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A JMUULIAlVr CAMEEK. Sketch f the Buy sLIfe f the llstiBSIhefl SelAIer. However men may differ as to the calibre of John A. Logan's states manship, no one will deny that he was one of the most remarkable men in public life, with a remarkable career behind him and a remarkable bold upon the masses of people. Logan was developed by the war. The cavalry bugler eouuded the fcey ' note of his character, and in an at mosphere of dust and powder he grew great. A country lawyer, who found his highest ambition in stirring the languid blood of the criminal jury, sprang suddenly to the head of an army, without previous military education, by the mere force of his courage and his martial instincts. He was the representative of the loyal millions, the beau ideal of the volunteer soldier, and as such fu his tory will he livo. The story that he has Italian blood in hJ8 veins is a myth, founded upon the color of his skin and hair, and Is totally untrue. His father was a physician, John Logan by name, and came to America from Ireland only three years before the senator was born. His mother was Elizabeth Jenkins, and her family lived in Tennessee. Logan was born in Murphysboro, a little town among the hills that hem in the Mississippi river, and was the eldest of eleven children. His early education was such only as the frontier afforded, and was gained at his mother's knee aud in the log school house where an itinerant teacLor at intervals pre sided. When be was 18 years old he was eent to the nearest school, called Shiloh academy, under the jurisdic tion of the Methodist church, nnd graduated from it into the Mexican war. He joiucd the First Illinois reginn-ni si '. private, but the mil itary instinct developed, aud he after wards became a lieu tenant, aud served both f.e adjutant and quartermaster of his regiment. At the close of the war he went into the law office of his uncle, Alexander Jenkins, who was a great man in southern Illinois, a Jacksoftiati Democrat, and at one time lieutenant governor of his state. It was the lovu of contest that took . him at once into politics, aud in 1S51 he was elected clerk of Jackson county. By means of the revenues of this office he web enabled to carry on his law studies and took a ccut6e ot lectures ut Louisville during the fol lowiiit; year, which constituted and completed hin legal education. At once upon his re turn from Louis ville, iti 1852, lie was elected prose cuting attorney of Jucksou county, and went to the state legislature in the following year; being re-elected and gaining a local leadership in the Democratic party, which was recog nized by Lit appointment as presi dential elector 0:1 the Buchanan ticket in 185(1. At this point he begun his career as a. stump orator, and his speeches wero considered remarkable ex amples of eloquence, giving him a reputation that tent him to congress in 1S5S. He was an earnest Doug lass mau, and, being icnomiualed to congress in 1800, stumped the state with great success. Might hero came a critical period in his career, and although there are men who still as;ert that his sym pathy was with the secessionists thero is plenty ot evidence that the south had no claim upon him ; that, whatever his original sentiments may have been, hi public utterauces were always loyal, and that when the crisis cumo he wad on the right side. The country he liod in was full of southern sympathizers, his mother's family were secessionists, and his surroundings made loyalty unpop ular. The story that he tendered bis services to Jefferson Davis, is con tradicted by that gentleman, who says he never heard of Logan until more than a year after the war begun. There are several witnesses to the fact that in Novem ber, 18G0, when Liucoln's election was assured aud threats were freely made that he should not be inaugur ated, Logan publicly declared that he would shoulder a Rail-Splitter to the White House. While he was in Washington at tending the called session of congress in the summer of 1861, he went to the front, as many representatives did, to visit the army in Virginia, and being the guest of Col. Richardson when the battle of Bull Run took place, be was given a musket and fought through that eveutful July day as a private in the ranks. When congress adjourned in Aug ust he went home and at once raised a regiment (the thirty-first Illinois) which went into battle at Belmont two months after they were mustered into the army. In the siege of Fort Donelson Logan actively engaged, and was badly wounded in the left arm. Hi6 gallantry here and at Bel mont made him a brigadier-general, and from this time his star rose rap idly. He wa6 given command