y "T- MhK I he fmillHr imar of
I I bundle Dr. Tulmage show in thin
V sermon the flunr which KO to
mafce np niuii'it earthly and heavenly life;
tea. I. Hsmnel xir., 21), "The soul of my
shall he bound in the hundle of life
with the Lord thy God."
Beantiful Abijrsil. i her rhyihmle plea
for the row up of her inebriate husband,
wha died within ten day, addresses Da
rid the warrior in the words of the text.
Rie miKKeHlg that hi life, physically and
Intellectually and spiritually. I a valuable
package or bundle, divinely bonnd up and
to he divinely protected.
Tlint phrase "lu'Tolle of life," I heard
many time in my father's family prayers.
Family pruver. you Know, have frequent
repetition, because d:i. ty rlay they ac
knowledge alsiut the smi.o Messing end
deplore ahont the name fraiilos and sym-
palhixe wilh about the Mine misfortune
and I do not know why those who lead at
household devotions should wk variety
.111..,. ..-a,.,,.. l
cjf i nniio.-i ' nm. j iiki iiiitiiiiui m oi-i ...
cumin I he household lil ttriry. I w ould not
give one of my old father' prayer for
fifty elocutionary supplication. AkhIii
and at-niii. in the morning and evening
prayer, I heard the request that we might
all lie hound up in the tniudle of life, hut I
did not know until n few diijs ago that
the phrae wn a Bible phrase.
Now. the more I think of it the hctter 1
like It. Bundle of life! It in Kiich a aim-
pie and unpretending, yet expressive com
psirioii. There is nothing like grandilo
quence in the Hcriptures. hile there are
many suhliine passages in Holy Writ,
there are more passnge homely and drawing-
illustrations from common observa
tion and everyday life. In Christ's great
errnons you hear a hen clinking her
chickens together and see the photographs
of hypocrites with a sad countenance and
hear of the gms of the Held, and the
Mack crows which our heavenly father
feeds, and the salt that worthless, and
the precious stones flung under the feet
of swine, and the sliifiing sand that lets
down the house with a great crash and
lieiir the comparison of the text, the most
iinpoctical thing we can think of a bun
dle. Ordinarily it is something tossed
bout, something thrown under the table,
aomething that suggests garrets or some
thing on the Jioiilder of a poor wnlfarer.
But there are hundle of great value, bun
dles pot up with great caution, bundle
the loss of which means consternation and
despair, and there have been bundles rep
resenting the worth of a kingdom.
During the hist spell of cold weather
there were bundles that attracted the at
tention and the plaudit of the high heav
en bundle of clothing on the way from
comfortable homes to the door of the rnis
ion room, and Christ stood in the snow
bank and said as the bundle passed:
"Naked, and ye clothed me. Inasmuch
a ye have done It unto one of the least of
these, my brethren, ye have done it unto
me." Those bundle are multiplying.
Blessings on those who pack them! Bless
ings on those who distribute them! Hle
lugs nu those who receive them!
It 1 a I'reeiou Hundle.
With what beautiful aptitude did Abi
gail, In my text, -ak of the bundle of
life! Oh, what n precious bundle is life!
Bundle of memories, bundle of hoies,
bundle of ambitions, bundle of destinies!
Once in a while a man writes his autobi
ography, and It is of thrilling Interest.
The tory of hi birthplace, the story of
bit struggles, the story of hi suffering,
the tory of his triumphs! But If the
autobiography of the most eventful lift
Were well written it would make many
chapters of adventure, of tragedy, of
comedy, and there would not lie an unin
teresting tep from cradle to grave.
Bundle of memories are you! Boyhood
memories, with all It injustices from
playmate, with all it game with ball
and bat and kite and sled. Manhood meiu
rlea, with all your struggle in starting
obstacles, opiHisitions, accidents, misfor
tune, losses, auceesse. Memories of the
Brut marriage you ever saw solemnized, of
the first grave you ever saw opened, of
the first mighty wrong you ever suffered,
of the first victory you ever gained. Mem
ory f the hour when you were affianced,
memory of the first advent in your home,
memory of the roseate cheek faded and of
blue eye eloed ill the Inst sleep, memory
of anthem and of dirge, memory of great
pain and of slow couvalecen-e. memory
of time w hen all things were against yon,
memory of prosiicritica that came In like
the full tide of the sea, memories of a life
time. What a bundle!
