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STORY OF THE MERRIMAC history of the Famous Confederate Ironclad, Related by Col. H. Ashton Ramsay, One of Her Officers. For The Constitution. Baltimore, December 16.—(Special Corre jHJßsondence of The Constitution.) —Just thir *ve years ago this month the slates of north and west, still loyal to the union, thrill. <1 to their very core by the ling intelligence that the confederate ■run,ent was building in the old navy 1 at Norfolk, an iron-clad monster 'h would In all probability destroy itim every union vessel, lay New York, lad, Iphla and Boston under heavy con ution, have Wushington it mercy d change the entire tenor of the war. •fncoln called a special m. cling of the ablnet, at which Stanton painted the fu uro in the most dismal colors, and Seward, usually so hopeful, sorrowfully admitted the truth of the picture. ' The north trembled, but strange to say, the south took very little stock in the ex pi rlne nt. Ills v* ssel was the Merrim c, c ' 1 by th, southerners, 'the Virginia, an i was constructed on lines unheard of in naval warfare, ancient or modern. The engine,'!' wl:o built this remarkable, and now his to ic craft, is Colon, 1 11. As!i:-*n Rai's;'.', a consulting engineer in Bal; m ..re, b.r mertly a chief engine, ’' in the eonfederato navy and was an officer on the Mernr, t I wli n she was a United States war v. .-=• •?! I back in the, 60’s. As an assistant engineer, | be converted her from a wn.ck, burned to I the water’s edge by the r.-tr sting f*-d- t’-.’.ls. Into the most formidable w r <)•- to g. i" of modern times. He was abwi'J 1 !:-r when she rammed and sunk the Cum- , t l ria:*!, captured lhe Congress and A <1 in her desp..rate six-hours’ light with WL Ericsson's famous monitor. ■ lor his sei”. - s he was elevated to the ; j • ... r i:. til* ■. j a ■ t*i an Its < ■ ■ ■ ,■ 1 J. ft . r ■ . • Told It for The Constitution. M 1? or thirty years < ’clone 1 . lli.msay lias A, nr; dto wide an m-ount el tins I j ■,. 1 he ; - < . entfcl < ’r,. ■r, to >1 I ■■ ■ '■ I' the 1 t war to furnish an a Os • ■ -ii' it f< r 'he stupe- " 1 >" k r d—■ ; ■ V > their war I s and has |ir, -1. • ■ I,no ;v -wr m many •J -r Tp. : - i ; he was en ' ’y z book C'!l lilt’ SUl'J’Ct. boat done, and w !:en . i. :b d . . office in Baltimore a few d i vs lingly conH- nted to tell me the battle for The Constitution. ’ san’gumary encounter with ciid Colo-ncl Itamray, I'ght dmtral Farragut was frank Admiral T’ort.r B it the be most remarkable naval ■ and the results of her with tlie Cumberland and volnt oniz' the nav!-■; of ,’ould bo felt lor centuries was correct. The moment ent. h-r to the bottom nd guns firing, th, na ■ pr- sc ntian :t: v st loney, w, ro r nd r< d n vess. Is are . n I.' ; and training ships u naval militia. had In 1 spies watching the . our ilia, day’s fight, , prm. d success, th.' news | jom.on histantcr, and the I ~ ■* ir*e very the m« s.-.age I .., d, began preparations for ru ling the English navy. as chosen by Secretary of the Navy I J* lory io work on the Merrimac bn-auso I f -. of her el’.s ■ •er ■ .■ v. a t p.. rni -e’ States navy an' had ’ ■:■ a. ; i. mber of cruises on her prior to the war. j ; knew her every timber b> heart. You I HI remember that when the f< d rals ev. c- ■ it' d 1 N'irfid!;. :h< burned ti.o <’•.i■ ~rt. r ivy yard, destroyed all supplies and ap led the torch to all the shipping they mid r >t take away with them. On" of ■ icse vesseds was the M rrimae. She. could ■ot bo moved <>n a, ■■ umt of as, ■ t m 'er machinery, so a de fa 1 of men from tho • a.Vy yard was sent al. '.rd of her to d aroy tier. Now. In that detail w, re a m.m ■ier of mon who weio loyal to the south- - fact has > cvi ■ c ■ a ■ ■. and while they set her alb'?, a ordered. :hey went a little further ; nd wisely bored ■ number of hob s hi her bo: mm. -Vs a onsopucnce r; <■ sunk Just afi, ■ so, s h. r rigging, must.-, end <;■ . !<s were : urecd, while l>> r maeidnery ;::.d :dl : ;.;f portion of her which lay b, low the v.ii; r ne were <'Utirel i dad these men >"t i hocght of icttic tm water in her hold the battle between tho . Igrrimae and M oniior wo;; !• I lit ' i>< ,■., fought.'' "As a matter of fact, Colonel itnm-eiy, WhO fll :'t tkOUgllt Os C'inVee; . l;., mac into an iron clad ram'." Colonel Gordon V'as jiv<: tor. “I am very glad of thl.- cppor'imliy to clear up that matter. ■ . ml., give <.; v dlt where credit ... duo. T! , :u ;. !V ... ■been attr -'U a. to me i.... a time again. ■' I"' \' ' 1 •' " - now a protestor in th" ' ,ra .-i.a . , .lit; 1 institute. He was in the ore depart ment of the navy ami was l'. very apple C,.. mry Ma 1.'..a, . . bought the sun r. re and .-t ,>n 1 lerdo:,. The latter invented n. sphrn'ic pa e,. o? rdnance. was the author aur present j ystem of deep sea. ."oundi.m:- and survey' d he bottom of th : -Mlantc f.'.- t:,,> Mack ■y-Bennett cable. Gerdoa >•.<■-tr .1 a, pn>- |. 5 j-a <•’» g,; p wjn ps. ; ■■■* ~T S ii*sh i -.■ ' ; * -M. ■* -.i « u I ' 24 . ‘ u Z Never Failing 1 lltmedy Tl’at ' ..ry-s a Man Young .Again. I XTE MANLIKTICS QUICKLY RE PLACES THE WORN CUI’ NEBiVES ANU Vlt>t)R. 1 ien a man; mi, *■g tii ind , sl' -. ly wasting away 1c ~, m r\on. w< n< ' tile mental fm ■ ' ' w < rse than the mu is, .- , . ... . nu let up to th" im. i"i, ■ ■mg " 'i- me;. lor years in t. , ; • r t ... ~4 011 the ti oulm dsel <d N< rw .- U< hii.iy, Emissions, i.mm J a,,.'K. ■• ■■i 1 . > ‘ var.ous other trouble-' .. s ...J ! it was- a tu ' heti.er In had not l "in r take ' 1 and thus end m h” tr-mbb But prm ■ ■ ta! im-piratmn can t■ j. bl, ,",, of a cunibimi, ■ 1 . cm. ol.'t'dy resbtred Ins .f.m .: ill ;• ■■■ enl nat il '■ ’ I thn n.