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( 20 THE OMAHA DAILY BE13 : SUISTDAT , FEBRUARY 20 ; 1808. PROBLEM OF ALL DIE ACES * j . * > Has the Vienna Savant Sclvcd Nature'i ' Great Secret , THE THEORY IN AN'M'L LIFE BonnixKTlinciiM : | ( TViulliiK t < Alllrtii Illx ( litliiix Ciirluti * I'm1 ! * DlHOiiv rri'il by SclciitlsCH. Piof. Srhenck of Vienna thinks ho ha ; proved that tlio eex of offspring Is deter mined bv tlie relative status of the two par- er.ts ni rcgctds nutrition Should the proo bo accepted , then one of the most puzzling and fascinating problems of the ages hai 'Ijifn solved. Hut It should not bo forgotlcr tint It Is a problem that has been "solved1 ft vast number of times before , and thai nil thr ? < > solutions have failed to stand the test of experiment. Unit a hundred expla nations of the rccson why a child Is lion et n particular sex arc current hi populai poislp , but no one of these has liithertc been nd'nlttcd to have a semblance of scien tific backing. Hence the Intcicst which at taches to thr cl.ilm of the German professor whose standing ns n scientist removes his theory at once to n different plane from thai cf all previous ones. EVIDENCE 01" Till : MIOUOSOOPB It Is only In comparatively recent times , Jndcel , that anj guess on the subject stood the slightest chance of Hearing the truth , for until tlio microscope eainc tu aid vision no one had the romotist notion as to what really cons'ltu cs the pioctts of generation , which lies back of the SPX. The microscope brought to light the Interesting fact that In every process of generation there are two clumnts , and two onlj- , Involved One ol tlirpo Is a rojml egg-like cell called the ovum , or fetnalo element ; the other an even e ixlle-r motllo cell , called the sperm cell or mile tlemo it Observation of many forms of life made clear the wonde ful faet tint these1 elementary cells are marvelously BlmlUr In appearance among all forms ot living beings The egg cell of a fish , a rcp- tllr , anil a mammal , for example , are to all Int'-'it'j and purposes Identical In appearance nnd thespeya cell of the lower forms ol aquatic plants Is often almost Indistinguish able from tiut e > f the highest mammal , bcln In enrh CUSP mi Infinitesimal moving crea ture , looking for all the world like a minia ture tadpole with an extra long tall. Aad from tne loivc-t' to the hlghc-st forms of life- , the > real rsstnro of generation is the union of n sperm cell with an egg cell , from such union and not otherwise ( e'xctpt among cer tain lower forms ) , results the now being When thcEo elementarj piocesseo of gen eration were1 first discovered sclentUl.i thought theiii'chiH closely on the track of the question of sex. n d ot all the other puzzles of hcicdltj In the case of flauc < irops and othei lower forms of life , the germ cell was observed entering the egg ceil fertillrntleri resulting , and theoLseivprs no unnaturally jumped at the conclusion that the matter of sex might be determined bj the number of germ cells that found their waj Into any partlcu ar egg cell If the number sufficed to give prc-pondcrance to the nale elements , thoj rea'o cd , the oft- epr'ag ' must be a male and vice vejva Hut this very .satlnfactoiy theoretical explana tion received IU quletm a few jcnrs ago 'when ' Prof Hertwlg demonstrated that fei tllUatlon U effected alwajs bj the union of a slnglu germ cell end no more with nu egg cell. . This being admitted soon after by all obseivers , the sex question wao re turned to Its former state of olwcurltj. OHSnilVATION OF CATTLE HIinEDEHS Meantime , however , a very different set of observers had taken the qucs'lon up , anel brought It to wliai mar , . , of the" believed to be a satisfactory solution Thwe were the breeders of cattle on the great wca c.i ranches. To thcse men the question of sc\- dctcrmlnation Is of the utmost importance fiom a purely business elandpont. One breeder , for examp e has a herd ot Jeisejs for dairy purposes The male offbprlng of his heid arc practically of no value ; o him , being too small to make good beef , while females aio at a premium Jiift the reveis1 Is. tbo case with a neighboring breeder , who raises beef lor the eastern market and lienco keeps cattle of a large flesh-forming brecj , the eows of which have lltt.o value 03 milkers. Various of these breeders d'scovered ' or thought they discovered , borne yearn ago , that If the males of their heids were * In particularly vigorous condltlcn , while the cows were ICES vigorous the offspring , on an average , showed a preponderance of femalcu while If the * lovcrso condition prevailed , male calvco , aropeiderated Se > certain were they of th s that many of them