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' Skri>; mimm rv ̂ >ryf s^war*"^ z&s. zs v <*&r« r^JiI;§v'fifm' emm 'fUlBUnr BlJRKE'S IM TOWN. ST Will WHITCOK® HTL.KT. ,fcahi«y Bwkt'i in town, boy* I down to , J--W» pl»o«, win k bran' n«* ahava upon 'nm, w' the ",'- " ffcl»tiUn«rs affhli f»e*. •?i: ••'» qnlt tbe section gang last night, and yes caaehBlk it doxm, Tbom'a going to t>e the divil'a time, aenee ChairT«y Burke'it to town, ft'atraitia' iv'ry boy lis is, an' poundin' on the tnt, Till IVrjr man's he's drtnkiu' wid mast shmok* a fyne cigar; An' BltkUS Murphy's Httfo Kate, that's comln" there for betr, Can't pay wan olnt the bucketful, tbe whilst that Chairley's hen. Me's jnmpin' o'er the tops o' shtools, the tooth forninst an' back! He'll have yez pick the blessed flure, an' walk the stnUghtest crack! He's liftta' barrels wid his teeth, an' singin' • Garry Owen." Till all the house lie shtrikin' hands, sence Chairley Burke's in town. Tbe rood-yard hands oomes dhropplng fn, an' niver goin' back: An' there's two freights upon the switch, the wan on either track; And iir. Geary, from the I hope, he's mad enough to Bwear, An' durstn't spake a word, lmt grin, the whilst that Chairley's there! Ob! it's Chairley I Chairley! Chairley Burke I ye divil, wid yer ways. O' dh riven' all the throables off the dark on' gloomy days! ©hone! tuat it's meself, wid all the griefs 1 have to dhrown. lfoet lave me pick to neat a bit, sinoe Chairley Burke'e.in town! i I HOW HE MADE RESTITUTION ' BI lOCLSE GREY STITT. *£1 f *ify dear child," said Judge Manning 1 to his daughter, "we shall soon say J'V 'good-bye' to poverty forever. We are ' -almost* out of the woods.' This matter is bound to go through. I had a V/'. • meeting 'with my man this morning and . he accepts my proposition. He is con- ' vinoed there is a mint of money in this little medicine, and is now ready and pj., anxious to put in $100,000 to boom it needs, dear, is a boom by exten- f|, , sive advertising. It's a. wonderful foj, / remedy indeed. In less* than thirty i^-v^days my pretty daughter will be sur- |;' •* rounded by luxuries, and will have for- t gotten she was ever poor. We have a hk ' ' meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when we shall close the contract and have the papers drawn up at once, p Now, dear, have I not often told you this lip little medicine formula of which I am IfJ the sole owner would bring us a for- t#.,- tune? And so, Margareta, your poor old S *dad' will do something handsome for f|V jou yet* - This lovely child-woman raised her t> .• aplendid eyes, in which were written 'h /•" love and sadness. She arose from the k v- unpretentious dinner-table, passed to her father's side, put her arms lovingly if;v 'wound his neck and kissed him. This was the only reply she could make, if V , Too many times had she'heard just Buch •enthusiastic statements of, imminent t, riches; and just as many times had the |*Vt <• fortune failed to materialize. ^ Scores of pet schemes had the Judge I ' ^ - V b e e n j u s t a s w i l d a b o u t . -- . • At one time it would be an enormous land deal. He would be just on tbe 1 verge of selling millions of acres of aF;' government land to foreign capitalists, 1^. ' by which his commission would bring bi': him riches. And then underground • Railways, electric railway experiments, air ships, etc., each in their turn had j brought him visions of riches, but only 'iv v " vision*. 1 " ^ J. What had he not attempted since the unfortunate day when all he possessed '•, was,by shrewd trickery, swept from him If"" „ by his partner? With an .indefati- ||?' gable energy he had tried to regain pf< - what he had lost His | On hearing the name his manner be­ came like that of a madman. S|ud he: ' "My dCar, when yon return that work do not accept any money lor the same. Do not, I say, and bring no more home." A mysterious gloom settled over their little household that evening. The next day she returned her work, refusing to accept payment for same, and asking to see Mr. Deveraux, she briefly stated to him that her father forbade her accepting more work or receiving pay for what shty had done. Thanking him for his kindness, she hurried out before he could reply, carrying a heavy heart, and wondering if her father would not relent and al­ low her to continne her work, for she saw poverty hemming them in, and be­ fore them a long, cold winter. Young Deveraux needed but this episode to verify his belief as to the identity of the child. He had recognized in this lovely girl, sweet Margareta Manning, the daughter of his father's much-wronged partner, whom he had not seen since she was a child. He had vowed since the death of his father to make restitution for his dishonorable conduct; search for Judge Manning and return to him all he had lost Not until this event had he been able to find any clue to his whereabouts, as the eccentric Judge had taken special care to bury himself to all former acquaint­ ances. Maurice Deveraux, though the •on of one who had acted so dishon- < orably, was a fine specimen of manhood, ! inheriting his mother's noble nature ' and handsome face. He*1 proceeded at once to rectify the wrong- wrote a manly letter to Mr. Manning, indors­ ing a check for many thousands. To his great joy he received a letter in re­ ply requesting him to call. Hard and bitter feelings arose against his father when he saw the humble quarters this noble old gentleman was forced to occupy. He was received cordially, bdt to his great sur­ prise and sorrow the check was returned to him. "While I admire your manly principles, and con­ sider this one of the noblest