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T 10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MAY 37 , 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES. You can get WALL PAPER for less money from T. J. BEARD < fc BRO. , 141O Douglas Street , tlian at any so-called Bargain House. t ! in the City , and Will Give the Unheard of Low Price of from Now is the time. The Place , "And Don't You Forget It , " THE TALKATIVE CRIPHAS , He Rolatoa a Lot of Amusine : and Very Rooont Incidents. HIS OPINION ON BASE BALL. What HoTlilnks of Judge Wnkeley's Opinion How nil Englishman Cnnic to a Sudden and Untimely End. "Hello ! " said the grlpmnn , as the reporter climbed Into his accustomed place ycstordny. ' You have caught mo just in time. Do you know that nine-tenths of the people in this city are so accustomed to walking up and dropping a nlclclo In the box that It is hard to break them of the habit ! Why , only last Thursday a man boarded the train on Tenth street and the conductor , who was on the rear platform , did not take up his faro right away. Hang mo if that man didn't pull a quarter out of his pocket and hand it through the crack of the door and shout 'Change.1 Ho soon saw his mistake and sat down. But I don't think from the way the other passen gers laughed that ho enjoyed the rest of the trip. trip.But But that Isn't a circumstance , " continued the ptripman , as ho stopped to take a gradu ate of the cooking school , who had a pie under her arm , on the car. "Yesterday u youngster got on and after looking around for awhile and not seeing any cash box con cluded the bell punch around the conductor's neck was the article of furniture he was looking for , and tried to drop his nlcklo into that. Of course It didn't work , but when .the young man discovered that this was no onc-horso institution and that there was nctually a conductor on this line he acted as though ho was surprised , and I guess ] was , too. "I have a little yarn I guess 1 will tell you If you will ugrco not to give it away , " said the ° gripman. "Wo have on this line a con ductor with largo flowing whiskers of a bright sunset color. Well , you know it is customary for the kids who sell papers to jump on the cars for n moment and then off again , and uo one , not oven the horse railway company , has dreamed of charging them any faro. But this duck with the sorrel miino said ho proposed to bust the combination and accordingly llrcd every boy who Rot on the train. But say , " said the gripman , as the cooking school graduate with the pie got oft and made a bee line for the board of educa tion rooms , "you just ought to have seen the fun next day. Just as his train was leaving Pnxton & Gallagher's a boy with a bundle of BEES under his arm swung on the rear end and putting his head in the car sang out , 'Eres your hovcning BEE , a white 'orso hand a red whisker with hovcry copy. ' " 'Get out you little devil,1 said the con , and the boy got. "When wo got to Jim Stephenson's stable a little cub came aboard and stopped just long enough to inquire if it wasn't 'a little early tor crushed strawberry ) ' "At Hardin's gun store a lad sailed out With a stub of a cigar and struck the Kaiser for a 'light' and If you ever saw a mad man that chap was ono. At the top of the hill on Dodge street another kid was waiting and as the car came up the 'con1 was checking up Uts trip in his book. " "Look out for the book , said the lad , you'll burn it up and then ho sneaked. " "At Twentieth and Cass where the switch IB , another imp was waiting and this Is what he said ; 'Say , mister , why don't you put your lamp in thohcadllghtl1 'Go to thunder , will you,1 said the conductor , us ho reached ( or a paving block. The boy ducked out tinging as ho went "While the lamp holds jut to burn. " "Well , sir , " said the gripman , "anybody can sell papers on that man's train now. Bnrkulow Bros , think seriously ol pntting a tuan on and I will bet u hat the "con" would not kick u bit. " Last Monday I had an Englishman , a gen- nine raw Englishman for a passenger. Ho Was ono of this short-trousered , Seymour- coated , double vlsar-cappedsingle eye-glassed fellows , don't you know , and ho got on the car , don't ' you know , and awaked mo whc.ih the iirst claws compartment was , don't you know. And I told him it was up on the roof of the caw , don't you know. And what do think tliat English rooster saidl 'Au , dealt tnc , and 'ow am I going to got my twups up there , dean boy ) ' Say , did you write that Item about the young Englishman falling on * n cubic car and killing himself I Well , ho did not fall unassisted , ho was helped. Even agripmnn's ' tmtlcnco gives out sometimes , " "I notice that wo uro going to have Sunday base ball just the same and that Parnmleo will continue to keep his children In the oy- clone cellar as usual. I think Judge Wiikeloy is a right level headed old chap , and I am glad the mutter caino out as it did. " "You can look ( or some great work on extensions - tensions of this