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MURTHT, - KORTH CAROLINA.
X&vrlmktg rates nade known upon
application. All advertisements payable
quarterly unless otherwise stipulated.
r The Drotera Journal figures that ths
daily mileage made in cities of the Uni
ted States by cars supplied with electric
motors is now moro than one hundred
thousand miles and. is growing rapidly.
People who lire in San Francisco con
gratulate themselves that earthquakes are
not altogether objectionable, since they
prevent the erection of high blocks ol
buildings, which keep air and sunlight
out of the streets.
I Switzerland keeps the 600th birthday
of her Confederation next year. In 1291
the "Forest Cantons" Uri, Schwrz and;
Unterwaldea formed the f-"
mutual support and '
asrueforv
against
. the Souse i of Mifii -"?ed to
the fowft
federation.
The chie$tf'
iiiUM-to Pa
hold at
B
"ti,,. V: I .a Ira rT ,nn?rnfl: inn
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ui' ,
spot whewrSwiss independence was de
clared formally some years later.
Tho number of cattle in Indian Ter
ritory is now found to be only 500,000
head. This is a great falling o3 from
former years, and shows, argurs the
Boston Cultivator, that hereafter the con
sumers of beef must depend on stock fed
with cultivated forage and grain, instead
of relying on tho product of pastures
costing nothing. It will bo much better
for all branches of fanning in all parts ol
the country when the demoralization oi
ranching has finally had its day.
i An Ohio clergyman surprised his con
gregation on a recent Sunday by making
tha following announcement: "Nearly
every member of this church is either
wealthy or well-to-do, although no one
would think so from an inspection of the
collection plates, which are burdened
principally with nickles. I would re
mind you, brethren, that the collection
plate is not a nickel-in-the-slot machine,
and that a few bills would come in very
handy in the work of the church."
The American Agriculturist notes that
" twenty-five separate agricultural insti
tutions in Great Britain receive Govern
ment aid for the purpose of assisting in
providing general agricultural teaching,
special practical instruction, in dairy
lectures on forestry, and the car
. . , . , l j
ng on oi agricultural experiments.
trttlif yaionarcceiveaiau tM pirpy an
bvemment grant ef nearly $3603,
' distributed among eleven institutions, of
which the University of Edinburg ro
ceseives tha largest appropriation, of
$2500. This looks picayunish to Ameri
cans, for most of our Statc3 give more
for such purposaa." r , t. . "Sggr.j
' The Chicago Herald says that 1 'Florida
and California ars each making a strong
bid for winter visitors by sending out
cara filled with tropical and somi-tropical
fruits attractively displayed. There is a
car of this kind known as 'Florida on
Wheels,' which made the tour of the
Eastern resorts and did good missionary
work during the summer . months. A
train of cars known as 'California on
Wheels and containing a superb exhibit
of fruits, is now en route for th? East foi
the purpose of booming Southern Cali
fornia &s a winter resort, and will un
doubtedly influence many people to cross
the continent the coming wintsr."
! Several California papsrs recently con
tained a matrimonial appeal, signed by
4 'a young and beautiful Hungarian
maiden, an orphan without means, but
well educated and with domestic tenden
cies, who seeks a companion for life."
The answers were to be directed to Paris,
where the young lady was employed as a
nurse. Incredible as it may appear a
dozen oHere from marriageable young
Trisconians came over the sea. A lively
correspondence ensued, and finally each
of the wooers received an exquisite pho-
teautiful Hungarian maiden, with a
rnpt that the Inver snould send tha
worx,
'tnn)Ml
&ecessacash for a transatlantic ticket.
" Tho swindle? or the syndicat3 of swind
lers netted 6000 mark3 in all by tho
. trick. And now the prospective bride
grooms, among whom are soma well
known names, dare not whisper their
misery.
' Tho experiments in the cultivation ol
plants under the electrical light, recently
made by the botanical department of the
Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. T.,
have given soma curious and interesting
results, and results which are ia some re
spects confirmatory of somewhat similar
experiments not long ago reported from
Russia. The first and most noticeable
effect of the treatment is an enormously
Increasel rate of growth. ..Tha plants
which are lighted seem to. work day and
night and to "run very much to leaf."
Vegetables shoot up Tery -quickly, and
peas in a few weeks are two or threa
times as tall as those planted at tha same
- timo in daylight. In the crfse of seeds
and fruit of any kind, however, the re
aults are entirely different, and the plants
- which had grown slowly and by daylight
were.
ahead. A It was observed ffhat in
every instance the reproductive powers
of tho pltcfe were strongly affooted.being
)sacricsd to msra foliage, aad rapity
isrcas3iaEeaeraliIze.'w: ..- ,
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TO A LITTLE BROOK,
You're not so big as you were then,
Olitle brook! - "
I mean those hazy summers when '(
We boys roamed, full of awe, beside
Tour noisy, foaming, tumbling tide,
And wondered if it could be true
That there were bigger brooL's than you
JO mighty brook, O peerless broolil
All up and down this reedy placa
y Where lives the brook,
"We angled for tho furitive dace;
The redwing-blackbird did his besS
To make us think he'd built his nest
Hard by the stream, when like as no 5,
He'd hung it in a secret spot "
Far from the brook, tho telltale brook 1
And often, when the noontime heat
Parboiled the brook.
