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lc Cljatyam Uccor.
IS
Spiin-r Son?.
I'm in n preen nnd wooded doll.
Where llio innplo boue,h- do meet,
Kn.-tl. 8 slmll 1 ln:ly tell,
Gentle whispers, low and sweet?
O, pounds most dour,
What solids you bin -,
Wlmt talcs yon bring
Of summer's routine near.
Kvory leaflet sm in praise,
To tl.e leil'it.-. neighbor;
All lo cal he deep in tiiciroun nays,
ton iiimI free lioni labor,
lii 'alhe the h i!y air til peace,
JVrltunu ne'er was rarer,
Nor a spin-; day t u'rer,
l-Vn in storied (inn re.
liiid-i an I leaves mi every hough
Sway and tots i.i splendor,
t'pwuid scan my so d till now,
till, ho weak mid ion. I'M',
Siniuier's sun In ins lasting hiltn,
tio icis winter's biting blast,
K nil is now all over past,
Koilowin'; slorin the culm.
From the Ucriini'i.
OUTWITTED .
"1 hiivo hii'l some if n:y strangest
experiences," s:tii a detective, "in
hunting up missing people. I will
give you an instance:
"Mr Naylor was a rich fanner near
Abingdon. Fngland. Mo had married
late in life, and had one child, Marga
ret, Sin; was a well-built, handsome
lass of eighteen, with light, curly
hair, very bright, and uf resolute will.
Her father doted upon her, and had
her educated at homo by governesses,
lie was a very curious nun, and very
mean in money matters, except where
his daughter was concerned. His
brother Oeorge w as the rector of an
adjoining parish, and, though :t com.
paratively poor man, as liberal as his
brother was stingy. He had married
a poor widow with one son, named
John Major. John and Margaret had
been playmates from infancy, and were
like brother and sister. John was
articled to a lawyer in York, but when
an aunt died and left him an income
of some Km a year his studies ceased,
and he lived at home and amused him
self with his horses and dogs. Farmer
Naylor looked on this life, with much
disfavor, and took every opportunity
to let John know what he thought ol
his idle mi i r sr. John was a rollicking,
guild nat urnl youth, and took this in
good put, admitting that he haled
work, and never intended to devote
himself to it if he could help it.
Ty ami bv John betrau to be verv !
attcnlheto Margaret. This greatly i
incciisul her father, and in order to j
stop the thing he sent Margaret to an j
aunt's, near I )ri!licld, tospen I a month ;
or two. When she returned, John j
began to visit the h uise again, but
Margaret, though she treated him
kindly, gave him no rnrourag. -incut a-
a lover, so far as the watchful eves of
the father could discover. Finally the
old fanner told John his company wai
not wanted, and that his daughter; "'Naturally enough, when my son ! s'"' 1)1 'lie hardy sailor over the soli
should never marry him, forbidding j returned home,' said the old gentle- i tary sea, to endeavor to entertain him
him ever to come near the farm again. mm, 'he told ine w hat had happened, j wi" their sportive movements, and to
"Soon after this a young man ap- ; My son knew nothing of my former ue so coiiliding that, if they were
piied to Farmer Naylor lor work. He ; marriage, and so, saying nothing to ; called by the name ot Simon, they
gave the name of Charles Simnia, and . him, 1 wen' to see lliegrccer. 1 found would come up and help the fisherman
b'ihga strong, likely young tVilow-i that the Mrs. Major he knew had hist ; ' work of ih iving the lish into his
the farmer put him to work. When
the harvest was over Siuiins told the
farmer that his father's health was fail
ing and he must go Inane, and the far
mer parted w ith him with reluctance.
"The next day, September 17th, Mar.
g.irel disappeared. Not a trace was
left, an 1 1 was employed to discover
her whereabouts. Then the facts a'
ready narrated came to my knowledge.