I lift that bundle to-day and unloose the
cord that hinds It, ami for a moment you
look in and see tear and smile and laugh
ter and groans and noonday and mid
night of exiH-rienee, and then I tie again
the bundle with heartstrings that have
aome time vibrated with joy and anon
been thrummed by linger of woe.
Bundle of Iiom- and ambitions also I
almost every man and woman, especially
at the starling. What gain he will har
vest, or what reputation he will achieve,
or what bliss he will reach, Or what love
lie will win. What make college com
mencement day so entrancing to all of ua
as we see the student receive 1 heir diplo
ma and take up the garland thrown to
their feet? They will lie I'araday In cl-em-e;
they will lie Tennyson in poesy;
they will lie Willard I'nrker in surgery;
they'wi I be Alexander Hamilton In na
tiopal finance; they will lie Horace Gree
ley in editorial i liuir; they will be Web
aler in the Senate. Orhc will Ik- a Mary
1.1 on in educational realms, or a France
Willard on i-efoiinalory platform, or a
Helen Could lii military hospital. Or she
will make home life radiant with helpful
am and self sacrifice ami magnificent
v otiuitilioiid. Oh. what a bundle of ho'
and iinibilloiis! i i n bundle of garland
and scepiers fiftu which I would not lake
mm sprig of iiiiguoucilv nor extinguish
one spark of brilliance. Tbey who start
life without bright hope and inspiring
ambition might a well not start at all.
for every step will be a failure. Rather
would I add to the bundle, and if I open
it now It will. not be because I wih to
take anything from it, but that I may put
Into it more coronets and bosanna.
The Power to Think.
Bundle of faeultiea in every man and
every woman! Tower to think to think
of the past and through all the future, to
think upward and higher than the highest
pinnacle of heaven, or to think downward
until there ia no lower abysm to fathom.
Power to think right, power to think
wrong, power to think forever, for, once
having begun to think, there shall be no
terminus for that exercise, and eternity
itself shall have no power to bid It halt.
Faculties to love filial love, conjugal love,
paternal love, maternal love, love of coun
try, love of God. Faculty of judgment,
with scale so delicate and yet so mighty
they can weigh arguments, weigh emo
tions, weigh words, weigh heaven and
hell. Faculty of will, that can climb
mountains or tunnel them, wade sea or
bridge them, accepting eternal enthrone
ment or choosing everlasting exile. Ob,
what it is to lx- a man! Oh, what It Is to
lie a woman! Sublime and infinite hundle
of faculties! The thought of it staggers
me, swamps me, stuns me, bewilders me.
overwhelms me. Oh, what a hundle of
life Abigail of my text saw in David, and
which we ought to see in every human,
yet immortal, being!
Know, also, that thi bundle of life was
put up with great care. Any merchant
and almost any faithful householder will
tell you how ninth depends on the way a
bundle is bound. The cord or rope must
he strong enough to hold, the knot must
be well tied, ion know not what rough
hands may toss that bundle. If not prop
erly put together, though it may leave
your hands in good order and symmetrical,
before it reaches its proper destination it
may lie loosened in fragments for the
winds to aeatter or the rail train to lose.
Now, I have to tell you that this bundle
of life is well put together the body, the
mind, the soul. Who but the omnipotent
God could bind audi a bundle? Anato
mists, physiologists, physicists, logicians,
metaphysician, declare that we are fear
fully and wonderfully made. That we are
a bundle well put together I prove by the
amount of journeying we can endure
without damage, by the amount of rough
handling we can survive, by the fact that
the vast majority of us go through life
without the loss of an eye, or the crippling
of a limb, or the destruction of a single
energy of Itody or faculty of mind. I sub
poena for this trial that man in yonder
view TO or SO years of age and ask him to
testify that after all the storms and acci
dents and vicissitudes of a long life he still
keeps his five senses, and, though all the
lighthouses ns old a he ia have been re
constructed or new lanterns put in, he ha
in under his forehead tile same two Inn
terns wilh which God started him, and.
