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Show Emblem of (he War O UR world Is not so vast, after mountain life that he had no desire but that our personal ex-- - to seek further for a congenial home. When dying, the old boatman periences may bound It, said on said, he made me promise never to Robert Louis Stevenson as part with the flag, the m Juds of the Apian port, Samoa, diary or the of Amer-jca- n picture. I told the boatman that I he met the unexpected clasp hands and bade friends welcome had some knowledge of the people home. mentioned in the book and that I knew to Imalia, his mountain an evidence of this fact witness that it would give great pleaseur If he the following story, strange as true, would present the same to the Conthat will And pathetic echo In the federate Association of Kentucky. So breasts of many old comrades who great was my anxiety to be the means wore the gray in the years of the civil of returning the flag to the survivors of the gallant Fourth that I offered a war substantial sum of money for it. But Col. Theodore Allen of Cincinnati he seemed so grieved at the suggeswas a member of the gallant Seventh Ohio cavalry, and is the only' Federal tion that it was not repeated. At sunWillset he led me down the slope to soldier, with the exception of Col. who of has where, beneath a great cocoanut tree, Columbus, Knauss, iam his friend was laid to rest. On a rude been made a member of the ConfederAssociation of Kentboard at his head was cut in letters ate Veterans' the inscription: A Confederate Solucky. One of Col. Allens comrades, dier; a Kentuckian. He said that the Capt. Martin Schuyler, of the same regiment, who, though more than 60 offiyears of age, was a commissioned war, recer in the Spanish-Americalated to him the following: He said that when his fern of service expired in the Philippines he drifted about the world bent merely upon A $75,000 LOG CABiN IS NEW -- ENGLANDS MOST INTERESTING HOME. BEACH OF SAMOA. soldier had chosen this for his taph. seeing new scenes and strange faces. "Won by stories told by Stevenson of the Navigator islands, now called Land of the Lotus, in the Samoa, South Pacific ocean, I concluded to visit these, and did so, spending seven of the most delightful months of my life. I epi- On Reading Newspapers. Every man should read one good newspaper each day. I do not mean, of course, that he should read everything in it; but he should go over was loitering one evening at sunset on the sands of Savaii when I the entire contents, carefully making saw approaching the shore, guided by his selections and reading attentively a native fisherpian, a strange little the articles which give promise of craft, at the helm of which was flying being helpful or Instructive. The a flag that brought back to me those weekly, and, more particularly, the stirring days of the sixties when the monthly reviews, are also of great grand old Seveuth Ohio was having value, from the fact that they familperiodic jousts with Morgans, Dukes iarize tneir reader with current his and Pegrams merry men. tory which, after all, is the most The boatman allowed me to exam- important history-wh- ile at the same ine the colors, which he said an Am- time possessing some advantages erican friend had given him and which over the daily newspapers, because I found to be conventional regimental the editors are not compelled to acof fine bunting, the hue3 of which cept first reports, and also have opwere miraculously preserved, although portunity to correct any inaccuracies for more than a quarter of a century which may creep into hurriedly prethe flag has been almost constantly pared discussions of subjects. Nevexposed to the weather. I doubt not if ertheless, these reviews must ever those bronzed old war dogs of the but supplement the daily newspaper, Fourth Kentucky could behold their for we are not content, in this age, histoiic colors on Its embellished staff that they would at least find no cause I to despise its method of uplifting. was surprised and pleased the following morning to be invited to enter his boat for the four-miltrip, which, he said, it would require to reach his island home. Strange, I thought, that the time has come when I would follow the rebel flag instead of the union standard. About midafternoon my host pointed but a little speck in the waters as our destination. Passing splendid reefs of coral, shady bays and crystal shallows we made our way to the shore through pltureque groves of cocoanuts, tama-rand- s and limes, to his small hut, which, like all those of that section, was open on all