"The lirst thing 1 found was that
the very day Margaret disappeared,
John Major disappeared also, simply
telling his people that he would b0
away tor a tew days. 1 ascertained
that a youth of lifle.-n or sixteen had
been seen in the adjoining village, and
that John joined him there, the two
then taking a train for Hull. To that
town I at once went, satisfied from
he description of the youth that it
could have been none other than
Margaret Naylor in male attire. On
reaching Hall, 1 interested tho police
authorities in tho case, and in a few
houis ascertained that a young man
answering John's description was to
be seen daily in the Zoological Oardens,
just on the outskirts of tho town,
accompanied by a youth of sixteen,
and an elderly, infirm man. I visited
the gardens, und was lucky enough to j
lind the persons for whom I was look. couple. 1 could learn nothing of them,
iug. had a photograph of John and A young fellow somewhat answering
one of Margaret, and was at once1 the description of Siinms had been
Batislied that, though the younger man seen on the evening of September ftith
was John Major without doubt, the going toward Withersea, but no ono
youth was not Margaret Xaylor j vfas with him. I spent two days
Still, here was i mystery, and I felt I I trudging through the country I was
must solve it. I managed to scrap.' j a young fellow then -but all in vain,
an acquaintance with the elderly ! Then 1 hurried my steps onco more
gentleman as he sat on a bench, and , toward Abingdon. There was a frown
when he was joined by the other two j on the farmer's face when 1 met him.
we sat for half nn hour and had u " 'You're a prctt y fellow,' ho said, 'a
pleasant chat together. Much to my I nice one to be a detective. You'll do
surprise the young man and tho youth I for London, perhaps, but you're no
called the old man father. I met them good for the country whro tho peo
two days in succession, and then nag- pie are smari. Look at that.'
gested that as the weather w as heauti- "He held out a letter. J laid hold
fill wo should take a trip next day up
the II umber to (ioole, suggesting that
a lady's company would he agreeable.
They gladly assented to the trip, but
said they knew no lady, and we had a
very jdeasant time. I and the old man
were together much of the time, and
as we were returning homo in the
autumn evening he related to me a
strange story.
"Ho married, he said, in London,
when, hu was very young, and after
three months spent, with his young
wile, went as second mat j of a vessel
to io Janeiro. After an absence uf
nearly a year, ho returned, and found
himself the father of a line b y, who
was named John, after himself. His
next voyage was to Montevideo, where
he invested his savings, along with
four others, in a small w haling schoon
er, and started for the Southern Ocean.
They were wrecked oil Terra del
I'uego, on their re urn voyage, with a
line cargo, and lost everything. They
were ruptured by the savages, and re
mained in bondage three yuirs, with
out an opportunity of communicating
with their friends. One day a large
three-masted schooner ran aground in
one of the narrow channels if the
Straits, an I Major and his friends
managed to eiudo their captors and
swim to (he vessel. They were hearti
ly welcomed on board, and, a strong
breeze setting in. the vessel Moated
off ami continued her voyage. On
reaching the 1-alkland Isles they found
an I'nglish vessel and took passage in
her for Bristol.
"On re idling Knudand, Major went
to London, but, in spite of the most,
diligent search, failed to lind any trace
of his wile and child. He determined
to return to Montevideo, and.
reaching there, began to speculate in
hides. He was successful and grew
rich, and believing that his wife must
be. lead irried again. One child
the youth mentioned already was the
issue of this marriage. After living
happily together for liftcen years, his
wife sickened and died, and he rcsolv-
cd to return to Kn.rtanil
Now,' said the old man at this
j point, am going to tell you just what
f happen ! to me, and it proves, 1 think,
! that truth is stranger than liction.
When 1 reached London with my
; son I took rooms in hamheth, over-
looking the river. One dav mv son
went to the grorerv to order some
trilles, and directed them to be sent to
Mr. Major, at our address. The grocer
remarked that i. was an uiicomn.on
name, and said he only remembered
having met with it once b.d'ore. My !
son asked where that was, and the I
grocer rplie.l that a widow named
Major and her little boy boarded for
some time with his mother, and that
she afterward in unci tin. curate of
the neighboring church and left the
neighborhood.
her husband at sea. and that her lirst ! "'-'t- They forewarned him of the
name was Antoinette Agues, the name storm, also had a good feeling toward
of my wife. I inquired from several j bathing boys, and exhibited thankful,
clergymen, and linally asr,-i tainid that j n('S3 tow ard man. The spiritual qual
the curate, ivhosy name was Naylor, ites uf the dolphin appeared not less
hud been appointed to a living at j ,l,!l'P to antiquity. If a dolphin was
Withersea, in Yorkshire. 1 came to j caught, he would greedily eat all the
Hull and made furiher inquiries, and !
soon felt satisfied that my former wife
and my son were indeed living. 1 in
trusted Hubert here, my younger son.
with the story, and dispatched him to
communicate with his brother. lie
did so successfully without arousing
suspicion, and in consequence I beheld
my ill ;ir boy once more.'
