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TUB CfflMis Defflocrat. CRAWFORD VILL t V GEORGIA. LOUISE MICHEL. A COMMUNIST JOAN <>K vttC HYING. To he Grnntrd a K» The -Inry ••> Hi* laUt* of -ir«»h»l Noumea. Paris dispatches that it is the in tention of tiie Government soon to re base Louise Michel, the Communist, tr im prison and to grunt her a ii'oe par don. Bile ill iu a dyil/f? condition. Hhe has ton iu prit <u thin time nearly a year. Her life hits been thus admirably summed up: Louise is a sort of repre (tentative child of the revolution aud she has a strange history. Fifty years ago she was born in an aristocratic French chateau without toing an aristocrat. Her mother was a aeu'hou who worked iu the chatcan and her father was master of the house. She was brought up in the place and she received an education suited to her father’s rattier than to her mother’s rank. In time, when the father’s own son was sent wit ift for disobedience, she took his place iu the family circle, ssUll acknowledging on her own part and tending the peasant mother who had brought, her into the world. Then, as sbe owns to be a woman she caught the Victor Hugo fever of the revolution and in a most perilous relief way, of not the as soul, a mere but outpouring for the Mi n series of precepts for action. Biie began to write—n rnewbat in imitation 01 tiio ouster, as shown in the titles of sons of the things she gave hi the world: “Our Lady of Vroncourt,” “Oc cnlentalu,” ’ Bpn g Is ■-ves,” “Bummer Storm*,” “Winter Winds,” “Dawn Songs” and “Voices,” both lrom heave n and the other place, with uow and then something in the grotesquely comic vein, like the “Men nr* of a i rug." She sent some of these things to the poet and lie gent her back an edition of bis w.irks with a priceless autograph. She was evidently smitten witli the disease of lit crature, but events were to determine her career otherwise. The aristocratic father died, the protecting lady Louise of the botiso followed him and was turned out with lver mother ou her hands to earn hi'.id for two t re she learned to earn it for one. That was bad, hut a prop ition made to her to alleviate her Jo! was worse. They actually wanted to jji,irry her to some \<r shopmen—she, tile inspired feminine Isaiah of the new tins-! That ih eided tier; she rushed away to Paris with all sp ed and set up a si'hool for little boys and gills at M iiitmartrc. Here the Commune found her. This is, iu brief, the history of Louise. strange To the r .amunihts t.ho schoolmistress of Noumea is looked upon as a kind of modern Joan of Arc. A caricature represented her musket ns a rod instead Sis¬ ter oi Mercy,aim* d with .i of a cro-s and the symbol of Who Masonic fraternity instead of a rosary. was bore in 1835, iu the Hante-Muruo. She Studied history, aud discovered that at each evil epoch it would have sufficed to »nppress one mini iu oi ' -r to bsvo t he country. Charlotte Coteav in aseassi nMirig* Marat hoped object to in save view France. Louisa \V h the name Michel, white u Kc ideii'tn -a at Mont mintre, wished to kill Napoleon mind. III. The ilDrt was deeply fixed ill her She had her photograph taken, standing at a table, with one hand losting on n rlenili’n head and the other hand railed aud pointing upward i II 11 tragic attitude. At :lmt time Louise Miehel wore mourn, ing Dr L i tv; she dressed entirely in black, well the exception of a red rose in her dies a or in her bonnet. In 1870 Ron e v< ;ehel la came an anibulauri i r. Dim the siege of Paris i>y the Wr sanies troopi hhe fought dressed us a natieiml guard and picked uji the wounded with the bullets whistling urounu her eu * « During the Commune, exeitod by the fever of the first siege, she offered the insurrectional govern meiit to go and [loot i'luei'H at Ver* saint's. The government refused at first, telling her that she could not go to Ver gaiilofl. To show that it was possible. Louise Michel went there and returned She had not attempted to so Thiers, having given her word this time. Then Ferre disarmed her, saying that the Revolution must not bo established