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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1903)
n rwira ; * ( * l-t ? ; t , . ti I" ! _ 3 Ltur uiuuiL Jil cwi . - . Cll LOVE AMD FICKLE FO'RTU/NE. / 5- " [ Hi ! girlvus very pretty aud II daintily dressed. Jack Grainger , * sitting bchide her in the part , had every facility for studying her closely , lie was puzzled by the sad , harassed look on her face , which he thought had no business to be there at all. It was a lovely .June evening , but the part was rapidly thinning , for the inevitable din ner hour claimed society for Us own. So absorbed was Grainger in contem plative sludy thai , mirable dictu , lie had forgotten about that all important func tion. Presently the chair ticket man cnme along and stopped before the girl. "Have you paid yet , m'm ? " "No , " she answered. "Otic pemi3' , please. " She fumbled in her pocket , but no purse made its appearance. "I'm afraid I I haven't I've left tt "Allow me , " put In Jack , seizing tho welcome opportunity. "Most awkward , of course , " he went on , not noticing her deprecating gesture. "I really see no olher way out of the difficulty , " and he settled the matter by paying for them both , while the ticket man walked on , his face wreathed in inscrutable smiles. "An old trick , that , " he thought , as he strolled along , "though there's many a marriage the outcome of it an' the likes. " "It Is really good of you , " said she girl at last , "but rather than be under any obligations to you I would have much preferred to pay another da3' . " "A pleasure at any lime to help a lady out of dillicuitles , " answered Grainger , delighted that the ice was broken. "It's so easy to forget your purse , too. I never bother ui3'self with such Impediments. Much safer to car ry your moue3r loose in 3rour pockets ; don't you think so' : " "If you have ai > 3''es , " replied lhe girl , smiling in spite of herself and tracing little patterns in the grass with her parasol. "Rather an odd remark , " thought Grainger. "IDr er , perhaps your pocket has been picked ? " he ventured at last "No. " "Lost your purse ? " She shook her head. "Forgot it ? " "Oh ! how dense you are , " she ex claimed , almost petulantly , "j'ou men never seem able lo realize that we women can be 'hard up' although we present a fairly respectable appearance. Now , does not another possible con tingency occur to you other than what you have guessed ? " Jack thought for a long while , but his brain could not rise to the solving of such a riddle. Impecuuiosity was as foreign lo him as are the tropics to the polar bear. "Then you must shame me to an ad mittance , " she answered. "Oh ! " put in Jack , at last beginning to realize the truth , " 3rou don't mean , 3rou can't mean that you haven't got { tt "Yes , " she whispered , and her e3'CS- filled with tears as she gulped down a sob , "in spite of all all this , " and siv made a pretty gesture , indicating her dainty clothes. "Wheugh. " whistled Jack , softly , "well I'm- - ; " he didn't say what he was , but whistled again. She hartiiy realized why she had tak en this man , u total stranger , even thus far into her confidence. But there was something so kind , so sympathetic In his face something different from other men. "Have you no friends , no relatives in town ? " asked Grainger at last. " 1 know no one. " " "Then what are you going to do ? " "I don't know. " She began to or. ' 'Come , " said Jack , cheerily , "there is always a silver lining to every cloud. Perhaps I can help you. Tell me all ubout it. " "My father and mother died a j'ear ago. leaving me with scarcely any money , " began the girl , "and until a monlh ago I remained In my Devon shire home. My slender resources be gan to eke out , so I came to London to see if I could get employment as i governess. Luck has been against me , " and I have now some to the end of my resources. That's all the wholo thing in a nutshell , " she concluded bit terly. "I noed not go Into details. You will understand what I have gone through. The girl Hushed scarlet with shame at such an exposure. Her pride and self-esteem were wounded , too. The irony of it struck him forcibly. "I'm I'm awfully sorry , " he said at last , awkwardly enough. "It's fearful it ly hard. " ill Their eyes met. Her face was still flushed , and there were tears in her voice and eyes as she smiled and said : "Thank yon for saying that. You are ' * . " so sj'inpalheth to The words , ( hough slight in them selves and so simply uttered , carried a world of meaning. Grainger etured vacantly across the road again. What a sweet face she had. Why T should fate be so cruel to one with whom Nature had dealt so generously. Who , to look at her , would have thought such cruel poverty was hers ? Daintily , ou charmingly dressed not a penny in the world ! Well , he couldn't leave her without doing s.mielhing. ry "Look here. " he said at last , "here is Iftk m3r card. " He handed it to her , at the same time steadily avoiding her glance. "If at any time you should be in diJIi- 1 cullies , er well , er come and look me up. And er , oh hang it , " he exclaim ed , "it's no use my beating about the bush , I'm going to lend 3'ou live pounds. " The girl crimsoned , but shook her head. "Impossible I don't know when I could repay you. " "Then may I ask what you intend do- Ing and how you are to pass the night ? " "I don't know , " she murmured. "Nor do I , unless 3-011 accept my loan. I must insist , " he said earnestly "Par don my saying so. but I think it is folly to refuse. Consider it a loan that 3-011 can return at any distant date 3rou like. " She had taken the card and placed it in her pocket "We are all , some time or other , vic tims of circumstances , " he began again : "consider thai your lime has now come , " he c.included banteringly. "You you are very good , " she whis pered.Vli3' ! how do 3ou know lhal my tale Is true , or that " "You are unkind , " he put in quickly. "Must I tell you what I see in your face and eyes. They spell " She motioned him to desist. "Tell me another time If we ever meet agai Since necessity demands that I must submit to , I I " "Then you will accept the amount ? " "Necessity saj's yes , " she answered. ! softly. They strolled lo the corner in silence- . "Don't forget when you are in trou ble , " he began , "lo " "I shall always remember.- words of mine can thank you. Please don't follow me to see where I go. Promise me ? " | "Yes , I promise , " he said , raising his hat "Good night. " "Good night. " He watched her walk quickly down Grosvenor place , then went to his club , lie knew he had fallen in love at first sight "Another season come and gone Jack , " said his uncle , a solicitor or the | s old school , "and you not found an hcir- ess. 1 still stick to my bargain. Th day you marry a girl with 10,000 I " . 'eave all to , \ ou. " "Well , who knows what mav hap- pen ? " answered Jack , pointing to tue personal column of the Daily Argus. "I see 3'ou've got that in again. He indicating the following : ' "If Miss Majorie G. Blakeley will call on Messrs. Jollup & Grainger , So licitors , 53 Gray's Inn. she will hear ol > romething to her advantage. " i 'Yes , " answered his uncle , "I thought Vd have another try. It's been in nine \ times. Say , the girl's an heiress to iOw something like I'bO.uuu , and she may b < > starving for all we know. Jack , I ' expect great things if she calls , " con at cluded Grainger's uncle , as he left the re office far lunch , leaving his nephew in their private sanctum. ( Jack often wondered what had be II come of his forlorn little friend he had illI' met in the park. He had tried every /ossible means of finding her where abouts , but was unsuccessful. He had constantly hung about the park , but ' " uad never seen her. She had never been \V VS3 to see him , but he was not very sur S3v prised at this. lie knew she was the \v soul of honor and that the loan of r hami would be returned at the earliest oppor mi : tunity. His thoughts were suddenly in terrupted by the abrupt entrance of the \V office bo3 * . "A Iad3' to see Mr. Jollup W sir. " fn : fnHi ' 2\iy \ uncle's oct , " answered Jack , Hi "but show her in to me. " IS In another moment the girl whom In- had befriended entered. "You can go. " said Grainger to the ba office imp , who wre grinning at his of look of astonishment. The b03r vanish ed. For a few moments neither spoke. in "Yes , " began Jack , at last , rather lawi awkwardly , "can I do anything for wi 3'ouV" > She unfolded the Daily Argus , and o\ Indicating the paragraph , quietty in formed him that she was Majorie G. " 01 Blakeley. iis "Why , " gasped Jack in astonishment , ) f "we have been trying to lind you foi ) three months. Did you know that 3roui clc uncle who lived in Australia , for whom 'or we are acting , died four mouths ago , sei and left you