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Show new countries at a distant", and they expect to secure a competence in a very brief time. They go there, live high while their money lasts, and only learn their mistako when every shilling is pone. I could secure the services of 1.500 intelligent, young, healthy men for ten shillings a week and board. The ranches ure glutted with help, and experienced hulp at that." Keep Awar From Australia. "The streets of Melbourne and Sid i ney," says a gentleman from Australia, swarm with the unemployed. They are not vicious or lazy on the contrary, are, many of them, intelligent to a degree. It is common to find among this army of unemployed graduates of English universities young men of culture, whose families stand high in social circles at home. These young men are lured to Australia by the ro-mantic charm that seems to envelop THE CAMP FIRE, BEHl.MSCEN'CES AXD EIMSODES OP THE LATE REBELLION. In Anecdote of Sherman-H- e Wanted a I Wound-M- n About Fort Grant Grant'e Monument Ktc., Ktc. At the Union League club meeting (n New York Chauncey M. Depew, its president, spoke thus of Sherman: 'lie was the one man of the distin-guished statesmen and soldiers pro-duced by our civil war who , had genius, tne genius of originality. It nearly destroyed his career at one time, while it made it at another. He was pronounced a visionary enthusi-ast when he said that it would take 200,000 men to hold the border States, and some went so far as to officially nronounco him a lunatic. When he will if the rest will." AnoUter replied: 'Til be banged if I ain't about as near as I want to be'." and he spoke truly. Hut they all agreed to join hands and go up and touch tho "spook," or whatever it proved to be. Horrors! it seemed to got larger. Now it starts up and now it recedes; but the sol-diers were not to be scared out at all hazards. They reached out and touched it! An oath and a laugh ol derision went up from the men. A grave having sunk in considerable, an old white horse that had boen grazing hard by had stumbled in it, and was trying to get out! The soldiers got quickly over thoir fright, and were soon going on their way rejoicing. The lesson learned that night cured them of superstition, and ever after, when the camps needed "substance," those men were singled out to go and get it grasped the real weakness of tho Confederacy and marched from At-lanta to the eea he became a hero. Nearly all great men hedge themselves about with stage dignity and are al-ways posing for effect, but Sherman was the one eminent man who could be simply Sherman and not detract anything from his reputation or dig-nity. One story which Gen. Sherman told mo gives tho inside history of tho famous march to the sea. Sherman had been importuning Gon. Grant, President Lincoln and the War de-partment every day for permission to cut loose from his base of supplies and march through the country from At-lanta to the sea-coas- t. Stanton thought he was foolish, Lincoln was .afraid he'd lose hiB army, and while General Grant in the main agreed with the plan, there were staff influ-ences around him that were hostile to its execution. One day Sherman re-ceived n telegram from Lincoln say-ing that he might use his discretion, lie instantly ordered ono of his staff to take a detachment and tear down the wires for fifty miles between At-lanta nnd Washington. This circum-stance he never told publicly, but he said that when Gen. Grant's book was published he was interested in a state-ment it contained to the effect that Gen. Rawlins went to Washington to countermand the order permitting Sherman to march to the sea, but ho found that 'tho rebels had cut the wires.' " Mora About Fort Gregg;. William H. II. Beekwith, Co. H, 89th N. Y.. says that his regiment, which belonged to the Twenty-fourt- h Corps, took part in tho capture ol Fort Gregg. The writer was not in the charge, being detailed with Gen. Cooley'a battalion of sharpshooters, but he could see tho fort when it was captured. Some time in the forenoon a charge was mado, which failed, and he could see soldiers lying on the out-side of the fort. A part of the Twenty-fo-urth Corps was ordered to rein-force them, and the 89th N. Y. was one of the regiments. The colonel was shot through the head and killed, and a number of others were shot. When they reached the fort they broke the door on the outside, rushed in and used their bayonets, but before the enemy would yield most of them were killed. Neal