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Col. (Icorgn lnninn n civil eiisliiecr,
-who was nti engineer In Iho t'nlon
army with (Irnnt In front of Petersburg
In lSCI-lSOS, iih colonel of onslneers,
now engaged on some public work
near Illclnnonil, told tlilx story of U. S.
(Irani to a hroup of Confederate vr-t-ernns,
ox-olllcoiti, them recently.
In tho winter of ISfil n Capt. Ilanill
lon of tlio Confederate army was cap
tured within the Fcdoinl lines, and
(hero weic found on IiIh person papcrH
which clearly Indicated that he had
penetrated tlio lines for the purpose of
gaining Information for (Sen. I.ee. He
was court-martialed and waH at once
condemned to ho hanged at sunrise
the next day. Col. Hamilton, who wuh
In command of a cavalry regiment un
der Oen. (Irant, wns charged with tlio
duty of furnishing the detail which
wan to execute the sentence of the
court.
The night or the day on which the
coin t pronounced the sentence on Capt.
Hamilton Col. Hunan went to Oen
Grunt's lent to see til ni on u matte.
connected with the operations ugnlnst
the Confederates, lie had been in the
tent for Mime time when the oiderly
announced, "(Ml. Hamilton." A sol
dierly appearing olllccr enletcd anil
Kaluted. Ilefore (Jen. (Irant had time
to Hpeak tlio colonel Mild in hard
I ouch: "General. I cannot obey the
order to execute that spy to-mon.nv
morning.''
(leu. Giant started an If shot.
"Why ncit?" he said In Hluirp tones).
The rotonel was silent. He Htooil
with hared head dropped on his bosom,
(leu. (irnnt again asked him why lie
rofusod to obey IiIk ord"r. and tills
tlmo there was a sharpness In bh. lone
which was not there before. Col. Ham
ilton raised IiIh head and lonlced the
cornmniidor-iu-ehlof full In the face.
"General, that man Ih my only mw."
(ion. (Irant looked bin olllccr in the
fnce for a moment. Then he turned bin
'back. The colonel remained standing
and Hllcut, uncovered and hi bead
bowed. Then (leu. (Irant wheeled
around and said In a hsush voire
'ffau. cuutij
Colored Wonjn Willing to Suffer
4 Gold
"Negroes aru tooling nbotit gold
teeth," said a citizen who lives In the
old Fieneh (Janitor, "and recently I
have had this fact rather forcibly im
pressed on my mind. Some time ago
( had a ncgio woman working for me,
and one day she was telling mc about
a negro who had a gold tooth, and ie
mnikcd that she had tiled to got him
to give It to her II sounded so ridicu
lous that I :-'iRhed. "Why. boss,- she
said, 'that nigger's teeth Is better 11
mine. He ,les bad do gold slipped on
the outside, for ho done took it off and
showed it to me' And it was a fact,
too. It was just a thin and shiny cov
ering for the outer part of one of his
front teeth, .nd he used It because he
Iielicvcd It added lo the sweetness of
lila smile
"We have a new servant at our
bouse, a negro woman, and she is af
(lletod with the same mad Idea that
there Is nothing to equal a gold tooth
when It comes to winning favors
among the members of her nice. A
few days ago she brought a handbill
home which she had picked up some-
Crow Indians Wealthy
Tribe in Montana Owns Three Million Acrea of I,and
nnd nn Irrigation System
"The Crow Indians." snld .1 K lid
wards, who Is government ugen. tor
that tribe, In talking with a Washing
ton Times reporter nt the Ebbltt,
"have a magnificent reservation of
over 3,000,000 acres of laud In Mon
tana. I think Is about the best
reservation In the United States. They
want to soil 1,150,000 acres, and there
is a prospect of such legislation being
enacted by the present congress.
"There are about 12,000 of the Ciows
They cunio nearer maintaining the
purity of their Indian blood than any
other tilbe At the same time their
numbers an decreasing Consump
tion has done Its fell work among
them, and Its ravages continue. it
seems ntrango that they should be
such easy victims to this disease con
sidering the robust oilglnal stock and
tholr active outdoor life. Hut It U
trim that there Is no community, nor
race. In the world where the mortality
Is so gnat from tuberculoid- as among
these full-blood Crows. It In largely
duo, many think, to their Imprudence
In personal exposure and neglect of
slmplo rules of health.
