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Show A CIVIL WAR FIGURE LATE GENERAL JOHN McCLERNAND PLAYED A LEADING PART. The late Gen. John Alexander Ifc- Clersand wan horn In Breckenrlijge county, Kentucky, May 30, 1812, the only eon of John McClernand, a In 1814 hit fatter pioneer citizen. died and bis mother moved to 111., then the foremost tun en the Ohio river. MeOlernands boyhood wa spent oa At the age of 17 he ca-he farm. when a tosnewoman (rives hi fei'ow the study of law and was fli- moored the to cliy feela that shea a credit mltted w the bar three yeara later, and to the country at targe, and It girl Scarcely dad he hung out his shlsgie really so lnennv t nuk- anydresselu the ru itler of do her j,;q. it Han k war broke flat. He enlisted and served until the lug ue.tly an Ret.ri from the fgM was over. JrUlril a with the Sari and Voxcs. he beya Tut the prartlce of hU profvaion, and was Peel and fort Lfi... not srPle " goon In the full enjoyment et.ehit Iheru on r tie (tie tt J ,s f't u ti;h Sbw-nestow- p-- h. J -t at-ter- to cover gner u 'y witl w k of tJow'y at the la iMart tw Wlit wh.r. haft Thy Hng.rlng fwt, Uy wlatw Ui to Mow a OUT .top fl.p "'"T n coming T burg.on.fl mood. within th g.rov hlld th. eh.i.i'u May la aumm.ra lavlah And Ha thnu wanderefl? thru. th solitude. Th Uar.1. Kt th hfflgtfl With many a potral light: Raea through th dii.lt. they ymph Expaatancy la flight UK But aaaiawhara thou dn.t linger, tmptaoahla. yfr, Though high within lb old ur twilight trytlng-!- rtr r - ti Cook until ing proceeded. Where do you cheviot, iririini'-- Py l'h shaped brook we loved mill murmur. Though now through ilell of gloom; Th very hill h.v. lol wilh the Thole moWiy of bloom. 1 of th.; whlpr one trod yt dar remembered fet, thy spirit od. eh kr.t vry p.th By Uiy from gpah JTraok I. Toker, In ill July C.Btury. Um4 lypiMkiUn Glae. "1 know our ineu stare shockingly," aid a Baltimore girl, "but jou have po k)ea how one misses those glances that one can at least make oneself Geneva are of admiration, when one foa to another city. "I spent some time In Boston this spring, as you know, and after ths first day or two I didn't take a bit of interest In wearing the pretty clothes I A ad prepared for icy trip on the street. Before I became sophisticated I dressed with great ears when I started out sightseeing, - "I arranged my bair earetuily, and took pains that my veil should be a becoming one, that mygloves should be Immaculate, and my entire costume smart," quotes the Baltimore "News, "Then I'd saunter forth, ef looking my best, but if you'll ibelisve me not e single man would east more than a cursory glancs In my direction. Ths majority wouldn't look ,at me at all any more than If 1 were an old apple woman ambling by. "The, hallmarks of the female generally speaking, are spec-tu-la reticule, and cotton gloves, and so, perhaps, the maacaline portion ot the Inhabitants has given up g to see anything en their streets At all events, as I aid before, when I was looking my leery nicest nobody paid a bit ot attention to ms "It was the same way in several other northern cl ilea. 1 tell you I was igl&d to get back to Baltimore, where ay special effort in the toilet line is rewarded with admiring sundry iglancee from the sterner sex. "Not Impertinent staring, this mind yon; Its Just a ealm. appreciative, (kindly look that the Baltimore man REFUSED TO BE FOILED, KK't ive? Wal, I"Swum!' ejaculated the old v man, Why, he continued, appealing 01 v to the laughing listeners. .. I've lived in this town all n.y life, and sos he,' pointing to the Justice, 'an', begosh, to hear him go on you'd think . " Silence." thunderid the irate mag.Ur- Gladys-Kanbistrate. (queen-- of Answer opera q7itston orTdf The Jewils I reported stolen have been fine you for contempt of court.' lAiarmed by the threat the witness found. 