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LICLIT BATTERIES IN ACTiON
Part tbc Mule-Back Artillery Will Play in
th6 Cuban Oampalgne
A RELIC OF GENERAL SCOTT'S ' DAYS
They Cnn I''ncfrne ( te PoItit ' .VaIi1i !
IIens ) ( hi tire Cnn , a.t ItCiI.Ii ittiti
Are Mu.i ( IffecUt't AgnhItMt
ft UiiQrrtIln PQ.
It the Cuban campaign th carried out
acordIng to the orgnaI plans tione of ( lie
men engngcii In It will ice tiny more In-
terestilig crvIce than ( lint whIch s lIkely
to fall to the lot of the light batterleit ucIi
fl8 ( ho ono organized arni eqUipped by
Cotonel .J. Astor. Cuba IR especIally
nlapted to the work of such companies ,
osi > eclnlIy in the iiiountalnous , easterit
district nbout 1nntIngo.
The mIssIon of such a battery Is to seek
out ZUlu dettoy , at close range end P10cc-
meal , an enemy whose forte is a lirotracteil
nail un casing systeui of guerrilla warfare
that Is xtremoly harassing and itiscourag-
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; : to troops nccustomelton ( "fair flelt ( tflI
110 tavor , ' even though they be 50oned
anti wclI-trj1 veterans. The 1tiY
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perilous aiIP often lonely ollo ; t0 flitiles
V and their juldes must 1)cnetratc' lOtO spots
portcctly itlnccessthlo to lr belies of
troops. and where selt-r&PiflCe Is ( lie only
Incentive to vIctory. Tfte brunt atul vigor
of tbc conhllet intist be borne by the daring
gunners , miii swollen rivers , iintrotldeu
.dcfllcs ntist not bo nhloweit to interfere
rwlth t1ie'unreIcntliig advauce towards the
hostIle tcrrilory
As Its OfLIOC fflhIIICS ) , the inoiintsin battery
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js dcsipcd mainly for operatliit in a. hilly ,
rOahleSS ( ciiiitry , where tile heavy and coni-
paratiVei ( cumbrous field Piece cannot
penctrntu. . .Hence , the equipinciit anil trap-
- , plugs of tiie' mountain gUll are essentially
illhicreut in ninny iiartVUifl1 ! from those oC
tue flehtl ttveive-pountlcrs ; nil ( lie gorgeous
ehiow and laboriously acquired smartness of
the Iatcr tre Inexorably snerlilced , to iiiak'
_ _ _ way lot' the more desirable quaiitleti or
_ _ _ durability , iigiitiicss niitl ease of locomotion ,
which form ( lie three Indispensable attributes -
tributes of ( lie equipment of a mountain.
V battery. In British India this type of
artIiler has been brought to a high Stan-
. ( lard of.Jeif.ictIor ) % , and Its effectiveness in
the continually recurring conihlcts with ( lie
hill-tribes line conclusively demonstrated
( lint the niountaiti gun Is ( lie only weapon
that vUii .siiccsaftilly COliC with the
Style of warfare ptacticed
- by the natives of tile himalayas. When
Napoleon , in 1800 , daringly crossed the Alps
n the4 tci-thiiiation to carry the war against
Austria Into ( tie enemy's country , the dliii-
V culties which lie encountered were such as
would seemed Insuperable to nny but
tllatIutrcjl1 sPirIt : as is ivehi known. his
magiiLtlcit army wa.a almost decimated In
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cariyiug out the tremendous undertaking ,
1)1 ) gti1.111 t ION of 'I'rniu.iorlsit Iiiii.
of all the obstacles which presented
themselves , the transportation of the field
guns ' 1iiehi nccoiupanletl the expedition was
the most formidable ; It Is iclated that ( lie
: cotiibltietl exertion of an entire battalIon
was necessary to move a sIngle piece , with
Its propcr , 8t11)PlY ) of ammunition ; ii'hiie the
other half of the regiment fotiiitl a sulhicient
burden in carrying ( lie double load of knap-
iineIs , ltrloek , CSIlil ) utensils and five days'
: rttion % % Vliichi ( lie wearlsonie labor of their
COflhiiiles , iiuposeii Uliflhl them. hut now all
title is eiinngetl. It. liis ; become vossible to
V transport i light artillery tritiii across a
dIllicuit region at a rate of progress which
tlto iiialn boqy of troops cannot liolie to itt-
tam , and Instead of a source of
' 'V delay aiiil liliiilrnnce , us was foriiierly ( ho
\case , the artillery of todny , lii Its niivanee
'typo of ralliLl-lirlug mountain guiis , folios
I' a ranguud ; ( lint elistires a speedy and safe
advntieo Into Ihie innermost fastiwsses occu-
PIC4I by au tiporgaiilzed enemy. or nre
these Portahilo cannon of mean or lusig-
iilileitii ( caliber ; they fire shells weighing
its much us iiliie pounds , and , in the ease
of howitzers , cycu tiiore , so that their moral
and aettint effect Is little , If any , Infeilor
to ( hut of the usua..l ( welyc-pountler IIl&t
gun. Moreover , they nrc at all timiies ready
for inuuethiato use ; In less than thmrt'e main-
tites ft on Ibo s ant of comnmand , "Action
froiil" ( a round or mnoro front the entire
battery can be poured limb ( lie foe , whereas
a regular field battery on the timarchi could be
itnulhifleted before It would have time to
effectually w'e Its guns against a sudden
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attack.
