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Show aT '1m BY TH Hit as pOsMUlu. WAYSIDE. sumo way, a speedily Can you aid me in do- - Jui.miv, iny U With (be ovuberanre of youth, for it m but .1 stripling, in my Iftu.s, Earth taut heaven to trtuail and havtp tied earth I to fellow, at the idea, waging: jumjxsi Wben we met where wooded hills and meadows Oitiinlv, r.jplum, rwitbinR easmoot. Autumn's face Is pule and all her fate tearc yd ier hm one of ou men, said I, ad clrrvsm the reserve of the guard, ubo low, Kow that here aaln we greet pro luuldling about a very poor (ire, 'find )iwo for im (that was the ani tV an with years whereof this eightieth dears !)fr mats name') Hurry up noxv." Upon ceiulxr. wlnrli there was such a ell of Dixie," Fair and blight with love, the kind old face know and such a xx hustling, jns would have Mifnes above the sweet, snaU twain whose eyes almost reached the animal had he Romners face ww rosiest, ibloe and woods were y uuie ms a on can kill me if you want to do so cowardly an act and take my boots and coat, but how will you account for me at Gt n lamgstrcet's hcadquai lets, whore you aio under orders to take met' That 'ml be easy enuir," said tbe say yer jist tried to Johnny ; I could ye,, couldn't light out, on 1 l llut don't yer be ufruid, Yank; 1 was only jist a trx ing yer. 1 iiaint no murderer, of 1 do wear a pretty ragged gray suit of clothes. 1 like yer grit, so jist loe along, an well soon lie to the old mans. Arrived at Gen. Iamgstreets which were established in what had Once been a handsome mansion of days, ami which had two large trees still standing m front o! the house, Dus almost a r ox. s;g.1 t :n treeless region, I was told to sit (low n on a bench nt tho door, and wa guarded by the sentry who paced in trout of the door, wlule uiv attend unt passed Alter a lapse of Some moon .its I heard a door open, and this ominous remark lioatod out on tho air to me Hang the Yankee." Now to this Hay 1 have ne er found out w ho said these words, or whether they were meant for me; but at that time the clfuct teriilic upon mo, my heart beat like a trip hummer; my mouth became parched With sheer terror, and 1 leaped to my feet, but instantly the ritlo of the sentry was brought to u lice lino on mo, with a very stern Set down thar, Yank, or tt'D bo wuss for you ami 1 sank back on tho bench as one exhausted. A silence ensued that seemed to mo in ' 1 . of the mol i If uiiebe- (Urn tween the eyes A street lamp not far A (inKAT (iA.MK OF olf enabled me to see the Iracas. As I came up 1 broke my' bottle of molas- THE YOUNG MAN WHO BEAT THE ses, also, over lus bead, and pulled the PASHA FIFTY YEARS AGO. prostrate mans bayonet from ilssbeatU to replace my broken bottle. The sight of that poor fellow dripping with mo- Tlio .Stranger Long Boity Fingers nf U lasses, and the thought of what he tbe Turk of Another nml DifUenihnlril would think hud hit when he came to, ferent Kind of Contest There Wns but for 1 was sure lio was only stunned set mo to One XIin Who Could l'lny Such Chess. so that I cou hi . , CiiiS. head-quaiter- ante-bellu- .'W-- y s j ' , ! i 1 e-- la-o- Lieu-teuant- , I if u i I - s I ;l f t t 5 I ! ' tn :.M t-- ' - ic f1 I 1 f ),- ; W III HI 1 i f . I T HI- ( TM Advcrti.i nation. T. II. M. Airl J & TV. ym jf IKE TN T. J u dice of tiie Peace Da id Vim 6Wle,t Jr. CoiiNtalvle criec P.i oiwon. ATT08HET- ( I UtLfcTOh ( T( Tn dice ot the Peace J. J. To rv. Count) CoM'dabk John Foweia. V V r i, Untoeis WALLS!!! KG 1RKCIM T. f the Peace t ond able Manjnis Hatty. i On -- tto lioit notice mid rejiAnntihie Pioduce taken in puyuient. Street, Kebet (NzEalii Ju-- t south ot Tlios. smiths City ' bailee residence, J. F. RICHARDSON? I'Rdoriater, Funsra! Director and Embalner, Mn in Offlce, Street, Park (tty, Purktitx Hotel. flfii ( itlh-- Opposlt," . 3j( . open liny and Xtcki - AttsYsej HARRY J. PHILLIPS, 1. 0 IS IX 1 Huber, , jfctr. XVasntcli Co., Utai 0 OlBce : Street, Par Phys JOHN N. CARROLL, axj r.vrn.i: dealer j) YWsnteli County, Utah. "a1 m s JR : ( her, Waatch Co., Ut4 OALIPORNU (on. e, Hot on Hand. a-o cncum-.--.ance- ATT lull line of rnilertahhiK Hoods constants A C Austin Glenn, uiiristian toHandbeig lo General prepared Blacksmith?!!: Ore. inn of Milk. Stgfl There are 33,Ob ),000,0(K) invested in tiie dairy mg business in tins country. said a eiti.i n with a predilection for tatistics. That amount is almost double the money invested in banking and com It is estimated that men LI industries. it requires 15.tXIO.OCiO cows to supply ihe demand for milk mid its products in tiie United States. To feed tliene coxvs acres of mil are under cultivaThe agriculture .and dairy mation chinery and implements in usearoxxorth The men employed over $100,030,000 in tiie business number 75U.000 and the horses over 1,000,000. The cows and horses consumo annually 30,000,000 tons of hay, nearly 90.000.00J bushels of corn