camehabliually to feed the bulls and cows of their liurelc In the particular way that would favor their cndi.i , according to this thcoiy , and the claim "was made that the results juatlflcl the ex periment These alleged facts were widely published , but they excited little comment among scientists because from thet mttuic of the catu the experiments were1 ne > t pei- formed with sufficiently rigid teats to satlstv the scientific mind Hut now these al.ega- tlti s coinu at oncet to mind , because the al leged discovery of Prof Schenck , to wlilch the scientific world In forced to glvu attun- tlen. Is practically a rediscovery of the method long advocated by tbo Texan cattle breedciH. It would certainly bo curious If the solu tion of ono of tha greate'st ot biological prob lems .should have been reached first by fron tier farmers ot Amdrlea ; jet the expedience would not be altogether unique , for It Is well known taut thu dairymen of England had been aware of the preventive powc < of cowpox - pox over smallpo < e many years before Up ward Jenner put the mutter to rigid tests and demoiibtrate'd the truth of their rumored opinions. Indeed , filch u substratum of ru- ini/iod knowledge may bo found beneath many great discoveries And In this par ticular e\\bo It U not alette the cuttle brorel- uo , but 11 large number of physicians ouiry- whore who tmxo held , as a provUlon.il belief , n theory of oe\ which Is practically that now formulated de-'lultcly ' by Prof. Sobenck Thcie Ij at leaat ono Now York physician for example , who has long been accustomed to point out the fact that iimong families o ! Ills acquaintance male offspring prcpcndci- nte where the mothe'i noticeably exceeds the father In physical vigor or vitality , girl chll- < licn wheru thu father l pronouncedly the mo.o vigorous Ho has shown , funher. thai in n family where boys have been thu hole offspilni ; , a girl may bo born during a perliil when the father had suffered from a loag- continued dcprcbslon of health Ho has even claimed to t'avo ' imc success In prodle'iitlng the BOX of unborn children by applying' this U'tt. Hut us he * had made no deluded pii'j- llcutlon of his observations , his theory taken nothing from the prc-edcncn of Prof , fichenck. It does however , te-nd to Btieugthcn confidence In I he German's al leged dUcotcry , that other Indeiendt-nt ob- uenns had reached somewhat similar con- elusion * . NyTIUTION THE BASIS. Hut there ib uiiothci and u mucn stiongcr rcruon for supposing that the now claims may hsvji nome validity and that Is the b'.olpglml fact that niitiltlon In of sucli Iu"damtntal Importance In determining ciucMloiiB of ( rproductloii among low forms ot life , Thus , It ls we'll known that certain bnctcrla will go on reproducing their Idiul by the splitting uji of each Individual ( o form tv\o , continuing this process over mid over so lone as an abundance of food Is supplied and the temperature Is uniform ; but tl'at when food becomes scarce or thu temperature unfavorable ( In other words , when nutrition U Interfered with ) , at once this form of reproduction ceases , and each roll , Instead of dividing to form two , develops within ltstf ) a. colony of offspring In the form cf spores , which cun rest Indefinitely bcforo icolni , ' on to development. Here It would be tco much , perhaps , to say that sex In Involved ; yet , beyond question , thu upores ore a dlfforent order of offspring from the ones ordinallly produced by division , A more ijncquhocal example ot a similar kind U ( urnlulied by the aphides or plant lice The felnalo ot .hk Interesting species may , and ueualjy does , produce a series of offspring all of onu BCX throughout almost lie- entire life ; Uiul only toward the approach of winter , vvheu food begin * to bo scarce , decs the prgdlife offspring ol the other eex , Here , eltwrly. the Influence of nutrition In determining ten to unequivocal. There IB ar Impression abroad that tho. case of the bee Is another Instance lo point , but this U t mistake , tl U quite true that the workci bees may by forced , feeding detcrmlno thai a certain larvum Khali become a queen whereas without such forced feeding thai larvum would > ave been merely n worker ; but It U alee true that all worker bees arc of the female sex. They are simple abortive queers ; the males of the hive being drones Yet the en so of the bee has Its Importance In this connection after all , for the workei bee , even though a female , U Incapable ol producing offspring unices put through the comae of forced feeding while In the larval state , that will alone develop her Into a queen. queen.WHEN WHEN IS SEX DBTEUMNEI ( ) ? In all these cases of roil or Alleged predetermination - determination ot sex , It will be observed the final settlement of the question for cacti paitlculnr Individual Is supposed to be efi"e ted Immediately on the unlm op the n.ale and female elements , giving vitality U tfic new organism. It Is an open question , however- whether Jiuch fl.ul determination of sex really takeyj place so oirly. There are blologlsln who hold that In Its cnrllcsl Btr.ges the organism Is without sex , or , per- hapi better , that It Is bl-scxual. But when one rcficcU that all the polciitlnlltlcn of the male parent have bcen transmitted through Ido germ cell , It ta difficult to believe that any fortuitous later occurrences can clang- the EC * ot the offspring. In such a case 01 that ot the fish , whcro the germ cell flndfl the egg cell at tha bottom of a rlvcf , and where neither parent afterward conies near the developing young , ono can hardly doubt that the sex Is dciormlnqd by the bilanco ol vitalities of wch 'jalr ot germ colla and ova at the moment of their unlnn and not by any subsequent vicissitudes And IT tfils be true of the flail , such Is tbo harmony of vital ac tion throughout aturc ono cannot doubt that It holds equally tcue of every othei organism So clear does this seem that ono fr-els that Prof Schenck must bo misunder stood In those reports whi-h have stated that he bases his claims on the nutrition of the fcmalo after conception. If hla theorj has any validity nt all It must nurcly be based on the vitality supplied the germ cells and e-gg cells by the nutrition of the parents piloto conception , not aftorwird. Without cnVel-lrg ) Into exhaustive discus sion of the tnnUejr , , It tray not be amiss to cill attcntlcti'to.orte familiar feature regardIng - Ing the average sex of large masses of popu lation , which the new theory of seIn name mcafuro explains but which has filthe.'j been qultq Inexplicable. H Is well known to statisticians tj.iiti. during times of VVCP the av erase percentage ept male births Increase" among the warrlug nations During the Inlf dersde * ISfiO-Co. * for ; example , more than the proportionate nufiiper of boys were born in the United States * The theory that nut' I tlon Influences BOX would explain th'ij an due to the fact that on nn average , the fathers ors ot the country wore more reduced In physical vitality by ( fie vicissitudes of war than were the mothers. The explanation seems pMusible , and the harmony between so remarkable a statlstlcil fact and the new thecTj tends to show tl-it the latter Is nt le-'st worthy.of further Investigation. oosmiHOIT > fTnn ) iMoiM.n. A good story of President Kruger Is told In nn article en "Mining and Politics ln > the Transvaal , " In the rc-bruary numCjer of the National Review. Some of the presi dent's younc ; relations applied to him for ofllc . Ho considered awhile , and said' "I can do nothing ; for the high offices of the state are In firm hands , and for little clerk ships you are too stupid" In the Prottstant cemetery at Caen , sur- loundcd with yew and cypress trees , there Is a tomb which lias just been restored thanks to the attention of the pastor , M Houigcois. Tlio stone bears these words "In memory of George Bruminol , csq , who departed this life on the 29th .March , 1S10 , aged C2 years " The tomb cjntalns the re mains of the , noted favorite of George IV. The melancholy charm which attaches to kings in e\lo ! clings in a certal i fashlo i to the memory of Beau Biuinmel When , on account of his famous command ! o the prince to "ring the bell " he had fallen Into dis grace , he was obliged to endure an exile ol twenty years in Prance It ended at Caen wheic the Ins ( sad scenes of the comedy , the drama of fashion , were played. They are telling this story In London about the Counjess Waldegrave , who was married four times- One evening she np peartd at the opera In Dublin , during her fouith husband's occupancy of the parst o' chief secretary for Ireland. An audacious Celt catching sight ot her ladyship D om > of the boxes , shouted out with real Irhh temerity , "Lady U'aldcgrave , which of the four did you like best ? " The county's was equal to the occasion. Without a moment's hesitation , she ro o from her sat aad ex claimed enthusiastically , "Why , the Irish man of course" a remark which naturally "brought down the house. " rather Barabaaz of Baltimore who vlo'ted his country mnn , Henry Slenklewlcz not long ago says In the Halttirore Sin that the PolUh novelist Is very simple In Ills mtnners cad Is rather silent when In society , but ho li a good listener to a gooj story. He Is of medium eUc.rather dark , and la Inclined to baldncsj. r.nlth n hint of gray over thp temp'os Tbes name ! pronou ccd Che-n- kny-vcetch , vlth the accent en the second syllable and the ch pronounced as In child in * homo Is now at Warsaw , though miic'i ' ot his time Is spent In traveling and in get ting material for his literary work He has been mairled twice. The death of hU flint vvi'o occurred when he was writing ' "Pan Michael , " and Its aombre tone Ls traced to that event.