l
TI1K doom of nrroifmice and the re
ward of fidelity are lessons which
Dr. Talmnge liert- drawn from Mtr
decal on horseback and Unman afoot;
text, Es'her vii.. 10, "So they hanged
Ilamnn on the gallows that be had pre
pared for Mordecai."
Here i an oriental courtier, spoilt the
most offensive man In Hebrew Mstnry,
Haman by name. He plotted for the de.
strnctlon of the Ismelitish riat'o. and 1
wonder not that in some of the Hebrew
aynaftognt to this day when Hainan's
name in mentioned the congregation clinch
their fists and stamp their feet and cry,
"Let bis name be blotted out!" Ilimio
wag prime minister In (he m.i.oiill.'el.t
court of I'eri. Thoroughly appio l.itive
of the honor conferred, he expect every
boly that he to t obsequious.
Coming In one dny at the cute if the pal
nee, the M'lvarila drop their heads in honor
of bin office, but a Hebrew mimed Mor
dceni gaze ujKin the passing dignitary
without bending his head or taking off his
hat. He was a pood man and would not
have Ix-en negligent of the onlinary cour
tesies of life, but he felt no resvt either
for Haman or the tuition from which ),e
had come. So he could not be hypocrit
i"til, and while others made orienta.1 sn
Inani. getting clear down liefore this
prime minister when he passed, Mordecai,
the Hebrew, relaxed not a miiHcle of hla
neck and kept his chin clear up. Because
of that affront Hanmn gets a decne from
Ahiieurt:s. the dastardly king, for the
maacre of all the Israelites, and that, of
coiir-o, will. Include Mordecai.
Comedy anil Tra-erty.
To mnke a long utory short, through
Queen Ivither this whole plot waa reveal
ed to her husband, Ahnsucru. One night
Absnieriis. who was atfllciei with Insom- i
tiia, in his sleepless houra calls for his sec
retary to read him a few passages of Per
sian hiHtory, and ho while away the night.
Ih the book read that night to the king on
account wns given of n conspiracy, from
which .Mon'-. stj, the Hebrew, bad saved
the king's life and for which kindness
Mordecai hail never received any reward.
Hainan, who had Wn fixing up a nice
gallows to 1 Mordecai on, was walk
ing cutMde the door of the king's sleeping
apurnnent and was called in. The king
told him that he had jttt had rend to him
the account of some one who had anved
his (the king'sl life, and he asked what
reward ought to lie given to such a one.
Relf-comeiied Human, supposing that he
him.elf was to get the honor and not Im
agining for a momeut Uiat the deliverer
of the king's life was Mordecai, saya,
"Why, your majesty ought to make a tri
umph for him and put a crown on him
and set him on a splendid horse, high step
ping and full-blooded, and then bare one
of your prince lead the ho rue through the
streets crying: 'Bow tbe knee! Here
comes a man who has saved the king'
life!" Then said Abasuerus In severe
tone to Haman: "I know all about ymir
acoundrellsm. Now you go out and make
a triumph for Mordecai, tbe Hebrew,
whom you hate. Tut the best saddle on
tbe finest horse, and you, the prince, hold
the atlrrup while Mordecai gets on and
then lead his borne through tbe street.
Make haste!"
What a spectacle! A comedy and tra
gedy at one and the some time. There
they go! Mordecai, who had been dnpis
ed, now starred and robed In the stlrrupa.
Haman, the chancellor, afoot, holding the
prancing, rearing, champing atalllon.
Mordecai bends his neck at last, but It is
to lobk down at tbe degraded prime min
ister walking beneath him. Hurts for
Mordecai! Alas for Haman 1 But what
a pity to have the gallowa, recently built,
eutlrery waited! It la fifty cubTta bigb
and bulk with rare, and Haman bad
erected It for Mordecai, by whose etir
rops be now walka aa groom. Stranger
and more startling than any romance,
there go up tbe atepa of the acaffoldlng,
aide by aide, the hangman and Hainan,
tbe ex-chancellor. "80 they banged Ha
inan on the galJowa that b had prepared
tor Mordecai,"
Lassoas of Warning.