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-"i Italy have adopted
malr , use of this arm in cLtve wrfaro in
the Mexican war d 1845-IS , The light and
iortahilo nature of the guns made them ex-
( rmcly valuable In the irregular skirmishes -
mishes that took place , but their most important -
portant tiso was foimnil In clearing the strcef
from a point of vantage on Limo roofs of the
flat-topped houses of ( he City of Mexico.
The case with which the guns could be car-
tied or slung to the roofs rendered them
invaluable in repelling the street attacks ,
which were of daily occurrence after ( 'aencral
Icot and his heroes had taken possessIon
of the capItal ,
But the guns of the Astor bnttcry are very
different from the smooth.boro muzzle loaders -
ers of the I1extcan war. In fact they are In
advance of ( ho armament of tue most
perfect mountain batteries that India boasts
today. The standard type that ha done
such good work ngainst the Afrldla and their
sangnrs or stone wall lnrenchmens ( Is a
rifled nmimz1e loading piece of ordnance , the
barrel and breech sections of which are
separate and screw together just. behind the
( rtinnlons , As wIll be soon this weapon Is
rather out-of-date , the improvcnients which
have been made ilurlng the last twenty years
niong the entire llmmo of artillery not seeming -
ing to have affected or reached the lonely
ileiiot of the himalayas , This defect , however -
over , vilh not be Ierinitted to hinder the
activity and usefulncss ot the gallant boys
who arc to defend the newly-acquired
l'hmhlippino archipelago. As has been told
in the tinIly Papers , ltotchklss gulls of special
constructIon and remarkable rapidity of fire
have beeii Issued to the brave comany of
volunteers through the patriotIc generosity
of Colonel Astor.
'I'll E V % 'o ULlN'T JIt\'I I' ! ' .
VIi ) Li YflhIkIe Clgiret ( Macli Inc Is
Not fi , ! t. I'iiiiiiI Iii llziniIgi.
Manila's beit cigar-made of especially so-
lecteti tobacco , wrapped In the iieatst of
silver toll mid packed in low rosewood
VhOXCi ) tIed wIth Spanish ribbon-costs but
i ; cents , and Is considered a rare delicacy.
One scarcely ever secs , these cigars-the
"Jiicornparables"-outstde of the city itself ,
and the brand Is so choIce that few smokers
are acquainted with It , The iorciguqr at
Manila thinks lie Is paying dear for hIs
weed at 2O per 1,000 , , says the New York
Post , and some of the most professional
smokers lImit themselves to the flouqiIet ,
whIch correspond io our "two for a quarter , "
but sell for 11,30 a hundred , Below these
upper grades conio a various azsortmcnt of
cheaper varieties , includIng the cheroots ,
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( or late years ( lie cigarettes found in I
tanila have been turned out by thousands
qm the fast Tunning French machines in
PO4tssion of ( lie big tobacco factorIes , but
thi is not to say that ( ho mulUtudes are
not ktifl mitlo bhand. . I bad the mis.
fortun ( to attempt to IntereAt one of the
smaller concerns in the purchase of ono
of Anmercnn pattern , which worked at
double ( hi , speed of tle French article , But
we figured IUiout our host , amut since ( lie
larger factories hiitt made contracts to
equIp themselves with the l'arislan patent ,
IL apparently scemel decidedly against their
interest to allow ( lie Introduction .ot the fast.