We'd draw our boots and swing our tett
Upon the waves that, in their play.
Would tas us last and scoot away;
And mother never seomiKl Vw .
What burnt our legs and cf
But fatheruessed it wa
so
ki
And Fidj : - Valcyed
The-cou."-"
Wlr jroir stiT
x TUys cua wis
f1 1 Tt7V. .i -
ynt of ara great appla
- . - . -
s? fP battling with the brook
TRntmr-O mott uifltappy day
For you, my brook " i .-- '
Come Cousin Saoi along that way;
And. having lived a spall out west,
Where creeks aren't counted much at best,
He neither waded, 8 warn,, nor leap,
But, with superb indifference, stept
Across that brook our mighty broo!l
Why do you scamper on your way,
You little brook.
When I come back to you to-day t
Is it because you flea the grass
That lunges at you as you pass.
As i', in playful mood, it woull
Tickle the truant if it could, '
Ycu chuckling brook you saucy brook!
Or is it you no longer know. i
You fickle brook '
The honest friend of long ago? '
The years that kept us twain apart
Have changed my face but not my heart
Many and sore those years, and J eft
I fancied you could not forget
That happy time, my playmate brook I
Oh, sing again in artless glee,
My little brook.
The song you used to sing for me
The song that's lingered in my ear?
So soothingly these many years;
My grief shall be forgotten when
I hear your tranquil voice again
I And that sweet song, dear little brook ! ,
Eujeni Ti'eUd, in Chicago iVeuis.
A LAST CHORD.
Madame Langelot, a comely, smiling
woman of thirty-six, was humming mer
rily as she went to and fro in her dining
room, and giving the last glance, the
careful housewife's glance, to the family
table. Whatever the season might be,
there was always a bunch of flowers to
enliven the board and testify to the deli
cate touch of womiv
v Suddenly Hadai
Langelot st
aa she recognized h
'8 8
he ld httrdfj
she "efcclaimea ;
rea tnorrooi
j?- "What is the ra
You look
set."
up;
It- "I have reason t
be, darling," he re
plied, "when a man hears at the same
moment of the failure and the death of his
only brother "
"You brother, oh, mj poor dear!"
cried JIadame.
j His marriage, as you know, was an
unfortunate one," continued the husband,
''he was an artist in heart and soul, and
forgot, everything in his love for an
Italian lady, who had a madonna-like
face and wonderful musical talent. Her
dark eyes bewitched him, and ia spite of
my entreaties, and our father's opposi
tion, he married her. He was utterly
incapable of managing his business, and
was made reckless by the death of his
adored wife. Yesterday, in despair, he
took his own life, and on me devolves
the task of settling his affairs in an hon
orable manner. I must do this dear, for
ho was a Langelot." "
T "Of course," was the reply, "it is
your duty."
h "Trere is something else, said 'ilon
sicur Langelot slowly, and his .wife,
startled by his hesitation, exclaimed
anxiOvjly:
L- "What do you mean?" ,
i 42Iy brother has left a son, he is.
: twelve years old, but delicate and de
formed, and will never be able to provide
for himself." ' .
"And you think - it is our duty to
tdopt him?"
i "My &jzt- "
J.. 'You are perfectly ri-ut," cried the
young woman,"- kissing her " husband
fondly, "how good you arc, dear! Ering
the poor boy home, and he shall be our
Clairette's elder brother."
And thus tho orphan's fate was settled
by these two simple loving souls.
( Monsieur and Madame Langelot, . who
hsd been married twelve years, idolized
their only child. : Clairette wasthree
years o!d, a fr&il, delieato little creature,
higbly nervou?, treated liKc a queen, and
somewhat ' despotic, a3 spoiled children
uEuaiiy are.
In a few days Lucien Langelot arrived
r
at his uncle's home. He .-was painfully
deformed, palo and delicate, and of his
mother's radiantJ beauty had inherited
nothing except tl large dark eyes, which
illumined his thin face with their bril
liant fl&she?. Close against his breast he
pressed a violin,' bis dearest treasure.
-At sight of this stranger tho little
Clairette began -to cry and sob convul
sively. Her cousin looked timidly at the
fur-haired and gaily dressed little crea
ture for a miaute, then raising his instru
ment, said softly,
"Listen, the violin will sing to you
do not cry.
And beneath his young fingers the ar
tist's bow moved wondrously, the sound
of a gay yet tender air burst forth, and
the improvisation like caress suddenly
soothed tne cniia a tears, ana sue was
silent. -
'More, more 1 Sing agai n , pretty
music!" cried Clairetto when tho player
stopped, and she clapped hef little hands
in glee. ' " . '
So tho wonderful xu -played on
seeming to speak words bf enchantment,
and . showing plainly what tne poor
hunchback had received as has materna:
inheritance. Prom that chty a tender af
fectioa united the two children, and the
years passed oa.