cable line during this present year , " continued the gripman , "and although what I say Is not olliclal , still I overhear lots of things now and then. Next week 1 Will tell you something about It. " And with these words tlio grltmian waved the reporter pff with a remark to the effect that his pres ent supply of knowledge was exhausted. nuoi's. There's one man whum nobody hates , For every ono wishes him well : Tis the fellow who anticipates The Joke of n story you tell , It Is a mighty forward spring that can keep up with the spring fashion. "Not every one's happy who dances , " Is a proverb you frequently see Exemplified when u man prances. Just after ho sits on u lice. And after he'll dance like a Dervish , When bitten by a ucd-bug or ilea : Then his morals will turn topsy-turvlsh. And he'll swear like a pirate at sea. The midnight scrcnader's coma His Imllad wild to tame , And though old boots around him hum He'll guitar just the same. He dressed himself In white ono night ; The girl bo tried to scare A pUtol drew her aim was true Ho climbed the golden stair. Pay as you go , and don't go till you pay , The man who hunts in the swamps bhoulO Vcar duck pants , Kot cno of the champion pcdcbtiiaosvho arc walxlng for prizes could go out on a mud road nnd keep an old farmer in sight over an hour. Trusts manifest an Inclination to go where the combine twincth. A Philadelphia murderer bears the appro priate name of Killer. Time waits for no man because some men are so long in coming to timo. The crab must moyo in the best of society , for it docs everything with eclat. A rolling stone gathers no moss and a set ting hen hatches no celluloid eggs. A landed proprietor may not bo proud of his broad acres when his teeth ache. A now paper is called The Ocean. It is to bo hoped it will not make people sick. You can generally toll a trco by its bark , especially is this so of the dog-wood tree. Violin playing tramps are rare. The move ment of the bow is too suggestive of a wood pile. Gossips are not egotistical ; they find more pleasure in talking of others than of them selves. It isn't every newspaper reader who can tell n typographical error from a great Amer ican joko. The boy who commences to steal his mother's preserves may end by having his father's jim-jauis. "Does poetry pay ! " asks a querist. It pavs a good deal more than most editors arc in the habit of paying for poetr.v. The reason some men can't make botb ends meet is because they are too busily engaged in making ono end drink. After all , the old-fashioned meter by moon light is about the only one that has stood the test of time and the experts. The man who expects to sec himself as others see him puts on green glasses and looks at himself in the mirror. "Mammawas everybody little oncel"asked a little girl. "Yes , my darling. " "Well then , mamma , who took care of thcml" An old proverb says that promises arc like pie crust. They are like custard pie crust. They never show up when the pie needs a friend. It is said that Tennyson sometimes spends ichourson a single line. Wo have seen sleepy old Jlsheraen who would spend days on a sin gle line. Following in the wane of modern cities , Damascus is to have a street car. This will enable the roving blades of Damascus to get about ens icr. The queen of May may recover. People who cannot understand this paragraph with out the use of italics ought never to read the newspapers anyway. What's in a name ? Ono Jacob Walkawai was killed by n locomotive at East Buffalo on Friday. But if Jacob had been able to walk away ho wouldn't havubeen run over. Daughter Mamma , the chimney sweep on the roof of the house has just kissed his hand to me. Mother How shockincl Uun at once into the bedroom and wash yourself. Father I learn with sorrow , my son , that you arc getting to bo very fast. Son You've been misinformed , father. My tailor says I'm ' the slowest man he's got on his books. A puppy becomes a dog , a kitten becomes a cat , u pigglo becomes a hog , a mou so be comes a rat , out what makes men rear and punt Is when u mortgage becomes an ele phant. "Indians make just as good angels as any body else , " sii.ys a friend and defender of the red man. Most of the people on the frontier , wo think , are perfectly willing that they should. 