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Show i.ww--i- . .. . WHERE ALL IS PLAY are not a millionaire or a fooL ,s Mr' Smith The,Et?ry SPOT OF charmingly might better be ten, PARIS THE RECREATION l How Paris Amuses," not ALL NATIONS. Others. Paris amuses itself6" f ton amuses itself, soberlv a? M in the Dull Care Has No Place ctoply in th. mala, or the of Thoughts of the Inhabitants Amusenomically, sacrificing nothing tn Forme of tatloua spending of monev Gay Capital Many ment good profit Is within reach must owe me some money, and this foolish visitor, palntiug"'the I acletter can go to help even up the I true beloved of mans the town the Is cry it?" Paris red, Belle the Isnt p, La count Thats business. I the will echoed delectable by In and spread born Frenchman The clerk grasped the little ledge traps fo, for is not the money, traps that work-- wim. ... . fron of him to keep from falling. civilized world of ex! success from every point 0f French capital the gay city par But, madam to whether ln Immediate cash box labored a have I Generations week snt Yes. last cellence? Only little bit of tissue paper drive away dull care, and only the or ln training unconscious advent! rasa, tt E LADY AND i enti-jj- j THE The 8oldier Boy. t blada, give my soldier boy Damascus fashion'd well: 'Who first the glittering falchion sway a, Who first beneath Its fury fell, I know not, but I hope to know That for no mean or htrllng trade, To guard no feeling base or low, I give my soldier boy a blade. "Cool, calm and clear, the lucid flood In which Its tempering work was done; As calm, as clear, as cool of mood, Be thou whune're It sees the sun. For countrys claim, at honor's call. For outraged friend, Insulted maid. At mercy's voice to bid it fall, I give my soldier boy a blade. The eye which markd Its peerless edge. The hand that weighd Its balanced poise , Anvil and pinchers, forge and wedge, Are gone with all their flame and la fair nolxee- - And still the gleaming sword remains; Bo, when In dust 1 low am lntd, Remember, by those heartfelt strains, 1 gave my soldier boy a blade. William Maglnn. Before Antletam. As these vast American armies, the one clad In blue and the other In gray, stood contemplating each other from the adjacent hills, flaunting their defiant banners, they presented an array of martial splendor that was not equaled, perhaps, on any other field. It was In marked contrast with other On the open plain, battlegrounds. where stood these hostile hosts in long lines, listening In silence for the signal summoning them to battle, there were no breastworks, no abatis, no Intervening woodbinds, nor abrupt bills, nor hiding places, nor Impassable streams. The space over which the assaulting columns were to march, and on which was soon to occur the tremendous struggle, consisted of smooth and gentle undulations and a narrow valley coverod with green grass and growing corn. From the position assigned me, near the center of Lees lines, both armies and the entire field were in view. The scene was not only magnificent to look upon, hut the realization of what It meant was deeply Even In times of peace Impressive. our sensibilities are stirred by the ight of a great army passing In review. How infllntely more thrilling In the dread moments before the battle to look upon two mighty armies upon the same plain, "beneath spread waitensigns and bristling bayonets ing for the Impending crash and sickening carnage! Behind McClellans army the country was opbn and traversed by broad macadamized roads leading to WashThe defeat, ington and Baltimore. therefore, or even the total rout of he Union forces meant not neces-larll- y the destruction of that army, mt more probaftly its temporary dls-- . irganlzatlou and rapid retreat through country abounding In supplies, and toward cities rich In men and means. Behind Lees Confederates, on the other hand, was the Iotoniac river, too deep to be forded by hla Infantry, except at certain' points. . Defeat and total rout of his army meant, therefore, not only Its temporary disorganization, but its possible destruction, and yet that bold leader did not hesitate to give battle. Cen. John B. Cordon, In Scribner's. the Union forces of Wrightsville, toward which I was advancing. I carefully read and reread this strange note, ft bore no signature and contained no assurance of sympathy for the Southern cause, but It was so terse and explicit In Its terms as to The second compel my confidence. day