Luc'en has bscbaie a man, and U assi-S
ciated with his unci? in busaess. lie is'
So
ojjnea, j Liiicien
enTj"
1
fftcr?
?
most valuable assistant, beingf gifted
with extraordinary intelligence. He has
not neglected his musical talent, and hoi
had the best instruction.
"Do you know, my boy,' Bald his
uncle, "that you will some day be a great
composer, our pride and glory!"
"My only glory," replied Lucion,
softly, "is in knowing that Ciairetto is
pleased with me."
, He speaks the truth, poor fellow
whole happiness in life depends upo:
cousin s smile.
She too, the petted sensitive chi
now errowU ud. and has become a 1
woman. She loves her cousin with
sincere affection, and prefers to allVCt
music the air he played for hef when
first they met, so that in ind family tho
melody is always " called "Clairette's
Song.". It is a composition worthy of a
master-musician, and since drying tho
child's teare, ha' become the souvenir of
her earliest joys.'
w . .
What happened next wa3 inevitable.
One day Lucien acknowledged to him
self that he loved Clairette, and called
himself a fool for daring- to raise his eyes
to the daughter of his benefactor.. True,
she was his cousin, but ho.w could he, 1
the poor hunch-back, hope to marry the
beautiful blooming girl? He concealed
his grief within his heart.and the violin,
his only confidant, wept and sobbed for
, i i . r . ... 5 ........
n3 nopeiess luve. ' ; . ,
CUire Lancelot, a eentle, attectionate
girl, treated Lucien r.s her dearest friend
and counselor, confiding to him her in
most thoughts. One day she artlessly
told him of her love for Raoul Darboz,
and then in a sudden buret of happiness,
exclaimed:
"Here, Lucien, take your violin and
play C.'airctte's Song forme !"
Ah, what bitter irony that wasl The
instrument was forced to sing her happy
love, under his martyred fingers!
A little later, Raoul and Claire were
married. Lucien played tho wedding
march. It was his own compo3ition,and
all through the music a mystic strain was
interwoven by the master's skill, and
filled the vaulted edifice witn its tender
melody.
The bride started wfyjn she recognized
her favorite air.
"Poor dear cousin," she thought, "it
is all for me that he is playing."
At the wedding breakfast they awaited
the musician, impatient to congratulate
him on his new composition, but ho did
not appear.
"An artist's caprice," said Uncle
Langelot. "I'll wager that ho is busy
writing out his latest improvisation."
Clairie was grieved at Lucien's ab
sence, but that evening she and her hus
band set out for Fontainebleau, which
was the first stopping place of their wed
ding tour.
On arriving at the hotel near the grand
old forest, the young bride sat looking
out of the window to enjoy the view and
the scent of tho fir trees.
Night fell, calm and quiet, the trees
were rustled by tho caresses of the
breeze, a sweet perfume cams from the
forest, and the only sound was a soft in
definable murmur that 'seemed liko the
breathing of nature.
Claire turned to Raoul, saying:
you knowJl am anxious about
Se mav&e ill. . I did not sec
may
ven to sav
jod-bj e J
if clasped h
in his arms as he re-
plied with love's jealousy :
"Forget him and . every one, my wife,
all your thoughts now belong to me,"
and beneath tho bluo sky where the
golden stara were sparkling, she forgot
all else in the embrace of him to whom
she had given her heart.
Suddenly there arose cn the still night
air a soft strain of music that sounded
like a sigh, a lamentation, and Claire,
roused from her ecstacy of lovo ex
claimed:
"Hark! That is Clairette's Song.
Dear Lucien ! I know that ho has como to
celebrate my happiness, to play for me
on my wedding-night. But, ah, how
sad tho music sounds."
"You ara dreaming my love," said
Raoul, as he closed, the window, 'I did
not hear any music."
She listened again, hut the silence wa3
unbroken and onca moro she
everything but her love.
forgot
At dawn tho next day, in a pathway
near tne Hotel mere wa3 iouna lying
across his broken violin, tho dead body
of Lucien Langelot. The brief lament
of unspoken hopeless love had floated up
for a moment to- the young bride ear,
but the last chord from Lucien'? violin
had awakened only the birds of the for
est. The Epoch.
Why the Dayaka Hunt Heads.
Many Dayak tribes of Australia are
still addicted to head-hunting, a prac
tice which has made their name notor
ious, and which but lately threatened
the destruction of the whole race. It is
essentially a religious practice so much
so that no important act ia their lives
seems sanctioned unless accompanied by
ing of one or moro heads. The
child ia born under .adverse influences
unless the father ha3 orcsented a head or
two to the mother before its birth. - The
young man can not become a man and
arm himself with tae mandaa, v or war
club, untiB he has beheaded at lea3t one
victim. The wooer, is rejected by the
maiden of his choice unless he can pro-
duco one head to adorn their new home.
The chief fails to securo recognition un
til he can exhibit to his subjects .a head
secured bv his own hand. .No dying
person can enter the kingdom beyond
tho crave with honor unless he is accoav
nanifid bv one or more headless compan
ions. Every rajah owes to his rank tho
tribute of a numejpu escort aiwsr
Popular Science Mojdkl'j. - -
TIi3 Uroaiu-Cora District. .