running American mechanism that had a
capacity of turning out 125,000 pIeces per
diem , or 200 a mtnue. (
No sooner had the two engtnepra from
New York , who hail come to put. the nia-
chIne together , started operations than
there wa put. under the door at ( lie hotel
an anonylmiotia conimutiicniou ( reading :
"Ydu are advised to ito no more work on
time nmacliine , but leave town at once. " In
a state of curious trepidatinu they camp
(0 ( oUr omco , where we increaseti ( heir fears
by relating to them ( lie IncIdent of ( lie
two missionaries vho , sonic years ago ,
camno to Manila to teach l'rotestnniSfli ( (0 (
the natIves. It. seemed tlldt they had but
begun ( lniii labors whiei , tinder the door of
their room at ( lie hotel one night was
thrust ( lie messigft ' 1Yoti are warned to
discontinue your teachings and leave the
city. " . : '
Paying no ntentionto.the ( : . communication ,
( ho mIssionaries 'cflt on with their work
until a second paPei ? puhed under ( lie
door : "You aioh will be lesponsiblu for
he results of not heeding ( hi3 and tIme
previous warning , Lea.r * ldnnila by the
mmxl steamer. " Still the missionaries worked
on , giving no heed to what 'tliiy tliotlght
wer0 cnipty threats. For the third nnil ' Inst
time the anonymous letCr ( was ptilie'i Into
their room , reading : "You afc nilkiscd for
.thie la.tt time to leave the capilal by to-
morrow's steamer. "
Ihut tile missionarIes stayI on , and on
the morning after ( lie depttUre of "tomor-
row's stormier" both wr2 totintl poisoned In
their little room at hotel.
TIme two engine9' continued their work
on the cigarctte'IiiaChine In spite of our
Etory of [ lie Virst conimnunication , but it
was evident 1hat ( hey iero fearful of ( lid
consequcne. Scarce three ( lays had
olapedtifOr0 a second piece of brown
paper as shoved over ( lie threshiohil of
theIr room bearing Spanish words equiva- .
Icn * to "Give up your -work at once antI
nve Manila. " The sItuation began to look
so serious and th o chances of our friends
sailIng away so strong that-to save thai
machine-we haitI the matter before the
archbishop , \vlio Was Instantly siicesfiiI in
stopping the anonyniqus conitniiiiications.
hut the two machinists were uneasy and
st'emcd to reel an invisible something. work-
log against ( Item. The day for the trial
came , and among the dozen spectators were
a trio of Jesuit priests. The niachlno started
and th cigarettes began to drop out at
thai rate of 200 per mInute ; but scarcely
had mutual congratulations begun before thai
( hL'ilfltO ( niechianisni suilderily broke In several -
oral places anti the apparatus was a useless
ivreck. It was clear that where warnings
had falicd tampering ivas successful , and
our engineers took the next steamer home ,
thoroughly upset over the methods which
Spanish firms were supposed to have adopted
(0 ( shut out competItIon.
A St'.tItitOV SL&NGS I'L'Sli.F' .
AIist III Oie SliziLu'iv of ( lie .IiiII C.nl-
tiFit S. tt ! tlrd ( Les Up Its Ilfe.
In a grated wIndow of the county Jail , be-
twecli the iron bars and the panet of gloss ,
two sparrovn began last week to build a
nest , relates the Kansaii City Star. They
worked three days bringing wIsps of rass
and feathers aiid strIngs and weaving them
In behind anti around the bars. The prison-
era on the second tier of cells , with time
hanging heavy on their hands , watched the
home Luilihing of the birds ,
FrIday afternoon thai prisoimers heard a
great chattering of sparrows , anti looking
out they saw ( lint one of the births , In weav-
log a strIng into the nest , hind got It ( angled
in comae way around its heck. Its fluttering
tightened the strIng antI choked it , anti It
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\.as dangling hclphess from the bar , wIthin
a few yards of ( lie black gallows in the jail
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LOADING RULlS FOIl TIlE MAItC1I.
on whilchi have been hanged four men antI
on which three more wIll probably be hanged
this summer. The mate of the banging bird
wai wildly exciteti antI chattered loudly ,
fluttering around and peckiii at ( he string.
Its crIes brought other sparrows , wire
chirpeii excitedly and iCCkCtl at the strIng
with their bills , Soon there were a dozen
sparrows flyIng arouud the hanging bird , and
they kept up ( heir chattering for a half hour ;
then a deputy marshal tore the bird loose
wIth a long sticlc , it was death ,
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A RELIC OF 1ONT1CELLO
Discovcry of tha .Favorite Fiddle and Bow
of Thomas Jefferson ,
hISTORY OF THE ANCIENT INSTRUMENT
Foiiiiil its the ' , iaepaList of nit 01.1
1'ei4ro-N0tV In Thai in an
Orchestra sin a. linIti-
sflOCO 'Ilienter ,
The ways in whiehvicinS of famous make
and great value piiige from obscurity are
varied indeed , ud no' greater Proof of this
fact has h0Li admiceti for many years
than ( ho finding of Thonitus Jefferson's favorite -
vorito vIolin in thobttnds of an oogenarian (
aegro near Chariott.yilie , Va. The violin
bears ( late of 1671 , nod its maker was Nice-
inus Ainati.