of a division in McPherson's corps, and made a major-general before he had been a year in the army. In 1SG2 he declined a renomination for congress, believing that be could serve bis country best in the field. In Grant's winter campaign in Mississippi and in the siege of Vicks burg Logan bore a conspicious part, and bi6 bravery as a leader was pro verbial. In the battle of Champion Hill Gen. Grant eent an aide 10 in quire whether Logan could not posh bis men forward a little. Logan's profane' but characteristic reply was: "Tell Gen. Grant my division can whip all the rebels this side of h 1, and will push forward till he gives ns orders to bait." When Grant was sent to the Army of the Fotonae and yielded to Sber aaa the command of Aha division of Ue Mississippi Logan sacceeded the latter as commander of the famous Fifteenth Army Corps, and followed Sherman in the march to the sea. In he desperate assault made npon Hood at Atlanta Logan fought as he never fonght before, and when Mc Pherson fell he took command of the Army of the Tennessee, and with re sistless fury avenged the death of tbo beloved comander. The displacement of Logan from a position which be had earned and the promotion of Howard to McPher ton's place was a blow from which the general never did recover. It came very near depriving; the army of one of its ncost gallant and valua ble officers. He considered' it a cruel and uncalled for humiliation, and but for the entreaties of friends would bavo endcred bis resignation. But be remained with the army until the evacuation of Atlanta, when he went to Illinois to'eturap the stateYor Lin coin. After the election he returned to camp, and Ijedihis corps in the re markable campaign through' the Car olinas. After tbe surrender of John son he'marchcdihis men to Alexan der and rode at their head in the grand review at Washington. After being mustered out of the army be was tendered the Mexican mission byPresident Johnson, but declined it, and, covered with glory, returned to his home in Illinois, where his political career was resum ed. He was nominated aud elected as a congressmau-at-large from Illi nois, and served as such until bis el ection to the senate to fill the seat of Richard Yates in 1870 During his service in the hnu-e he was an active participant of the debates and took strong grounds in favor of the radi cal reconstruction policy in Tiiad deus Stpvons. In 1869 ho was one of the Kiausjforr on the part o; the boupp in the Johnson impeachment trill. His first tpim as senator of the United States expired in 1877, when he was defeMedj for re-election by disaffected members of his own party in the legislation of Il!i;ioi-, and David David was chosen in ids stead. The republicans had but two majority on joint ballot in this legis lation, and there were three represen tatives from the city of Chicago who voted with'lhn democrats for David Davi-. Iu 1878, however, he was more successful, and Hicreoderi to the seat of Richard J. Oglesby. Gen. Logau has always been an active man at .-.II military reunions and was one of the founder of the Grand Army of IhcRcpubHc.which or iginated at Decutur, III. He was tin first national commander of that or ganization, and as such issued he or der iu 1868 fur the decoration of the graves of Union soldiers the 30.' h of May. Until recently Gen. Logan's resi dence in Washington was in a board ing bouse, in which he occupied two modest rcoais for moro than twelve years. Aearagohe moved into a residence a house of bis own known as the 'Calumet," where he livrd'in morecouifort than before. Gen. Logan was always a leader in securing pent-ion legislation ; was on of the most urgent advocates -of the arrears of pensionbill, and has never failed al each meeting ot congress to p-cseut a bill for the equalization o' bounties, lie had'matured a meas ure to pension every man who saw activo service in tbe war. He wa-i radical on tbe subject of internal im provements, always voted for libe-a! appropriations fo rivers andharbors and gave his support to railroad land-grant .measuiesHis personal honesty, however, was never doubted, and bis poverty was the best evidence of his integrity. Having been in public life almost since he reached his majority, and having given bis entire time to politics, be had no time to engage in lucrative employment, and his entire property consisted of a rcsideuce on Calumet avenue, in Chicago, which is worth from 125,000 to $30,000, and a farm at histoid home in southern Illinois, besides a bouse in Washington. No ono whose intimacy with tbe Logan family has given him a knowl edge of its past will deny to Mrs. Logan tbe credit of being her bos band's most energetic advocate and