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A BROKEN DREAM.
High roared the flames upon the hearth,
The wind howled fitfully without,
And wind and flame like revellers
Seemed gleefully to laugh and shout,
As Maud and I before the fire
Leaned idly back and smiled and sighed.
Her robe of violet velvet hung
In shadowy folds down at her side.
Her golden hair in rippling waves
Hung carelessly below her waist,
And creamy lace from shoulders white
Fell, and its web-like pattern traced.
Her gaze was always on the fire,
And mine was always upon her;
The faint, sweet smell of sandalwood
Came over as her fan did stir.
A score of years—and once again
I sit within tho olden room,
And back upon the air there floats
The faint, sweet sandalwood perfume.
Parted world-wide are Maud and I,
Yet, like a subtle, shy caress,
I feel anear me fall the folds
Of that soft violet velvet dress.
Hattie Tyno Gmbwold.
N AWKWARD MOMENT.
[From Harper’s Weekly.]
“Yon must have been in some pretty
light places at different times, Roger.
RVe know what you got the cross for,
but I suppose that the chances were
often very nearly as heavy against you.’
The man who made this remark was
seated opposite his friend before the
pbeerful fire in the smoking-room of a
tondon military club. Both had the
bronzed faces and prematurely grizzled
bair which betoken long sojourns under
almost tropical skies. The one who had
been addressed as “Roger” was slightly
the elder, and upon his broad chest
bore the tiny scrap of ribbon that indi¬
cated that the wearer had won the most
prized of English decorations, the Vic¬
toria Cross. He did not reply for a
minute or two to his companion’s words.
Apparently they had called np many
reminiscences, few of which were
igreeable, but at last a smile lighted up
his features, and he said:
“Yes, old boy; I’ve very often
bought my life wasn’t going to last a
leeond longer; but the most awkward
noment I ever put in wasn’t in the
ield.”
“No. Then I presume that it was
rhen you were besieged in the Resi
lency during the Mutiny ?”
“It wasn’t in action at all. It was on
vnow/3 aliir* **
“Wreck ?”
“No. That is to say, the ship wasn’t
necked, but I thought I was.”
“Tell me about it”
“Well, I don’t mind. It’s twenty
rears ago. and the telling can’t hart
inyone now. Still you will understand
hat the names I shall give yon are not
:he true ones, and you must promise
lotto try and find out what those were.
“All right. I’ll be content with the
story.”
“Here goes, then,” said Roger, set¬
tling himself back in his chair. “It
occurred just after we’d finished np the
last of those black devils. I had pretty
nearly got over the wounds I received
In the affair for.which the Queen gave
me the cross, and I reported myself as
It for duty. The colonel, however,
bless his old heart! wouldn’t hear of
t, and insisted on my taking a year’s
eave. There was no canal in those
pays, and ihe pleasantest way of going
borne then—and I don't know that it
Isn’t now—was by one of the fine clip¬
per ships round tho Cape. I was for¬
tunate enough to get a cabin to myself
im board the Winchester, of GreeDe’e
line. The purser, Watson, I had met
fct some dinners in Calcutta, and he
promised possible. to We make had things as pleasant as
very few passengers,
piostly pivilians, invalid officers, two or three
and four ladies. I saw three
pi k’.id the ladies on deck when we sailed,
nono of them impressed me as be¬
ing specially charming. The oaptain,
Fhose name was, we’ll say, John Smith,
looked like one of the regular navy,
pe wore a uniform and sword, and was
pery severe of aspect aud stiff in bear
png. I found out afterward that he was
regular martinet, and the half dozen
oiilsbipmen and the minor officers
tood in considerable awe of him. On
uy being introduced, he favored me
jwitU a formal grasp of the hand, and
jerked out a few words about having
I heard of me before.