Although so many years hare pawed
alnct cowardly Ahasuenis reigned and tbe
beantlfol Bather anawered to hla whittle
and Persia peri bed, yet from the life and
death of Haman we may draw living lew-
eons or warning and Instruction. And
first we come to the practical suggestion
that when the heart Is wrong things very
Insignificant will destroy our comfort.
Who would have thought that a great
prime minister, admired and applauded
by millions of Persians, would bar been
so nettled and harassed by anything trlT
lal? What more could the great digni
tary have wanted than bia cbarlote and
attendants and palaces and banqoeta? If
affluence oX circumstances can make a
man contented and happy, surely Hamao
should bare been contented and happy.
No,, Mordecal'a refusal of a bow take
the glitter from tbe gold and tbe rlchneee
from tbe purple and tbe speed from tbe
chariots. With a heart puffed np with
every Inflation of vanity and revenge. It
waa Impossible for him to be happy. The
alienee of Mordecai at the gate waa louder
than the braying of trumpets In the pal-
are. Tans shall it alwaya be if the heart
la not right. Circumstances tbe moat
trivial will disturb the spirit.
It Is not tbe great calamities of life that
create the moat worrlment I have seen
own, felled by repeated blows ef mtofor
, tune, arising from the feat, never de
sponding. Bat tbe sbbsx of the disquiet
wMch men suffer Is from laslgntflcsBt
causes, as a ilea attacked or boom tout
of pre turns easily atotrad aasj slays him,
yet runs roaring through eke forests at too
Slhjftttna on fab) bra am sect of a few bv
asstft foa asset sows Mrt loss la fcaat-
Ma with cnsaosraUee saaspasnre, "t 70a
, sss tank of pattr trMMraM tnClcto4 poo
A
wmwmm
wrath and remain in your heart an nn
lienrable annoyance. If you look hack
tton your life, you will find that the most
of the vexations and disturbances of spirit
which you felt were produced by circum
stances that were not worthy of notice. If
you want to lie happy, yon must not care
for trifles. Do not lie too minute in your
inspection of the treatment you receive
from others. Who cares whether Mor
decai bows when yon pass or standi erect
and stilT as a cedar? That woodman
would not make much clearing in the for
est who should atop to bind up every little
bruise and scratch he received in the
thicket, nor will that man accomplish
much for the world or the church who Is
too watchful and appreciative of petty an
noyances. There are multitudes of people
In the world constantly harrowed because
they pass their lives not In searching out
those things which are attractive and de
serving, but in spying out with all their
powers of vision to nee whether they can
not find a Mordecai.
An I tn litem of Worldllness.
Again, I learn from tbe life of the man
under our notice that worldly vanity and
sin are very anxious to have piety bow
fore them. Haman was a fair emblem of
entire worldliness and Mordecai the rep
resentative of unflinching godliness. Such
were the usages of society in ancient
times that had this Israelite bowed to the
prime minister it would have been an ac
knowledgment of respect for his character
ami nation. Mordecai would therefore
have aitined against his religion had he
made any obeisance or dropied bis chin
half an Inch liefore Hainan. When there
fore proud Haman attempted to compel a
homage which was not felt, he only did
what the world ever since has tried to do
when it would force ur holy religion in
any way to yield to its dictates. Daniel,
If he had been a man of religions com
promises, fvould never have been thrown
into the den of linns. He might have
made some arrangements with King Da
rius whereby he could have retained part
of his form of religion without making
himself so completely obnoxious to tbe
idolaters. Paul might have retained the
favor of his rulers and escaped martyr
dom if he had only been willing to mix
up his Christian faith with a few errors.
His unbending Christian character was
taken as an Insult.
Fagot and rack and halter In all ages
have been only the differi-nt ways in
which the world has demanded obeisnm-e.