-m, y''’” l - '? r " ‘ the to send b:s >mm ’ 'd. : ■' "i • mftv : - iye free fu 11 partleulai (leri i iio”..- tritment wnic i quickly fe me to - 1 f’» ■ ' oI ' I ab« without cost, !;<••• im-. I v..,ii, . '.VI weak, ned min to ; t. the I '■ ■ my • a _ ■l’l are thousands the n,i ml tortures of w<- Hi"” d m-ml’ l ' '' who wmld be cured ’■' "■ ' , but such a ret cd) cured Send for It, an*' 1 1 : n ■n it : 1 are a f.--,v things on earth. i!‘i>o...' m-..' cost nothing to get. ar.- worth , for tune t-> some men and m>-m ; ' ei l - ■' happing (o most of us. Wr.te to h-mris B’ate.'- p>" Mesonic 'l'" aple. 1 ■,l.,ma zoo. arid tb ■ irfi rr . ” ion will b*i OPitle: <aa plain, sealed envelope. ■ , ent Issued by tbo government. Gordon, , no doubt, still has tho papers. President ’ Davis took tho greatest interest in the , , M, rrlm.'tc venture, and had much contl > I dene,- In her success. Other than Mallory, i j the rest of the cabinet were not so san- - . gtt.ne, however. “If I live a hundred years I will never forget a single detail of those two days’ . bglits. When wo cast off our moorings at 11 a. rn. on the first day and proceeded down (he Elizabeth river, the Merrimac was absolutely untried. She bad never had . ■ a trial trip. Naturally we watched her . ; every move with an Intense degree of ex pectancy. Soon after getting under way . the boatswain piped to dinner. The meal i had been prepared In the ward room and I a message was sent me by' the caterer i that I had better take a bite at onco, as it ’ might be my last chance to do so. lie put ■ It ch-'< rfull'-. Passing along the gun’s i I Peck t, :■ that purpose I was greatly struck by tho countenances of lhe gun's crew as they stood motionless at their post, with ramrod ami spoug'ft in hand. These men : ;■ de .■ id determined, f landing -■ ;ht and t iff ;nd their nervt s wrougnt ' up to ■■ hi.'.'.l, degree of tension. ■‘.Diving'down into the ward room I feund ' a t.uinl, -r of officers around the table, i daintily i arlakirig of cold tongue and bis- < i it, but at one end of the table sat Dr. Garnett > x .mining a case of surgical in struments. with lint bandages laying around. Tho sign took away all my anpe t'tc and I returned to my post.. “Mark you well tho chances we ran. I Here we were with an untried experiment ; m.'k.ng a bee line to fight, single haml'-d, ,-t fleet of the b, st material n the Ended Stales navy, composed of tho frigates <'■■;:■ -. ;s, Minnesota, Roanoke, St. Law ' r, nee, each with batteries of fifty guns u .1 the Dumb, rland with thirty guns. It ' v, s t n (,mis against three hundr.-d, and . three hundred m< ■; against three thousand and at ti’.e same time exposed to the tiro 1 el th” 1 ;, 11 <•i ■ I at N--wport News, maimed by fifty i-uiis and -I." 111 men. Surely the crew of the Merrimac Were brave men. ‘ In the meantime we were getting nearer , and nearer tho fleet. Glancing put the port I re; ,1 tho signals from the bright color' .1 liEle flags running up a id down tho rigg'ng. They read, ‘The Merrimao h..-; com-- down, but of course she will not dare to attack our large force.’ They all thought s’••• was going to escape up the i James riv- r ami run away, but they were > t'.oon to bo undeceived. .Suddenly tho Mer l r ti. c h< ided directly toward the Curnber- I land. This caused the scales to drop from . th r- <ycs. Top sails are shaken out and i the clothes lines holding thei sailors’ clothes ' - pulled d wn unceremoniously. .Hist i at this tint" Admiral Franklm Buchanan, e of t’a gr.'-id,'-t men Who ever dr. w a br '”.th of salt air. a.- sen.bled the ship's ■ crew around him on the gun deck ami ad ,: . .. i them as folio 'Sail, rs, In a ■ 1. .. minutes you will liav, tin: long expect ed opportunity to show your di votlon io ; your country and our cause. Renn moer : that you are about to strike, for your coun- I try sihl j our homes, your wives and vovr , i liildti it. Every man is expected to dYms del;.'. Beat to iiuarter ' stirroum g r* ■ f . niil< s are ' havd with p ople. Norfolk and I’orts -1 mouth are <.-mi tied of 'b"' l1 ’ I s . o ”'’ troops, i ?<• M’iy i ' '-’.v <••!>'■ In (hu r. ■ rushud . . Il| / i terprise. No naval battle war ev- r wlt- l m . d by more pe ,pl<-. Rain of Shot on the Merrimac. • . lenij tl re wa ■ ■ ■■ and i a flash from the rifled pivot gun of the ■ (lumberland, follow'd by a continuous i crash of artillery from the Congr. as, the i Neport l ews batteries and the gunboats. : The. Merrimao churned her way grimly to- I ward the Cumberland and resen.il het ’ fire. When we were much nearer Lieuten- I ant Charles Shrins, In charge of the for -1 ward seven-inch rifle, gave the order and • the Merrimac tired her first gun. She fol ' l.swed this wfth a starboard broadside, I w fl.' li w;-s delivered with fearful effect— us we afterwards learned-against the : 1 I clt hull of tho Congress, which vessel . we were then passing. Now came the cru i-al test. Wotiid the Merrimac's hide of i Iron protect her? Would our ironclad raw : be a r:>" ess? Tb' 1 Congress bilchi-d forth 1 a most terrific broudsiile against our s' !<ld, t<’ns of iron ra :;<d on our case ;n ,.)•(. Hurrah, hurrah! The iron h’ll ; off like pebbles. Tho crew give “We are <xa "s"d to a hailstorm of iron ' proj ct les of all descriptions from ashora ami afloat Wo are a target for three liun.h'i-d guns. The balls strike, glance upw trti, fall back on our shield ami rol i harmlessly' Into th- water. In :lie mean are nearing tlio t.’nmberlanil. All : o.i tl;-’ ship are still as death. Not a .. . i <1 ; ard save the pulsat "ns of the : cm-lt'e.--. 