we were In front of Wrightsville, and from the high ridge, on which this note suggested that I halt and ex. amine the position of the Union troops I eagerly scanned the prospect with my field glasses In order to verify th truth of the mysterious1 cotrynunlca. tlon or detect Its misrepresentations There, In full view before us, was the town, Just as. described, nestling on the banks of the Susquehanna. There was the blue line of soldiers guarding the approach, drawn up as Indicated, along an Intervening ridge and across the pike. There was the long bridge spanning the Susquehanna and connecting the town with Columbia on the other bank. Most Important of all there was the deep gorge or ravine running off to the right and extending around the left flank of the Federal line and to the river below the bridge. Not an Inaccurate detail In that note could be discovered. I did not hesitate, therefore, to adopt Its suggestion of moving down the gorge in order to throw my command on the flank, or possibly In the rear, of the Union troops and force them to a rapid retreat or surrender. The result of this movement vindicated the strategic wisdom of my unknown and Judging by the bandwriting female correspondent, whose note was none the less martial because embedded In roses, and whose evident genius for war, had occasion offered, might have made her captain equaT to Catherine. Gen. John B. Gordon, In the July Kentucky Soldiers. I remember how shocked some el the boys from Ohio were on one of oui first scouting expeditions" says a veteran. "We were prowling along a ravine when the scouts or skirmishers reported armed men on the other side of the stream. There was soma confusion, but before instructions could be given ont of our men fired at a man who had shown Jilmself well up the hill, and whose body a mlnuts later came tumbling down toward us. our scout had recognized a man who, as the leader of a guerrilla band, bad burned the house of his father and driven the family from the neighbor hood, and had shot him through ths head. Thereupon the guerrillas scab tered and our own men discussed ths shooting with many expressions ol disapproval. "ThBt ight several Kentuckians disappeared from camp, and we learned later that they had Joined some men of another regiment, pursued the rebel guerrillas and had killed three more of them. One day our company cams suddenly on a superior force of thl enemy apd the order was to retreat Some of the men took to the woods, however, and rallying some of theli old neighbors serving In. other com9 Maine's First Artillery. Major Charles J. House, clerk of the panies, ambushed the rebels and drovi office of the labor commission, and them back. As they put it, they wer Capt Horace II. Shaw of Portland In the service to fight the rebels, and have about completed the history of If they couldnt do It one way they the First Maine heavy artillery, which would another. Many men of thli was mustered into service In Bangor, character were In Wolford's First Ken tucky cavalry, and were notrious foi .August 21. 18G2. The history of the First Maine their disposition to scatter over thl heavy artillery Is of special Interest country on a march. from the fact' that It lost more men Veterans Will be Welcomed. than any other of the 4,000 regiments In the civil war, a total of 441, as Referring to the coming encamp gainst the second boavtest loser, the ment of the O. A. It., the San Francis Eighth New York heavy artillery, co Chronicle says: "For the second time the Grand with a record of 3GI. The loss of this Maine regiment at Army of the Republic will hold Its anFetersbuig was the heaviest of any nual encampment In this city. Doubt regiment In a single action, the num- less also It will be the last time. Sevber killed and subsequent deaths from enteen years ago the encampment mel wounds being 242, against 207 In the here, and that body Is not likely tc Eighth New York at Cold Harbor. The revisit any city at shorter Intervals, Maine loss of 155 at Spottsylvanla was Seventeen years hence there will the third heaviest of any regiment doubtless remain some straggling ren la a. single actlim. There were 2.200 rants of that mighty host, who, with men originally enlisted In this Maine feeble steps, will wend their way t4 regiment, 219 hailing from Bangor. the appointed rendezvous once mori The loss to the regiment during to meet their old comrades in arml the 3G days from May 19 to June 18, and renew their vows of