ou a crime. At the time of the repression of the Commune Louise Michel denounced herself. She was tried before a council of war mid Bent to New Caledonia, whore nbo taught the children of the exile's and looked after their sick. She returned to Paris amuoatied, aud re¬ mained quiet until the (S'tiy bread riot of 1883. Lionise Mtctiel demands for women the right of voting and eligibil¬ ity. She believes in the equal division wicked of goods end in «future when the »liail have disapjH'ared lu short, she is a victim of Victor Hugo. Her head has beon turned by “Les Chatimeiits,” and for want of an opportunity she lias remained a platonic Charlotte Corduy. liONt Its IMacp* Chatting with General W. T. Sher¬ man the other day, says u newspaper correspondent, he said a few pretty hard things of newspaoor men, though he ad¬ mitted that there were exceptions, i’o illustrate liow liia kindness hud boeu abused at times, he said : “When the dispatch entile to me about the I'tisier m:issacD> I called tho new pujx-r buys all in tenet her. ‘Now,’ I says, ‘here u the dispatch, I put you ail <-*.! your honor to OOP and return it to me. Then I gave it out two puges to this one. two pages to that one, so they could all work at once. I turned my back, and whisk —Jack Robinson—the dispatch was gone. It never turned up. either, aud it is iu consequence absent lrom the pi ac«> it ought to occupy iu tho official records." Migran —“Mercy, Bridget 1 what’s the n: iter With > w lit This did on! the r. did it?” Bad, “iii fAtle it (IU, wum.” “That *• l am aCraiti you not ate *1- :at this very 1V* a lot of stuff Whv, mum. r.rt, mum. ?'* What kind l dut irco.d. mum. RESIDE THE STILE. We both wa k"d g’owly o’er the yellow gra«a Beneath the minuet sky; And then lie climbed the stile I did not pass, And there we said Good-bye. II„ paiwij one moment; I leaned on the utile. And faced the hazy lane; ]; t neither of u» enoke until we both Just s&ifl Good-bye again. And I went homeward to our quaint old farm. And he went on hi* way; And he has never cro-sed that field again, From that time to this day. I wonder if he over gives a thought To what he left behind; As I start sometime* dreaming that I hear A footstep in the wind. jf he had stud hut one regretful word, O ( had shed ft tear, H. would not go alone about the world, Nor 1 sit lonely here. A ,. t \ „„ r hearts were full of angry pride, A ,. d J(jTO *. aH ,,bokc*l in strife; And «'> the strlc, beyond (he yellow grans, Stands Htraight across our life. - Every Other Saturday, 4 1 >i*i Myrtle. 55 i a number of letters were awaiting (Jol. Ilaldauo, Commandant of Newly, on |,| s return from parade. He was un¬ married, rich and rather distinguished looking. It will therefore surprise no one (hat lie was accustomed to receive a great many sweetly-scented, dolicalely monogramed, prettily-worded letters from the various members of the fair B( X with whom lie was acquainted. Amongst the little heap which lay be f or() [,i tn was one conspicuous for its careless handwriting aud this rough envei ope. Oddly enough, was the one he selected first for perusal. Bcrawled , m u, 0 jjp of the Myrtle.” envelope were theso words: “Bring his gentlemanly Col. Haldane put up eye-glass, and held liis head a little on one side; ho twisted his iron-gray mustache into a yet more poignant ox pression as ho inspected those curious words: “Bring Myrtle.” Who was Myrtle? What was Myrtle? How many times he road and re-read that message was perhaps unaware. But it was useless. “Bring Myrtle” remained unsolved ou the lip of the envelope, an enigma. opened It Slowly he the letter. was nl) invitation to afternoon tea at the Whites people he know heavily-garrisoned slightly, as he knew so many in the naval and military town close to the bar ra rkn at Newly. The letter was from Miss Florence White, who wrote in her mother’s He" called up a vision of Florence White. Tall and stately, a girl with a mass of golden brown hair, rolled oil her forehead- 'Tone a tori ho had Se greatly ad mired mlmiresa and lnvfslv nrovokiiitrl landsc-w a “f^teish .