- _ v The HollandPche Jlevue recently gave the follow Ing/account ; , of Dr. Leyd's first Inter- v cw witluPresident Kruger : "President , " iaKl Dr Le-yul 'll havu something to tell you I niir afraid It may grieve you , nnd I do not know If It Is not soniPtlmes an ob stacle to one's filing the pcsltleii I believe In no GoJ ' Silence prevailed In tlio room for a cenildcrablejtl'nc. tbo article contin ues Kruger drawing quietly at his pipe and omitting thick e-louda of < < moke from Ills mouth Ho iippearnd to to deep In thought and ovonttnilly looking at Dr.'Leyd , hald1 "Young man , what I have heard iilevc ; me It hints me did I blame you moat Hut if you do jour duty faithfully and trustwoith'lj ' H3 an honorable man , that need bo no ob- Jectrn " "Senator Roger Q. Mills of Texas , " savs the Philadelphia Record , "rarely uses stories In discussion but lie pioduced a gooj ono In the -tariff de.li.ito. . It wes a remln'sccnro ' of the prohibition canipali ; ! ! In Texan Mills wuti an antl-proJilLltlonlst. An old friend met him ono day and saldr ' 1 ain very much aHtonlbhcd sir , tp'jlni ) you going arpund over this country defending the' saloons' To which the tenator replied'Your astonish- me'iit Is not greater than mine. You have drunk ten times more whisky than I over siw In a lifetime , and you are a prohibition ist ' 'Yes , sir' was the' reply 'I am a pro- lilbltlonist , but I.do not expect prohibition to keep mo from drinking whixky I get my wu'sky In Robluson county , Tennessee , ami I expert to drink | t As long as 1 live , ' Sen ator Mills 'then ' Inquired , 'Why Is it , then , ; hat you want prohibition' ' 'Not for mjuolf,1 the prohibitionist responded , 'but for Irish men and the disced negroes ' " William M. Kvarts , who passed his eight- loth birthday recently , has had a rcnurka- blet career Ho In said to be- the only lawyer who over se-eured a single foe of $509,000 , though that Is not the most Interesting fact In MJ long history , He defended President Johnson at the time of the Impeachment charges , ho helped seat President Hayes In Ihe executive chair , he was counsel for Uecehcr In the Tllton case , he represented the United States In the settlement of the Alabama claims , he was secretary of slate under Hayes , and In his later years he en tered the senate from New York state. It Is pathetic to read of him now , blind and feeble , confined to his bed for weeks at u time and unconcerned in the affairs of the world about him. Hut doubtlces he bag had a * much enjoyment in his Jong career as most men , and certainly ho ban had his share of reputation and honors , IliifUli-ii'ir Arnlru niir , The best eilvo In the world ( or Cuti Jrultcs , Sores , Ul < er , Salt llheum. Fever Sort * , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Chilblains , Corn * and oil Skin Eruptions , and positively : urea Piles cr no pay required. It Is guar anteed to Ktvp perfect Katl8fftct4u or money refunded. Prliie 25 ceuUj per box , For cala Cu. ' RICH SOLDIERS SENT ADRIFT Why Privates in the Army Are Discharge When They Get Windfalls. LEGACIES DEMORALIZt A REGIMENT How I'ptcrnnn'n Hull IMnjoil Hnxi it Illi Ariu > ItfKUlntloiiK A Tiir'n Tour with Seen CumriulvM. In both the armj" nntl the navy there Is sort of unwritten regulation that permit any enlisted mnn who comes Into u sum o money amounting to $5.000 to purchase hi discharge out of hand , without unv of th usual formalities of red tape. The soldier o iiian-o'-\\nr'fl man who ea\as his puy In order to buy out must bo able to show n perfect record , otherwise his application fo release Is bound to be turned down. Bu the enlisted man who gets a big uuidfal has onli to transmit to the War dcpirtmen hU application for dUchargc , together will the sum of money demanded for the purpoo by tlio icgulntlons , and he Is let out a once. The officials of the War and Navj departments who pass upon applications o this character , relates the New York Sun know \vhat they are about. It his been pro\cd by experience In both services tha an enlisted man with a big pile of ouilJcnlj acquired money at his command should b got ild. of for the good of the service. II can comcrt n well-disciplined military pos Into a howling Ilcdlam of reckless soldiery and ho can transform an alert , contcutci ship's company Into u roaring gang of dcro llctfl. In 18SO a Swclhli