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Vw York Tribune.
It was a score or more years Ago
Hut an application was received at
,-.j.-tarfxecutive Chambers at Albany
fer the pardoti of a convict, one of
ohmo many alias was "Jack
JTkMM," front Auburn prison. Jack
had spent a large portion ot his Wo in
eaforced confinement and ,had well
earned the reputation of being one of
the mpsb desperate of unhung villains.
Hk ill-fame was knowa to the Govern
-. r ?i or, and accordingly lie opened the
application for clemency extremely
disinclined to interfere He very prop
erly felt that it would be a crime
against the public, a blow at peaco
and good order to turn loose such a
relentless foe of society. However, he
a-leo felt that it was his duty te eee
a what grounds the application was
based. The result was that on finish
Sag the papers he rang for the- pardon
clerk and directed that a document
should bo prepared for liis official
signature releasing Jack Flaml The
pardon clerk had also heard of Jack's
bad eminence, so being on excellent
terms with his chief, ho turned to him
aad remarked, with a face- the picturo
ef amazement:
"Js it posslblo, Governor, that you
are going to pardon so notorious a
character as Flaml"
"Yes," answered the Govornor
with a smile. "That's what "I'm go.
ing to do unless you interpose your
veto. After you've made out tho
pardon, glanca your eye over the ap
plication and eee if I haven't done as
you will do in similar circumstances
when you're Governor."
The pardon clerk promptly did as
he was commanded. Having made
aut the pardon, he eagerly read the
application; and when he got through
(he went into the Governor, and said
Sa an abashed way, as ho laid down the
' pardon for signature: "You couldn't
nave done anything else; that's the
meat irreeistible application for par
don that has ever met my gaze."
.The Governor smiled again, affixed
hie signature, find tile pardon was
nailed to Auburn. And yet nobody
had asked for the pardon of Jack
Flam except Jack hlmselil
But as the pardon clerk said, it was
an irresistible application. It bore
the signature of the Warden, the doc
tor and the chaplain of the prison.
They united in testifying that Flam's
conduct during his incarceration had
been in all respects satisfactory,
quite without reproach; that he
was a very sick man, worn to a skelo.
ton and sinklnit fast: that he was
the victim of an incurable disease.
It was a physical impossibility that
he ever would be well again; tho
chances were that he would dio with
ta a month, and it was the agonizing
desire of his venerable and heartbrok
en mother that he miaht have his last
hours soothed byhcrubidinueCection,
outside tho prison walls. The War
den dwelt upon Flam's fidelity and
efficiency In the dischargo oi his prison
duties. The doctor demonstrated
that he could not possibly recover his
health.
The Chaplain expressed his convic
tion that Flam was thoroughly asham
ed of his past and would dio in tho
faith. Nor were these tho only ap
plicants for Flam's pardon. The Dis
trict Attorney who bad convicted
hiai was another. Ho wrote that ho
was heartily in favor of his release,
that justice did not require that a dy
ing man should be pursued with the
rigors of the law. The ioreman of the
jury that found Flam guilty also
made an eloquent appeal in behalf of
the truly good dying felon, quoting to
.the Governor respectfully, but ntill
with the words underscored, "Hoshall
have justice without mercy that
showed no mercy."
As soon as tho mail train could car
ry it the pardon reached Auburn.
Tho Warden was paralyzed. Jack
Flam pardoncdl Great Scottt What
was tho Governor thinking of? How
ever, there the pardon was, duly sign
ed and sealed, and Flam stepped out
of prison a free man. Wasted to a
skeleton? Hardly. Ho weighed two
hundred pounds if he weighed five.
Tha victim of an incurable disease?
Incurable bosh he was as sound and
V tough as a hickory sapling. A re
formed man? Not to any extent that
the chaplain could appreciate.