-irl who "Ollwt made him feel v vounc ladies rattled away at him as if he were *1 a sub asked him to play tennis vomivster' with tom and Iroated him like a mere f, But w“thduo this y voung lady had ^iximb'in a aJhadowvSi regard to hfe of the drawing-room on one or two occasions when introdiSd he had taken “tea” there and had him to some deep iotu d matron “• as if in that direction lav s natural hi and now this statdv von ,w r |mly houd.s him n jocular post soriiit bidding him “Bring Mvrtle 1” fortetle Cl j) ah hum FQ t downin' the fS com vdvG chair which r.nv.i,b>-(ri Lie Ani>il and nommanded a li in vi *w of ever-comotiiiioiiabiesea. Tim little rippling waves had an ex prcHsion of infant wiiiles to-dav, and the biioj ant clouds were chasing one an other like schoolboys "fair on a the- common. world dim linw iiiiKHMiit mi cl was t urc ! I To sat, d rcun i m« over his problem “Bring Myrtle” quite happily. a knock with the knob of a stick ou the door breaks into his reflections aud IjniClo Cant in [biton Sffitv cut. rs with his customary "WeH iml Icllow" eh?’ what’s up? Boa and sentiment It’s fatal to sit iu that attitude, looking at the sea. What CoL i ,,,k you ?” lbihlaue roused himself from his reverie with an effort; he gently Upped his left hand with the letter which yet remained idly between his finger and f liiinvli “Jaiie 1” ho said, addressing Captain Hilton by his nickname; “Jane 1 what on earth does it mean when you receive a message from a young lady to ‘Bring M.vrtlo?’ ’and he liauded tho envelope to Capt. 11 ilton. Jane, who had a rolling eye and a rollicking smile, took the envelope dain¬ tily, and, after reading it, pressed it to his heart, and said with a strong brogue: “Why, man, it’s a proposal 1 What do the ladies wear on their festal brows and twist in the flown g satin of their bridal gowns but mvrtle ? ‘Bring myrtle,' I tell vou it’s n proposal—a bona tide pro posttl. I wish a’bohl von every joy! She is a sweet girl, if one.” Without a word, Col. Haldane sprang, in a molodram.itio manner, at the throat of Capt. Hilton, and held him with a grip of iron. “ITow dare yon speak of Mlss Wmte like that? She is the most distinguished givl of my Acquaiutauoe. Apologize! Captain HilUm ro!!od his eye with a ghastly appeal on Col. Haldane, when iho latter as suddenly relaxed his grasp and said: “Forgive me, IliUon; but really I—I —object to such an unseemly idea.” “I bee your pardon. Colonel,” said Captain Hilton, stdlly: “I oVj.x-tequally to toing throCVd. Allow mo to wish you good morning.” “fi- :>. ray frit :id.” aid Col. Haldane, .’.uifu-idly; •'! dvil’t k iov. what i- the rontter with mo! I'm half asleep, I think. Sea and sentiment, as you said just now. C 'me. my friend ! Do tell me what on earth Miss White means.” “Means ? something green,” said Hil ton. viciously; ••but whether sprouting In the tub. after the fashion of the Mos sum in ? shrub, or ( one up m a g;ass caso after the art ; ft mede. I know not. I wish von good morning, Colonel.” Aud with that he retreated to the mushroom. ‘ ‘Blossom shrub,” usurmtired Col. Haidxn^, “i '.w his Hibernian wit! Eureka ! Now I have it P And with that he Eat down at Ids writing-table and penned the following letter: "An Myopotis, 10 Aram* Victor Emmanuel, a Menton, Aip-n Maritime*. “Send the finest fi >wering myrtle von possess to the following address: Miss Florenee White. The Grange, Porter down, Sussex. The September myrtle must arrive on the afternoon of the 7th, one week from this date. ’ Then Colonel Haldane rang the bell hastily, and told his man to post the let ter. This done be placed the note from Miss Florence B lute m the pocket of liis frogged coat and then proceeded to read the rest of his correspondence. * ♦ * The afternoon of the 7th duly arrived, and with a strange palpitation at his heart (a sensation which ought to have aroused his suspicions as to the exact date of drove his susceptibilities), in little Col. Hal¬ dane up his hooded ear ‘‘Here wines the pig in the poke,'* said S „ %T 1 S''T , , . , ; r ■ ieihWB. “If a man wili drive a carriage with a hood, what is one to