It was once, away up on the top of the
temple, that satnn commanded the holy
one of Nazareth to kneel before liim, but
It is not now so much on the top of
churches as down In the aisle and tbe
pew and the pulpit that satan tempts the
esiaiueers of tbe Christian faith to kneel
liefore him. Why was it that tbe Platonic
philosopher of early times as well as To
land, Spinoza ami Bolingbroke of Inter
days were ao madly opposed to Chris
tianity? Certainly not because it favor
ed Immoralities or arrested civilization
or dwarfed the Intellect. The genuine rea
son, whether admittl or not, was be
cause the religion of Christ paid no re
spect to their intellectunl vanities. Blount
and Boyle and the host of Infidels hatch
ed out by the vile reign of Charles II.,
as reptile crawl out of a marsh of slime,
could not keep their patience because, as
they passed along, there were sitting In
the gate of the church snch men as Mat
thew and Mark and I. uke and John, who
would not bend an inch In respect to their
philosophies.
Patsn's Wiles.
Satan told our first parents that they
would become as gods if they would only
reach up and take a taate of the fruit.
They tried it and failed, but their de
scendants are not yet satisfied with tbe
experiment. We have now many desir
ing to be aa gods, reaching up after yet
another apple. Iteason, scornful of God's
Word, may foam and strut with the proud
wrath of a Haman and attempt to compel
the homage of the good, but in the pres
ence of men and angels It shall lie con
founded. "God shall smite thee, thou
whlled wall!" When science began to
make its brilliant discoveries, there were
great facts brought to light that seemed
to overthrow the truth of the Bible. The
archaeologist with his crowbar and the
geologist with his hammer and the chem
ist with hit batteries charged upon the
Bible. Moses' account of the creation
seemed denied by the very structure of
tbe earth. The astronomer wheeled
around hla telescope until tbe heavenly
bodies seemed to marshal themselves
against the Bible aa the stars In their
courses fought against Slsera. Observa
tories, and universities rejoiced at what
they considered the extinction of Chris
tianity. Tbey gathered new courage at
what they considered past victory and
pressed on their conquest Into the king
dom of nature until, alaa for them, they
discovered too much! God's Word had
only been lying in ambush that. In some
unguarded moment, with a sudden bound,
It might tear lanoellty to pieces.
It waa as when Joshua attacked the city
of Al. He selected 30,01X1 men and con
cealed most of them; then, with a few
men, he assailed the city, which poured
out its numbers and strength upon
Joshua's little band. According to pre
vious plan, tbey fell beck In seeming de
feat, but after all the proud Inhabitants
of the dry had been brought out of their
homes and had joined In the pursuit of
Joshua suddenly that brave man halted
In his flight, and, with bis spear pointing
toward the city, 30,(MJ0 men bounded from
tbe thickets aa panthers spring to their
prey, and the pursuers were daahed to
pieces, while the hosts of Joshua pressed
np to the city ami, with their lighted
torches, tossed It into flame. Thus It waa
that the discoveries of science seemed to
give temporary victory against God and
the Bible, and for awhile the church acted
aa If she were on a retreat, but when
all tbe opposert of God and truth joined
In the pursuit and were sure of the Held
Christ gave tbs signal to his church, and,
turning, they drove back their foes In
ahaae. There waa found to be no an
tagonism between nature and revelation.
The universe and the Bible were found to
be the work of the same band, two atrokee
of tbe aame pea, tbelr authorship the tame
God.
Pride Before a rail.
Agaia, lean tbe lesson that pride goetb
before a fU. Waa any maa ever so far
up aa Baaun, who tumbled so far down?
Yea, on a entailer scale every da tbe
world aeee the saaM thing. Against their
aivadtafaa asaa trln lato eatraetleai.
When God humbles prond men. It Is nas
ally at the mome-il of their greatest arr
gancy. If there l- a man in your cone
n.unity greutly puffed P with worldly
success, you have but to stand a litt
while and you will see him come down.
You say, "I wonder that God allows tint
innn to go on riding over others' hendJ
and making gresif assumptions ef power."
There is no wonder about it. Hainan h
not yet got to the top. Pride is a com
mander, well plumed and caparisoned, hut
It lends forth a dark and frowning host.
We have the best of authority for sayirs
that "pride goeth before destruction BDd
a haughty spirit before a fall." The ar
rows from the Almighty's quiver are apt
to strike a man when on the wing. Go
liath shakes his great spear In defiatice,
but the small stones from the brook Klali
make him stagger and fall like an ox un
der the butcher's bludgeon. He who i
down cannot fall. Vessels scudding un
der bare poles do not feel the force of the
storm, but those with all sails set capslxe
at the sudden descent of the tempeat.