A few weeks after Flam regained his
, liberty it chanced that the District
Attorney referred to came to Albany
on business. His business transacted,
he found he "had an hour at his dis
posal before it would bo time for him
to take the train for home. Accord
ingly he made up his mind to pay
his respects to the Governor. They
were warm friends and had a pleasant
chat. As the District Attorney rose
to go he remarked:
Governor. I am surprised that so
upright a Chief Magistrate should
have pardoned so consummate a ras
cal as Jack Flam."
"Well, tor cool impudence that
beats onythins I have ever heard."
laughingly renliedthe Governor. "Aft
er first beseeching mo to parden Flam,
you turn around and upraid me for
grantinc your request!"
This led to an explanation. Tho
District Attorney assured tho Gov
ernor he hud signed no application
for the pardon of FJam. The dumb
founded Governor rang for tho par
don clerk, and when he appeared ask
ed in an excited tone that the appli
cation for Jack Flam's pardon should
be brought to him. Takins the pa
pers the Governor hurriedly turned
to one of the letters, and placing a
fiager on the signature attached to 'it,
he handed it to the District Attorney
with the remark, "Isn't that your
autograph?"
Glancing at the writing the District
Attorney replied: "No. that hi not
,my.autograph,.but I'm bound to say
itrH an excellent imitation of 1U!'
Tableaul
A madder man than that Govornor
never existed, Five minutes later the
pardon clerk hurried td the telegraph
office with a dispatch, asking the au
thoritics of Auburn Prledn it they or
any of them had, ever signed an appli
cation for the pardon of Jack Flam,
The pardon clerk informed the opera
tor that the Governor would take it
as a personal favor it he would
"rush" it and request the Auburn
operatorto"rueh"tIieanswer.Thetwo
despatches were "rushed'coiwequent
ly in courseofhalfanhour the Govern
or was informed by telegraph that
nobody connected with the Aubuffl;
prison had ever asked, or ever con
templated asking, for the pardon of
Ja.clc,Flam. That was a clincher.
The adroit convict had "broken out of
Auburn, not with a crowbar, but
with a pen. He had released himself
from prison on forged papers. The
Governor looked at the pardon clerk,
tho pardon clerk looked at the Gov
em or. Then a detective was sum
moned. What had become of the brilliant
and audacious Mr. Flam? By dint of
patient inquiry the detective discov
ered, not Flam, but the residence of a
charmer to whom Jack was accus
tomed to devoto himself when ho was
temporarily out of prison. The charm
er's bower was in a back street in
tho lower part of Albany. The detect
ive managed to securo a room in a
house opposite Beauty'sbower, biding
his timo and kept his eyes wide open.
He watched and waited in vain threo
or four days. And then one morning
early tho front door of tho bower
opened, there was a tender leavo-tak-ing
on the threshold, and then a man
stopped out upon the pavement and
sauntered away.
As noon as the dotective sot his oyeB
on tho man he saw tho escaped pris
oner whom ho and tho Governor and
the pardon clerk wanted so badly.
A.mlnute later the detective and his
assistant, both dressed in citizens'
clothes so as not to attract attention,
were on Flam's track. The escaped
bird, unaware of tho net that was
closing about his feet, took his way
to the park that stretched in front of
' the Capitol. Reaching that park, he
sat down on one of tho wooden
benches within a Btone's throw of tho
Executive Chamber, whence thopardon
had been issued. The detective slow
ly approochod from behind, and al
most before ho know it Flam found a,
pair of handcuffs on his wrists.
"What does this mean?" he asked
of tho dotective with an air in which
amazement and indignation were
mingled in equal proportions. "Why
am I subjected to this indignity?"
"It's'no use, Flam," quietly answer
ed tho detective. "I know you and
what you've been up to. My name's
flow l take it you'll come
alone quietly, Iiko a sensiblo man."