call him but n pig in a poke, you know? He is fid geting at the gate most awfully, Florence; do come aud look.” “I like that hooded carriage.” said orenoe. “Le style e’est I’homme meme.” And then she turned with ready grace to meet Col. Haidane, who had just entered the room. “Felicity and I were drawn to the window by the magnetieal influence of your charming little carriage,” she said. “Iso admire your‘poke.’” “Do you?” smd Col. Haldane, grate fully. “It is very kind of you!” and then be looked steadfastly at Florence, absolutely blushing as he did so. Florence, catching the glance inter¬ rogative, was arrested in her amtsbie in¬ tention of transporting him to the other end of the long l ine drawing-room, and introducing him to Mrs. Burlington, the Rector’s wife. This agitated gentle man did not look exactly in a state to be discoursed to about winter blanket clubs and working men’s clubs and friendly societies. It is very fine to talk about leading an nnpuzzled existence, like Jane Austen; tint why on earth did Col. Haldane look at her with this unfathomable glance lrnm his undeniably She fine gray eyes? Whut did it mean? foil away from him, musing, aml^ turned the outward machinery of trite commonplaces on her greeting of the numerous guests, whe were rapidly arriving. started The Whites had just a page, who answered to the ubiquitous name of “Tommy;” one of those specimens much adapted by ambitions matrons as il » improvement on parlor maids; a creature raw of the fields, with the ex prc«won of an animated turnip and drains to match. In the midst of a >",zz <* voices intermingling with the frou-frou of rich dresses, Tommysud denly darted into the room and made straight for Miss Florence White, carry in suggestive & in his lobster-colored hands a book of the P. D. Company. solidary Colonel Haldtonb.v dfeep ’ recesTTf fromj^his theAay seat in the facinf window Orange,’’ felt the awful entrance sensation to , ^ an come ovr ' him. Was this the myrtle arriv fa* ' and had the Menton folk abso lutely charged the carnage to ! Miss He White ? What should he do shrunk behind the deep amber of the curtains, then as suddenly emerged. her “Bring and' Myrtle!” these were rush own wordu, he made a violent across (he room to lier side. “It’s the myrtle 1" lie said breath lessly. “Allow me I The stupid continued, people have made a mistake,” ho ineolicreutly “The idea of charging the carriage to you 1 And ho throw a sovereign into Tommy s bashful fingers, Miss White locked at Col. Haldane with ever-enlarging pupils. He had re turned lately from Egypt, had been in defatigable at the bombardment of Alex andria, had had an illness on liis return, Ami she remembered hearing that he had been obliged to have his head shaved. She continued to look at him quite tenderjy, as these thoughts flitted phantom-like about her. “Thank you, Col. Haldane,” she said “Yon have saved me the trouble of fetching my purse. I his is a new boy-country manners, you know; he wants instruction! and smiling pleas antly, she moved out of the room after the In “Au “It’s'a Myosotis, flowering a Menton,” myrtle, etc. Miss,” said Tommy; "the biggest the carrier says it over foil his duty to deliver." “Fetch a pair of White; gardening “aud scissors, Tommy,” said Miss anotb er time never venture, to .bring P. D. C. books into the drawing room. Go to the housekeeper with that land of thing.” Tommy took thefcolor natural to him in yet deeper hues and ran for the scis sors- Miss White soon snipped the de taining strings and gave way to a very natural delight as the starry view. blossoming mvrtle was exposed to thought; “it’s ad “Very odd, ’ she Poor dressed unmistakably to me. Col. Haldane 1 What does it mean ?” ^ Thinking Lie bombLlment again of the shaven head of Alexandria she ojhtHU * 1; ttle pensively and a little com passionate.y, . and returned to the draw* T mg room just in time to escape the en try of Mrs. Danvers, whose forest cart, drawn by a lovely pair of Welsh pomes, she saw turning in at the gate. That huly now entered, followed bv her insep iirable companiou, long-bodied, a