acts on record," said Judge Manning, "my pride forbids my accepting charity." In vain Maurice sought in more ways than one t<rresiore to the old man his rights. But matters assumed an interesting form. The Judge courted his society, enjoyed his visits, which became fre­ quent, and there he often met the fair Margareta. From -the first day she had entered his establishment Mau­ rice realized he loved her; and it seemed intended, preordained that this lovely creature was for him, for latet he learned that her heart was full of love for him and had been since that day he had called her back. Thus you see the path of happiness open before them. Contrary to the old adage, no obstacles arose to prevent the course of true love running smoothly. One year from the day she started out to seek employment, Margareta became the happy wife of tbe millionaire Maurice Deveraux, and a happier fam­ ily would be hard to find than the Judge and his two children, for at last, and for all time to come, he finds him­ self "outof the woods." came not singly. 4 frail wife did shock of the and Margareta Bones and Dead Animate. A man in an adjacent city, says a writer in the New York Tribune, has become rich by gathering and utilizing dead animals. He has a standing offer of M to any person who informs him where he can find a dead equina or bovine of full growth within ten miles, misfortunes 1 He is known to everybody as "the bon$ His beautiful but not survive the financial crisis, was left mother- less since a child of 6 years. The love between father and child was doubly strengthened by the series of misfor­ tunes which befell them. Beautiful Margareta was his pride. Lovely in face, form, and nature--sweet and pure as a lose. Her old nursery governess had, from pure love for the child, re­ mained with her through these long, sad years--even when she knew her > remuneration must be small. Thus the •child had not grown up in ignorance. Margareta loved her father too de­ votedly to become angry or impatient a on these occasions, oft-repeated as they - were. She could not forbear smiling at this, bia latest hobby, knowing full well it would only be a repetition of ; the numerous failures of the past; and, »ure j|T<A^M,ht"a was si*; lltff that she could not have wlrk to jj$XTT home. She could come and work ijH ihe shop with a hundred other girlH M site liked. Margareta knew her father Wtonld not consent to this, and she <tarna<l, after passing through this humiliating ordeal, toward the door. «nd was about to go, when the pro­ prietor, young Deveraux, called her back, h,e having heard the interview be­ tween the clerk and the youna; girl, and, attracted by her face, so indescrib- - ably beautiful, he approached her and asked what she desired. Knowing that countenance coubl be trusted for much snore than a few silk scarfs, he told her •he should have all the work to carry iftome she oould do. After receiving a narcel of work, and leaving her ad- •oress, which was carefully noted bv ' the proprietor, q)ie hurried home, feef- 4ng happy and light-hearted. She (Aade her little fingers fly till •every scarf was liuished and well done. Then she fell to-building air-castles! How wax her earnings to be in­ vested? First, papa must have anew •overcoat, $nd what a pleasure it would , be to surprise him with such a present, ; bought with her own earnings. And •} thus she soliloquized, when she heard a ;familiar-«tep, and all too sudden to hide her werk, which was to be kept a secret, feeling sure her papa would not ; approve of this, her new departure. "Well, my sweetheart, what does all this mean ?" said her father. She hes­ itatingly revealed to him the step •he had taken to assist him. and with evident pleasure told him of her day's earnings. Her father was mach surprised and dis­ pleased. ;, "fP#* whomare _yoa sewing, my dear?" ^ ' H fr man." Farmers will not take tbe tronble to reduce the bones with chem­ icals, but they can grind them in a bone- mill and feed them to fowls or sow them on the land. If neither of these, then they would be rewarded by crack­ ing and placing them under any vines, trees, or shrubbery they may plant. I have twice put cracked bones under grapevines when setting, and they made rapid and remarkable growth, but the rate of increase could not bs told, for none were planted at the same time without this adjunct. But near a neighboring village about twenty-five years ago a row of sugar maples were set by the roadside and bones, placed beneath three of them. These three are now, and have been for over twenty years, more than twice the size of those not treated in this manner. These facts should lead farmers--each of whom consume in his family an average of two pigs and a beef animal per year--to see that the bones are not thrown away. Occasionally an animal dies; if in summer, it is buried so deeply in some out-of-the-way place that no good ever comes of R; if in winter it is dragged off into the woods and suffered to go to decay there. A bettor way--unless the animal died of some contagious disease -- is to bury the carcass in the horse-manure heap. The heat of that soon rots all but the bones, and when the mauure is ramoved the bones should be stored in some safe place for future use, together with all others th'at can be picked up. Dead animals and bones are worth at least $20 a ton for plant-food. This makes a carcass of one thousand pounds I worth $10, and that is cheaper than commercial fertilizer can be bought for of equal value. Childish Pleasures Passing Away. Do you know it is a sad verity that | the children's party, with games and | rornps, is an obsolete