C. Spring, Company I, 07th Ohio, says that the First lirigade, First Division, Twenty-fourt- h Corps, composed of the 67th and Ohio, 89th Illinois, 85th and 199th l'ennsyl-vadi- a, captured Fort Gregg. The . writer was wounded there and knows what troops were in the charge. Aft-er the main line of works was taken, the (i'--'d Ohio was deployed as skir-mishers and the remainder of tho bri-gade supported them. The rebel skirmishers were soon driven back to the fort. Tho First Brigade was drawn up in line of battle and the rebels were shelling them with telling He Wanted a Wound. Wounded? No. Nor have I ever seen the time when I wished to be. Did any one? "Yes, indeed. X- I have known volunteers who never gave a thought to rank or promotion, who served well and fought well with, seemingly, no other ambition than to carry home with them some ugly scar in a conspicuous place. I recall a re-.-..- .,. Mark able case of this kind. Johnnie was a young and rosy re-cruit in a Kentucky regiment, brave in action and a favorite in camp. He often expressed a wish that the war might not end until he had received his scar. One day in 1863, while the army of Gen. Rosecrans was resting at Mur-freesbo- Tenn., recruiting from the effects of Stone river, the company to which Johnnie belonged was ordered out as guard to a wagon train that was pulling out on a foraging expedi-tion. Our line of march was on the line of the Shelby ville turnpike, where we found some well-fille- d corn cribs. While the wagons were being loaded eueci, wnen a cueer weni up iruin iut brigade and the color-bear- er of the writer's regiment stepped to the fronl and said that his colors should go intc that fort; but he and a great many others lost their lives in the charge. The colors of the 39th Illinois and 67th Ohio were planted on Fort Gregg about the same time, but the coloi guards were all killed as soon as the flag was planted. National Tribune. Thoae Batterlea on Little Kenesaw. Comrade John Clark, of Barnelt'i Battery, gives an account of his bat-tery at Kenesaw Mountain and Jones-bor-in Tho National Tribune iron; which one would be led to infer thai Barnett's was about the only batterj in Sherman's army. He says Bar-nett's and Gardner's were the onlj Union batteries engaged in Little Kenesaw. Now I don't pretend tc have seen all the fighting around Atlanta but I know that our batterj (Battery H., 1st 111.) and the 1st Iowa battery were on Little Kenesaw, the latter being a little tc our left, and that we had not only one artillery duel, but for 11 davs in succession from June 21 to 80 we had them every day. We dismounted several of the enemy's guns on Kenesaw Mountain, and the 1st Iowa had a peculiar faculty ol plugging their little shells into the rifle-pit- s in the valley, as the John-nies can testify from experience. At Jonesboro we were with oui division the Second of the Fifteenth Corps and as usual did our share of the work, firing shell and case-sh- ot during the whole battle. The batter-ies in Sherman's army were all good none better were ever known; but, comrade, don't take all the credit pass it around. P. D. Swick, D Gross's Battery. Good Records. 3, L. Taylor, Company L, 1st Ar kansaB Cavalry, knows that his regi-ment did not put down the entire re-bellion, but did all it was commanded to do. Since moving to Texas the writer met Gen. Cable, and Is sure the boys will remember him, as h charged them at Fayetteville, Ark., where he gave the Union forces a very hard fight. He met him at Dal-las, Texas, some two years ago, where he heard him make a speech which the rebels cheered. After he was through the writer asked him how it came that when he charged Fayette-ville, Ark., he left so soon afterwards, to which he could give no answer. The only reason the writer can see for his leaving so soon was that they gave him too many mlnle-ball- s. and there was too much show of cold steel to suit him. Johnson's company took up a position across the turnpike, a mile in ad-vance, while other companies guarded the other approaches. The enemy was not long in discov-ering our object and attacking our position, which we had strengthened by a rail and log barricade. During these attacks Johnnie persisted in needlessly exposing himself in the hope that he might be wounded. At the moment of one of the fiercest ef-forts to dislodge us, Johnnie mounted the barricade and yelled derisively at the enemy, but in shorter time than it requires to write it, he leaped to the ground, with one hand clasping