fraternity, 18G4, Inclusive, was 404 killed, 789 charity and loyalty. But they will nol wounded and 13 taken prisoners, mak- be here. The fatigue cf so long a Jour ing a total loss In this short period of ney will bo Impossible at their great 1.208. ago. Whatever honor San Franrlsci During the three days battle of Pe- over Intends to pay to the survivors 4 tersburg the second army crops, com- the great struggle for the Union Iti posed of 84 reglmcuts and four batter- people must prepare to pay now. When ies, lost 59 commissioned officers, 14 the coming encampment, which Is t of whom, or almost 21 per rent, were meet hero in August, breaks up wi officers of the First Maine heavy ar- shall part with that body of voteram forever. tillery. In the two battles of Spottsylvanla and Petersburg there were a Confederates Aid Union Veteran. total of 74G members of the regiment A strange and affecting scene r wounded. At the four engagements of enacted before a court ll Cold Harbor, Ilnydtoti Bead siege of ccntl.v was Go. A man named Goorgi Augusta. IVntonUUe was and there Petersburg Mooro waa arraigned before the court total of 113 wounded. with burglary, lie waa i charged The greatest number taken prison-r- s at one time was at Jerusalem Union veteran and wa with Shermai In the "March to the Sea," It wai riant road. June 22, 1SG4. when 22 claimed thnt he stole In order to iu went off with the enemy. There are himself with food, for he was very 637 survivors scattered over various ply fleody and nearly 70 years old. Hi sections of Maine and Massachusetts, and threw himself ol guilty pleaded to drifted and west the A few having of the court The presldtn south. The only field officers now liv- the mercy William Gary, was a Con fed Judge, of are the rank captain ing above crate veternn, and the Jury was largo Major C. V. Crossman of Bangor and ly made up of the same etns of men Brevet Brigadier General Charles Tha Jury brought In a verdict of guilty PortIlamlln, reporter of do Islons, but recommended the prlmner to tha land. Me., Argus. mercy of the court. Thereupon tha Gen. Gordons Contraband Bouquet. Judge fined the prisoner fl whirl As we moved along the street a lit-- , Capt. Smythe, a Union veteran anl tie girl, probably twelve years of age, tha postmaster, Immediately tendered ran up to my horse and handed me a Ho was anticipated, however, hy Capt largo bouquet of flower. InIn the cen- John W, Clark, sheriff, a Confederati dellcaie veteran, who paid the fin, which thl ter cf which was a note handwriting, purporting to give the Judga ordered tha clerk to turn over t eumbers and describe the position of tha prisoner. i etter; It all happened In the corridor of the post office. She purchased a two-ce- stamp and carpfully affixed It upside down to the upper corner of an envelope, where It would excite the cancellation clerk to profanity, Because her correspondent lived In Chicago she was about to slip the envelope into a slot plainly designated New York City mall, when her companion, a man, stopped her. "Seems to me, he ventured to say, that your letter looks bulky enough to need more postage." Why, no, she said, smiling. "I put a two-cestamp on it, don't you see? "Yes; but I am certain Its too heavy, and he lock the sealed missive In his hand. "It la too heavy he continued. "I mall many letters a day, and have acqulied the knack of guessing what Uncle Sam will deniSud for his services as a carrier. I am positive that this letter will require four cents postage. Get the stamp clerk to weigh It for you. "I am sure you are wrong, she said but we will test the matter for an Ice cream soda." Done! If the letter goes jlth that two-cen- t stamp, I will treat. If you have to put another stamp on it, you left-han- treat." She went to the stamp window and the letter was weighed. Four cents said the clerk. You must have made a "What? ' mistake! she exclaimed. "There's not much In It. Weigh It again." The clerk gasped, but as there was no one else waiting to reach the window, he weighed the letter again and One might have very carefully. thought he was weighing gold dust. .Four cents, exactly, he announced. She pouted. Then the pout was succeeded by a smile sweet enough to overcome any one but a seller of stamps. Well," she said, "its all right, anyhow. I have a large correspondence, and frequently send letters that age not heavy enough for a two-cen-t stamp, I always put that kind of a stamp on them. So the government , v ' teeny-ween- y