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BAINBR1DGE, JULY 6, 1801.
It ftalned Conner.
The cadets if Aurn (Kills sat hi the
slcV aisles of the chapel. leaving the
confer aisles for the officers anil their
families, says Dr. Cyrus Townsend
Brady (n “Under Tojjh’Ih and Teuts."
Wlieu the offering «n« received. the
two boys charged with tlie duty of
passing the plates did not uinke the
slightest effort to circulate them among
the cadets, for we never hath nay moo
ry. They would walk mpldl.v down the
aisle and then come deliberately up the
middle, gathering thence what they
could. One Sunday the chaplain an
Bounced that he would preach n uils
slouary sermon the next Sunday. It
did not have the ordinary effect In
emptying the church, for we were
obliged to go an usual.
During the week It occurred to the
bright mind of a senior, or first class
man. who Is now a prcuuluept New
Turk financier, that It would be well
for the cadets to make an offering. So
ho seut out to the Lank on Saturday
morning uud succeeded In smuggling In
over 300 copiier cents, which be die
tribute,! 1 cent per Imy to the Epls-
copsl battalion. We stationed a strong,
long armed man on the outside seat of
the llrst pew lu eoch aisle.
The ehnplaln made a piteous upftenl
fur pennies even, uud when the rtstou
Isbed endets who passed the plates
started on their perfunctory prouieuudc
the strong, one armed men aforesaid
promptly relieved them of the metal
plates, and each cue dropped lo oue
copper cent with an omluotis crash
and tlien delllierately liiindeil the plate
to the next boy. wIki did the same
thing. It rained copiier cents for nhout
ten minutes. Tbe chaplain was (trend
fully disconcerted, the oillccrs fidgeted
and looked aghast. Some of them
lRtiglied, and the cadets preserved n
deadly solemnity. Tbe affair was a
striking success.
A Plsnn n« Valet to u Crow.
•Tom was tlie uauie given to u lordly
young crow," suys Florence M. Kings
ley In Tbe lafdles' Home Journal
"Beauty was a snow white pigeon of
about the crow's age, with whom be
whs reared. Just how it cniue ill sun
we never knew, but we aoon discovered
that Beauty regularly acted as tun id of
nil work to Tom. She fetched and ear
ril'd morsels of food tit Ills Imperious
commuud, and one of her unvarying
duties was the preening of her mas
ter's feuthers. Tom was very much of
a dandy. Ills coni black plumage al
ways appeared perfectly dressed uud
shining, but tbe arduous labor of bis
toilet was performed for him twice
every day by the humble uud affection
ate pigeon.
"Our tine gentleman would come In
front a roll In the dust or it dip In the
fomitulti and, seating lilmselt upon a
certain.railing, utter a short, sharp call
Instantly Beauty would descend to Ids
side and hcglli Iter tusk. Muttering ant
lously from side to side as she worked,
tint wing each shining hlttck feather
carefully out to Its full length In her
pluk bill, Tom meanwhile dinting luxu
rlously. with closed eyes, after the
innituer of the complacent patron of a
skillful barber. If Hcmiiiv unfortunate
ly pulled a feathei Uni hard, a squawk
and it sudden peek informed her of her
mistake.”
Ills S|ietlln« SvHtem.
Dobbs met his friend Turner in the
Irnm t hey w -n Item going to Blr
itihignum and sti-ptsal lit tlie same bo
tel. Turner registered his name "E. K
Phtholognyrrh.”
Dobbs, noticing It. exclaimed. "Here,
wlmt are you using such a foreign, out
lamllsh name forf’
”1 nin not assuming nay foreign
name,” replied Turner.
"Whitt kind of it name ts It: then!"
“That Is tuy identical old tin me. and
it ts Euglisb too-pronounced Tur
iter.’ ”
”1 can’t see how you make Turner
out of those 13 letters: I snides, what is
your object III sjnlllug that way!"
asked Dobbs.
••Well, you see, uolHsly ever noticed
my name ou tbe register when I wrote
It Turner.*’’ the latter explatmsl. “but
Bluet' l commeneed writing If T'btholo
gynrrtf I set them all guessing It is
as I said before. English spelling
'Phth' Is the sound of V In 'phthisis
‘olo’ Is tlie sound of ’uf in 'eokinel.
•gn 1 there Is tile T)’ In gnat.' •yrrlT Is
the sound of 'er 1 In •myrrh.' Now. it
that doesn't spell Turner' what does I'
spell!*’— London Standard.
Optimism.