"They have about fj'OO.OuO Imcst
ed In Irrigation facilities, and are
about tho most Industrious Indians la
the country, raising large crops of
wheat and hay. The older ones retain
many of tho primitive wns of the
aborigines, hut tho rising generation
Is copying tho civilisation of tho
whites."
A (ilniUtnntt IUruiil
It Is wry hard for any of uh to
rcallzo thut the woi-K'b treat men
How the Greoct
Commnndor
Nullified & Harsh
Order That Ho
Hev.d Given
"Col. Hamilton, you will obey your
ordcrfl."
Tlio colonel saluted and left (he tent.
Col. Ionian remembered that the
next morning the detail charged with
the duty of hanging the Hpy went to
tlio teat, mid when the sentry entered
It wiih found that there wan nobody
Inside.
About ten years afterward Col. In
111:111 was In San l'ranclHco on business
connocteil with his profession. Whllo
theio ho chanced to meet n Mr. Hamil
ton, with whom ho became well ac
quainted. Hamilton one day men
tioned that he w;ib In the Confederate
army and the relation of war experi
ences began. It came out that the Mr.
Hamilton was the Capt. Hamilton
whom Col. Hamilton had been ordered
to hang. There were questions from
Col. Ionian, of course, nnd the story of
the escape of the young Holdler was
brought out.
On the night before the dny on
which he was to be executed, he said,
after midnight, he was lying on the
blanket In ills tent, half. UHleep, for the
ilicunistnneos did not warrant heavy
sleep. He whh aroused by the entrance
of some one Into thu tent. A candlo
was burning dimly and lm saw before
him a hravlly built man with short
stubby whiskers, wearing a blue uni
form' without any Insignia of rank on
his shoulders a black slouch hat
pulled down over his eyes. He recog
nized Oen. Ornnt.
Tlio story docs not go Into details as
to tlio conversation which ensued. Tlio
result was that the condemned spy,
after there has been exacted a promise
that he would never again assume the
part which had so nearly cost him his
life, wait given tlio countersign which
would eiinblo him to pans the sentries.
Thou the mini In the slouch hat went
away.
And the man who was to have
hanged him nt sunrise did the Haiti c
thing, and before the sun was set was
within the Confederate lines. Now
York Journal.
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Pain hr the Sjlte of Posie$$iag
Tooth
whrro In the street. It had been scat
tcied broadcast by a local dentist, who
advertised the fact that he wns giving
to lively patient who called at his office
one gold (ooth. This caught Luclndy's
eye.
"I happened to be passing the kitch
en window and 1 saw huclndy before a
mirror, with her mouth wide open, nnd
she was making a clone inspection of
every tooth in her head. My wife had
nld something about the pretty, even
teeth the negro bad, but I thought
probably she bad tlio toothache.
Toothache, Lucindy?' I asked. 'No.
boss,' she replied, 'never has had
toothacho. Jes tryin" to nee which one
o' de.so teeth I'm gwlnter have pulled,
so I ean u'lt one of desn cold teeth.'
and she showed me tho circular which
sho had picked up in tho street. I
told her she ouuhl not to do It, and
sho seemed to be very much put out
about It:" Nesv Orleans Times-Democrat.
The hand of olflclaldoni cannot save
the world.
were once boys, and often mischievous
and fun-loving boys at that. Child
ren aro always delighted to hear of
some frolic Indulged in by home great
man when ho was a boy, and so they
will surely appreciate the following
Next door to Mr Gladstone's homo
when ho was a little boy lived a lady
who gave large evening receptions,
and during tho evening thero would
be many coachmen nnd footmen wait
lug outside. Gladstone and his
brother would go on the top Moor of
their house, armed with squirt guns,
with which they squirted the coach
men and footmen waiting In the street
below Henry Chaplin said tho way
In which the venerable statesman
chuckled at the recollection of these
youthful escapades wuh most amus
ing, lie suld that Mr. Gladstone be
came qulto convulsed when he pro
ceeded to tell him how delightful ha
and his brother were to hear the ser
vants expressing their wonder as to
whero the ralu camo from.
Mnrrlnuri! of Convlt U.
Marriages between convicts continue
to bo permitted in the Andaman Is
lands. Uist year the superlnteiuleiii
received sixty-eight applications foi
nuoh unions. Of these, four frco ana
thirty-two convlctB were sanctioned
and tho balance (thirty-two) weio re
tuned.
It was the brotherhood of man rather
thnn the sisterhood of tho sulnts that
Christ revealed.
BEAUTIFUL NIECE OF THE LATE JAMES G. BLAINE
MARRIED AT WASHINGTON.