cumulation of ; youth * That naive and interesting event in childhood has completely gone | out. I was talking to some .youngsters | on the subject last week, when, to my ! horror, one of tl;em, aged 6, informed ! lue that she "hated games!" And her j brother, who is three years her senior, | boldly declared that it wasn't no fun iroing to"flHKls' partiei--a bit of bad I Kngliah, By the way, for which his | mamma reproved him, though the j l iaise sentiment it conveyed passed un- j noticed. This young gentleman .further remarked that "Regy" said so to. "Kegv" is unknown to me, but I feel j I am "in the minority, and those de- • lightful romps cf "Hunt the Slipper," I aud "Kiss in the Ring," are terribly out of date, if he says so. "But what do you do when you go to Tour parties?"he Biid in ft contemptu­ ous tone. They Mis, aren't they, mamma?" "Of course," answered mamma, with a smile in my direction. "W*U, you poor, little misguided mitoi of society," I said to myself, "you will never know what a jolly time you have lost--Boston Herald. Bar one person in Rockdale County, Georgia, is permitted to sell liquor. He is appointed by the grand jury, can sell for medicinal purposes only, and cannot keep on hand more than ten gallons of spirits. ' IT is safe to assume that the man who made a bolt for the door did not do so with the intention of fastening AHCIBNT AND MODERN CITIES. Towns Built Above and Below the Ground. [Youth'• Companion.] , One of the little noticed, but * very important, changes that have taken, place in modern times is that which has occurred in what may be called the construction of cities. We can best ex­ plain and illustrate our meaning bv con­ trasting the city of to-day with that of the beginning of this century. At the earlier period a city was no more than a large and crowded village. The buildings were much closer to­ gether than they were in a country town, and somewhat, but not very piuch, higher. Except in a small number of cities all buildings, and iu these few cities most of the buildings were lighted by means of whale or lard oil, or of candles. Almcst universally the water needed fcr domestic purposes was drawn from local wells or cisterns. Systematic drainage was a thing un­ known in American cities. Now, every one is aware of th9 im­ mense gain to the present generation that has resulted from the invention of the elevator, from the introduction of gas and water, and from the construc­ tion of sewer systems; but we fancy few young people, at all events, reflect upon the radical change which these and other changes have effected in the form and appearance of cities. Take the case of tho elevator. Forty yeitrs ago a structure four or five stories high was often a cause of loss of money to the builder or of suffering. The upper floors were very undesirable to tenants, and could only be let at a low rent, and the men who hired or used these floors were obliged to make the persons emploved by them to climb the stairs, laboriously, on foot. Now, third or tenth story makes but little difference, since the elevator car­ ries one to either floor, without effort and in about the same time. Many tenants prefer the upper floors, as they are there removed from the dust and noise of the streets, and sometimes, in very high buildings, they can catch from their windows glimpses of the green country. It has resulted that warehouses and buildings for offices are erected to enor • mons, heights, ten stories or more, and every year sees an increase in the lofti­ ness of city structures. The one dan­ ger which is increased is that from tire; for the difficulty of escape is greater, and to throw water into the upper part of such a building is almost out of the qnestion. This danger is overcome by putting into the building nothing that will burn, except the finish of the rooms. Walls, partitions, floors, roof, stairs, laths, are of brick, stone, iron, fireclay, and slate. A fire in such a building would burn it­ self out in the room where it originated and die for want of fuel. But Inen have gone underground as well as into the air. We do not refer to the enormous deep basements, but to the sub-structure of the streets. Gas, water, and sewer pipes are not recant innovations. They were all in or be­ neath the streets when men now old were infants. Yet there are constant additions to these underground neighbors of the roadway. Overhead telegraph and telephone wires are in many cities being removed, or have been already removed beneath the surface. The latest im­ provement comes from the laying of pipes to carry steam for heating pur­ poses. Sooner or later, too, the elec­ tric lighting wires will be under ground. To all this may be'added the system of railroads--on the surface in most cities, above ground on stilts in New York, below ground in London. The mere mention of the vast difference which these changes have made is all that is necessary for bur purpose. Thus the modern city has been made capable, first of giving homes and places for work to a larger number of persons to a given area. Again, by the quick means of transportation from place to place, the area which a city can cover, while permitting those who inhabit it to persue their occupations efficiently, has been greatly extended. Moreover, this has been accom­ plished while improving the sanitary condition of cities by means of sewers which carry away the refuse matter, and while adding vastly to the comfort of the inhabitants by giving them light, water, and heat without effort. When one further reflects that future ehanges will be no less great and far reaching, one may well think twice be­ fore consenting to smile at the fanciful sketches of the city of the next genera­ tion, drawn by the funny men of the funny papers. Perhaps the reality will outdo their imagination. Who knows? him^W A Cremation In Slam. Ex-Mayor Garter H. Harrison, in a letter to tbe Chicago Mail, from Bang­ kok, Siam, says: At half-past four we went to a large wat to be present at the last sad rites in honor of Phranai Samochai, who died nine months before and had been lying in state in spices and sweet herbs in one of the spacious halls of his pal­ ace. CoL Child and I got there a lit­ tle early. We wandered about On the matting spread about on the grass in one of the temple courts were the wives and female slaves of tbe dead man, all crouched down, with black p&noongs and white scarfs about their bodies. In an inner court wore some men sawing into a very large box. We went near. It was the outer case con­ taining the coffin, and it was air tight. Scarcely had the saw passed through the board when the putrid gases, escaping, drove us from the inclosure. The body was then put into a small vaulted room. Into this the head wife entered, sobbing, and following her came others. In the outer courts two theatrical performances were going on ont of hearing of each other, one in Chinese--for the deceased was a Chinese by birth--the other in Siamese. These are provided for the people that they may enjoy themselves, for the burial of a good man is not a cause of mourning. He has gone to a better life and his friends should re­ joice. Between these two theaters (tomporary) there was an erection soma 12x20 feet, and 20 feet high, on four columns. This was a handsomely carved white cornice from which to the ground drooped black drapery caught up in white. Upon this was an oven- shaped altar, and over it an open white catafalque covered with flowers and gilt. In the meantime, priests were chanting all around. Large bundles of cloth were then put upon the bier, and after lying a moment were taken off by the priests. Many of them had extra sheets and robes for a man. About the catafalque were tall bam­ boos, so covered with lanterns as to re- semble blazing pagodas. Just at dusk J a steam barge steamed up in the canal olose by and Prince Ongnai, full brother of the King and Regent, the first Prince in the land, arrived, and then with a flourish another barge |4|MM from the palace with the saored fire which is never allowed to die out, sent by the King. Ongnai then lighted from this fire a pieoe of sandal wood and a stiek of resinous incense and set fire to sandal sticks under tho bier. Soon the whole pile was in Aaines. We were invited to th^_, house close by to dine, but declined. 7 At night we aga'n went up to see the brilliant fireworks in honor of the dead. All was feasting and enjoyment. Food was spread about for the poor. Shows and pa­ geants were kept up for the public amusement. The funeral pile at night was a mass of coals, all of fragrant woods. A man stood by who, with a sort of hooked pokor, would push up the fire and pull up scraps of body to keep them burning. The fire is kept up for twenty-four hours. The ashes of the bones were kept gathered togother and kept in an urn, while the remainder of the ashes were taken out and scattered on the river, a boat sol­ emnly floating down it for the pur­ pose. An Amerie:iu Serenade. An American serenade is a product of the nineteenth century. H an Amer­ ican gentleman wins a meerschaum pipe at a raffle, or is elected President of the United States, or if he goes abroad, or fights a French duel, or eats twenty-four dozen eggs in twenty-four days, or if, like the illustrious Dr. Tan­ ner, he goes without eating anything for thirty-seven days, he is royally serenaded. The American knight does not go alone when lie goeth forth to sejrenade some people. He goeth in a crowd, with a brass band and some Roman candles, blue lights, and sky rockets. The object of the American serenade is not to delight the soul with the witchery of music that comes as delicately as the sweet south wind that breathes upon a national bank of "sweet violets," stealing a great deal more odor than it gives. It is not to entrance the man in whose honor the serenade is given, with the liarmotiy of soft-breathed sounds until, "Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire, while solemn airs improve the sacred fire, and angels b an from the battle­ ments of Heaven to hear." Ah, no, my good friends! Thai thoroughbred American serenade is none of that. It is to frighten the bending arch of Heaven with a crash of brass and sheepskin, and then, when attracted by the noise, or waiting by previous ap­ pointment, the astonished man under whose windows all the silence is thus rudely shattered, rushes out to see what is the trouble, the braying of the horns is drowned in wild, fierce shrieks of "speech! speech!" And then the distinguished American citizen "norates," while the impatient crowd gathers around the band and talks with tbe musicians, who do not understand a solitary word of our English, until the time shall arrive when the speech is spokon, and they are asked in to have "something.Burdetie. The Russian Peasant Women. The women in Russia do two-thirds of the work in the country. There are immense wheat, oat, and hay-field^ everywhere, aud in August there is great activity in the country. The large majority of persons at work are women. They wear short dresses, plain and straight, and a long piece of cloth over their head like Arabs. The wheat is sown broadcast, and if not oat by the women with sickles is harvested with the old-fashioned sevthe, which is a 