1 Im-!..inon stands alone and ex pos.i fl -hi lie u ■' • r grating. He enters the pilot boiis- and sends for me. I am ordered to rev. ran the engines immediately aftei ran ti It .’. th'- Cum:, i .and ami not to wait room. Now th- s'giiui is given to stop. The M ii.’.'l *’.vo rings quickly, followed i'. ilireo i-.ngs, the ord-r to back. The thru:, th? is opened and the engine i . again In tin- reverse, dir- ' lion An awful pause, then the crash, starting im Isom our feet. The engines labor and ; groan and the vessel strains In every’ flbet ;.l! thud! thud! comes the rain of r.hot on our tiiileld from the double-bankcil .'.-.itt -ry of the Congress, and a terrific -r:isl. , .:. the boiler room but. a few f-. t away. Have ihe boilers burst? No! Thank God. j : it'.-t tlm explosion of a shell in the stack, j “After staggering, the ship, which hat : bi'.ni d.-pn-. .-•'■d at tho bow, rights iv-rseit nu wu know t! at w- have disci.:;.aged 1 . our-eives from the C'umbi rh;nd. “Tim crew on the gun d> ek cheer am? I cheer again. V/e have crusm-d In the side ; ; -if our adversary' as a kn.fe goes through a , c -wiv ami she sinking rapidly. Her I I I I .of gallant heroes fight her to the last. I How about Buchanan, who has beet i ' miikmg a targitt of iiiihmelf? Ail right I he men on deck tug aw -.y at tJieir guns, ; I ti'doing and rl -.ting them. Steady! Ho! . Fire! as tile otllia'i's give tho word. Quick! i : oiit-.e! !>>a<l! J'ire! These are the excla- mations heard on ail sides as the men load ; and fir- contimicusty. ‘The muzzle of my ! ! in 1. ;. 1,-, n si;-; away.’ 'No matter, de . ■ ' a. p -i; tin -e op.’ii j.oi- s ami don’t lean ■ ts alnst the shield.’ Some men have beer : litnmJ and land at ti ■ cits. Take their: I - ■ ta- eo- :pit. -Inirns has the b>w ; : .fl : am nd Wood tin stern gun. which ; they .-am and tire with terrific off.-cl. Cap- . ..i 11 -. 11 with Ids united artillerynn-r ; b d'.fln:; I i .'.-ic' with his gun. The ■ i a i 1 dvr <’ plain Thorn, are drawn : up ust I" ;ow where Buchanan stands, ! ... io board should the order be passed. . a i. . . i to fight one of tim broadside . W ■ there <-v- r a more fearless crow I el ' ■ oi'iiecrs'l The exert ii . of ti - n-; uc; : up-rliuman. None flag. 1 It's fir- am! cheer. Cheer and lire, as with , ’.mboamled ■ n• a esiasm the men workaway ’ at their piece*-:. Target for the Entire Fleet. “This is i faint picture of what was going on aboard th- .Vieriim -■ difThig the hot test of lhe right. During this time wo were a target for the entire fleet and the shore batteries. In the heat of the fight w had to lock in every direction. One of our shells blew up a large transport’ j TITIS WEEKTA” CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONTI AT, DECEMBER 27, 1897. I steamer and another one sunk n tug. We did most of tills damage when we wore winding the ship after ramming the Cum ■ I berland. “We had more difficulty in destroying tho Congress than tout experienced with the Cumberland. The havoc, wrought by the r Merrimac’s shells on that vessel was fear ful. The ship ran with blood. Her crew ■ stood nobly bv their guns and continued to 1 I 1 fight until a majority of her officers and I : I men were killed or wounded, the M-rrlim.'.' I getting closer and closer all tim time as if ; ' ; to ram her as wo did the Cumberland. The . ■ i heroism of her captain ami crew was sim- | . ply sublime. (“When the Cumberland,after such a short engagement was sent to the bottom, no one would have criticis 'd Dleiitenant Smith in ! , command had he surrendered. Did he do I 1 _ ~. „ „ ..... , - r-T?”A. „- ■ b' - ?’*'■' ■ ■ -. "' - - ■ ■' ■ - ' ' .. : . \ ?' . ' - I. -. .. .-■ ■ * / - * JI" ' ■ ‘ ■ ■ - “--—' ' A ' ’ ■■ ' - ' ' ■■■ ' - - '-I i ;i ■" / i-' 1 ' ■' .■ * ■ • - ■ ■ ' - ■ ■ .. ■■ ' ■ ' ■ :. ' ■ - ' . “ '. ■ ■ ■ - v. • ■ <■ ■ ..' ‘ • ■ - "", ■ A . ■' a do ■ ■' 'A'. ' ■ ■' . : ■ . ■■■ ■■ ■ ' ;■“ ■ • ■ ■ , ‘ . - > ■' '/ : -''t - - - ■ I'" ' .’'fl '“rn ’ I -"Z-.eF ; ’ (if -' ' , , .' . .. --g— - —7.,-.■- i>' _ ■; It' p- ■-- y ““ W ■:< - ■ ...' ■ ' '- .a- -iAT. ■" ■ . ' ■ . ’ . ■ ' Aa -"*■-■ ' ’■■•y. I Zi'Z .. 1 s r ... - .- . ■ . - - • J A- ... - " - , • - A.-"' -A 1 ' / ..... ' U.I : a; MEETING OF THE MERRIMAC AND THE MONITOR. bo? No, biTt. instead hl -row !e ”i .1 lot 1 the rigging, gave three defiant ■ era and continued to fight their vessel ii. poor Smith was killed with i majority us his ore'w, his ship on fire in several places, every gun’s crow broken up ar.d I:!-, snip ■ In danger every' moment of being sent to i tho bottom by the Jerrimac’s ram. Then ; and only then, did she |uriend r. Wb.it > • flags w-re hoisted a.:. 1 her toll ; s lower'*l. | A >.:'”■ ■■ Jy-foug:.* s;d;:, inanni.l by a gal- la lit'. r< , and i.->w sue :O re. ct tnat so I mtn h heroisiu should nave bi n w.i tied in I literally a conflict between brother and I brother, Instead of being con-entrated on | a com.Tidn enemy. Tills Anglo-Saxon rare, , when a.ousi'd, I terrible in Its wrath. “As th< sailors were es ng, t n | ashore from the Cunibelland and Cmigrt ss. I some one suggested to fire on them with , ■ Bhrapm-l ami cauls' -r, but Buchanan wa» ! indignant at the very sugt'-stion. Abler j the surrender of the Congress a number ■ j of officers and men, taking advantage of I tho truce, went on deck to get a breath of ' fresh air and take a view of th- situation, j In the meantime we had sent a boat to the I Congress to take off the prlsonei;'. Wall" 1 In the act of doing tills the two officers In I command 'wcr- shot down by a fusillade of : mlnle balls from the Newport News bat- I terics. notwithstanding the llag of sur rend.'r flying at her m.i.tth -ml. Tim I batteries then turned their attention to ; our party on tho Merr-'m i'-’.