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•ATON. •."V S?>A> tS»«mntry Wdl, *U >ds carouse, tree, with its limbs oaoM-^toWn, i'of all St bora; ' (tie last vear's imt md be Mttjfe . be of the bird no more. ' - r.i see this old-fasMoned hswta ^ if is blue and bright; • •>> > inmmrr winds chant out Vbrtr**!' i summer's (Sear delight. vine trail*) over the door, Aad bloom# In the rare June weather. And tbe birds fly out from under the leavM, As they »ing their songs together. Iinjif to *l»e step i« the low red roe*, ?}v ?«•$ leaBing over the till; . Aadctose to its side the hollyhocks - IntMr waxen beauty sill!. A*<* the t?£er My, reminding! one * * ' Of the leopard with its spots; . • '• « iad then the rich, lovely c ftry»antoemtlilMI, See growing in flower-pots. Bat more than all of the flowers I've Ate the apple-blossom* ia May; . : .2 ••••';', IRtea the tJr is filled with their sweet pWtBffl#, At they bloom ftcrosa the way. ' In pne of the meadows, farthest oft, . .um a little lot alone; •Mi there that the household d*ad tWpAMi ft ^ And their spirits make no moan. IRieir life-work on earth is forever done; ,jy Bat their ehiidreu All their jilaces, ' •' work on the farm and in the house-- t The n*nw Bwiwt looks in their faoM. ! : " I Yet the sleepers there, in that little lot, Where the meadaw lark is singing, • . Will welcome their loved ones home some dsjf, Where the angel's songs are ringing. jp. «* * V'<V't'-'.'i Y- WINNING A WIDQff. "Jotham!" quoth Mir. Wiggleton to hip chiei iarm-hand. *Well, what's wan tin*?" lazily in- quited Jotham Havdeastle, with a half- masiieated straw between his teeth, as he looked up from the bit of harness he was mending. "The Widow Palmleaf has taken tike cottage at the foot of the lane." . , •* • "Tell me something I dida't know afore, ' said Jotliam, with more freedom than reverence in his manner. "An*J if she sends np to borrow the rake or the hoe or the spade-- *^ell» what then?" 1 •fSPell her she can't have "em. Women are always borrowing. I knew Hohart Palmleaf when he was alive; he was -a chronic borrower. I don't want any­ thing to do with the widow." "All right," observed Jotliam, philo­ sophically, and liin master resumed the perusal of his newspaper once more. "Jotham." said Mr. Wiggleton about 10 days afterward, as he came in heated sad out of breath from a walk. (Mr. Wiggleton wasn't as spry as he had been before his 45th birthday, and the Locust hill was a pretty steep ascent.) "Well, what now?" "I wonder if that was the Widow Palmleaf 1 saw gathering blackberries into a basket by the south wall of the cottage garden ?" "Kind o! slim and tall ?" * •Blue eyes and hair aasihiny as satin T '•Tea." .... " . " "And a little white parasol lined with Ok?" • .fies.w , "Beckon likely it was," said Jotham. "But," persisted the frazzled land­ owner, "she doesn't lode at all like a widow." "There'* as much difference in widows as there is in other folks," observed Jotham, dryly. Mr. Wiggleton was silent (or !tr mo­ ment or two. "Jotham!" he finally said. "lbs she sent to borrow anything?" "Sent yesterday forenoon, asked if I we had a screw driver to lend--the hinge was comin' loose on the garden gatef "And what did jon tell her?" "Saidmv order was contrary wise to lendin' or borrowin'." * Jotham, you are a fool." * Tan't the first time you've said so, and tan't the first time you've been wrong," said Jotham, with a calm­ ness of demeanor that was beauti­ ful to behold. "Hard words are coi - ridered in the wages, and I ain't tiie man to find fault. I onlv did as yon "Te4 Jbut, Jotham, never mind,; the Mxiiime she sends let her have what­ ever she wants." "Said somethin' about wantin' a man to coafeand hoe them potatoes. Be I «Tm glad she lis* tokenWieotmage on a long lease, Jotiuan,*' pttnmed Mr. Wiggleton. "I îl»«w4 ' - "Most folks does," obtg And he got up shaking himself like a great Newfoundland dt)g and went into the house, leaving Mr. Wiggleton to the companionship of his own cogita­ tions. There are times in which soli­ tude is said to be the best company. Perhaps this was one of those special j occasions, in the estimation of Jotham Hardcastle. I The summer went by; the great maple in front of the Wiggleton man­ sion began to glow as if its leaves had been dipped in blood and melted gold; the asters reared their purple torches along the stone wall by the cottage under the hill, and any acute observer might have perceived that Mrs. Palmleaf had laid down the rocky bit of np-hill ground in spring wheat instead of win­ ter rye. "Jotham!" said Mr. Wiggleton Co his farmhand one evening; it was the first time they had had a fire on the wide, old-fashioned hearth. "Well?" "I have concluded it isn't best for you to live here at the house any longer." "What's goin* to happen?" said Jot- ham. "You ain't goin' to hire another hand, be you?" "No; to foe sure not. You suit, me ad­ mirably, Jotham, only"--and Mr. Wig­ gleton shot the words out with an effort --"Iam thinking of getting married." * "Oh!" "It's rather late in life, to be surev" said Mr. Wiggleton, conscious of look­ ing extremely sheepish, "but you know Jotham, it's never too to do a good thing." 