2-pound snead and a broad, short blade. From the snead up to the handle there is a ^ooden bow, something like, in ap­ pearance, half of a barrel hoop. This bow keeps the wheat, etc., from falling back over the scythe-handle and scat­ tering. I have never yet seen a man who would deign to gather up, bind, and stack the wheat or oats when once it was felled. The women must do this while the men do the "gentle­ manly" work, although I have seen many women outting grain with the scythe. The neighbors club together in harvest 'and help one another. -A Russian harvesting rendezvous is quite lively, and is the scene of a motley crowd. The old men and young, boys and girls, with their mothers, grand­ mothers, and aged women assemble at daybreak. There are a number of horses on which are carried water, food and extra implements. The horses the boys and men ride, while the women walk. They always carry the scythe, forks, and rakes back and forth every day, and work as long as there is day­ light ; and since it is daybreak at 3 a. m., and not dark until 9:30 p. m., the hours of labor are long. A Dakota Biidd Bursting. Politieal excitement ran high out in Dakota last winter over the selection of a Territorial Auditor by the Council. People took sides with vehemence, and botH candidates brought to bear all the influence they could control. Success crowned the efforts of a man named Ward, and defeat fell to the share of his opponent, one Budd. To say that Budd was disappointed is to give a very faint idea of bis feelings. He was angry beyond measure, and did not hes­ itate to express bis disgust in lurid language. A newspaper man met him at the hotel, and after listening to his indignant protest, pnnctuated with pro­ fanity, for an hour or more, hurried to his office, and wrote these linos, which were duly printed next morning: A BURSTING M i)P. Oh, give me a gun, with a thcn»and barrel*, And a aword with a million bladej, And «ive me ii cargo of dynamite. And vraspa from the Evergladea t » Oh. for a daj!«t'r and tomahawk. And a glistening ttcalping.knifc, And a cannon tbat throws a myriad balls, To end this damnable atiife! And live ine a snuff of ths Western breeze, That comes from tbe lan t of blood. And i'l show the pow r cf the thorny fluww. Cooltaed In thie banting Bndd. - Wanted It to Jolt* An old negro went into the bar-room of a hotel and asked for a drink of whisky. When be had swallowed the drink he stood for a few moments as if waiting lor something, and then turn­ ing to the bartender, said: "Look er here, dat licker doan jolt." "Don't do what?" the bartender ex­ claimed. "Doan jolt--doan hit me, W'en I drinks licker I wants it ter be licker sho' 'null'." "Why, you old fool, that whisky is six years old. * "Ole age, den, dat makes it so weak. Gimme some o' dat gin ober dar, an' mix in er little suthiu' dat'll make it hit. I may be sort er cuis 'boat my drinkin', for I tell you whut's er fack, ef ei~drink o' licker doan jolt me I ain't got no manner o' use fur it 1's uster breakin' colts, sab, an' I doan like ter fool wid suck lie' calves, *--Ark ana aw Traveler. u>A- i OLD John Bobertwn, the veteran circus propr'etor, pol*d' flat boats up . Mohawk ltiver when I19 was quite ' young. He always was a pushing iI f t ; • ' Llndlejr Hurray. He was bo?n in 1745, at Swetara, fa., the eldest of the twelve children of a prosperous Quaker, who was at once a miller, a ship owner, and a merchant. Early in life Lindley developed a wild and unmanageable temperament, and when little more than an infant clam­ bered out on the roof and refused to return until guaranteed against punish­ ment. At school he was smart and in­ telligent rather than diligent and in­ dustrious. He had no disclination to study in itself, but the acquisition of knowledge interfered with amusement, and he often played truant. Boy-like, he had a fondness for teasing animals, though without any cruel intention, and this propensity remained with him un­ til, in matured years, lie was cured of it by the following occurrence: Being in London in 1771, he went to see some elephants kept in the royal stables at Buckingham palace, and while there managed to abstract some of the food placed before one of them; some weeks after he paid a second visit, having for­ gotten all about the matter; but the elephant's memory was more retentive, and he aimed with his trunk a furious blow at the future grammarian, which the latter with great difficulty avoided. He acquired a beautiful house on the Hudson, a few miles from the city, and was looking forward to a future, of happy ease, close to his friends, freed from business anxieties, and furnished with occupation and amusement by his gun, his garden, and his boat Such dreams, however, he was never per­ mitted to, realize. His health began to decline and his limbs to lose their power. The air at his riverside "para­ dise" did not agree with him; medical springs and country resorts proved equally inefficacious, and finally his doctors declared that his best prospect of health lay in a residence in England, recommending the air of ° Yorkshire as the most suitable to his constitu­ tion. Accordingly, in the year 1784 he left America, and after some time spent in looking out for a suitable house he finally fixed himself at Holdgate, within a mile of York, from which he never af­ terward removed. His bodily health was fairly good, but his power of mo­ tion grew weaker and weaker, and be­ fore long entirely failed. Confined tbus to the house, principally to a sin­ gle room, he naturally turned to study, and at length to authorship as a re­ source, and in 1787 he produced his finest