all his money ? " Pic She shook her head. io ioI " It it is true , then ? " she asked tremulously. ve "True ! I should think It Is. The ad ib vertisement has been the Daily Argus ill nine times. Have you only just seen Wfl " WflI ? I She nodded ; then said , "I have been els in hospital for six weeks. What 1 rn went through before I met 3Tou told on ric me at last , and I had to give in. " ind "At the very time I met you In the rel park , " went on Jack. " 3-011 were entitled ihi r > 0.000. The Irony of it. " soi "You were very , very good to me , " vas she said simply , her eyes filling with An tears. "I have not forgotten about the Sill ; loan. " "Oh. bother the loan ! " exclaimed 1 W I Jack. tin She smiled , and then Uncle Jollup An came in and spoiled it all by insistin ' he overhauling all the necessary paj j , irs pers there and then. La So : "And so , Jack , you are going to mar tw an heiress after all , " said Uncle wr Jollup , in huge delight , some months ai after , "when he was entertaining Ma- jorie Blakeley and Jack to dinner at his house. "Well , my boy , I congratu- late you. Now I leave all to you. A bargain's a bargain. " Sweet Majorie blushed , and looked shyly at Jack , who rose and bent over her. "I have been more than repaid , " ! he whispered , "for I have won the heart > and love of the sweetest girl on earth. " New York Daily News. NEW FORM OF SHOE FASTENER. For the man in a hurry to get to work in the morning or for the man whc oversleeps aud has to rush to make up lost time , inveu- , ions which enable aim to dress quick ly have a peculiai interest , and there is no doubt that many a person would like to util ize an apparatus imilar to that vVlllf'h Ie ritiiiilrit'iiil SHOE FASTKNEK. by lire companies for harnessing the horses if it could IK applied to the clothing of a human be ing. At present , however , the shoe i > about the only article of apparel whicli the inventor has sought to improve on and in our illustration we show a ne\\ fastening device which can be applied to a shoe whicli has laces to draw tin edges together. Located just above tin top lacing eyelet on each meeting edg ( of Ihe upper is a shorl lacing loop , pref erably of leather , with a metallic tub * . section inside to give the lace free move scm meiit. Located above the short loops is i a pair of long loops extending almost' ' to Ihe lop of Ihe upper , with slightly- curved metallic tubes inside. The hieing ism inserted in the e3'elets in the usual ma.Mier , and is then passed through the short ; and long tubes. When the shoe is' ' on the foot it is 01113necessaiy to givt a pull on the lace ends and tie the knot drawing the edges of the upper dost enough together to tit snugly on tin ciu inkle , the slight curve in the tubes causing : the lace to exert its pressure along the whole length. Milton S Ilrown : , of Washington , D. C. , is the in ventor. t While Slave to | Bushmen I A strange experience was that of Jo soph J. Gill , once a resident of Brook- 3-11 , who died recently on shipboard and was buried at sea. He disappeared ninny 3'c-ars ago , and , supposing him Jead , his wife married again and raised a family , and , acting upon the reported death of his first wife , Gill had also again married. Had he lived Lo reach his old home in Brooklyn the reunion probably would have been un paralleled in fact or lictiou. Gill's adventures in Australia would carcel3r sound credible if presented iu dime novel. He left New York foi Australia in 1SSG. After his arrival nc word of him found its way to his anx ious relatives for four years. Mean while he was given up as dead. Foui v'cars later news reached Brooklyn rel lives that he was alive , and some cor respoudence followed. Gill was the son of the late Thomas ( Jill , a Brooklyn soap manufacturer.u His mother , Mrs. Isabella Gill , ol ilrecno avenue , Brooklyn , aud a brothst I' , , Thomas Gill , are still living. Joseph Gill left New York to look ifter some mining interests in 1SS(5 ( i'"our years later the family received word from the United States consul ai Sydney , N. S. W. , that J. J. Gill , a wealthy < miner , and four companion ; iiad been ambushed and killed by bush ' cr nen in the Interior of Australia. The Information , from such a source , a ivas accepted without question. Years s ivent b3' and no word was received 'rom Gill. He was mourned as dead Q\ Elis wife , whom he had last seen ir ISSU ! , married again iu 1S93 , some three .n after his reported death. Mrs lill had two children by her first bus- Kind. She is now Mrs. Frank Johnson j1' Brooklyn. Meanwhile Gill was living as a slava unong the bushmen in Central Austra- la It appears that four companions as vith him at the time of the capture , vere all put lo death , but Gill was al- owed to live. He I was kept as a slave. He was 'orccd to do the most menial work by b captors , and altogether he led a lifu fil horror. So far. however , had ho 01 een removed from civilization and so Ie lose was the watch upon him that frT years no opportunity of escape pre To sented itself. He was , of course , com- a letely shut off from all communica- n ion with the outside world. cl clof Finallj' I . however , after twelve long of rears ; of slavery , and sixteen 3'ears of as ibsence from the United States. Gill fc succeeded ! in escaping and making his or vay to the coast and civilization. th He escaped with his life , and llltle ilsei His property was gone , his Aus- rnlian friends had died or moved away. son determined to remain in Australia a mend his broken fortunes before eturnlng home. lie sought Information | vi hrough a detective agency , and after ome delay was Informed that his wife dat dead. Thereupon Gill married in , m Australia. His second wife and a child iirvive him. In March of this year Gill again ought information of his relatives , this pie ime with more success. He wrote from th Australia to Inspector McLaughlin , of Brooklyn police , to ask if his broth- th were still living. Inspector Mc- ripe ] jaughlin foand and notified the family. as 5ome c .rrespondence had passed be- sc weeu the brothers , when Joseph J. Gili vrote that he was about to visit his tli atnily iu Brooklyn. cli ' JUDICIAL DECISIONS j An assignee of ; i leastwho. . as part of the consideration of the assignment , assumes all the obligations and liabili ties arising under the lease , is held , in Springer vs. Do Wolf ( III. ) , . ' < ; L. K. A. 4(55 ( , not to be able to absolve himself from liability to the lessor for rent by assigning his interest to a third person. Where the linder of a lost article knows to whom it belongs , or from the circumstances under which it was found the owner could reasonably be ascertained , the Court of General Ses sions of Delaware , in the case of State vs. Stevens10 ( All. Hop. , 17-1) ) , holds that if he appropriates it and converts it j , to his own use he is guilty of felo nious intent , constituting larceny. The death of a city employe from smallpox contracted in tearing down a smallpox hospital , of the danger from ' which he receives no warning , is field ' , in Nicholson vs. Detroit ( Mich. ) , . " > ' L. R. A. 001 , not to render the city liable ' , where the work is done through a. board the duties of whicli are statu- toiy ( , and which is required to provide smallpox hospitals in case of emer gency , since the city's act is a govern mental function. Where a telegraph companj' negli- jreutlj' delivered a different mess-age from that which it was authorized to deliver , so that the sender was rep re- sented as offering goods at a lower price than that at which he had in fact offered them , and the supposed offer was accepted in ignorance of the mis- lake , the Court of Appeals of Ken tucky , in tho cas-e of Pos'al Telegraph Cable Company vs. Shaeffer (02 ( S. W. Rep. , 11 ] ! ) ) , holds that there was no contract , and the sender was not bound to deliver the goods at the lower price. A passenger who alights from a mov ing car is not necessarily guiit3' of negligence as a matter of law , holds the Supreme Court of Georgia , in the case of Course3T vs. Southern Itailway Company (3S ( S. E. Hep. , SiJU ) , and un less it is shown that , at the time the passenger attempted to leave the mov ing car , it was runuinir at such a high rate of speed as would render the at tempt to alight obviously dangerous , the question whether such an attempt was oras not negligence on the part of the passenger is a quest.Vm of fact to be determined by the jury- 1'oliteiifSr. in Mexico. Men In Mexico do ome things which would look rather queer here. For ex ample , thejtip huts whenever they see each other ; they shake hands when sce ever the3' meet and part ; they do not consider < it bad form to stand in line on : the sidewalks and stare at the la dies ; they wear their hats in a theater until the curtain rises , and , moreover , thej' put