"I'll go with you quietly on ono con
dition," Baid Flam. "1 claim that
you have no right tb arrest me, and
u you win promtso mo thut if called
upon by mo you will testify
that I made such a claim
and resisted arrest, that's all I
ask, and I'll give you no trouble. Un
derstand me as resisting; I'm not such
a fool as really to resist, for I have
no desire to be roughly handled. But
regard mo as resisting you."
Thodotcctivo promptly acceded to
Jack's request, and the two peacefully
firoceeded down tho hill. A few hours
ater they were on a Now York Cen
tral train bound tor Auburn Prison.
As they journeyed along, to relievo tho
monotony of tho trip, tho detcctivo
BUgcested that his companion would
explain how ho had so successfully
managed to put up so neat a job as
his escape.
"Yes, I think it was pretty neat,"
said Flam, "and I don't mind tolling
you, in confidence, how I worked tho
racket, for I know you're square.
During my trial my attention was
c&V.oil ono day to tho signature of tho
District Attornoy who tried me. It
was attached to some unimportant
paper. I made out to securo this pa
per without being observed, cutoff the
signature and destroyed tho rest of
the document. I put the signature
carefully away in my vest pocket and
transferred it to my mouth on enter-
ing Auburn, so that it would
not bo taken from me when my
clothes were exchanged for tho pris
on uniform. You see, taking time by
the forelock, I had formed my plan of
escape before my trial was finished.
I was sent up tor Iorgery.and thought
it would be a good joke all around if I
could get out on what put mo in."
"Sort of homeopathic like cures
like," suggested the detective.
"Yes, that was it, although I never
expressed it that way. Wel),to go on.
not long alter I entered the prison, I
was placed in tho office as I expected
to bo sooner or laterand given some
routine writing to do. Then I watch
ed my chances and went to work. I
carefully thought out in my cell at
night tho application for my pardon,
which subsequently reached the gov
ernor. I copied it with infinito troub
le, a sentence ono day, two sentences
to-morrow, and bo on until I had it
done. The district attorney's letter
to the governor wa8 in my own dis
guised handwriting, but I closely cop
fed the district attorney's signature,
and wrote over tho top
of tho letter 'dictated.' Tho
letter I palmed off as com
ing from the chaplain I wroto in what
i regaruea as a scnoiany hand, a lit
tlo cramped kind of a back-hand, and
not too easily read in places. I was
going to have his letters 'dictated' like
the District Attorney's, but it occur
red to me on reflection that the chap
lain's salary probably was not large
enough to Admit of his keeping a sec
retary. In the Warden's letter, which
I wrote iu a plain round hand, I put
one or two errors in spelling, for the
Warden was not a cultivated person.
1 'dictated' the doctor's letter on a
venture. Of course, I had no difficulty
in procurinthe signature of the War
den, for he had frequent occasion to
write his name in the office. I induced
the chaplain to give me his autograph
one Sunday in my hymn-book he ac-
ceded to my request willingly, being as
kind-hearted a man as I ever met. I
had. to ehatn .sickness for two or throe
dayrin order to get the doctor's au
tograph. I was a matter of two
months completing my task. I
breathed a long sigh of satisfaction as
I placed the application papers in an
envelope it took .e. a week to get
hold of that long white envelope and
wrote tho name of 'His Excellency
Governor, Albany, N.Y.onthe
back."
"Where did you get your postage
stamps?" inqulred-the detective.
"I didn't get thenf that's what
bothered me. But I concluded that
the chances were that a letter plainly
directed to the head of tho State Gov
ernment, a letter which looked as if it
might be an important document,
would reach him, stamps or no stamps'.
60 one day I tossed my unstamped
letter into a pilo ready for the post-man-and-awalted
developments. Ten
days later tho warden camo to my
cell one evening, with oyes bulging out
of his head with astonishment, and
informed me that he had good news
for me. 'Have I been pardoned?'
4 Yes,' said tho warden, you have been
pardoned. How in tho world, Jack,
was itever brought about?'