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Miss May Gillespie Dlalnc. daughter of the late Robot t ntalne and a
nlcco of the lato James O. Illalno, 'Vas married to Mr. Oha.les Eppa Llps
cornh of Virginia at St. Peter's church In Washington In the presence of. a
lnrgo party of friends. Among tho guests weto Mr. .Tuiiie.i (5. Dlalne, who
camo over frorti Now Ygrk to bo present; Mrs. Harriet , Blaine Heale, who
hurried back from Cuba for tho same pin pose, and Oen. Copplngct and his
two children.
.Shortest Nnmo for Vend.
Tho Ea Is said to bo the shortest
name for a vessel In tho world. She
Is a Spanish steamer unxl reached
Philadelphia laden with Iron ore last
week nfter a voyage so rough that
threo of her sailors were Incapacita
ted by seasickness. Tho Ka was
named by n SpanirJi nohlcmnii after
his dniighter, Estnerelda. Sho belongs
to a lino that has set, in the matter
of short name, an example that other
lines are beginning to follow. The
Eolo, the Aro and the Orla arc sister
ships of hers. In all tho fleet there
is not a name that is more than live
letters long. Philadelphia Record.
Story of Cecil Ktiuriei.
Tho late Cecil Rho.ic? not only whh
a bachelor, but fought very shy of
tho fair sex. There is a story which is
told of him In this connection: While
on a visit to London Bcveru! years ago
ho dined at the house of a very
wealthy .ady of title. Later, when ho
was discussing the affair with his sec
retary, the latter asked, "And whom
did you take to dinner?" "Oh. I don't
know. Som lately Somebody," was
the reply. "Hut what did you call
her?" "Didn't call her anything
never spoke to her," replied Rhodc3.
I'liotngruphi of the Knlnr
The kaiser has ordered the distribu
tion of 1,000 copies of hlti photographs
mong the sailors of tho Oeriimn
.avy.
MILLIONAIRE LEADER OF THE REVOLTING SOCIALIST
PARTY IN BELGIUM.
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M. Van Uorvelde, tho leader of tho Socialist party In Belgium, who
was under arrest for a tlmo during tho recent rioting in Hrussols, although
an advocate of tho paitltlon of wealth, is. a millionaire. Ho Is a lawyer In
Brussels, Is a doctor of laws, and Is professor in tho school for higher
studies. Ho Is M yenrs old and has been "In Parliament for a number of
years, being for sovernl sessions tho youngest mombor. Ho Is one of tho
mast uctlvo men In tho Chamber, taking part energetically In all discussions,
and tho king's llerccst critic. Ills arrest was due to mistaken Identity, ami
after his release ho addressed tho mobs and asked them to desist from violence.
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A Cmrjr Itrlxlun Tmrn.
Ghecl Is a town nbotit thirty miles
east of Antwerp and about the same
dlstanco from tho Oerman frontier.
It Is unique, for there is no other
town in the world which can number
so many lunatics amongst Its Inhabi
tants. Thero aro some l.aOO demeuted
creatures within Its boundaries airl
they are not coiillncd within the walls
of any asylum, being perfectly harm
less. They Hvo In tho houses of tho
sane Inhabitants, with whom the gov
ernment inakej arrangements for their
keep, etc. Theie are four mental
specialists resident In Ohecl, who,
with tho assistance of four other men,
look nfter tho people of this curious
town.
Origin of "llonrymoon."
Very few people know the origin
of the term "honeymoon;" hut it
really Is derived from tho old Teu
tonic custom of drinking honey-wine
(hydroniel) for thlity days after mar
riage. It Is said that Attila tho Hun
died from tho effects of drinking "an
enormous quantity of hydroniel at his
marriage feast."
Vnciitlun lltnc
When Timothy Dwight resigned the
presidency of Vale university he said,
among other things: "I lay down my
otllte. not because I am old, Seventy
Is not old, but it Is the end of tho
btimmer time and vacation time has
come."
L'lillilhooil'ii I.mt Heller.
once knew all tlio lilnls that came
Anil ncxteil In our orchard truea,
Kur every (lower 1 had n name
.My frlriidH wcin woodotiucks, toads and
hofs;
I knew what thrived In jonder glen:
What plants would noothe u atone
lirulsn! In,---Oh,
t was very learned then
Hut that was very long "K"'
I knew the spot upon the hill
Where the elHckrrlicirli'H could lie
found
I knew the rustic nar Hie mill
Whrru jilckirei lay Unit weighed a
pound'
I knew tho wood -the Very tiee
Whero lived I tie pouching, nancy crow,
And all the woods and crows know mi
Hut that was vi ry Ioiik ago.