sides, covered by a thatched roof. He removed the flag from the staff clutch in the boat and carried it with him to the hut. "The day after my arrival my host hid in my hand a little, diary, sayini Besides this my friend, who ing; here, left nothing but a picture, show Ing an ambrotype of a little girl, probably 5 years of age. On the reverse side was written Lela Giltner, Daughter of the Regiment, Carrollton, Ky. It was difficult to decipher the handwriting of the book, as it had evidently been water-soakebut by means of a magnifying glass I was able to read disconnected parts, which served to Increase my desire to learn the whole story it had to tell. The diary was owned and kept by Henry Clay Renfrew of Midway, Ky., probably a member of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry. The writer, indeed, seerqs to have been a member of several regiments as he refers to My Colonel, Basil Duke, and Capt. J. B. Castleman. He mentions Col. Giltner as his commanding officer and Capt. Bart Jenkins the captain of his company. Ana he refers to Adjutant General E. O. Guerrant and Lieut. Freeman. He also records incidents concerning Brainard D. Bayless of Covington, Ky., and George Musgrove of Carrollton. He tells in vivid language e d to wait until the end of the month for our news. Secretary Moody, In Success. Pauls Prayer. Paul is a beautiful, chubby, black-eyeboy, all boy, and his father is a Methodist minister. The other day Paul had been quite fractious, and was duly taken to account by 'the stern parent. On that same day the question of the efficacy of prayer was being discussed by the minister with one of his flock in his study, Paul being a siient listener. That night, when he knelt to repeat his accustomed prayer, his father suggested he ask for power to overcome his temper and that he might be made a better boy. This was the closing sentence of the prayer: Oh, God, I ask you to make me a better boy, then he stopped short, sighed and continued, if you think you can do it. A Land Speculation. John Jacob Astor, son of William H., married a Miss Gibbs, while the other son, William, married Miss Scbermerhorn, a member of an old and opulent New York family who brought him a fortune. These two brothers built adjacent houses in Fifth avenue, which they occupied till death, when the buildings were demolished and the lots each 100 fee: front were occupied by the Waldorf-AstoriThe combined property before the hotel was erected was worth $1,500,000, and yet it cost old John Jacob less than $200. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. tojwiwK AS Cm PLErTeD Workmen are now busy at Belfast completing the outside work of one of the largest log eabins to be found In the state of Maine, and probably the world, a massive structure, which recalls in a way the primitive huts, but is, indeed, a thing of beauty. The building is owned by prominent Pailadelphia people. It is composed of spruce logs and cost $75,000. This cabin, erected by the children of the late William H. Folwell of Philadelphia, who began Its erection but died before the completion, in many ways is one of the finest buildings on the coasc. The lower story is entirely of spruce logs cut on the island and in their natural state. Above this the and neatly building is finished. The front room downstairs is 30 by 60 feet, hardwood floor and Is artistically decorated with oil paintings, wedgewood, mounted birds, brass work and other decorations. The windows are many and those to the front are of one pane of plate glass, with a frame of gold on the interior, giving a beautiful natural picture effect. At the back of the room Is a magnificent fireplace of a gigantic nature. It is built of brick and granite, the mantelpiece being of marble, 12 feet in length, three In width and nine inches thick, the whole piece of work weighing some forty tons. Across the front of the mantelpiece, cut in the marble is this inscription: How Beautiful Upon the Mountains. Back of the mantel is another tablet of Pennsylvania marble, five by five feet, decorated with brass rosettes and bearing the Latin inscription, Mon Reve, translated to My The hall which opens from Dream. the back is twelve by sixty feet, and from this is entered the two wings, the main house, and the stairs to the The main part of the chambers. house runs back some twenty-tw- o feet by sixty-threfeet, in which is located the kitchen, laundry and storage rooms. The two wings are each twenty by thirty feet, the southern one being in the style fitted for a dining-rooof the old English times, with a fifteen foot table