"Well, thought I, this may be a very
pretty story, but it is very certain that
it has nothing to do with Margaret,
and I had better look in another direc
tion. 1 had encouraged tho idea that
.iulrn had certainly gone off with Mar
garet, and had her in hiding some
where, but now it vanished, and 1 re
solved to be olf. I returned to Abing
don and began afresh. 1 thought the
the matter over thoroughly what a
fool I am! It was clear now as day
light. The young fellow Siinms was
a lover in disguise, and ho and Marga
ret had eloped. I made a circuit to
lind the direction taken by the young
of it and read it. I shall never forget '
what was in it as long as I live. It i
ran thus:
"Xo. :7 John St., II till. sjpt. 21. j
"'Ii:ahit Fathui: I am married
to John Major and wo are. very happy. I
We are coming to see you to-morrow
about three o'clock. !
" 'Your loving daughter, '
" 'M. i;;. ickt M urn;.' j
"How did I fee? 'an't you guess i !
Why, of course, I'd been done- regit '
larly done. I was there when tin.
coiiplo arrived and the old man re- ;
ceived his daughter with open arms, '
and shook John heartily by the hand.
"'We are coming to live with you, ;
father,' Margaret said, 'and John is I
going to manage the farm for you, and i
we are going to have that nice young '
man Siiiuns back, as John won't need
him any more to look alter his dogs :
and horses.' :
"When John was forbidden the ,
hous -, you see, he put up a job with
. iinius, his fact ituni, to lind employ
incut with the farmer, and carry on
me ..es.reo eoi respoimenco ueiweer,
Iumi and Margaret, anil arrange for the
elopement,
early on tin
17th, dressed
siinms received "-r
,i'ieii r
ijovs hours. iin .i
.iiouiri nri. mcu sue hi once
lemoveo, ami uroie ner in a gig to a
spot near the station, where John
joined them. On reaching Hull, John
said to himself: 'The old man will
have the police after us, and 1 don't
went to travel to far away.' Then
down he went to the police head
quarters, and got tho address of half a
dozen detectives. The second one he
visited suited him, and he t lok rooms
! an'' b,)anl 1'imself and Margaret,
i Tl"'n ,ie K"1 the license, and they wero
married. The next was to make a !
' clean breast ol it to the detective, and
j as) l1'1''1 :l J?'"'1 P" for his
r"01" i'"'' round aum in addition,
h,! ltermiued to see him through.
j Wl,en infornntion was given by me to
t,R' P"lke. ,tlfi detective w as one of the
j lir'st n"tlii'd. and with great acuteness
1,e P1""1"''1 "'h.it followed, getting his
latiier-in-law an old retired olhcer
to take the lirst hand, and skillfully
introducing his own son to (ill out tho
story, which, of course, was the sheer
est fabrication."
Mind the
Airents Thought
of the
Dolphin,
.F.lian ascribed to it a parental lo (
that did not fear death for tho sake ol
its young. The mother would not
forsake her young one when it was
caught, but would share captivity and
death with it; if one of two wa-i taken.
the mother would drive the other one
away from the danger, and then gc
hick to perish with the caught one.
.Klian tells of many such traits which
seem to reveal Hkind of human nature
in the dolphin, and to connect it most
intimately with man and his sea-life.
Dolphins were said to accompany tho
'isl1 tl'i't wero caught with him, then
would break the ni t and escape; hence
the wiso fisherman, if he casually
caught a dolphin, would draw a rush
through his nose and let him go, mark
ing him for another time. That such
an animal, to which a lavish fancy
ascribed so many noble qtialit ies, should
have enjoyed in reality a certain degree
of honor and indulgence, follows as a
matter of course, especially when it is
iciiieiiiucieu in.it uie uoipuin was Or
..... . .
iiti.iv vui.iu ih-ii imigia, ix, t w urn at
large could often make himself very
useful by driving up the smaller fishes
toward the nets, as tho whale does in
the herring-fishery. I'njiniu- .S'('( ;ic
Monthly.