This relic of Jefferson and of ( lie skiLl of Its
ItalIan tanker was found by Albert Ililile-
brandt of 19 Northi Liberty street , HaIti-
more , Md , Mr. iluldebrantit Is an amateur
musIcian of no littIt'rdi'uation ' ( and sonic-
( hues combines business with Iil&'asuro in
trips through various harts of ( lie south.
To him an old vioiltinis an object of hove ,
and it was ( lila nmicible tad of his that led
to the finding of the Jelforsomi viollim. it
happened wbile lie , , wa.'m visiting at. Char-
'lotesvihle ( , Irelllfiutry to taking part In a
oneert which ivaa to be given there , The
story Of his discovery and what led up to it
is told by hiiomseifas follows :
"rho afternoon 1dforo ( lie concert I hap-
peneti in a barber's shop kept by a liegro
VVflt Charlottesville , antI incidentally asked
him my favorIte question : 'lp you know of
an old violin , as I want to buy one ? ' SaId
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JFFFEI1SON'S FAMOUS VIOLfl. NOW
USED IN A BALTIMOIIIi TIIEATIiIt.
( FROM [ 'IIOTOGitAl'Il. )
lie : 'I knows of an ohd fiddieYboss , that
belonged to Thomas Jeffet."i. old John
Scott owiis it now. ' The ltar as so Interested -
terested In the matter that liT r.t One of
lila aici : with inc nd coon we . ' on the
road to Scott's hiome about two il4s from
Charlottesville , at Limo bnse of thkMontl-
cello mountains and tidjoluing the ohti 'effer-
soil nlaimtation. JohinSeott I found toim an
actIve , bright negro tot 93 years.Vhpn I
sauv him he was working In his gala.len.
I ttslced him to see the violin and ho btt.ttht
to nat from the cupboard a diIaIJ..2.'d
double vIolin case that had once V -
ercil wIth leather. V Vth
elapsed , hioweverfr .rt ? t
Piaccil on the cadttiiIt' .
lt hail come off in patches. '
"Opening it 1 saw that ( he moti.
had a feast with the red lining. Th-
struiiuVmlt was carefully wrapped In a ph.
of gold cloth , and ( lie minute I looked a.
it. I saw that it was ( lie heat specimen of
Nicolaus .Anmtl's violins I had ever seen.
After a while I managed to strike a bargain
wIth ( ho old man and the violIn became my
property. In it I ant very much certain I
own otto of ( he very best vIolIns existIng
toltty ( , Tint scroll Is moet artistically carved ,
thai iiiodel and workmanship beautiful. Thu
varnish Is of golden yellow color nitil the
pegs are of ivory. All that was iteeded wna
a few repairs and now it Is a singing beauty.
It has not a faulty tone , but instead is even
and mellow , and ponseses the great carry-
log characteristics peculiar only to the very
best. makes of the Italian schmol. The violin
has been admired by maiiy artists anti ccii-
nois.scurs , and I regard It as altogether the
mo3t valuable feature of my collection ,
"John Scott , from whom I bought the
violin , loitl ate that lie inherited ( lie In-
srumeiit ( froni hIs father , who was a slave of
Thomas Jelferson , After returning to
CharlottesvIlle with my prIze I learned that
Jffcraon was quite a good mntisiclaim , a lover
and player of the violin , anti that he haul
owncd several valuable lristrunmens ( of Italian
make , The one I hail bought lie had chris-
teimed 'I'd ' , ' and this makes nic bclieo that
It was his favorite vIolin , "
No price hiiis been placed
on this violin of the great
Stttesinaum , but it Is certainlyworh ( a very
large sum of money. Oddly enough , It Is
today being constantly utlllieti by a frIend
of Mr. hlildebrandt , who is one of ( he or-
chiestra of a Baltimore theater. Ifow Jefferson -
ferson would have niaiveled If he cotilti have
looked forward to the use to whiich his favor-
Itit violin vouid be iiiitl
iiiitJ'i'ix.tr'i' i.ti : ( :0's' : ntIS CONli : ,
.4. 'l'rlek I'Iiie'.i on NiiiJ OtIIeers at
110 TIOI = l it ,
Lieutenant Victor Blue , the nervy young
otlhccr who recently lierformed ( lie feat of
getting a good vIew of the Spanish fleet In
Santiago harbor by making a daring detour
of seventy-five rimiles or so on Cuban soil ,
was attached to ( hue Bennington , which was
I lying In Honolulu harbor about. three years
I ago , lie was then aim ensign , relates the
I Wasbiington Star , and he hail not up to ( lint
time been a wardroom caterer , So lie was
Iinauimously I electct as soon as ho was at-
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( ached to ( ho Bennington , Lieutenant Blue
is a giant of a young moan and exceed
good-natured , Hut be iiv' '
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it aft , and atiggesteth to the omeers that when
they wanted to weigh themselves thereafter
they use ( hose scales of his , The oiflcers
didn't suspect anything , and after dInner
the name day several of theta weighed them-
selves. They had all lost a pound since the
day before. They said ( lie scales were wrong
and Lieutenant Blue admitted that perhaps
they weue. They all weighed again the next
day , iachi of them had lost another pound ,
an , ? they began to feel of their waistbands
aonderingiy , All of the ofllcers of the
Bennington's wardroom mess went on losing
flesh , according to Lieutenant Blue's acales ,
for ten days or so , Then a meeting of the
wardroom bmccrs was called , anti Lieutenant
hiluo was dropped as caterer , as beitig "in-
competent" and "no account , anyhow. "
Lieutenant 131uc didn't lowe to serve as
caterer for the rest of that cruise , anti he
p ivoro a smile of thcep content every time ho
looked at a weighIng apparatus.