“Wo did not begin to drop dowa the
river till the day was fairly advanced,
and I had scarcely got my traps in order
when it was tim-ito dress for dinner. Id
those days the captain would have been
insulted if his passengers did not turn
out in full evening toggery. We soldiers
were seated at table in accordance with
our rank, and as I had only just got my
company, I p:\tty well down toward
tee foot, or i ..ser's end. This I d.d
not at first feel inclined to regret, as the
prospect appeared that we should bo a
little more free and easy than were the
fogies up at the top. Bnt when I had
got fairly settled into my place, I looked
toward the captain, and immediately be¬
gan to deplore my insignificance. Seated
0:1 his right was the prettiest girl I had
«Ter seen. Her eyes were—well, it’s no
use mv giving yon an auctioneer’s cata¬
logue of her charms. You just picture
your ideal, and she would come very
Dear it. All I knew was that I was com¬
pletely knocked over. 1 am sure
neighbors must have thought I
either surly or stupid, for I never ad
dressed them, and I was scarcely con
scions what replies I made to their
®hc (Iotrin0tott II
mark*. All my attention was given to
a silent watching of my new divinity,
and I frantically envied the captain and
a bluff old colonel who were privileged
to sit beside her.
“As soon as dinner was over I got hold
of my friend Watson, and inquired the
name of the young lady.
“ ‘She’s a Miss Latimer,’ he said;
‘came out with us this voyage, I suppose
only for her health, since she’s going
right back. Understand she’s an orphan,
and got some money. Dresses well, at
least. Shall I introduce you ?’
“Of course I jumped at the offer, and
very soon the magic words were spoken
which privileged me to speak to my idol.
You see even now I get enthusiastic and
romantic in my language when I talk
about her, so von can imagine the condi¬
tion of hopeless ‘ smite’ in which I was
then. Well, she proved to be just as
charming as she looked, and before I
turned in for the night I was deeply,
desperately in love.
“I don’t suppose there is any place in
the world so favorable for love-making
as a comfortable passenger ship. Not
one of these new ‘ocean grayhounds’
that rush at break-neck speed through
all kinds of weather, and land you at
your destination almost before you have
time to know any one aboard, but a fine
clipper vessel, whose only propelling
power is nature’s breath, and to the
passengers on which every change of
weather or shift of wind is of vast im¬
port and interest. These afford endless
themes for talk, and mutual interest
seems to draw people closer together.
Miss Latimer had quite an affection for
the Winchester, which had brought her
safely from England, and was then bear¬
ing her back. She and the captain ap¬
peared to be on excellent terms, and she
was often invited to walk on the captain’s
own side of the quarter-deck—a pathway
which we were supposed not to venture
to tread without a special summons.
"There was something about Miss Lat¬
imer—Hose was her name—which was
irresistibly attractive to me. I do not
know exactly how to describe it, except
as a curious compound of girlish inno¬
cence and womanly frankness. One
would never dream of flirting with her,
and I fancy few people would have ven¬
tured on any direct love-making without
a speedy accompaniment of a humble
entreaty for her hand. She was awfully
Kina wj me; ubou »u»aj O IV kjro Jt* win 4 HWc
I’d overexert myself, and was constantly
making me tell her stories of my experi¬
ences. I am afraid that sometimes I a
little overdid the Othello business, but
she never seemed to mind.
“Day after day slipped away in an ec¬
stasy of happiness tempered with occa¬
sional qualms of doubt. I hesitated to
put my fate to the test, for if by any
chance she should r fuse me—and despite
my b lief that my affection was returned
suck an event was barely possible—it
would be very unpleasant to meet her
every day for at least two months.
Again, if she accepted me, I should be
so anxious to be married that I couldn't
bear to think of waiting till we got to
Eugland. There is no need for me to
-ay that I was very young; you can see
that from my state of mind. Well,
finally I made a confidant of Watson.
He cut the Gordian knot at once, ‘Ask
he lady,’ he said, and if she consents
get the captain to marry you as soon as
-he’s agreeable.’
“ ‘But is that legal ?’ I inquired.
(< I Perfectly. It will be duly entered
in the ship’s log just the same as a birth.