And pining for the Joys of youth,
1 tread the old familiar sixit
Only to learn this solemn 'ruth:
I have fm gotten, am forgot.
Vet there's this youngster at my kneo
Knows nil the IhlngH 1 used to know,
To think I once was wlie as lie!
Hut Hint was very long ago.
t know 'tis folly to complain
Of whalso'er the fatis decree,
Yet were not wIhIiih nil in vnlu
1 tell you what my wish would tic;
I'd wish to he n hoy again,
Hnck with the friends 1 used to know;
l'"or I was, oh! no happy then
Hut that was very long ago.
-nugeiiu Field.
What Hoy Should If no".
People differ as to how much a col
legiate education helps a young man
In n business career, some contending
that It Ih of the utmost Importance,
ithorn that he can get along without
It. As a matter' of fact, it depends
on .the young man himself, for while
a collegiate education can hardly be
called a hlndinnce, it might, in some
enses, givo a young fellow u foolish
pride that would make him hold him
self above the so-called drudgery of a
business life.
A very successful man, in speaking
of what n young man should know to
begin n business life in the right way.
Biimmnrlzcd the qiialllk-utlons about as
follows:
He should be able to write a good,
legible hand.
To spell all the words that ho knows
how to use.
To speak and write good English.
To write a good social or business
letter.
To add a column of figures rapidly.
To ntulco out an ordinary account.
To deduct lGVt per cent from the
face of tho account.
To lecelpt an account vhen It is
paid.
To write an ordinary receipt.
To write an advertisement for the
newspaper.
To write an ordinary promissory
note.
To reckon the Interest, or tho dis
rount. on the note for years, months
or days.
To draw up an ordinary bank check.
To take it to the right place in the
bank to get the money.
To mnke neat and correct entries In
lay-book or cash-book.
To tell the number of yards or car
pet required for the parlor.
To tell some thing about the great
authors, statesmen and financiers of
the present Him.
If, says the successful business man,
a boy can do all this. It Is probable
that he has enough. education to make
his way In the world.
Didn't C.'urn lu Trjr It.
Mr. Francis, Tabor, who is dhector
for several boys' clubs in New York
pity, always has a fund of Interesting
anecdotes on hand, tunny of which nre
actual experiences In his dally life. Tho
boya will enjoy this amusing experi
ence. One night at his club a young man
lounged in with his hands In his pock
ets and nu ugly look on his face. He
happened Into the checker room, and
3at down.
They began a game and tho visitor
failed to get a king.. Within an hour
ho was beaten ten games. It went on
this way for three nights without tho
stranger winning a single game. Final
ly he turned to the club member and
asked:
"Say, do you know the superintend
ent of this club?"
"Why?"
"Oh, n.iwthln, only I'm tt-goln' to
lick him. I've licked every superin
tendent this club has over had, and I
don't Intend to break my rule now.
Sco?"
"Well, you've got to fight hotter
than you piny checkers If you lick the
superintendent, and you'd better be
gin right ofr, becauso I'm tho man
you're looking for."
"I guess we'll break the rule this
time. If you can fight as woll as you
play chcckois I'm not In your class,"
wns the slow reply.
Mind Itradliiff.
Any number of people can join in
mind rending, and tho game Is both
Interesting and mystifying. A ring Is
formed, nil Joining hands, and there
must be two sitting next to each other
who know tho secret of tho game. Let
us call these two Alice nnd May. Alice,
who is introduced us a "professional
mind reader," leaves tho room, and
tlioBit remnlnlng choose any word, a
short one preferably. Tho object of
tho game. Is for Alice, who is Ignorant
of tho woid, to icturn and guess It,
and this may bo done by a slmplo little
trick so that It attracts no nttontlon
whatover. All aro told to closo their
eyes.- and think hard of tho word
chosen. Then Alice is called back nnd
sits down In tho circle, taking hold of
her accomplice's hand, as well as that
of her neighbor on tho other Bide. Then
very quietly May tnps Alice's palm
with her lingers, the tap signifying let
ters, tho first tap mcnnlng "a," the
second for "b," and so on. For In
stance, supposing the word was cat.