Again, this oriental tale reminds us of
the fact that wrongs we prepnre for oth
ers return upon ourselves. - Tbe gallows
that Haman built for Mordecai became
the prime minister's strangulation. Itol
spierre, who sent so many to the guillo
tine, had his own head chopped off by tbe
horrid instrument. The evil you practice
on others will recoil upon your own pate.
Slanders come home. Oppressions come
home. Cruelties come home.
Fortune's Vairnriea.
Furthermore, let the story of ITaman
teach 11s how quickly turns the wheel of
fortune. One day, excepting tbe king
Haman was the mightiest man in Persia,
but the next day a lackey. So we go up.
and so we come down. You seldom find
any man twenty years in the same circum
stances. Of those who In political life
twenty years ago were the most promi
rent, bow few remain in conspicuity! Po
litical parties make certain men do their
hard work and then, after using them as
hacks, turn them out on the commons to
die. Kvery four years there is a com
plete revolution, and about 5,K)0 men who
ought certainly to te the next President
are shamefully disappointed, while some
who thisluy are obscure and poverty
stricken will ride upon the shoulders of
the ople and take their turn at admira
tion and the spoils of office. Oh, how
quickly the wheel turns! Ballot boxes are
the steps on which men come down a
often as they go up. Of thoite who were
long ago successful in the accumulation of
proix-rty how few have not met with re
verses! While many of those who then
were straitened in circumstances now
hold the bonds and the bank keys of the
nation. Of all fickle things in the world
fortune is the most fickle. Kvery day she
changes her mind, and woe to the man
who puts any confidence in what she
promises or proposes! She cheers when
you go up, and she Inr.glis when you come
down. Oh, trust not n moment your
heart's affections to this changeful world!
Anchor your soul in Cod. From Christ's
companionship gather your aatisfactinn.
Then, come sorrow or gladness, success or
defeat, riches or poverty, honor or dis
grace, health or sickness, life or death,
time or eternity, al! Is yours, and ye are
Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Wraith and Happiness.
Again, this Hamnn's history shows us
that outward iMwsessions and circtim
ftanceg cannot make a man happy. While
yet fully vested in authority and tl" chief
adviser of the Persian monarch and ev
erything that equipage and pomp and
splendor of residence could do was his he
Is an object le-son of wretchedness. There
are to-diy more aching sorrows under
crowns of royalty than under the ragged
caps of the houseless. Much of the world's
affluence and gayety Is only misery in
colors. Many a woman seated in the
street at ber apple stand la happier than
the great bankers. The mountains of
worldly honor are covered with perpetual
snow. Tamerlane conquered half the
world, but could not sulxlue his own fears.
Ahab goes to bed sick because Naboth
will not sell him his vineyard. Uerod is
In agony because a little child Is born
down in Bethlehem. Great Felix trem
bles because a poor minister will preach
righteousness, temperance and judgment
to come. From the time of Louis XII.
to Louis XVIII. was there a straw bot
tomed chair in France that did not sit
more olidly than the great throve on
which the French kings reigned?
Were I called to sketch misery In Its
worst form I would not go up to the dark
alley of the poor, but up the highway over
which prancing Buccphali strike the
sparks with their hoofs and between stut
uary and parks of stalking deer. Wretch
edness is more bitter when swallowed
from gemmed goblets than from earthen
pitcher or pewter mug. If there are young
people here who are looking for this poirf.
tion and that circumstance, thinking that
worldly success will bring peace of the
soul, let them shatter the delusion. It
Is not what we get; It is what we are.