4 • • • • ' "Certainly not"'* '1^ *' "You ought to get ihatrled, .Totham," add^d his employer, speaking in a ruther rapid and embarrassed manner. "Think so?" "Certainly. You might live in the little house beyond the peach orchard; it wouldn't take much to fit it nicely, now that paint and paper are so cheap." Jotham stared reflectively at the fire. '"And your wifecould take care of the cream and butter, and all that sort of thing, for us. It isn't likely Mrs. P. --ahem! --it isn't likely, I mean, that my wife will care for snch things." "Humph!" "I advise you to turn the thing all over in your own mind, Jotham," said Mr. Wiggletanb "Yes, I will,* said Jotham, With a lit­ tle cough. ' The next morning Mr. Wiggleton at­ tired himself in his best suit and went to the cottage. Mr. Palmleaf received him in a charm­ ing wrapper, with ribbons to match. Mr. Wiggleton wasted no time in use­ less preliminary chitchat. "Mrs. Palmleaf, ma'am," he began, a little nervously, "I have change my condition." "Indeed!" said the i like an open rose. "I hear it." "And I am here this you to be my wife! iwldly. "IVii are kind leaf, blushing, sluded to •'i |H nHB i Jim. ,, * Thm WsMwhNI Jat>tP(|p»as»-ff*tt>>wy»«l bgr l • "*«•» *• 'tWmimn ' But, amusing as Jocko is in <M$£$tfty, he is still more wonderfa! in h| native wilds, where he relies on his native wtt to accomplish his own objects, and keeps house and attends to his own affiuts in his own fashion. The following story of how a party of monkeys, bent upon » journey, overcame the obstacle of a running stream and crossed it triumph­ antly, is told by a well-known traveler in Mexico, who witnessed the scene himself; | The party was GOO strong. It was ap­ parently a kind of migration or change of quarters, the object, no doubt, being . to find a more hospitable place wherein ! to establish themselves and set up a new home. They trotted along in livoly good-natured fashion, chattering as only monkeys can, when suddenly they came upon a swiftly flowing brook and halted on its banks in dismay. A monkey, you must know, hates water quite as much as a cat does, and nothing -*ill induce one to wet the eud of his paw if "he cai help it. But there was the stroam, there stood our traveler, hidden b; trees, but near enough to watch maneuvres. The monkevs set to work. four, seemingly the l«ad«ra of ran up and down the bank spot where the stream was cam and where there were tall trees on each side. Presently a satisfactory spot was found. Up the tree sped a monkey, and another after him, then a third, and then a fourth. The first wound his tfiil about an overhanging limb and sus­ pended himself head downward; jan- other wound his tail about the neck ^nd shoulders of the first, and also hung head downward; so did the thirds and fourth. I Now for the marvelous part of the story. The living chain became fi pen­ dulum set in motion by the L key grabbing the herbage and producing a steady and forth, the distance in time the pendulum tr: A little patience, some on the part of the presto! a lively swin, hold of a limb of a bank. Bee! a b: now, with an great even for are, the whole dian file, tipoi 'for about |air all on a suddett, Faa awed, expectant junding even the tour- It a silence that ttiyl* sun rises very slowly bid the yellow clonda lis uprising to even greater b the palest primrose and |h pink. The sky, which plose color, becomes gray, ierald green, and lastly after rock stands out, sun's bright rays, and the hat begun onee mow."-- ffotKapplag as Muckas He XlgitVfti * t' , • ; **»' ̂( •* : 1 than ever, "but I "And why not?, gleton, fairly pected answer. " I am _ ing widow, p. her belt. "Might "Oh, castle." Mr. tence his left Paim- prettiar ildn't." Wig- this unex- ip. the charm- ribbons at that is " Jotham Hard- imered ont a sen- L-atulation and took to • < ahOTMseUli ̂*>* course. Neighbors Ss«tHke neighbors, e^pecially in tits country." And Mr. Wiggleton sished and wished he was not too corpulent and unused to labor to hoe the Widow Palmleafs early potatoes himself. Bnt he did (he next best thing; be went over to look at the field after Jo­ tham had hoed it, and gave the widow good advice concerning a certain rocky, up-hill bit of sheep pasture that be­ longed to the cottage. "I'd lay that down in winter rye if I ^ou' maam>" said Mr. Wiggleton. "I'm so much obliged to you," said Ae widow, sweetly; "Since poor, dear Hobart was taken away I have ho one to advise me on these subjects." And Mr. Wiggleton thought how soft and pretty her blue eyes looked as she spoke. "Oh, pshaw F" said Jotham, leaning ® Ae handle of his hoe, "winter rye ain't the sort o' crop for that spot. Spring wheat's the only thing to grow were." "- "Hold your tongue, Jotham f cried llM employer, testily. . "Yes, sir; I will," said Jotham, with abroad grm over Mr. Wiggleton's shin­ ing bald head. al>out ^ese hyacinth beds; ma am,3 said the latter recovering his •qnaBimiiy; "in come over this evening if you will allow me --". I shall be delighted," interrupted WWt widow with a smile that showed a teeth as white and regular as pearis. "This evening, ma'am," repeated Mr. . Wiggleton, with a bow, "and well •ketch out a diagram. Hyacinths have to be- humored, Mrs. Palmiest" ' wilow1 l"iVe aiwaya "aid the . %*»* evening after Mr. Wiggleton bail returned from discussing the mo- lentous question of sandy soil, bulbous fnd crescents and circles, he Irnnd Jotham cm the front porch oon- ksitedly breathing the flower-scented air. "A very pretty woman, that Mrs. palmleaf, Jotham/' said the employer; •ot because there was any congeniality «f soul, but because he coud have talked to the gate posts if Jotham kadn't happened to be there. "Well, nobody doubts that, as ever I keardon,"said Jotliam, withhia elbows an hWknees and his face complacently "toward the full moon; i ; • V;, -"isirfl she ean't be over 39. spring wheat" reared the hillside Jotham young widow, and is single yet. He al- he had been ill-treated, could tell exactly America In Asia. After a long and dilligent giSJETeb in a queer, dark, second-hand booth kept by a swarthy Mongol, I was rewarded by the discovery of a product of Ameri­ can genius that partiv satisfied ray patriotism and served as a tangible proof that New England marks the time to which all humanity keeps step. It was an old second-hand clock, made in Providence, Rhode Island, the battered and somewhat grimy face of which still bore in capital letters the characteristic American legend, "Thirty Hour Joker.' Mongolia might know nothing of Ameri­ can magazines, but it had made the ac­ quaintance of the American clock; and although this particular piece of mech­ anism had lost its hands, its 'Thirty Hour Joker* was a sufficiently pointed allusion to the national characteristic to satisfy the most ardent patriotism. An American joker does not need hands to point out the merits of his jokes, and this mutilated New England clock, with its empty key-hole eyes and its battered but still humorous visage, seemed to leer at me out of the darkness of that queer old second-hatxl shop as if to say 'You may come to Siberia, you may ex­ plore Mongolia, but you can't get away from the American joker.' I was a lit­ tle disappointed not to find in this bazar some representative masterpiece of American literature, but I was more than satisfied a short time afterward when I discovered in a still wilder and more remote part of the Trans-Baikal a copy of Mark Twain's 'Life on the Mis­ sissippi' and a Russian translation of Bret Harte's 'Luck of Roaring Camp.*" --t/eorge Kennan, in the Century. Tfky Bear-llnnts Fall, It appears that the real cause of the failure of the royal bear-hunts in Tran- slyvania was that the peasants had carefully driven the creatures away from the place where the crown prince of Austria and the prince of Wales were to shoot. There were a large number of bears on the ground only a few days before the royal hunts, but when the sportsmen arrived on the scene they had all departed into the recesses of the neighboring mountains. The people of Transylvania detest both Australians and Hungarians, and whenever a great hunt is announced they deliberately drive the bears and deer to a distance, so that, as a rule the sporting arrange­ ments of the territorial magnates are kept secret. The prince of Wales might not have killed a bear even if he had been given the chance, for his shooting has been execrable during his stay in Austria and Hungary, and he seemed to be out of all form. At the imperial hunt he missed four stags, to the amaze­ ment and disgust of his host; but the prince is probably demoralized by a long course of battues--a species of butchery which a true sportsman like the emperor ci Austria regards with undisguised oontempt. -- London Truth. 