A 1)li'OT1l ) YOUG ltItt'l'IIIiIi ) ,
The i.'irn'iiy IIolisiii hits an Arileiti
ClintnIoii , at Iloflit' .
" 1 am no nroudcr of my brdhidr ( now than
I ivas before , " says ( ho younger Ilobson ,
who hiss just entered \'est Point , in
answer to the question of a Now York
Journal reporter , "I have always been
Iurotilt of him ; always believed in him. "
"My brother , Itichinonil , is V six-nearly
seven-years toy seninr , you know , Ito was
only 14 when be went away front home ,
but he was toy playmate and my hero as
a boy , anti I think lie is likely to remain
the latter all his life , "
That scents to be ( lie keynote to the relations -
lations between the two , The moore young
] Iobson toUts the more It shows , lie seems
to have looked up to his elder brother with
that rovcrencQ ( lint none but the small boy
knows. 'Flits boy James has modeled liini-
self upon lila hi other , itichimonil-nitti he
scents to have Imickeil out a nina worthy of
I toltu (10mm. (
"There was nothing cold about Rich , "
he says of lila brother , while lie talks about
the aftair of Atiiintolis , "That was the
first time in nil liii ; life that lie was not
popular with all lie niet , It hurt hun moore
thami any otto ever knew. lie used to make
light of it to us , but I know lie felt the
Injustice of ( lint ostracism , atiti I doubt
whether ho ever quite go over It , it
throw hint back upon hiniseif so niuchi. You
know ( hat was but really a part of the
trouble , lie has been constantly oppose1
in ( lie imavy over since ho enterei ( it , Tlu
optositioti hitis conic troni the hue , My
brother hms always wanted to know as
much of his itrofessloti as lie could , anti lie
knows it liret ( thoroughly. The subject of
modern varfarc as it applies to ( lie big
shIps of today has been his especIal study ,
amid for this reason as soon as the war be-
twccn ChIna amid Japan broke out hue asked
the naval tmutliorltics for permission to go
anti report tittoim ( lie fighting for ( lie UnIted
States government , Ills applIcation was en-
tiorseil by the chief constructor , anti Rich
uas appolntcti readIly enough by the secretary -
tary o the navy. Imniiicahlatt'ly ( lucre was
OljeCtiOfl ) from ( lie line olilcers. They said
they thought it manifestly Improper that a
mere constructor should be sent to report
Import ( Ito lighting , although Itichi was only
to be olin of a lot of men who were going.
\\'cll , Rich licaril about tint objections , but
ho didn't ( alto any notice , amid just \vctmt
right ahead with hIs packing and other
rrcparatloiis for his journey. lie was all
reatly to start ivlien a dispatch came from
the Navy departittent saying that the rip-
l)0Ititiiient had been revoked. The st'cre-
tary of ( lie navy muatle. no mystery about
the matter ; be told my brother frankly
enough that the appoIntment had been re-
voiteil because the line objected to a constructor -
structor being detailed to the mission ,
"Of course lie has hail his friends-inca
who have belloveti In hint auth trusted itini ,
Sonic of them have wanted to push him
forward , but hewotmlth never accept that
kind of liro400tion. Only a little while ago
lie wrote to one of these friends that he
preferred nrotimotiun to collie as the result
of servIce. "
"Was he Popular as a boy ? "
"lie was just the macat popular boy In
Greensbo.o , " answered Ifobsoti's brother ,
" \Vhy , you couldii't keep the oilier boys
away from hIm. Ho was the lender in
everything. Everybody liked hint. lie vtis
big and tall nod strong ; I'm not quite so
big , hut"-n little deprecatingly- hope
get ( hose otlrsr two incItes at West
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"You ought to have seen my brother plity
( cot ball and tennis. And swimnt TIme
strongest thing about my brother Is lii
( lCteiiiiiimfliOfl. ( If lie says lie will do a
. lie uIll do it , antI if lie won't , lie will
1P ; , IoWim ) in ( lie rilace whiere he used to
- , .t In swlitmniing there was a rock , anti
' V ch saul he vnnteii It. lie dived for it ,
1 it wouldn't. come loose , lie dived again ,
hi. Jt stuck. We ( old him lie couldn't get
it , flU ] lie said , Voii't I 7' nnil I knew he'd
gettit or thrown , Nobody knows how many
times lie went down after that old rock ,
and lircty ( micarly did drown , but lie got
( lie rock.