The captain is ex officio clergyman,
magistrate, registrar, and sometimes
doctor. ’
“The idea was splendid, and I gave
Watson my best thanks. I should have
at once proceeded to act on his advice,
bnt it occurred to me that it might be
as well to sound the captain and see if
he would be willing to perform the cere¬
mony. You see, I wanted to have every¬
thing sure before I put my fate to the
test, I waited through one day for a
favorable opportunity to speak to the
captain on deck, but he never invited
me to share his walk. So the next morn
ing I sent a message by bis boy, asking
it he could spare me a few minutes. The
boy speedily returned with a request
that 1 would follow him to the oaptain’s
cabin.
“I found the great man sitting at his
table looking over a chart. Somehow or
other he appeared to me as unusually
formidable.
“ ‘Good morning, Captain Hamilton,’
he said, as he waved me to take a seat.
‘Can I do anything for you?’
it i Well, captain, it’s rather a delicate
matter, but I wanted to ask you some¬
thing about your powers on board.’
“ ‘They are absolute, sir,’ he answered
a little sternly. -Why do you ask ? Do
you want some one put in irons for in
”“ELt!,, << < cpfim Thetett... dif
that I would like you to use are of a
ferent kind-the matrimonial !’ he ones.; exclaimed,
••‘The devil you say
jumping to his feet, and his face light
ing up with a sailor’s quick sympa y
for a love affair. ‘So yon have lost your
heart to one of my passengers? Pray
which is it ?’
II I Well, captain,’ I answered, I kno
[ An trust you not to leti thisigo a y
furt her at present. It is Miss Latimer.
»i didn’t quite like the look that came
! over h is face. Is it possible I thought,
I tba * this old sea-dog is a little bit gone
1 ^ that quarter himself ?
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 20, 1885.
“He gave me plenty or time to think
before he made any verbal comment on
my announcement. His first words
were:
“ ‘Pray, sir, have you spoken to the
lady on the snbjeet of your hopes ?’
i ‘Not yet, captain.'
‘Has she given you any encourage¬
ment to think that the love you say you
feel is returned by her ?’
“ ‘No, captain; but she has been very
kind to me, and has talked to me a great
leal, and seemed to like to have me talk
to her.’
“ ‘And on these faint grounds you
base your hopes ?’
“I didn’t at all like the toue in whteh
he made that remark, and I was about
to reply a little haughtily. I suppose
he saw the expression on my face, and
he stopped me from speaking by hold¬
ing up his hand.
it < Don’t say any more, Captain Ham¬
ilton. I ought to have stopped you be¬
fore. I couldn’t possibly marry you to
the lady.’
i> i Why not, Captain Smith,’ I asked,
rather warmly.
“ ‘Because, sir, I couldn’t very well
marry you to my own wife,’
« < What ?’ I almost shrieked.
Si $ My wife,’ he answered firmly. *1
am sorry you should be placed in so un¬
pleasant a position. It is partly my
fault, but much more that of your own
youth and rashness. You are an officer
and a gentleman, and will respect the
secret I am obliged to confide to you.’
“I felt so utterly crushed that I was
scarcely sensible of where I was. Cer¬
tainly I did not fully understand all he
was saying, but I managed to retain
sense enough to bow my head in sign of
aseent.
“ ‘I was married,’ said the captain,
‘when I was last home, to Miss Latimer,
who was left an orphan under unnsually
sad circumstances and surroundings.
She dreaded to be left in England alone.
The owners of this line do not allow
their captains to have their wives with
t hem even as passengers. We therefore
decided to keep our marriage secret, and
my wife booked as a passenger under
her maiden name. Not a Eonl on board
except yourself knows the truth. I
trust to yon to keep It sacred, ror 1
don’t want to retire yet for a voyage or
two.’
from his cabin to my own, bnt Grioo in
the latter, I bolted the door, and never
came out till the next morning. I can’t
tell if the captain ever confided to his
wife what took place in his cabin, bnt I
sometimes fancied I could see in her
face, when her eyes fell on me, an ex¬
pression o! mingled pity and amuse¬
ment that I never noticed there before.
One thing I was sure of, however, and
that was that when I became more famil¬
iar with her I did not think her quite so
pretty as I did at first.
