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VOLITICS ASP POLITICIANS. Tho more they investigate Ohio politics tlio loss tliejr seem to know about them. Flood, the bonnnza king, vrants to go to the senate from California iu tho event ol Senator Miller's death. Senator Uowen, of Colorado, thinks it fnir lcglRlativo warfare to mnko usa of the tariff hill to eocno the protectionists into voting for silver coinnge. It is predicted thntthenextcongressionnl elections will nhov whctlKT or not the low tariff democrats ran afford to separate from tho protectionists. Tho.'republicati contestant for Congress man Weaver's scat claimed to have cvl denco of 300 illegal votes cast for his ad versary, and part of these ho traces to tho insane asylum. The success of tho temperance movement in Georgia is oncournging the prohibition is tw of Tennessee, especially in the eastern half of the state, and an effort will be made to elect representatives of tho movement to the next legislature. The Washington correspondence of the llotilou Post intimates that the silver prob lem will be solved by a compromise, and that Speaker Carlisle will bo the medium for adjusting the differences between the presi dent and the silver men. Thcro does not appear to be a sentiment strong enough iu Now York to justify tho calling of a convention to revise the stato constitution. Tho prohibitionists favor the project in the hope that they mny get a prohibitory amendment submitted to tho people. The opinion is growing in Nevada that that state has been represented in tho sen ate long enough by millionaires who pur chased their beats, and a party is forming favorable to an honest election. ICx-Con-gressman Wren is tho candidate of tho lat ter faction. A Philadelphia paper has. information that tho decision of the Missouri prohibi tionists not to voto for any man for tho next legislature unless ho pledges himself to support a prohibitory constitutional amendment and a local option law mny disturly the plans of some candidates for the next Uuited States bonatorship from that state. A CONVICT'S DEATH. Urn. Anna Taylor IUus Her Iilfo Sen tence iu the Anuiiiosii I'oiiiteiiltir'.-v. Mrs. Anna Taylor, a convict serving a life sentence iu the Anamosa penitentiary died on the evening of Sunday, February 14. She was 8enter.wed for the crime of murder. The crime was cummitted In Clinton county, John S. Taylor, who is also serving a life sentence, be came enamored of her. She returned his pas sion. They had clandestine meetings hut be came Impatient of the restraint Imposed uK)ii them by Taj lor's wife. They resolved to get lid of tho wife, and planned to kill her by poison. Anna bought the po!on and Taylor administered It. The wife died suddenly and In terrible agony, reproaching her husband for his pcrfklity. The day the wife was consigned to the earth Taylor married Anna. Suspicion pointed to their crime and they wero soon afterward arrested, were both convicted nnd (cut to the penitentiary for life. Mrs. Taylor was llrst sent to the Ft. Madison penltcntlury, where thti served two years. Then she was transferred to the Auamosa p3n Itenllary, and hud been thero three years when she died. She was a victim of consumption. Towards the last she became petulant In temper and was very troublesome. She protested her innocence to the last. An abhorrence to being buried in the couiict's cemetery tilled her mind contin ually. Kvery cent of money she could obtain by making fancy work and selling it was jeal ously hoarded to buy a lot In Kiverside ceme tery and t'j pay the expenses of a civilian's fu neral. At the time of her death she had gath ered enough money for the Jmrpose. Warden Martlu directed that her wishes should he carefully carried out. Tho funeral as held Monday afternoon, Feb. 15th, at 3 o'clock. The body was enclosed In a handsome coillu aud tho melancholy white plumes of the hearse waved above It In the blunte.riug wind as the little corUige moved to the city of forgetful ncss, where are neither palaces nor prisons. Sho was 35 years old when shu completed