Coles and Douarlas Counties,
in Ilil
nois, produce naif ot tuo
broom-corn
crown in tho United States The soil ol
these counties, which is strong," quic,
and rich, is well adapted fortho-eulturo
of the brush. Ifittr reara ago tue tert-
ritory embracel by the two- counties was
acreat swamp, luu or jargtr pooos anu
was called "socitem" lana. Just what
"sockem" means in this connection
nobody seems to know, in later, years
the swamps and ponds were drained by
means of large open ditches and miles of
drain tile. This drainage left an almost
inexhaustible soil. Broom-corn . ia sup
posed to exhaust sou more than any
vegetable that grows in that climate,, but
there is a. field near Bushtoa, in Coles
County, owned by I. TV. Sain, that this
ccasoa produced its forty-ninth consec
tivo crop : of broom-corn. Cniclfg,
Tn hn tTnifpd Stfitcn over .l.tlOn OOrt
000,000 of envelopes aro-jsnnulacti
1 J early. . . - ' . -
. m jpwiiiifliihiaii!ii
if
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Crcisei
sweepik
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AFFAIRS.
healthy, And many pfiysi?
S it towotnen who need
irig is not enough J itex
ys, while dusting and
"itirely different sel
XIahy girls tak
homes if enc0ur
the care Of then!,
is, if properly planned,
Slet time out of a long
jemHtic in the' dischafgt
S'tM only Kray to prop
ngax amount oi worn.
err. -.'.V.-;-;.--'
ihe by-product
of tho
it will not paj
the fa
to dry fruit, il
willj
ents ia advanci
for it,
f the famly can
in this kind ol
occupy
work.
cry considerabh
rwise might be
amount
bad can be
an article not
for which a
auicklv peri
market can a
Ohio farmer. 'J
be provided
which should;
.mud, writes an
e-parers should
ng the work,
such a mannet
that the fr''
and attract!
eyes of a p
with bits orV
poorly pared 1
bleachinjaA
is drierfin th
ated qVuckh'
to begih w
for my own usl
and cleanly dril
has been, hu!
bleached witll
peaches I cons
are canned. J
THE WTNTl.
' Tho housewi
now begin pr
which shall b
during winter, jr
cuttings of s
sired. Geranw
softrwooded
cuttings madeA
the flower gari
the windows ifl
will be clean
Nothing
"yaltro'lnthe
-djthe pieces
ug to them and
1 1 do not favox
ruit, whether it
or evapor-
Lself is good
; more for it
JTtbeen slowly
if or fkat which
evaporafed and
Sr. Nice dried
f"ood as' those thai
World. ' :.'
jOTV GAEDEX.
loves flowers must
jns for the stocli
he winter garden
ii done by making
Ts as may bo de
111 kinds and othei
iy be started from
lumm'er. Indeed,
y be duplicated in
trough the wintej
if the right pi
f are made now,
and tho gardei
restocked in tnt
same way. Fuc
coleus, verben
iliotropes, salvias,
irdias, and chrys-
anthemums (s
ijlher flower than
511 offer so much
ropagated in thii
i bo added to the
th plants may not
florists easily and
sure of growing
m to pleasing and
e far greater and
e mere possession
ttho florists. Be
nts are generally
jiring- than those
fjlsewhere will be
is for growing plants
j;heir management
tho last men
pleasure) may
way. Roses
list. It is hot
bo purchfsd-frf
cheaply 'a
them and rear!
successful matil
more satisfying?,
of plants bough!
sides, home-gro"?
more robusW
forced underr
found full insti
from cuttings L
up to the time
Potted pUw
ig- them indoors.
o.oors will sena
W-n'Savino
of thsVp
the eyerancai,
give a Berious,
,iS taken?aijV
f ceding roots will
-Tot fatal, check to the
plants. ivw 2k
limfi. .
CIFES. ,
Apple Cream
tard Bake five ap-
pies and then rei
ove cores ana sxins!
beat whites of ttlfss eggs to a froth, add
apple and beat. XSsrve with boiled cu3--
tard made of one quart of milk, yolks ol
three eggs, small cup of sugar,, quartei
of a cup oi fiour little salt. -Cream
Pie Lne a plate with crust.
stir to a cream oije-half cup of sugar and
one tablespoonful ot butter, aaa twe
well-beaten eisrst two tablespoonfuls ol
flour and two cut's 01 muis; mi tut w
cether well; flavar to suit the taste, poui
into the lined puM ana Daite luse u cas
tard pie. .