“When the Winchester touched at
Sf. Helena, I arranged with Captain
Smith that I should go ashore there,
and wait for the next vessel of Greene’s
line. We made ill health aud the need
of land air the excuse.
“That time in the captain’s cabin was
the most awkward moment I ever knew.
I suppose I am the only fellow who ever
asked a man to marry him to his own
wife. At any rate, if there is another,
he has my sympathy.”
Julian Magnus.
Indians as Horse Thieves.
The manner in which the Indians steal
horses is as follows: Two or three men
approach the encampment cautiously
soon after nightfall, and take advantage
of any creek, dell or brushwood that
may serve to conceal them from the ob
servation of the out pickets; if they sue
coed in reaching tho extremity of the
village undiscovered they stand np and
walk deliberately through it, wrapped in
their buffalo robes. They can no longer
be distinguished from the Pawnees of
the party by the faint light of the half
extinguished fires; and as they pass the
groups of horses collected before their
respective owners’ lodges, they cut with
a sharp knife the lariats that secure
those they purpose to carry off. As soon
they have loosened the required num
b.,. jumps upon sh.kmg
Jnvc. off the rest .1 lull .peed,
their blankets and urging e auirme.
animals to their utmost exertions. Of
course S&S th V 'TrZ £.■£££* ZTi: tl
run o,
K The n eZ“ manner £«£«££ « £
ota them b,. lariat passed
rmind the neck or to ‘hobble’ them,
which is affected by tying the fore legs
elose together, by leather thongs passed
stoop8 down to untie or cut a strong
leather thong between the shins of a
horse> Le not only runs more risk of
alarmMg the animal but incurs suspi
cion from any one who may appe
^8 ^ , ying where awake there in is the a probability nelf?hb °[ i0 of ^ snL “
an attempt, it is better t o le
hobble them.-__ __
, fHB power of Niagara Falls, exclusive
^ tfae velocity with which the water
reacbe8 00,000 the horse brink, is calculated to Jbe
6 0 P<> ^
j fourth of tne who
earth.
A SPANISH BASTILE.
WHO ENTERS CASTLE MORRO LEAVES
HOPE BEU1NM.
All the Records ol Prisoners Taken to
Spain and there Destroyed.
The severity; and even cruelty, with
which Cuban insurgents are punished
by the Spanish authorities is well known.
A correspondent of the Boston Herald
gives an interesting description of Castle
Morro, at Havana, which has witnessed
many mysterious imprisonments and
executions:
“Who enters Castle Morro leaves all
hope behind. To pass between its por¬
tals involuntarily, for any reason, is
considered equivalent to a sentence of
death, and many who have gone there
cannot even be traced beyond the iron
doors. Some say that the records of ar¬
rest and confinement are sent to the
Minister of Justice at Madrid. Others
suggest that the daily reports of the
commandant are sent to Spain and de¬
stroyed after perusal. But, however it
may be, the common understanding is
that whoever enters Morro Castle loses
his identity, and never comes out again,
for the bodies of the dead are said to be
east over the parapets into the sea.
“This castle stands at the entrance to
the harbor of Havana; a picturesque bul
gloomy pile—massive masonry resting
upon the crest of a rock which rises
about 200 feet perpendicularly out of the
seas. It is the point of a peninsula
which embraces the harbor of Havana
and makes the latter, when once entered,
as safe as any in the world. Covering
many acres with its walls and dungeons
tke castle is one of the largest and most
formidable fortresses in the world, sur¬
passing even Fortress Monroe in its ex¬
tent. The present castle is not so an¬
cient as some others on the island, as the
English captured it and blew it np 100
years ago, compelling the Spaniards to
spend a million or two of dollars in its
re-erection. Modern artillery would
batter down the walls, bat would make
no impression upon the eternal rocks,
among whose crevices and ravines the
dungeons of the castle have been placed.