7 re. lohs and, seized pposite ed; and irently too ly as they ounted, In- anions' backs, g bridge have not dry shod, and by the crossed th< but dry But nd^^^^^Kler says, he became alarmed H^^^H^n'idge. The limb of the tree oi^WIRHposite side of the bank from wj*ich It depended was much lower than jtfie one on this side. If the end monkey on this end let go he must in- tiilibly drop in the water and get a sad ucking. This seemed very cruel, con­ sidering the services he has just rendered his brethren. However, they had no idea of deserting him, and the problem so difficult to human intellect did not puzzle their monkeyship's intelligence for a moment. The Solomon, or some other great in­ tellect among Hie t»arty, applied itself to the question. He nodded and winked and in monkey language declared him­ self equal to the emergency. Then he ran up the tree and affectionately wrap­ ped his tail about the neck and shoul­ ders of the poor beast who had so man­ fully supported the line on that side of the stream. The latter loosened his claws and allowed himself to be drawn up to such a height that his fellow who formed the other end of the chain would, on loosening his hold, land safely in the furtlier bank without so much as wetting the end of his tail. It was a marvelous performance, and the story is strictly true. How often, in our vanity and conceit, we think that animals are indolent and stupid and do not know anything! We do not realize how much wisdom and intelligence God has given to Puss and Ponto and Neddy wid Jocko. In regard to many things it often seems as if they were wiser than ourselves.--Mary E. Vandyne, in Christian Union. EDGAB--Miss Freeleigh doesn't corset*. Arthur --How do you Know? Edgar--Becanse i&e laoghs Ustsad of giggling. Hot Old After AIL "The serious-minded and the learned among the Jewish community of London are just now somewhat scandalized and humiliated by the discovery that the "Sabbath Hymn of the Suffering-Dark­ ened Sepliira"--the plaintive air which they have been accustomed to regard as a genuine ancient Hebrew melody, is nothing but a comparatively modern operatic tune which has been pressed into the service of the synagogue. As Dr. Barney somewhere observes, there has always been considerable uncer­ tainty about the traditional music of the Hebrews, owing to the circumstance that anciently they possessed no system of musical notation. Kalkbrenner tells us that the Jews of Germany, Italy, Holland, and Spain in his time sang their hymns to diverse measures, though all claimed to sing "comme on chantait dans le Temple de Jerusalem." All this, says the London News, hardly prepares us for the discovery that one of the most venerated of these produc­ tions is simply a slightly modified adap­ tation from nothing more venerable than the cavatina in the first act of "Le Nozzi di Figaro," the text of which runs: Is this fine count to ready to caperf With right good will the music I'll and The strangest part of the matter is that among a people so musical the | source of this melody has not been noted before. How it crept into the Jewish hymn book is less difficult to imagine. It is suggested that soon after 1786, when Mozart's opera was produced, some Chazan in Eastern Germany hap­ pened to hear the tune and adopted it. At that period, and even much later, the religious feeling of the Jews seem to have been strongly opposed to visit­ ing the opera, so that the origin was not observed, and the hymn gradually gathered associations of solemnity. Thus did the slightly modified song which Mozart assigned to Beaumarchais' mercurial valet attain at last to the dig­ nity of an "ancient Hebrew melody." Tke Midnight Sua. There is only one country in the world where the average tourist can see the sun shining for twenty-four consecutive hours, and that is Norway. Every year in June, tourists by hundreds flock to North Cape to witness this marvel of nature. In "A Jubilee Trip to Norway," the scene is thus described: "Imagine yourself on a ship at an­ chor, looking west or straight in front of you. There is a broad expanse of sea a little to your tight hand; behind you will be the rugged coast, and to your left the long, narrow fiord between the islands and the mainland that the steamer has just traversed.' "You watch the sun as it slowly, slowly sets; the island and the coasts look like a rich, dark purple, and the shadows cast by the ship's masts mem longer and longer. After a bit, when I the sun has, sunk apparently twelve feet Jaws of a Whale. Leonard, an acting master in " States navy during the civil ar, an citation ed on the gu o boat Ka- vest Gulf blockading squadron, Id a story of heroism and ex- ks on his body that corro- words, says a letter in the ia Press. The year 1850 eonard as one of the crew oi Enterprise, a whaler, ia the Pacific. One day he was stationed e bow of a whale-boat a long dis- e frosa the ship with a brave crew, ho had sighted a whale and mailt, foi the monster with all possible