To .Make. Kaspoerry csaiaa 10 b
quart of ripe raspberries you need nail a
pint of red cui
l jelly ana a gui 01
by dissolving a gill of
clear syrup, ma
su?rar in a sauce
an with a tablespoon-
f ul of hot wat
when melted add the
currant juice;
cn" cold pour this all
over the raspDi
ies, and set on ice till
morning
Flannel Cake?
rOne - quart of flour,
one gill of pt-
leal, fur egS3 ono ta
tter melted in a pint ol
blespoonful of
fresh milk, sal
to taste, and two tea-
7 m .
spoon fuU of b
;mg powaer, or nan a
pint ot sour cr
m and one level tea-
BDOOnlUl 01 so1
, Tho egg3 must be
beaten eepirati
y, very ugnr. xase
quickly, aa you
ould buckwheat cakes.
, Apple Shortkike-i-Make a crust as for
baking powder l iscuit;. "butter a pie tin,
take a piece ofl the dough sufficient to
press out with tio hands to half an inch
in
thickness anu. the siza. of the tin;
place in the tin,
d spread the top with
butter; moia o
" another-similar piece
andlay on the
op ; or this, ana base
Prcparagi
auce, aaamg
a piece 01 ia
nuti When tt
tSSsuefcof a hickory
drust'is done, carefully
divide the layevJ? ppread with butter,
and put the hof apple sauce between.
Serve with eugir and cream, or other
sauce as prefesyed. " '
Veal Cutlets Steam, the cutlets lora
few minutes, sq a3 to parly cook them,
then wipe themidry. Have ready a. dish
with finely-powdered cracker-dust. In
another dish have four egg yolks, beaten
light and mixsd with two tablespoon
fuls of richsveet cream. - Season cut
lets and eggmiij(ure with salt and pep
per. Have ready a frying-pan half full
of boiling lapd. TB the catlets, first
one side andfttetttae other, ia the eggs,
and then ia tlb . cracker dast, after
which put theaiin the boiling lard; do
not disturb them, tsntil tha under side ii
brown, then caretwiy turn-, ana wbenthe
other side is brown remove- to a hot
disband serve at as while crisp. Dq
not attempt , to- serva flfavy with cut
lets. ; '-v-r5-il
Imperial Bides In China, . .
Tho Emperor, Empress and Empresi
Dowager of Caina take daily rides in the'
.handsomely f urn is&ea first-class carriages
on the little railway round the Nan hat
'(Southern Sea), adjoining the new palace
of the Empress dowager, no locomotive
la used, onlv coolies being emploved to
pull aaJWW-At the Kwenming Lake
thloccaVi.-.' of late imperial visit
the Emperor tup steam the little
steam laWb, fr of. an explo
sion his futlse,- bad to advise him to elfe
fibt. and in ccJyscquecce a rowing barge
! ul-cr.l :i for his majesty. Len
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STRANGE PENSION CASES.
PATffETtO nJCXDlESTS BELATED BY
SEEKESS FOB NATION" AIi AID.-' .
A. Cavalryman Whoso Fate Was ike
Knoch Ardens-?S(ldiea "Wrong
i'ally Branded as Deserters, ...
A Pension Ofiice clerk recently gave
to a correspondent Of the Milwaukee Sun
some incidents out Of many w'hidh fame
to'his notice in that department. Ho'
said:
"A Michican cavalry man has recently
secured a pension after d great deal of
trouble; He" was reported tis hating beh
killed iii action,- but turned hp a few"
years agd at a reunion bf his regimCnf j
like a ghost among his comrades; who
had never heard a word about him since
the memorable battle when he was shot.
He rode in 4ho front ranks during the
cavalry charge in the second battle of
Bull Run, was shot from his horseat the
beginning of tho charge, and the whole
regiment passed over him. There was no
doubt about his death and no surprise
that his body was not found after the
battle was over, because it was presumed
that it could not be identified if found.
There was no doubt in the minds of his
comrades that he had been trampled to
pieces. "Well, ho turned up among his
comrades at the reunion the regiment,
and Old the itory that te knew nothing
until - two "or three months after the
battle, when he found 'fiimself out in
Michigan, being cared for "by some stran
gers who had taken him in. He was a
complete physical wreck who had been
twisted and torn out of all shape, as if he
had been blown up by a boiler explosion
and patched up afterward. He wandered
about for several years, and finally visit
ing his former home found that his wife,
believing him dead, had married again.
He didn't trouble her at all, but contin
ued traveling about until he finally
pained the friendship of a well to do
man, and with him he made his home,
finally marrying one of his daughters.
After his appearance ' at the reunion of
his regiment he brought his case before
the department, had his military record
corrected, and ultimately secured a pen
sion. "One of the strangest incidents, how
ever," continued the official, "was the
claim of the widow and mother of a col
ored soldier for a pension. The widow
Bwore that her husband died in Tennes
see in 1862 of smallpoll, and that his
mother was not living at the time of his
death. The mother claimed that the
man died in 1861 of smallpox in Ten
nessee, and that she had repeatedly seen
him between '62 and '64, but that her
son had never married. Both of the
women were evidently swearing to the
truth, so far as they understood it. The
military record in the Adjutant-General's
ofiice showed that the man in question en
listed in that regiment and company, and
died in Tennessee of smallpox in 1864.