perfect low-legged, Dandy Din- flap moiit, a eartnl, pedigreed creature, which rejoiced in the possession immediately of seven made prizes. rush FI-•rence a at -V'• ,'ou have bronga. M»i t,e ! I wtw afraid, u leu I saw you tins morning, tha. you would forget, though I menhouei it in my no.e . -Both ladies sM^rflJdane e Dlnug^ U inlSelre flections, in the rtoess of the window, Was this long-backed ow-legged flap eared dog the honored object of the ‘Of course, I brought dear old ^ Myr tte,” retorted Mrs. Danvers. “tohouid suffocate at an afternoon tea if I hadn’t a bit of natural life like that trusty Scotchman about me.” ‘ Now i‘s explained!” said a deep voice from behind the amber curtains, Ilf. <i Go!. Haldane came forward once '»• e. »« tatlon . of ... h,S maUDer had , , Vaa ’ 'h i; "e was smiling serenely, aud his - e* were fixed with an expression of w. r! co understanding on the counte nance of Miss White. Mv-tiesWe -,^Xlv. ‘“This is MyrtiXRival may be; but this form of %J rtJe 0 „ n ’ t be improved upon !” ' l ja Vi( , 8 White’s pupils enlarged , vm „ ath «,icA;iv. Worse and worse ! Co) Haldane ! She trembled for hu Not so Mrs. Danvers. Fix m „ biia w ; tb ber bright eyes, she said: “What is explained ? Confusion of cir oumsfaaces ?” • Confusion of envelopes. Bring Myr tie was scribbled on the wrong back— that's all,” said Col. Haldane. With a sudden illumination, Miss tied confusion. -‘Does that account for the presence «•*«*» » asked, after a moment of bonified 31 fence. “Daw Charming mistake for me,’ muttered Col. Haldane. “Gave mean opportunity that I ” and he looked at Mrs. Danvers, who, with a finesse worthy of her, dashed away to the other end of the room to meet the extended handof' an apropos acquaintance. He went on smoothly enough now. “An opportunity that I wanted. Wiil you one day wear a sprig of that other myr tie for me, Florence?” Miss White didn’t say “No;” so she evidentlv intended to sav “Yes.”— The Argosy, fnmiNG DESERTERS How : Genera! Win field Scott Treated the Skulker® From Hi* Army, At the battle of Cherubusco, in the valley of Mexico, writes a correspond* ent, one of those series of battles which took place before the capital was captured, occurred one of the most itn pressive acts of the entire war. I mean as to its effect upon the men of the army. It was one of those evente which carried instant conviction to the minds of the soldiers that discipline and alle giauce to the flag were of paramount im portanee. After a desperate struggle the works were carried, and among the captured were found a number of de¬ serters, men who joined the Mexicans and served the guns against their own comrades, and the full force of their aid to the enemy is apparent when it is known that they were nearly all trajned artillerists. On the discovery being made, intense indignation . prevailed, aud nothing hut the strictest discipline and prompt obe dience to orders prevented the men from dealing the out an But Distant drum vengeance head upon deserters. a evurt martial decided, with due formality, their fate, which was to be hanged igno miniously in the presence of all the army then at that point assembled It must be undersood that a portion of the forces were then engaged with almost the "accessible enemy at p*of $ stronghold of the enemy, uoldiBg farther advances upon the city, and that most desperate engagement Was dkwn then undecided. The men were up in due order, each with a rope around his neck, thirty deluded victnna about to receive merited punishment for basely deserting tho flag Jind turning the enemy’s guns against iheirowncom raaes. The officer in charge, upon whom devolved the duty, cast a quick g.ance m the directum of Chepuitepee. bnd denlya- R o^med to impress him and lie said,. Let l “f n ‘ 4 L they see tjhe American nag npou the hights of Chepuitepee” With breath less anxiety they waited. It was a hard fought battle, the fitm. result being doubtful. Many brave men went down to rise no more and many a man carried the wounds there received through fate to his grave. The gallant Colonel Fvmsom of tacNew