judicious adviser, and at the same time a devoted mother. She has two children a daughter, who is the wife of Paymaster Tucker of the army, now stationed at Santa Fe, and a son, Manning, who was for a time a cadet at West s Point, having in herited his father's military ambition. Both of them were educated by Mrs. Logan, or under her personal super vision ; both were constantly at her side; in tbe camp, during war tim,e, and in the most exciting political campaigns, she never for a moment neglected the duties of her house hold or forgot ber children's claims. Gen. Logan's popularity was with the masse b. In the country, among the farmers, and particularly with tbe veterans of tbe war, be was very strong. Logan had tbe reputation of being a chronic growler, and Gen. Grant once said that be "was never at peace except in war." He throve on op position and was never so cool or so good natured as 1 en he was in the midst of an exciting contest. Gen. Grant, when be was in tbe White House, once described bis characteristics by comparing him with the lafe Oliver P. Morton. "Morton will come to me," said Grant, "with two requests. I will grant one of them and he will go away boasting of his influence with the administration. Logan will come with thirteen requests. I will grant twelve or tbem. and he will go away swearing that his wishes are never complied with." Itch, Prairie Mange, and Scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no other. This never falls Sold by I 0. B. Stillman, druggist Columbus. The deaerml Book. New York. Dee. 28.The pnb lishers of General Logaa'sbook, "The Great Conspiracy," have received a letter from W. B. Taylor, private secretary of General Logan, ia which he says that tbe receipts -from tbe sale of that book will he about the only legacy left to Mrs. Logan, and suggesting that if this fact should be made known to the public, "tbe pa triotic impulses of a grateful people might, through this channel, place ber beyond want. Knowing Mrs. Logan's circumstances as well as I do," adds the general's secretary, "I beg of you to take immediate step? to place this matter before the public." Mn Fatare. Washington. Dec. 28.---Special Telegram to tbe Bee Mrs. Logan is already receiving a great many sug gestions as to herfuture, and among others oue that she write her reminis cences of tbe 'war. She has often thought of doing so and the book would have a very large sale. Her ife has been full of adventures in war and politics that few women in any couutry have experienced and she can relate tbem in a most graphic way, as all who know her are aware. Youno man, if yon have a sort of "hankering""" after a girl, don't be afraid to tell her so. Many a young fellow has lost the opportunity of his life because he didn't have the courage to walk right up to head quarters and say what he thought. There are two things in particular which yon can trust no other person on earth to do for you, and these are, tc eat your dinner and spark your girl. We have known young men who dared walk right up to a bass drum when it was going, hut when it came to shown.g a little "mellow lu-as" towaid & girl either left it nn-doi.e-or employed, a substitute. Fr instance, a young man in Schuyler last week, bought a fine Christina present for a "friend," and prevailed upon another young uisu to deliver it. The other youug man did as re quested, but neglected to mention the party who sent tho present and al lowed a large bunch of than to b showered upou himself. Moral don't be a coward especially upon some occasions. Schuyler Herald. Mb. F. H. Goodrich, a St. Louis Traveling Mau, representing the Graham Paper Co., contributes the iollowlng, it may be ol value to you : 4I have been troubled wl'h cold an : Koreuues of the breast tho pi9f yea and find great relief in Cbmnberlain' Cough Remedy. 1 cheerfully recom meud it to any one troubled with coughs or colds, give it a trial." L. Harry, a merchant of Sweet Home. Mo., has also used It for several years aod knows its value; ho say Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never tails to (iive quick relief, and that he always keeps it In the house and would not be without it lor five times Its oost. Sold by Dowty & Heiikempcr. An Iowa lariner says it will take all the corn in Iowa to feed its 6tock. If Jay Gould owned that stock he would water it and sell tbe corn. Chicago Mail. WeaderfHl Care. W. D. Hoyt & Co., wholesale and retail druggists of Rome, Ga., says: We have been seliiug Dr. King" New Discovery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica salve for two years. Havo neverj handled remedies tha sell as well, or give such universal satisfaction. TherehaveJ.'been some wonderful cures