-i d. k and Ad- I rnlral Buchanan was shot down. W- were . j then flying a flag of truce. When lie wns ; being •• .1 rrl< dI"In .v b- e.-iv - ■ 1 -r- to -'.-a r ' I for action again and to lire hot shot into i the Congrosfi. This wi,s done and in- was | ; soon a blaze. : “Tlfls caused much delay, and though we! : turned our attention to the Mlnr.-so;.; 1 j I delivered several broadsides into her, * i It was growing so late that the pilots in- i s s! led upon our drawing oft into deeper I i water. So W" anchor' d 1:1 the roads near I H< . ' Poltil . fl. . ; “During our first, day’s light we lost two I : men killed and .- v-otecn wounded; two , of our gun mi.zzb'ii were eurriid away, | but we never ;■ ■ 1 firing them. Tho j 1 damage to the vessel was wholly imm.i- | teriiil. Barring the wounding of our in- > I trepld commander we felt well satisfied ; : with the r-tsult. A more gallant com : mander never trod the det k of a ;:h!p. He j ; down to posterity coupled with that of I Collingwooii, Stuart, Nelson, Decatur and i Farragut. Had not Buchanan been wound ! ed he would the next day have fore* ! the i Minnesota lo surrender before the .Monitor i came to the gr-und and then run the Mu.d --’ tor down or forced her into deep water, ! where she ould not have had the ad- J vantage, of her light draft. "When we received the New York papers ; a ; iys at >r r we found tliat • tim est -t afl' te: '!;*' <1 ■ ■ * upon t e ~ ! people of the north was simply stunning. 1 ' If wo had . lily realiz'd that night what a I ! commotion we had kicked up in the north, I night as it was, we would certainly ':■ '■■■ i run by the forts and come back again just ; to show tii.'it it could he done- ;in<l mot th* Monitor bul'ui'' .-h* could have cast her : guns 100-G’ or ,ot into lighting trim. I "Tlie south went wild with joy. At every i station on ills way to Richmond tho bearer I of th- great news was surround-d by large : crowds who insisted on hearing the story . Os tile fig'hfl Tl:- liope.-: of Ila . onfi’dern. y —“— j* ree —A Wonderful Shrub—Cures Kid ney and Eladder Diseases, lUieuma- ; tism, Etc. New evidence shows that Alkavis. the l I new botanical product, of the Kitva-Kava I ' uleed a true specific cure lor! (i . eauscil by Uric acid in the blood, | or |p disorders of lhe Kidneys and urinary | 1 organs. ' remarkable case is that of 10 v. I A. *'. Darling. <■: North i.'ou-I;tt|l in, N. isl. ! ! ■,;* told in The New York World of ! —nt ' I d it*. Ho was cured by Alkitvi:;, after, li, says himself, lie had lost faith in man mid medicine, and was preparing to die. : Similar ti-.a-mony of ■ xtraordmary cures of ; iv'.dm v ami bladder dis* a."' .- of long st.,nd- i i j n „ from many ~lli i suitii-rs, and I 1 'AO hospital cl>B'S liav Den >. -ord. d ni 3(i days. Up to this lime th- l iiur-ii j-ild ! iii-v euro I'* l -, b T o. -lis Fourth av-mi-. N-w Y<irk, ar* only ■ Im vis, ami 1 ’ ■ 1 ‘ : -n-..-- - prove its V: that for tl:. ' ■ ' ■ ill I , t'r. * treatment "i Alim vis prepaid Iby mail to • ry r. ;"l' rof Tin- Atlanta I w.i l;H Gonstitmion who Is a sum-r-r from I miv t<Fill ■if ; or Bladd* r 1 (isorder, I’,right's Dis*'';"-. Rhi-timati.-mi. Dropsy, Gra vi-I, I’ain in Baek. Femtil*.- * 'onipkiints. or other allilc.tion due to imprtiper action of the Kidneys or Frlnary Owgans. We ad vise all sufferers to s< nd th-lr names mid address to the comnanv, and rc-.-ive the Alkavis fri-e. To prove Its wonderful eiira- 1 tlve powers, it is sent to you entirely freo. were as high as tho despondency of the north was tleep. Battle with tho Monitor. “The next morning, while we, were trans ferring our admiral to the shore and pre paring for action, we saw coming In from the sea the most remarkable looking craft, which we were soon convinced was the Monitor. Now all was excitement. Greek was to meet Greek. For the first time in the history of the world. Ironclad was to battle with ironclad. The Monitor ap proached and opened fire, which wo re turned witli spirit. For two hours we bombarded one another with littlo or no effect. Tlie two ships sailing in a circle pass and repass, delivering broadsides at point blank range. Lieutenant Jones, com ing down from the upper grating and ob serving I,leutenant Eggleston’s division standing at ease, Haiti to him: 'Why are you not tiring, sir?’ ‘Because our powder Is precious, sir, and I. find i can do tho Monitor as much damage by' snapping my finger at her every five minutes.’ “Tho combat between the two vessels was kept up for six mortal hours and J.leuten- I ant Jones decided to ram the Monitor. Now, In my opinion, here lay the error of the fight. After tlfls decision Lieutenant Jones sent for me and ordered me to re j verse the engines as soon as 1 felt tho I collision, fearing that we would have diffi- I culty In extricating ourselves after tho compact, as we did with the Cumberland, although one was a wooden and the other I an iron vc;-' ■ 1. fl’o that end he was afraid I to strike her hard, and I was given the signa! to reverse quite a while before w’o I . l nee v e just gave tlie Mon tor i 1 ttlr tin and glanced j off. We shoul'l hav. run her down with : all our force and fa'rly fore,-,I her under i iv th o::r • np* riu' for' - ami weight. Clr- I cling a:-"'.; d' . .immim: l.*-r. wo were 1 < *.! i ■ plaip (in * our r shTlk-* ' : ■ ■ thouse up the fight. V.'- ass.i.’m d that sim wiis J (badly crippled -more se than she was.: Lieutenant Jon-s then '-* : t for me. ami i : calling attention to tl; ■ fact that wo had . driven tho Monitor ” r l’, said that be in- i tended to draw off m.der the guns of Se- ' wall Point and renew the attack later ! In tim nftermion. 