recruit named I'cterscn serving with an Infantry regiment ctatloust at Fort Was no. Delevlt , was notified bj a firm of Now York lawyers that an uncle 1'tti died In Sweden , be < iueithlng to 'urn r j-ly $200,000 , and that $5,000 of the imount hit bp"n dcocaltcd to li'a credit In a Detrol bank. Peterson liked American soldiering Ho wrote to the Now York lawjcis to go ahead and got the whole amount ot Ma ieg- acj. The commanding officer ot the pos road of the recruit's luck In the ncwfipfcpero Peterson laIng \ taken , the thing so coolly that he didn't even mention It around the quartern and ho sent for him. " " said the commanding "Well , my man , officer. "I svpposo you 11 be applying for jour discharge In a day or so' " "A > nn tank BO , are , " replied the Swede "Ay gas A > no , qvlt Ay gas Ay cayrve an lastmnnt" The command'ng officer was dumbtounucd It scenic 1 absmd that a man -with $200,000 should go on ssldlerlng as a private In the United States army. "Well Peterson " said the c-mmandlng of Acer , after attempting to aiguo the lecrul out of his determination to click to his unl form , "thin nntter Is your own business , to hs sure , although I don't think jou're acting vvlselj Don't you want n few months' fur lough1' ' " "Ay gas not " Bild rctnr : cn. PETEUSC.V SETS 'HM UP. Tlien Petersen went to the Detiolt bank one drew out $1.000 of the $3,000deposited there In his name. lYit Wajne It n reglmcnto post That night the guardhouse was packec full to overflowing wild drunken soldiers The sergeant of the guard uns compelled to close up the canteen several hours before the regular time bscause 500 nnd odd hilarious soldiers were trjlng to squeeze inside am these already Inside weie for the most put reclining on the sow dust covered floor. While this was going on Petersen was sleeping peaceful ! } on his bunk In the quarters Peter son never touched a drop of any tort o liquor , malt or spirituous himself. Dut he was a verj liberal Swede and lie HKeO hls > comrades In the outfit. Therefore , when he had the chance he wanted to give them a good time. Another big batch of Foil Wajnc's douph- bo > s got themselves Into the guardbouso cci the following night and again the -canteen doors had to be padlocked long before tattoo Peterson meanwhile sleeping comfoitably In < is ! compan > quartets. This happened In the middle of the month , and therefore row here near jaydaj. The officers couldn't under- s'and the bewildering arra > of drunks coming up before them for summacy courts. The same sort of thing went on 'or four nights end the provost sergeant's face wore a broad grin , for he bad scores of ten-day guardhouse prisoners to police the post mder his direc tion and also under guard. Petemcn , per ceiving tint the whole regiment would be In the clink In less than a week If the thing went on nnd fearing that he might find him self In trouble over the business , then with drew hla carte blanche from the canteen ser- rcant. DOING THE TOWN. On the fifth da > Peterson decided that he'd have a look around downtown In Detroit , and ho Invited a couple of dozen of his comrades to go along1 with him. Petersen h' ' mself got back to the post In time to stand check roll call In his bunk the name night but noije of Uio men who had accompanied him to town did. So\cn of them landed In jail and got thlrt ) days each In t'ie House ot Correction and the lemalnder of them straggled Into the pist , all more or less dm.o up , when they got ready. Petersen pali the fines of the sovoi sentenced to the House of Con action and get them out of the hands of the civil authorities. The Swede made several more excursions downtown with largo 'body ' guards of soMlers attending htm on each nxcuislon , hut ho nlwajs hud to return to the post alone In less than a month after ho had been notified of his Inheritance Petersen - sen had enrlclu-J the Wa > no county treasury to the extent of Bcwral hundred dollars in fines which ho paid for the release ot hla fighting conuades from the House of Cor rection _ He himself went on attending to his duties and enjoj'ni ' ; thorn , But the com manding officer had discovered the causu ot the demoralisation of his regiment. He called Peterson up , "Peterstn , " saU he , "I want you to apply for jour discharge. My regiment has been d holy show since > ou came Into th > t money , I pan't make jou apply for ) our discharge , nor arc there any grounds upon which I can court-martial > ou and Kot > ou out that way , for ) o r own conduct has been unimpeach able , I ajn told All the same , If jou remain > ou mUht not llml it very comfortable in this post " Petettcn demurred , bul he finally took the "old man's advice , procured his d'uclmrgo -"lid - Ihi * jy alter ho got It , so fond wu < 4 ho of 'shouldering a rifle , that he cnllbted In the mar no corps Iti New York , It did not take bis superior officers In the marine corpa long to 11 ml out that Pttercen was too rich a man and altogether too generous a wnii with hU mo < ney to bo u dealiablc innriiia private , and when they finally got him out of the service they brcatchcd easlor for Peterson had kept the marine guard at the Uro3k ! > n Navy yard In a stow from the first da > ho joined HOSPITALITY T0 SOUHKKS. Mrs , O'.Mara the red-faced , go J-natured wife of a veteran Irish duty sergeant serv ing with a cavalry regiment stationed At a fur western regimental post , had been doIng - Ing- the bulk of the washing for the poit for several jcars when , In 1HS7 , her brother a street contractor In Phlladilphla , died and left her $75,000 In cash. She Immediately purchased the discharge of Lurry , her hug. band , and the couple went In to enjoy llfd In the big city adjoining the peat. The ex- laundress purchased a house and with Larry ever as her ldo she kept open house for1 the older men among the soldiers of the regiment. It woo not long before the com manding officer begin 'to observe that a good many of his oldest and most Uiute.1 men , cspec'ally the non-commissioned olll- ecru , were tfolng to pieces In a most un accountable fashion missing roll calls , turn- lug up for guard duty with perceptible jag- lolng all marncr of unmllltary things , char acteristic enough of recruits , but rare and quite out of the question for Eeauciied oil soldiers. U did not occur to him to suspect that the now town establishment of f.x- Bcrgeant Larry O'Mara and his wife v > a ' at the bottom or the disorder In the regl- ncnt until one day en open baroocho , with Ivcrled coachman and footman 011 the ECU' , whirled by tils rx > st quaiters. The com manding officer eaw Mrs , O'Mara , who had cashed and Ironed his thlrts far many 'ears , leaning back In the barouche , arrayed n & gorgeous green Bilk drc.su. and with i tiny erccu silk paracol ncrcenlnu her face from the rays of the hot oummcr sun. Hx Sergeant Larry wit stiffly ut his wife's side looking very much bored. The commanding officer had an Idea , He made Inquiries am learned all about the O'Maras' establish nicnt and the ruinous hospitality there dls renscrt to the soldiers of his regiment. Thi commanding officer had observed the born look on l/arrj's ccuntefvancc as he sat It the barooche. Ho had known Larry for I Rood many years and hesirit lor him. "Larry , " sold the 'old man. ' "how do yoi like being rich and In civil life ? " " 01 can't fay as Ol'm shtuck on It , " Larrj frankly owned up. "Aren't you having a good time , Larry ? ' Inquired the commanding officer. "Well , that deplmla on th' p'lnt av view srr , " said Larryi Ol'vc been < u drunk a. Molke rinncgan'Ri goat Iv'ry night since 0 lift th' tarvlee. Ol > used t1 think that 'if nbsut suit me , ser , but 01 folnd It do not n all at all. Ol'm tflttln' tolrcd av It , nor , an It's rulnln' me Insldes " "I/irry , " said the commanding officer , play Ing his big c\rd , "you were pretty comforta bio In my regiment , weren't 5-011 ? " "Thot was 01 , " .replied Larry "Well , then , here , vvh > not take on again ? ' "Ol'vo bin a-coDtilderln' av It , sii. " "Why not taka on right now ? " iJirry hesitated. "Mo woman j" he began. "Hun over to > the surgeon , Larry , and have him look jou over It'll be all right- anil by the time you get back I'll have > our enlistment papers made out. " PunpnnuKD sKiivtcc TO WEALTH. Private Lawrence O'Mara was again In the pay of Uncle Sam In lers than an hour afterward , and In another hour ho had been promoted to hi--old rank aad was again Ser geant Larry O'Marn. Ho went around the quartern looking as chipper as a sparrow. When Mrs O'Mara heard of It she turned up at the commanding officer's quarters and gave the "old man" a piece of her mind for a pool half hour , while the commanding cfficcr twiddled his thumbs and smiled at her Bridget was n privileged character with him. "Wo'll have some order In this regiment from now on , " uald the commanding ollkcr to some of the company officers that night. ' None of the men will dare to go to Larrj's wlfo's town house In his nloence , knowing thai ) Larry would break tlielr he-ids If thcj did , and ho found It out , And Bridget s so miffed with Larrv that the > can't go thcte w 1th him. Wo'll have some men to do guard duty around here now , Instead o having the bulk of them In the guan house , " concluded the "old man , " stroking h'a chin. Ho was right. The po t took a brace right off. Larrj's wife fell Into the hand ot a crew of bucket shop speculators , am In