meal, about the same amount of oatmeal, 275,000,000 bushels of oats, 2,000,-00bushels of bran and 30,000,000 bushels of corn, to say nothing of the brow-prgrains, sprouts and other questionable feed of various kinds that are used to a great extent. It costs $400,000,000 to feed these cows ami horses. The average price paid to tiie laborer tuicessarx iu the dairy business is probably $20 a month, amounting to $180,000,000 a year The average row j ields about 450 gallons of milk a year, xx liich gives a total product of G.750,000,000 gallons Twelve cents a gallon is a fair price to estimate the value of this null; at, a total return to tiie dairy fanners of if they sol all their milk as milk. But 50 cent, of tho milk is made into cheese and butter. It takes 27 pounds of milk to make pound of butter, and about 10 pounds to make one of cheese. There is the sanid amount of nutrition in 8) pounds of milk that there is pound of beef. A fat steer furnishes 5 ) per cent, of boneless beef, but it require about 21.000,000 steers, xvi ; ,500 pounds cadi, to produce the i reire- amount of nutrition as tiie annual milk product does. Philadelphia Tress. -- 2 MX ilonri north of Postofttce, lnik City. Fverx thing Yfixt. (loan unit ( 'n.v. TI T ilile ill al hx - be .iqqiinnl with thtbeS nlfoiil-- . the market Kea!s at s!i Hours, at tbe Going Frio, ' , Solicited.1' IFatrcnage F. IF.DKK Kt to 1roprUtor. tioue iiLaCLeLiesterr mrnUheJ Of Hubvr and Surrounding Countnr. Witry - Jl'ST y AKU1VKD. Q. Large Shipments GREAT Atto If of XlUltTClT, IvLZRS. tn Old Host WILL X OT pr ; VARIETY, At the nexv Millinery EstitblKlnncnt 1 M rmuERYi; fijew 0 Main iukta. Office Building. BF LAKD VXDEI! SOLD. TIiMnKinjf mv pntroim strict attention to hiiMinrsa nml jokes, hope to merit a fhureol for p?vt fnvorMJtf h roodcnito 1 VT'fc WJ ourpat ronuge. Ca-tol- s Rob'. THORNTON, i.l x AValLslmrg, Utali, . - $ Carries tlio Mull from Ileher to WaMdK amUntei mediate points, t The nut MuskfU and llayonets in a Tree ' One night, long since, II. T. Huff, a Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. well known coal dealer of Atlanta, xx idle Mldwsy, ( cutting dowm a bee tree on his farm, five -- .r.. miles from Atlanta, on the Sandtown Will Oitrry Freight or ExjwjjJ j Paehfurcs to Midway, Chaffeston,or road, made a btrange discovery. The bees were in a hollow tree, and Felix Jackson (colored) was put to work w itii Laxvd a mercy, an ax to hew it down. exclaimed tiie negro, as he dropped his 23-u- l ax nnd peered into the opening lie had f ' made by tile light of a torch. Tiie negro 1 had discovered an arsenal whose implements of war were like the gun of Rip SXelx Van Winkle after his sleep of twenty In hollow the tree were eight old years. army muskets and two bayonets, which had been stored away by soldiers twenty-fiv- e years ago. Tim stocks of the guns hail nea i iy lotted away and tiie barrels were nreted. Tiie tree had grown about led 8a one of Hie bayonets and made it immova- - GE Heasonable Terras- Tilt Bath IH .A.T ' 1 IEEE'S Folia PLEASURE drZCCnDTIDS 3X1 Sat u rday ITT, KUi tn have Will Hereafter be Opett 1 R ve r yr rcssh f ( o hn - hi niinl f - thr iM&ea clirenoJ u s.t -- uniiGi'M, be miiimtr tljink V'd'hll K1 and ieeC18 , f UtST t tempval"r' or t10 ( ith g G.iL'is. Old Reliable - ; loxx-in- g . p-- ;4 I Par et -t u 14 i larper's Lazar. 1 I f x ( xl ; ! i m 'SjrrTT V " xx n , sf V Snake Story. ceks ago a large rattlesnake xvas killed on a gentleman's plinta-tioH' re pri pared to do general blw m the neighborhood of i reason in the belly of xvliicli xvas found ''entiling on short notice and three middle sized rabbits. The snake lorms. had ten rattles, and xvas supposed to be about thirteen TERMS, CASH. years old. New York Commercial Advertiser. A few 111 I fi Tm. BUYS it. I 1 I A Officers, I R V M I j . ln.trt.t Justice of tliu IVaeu (lx.lo. umitnbU" John ( i.-He- xx THE $j Itccliict 't , r . .Tonu-t- John Mt T. II. Win. I5u-sSiirvc) Sup... reiiten.leat ol ;iSi out toil. ?' x r (ol. ( oll.s tor oioiur H. under 1 r jh j i(ptri Tims. jn,ki Jl.it i h. Win. Buy h. Mii.irH i ! 1 ili- i j I 1UI.I it 'an, ( X f it e-or A XV.i-o- ,VW MtriMot.lv' !( Otli,.,.rSi ' i la-e'- s ! ", Ti (mlmu ui y n i i in-- i J. II t I. ik- -T g I 1 Iiitiiu it s ill'll;.'1 T l'Miliim y laughing hardly run. On a summer afternoon, almost fifty At this the English colonel grew ago. Sutejmann l'asha, command- years ordered mo to and shut very angry, of the Egyptian artillery, sat remain lxr JrlV hi been Davis I hack bo wo would all yard, in up or lost; but Heaven, and fllf with April's fight this ftife No ee coll a cafe on Hie Nile terrace in in at a stead bone could of munching a ham no more control my risibilities not VetHrf, stones throw away. than 1 could tbe movement of tho Cano. At tables near him were many Though tho dark year's glass run low him fight the The dog caught, it took hut a few