and beautiful decorations, while the north wing is given over to smoking and bath rooms. Upstairs the main hall is twelve by sixty feet, and there are twenty-twsleeping rooms on either side of the d e o large hall, running the length of the house. Each room is thirteen by fifteen feet, while the front rooms are fifteen by twenty feet, three in number. All the rooms are equipped with white iron bedsteads and first class fittings, while the gable roofs and dormer the seventeen windows make them all desirable. The lower part of the house is built of logs, and the sloping roofs overhang. t The building is set upon piers of stone and will have been two years in building, when it is completed. There are several fireplaces of tile, and there is much hand carving in the interior finish. Much of the original shrubbery has been left around the buildings and the grounds will in a great part ge state. kept in their present half-wilsix-inc- h fifty-eigh- d MEANT FOR THE TEACHERS. Boys Idea of Sunday School International Letter Sheet. What appears to be a really new Sunday school anecdote comes from West Philadelphia, and is said to be a truthful record of a bit of dialogue between a teacher in one of the upper grade schools of that section and a pupil who is neither brighter, nor duller than the general average. He was third in succession who failed with regard to a question concerning the geography in and around the Red Sea, and was finally told that he should have interest in that part of the earth because of Its religious and Biblical associations. Why, teacher, he said, I never pay any attention to things I hear in Sunday school. You dont? she asked, in surprise. Why, for what do you suppose is all the expense of getting up the International Lesson sheets every week? Huh! he snorted in fine contempt. Because the teachers dont know what to talk about unless its printed out for them. MARK TWAIN AND HIS COLLAR. Humorist Did His Best to Make Amends for Fault. Mayor Lows secretary, James B. Reynolds, is authority for the followthe ing anecdote, which connects author of Uncle Toms Cabin with the originator of Huck Finn. The btowe house at Hartford was situated close to the Clemens place, meaniG Cana or agonizing marches made ty tnehtra-fry- , remnant of the regiment through the'Carolinas and Georgia. He said that the brigade was commanded by Gen. Duke and that it was the last organized body of men who had the honor of escorting President Davis through the South. He said that when Gen. Duke at last made known the fact that the hour had come to surrender to the foe that he, the v rlter, took the flag from its staff and concealed it under his coat, intending to burn It before allowed It to be captured. But, he added, I kept it with me instead when I left America, Intending never to return. The last lino reads: This is my last hour in the service of the Confederrcy. From what the fisherman told me 1 judged that the soldier caie to the island about the year 1875. So pleased he said, was the stranger by the graciousness of its climate and wild free half-nake- So the show went through without did it? a hitch, Yes; the success was tremendous. How do you account for it? Well, you see, eggs were tremendously high. Chance for a Profit 'Why should I advance money for your campaign expenses? demanded the speculator. 'Just as a business investment, replied the man who wanted to be a I know something of the legislator. character of some of the measures to be introduced at the next session, and am confident I will be able to declare a dividend before it is half over. Old Boy Has a Mortgage. The Reason Why. Tightfist They say habit is so John, asked Mrs. Roland Parke, strong that a mans splric goes right do you call our front lawn a on doing the same thing after death why HER VIEW OF WESTERNERS. grass plot? that he did in life. The perspiring suburbanite leaned Gainor Inat cant be true about Moral of Spinster Landladys Story a moment on his trusty lawn mower case. your Somewhat Spoiled. after his dally rassle with the tall Tightfist Why not? I think that the people of the West grass, and said savagely: Gainor Look at your habit of shovare exceedingly interesting, but I do Grass plot? Why, because it looks eling snow from your walk. not like their was, said the spinster like a confounded conspiracy on the landlady, as she began her nightly at- part of the grass to break my back Without the Paternal Check. tack with the carving knife on a leg every summer! She (after the elopement) I have of cold mutton. received a letter from my father. What don t you like about