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Show T 4 ibat gave the provost four kings, CORNER. aH He counting one he had In reserve. down In the dirt, tha with Ills what a difference there is VETERAN'S 1)1 . HDIMSOS HOME. other Muting lint Umn llllli, and the between David's painting, an official, erowd of Ikih niiiI alrls shutting nut and to some extent, an officious i ff of fresh air. Tin every CAMP-FIR- E SKETCHES FOR OUR PALACE WAS ONCE THE HOME work, and Melaaoniers wonderfal deHnulil imt move. The lineation of the great NapolMale OLD SOLDIER READERS. Iliiikoel lai1. with his fere NAPOLEON. OF drama! iiiih all over mini, li.nl forgotten liis j romr.ides. and saw only one thing in Ths ( olonrl. Hli I lil The Man W lao a a Mountain Is Cnrslra iMlgt-tin world that was the ululilmi-i- i peg. OUTRAN THE CYCUST9. III. 1rliiil. 1 Would Not Siirn-nala--r not did hear Inn the Imy The j mug. Mohh llruughl fruMj t'rnnrr sad I laiiiial Until .1 uliaiit-I A elfort. rail iilul Tlie mlniiiiit. J Iteljii-i- l lo later, after with Hub. I'lMj-att-l "shu-pet.neli I Iliad lulu lu Iniper yiiiM -- Tlariia, lie Slaggered to Ids feel llllli the ieg Win it lliK stub - Sruml I lit) Cuiulry- Suuiat Irish Whraluiru. in his inolilh. The old sHioollliltnler i A SullsUu Nliau According to an Irish paper entitled house him in l lii deor of lla Miort llrir Mur. the Wexford Free l'reas, a wonderful swlli-ihe Oldy Willi his lolig VEIIYONB knava feat of tin tlnrt It was my furium to waa accomplishwas glee in; i ill to In seen, Tla-riOl il picture, slung that the mini of ed at a pedestrlanism a town railed Enniscorlhy very side al this ?l twenty 3 ran nf toy in' sb.uit tny neck, casthe Tulllerleii on. J W'hi-l'i- n;m fun tin- - Isiys lud not liliirk Inara wctv quite liuini-rrecently. One day a man who would Tin- - il.iy we went ' ivhi-iiIn were tle lla-i1 Hurls Hie as rise lii-i- j -w.-be described In polite circle as beiii.'igitie mrj f riiiiuiijiity iia. i' sold alid tin- stern auction at lii.y eame ( to the ltluerant stroll- longing j throw n into M'liriiiciii liy in I si re. lie Hi t down Swung mil before seliniilin.-ioli-- r ' his some years after ed sail' ! In . :'j that liruji luul lstii , l leisurely Into the market square of me trench; till- - sivilrli Inside the il'Hir mill ratne Are the of ml j great the town. On his breast be carried a luiiiii Ih'IO i ii lii n ill nf the to the eye of Ir Im.v slipi-Hillside. (Hucaught i 1471, but few know were all tin tin'll Mid in it with the brazen announcement The old to the placard amt file. and rank iuuhIi'I'ihI in to what uae these that he was Ih3k :ii till' iifihlHirliiMiil was uiiiring water on 13 iiiasii-The open to run any man in Who knew a pion- - of woods mill iiiitiix Blnce have ruins him wash the world. A crowd, among whom hld- - Grain's ha i, Is and having r itiiit huh kiniHii b U llu-rthen been put, says were several Ills fiiis. lie gave him Ins red " ' cyclists, Immediately jihicld. lll'll IMVIIJ'. SlllllC of I III M IH'I IIMIIIIH tin to wirt- - it dry. Wli.-l-t the New York Herwho full' mill around the iIji hobo, ntrr. gathered seeming were of lati-was the a iidniile saw selusil ald. At the auction man faithful said hla name was muiic l inn anal m.i.vis- - I sh.-tl-l Harris, and lhaf 1 thrust it hiii-w- . attd wl;h my men n.miiig in. patting the friends of the fallen dynasty were seen n In mi Uirm: Inn jmu imw 1 wain In be could cover eleven tulles in less emliari-iiKsia- l on the mid mi Imy very (Our general rode ahead! tlml work iron and other than an huur. It was decided without buying stones, mi txirrii'!irt- Hltli u Unit head." We stormed the great redoubt. tliirh-oyears portions of the historic building, and delay to liaiijH'iii'il h la'll I wan give Harris a trial by running As If it were an easy thing. olil. the was natural conclusion that they along the public road to the village of Mistake. t'atsNi But rows of us fell dead! It hiih inii of my business lu sumtine duy, a good ninny years ago. a Stnply wanted them as mementoes of Ferns, live and a half miles distant, In pasture mer 1 lint In drive tin unfortunate But there rulers. made ing factory and back. An Impromptu set of offulgbt. cook in a ldg Your picture hanging on my neck, iViry iiioriiuig ami home every was one man among these purchasers icials was formed from the cyclists. HarIjiki must ImiJh. however, 1 liked tn a laid mistake. Ami that mistake was whose Fp with nty men 1 rushed aim was far higher. ris