'Tis a wise child , etc. Papa , ( of Calvinis- tlo faith , has Just heard that Molllo was at the theater last evening ) Good morning , daughter of Satan. Mollic Good morning , father. A Kansas schoolma'am has introduced anew now feature in her school. When ono of the girls misses a word the boy who spoils it gets permission to kiss her. As a result the boys are improving rapidly. Young physician ( to patient ) What you need Is exercise , sir. You should walk more. Patient ( reaching for his pocketbook - book ) How much , young man ! I walked all last night with the baby. Frank Stockton docs not bcllovo that an author need feel grief in order to produce it in others. Certainly not ; in nlno cases out ten all ho has to do is to write and the grief is sure to como to the reader. At a dinner given to celebrate the comple tion of a country church the builder was toasted. Thereupon ho rather ( jucerly re plied that he was "moro fitted for the scaf fold than for public speaking. " A coroner's Jury , summoned to inquire into the death of a sailor who was thrown from his bunk and killed , reached the sago conclusion that "tho deceased met his death through an accident of berth , " People are Inclined to look upon Mrs. "Welder , of Lancaster , Pa. , who lias been forty-live days without Jeod , ns a wonder , but they should recollect that there are lots of people who live in boarding houses. A Now York correspondent wants a remedy' for loud snoring , Before his query is answered ho should delino what ho means by "loud snoring. " For soft snoring n split clothespin on the nose U said to work well. We arc willing to take a certain amount of stock phrases in newspaper accounts concern ing blizzards , but when a paper lulls us about u zephyr carrying u bed quilt sixty-one miles and then going back for the sheet we aren't there. Said the mistress of a cigar shop to a Press club man. "This Is the sixth time you have been hero without saying a word about the money you owe me. " "Ah , mudame , " said the clover journalist , "when I see you I for get everything , " A Brooklyn debating society is discusssing the quebliou as to which is the madder the husband who goes homo and ilnds that din ner isn't ready , or the wife who has dinner ready and whose husband doesn't gohomol It is believed that the debate will end in a draw. "Why , John , said his wife Impatiently , ns she" Opened the door and found him stilt In bed , "you promised faithfully last night that you would get up in Uuift to go to church with mo 1" "I meant in time for erasing service , " explained John turning over lux uriously , "I see , " observed Mr , Snaggs , "that some eminent men think the garden of Eden was located In the Mississippi valley , " "That may bo true , " replied Mm. Snaggs , "for the ark rested in the southern states , " "It did I" "Yes , Nouh came out of the ArkansaW land , you know. " A New England man has beaten , the green- goods sawdust men aV their own guwo. He gut one of their circulars , and in , reply asked for n sample of their goods. They sent him n genuine one-dollar bill , and the gentleman of New England stopped the correspondence then and there. Tito Departed. Til-H ( * . She came , she went ; It seems a day That she was with us hero , So short and ( looting was her stay Within our little sphere. No footfall on the parlor floor- Alas 1 Wo are bereft- No peeping face nt the front door. Yes , yes ; our cook has left ! MUSICAL AND DHASIATIC. Pat Rooney Is rated at $30,000 strong. Mantell closes the season in Now York , May US. Coquclln and Jane Hading loft Paris May 4 for their tour of America. Arthur B. Chase will again direct the Booth-Barret tour next season. Buffalo Bill's Wild West will open at Staten Island on Decoration day. Jcnnlo Yeamans goes to Harrigan's theatre next year to do the soubrettc parts. Frank Daniels denies that ho Is to give up starring. He says "Littlo Puck" suits him. John A. Stephens' play "Narrow Es cape , " scored a success in Jersey City on Monday. Vernona Jarbcau continues to star next year in "Starlight. " John Stetson will not back her. Maud Granger will sail this week for Europe , nnd declares that she will not return to America. Do Wolf Hopper is busy arranging for a base ball club to consist of members of the profession only. Miss Lillian Conway has made a great hit in the part of the king in "The Queen's Lace Handkerchief , " in Philadelphia. A phenomenon only half as old as Josef Hofman , Leopold Spiolman , is having a great run at Vienna. Ho is only flvc. ' Erminio's" run in New York extended over 75S nights , and has been surpassed in this country only by "Huinpty Dutnpty. " The woman whom Actor Kyrio Bellow is to marry is Mrs. Leslie Carter of Chicago , provided she shall get the necessary divorce. The New York Bijou opera house will bo sold at auction on May 24. There is an eight years lease on the place , held by Uico and Dixoy. Henry Dixcy may follow the i'carl of Pc- kin at the Bijou opera house. The Pe.irl will retire after next week , to resume early next season. Johnny Graus , partner of Low Dock- stadcr , the minstrel , started in life as did most of our wealthiest showmen , a candy butcher with a cross road circus. Mary Anderson is doing the principal cities of Great Britain nnd Ireland before starting for this country next fall , when she will bo seen in "Tho Winter's Tale. " A. M. Palmer has secured the American right to Uobert Buchanan's "Joseph's Sweet heart , " a dramatization of Fielding's "Joseph Andrews , " which is now being done in Lon don. Joseph Murphy has given up his idea of resting next season , and will go on the road again with his Irish plays. He is having a panorama descriptive of the Lakes of Killar- ney painted , and will make it n feature of ono