them? Dear papa is so absent-mindeBliss. Domestic to next who sat asked her nephew, He In what way? Did you tell that cook that Meeker her and often embarrassed the board- I kicked about the roast at dinner She He inclosed a lot of millinery ers by saying there was too much war last and dressmaking bills and forgot to night? ter in the soup. Mrs. Meeker Yes. put in the money to pay for them! Why, I think that they are tco forNew York Weekly. Meeker What did she say? woman the with said the knife, ward, Mrs. Meeker She said I might inas she peeled off a thin slice for a form One Definition. you, with her compliments that hard working politician and office- there were no What is a politician? asked the strings tied to you and rest entertained the who often holder, if her cooking didnt suit you it was boy. of the boarders by telling them of hia A politician, replied his father bitup to you to take your meals elsecampaign experiences. that is a successful politiwhere. terly, Have you met many westerners? cian, is a man who can evade his asked the politician, as he saw hia promises without seeming to break In Our Flat. almost empty plate set before him. You say that you cant sleep his word. Agent "I was the prompt reply. Yes, me sell you a was out in California and the people at night? Well, let His Trade. out there entertained me almost to clock with a luminous face. I did have a trade onct, maam, need it. Dont Smythe death. The women I met at noon I gev it up for Agent But how can you tell the said the tramp, but acted as if they had known me their a profession. at time night? whole lives by 2 oclock. They wera And why didnt you stick to the Smythe By the neighbors dropping altogether too forward. I didnt like their Mrs. Brown drops her profession? shoes, it. I am slickin to It. Im a miner by at 11, Mr. Topfloor at IS and But the men didnt bother you, promptly and a striker by profession. trade 1. at old Bender aunty, did they? piped up the nephew. Thats Different The Right Place. man refuses to accept a A Missouri Is this where you make trouble? A County Affair. conditional on The late Torn Marshall, one of asked the little man at whose elbow legacy of $12,000 name. There are plenty his changing an aggressive looking woman Kentuckys most brilliant wags and stood in Missouri, no doubt, who will This is the marriage license bu- of girls lawyers, was always as poor In pocket their names for half the as he was rich In wit. On one occareau, 'answered the man behind the change amount. sion he found the judicial sentiment desk. Thats what I meant, said the litsetting strongly against his process Only Happened Once. of questioning the witnesses involved. tle man, as he sighed and reached Bride (on the honeymoon) The At last, losing hi3 temper, Marshall into his pocket for $2. you only bought one ticket, Why, turned on the judge and asked: dear. Will your honor kindly fine me They Would Cure Him. The Groom By Jove! I never I wish, she sighed, I could break $10? of myself. thought For what, Mr. Marshall? asked little Willie of the habit of calling ' the judge. names? Way Before the Volcano, You can, responded the gruff Contempt of court. But youve been guilty of no conneighbor promptly. How? tempt, insisted the judge. Your Honor, believe me I never Discharge the nurse and send him before saw a court for which I had so out to play with a few rough boys some afternoon. much contempt as for this! Enter a fine of $10 against Mr. Hard on the Dog. Marshall for contempt, ordered the Billingsley has taught his dog to bench, turning to the clerk. Thanks! said Marshall. And now, sing. Does he sing well? your honor, will you lend me $10 with He sings as well as Billingsley which to pay the fine? could teacn him. Mark Mr. Marshalls fine remitted, I never heard Billingley. Is he ordered the judge, promptly. The county can better afford to lose it good singer? Well, the dog has been shot at than I! seven times. Another Impression of America. Foxy Youth. Why is it that Americans are so She Really, I dont feel like walkbrave and asked one ing. My feet have bothered me European soldier. . , good deal lately. They are accustomed to danger , He You must be exceedingly nerfrom their earliest infancy, answered ' the other. Every year they have an vous. , She Nervous? ordeal of fire and explosion, which . He Yes; otherwise you wouldnt the youth of the country all attend, something after the manner of certain let such little things bother you.remote Asiatic tribes. It is known as .Tramp Lady, cant yer help a man Increased Interest the Fourth of July. Washington . was at Martinique? who Did call to trust that you magnate Star. the stand? Lady (giving him a dime) Poor I did, answered the man who was man. When were you there? No amusement can be Innocent Tramp About fifteen years ago. conducting the investigation.' when it becomes all absorbing. I suppose he added a great deal i New Metal Discovered. to the interest of the case? i Casey. "An phwat kind av hat is it Consideration has been given ip He did. It is now more mysteriye call thim? A pitying smile hov- ous than ever. Paris, France, to a new metal, which ered around the mouth of the first is not a compound, but simply a moleIts ashamed ar yer ignr-anc- e speaker. cular modification of aluminium simiAn Unobliging Man.41"-1- ' Oi am, Casey," he said. Sure havent been friends lar to that which is supposed to make No, they th papers do be full av thim. lt since they took an ascent together in steel from iron, says Iron and Steel. phwat ye caU a pajama hat Phila- the captive balloon. It is called evabrite, is as bright an 4 delphia Record. silver and as stiff as steel. Thn Did they fall out? Not exactly. She got angry be- aluminium is absolutely unoxldablo Wanted 8eeds for Hit Bird. When cause he wouldn't cut their names in and cheaper than . brass. Jim McAndrews, the Chicago con- the balloon as a memento of the tested in the telephone-ehop- s at Paris gressman, has a constituent who it was found to be- - equal to every boasts somewhat peculiar views as to trip. claim. The engineers propose that the duties of national legislators. Mr. - An evabrite be substituted for nickel and .Admiring Tribute. McAndrews recently received from th A noted Missouri scrapper died re- copper in telephone and telegraph ' constituent in question a request for and his admirers raised a apparatus. as many packages of garden seed as cently, over his monument grave bearing v ' you can send. Put in plenty of sunj' . Portable Electric. Lamps. these words : flower seeds. I havent got a garden, Portable electric lamps are being He was always looking for a fight but I have a parrot and a canary, with a man of his own size. Atchi- introduced into the German armjt both of whom enjoy these seeds very son Globe. 1 and mounted patrons will be Buppliea much. Some of my neighbors say yon with them, according to the United sent them garden seeds and that when Fruitless. . Service Gazette. The advantages Ot they planted them the seeds did not Little Willie Pa. what does this such a lamp will be very pronounced come up. Now, there is no use wastpaper mean by saying it was a fruit- for field duty, and especially during ing seed like this when my birds will less search? inclement weather. The - medical eat them." Father It probably applies, my corps will also find the lamps of great son, to. the quest of some man who value both in searching the field for Some people have to die before peowas looking for pineapples on a pine wounded and when operations havn ple discover any good !n them. tree. to be performed in the hospital tent. , - - me tackling the Texans again, and again 1 won, even more than on the Lost In Arkansas Whatever He Won first occasion. Then I went back to Arkansas for a second battle and came In Texas. A few years ago an unkind fate very near being cleaned out. But I caused me to spend several days in will not weary you with the details Election Methods in Kansas. truth, the town of Texarkana, said Bud further. It is the solemn Out in Sumner county, Kansas, one Hathaway of St. Louis. It was a though, that during the week I stayed I won at every play in the Texas Thomas A. Hubbard is a candidate period of my life when the faro-banfor county treasurer. He has Issued microbe was working vigorously, and house, only to lose at the other establishment a great many cards announcing that I was completely under its dominion. Finally, I got a remittance, played he is In the field, but thriftily makes Texarkana is one of those "Now, use of the other side with an adver- Interstate towns, part of-i- t lying In it all In against the, bank that had tisement that he Is a breeder of fine Texas and part In Arkansas, and each continuously beat me, except enough to get home on, and from that hour hogs, which he offers for sale cheap division had plenty of sporting faculthe game of faro and 1 have been on the All of which moves an opposition to land I happened ties Vote for Tom Hub Texas side, and the first bank I vis- strangers. Washington Post editor to say: bard and get a hog. ited was a Lone Star institution.butItI A "Pajama" Hat was a little one with a $5 limit, A man, wearing a