less than two months after Larry line "taken on" ngan she was flat broke am out at the post with Liny When she hai taken to her tubs In the post again she con fcived that she was a good deal happle "within pound av th' thrumplts" tlian she lind ever bc n with all of her fortune. A second-class gunner's mate named Hal Bey serving on a ship cruising on the Medit erranean station received word In Genoa li 1S91 that a wealthv maiden aunt had made over to him the sum of $20,000 and that al or anj portion of It wr.a at his Immediate dls pceak Halsey cabled for $15,000 , and got It In two weeks liter. Meantime ho had put li bis application for his discharge , and his release fioni the service came within a month. It happened that three chief pett > cfficcrs and four blue-jackets were paid off from the ship on the same day that Holsej'c discharge arrived. Ha'sej ' was 2-1 , unedu cated and a p-etty wild fclioiv "Come on , jou fellows , end we'll do Eu rope" Bald ho to his seven shipmates juo paid off and discharged The eight ox-tais diJ do Europe They did It on a special train In great part , anc HaMey also dev elopeJ a considerable fond ness for chartering steamboats. In the blr cities ho engaged for his paity the note eultea usuallj occuplel b > rojnltj' . He pnlc for all the pier gacses and chandeliers the pa"ty smas'ied. He and his part > of heavj weather men went around In tallj-ho coaches Hal. . = ey paid for the horses he drove to death. The ship from which Hal- sey and his shipmates had been dischargee moved from Genoa to Gibraltar. Two months after thej had taken their d's- charges they turned up In a bodj at Gibraltar and shipped over again. Halscy did not have a cent left of his $20,000. TOI.I ) OLT OF COUIT , Florien Glauque , In the preface to hla manual for notaries and conveyancers , yields to a request from ibis publishers for the pronunciation of his name He states that the g Is like z In azure and the name ap proximately Gee-oafo the accent on the last syllable. The meat serious person Is likely to make a "Joke6f this. A group of lawjers was discussing evi dence In the office of the marshal ot the Ivansaa Cltj court of. appeals last week , re lates the Journal. * One lawjcr said It was strange how three or four witnesses of the same thing would- get on the witness stand In court and tell cntliely different stories of liow it hanpened. "There's nothing remarkable In that , " said another lawjer. "Tho IHo of us here may walk together down the street and see .wo men fighting. We will stop and listen to the quaricl and wntch the fight , and see one of the men kill the other , and yet no two ot us will agree precisely In our stories of it , and some of us will differ widely on most uatcrlal po'nts. " "That reminds me , " said Judge Smith , "of a strange experience of mine ; one that I could not explain then and which has been a mjstery to me ever since. It was In a small town of Interior Missouri. I was : hcn attending court The couit house was n a square In the center of the town. Dur- ng a iccess of the court I was looking out of a window of the couit house and saw two lien fighting In the street. I saw ono of the nen draw a knife and stab the other , who mmedlately1 drew his revolver nnd shot the man w Ith the knife dead. If I had been sub- locnaed In the matter I would have gone Into court and sworn that I saw the man draw a knife and ( stab the other ; and jot those who stood close to the two men testified lint no knlfo was drawn or need , and no cnlfe was found. It was on optle-il Illusion nn my part , and It goes to show that a man nay be tmru he sees and doesn't. " The following anecdote la sent by a Kentucky correspondent who cays it Is the exact truth and has never been published : A young man who had not fouad It con venient te > pay a tailor's bill wuibrougnt up on a creditors bill by the cruel tailor before u very kind-hearted vice chancellor , who liked the youth. Ho was handsomely dicsscd and woio a easily almond utuel In Ills whirl bosom , but declared under oath that ho had no pro.ertj except his wearing apparel. The tailor's lawjer claimed that a d la me tu ! stud waa not an article of exempt apparel and asked for Its surrender , but ibo judge ruled that the diamond button licld the partu of the shirt together and its * removal would lead to Indecent exposure of the person. Then the lawjer urged that the shirt was of a now kind which buttoned In the back , but the Judge mot this by say ing : "Tlie > presumption of the law Is that shirts button In front , and the court does not judicially know that elilrts ever button In the back. The court will not icqulro the defendant to submit to an examination to rebut tlio