of his pieces. Wnllack's theater , New York , will Inaug urate its career ns n combination house on October 10 with Constant Coquclin , the French comedian. Mary Anderson and Mrs. Potter are also booked for dates after Coquelin's engagement. . Messrs Gilbert nnd Sullivan's now opera will bo produced during the present London season. Great secrecy is maintained as to the subject of the book , but It has oozed out that it is taken from an old Persian legend. Gcraldio Ulmar Is to have the leading part. It seems strange to connect Billy Emer son's name with the drama , but certain it is ho has joined Katie Putnam's company , and reports favor his metamorphosis from burnt cork to grcaso paint and iwwdcr. In other words ho is proving himself a very accept able actor. Miss Sibyl Sanderson , the young Snn Francisco lady who has been singing so suc cessfully in Brussels , whore she created the role of Nnnon Lcscaut , has been engaged to sing the same part at the Opera Comiquo , Paris , Massauot Is now at work on a now opera for Miss Sanderson , The story that Colonel John A. McCaull is necotlating for the old Broad street theater in Philadelphia or any other house in this city Is emphatically denied by him. "I have enjoyed the luxury of the proprietorship ot a Philadelphia theater , " he said recently , "and I found it very agreeable but expen sive. " Nat Goodwin has secured William Yard- ley's version of "Gringolro , " which ho calls "A Hoynl Hovcngo. " Lawrence Barrett played a version of the same "GriiiKolro" and called it "Tho King's Pleasure. " Good win has aspirations toward the legitimate , and this play Is to introduce him to the pub- lie In n serious part. AU the wav from Banpor , Mo.comes news that Mrs. Hit-hard Golden , professionally known ns Dora Wiley , will sins "Homo , Swcot Homo" at President Cleveland's ro- cpptlon at the Metropolitan opera hotisoNe\V York , on Memorial day. 'Tis an excellent and audacious advertisement ; would 'twere true for Dora's sake , John A. Stevens' play , "A Narrow Es cape , " was acted for the first time in Amor- lea May 14 at Jersey City , N , J. Marion Hussell. Emily Lytton , Gcorgio Dlekson , Henry Holland , H. LIsten , W. H. Lytcil , W. Paul Bowno , Fred Lennox nnd Margaret Lannar are engaged , The drama was done In London , for copyright purposes , during March. Franklin H. Sargent , of the New York School of Acting , rechristcncd the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts , has been en gaged by a newspaper syndicate to write a series of illustrated articles on dramatic attitudes anil facial expressions. For that purpose ho will go to the Adriondacks in Juno , and commence work with a pho tographer. The details of the tour of the London Gaiety company In this country have been arranged. After an eight weeks' engage ment at the Standard in tills city , they go to the Globe , Boston , for two weeks , then to Brooklyn and Baltimore for a week each , Philadelphia for two weeks , Washington one week , Chicago two weeks , Cincinnati ono week , then returning to this city for two weeks , beginning March IS , unu sailing for homo on April 2. AN HOUR AMONG THE POETS , The Classic Bards of Nebraska's Prairioa. THOSE WHO RHYME AND REASON. Contributions to The Boo by Those "Wholiovc the Muse In the Realms or Poesy and Song. Some poets have sung. It appeared to bo natural with them and they seemed to have nothing else to do. There are many species of the poet. Perhaps however , there were nqvcr moro atrocious productions than the following , received by Tun BEB during the past few weeks. Gcnlus.ns thcso samples of rhyme bear witness , will not down. If put under a bushel it would work its way through the top. If confined in a room it would seek Its way out on a fire escape , The first pro duction Is from a born humorist. Ho was guilty of writing four verses or , moro prop erly slated , sixteen lines. The poem was dedicated to a scab on the V'Q" road , the first lour and last four lines reading : So they say you are going ; Yon have done all the dlrtyou could do ; No more wo will hear you a crowing 1'or the scabs on the C. , It. & Q. The days are numbered like grains of corn , When your friends will be anting for you , YV 'H goftjy murmur , "lie's gone up the horn , " With the scabs on the G. , J ) . & Q. K * Sample number two. was written by & dreamy Philosopher who pumped the wellsprings - springs of his soul dry , and apparently dragged them into the street. The author seemed to have but little respect for the Eng lish language , and no regard for his follow citi/ens. We unhesitatingly pronounce the entire production ono of the few real poetic gems. In fact , it. might bo hid in great gobs of verso , yet it would shine resplendent through them all oven as it otherwise would have shown in the yawning maw of our waste-basket : On the stream of time wo bontmen drift , And on cither hand n blioro we see , Yet nothing know of what Is to bo. For altho wo dimly BOO each tthoro And our vessels make- too close before