I Hi n lei among the lions Is happier than
King Darius on his throne, and when life
it closing brilliancy of worldly surround
inga will be no solace. Keath is blind and
sees no difference between a king and his
clown, between the Nazarene and the
Athenian, between a bookless hut and a
national library. The frivolities of life
cannot, with their giddy laugh, echoing
from heart to heart, entirely drown the
voice of a tremendous conscience which
says: "I am Immortal. The stars sbnll
die, but I am immortal. One wave of
eternity shall drown time In its depths,
but I am Immortal. The earth shall have
a shroud of flame, and the heavens flee at
the glance of the Lord, but I am immor
tal. From all tbe heights and depths of
my nature rings down and rings up and
rings out the word 'Immortal.' " A good
conscience and assurance of life eternal
through toe Liord Jeaua Christ are the
only securities.
The soul's happiness Is too large a craft
to mil up the stream of worldly pleasure.
As ship carpenters say, It draws too much
water. This earth Is a bubble, and It will
burst. This life is a vision, and it will
soon pass away. Time! It is only a rip
pie, and it breakcth against the throne of
judgment. Our days! They fly swifter
than a shuttle, weaving for ua a robe of
triumph or a garment of shame. Bearn
your life with religion, and for Its great
est trial jou will be ready. Every day
will be a triumph, and death will be only
a king's servant calling you to a royal
banquet.
Copyright, 18a.
Character. Nature alwaya doea her
duty by first making herself attractive.
She belle vee In beauty. Would tbat
men did the aame. To be a man la
really to raflect the. moral character of
God aa a diamond radlatoa tbe glory of
the aun.-RoT. William Hamilton Mof
pm, Xplacopailaa, Detroit, Uidk
THE RrVTTLK-FJJiLDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPEHIENCES.
The Bine and tbe Gray Hevew Inci
dents of the Late War, and in a
Graphic bnd Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle.
The Real "Man Who Wos."
It has happened U(t infrequently In
the world's history tlmt a innn has re
turned home lo find himself long
mourned for dead. But It Is given to
few to lay a wreath upon their own
monuments. Such a strange experi
ence hnx, however, fallen to tbe lot
of Guilford Jackson, of Flushing, L. I.,
a veteran of (be civil war.
In the public square of Flushing
there stands a handsome granite obe
lisk, "erected in honor of the patriot
brave who died on tbe Held of battle
from isiii) to 1SU1." The slain soldiers
who ha lied from Flushing Itself are
especially commemorated, and the
names of these sturdy Ixjng Islanders
are given iu full. Among tbe number
Is mentioned "Guilford Jackson."
Jackson is almost a prototype of Bud
yard Kipling's "Man Who Was" that
unfortunate British oflicer who fell
Into Russian bands and was accounted
dead by his comrades, only to reappear
after long years and startle bis old
regiment by establishing his Identity.
The story of the Flushing "Man Who
Was," however, Is not so sad as that
of Mr. Kipling's luckless hero. He en
listed In 1SI2. His tirst battle of any
consequence (as well as bis last) was
that of Cliancellorsvllle on May 3.
General Bobert K. Lee, having renew
ed the attack eouf.nenced upon the
Federal troops three days earlier by
Jackson's famous namesake, "Stone
wall" Jackson, the defenders of the
stars and stripes were routed with ex
ceptionally heavy loss. Over 17,1517 of
the boys In blue, Inderal, were killed,
and among these Guilford Jackson's
comrades of the Seventy-fourth and
other New York regiments set him
down.
Jackson bad behaved with notable
braveiy on April 21), during the first
battle of Cbancellorsvllle, awl In the
retreat across the Itappaliaunock, on
May l, In? bad been seen to fail, appar
ently riddled by bullets. He was not
among the o.ikhi prisoners taken by the
Confederates. Consequently bis name
was honorably marked itpou the rolls
as having "fallen In action."
When Colonel Itomer, Captain Bogel,
and others erected the monument to
natives of Flushing who had fallen
during the war, Jackson's name was
one of tbe first ordered to be carved on
the granite slabs around the obelisk.
And there, with Its accompanying rec
ord of life sacrillced in the cause of
patriotism. It remains to this day.
But altout seven years ago there ar
rived In Flushing during the celebra
tion of Memorial day an elderly tnau In
whom, despite his decided lameness
and battle-scarred features, many of
the villagers discerned something fa
miliar. The newcomer hobbled up Main
street until lie reached the soldiers'
monument. With his stick he followed
the list of names on the pedestal until
be came to that of Guilford Jackson.