dispatch. When within proper distance Leonard threw his harpoon, striking the fish hard and deep. In some manner the line, as it was running out, caught the body of one of the men in such a way as to throw him overboard. The man suddenly sank, whereupon Leonard transferred his line to a boatmate and sprang into the ocean in aid of the /drowning sailor. The whale, now maddened by his -fast-flowing blood, made a rush for the boat. Remarkable and horrible to re­ late, Leonard's friend had managed to regain the boat, while he himself was caught by the whale between its jaws, his position being inside the monster's mouth, with nothing protruding but one of his arms. In this manner the mai| was in reality within the jaws of deatli itself. The whale instantly plunged down into the deep, and, in the words of Leonard himself, "the fish seemed to be going down, down into eternity it­ self." The imprisoned man, after all of this, had not lost his presence of mind. H<f mustered his entire bodily strength--*; and he was a powerful man--actually! bracing himself-in such a position as to compel the fish to spread its jaws; at the same time, with his arm that was free, he grabbed the sheath-knife out of its socket, cutting right and left. Nq sooner was there a sufficient opening made than Leonard forced his body, outside. Up to the surface he swam, when, most strange to say, he found himself within an arm's length of his boat. He was saved. The marks of the whale'a violence and the dents of its teeth were, very plainly visible on Leonard's arms* and he was always pointed out by hia' brother uaval officers as "The Second Jonah." - He is Now a Prohibitionist. A commercial traveler who stopped at a down-town hotel was very thirsty in­ deed, when Sam, the colored man who blackened his boots, remarked that he' had a bottle of the finest in the city. - Yes the c. t. might touch a little on the sly. He did, apd it tasted good. Sam was made cominuicative by a tip. "Smell dat hat!" he exclaimed, as he pushed a greasy felt under the drum­ mer's nose "It smells of whisky," returned the' latter. "Yas, sah; I ko,tched dat lickah in dat hat. I was wo'kin' in de cellah ob de hotel, an' I heard somfln' goin' seep, seep! I foun' a whisky bar'l leakin', Kotched dat hat half full inside aa houah. Dat was de whisky you jest drinked, sah!" * The drummer will vote for prohibit r tion.--Washington Post. •?*' Malleable Glass of the Arabian's. Wendell Phillips, in his lecture on the "Lost Arts," in speaking of mallei able glass, tells of a roman who, in the age Tiberius, had been banished, and returned to Rome, bringing a wonder* ful cup. This cup he dashed upon the marble pavement and it was crushed^ but not broken, by the fall. Although somewhat dented, with a hammer he easily bent it into shape again. It was brilliant, transparent, but not brittle. " . He further stated that the Romans obtained their chemistry from the Arabians, and that they brought it into Spain eight centuries ago. In the books of Spain eight centuries ago. In the books of that age there is a kind of glass spoken of that, if supported by one end, by its own weight, in a day's time would dwindle down to a fine line, so that it could be curved around one's wrist like a bracelet. ' DE SMTTHE--(five minutes later), May I be iblowed if I don't believe that old Skinflint did that on purpose. City Maiden Visiting In the Country. l wonder if there is anything in thai* Oh, Heavens!! An Illustrated Advertisement. ' * Daty in the Jaws of Death. At an obscure station in Northern Iowa some time back there were two women waiting to take the train. A tramp, drunk enough to be quarrel­ some, came in and amused himself by directing insulting remarks to them. The operator was receiving an order to hold the coming train, and did not hear. As he passed through the waiting-room to put out the red flag tbe women ap­ pealed to him. He ordered the fellow out, and receiving abuse in return at­ tempted to push him through the open door, when the tramp drew a knife and stabbed him. The operator, knowing it to be his death wound, made no out­ cry; he simply extended the flag, which he still held to the women, and saying, "Put it out," fell lifeless at their feet. Why Mamma Cried. The Happy Bride--Why, Mamma, what are you crying for? Everything is so lovely, and everybody's been so good to me I Come and look at my presents, dear! The Wise Mamma--It's the presents I'm thinking of 1 Every family with a regiment of girls has sent you the most horribly expensive things--and now they'll all be getting married, and you and Charles will have to scrape and starve to give each of them something handsomer still! Presents! O, Ange­ lina, why didn't you elope?