though the locomotive of sixty years ago
were long ago sold for old iron, he has the
original power of locomotion in the limbs
with which (iod started him, and. though
all the electric wire that carried message
twenty-five year ngo have been torn
down, his nerves bring messages from all
parts of his body a well as when God
strung them seventy-five years ago. Was
there ever such a complete bundle put to
gether as the human being? What a fac
tory! What an engine! What a mill
race! What a lighthouse! What a loco
motive! What an electric battery! What
a furnace! What a masterpiece of the
Mrd God Almighty! Or, to employ the
auti-climax and use the figure of the text.
what a bundle!
I Properly Directed.
I.' 1.... .I.;- - ...
rvuow aiso inai iuis uunuie or lire la
proierly directed. Many a bundle has
missed it way and disapieared because
the address has dropped and no one can
find by examination for what city or town
or neighborhood It wa intended. All
great carrying companies have o many
misdirected packages that they appoint
day of vendue to dispose of them. All
intelligent people know the Importance of
having a valuable package plainly direct
ed, the name of the one to whom it is to
go plainly written. Baggage master and
expressman ought to know at the first
glance to whom to take it.
Thi bundle of life that Abigail, in my
text, speak of is plainly addressed. By
divine pcnmaiiMnip it i directed heaven
ward. However long may he the earthly
distance it travel, it destination i the
eternal city of God on high. Kvery mile it
goe away from that direction ia by aome
human or infernal fraud practiced agaiuat
it. There are thoae who put it on some
other track, who misplace it in some
wrong conveyance, who oend it off or end
it back by ome diabolic miscarriage. The
value of that bundle i o well known all
up and down the universe that there are a
million dishonest band which are trying
to delain or divert It. or to forever atop
It progress In the right direction. There
are so many influence abroad lo ruin your
body, mind mid soul that my wonder is
not that so many are destroyed for thi
world and the next, but that there are
not inure who go down IrremediaMy.
10 very human being I assailed at the
start. Within an hour of the time when
thi bundle of life ia made up the assault
begin. First of all, there are the Infan
tile disorders that threaten the body Just
launched iikiu earthly existence. Starlet
fever and pneumonia, and diphtheria
and Inlliienzns, and the whole pack of epi
demic surround the cradle and threaten
it occupant, and infant Moses iu the ark
of bulrushes wa not more imperiled by
the monster of the Nile than every cradle
I imperiled by ailment all devouring. In
after year there are foe within and foe
without. Evil appetite joined by outside
allurement. Tempt a I Ion that have ut
terly destroyed more people than now In
habit the earth, (lunbling saloons and
riimmcricN, and place where dissolute
ness reign upreme, enough in number
lo go round and round and round the
earth. DIcourgeinent, jealousies, re
venges, malevolences, disappointments,
swindle, arsons, conflagration nlll cruel
tie which make continued existence of
the human race a wonderment. W any
valuable bundle ever o imperiled a thi
bundle of life? Oh, look t the addre
and get that bundle going In the right
way! "Thou shall love the l-ord thy Hod
wilh nil thy heart and soul, and mind and
strength," Heaven with ita twelve galea
alaudiuf wide open with invitatlou. All
the force of the Godhead pledged for onr
heavenly arrival if we will do the right
tiling. All augeldom ready for our ad
vance and guidance. All the lightning
of heaven so many drawn words for our
protection. What a pity, what an ever
lasting pity, if thi bundle of life, so well
bound and so plainly directed, doe not
come out at the right station, but becomes
a lost bundle, cast out amid the rubbish
of the universe!
Value of the Bnndle.
Know also that a bundle may have in It
more than one invaluable. There may be
in it a photograph of a loved one and a
jewel for a carcanet. It may contain an
embroidered robe and a Dore's illustrated
Bible. A bundle may have two treasures.