"itich wns a great boxer. lie seldom
fought , but when he ( hill It was something
to remnemimer. You can't make him afraid
of anything. lie doesn't know hiouv Next
to toot ball and tennis , I lhmiimk ho liked
base bali auth riding , "
Janmes Marcelhus Hohmsomi hiasmt't any one
but hiinisclt to thank for his appointment
to West Point. lie won It in lair fight , by
competitive exanilmiatlon , front a score of
candidates , Like his brother , lie wanted
to go to Annapolis , but a congressnman-
Turplu of Alabama-stood Iii ( ho way.
For four years ( lie unswerving Turpin
blocked every move. lie woultl not appoint -
point young Hobson , either directly or as
alternate , not because lie did miot think lie
woniil make an excelidnt eatlet , bitt liectitiso
Judge hiobson differed from him in liohitics ,
F.tM JldA1t N.t5i uS oi FLVIiItS. (
I'r.'t t ' ones About I Iii' iiiiiI jig or
l'uiuisir , iIImssiiiiN ,
it is interesting to trace the origin of ( lie
nhiiies * of common flowers , saa a writer In
the New York I'Os ( , Time lcautiful ) canmellia
bears ( lie name of a Zulnrnvian-Jesuit timis-
slonory , eastern traveler anti botanIst-
Father George Joseph Kismnel or Cornelius.
lie returne'l ' to Mailrlit from his travels iii
l7a9 nail Iires'ntcl ( ( to the Spanish queen ,
Maria Theresa , wife of Ferdinand VI , a
nmnll shrub wIth glossy green leaves , bearing -
ing magnificent flowers of dazzling uuhiite-
flees , which lie hail iirouibt front tIme island
of Luzon , It growing iii a vase of
mother-of-pearl , a setting worthy of Its
beauty , Cuttings from it. were carefully
cultivated In ( lie hothouse in Madrid anti
Jealously guarded lest It should become corn-
mon. oath it was long before Jt ilbi so , The
cainellia , which hands down the nanmo of
Father Icartiel , is also a native of China - -
Japan ,
The dahlia , too , is an in"
it to Fuchs ; ho Published an account
in his works in 171(3 ( ; it is indigenous mf
I'eru , Chili and Mexico , Climbing wlatnri }
i another imnportrution trout China an
transmits ( lie minnie of ri-of. Casper Wistir
of I'hiiadolphtin , a physician and forincr professor -
fessor of anntorny In thu University of
Pennsylvania. The favorite begonia is
minmiwi for M , hlegon , a French , pnton of
botany ; its original home was tar thistniu ( , it
havng been brought trout ( lie region tf the
Antles in South America.
There are sortie hmlants whoio iiai1cs are
Llccinhly significant ; one of t1tt , very on-
vrctentlous in Its appearance , is ( lie little
compass Pliifl ( , soiimetimcs cahieti rosin weeth ,
It derives Its imanme from the fact that its
leaves point directly north anti south. A
lost ( raveler ott our western prairies is
sure of a guIde it he flails this little plant ,
wIth its yellow , daisy-like flouiers , which is
so common in ( lie south anti west. Lomig-
fellow refers to it lii "Evamigehino. " Vhen
the kInd old lirkat woiiltl urge the wautlerer
to have patience aiid faIth , he said :
' 'Look itt this vigorous lhttiit ) ( bitt lifts its
heath ( rout ( lie nmt'aduiuv ,
See how its letives are tiirmicti to ( lie north ,
Iii ; trtie as ( lie machot ;
This Is the I'Omfllitifl iluver , ( limit the flnegr
( I f OtitI hits limit ted
hero iii ( ho iiuusi'lt'mis wild , direct to ( ho
traveler's jiiiirimev
Over ( lie st'it-ilke , pathless , limitless waste
or I no desert :
Such iii the soul ot moan Is fiiithi , "
It ieccivea its other title front the fact
that its sterns anti leaves exude it kind of
rosin , amid botanists give It the "barbarous-
sounding" miaine of selphlum-lacianatuiii.