--Puck. A Case of Self-Defense. "Which do you love most, your papa or your mamma?" Little Charlie--I love papa most. Charlie's Mother--Why, Charlie, I am surprised at you. I thought you loved me most. Charlie--Can't help it, mamma: we men have to hold together. --»Texas Sifting». MR. SMITHKEB (of Philadelphia at a Boston reception)--Her voice reminds me of our independence bell. Mr. Beans--Ah! has the true ring, you mean? Mr. Smithers--No; it's cracked. WANTED--A .situation . that will take an able-bodied man whose health is de­ clining on account of too close confine­ ment out of doors.* Salary no object. Poker and Drawers. An argument was delivered the other day before the Supreme Court, by ex- Congreesman Wise, of Virginia, on a disputed patent applied in the manufacture of what are called "reinforced drawers." Holding up one' of the garments, before the astonished oourt, Mr. Wise said: "Your Honors, may it please you to observe, this is the only case in which one pair beats two, and where the splits oount against the dealer." It required a great effort on the part of the Justices to preserve serious faces, but there was no doubt about their un­ derstanding' the point. I, myself, do not quite apprehend Mr. Wise's mean­ ing, and simply give his words as they fell from his lips. The gambling frater­ nity, however, I am assured, will under­ stand the Virginian's sally. A Badly Watched Negro. The attention of the passengers in a Southern smoking car was riveted on a strangely behaved negro. He rocked himself from side to side without ceas­ ing. "What's the matter with you?" a traveler who was in the car. » "Does ydu know Dan McGary?" in­ quired tlie negro. "Yes." ' > "V-. "Well, sah, he sold me a sill»er watch for $20," added the negro, still swaying from side to side, "an' ef I stops moviu' dis here way de watch don' go no moah."--New Orleans Picayune, IN HONOR OF •AN. De Smythe (leaving the club Oti ft stormy night)--We, I am in great luck! Here's that passimonious old Howard taking his usual nap. I'll just leave him this ricketty old cotton umbrella and take his silk one, for a joke. No harm in an exchange. W K* -v. * - •4 J* - \ f-fe- & THFHAYMABKKT MONUMENT. of the shaft. Those upon me platform in­ cluded Mayor Cregier, Chief of Police Hubbard, Inspector Ebersold, Gen. Josepft E. Stockton, Richard T. Crane, President of the Monument association, E. P. Cragin, F. H. Head, Allan C. Story, and ex-Aid. Badenoch. After several patriotic airs had been given by the band R. T. Crane advanced and made the formal address, presenting the statue to the city of Chicago in the name of the Monument association. At its conclusion young Frank Leegan, a youth of 17 and the son of Officer Deegan, who was the first victim of tbe f atal bomb, advanced and drew the cords which held the canopy of flags enveloping the bronze figure, and the unveiling was complete. The full height of the monument is twenty-one feet from the base line of the pedestal. The figure, designed by Frank Batchelder of St. Paul and molded by John Gellete, the Chicago toulptor, is that of a uniformed member of the city police who, with uplifted band, commands pesos. The inscriptions on the pedestal are as fol­ lows: ; IN THK NAMB ; . tfiu rimtf ^ : PSOPLB OF ILLI NOIS I COIMAHD : : PKAcB. • , i..* • , ... ; .•••••* : DEDICATE™ BY CHICAOO T : TO HHB DKFAVKHCU^ THB RIOT : OP MAY 4. I#**- Z ,« • • Upon the other two sides of th' pedestal are wrought the United States arms ana the armorial bearings of Illinois. The language perpetuated in th® first inscrip­ tion is that used by Capfc. Ward just Da- fore the explosion of the fatal bomb. The *P""U»" 'i. LOHDOS, May 81. -- The Berlin cor­ respondent of the Daily News says that the Samoan conference appointed a new committee, which, after a lengthy diactw- aiou arrived at an} agreement. All the questions under discussion will be definitely settled at to-morrow's sitting. The agreement will be published In about ten days, when the ratifications of the respective Gov ernments shall have arrived. The American Commissioners will receive instructions. Irom the Government by cable, j Sir Edward Malet, the British Amlassador goes to London for instructions. Prince ; Bismarck, Count Herbert Bismarck, and Dr. Schweninger have gone t» Bcfcon- timanco OITHE MOKiminrom . HM TOMB. ^ Slmpl* and Impressive Services Mark the Memorable Occasion--Description of th* •halt and the IflMfaltion on It»VMe> [Washington special.] A Washington special say a: One of the most interring events of Decoration Day was the uqve|ling of the imposing monu­ ment that Mrs. Sheridan has erects^ to the memory of her soldier husband. Four thousand people witnessed the eeramoniea, which were all the more impressive - be­ cause