Abigail, in my text, recognized this when
she said to David, "The soul of my lord ia
bound in the bundle of life with the Lord
thy God," and Abigail wa right. We
may be bound up with a loving and sym
pathetic God. We may be as near to him
a ever were emerald and ruby united In
one ring, a ever were two deed in one
package, a ever were two vases on the
same shelf, a ever were two valuables in
the lamp bundle. Together in time of sor
row. Together in time of joy. Together
on earth. Together in heaven. Close
companionship of God. Hear him, "I will
never leave thee nor forsake thee." "For
the mountains shall depart and the bills
be removed, but my kindness shall not de
part from thee, neither shall the covenant
of my peace be removed, saith the Iiord
that hath mercy on thee." And when
those Bible author compared God's
friendship to the mountains for height and
firmness they knew what they were writ
ing about, for they well knew wbnt moun
tains are. All those lands are mountain
ous. Mount Hermon, Mount Oilboa,
Mount Gerizim, Mount Engedl, Mount
Horeb, Mount Nebo, Mount Pisgiih,
Mount Olivet, Mount Zlon, Mount Mo
rinh,' Mount Lebanon, Mount Sanai,
Mount Golgotha, Yea, we have the di
vine promise that all those mountains
shall weigh their anchorage of rocks and
move away from the earth before a loving
and sympathetic God will move away
from us if we love and trust him. Oh, if
we could realize that according to my
text we may be bound up with that God,
how independent it would make us of
things that now harass and annoy and
discompose and torment us. Instead of
a grasshopper being a burden a world of
care would be as light as a feather, and
tombstones would be marble stairs to the
king's palace, nml all the giants of opposi
tion we would smite down hip and thigh
with great slaughter.
A God away up in the heavens is not
much consolation to us when we get Into
life' struggle. It is a God close by, as
near to ua as any two articles of apparel
were near to each other in that bundle
that you sent the other day to that shiver
ing home, through whose roof the snow
sifted and through whose broken window
pane the night winds howled. It was
sanctified ii-ony and holy Rarcasm that
Klijah used when he told the idolaters of
Baal to pray louder, saying that their
god might be asleep, or talking, or on a
Journey, or gone a hunting, but our God
is always wide awake, anil always hears,
and is always close by, and to him a whis
per of prayer is as loud as an archangel's
trumpet, and a child's "Now I lay me
dowu to sleep" is as easily heard by him
as the prayer of the great Scotchman amid
the highlands when pursued by Lord
Clnve rhouse's miscreants. The Covenant
er said, "O Iord, cast the lap of thy cloak
about these children of the covenant." and
a mountain fog instantly hid the pursued
from their bloodthirsty pursuer. I pro
claim him a GimI close by. When we are
tempted to do wrong, when we luive ques
tion of livelihiKd too much for ns, when
we put our darlings into the last sleep,
when we are overwhelmed with physical
distress, when we are perplexed about
what next to do, when we come into com
bat with the king of terrors, we want a
God close' by. How do you like the doc
trine of the text, "Bound in Ihe bundle of
life with the Ixrd fhy (iod?" Tliauk you,
Abigail, kneeling there at the foot of the
mountain uttering consolation for all
ages, while addressing David. No wonder
Unit in after time he invited her to the
palace and put her upon the tbione of his
heart as well as upon the throne of Judah.
Will He Welcomed in Heaven.
Know also that this bundle of life will
be gladly received when it come to the
door of the mansion for which it was
bound and plainly directed. With what
alacrity and glee we await some package
that has been foretold by letter; some holi
day presentation; something that will en
rich and ornament our home; some testi
mony of admiration and affection! With
what glow of expectation we untie the
knot and lake off the cord that holds it to
gether in safety, and with what glad ex
clamation we unroll the covering and see
the gift or purchase In all Its beauty of
color and proportion. Well, what a day It
will Is? when your precious bundle of life
shall be opened in the "house of many
mansions" amid saintly and angelic and
divine inspection! The bundle may be
spotted with the marks of much exposure.
It may hear inscription after inscription
to tell through what ordeal it ha passed.
I'erhupa splashed of wave and scorched of
flame, but all it ba within undamaged of
the journey. And with what hout of
joy thp bundle of life will be greeted by
all the voices of the heavenly home circle!
Oh! I cannot tell you how I feel about
It, the thought i so glorious. Bound up
with God. Bound up with infinite mercy.