There is no prison in Europe so secure
from capture, either by exterior or in¬
terior attack, for the corridors constitute
a labyrinth in which it is said the com¬
mandant himself requires a guide. No
pen will ever record, and 'j, orrors
which have taken place within those
walls. The iniquities of the Inquisition
did not surpass them, if the stories that
are told are true; and people say that
the cruelties still continue.
“The life of every citizen of Cuba is
the property of the Captain-General,
to be disposed of as he chooses, and he
has chosen that many of them be spent
within these castle walls. Nobody
knows how large a number are in con¬
finement; nobody knows who they are
or what they suffer; all the public ever
knows is that Senor So-and-so has been
‘denounced’ and taken to the Castle,
and his friends keep mighty quiet lest
they have to join him there. These
Senors So-and-so seldom, if ever, come
back from the Castle, and it is better for
the family and friends not to ask why.
The Castle is for political prisoners ex¬
clusively, and when we were over there
our guide told us it was full. He
showed us the place—a little parade
ground—where the executions take
place, and the precipice over which the
bodies of the dead are cast into the sea,
but could give no clue to the number
annually shot, or the number who die
in the dungeons; and the ofheers and
guards on duty were quite as uncommu
nicative, if they were not as ignorant,
To all inquirers they have one answer.
If you ask them how many prisoners
are confined in the dungeons, the same
reply will be:
«• 'Dios sabe.’ (God knows).
“ ‘How many ever come out alive ?
“ ‘Dios sabe.'
“ ‘Do they ever secure release ?
•“ Dios sabe.'
“And the words were true Heaven,
and heaven only, knows all that ha*
transpired within these gloomy walls,
The officers on guard are changed often,
and while they stay it is their business
» S,K,.'u5“£ck'SmVp Liters
lo
^ their dnty and their knowl
L .„ ^ that
Cuba governed. The theory of gov
£ “‘h“h«r a-*£tss
m she h.
•» th.tO» ooc. h.d, is .till ta rogue,
The Spaniard has learned no lesson by
experience He mo oblmous of the
results of tyranny in Mexic.andIS.mth
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ST. PETERSBURG’S DEFENCES.
The Trouble nn Engli.li Fleet Would Have
in Tuliluit St. Prtersburc.
“But you are aware that the Russian
fleet could not stand against the English
fleet ?” suggested a reporter to a Rus¬
sian officer now in this country.
“True enough,” quickly admitted the
officer. “England has seventy-two
armor clad men-of-war against thirty on
the Russian side. Rut you must not
forget that Russia cannot be forced to a
marine war. She has to defend her
coast line, and this she is fully able to
do, even against the English navy. For
that purpose we have 120 torpedo boats
and nine sloops-of-war. But In case of
defence the ooast fortresses are chiefly
to be relied upon, and that is our strong
point.”
“It is reported that England intends
to transfer the war to the Baltic and to
the Black sea,” said the reporter.
“Well, they are welcome there. On
entering the Baltic the English men-of
war oould not do anything more than
force our government to keep at the
capital an army of a certain strength.
But as to taking St. Petersburg there
can be no question whatever, and the
English know it as well as we do. Let
all Europe go there by the sea and St.
Petersburg could not be takeD. I have
served myself in the Oronstadt fortress
and know perfectly well the whole ar¬
rangement of formidable forces there,
I will give you just a faint idea of the
situation. Cronstsdt is situated on the
Kotlin Island, forty-six versts, or about
thirty-one miles, from St. Petersburg.
There are two channels leading to the
capital, one north and the other south
from Oronstadt. Both channels are, as
it were, virtually closed by the three
strategic lines of powerful forts on arti¬
ficial islands. Now, in order to reach
St. Petersburg the English men-of-war
would have to pass between these forts.
By a device of onr own we may concen¬
trate the fire of at least a hundred can¬
nons at any time and on any point of
those channels. As I have said already,
we might easily sink there the combined
fleet of all Europe. The cannon we
have there are of the heaviest and best
make in existence. Some of them could
welcome the English with half ton can¬
non balls. Our men-of-war might also
stand between those forts and aot as
theYe lFtnijfesii Wpeflaefc
yon see now that it Is qu.i^,
for the English to pass Oronstadt and
to reach our capital. Besides Cron
stadt we have those excellent coast
fortresses, such as Sveaborg and
Vyborg. The whole ooast of the Finn
Bay is guarded by torpedoes. No, no,
the English would have to keep at a re¬
spectable distance from Oronstadt.”