When the optimist was dispossessed
and thrown, along with his household
impedimenta, into the cold street, he
chuckled furiously.
"Why do yno laugh, my friend7“ in
quirts) a passerby.
”B»-cause I have Just now been
emriuclputed from toll." reeled rne op
IImist. "For years aj> life uns tx-eL
cue long struggle to keep the wolf from
the door. Out new Hint I have been
deprived of the door I no louger an-
coni|N'lled to toil. Sweet, indeed, uiv
the uses of adversity!”
Then the optimist walked off. wills
*'*“ —"'iv. Into the sunshine.—New
AFTER THE BATTLE.
A VETERAN’S STORY OF A TASSELEP
TURKISH FEZ.
.The Grrtrinmr Incident fn Which He '
Participated in the Second Battle
of Manassas—A Brave Bus and HU j
D> log lltqacst.
“Whenever I see a tasseled Turkish j
fes." said a Confederate veternu whose j
attuutlon bnd been attracted by a !
smoking cap of that pattern In u Canal
street window. “I am reminded of a
curious'and rather grewsome Incident
of my campaigning-days. It wus on
tbe morning after the second battle of
Manassas,” he continued, lu res|ioiise to
a request for the story, ’mid several of
us from tuy company hud gone over to
the Held in tbe hope of plckliig up n
few things that we badly needed and
for which the dend had no further use
—waterproofs, for lustuuce. and sound
canteens.
"During tbe previous day's engage
ment you may renieuilN-r that a regi
ment of freshly recruited New York
zouaves held the crest of n hill nix!
were charged and almost annihilated
by Hood’s brigade. They were mowed
dowu like ripened grain nnri fell so
thickly that their corpses literally car
peted the earth. I dare suy It was as
awful a slaughter, considering the
number engaged, as occurred anywhere
In the course of the war.
“Well, we hadn't gout* very fur when
we came to this bill and began to get
among the dend men. The poor fellows
h|ii] been mustered Into service less
than a week before, and they wen* sold
to be the most gorgeously uniformed
military troop ever organized. They
wore scarlet Turkish -jtrousers. blue
jackets embroidered wltb gold bullion
braid and purple fezes ivlih long pend
ent tassels.
"Being Just from the outfitters, nil
this flue regalia was perfectly fresh
and new, and somehow or other It
added to the ghastliness of tbe specta
cle on the hillside. TWe corpses were
In all sorts of strnngr postures, and
their fantastic costumes gave them an
air of horrible proteaqiteuess rhut 1
couldn't iM-gln to describe In words.
"However, to come to my point. I
hull picked up a fez to carry away as a
relic aud was hInhii to leave the spot
when I hnpiM-ned to notice n much
handsomer specimen on the bead of u
little soiinre stretched out. stiff and
stark, a few yards away, with a hand
kerchief over Ills face. I stepped up to
uiuke a 'swap,' hut bnd barely touched
the tassel when a low. sweet toned
voice under tbe handkerchief said.'
•Please don't!’
"For a moment." continued tbe veter
an, “that unpleasant protest, coming
from whut I had supisiseil to lie a
corpse, made my hair bristle on ray
head. Then I lifted tbe handkerchief
and was 'shocked to si-e tbe delicate,
re Mi led features of a boy not over 15.
He was pale ns death and evidently
desperately wounded, but hi' looked at
me calmly. 'My Hod, I exclaimed,
•what a lad you are to bo here!' 'I'm
afraid I'm dying unless I have help.'
be replied. 'Do you think the surgeons
will he nround pretty soon!' The Lord
knows!' I groaned, for the tioy's cour
age touched me to the ht>art. 'Your
surgeons have all run nway. and wo
only have a few, with more wounded
than they can attend to.' 'Tlien I guess
nil I can (lo Is to lie be tv quietly trod
die,' he said In tbe same gentle voice,
■fan you get me a little water before
you go?'
“I took his canteen and hurried dowu
to a branch at the foot of tbe hill,
where the Hrst thing I saw. by tbe
way. was the corpse of a zouave float
ing In a pool. I Weiu up the stream far
enough to get out of the horrible death
zone, tilled the cant ecu with pure wa-
ter and was noon buck at the hoy's side.
I gave him a drink, uud he thnuked me.
Ta there nothing else I cqn do?' I aski>d
awkwardly, because I knew onr com
pany waa under early marching orders
that morning and that It would be im
possible for me to Huger much longer.
'Nothing at all. thank you. - be replied.
'No un-ssnge to anybody? 'No: noth
ing, thanks.'