of their simplicity. There were no speeches nor poems, only music, flowws and tears, Notable among the varttfclOng waq the wife and .daughter of President Harrison, leaning on the venerable Dr. Scott. As the curtains fell from the lefty gran-, ito shaft Mrs. Harrison paid ' a touching tribute to the gallant dead by placing with her own hands a beautiful floral offering on Gen. Sheridan's grave. Amnng other distinguished persons present were Gen. Sohofield and staff, Attorney-GKmeral Mil­ ler, and Senator Sawyer. When the last strains of tbe dirge played by the Marina band died away a veteran of the old guard pulled the rop© that de­ tached the fastenings and the flags that covered the monument fell to the ground. Just at that moment the inembur* of th* Woman's Relief corps threw a shower of roses upon the grave. This raided the simple ceremony. The monument is a plain, broad granite shaft of sharp and strong outline, upon the face of which rests the bronze medal­ lion of Sheridan. The bronze medallion shows Sheridan in bas-relief, framed in a laurel and palm wreath with the head­ quarters flag for a background. Just enough of the shoulders and chest is shown to display the General's uniform and military decorations of distinction. The artist has caught che most familiar ex­ pression of Sheridan's face-a look of strength without sternnes3--and the whole pose of the head, without seeming con­ strained, is indicative of the determination and ruggedness which were so char­ acteristic of the aggressive soldier. The likeness is excellent and the design is in most perfect taste, suited in its strength and simplicity to tbe character of the mmn whose life it commemorates. The flag that forms the background is gracefully arranged in folds and the effect of the curves is heightened by the rigid flagstaff which diagonally projects at the top and bottom from beneath the drapery. Two corded tassels depend at the left of the flag from the spear-like top of the staff. The medallion rests against the granite shaft about twenty feet from the ground. The shaft stands 13 feet high and a massive appearance. The base is # feet H inches broad. The bas-relief is 10 feet from the ground. The monolith, whi?h is of polished granite 10 feet 6 inches high, weight 15 tons. The total weight of monolith and base is 23 tons. HONORING CHICAGO'S POLICE. Unveiling of the Monument on the Bite Haymarlcet Mansacre. A Chicago dispatch says: A special fea­ ture of Decoration day was tbe un­ veiling of the monument to the memory of the heroes of the Hayiuarket massacre. Notwithstanding the steady, unceasing downpour of rain there were not less than i,O0O peopi© gathered* on the corners ia the vicinity of the monument when the hour for unveiling arrived. At 1 o'clock 125 monitors of the police force were massed outside the Desplaines police station, under the command of Gen. Joseph Stockton, Chief Hubbard, Inspector Eber­ sold, and tbe following officers; Lieuts. Lloyd, Day, Arab, Larson, Green, Qninn, and Ross. Preceded by a brass band the seven com­ panies of police marched from the Des­ plaines street station and took up a position in front of the station. Two im­ mense flags hung damp and limp around the monument, hiding its graceful outlines from view. The crowd gathered in a mass around the officers, anxious to get a sigbt '®bdb haijfr'i THK wheks of a watoh go *toand i» iog. Wmam iB the ftngw of d*«*lny to be found? On the hand ofwmrse. Btmofcass often make .ailtfitegM haul from the sheer force of their en- ter-pries. TEACHER--What ia the most useful metal ? Tommy (whow pa is an editor) Printer's zinc. "PAPA, what was Adam's other name?" "Just after the fall his nam# was Dennis!" THE first impulse of a boy wi .h a new watch is to assure himself that none oi its 175 parte are missing. OLD PEPP£BS (tartly)--Do you run this elevator, young man? Young (calmly)--Naw! It's run by steam. IT is not pntting things in the right place that bothers a man so much as finding the right place, after he has put things in it. A MAN doesn't object to having a bill shoved nnder his nose, providing it is one of the ten-dollar variety, backed bv Uncle Samuel. "How DO you do, little boy?" "Got a cold in my head." "O, I guess not. WhAt. ntttRM (mn < .;«!• 3® -! "Cause my eyes leak and my nose dont go.