May would rap Alice's hand three
times, e being tho third letter of the
alphabet, and then pause for an In
Btant, so that Alice might undefltand
that was tho nrst letter. Then one
tap and n pauso would mean "n," nail
since "t" Is the 'JOth letter In tho nl
phnbet, Alice would enslly undorstand
20 tajis for "t." Thus any word may
bo spelled out, nnd It Is always a long
tlmo before the uninitiated "catch
on."
HMf-Hacrlnrlnc Hunctirno.
Mrs. Knugaroo has a big pocket, in
which she carries her young ones. It
is the coziest kind of a place for a lit
tle kangaroo, and sometimes you will
find a whole family of brothers and
sisters in tho pouch at once. "i
" However, this is not the only way
Mrs. Kangaroo has of carrying her
children. When hunters pursue her
she puts all her babies Into her pocket
and runs for dear life, but If sho feels
that the enemy Is gaining on hcriind
that sho is in danger of being captured,
she seizes one little one after unother
with her forcpavvs and hurls It out of
the pocket to one side of her pathway
as far as sho can throw It. Sho takes
care to do tills only nt times when tho
enemy Is not in sight. In this way sli'p
is relieved of the weight of tho young
sters, and she can run fnster.
At the same tlmo her motive is not
a selnsli one. She throws her babies
out In so skillful a munnur Hint it does
not hurt them. They are soft little
creatures, and when they land In a
brush heap they aic none tho worso
for it.' Tho hunter loses all scont of
the little kangaroos by this movement
on tho part of the mother, and, at tho
most, the pursuing party can capture
only self-sacrlllclng Mm. Kangaroo.
"lion Ijulxutn" Kjreglnt.
If you look at a candle flame through
a piece of very fine silk gauze stretched
over n frame of cnrdlsiard tlio llaino
will appear drawn out in four direc
tions, ut right angles to each other,
forming a luminous cross, the arms i'
which aro fringed with rainbow colors.
This is an example of what physicists
call diffraction, and Is of tho same
nature as the colored halos scon
around lights in a fog.
Now, this littlo experiment may bo
made very amusing by constructirijjf
of stout paper a windmill, or tho fa
cade of one, with a small nolo where
the arms should cross, and placing
within or behind It a lighted caudle,
with tho damn just behind the hole.
Then darken the room and call in
your friends to admire your windmill,
which glows dimly by transmitted
light.
If any one nsks where the arms are.
hand him your "Hon Quixote eyeglass"
that Is, the frame with the gauze,
uooklng through this, ho will see tho
arms resplendent with all tho eolof
of the rainbow, nnd the mill will turn
just as fabt as he rotates the eye
glass. (inine for "Slint-lim."
Shut-ins or others will find no little
amusement in the game of "Passing
People." The players one or more on
a Bide sit In a front window looking
out on tho sldewnlk at a time when
quite n few peoplo should bo passing
by. Tho passing people nre sort of
anlmnted playing cards. All personsV
going In one dliectlon count for one
side; those going in tho opposito di
rection count for the opponents. Tho
winning score Is no point.s.
A boy or girl counts two points. A
man or womnn counts one each. A
lame person ndds five to the svore, a
fat man count3 15, and a red-hnlred
girl Is good for 20 points. A short man
with a taller woman going by together
Ib game.
Every oog pnsslng by takes ono from
tho scoro; so Mint a man or woman
with a dog counts nothing.
A passing pollcemnu gives you mlnin
five. A man wearing a silk hat counts
three. A nursemaid with child counts
live. Threo men or threo women pnss
lng by together count minus three.
The Triullng Mmie.
The trading mouse, as ho Is called
in FlorldA, is n queer littlo follow with
n ttilo of conduct very different from
that of others of his species. When
ho carries anything away ho always
puts something In place of the artl-A
clo taken. This "exchanging" seems
to be tho business of his life, for ho
will carry off things of which ho can
make no use.
Ho may take away a finger ring
and put In Its placo some needs, or
carry oft a brooch or locket and re
place It with a number of shells. A
very lopsided exchange nt best, but
then ho may think wo cannot tell tho
dirfereuco between n beau and a
locket.
Wu In the Ink llolllo.
Mnrgnret, aged G, was making pic.
turca homo time ngo with pen nnd ink,
Bho mnilo a picture of a cat without
any tall.
"Whero Is the tall?" nnkoYvornmn
Sho looked puzzled for Vrulnuto
then Bho replied with a wise look: '
"Why, It's In the Ink liottle yot."
.es.i"V3ri.;-MiMJfc ttif a.