recently patented kitchen cabi
net a large receptacle la provided for
flour, with a series of recees In the
Side to receive boxes of different sizes.
which hold tea, coffee and spices.
Curtains can be hung without pins
or cords on a new fixture, which con
sists of three parallel spring wires, to
be attached to the door or window
frame and clamp the curtain in place.
In a new cash register the connec
tions betweer. the Indicator and keys
ire formed by electric circuits, so the
register can be placed in the store and
the indicator al the cashier's desk in
the office.
Bicycle pedals are being fitted with
magnetized plates to attract plates on
the shoes of the rider and hold his feet
ill place, thus doing away with the toe
clips, which are the cause of many ac
cidents to racing men.
Furnace fires can tie started auto
matically In the morning by means of
a clock mechanism, which can be set
to open the dampers at any desired
hour, thus having the house warm
when It Is time to get up.
To assist in removing spokes from
the hubs of wagon wheels a clamp Is
screwed fast to the spoke and then
forced away from the hub by means
of screws, which press against the hub
on either side of the spoke.
Fowls can be carved more easily by
a new device, consisting of a clamp
which fastens on the edge of a platter
to hold a spring arm having a screw
damp at Its other end to press against
the breastbone and hold the bird on
the dish.
To i'ajsten the mouths of paper bags
a new device Is formed of a strip of
pliable metal of a length sufficient to
allow of the ends being folded over
to hold the strip In place after It has
been pressed together to clamp the
edges of the bag mouth.
Gloves can be readily fitted to the
hand by a new device, which has a re
silient measuring tape arranged in
loop form, with the ends loose, to slide
In an indicator, and a measuring plate
Upon which the fingers lie when the
hand is fitted in the loop.
An adjustable curtain fixture, which
will hold curtain poles of different
length, has a plate screwed to the win
(low or door frame, with notches cut
In Its surface to receive a sliding
clamp and prevent It from slipping
backward and releasing the pole.
Nails are not needed to fasten a new
horseshoe to the hoof, the shoe being
divided into two sections pivotally con
nected, with the upper side of the sec
tions extending over the hoof to hold
the shoe In place and having a remov
able plate across the front end of the
shoe to cover the clamp which holds
the two sections of the shoe together.
AFRICAN ABORIGINES.
Netcroes Who Practice in Texas the
Orjftea of the lurk Coiilinent.
There is a colony of African negroes
in Texas of which but little has ever
appeared in the newspapers, though
tin? colony is a large one, or at least was
al one time large. They were imported
originally direct from Africa by a fund
raised for the purpose. They were
slaves, but just about the time they ar
rived in this country the war of the re
bellion broke out and, of course, the
slaves were free to do as they desired.
A few of them may have returned, but
very few. They seemed contented to
rmain anil organized themselves Into
a kind of co-operative colony in a rude
way. They minded their own business
very well considering everything and
the circumstances of their coining, and
have managed fairly well since. The
most of the original members of the
colony have died out, but their children
and grandchildren have run things
since. They, until late years, kept apart
remarkably from the native negroes,
though they are not so separated now.
They are located on what is known as
the low lands of the Brazos Hiver,
lands that until they came were not
worth owning or paying taxes for. The
Africans, however, by Industry man-
nged to keep things running along and
making ends meet. They preserved all
of the customs of their tribe and al
ways have held at stated limes their
wild orgies and feasts, which generally
wind up with a dance lasting about
twenty-four hours, during which time
they are exceedingly lively. The native
negroes of Texas fear them nnd have
rarely ventured to take any part In
their ceremonies or even to witness
them. Their devotional exercises are a
series of Incantations that are ac sav
age In appearance as any ever perform
ed in the wilds of Airiea. Though they
are well known in Texas, they are sel
dom heard of elsewhere, even In the
adjoining States.
liost Mines and Nprlngs.
There Is a tradition In New Mexico
that many mines once freely worked
have been lost. There Is another tradi
tion that many springs hnve also, been
lost, and It Is understood that the
losses of both nil ties and springs were
brought about by the Indians. New
Mexico Is supiHised once to have been
much more attractive than It Is now.
The Pueblo Indians arose In revolt on
the first full moon In August, iMtto.
When they had driven the Spaniards
down Into Old Mexico they t to work
to change the conditions so that there
should be little temptation to recon
quer New Mexico.
This Idea Inspired the filling of mines
blub bad 'oeen opened &u4 -vurktc
during the former Spanish occupation!
The Indians, with great care, deatrwH
ed all traces of many mines, It aaia.