There the stick rested, while its owner
burst Into a hearty laugh.
"I heard It was there," he cried, "but
I wouldn't believe, until I had seen it
with my own eyes."
Then, turning to a curious group
which had surrounded him, be exclaim
ed; "My friends, Guilford Jackson Is
no more dead than you are.
I am Guilford Jackson, aud, except for
a lame leg and a rather disfigured face,
I am as well as I was when I left
Flushing, In the early '00s."
One by one Jackson's old friends and
schoolfellows recognized him by sun
dry signs and tokens, which left no
doubt of his Identity.
On Investigation It appeared that, at
Chancellorsville, Instead of Mng killed
outright, he had been badly wounded.
He fell close to the banks of the Rappa
hannock, and managed to crawl, with
great pain and loss of blood, out of the
direct line of pursuit. For mnny hours
he lay concealed, and suffering great
agony. In the long grass. On May 4
a negro found him and conveyed him
In a mule wagon to an abandoned plan
tatlon near by.
Tbe whole countryside waa In the
bands of the Confederates, and Jack
sou dreaded capture. At first he feared
that bis right leg. In whl. - be bad
been severely wounded, would have to
be amputated, but, thanks to the fact
tbat the negro who had found blm
chanced to be a capable, If somewhat
rude, physician, he recovered, after a
lengthy Illness. At once he crossed the
Rappahannock In a ennoe, and made
his way, In the face of mnny difficul
ties, toward the headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac.
By Ill-luck he fell In with a detach
ment of Confederates, and, on attempt
ing to escape, waa once more shot
down. He was then sent South, where
be remained In prison hospital for sev
eral months. When released he was a
hois-less cripple. Making hla way
North, he practiced his trade of car
penter for some time In Wheeling, W.
Vn., eventually settling down In
Greensbuig, Pa., where he became a
sufficiently Influential rltlisen.
Happening one day to see an accoant
f the soldiers' monnmenNn his native
lllage of Flushing, be sent an Inquiry
n that place asking for the names of
such of his ojd friends as had been kf II
xi iu (lie war. To hla astonishment he
found that ble own name apcared on
tuu list.
A curiosity to aee bla own monu
ment prompted hi in to Journey east
ward, wllll tbe resultnlrendy described.
The name could not tie chiseled off the
granite, without seriously Impairing Ita
general syii.nn tiy. s a n-i.ult It b.ii
been pi null ted to remain.
Since his first vl;lt. Mr. Jackson has
never failed to return for a look at the
o.M'lisk at least once a year. He gudi
erally arrives In Flushing on some such
holiday as Memorial day, tbe Fourth
of July, or Washington's birthday,
when he lays a commemorative wreath
against the slab ujsiu which his name
has been cut. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wnr forties.
It is remarkable how- quickly horses
adapt themselves to the military ser
vice," said an old soldier. "Kvery ar
tilleryman knows that tbey learn tbe
bugle calls and the evolutions quicker
than the men, as a rule. They soon ac
quire a uniform gait, which is about
the same as what we call the route
step or the usual marching step. If
the horses did trot acquire the same
gait as the Infantry there would be
varying distances between the different
arms of the service that is, between
the Infantry aud the cavalry, artillery,
and the commanders and their escorts.
In the drills In the artillery service the
horses will preserve their alignment as
well as tbe infantry rank.
"I shall always remember one Illus
tration of this trait wbch I noted at a
very exciting and critical moment of
a battle during our civil war. In order
to save some of our Infantry from be
ing surrounded aud captured, the com
mander of one of our batteries quickly
mounted tbe cannoneers on the guns
and put the whole battery at a dead
gallop across a stretch of meadow
about half a mile wide I was quite
accustomed to such sights; but when
that dashing company was half way
across the field I noticed the inspiring
array, and for a moment was lost In
rapt admiration of the magnificent pic
ture. Every driver was iIying whip
and spur, the great gnus went rocking
and thundering over the ground, and
every horse, reeking with foam and
full of animation and excitement, was
straining every muscle as he galloped
forward, yet a straight line drawn
along In front would have touched the
noses of the lend horses in front of the
six guns. That was an avtillery charge,
oue of the most thrilling sights In the
evolutions of war.