atarted at a clipping pace, and the We made an awful charge: day a liilli Inn well, and mMitelimea II cillnllp the oddxminllng Mime being tin rattle He w'niiM Ih very lilt was the Duke Jerome Ioxxo dl three cyclists who accompanied him And then man- my horse, "The Lady Bess," would la aiifely all ut up fur the night. applied on the ssit by the angry Borxa With his son. Count Charles, had to hump themselves in order to i 1 n little Dropped, and my leg was crushed! longer uger. ilia day luul played he purchased at the auction the pavil- keep np. He reached Ferns well inand when I than uaiial after The eisik. so I In story goes, had lsen ion eontalning the private apartments side the half hour, and, with the unInline It was hIiiiohI sunset. 1 The blood of battle in my veins He a at party. all the night and the study of Napoleon lit. This wavering persistency of a Comanche HrHiiiidiii n idayniati of my own age up IA blue-cocross and sleepy the next was nml dull dragged me out) tn aientn4iuy me, ami started fur the uiiirnliig. ami when lie came' to mix pavilion faced the Carden of the brave on a hot trail, started on the Hut 1 remembered ou; and was one of the most pictur- homeward (Mature, It whs something more than kettles of Adam's The wheelmen ex- - i kissed your picture did you know? one of the half a mile away, nml In getting to It des -- for thatbigwas the mime given lu esque parts of the building. Duke pected he journey. would weaken at the finish, And yelled, "For the redoubt! we wnHil down mi old rund wlileh thuse Pouo dl Uorgo, having secured all the but Instead he reached the goal with days to tomatoes he accidentalwas now imrtlnlly unuad. Hut I i reImx nml of tin stones spices of wrong ly pul which It was composed, num- an and endurance that scornThe Twenty-fourt- h, foot boys an uliiilile fellows. and my scarred old it her inln the ladling muss. bered each one of them and then sent ed elasticity The time returned It waa dark we were at the lairs Not ingredients fatigue. the by dogs, the ninnager long ufterwanl them to Ajaccio, In Corsica. What four timers was 56 minutes flat The of the pasture, lliere shaal the town, snitlilng Growled back, "Hell put us through; down the pniiii ami discovered he Intended to do with them waa a best previous figures for eleven miles (Ye'll an usual, waltliiK patiently for auiiie the eiror. tomato preserves take him in our arms; itpllnary oue to come for them, and a llllli way never suu-llei- l like that. When he mystery to every one. But he soon Is 56 minutes 52 seconds, by Deerfoot," Our picture there the girl he loves, out front tliere wen tin young rattle tasted the tnlxt lira lie made hie purpose plain. His Inten- at London. England, In 1863. If Harhis Ups, Shall see what we can do. In a group, flown went the lairs, mid l his mouth and made u wry tion was to rebuild the pavilion Just aa ris challenge is not taken by one any the rows started oul, when ull at mice fare ovr the M1ter-swie- l Mid How It stood in Paris and to make It his on the other side, he Is preparing to The foe was silenced so were we. pungent flavor. The kettle was ' residence. A fitting location for the come to America to his luck. I lay upon the fleld, tin try off tin lire by swung iuiiiieiliately building was the next step for considAmong the Twenty-fourtfrightened cook, wImi exnvied to Ih Power The of (ivllisliia Irrigation. eration, and after some thought the diselitirgeil on the Smt. The evolutionary process of the last Your picture, shattered on my breast, "Well." be siild. with a nieful ex-- ! Juke decided to ereet the castle 700 Had proved "The Colonel's Shield." pretsinii oil Ills fttee. the rats Up.." meters above the level of the sea, on twenty years has brought out some tin one of the lofty mountains that encircle very valuable lessons for the future meaning, by tin slang term, that aNiiled. A Wratrrn llrro. bail tniiiatiH-i the Hay of Ajaccio. The task was not of California. It was demonstrated linHut ilu taste or tin- mixture still that irrigation Is essential to the highOne uf the heat kuown men In cenFirst easy. of a to railroad had all, gered in tin manager's palate. be const ructi.il for a considerable dis- - est standard of civilization. The central Kansas la Lyman Field of the "1 wonder how that would taste on a 18'JU revealed the fact thut two-thirtown of Solomuu. He is a shrewd Ver-- 1 lie said to iiillisclf, Unci? .and thru a lurge force of men sus of slice of of the gain in rural population had to he employed in preparing a monter by birth, hut before the war and lli.