effected by these medicines it this city. Several cases of pronounced Consumption have been entirely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Electric Bitters. Wetguarantee'them alway. Sold by Dowty & Heltkemper. Dean Hart or Denver says that tbe scripture, properly interpreted. reads, "Peace on earth to men or go'.d will." dreatly Kscltesi. Not a few of the citizens of Colum bus bave recently become greatly excited over the astounding facts, that several of their friends who had been pronounced by their physicians as incurable and beyond all hope suffering that dreaded monster Con sumption bave been completely cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, tbe only remedy that does positively cure all throat and lung diseases, Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. Trial bottle free at .Dowty & Heitkeraper's Drug Store, large bottles $1. Truth is a unit, and therefore truthfil propositions are always consistent with themselves. The HeaselU t Ms bu, Ja Celaat- As well as the handsomest, and othen are invited to call on Or. A. Heintz and gel free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is telling entirely upon its merits and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 50 cents and $1. Tec22-86 As attempt was made tbe other night to rob tbe poetoffice at Omah . Tbe thief was so closely watched and penned that be failed to succeed with hia robbery, and bearly had time to make good hii escape from the office. Soase FUa People Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the reach of medicine. They often say. Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases It wears them away. Could tbey be In duced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which we sell on a positive guarantee to cure, they would Immediately see tbe excellent effect after talcing the f rst dose. Price Me and $1.00. Trial tie fret. Dr. A. Heintz. Tbk earth is not quite round, neither Is any man perfect. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sever fails aad Is pleasaat and safe. Sold-by Dowty 3c Heltkemper. -WAYS OP NOTED MEN. Freaks Which In Some Would Have geessv d Like Insanity. Augustus' Hare, one of the cleverest divines in the English Church, when he had ended a train of hard thinking, would rise from tbe desk aud spin around on bis heel a few seconds and then resume bis studies. Dr. Johnstone would never enter a certain lane in London without going between two particular posts of which there were four. Frederick the Great in bis youth was noted for his stubbornness and bashful ncss, and, we are told, showed this at bis sister's marriage. Instead of appear ing at the ceremony in court attire be came with the servants dressed as one of their number. Neander, the famous church histor ian, was unable to lecture to his stud ents unless he had iu his baud a quill pen. which be tore to nieces while he talked and it was always necessary to supply him with a second when the first bad been entirely wasted. Charles II. of England was very fond of hunting insects, aud it is related by certain historians that he was hunting a moth in tbe supper-room at Whitebait when the Dutch fleet sailed up the Thames and burned Sheeruess. Charles Dickens, the famous novelist, was a most untiring walker; he consid ered it but a trifle to pass over forty or even sixty miles of country. Should a friend visit him a walk was his (Dick ens') first proposition. Tradition says in the long run he had few friends spending a whole day with him. Archbishop Whately was one of tbe most philanthropic of men. and yet, when dying, he is reported to have said: I rejoice to think that never in my life have I given a copper to a beggar with whose antecedents I was a stranger." The Earl of Chatham was most pecu liar in his habits; these, no doubt, were engendered by his hypochondriac na ture. On one occasion, in midsummer, he wished to have snow, and adopted the following rather curious method of having his wish realized: Tho servants were ordered to have large fires in every room, the walks outside were covered with salt to make things have a wintry appearance, and doors aud window's were kept shut to keep out the bitter cold. How long this whim lasted the historian does not record. William Wilberforce became so ab sorbed in conversation in evening com panies as wholly to forget himself. He would lift himself from his chair in his earnestness, move forward a little, aud gradually approach perilously near the edge. I was a tradition iu fashionable EugliBh circles that he had fallen sever al limes to the floor; but in families where he was loved' it was the custom to station one of the older children be hind his chair to move