the side of his neck, and danced with glee. Wrounded! r When the enemy withdrew and the wound was examined, it was found to be so slight that no hopes of a scar could be entertained. Tears and pro-fanity followed, and Johnnie finished the war unscarred. Pioneer Press. A Ghott Story. It was one night during the war that a number of the "brave boys in blue" were walking along together, chatting familiarly, writes H. G. Miller, in Toledo Blade. Whether they had been to a citizen's hen-roo- st or not, I cannot say; and it is not of material importance. An old graveyard lay by their way, and grim death has a wonderful in-fluence over man, and sometimes, even, over men such as these stern soldiers were. However, one of the boldest ones said, without a quaver in his voice: "Well, I reckon some condemned rascal will rise up out of a grave to scare us as we pass the graveyard." They were then nearing the cem-etery. Asthey approached the dreary 'place, to their dismay and unspeakable horror, a scene met their gaze that sent a chill over their frames, and a thrill of fear to their hearts. Their hair began to rise, and their hearts almost stood still. They were not dreaming; they saw a "spook." It appeared like a person with a white mantle on, raising up out of a grave. A strange feeling crept over the mighty men of valor." The silence was finally broken by one of them saying: "I will go up there and touch that infernal thing II you will!" Another one said: "All right, I Tha Torpedo Chaser. Secretary Tracy has given up the idea of inducing Congress to increase tho appropriation required for the construction of the "torpedo chaser,1' which would cost $150,000 more than the sum authorized by Congress. In-stead, he will ask for power to con-tract for two torpedo boats, and he is very likely to get it. Army and Navy Register. An Opinion. A. Randolph, Co. A. 16th Pa. Cav., thinks it about time to give the old soldiers a rest about the batteries that fought in the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg, as he thinks that history and the monuments erected ought to settle the question to the satisfaction of all concerned. FROZEN DOCS. A Bound, t'nrarnlshed Tale About a, Very Had Cold Snap. It was a cold, clear, sharp mornin gin January. A number of travelers wen stamping up and down the platform, because it was freezing. The express train never waits for any man, but sometimes man has to wait for the express train. When it is below zero and the wind blowing and roaring the train is generally behind time. "This is pretty cold weather," said one man, as he commenced dancing a breakdown to keep his blood in circu-lation. "Yes," said another, "but it's noth-ing to tho cold weather I have seen in Russia." This last declaration seemod to rile the frozen travelers, who were jump-ing and kicking and swinging their hands against their sides to keep warm, laey were pairioue anuuiun i care to stand by and hear the home cold weather belittled or made light of. , "How cold have you known it in Russia?" asked several at once. ' 'Well, now. I have seen it pretty cold, I can tell you. I remember the winter of '67 pretty well. It was about tho bitterest of all the bitter winters I ever spent. I was at Moscow then. One morning wo opened the back door to let tho dog out for a run in the snow. As he jumped otT the step a neighbor's dog saw him nnd, as they were old enemies, they made a frantic rush for each other. When they got into the middle of tho Held they stood still, each one waiting for the other to make an attack. After they had been standing in a warlike attitude for several min-utes both dogs made up their minds to commence hostilities. Just as they undertook to spring upon ono another they found they could not move." "What was the matter?" asked sev-eral men, who could not let the straneer finish his story in peace. "What was tho matter?" repeated the stranger; "why, the dogs were frozen stiff, that is all was the matter; and there they stood, knowing perfectly well that they couldn't move to save themselves. Every bit of each dog was frozen stiff except the intelligence. Each ono thought the other might thaw out first and eat him up. The expression of mingled fear and disgust that lit up their features was hearts rending. They would he easy victims for anv urchins with evil designs that might come along. Suddenly each made an endeavor to wag his tail, and the two efforts were so great that both tails wagged; but, as they were frozen stiff they snapped