Yonth of Ferdinand Ward.
The Caledonia, New York, Advertiser
says: Strange things happen in this
world, but one of the strangest in this
century was the manner of Gen, Grant’r
ruin and by such an instrument as Fer¬
dinand Ward. During the lapse ol
time between 1861 and 1876, while
Grant was winning world-wide fame as
a soldier in the field and as President of
the United States, the person that was
destined to drag him in sorrow and mis¬
ery to the grave was an unpromising
Geneseo stripling, a youth without
honor at home and unknown outside of
the village limits—in short, a good-for
nothrng young bummer, apparently
without a single qualification that
would mark him as one likely to win in
future life so much as a nod of recogni¬
tion even from the mightiest soldier and
most illustrious citizen of the United
States of hie day. And yet, if this young
scallawag hail been shot in one of his
ribald sprees or strnck by lightning,
Gen. Grant would in all human proba¬
bility have been rich and enjoying mod¬
erately good health to-day, for however
obsoure Ferd. Ward was as a boy, there
was a certain devilish, latent talent
there for cunning and wild speculation
possessed, perhaps, by no other hnman
being, and, as it happened, those pecu¬
liar qualifications were so directed as
not only to hoodwink, deceive and ruin
the unsuspecting Grant, but men of ripe
experience in financial affairs. Had a
soothsayer appeared in Geneseo twenty
years ago and predicted such a future
for the lad Ward, he would have been
sent to a lnnatio asylum as a dangerous
character to be at large. Such are the
mysterious ways of Providence in shap¬
ing our ends here below.
An Unfortunate People.
A Honolulu letter to the St. Louis
Globe,-Democrat says the charge so fre¬
quently made that the missionaries are
responsible for the rapid extinction of
the native race at the Sandwich Islands
is without any foundation. The seeds
of deadly disease were sown before
their arrival. The Hawaiian race is
doomed, and nothing but a miracle could
save them from certain extinction. That
disease has made awful ravages among
them is due to their contact with for¬
eigners. Of late years leprosy has been
introduced by the Chinese, and it has
spread with alarming rapidity. It is
estimated by good observers that fully
one-fifth of all the native population is
infected with it, or with similar com¬
plaints in snch an aggravated form as
scarcely to be distinguished from the
genuine Asiatic leprosy.
VOL. XL NO, 27.
HOW GRANT SAVED LEE.
HIS GREAT MAGNANIMITY AT THE
CLOSE OF THE WAR.
He Keeps his Word of Honor, and Prevents
Stanton Iroin Ordering nn Arrest.
An interesting story of Gen. Grant’s
magnanimity at the close of the war,
and his keen sense of honor, comes from
a New Yolk correspondent. The war
was over. Gen. Lee and his half-starved
Confederates had returned to their deso¬
late homes on their parole of honor.
The victorious armies, under Grant and
Sherman, were encamped in and arouna
Washington and Jeff Davis was in Fort¬
ress Monroe.
Gens. Grant and Rawlins were play¬
ing a game of billiards in the National
Hotel and two civilians were indulging
in that pastime on an opposite table.
A major entered the room in a hurry
and whispered to Grant. The latter
laid his cue on the table, saying: “Raw¬
lins, don’t distnrb the balls until I re¬
.
turn,” and hurried out. One of the
civilians said to the other: “Pay for the
game and hurry out. There’s something
up.”
In front of the hotel stood a mounted
sentinel. Grant ordered the soldier to
dismount, and springing into the saddle
rode up the avenue so fast as to attract
attention. The first civilian questioned
the soldier as to the cause but was an¬
swered with the surprise of one who
knew nothing. On being toid ol the
General’s breakneck ride it was decided
to go to the War Department and learn
the cause, if possible. Col. Barroll, of
the Second Regular Infantry, was dis¬
bursing officer in the Quartermaster’s
Department, and to the Colonel one of
the civilians went for information. Ask¬
ing him if he knew the reason of Gen.