book. This was a series of sketches intended to show the power of religion over the mind, especially in time of misfortune or at the approaoh of death, and was illustrated by exam­ ples ranging from Socrates, Confucius and St. PHUI to Richelieu, Ctesar, Bor-, gia and Doddridge, This he pub­ lished anonymously and distributed it gratuitously among his neighbors; but the book thus modestly introduced be­ came very popular, and eventually, ran through eighteen editions. For his grammar, abridgement, ex­ ercises and key he obtained £800; for his reader, introduction and sequel, i'750: for his French books, £700. and for bis Bpelling-book and primer, £500. He at one time contemplated a kind of ex­ purgated edition of the poets; but, hap­ pily, perhaps, for his reputation, never attempted to carry it into effect. His means being sufficient for his simple mode of life, and having no family, he devoted all his literary income to char­ itable and benevolent objects. He furnished a brief autobiographical sketch in a series of letter*, which com­ prise tbe history of his life down to 1809, and this forms the basis of the volnme of memoirs published after his death.--All the Year Round. ' ©en. Harney's Dignity. The following story is told of Gen. Harney, when he was in command at Camp Verde, Texas. He was an in­ tensely dignified officer, and if there was one thing he detested more than another it was undignified haste. One evening, just as he was about to hold dress parade, be perceived that he had forgotten his handkerchief, and as the weather was very hot, be said to his or­ derly : "Go to my quarters, quick, and bring my handkerchief." The orderly touched his cap and started for the quarters, several hun­ dred yards distant After he had pro­ ceeded a short distance, remembering that there was no time to loee, he broke into a trot "See that d--d scoundrel running as if the Indians were after him. if there is anything I hate it is to see a soldier running inste:ul of marching properly. Here, my man," continued Harney to another soldier, go after that man and tell him to walk, d--n him!" The second soldier started after the first, but as the first one kept on run­ ning, the second one saw his only chance to deliver the message was to hurry up, so he, too, broke into a run. To say tbat Harney swore is to use a mild expression. "Here, Sergeaut, go after that man and tell him if he don't stop running I'll hang him up by the thumbs. * The Sergeant started out on a brisk walk, but as his predecessor had a good start, he, too, began to rnn as hard as he could. "If all the three scoundrels ain't running like jack rabbits I" ejaculated Harney. "I'll show 'em," and tucking his sword under his arm, he started in pursuit as fast as he could run, but suddenly re­ membering his dignity, he came to a halt and walked stiffly back to the place where the dress parade was to come of£ --Texas Siftinga. Nuns "Who Never See a Priest. The Via Merulina Convent in Rome will remain in the possession of the nun8runtil the death of the last of them, when the property will go to the citj\ The sixteen remaining nuns, who are oallod the Sepulte Vive, are still in the nionastry, where they once received a visit from the Princess of Wales. These nuns, some of them ladies of noble families, observe a very strict rule. Once entering the con­ vent, they never leave it alive. They never see men, not even the priest who says mass in the cbapel. The altar is screened oft, and they oan just see the elevation of the Host. Through a small aperture thej receive holy commun­ ion. Iron gratings and a linen veil guard the small openings through which they make cpnfession. They never undress for repose, but spend half the night in prayer, and keep, except in the extreme case of illness, a perpetual absence from heat They make almost every­ thing they use, even to shoes and medi­ cines. If a parent of one of these nuns dies the announcement is not made to tbe nun herself, but in general terras it is said that one of them has lost hy death a father or a mo. her, as the case may be.--London Court Journal. LIKE clings to unlike ipore than to like. Gen 8am Houston's Magnetism. No man, unless it was the great Na­ poleon, ever possessed more of what is known as "personal magnetism" <Jhan Sam Houston. * Often, without any apparent eLort, he converted the bitterest enemies into the warmest friends. One of his for­ mer opponents in Eastern Texas kept a standing advertisement in a local paper, the tenor of which Was that any person having a quarrel with Gen. Houston, could be accommodated with a fight by merely sending his address to the advertiser. He was not only willing but particularly anxious to take Houston's personal difficulties off his hands. On one occasion, the question of re­ moving the State capital from Austin to Washington on the Brasos, excited a great deal of political and personal bitterness against Houston. Among his most bitter opponents were Capt. S. and 'Squire W. • of Austin. It was given out that Gen. Houston would visit Austin and deliver a speech on the political topics of the day. Some ut­ terances of Capt. S. and 'Squire W. gave color to the idea that Gen. Hous­ ton might meet with rough treatment from his stalwart opposers. Their movements wure watched closely, with a view to prevent any unpleasant event­ ualities. An eye witness gives the following description of Houston's speech: The day came. * Gen. Houston was escorted to the "old Copitol," which occupied the site where the Austin market-house now stands. The Capi­ tol was a frame building, with a hall running east and west, dividing it