off close to the termini of tho owners, and two tails went scurrying across the field. "By this time wo thought something was the matter, and I went out to learn the state of affaire. I picked both dogs up and returned to the house with them. First we thought that we would put them in front of tho fire and let them thaw out gradually; but my sister, who was, withal, a tender-hearte- d creature, said that a surer and quicker method of alleviating their suffering would be to immerse them in hot water, which would at the same time give them a much-neede- d bath. So we filled a wash tub with hot water and threw the dogs in, and what do you think?" "What?" asked the entire party, in tones of great interest. "Why, the dogs broke just as glass-ware does when put in hot water in cold weather." ' 'What cracked like glassware?" the.y,.all...asked.. J 4. 1!!.. or wineglasses." What did you do then?" "Why, we stuck them together with glue; tho only trouble was that in the hurry we got the wrong heads on the wrong dogs, and I couldn't tell the fox terrier from the King Charles spaniel. But they were glned tight, though." "What kind of glue did you use?" ' 'I used my great Magic Glue, which I am now selling over the country I have a few samples left at the reduc-ed price of 6d. each. It is purely vegetable and will make a mechanic stick to his trade. I am the solo agent for" ' But the train came booming along and choked the glue man off. London Tid-Bit- s. TERROR OX THE SIERRA. DOWN A MOUNTAIN TRACK BE-HIND A rtUNAWAY TEAM. A Thrilling Tale of Old Mage ! in the Big Mountains A Doien Hair-breadth Karapea A llruken Wheel at I.aat. One night I was crossing the Sierra Nevadas in a stage. 1 was the aboard, and hence had a lonely and dreary nifht of it. Tho long slow pull of tho ascent had coh-sum- ed all of tho forepart of tho night and much of the early morn. It was about 2 o'clock when tho summit was reached, all unawares to either myself or the driver in front for in the tedi-ousne- ss of the long climb, and the silence and solitariness of tho sur-rounding, we had fallen asleep. Suddenly there was a sharp rolling of the wheels, a violent jostling of the seats and we both awoke to the con-sciousness that we were going down the mountain at a most frightful gait a runaway team in front. When tho down grade had been struck, the driver usually a careful and vigilant man was so fast asleep that brakes were not applied sis prompt-ly as was necessary; and tho horses, finding that they were not under con-trol, with the heavy stage rushing upon them, became at onoo frightened and fled in frantic speed down the steep descent. When tho driver first awoko and realized tho situation ho was in mid-air, having been violently thrown from his seat. He had had the linos wrapped about his hands and wrists, and hold-ing fast unconsciously ho was being jerked forward in tho furious leaps of tho team. Yet it was but a moment or two until he struck tho ragged lodge below the railway, and I discovered my situation as I heard him utter a horrible shriek, and then a low moan as of ono in the death agony. By that time tho lower wheels of the stage were off tho roadway; the stage itself was on the edge of tho fearful jrocipice and tho axle of tho vehicle being dragged along over tho stone wall that supported tho lower sido of the road-be- Tho scream of horror piercing my ears emphasized the frightful situation, for the driver was not only being dashed to death, as I supposed, in tho darkness below, but there was tho aw. ti..., i ,i i a liu po&fuuuiij luut in mts next moment the stage and the horses would go over the brink and land in the dismal un-known abyss of canyon beneath. Tho driver was pulling with all his weight in the direction of that abyss. The half-ups- stage and tho vigor-ous jerks of the frightened team in front brought additional horrors to me. Nevertheless I determined to make an effort to save my life, if possible, in a leap upward. So I sprang out of tho stage in a desperate jump from the higher side. I reached the ground in safety, but not a moment too soon. The stars were bright overhead and through an opening in the forest lreo9 around on either hand, I saw the "h ti-ers'' of the toam making a desperate fort to avoid being pulled over the precipice, the lines still in the hands of the driver below, the man clinging to the ribbons with the clutch of death; and the rough stone edges of the lower wall of the roadway having broken the speed, since the axle had to be