Grant’s hasty action and if he had seen
the hero of the hour aronnd the Depart¬
ment. Col. Barroll answered, “Yes,’’
bnt was surprised at anybody’s knowl¬
edge of the event. When told of what
transpired, the Col. said: “Well, as you
are aware of the coming of Gen. Grant
I will tell you all about it, providing you
promise not to repeat it.
“Secretary Stanton sent for me in
reference to the execution of certain
orders, and while listening to his in¬
structions Gen. Grant came in. The
latter returned ancTsaiSr^r.’lfeiflfera^
I understand that you have issued orders
for Gen. Lee and others, and I desire to
know if such orders have been placed in
the hands of any officer for execution.’
“ <1 have issned orders for the arrest
of all the prominent rebels, and officers
will be dispatched on the mission sood,’
replied the Secretary.
“Gen. Grant appeared cool, tbongh
laboring under mental excitement, and
quickly said:
It i Mr. Secretary, when Gen. Lee sur¬
rendered to me at Appomattox I gave
him my word and honor that neither he
nor any of bis followers would be dia
turbed so long as they obeyed their
parole of honor. I have learned nothing
to cause me to believe that any of my
late adversaries have broken their prom¬
ises, and have come here to make you
aware of that fact and would also sug¬
gest that those orders be canceled.’
“Secretarv Stanton became terribly
angry, and said:
“ ‘Gen. Grant, are you aware whom
yon are taking to ? I am the Secretary
of War.’
“Quick as a flash Grant answered
back: ‘And I am Gen. Grant, Issue
those orders at yonr peri).’ Then turn¬
ing on his heel Grant walked out as un¬
concerned as if nothing had happened.
“It is needless to6ay,” continued Col.
Barroll, “that neither Lee nor any of
his soldiers were arrested. I was dis¬
missed from the presence of the Secre- |
tary with the remark that my servioes
in connection with the arrest of the
leading rebels would be dispensed with
until he took time to consider, and I
now wpit the result of his decision.”
Like some cases in law the decision of
the great War Secretary was reserved
for all time, bnt whether the game of
billiards was ever played to an end has
never been definitely known.
Oil in Russia.
Russia has, it is estimated, 14.000
square miles of oil-producing territory,
but the field at Baku is the only one
worked, and this covers a space of three
and a haif square miles only. The out¬
put is enormous. A gentleman who
witnessed the opening of one well says
a column of oil spurted up to the height
of 100 feet, carrying big stones with it,
and that it continued flowing till a large
lake of petroleum was formed. The
product is refined on the spot, the rest*
due being used as fuel for steamers on
the Caspian and on many of the Rus¬
sian railways.
‘ ‘What did the sparrow do yesterday ?”
asks a poetess. Well, dear, we think he
followed out his nsnal scheme, which is
to—get up at 4 a. m. —hop aronnd in the
gutters—quarrel with his neighbors—
dig bait, not for fishing, bnt for amuse¬
ment—take a bath in the puddle—quar¬
rel the rest of the day—and retire at
about 6 p. m. If you have any more
curiosity as to what he did you will have
to apply somewhere else, as this is all
the information we can give yqtu
A BATCH OF STRAY JOKES
FOUND IN THE COLUMN* OF OUR
1 HUMOROUS EXCHANGES.
The Mnlden nnd the llnde—The Russian
Genernl—A Traardy in One Act—Making
his Word Good. Etc., Etc.
HIE LOUISVILLE MAIDEN.
A Louisville girl who was visiting
here a short time ago scored a signal
triumph over a freBh young society man
of this city. They were sitting upon a
sofa together, and as the conversation
progressed he allowed his arm to grad¬
ually fall down until he bad it around
her waist.
She arose very indignant, and he
made the following explanation and
apology: “I hope you will not think
anytning of this. It is just a way I
have. All the Memphis boys act the
same way, and you will have to get
used to it. I hope you will not take
any offence at it, as it’s just my way.”