The Significance of Ursturp,
In his essay on the philosophy of
stylo Herbert Spencer indicates as to
writing the same theory that Mr. Ir
ving reduces to practice in acting.
"How truly," says Spencer, "language
must be, regarded as a hindrance to
thought, though the nescessary instru
ment of it we shall clearly perceive on
remembering the comparative force
with which simple ideas aro commu
nicated by signs.
"To say 'Leave the room is less ex
pressive to point to tho door. A beck
of the hand is better than 'come here.'
N'o phrase cm convey the i lea of sur
prise so vividly as opening the eyes
and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of
the shoulders would lose much by
translation into words. Again it may
be remarked that when oral language
is employed the strongest effects are
produced by interjections w hich con
dense entire sentences into syllables."
ABU IT TI'KK'ISII liATIIS.
Peciilmritis of n City RHilnnrf
iLfflnblishinont.
Some of llie Tricks of Atbin Lints nn I O'l -
ilitins of til" (IllStolliers,
! places: and in a few weeks these had
"There are tricks in every calling it 'increase I to hundreds, si that one
eems," said the pro rirtor of a lash-j could not go out of doors without
finable Turkish bath establishment , meeting bands of th -se dancers. It
n New York. spread rapidly, a by a sort of infee-
"What peculiar tricks are in your , lion, even to th remote villages in the
.msiness?" inquired a representative .central province ol Imeriiia; so that,
of the Mail a1tl .'' .. having occasion to visit a dist.ml pari
"In the massage operation much de- : of the country in company w ith an
tvption is rreipienlly practised by the : lliiv'lisliinan, we found, even in reinoto
operator. In the lirst course after 1 hamlet -i, and, more wonderful still,
leaving the sweat ha' h a hand rubbing . near solitary cottages, the sound of
is) given with arm water. This is a ' music, indicating t hat the m;t:iia had
very delicate ami soothing perform- ' spread even there,
ante, and when rightly administered! The rapidity of this spread was cer
plitcp.t the bather in a snlendid condi- ! tainlv remarkable, but, not to be com-
j ,ion to r,.oivf. ,,, ,)(.sh ,rush. I-xpert
j operators can with well-feigned labor
ii.ri,t ii...;r i ti... i...ih..r
; in (iollbt , lt,r (he performance is
satisfaetorv or not. It is doi:o l,v
j noiso -li!efly. The hands in running
()VtT ,,. ,,,sll ..,, r.li!J,1l ir,,j,i,t
,ovvn hurriedlv . nr oducin-' a si ries of
j,, j,, w.,i(.h js 1si(, ,0
car
,,f ii,,. i,,,,,,.,,,,,.
It docs not hurt, but
at the same time it is not as beneficial
, as a rub. When th" operator pups a
! great ilea! he is doing the bather so
to speak - up, rushing things to get
through. Some bathers though prefer
these poppingopcrators. The)iopping
is in the massage as nourishes are in
writing, entirely sujierlluous, but still
ornamental when produced by experts.
Some old operators can carry on a all w ere acceptable,
conversation by means of the pop-. I The disease was rarely fatal: still a
remember I had two operators who had ' jew cases of death undoubtedly haji
attained to this prollcieucy. A mil- , pencil, and these only occurred, so far
lionaire was stretched on one of the as the writer is aware, where the
massage tables and a dry-goods clerk patient, was restrained from joining in
on another near by. The operator for the dances. 11 would seem that these
the former conveyed the intelligence
to the one for tho latter that he ex-
pected a big tip, The latter answered
1 in a disgusted tone, telling of his cheap
customer, and predicted no tip. J lie
millionaire did not tin, but the cheap
clerk did, much to the surprise of his
customi r.
lint these attendants or operators
deserve great credit lor their skill and
frequently for their lorbcaranee and
good nature. Customers are often ex
acting and want doable the amount of
scrubbing others get. Thero is a
wealthy old gentleman who is a bull
in the market and a regular hear in '
tho bath-house. He has a habit of;
imagining that on a certain portion of through the destru. lim of available
his body a cancer will come because, ' timber, without routing the addition
many generations ago. a second cousin al ll,ss fr,)"1 aniiihilut!fn of the
of his grandfather died with one. For ' se,'tls scattered on the surface, and the
this reason he has an hour consumed 'scorching of the ground, which often
in scrubbing thu particular ,,a,.,.. 1 renders it sterile for a generation. This
He doesn't pay any more either. Those
are some of the draw backs experienced."