Lnglaud regiment his hie; Gap am Mayne Le . wbome J. knew, and others were wound ed and were among the firs, to enter ™ f‘‘ofl hfc t that car . „• those wmVnw waicners, and anaaismay dismay to to the me hearts uearis of o £l the Starry Sinner turned floated the to sad the bi ize AH eyes then to spectacle stood motionless before (hem. as statues, The deserters awaiting the doom they could not shun. ..hey had taken their last loot ot the flag i5) ey had sworn to p.otect, and were Ft ‘ nt “nuanointed and unannealed tc answer to the last great roll-call, A Determined Woman. Ben: Perley Poore, in his reminis ounces of Mrs. Gen. Gaines, says that during the last illness of her father he made a will in hie daughter’s favor. When he died this will could not be found, but a previous one was pro duoed which contained no recognition of Myra. Under this wul his real estate in New Orleans was administered on and sold. Nor did his daughter Myra, then a child, know anything about her P a rentage and history until she had grown and become the wife of Mr. Whit n She at once commenced the prose on tion of her claim to be recognized as y, e legitimate daughter and heiress of Daniel Clark. This she continued, and when, after the death of Mr. Whitney, Q en _ Games addressed her, she con se nted to become his wife only after lie bad promised to second her interested litigation. The great number of persons io defeat her, aud their large means, rendered the contest apparently a mos. unequal one. _-- _Thp Fort Wor th Twas, GazeUe savs of the Staked Plain. a eastenipartof New «;«» ‘_ •*““» ° ^^ „ ( r , lt) bv Weils of splendid Welcome water tbe fluid time aft« breuto feet, has been stock^but du" Tins water not only sa»plie8 enough is expected to be obtained *o use suecessful'v ' ter irrigating purposes.” MILLIONAIRE YH”S WIFE 30. G. An Oriental Tale ot Love and JLoss and Literature irtsut Citututi. In the Canton Sum Ye Bo appeared the following card : Ten years ago our well-known bat eccentric townsman Yip Ta Show estimated was a millionaire, his wealth being at 4,250,009 taels (§5,950,000 ). He lived in elegant style, ana lor eacu of his ten wives he provided a mansion and a retinue of servants. He frequently paid @50 lor a perfumed bath, ana @400 lor a dinner or evening supper. he Beyond this extravagant living in¬ dulged in cards and speculation on the Bourse. His wives, and especially wife No. 6, became alarmed and repeatedly besought him to change his ways and give up his spendthrift habits. He promised to reform, but did not re¬ form. His wives a war, after a long discussion among them¬ selves, and with their friends leu Yip in a body, taking what property they could. Wife No. 6 was the fa vorite, aud succeeded m carrying off about 350,000 taels. Instead ot fleeing the realm she went to another part of the city, and there, under the assumed name of Mrs. Woo, bought a handsome residence and settled down to live. Yip persevered iu his downward course, and in another year had lost his entire fortune. He became a street peddier. He had some poetic and liter¬ ary ability, and made a miserable in¬ come by printing and selling his poems and other literary productions at about one oent a copy. Thus for nine years he managed lo keep body and soul to¬ gether, making sometimes ten taels a week, and sometimes, when he met the friends of his past, two or three thou¬ sand taels at once. He was not alto¬ gether friendless; as wife No. 6 kept her eyes on bun, and time and time again, when business was \ ery bad and he was penniless, she bought up his snack of songs and essays at full value, he being ignorant who the purchaser was. On the 17th of last month, when his wife aud son were celebrating the lat¬ ter’s birthday, he entered the house to sell his latest poems. By accident the servant, an ignorant woman from Yu Nam, sue wed him into the sitting-room of the house. His son, whom he did not know, bought several poems, and had just paid iur them when the door opened and wife No. 6 entered. The recognition was mutual, and after ten minutes of explanation a rec¬ onciliation