pattern It was for a baby's cap to Frenchman has solved the problem. my cousin, the same one this letter's There Is care and labor and striving stamp in' France, as Is the lot of human kind going to. and I put a two-cen- t on he envelope. Why, If this letter everywhere. But the Gaul, with his costs four cents, that one ought not to have cost a cent. This Is ten times heavier. And the week before last I sent Martha a ' dress goods sample, and there was only a half sheet of paper, with a few words of writing In the envelope, and I put a two-cestamp on it. It hardly weighed any thirg. I think It's real mean to letters and me for then Insist. that I pay full rates on all othes. I may drop this In, may I not? The government will not lose anything. you see. betause It carries so niaiy light letters for me. "Madam. If the other letters were stamp was necesscaled, a two-cesary on each, no matter how light It was. The government does not run ledger accounts of debits and credits haed on mall weight with Its postal patrons. Miml. My brother is a politician, and If for precision, has resolved to genius one with stamp, you let this letter go have one place where one may at all maybe times exercise the dull specter of will be on letter this The postage that must at some stage knit Its ;llves four cents, madam." brows; where life may be gay and And must I really put another joyous In any measure from the sostamp on It? of the steady-goin"You must, or the person receiving ber, sedate pleasures fantasies of the to wildest the It will have to pay the extra postage. "Dear me! Why didnt you say that foolish spendthrift. All are served at at first? I knew one stamp would Paris, whether bright or dull, rich or sordid or spiritual, banal or not carry it, and 'she turned from the poor, The French have always said so, window and pushed the letter Into the y makes the fair slot reserved for foreign malls. Then and the world Amuseshe faced the man who was with her. city on the Seine its play-yarment has there become a fine art. You men think you know everyHow it is done becomes therefore thing. Come and buy me that soda, she said. nowadays worthy of a serious study. ,F. Berkeley Smith has ventured, not But you did not win It." I did. My letter will go to 'perhaps a very serious attempt, but a d and I did not have to put ancommentary by one other stamp on It" Philadelphia Ledhaving a full knowledge at 'first hand of his subject His "How ger. Paris Amuses Itself, published by Funk & Wagnalls, bears on its face the Impress of the real observer, who tells not how It may be done elsewhere, for that would need a Parisian tradl tlon to make possible, but how Paris meets the task of amusing. at and base the growing developing into full flower at the summit. Of the "What shall we do next? says the medallions between the cartouches, weary new arrival In Paris, and Smith three represent the three Popes who shows what he may do. There are the occupied the Papal chair for the long- cates, open as the air, where the passest periods, viz., St. Peter, Plus IX, ing throng may, if it will, appraise and Leo XIII; two of the medallions your menu, or envy your appetite. also contain the dates and dedications There Is everything to see, often too while the third presents the figure of much for sensitive souls, but art is not an angel. All are of sliver lattice or all staid and prim, and why the art of grille work, and the same may be said amusing? The restaurants tempt for of the medallions in the upper part, the evening, glittering or not, as the which present the figure of the Re- purse may prompt the choice. Here deemer and the seal of the holy year good taste and refinement rule; there, at the back of the tiara. they do not, and, having dined,, there The three crowns, arranged one are the smart circuses, permanent and above the other, are executed in full complete like the Cirque Medrano, the relief and maintain the heraldic char- Nouveau Cirque, the Cirque dHlver acter of the tiara, being further orna- not the draughty temporary world of mented with garlands of flowers and canvas the rest of the world delights foliage. In the respective bands are ,in. There Is a choice of "pops from the engraved following mottoes: ,the small Bouls-Boulthrough the r concerts of the Champs-Elysee- s, MAXIMUS INTEURIS DIVINO INRE open-aithe Concert des Ambassa-deur- s SACERDOS. and the Alcazar dEte; the NESCIVlS ERRANDI FIDEI MORV-MQL'music halls, like the Folles