"You often have queer ciistomers.do
you not ?"
"Yes, plenty of them, from the full
fledged crank to the monomania'.' and
mild idiot. An old lady imagines that
by a regular course of sweating she
can change her disposition and ideas
entirely. 'In every seven years,' s. j
said, 'ive take on a new form, and 1
propose a system ol sweating to do it
inn year or less time.' Pom thing,
she stays in the hot room until the per
spiration fairly rolls oil her. Ihit it is
doing her good and her ideas are evi
dently improving. A young cripple
thinks his withered arm will grow out
again, and takes a bath every dav. I
could mention main other cases. Tho I
,.. i .... 1
ill icii'l OILS .soon Kill,, to jiiiuioi mo i
cranks and pity human nature."
A Iteiiiiirkiihle Disease.
The roller skate craze that has seized
body and soul upon the people o; this
country has spread rapidly wilhin the
mist fr lo.it1l In 1 Sh I .t-l.,1..
t ,- w . . .... ..
traveling in the West a id on the Pacific
coast, says a writer in the Pittsburgh
lisjit, li, I visited many towns that i
contained nourishing rinks, and learned
that tho pastime had taken quite a
hold on the young people of both sexes,
lieturning tothe east, 1 found that the
epidemic had ohlamol a good foothold
here, w Inch h is spread with amazing
rapidity this winter, until now its
ravages are viewed with alarm and
dismay by pulpit and j re.ss. In look,
ing over a volume the other day that
contained accounts of different manias
that have taken hold of nations in past
years, I came across tho following
which 1 submit to the consideration of
roller skaters and other interested
parties:
In the month of February, lSfid, the
F.uropeans resident at Antananarivo,
th" capital of Madagascar, began to
hear rumors of a new disease, which it
was said had appeared in the wester
southwest
The name given to it by
the natives was 'iiuanenjana,' and the
dancers wen- called Tainan jana,'
which probably comes from a root
signifying to mako tense, Tho name
did not convey any idea of its nature,
and the accounts given of it were so
vague as to mystify rather than en-
lighten. Alter a tune, however, it
readied the capital, and in the month
of March began to be common. At
I lirst parties of t wo or three were to be
I seen, accompanied by musicians and
other attendants, dancing in the public
! pared with what is related of the out-
! break of thechild-p ilgrimagn of Krfurl.
' .... m. i m i, ..r i,,i,.' i sv n
children assemble I, as if bv instinctive
in, .mis,. wilt, ...t i,rin', rt i.n.l
unknown to their parents.
T. dancing w.u regulat
I very
the music, which w;i, the
j quickest possible. The patients were
! fond of carrvino sii''arcaniM about w ith
' them. They held them in their hands
; or carried them over th-ir shoulders
while they d up ed. Frequently, t io,
they might be seen going through their
singular evolutions with a bottle u'
water upon their heads, which they
su'cecdnl wonderfully in balancing,
The ili um wasthe favorite instrument
o music, but others w
S ..I, and
persons actually
lied trout pent-up
passion or excitement. The dancing,
no doubt, was so far salutary. The
music serve 1 to regulate and control
the w ild muscular movements that
might otherwise have proved injurious,
A most remarkable fact is, that the
mere physical exercise, prodigious and
long-continued as it is in this disease,
seeins perfectly harmless, and weknow
of no fatality conne. led therewith.
Forest Fires.