1 -I n went, b-low and arranged for banking fires under easy ! steam. In the meantime we started up i full 'P<"-d I ''.'l; h-'.rd great cheering i i ph deck. I sent mie of my assistants to j learn tho crn .e. He reported fi at we wore , passing tho ■ onft.-derato batter.-s at (Taney islami on our way ' * Norfolk, and the ( cheers were from the soldiers on the fort!- i ' flcattons. M . heart sank at the Intelll- I gence. W<:e we to relinquish the fruits of our victory, leave the. Minnesota hard ; . . . . ... . 1 had been twenty . ■ hour 'I ;- ■; to Norfolk to run : away ippar.-itly, fm that is lb- way it] j- ~ 1 ■ eii regarded. I h istem d at , . • on d* *■!< to inti ■ 1* w Jones, and on : my !'• u ' -i' '.tiag with him f-r h iving ■ 1 w - the Minnes la and ca >- 1 tin.ng tl." Monitor, I:- said that on . m.- ■ B' G ’ 1 - . ■' K : ' 'El...;* fl; ? ! i -fl '•■' ,\N I 1 ■' ' ilfl-fl - - '■■ “. ’T’ I COLONEL H. ASHTON RAMSAY. nl’ltiDji' V .th t- 'ulO of his Ik'Utd CllltS 11<‘ I ! thought it. better to return to Norfolk and | I;i l .1! ■■ - VCSS 1 bellithe wa.ei , Pm- that ti-- Monitor !m*l proven hei'selt , t” boa foim:';:.b.*' opponent ami now tnat , -■ . • ■ •-. .' ■ V <:']•]' i ' ‘ ‘ ' I- 1 • ' 1;-', i i r ‘ , to* take lorn ,i.of that fuel and put I Ids ship in Ugh! ug H it’- 1 bl ; g.'d him at least to s.-iid the M nil-sol a to tlie bottom . [ to ... co ■ . but lie. tleelined. ■■ \ .. 'he M ■ imae st 'limed U) the Eliza beth rivir trailing the l. rge and beautiful ensign ol thv '.■l'UMV.ss fl, u-aili the, stars ani .l' pars, he. was the r- ;ph nt of a per fect ovaii-n. <'!. • •-i il. • waving ”1 haml !,,. i-lii-. fa .'.nd i. '.g.'. P'.ople .’"Hing tliem ll'.i.r ■> 11.1 ;d>*d:' -f small boats fol- I low.ng in oil' real’- As luslor.v records, the 1 Monitor would never meet 'lie M-vr mac | af,.da. al: 1 mall v, e r. ;ie i: edly v. ■at down • to tlie roads and d ired her to fight. Bloving Up the Merrimac. I “When it was de ■. ;-d to ev icUftte Nor [ folk a plan was made lo lighten the draught of tim Merrimac and lake her to J new lielo ss. A : was to j have been given us to steam away, but 1 the plans in - ■.i-r.'d ami there was noth j ing left us bn 1 , to blow h-r up. 1 may add that wh-u her draught was r.-due-d ( to eighteen I"-." the, point demand'd by I the p.i*<l>- : hey reinsed lo steer h* r over ' the bars. .1; ..dm; at that late hour that 1 her driti'ghl was ta* n to" much. \> c Con- L'-mi'iaied . looim;, om- ui’ tin- p lots, tililik im- i't would bring the oilier one to his si.,l.—s, W- also discussed tlie plan of -lilin;’ into tho fleet and lighting until we V,,.,.; .’j.-.vu vvi'.'.i 1...0r- flying, but that Was .1,--;:<!• .1. as we bit that im: eonfed.-iae.v i ill uiioid to los- ih" ~oj nu n aboard. There was mulling left for i:s to do but to blow her up. which we dd that light with mlii'g ii.-i't.-'. '•1 would like I- say u closing that the north nev* r did ('em mod ore Worden full Justice. Er cssou received al! the glory and * all the credit. Tlie officers of the Merrimac realize the splendid fight made by Worden and the wl: e course In- pursued both dur- | ing and utter lhe fight.” HANSON HISS, j Lii'&dH© ®fflmi® DDaD By CHARLES B. LEWIS * I wish you to understand from the very i outset of this story 'that I am an old bach , elor. 1 can say without egotism that I could ! have placed the yoke ot matrimony over ! my neck a score of times between the ages of 'twenty and forty, but I did not. elect to do so. It seemed a great deal better to ■ keep my liberty, and to fall tn love -with * a new face about onco a month. A bach elor can do this, you know, while a mar ried man Is bound by certain ties not easily j broken. Up 'to tho time I was appointed warden I of the Keswick prison I had been in lovo just forty-two times. That, was an aver , age of wlce a year, which I think Is doing I very well for a. modest, retiring man, who I was baldheaded at the age of twenty-two, ; and yet not too much for a man with a natural leaning toward the fair sex. I. was ! appointed warden, not because of any pe | culiar fitness, but as a political reward for ! assisting to elect a certain candidate for governor. I think best to admit this, lest , you find it out from other sources. I held I the place for a j'ear anil a half, and the I t' -ords of tin prison and th- fibs of tho j newspapers prove that I was a “soft I mark.” I The Keswick prison was for both : • yes, ! and when I took charge it contained SSO j male and ninety female convicts. I felt I sorr.y f-r the f* males, even before the keys ( had been turned over to me, and they soon : thcT stories and do my last to ameliorate ' i. J: th ' I was p.-etty well sat 1 lied that at least i eighty out of ninety were entirely Inno -1 < nt of tha crimes charged, ami that -lhe : other ten ought to have new trials at le.asL i Fifteen of the women were in for murder— -1 cold blooded murder, the courts said—but | when they had told mt all about, it I could : seo where witnesses had perjured tlietn i selves and jurors had shown their thirst for revenge. I tried to mak- things very ■ easy for the female contingent, actuated ; solely by a natural courtesy toward tlie sex, and T think the newspapers that c.rft . iclsed me so severely should have .been sued for slander. In eight m >nths the governor, more >o • oblige me than for any other reason, par' coned twenty >f the fenmev, and among them w. !'*■ five mid'r sentence for murder. i I should have r*< nninen-.lod him to pardon i at least twenty n *re befor** th*.- year w.