"I bit my lip to keep from laughing,
and ausworcd that I was awaro that
Beveral prominent and influential
Sersons had addressed letters to tho
ovornor asking for my pardon. I
felt delicate about mentioning to tho
Warden that ho was one of tho per
sons. Next morning I shook tho dqst
of tho prison of! my feet. The rest
you know. It I'd made a break for
tho West I'd been all right. But a la
dy friend attracted me to Albany."
That was the substance of Flam's
story. When the detective got
through telling it, I inquired what
was tho upshot of tho escape. How
many moro years did Flam get for
his queer crime?
"All the rest I can tell you in a few
words," said tho dedectivc. "Just
before wo reached Auburn, FJam turn
ed and remarked to me, in earnest
tones, that he would like to have me
do him a single favor."
"I should like to have voii after
leaving mo at the prison, proceed to
the law office of in Auburn, and
inform him under what circumstances
you returned me to prison."
"I saw no reason wiiy I should not
grant the prisoner this favor, and I
did grant it. Tho result was that lio
was discharged from prison, on a
writ of habeas corpus or something of
that sort. You see that the pardon
was genuino, although the applica
tion for it was not."
He Had an Offset.
From tho Ionia (Midi.) Mall.
A hired man who has been employ
ed on a farm in this county for sever
al months cnterod suit against his
employer the other day for balance
of wages, amounting, as he claims,
to $32. The suit was on trial before
Justice recently, and it look
ed at first as if tho plaintiff had a
clear caso. He gave dates and figures
in a straightforward way and seemed
a very honest young man. '
When the farmor took th e stand
he said: "I claim an offset for that
$32. No man need 0110 mo for what
I honestly owe."
"What is your offset?" asked tho
lawyer.
"Ho'b an unbeliover."
"In what?"
"Why, in tho Bible."
"What has that to do with your
owing him $32?"
"It has a heap to do with it. I had
six hands in my employ, and wo were
rushing things whei T hired this man.
IIo hadn't been with us two days
when they stopped the reaper in tho
middlo of tho forenoon to dispute
about Daniel in the lion's den, and
in three days we had a regular knock
down over tho whalo swallowing
Jonah. The man who run tho mower
got to arguing about Samson, and
drove over a stump, and damaged tho
machine to the tuno of $18, and tho
very next.day my boy broke his leg
while climbing tho fence to hear and
see tho row which was started over
tho children of Israel going through
tho Red Sea. It wasn't a week beforo
my wife said she didn't believe Elijah
was fed by the ravens, und hanged if
I didn't find myself growing weak on
Noah and his flood. That's my off
set, sir, and if he was worth anything
I'd sue him for $1,000 besides."
A Story of Bonanza Kings.
They were talking of old bonanza
days in Virginia City. Hb had been
a newspaper man there in tho excit
ing days when Fair nnd Mackey knew
more of the bowels of the earth than
they did oi the surface. They always
knew a great deal about the people
in the earth, though, and managing
deals was a matter that few could do
as well as Mr. Fair especially. This
newspaper man related a little inci
dent that I don't think ever appear
ed in print.
"John Mackey," bo said, "was nev
er much of a manipulator. Ho was
a miner, and always wanted to go
straight at things. One timo Fair
went oil and left Mackey to run
things. They were drifting in the
Union Consolidated, and in making
three different drifts which formed a
triangle, they came on stringers of oro
on all Bides. John Mackey, like a
miner, immediately camo to the con
clusion that there might be a large
nouy 01 ore in the center or there
abouts of that triangle. IIo immedi
ately started straight in toward the
middle. There was some excitement,
of course, in the stock, brtt as thoy
went on with no indications of a body
of oro interest began to die out, ana
they got through without finding any
thing. Fair got back and the first
thing he did was to start a drift at
an acute angle, in the direction the
Btringers pointed. He camo on a
small body of $00 rock. He tried a
deal, but he couldn't mako it go.