Llo heavy shadows that never lift. If some shadow lifter will send n derrick to the genius who perpetrated the above thought , ho will doubtless confer u lasting favor. * * The next , and with pan ! , wo regret not the last , is a wecpinc wonder on Decoration Day thrown off by a lady in an idle hour to while the time away. The last verso is suffi cient to give the casual reader an Idea of how lucky he is in not seing the entire work. Softly , tread softly , the heroes sleep , No more to know sorrow , no more to weep. O'cn their country's distress , your llowers lay O'er their graves , 'Tls "Decoration luy , " * And this one oh , list to this ono on spring balmy spring. It will bo noticed that in Jag 2 , as Bill Nye would say , the gifted au thoress grapples the divine aOlatus squarely by the back of the neck and fairly makes the poetry hum : "And methlnks the bmls of the trco Are likely to hurst In their glee. They are growing and swelling so bad. " And yet In all human probability the author is Janitor at n tannery. The north wind 1ms ceased his roar ; At lubt the Knowfall Is o'er : And warm , balmy spring Is at hand. Oh ! let ns hear the voice Of man and beast rejoice With one accord throughout the land. The north wind's ceased his roar ; At last the wlntnrlH o'er : All nature seems happy and glad. And methinkx ( he buds ot the trco Are likely to burnt in their glee. They are growing and swelling no bad. The streams are all thawing ; The blackbird * nre cawing To the trees : "It is time you wcro up and dresbed. For your bright screen Of emerald green Will fcoon be needed to shield the future nest. " * Why such a versatile and brilliant person should stalk around through the shadows of tills world for such n , long , long time , un known to fame , until now , passes compre hension. Ohl that some modem Diogenes would get out with a lantern and a gun , look ing for such unappreciated creatures. These few sample lines herewith given , together with the author's letter , is sulllclent to explain itself. The lines nro written on the subject of the return of the rebel Hags : Editor Omaha Br.n Sir : If you have Space In your Paper and think this worthy of coming before the Bubliu Publish it if not cast it In the waist Box I Start West In 10 or 13 days to Explore Some now nnd un settled country Should you desire I will give you my travells and all I discover Should you wish to corispon with mo write soon , as I expect to start the 1st of May. Tor years this things been coming on Our rites rvfubed anil honors Kuirned While they , the Traitor * of our J < uiu ! Are rwllliib' forth their treacherous hands And Should your course bring on a War \Ve stand just as wu did before Yet some of us Is getting Old Our Hoys-Is Jiihtas true and bold This ravishing ditty , tied lotted to the first robin of spring , will , perhaps , cause the bird to flyaway : Dear robin , tnoti art como again , I heur thy well-known voice ; Awaking me nt early duwn , Jilddlni ; my heart rejoice. , And when at last thy gentle notes I'cll on my listening ear. How loudly beat my Imppy heart , For robin , thou wust near. Thy sweet voice holds me now , as then A willing captive bound. As oed , and dale , and cloud-capped hill , Thy melody resound. Verso the second , from a soul Inspiring poem on life roads : He who sells his soul for gold Urines misery to himself untold. I.lft > la tleeting 'twill not bo long , Let us keep from doing wrong. Kvery wrong thought that we ulay MulcBjua Ntrunger nnd better all ( lay ; 'Tls.for kindness we were meimt. Else on this eurth we d not been sent. But' hero is the production Qf a man who combined the brilliancy of genius with the solid virtue of common sense , nnd took front plnco on the first round : My republican friend , clear Whltolnw Hold , You are a mnn that clings to my political creed- It was only some papers crying tor news And so I thought i would tell them that I would refuse. , You may rest assured I will not fall For blessed America and home to sail My nomination to accept again If tendered to yours respectfully Illalno. While the rhythm of the nbovo would throw a cable cari off the track , wo continue to insist that rare minds must bo tolerated. * This extract Is from a contribution bearing the caption , "Relics of the Past. " Had it not been that wo , wished to use it , in this column It would have gone down to'posterity marked , "A Helio of the Waste Basket. " The wind whistles "by , mad nnd fiercely. And 1 shiver ns through me It creeps. To .spend Its wild qourso on the water Thut falls on the sand with loud leaps. Like broken hearts , sobbing and crying. Moans the tall , Ihlck grass on the lea , And Its woeful whispering nnd weeping llrlnga tlio past , long since dond , uacKtome. The ngony"which the authoress suffered partially palliates the enormity of the crime of writing the above. These nro only a few choice cxccpts from hundreds of alleged "poums" coining to THIS BKE ofllco each month. It is our de sire to encourage all persons engaged in