planets, and I laughed us I rail, and suMiers w lio hail helped Ive a rose w hose Joy of life her silence otter rail as I laughed. The colonel finally armies of Sultan Mahmud not many When the birds are loud, and tow the lulled wind moments to tie the bundle of half sheets securely on Ins broad, block, mutters. positively asoured me he would, him- months betoie. Sseverai of them had Grave and silent shines the boy nigh three) ears curly back, Hod leading bun niywlf self, cut my throat from ear to ear, if been with him in tiie bailie of Nizib, old. do.vn to w here bo voiilt! t! k.11', are v.r. wcaptur-'d- ; but ve were not, when lie routed the Turkish at my under Wise and sweet his smile, that falters not dot But and reached Lomax's house (where e Ilafiz Pasha and Col von Mollke, tin'll (Troy line of grim warriors opposite, i tern, started him with a Go it, Dixie, were expected). The colonel was so in the sultans service. But Svilejiuann Glows, and torus dm gloom to gold. exhausted by his running and his choi- Pasha was not thinking of the soldn-iGo, pood fellow; and off lie spin lip, sun s that stokes tiie dark and soon hike the now born ce that lamiax and I had actually to about him. nor of Hafiz Pasha, nor Col i covering the few hundred feet pla8 it. lift bm over the 'ence us wo einoreii von Moltke, nor Hie great battle of Nizib for separating iishoni lliutneniy So tJuif vf light If smllia and I Inolnsl over nml xnv that all our by the hack premises. Laughs the lxy 8 blithe fort whose ftdr fourth His whole attention was concentrated As all tho world knows now, lore year arraj it preparations lud aroused the sentries oil a chessboard before him. All with light of life and mirth that stirs &ud abandoned llichmond, and wo then, on both sidre, and the dog was being SVtUS It Sulejmann Pasha was a famous chess watched by hundreds of eyes--bafter a day or two of hiding, emerged And fultilis the deep wide eyes. In the firat few weeks after his player from Iamiaxs cellar, where no ono none more sharply timn those of the return to Cairo lie had beaten dozens of Wide and warm with gluaing laughter's exulta officer had 1 ever look to come southern us. the for have pick commanding the tlon, no doubt we were hardly missed in times Ibma Fieschid Aga, formerly ets. Dixie reached the line some di Full of welcome full of sunbrfght Jubilation, elie.ss player of northern champion those less tanco in few official last and fiom Confederthis of the days Flah my taller ft tend juiik ej obouiua.charged He regarded his reputation as a than ten minutes every Confederate with glw: acy. I made my way back to the Eg pt. as somew hat akin to his chess Hut with softer still and sweeter salutation player could we we them, soldier, as far as regiment, and was fora time the hero tthlue my smaller friends ou irw. of the hour. I received thirty days reputaion as a warrior. He coneidered was reading a copy of Mr. Lincoln's a boldicr's leave of absence, and when I returned chess to lie little arms flung 'round my beiwlfn neck, that incendiary proclamation, for, from u was rapidly promoted to captain, ma- game, and never tired of making elaborsouthern point of view, it could be yoke it SHt far uvUt honrfpgrt ifrd mv face down too Considered I saw the else. jor and lieutenant colonel, ly reason ate comparisons between strategy on the toward the flower soft foots, whowe dumb, deep Confederate nothing of so many of the regimental oflicers cheas board and Strategy oil tbe field of commander muling a smiles invoke it; resigning to go home. I stuck to tlio battle. Every afternoon he met Ulema Dumb, but love can read die radiant eyes that copy, then ho turned and seemed to terminable. old craft until wo were mustered out Rescind Aga at the cafe ou the Nile tersKuk sharply to some .subonimato. If woke It, I I10 directed tho sewn re or suppression Hlue as June's 'mid heaven Is blue. thought to myself, they are get- of service, a year later, when I was race and beat him two or three games. a rope now, and 1 remember look- commissioned a first lieutenant in the On this particular afternoon, almost Jfow many men And refuge, how should hearts be of the paper, ho probably saw it w'as ting up pitifully, pathetically among regular army. Commercial Bulletin. fifty years ago. command most for bis too the of ing late, shielded. Ulema Rescind Aga was the limbs of the and trees, little v sumo wondering read tho at children folded. From the werijsins thtis by the proclamation a little late iu coming to his Waterloo 1 should ornawhich of one them When they lift wuh eyes as light this lustrmas did. time he and Sulejmann Pasha was baling a preStraiglitrnlng Walla of lluilfl 1!". fare- I, that unfortunate Turning to Capt. Goss, I said, ment, for, thought w ith himself while of the The Eyes that woke love sleeping unawaies, and roof of tho wlmt is will not large liminary skirmish they Thats a pood