Tho I.iniih r W'ni fil makes the aston
ishing assertion that, the loss to this
country through for . i mes is now not
less than fiOO.i tin ,t t it a year, simply
rnor, is sum. nl.oiit en.,l la 1 1...
interest on the public debts of all the
civilied nations of the world, is, ac
cording to the report of experts,
annually thrown away forever by Un
people of the l iiited states, without
the smallest return in the way of com
fort or satisfaction, but, on the out r. try
at the cost of many lives e tch year,
simply through the carelessness of boys
and hunters, and of those more intelli
gent persons who might to know
enough to keep a sharp watch over these
destructive animals. Next to human
beings of feeble intellect, r.iijway j
locomotives do most injury in forest I
countries, and the f.inni'ii lloZi
inquires seriously whether the owners j
of Mich locomotives should not be
pebed. in the public interest, to lunilsli
then, with s,,ark.:irresl..,s .tori,,,, II.
-- "i - --
dry season. The idea that railway
companies are responsible for the value
of timber dest roved by li res set from
their locomotives undoubtedly has
some effect in preventing legislative
interference with their management;
but it is so diilicult to lix the kin. Uin r
of a forest lire with certainty upon
locomotive sparks, to sav nothing ,,
the obstacles in t ho way of collecting
larg" debts from newly established
railway corporations, that the wafer
way would be to provide as far as pos-
tile against raising the question ,,
responsibility by compelling the use ol
spark-arresters. Against animated
incendiaries a forest patrol might bf
tolerably effective, but it would be still
more useful to provide in some way for
tho removal of tin lerbrush Iroin tin
woodland. Trees by themselves art
not easily kindled, and the mischief is
usually done througi the ignition ol
dry leaves, ferns or bushes, which
burn long enough to char, and at last
to kindle tho branches of the tree
above them. .!) riran An hit fit.
Ills Delicate Musical Mission.
"Docs yer old man work on the dock
now?"
'N-a-a-w. lie is a musician."
"Is he the man that swallvs the
clarinet in the band?"
"-a-a-w; ho don't swally the clar
inet in the band, lie stands on the
sidewalk and keeps time wid his fut."
siftinys.
ins mums.
j
, The- Hi nvo A t uf n Ma
1)11-
j tf,M, sriirii.-i-
- .
: How a federal oY-rgeant l.cst Bth Aims
at the Buttle of Fi'doni kf,v
i The late Sergeant Thomas I'iunkett, !
! of Worcester, Mass., lost both his arms I
! while carrying the colors of his regi
1 ment at I'rcderirksburg, Hecimber
j lSt'.J. At the time be was twenty-
three years old. l-'olinwiuir is the I
story of his brave deed:
On tin) afternoon of December l'i,
i lstlj, the brigade to w hich iheTwenty- j
J lirst Massachusetts regiment was at-j
I ached was oiileied to charge the im- i
pregnable I 'onfeder.ite po.-ition on
! Marye's Hill, just back of the town, i
; I'iunkett was ordered to take a posi-
tion in the rear of the line to prevent
I straggling Iroin the ranks. As the
! regiment swept
; ,.:,.i, .....i.., .
u ward on the double
leadlv lire Iroin tin
j i "ojifeilerate works, Colo sergeant
; Joseph II. Collins h i: mortally wound
I ed, and the national banniv felt to the
j ground and was led behind. Sergeant
j I'liiiiki'ti, seeing the ilag fab, threw
' down bis gun. :
I I he c.-lors and
of die line. A
rushed to the ft
hot lire was at once nnin ntrate I on
the ihtL'. bullet ; passed brougli its
silken folds, the Mail was si.liiii.rnl.
j and its gallant hi an r had his ca
! forate.l bv a well-directed shot.
per-
still
j the line swept on, the colors borne
(proudly lit the Iroiit by the heroic
iy ig sergeant, suddenly, just as the
regiment arrived at the point near, si :
the Con federal e's works, which it was j
lated I hat day to reach, a Modi burst
directly in front of the colors. A por
tion o I the missile .struck I '1 mil. i t t 's j
right arm, mar the slnmMcr, nearly ,
sevciing it, solha1 il hung I y a slue I 1
of mangled tlesh. Then it struck a :
! book which he had buttoned in-ide his :
vest a book w ith thick co i r- .lis. rip-
tive of the While sulphur springs
which he had picked up in Fredericks, i
burg that morning- tore it, to pieces,1
and glancing, .struck his left arm near
the wrist, making a frightlul wound.