*s out if the oppu-I. un hadn’t, got after us and made things hot. Then' was an Investi gation, a gr -at deal of talk, am! as >i result I ii i I I * ivpr. s,. my natur.'.l gallantry ami wait for things to coed *1 >wn. It was dur b.g ti ls permd of waiting that the vaults of the. state treasury w* tv robbed of si’.J'i.'Gj in culil cash. Pho trick was done bv one man, an*l jn th.- n it'.-t mann-r. 11- drove . up to the building at high noon in a car i riage and entered tim tr-vsui er’s < tile*:*. The money had ju t fl ■ bu illed up to go I to the bank, and these pa*-!;:iges were I lying on a t iM* v> ith tw > *l, rks to gu ■. i ' them. Th.. I'obber gave one clm k u clip o\er | tho head, bound and gagged the other, and | th*- packages were eurrhal on: and dumped ■ into the carriage In th*' ni i vl* st sort of a way. Ho had twenty minutes tho start of ] pursuit, and though overliaukd after a hot I chase of an hour, every dollar of th*- money I had disappeared. As he had not thrown it away durini; his flight, the idea was that he had either stepped at some house In town for a moment or met another <"trrlas aeeording to arrangement. Tim problem steu.'-d easy of solution, but though it was worked upon for v -< k.-* by many’ detectives nothing was discovered. l lie l aptui . d rubber was a young and I good-looking num who gave his name as Chari"--; Day. He refused any' information as to his home or p.opi* . end insisted on i pleading guilty when arraigned for the rob ; bery. There was a groat sensation over : th- I-ss of the money, as the state was | heavily in debt with a big interest to pay. ■ and th*: party in pow“r, from governor down I to jan!tor. got a. lady raking I’m- many ' long weeks. It was even charged that a J certain clique* of us put up the robbery and were to whack up with the robber. Tills was a bold-faced scandal, of course, but it materially dimmed our prestige ami almost caused m - to doubt lb- innocence of a fresh lot of female convicts s-nt in for various crimes against the law. They mad*' quick work of sending Chari* ~ Day to pris on for twenty' years, and owing to the per sonal a't.ieksof the opposition I was rathe.r prejudiced against him, as lie came under my' charge. Ills daily’ demeanor and daily conduct were, how ver. b-yond any fault finding. Reports from my deputy' prov*.-l him a model prisoner, 'flu limit for the money did not c.-ase when th- prison door shut him in. At least ten detectives were constantly at work to discover where and how it had been transhipped, am! th- slate was ready to pay' $50,000 to the lucky' man. Every day' or two siint** of these detectives wanted an Interview with the prisoner, ami wlifle their requests were generally granted, the deputy' warden was always present. Nothing of moment was gained from Day, and I had about become tired of the busi ness when a new face app' ired One day' as I sat in my office reading an abusive article in an opposition paper and half inclined to tender my’ resignation before sundown, a lady was a*!mi;t*d. I i was not over fifteen seconds in making up my mind Chat she was the handsomest woman I ever saw'. She was about twen ty-three years of age. a natural blond, ami j | her eyes were melting and her cheeks like ' peaches. I will honestly admit that. I was . “gone’’ on her even before she handed me I the card which gave her name as Jeanne ; ’ Lancaster. She was from Chicago, and had called to inquire about Charles Day. .ho | ( , bail scarcely mention*'*! his name who", sh I began to weep. It you have <-*.er been an I ; old bachelor you will understand how quick I , ! the heart ot such a man m-lts under the 1 ( ! tears of a good looking young woman. I i , began to speak soothing words, of course, ' and presently she grew conlidenti' I iiml ! made a confession, l-he was an heiress, i ’ while Day' was but a poor .voting man. They I met—they loved—they Ix;ea n < igaged. : ( She would have wedded him in bis pov- 1 erty but he wouldn’t have It that way. He ■ ' went out to make his fortune before claii i- ; • ing her, and tho first < • ing ho stru ■!: I was the state treasury. M. Lan* ;st*'i , had read all about It, and had ;■> most broken-hearted. While she hat put . Day out of her heart as bein-, unworthy ‘ of tier, she yet felt like havmg a few la “ farewell words with him. By the time the pr* tty little woman was ! through talking and smiling and crying. I was r< ady to put a brotiu riy arm around her and speak words of consolation. In- ‘ deed, when .1 discovered that her engage- | : ment was “off," .1 came very near offer- ; : lug her my heart :i:id hand as .' substitute. | Nothing restrained me but the f .ar th at 1 had not known " long enough to 1 spire tin: proper trust ai *l e >nl'i<ience which U good girl should I at uli " ; i'ai led i her the privilege of a private inierview with Day. That is. she w.* allow'd to ■ "r ! bis cell, the door ol’ which was Est- open, I and 'Converse w.tli him while a gai.ir*! ■ v. rited within call. ■ ; : half an hour, ami there was mueli wi ■ p- : Ing ami promising and pi- ti ( young man didn't want to be thrown down Just because he Jr *1 stolen /.a. l l 0 aU'l L‘ 1 seiitenceil to twenty years in prison. llm girl was obdurate, how* ,-r, th-egh r brul ■ ; her heart over again to tel : n-i .1 no longer hope. v. ten cam* her hamlker, ■ 11,1 in her throat, e tl> ■ coll-Ct herself and then sal*;: ( ! “1 want Chari' S to r (tore that, money, ; ; and have be* n pl* ad.ng with him to do s". , If 1 can have o " 1 I with Idm 1 think 1 can aecumpl ’i my o .