into two apartments; the southern end was the Hall of Representatives, the north­ ern, the Senate Chamber. Gen. Hous­ ton spoke from the eabt gallery, facing Congress avenue. He had a large ar. dience--members of the Legislature, and men who had faced every sort of danger incident to frontier life, and who had never quailed. He discussed various issues of a general character in his usually eloquent and happy style and manner. He carried his hearer* with him. He referred to his action concerning Austin--said some of his friends thought he had made a mistake. He called attention to the improvements in the surroundings, the evidence of pros­ perity, and said: "If I did make a mistake, it was a happy one." He then spoke of Texas--her future prospects, her many elements to,achieve great­ ness. He stood gazing, as it were, upon the great volume of the future, whose pages seemed to be unrolled before him to be read by the light of inspira­ tion. His face glowed with an intelli­ gence apparently supernatural. He stood there in the fancy of his audience an impersonation of a prophet of the olden time, glowing with the enthusiam engendered by a sense of revelations he was receiving fnom a divine source--an inspired being standing between God and man, proclaiming in advance the events of ages yet' to come. * It was truly a grand spectacle. He then said his history, his interests were identified with those of Texas. "I have Dothing to leave her but my children. I consign them to my country. I have no legacy for my chil dven but my own good name. I can bequeath them that unsullied by anv stain, unspotted by inordinate ambi­ tion, and free from the sordid taint of selfishness." At this point the tears stole down the cheeks of the impassioned orator. Many a stern old frontiersman, who bad defied death in all its forms, caught the infection and wept as a child. The chasm was filled--all antagonism was forgotten--all hostility buried. The noble old hero, the patriot, the states­ man, had vindicated himself before an impartial jury of his country. They carried their verdict to their homes written on their hearts. Hen. Houston descended from the rostrum; wended his wav down the ball, supported on one side by Capt S., on the other by 'Squire W. This remarkable illustration of Gen. Houston's magnetism--of his power over an audience--occurred in Novem­ ber or December, 1853. -- Texas m- mgi1. v Chased by a Hmnan Skull* Two policemen rang tbe bell at No. 67 Twenty-third street A colored man opened the door. "Is your name Pint?" asked one of the officers. "Y-y-yes, sah," responded the negrO, with startling eyes. " "Then we want you," said the officer. "I understand you have a dead body on the roof." "W-w-what's dat?" asked the negra "Dead body on de roof? No, sah; no, sah! Cross my li'art! I don't know nutfin' 'bout any dead body." "Well, we'll see about it Take us up," and they pushed the negro ahead of them through the house and up to the roof. Whon the tarred roof was gained th? policemen found a skull and a few disjointed bones by the side of the chimney. "How d d these bones come here? What do you know about this?" they questioned of the negro as he stood with chattering teeth at the top of the stairs. " 'Fo' de Lawd, offisah! I don't know a t'ing 'bout it," snid Phil. Just, then the skull slipped from the officer's hand and fell at the negro's feet Phil, with a yell of terror, started down the stairs, with the sknll bumping after him. He kept on clear down and out of the front door, across the street, through the house on the opposite side, across the yard, and over the back fence, till he fell on a heap of ashes in the alley, where he lay saying charms and spells to keep off the iufluence of the voudoo. The bones were taken t^ the Cottage Grove avenue station without making any inquiries, and the coroner wan noti­ fied. Later in the day a boarder in the bouse, D. C. Jones, who is a student at the Chicago Medical College, called at the station. "Please," said Mr. Jones, in a soft, post-mortem voice, "give me my tibia." "Your which?" exclaimed Lieut Stark. "My tibia and my sternum, likewise my os frontis." "What are you talking about?" "My bones. The bones which your rude men took from mv house this moru." "Oh, you mean the stift" "I mean my unarticulated skeleton," responded Mr. Jones, in mild, bed­ chamber tones. Aud he explained how he bad purchased the bones at the county hospital, and had put them on the roof to dry. Their presence had been disclosed to the police by a fellow- student. who wanted to frighten the colored man.--Ch icago Times. HELENA, M. T., claims to have the richest men in the West A list is pub­ lished of capitalists who can draw checks aggregating over $23,000,000, BARBERS haye an occjifiQQfrl brash with their customsn, ' f - WTH AUD POINT. THKBK are only forty-five female lawyers in the United States, but th#^ talk like sixty; "SHALL we stick to the .farm," aska^v rural exchange. You will be likely to in wet weather, unless you pave it * LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON says there is no way to be original except to be born so. How many who strive to be original need a second birth.--- Siftings. WHERE one dollar is returned to tlH»- Treasury of the United States by a man with a conscience, a million dol­ lars are kept out by men who have no conscience.--New Orleans Picayune. A MINNESOTA lawyer declares thfet no man can make a decent speech in it shirt made by his wife. We are pre­ pared to furnish this item in illumi­ nated letters to clothing dealers.