them on between the acts and stand up to look at the audience , and after a separation they embrace and pat each other on the back if they hap pen to be intimate friends. They never chew tobacco , but smoke everywhere , even in some theaters. , - never cany bundles in the street , but each is attended by a servant , who cairies even the smallest package. The3r are wonderfully courteous to each other , and two friends will spend good deal of time in deciding which shall enter a room or carriage first. Finallj' , says the Detroit Free Press , every Mexican gentleman , when stroll- ( Ing on a street , insists on giving the inside of the walk to his companion , a mark of politeness. The point is quickly ' decided if there is a difference station or age , but if there is uot , and the two friends go down a street and cross often , so that the 'elative positions are changed , a new discussion be " to which shall occupy the inside becomes uecessaiy at every corner. His Fir- Letter. A youth was engaged as junior clerk in by : a firm of lawyers , and by way of filling in his time and testing his worth \ his first day he was told to write a letter demanding payment of a debt at from a client who was long in arrears. the great surprise of his employers check for the amount arrived the next < day. They sen * for the young try clerk and asked him to produce a copy the letter wine * * had had such an' ' se astonishing result. The letter ran as for follows : "Dear Sir If you do not at once remit payment we will take steps stDi that will amaze you. " Chicago News. Di be To Be Consistent. tv Deacon Snow Does I ' ' un'erstan' , par tr , dat yo' opiuionate dat Adam wuz pe colored man ? ex Parson Johnsing Yo' diagnose man S.i views c'reckly , sun. ki Deacon Snow Den I s'pose yo' 'low and dat apple wuz in real'ty a watah- of million. Philadelphia Press. ai The Sermon W is Overripe. Parson Aridbraue What did the peo- ? v m my sa3' about my sermon ? Did they be think it full of ripe thought ? o c Deacon Slow They said even more' ' than that. Not only did they call it had , but several of them went so far to say it was rotten. Boston Trail-1 and j her. script. ed Every time a great man does any and. thing along comes some little man who for claims to ha > e advised him. ca SOLDIEfiS' STORIES. _ ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Graphic Account of Stirring See UK'S Witnessed on the IJaltlefiehJ ami in Camp Veterans of the Rebellion Re cite Experiences of Thrilling Nature. i On tinmorning of the 'JOth of Sep- ; i tembt r. KS'J. ' ; the people of the North1 were treated to an extraordinary i i amount of : n-\vs , e\vn for those daj's. j 1 If a daily of that date rould be easily , 1 found now I would like to look it over ami see the startling intelliirenee that i ! was reported , For it was on that | morning that the news of Sheridan's great victoiy at Winchester came ; and in the same breath the people were in- formed of an audacious and very near- ly successful a-tlempt to release the Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island , off Sandusksieze the United States gunboat Michigan , make a Con- , federate cruiser of her , and hold Lake Erie , and perhaps the adjacent waters under her dominion. I was one of Sheridan's army , and the importance of the victoiy at Win chester was veiy clear to me , as it was to 1113comrades. . The event that had happened near Sandusky on the .same day ( Sept VJ , JStiij , when we learned of it , did not seem to us to be a matter of much importance. We were in- clined to think it a madcap attempt of a few refugees in Canada , which nev er had aii3' chance of success : and we were not much disturbed 1 > 3' the news. We did not realize the gravitj * of that itualion. as did the people of Buffalo. ! Sanduskj' , Toledo and Detroit. Those jood citizens awoke on the morning of the 20th to the knowledge that a dar- ing Confederate raid right among their " homes had just missed success , when the consequences of success would have ' been to release a powerful body of Ihe 01101113right in the North , put the cities and towns of Lake Erie un der tribute , drive otl all commerce and travel from the lake , and create such terror in the North as would not be created b3' a great Confederate victoiy in the field. A "scare" was caused , like to nothing else in the whole course of the war. Troops were hurried to these points : before their arrival the citizens