lit erary work , especially those who court the grim old poetic muso. Accordingly our in structions to those who hereafter contribute can be understood by the following advice prepared by a scholar from the science de partment of this paper. No matter what you say , but make the lines dove-tall. Do not try to write poetry with a drayman's license. If machine poetry , oil the machine. N. B. Do not use fusil oil. For instance this epic will illustrate. The milkmaid cuts a pretty flcure While skipping across the green. Where an Irishman , n Swede nnd nigger. Are running a threshing machine. No ilnrm in a middle Name. A writer in an eastern review who believes not only that thoru is some thing : in u mime , but a very great deal , ui'gea the people to cense giving middle names to their children. Ho finds that individual greatness and worth in America has been represented largely by those who had no middle names. Thus , of the 63 signatures of the Declaration of Independence only three Jiad more than ono name. In the first American commercial convention not a solitary delegate had a middle name. In the convention of 1787 to revise the constitution , of the 50 delegates Cl had hut one name. Of the 41 signers of the articles of confederation only four had two "given" names. Of the 30 speakers of the house in the first half of the century only 12 had middle names. Of the five chief justices in the same period none had middle names , nnd of 81 associate justices in that time only 6 had moro than one mime. Of the 18 secretaries of the treasury only 8 , of the lifl secre taries of war only 0 , and of the 21 secro- tnrics of the navy hut 8 had middle names. We have had 22 presidents and 15 of them had no middle name given them at birth. Of 6 senators who be came president only 1 was douhly named. This is amusing but is really not an in genious device to discourage double naming and impress people with the suspicion that there may ho some "subtle forces directing the fate of men , " nnd that "a name bestowed upon the helpless infant may produce ef fects" marring the career of the man. But lot us see how statistics of this character prove nothing. The output.of a very few minutes of search enables us to make this showing : Of the 33 ministers of the United States at for eign courts 27 have two and 6 have three given names. Of the 70 United States senators 02 have middle names , Of the governors of the 48 states and territor ies 40 have double names. Of the 27 lieutenant-governors 20 have _ two names. Of the 980 names of distinguished poets , authors , philosophers , clergymon.stntes- mcn , and literary lights of many cen turies quoted in Iloyt & Ward's admira ble , encyclopedia 02-5 had two or moro given names. Of nearly SOO men nnd women distinguished in American lit erature , treated in C. P. Richardson's work , ( the .latest on American litera ture , ) the division is oven between double and single names. This sort of pleasantry might ho continued indefi nitely. Statistics in sucli a .matter are scarcely valuable enough to ho amusing. Claude Duvul tlio Second , Texas lias a very considerate stage robber , says the Texas Slftings , IIo doesn't want to hurt anybody's toolings and ho will do almost anything , except restoring money and valuables , to free his victims from a charge of cowardice in giving them up. Not long ago this lone highwayman stopped a mail stage near San Angelo containing thirteen passengers. IIo ordered them to de scend , which they did very promptly , and titter drawing caps down over their faces , to hide their blushes at their own cowardice , probably , ho proceeded in a calm anil dispassionate maun or to relieve them of their personal prop- lie kept them holding up their hands about four hours , awaiting an extra hack that a passenger bald was coming behind them , but it was delayed in some manner and the stage with its passengers 1 ho robber gers was allowed to proceed. ber very generously gave each passen ger enough money to pay for his break fast at the next stopping place. An ticipating that they might bo charged with lack of courage when the circum stances became known , ho alto gave them n written certificate , which read as follows ; I hereby certify that all of you are gentlemen - men , honest and brave , but that you wcro not 'armed and prepared to defend your selves. STAOB KOIIIIKK. Such consideration is rarely met with in n highwayman'nowadays. It is worthy of the courteous Claude Puval in his best duyj , DECORATION DAY. Henry HYiuiIo/orl/i / LnnpfeUovA Sleep , comrades , sleep and rest On this field of grounded arms , Whore foes no moro molest , Nor sentry's shot alarms. Yo have slept on the ground before. And started to your feet At the cannon's sudden roar , Or the drum's redoubling beat. But in this camp of Death No sound your slumber breaks , Here is no fevered breath , No wound that bleeds and aches. All is rcposo and peace. . Uutramplcd lies the sod ; The shouts of battle cease , It is the truce of God I Ilest , comrades , rest nnd sleep 1 The thoughts of incii shall bo As sentinels to keep Your rest from danger free. Your silent tents of green Wo deck with fragrant flowers ; Yours has the suffering been , The memory shall DO ours. The Origin of Decoration Pay. Twenty years ago the 30th of May was set apart in national commemoration of the soldiers , who fell in the armies of the north during the war of the rebel lion. Its design was suggested by the Roman custom of honoring on one day of the year the memory of heroes in a body , n custom adopted afterwards , in a spirit ual sense , by the Catholic church , founded on the ruins of the Roman em pire and known in its ecclesiastical cal endar as All Souls' day. As an Ameri can holiday , the 30th of May becomes the ceremonial of the Grand Army of the Republic ; the histories of both the botij' Jilld the day began together. In march , ISou , tlio organization of the Grand Army was outlined by tvnum- bor of ox-soldiers , who met at the resi dence of Dr. Benjamin F. Stephcnson , in Springfield , 111. The object of the meeting was stated in the call to be tlio selection of the means best calculated to perpetuate the sentiment of comrade ship that had characterized the soldiers while engaged in the defense of their country. The permanent organization was effected until the following April , when Dunham Post was instituted. Then followed ono or two other posts and a ritual was prescribed. B. F. Stcphenson was recognized by resolution and otherwise as founder of the order and provisional commander- in-chief. No clTort had yet been made , except by correspondence , to extend the order to the eastern soldiery , nnd with the exception of Wisconsin the now organization was mainly confined to the state of Illinois , its birth pl'ico. It is said that the movement was re garded with suspicion in some quar ters , and it was thought to bo an .effort to form an organization some- 'what similar to the society of the Cin cinnati. The snmo charge was made , as in the case of the earlier societythat the the tendency was to establish a mil itary aristocracy which some day might become powerful enough to overturn the constitution. Ilowovcr , in spite of misrepresenta tion on the part of enemies ami luck of zeal on the part of friend * the organi zation gradually gained ground. In September , I860 , the National Soldiers' and Sailors'convention met at Pitts- burg , Pa. , and the Grand Army was talked up among tlio delegates. The result was most favorable to the infant organization. Prominent eastern sol diers were obligated and posts organized in Philadelphia , Pittbburg and Wash ington. D. C. In 1808 General John A. Logan was commnndor-in-chiof of the Grand Army and in a proclamation set apart the 30th of May as Memorial day. In his order the general snid : "Tho 80th day of May , 1SOS , is desig nated for the purooso of strewing with jjowors or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in dofenbo of their country during the Into rebell ion , and whoso bodies now Uo in almost every city , village and hamlet church yard in the laud. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed , but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit. Wo are organized , com rades , as our regulations toll us , for the purpose , among other things , of preserving - serving and strengthening these kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together tlio soldiers , sailors an d marines who united to suppress the late rebellion. What can aid more to assure this result than cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead , who made their hearts a barricade between our country and its foes':1" : ANOTHKIl ACCOUNT. MM. Sarah Nicholas Evans , who died in DCS Moines , lu. , in 1881 , was ono of four lildlcs with whom the observance of Decoration day originated. On April IS , 1802 , just ono year after tlio fall efFort Fort Sumter , Mrs. Evans , with the wife and two daughters ol Chaplain May of the Second regiment , Michigan volun teers , decorated the graves of a num ber of soldiers buried on Arlington Heights. In May , the next year , the same ladles performed the service again at the same place. In May , the next year , they rendered the same sadly pleasant attention to the graves of eol- dlors buried at Fredcricksburg. In 1871 congress took notice of a ceremo nial eo significant of the nations obliga tion to the dead and made May 30 a legal holiday. It was becoming , after . such a record , that -Mrs. Evans should have a formal recognition by the Grand Army. This was given her by Crocker post No. 12 , Des Moines , February. 