She left the room, bnt came back in
a few minutes with a married friend and
sat down on the sofa again. Soon she
began to yawn and gave every ostensi¬
ble proof of being thoroughly bored.
Finally she said: “I’m dreadfully sleepy,
and I hope you’ll go home. You mustn’t
take any offence at this. All the Louis¬
ville girls act the same way. You are
exceedingly tiresome, and you had bet¬
ter go home at ones. Don’t be offended
at this. It is simply a way I have 1”
He stood not upon the order of his
going .—Memphis Times.
GOD THE SPIRIT.
Oh, blessed Spirit! Jet me feel
Thirsting Thy vital breath upon my heart;
for thee, I lowly kneel.
And wait till thou thyself impart.
To Thee my earth-dimmed spirit cries;
Give Change thou my blindness into sight.
me from shades of sio to rise,
Aud bailie my soul in Heaven’s pure light.
Thou cans!, to my weak thought unfold
The wonders of Christ’s ma'oli'ess grace;
Canst bid faith’s ravished ores behold
The glories of his unveiled face !
If bnt thy quickening breath inspire.
This heart with fervent love shall glow;
And kindlin; as with Uenvon’s own fire,
Heaven's bliss, on earth begun, sliallknow.
Come, With Holy thy Spirit, fill this breast
Be thou sweet, soul-transforming power;
My my buy ever present gnest,
life, joy, from hour to hour !
AVOIDING A BEAT.
The editor of the Deadwood Roarer
atttended church for the first time last
^■v- T " about an hour he rushed
“What "tne ufazbo <».o —
doing? How about the news from the
seat of war ?’’
“What news ?”
“Why, all this about the Egyptian
army being drowned in the Red Sea.
Why, the Gospel sharp np at the church
was telling us about it just now, and not
word of it in this morning’s paper.
Hustle round, you fellows, and get the
facts, or the Snap Shot will get a beat
on us. Look spry, there, and run an
extra edition, while I put on the bulle¬
tin board ‘Great English Victory in the
Soudan. » If
THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN.
The Czar—-General Komaroff, why
did you attack the Afghans?
General Komaroff—I crave pardon,
sire, bnt did yon ever come suddenly
upon a flock of wild geese when you .
had your gun loaded for lions ?
The Czar—No, General.
General K—Well, sire, then it would '
be useless for me to make any explana
tioB. t
The Czar—My brave and gallan
General! Here, take this medal and,
when you get a good chance, hit ’em
again !—New York Journal.
ECONOMY IS WEALTH.
A farmer and his wife went into the 1
dentist’s.
“How mueh do you charge for fillin’
teeth ?” asked the farmer.
“From two to five dollars.”
“An’ how much for pullin’ ?”
“Fifty cents.”
“Mariar, he said, turning to his wife,
you’d better git it pulled.”
HE MADE HIS WOBD GOOD.
A passenger got off to walk aronnd a 4
little. As the train began to move again
the passenger jumped aboard, but just
then he discovered that he had but one
overshoe. Thinking that he dropped
the other, he pulled off the remuining
shoe and threw it out on the platform,-,
exclaiming:
“There, that makes a good pair of
overshoes for somebody.”
Entering the car, there, to his great as¬
tonishment, was his other overshoe. A
look of intense disgust came upon his face,
but he did not hesitate. Quickly pick¬
ing up the lone arctic he hurried to the
platform, threw the shoe as far as he
could back toward the other one and
shonted:
“By jimminy, there is a pair of over¬
shoes for somebody !”—Chicago Herald.
To incarcerate a man as a lunatic in
Denmark nothing is required but a cer¬
tificate from a competent medical practi¬
tioner stating that the individual in
question is insane. Any one in Den¬
mark is entitled to keep a private asylum
without license, and the patients in such'
an asylum are not under State control.
Denmark has an excess of lunatics, due
chiefly to the Scandinavian habit of con¬
stant dram drinking. They are well
oared for in spite of the defect of the
lunacy laws.