fine the like $200 Professor Resigns His Chair. of something beat it out was seated in the smokCharles Prof. Panama of hat The resignation first day. car of a Chestnut Hill train the W. Horswell of the chair of Hebrew Next day I heard of a bigger place ing seat behind him language and literature at the Garrett on the Arkansas side, and thither I other day, and in the Biblical Institute, Chicago, baa been repaired. Here there was a $25 limit, were two Irishmen, puffing away stolaccepted. It was tendered because and after several hours of play I was idly on short clay pipes. One of them of his extreme conclusions in higher separated from all my previous days had been contemplating the hat in criticism. He had held the place tot winnings and part of my original capi- meditative silence for some time, and thirteen years, and the trustees give tal besides. I went home feeling quite finally turning to his companion said: Professor Horswell the highest praisa sad and wishing I had adhered to the Thats the sort of hat ye should "Is it so? said as a ripe scholar and lispiring Texas game. The next evening found wear, Casey. A GAMBLERS STRANGE LUCK. k well-dresse- d teacher. and not infreq ently Mr. Clemens It known to have shinned over ine back fence, his sirncob pipe in his mouth, his collar and cravat anyThese Informal where but on hte yisits were a source of considerable annoyance to Mrs. Clemens, .who frequently remonstrated with her husband on the subject. On the occasion of one particularly long call of this sort, the indignant wife read her spouse a severe curtain lecture. Returning from this, saddened and repentant, the mournful humorist carefully wrapped up a collar and cravat in a sheet of brown paper and dispatched them to Mrs. Stowe, with the following explanatory note: Mrs. Clemens tells me that I spent half an hour at your house this morning without the inclosed articles. Therefore I must ask you to look at them for that length of time. P. b. Please return them; they New York Tribune. are all I have. ? Hilaire Belloc, , life-wor- k Beating the Stock Market Yes, sir; 1 have the best of inside information and I would be glad to sell you the secret of beating the stock market Well, I'll tell you, returned the cautious stranger, just you try it first, and if you win Yes; if I win Why, then youll be rich enough so that you wont have to sell any secrets. 4 1. Si-- , Lela Giltner. ' Her Path In Life. Professor, said Miss Skylight. I want you to suggest a course in life for me. I have thought of journalism. What are your natural inclinations? Oh, my soul yearns and throbs and pulsates with an ambition to give the that shall be marworld a velous in its scope and weirdly entrancing in the vastnees of its structural beauty! Woman, you're born to be a milliner. f Limit on Germ Theory. Mrs. De Yinne has gone the limit on her germ theory. Horrible! What has she done now? I want some Man (in drug store) insisted Why, so long as she only consecrated lye. on boiling the water and milk the You mean concentrated Druggist family didnt object, but when her lye. their Invited husband and his brother Man It does any differold chums to dinner and she pot hold ence. Thats whatnutmeg I camphor. What of the champagne and boiled it, then does it sulphur? there was trouble. Druggist "Fifteen scents. I never cinnamon a man with so much wit." A Bull Egg Market. Man Well, should myrrh, myrrh! Yet I ammonia a novice a. It Ex. ' A Modern Cincinnatus. The Cincinnatus of Denmark is the minister of agriculture, familiarly He is a known as Old Hansen. small tenant farmer, who, upon taking up his ministerial appointment, made the smallest possible change in his manner of living. When the duties of his high office permit he returns to his plow and the foddering of his beasts and the other cares of his small farm. His son remains on the farm and works for the same salary, in spite of the rich post to which his father has been called. French Soldier and Writer. whose - peculiarly vivid method of presenting history has made his "Robespierre so talked about this spring, was once a French artilleryman. He belonged to the Eighth regiment, and his post of duty was the drivers seat of a gun carriage, where he is said to have handled the reins with conspicuous abil ity. What this means in point of nerve and skill will be apparent tq everyone who has seen rapid artillery maneuvers. LIGHT SIDE OF THINGS AS SEEN BY THE JESTERS. When He Was at Martinique A Bull Market Professor Suggests Egg Path in Life for Yearning Soul-L- imit on Germ Theory. Oall, n THE SPICE OF LIFE - -- |