1 hey were merely mislaid. Hemlock Holmes (king- - detectives) named his place of residence and the I'm very sorry, madam, but one of examination went on. the five men I arrested has just con'What is your occupation?" fessed to taking the jewels "Hugh! " What do you do for a living? K( Century TumI. "Oh, git out, squire! Just as If When a man with warm blood In you dont know that I tend gardens In the summer season and saw wood win- his veins becomes a father be take ters! delight in the mischief of hia offAs a private citizen I know It, but spring. even though he be called upon as the court I am not supposed to to discipline them under the scriptuknow anything about you,' explained ral re. ipe that spares not the rod. Thla the perspiring justice. one, is f 0111 a staid exemplar ot good 'Wal, squire, remarked the puz- morals and good citizenship in Dezled witness, if you know somethin troit, and a man whose check la aloutside the courtroom and don't know ways cashed without the formality ef nothin in It youd better gt t out an' looking up bis account. 'The- hftie rascal is' only let somebody try tula case that's got 4," he hoss sense. chuckled, "built like a prize fighter, The advice may have been good, too; but he has one of these three-stor- y but It cost the witness flu. Wh-iugto- n heads and an imagination that Star. just gets to going and puts him in a world of his own. We took him along on an outing Wouldn't Stunil Occfliralng. Mrs. De Kanter You said you were of six weeks this summer and that litrailroad going to be detained at your office all tle shaver reported more evenifig, but you werent there. Now, wrecks and more disasters by water than have actually occurred la- - th where were you? . Mr. De Kanter My dear, there's no last ten years. Hed come running to sense In your getting excited. .It me, all exultement, and turn pale while restored General be was relating these awful calamities. tive command. really Mrs. De Kanter Why dont you an- The sound ot n locomotive whistle os swer my question? the sight of another boat was enough WAS A FAMOUS ACTRESS. Mr. De Kanter My dear, I could to set him going and it did not take Actress Belle Archer died In tbs answer your question if I was sure you three minutes to kill off a few score emergency hospital In Warren, Pa., wouldnt question my answer. Phila- of his fellow-being- s. I concluded that I should check the other day, ot a brain lesion. Miss delphia Press. This oonvlctlon Archer and her company arrived this Inclination. seized me just as we had settled down there from Niagara Falls, where they Uoel Ebni Advle At Falpresented "Jess of the Barz. "Sometimes. said Uncle Eben, "de in a quiet little resort where a chicken coner Junction, near Jamestown, Miss wust revenge yoh kin take on de man was the most ferocious thing In slgbL Archer stumbled and fell over a loose dat thinks be .knows it all is- - to take The first day in the forenoon be came plank. Her injuries were supposed to im at bis word an jes lef Tm alone rushing in, out of breath but full of be superficial, but by evening she was to talk. git mixed up In all de responsibilunable to go on with her play. Next ities he kin grab." Washington Star. Papa, be shouted a wattlesnak chased me tor twenty miles. morning she lapsed Into unconsciousness, and was removed to the emer"Here was an opportunity for the Smc4 Fit first lesson. I told him that there gency hospital. Miss Archer was bom of were talking They Pittsburgs were no rattlesnakes anywhere near us In Easton, Pa., twenty-si- x years ago, census statistics at tbe breakfast table. and bad been associated in her theatsaid Sammy Snuggs,who and Impressed upon him tbe wickedrical work with Sotbern, Salvlnl and Is Mamma, ness ot lying. When I saw tears In ' tbe census takes that it AuguBtln Daly, before taking up Hoyts bis eyes I Battered myself upon tbe Im"Why, the censor, of course, Sammy," "A Contented Woman." She began I felt prouder I bad made. pression Mrs. Snaggs, without a moto itnr this year In "Jess of the Bars," replied hesitation.still when be squared bis little shouldChroniments Pittsburg written by Forbes Heermans, who cle ers and looked to me as I thought Telegraph. Washington looked In the cherry-tre- e if TWa Stm, pe v gown. duvtid -- Th SmI Thtef. With the aid ot a powerful m loro-scoregarded the ptomaine In the Ice cream steadfastly. "You are "Of extremely ugly!" we observed. course!" replied the ptomaine. "Did you ever see a genuine lady killer that wasn't more or less ugly?" ' To be perfectly candid but why spoah Of this? Detroit' Journal. 