* A GERMAN scientist asserts that PatU hae two extra valves in her windpipe. She may be considered, therefore, a kin^of extra bivalve, a veritable oyster "WHY do von poor that vile liquor down your throat?" asked the philan­ thropist of the toper, "I am seeking for-get-full-ness," said the toper to the philanthropist. ABT Patron--Miss Holandis out, eh? Are her paintings expensive? Attend­ ant--Yes, indeed, ma'am. The paint on that six by eight picture over there cost $3 a pound. AGENT for jewelry house--I've got a fine line of diamonds I'd like to show, you. Man Addressed--You've made a mistake, sir. I am the proprietor oi this hotel, not the clerk. "THE dinner last evening was wretched, Katie, I was positively ashamed of it." "Yes'm, the police­ man on this beat, who never complained before, said the same tiling." IT is hard on a young man to spend three months deciding which of two girls he will choose for his wife, aid then to find ont when he proposes that neither one of them will have him. "One word, sir!" "All right, what is it?" "Fm a pooi starving tramp." "Well?" "Would you give me 15 cento for my dinner?" "Certainly. Where is it? "Ill buy it of you."--Chicago Ledger. "WHY is it Jones, that boys are wilder than girls!" asked Smith. "I guess," answered Jones, as he gazed after a wasp-waisted girl who passed down the street, it is because girls are more stayed." HIGHWAYMAN--Hold np your handsl Peaesirsin--My dear air, I have just returned from Oklahoma. "The duoe you have! Well, you can get a good free lunch on the next block. Good evening. MIKE (in City Hall park, looking at a tree plate marked "Triacanthus Gled- itschia")--Say, Bill, what's th' manin' o' that? Bill--Mike, yo' edioatiew's- bin sadly neglicted. ThatV Latin far 'Keep of the Grass.' "WHO is that inane looking dude oVer there?" "Inaue? How can you say so ? Why, he's the bravest man in New York. He actually had the courage the other day to leave the restaurant with­ out tipping the waiter." HUSBAND--Wife, I wish you had been born with as good judgment as J. but I fear you were not. Wile--You are right. Our choice of partners for life convinces me that your judgment ia much better than mine. "I SAY, White," said Blaek, "I thought you told me that Brown had quit drinking?" Black, savagely--1 told you nothing of the kind, What I said was that he had quit buying drinka --a different thing, indeed." -•» Mi wife is lond of furbelows S-.'-", And edgings rich and rare, , _ , , ••fi-psgr And ruffles on her plainest ettMWC' » /*' It pleases her to wear. *»v - i Her very wrappers ruffled ara^ 1 "- C ).;> ; But c>vw> that- won't do; • ... ghe carries out the thing BO FAIF • ; v Her temper's ruffled, too. i CITY man (to one of his clerks lw finds fishing in his ornamental watet)-- Look here, Smithers, I've no objection to giving you a day now and then "to attend your aunt's funeral," but I think you might send some of the fish up to the house. Ci TIZEN--How much do you weigh, Pat? Pat--Sometimes four hundred, sor, and sometimes six hundred. "How do you make that out?" " Well sor, I'm driviu' for a coal dealer, and he always weigh the difference betwane the ooal and the ton." FLAP--I'm in love, and the only dis­ agreeable thing about it is that the girl is older than I. Jack--How old are you now. "I'm eighteen." "And the lady is what?" "Twenty-two." "Well, make your mind easy. By the time yon are 21 she'll be only 20." SEKVANT (to widow only recently be­ reaved)--There is an old-clothes man at the door, mum, what wants to know have you got any cast-off garments to sell ? Widow (with a burst of grief)-- Ah, np, Bridget, not now, not nowl Tell him to call a few days later., NAMBY (at a party, to a young poet) Come, Musey, read us one of your poems. Musey--You are taking some-* thing for granted, are yon not? What is that?" "That I am a poet." "Well go even further than that; we'll take for granted that what you read to us is poetry." STEAMSHIP Purser--Who's this high- roller on board with a couple of dray- loads of trunks and half a dozen boar servants? Clerk--That's the ten-mil­ lionaire Doseom. He is the proprietor of a great universal consumption rem­ edy. I reckon he'll die, though, before we are half way across." Purser--Why, what's the matter with him ? Clerk Cou sumption. CITIZEN (to Uncle Kastus)--What are vou doing these days, Unole Rastus? Uncle Rastus--Theatricals, boss. Citi­ zen--Theatricals ? Uncle Rastus--Yes, sah. I'm boas scene shifter at de Union tester, • Dat am a very 'portant posi- 8hum. Citizen--It is, indeed. How do they get along when you happen to be sick or away? 'Uncle Bastus--Dey manages to pull through all right, lihse you see I'se got foah understudies. « ^ '-s3 il Si ] fi -si -I -i - J : AT CHURCH. ; M <A GOOD looking-glass anr! * jpeA*. looking lass generally go together. A gentle smi'rs adorned: her face; .Her robe the latest stylo expressfk v-> |_knelt with most exquisite gradjt * 1 Upon the velvet covered rest, And at tbe proper t ime and place To Heaven her voice ia praver j IlHstened a&d her words so pat, w... lagat a mingled smile and - mf criticised a neighbor's bat ;,.X < Aad held a BiQenpsMe dowat