*- j I jumped a foot h’gh and told her j-.m . Icould interview him every nay lor a , month. He knew where lhe money w: so course, and if it was restored through any , effort of mine tho taxpayers of th' 1 stam I would carry' rue around on their should' ! a i as a reward. Not only that, but the o*t‘ n- | er Miss Lancaster came, tho oftener I j Mmuld’s-C her ami the deeper I ummld be i tn love. She camo next day at th*> sama hour. h*.l' another I'-iful Inieiview, amt ’ after it was over she said to me: | “Ch . rl* almos' ma le up his mind ; to confess, but still hesitates. Ho lud 11 sister of whom he Is v< ry fond, and if I you don't mind I will bi ng tier in to help j me ph id witli film.” I didn’t mind of course. I he had Iml i four or five favorite esters 1 should have , been glad to have them all In to coax tho j secret out of the rascal. Day aiT' ared to ’ i be very muc'.i broken down, ami alter | Miss Lancaster had left the pr on H-nt i i for mo to asK if the govern -r would i r- ■ don him on his giving up th imui-y. I : I had to reply that it might I ■ four or five : I years before Im could look for his liberty, ! ! bin It would surely come I" for ■ im I ml | ! served out more than a third ot his t- n- i ; tence-. He smmed quite elated over this, I I and when 1 pre 1 ■' 1 him to t*'ll me where \ the boodle was h eld g 1 ■ op* n -I i: • tmiaih ; as if to do so. <>n ml fhougnt l;o ’ I shook his bead end replied: 1 i "If I tell anybody It will b- Miss Laneas- ; 1 ter ami my . stcr. I ha I m-t.ermi: «-d to 1 ' ■ a lit 1 , le differently.” : I left him with tho impression that 'ho . ! two girls would soon have tho secret, i j When Miss appeared next, day I ; Miss Day was with her. Miss Day was I I r* ry coy and retiring. She neither shook ! hands with mo nor replied to my' Baluta- ’ i tion, said turned ''er buck as soon as pos- ■; ! Bible. At the same time, as I. r -meinbt ;' d . ' later. Miss Lancaster not only dulled witli , ■ my hand, but pressed It and was very ! I effusi; • in her speech. She s I*l i have something special to tell n > w!;-n ! she returned from the Inter*, "-v. ■ 1 no , looked at me so archly that 1 jump d at I the conclusion she was going lo * -in *s ; a first sight love for me. j The interview did not last ov.-r t”i< n j mlnutes ( and !t,took pin* ■ just as dm-k I was <!rawing on. When the two I* 1: 1 r*'- : turned to the door Miss Lancaster '.nine ' oyer to m<- and whlspereil: i "He has pr >mi ’to ci ifess all I m* rrow ' I ahd every dollar will be ri'stor* d. lam , I glad, not only’ c:i h’s ace'imit and mim l . but ■ | for your dear - ke. I kno - - to be , noble man, ami if you would not t nk it ' unmmdenly In me I I “ I aaok her hand In mine ami gave It sev- ; | oral »-pi' vzi ami a mred her th:it ■ she co.dd pmmibly anno ia e or cimi’es.-. In ■ *he Em. lis li langu - ivould b : red by me u’ .vort >y of ■. Sh* ;■■■ ' my : I hand in return ami was go::;;:' to ; her lov", but the telephone I'll ’ ' i • put her out. fihe Just whisp' red in my ■ r | ! that I was an o’*l *i i rliag a: 1 I '.-"'I laughed ; i and joln'-il Miss Day at C'edoor, ami f my- j ’ self pulled the lever wl swung t : hinges th.-., let. them out. N-•*••! I ti I y n ■ I that 1 walked around on nir for Bu- m---:t ' 1 quarter of an hour? I had won 'n.it little ' : girl's love at first s'jlit, ami win a came on the morrow I should ask her to 1 ! name th- div and the d i sh< !i I id ' i she was an iielr<----s. I was loving h r tor i ( herself alone. I was still loving wm-u I .*•■ I i deputy’ warden came rushing In ait •■ailed ; ' “Those girl:—have tliey gone?” “Cert a Inly -long “Then we aro In for h—ll and repeat! ; Come out hi re, will you?” le led the ■■ ay • ; ■wc >t v.it - nd up . sta'rs to tlm --ad '!-!■ -f . V> ;;-m reached the one oeeupied by Caarl* Day ; i wo found a w> man in his bed am! m ■ *-or - ■ I vict suit lying on the floor. It. didn’t take ; I five minutes to grasp the sltuatlm 1 . Al .-* j I Day had given up her ipparel to the tym- i vict and he had w.ilk-d out w':h Miss I.an- * caster. Miss Day was a Mis.; Aim bo.ly I ! , Ise, who had I - paid si,< ■ to do 1 I tr'u.-k. and M s l.m. - -- was - pile I I one of tho boldest robbers in Ameri*- ;. J Wc raised an alarm and made pursuit, 1 of course, l.mt the fiimtivc:-’. ;,ut iwoy i-• yy-y HAS c P-' , T"Sk_ g>,nn •, ’T’s/’’■■ '•’ *1 f'? ■" ■ nm.y-y GIVES! U? f’Y 14 DIFFER F.HT MSTO (TRADE MAPK.J DEAR S! K* Itl li! I vo I I when I commenced using your '■ nd< tiid “ 5 iHJOI* I<• ■ r 1 !l ' ’ ’ ~ 7 (Lather has. endow <d yon with the know'edm-1< Krui-g sna i.. ■:. .’' ' ' ’ ;:1 • ' ; • i . I ' 1 < mild not "t upiiml.-iiitysMluy had I • carry n■•tn w uu-■ L ivk. ‘ ■ • • ■ .• ’ ‘ : Said I wa;' all broken low n, and that I w m-ver be :io|e t » ' ••rl a > ' .n I Io ; f . i •••• . i: 1 • . | \ ■ I pains .n in* «•’.!»« .w . han -H.k ia ,u>l f» ■ ■’. I ii>• t *rt r< ol ! ? -■• • w.. < - i ' > . ~: . • J:•i< >1 Inr an. la>- t' 11 i 1 ini. i ;I 1 ib ' if I lor: .:>r i< 1 1 ■ * .• .> ■ m• • • • Ivar of. Al ••. t-<-t'i an> all fr.o.; Hr . I . t I :■ M r -r. • i•i • ■ . ii<'\ i- •sil.lwas my I' v r (i<! I ■' . ■ i ■ -no •■tl ’• ••I • ■ hI ' •«\ ■ •«• '•' ' I ■ r <■<>u.-i not H\ <* au. Two yc.irs >.o sj.’i ia < ■ m>• f :*• >n i ,Xv’.a aska 1■ ■ r.i-'. i-u.i • . .■ ■ •• . ■ wtmt away I nit Mie would nov<T see m<‘ahve a am. I hank <;<>d slm .a ai m' -‘e m*'. an ' I look at me. I Inn she said: ■* Wbai -id > • i • < •• ■l■■ ■■ v 1 ■ ' • ■ ' ' -c ' ■’ - ■ I iu'Oovitv letl- rI ml li' hear that V'.u p • ’ 1 ' I <■. i i.ii v I !*r 'I ‘• j> I>h* • t<! ' ■ I ai.-<; had t-o e lariiol :■ h.l. I n<-w Im ■ id -i v iih’PlS ‘ y aM' •- a. . ■- n - . - < li. fse and harn< .'S it and drive it. people a I lock .• t m ;- I .• 1 : ■'y 11 ‘ • ior; •. 1 | .. ■■ !