“I turned owoy most reluctantly and
had gone ouly n few yards when I
heard Uls thin voice calling me buck.
'Excuse me.' he snld. 'but I want you
to accept this ns a present.' and be
handed me Ills tine purple fez. 'No. no,'
I exclaimed, greatly embarrassed: T
couldn't think of tuklng It. When I
started to a little while ago, I thought
you—you’— Thought I was dead, of
course.’ he Interrupted. 'Well. I soon
will he. and that other fes will do me
Just ns well, (’lease put It on my head
and take mine.' I saw that he would
be hurt unless 1 d(<l os he desire*, so 1
took tbe fes and weut away.
"In less than half an~bou? our com
pany was on tbe march, and. needless
to say, I never beard anything more of
the little child zouave. He wus badly
wounded and undonbredty died where
I left him. I kept tbe fes a long time,”
added the veteran, "hut It was Anally
lost, with otbpr odds and ends. In the
general confusion following the war.
I'd give some money for it today.”—
New Orleans TUnea-Democrat.
Dsisv mss originally tbe eye of day.
Wellington's Endurance.
Wellington on one occasion started.
Sir Herbert Maxwell tells us. At 7 a. m.,
rode to a place 23 miles distant, here
held a review end was back at tlie
place from which he had started fot
dinner between 4 and 5 p. m., says
Goldwln Smith In The Atlantic. He
galloped 2(1 miles aud hack to see
whether damage had been done to a
pontoon train. He rode 17 miles in two
hours from Froneda to Ciudad Rodrigo,
where he dined, gave a ball and sup
ped, was In the snddlc again nt 3 a. m.,
galloiN-d back to Froneda by 0 and was
doing business again at nocu. fie rose
regularly at (I and wrote HU l> and after
dinner wrote again from 0 till 12.
It must be essential to every general
and Indeed to every man who Is bear
ing a heavy load of anxious business to
ho u good sleeper. Napoleon was a first
rate sleeper; no was 1’ltt; so was
Brougham; so was Mi. Gladstone; so
was W'efllhgton.
At Salamanca Wellington, having
given his order for the Battle, said to
his aid-de-camp: "Watch the French
through your, glass. Fite Roy. I am
going to take a rest. When they reach
that copse near the gap In the hills,
wake me." Then lie lay down and was
fust asleep In a minute. In the midst
of the critical operations before Water
loo. feeling weary, be laid himself
down, put u newspaper over his face
aud took a nap.
For ExercISe Why Not Walls!
The best exercise In the world Is
walking. '
A person who know* how to walk In
telligently can get nlong without a
gymnasium. No other form of exercise
brings so many muscles Into play anil
develops tbim so normally. The most
popular games are those In which
walklng'forms a prominent part Golf,
croquet and In a sense'cricket aud even
bicycling merely give an excuse for
walking. i
Every one knows how to walk prop
erly. It Is because of carelessness that
so many walk badly. The body should
be carried erect, the chei»t well out. the
head Back, while the arms should
swing freely at the sides. The pact'
should be regulated to one's strength.
-Every one should walk fast enough
and far enough to get the Body In a
comfortable glow. To get the best re
sults from walking one should give his
undivided attention to It lu other
words, he should walk for the pleasure
of It and uot carry worries with him.
Excessive walking is Injurious. Nev
er walk Just after a heavy meal or oft-
ter violent exercise. And ufter n walk
It Is well to rest for 10 or 15 minutes
before taking up severe mental work.
A Task.
To In- honest, to In- kind, to earn a
little JJud to spend less. to.make, upon
the whole, a family happier by Ills
presence, to renouure where that 1 shall
be necessary and not to he luihittered.
to keep a few friends, but these with
out capitulation; above all. on the same
grim; conditions to keep friends with
blinsclf-here Is a task for all that a
mtiD has of fortitude and delicacy.—
Robert Ixruls Stevenson.
■ IJ - ^
Lr.mb la Either Case.
One of tbe editors who read the man
uscript of Henry Thew Stephenson's
“Patroon Van Volkenberg” thought
that the author might be a good man
to know. Accordingly he wrote a
pleasant personal letter, inviting a bet
ter acquaintance, and. as one of the
tests of compunlonable fitness. Inquired
whether the author preferred Lamb or
Milton.
Mr. Stephenson replied, acknowledg
ing the pleasure the letter had given
him and saying:
"I do uot know whether you ask If I
like Lamb or mutton or Lamb or Mil-
ton best, but In either case It’s L.imb."