The book, which w a- thick enough to
turn the direction of the shell, im
doiibtedly saved Fiuukot t V Inc. It
was struck wiih such b re that 1 lie
murks of the covers could be seen on '
his breast for weeks. I'niuk.tt tell!
i
forward upon the ilag, and the stains
of his blood are visible upon the banner
to-day. W hen he tell. Colonel ( lark
(now Professor Clark of Ainhcr.d Col- '
lege), who had witnessed his exploit.
came to him, cut off bis arcoiU erments
and sent him to the rear in charg
.,,... (1
en.' ol ins comrades
f his comrades, lie walked for
s.'iii" distance until faint from the loss
! " ' 11 ""i-icmi was ,uo-
cure. I and he was taken In
Vised hospital in the f il v
I I
ler-
icksburg. The surgeons pr
his case h ipelc-s and turned
teutioli to i Ihers whom the
lloUlicel
licir at
th, light
n, "ie in need ,d their service- For
t wo hour.- he lay on the llo. r h.dplrs
and half delirious Iroin pain, wcl wilh
the water used in wa-hing the w. iuiib
of his comrades, until linally his pray
i rs that something might be done f..i
him prevailed. Toe -urucous admin
istercd chloroform and amputated both
his arm-, one lpar the shoulder and
the other below the elbow. lie wa-
theii taken to a lield le s-'ital. and on
the J ith of Mireiuber. Christmas May.
the entire regiment turned mi! to ih
him honor as he, v. it h other w.uniled
I men. w as t I'atlslei Tni by w ay ol A
.11,
Creek to Washington. His brother,
Frank, bad secured, through the efforts
of Charles Sumner, a pass to Arquki
Creek, upon which he managed U
reach Frede i i, ksbiii g, only to I'm I tin
sergeant gone. Alter hunting t'uet
j days in Wa-hington, aided by the pc ,
i l'1'' il( ""' Massachusetts headquarters
I'iunkett was found in the Finery
Hospital on
out ikil !s. Here hi
j la.v several weary mouths, li is icti arm ;
! causing him a great deal d sullering I
j At one time il was thought icniputa I
j tiou would be necessary, but his vigor
j ous constitution pulled htm through. '
and in May he obtained a "War he-:
' pailmeiit" lurlciigh, and started fot
home. On recovering from his woiueb ;
Sergeant Pluukftt win generously
1 provided for by the i out ribul ioiis o'
pi oplc w ho honored his bravery ant:
by a lull pension, lie has held a posi
tion as messenger in the slate House,
in I tost on, lil I ecu years.
A Sup lllaoils Itoy.
William Trotter has been paying his
ad liesses to Mis; l!os,i lledstcer, ol
Waco, His visits have not been very
frequent, of la'e, and lad night,
Tommy, Miss lio-a's younger brother,
said :
"You ought to come and see m
every evening, Mr. Trotter."
"Why, Johnny ?"
"P.ecau-io it makes sistc llosa si
happy to have you go away. You
ought never to miss an evening."
They missed Trotter for the rest ol
that evening. Sitiny.
) 'j ()
Itcjuiid.
Uf-t w ll lel Ml : III lll(( I'
ll ImI ileum' on t"p
. Ul'il pa'leli' m;I. Ii:i
. - land,
el -
'lined hi
all I " i- slaved;
. I ) I .lllllllli d
Oil I;
A-. I
Whele
U lie
An I I
11,11.
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Ill
I I
e Mini i v, -J.'
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'hem !,!
e ..M.n- b
an ,1b -l
I-"
t-l ll'lt, IP "I
.Ide-i to ih" -tioro,
ml I new bo-e. al i-e,
. an - untold mi i ei iiaae.
llie llli:-lll bl.l.P.
,in h i I in ih snow.
l- 'noii il an-' I'.p- I a'
I i the i and l
Ii,, l Mil -tn n-lil in
iie-!e--p. I .ol .-el lor tll-r;
- II I 1 1 1 1 - ol meal plill
, , '. v ''.'
I III p.l-l III
I i 1 .1 llmi
.ie
llalv
IM Mtll.MM S.