dog, captain; if ho proclamation Hi arrival. yielded his awaiting opponents overlook. of tho Conservatoire des Arts gallery come, back he shall have extra ra Love for kv, a gift of grace Time, which to mo seemed so long, ct Metiers pressed tlio sides outward diversion was interrupted by the appeartions for Hus day 's work." Uface ocyond man s merit, lots that (auUh, for And he has earned them, said tho was not many' minutes on the watch soa3 to endanger the building; and anee on the terrace of a long, gaunt, glviug The stranger bony young stranger. fori was really at a loss to dial, and 1 was recalled by the appear it was requisite to find means by strode Even the sin of belli.; no more a child, nor worth eapta.n, to the pashas table, and right up know jit. t howto placo those papers auco of an ollicer, followed by my which tho wall should bo Trust and kt e that lavish gifts tdore man's giv propped so after making a naif military salute, said where they woul do the most good." l'rs guardian. The ollicer (one of as to sustain tho roof. to. M. Molard Touch or gkince of eyas nuii lljni tho .neutest Uv had a so loudly that eery one ou the terrace face, stall) gGi'ect's kindly Al ter a smoke together and a eliat the contrived Ink, kedmo full following a,ltl ingenious plan could hear: name, regiment, my on camp topics, (.apt. Goss left me to Fair tu heareu and kind as earth? A series of strong for tbe Pasha, I challenge you to a game of return to hia own quarters. Tlio ram aTci rank, etc. taking all my answers iron bars purpose: S'Xhrtrarhe were carried across tho buildchess. came on heavier as tho day waned;; down in pencil iu a small book, then said; ing from wall to wall, passing through All the oflicers on tlio terrace sat quite putting on my almost brand new bo holes in the wills, and were secured still and stared at the as Lieut. must North, ESCAPE FROM filCIMOm overcoat, ito alFair you wliicb an thin, pale young (ill elegant tho on nuts outside. In this state by any by !10 introduction, I hud got recently front Netv York. aware, man w ho stood before their gieat comhavo been would to sufficient such an incendiary ilocu- they I strolled down near tho place where tuuiir8 mander. Tho pabha looked him oxer All tho winter previous to tho cioso I bad sent "Dixie olF on bis mis- menl as this (hero ho held up ouo of have prevented tho further separation of tho lata war, my own regiment, the chievous errand, looking for tho dog, tho proclamations) into our lines eon of the walls by the weight of the roof, curiously 1 am at your service. washisa-isxvebut it was desirable to restore the United States colored infantry, who had not returned. I whistled stitutesan ait which places you with nlt'-a long pause. "'Hoxv lugli doyen walls their to drawslate i balance of at out by onginal the with IheTwenty-liftlwas, thepaloof mi!iL.ry law; any and called for him without effect; them together This was effected usually play? army corps, engaged iu tho siego just then I thought I saw him or rate, bejotnl the jurisdiction of the ing Sometimes li r nothing binm turn f t Alternate lieutenant of 1etersburg, and very monotonous something stir m a bush in front of gencrrl commanding this i:t the follow mg mannerdivision. You will bo sent from here bars were healed by lamps fixed Li a great deal You fix the st ikes, p., he.. indeed was tlio work. I5y tacit agree- me. I stepped across tt small ditch ell, a bandied ducats x.iil not be ment even tlio murderous habit of to examine it, when my heartdryseemed to Richmond, and tho authorities there neatli them. They expanded, and winch were too much." pickets liring upon each other had to stop beating, for the instant I had will take such action in the matter us coiiscqui utiy the nuts, The frmger nod t and sat down For your ow n previously m contact w uh the walK, ceased, and, as in a terrific gale at sea crossed the ditch I heard tlio ominous may seem proper. The game ,,.s h. there sometimes occur moments of click of a half dozen rilles, and theso sake, I trust your youth may bo Liken were no Ion u r so These mils were The ts we e t then screwed up so us to bo again t n gun All tile ofl.ee! s mtliecute into account in settling the mutter. dead calm, in w Licit nature's forces words: j The coflee to eroxv, around the ; layers. Tiie seem to be concentrating for still To this I made no reply, none being close contact with the walls Halt! or you are a dead man I Adgreater e (Forts of destruction, so at vance without making a sign, or necessary. Thai night I slept under lamps were withdrawn, and the bare iirst fexv moxes com meed them tn.it the In allowed to cool this tiino tlio great armies confronting you're a they long, lionv finger of tiie stranger lud guard; the next day 1 was forwarded gradually contracted, cooling goner I" and resumed moved euelt other were resting, but to begin chess men many tunes l. Sore. At I had stepped