Marigny, MAGSTER. the Jardln de Paris, the Folles Ber- OMNE REGIS CHRISTI FASTORCM PASTOR OVILE. Between the uppermost crown and the surmounting globes run a perforated zone rendered necessary in order to lighten the weight of the tiara, which turns the scale at exact. ly A kilo. Mllanl could in no better way have overcome the great difficulties which presented tlieraselves, and his work does great honor to Italian art. The tiara Is estimated to be worth rt.noo. Jewelers Circular. over-char- light-weig- g, agents, who will spread the. fa ' abroad to other gudgeons 0 i? charms of the city by the Seine. It Is thus that the banalities of t numerous cafes, concert halls small theaters earn a rich ham Thus at, say, the Rabelais, where curtain falls discreetly upon situation! so risque that even the Rabelais mm draw the line. Yet there are places like the Bodinlere, for exanuJ that a Sunday school eonverttion safely Include In Its program ijl tastes are served. The sober andt cent enjoy their Intellectual treats the others enjoy the other kind, and m to be noisiest ln comment at hom either ln frank approval or In the fa clle criticism of the lapsed and Mtrea li rrbot pused c fgdpito tad cow Hat tak ftitiytt llcven iituiyt 9t wcll-utidred , . It Is possible at the Quat-ZAr- for a modest sum to hear Bonnaaj sing. He has been secretary of Prlncj Bonaparte, been around the world set. eral times, and is an accomplish man ln many ways; or to hear, in tha old songs of France, Batallle, who has been a successful lawyer and was ot Mr. C leridan "Two dr mar ed in taking jjing E pverjr. medicine jersuade t-- k it t teat, bn secretary to the minister of the fa $getw o mon terlor; or to hear Georges TIercy, the same type of man, or Paul Delm, fdlevei teruna.1 or Henri Fursy, or Mile. Odette Dulu J Perun or Mme. Lawrence Deschamps. One ver a may applaud and enjoy their talent pose it and not be ashamed to tell of It These are the bal masques, the slfa shows, the fetes des foraines, and thee OF of to-da- CM-cag- ilight-hearte- GU evi-ident- ly CA PL Bf Tiara Is a Masterpiece The tiara which the executive committee presiding over the festivities the Jubilee of the commemorating pontificate of Leo XIII, presented to the Holy Father, Feb. 28 last, as an expression of exultant Joy from the whole Catholic world, is the work of a promising Bolognese artist, a certain Augusta Milan!, an engraver who both In the conception of the work as well as In the execution of the same, has shown himself to be an artificer of Che first rank. The tiara consists of thin plates or leaflets of silver, worked together after thq manner of fish scales; Its form Is ovoid, slightly pointed at the apex, the whole being surmounted by a cross which rests upon a diminutive globe, representing the world, which Is perforated with starllke holes so as to resemble a sone of the firmament. The silver ovoid la divided Into three sections by three golden crowns placed one above the other, and In the bands which run between the crowns are friezes displaying olive branches, laden with berries, bundles of leaves and lndlscrlnately twigs, Interwoven, which cover the base with leaves and fruit m , order to maintain the shape of the tiara more nearly In conformity with those already In existence, and at the same tlmo constructing It wholly of metal. Instead of brocade as heretofore, Mllanl conceived the notion of ornamenting It wtth a light and rich Now, bas-relie- f, In consisting of decorative Interlaced with olive twigs E Saved by Loving Wife A strange Incident happened not long ago In London. The master of the house where It took place had been very 111 for many days, struggling with a malignant disease. Complete rest was the only panacea for the sick man. Sleep uninterrupted sleep might possibly ensure his recovery. It, was the critical hour and the critical moment of the disease; Ufa trembled In the balance like a fading candle. A breath mlgf t extinguish It. His anxious, loving wife, scarcely daring to breathe, wa sitting watchfully by bis bedside. She was quite alone, for her sonants, exhausted h.v long and constant watching, had left her to seek a brief rest for their weary frames. It was past midnight; thehior of the chamber waa open for air. In the stillness of the night she heard a window cautiously opened downstairs, but she dared not ntme lest she should aw, the her loishanl from that life savin shop 8UI! she listened, but without taking h r exes from the sleeping