-i-l very day be tried It. uas sni-l- thtii tin nia ling- suitable foundation In the solid rock stood to the credit of eight counties went to the heart of he south and The of tin mixture for the castle and its er ordered tin- keltli-fti- l opened a little grocery store, in which uumeroiis ter- where Irrigation prevailed. The counon the nitirkcl. hot t led up and plui-ehud he was doing very well when the rebelraces. The work was begun in LSSO. ties which rely upon rainfall . nlii-e: r at h p He Did Hot latnk llnek Second win-r- It about reached a standstill or scored a lion began. He was postmaster as well was and was finished only a short time ago. Tlwif. Ami thus catsup and its mi v and kept very still as to bis political the castle stands In Corsica Just loss. Thu people have always been there whh it jrnwf eiiiiiiiHloii ninont: the discovfp-i- l at the same time and a divided on the :ucstiim us to whether diree-tloas beliefs, though he was loyal to the In it stood In Paris so for ran dill it. rattle. mistake every many years, They young Those who north. He wanted the Herald of Free-- I and It has become one of the principal irrigation is necessary. and npHnred terribly frightened II in I ncle SpoUr lu School. at something. objects of Interest in the country. The oppose urge thut it breeds malaria anil dom, published out in Kansas ay the In a moment wc saw wlmt It was. A When quite a slititll Imy my tliirie Duke Poxzo dl Ilorgo and his family Injures the quality of the fruit. Those Intrepid pioneers of that day, and who favor insist that it is essential large black hear was enmiug Herons the was asked to n:ik in which was the b.ibie of the abolltlon-- j If are there ever and have a constantly lie pasture near them. I don't mpimse to the must scientific agriculture and lets of that time. To get It direct welcome of some for in fur who those all ready the desire to eitsioni days Imt that meant to tnmlde tin eat tie, maintenance dense the of a in to The mail meant invite populalynching. the No more pleasant castle. was Ills nearest way tn ikiss from the the seliidars to electrify the selusil and dnspect was opened a few miles away and wowls to a corn field which he had In visitors each week with grand Journey is conceivable than the one tion. The last twenty years hare antransferred to his office. So, to avoid from Ajaccio to the Corsican Tullle-rle- s. swered the question forever. The anlew. and lie luipiioiied tn come alnug usually from Shakespeare, or swer consists of a he subscribed for the paper there Just as we did. compariThe suspicion, road winds the mountains up imIt required tin long council of war with eonqsisltliiiis fpun their owu the between south and In the name of an old negro, who and on each side are fragrant groves son fur us to divide tn retreat as fast as aginative niiiiils nearly always aMut of orange trees and olive The one was born of the could neither read nor write, and who trees, Inter- the north. possible, and. taking tin mad. we "Sprlug" or "The Hcimtlfu! Suow." Yhen it the other of the minlived down in the swamp. canal, irrigation here and there with spersed we until flowering made the brat time we could It should Ih a that ihvhlcd uncle was the and ranch. wheat store The the until came he waited My camp ing cyclumonB, Juniper trees, myrtles and came to the top of a little hill. Here, furtlu-rinore- . that no various odorous shrubs. Masses of ar- one la characterized by a high civilizaempty at night and then went Into the we uiuetop-tip courage to stop and big piece," and. look behind us. Hut then was tin one slnsihl help him itlur In the w- -' butus are seen here and there, and the tion, the other by a low one. Century. j rear room, where he lighted a candle, So after many j liear. coming right up the mail after lection or Next he made a round of the house ill the privacy of his traveler passing through their splendor ua. We did not look buck a second lays of sttiily to see if there waa any watch-- I outside . of K odor himself thinks In Woman'll Wit. One a veritable if huh with pride and rally owu elmiiilH-rtime, you may lie sure. Imt lit a very-feer. Then locking himself In, he read A young woman who lives near a momenta we hurst Into my fath- satisfaction that Ik siepHil to the fairyland. Long Is the ascent up the the tin paper and finally burned iu precioua direction Miwtiig ami, but