'"John, John.' he said to Mackey.
'you've knocked the stuflin out of
the mine. Why didn't you keep the
center of that cround a mystery till
we'd given the boys a deal.' "San
Francisco Chronicle.
ALOFT IN CLEARER AIR.
EriJsylnft4fcSyiPaTka -ef "Cetham
What the Reefs et the Tall Tene
ment Are te the Dwellers Within.
Providence Journal.
The baby seemed tp be making for
the edge of the root as fast as very
rapid locomotion on its hands and
knees covdd carry it there.
"No, nol Come here, pet," said tho
mother calmly, and tho infant halted
and tben'turned'and uaUlown. -
What a place for a baby that ws
on tho roof of a six-story tenement
house in Baxter street, tho tallest
houso in the neighborhood, with a
viewsomewhat recalling aceno on
the Rhode Island coast, with hero and
there a black roof to represent tho
inky boldors, hero and there a puff of
steam to suggest the clouds of spray
made by the conflict of tho waves and
rocks, and nil around the white and
pale blue expanse of the upper air.
"Aren't you afraid to let your baby
play around hero?" I inquired of the
mother,, she and tho infant and I be
ing the only ones up there, and I not
only feeling the polite necessity of say
ing something, but being really curious
to know how a mother could let a
baby out of her arms in ouch a place.
"Why should I bo afraid?" she in
quired: "I was as good as born and
brought up hero on this roof, and no
harm came to me ot it."
"Roofs aren't to the poor what they
are to tho tich," she continued, seeing
the look of inquiry1 in my face, in. all
probability. "I was born in this
house, and when I was a little wee
thing my mothor, God rest her soul,
used to bring mo hero for tho
fresh nir in fine weather and tho
cool breezo in the summer.
When I was a little girl 'twas hero
that I camo after school to play at
store and house and with my doll
and little playmates. When I got
big enough to be allowed to sit up a
little late at night here I still came,
to see tho lads and youngcirls at their
merriment, dancing and courting and
flirting and singing and entertaining
one another. And do you know it
was a feather in tho cap of a boy or
girl to bo here, and is yet for tho mat
tor of that, for you'll nover find tho
wayward or tho wild up hero once
thoy have yielded to tho life of tho
streets. And when I got to be cash
girl and later yet, when I went really
to woric to help my widowed moth
or, taking a placo in a factory, it was
still hero that I camo for most of my
play and good company. Ah, that
may seem strango or very dull to you,
but that is tho best of my recollec
tions, for everything good that over
camo to me, outside of monoy and the
comforts of the church, came to mo
here on this selfsame roof.
"'Twas hero that I learned to
danco, to tho music of tho accordion
that him who is now my husband
could play better than any boy in tho
ward. Night after night, in all the
fine weather.John would come uphere
and play for tho cirls ot the houso and
our friends of tho neighborhood, and
when there were boys enough wo
would danco with them, and when
there were not each girl would tako
another and bo partners. It is just
tho ramo now. Any night eight
months in the year, you'll find some
of them here, dancing nnd sparking,
and the old iolks sitting about,
keeping half an eye on the young ones,
whom they pretend not to see at all,
though lor that mutter when you
have children they are seldom off
your mind, in Bight or out. You'd
think, maybe, they'd be afraid, danc
ing on the edge of tho sky like this.
Not a bit. I never gave a thought to
tho danger, and I don't uupposo they
do. Well, hero John courted me, and
when wo were encaged by his asking
mo right there where you're sittinc,
we thought to have a nice party down
stairs in mother's room, and so we
did, but really the best party of tho
two was when we were making the ar
rangements, and all our fritnds met
hero and we had tho best timo of all,
with dancing and beer, and Miko
Cronan and his fiddle, and some of
the best singers from tho church hap
pened in.