across tlio fatal lino, by railroad to Libby prison, at Rich former their dimensions, consequentin the spring tho struggle wL'ch, hap- and was a prisoner of war. My first motid. the end of twenty minutes tiie paslia's After some examination in the office ly the nuts, pressing against the eves suddenly brightened and he smiled pily, cudod tho war. instinct was llight, but a glance at the ft was in this season of comparative determined faces, together through a He had an invincible combination He tho bright eye be- of tho prison, 1 was pul in a room fill- walls, drew them calm my adventure took placo. I hind each rifle aimed straight at me, ed by men in a variety of costumes space equal to that through which placed Ida queen liefore Ixis opKncnt's must here say tlint I was then only a checked that idea. For a second even very few iti our own uniform. I they had been screwed up. Mean- The oflicers btgan to grumble, iirst lieutenant j my rapid promotion I thought of resistance, of calling for thought little of this at first, for I had while the intermediate bars were queen. for they thought their commander had and and heated the nuts to tho lieutenant colonelcy, through aid, but coin moil sense guided me, and myself sold my overcoat and blouse expanded, lost his head. Only Rescind Aga, w ho remarkably favorable circumstances, I walked deliberately over to the other en route to prison, and appeared in a screwed up as before. Tne lamps be- had in the meantime joined tlio crow d of contracted did uot Like placo till tlio war was sido. I could hear behind me the bus- suit of Confederate gray. As I enter- ing again withdrawn, they furspectators, looked happy. He had guessed over. tle and confusion among my own ed this room a man of lino appearance tn cooling, and the walls were The pickets of the southern army stalwart black fellows, somoof whom, and about middle ago raised himself ther drawn together. This process lus fiiends combination, and he, too, vx as on our immediate front were com- I was afterward told, actually cried at up on his elbows (be was reclining on was continually repeated, until at sure that it was invincible. He will take tho queen," commented length the walls were restored to their posed of tho troops commanded by their helpless position, so far as aiding a handsome traveling rug), and said: , who was under mo went Gen, Custis I say, young man (addressing me), perpoudicular position. Tho gallery the spectators, anxiously. Then ho will lie checkmated in eight way still be seen with tlio bars exJamgstreet, and were uiKiti tho whole The officer hi command of tho Con-- i have you just come iu? a very decent lot of fellows, although federate pickets stood directly behind 1 have, said L tending across jt, and binding to- moves, xx hispered hack Rescind Aga. walls. London Architect. And if lie doesn't take her?" mighty ragged and hungry looking, the guard on whose post I entered the Well, if you are sure you are per- gether its He will lose his own, said the They were constantly shouting over Conlederaey, and, extending his hand, fectly clean, you may came over here to tho black soldiers some joke, w liich gave me a hearty shako, assured mo ami bunk with me. triumphantly. rnniintitkable The stranger moved a pawn. Sttlej-manthoso nterry fellows as readily replied that this was "an unexpected but wel I thanked him, and although some of the local scientific members The took his queen. The officers thought la I remember one Johnny calling come pleasure," and then said, of tho others prisoners laughed, I soon association were opening an Indian it was all out, Say, Sambo, been paid lately? found 1 was fortunate in riaving this mound in southeast up with the gaunt young man, this way, ploase. Missouri. The step And upon tho darky answering, "Yes. 1 followed him to a wretched little gentleman for u churn. 1 soon dis- hired native who was digging had al- and started back to their coffeo. They Bali; we jist lies been paid, an don calKKi.se made ol rough boardsand some covered tbo room I was in was used were called hack, however, by the first ready thrown out several pieces of the pashas opponent had bpokeu forgit iti the southerner said. pieces of rough canvas. IiitjOllnsshan to conlind spies, traitors and others curious pottery and a number of wea"What tu drums?" referring to the ty I preceded him. under suspicion of disloyalty to the used in ancirnt Indian warfare. since he sat down to the table. pons coustant rattle of tlio life anu drums P.uha, in twelve moves you will be Dismissing the guard who had ac- Confederacy. by ttie heat and the closeIn the camps of tlio colored soidiet's. The gentleman who had spoken to Oppressed ness of his quarters, he tossed up his checkmated. uh, lie then began: companied Tobacco, cotiee, hard bread, newsmo wus a lieutenant colonel in the The interest of the pasha's friends beMy mu no is IluudolpliCupt. Ranempty