ln,n!M. Stu heard cautiously tho stairs approaching footsteps on they drew nearer and nearer; still she moved not Indeed sbs scarcely breathed, so Intense was her anxiety. There was a pause of a moment In which no sound was heard; then a man with his face disguised stole quietly Into the room and confronted the patient watcher at the bedside. She saw her husbands danger that was all she i bought of. This man was a burglar. Anticipating the design 0f the daring intruder, she pointed to her husband, and. pressing her finger upon her lips to Implore silence, held out to tho robber her purse and hor keys. The man, with a revolver In his hand", In silence. To hor gaed upon her rrent amusement be took neither purss tn.r ken, but. placing his weapon In hi pocket, went nolcleSily out of tht room. Whether he was terrified or hv charmed the courage displayed hy the devo't .1 wife cannot he known. 11 but I veil more silently thnn ha had co-rdi paiung without robbing a house sireiiiU'd by such strength of aheetlon. m In tha Bar Du Helder. the programs, for It appears that three-fourth- s of vaudeville artists are Americans, English or Austrians, and ln Paris the lady billed as Miss Daisy Smith, Queen of the High Wire," will appear ln London as Mile. Datsle Smythe, Relne du Fllle de Fer, Just as ln London or New York what Is on the bill of fare as Chateaubriand aux pommes soufflees becomes In Paris Steak and fried potatoes. Thus does Paris Amuse Itself. Bostoi Herald. Links Past and Present sang in the Rev. Patrick Brontes choir ln Haworth has Just died, and the circumstance has directed attention anew to the fact that Charlotte Brontes husband, the Re A. B. Nlcholls, is still alive. He lives near Bnnagher, In Kings county, Ire land, and is described as a bale aci hearty octogenarian. The author ol "Jane Eyre" died forty-eigh- t years Mr. Nlcholls married again, is reverently observes the anniversary of the birth and death of the famous woman who was his wife for a brief and pathetic period. A man who Last Stage Coach Driver. J. P. Hilton of Watertown, Mas, enjoys the distinction of being the last man to handle the ribbons over the last stage coach on the lino at th time the Knox & Lincoln railroad w completed. The stages discontinued their route as fast as the railroad vaneed, and the last drive was bet wee Waldoboro and Rockland. Mr. JHltosi lnnded the coach at tho stables to Rockland and returned home to VYli" ensset the next morning by rail. was employed on tho stag route for twenty-siyears. ' mm j A Popular Chanteme. ere, tho Casino and the Olympia: tuen tlie OpiTa, tho Opera CoriIquo and the Bouffos Parlsn-nncs- ; smaller but more serious, mushal affairs like The New Jersey Skeetamobile. he Concert Rouge; the shows and ca tarots of Montmartre nnd those ln the left shore, like the Noclambuleg and he Grltlun; the cheap nml decent su- (turban (heaters, as well ns the expensive nnd not so docent lnlals and Rabelais In the heart of tho Royal the daring, Independent Theater cjj the original Theater Antoine,,Libre, scenic displays of the Chatelct, the II omedy Bt the Vaudeville Interpre by Rejano. (he dMne Sarah In her new theater, nnd the historic Franculs-t- hi) list Is well nigh endless. The Paris restaurants "restore- Aerial navigation will probably they ore mt merely piaees il0re one solved by tho evolution of the n: gets something t0 rnti Tlm ch , e Is qulto. end css Here Is the place where cnef resigned n year ago beenu. the Unhurt After Slxty-Foo- t Parad-ieCompliment Exchanged. Fall. proprietor put prl.es ,m the m. m the lnted, As Fred Wom-l- l fell sixty feet fi"n I11 "You are a peach, s.il-- l the culiow If. forsooth, one could "Ah h. nh dut Sam Spnhks am tell gotr.f torelianq elfry of st. Lukes cburih at p round youth, "and gtd to eat. people dai he had a vis- whether a fil.-- dour, tt jtt rian , "You also me good to eat,' respond' ion of paniiliso," ter. t., to the Mound the other daf Jo.Cph would he worth f.irj ... t h.iH t d the maid lu blue "Mb at wot k painting. No bore I,,- "T drmmpt d&t ha waa I III NO " P were found broken and not a srt'& "Am 1 a peach, tuo? u!h!I li. r.w.auran.s a watermelon patch a hnn-to- e there ih'ipl'i Wfts to No. a lobster I ii.lt n om UUon Of the menu w en on him after he 'u wu, n fifty da other." in !fct Is niMl.i.Kttoah,. handed taken to311 to you nem wnhome, and trouble from nil ti nt h suffered. , t tV' f tde FF IS CllDI ttr M I mi. Ml ll Omi rt4 ilnp iapi lbu j taa) :di f! tf U4 |