"I wonder if you understand what,
a tenement roof really is. For in
stance, it's all the yard we have, and
it's divided up so that it rightly bo
longs to ono floor that's two fami
lieseach day in the week, excepting
Sunday, tor them to hang up their
wash. Woll, some practically never
use it, for the good reason that all
tney wasu they can nang in the open
niuuuwa ui wits Kiicuun. ouiiis usb n.
only 'about once a month and some
hang the whole air full of linen each
week. But it belongs to a different
flock every different day, and no ono
would think of using it for clothes on
any day but their own without ask
ing permission. Each family puts up
and takes away their own clothes
lK.Dsa each day, and, mind you. even
then the soot of the city's smoke
Gathers on them that fast that
they must be wiped before clothes
are hung on them. Then, again, do
you see those boxes of earth around
the edgo yonder? They also belong
to the different tenants, and in the
summer one vies with the othpr to
boo who'll keep theirs tho greenest.
Somo never have any luck In growing
things, und the best of the boxes don't
amount to much, owing to the heat
of the sun above and the tin below
drying up the little earth there is in
them, but it is pretty much all that
many a tenement child sees of the
country the first few years. I was
twelve years old before I ever saw
more than the City Hall Park and the
Battery Park, and then when I went
up into Westchester County to my
uncle, who has a farm, I had enough
to do to tell all thoso who wanted to
know what the country was really
like.
"Then here's where many of the men
in the tenement sleep all through tho
hot weather. Yes, it is the biggest
and the best bed-room wo have when
the sweltering heat comes, and the
women would be glad to make use of
it for the same purpose if it was con
sidered right for them to do so. On
such nights the windows are thrown
open back and front, and the women
and children that are too young to be
trusted make tho best ot what
draught there is, white the men, wlt,h
a-pillow.and.a,b)ankotor.sometimeq
with nothing at all but their regular
clothes and an old coat rolled up un
der their heads, turn m on the roof
untiHt's that thick witlnnen that an
bid soldier onco told mo it reminded
him of the dead in the trenches on a
batttofield where he was in the war.
But before there's any goes to bed at
all, every ono in the house sits tin
there to cool off, nnd I
really think in all the year those aro
tho happiest. hoursvwo, poor,, people
ever spend.
"They oven had a death on the roof
a few doors below last summer. It
was a poor old German gcntleman.anu
ho was very low and sinking when
thoy brought him up.thinking it would
rovive him, which it did, poor man,
but it was in tho other world ho felt it.
Nothina bad like that ever cair.6 to
this roof, and I am glad of it for some
would always bo thinking of it, and
tho place would not bo tho same after.
But wo've had a little ol everything
else, I'm thinking, and to mo it's tho
best place there is and the ono where
I have lived tho best hours of my life,
child, girl and woman."
His Duty.
Military discipline implies a satrt
fico of all tho natural emotions. A
man who follows tho profession of
arms must not only bo prepared to
leave homo and friends at the "call of
duty, but ho must renounce at tho
outset all thoughts of his own com
fort or wollbeing. He is no longer a
freo individual; ho is tho servant of
tho State.
During the siego of Gibraltar, its
governor, General Elliot, was ono day
making a tour of inspection, when ho
.came upon a German soldier, who,
though standing at his post, neither
presented arms, nor oven held his
miiBkot.
'Do you know me, sentinel?" in
quired tho general. "Why do you ne
glect your duty?"
"I know you well, general, and my
duty also," was tho reply; "but with
in tho last few minutes two of tho fin
gers of my right hand have been
shot off, and I am unable to hold my
musket."
"Why don't you go and have them
bound up?"
"Because in Germany a man is for
bidden to quit his post until ho is re
lieved by another."
The general instantly dismounted.
"Now, my friend," said ho, "give-mo
your musket, and I will relievo you.
Go have your wounds dressed."
Tho soldier obeyed, but went first
to tho nearest euard-house, whero ho
reported that the general wasstanding
on duty in his place. His injury un
fitted him for activo service, but tho
story of his sou rage soon reached
England, and ho was made an officer.