dragged forcibly over the uneven surface. With swift decision of mind I saw what must be done to stay tbe tragedy, so I jumped to the front, seized the leader by the bridle rein, and at once pulled his face square to the upper bank, I thus stopped the horses and kept the stage on the road. But where was the driver? This was the harrowing thought now in my mind, for the man's cries were hushed. I cried aloud for him, but no answering voice came in reply, no sound was hoard save the echo from tho opposite wall of the canyon beyond, and tho frightful panting of the trembling horses now well in my hands. Again and again I cried louder and wider and deeper in my distress. But I hoard nothing in response save the mocking echoes and the heaving sound of the restless horses. It was the most terrible moment of my life terrible beyond expression. Hope grew stronger, for tho next moment came another and still another groan, this time from a man evidently with vital energy nnd a rallying strug-gle. Soon the driver crawled, half dead, up the bank, but the only thing he seemed to be thankful for, and the only fact he appeared to appreciate, was his courage in holding on to the lines while he was being dashed and dragged on the rocks below! In the darkness the first thing he wanted seen was tho manner in which he had per-formed the fearful feat of holding the reins! I, still trembling, held the frightened horses against tho upper bank, doing all I could to quiet the fears of tho panting beasts. By the aid of matches we soon had a good light, and the situation was fully revealed. The poor driver was frightf-ully mangled and torn, one car being well nigh severed from the head as he struck the sharp edge of the rocks be-low. I tied up the man as best I could, we mended the broken stage and got it back into the road, and then came tho slow and cautious and painful descent to the next station at the foot of the range. Detroit Free Press. ' A WAR INCIDENT. How Admiral Porter Fooled the Con federates at Vlrkabnre. Admiral Porter was never so busy that he could not devise a joke, and during tho attempt of the nay to run the Vlcki.hursr batteries he played a little trick that caused the confederacy to expend about $100,000 worth of ammunition, and to destroy some good lighting material. One day he devised a bogus ram, and it took but a little time to build it and set it afloat. On an enormous scow was erected a super-structure that resembled a terrible ironclad. With boards and fence-rai- ls was mado an imitation of an ironclad casemate gunboat; "Quaker" guns pro-truded from the ports, and the chimneys, built of pork barrels, looked as if they were made to last till the crack of doom. Right under the chimneys was made a hearth of earth, on which was built fires of fuel which 1 J I. . 41 V . . .. woifLii uittKe mo uiuiTKesb in mitotic). The fires were lighted, and this bug-aboo, without engines, gun or screw, was set adrift one morning from a place a few miles above Vicksburg. Vicksburg itself is in a cove opposite the extremity of a narrow point several miles long. Of course it floated it could not help it and within an hour it was near Vicksburg, "bows on." and threatening to puss. It was tho custom of both sides to expect an, at-tack in force at daylight, so tho con-federate sentries saw tho demon in time. The batteries were quiet until point-blan- k range was reached by tho dummy. Then began a noiso such as Vicksburg never knew before or afterward. All of tho confederate guns opened at once, and a Western cyclone is a mere zephyr compared with the outburst, which lasted for a full hour and consumed 100,000 worth tf ammunition. Shots went through it, rnked it, hulled it. but tho floating humbug could not sink. Finally tho current brought the craft directly in front of Vicksburg, where in tho sun-light of dawn tho besiegers read in big letters painted on the side of the craft, tho injunction painted in largo capital letters: : liFJXBKD I'KOrr.E CAVE IS. . Tho warning was not acted upon, but in the moanlimo the enemy in thtlr fright had sunk ono good ironclad and run another on a mud flat fur up a creek. This little joke cost tho con federacy about $1,000,000. The time was not ripe for joking In tho south yet the incident struck the "funny spot" of many confederate editors, and some of tho comments of the affair, which were republished in the Herald at that time, were quite amusing to those who had no money at stake on the combat. Now York Herald. DE BRAZZA. An Kiplorrr