pocket Husk for the purpose of papers and other small triiles were dolph, N. C. infantry, and yours British army, who, foolishly ventur it refilled. The St. Lotus colonel came intense. They counted each uiox o having between continually being exchanged is?" ing too far into JolF Davis domains, looked it it in utter bewilderment. aloud. One two three four and the the opposing seutinois, although such United had been captured, and as he had lost lie exclaimed, in a pasha xxas already hard pressed. Fixe Novth, Lieut. North, Ilenvensl not to was exist. It States colored infantry, and I should or mislaid his papers of identification, hoarse, iuvo stricken wlnsner, what a supnosed trading six seven eight nine and his men was winked at by the officers, and by like," said I, to ask you seriously if was held a suspected prisoner. highly civilized race of Injuns them were hemmed in on all sides. Ten tiie none more readily than myself, for hotel Tribto me wus of ns a llis intend indignation something ven mound builders was Chicago prisoner pasha tried ill vain to break the blockade which dcrelictiou in duty I paid se- you war, who by such a nu re chance liave amusing to every one but himself une. Eleven he his queen by saciillcing verely. and the money ho laid out (for lie Was fallen into your hands?" drew hack his king into a corm r. Twelve on lTi There was a dog whoso name was tho Yat Coy well supplied with British coin) in To this (apt. Randolph replied: Uhcck-mate.- " and tho stranger cried outDixie" ono of thoso nondescript A wasp is a six leggul bird that I regret to say, lieutenant, not stationery, the time he spent in draw found the in often followers in trees and under the camp to laird Lyons at lives mostly only that I must bold you us a prison Ing up tnenioi-iuiarmy who was used in assisting the crof war, but that, ow iug to tho fact Washington, tlio British consul at eaves of barns, and you cannot tamo There xvas a dead silence, and all stared sentinels on both sides in tli is contra- that 1 lie is too busy. Never stroke at tlio pasha. He thought hard for sevmyself saw you sending that Richmond, and every other function him; band trade. lie ha I no especial owner, his tho wrong way, for it makes eral minutes, without utteiing a word fur whose Lineoln'sovcr document address could of lie obtain, lrv incendiary and would come to tlio xvliistloof a the him 1 and when a wasp is mad I Then lie looked searcliingly into the know to was am mad, Imo, puzzled just ftilmiislung. man in gray or bluo without fear or vvluit to do with 1 lio told mo that he had managed to dont want nuthin to do with him. stranger's face and said: However, you. favor. Ho was quite a long haired will send word to Gen. Custis Lee, keep clean He has what they call a stinger, Once before 1 have seen chess played bj constant bathing and animal, of no nrtieular breed, but of and act upon his orders. of Ins clothes w Inch duties and when lie goes out a stingerm as you play it. Your strategy is not nexx washing good size and strong: iu tho aggregate it at night when the rest boys must keep away from him, I to me, although I cannot cope This ho proceeded to do forthwith, lio ho must have curried many hundreds then 1 uiid: had turned to in. mo, heartily joined with leaned up agin one once when ho Was The game that your playing reminds me turning of pounds of cotieo and tobacco beourselves busy, and I jumped much as a feet. of xvas much finer than this. It xxas Make yourself at home, sir; it will him in these efforts to ket-tween the two opposing lines. Ma had to put a mud pie on the place. bo some time before the orderly re- tidier than our unfortunate companwith cavalry and infantry and beof March month The had just I hit a wasps west with a stone once, played heax-from (Ion. hoe, and anything 1 ions, and to a limited extent succeed turns till the ground shook artillery, gun, and picket duty at that season of cun do for you will bo done with oil His linen, etc., was of the finest and the boss wasp ehast me clean under our feet. The great chess player the year was uot tho pleasantest thing so fast that when I got acrosst the lot from the north who "as then against me and he was undoubtedly over the fence 1 tore m lffe. One day on my lour of duty, pleasure. description, then 1 my pants; That was conversing with a gentle a after seeing tho sentries property man was evident, gentleman of refinement and birth. pa he spanked me till I wished Iliad let had 150,000 men. In bis hands they xvere and if descent invincible. The mad and envious inter posted, 1 took my field glass and look- vomits lor anything, it was doubly so, Saving a littlo arrogance and some tho old wasp sting me. fercnce of Hafiz Pasha ruined his combiho was ail natural ed over to tho other side, and there fretfulness, quito if Some make say wasps wus a collateral do excellent honey, but mi the saw the commaudcr