1673 , the sumo recognition being extended to Miss Ella May. Slavery In Clilnn. Minister Don by sends the state de partment says a Washington dispatch to the St. Louis Globe , a report on slavery in China , which is interesting in view of the controversy going on. Ho says : Slaves wcro never numerous in China and of late years they have decreased in numbers. All China knows , says the writer , that an edict of the emperor was necessary to oblige his Tartars on duty to have slaves for domestic servants , and that this edict is hardly observed. All modern writers agree that slavery still exists. Every native may purchase slaves , and the condition is hereditary. Freedom is forfeited by crimes or mortgaged for debt. Slaves are so few that they attract little attention. At PokSu girls bring higher prices than boys , varying according to ago up to eighteen years , from 30 to 800 taols. Needy parents sell their children , and orphans are sold in times of famine for a few tads in cash. The origin of slavery in China is given in an ancient writing , the Fong- fou-ting , in substance as follows : In antiouity there were no slaves , neither male nor female. The first slaves were felons who lost their liberty by reason of their crimes. But they wore slaves simply in the sense that their labor be longed to the public. Prisoners and captives taken in war introduced a second end species of slavery. Finally , in the troubles and misfortunes of the third dynasty , the poor , who were without re sources , gave themselves with their families to the great and rich who were willing to support them. Thcso two last forms of shivery caused the condi tion to bo regarded rather as u misfor tune than a shame. In the memoirs prepared by the early Catholic missionaries , and printed in 1777 , there are treatises on slavery. Mnrrioge of slaves was encouraged for the sake of the increase. Slaves were usually treated with kindness and were supported by their masters in their old ago. Manumission was common , and Instances arc recorded wherein slaves refused the tender of their freedom. The missionaries wax eloquent in defense of slavery , and re gard tlio institution as developing "a mode of thought and sentiment worthy of the authors of 'Tclemachus' and of the ' Friend of Man. ' " The traditional Chinese patriarch's idea of the family , they say , modifies and tempers slavery so that masters and slaves become ono great family. A gentleman living hero who has de voted his life outside of all missionary i societies and nlono to charity , Mr. J. Fisher Crossctto gives mo some information mation ns to slavery. Ho says there is a system of servitude carried on in the coal mines west of Pokin. Men are in volved in gambling debts and then taken to a coal mine. Their lives and labor are mortgaged for the existing , debt and for others subsequently created and thny remain slaves. The Chinese have a great horror of this condition , and the law lias done much to put a stop to this abuse nnd in certain districts has succeeded. Mr. Crossottoo personally knows that largo numbers of girls were carried oil and sold in slavery during time's of fiunino in the province of Shantung. A Chinese convert at Tsi-nan-fu sold his little daughter for $10 to serve as a maid of all work in a rich man's family. Boys were not marketable. Another Chris tian sold his wife for 32.50 to pay a debt of that amount. Mr. Crossotto says that there exists in some parts of China n peasant servitude such as formerly existed in Russia. The Story ol'n Hole ! Man. Kingston Freeman : "It pays to bo decent , " said a Kingston hotel man , the other day , "as I know by experience. Not long ago an actress came to mo , tolling mo that she was in trouble bo- CHUSO of a drunken agent , that she needed a small amount of money , loss than S100 , to reach the city wlioro the show was billed for the next perform ance , and would repay me when she arrived there. She had made the same request of several men besides , myself , but they had refused. I talked a while with the the woman and made up my mind that she was honest , and that she would pay me back. I loaned her the money , and'she took her show people and wont JIQIway. . Several of my friends , who know the circum stances , cuino to mo nnd commiserated mo upon the fact that I never would ROO the money again. I said , 'Never mind , I never yet lost much by opening my heart. ' And I didn't lose a cent by tills atfalr , for a few days afterward I received a chock for the amount. Not alone that , but my house has had a number of guests since who , no doubt , came hero through her recommenda tion. It &hows that she lias not forgot ten the act of kindness on my part , and I will probably continue to receive cus tom because of her good words for many a day to come , I could toll you a number of other instances. Once by acting good-natured and decent under trying circumstances to a number of respect able white-necktlod , black-coated indi viduals ; who came from nil parts of the country to attend a convention , I re ceived favors through their romom- bninco of me in a number of ways. I have known men who hailed from other states , as far away as Maine , to como and inquire for my place and pass nil the houses , simply because they had been told to come to my house by ono of thcso minUteru. Acting as a man bhould act gave me an advertisement I could not have received by expending any amount of money. "