it forward as he moved and guard him against peril. Some who afterwards became leaders to English society retained among the pleasan test' memories of their childhood the recollection of the services rendered to this brilliant and eloquent convcrser. Rossini, the composer of "The Bar ber," when engaged with any great composition, invariably shaved 'himself iu a most fantastic way to urevent his going out of floors. George IV., King of England, was very feminine in his habits; he possess ed scores of embroidered shirts, which wero considered by him to be tho best department of his wardrobe, and were accordingly displayed with great pomp to auy particular fricud of his Majesty. Napoleon habitually watched a cer tain star, which he declared was his, for it never abandoned him, but was al ways iu sight commaudmg him to go forward, giving as a reason for his suc cess its own appearance. m Origin of Mrs. Partington. The way iu which the first Partington Saragraph was written was singular, inc cveniug the uews came to the Post newspaper ofliee that flour was seliiug at verv high prices at the Magdalen Islamic, ip the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Said Georgo Baily. one of Shillaber's fellow-compositors: "i don't care a what the price is iu the .Magdalen Is lands. I always have to give just so much for half a dollar's worth." Tho idea struck Shillaber us odd. and he immediately set up the lines: "Mrs. Partington says she always uoticed that, wbethor flour was dear or cheap, she had invariably to pay the same money for half a dollar's worth." The para graph was generally copied by other newspapers the next day, aud a second paragraph published the following day was equally well received. Encouraged by these successes aud the Colonel's commendation, Mr. Shillaber continued to wri.e such quaint paragraphs and other mailer as have since made him famous. Doston Globe. Origin of a Common Expression. Tbe funny mau of the Texas Silings perpetrates the following: "Wilson Barrett (called out after the earthquake scene in HJlaudian') What do you there, catiff? Surrender that boquet, or by aii tbe gods "Stage carpenter No, you don't sully; Fgot up that earthquake, and this aall is for me." This stage carpenter met with more appreciation than did the bad play wright, John Dennis, to whom the language is indebted for a piquant ex pression. Dennis invented for his play. I "Appius aud Virginia," a new variety of stage thunder which has been used ever since. Hearing it used in "Mac beth" after tbe failure of his own drama be arose indignantly from his seat in the pit and exclaimed: "They will not let my play run; and yet they steal my thunder." Buffalo Courier. m 1 1 Mrs, Mary Shreve Ransom of Ken tucky is said to be on her way to En gland to get her share of the Shreve es tate, which is a trifle of $100,000;000. This mythical money is reported by Mrs. Ransom's friends to be in the Bank of England, awaiting distribution to the rightful heirs. We hope that Mrs. Ran som will get her 6hart which is said to be $4,145,883, but if ahe is not more fortunate than Mrs. Sidney T. Brown, of Bagdad, N. Y.. to whom a share of $40,000,000 in the Cuasc-Towueley estate was assigned a year or two ago, she will have ber journey for her pains. Wo win remind ber that tbe Bank of En gland has announced that it "is in no way custodian of any real property whatsoever, nor has it any knowledge of any of the properly of persons dying intestate, nor of the proceeds of estates in chancery, nor of unclaimed dividends on estates in bankruptcy." Clergyman-rGood morning, good morning, Mr. Biggs! How bright nd smiliug you look this moruiug! Things bave been going well with you, I judge. Prosperous Parishioner Yes. Mr. Sur plice, I do feel well contented. I havo ever since yesterday morning. It was the sermon, I think, that did me good. I Clergyman Ah, Mr. Biggs. I am indeed gratified to bear it. I am really gratified. I try to do a little good in my bumble way. Prosperous Parishioner Yes. I was just Groin? to say that I went into the city yesterday to hear Phillips Brooks. A wonderful preacher. Mr. Surplice, a wonderful preacher. Really. I bave been quite a different man .since 1 beard him speak. SoTHcrvillc Journal. m 1 i Another large ostrich farm is to be established in Cabfornia, this time at Coronado beach, San Diego county. Justice Mansfield, of Vernona, N. Y., is tbe oldest justice of tbe peace In tbe United States, being 91 years old. A WILDCAT IN THE CELLAR, Mr. Tobln-i 1 Exciting bperienca with c..weicoe visitor, Ou Sunday evening Cyrus Tobin of Cherry Tree. Pa., took a lamp and went down cellar to draw a pitcher of cider, savs a corresnondent of the New York