1 white and rtltrhe 1 rtrapp ngi of tiack taffeta. Cluny lace revers. Jacket caught by bands and buttons. Black crocheti-feit hat with pulled ribbons in lsvan- Elack thread, 41 When j was tq Maine a week, or settled, hut General McClernnnds ver- two ago, said a commercial traveler. sion of It was the trouble originated "I had occasion to visit a town near with. the neglect of hia adjutant gen- Bangor, and one morning, having an eral to send to General Grant a copy idle hour, I, for the sake of killing of an order issued by Gen-r- al McCler-nan- d time, strolled into the eountry courtcongratulating his men upon their room, where I witnessed an amusing brilliant service In the .fight against cene. The trial justice, a big, pompous official, with a voice like a tromVicksburg. The sequel to this delinquency was the relief of General bone, took it upon himself to examine In July, I860. from the coma witness, a little withered old man, mand of the Thirteenth army corps. whose face was as red and wrinkled He asked for an Investigation of the as a herring. Wh.l is your name? asked the matter, but Prtsllent Lincoln disposed of the controversy for the time Justice. " 'Why, by saying that the permanent estisquire, said the astonished mate of a soldii r is fixed by the cloud witness, you know my name as well as of witnesses who have been with him I know youi'n. in the field, and that, relying upon "'Never ou mind what I know or these, be who has the right need not what I don't know.' the eaulion "I fear." Eut Jan. 31, 1864, the president given, with niagisti-- i ijl sevt rity. ak the question in my ollkul capacity, and you're bound to answer it under oath. , . With a contemptuous snort the witness gave his name uu.l the question- ibb-sp- tailor-mad- e tad 8urlire th- them out the apt hi an ti i r. 1 the t a l.quit Bring epl spoon w.th left from th' m to a boll and add to inf'il of gelatins which It a t hi-for half an hour in a ,oak Wh-- n tliii very little cold w..tcr dlsnovid pour ail over the apples, whli h should have bi eu arranged In a fowl. la t ttem beiuioe lie told before serving tl cm. If it witk cream. 1, DEAR HEART. them P ee -- was then a lucrative practice. be established the first democratic pii j per In Shawneetown. In the following year, at the age t 24, be was elected to the legislature der and loops In light blue, and mot- from Gallatin county, of which Shaw tled light blue wing. nee town ie the county seat. There it made his mark by advocating what was Look Oul or th taiuM ITon. "known" as tbe deep cut plan with About this time when people are reference to the construction ot tbe IlThe legDocking home from the country look linois and Michigan canal out fur typhoid fever, diphtheria and islature made him a member of the . the protean forms of malaria." These canal commission, . troubles will be developed after peoIn 1838 be was urged for the Dominple have returned to their city homes. ation for lieutenant governor, hut deMany will say they were acquired in clined, being under 30, tbe constitthe country. As a matter ot fact, they utional age. In 1840 be was again la are far more likely to originate In the the legislature, and about this time city bouse, twhlch has been shut up bq aroused tbe ire of Tbeophilua W. for weeks or months with dust and Smith, one of the judges of the sudarkness In the rooms and with sewer preme court, by a severe criticism oa gas pouring In through traps from the Judiciary. Judge Smith promptly which the water seal long ago evapohim to a duel. Young rated. Innumerable cases ot illness challenged at once accepted the chalwould be prevented by taking the but friends ot Judge Smith prelenge, reasonable precaution of setting the vailed upon him to reconsider his water to flowing, ventilating all the hasty action, and by the exercise of rooms," and tialngsome simple" disinsome diplomacy tbe meeting was fectants before the bouse Is avoided. York Tribune. In 1842 Colonel McClernand, though scarcely past SOyehrs bf hge.'was'put BRIDAL GOWN OF WHITE WATERED SILK. forward for United States senator. The ether candidates weie Stephen A Douglas and Sidney Brecse, the latter being chosen and subsequently elected la the folowing year (1343) eras' elected to congress and served until 1S51. .While In congress the administration found him a strong supporter of its Mexican war