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Show Hard to Itcognize. At Antietam, just after the artillery h.d been sharply engaged, the Rockford (Va.) battery was standing, awaiting orders. or-ders. General Lee approached and stopped stop-ped a moment. A dirty faced driver of about 17 said to him: "General, are you going to put us in again'' Think of such a question from such a source addressed to the general of the army, especially when that general's name was Lee! "Yes, my boy," the stately officer answered an-swered kindly; "I have to put you in again. But what is your name? Your face seems familiar to me somehow." "I don't wonder you didn't know me, fir, I'm so dirty," laughed the lad, "but I'm Bob." It was the general's youngest son, whom he had thought safe at the Virginia Vir-ginia institute. Youth's Companion. A H'nr'tt v orK ol ilie i-;isirur institute. The annals of the Pasteur institute for the year 1893 have just been published. pub-lished. They show that last year 1,648 persons were treated for hydrophobia, and that only six of them died of that disease. Of the number mentioned, there were 1,470 French people and 178 foreigners. for-eigners. Among the foreigners were 43 Spaniards, Hr Greeks, 23 English, 23 Belgians, IS Egyptians, 14 British subjects sub-jects from India, !i Swiss, 9 Dutch and 6 Portuguese. Since M. Pasteur commenced com-menced to practice his inoculations against hydrophobia 14, 430 persons have been treated by his method, and 72 bavg died cf the diieasa, London BtaofUrd, |