"It is surprising how quickly horses
learn the bugle calls. Let the first
note of the feed or water call lie sound
ed, and instantly there will be a stamp
ing, kicking and neighing among tbe
horses. Once, during a terrible night
siorm in camp, our horses were seized
with such terror that those of nearly
every battery broke loose anil scattered
about. The next morning there was a
wild rush among the artillerymen to
capture horses for use. All was ex
citement, and the horses refused to be
caught. An officer ordered the bugler
to give the feed call. Horses from ev
ery direction came dashing In to that
battery, and the rush was so great that
It was with difficulty the men could
get out of the way of the eager horses.
"When It comes to a battle a horse
seems to know everything that is go
Ing on and the reason for It all, an
does his- duty uobly. He enters into
fbe spirit of a battle like a human be
ing. tie snows no tear of death, no
sign of being overcome by panic In all
the wild tumult of the battle's roar.
horse in one of our batteries during the
Murfreesboro fight was hit by a plei
of shell, which split his skull so tba
one side was loosened. The drlvt'
turned him lose, but he walked up to
the side of the gun and watched the
firing, and when a shot was fired
would follow It with his gaze as If to
note lta effect on the enemy. When a
shell would burst near by he would
turn his head and look at it. When he
saw the team he had worked with be
Ing driven back for ammunition he ran
to his old place and galloped back with
the rest. When an officer pushed lilu
aside to have another horse put in he
gazed at the new one with a most sor
rowful expressioin in his eyes. Then
he seemed to realize that the glory of
battle was no more for him, and he
walked away and lay down and died
The officer declared that it, was
broken heart, not the wound, that killed
him.
"During a fierce charge of Confeder
ate cavalry at Murfreesboro an officer
was killed and the cavalry driven back
The horse the oflicer had ridden was a
magnificent animal, and he had not
been taught to retreat. Riderless he
kept on his way, and as he dashed
through our battery the sight of him
was Indescribably grand. His nostrils
were extended wide, his eyes fairly
blazed and he clutched the bit deter
minedly with his teeth as he came on
like the wind, with his saddle flaps
flying until he looked as If he were
himself flying Instead of wildly run
nlng. Every one gave him room aa he
dashed toward us. An officer shouted
that he would give S100 to any one who
would capture tbat superb animal, but
all seemed too much bound up In ad
miration of the noble beust to make
tbe effort, and he sped on and disap
peared in the blue distances." New
York Sun.
1 First Union Prisoner Kxchanged.
Col. William Ayre. who died recent
ly at bis residence In Philadelphia, en
Joyed the distinction of having been
the flrst Union prisoner who was ex
changed during the rebellion. Karly
In that conflict he and several soldiers,
while on a reconnolterlng expedition,
had the misfortune to be surprised and
captured by a detachment of Mosby's
guerrillas. The prisoners were aent
to Llbby prison, from which Col. Ayrea
waa released through the Intervention
of Simon Cameron, then Secretary of
War, and an OM mend of bla, who se
cured bla freedom by an exchange for
a son of Alexander H. Stephens, tbe
Vice rreeident of tbe Confederacy.
Young Stephana afterward rejoined the
Confederate forces and was killed In
bult!u.-Exchange.
HOW A MAN MADE t7,0Oa
Tbe Chap Who Lost It Told If la Baas
am in a Cafe.
"Don't discuss your private business
affairs In a public place," said an old
Brooklynite to the New-forker who ap
proached him In a cafe near the City
IlalL Then the Brooklyn man, pointing;
out a real estate dealer, said:
"Talking about a business deal In this
very cafe cost that man $7,000, and the
money went into my pocket, too. Yon
see, he represented a syndicate that
wanted to build 011 some property la
which I was Interested as the owner of
one house and city lot. The agent did
not know me from a Canarsie clammer.
Well, he came in here with a friend-
one of the syndicate for luncheon 00
an afternoon in last July. They took
seats at this table. I sat at the next
one.