was effected. Tne other day written agreement was filed in the Chefoo’s yamen (Mayor’s office) whereby Yip was assured an annual income of 10,000 taels, subject to revocation by his wife and son on six months’ notice in writing to Hon Qua. the banker, who has assumed the trust. Yip has given up poetry as a retail business, and when seen by our editor, was attired in silk worthy of a Viceroy of Naukin. He Got to Know Him. A LITTLE STOKY ABOUT A COLONEL "WHO WANTJSL AN OFFICE. Washington correspondents me telling stories of aspirants for office, and dig up that of Colonel John McPherson oi Page county, Va. Soon after the elec¬ tion of President Pierce, Colonel Mc¬ Pherson turned up in Washington. He was a fine old Virginia gentleman. Ar¬ raying himself in purple and fine linen and armed with a magnificent gold headed cane, he appeared at the White House and procured an interview with the President, whe blandly asked what he could do fos him. Colonel McPherson had been a warm supporter of the Presi dent, and that he desired a consulship iu a salubrious climaie, where the pay was- good and there was little to do. The President informed him that his case should receive attention and invited him to call often. Hu did so tho next day mid on many succeeding i.ays. to would say: ‘Good morning, Mr. President, and the Presi dent would reply. Good morning, Col¬ onel McPherson.” After some days the President cordially invited him to return to liis home, and assured him that his caee would receive consideration at the proper time. Weeks passed, and as no message came from the President, Colonel Mc¬ Pherson returned to Washington and again appeared at the Executive Man¬ sion. With some surprise Mr. Pierce greeted him, and asked what be could do for him. Colonel McPherson replied that lie had come after that consulship. The President regretted that ail the places had been filled. After Colonel McPherson had coo led off he said to e friend: “Well, I’ll be hanged if the President didn’t get to know me, any¬ how l” The Club Man anil liis Wife. jj e j s a club man with a nice little wife> Like many other married men a j so possessing nice little wives, he has groW n careless in his attentions. He rans down to the club nearly every nigh t. She stays at home every night, But then her place is at home. A box o( cai; d y makes amends for any slight, t hinks he. Now, she don’t cry when he j nst goes out “for an hour.” She simply calls “good by’ from the hern! G f t ^ ie stairs, then goes into her room, puts on her prettiest dress, dabs a little powder on her nose and waits for the door-bell tc caliber down. Then she 8 kips into the parlor and spends a de Hofitlul evening with another club man. Oue of those dear fellows who hate to seo a woman neglected. It’s all per f ee tlv proper so far. But some day tller e will be a row. Then, poor little wife, you wiil to the sufferer. “There ’ ; and another for is U K j aw ; 0 r the man the woman .”—Sin Francisco Report, -—--— Bad Boys.—“C ollege boys are no re 'Doctor- of persons,” said a gentleman who lives at Princeton. “When Presi Sceten the Ctiief 18 foralpoech. Magistrate was He reloaded,'and on by the in'conclusion boys remarked with a great deal of fading that he was about to confide to their care what was to him the dearest thing on earth. The words were scarcely out of his mouth when one of the youth rose and sung out in stentorian tones: Three cheers for the thing T ”—Fhiladdphta Press. ODDS AXD EXDS. Anna Dickinson is again lecturing. China has taken np with postal cards* Capt. Howgate is 6aid to be in New Mexico. It takes five men a year to make a locom otive. The Standard Oil Company employs 93.000 men. Tee latest novelty is chicken hatch ing by electricity. The Jeannette Monument fund now amounts to $2,652. Mb. David Dudley Field will be eighty in February. The colored population of California is estimated at 7,500. The peppermint farmers of Pennsyl¬ vania are getting rich. The American tiettle can be used to make seersucker cloth. Thebe are 3,589 postoffices in the State of Pennsylvania, John Bskht