A clui
Ma b- i
l!.,ui
I liter li.
Ic'iise-th
i ,r.il woi
Why do ,
lie 'Can .
police stat ion.
a pair of shoes,
i prefi r a wood
It pops.
Ub.iis
i, am
I thi
Alo.it th"
! is chili.
holt -,.l i ry i :i
There l- a -.of.
luii a-i a general
c to cvci v man,
ig I:,- can't tell
lie h,li I (.'.' I ill
t went v ininut i .
wh:.-
Il sPl
i all
t lie 1 1 .Ui-r skai ing i
A c!oii olisel Ve
conrliision that, i
ii n lor t he sky at
god w eep, it i - to
to i . up a p I' kae.
ha-i
tliel-.'
igl t
! a v
-A". ,
.me to tho
s anything
:: Inch lii.t
man liyiu;
I ' V .'our-
v.
"An A up ri "an w'i i v.ii arreted in
I'ales! llie and received the b.istiuadu
on his bare fee', said h- ...:! prefer
to b skimi'-d alive." If he had been
sl.ilill' d aN e be would probably pio
fcr the bast ma hi. s-iinc people ."ever
-I'C suited.
"I'apa, did m imiiia sav e , to you
right elf when you asked her to marry
you?" "Ceriaitily she did." "Why
don't she say yes now just as quick
when you ask her to do things?'
"Mamma's hearing is not as good now,
darling that's all."
"so you've been practicing at the
skating rink, eh?" said a friend to
siinpkin -. "Yes," admitted Simkins.
"I have.' "Writ how d i you take to
the rollers'.-" oh, I've no objection
to the rollers. They're all right, lt'a
the chalk on the llooi I object to.
'le
so darn hard t" brush
ft."
A l.'ickless I, owr.
In his la-t book, "Society of Vienna,"
Count Paul Yaslli gives a novel expla
nation ol Hie remarkably retire 1 life of
King l.ouis of ltavaria. It appear.
that his Majesty has long been sutler
1 1,1
from the effects of lov,
'I hero
is what the it :el Count says ol him:
"King Louis was wildly in lovo.
V.ith whom I v ''I not say. One day
as he was bringing to his lady, just as
coiiuum, u:ir'.:al lov ers do, a inagniti
ecus bouqip I, he happened by accident
to pass unnoticed into her little salon,
where he found him .elf alone. Im
mediately he began to arrange 'ut.
dowers in a vase. Having Imbled
this delicate operation, he started t
leave, but just then saw his belovel
one , oming home in company with a
young man. so he concealed himself
behind a curtain in order to enjoy .
surpisc and delight, ;is he thought of
' the young lady at the sight of the
I dowers brought to her by her royal a'.
mirrr. Well she came into the room
but not alone. Her cavalier was ,i.h
; her. 'Heaven!' she exclaiue l, 'another
bouquet fr.'in that fool of a King
: whom I detest!' Then turning to her
friend, she invited him to kiss a-jay
; the annoy ing impression. The invita
1 tion was vigorously accepted, and h.s
' concealed Majesty, although hall blin.V
ed with the tears in his eyes, managed
to crawl out unobserved. 'Then h
cursed the unfaithful one, and sworo
that he would never again love and
never marry, lie kept his oath; and
j since that time, if the unfortunate
sovereign has lived in solitude and has
become the dreamer that he is known
tobe.it is because he has long beei
convinced that reveries ran some
times give as much happinees its reali
ties, and that they are less liable to bo
deeeptiv e.
A Tlimurlilftil llilshunil.
Mrs. Minks: "1 think it, is too baC.
i Mr. Minks! Why can't a man bo as
j considerate of his wife a few years
! after niarii i.e as he wai before? Hut
: 1 suppose it is too much to expect.
I men are all alike, and care, only for
I themselves.
Mr. Minks; "Iteally, my dear, I don't
know wh it you are driving at."
I "Oh! no, of course not! You doi
even know that, this is my birth lay,
and yet only a few years ago the daU
w as engraven on your heart, and you
never failed to give me a preset i.
; Why didn't you do so to-day, I should
like to know.
I "Heeause my dear 1 did not vlsh li
'remind you of the pain.ul fact thai
j you were a year older, Call,