Bound up with infinite joy. Bound up
with infinite purity. Bound up with in
finite might. That thought I more beau
tiful and glorious than wa the heroic Abi
gail, who at the foot of the crag uttered
It "Bound in the bundle of life with the
Ixird thy God!"
Now, my hearer and reader, appreciate
the value of that bundle. See that it is
bound up with nothing mean, but with
the unsullied and Immaculate. Not with
a pebble of the shifting beach, hut with
the kohinoor of Ihe palace, not with some
fading regalia of earthly pomp, but with
the robe washed and made white In the
blood of the Iianih. Pray as you never
prayed before, thai by divine rbirography
written nil over your nature, you may be
properly addrced for a glorious destina
tion. Copyright. INtW.
Charity. The eburrh la not n cbat lta
ble Instil uilon. Charity I Incidental,
Dot fimdiiiiicntal, Id the cliurcb. Ha
business I lo help people to help them
nclve by developing la them the beat;
working out their salvation, I. e., tlialr
Character, according to the law of de
Tdoptnent, and saving; them and their
world, not from anything oeceaarl!y,
tint ti all that I itiwm! anil trwm Rav
I Wm Rndor flolUfreSfatlonallsl Hmm
Francisco, OaJ.
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
Bow th Bora of Both Araale Whlled
Awav Life la taaap-Foraaxiaiai Ks
perlcace, Tlreaone Marchea Thril
ling t-cenea on the Battlefield.
sOL. CHARLES MARSHALL,
Uwho was chief of staff to General
Robert K. Ie, contributes to the
Sunday Inter Ocean the following ver
sion of the famous surrender to Grant
ou April 9, lHtJ5, which he calls 'The
True Story of Appomattox." It Is the
first authoritative account of the his
toric event written by a Confederate
officer of high rank having confidential
relations with Lee:
There Is one very Important matter
I wlah settled at the outset. It la this;
General Lee did not meet General
Grant In the McLean house on the
morning of April 9, 18!I5, for the pur
pose of then and there effecting a sur
render of his army. On the contrary,
It was simply for the purpose of bear
ing Grant's terms. As a matter of fact,
if they had not suited General Lee he
would not have accepted them, but
Grant's offer was so liberal, so mag
nanimous, and so chivalrous that It
was accepted forthwith.
I wish to have another matter under
stood before beginning a consecutive
narrative of the surrender. This is In
regard to General Horace I'orter'B
statement, made repeatedly, orally and
In writing, that General Lee offered
bis sword to General Grant. I take ex
ception to this statement. Lee never
offered Ills sword to Grant and the lat
ter never refused It. I was with the
great Southern chieftain from the time
he greeted Grant In the McLean bouse
uutll he rode away, and the only time
tuo mention of a sword was made was
when Grant njKlogIzcd to Lee for his
dress, explaining that it was not pos
sible for Itlin to get access to his bag
gage and at the same time keep the
appointment. The terms of capitula
tion expressly excepted side arms, and
In view of that fact It would have been
a most unusual procedure for General
Lee to have offered his sword to Grant.
These matters are unimportant in them
selves, but It is well for tlio sake of
history to have them cleared up.
After the disaster of Sailor's creek
In April. lSfiTi, tlio army, reduced to two
;-orps under the command of General
Lotigstreet and General Gordon, moved
through Fannvllle, where rations were
issued to some of the starving troops
A close pursuit by the overwhelming
army of General Grant made it nes
sary to remove the wagon trains liefore
all the men could lx; supplied, and the
re lima nt of the great army of ."southern
Virginia, exhausted by light and star
vation, moved In the road to Appo
mattox courthouse.
Ou I lie afternoon of April 7, lSti.
General Grant wrote to General Loe
stating that the hopelessness of further
resistance was apparent, and asking a
surrender of the army of Northern Vir
ginia. When this letter was received
there was some difference of opinion
among the general officers as to the na
ture of the reply to lie made lo General
Grants letter, some thinking It. was
yet sssllile to save fho remnant of the
army. Finally, however. General Lee
decided to meet Grant, and I was di
rected to draw up a communication to
that effect. This Is the letter General
Lee signed:
"April i, ISthi. General: I have re
ceived your note of this date, though
not etitertjiiiilng the opinion roil ex
press of the hopelessness of further re
sistance on the part of the Army of
Northern Virginia: I reciprocate your
desire to avoid useless effusion of blood,
and therefore, before considering your
proposition, ask the terms you will of
fer on condition of surrender. Very re
spectfully, your obedient servant.