Suit. In one corner of tbe cellar ranks of kindling-wood are piled. As Tobin went down the steps he heard some thing jump on the wood, and several sticks tumbled down to the cellar floor. Tobin thought a man bad got into tbe cellar and was prowling there to rob the house. Ho held the lamp up to let the light fall on the wood-pile, when he was startled to see an enormous wild cat crouching there. In his oxcitement Tobin throw tho pitcher he had in his hand at the wildcat. The pitcher struck the wall above the animal's head, and fragments of crockery fell back upon it The wildcat sprang clear across tho cellar, and after leaping from one place to another vaulted to a swinging-shelf about teu feet from where 'lobin was standing. Tobin ran back up stairs and got bis revolver, and, returning to the cellar, blazed away at the wildcat. The con cussion put'tlie light out. and then tbe eyes of the wild-cat could be so plainly seen glaring at its enemy in tbe dark that the latter was afraid to tire again without a light and hurried back up stairs to relight the lamp. There was no one iu the bouse besides Tobin ex cept his wife and daughter. When he came up the first time and got the pistol be was in such a hurry that he did not tell them what he had seen in the cel lar, and before they could follow him the shot bad been fired that extinguished the light Mrs. Tobin and iier daughter ran to tbe cellar step3, and, seeing that it was all dark at the bottom, thought Tobin had shot himself, and ran screaming to a neighbor's. Tobin. in his determina tion to kill the wildcat paid no atten tion to the running away of his family, but relighted his lamp and returned to the cellar. It was evident that his first shot had not hit the mark, for the wild cat remained ou the swinging shelf, crouching down. The animal seemed bewildered by its strange surroundings. Tobin tired again, and again the.lamp went out. The wildcat was probably bit, for it leaped from tho shelf and leaped about the cellar among barrels and boxes, making a racket that drove Tobin hullcr-skeiter back up the stairs again. As he was relighting bis lamp his wife and daughter, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Giles, neighbors, came rush ing into the house, and as Mrs. Tobin saw her husband standing in the room she fainted. In the excitement that followed Tobin gave no explanation of his shots in the cellar, but when Mrs. Tobin was restored he told about tbe wildcat Tobin and Giles re-entered the cellar, Giles carrying the lamp and Tobin handling tho revolver. The wildcat was nowhere to be Been at first, but was finally discovered behind some barrels of apples under the cellar steps. Tobiu fired another shot at if, and the animal leaped out, and, rushing by the two men, ran up the cellar steps to the room where tho three excited women were. Their screams added to the ap parent bewilderment of the wildcat, aud it tried to jump through a window. Tobiu aud Giles hurried up-stairs, aud found the women huddled together in oue coruer of the room, almost rais ing the ceiling with their shrieks, while tbe wildcat was on the other side of the room trying to find a place to escape from the house. Tobiu tired agaiu, and the wildcat leaped to the top of a bureau, sweepiug everything to the lloor that was ou it, and then sprang past the men aud returned to the cellar.' Tobin and (tiles followed ir, but it was no where to be found. A small cellar window was found to be open, and by that it had evidently come iuto the cellar in the first place, and also escaped through it Traces of blood were in the room, on the cellar steps, and ou the cellar window-ledge, showing that the animal bad been nit by some of Tobin'a pistol-shots. CAJOLED BY A WOMAN. An Incident la the Experience of a Secret Service Detectlre. In the summer of 1864 complaints were made to our bureau that some one was "shoving" bogus sbinplasters in the neighborhood of Green Bay. A good many hundred dollars' worth of the currency was let loose all at once, and I was detailed to proceed to Wis consin and work up the case. It was settled before I started that the "stuff" bad been printed from plates made by an engraver known to us as "Slick Sam." His right namo was, I believe, George Disston, and he was then in State prison on a long sentence, it was pretty certain that the plates had fallen into tbe bands of some of bis pals, and were being made use of in a lively man ner. It was probable that the printing was being done in Chicago, and that an "agent" had struck Green Bay to un load. Upon reaching the pin" mentioned I fouud that almost every branch of trade had suffered, and pretty soon I was able to show that most of the bogus money had