The passion flower ( Passitlora ) , front ims-
sic , suffering , amid ilos , ilower , has a sacred
jimeaning Iii its imaniie , as it was atloptetl front
the idea ( hat nil instruments of Christ's has-
zion arc reprcscmiteti iii It. The lIve wounds
are typified by ( he five nntiic'rs , ( lie three
nails by the three stigmas , two for ( lie hands
anti one for ( lie feet ; the ci own of ( horns Is
irimhlcateti liv ( lie rrtvs of the coroima ; ( ito ( en
nPostlcs ( l'eter and Judas being nbscn ,
arc represented by time' ( en htarts of tIme
lierianthi ; ( lie wicketi hnmitls of Ills Pecan-
enters are syiiibolIzcl by tire digitate leaves ,
( lie scourges are tiw tendrils anti the stemni
Iii ( lie column or ; dllar f scourging , The
delicate hinmiaca ( twimi honor ) Preserves ( lie
minnie of ( lie great Liimiiacus. lIe comisentetl
that Dr. Gromiovirms shioulil give his mmamno
to this Insigmmitlcaimt but gracifuil cariy flover
-so comimniomi ovcryv'tero. With Its ilroop-
lag , behi-hik blossoimis , of aim exquIsite 1111k ,
itti suutet odor , it could not be morn per-
fect.
fect.Many
Many of our moses bear a porftinmo even iii
their liamneB , as the ( ' , loire ( ii' Dijon , whIch
Camion hole calls " ( Ito wimisomimo brIde of
Geimeral Jacqimeitilnot , " bvcauie they ivero
seiit out ( lie saiiie 'eai , The "lIon Siicne"
is salt ! to have sprummig up flrt from ( lie
cleft of a broken statue to the ancient 11151101)
Silenus.
Thai iflnreclmal Nlih , waa rooted from the
stein of one of a whole basket of roses ,
givemi by ii. Pensauit to tile rahinmit Marcehal
wlieii , sick and wounded , lie was returning
from his vlctore [ ' at Splerinio tiritl Magenta.
'ntis particular' eultlng contimir1ing to grow ,
Niel put It iii charge if a famous liortlcul-
turlst when he reached home. The next
year it bore four lovely lemnon-timiteti roses.
At a reception to whIch he was invited by
time Emmipresim Eiigenie-then In ( lie hieyiiay
of her beauty niiti power-the cross of ( lie
Legion of Honor was glvcmi him by her ; he
presented to her oho of the unnamneth roses
from the Cammipagiia , whicmm she soul ' 'I
shall give ( lila rose time tattoo of ( lie bravest
itoitlier of France-Mareclial Neil. "
Or another beauteous rose a story Is told ,
which , trust , is only a myth , for tragedy
antI remorse should have no conimiectloii with
( lie General Jncqueinimiot. The legcmmd says
that the hmritve West Indian general itos-
sessed a vIolent ( crimper , and killed the loser
of hits itlollzeti tlatmghtcr , Mnrgtiorjte , anti
lie died soon after of a broken heart , A
Louis Quiaze rose bush , hearing pale pimik
roses , grew In the garden , near the seat
whiero the losers sat , when ( ho gemieral
crossed swords with the yotmng imiami. To
avoid thu thoughts which it recalled , ( lie
general ordered It cut dowmi. The strong
roots sent up new mthioots , auth one of these
bore a single velvety crinicon rose , \Vhen
asked if it should he cut clown , ( lie grieved
father said : "No ; God sent. thu rose , and
let it grow , "
ICE C1tiA31 CIiN'i't'ZIIES AGO.
Tue Ii'i 1010aM Smimmimimer Ciiii ion
l'irt iniiii fuel ii ccii lii I I ii I ' .
Early June days generally see ( Ito ice
cream anti soda parlors doIng a stenilily in-
creasimig business. Ice crcqni Is a munch
older sweetmeat timami nmniy versona snip-
1)050. In ( lie beginning f tIme scvemmtecntli
century goblets maile ofV'lce amid also iced
fruit-that is , fruit froztui over-wore first
broaghit to table , The ll'imonatIicrs , or Irma-
oumaite sellers , of Paris catleavoreti to iii-
crease ( he iopiihirtty , t'th1tir ' wares by icing
tiit.ni , and one , ' niece enteiprislnug titan ( lie
I'03 ( , an Italian named Frocope Coutenux ,
iii tire year 1660 , conceived the itlea of coim-
vertitig such b verags entirely into ice , anti
abotmt twenty years latem iced liquors-that
itt , liquors clinmigetl into ice-were the prin-
dual tImings solul by the Iiznoruaulh'rii. By
( lie cuiti of that ceninry iced hlqiiomii wc'ro
quite conirnon iutJ'nrIti.