R. K. LKE, Genernl."
It was not until the next day that a
n ply w as received to this lttl er. Grant
siaied flint he would Insist upon but
one condition; this was that tiie men
and officers surrendered should be dis
qualified to take up anus against the
United Slates, until properly ex
changed. Even after this rorr-sMmlcnce Gen
eral Lee did not abandon Iioks of suc
cessfully extricating himself from the
dilemma. The army had been In
straits almost as deplorable. The march
was continued April 8. with little inter
ruption from the enemy. n the even
ing we halted near Appomattox court
house, General Lee intending to march,
by way of Campbell courthouse,
through Pittsylvania county, toward
Danville, with a view of opening com
munication with the army of General
Joseph E. Johnston, then retreating be
fore Oenerul Sherman through North
Carolina. General Lee's nirxse waa
lo unite with General Johnston lo at
tack Shornum or call Johnston to his
aid lu resisting Grain, whichever
might la- found the better. The ex
hausted troops were helled for rest
near Appomattox courthouse, and the
march was resumed at 1 a, m.
We made our simple toilet, consisting
mainly of putting on our caps and sad
dling our horses. Somelaxly had a
little i-or ii iiii-n 1. and somebody else had
a tin can, such ns Is used lo hold watisr
for shaving. A lire was kindled and
each man in his turn, according to rank
and seniority, mnilc a can of oatmeal
gruel mid was allowed to keep the can
until the gruel became cool enough to
drink, General Loe, who reposed as
we had done, not far from us, did not,
an I remember, luivo even such re
freshments as I have described.
As soon ns wo all had our turn at
the shaving can we rode toward Appo
mattox courthouse, when the sound of
guns announce! that Gordon had al
ready begun lo attempt to open the
wajr.
He forced hla war through the caval
ry of the enemy, only to encounter a
force of Infantry far superior to his
own wearied and starving command.
He informed General Lee that It waa
lmpoHMible to advance further, and it
became evident that the end waa at
band.
General Lee bad written Grant, atat-
lng that be would meet him at 10
o'clock the morulng of April 9, on the ;
old stage road to Richmond. Attended -
by myself and one orderly, Lee pro
ceeded down this road to meet General
Grant. General Lee, with an orderly
In front bearing a flag of truce, had
proceeded but a short distance after
passing through our rear guard, when)
be came upon the advancing enemy. I
rode forward to meet a Federal officer,
who turned out to be Lieutenant Col
onel Whlttier of General Humphrey's
staff, and who delivered to me General
Grant's reply to General Lee's letter,
declining to discuss terms of a general
pacification. I took this letter to Gen
eral Lee, who at once dictated to me a
letter to Grant, asking an Interview
for the purpose of discussing terms of
surrender. Colonel Whlttier took this
letter to Grant.
General Lee then returned to the
front, and with General Longstreet pro
ceeded to a small orchard and there
waited for Grant's reply. As he was
much fatigued, a rude couch was pre
pared under an apple tree, upon which
he reclined until the appearance of a
flag of truce and Grant's affirmative
reply. Colonel Babeock, who brought
the reply, told General Iee that he hud
been sent to make any arrangements
for the meeting that General Lee de
sired within the Federal or Confederate
lines.
General Iee directed me to accom
pany him with one orderly, and, imme
diately mounting his horse, rode with
Colouel Babeock toward Appomattox
courthouse. We passed through an in
fantry force In front of the village,
and General Lee directed me to find a
suitable place for the meeting. I rode
forward and asked the first citizen I
met fo direct me to a house suitable
for the purpose. I learned afterward
that the citizen was Mr. McLean, who
had lived on the battlefield of Bull Run.
but had removed lo ApHmattox court
house to get out of the way of the war.