Detecting Counterfeits
Feeling,
by
From the Kansas City Sfnr.
A bank cashier snys that the best
way to tell a counterfeit bill is by
sound and feeling. "Take a bill firm
ly between the thumb and index finger
of your left hand and pull it quickly
through your fingers like this. Now
listen to tho sound it makes. It is
not just like rubbing silk, and neither
does it resemble apapersoundclosely.
It's a noiso that is too peculiar to
admit of a description."
"Do they make counterfeit paper
so like the original that you can t tell
tho difference?"
"You can't toll by looking at it.
It i3 only by tho sound nnd touch.
Now listen to tho sound made by
this counterfeit $20 bill. You see,
that's a slick noise, something Iiko
pulling glazed or oiled paper through
the fingers. A child could tell the
difference between that bill und a
genuino one. But look at it and you
will think your eye is on something
that would pass muster for 20 worth
of Groceries."
"Who taught you this business?"
"Oh, my first lesson was given by
an old man who has been all over
this country and Europe teaching tho
business. He has in his possession
over a thousand specimens of counter
feits. He obtained them from tho
authorities of the different Govern
ments. Ho has no peer in the busi
ness, and every expert m the country
owes his knowledge to this old man'
Troops In Ireland,
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Ireland always absorbs a very largo
portion of tho military forces at
home, and just now there are some
200 more troops there than twelvo
months ago. Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar has command of about 27,
300 officers and men, with 3,000
horses and 30 guns, the whole being
divided into three commands. In tho
Beltast district, under Major General
Wiseman-Clarke, there are 4,300 o Ul
cere and men, and 450 horses, con.
stituting a regiment of cavalry, 300
artillery-men,' four battalions and
threo depots of infantry, and, a pro
portion of departmental troops, In
the Dublin district there are about
14,000 men. 2,000 horses and 28 field
guns, forming three regiments of cav
alry, six batteries of "artillery, threo
engineer companies, fourteen battal
ions and three depots of infantry,
eight companies ot the commissariat
and transport corps, and two divi
sions of the medical staff. In the Cork
District, where Major General Steven
son commands, there are two cavairy
regiments, seven batteries ot artillery,
an engineer company, eight battalions
and two depots of infantry nnd a new
departmental troop, making up alto
gether 8,800 officers and men with
1,000 horses and 24 field guns. Tho
present total of troops in Ireland is
the nearest approach to the 30,000,
which is tho highest record of recent
years.
A ROYAL. ROMANCE.
Prince Oscaret'Stoeden Forfeits His
Right te the Crown by a Love'
Match.
At Stockholm, in court circles, tho
question of peace or war excites con
siderably less interest just now than
the royal romance that has culminat
ed In the engagement of Princo Oscar
Charles, second son of the King of
Sweden, to a young lady othis nation
ality, bubiioc. of .royal blood, The
Crown Princess of Sweden who is a
daughter of tho Grand Duke of Baden,
and granddaughter of Emporer Will
iam of Germany, had amongst her
maids of honor a young Swedish lady,
Misa Munck, known for her beauty,
grace and charming manners. .
Butalthoush of noble birth, Miss
Munck-waspoor and an orphan. Her
father, Colonel Muuck, had left her a
long lino of ancestors all gallant sol'
diers, but little money. EventiiaTTy
MisS Munck, yielding to tho pressing
adviceof her friends, accepted an offer
of marriage from a wealthy young of
ficer belonging to a crack cavalry reg
iment, and everything was prepared
for the wedding. Tho day was fixed,
thotrousaeau was bought and thopres-ents-had
arrived, when suddenly Miss
Munck broke off the engagement for
reasons which convinced her that she
did not possess tho exclusive affec
tions of her Buitor. She resisted all
attempts at reconciliation and re
tired from the court for some time.