leo cream , or icedVbuutter , " as It. was first
called , front its su'ieptI. } resemnlmlauuce to
ttiitt substance , soomi ( , $ jiowed , It was first
kmmowp In I'nria in I77I2.Tiia Dim ile Char-
( rca often ueiit a that time to ( he l'aris
coffee houses to iirink a glass of Iced liquor ,
atl ( lie landlord Imttvitmg one day presented
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A. soap that dcstro'a the of t -
neaa of woolemi will destroy ( lie
noftimcs of
- . time sichmi. Be
aurcof that ,
, No mimatter
how much a
,
. - wool It isn't
fit for the
V toilet. 'J'iie
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' thmcaoapthmat
- won't shrink
MY MAMA I WISH MINI voo1 ,
usco eio
WOOL SAP
ITtWlMht.
"Wool soap I. an excolient article , tail
every woman 'mill be beuormied n.y ulng ii"
m1eL.CN M. flAhiKkOITres la ( i A' f"
him with lila "Arnip" formeil in ethiblo ice
this kind of snVcctmmicat becanmo tht fashions
Germmnum cooks at once took up ( he nent arL
It was not long in renchitig iimiglnmmd , for In
11713 a French cook re4ldeuit ' ' London
uiamnet' ' ( 'icafliOtit. wrote "The Moilerti co. "
'In sehichi iweCt ices were first desrl ? '
of Iumglisli cooks , Tht. ' _
le liisrtiction ( - - - - -
1reatn of ( bose days is an t'noriimously dab-
C rateti sweatmncat compared with that of thc
lden time ,
' . tl 'mns t'ittIt'tl. .
? ( ? hfeago l'oftt : "Timint tumult is a puszl
to 'Ine , " anitl the ihsicInmi thoughtfully , "Ii
hmav'n't time faintest Idea 'wliiit ho iS worth , '
"V'hat difference does ( limit ninko ? "
" \ % hmy , I don't know bow much to charge ' .
hint for mimy services , If lie Is inside of x
hiunthreti thiousauuil I want to make a. rensomi- '
able charge as a liracticimig ihysiciahl. , butt if' 4
hue is worth moore than ( lint the proper thiini
to tin is to call myself a specialist nuiti nmako
( lie price to stilt. "
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fl/fir iIrU 7/us ! JOTUJNG.
For Sale Evvrywiieiv.
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GOYE1tNMENP ,
wants aLtoanr inca in its
service. With one tic-
' - cord the Army timid Navy
endorse IrAit-IIEN UM
( lie greatest Ic a a iv a '
ktrengthemicr , invigorator -
t or and restorative. it
crentc'i solid flesh. mus-
c13 rinti strcnuLhi : , civur
V the braIn , tutueiighucuis
the nerves nail causes
tIme cciicruuttve orgni1 to
qulckiyrcgaiii their nor-
trial ilowers. 1'or ncrv.
ens iirostratlimi , , over-
scork , Impatieti vitalIty I
in eIther sex , or exees the true of opium. iltpm'r'
or tobicco , it. I 'sitively cailnOt bo exceiltil.
One bo wIll work sicuilers. Six wIll cure. .
irAlt-l1iN Is for ulo by mmli druggists , Go t.al ,
i'ti , 10 cemiti , Oa. to iwo niouitla , ' % rcatrncnt.
Fill out amid mail us thu ditugmunsls itlicet Iii ouch
box , umutl we uutil give your case npt'cial Utica-
( iou wIthout eXtra charge. Iltmt-mniN is tire-
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rfl.t. from thai formula of ii , J. Itarioui , M. I ) .
Cltiveiani'H most cmiacmit specialist. Maitcit
Iii closctl PCiCtO0 Ott rt'ccljit 't irl'o. , (
Hits , IIA1tTON AI ) iliNON.
' - liar-lieu lIiI4'k , liciolanti. 0.
I For sale by Kuhn & Co. , ltmi amid Doug.
ins ; J. A. Fulier & Co. , 14O touglas St. . i
sad Grnluamuu iruig ) Co. , 1Iii timid P'tmfliumfl
King 1'hiuirmnay , , 27th .umai I.tnvenwoutlm :
I'oyr on's I'hiarmnacy 2Ithi a mm I Leavemssvortht ;
E. J. S'ykora. So'iii Oiimutha , amid all othie
druggists iii Omaha So' .h O'naha. Council
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by mail.
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LAKE SUPERIOR STEAMERS.
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