Even the reflection on tbe editor's
handwriting could not detract from tbe
editorial approbation of Mr. Stephen
son’s choice, aud the new partnership
of minds was Immediately formed.—
Youth’s Companion.
Would Rather Smoke Thao Bat.
"One day.” writes an American In
Hn vaua. “I came across an old Cuban
woman sitting disconsolately on a rock
near Morro ca3tle. She told me In
Spanish tbut for three days she hod
had nothing to eat But a loaf of breu..
and coffee. She looked It I gave her
a Spunlsb dollar and followed In her
wake. She entered the first cafe she
came to and bought a drink and a cl-
gur. I couldn’t help laughing to see her
ns she walked along the street, puffing
away at the weed purchased with my
money. She seemed perfectly content
ed. The Cubans, even the women,
would rather smoko than eat. They
take only two meals a day. breakfast
about 10 o’clock and dinner nt 4 In the
afternoon.”
Pigeons' Nests.
A curious preference of certain pi
geons for the use of metallic objects In
building their nests Is uotod by M.
Maurice Dusoller In The Revue Sclen-
tillque. He nssures us that several
pairs of these birds tlint he b03 observ
ed In Paris have raised their young In
nests made entirely of hairpins 1 These
urtleles they collected In tUP paths of
the Luxembourg. The young pigeons
grew up normally as thej would In a
softer nest. M. Dusoller Believes tlint
there Is a useful suggestion tu this for
pigeon fanciers, who are often over
anxious. he thinks, to see that their
charges have soft material for their
nests.
He Went.
He—Half past 11! Isn't that clock
fast'/
She—l think not
tile— Well. I guess my watch is Uke
myself—Ids slow.
IShe—Rut II is not exactly like you.
Hi—Indeed?
She— Xo-lt goes.— Ilarlem Life.
Athletes are short lived, and giants
seldom live out the uilotted Htne of
threescore years and ten. They ex
pend too much vitality.
*‘Dt»rHnK!" W,n,l,U * '
The strong, manly voice
Intense as tbe handsomer
over tbe fair, bowed head J*
“Darling.” he went on
are others here observing.^
aee you a moment alone"
For no Instant the listener,
•nd not n curt stirred on „
brow. Then the blue eyes »
to tbe beseeching dark ones. *
“Yea.whutlaltr wastkei
“I—well"— 1
A. slight red flush mantled
«nd cheeks of the speaker i„
contrast to the cool, calin
played la every Movement Jk,
reclining figure In the hie n h J
•The fact Is.” he went on. J
up courage, the first einbim
giving place to a little iaere»
fldence, “I have come totisk'r#
thing l never expected would*
lips, especially after the |Jj
borrowed from you. Duffle /
lend me #10 V ^
Jack Darling laid aside tit,
“Of courae, old man," h* a
ly. "Let's first get a drink.'
two passed out of the clobro,
er.—San Francisco News Lei
A Lass tlreoarcc.
A lady was recently ree.dinrl
young son tbe story of a littkl
whose father was taken ill ,
after wblcb be set himself,
to work to assist In supporting
and his mother. When sbe had!
the story, sbe said:
"Now. Tommy, If pa
wouldn't you work to keep mas
"Why. no," said the littiejj
rellshlug the-Idea of work.
Ain’t we got A good house to Uw
"Oh. yes. my dear." said thei
“but we can'^eut the house. jot|
“Well ain't we got plenty a(|
in tlie pantry?" continued ti*|
hopeful, t
"Certainly, dear." replied tl»J
"but they would not last
what then?"
"Well; ma.” sold the youngb
ble after., fhlnklug a mcuieatl
there epotlgh to last till you gs]
er husband!"
Ma gave It op.—London .
The first European hook that-ever
appeared In the Japanese language was
a translation from the German of
Heine's songs.
- - Immediately Siuplclw
“Why did you terminate y«
view wltb that professional |
so abruptly!” asked the tool
man.
"He made me suspicions at I
set," snld Senator Sorghum,
care how much prevaricationl
slstants use toward other ]hn>p)
want them to be frank and how
me. Tlie first thing that man J
to tell men falsehood. I3esnldli
working from disinterested i
and didn't want inuncy."-ffu
Star.
/ — ■ "■ I
Mo«* Orton* Thins.
Mrs. Qnizster ,wl«, wants
everything,-Now. what do;
alder to lx* JJ,e uyost ctirlotj* llj
ever saw. professor?
Professor Trotter-A wonting
—Harlem Life.
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