patrolled the streets with < arms , and the excitement was at fever heat * There was good cause for it. The daring nature of that attempt to seize Lake Erie , with all the tremendous consequences that would be sure lo come from that stroke , are not well known to the veterans , as they should be. It was an important pha c of the war that they did not see. and which they should have in mind. Briefly stated the plan was this : The onlj' United States vessel on Lake Erie was the Michigan , a steam er carry eighteen guns. She was at this time Ij-ing off Johnson's Island , in Sandusky Bay , Avhieh since 1S02 had i been used as a prison for captured Confederate officers , there being ofi { i Sept. 10 , 18M ( , almost 2.400 of them f there. The guns of the Michigan com manded the island , and no attempt at revolt on the part of the prisoners could be made w"hile this was so. But If the Michigan could be captured , the prisoners could easily overcome their ruard ; they could arm themselves , cross to the mainland , got horses , and ride Southward at will , plundering and ' destroying as they went for there were no troops in Ohio to stay them. And the steamer with a Confederate crew aboard could shell any citon the lake , if that were thought best , and could do infinite damage to the Union cause , besides the moral effect of such a victoiy. It would be much like a blockade of the lake ports. The Canadian ports Gi were at that time swarming with refugees , fugi of tives fiom the draft , and Confederate Ulcers and agents. The plan whicli ca has been outlined was concocted b3' in Tacob Thompson , the era f 13' secret Pi i-xent of the Confederacy in Canada. roi He gave the r-'iarge of it to one of na those darinir i t whom the Confederco ates had ready everywhere that audacan ity and devotion to their cause could ' used. j 'r John Yates Beall , who undertook ; tjl1 this astonishing enterprise , and paid the penalty of failure with his life , was itu many respects an extraordinary | man. He was at this time in his thirI I cn \v-second j'ear. He was a native VirPa ! rinian , a graduate of a university , and ' ti' the outbreak of the rebellion owned j civ plantations and slaves worth a miltcf [ lion and a half of dollars. He was an officer of the Second Virginia Infan ho , which formed a part of the "Stone not wall Brigade. " lie had seen much ni service , and was particularly chosen the command of this expedition. On tho morning of Sept. 19 the ed 191 steamer Philo Parsons , ptying between Detroit. Sanduskj * and the island5 ? , was va boarded at Sandwhich and Maiden by [ sll twenty-four men , who brought an old j stE trunk with them. There was nothing j'a j ' ha peculiar in their appearance , and they 29. excited no suspicion. Before reaching - . _ Sandusky the trunk was opened. Iis j knives and revolvers wore distributed.ail the partjtook complete possess ! n the boat. After cruMu ? awhile among : the islands , they captured an- ! [ [ > other steamboat , the Island Queen , ' which had aboard passenirer ? . int-Iud- ' Toledo to'c ' some soldiers going to mustered out. All th se Bea'l put ince ashore , after exacting an oath of se- crecy ' for twenty-four hours as to what been done. lie then to k the Isl- . In Quren out into the lake , scuttled js l . and with the Philo Parsons criiis- up and down outside Johnson's Isl- | . H ; ? cruised there all day. waiting ( an expected signal , which never qui came. . The The plot was m two parts. other part was to be executed by a Confederate otlicer named Cole. He had made the acquaintance of the offl- rers ( of the Michigan and they had con with him on tho sented to take supper evening of this day. He proposed to drug them , or in some way detain them from their boat ; a signal would inform Heall of his success ; the Michi gan would be attacked aud taken by surprise : a cannon shot over the Island would inform the prisoners that their time had come : and the rest would bo easy. It was a well-laid plot , and only failed through Cole's want of caution. Suspicions J were aroufeed by his actions and instead of supping with him that night the commander of the Michigan sent a squad ashore and arrested him. Beall saw that his plot had failed , as hour after hour passed without the signal being given , aud In his despera tion he urged his crew to go with him and attack the gunboat at whatever . risk. Hut their spirit was not equal to his , and they refused. Near