of the southern . emlaul Captain companion and a veteran their honey is as hot as their stinger-i- nations, hoxvevcr, and gaxe us the game. of the great John Randolph The pasha stopjxed a moment to scruI dont want none. Ra says the campaigner. pickets scanning our line. Bresetitly el It K.noUo In the same room there was a Vir- stingerm aint so had at first our eyes met, and he raised his black, as the tinize the stranger's face. It xvas expres My youth prevented mo from look tho name of Lomax, whoso rekolekshuns of it for a few well worn cliuKau. to which salute days. lie sionlpss. Then he continued: still I ginian by resided in Richmond, and one 1 responded by taking olF my own nig seriously upon my position; family Young man, you remind mo of that ought to know, cos me and my browas a little nervous and longed for, of whoso cousins was when ther Ike got on the roof and poked great chess player from the north who actually, cap little thinking how soon our ac- yet dreaded, the return of the messen his at turn came, the sentry stationed a big nest from the peek down tn the all but routed us at Nizih. as you have quaintance would be made much ger who had gone to Gen. Lee's, our door. more intimate and uot so agreeable barnyard while pa was milkin. Al- routed me here Young man. only one Tho captain had an old set of chess Col. Maxwell, Lomax and I formed for me, at any rate. bany 1ress. man in the world can play chess like men, and he and 1 were soon deep in a sort of In carrying on tbe contraband trade an private league composed of that most regal that He is Col von Moltke. interesting game sole of whose ourselves 1 liave alluded to it was customary for nml only object Actrens. Writer I think had You have it answered the str.mgi of all pastimes. my arms was to This cousin of Lomaxs escape. down a to certain the sentinels to go Miss Florence Warden wrote her ! the lire li.iint rcaclung used moveus to to as the alposted not been I keep taken from me might have celebrated novel, The House on tiie Moltke. " .Newp:t..ii ., very ill defined in Hiiut of fact, of told and ments us that and there toss been foolhardy enough to havo tried a most imaginary-lin- e, army, while she xvas filling ati enMarsh, over to each other such articles as Binldcn Loll for liberty, though I feel the fall of Richmond was only a mat- gagement at the Ilaymai ket theatre As few te a drew on I days. sure now that would never have got April tu Guidon. Th breik they had for dicker. a trewe kept hearing rumors, uow qmto mendous siiecesi ami shproved it was tacitly understood that the ten ten yards away alive. i reiv'd a At lost tho orderly returned with a common, that lee was soon to evueu sentries on either sme w ho invaded tins lunch largi r sum from her pu1 neutral belt, if 1 may call so ill bound line from Gen. I e, sating tie did ate. At last Hie night came when we l1 ill li.'il a p a, in ,r - i, a ,;cc 'h-- v ed a territory, might be made prison not care to decide what shouid be were ordered to fall in, and prepare in .., i'r r a t' on di (' ; t the southern x an i btai -- od mat trs by tho opposing side if caught in done with me, and ordering Capt. accompany it Max' t II, Vi ai s ni ue Richmond the act I say might be, for it was a Randolph to send me, under guard, moved out of Hang pa. t ! ml flex o Lomax and 1 had Vaeh saved a to; e . d. 1.. r iau rule rarely if ever enforced. This, to Lieut. Gen. laingstreet So, afti-Li J! i fe to ii i i r t At s. eo',; a, t ti; ttien, was the position of atFairs on thauking tho captain for his courtesy, full of molasses w from our scanty ra e these. and the ei lion, and leaving with him a note for my only weapthe day of my adventure. ;,h t !( sn.qre n a pi, f, - loti we we As hud. di ons wo,, thorn ad v rip! v Ik s! e w ,s d pt ieu ('.I During the day t :iu came on, and old fattier, and another to our colonel, o.i G own ohm re f r !v At pll who could sough, shelter. Cnpt which lie promised to send across the the darkened streets of R,La,no-idsijipnt turning a corner an op;.,.i , ui.ty oe In st 'a t v the Iif- ol :v gi e. i'r s ;re (loss, of my regiment, was field officer Hues (and, as I afterward found out.1 citrred for us three to slip mis i a om did, at tlio earliest moment possible), pith, , ceding to p r h ,h of the (lay, and shortly after dinner set off iu charge of about ks woebe- the longcolutnn of prisoners; and fni precedent and ewwii", open to the :i 'X r J:x ( f (,rii o.h. r, of a Lomax's load, as laid previous vouug Kiiglrehwmi.sn xx ho m ; l gone, used up a specimen of a Coufed- - j Paine to tUe little hutoccupied as headpr'i a is ' been dreca a'd xxeitas mad accomj find of tone the would one ly t soldier crate as hr agreed utoii, her sim picket likely epi i.'1'..r guard, ..nil L a "d. and daily quarters . panied by a soldier, who carried in his in Lees army. The follow had lots of ly along tiie silent by streits, with dieary emw.i i mud of i ((' y 1 1 TV-,,- , era : 'ti'iii r: A tm :,e els" c ( li o ira, 5 rat ,n. Pt It , S o al). arms a largo number, possibly 500 copwinch sLirxat.on s'un d sand, notwithstanding his looks, which lie xvas perfectly familiar. uuble. tn' va Suddenly, tiie sharp ring of a rifle Ih r Hinbittou was to w rite, and the Ut Ai three ti ra : ies. of some northern paper, which and we had hardly gone a mile on our (awed a i : v ,i.'