was seventy-three yeara of age on November 16. Venison is not dear in Idaho, where it sells for 2 cents a pound. Tee dividends payable in Boston in January aggregate $9,710,478. Mme. Ristobi receives 40 per cent, of the gross receipts of her tour. The conductors on street cars in Mexico always carry revolvers. Observing travelers say the Japanese are more polite than the French. Thebe are at present sixteen locomo works in the United States. The figures grow. Washington now expects 200,000 visitors March 4. Mbs. William H. V andebbilt always dresses in black for church-going. The Redistribution bill gives the next House of Commons C70 members. Thebe is now @13,986,134 deposited in the postofiice savings bank of Canada. Linutpoon has a larger fleet of mer¬ chant ships than any port in the world. The increasing number of Jewish un¬ dergraduates is much remarked at Ox ford. Nearly all the winter resort hotels in Florida are conducted by Northern men. Seventy-five newspapers have started and died in New York city in thirty years. Tnn New Orleans Exhibition will not be in full running order before Feb¬ ruary. The total number of cigars produced iu the United States is 3,090,000,000 an¬ nually. Tboy ice harvesters expect to take from the Hudson this winter about 135,* 000 tons. In Ohio the standard weight of a bush¬ el of ear corn is 68 instead of 70 pounds as formerly. The Maryland home, Representatives going and in Congress reside at in out daily. The Maine rivers have frozen up in unusually good shape, very smooth- and very clean. Seven churches were destroyed in the city of Anticpiera, Spain, by the recent earthquake. It is estimated that about fifteen thou¬ sand persons are out of employment in St. Louis alone. On a trip around the globe the cost¬ liest link is that from San Francisco to Yokohama, $250. The Spanish treaty will be greatly modified and chiefly in behalf of our tobacco interests. Twenty years ago the Danes im¬ ported nearly all their sugar. Now they raise it from beets, There are twenty-two retired rear admirals living in Washington, aud only two commodores. A monument made of cement, has just been b uiit oa ‘-he spot in Hawaii where Captain Cook fell. A society for the eradication of pro f an j(y is ike latest moral reform move¬ iu Now T cxk. It is said that no town having a poo ulation of 5,000 or more is now without a rollerskating rink. Haupeb’s Magazine is sold for eight¬ een cents and the Century at twenty five cents in London. About 2,000 Scotch people colony are making arrangements to form a in Los Angeles county, Cai. Among the enriosities collected by the Alaska Fur Company is a salmon which in life weighed 130 pounds. Policemen who serve on the New York force for twenty years are retired on a pension of §600 a year. A man with $100,000 in cash, if at all smart, can go into Wall street and lose the last dollar in four weeks. Too Bright. A bright but forward boy frequently finds that his brightness does not save him from punishment for indulging in forwardness, of which distressing fact to forward boys we give ilia following illustration: At one of Sheridan’s din¬ ner-parties, the conversation turned upon the difficulty of satisfactorily de¬ fining “wit.” Forgetting that he was expected to hear, see, blit say nothing, Master Tom Sheridan informed the company— “Wit is that which sparkles and cuts.” “Very good, Tom,” said his father. “Then, as you have sparkled, you can cut 1” and poor Tom had to leave his dinner unfinished, and retire to private apartments. a saw mill the safest btsixess. “Father,” he said, as he looked up from the paper, “there were three hnn dred and forty-eight commercial failures last week.” “Great Scott 1” There was silence for the next five Kh4 foom hS p^Smarket “Three hundred and forty-eight, eh? Jist exactly what I counted on when I stopped you from going into the mercan tile business and put you into a saw mill. A saw mill is sunthia’ that can’t fail once iu fifty years, and when it does the law gives ye the mill-dam, and ye can steal all the saws from the creditors.”— Wait Street News.