McLean conducted me to a room in his
own house, and I sent back the orderly
who hud accompanied me to dl.ect Gen
eral Lee and Colonel Balx-ock to the
house. They came in presently, and
Colonel Babeock said that, as General
Grant was approaching on the road in
front of the house, H would only be
necessary for him to leave an orderly
to direct him to the place of meeting.
General Ixe, Colonel Babeock, and
myself sat In the parlor for about half
an hour, when a large party of mounted
men arrived, and In a few minutes
General Grant came into the room, ac
companied byhls staff and a numlier
of Federal officers of rank, among
whom were General Ord and General
Sheridan.
General Grant greeted General Lee
very civilly, and they engaged In a
conversation for a short time about
their former acquaintance during the
Mexican war. Some other Federal of
ficers took Mirt In the conversation,
which was terminated by General Lee
saying to General Grant that he had
come to discuss the terms of the sur
render of his army, as indicated In his
note of fhat morning, and he suggest
ed lo General Grant to reduce his p opo
sitlou to writing,
General Grant assented, and Colonel
Parker of his staff moved a small table
from the opposite side of the room and
placed it by General Grant, who sat
facing (Jeneral Lee. When General
Grant had written his letter in pencil
he took It to General Lee, who renin til
ed scaled. General I-e read the letter
and called General Grant's attention to
the fact that he required the surrender
of the cavalry as if tbey were public
horses, lie told General Grant that
Confederate cavalrymen owned their
horses, and they would need them for
planting a spring crop. General Grunt
at once accepted Ihe suggestion.
The terms of the letter having been
agreed to, General Grant directed Colo
nel Parker lo make a copy of It iu ink;
and General Lev directed me to write
Its acceptance. Colonel Parker took
the table upon which General Grant
had becu writing fo the other side of
the room, and I accompanied him, and
after he had finished copying the letter
I sat down at Ihe same tnble and wrote
General Ijce's Hcceptunce.
When General Grant had signed the
copy of his letter made by Colonel
Parker and General Lee had signed the
answer. Colonel Parker handed to mo
General Grant's letter and I handed to
htm General Lee's reply, and the work
was done.
When General Lee returned to his
lines a large number of men gathered
around lilin, to whom he announced
what had taken place and the causes
that had rendered the surrender neces
sary. Great emotion was manifested
by officers and men alike, but Lee main
tained admirably bis self-control. Al
though the surrender was a fearful
blow to him, he did not wince.
Mark Twaln'B Search for a Word.
A little story nbout Mark Twain.
The humorist gives exceeding care to
coniMisltion. He sometimes rewrites
an article a dawn or more times, study
ing the whole range of syntax to give
precision and lucidity to a thought,
says M. A. P. For some fourteen rum
mer lie lived at Quarry Farm, near
F.lmlra (he home of bis sister-ln law
Mrs. Crane. One day be disappeared
and no truce of htm was found until
at dinner-time be reappeared at the
house. "Where In the world have you
been all day?" lie was asked. "I have
Ihm'U hunting - for a word," re
plied Mr. Clemens In that drawl pe
culiar to him. "And wbnl's more,
I've found It, too," he added.
WHEN AN AXLE BREAKS
Bow Dasaaaasa VahUUa Oat to tfca
Repair Shop.
The common way of getting "
i tele to the repair shop when as Mria
breaks close to the bob, aa It vmmBj
does, la in the case of a rear axle, to fat
a piece of jolat or other timber frota
the nearest convenient place, mako fcto
forward end of It fast to the front axle,
and lot the other end mill under th
broken axle, whicili rests upon M, tba
end of the Joist drugging on the pave
men behind. Thus supported, aay
the New York Sun, tihe broken end of
the axle Is kept clear of the pavement,
but not so high a it would be U io o
der and with a wheel on ft, and so tba
vehicle thus drawn off to the shop boo
a decided sag.