-eipitatned President Lincoln's procla- road when lie ordered me to Strip otf brought to lliechaigo, and lliesliarper success of her first efforts enabled her U litu s xx id. h th xx command. and to retire from tiie stage, and devote riur him-a-le mation offering ahsoluto wrdon vol-i- that coat, Yank; liar yer gxvine yer eoi'ipi i Halt! Who - ( declined wont need it, and I do, goes there? raug upon herself entirely to literature. Current Tiiiouk'i nil the til,' i .1 security to any soldier who would .. t r, 'Hre:Iul slumbi'rs ln.i Literature mart lv surrender to the nearest doing tlKS, and was threatened witli mv ears. 'We hud come upon a stray sentinel Anil xxhenetrnial day saallda.xa Uuiled States military post, eta 1 sudden dentil and other pleasant alAnd shaxLs aud diviib have and gone. pass not yet relieved from some governThere are in New York 3,653 men, aro"e ns the captain entered ; he at once ternatives, but I xvas determined. Oh. may you then, with glad 'nirpi ts. ment women in and x liko an storehouse, children who are he offered to id: Final instant, In God a oxv n urag wak ami rise proS'! compromise Lieutenant, I havo here some cop- if 1 would exchange boots with him. tho leap of a tiger, Col. Maxwell was fession vl In'ggai's, liars, hyptwrites and ilagazine of tstrrn History ltistdo the decern rs. liefore and he the could income I of Lincolns proclamation, This, loo, sentrys gun declined doing, saying, average its of Ue it, and had a pi bin) out hj- - well trch one is $3 jur week. W itii or ers to get them conveyed, to 1 a .o ni Uireiirty . i li,,u Hoi vi .tit r sec- - t lima. The ( ntiro abet nceot sanrtaiy arrangements in ( hmese toxvns and villages xx being well known, it goes it limit saying that the laws of hygiene are utterly nnd entirelx neglei ted There is no isolation of infectious diseases, and iur attention is is paid to causes of death unless there According to su piosition of violence. our ideas, therefore, Chinese cities ought to lie liotlieds of disease, subjected regu-lailto terublo epidemics vv Inch, with us. are inxaii.ibly associated xxitli tiie neglect of sanitiuy laws. Strange to say such is not the case Epidemics come and go without any .apparent reason, apa pearing, pci haps, suddenly, cam ing heavy mortality for a short time, and then as suddenly disappearing again, thus affording an endless field of speculation to the toroign savant, liut, sjieak-mgem rail) , Chinese toxvns enjoy an immunity from these dangerous outbreaks almost as complete ns that of xvcll drained European communities, and the cau-- e of and curious phep nomenon has been xariouslv explained. The fact is ail tiie more striking xx hen taken in contieetion with tiie contaminated xvnter supplies of Chinese loxx'ns, tiie ellect of xx liich on Europeans lias been manifested oxer and oxer again in tiie heax-mortality xx liich oxertook them prexious to the adoption of precautions enjoined by modern sanitary science. The healthiness of Chinese cities lias been ingeniously atu ifluted by some people to tho unixcrsal habit of fanning, a practice xx liich is said to keep the atmosphere in constant circulation. Hoxv far this explanation can be deemed to suffice we must leave to experts to decide, but, so far as contaminated water supply is concerned, we believe tiie real secret of immunity from its evil effects to lie in the universal custom of boiling all water intended for dunking. Asa matter of fact, tlio Chinese never drink-colThe national beverage, water. which, in a true sense, may Vie said to cheer but not inebriate, is tea, and this is alxxays on tap, even in tlio houses of tiie very poor. The native aversion to cold xvater is undoubtedly carried to extremes, and certainly induces diseases xvliicli might easily be avoided by a judicious system of outward application. In tiie matter of ablutions it mast, however, lie admitted that the Chinese enjoy facilities which, hox.ever little they are taken advantage of, nrd far in a lvance of any tiling xx iihin the reach ot the poorer classes of our oxxn favored Ex cry little hamlet in China has land a shop w here hot water can Le bought (ui a ti if'iiig sum at any hour of the day Ex in in a small fishing x or right on a remote 11 'Mil m tin gulf of Be. ill v, li'ie tiie vj.tir sji. nt six veix r.iiph .remit c( Ls U'lih-- i dun ig a sex ere xx ,i:ti i, tins was tin O'-nonce it end a g: ,.t proved. lae Nath: i Eevi, xv. j the a ST. ; .Bend ftSES Brmtkt |