been passed upon them during one week. Theu they began to hunt up sales and remember buyers, and it was settled that the "shover" was an old grayhaired man named Newell, who lived on a farm a few miles away. Ho bad purchased dry goods, notions, hard ware, drugs, and almost everything else, paying shinplasters which ap peared almost new. It was plain to me. after "ettin? thus far. that be had bought bis bogus money outright of some agent, or uau seui 10 parties in some city for it I swore out a warrant for him, took the cars to within four miles of his house, and accomplished tho rest of the way on foot He lived in tbe woods, in a log house, and bad but a few acres cleared. Evidences of poverty and shiftlessness could be found ou every band. I was quije certain that I saw him about the door of the house while J was yet some- ways off. but when I reached it tbe door was shut and no one was in sight. However, after I had done some lively rappiug a muscular woman about 30 years old opened the door and inquired my business. I re plied that I was an agent from Chicago aud desired' to see her husband. She invited me in, believing, as I meant her to believe, that I had come as tho agent of the counterfeiters. She stated that her husband was off bunting, but would be home soon. After we had talked for half an hour or more the womau's demeanor suddenly changed. What aroused ber suspicion I can t say, but I saw that she looked on me with distrust Thinking that the plain way was the best way I told her who I was aud my errand. "So you are a detective, come to arrest my husband!" she called in a loud voice. I sought to calm her. and had instant success. She settled dowu in her chair and aaid she bad been expecting it for weeks, and that her husband must make the best of tho situation. She shed tears and seemed much affected, and as tbe time passed and I wanted to go out and bunt up Newell she excused his con tiued absence and kept me seated on the plea that he must soon show up. I had beeu there two hours when we beard a voice shouting for help. While I ran out doors she nisli.d into the other room. I passed half-way -around the house to find the old man 'hanging bead downward, bands on thtr grouuti and feet in a small window four or live feet up. After I had released him and taken him into custody I found that be bad run into tbe room when he saw me approaching the bouse. When the wife raiseu ner voice it was to warn uim wno WJl9 hM wbat brouht me thare He climbed oat of the window to escape, but in hw descent bis trousers caught on a nail and held him fast The wife was detaining me in order to give him a good start, but it turned out that ahe was only prolonging his sufferings. He stood it until he could bear it no more, aud then called out The case against him was so stroug that be made uo de fense, and received a sentence of six years. Detroit Free Press. m 1 e The Projcresslve Race. Obviously, tho African is progressive or nothing. His imitative qualities stand out like' gems of purest ray serene upon tbe escutcheou of his nationality. The other day I wanted to buy a small jag of wood for kindling purposes and accosted a sablo sou of Afric's sunny Georgia sands. "Fo' shuali. boss, I got fine wood fo' kindlin' pu'poscs fust-rate wood fo' kindlin' pu'poses." "What is your figure for a small jag?" I asked. "Well; I reckou 'bout seventy-five cents am de propah 'mount." "All right; bring around your jag of wood in the morning aud 1 will take it, provided it is of good quality aud (air size." Bright and early the next morning a slab-sided beast o'f the renus mule halt ed before my door. A poor abject creat ure with a white, skin' held .the reins. Tbe negro with whom I had talked the day before came to my door aud told me that tbe wood was there. I examined the jag and commenced to cliuch the bargain with the colored man. "See yar, boss, de white man am sell in' dis wood. Yo' can talk wid him." But " "He does the talkin'. I hire him, 1 does, toe do the talkin'.