presumption. " And so the diamond mend remained In the bosom which cher ished It. ( A former employe of ono of the depart ments was attorney for the plaintiff before a t local Judge , .relates the New York Tribune Ills conduct of the case was aughablo In the Extreme , and If It had not iccn sa amusing mud before a man with a scnso of hiiinoi , might have resulted In hla > elng punished -contempt of court. This awjer was exiei cf those unfortunate people uhoso hendplc-cmmight as well bo dough , lo was , In a word , extremely obtuse. After \adlng through a long explanation , to ivhlch ( here secmertito be- neither head nor all , be was auKed by the Judge to state ho nuticr again. "I do not follow jau , " his honor added. "I M > O jou don'f , " ! eald the lawyer. "I've ( .en that from tha first. Hut have patience ; I'll get through your head after a while. " There was a llttlo stir In the cpurt roam t this assumption. The judge flushed , but Id not Interrupt > tlia verdant pleader , The , ttorncy for UuJ plaintiff ( finally took up the ase and cited a. insulation or the depart- ' lent In which bli opponent had formerly een cmplojed. Tlut worthy was on J > l eel id an Instant. "I protest , jour honor , I never heard of | that rule before , nnd t was In the depart ment fop ten years. " "Did It over occur to you , " asked hla honor , blandly , "that your Ignorance of < ho rules may have been responsible for your discharge ? " The laugh was on the attorney for the plaintiff nd the jury found for the de fendant without leaving their seats , KKLIHIOUS. Archbishop P L. Chapellc of Santa Ko , N , M > , has arrived In New Orleans to as sume his now duties ns archbishop of Now Orleans. IleV. Sam Jones makes $30,000 n year by his preaching and sajs that the secret of his success Is the fact that he has something to say and snyi It. John H. Stotsenberg of New Albany , Ind , , has one of the finest collections ot bibles In this countrj- . They range In jears from 1493 to 1780. The linptlst mlsslonarj- board of the state convention of Indiana lias decided to make a special effort to raise $10,000 for mis- alonary work In that state this year. Ilev. Stopfcrd W. IJrooke 1-as Just re signed the pastorate- the First church of 'Boston , because ho thinks that a pastorate of eleven jears Is long enough these dajs for both pastor and people. Bishop Warren of the McthoJIst Episco pal cliurch , while on a tour ot missions In South America , will take formal possession of $200.000 worth of property which has re cently been donated to the church. W. P Hall of New York , president ot the Hall Sign company a < nd a millionaire , Is con ducting revival services In the Ilrooklyn Bap tist tabernacle He Is not a professional church worker , but gives ns much of his time as his business will permit to evangelistic work. The Very Ilav. Dr. John E. ritrmaurlcc ( Unman Catholic ) of Philadelphia , who Is to bo consecrated coadjutor-bishop of Erie , Pa. , on rcbrunrj 21 , has Just been the recipient of a gold pectoral cioss IVom the student' of Overbiook seminary , of which he has been lector ten jears. Ilcv A J. U Halipt , pastor of the Memo rial Evangelical English Lutheran church ot St Paul , Minn , lias lalfed a commotion bj accusing members of the Natloral guard , whoie armoej id nc\t to the church , or spending more time flirting with the joui.g women of the congregation than they spend at their drills. The two missionaries sent by ITio Prcsby tcrlan home mission board to the Klondike report their safe arrival. Thc-se were the only American missionaries to get through , others being stopped at St Michael and various points on the Yukon river , but thej found a Roman Catholic priest nnd n Chinch of TTsigland missionary. Ian Maclarcn , when asked to send a Christ mas me.MRcto an Influential religious weeklj In London , sent the following' "Ho pitiful , for every man Is fighting a hard La'- tle , " and Zlon's Herald siys"While some men arc orthodox and self-denjlng , they drho cou h ahod over sensitive feelings and their softest word Is a whip " Bishop II. M Turner , colored , of Atlanta Ga. , Las gone to Africa to preside over the South African ronfpr n'ie to bo held at Pre toria. A critic calling himself Bruce-Grit who recently accused the bishop ot prefer ring mu'attocs to ncgioes , Is thus vigorous ! } answered bj the bishop "We know that God dug this unlvci'-e out of black , > , nd that black chaos reigned millions , bill ! ui * , tril lions , quadrillions and eons of jears before God ever said 'Let theie be light , ' or let there bo white. We believe God himself Is a negro ; and If 'Biuce-Gclf doesn't believe It ho Is an ass. 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