midnight Beall caused the Parsons to be put about and run for the Canadian shore , where the boat was scuttled and the crew disbanded. Like all of his kind , this man was bold to rashness. He had been seen by so many Americans on this expedi ; tion who perfectly remembered h\a \ face , that it would seem perfect folly for him to venture over the border alone. But he did in the folowing _ Januaryand was recognized and laken near Suspension Bridge. He was con veyed lo New York , where General DIx ordered his trial before a military com mission , ou charges of piracy and be- . ing a spy. He was defended by James T. Brady , more from a desire that he should have every reasonable chance than from any sympathy with him or . his crimes. On this trial an extraordl- "naiy paper was produced from Jeffer son Davis , avowing the acts for which Beall was being tried and sta'ing that the3' had been done by authority of tho Confederate government But he was convicted , and sentenced to be hung. There was never any doubt as to the . justice of his conviction and sentence. The man who goes iu disguise into tho enemj''s country to levy war 03 * stealth always takes his life in his hand , and must ] expect to lose it if discovered. And this kind of war Is abhorrent to all civilized nations. President Lincoln was , as usual , earnestly appealed to for mercy ; but Beall's offense had been too flagrant , the consequences of success would have been too disastrous to permit the President now to interfere. He con sented , however , to delay the execu tion for a week , to allow the mother of the condemned man to visit him. On the afternoon of Feb. 2-1 , ISC. ) , John Y. Beall was hung at Governor's Is'and. lie met his fate bravely as men en gaged in bad enterprises have done la all ages of the world. i After the assassination of the Presi dent and the death of the assassin , the story was set afloat that Booth was an intimate friend of Beall , and that the principal motive of the horrid crime was revenge for the execution of his * friend. The story has not been gen erally believed ; but it is impossible to saF. that there is no truth in it J. F. F. , in American Tribune. Anecdotes f Grant. Apropos of reminiscences concerning General Grant , the Detroit Free Presa publishes the following , which come from his old home in Galena : General Smith , one of the old resi dents of the place , was at dinner one day , before the war was fairly inaugu rated , when a servant announced : "Some one to see you , sir. " ' 'A gentleman , JamesV" "Well , no , sir ; he's just a common man. I gave him a chair in the hall. " The "common man" was Ihe tanner Grant , the future comniander-in-chief tiie army of America. A few years later twogentlemen called on a young man who was located a Chicago boarding house. "Two pieces of pasteboard were sent to his room ; on one was written in pencil the name U. S. Grant The oilier bore the cognomen of General Grant's friend and chum , J. Russell Jones. The young man on whom General Grant was calling was Eugene Smith , son of General Smith , of Galena. The " ' " "common man's" name was then ( foremost in the world. At one time the ladies of a certain church in Galena gave a series of tea parties for some charitable organiza tion. Mrs. U. S. Grant belonged to the church circle , but would not give the party. " [ haven't a vhole set of china in the house , " she said in excuse , "and I will ask company to ea-t off broken or oicked dishes. " There were slau htpre-l in the Unit Suites in 19UO , 5 , . " > 30.911 beeves , 9- 190.490 sheep. SO.cr J.-ij3 hogs. The value of products of the cities in which slaughtering is an important industry , stated in millions of dollars , was Chi cago < 2o < ; . Kansas City 73. South Oma G7 , New York 42. St. Joseph , Mo . East St. Louis , ill. . 27. Indiannpo IS. Milwaukee 13. St Louis 13. Phll- udelphia 12. Buffalo 1J. Cincinnati 10. In j January the death rate from ar- idents is slightly greater in rural arts than in cities ; in February the Jeath rates in city and country are ibout .similar ; iu March the country ia uore dangerous : in April the rates bal- again : in May and June the city leads , in July and Auirusr the country leads ; in September the city is ahead ; October and November the country more fatal , and in December the city eads. Cheerfuln"ss is an excellent wearing juality. It has been called the bright 1 of the heart. Samuel Smiles.