There was a great deal of strong collat
eral evidence to show that he had died
in 1862 of smallpox. It was finally as
certained that the man did die in 1862
as claimed by his widow. In those times
vacancies in colored rejnments- were
speedily filled by Sergeants, who expe
rienced ' little dilficultv in fillinc the
ranks jsrith ignorVnt colored men who
would take the rsrfme fthe deceased, no
matte what IE w CT7 Inthis cCf the
soldier who was originally enlisted died
in 1862 1 a new man was put in his place
under the same name, and he died of the
smallpox two years later. There were
really two colored soldiers, one of whom
was mustered in and died in 1862, while
tho other was not mustered in, but
served two years and died in 1864. "Un
der the circumstances, of course, the
widow of tho man who died in 1862 got
a pensi&n. The mother of the man who
died in 1861 got no pension, because her
son was never reallv mustered; jnto the
service. .
"Thse have been thousands of exses
where men were not deserters, who never
did desert, nor never left the army. Thou
sands .of fellows fell by the roadside,
were taken into " field hospitals, sent
"North, recovered, returned to their
reeriments and served through the re
mainder of the war, who are reported as
fjpqnrfprs . The Serjeant of tho com
pany failing to account for a maa who
straggled from the ranks found it easier
to DUt 'deserter' opposite nis name man
to look for him. At the end of the
month hia name would be taken from
tli n rolls, a new Serzeant might bo in
charsre of tho company when he re
turned, and then the mark of desertion
would never be corrected until years
after the war, when ho would applylor
a pension and find this record staring
him in the face, greatly to his discredit
and discomfiture.
"There was a voung man in to see me
this morning he i3 yet comparatively a
young man who was taken sick in
front of Vicksburg, in 1863, while on
tha march from Champion Hills. He
was in hospitals for several months and
was in ! a lunatic asylum for . oyer three
rears- When he recovered nis reason
the war had closed, and he gave no at
tention to his military record until a few
weeks ago when ho made application for
a pension and 'found himself marked as a
-deserter. The poos fellow had fallen In
line of duty, just ar truly ana Heroically
s though bo had been in line or pattio
stricken down with a bullet. He is now
enmged in procuring evidence to prove
the truth of his story, the result of
which will be that his military record
will be corrected and ho will get the
pension which is due him. .
Catching Bats With, a Pet Snako.
TKomas Oxlcv. a farmer of Lincoln
Conntv. W. Va. who lives near Griffiths-
ville. ha3 a queer pet, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. It is a huge black snake, eight
feet six inches long. The enake has been.
an adjunct of the farm for twelve years
and is considered by Mr. Oxley as among
his most valuable io3sessions.
It stavs about the barn summer, and
winter, "and is the most indefatigable ex-
terminator of rats, mice and othervermia
ever owned by Oxley. . ...
"Jim, as the snake is called, is per
fectly tame and docile, and answers to
his name, as promptly as the family dog
or cat. He is fond of being petted by
the family and seems to highly appreci
ate acts of kindnew. ' Jim casta his coat
at regular intervals of twelve months and
every one of his suits have been kept by
Mr. Oxley a? curiosities,
Tho big black fellow never attempts to
harm any living thing except the rodents
about the farm and them he keeps coin
tdetelv exterminated. Mr. Oxley would
not part withhiiu for a large sum-of
raohC This, it is believed, is the only
inetoTjjAre a huge black snake has
bseadomestitiiel wd become useful.
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SELECT SIFTXNGS.
The- Mexicans eat salt with thett
oranges.
In Turkey, at te present day, the .
mourning hue ia violet. , .
One of the highest students at Cam
bridgs (England) University is blind.
The music kept up at Irish wakes useJ
ta be for the purpose of driving away
evil spirits.
Mrai Maggie Ellis, of Chattanooga,
Tenn.. has1 givett birth to the smallest
child on record. It weighs thirty-one
ounces. '
Arctic whalebone sold recently in Nert
York at $9 a pound, the highest price
known. The entire available supply il
not above 10,500 pounds.
Birch bark book covers are something
... . ii ? a
new. Tney nave a sup oa ino siae tn
which the name of the book, written on
a bit of card, can be inserted.
For the,first time in seventeen years
the island Sof St. Helena has a Governor,
the BritishS crown having been repre
sented therfe since 1873 by acting Gov
ernors. ',
The poet Browning had a marvelous
.... . T A.
memory. Me couia always ten tue exact
place of any quotation or fragment of
quotation referred to him.and was greatly
vexed whenever ho heard his own lines
noted.---V-p?iji.- " t - , jv
IA rug valued aj $5000 fas bought in
London lately. It was about thirteen.
feet square and had about Zoo stitcnes to
the inch. The material was wool combed,
not cut, from the animal, and worth more
than its weight in silk. ....
When a child, dies in Greenland the
natives bury a living dog with it the
dog to be used by the child as a guide to
the other world. When questioned about
their strange custom they say: "A dog
cap find the way anywhere."
Naval expressions are generally noted
for their peculiar a aptness and brevity.
There is, however, ono nautical term
which for length Almost rivals the long
est Greek expression. It is the "star-board-f
oretopmast - studding - sail-boom-topping-lift-jigger-fatl."