the is out we so mountain, of could the j slope ers kitchen, mnl. when get platform, gentle railway crossing, looking It In the assemthe and Ills relntlves holding a shovel over of lifireplace, -a A loving and the windings of the road have been window the other day, saw a laborer liearbreath, cxclii lined: "A liear chased us, and bled school. In waved oue hand up so carefully laid out that the traveler jump from one track to the other to ' It to prevent any stray bit going up great. Mg. Idm-the chimney. Jcstlcnlly. Then In put out the right feels no fatigue. Two hours' walk he's coming right up here!'' escape an approaching freight train, All that night we dreamed of Murw. leg iitul shouted at Hie top of bis little One night as he was reading he heard one to the castle, hardly a lie was apparently dazed by terror and brings The cows dhl not come home, nor did lungs: a noise and startled, went to the door of which be can an obtained until stood still, not seeing that glimpse express "Half a 'leg.' half a 'leg.'" the lMnr eon c after us. ns we eHetii looked outside. He found nobody, and Here be was Intcmiplcd with slloilts the last moment, so completely is the train was rushing down upon him. Tha be would; but father went down as he came In he laid the paper on but lit around of view masked the laughter, before she could thick saw looking of the the next morning be found that make by lirars curtains girl the store counter and forgot it The for a tiiouieui. he again put trees or the undulations of the tracks In the rond. and. follow lug them ground. him understand his danger it would be first caller In the foot Ills with: nut morning was a fire up, he found when the old fellow luiil At first sight the castle seems a singuShu therefore threw up her late. too "Half a 'leg. liiilf a 'leg.' onward lar and his first action and taken his entered the corn southerner, eating object, stationed as It is on a bare arms, shrieking wildly, Help! help! was li rmlc the six to walk over and pick up the pasupiMT. Shortly aftcrwnrd lie was Into the valley of deal In the and which rock. to somewhat impulse solitary more sileuml Imuilred." lie was gloomy help!" trusting hot near the same plyec. Hut the first Impression sends a man on the Instant to the re- per. liy the gale of uilrih around hint. And grandeur. Who gets this Infernal sheet? he r It was amid the l:iuglil-of the kcIuhiI quickly disappears as one stands by the lief of a woman in distress. I'm comMarvels of the Urras. asked. min-l- i his fusion oil that ; and (Mtrt the beshouted and looks seaward. Far laborer, springing building ing! The makers of ancient maps wi-I don't know," was the quaking he made a painful bow ami rcltviltcd low are to be seen the Hay of Ajaccio toward her in time to escape the engine accustomed to liiirmlnce (ilctiires freea tin had tears gathering reply. He stared back at rushed It as and the und further In the past sleepy town, ' Whoever he Is. we will hang him ly. In deserts there would Ih draw- eluiiii I fall And all the pcrsirislnn distance one catches a glimpse of white it, and then at the woman crying and we catch him, with a meaning look If ings of lions, and along rivers they in the world could never again Induce foam "Tin Charge of the l.iglit breaking reuselrasly against the laughing In the window, and, taking at the wliiih Is the him in speak made "river-liorsra.frightened young merchant, - Agiu-Marie roeks lu Mather the along the coast. To the roar of off hie hat and shaking hands, said: i won-pu- t I'.rigade." words tlini the ttreek Yes. he ought to be hung, acqui-- i meaning of the rastle one secs a picturesque group "I owe you something, miss," and esced Field. together to make up "!dpiopnin-inus- . Chicago Kecnrd, tln-were of blue mountains, the peaks of which walked away. As for the The southerner strode away, and as 1 ll nf nanrlnK arc covered with snow. Back of all tilled tip with any qinvr monsters tint went out the front door Field went he Another serious trial to The Imiv and contrasting vividly with the dark came to hand. Of enursc, these pictat Harvard. The young merchant out the back. ures 1uIhh1 to tilili gnat sihuvs that was kcIuhiI. In the first place, mountain tops Is a In the memoirs' of my grandfather. found a mule and on It started for the sky of Incomparaleft slat- lie iniild not turn around without would otherwise luie ble purity. It makes no difference Dr. John C. Warren, the second pro- - north and he never