"I began to 'take notice,' as grand
mas say, when I heard the strangers
at the next table discuss quite loudly
a deal In relation to the property ad
joining mine. The agent had ordered
a fine layout for luncheon and was evi
dently well pleased with hig deal. He
eald to his friend:
" 'Well, I pulled off the trick for that
property at 219 Cheap street to-day.
The owner thought I was doing him a
favor. I started in at $15,000 and final
ly closed with him for $18,000. He bit
in a hurry. Why, the property is worth
$25,000 if it's worth a dollar to ua.
Now I must look for that chap that
owns 221. He'll be glad to get $18,000
for hiei house. It's lucky for us they're
not onto the fact that we want to buy
that entire block.'
"I didn't need to do any eavesdrop
ping, you see. That little speech of the
agent cost him exactly $7,000. You
can readily gness that I, as the owner
of 221 Cheap street, was not especially
anxious to sell after that. I kept Mr.
Real Estate man on the Jump for near
ly five months, and when I let up on
him I got my price, exactly $25,000. A.
neat little profit of $7,000 above what
I would have gladly accepted. So you
see the point of my remark to you,
'Don't discuss private business affairs
In a public place.' Now, we'll go to my
office, and I'll listen to your proposi
tion." New York Sun.
Henri Rochefort has employed Ws
prison leisure in writing a preface for
the edition of La Fontaine's fablea. Tbe
clever draughtsman, Caran d'Ache, la
Illustrating.
Mrs. E. S. Willard, wife of the En
glish actor, Is bringing out ber first ef
fort In the line of serious fiction. It Is
a story dealing wltlh the social life of
the Jews In Russia and is called "A
Son of Israel."
Before "Quo Vadis" was written Slea
klewicz was supposed to have mads
$500,000 by his pen. As that book baa
sold Into the hundreds of thousands,
after running as a serial, he must be a
good many thousands of dollars richer
to-day. . v. . . . t
Mrs. Wlggln's vivacious story, "Penel
ope'a Progress," will be published
shortly, and as it relates wholly to Scot
laud It is to be bound In Scotch plaid.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., In order to pro
cure" precisely the plaid which seemed
most fitting, have had It made especial
ly for this book at a factory in Glas
gow. -'"---r-w-t.-JT!
Frank Stockton's interesting "Pirates'
of the American Coast," which Is now
running In St. Nicholas. .will, after Ita
course as a serial, be Issued by the Mac
millan company under the title of
"Buccaneers and Pirates of Our
Coasts." The same publishers an
nounce for publication in the near fu
ture "The Loves of the Lady Arabella,"
an eighteenth century story by Molly
Elliot Sea well.
At last there la some likelihood of
Balzac's statue, executed by Rodin, be
ing erected, tbe site chosen being tbs
Place du Palais Royal. Why the delay
has been so great no one seems to
know, but It must be admitted that the
protests and complaints of the Sodete
des Gems de Lettres have not been
without grounds. However, tbe work
Is now finished, and represents Balsas
draped In his celebrated robe de cham
bre; and, though tbe sculptor has not
reproduced the features from any of
the numerous portraits tbat have been
published of the great novelist, It Is
viewed wltb great favor by many of bla
admirers.
The Theater Hat In Paris.
M. Blanc, the new prefect of police
In Paris, baa begun bla administration
by the Issue of a stringent ordinance
against women's high trimmed bate hi
tbe parquet and balcony Heats of tbe
metropolitan theaters. Tbe rule does
not apply to women In tbe boxes. Curi
ously enough, a similar rule was enact
ed at the close of the taat century by
tbe chief of tbe Parlalan police, whose
name waa not M. Blanc, but M. Nola.
Tbe same edict debarred all women,
except those of the aristocracy, from
appearing in theaters and places of
public resort with rouge on their
cheeks.
See. of Petroleum Down There.
It Is believed by oil experts tbat West
Virginia li underlaid by a aea of petro
leum. Tbe output of whits sand oil
for 1897 amounted to ever 18,000,000
barrels.
Worms la a Bast,
A strange Item la tks Bishop Burton
Church accounts for last year is: "Ts
tilling worms in the bust sf Joan Wes
ts?, U kilUiffc"