■i ■ .: •. ' give it, and I can t tostimoniais t'rom ;i- »m hi< n! i.; a I."‘re ! In' n•w■i■; n- •.\ I ' I ' I Asa positive etiro for »’ heirnn t : -m, S •■ali- s. Xrin Ui;'. -m ?-oa» Hr. H-. • ’. ’.‘d!i!i.:i, I’ < v ; ('p‘iiri’l!, S4t;>l< , ''*.s;» , >‘. 4 a m‘a i”. • sit* IJ ■ 1 . 11. Vwolhnc'i**, Car... I.c, I rmi... •i.Yvirn:, i. tl U?- ”liq■■ > v r i ' Grippe, rrriMiig-XsiiiibnefwK, vie., dr., Wlihui <•s lid S.. v i 11 i 5 K taken bat onrr a day h «’> »le- of this ..!■•■: t remedy am! to <- i so .a- i.' .m’ ,< O trial ol its w •n.ierf I cur -.l.vt p rope rtks. e w -en I <»m ani , • th«' ; It’ .: • i> Bam pie bottliu '•’ > ea«‘h, prepaid b\’ m? ’ Even a sample bottl w li von via i . ••.•■1.41 tth o < i SI.OO, for 30 <layH 3 hotties t I by us and oar agents, \genis u anted in new territory. Write iin today. bWANbON KM.GUMATIO CUKE CO., 167 166 Dearborn St , < HICAGO, ILL. i slick ns grease, ami are probably ’"t llv! 'f !on the boodle stolen from th- .;.n j ‘ for the girl left behind she w s ;• 'nt to • prison for a couple of y•.••■irs, but ni’ir t • months was pardonf.d out. A.- for m*', my ! rc'-b-G’iat i" ■ i '•'■' <I • ?:: ju:’ •! • ! - • f)o /• < j toin and f tendered it and g<»t oway into I the woods and k;< lu d myself around a- - tion of government land tor a w • k without i stopping : S ■ rc IBS BY ■ ■ Keeping Down the Bill. I was sitting on the .s:*-ps of the village : postolliee, talking with un old farmer about tho •■reps and comity pollti*.-', wn u ho ■ suddenly <-hangc<l the subje-t ami said: i “Thar’s BUI Jon* .:. the und a taker, . : in.' in tlie front iioor of ills shop and 1 ■ >k a’ up and down. .I’ll bet a dollar lie's lookin’ i fur inr." i “But yea surely don’t need the servi< a ’ of an miiji'i t:*k'r," 1 repli* I. j “No, 1 reckon not, but when X cum away ; from home this morniu’ my :--i t! ■l.-ith'el ■ was gltliii' ready to break a • ml' '■* ;.*i i ness. He, said he'd eitb'-r break tha -mt I or his own neck, and Haialhiel alius It • Ins word. However, mebbe I'fll Im a'l J-. >k j in' fur me.” We r* sttmed the subject of crops and the ' f -nu* r had just told m- that In ;"1 < ■ .stalks-twelve, feet high, am! I'm: I'."' l W-h P i-1 lim; four pounds apiece, wb-n the und* . - ■ taker beckoned to him. “That must be for you." I said. “Yia, mebbe 'Us, but thar's no ri--a to I answer. Be may want lo see me about a, . olilii, ami he may want to ax me h •' t ' old woman is. 1 told S.i l;i' ai-l h -tl lo* k out fur that colC’u h> -Is, but he ratli- • er pip h-mled, Salatbiel is.” He w* nt on to tell me about son m izo I squashes and gigantic pumpkins, amJ al : r four or five minutes the und ' - was I seen slowly approaching. 1 p-- I ’' ■! out this I fa« and tho fai m< .ly i " ■ ( “Yes, Bill wants to se” ni". fur .air*-, but 1 ain’t goln’ to .seem anxio ■■ . - leb I be he’s cum to t< .1 me that Salathi"! 1 ( I bln kicked to death by the co!’, ami rn - » I that Salatbiel has broke t lie bluni 1 < I neck, i'll jest hop right on seemin' kliuDc kt ■ rless about it.” | He began telling ine about his hogs, but ; aft r a minut ot two th* . - - " 1 • up ami interrupted witli: “Say, Davidson, I’vc got some bad news : for you.” “Hev, eh? I reckon It's about my :. u Salathlel?" “Yes, it Is." , _., ( “Needs .suntliin’ tn your line, I “I’m afi lid fl d - I “Wall, I aln t paym’ no h• m p-nces. le A I hev lo cum down to bedi'O* I I “I’ll do the very' best I < an. I'm am sorry i for *.'"!, Davidson.*' , , 1 “Wlil.-h is d. .d, Salathlel or the *.ol ; . I asked ’.li*- farmer. i - ' Hi-1.” , I “Wall rn be ’ 6 ■ 1 about li. T wa.s r-'i'i.T lookin' :m' i‘, «' ■" ■'» I 1 didn’t know but ho might dO' l - I I kind in you lo toll mo about i', Lil , but i. a I bedrock fur anythin' ’ need.” ' rim Ti'i- ; I *I-*-r mot - u ol? fl' 1 " i Lo '", I.- .- . . ■ ■ lat th* ; *mc lime. I Wi>h to ‘ t i bear it like a man. t ~ , “Got to do it, rtrang-r ■ ' ", replied lie Iv Id I out'bXkAli'n Job ib 's th" m'b Y I tak'-r in town, and it' in 1 ' > ' • : bid he'd slap Hi' on to tho : 11 • if f didn't pay-” Not the Camel’s Fault. We had all noticed that his b t hould r I was badly lopped, but of con ■■ > “ <” ’ I asked any questions and wo a-' -1 i : have known tin. e:ui;-a 1; 1 m't “Gentlemen, from my <.-.*i’!!‘-. t < 1 > j I I always had a desire to ride 'n a * nv , ! but It W3S only’ thr-o ye ns ;g” ' l a' : r■ tune favored me. You my hav. m.’:."l I that my left shoulder is l .rco Im-:*, s low ’• | than my t it? fl cun 1 ! Os it.” “1 never heard that a cam I - danger ous,” said the man with th' m -. paper. “Nor 1,” replied the v. ti: .. “; fl.vaya - : - tha camel humble as :■■■ rabbit, m> had one hump or two. Tur. >. a "I : visited a circus and . a.v ; ■: tv. >-lmir:p ! camels. The d< Tre lo rid I two humps wa.s too slromr t” >" >' ’1- : 1 offered tl;- man in ch -. ■■ ■ ■ I climb up ai d s.t for liv<- i-.im .. - I - 1 > : grullly de* 1 !;. <-1 th- brlb. .“ I "1 can’t understand. ’’ said tim man v ’ | the red necktie, “why yim w.iat- I i > it I “: d ■■ - was I I I thouglit of it th- mo - de”, rmin'' i j ca.!*!-, and by and by, v. 1. n la- ; ! 1::-.“ I “But be threw you off at: I i" ‘ I ' “No, I don’t think 11. d:d. A.-’ .1 ; can rememb t lie '.-e. - - ; didn’t. k;c i th- man witli t.li ! “Yes, sir, as near 1 ca: . D > quite clear to me. I > •’ * t ' F". Hm . ; ' ; I “You were assault..d by the utt-ml- I lints.’’ ’ “But. Ii ' It:"!- - r '. ' "'fl 1 ' ' [ < i.m- in?" iu.il nantly -,-x. la ; t! ’ know'. If ho li:: l'<’t. b a th* i I ' I 1,-w doll" It. and if I b.i'l'i i " it ' -t ' s-hou’ilef W-Illdn't b- I'd ; :- > •;' a- w-. • ' 1 .- ■ ! much you *l* ■ i” nio'i.a a 11 I ''■ ■ sir, *h n t. do it." M. QUAD. 9