went back. He ing blanks. in tin second place and owners are at home or not, feasor of anatomy at Harvard, and who -- a me to Kanaaa and has made his home the whether dizy. understood Hraldes. met: very little the steps to turn visitors to the castle are alwaya ad- succeeded his father In that chair, is here ever since. He never brags about in the In could iml alKiut tbe strange liaiH-ninglaei. mitted without the slightest formality. an interesting passage describing how, world n round them, and Inn-ntn- l fairy rmiiid with: and in ilic third but he has a right to be proud of tales to explain iIhsc injsteries. It is when lie did dame. In l.ad to dauee Very often, indeed, the duke, faithful when a student, he. with others, it, little incident It shows the kind the not remarkiible, then, that so luio as wiilt a girl: Tlicic was rot a .Imy In to the hospitable traditions of hla counraised" a body. He says: "When my of effort it took to be a union man In ((dumbiis' time Ills sailors did not at nil Cliarr.-- t lids, if In all does the honors In person. From father came up tn the morning to lecthose days. all like to think of sailing westward wtin could escort a girl back to her try. the exterior the castle present! the ture and found I had been engaged In was over, lit Into the unknown nrenu. full of fabu- seat after tin The southern this scrape he was very much alarmed, lous rrcutun-- and magic time, or make his "thank you" Istw form of a rectangle. Th Colon! Nlorfi eveu with all that wist and studious with less delay . Ills own voluntary farade, facing Ajaccio. Is the facade liut when the body was uncovered and men have learned since, then is still tcrpiselioicnii effort nt a party was the which in Faris faced the Tulllerlea. and he saw what a fine, healthy subject it After they had been rehashing the enough to be met with lu u long nccnu march to sup--r- ; ami the i idy slops In alt the other farades have In like man- was he seemed to be as much pleased j numerous poker stories that find their took with n liy I Mug like success was ner been reconstructed Forum. voyuge to excite wonder and alarm. with the orig- as I ever saw hint. way into print, the colonel took a turn. Sailors may ste auroras, the strange during Mu promenade In the Igim-crs- . frieses I reckon 1 helped win about aa big inal and windows. In columns, round" hi Invariably lit "hutiOs-nl- l "Northern Lights." the cause of which a pot as la generally talked about, he PHILANTHROPY. la oven now little more thnn guessed started with Ilu wrong hand; and If the Interior a different picture Is seen. with water lit tin set there weie girls big Hough There no attempt at reconstruction said, and I waa only a kid at tbaL at; they tuny Ih siirnniiided The late August Wendt of Newton, had been rather sickly and waa spendspouts, which an not entirely ex- to wear long dresses, he lever failed has been made and visitors, seeing all plained ip g yet: they may imit "tidal" to tear such out at the gathers. If any the comforts nf modern life, Includfnfc la., left $4,000 to Lutheran Institutions, ' ing my vacation aboard a steamer ply The electric lights, will find It hard to ' Miss Helen Gould has given $250,000 Ing on the Monongahela. It was war (that la, eartluiiiake wavesi that rise Imdv fell down, itv was always anv Into ' i believe that they are standing In (he to build a Presbyterian church at Rox- - times, w hen money waa flush and wheh from thirty to sixty feet, or even more, Hoy; '"I" '"""'"I Ih above the surface: they may f hid'd old ftber B b0PD' j th gentlemen' pretty much all played Kpeh monarcha' bury' N' Y" wbrrP T atuaxed by St. Elmo's lire." the lniuiHr. unless blMmnnc. nttld the considerable Notable attractions of After the litigation, Dr. poker. 1 soon learned the value of the among him up nml steer him straight. "A sparkling flames that play about (mist Prevention hands and was a privileged character lightHey I Knew." by Igtiitviicc Hnrtnn, iu palace Is a picture gallery, and most rarkhurst'a Society for the and rigging: they may Beck or the the a to Is receive notable la flashes sheet Nicholas. St. Crime of among legacy around the table when a game was gopictures In form, portrait glotn ning of Napoleon which waa painted by of $200,000. forked Isdts: they are sure to sail ing on. One night we were bringing Shut. Mlk Sintra la Theoi. that has David during the hundred ilai's. This The Inventory of the estate of Frank down a lot of escaped Confederate