A better way of getting the vebtda
with a broken axle to the shop, and oae
often used on heavier vehicles, such aa
coaches and large ' wagons, is to make
fat to tihe liroken ajcle a short aectioti
of axle with a wheel turning an it.
such as rejiair wSiops keep ready for
sin ue; wheels of different size, aa
front wheels ami rear wheels, turning
on a short lcugtih of axle, which is ae-
crured to Ihe broken axle by meana of
clips. This temixwury wheel may per
haps be of a different color from tbe
other three, but it holds the vehicle up
to its usual level, keeps it from racking,
and by this means ft is drawn easily
and safely to the shop.
It may be, however, that for Uie
very largest vehicles such spare wheels
and axles are not kept; and, In tbtit
ca.se, this vehicle would be got to the
shop In the same way as the lightest of
vehicles, but with the use of rather
heavier materials. Thus, when the
rear axles of one of those long four
wheel trucks, such as are now used for
the transportation of ponderous iron
beams, was broken off at Dtie wheel, the
axle was mipported on a long, square,
heavy stick of timber, the forward end
of which was secured to the front axle,
To raise the rear axle up to about Ms
ordinary level, blocks were placed le
twecn its under side and the top side of
the timber. From the under side of the
end of the timber, as it dragged over
the paving stones, little smoke wreaths
now and then floated out. Kven with
no load at all the weight of the massive
truck was so great fuid liore so heavily
upon the snpiKH-tiiiig timber that the
end of the tiinlver, where H dragged
upon the ground, liad been worn down
almost to a iwlnt and it was almost set
afire by the friction as it was dragged
uloiig.
Mountain ltailroads.
There has- been no State in the Union
as fortunate in the matter of accidents
as Colorado, so far as her passenger
traffic is concerned. This is something
marvelous, too when on; takes into
consideration the fact that there is
more crooked, winding roads In the
State than, in any other in the Union.
There are more up-grades and down
grades and lapping over than on all
the rest of the lines of the country com
bined. Away back in the past, when the
projectors and promoters of the Union
Pacific suggested to Congress that It
would be possible to climb over the
mountains and band the continent with
rails of steel, the members of Congress
laughed and told in long sipoeches of
the folly of such an undertaking. Not
very fur back in the history of Colo
rado, when the Klo Grande proposed to
pierce the mountain fastnesses, many'
of the citizens derided the Idea and
suggested that others could ride in a
train up over mountains If they wished
to, "but not me."
But the Union Pacific found its way
safely through the mountains, and so
did the R1o Grande, ami so have sev
eral other roads. They carry the traf
lic across the backbone of the conti
nent and do not report as large a per
cent, of loss of life as the air lines on
the broad prairies. The secret of the
safety of immntalii roads lies In the
fart that the best equipment is used,
mid the greatest care exercised in the
running of ttiains. two facts which
guarantee so fety. Denver Times.
Flag- Hiat Flo ts Over Morro,, .
Few American flags have a more In
teresting history than attaches to the
banner which was flung to the breeze
over Morro castle, Havana, on New
Year's lny. It first flew over the Coi n
Kxchange National Hank, Philadel
phia, when the famous Corn Exchange
regiment of volunteers was organized
for the war of the States. It flew over
the bunk during nearly the whole of
the war and was then secured by t lie
late ex-Unllod Slates Senator Alexan
der G. CattcJI, then an officer Of the
bank. He took It to ills residence Hi
Merchant vllle, N. J., and sion-d it away
us a sacred thing. While President
Grant was visiting Senator Cattell he
raised the historic banner to a pole
over the Senator's mansion an act
that added materially to the historic
value of the slurry emblem. After
thnt the flag was again stored away
as a prized relic. When cx-,Seiialor
Cattell died It was practically forgot
ten until George W. Algor procured It
from the estate and presented It to the
government for tbe purpose to which
It was put at Havana.
Unique Verdict of Coroner.
A correspondent sends the London
Chronicle the following unique certifi
cate, given by n Welsh coroner on the
deutli of n woman: "Fell Into the
Glnmorgandilre canal, whereby she
'lied, and, being of unsound mind, did
kill herself." This Is nearly as good
ns the verdict once rendered by an old
time HiifTnlo coroner, who found thai,
his "subject" died "from Intemperance,
chronic asthma and the visitation of
God."
It Is the experience of the women
that It i easier lo have the grip twice
limn to slay well, and nurat a man
W ho uaa iloutth.