- I reckon I am de boss, but be be am my hired help, he am. Go 'long, bosj, an' make yo' bargain wid de white, hired trash." That was easily done. 1 bought the wood from the poor white man aud cave him seventy-five cents for the jag. The next movement on the part of the colored mau was a stunner. Here, yo' .poo', onuery, low-down white man, hero am twenty-live cents mo. Dat makes tho one dollah I prom ised yo' fo' doin1 tie job." After the white man pocketed his one dollar aud disappeared 1 asked the I uu-iu, -nuw vuu )uu auorn 10 give away me woou anu pav a quarter De sides?" "Hush-sh! Doan' say uufiin. Da wood am stole, an' well, boss, I pay jess twenty-five tents to see how't feels toe be boss ouce." Judge. The Hoosler Maintained Hid Rights. A few years ago the iiabit of convey ing food to the mouth with a knife was voted a grave offence by Germans at Heidelberg, and during the year sev eral duels wero fought on tho strength of it. On ouu occasion a young man mortally offended a number of his best friends by inadvertently placing his knife to his lips while eating at his own table. His guests all withdrew, and the next day he was surprised to receive a' challenge from each one. He was in honor bound to accept them, as they were in proper form. Afier tirhtiu2 three or four of theih to' the bloody point the authorities arrested the whole lot, and imprisoned them until they promised to drop it Au American, hailing from Indiana, stepped into a restaurant in Vienna one day to gel his dinner. Seated at the other table were a number of German bloods, some of whom were noisy aud, to the American, quite vulgar in their manners. He paid littlu atteution to this, thinking it was the way they were raised. He bad no sooner begun his meal, after the Indiana fashion, using his knife and fork as he had done at home, than a big spectacled and titled Ger man arose aud declared that he had been grossly insulted by this man eating with bis knife. Then the whole crowd gathered around him and threatened all sorts of damage to bis person, finally tbe big chap who had been the first in sulted slapped the Hoosier in tho face. The next instant tbe offended gentle man was going down the back stairway head first and iu less than two min utes tbe American was monarch of the cafe, and proceeded to eat his dinner as any Indiana gentleman would. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Road to Prosperity. The history of the last fifty years of business in the United States teems with the same lessons. There is no royal road to prosperity. The heights of pefmanen1 success can""be attained only by steady climbing, step by step, over toilsome and often very rugged paths. Tbere are very few strong business concerns in this country that began on a large scale! Nearly all started with but little capital and worked their way to their present dimensions and power by thrift, industry, and perseverance. 'In tbe days of their weakness the founder? of these houses were taught by experi ence how to overcome the difficulties they encountered. Even the few enter prises that started in a large way that have proved successful have been found ed and managed by men who gained their wisdom and skill by long service in building up similar undertakings from very small beginnings. As a rule men of this kind succeed in wbat they under take, because they combine prudence with enterprise, and never venture be yond their depth. From the Manu facturers' Jtecoid. An Edinburgh Presbyterian minister, on one occasion happening to visit a resident of his parish, asked what church he was in the habit of attend ing. The man answered that he had belonged to a certain congregation, but that he and others would not assent to certain views which were accepted by the majority, and they bad, therefore, formed a secession, 'lhcn you worship with those friends?" "Well, no; the fact is I found there were certain points on which I could not conform, so I seced ed." 4Oh, then I suppose you and your wife eugage in devotion" together at home?" "Well, not precisely. Our views are not quite in accord, so she worships in mat corner ot tbe room, and 1 in this. ' A correspondent who passed his va cation in a New Hampshire town says he went early to church one Sunday anu tounu the janitor or scxtob busily at work sweepiug and dusting.. He took a seat in oue of the. pews, and soon the congregation came in, mak ing about one hundred present at the hour for service. Whcu'tbe sexton had finished tolling the bell he walked into the pulpit, and said the pastor . was away on vacation, and hence an extra duty devolved on him; aud, without further, apology or explanation, the sex ton proceededwith the service, conduct ing it to the erideut satisfaction of the entire congregation. SB I A Michigan woman broke into a gambling-house, fired her revolver among tbe inmates, scared them off frabbed tbe stakes and escorted ber usband borne. ' A Manitoba young girl wanted to marry a Dakota young man. The family objected. She stood on the Manitoba side, her lover stood in Dakota, and a preacher, with one foot on British soil and oue foot in tho United States, married them. A St Louis girl found a. strange man in the boose. She compelled him to sit down and wait until she called an officer to take him to the polios station. And yet men talk about the infirmity ol woman. 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