through the phoephon-srancAil iffiiiv tii.'iiiis uf warming the picture la little known, and there la Nledecken of Milwaukee. Wis., who but lately Ihvii traced to auiiiml life. that had been captured in the Then. list, storms and calms, fogs nml feet has Mi'ii in (Mrumny. reason to believe that Melssonler had died last summer, was filed lately. The mountains. The big provost marshal Al moonlight, bring strange sights. not seen it when he gave to the world Milwaukee Infants Home, Pnssavant with long hair particularly attracted Tilt Itivi'titur culls it "lieatable together, the oeean Is o wonderland l Anil Hospital, the Protestant Orphan Asy- my attention, because he always had a of the shia. which Is hla famous work entitled "1814. thut has new marvels every day: Hie Within tin ' two lum and Little Sisters of the Poor are bihle sticking from Ills coat tall pocket these between twice Is sea Is analogy a the there of nut. hardly fur color hollowed rcii'ptnclc very is bn of art cannot works Tudor of Air." .One "Mirrors similar found to be entitled to nearly $10,000 as conspicuously as a pair of pistols to j same. striking. that a tlie glowing siilistiiiei, used lit tin Japanese h ind wnrtm-tw- . Jenks. In St. Nicliolns. sufficiently admire the genius, skill ami each as their portions as realduary showed from his belt. Among tfe prissays the Iopuhir Science News. H- i admirable judgment hy means of which legatees of the estate. The German-Englis- h on rs was a lieutenant who looked like In tlslNUt-tween tin soles, lmls-ilde(iraat'a (lame nf Mumhlr the I'rs. Melssonler was enabled to represent the provost and had the freedom of the academy gets nearly $20,000. A favorite game of the I toy a of John covers. Is n rubber bag. which Is tilled In his vanquished Napoleon a figure Kev. Dwight - Moody has re- upper dock. Just after dark I saw the The l atnl wilier is DaWhile's subscription school, at withIt water. The ceived notice that $100,000 has been provost slip the lieutenant a roll of circulates while tin wearer of t!.c that la the living reproduction of its iimiiible-tlie-iwtwas tSeorgetown, bills, and a little later they were both sltia is w Hiking It keeps ilu siirfan . f vid's model. In both pictures we note left him to be devoted to bia educaGrant couldn't play the game very the fis't wit r ok A small safety val.e the same Indefinable look of weariness tional work In Chicago and Northfield. lu a game that was started. The money The money was bequeathed to a board went their way. and though I saw the Skillfully, ami the ag always got Ina Is provided so that file hag enniu,it and disappointment, the same hurst. Tlie warmth given h.v this se..c expression on the countenance and the of trustees by J. N. Harris, a New Loncard upon few clandestine licks every time provost slip an Fahren- same attitude of the whs to pull It." say Mcfltire'a Maga- never rises above 7n the don bank president, who died about the little ledge above his knees. I knew body, hrnvy was It nlsiul lumrs. last driven eight heit. anil will zine. "Hu one occasion At length unhealthy stoutness of which contrast three weeks ago. The stipulation of too much to say anything. In so deep that th boy thought l.ys The sole Is slightly tMeker than tluf In man be It Is shall the he under that will with and the features hla rlerical drawn looking spent party, painfully lasd would never get It out. lie set to work of a the marble pallor of the face. On the the advice and direction of Mr. Moody. who bad lieena steady loser, made a fiiri-hea- ht-ri- Min , lin-atl- . I J I r.n-i-le- nl I r I I t : la-r- m-i- f- J - j , - fjvl cng.-iiiii- iitua-hiof- ri'-i- wlll-dm- - v iiii'u-iiiriii- , r U-.t- Colontl'i Iifin-diilili- ii i l iio j . pn-w-- j j ; at Toil-lerle- U- -j i , siu.-irkc- h; i i N-i-- s i . ds " j t - e To-dn- J i : decla-ninlln- n. ; ! rclii-ursa- : ' ; i Itcwil-dcrinci- Ib-l- promptly opened the jack put. the rich distiller next to him 'bisled' It, the little weakened-fac- e man, who never had anything to say, stood the raise, the lieutenant on a signal from the provost, gave it another lift, and the solemn looking dealer dropped out. all the rest staying in for the draw. Then there was sport. The provost het H.owt flat. The distiller threw In three packages of notes, each containing a like amount. Just here I took a look at the little man's hand and. despite my training, let out an InvolunHe scowled at me, unbut-toue- d tary gee! Ills rest, brought