policy, Upon retiring from congress In 1851 be removed to Jacksonville. In 1855 be removed to Springfield. Her be again drifted Into politlc&din 1853 be was elected to congress to bs vacancy caused by tbe death of Ma' jor T. I Harris. In 1860 he Introduced a bill repeallng-th- e law organizing tho territory of Utah. In April, 1S61, at the urgent solicitation of Governor YsU h led an armed voluuteer force bon Springfield to Cairo and while there Intercepted a number of passing steamboats loaded tetith arms and ammunIntended for tbe confederate ition forces. He waa a close friend of Governor Yates and he and the governor went to Washington and reported to Pmifent Lincoln and General Scott, commander In chief, the situation In the ,. west. With John A. Logan and Phittn B. Fouke the McClernand brtgad ormed and McCie rnand waa appointed by tbe president brigadier general con-elo- ns Bos-tonr- a,. good-lookin- reoccu-pted.Ne- ' A flffiirer. w me Jibberson was figuring prominently In politics? He Weil," he rsTHe'ts aiay up. la writing political bets on tbe blackand uses a ladboard of n pool-roo- "Didnt you tell episode, " Now, George, I asked, sternly, 'did a rattlesnake chase yon? ,VNo, papa; .It .waa a gwlsly bear. " Detroit Free Fress. m der ten Press. feet high." Indianapolis UAIm ind Getttm "Big Patsy Cars me genleman frien, Said saucy Rose McMeno-myWhereat her rival, Sallle Glenn, Became her "lady enemy. Philadelphia Press. SHE WANTS TO KNOW. ; A Dual Uf "Did you bear They claim be la " life!" "Sacred codfish! they?' " In Ikuti about Greekroot? leading a double What proof bar He was overheard talking in sleep. Yes, yes. hia "And be made two grammatical rors!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. ert 11 Th frets bsrve newer been autherhajj "By wbat right, thundered tbe committee ot congress, "do you presume to make money?" "Our charter," replied the Standard Oil company, permits us to make all kinds of lubricants and money le tbe lubricant commonly used for polities! " machines." The committee was profoundly Impressed by tbls subtlety. Puck. BELLE ARCHER, completed n posthumous work by George Westcott of Syracuse, known as "David Harum. "Tally Tm" l Orff. A. T. Webb, wbo has a summer bom and farm on th Base Line road, a short distance from tbe Twelve-Mil- e bouse, bas decided to name bis ranch Folly Farm, says the Portland Oregonian. He bae undertaken to run hi farm on n thoroughly' scientific laid it out In the plan, and bas just wheel, the center bea of wagon shape volunteer. He was with Grant Tt ing the hub. Yesterday he went to Home and ordered 30,000 Teet Belmont and was conspicuous U the pleasant flght at Fort Donelson, and March i of fe ncing, with which be will proceed 1862, was made a major to divide hi farm up according to the general month later he commanded a dlnt part will contain about plan, all will be Connected and at the battle of Shiloh and In 1 acres, eight ary, 1863. relieved General ShenZ? so that be en turn stock front on the command of the expedition for nT division into another. capture ofVirksburg. Dining tables with two adjustable It was on the Vicksburg state occasions top, a round ononeforforevery-day use. Is that Geaeral McClernand had 1,, end a square tng out with General Grant the proper thing, and is eomparatively rsonabie, too. w Right. Irony. Tom N. Jerry What Is the most curious thing you ever saw In tbe wofld? ' Otto B. Home My wife. "We are just bolding a love feast Bald young Mr. Linger, audaciously Mr. Frisple, when that father of engaged daughter puts his head In t parlor doorway at 11:25 p. m. "I thought it must be a protract meeting," said the old gentleman b withdrew. Harpers Bazar. flh Towson Her Kelghborly JUvIprvelty. "How do you like your new neigh"Not at all. Shes bor, Mile. Way? awful stingy. Why, she borrowed our tack hammer and a nutmeg early last week, but when I went over yesterday her to lend me 3 to pay on the to rent .be said she didnt have It to spare. Wasnt that small?" Pbiladd phi Telegraph. It Taking RUka. Is your daughter n flni musician?. Yorkrode Hot yet, but the n n. bora are making thre&is,-America- Eeb from Chinn "The Japs seem to have mad some wonderful charges," "Yes; I paid 56.89 for that Satauma teapot Cleveland Plain Dealer. |