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I fhe Search-Light. 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. 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