This Is not so surorbrinx as what tbert
did to the springs. It la tradition, and(
the statement is commonly accepted as
historic truth, that In their labors to
render the country as uninviting as pos
sible these Indians suppressed numer
ous springs. Such results were accom
plished in an Ingenious manner. The
Indians dug down and cleared away
the dirt until they found the crevices of
the rock through which the water
came. They took the fibrous bark or a
Knecies nf fir tree and tainped it Into
the crevices. Aa the material became
water-soaked II swelled until it plug
ged. Nothing remained but to throw
back the dirt and to give to the sur
face the general arid appearance of
the surrounding country. This was not
a temisirary expedient. It resulted,
according to the present theory, In the
pe-rmanentdestruction of many sources
of water.
To this day the appearance of slight
moisture often stimulates a search fo:
one of the missing springs. Occasion
ally these searches are successful. The
earth Is removed, the crevices are
found, the bark is picked out, and the
water, after more than two centuries
of being turned back, resumes Its nat
ural flow.
That excellent London magazine,
Travel, has sent three young men on a
tour around the world on bicycles, and
the latest number coutalm 4 spirited
account of the difficulties o' crossing
Persia and India.
A new story, "Lost Man's Lane," has
been completed by Anna Katharine
Green, author of "The Leavenworth
Case," etc. The story will be published
in book form in the United States and
Great Britain by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The first Thanksgiving dinner was
celebrated In this country 27b' years
ago at Plymouth, Mass. The whole
American army was present it num
bered twenty men. Miles Standlsh, the
backward lover of Priscilla, sat at the
feSst, while Priscilla served at the ta
bles. The story appears in the Ladies'
Home Journal. 1
Jules Verne writes his marvelous sto
ries in a study perched at the top of the
tower of his Amiens house. The room
is crowded with charts, electrical ap
paratus, and the various scientific in
struments with which the author sur
rounds himself when he Is elaborating
Imaginary adventures. Verne Is most
abstemious, for a Frenchman, drinking
cider in preference to wine, and shun
ning tobacco.
It is not often that accidents ou board
of men-of-war figure as literary events,
and it seems odd to find the French
Academy mixed up In a torpedo boat
disaster. The wounding by shot (dur
ing target practice) of one of the sailors
of the craft commanded by Pierre Lotl
(Commander Vlaud) has received more
attention on account of the distinguish
ed Academician's double personality
than it would have met with as a naval
event. 1
Mark Twain has paid off all his debts
witli the $82,000 he earned since e
went abroad. Part of this comes fronJ
lecturing, but the most of it from his
writings. Mr. Clemens' books. It is ex
pected, will yield him a 'good income
for the rest of his life and enable him
to leave something for his family. This
Is good news to the many friends of the
humorist, whose sympathies were deep
ly stirred a short time ago by the re
port of his illness and abject poverty.
Robert Leightu;:, author of "The Pi
lots of Pomona," a juvenile In its way
11s good as Stevenson's "Treasure Isl
and," has turned out an amphibious
story called "The Golden Galleon,"
treating of life ashore and afloat In the
days of Queen Kllbzabeth. It Is histor
ical to the extent of detailing Lord
Howard's expedition against the West
Indian treasure ships and Sir Richard
Grenvllle's last fight, ending with the'
loss of the ship Revenge and the death
of Sir Richard. The boy hero of the
story is COhort Oglander, whose excit
ing adventures, ending with his victory
over all his enemies and his succession
to the title of Lord C'hampernoun, will
keep the youthful reader interested to
last chapter.
Pre? Bread nnd Beer.
There are several places In England
where anyone can for the asking hawe
a glass of beer and a piece of bread.
One of them Is the hospital at St.
Cross, near Winchester. Any person
who chooses to apply at the porter's
lodge there Is provided with a horn
cup of beer and a wedge of bread.
Which Was It?
A Chllllcotbe (Mo.) firm offered to
give a ulekel-plated range to any cou
ple who .would be married at the fair
grounds. In the presence of 10,000 peo
ple a bridal pair were united standing
beside the range. But the girl will
never know whether the man married
her for herself or the range. 1
At the Huce Courxc.
Gates Why were you so polite to
that man we just passed?
Bates I expect him to secure me a
political Job this fall.
Gates Ob, I see; you're playing him
for a place.
Good Knough to Re True.
The Villain Egletts was placed un
der arrest last night, as he was leaving
the stage.
The Heroine What was the charge?
The Villain Impersonating an actor.
Home statesmen are self-made, bat
tht majority of the pollilclaaa ai
vtueHbade.