There is a coal mine at St. Andre du
Poirier, France, worked with two shafts
of a depth of 2952 feet and 3Ub3 feet.
The latter is to bo increased to 4000
feet. Contrary to theory, little increase
of temperature has been met with 33 the
shafts went farther into the earth.
George Fairbault, chief of the Indian
police at the Standing Rock (North Da
kota) agency, is dead. He was tne Lan
iel Boone of Minnesota, and a man of
great influence among the Indians, being
himself a quarter breed. He saved the
lives of many whites during the Indian
troubles.
The body of the Queen of Corea, who
died June 4, is still kept in brine, the
process of embalming being unknown to
the people of that far-off land. The
body will be kept four or five months,
according to the custom or the countryr
and then interred with mush pomp and
ceremony. v
In the Middle ' Ages the iuckoo was
thought to be a god who torfk the form
of a bird, and it was sac lege to kill
him. The Romans were lesitsuperstitioua
and moro practical. They
killed him, andjte
e him, anf ld no- bird
could be cjrX with hurr
ness 01 neatt.
Russian Soldiers la th
One sees less of the mil:
in provincial itussia tnan
have
been expected. There
camps at
everv cood-sized town a tented field
for in Russia the army gcjes. into camp
all summer. But garrison towns are few
and far apart, and it is only by bearing in
mind the vast extent of Russian territory
that one can come to accept as probable
the numerical claims of its army.
It is curious to see soldiera in uniform
working in the harvest-fields or mending
the roads. The pay of the Russian sol
dier 3s only seventy kopecks a month
than Uncle Sam pays his boys in
blue per. day. As an offset, however,
the Russians are permitted to hire out as
laborers or artisans anything they can
find to do. In the cities the soldiers of
the garrison usually have the preference
over othets as supers in the theatres, ana
among them are often found amateur ac
tors, singers and musicians of consider
able talent. In the provinces they work
at harvesting, plowing, ditch-digging or
anything the large landed proprietors
can find for them to ao. .-..
In every village are young men who
fcnvft returned home from their three
years' military duty. The Russian peas
ant dreads going to tae army, out wnen
he returns is immediately proud of his ser-
i . - ...
vice, lie men conaiuera tumsett tar su
perior to those whom three years before
he would have given aa ear to change
places with in order to remain at home.
The secret of exaltation . is that while in
the - barracks he has received a Te.ry,
meagre education and knows a thing or ,
.1 iL i.: .k.i .
two more man tuo iuau ou uwu.
The military burden, apart from the
expenses of keeping up the army, seems
to sit lightly enougn on me population.
Neither the eldest son nor a son on
whom depends the support of his parents
ia rnomrea to serve, auo yuuux uuau--
who can pass a certain examination is required-
to. setive only one year in the reg
ular army as! a volunteer recruit. JSeu
Torts World. - .. -.f-
A Kolsy FisH.
. At a recent meeting of the Berlin Phys
iologicat Society Professor Moebius de
scribed a peculiar fish which he had met
with in Mauritius. While on a visit to
that island hut year he observed a bright,
blue-colored fish in the waters of the har
bor, which, when caught and held in the
hand, emitted from its interior , a most
striking noise, like that of a drum. ' A
careful examination of the creature failed
to reveal any obvious movements, with
the exception of one part of the skin ly
ing just beyond the .gill-slit, which was
in continuous vibration. ! 5
The portion of the skin which vibrates
stretches from the clavicle to the bron
chial arch; it is provided with four large
bony plates and Kes over the swim blad
der, which in this nsa, tortus most pare,
projects out of tho trunk muscles.' - Be
hind the clavicjo is a curiously shaped
long boner which is attached to the cla
vicle at on8 point ia such' a way as to
form a lever with two arms. The long
arm of this bony lever is imbedded in the
ventral trunk muscles, and is capable of
easy movement to and fro. . The . short
arm slides during this jaovement over the
rough inner side of the clavicle, and gives
rise to a crackling noiso. This noise is
then intensified by the swinj bladder,
which lies ia close proximity to the short
arm of the lever, and acts as a resonator.
Cincinnati ZTnyuir '
foe B-a- ' 4-
rlowalrj.
L'ary element
.'might
I pKNEE DESPI KNES DEEPP'
fKnee deepl kne daepf I am" a chilir
I ' again!v" -
I hear the cowbells tinkling down the lane,
The plaintive whlppoorwuis, tne aiswu
. call "
Of quails beyond the hill where rBhfr
1 hawks fall '
g rum inuiWMw - c
I hew the nulkmaid's song, the ciankinss
chain . '
PI plowman homeward bound, the lnmber
Ing wain, : '
At. Anm tha darilintT valo 'mid rusha
tall,
"Knee deep! knee deep F
We're all at home John, wesiey, uu
Dead long ago ! and the 'p.oy-soldiers twalo
That Bleep by purling stream or oux hujm
wall
In some far-off and unknown grave we rev
All
a.t home with mother! heartache gono and
pain!
Knee deed knee deepr
rHcnry J. Stockard,inthe Cosmopolitan
r
nuaoR
OF THE DAY.