Who Knew How to Work the Native of Africa. "No ono who has ever seen Pe Brnzza on his travels," said Steckle-man- n, "could fail to see that he was born to be an explorer. I shall never forget the time I met hiin far up the K wilu river. Ono day I came to a tribe that seldom saw white men. They were not very hospitable, but finally decided to sell me food. I got on rather friendly terms with them, ..11. m. tit oumn In tVirt Tillage. Suddenly I observed a com-motion among tho natives. A few carriers emerged from the forest, and with them was a slender, sad-face- d, poorly clad white man. Ho was tho governor of tho French Congo, and he was otf on ono of his long tramps. Do 1! razz a approached the natives and asked them for food. No," they said, grufly, "you can't get any food hero. We have ono white man here already. You had hotter go on your way." "The explorer said nothing. Ho simply orders his carriers to lay down their loads in tho middle of tho village. Then ono of his man unpacked tho as-tronomical and other instruments, and the explorer sot about making observa-tions for position and altitude. Tha strangest sight the neighbors ever saw was this white man studying his in-struments and figuring away on a bit of paper. They concluded that he was not a person to be trilled with, and that his theodolite was a powerful fetch. Soon a crowd gathered around, but tho explorer frightened them away by his gruff manner and impatient gestures. " 'Get away from mo. Clear out. Don't you see i'm busy? Let me alone!" he said. "At length ho finished his work. Some neighbors had been cooking their evening meal near by. Their meat and vegetables which had been boiling in a pot were ready, and tho group gathered around and began to eat. Do Brazza arose, took a tin plato and a large spoon, quietly walked up to tho pot, helped himself liberally without saying a word to any body, sat down by a tree, and regaled himself with native cook-ery, lie knew just what effect his ac-tions had produced upon the native mind, and just what to do. Then he told the villagers his men wore hungry and must bo fed. The natives gave them all they could cat, for who dare oppose a great medicine man who car-ried such a remarkable fetich as a the-odolite? De Brazza slept in the vil-lage that night, and next morning be paid tho natives well tor what they had given him, and took his neparture. A Story of Mieriiian'a Iflareh. E. K. Martin, who followed Sherman through Georgia relates an army inci-dent illustrative of the stern necessities which confronted the hero of the "ti. ... "March to tho Sea," who has now joinod his comrades gone before in tho silent tenting ground beyond. During the campaign preceding tho fall of Atlanta General Shorman was greatly annoyed by the mysterious disappear-ance of a number of Union sentries who were guarding railroads within his lines. Every morning for a number of days a man was missing. Every night the sentinels went on duty with the bolief that before morning one or more of their number would bo in the hands of the guerillas or a doad man. No precaution or device of the federal omeors lamomeu ine mysiery or pro-vent- Its occurrence. So old Tecum-se- h, his indignation at a boiling point, issued a retaliatory order substantially like this: "If any more or my railroad guards-men are made away with by rebel guerillas I will issue matches to my cavalry with instructions to apply them for seven miles on either side of the army's line of march." This threat, however, failed to have the effect the general hoped for. Every morning one man was missing and that Bort of duty became a terror to the stoutest-hearte- d soldier. There was nothing for tho Union cbmmandor to do, if he would maintain discipline, but to issue the matches and that he did without hesitation. Barnes and houses were burned for miles. Magnificent mansions went up in smoke and less pretentious homes lay smouldering in ruins. Desolation and distress such as war only witnesses or justifies, was spread far and near. An effecting cir-cumstance was the destruction of a poor woman's house witfi all its contents. As the soldiers marched 'by she stood within the glare of the fierce confla-gration drying her streaming eyes with an apron. This particular regiment had received their pay that day. The boys could not restrain tho promptings of thoir better natures as they witnessed this sight and with ono impulse they reached into their pockets and filled the weeping woman's apron with Uncle Sam's