When sho returned her former high
spirits had gone and her face wore
an expression of melancholy, which,
howuver, enhanced her beauty consid
erably. .
Meanwhile Prince Oscar had been,
for a two years trip around tho world
in the royal Swedish frigate Vanndis.
Shortly after his return his friends dis
covered that ho was in love nnd tho
fact likewise became evident to
Miss Munck herself. She could
not fail to bo sensiblo ot the admira
tion of tho gallant and handsome
young Bailor prince; but what was to
be done? According to tho Swedish
constitution, any princo marrying
outside tho circle of royalty forfeits
his rights to tho throno and his privi
leges as a member of the royal family.
Miss Munck, listening to what sho be
lieved was tho voice of duty, again
left the Swedish court. She announc
ed formally to her lelatives never to
marry and assumed the garb of a.
nurso and tho charge of a ward in one
of the large charity hospitals of Stock
holm. Prince Oscar at last succeeded
in meeting. her and finally after it
long struggle ho wrung from hor tho
confession that she loved him. Still,
tho brave girl refused to marry him
and it was not until tho Princo could
tell her that tho Queen-Mother had
been moved to givo her consent that
finally she yielded.
But tho King's sanction had yet to
bo obtained. In vain did Prmce
Oscar at first plead that as his broth
er the Crown Prince hud already two
sons his own chance of over ascending
tho throne woro practically nil, ami
that he therefore, ought to be allowed
to abandon the privileges of royalty
and to become a private citizen, but
as time wore on and the King saw his
son could not he influenced in the
matter, his Majesty was induced ta
yield, principally owing to tho entreat
ies of the Queen, who was on tho evo
ot undercoing a surgical operation,
from which sho was not expected to
recover. The King could not resist
this appeal from' his beloved wife,
whom he feared he was going to lose,
and thus for tho first time for 800
years a princo of Sweden will marry
tho daughter of a private gentleman
Tho Princo in futuro will' be called
Bernadotti. He retains, however.,
his rank and command in tho Swedish
army, which ho has earned through
various coursos of promotion.
The Origin of Beer.
Ale was the sole titlo oi male liquor
until the reign of Henry VIII., up to
which time tho employment of hops a
an ingredient in tho beverage was un
known in England. In tho year 1524,
or thereabouts, tho uso of hops was
introduced from Germany, and to dis
tinguish the new kind of malt liquor
from tho old, the German name beer
was adopted, and with an infinitesi
mal change of spelling, became part of
our language. Germany, in truth, is
the native land of beer, and nowhere
in tho world is it treated with such
special honor. In Germany the drink
ing of beer is not, as with us, a mere
means of carnal refreshment, but par
ticularly, among tho students of the
universities, is elevated to the dignity
o! a cult, familiarity with whose ritu
al is deemed an essential branch of a
liberal education. We remember to
havo seen, appended to a recipe of M.
Franratelli's for somo specially seduc
tive beverage, the recommendation,
"Stir and drink devoutly." This is
precisely the mental attitude ot the
German student in relation to beer.
He drjnks devoutly; indeed, it might
bo almost said, parodying the famil
iar Oriental phrase, that in Germany,
"there is no God but beer, and the
student is the prophet." ornhill
Magazine.
The March of Science.
Puck.
" Are you interested in the newest
discoveries in science and in the in
ventive arts?" asked Mr. Knowall of
Miss De Pork, a Chicago girl.
"O, yes, indeedl" she replied enthusi
astically. "I am so interested in
anything of that Kort. Why, do you
know that when my papa first went
into the pork business he had to kill
all his pics by hand, one at a time;
and it was dreadful tiresome, sticking
three hundred or four hundred a day.
But, now he has machines that sim
' plify and beautify the work bo that
they kill and scald and scrape and cut
up thousands in a day at his pork
packing parlors, as you would say in
Boston; and the work is done beauti
fully. You must go with me and seo
some it day; its just lovely!"
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