Goesiato tea without bei,
jskedV
11 Rocietv leadeMie M thel
wfiri hut at thdIJii- '
i Arbitration givestwo vparticstSa
halves of a pretty stale and bitter lost--
Puck.
Ladies' change that found in the
pockets of husbands at night. Bottom
Courier.
It may be said of a man who invests
in a quarry that his lot is a hard one.
Yonkers Gazette.
"""Some men stand on principles, o".her3
trample on them. The latter, naturally,
SUver is sold in France by tha "kilo."
In this country it comes in quartz.
Commercial Advertiser.
A man must necessarily have a aaarp
eye ia order to cast a piercing glance-
Binghamton Eepulhcan. .
"A good lathering is the first requisite- "
of a good shave." "It is also the best
thing for a bad shaver." New Tori.
Herald. ,' . .
"Do you dictate to your typewriter 1"
"I -used to do so, but I mairied her and
now she dictates to ta:.''-Bodon
Courier.
There, is reason in all. thiugs. ,:Few
never call their wives "old heu3" until
they became broilers. Commercial'Ad.-
veriiaer. . -"
Dedhed "Say, doctor, what kind of.
medicine will cure my coldi" Doctor
Smart "The kind I prescribe." Tan
lee Blade.
An uptown man -recently left hie
family and has not since been found, al
though his nose turned up. PAiladel'
ohia Times. -
If money could be borrowed as easily
as trouble, the world would b3 full of
round-shouldered people. Indianapolu
Barn's Horn. - "
Waggin' Their. Tongue3j "Did you
sver knowthajLA-wagoiLpoket" "Yes,
.Z7te BosloAin. ; v --V;.; V;
" tviit-jepl "lOTtf me wheJL'm old I .
:jwrs..t4' , i. : tl Will
tt" murmured ' a crusty old. bachelor.
"Do I, you mean?" Washington titan .
'You'll be a President, perhaps, . . j
If well you run life's raca." "1
Td rather be," the boy replied,
"The man who plays first base." i
" , Washington Post.
The new assessor is a very hone3fc
man." "You don't say so! What ha
he been doing?" "Why, ho told me he
often taxed his own insmory." WeZ
Shore.
41 Judge," said the prisoner, who had
robbed an art store, in a pleading tone,
"there ain't any law to prevent a man's
taking photographs, is there?" Ghicagt
Tribune. ' . '
Brown "Helloa, Smith, havo you
chancre for a V?" Smith "Yes; here
you are." Brown
the five-dollar bill
"Thanks. I'll bring
next week.' Detroit
iree Press.
Groom "A ring around the moon is
the sign of rain." Bride (sweetly)
"And a ring around a woman's finger is
the sign of " Grooni (sadly)
"Reign." Jewelers' Weekly.
Miss Amy "Now I'll sing yoa 'Only,
a Lock of Her Hair.' " Young DDliey
(after she has made several false stares)
"You don't seem to have tho right key
for that lock." Lippincoifs. .
Susan (reciting)--"Half a league, hall
a league, half a league onward " , Fa
ther "There, Susan, that'll do. We
don't want any of that baseball nonssnse.
in this house." Boston Tranxrip,-
Hprogres3ww-waanatSSet, 1
"Keeps on, it's just as like as not
We'll tate our bath3, ani shave, ani oat
By putting nickles in the slot, .
; Washington Post . j
. . a 1 i A. V t Ta
llrst dtizen (at a street row; xa
that man lying in tho ambulance one ol
tho fighters?" Second Citizen-"No,
he was passing at the -time and tried to
stop tho fight. There go tho fighters
walking off now." Boston Herald.
"No," said Professor Feelem, ' the
. eminent .v jhrir'niritjpy Prca'3a
UWH JW. ...w r
TVtAll ...uti1 onrl Vi.
many ouppuac, jl uhi ju.
wiped away a tear. "I've felt Bome.
pretty hard bumps in my life." Light.
"Are you a student or a .practicing
physician?" asked the young woman of
the young man who had been known 'as
"Doctor" since last Jane. ; 'Neither,"
he said, with a depth of disappointment '.
which she could not fathom. Washing
ton Star.V - . : . - . !
Mr. Chugwater (explaining matters ta
visitors) "My wife' is generally well,
but she is suffering to-day from rheuma
tism, influenza, toothache, a score thumb
and aa inflamed eye. Ia her case it-never
rains but it pours. Mrs. Chugwater (ex
plaining matters also) "I don't make
any fuss about it, though. I am not like
my husband. He never pains, but ho
soars." Chicago Tribune.
For a short ; period, under tho West
Saxon kings of England, Croyden was
the capital, and London a mere rproria
cial town. ; Norwood, if it were no-7.
named afresh would be South Wood, ;
since it is south - of London; but," wheu
it was christened, it lay to the north of
Croydon, which was the more important
place of the two. , - ,
A man at Langhorne, Pean., is fitting;
up a pigeon house to accommodato a
thousand birds. It sail be tho larrcit
iflock of carriers ia couatf ?-