out a Mg black pocketliook. and when he put it back again there were $S,Uu0 more in the center of the table. Every player knew that I waa not a confederate, and was honestly surprised hi the baud. It was a guessing proposition, and they all laid dowu. The game stopped there, with the provost and the lieutenant looking glum. I came to know in time that they were brothers. Next morning, as he was leaving the boat at Pittsburg, the little man handed me a crisp $100 bill and patted me on the head. It was a bob-ta- ll flush that caused my exclamation which he was so quirk to take advantage of." Detroit Free Press. t liow laviilry mn Was Sergeant J. M. Gardner, Company F, Twelfth Illinois cavalry, at present residing at Eagle, Neb., contributes the following to the National Tribune: In a recent issue of your paper there waa a short article written by J. M. Yataon, Company L, Ninth Michigan, entitled A Warm Bed. It reminded me of a circumstance which happened to one of my comrades, Will Hawley, at Chester Gap, Va., on the night of the 22d of July, 1863. Hawley was as brave a boy as ever rode a horse or drew a saber, but he had a dreadful fear of snakes, and a little garter would excite him as much as a whole regiment of rebels. When our nest was ready and we were about to crawl In he hesitated and said: "What If one of those darned snakes should creep in and bite us? and with no doctor or whisky iu cantp w would certainly die. I said that all the snakes had been either killed or scared away, and that X diil not anticipate any harm from them. He still felt uneasy, but after some coaxing crawled lu and soon was sound asleep anil snoring only as old soldiers can snore. 1 was soon asleep, too, and waa sweet fy dreaming of home and the girl I left behind me," when Hawley gave a yell and sprang to his feet, popping his head through the top of the tent ami carrying It off with him. pegs, He yelled al every pole, and all. jump: snake-bi- t: "I'm snake-bi- t, ob. God, I will die! I waa almost paralysed with fear, for I did not know what moment the snake might fasten his poisonous fangs onto me. I called hastily for help, and soon Jerry Ellenwuod, our quartermaster sergeant, came to my aid, bringing a lighted candle with him. 1 cautiously crawled out anil began to poke the blanket about with my saber, when, oh, horror, what did we see a great black wasp! Well, said Jerry, if that don't beat Just then George Brady came up and on seeing the wasp, said: Shut up. Will; It's nothing but a wasp! We all had a hearty laugh, and then crawled back into our pup-tenagain. ts j - i " s ! llody-Knati-hi- J s ItiHlw-nrih's- I """i, j . ptls-cner- In-e- i -- I- I. f. far-aw- ay I'nnrr'n War Kn-rr- t. 1 am assured, besides, that Nicholas II. took the greatest Interest In all the military and warlike improvements of France; It Is an open secret that Russia possesses at present a large stock of the Lebcl rifles and the formula of the French smokeless powder, but what Is not known at all is the fact that tb French government purchased at lasQ the infernal Invention of M. Turpin I hope the name is remembered and that the models of the fearful engines, were offered to the czar. His majesty was shown also tlie switchboard, the levers and keys of which command the forts around Paris, the bridges in the city, and the country for miles around, all' undermined, and an extremely Interesting report on war balloons was submitted also. I know not whether tlie problem of guiding these engines hna been solved, but I have seen myself, day after day, balloons soaring out from the Parc Montsouris and returning to the starting point. Finally, a diagram of the Goubet the mysterious submarine boat had been presented to the czar aa well. And that Is why everybody Is so anxious In protestation of peace and good will forever rails Correspondence St. James Gazette. Near the Right Word. The Irish soldier seems to furnithe story teller with many an i dote. The following Incident is. to have occurred at the battle or r noy, when the great Snxe was the sltal In command: "The password Is 'Saxe'," m1' officer of the guard, as he sent IriBh trooper with a message; forget the word." Shure I won't, air." was (h, Sacks my father was roille When he came to the sentir was challenged, the Irishman wise and whispered: 'Bags,' yon sralpeen; Harper's Round T.through! - ar"j "Well, now that you can tell ua how much It cosff "All you've go to Europe. you can borrow over there." J' - s |