greenbacks. Such is the shadow as well as the sunshine of grim-visage- d war. An Alderman's Preaence of .flintl. They wore inspecting the brewery and a milwaukoe aldorman was acting as a guide. Standing on the edge of one of the immense beer vuts the alder-man said: "This vat contains over a thousand gallons of tho delicious amber liquid which" "But he never finished tbe sentence, for as he spoke his foot slipped from under him and he plunged headlong into the foaming sea of Bohemian. With a cry ol norror ine pany new for assistance. Some cried for ropes, others shouted for life preservers, while a few loudly called for a life-boat. The head man of the depart-ment came rushing up and demanded to know the cause of the tumult. "Alderman has fallen into the beer vat," gasped one of the party. "Ish dot all?" ho remarked. "Here, you fellows," he shouted, "bring up once already yet a box of pretzels and aladdor." The party ascended to the edge of tho immense vat and peered over with horror-stricke-n faces. A cry of amazement escaped them. Standing in the bottom of tho empty vat was the alderman smoking a cigar. He had with rare presence of mind, drank the beer and saved himself from a, beery grave. "Quick," said the boss of the de-partment, "give him der bretzels so dat his Btomach will not get chilled once already yet. "Peck's Sun. Helping the Ko Out. Dashaway "Funny things happen in a schoolboy's life. At the school I used to attend one day the boys got a keg of beer and secreted it in the base-ment. During recitation every once in a while ono of us would excuse him-self and go down stairs. Do you know that every boy in that room succeeded in getting down to that keg of beer bo-fo- re the teacher found out what the matter was?" Cleverton "What did he do when he found out?" Dashaway "He went down, too." Judge. Tbe Book of Lire. Every man makes the book of his life, day by day, as ho lives, and at his death the pages are turnod over by his frionds, and by his record each one is judged. Each later line in the poem of life should add something to the opening lines. Each succeeding year should carry one's politics, character, creed and religion a little higher. One of the dangers to this country is the increasing tendency to devote life to pleasure seeking. Nothing should displace laughter. It adds to life. But there is not a more pitiable specta-cle than that of an adult life wasted in pleasure. Some central utility should rise in every adult life. The census takers could not tell how many people in this country are devoting themselves almost wholly to pleasure. The rapid accumulation of wealth may have lured a million, perhaps two millions, of people from their usefulness. Next in evil to the devotion to pleasure is the struggle for notoriety. The book of life should be shown only to its writer. Certain parts of life are and every soul has a world of its own in which there can be no reporter's footprint. Prof. Swing. A Voman'a fonrluilon. She "Isn't it horrible about Mrs. Tinsley?" Ie "Yes. What could have in-duced her to elope with her butler?" She "That's the saddest part of it. She called at her husband's office and was told that he had gone to the mat-inee wjth bis new typewriter. That caused it all. And it now turns out that his typewriter was a man. ' Chi-cago News. I'p a Tree., A Russian civil official reports to the government that in January he saw a pack of wolves estimated to number 2,000, and that a half an hour later he saw another pack about 500 strong, all seemingly In good condition and pre-- r pared to devour anything eatable which might come handy. He adds, as a sort of an apology for making tho report, that he was up a tree when he saw the wolves. The Flrat Interview. Several men claim to be tho "father of the interview." James Relpath always claimed that he started the practice known as newspaper inter-viewing. Whenever it was tried on him, however, he always insisted on writing out with his own hand what he was to be quoted as having said, so ae to avoid any inaccuracies. One SatlMaetlon. The reporters were supposed to have-lied- , the lawyers acknowledged that they lied, and it was proven that the witnesses lied but tho account of the divorce suit was the most interesting thing the public had read in many a day. Munsey's Weekly. The Order Heveraed. Little boys and girls are used in fash-ionable bridal processions nowadays. In former times they generally came after the procession, but this Is a pro-gressive age. Fairhaven Herald. |