---* Burlington Free Press. '•? "GAD!" exclaimed Richelieu, breatji- lessly, "I saw a friend just now whom I wouldn't have missed seeing for half . a hundred." "Bosh!" replied Arthur. "Fact! He has owed me $50 for tw»" years, and he paid it"--Free Press. FRED H. CARRUTH says that after lib had printed his now extinct Esielline Bell one year, he found himself with one baby and several hundred delin­ quent subscribers on his hands. Fred is now writing: for the Chicago Tribune, --Texas Siftings. JAPANESE theatrical audiences afe said to show their appreciation of thB actors by throwing pieces of their clothing, hats, coats, sashes, etc:, on the stage. How much better it is to throw articles of wearing apparel thtih bad eggs.--Peckfs Sun. "PAPA," said a little boy, "I have been reading Roman history, vandZ want to know what a culprit "is?" "A culprit, my son," replied the proud father, "is--is--ah, er--is a bootjack or anything that will knock a cat off the fence."--Areola Record. AN absent-minded clergyman was handed a slip, as he was abont entering the chancel, on which was written, for his own information, "Jones is betteir; you needn't pray for him again." Mix­ ing this up with his other notices, he astonished the congregation by reading it in regular order: "Jones is better; yon needn't pray for him again." He was in blissful ignorance of the mis­ take until some one told him of it after service. HE got aboard tho train at Larch- mont, sat down in the forward end ot the smoker, and began to talk in a voico that woke up the rear brakeman four cars behind. "Just been over to 'Execution Rock,' duckin'," he howled. "Had a bad accident there yesterday. The steam fog-horn broke down--?* "How did the authorities happen to allow you to leave in such an emer* . gency?" asked the meek man wi1f£; big biceps in the seat back of them, f A CANDIDATE for constable in a back­ woods community of Mississippi, in urging his claims to fitness for the po­ sition, declared tbat he had once killed a man. His stock went up rapidly and his opponent, who could claim no such distinction, w ^ much worried over his declining chances, but with enterprise end imitation of great campaigners, he. began to examine his opponent's record and soon came upon something that startled him. He discovered that his opponent had in fact killed a man, but that the killing was accidental. This fbet was ptiblished, and, as the public felt that it had been cheated by a pre? tent ions fellow, the plain and unassuni- ing record searcher was elected.-- kansaw Traveler. A DO-Ahead American. There is only one macbine-»ffl in Morocco, says the Liverpool Mercury, It belongs to an enterprising citizen of the United States named Cobb. Its erection was utterly illegal. The pref* udice against machinery among tho Moors is as strong as it used to h#s: among English hand-loom wcaverpij- Mr. Cobb's application for the author­ ization of his mill was rejected. The Prime Minister would not hear of it; the Sultan absolutely forbade the new-fa*- gled method of grinding corn. Mfc. Cobb, however, went "right ahead."' He built his mill; he put in his ma­ chinery. Only one finishing tonoh was necessary. The grinding-stones were duly delivered at the wharf, But this gave the authorities their opportunity, and they calmly impounded them. It was useless going to the Moorish Gov­ ernment, so Mr. Cobb applied to the * United States representative. He got a formal reply, informing him thai, since the Prime Minister and the Sul­ tan had both forbidden the execution' of the project, it woiftd be idle for hitl - to expect any assistance from the formal representative of the United States. The letter was all that Capt Cobb needed. He took it to the local authorities, who had his griu ding-stones in charge, and asked them if they could read English. "No!" "Then read this," cried Capt Cobb. There were the arms of the United States; these, was an undoubted official signature; and Capt Cobb said he was going "straight ahead" with his mill. Nobody knew what complication might ensue ff this determined American were disap­ pointed. The stones were given up^ the mill was finished, and the neaii time the Sultan came that way he sent all his corn to be ground by maoliinery. A Bath In Samea. About an hour before sunset we ar­ rived at Falelatar, and pnt vrp at tiie house of Anei, one of the chiefs of the place, where we had a bowl of kavim bathed and had dinner. We were, aa usual, escorted to the bathing place bv two young ladies carrying 50? tow^Sf and clean things. Arriving there I found to my dismay that I hud left my "lava-lava," the wearing of which m imperative in a public bathing place. . in the house. On requesting one of the girls to run back and get it for met she, going into the bush and Out dfi sight, flung me out her chemise in­ stead, which,. having put,on, to tb# amusement of the other 00 upants <jj|" the pool, I performed my ablutions* carefully wrung out the garment, and tossed it back, and the kind young wo* man re-entered upon the scene At smiling and attentive as ever.--Afy Consulate in Samoa. Five Thousand Books A Year What is to become of us with book* pouring out of the press at the rate qi 5,000 a year, besides reprints and mono- graphs and pamphlets? No man cat. keep pace with literature. It is ques­ tionable if, on the whole, the effect is not to demoralize popular taste in react­ ing matter. A few first-rate books would be worth more than a flood of * all sorts, because now eaofa volnme gets its small quota of readers, while ao really admirable volume ean get thp attention it deserves. -- Globe-Dema* craL A GEORGIA lad died after a lingering illness of blood poison, attrib of e braes month-orgen.