the journey of life. "II BATE IOWA SOLDIERS' Tlio liitRt WorttN of J ml go lumen I Mitchell or NcbruaUa. Dps MoineH (la.) special: This afternoon both houses ol the legitdaturo adopted reso lutions of congratulations of tho reunion, nnd proceeded in a body to join the pioneer legislator.'', vrhotQ meeting was addressed by Judge Iliburd, ex-Go v. Gear, and others. Speaker lfend, on behalf of tho prexent house, presented a cano to Hawkins Tay lor, ns tho representative of Iowa's terri torial legislature. When .lames L. Mitchell was called, he spoko a few sentences, his last words being, "Uravo Iowa soldiers," when ho suddenly fell. There was contortion. Senator Cald well, a physician, wns near, and gavo In stant nttontion, as did another physician, but it. wue ol no life. Ho was dead. Tho assembly adjourned in great sadness, .1. 11. Giinucll hiviling them to hold a memorial meeting nt tho Grand, where ho hud an up poinlmeut tospcuk. Judge Mitchell was captain of company K, Twenty-ninth Iowa. At ono timo he ro sided in 1)uh Moines. IIo was iu the Iiouho of tho ninth general assembly, and took a furlough to attend the oxtrn Honnion; wan badly wounded at Jenkins' ferry. IIo sot tied at Nebraska City after tho war uud his death nrentosa vacancy in tho judgeship of tho second district of Nebraska, llowns j 50 year old and of stalwart. Iramo uud im- posing nioin. Tho addresses at the evening meeting paid high tributo to hia character and public serviie. The Eight Hour Movement. The eight hour movement, says a Chi- J cngo dispatch, is ns-iiining formidable pro portions in this city, nnd promises to ba very general among wngeworkors, both organised and unorganized. Already the Jlricklaycrs' union havo decided to stand for eight hours work at elht hours pay, ou Mny 1, 1KN0, ns recommended by tho Fed- I erii'tion of Trade and Labor unions of tho United Htntes and Canada, uud us they number 1,001) inou in fact all working at tho trade iu Chicago theirilBiuaiul is likely tobemccded to. Tho I'lasterei-H union, numbering some 1.501). have taken like ac tion, as also the lathers, carpenters and all building trades. Tho Ciganuaikers' union bus also decided to make a stand for eight hours, and tho Tvpo)!rnihiial union, num bering mhhc 1. 000 meinliers ywteiduy de cided to rll into line and work eight hours Irom and after Mny Land inviU-d tho other pi inters' unburn in th country to co operate. Tho uneral feeling among tho woikciH Kcrtus to be to accept elht bourn pry torclghthourti work. hih uiHMMtyetur. urn nnd employers jtvwrwllv ln iit hm to htrviiuoublyoujiet to tbwr prodding. THE PARADISE OF PROGRESS. THE WAIL OF THE ror.T OP THE PUTOIIB. In old Anno Domini (Vanished hath the nnclcnt style) Men could look upon the sky, If the earth were wholly vile. Now nlas, "Wie heavy change!" All our star-gazing Is done; Terrible machines and strange Glide between us and the sun. Land laws onee. they left us when Our democracy was new; Gavly they came back again, Came the sea laws, air laws too. " Fined for trcspasclng on brine," Kvery day wo note It less, " Killed when bathing on the lino Of a submarine express I" In old Anno Domini, Iu the happy days gone dim, ' Men could sail upon the seas " At their pleasure dive or swim On the panda the children played; Now the sand, they tell us, fails; There's u tax on every sp.idc, Stringent rules concerning pall. In old Anno DomlnJ, Men were simple, merry, kind; Never struggled for the sea, Never yuarreled for the wind. Earth hath been a peaceful place I Free from folly, free from jars Were the simple, early race That could look upon the stars 1 Andrea Imwj, in Longman's Magazine Doctor Antekirtt. A SEQUEL TO MATH I AS SANDORF. 3E5y Jules Terne, AUTnOIl OF "JOURNEY TO TIIE CENTItE OF TIIE ItARTII," " TRIP TO TIIE MOON," "abound Tnr. vonu) in eioiitx DAYS,'' " MICHAUTi STKOOOFF," " TWENTY THOUSAND liEAOUia UNDEB TIIE SEA," ETC., ETO. Translation cojtyrtoMtd by O. 11. llanna, isss. CHAPTER V. TOE WIDOW OF STEPHEN BATIIOnT. Tho arrival of Doctor Antekirtt had been noised about not only iu llagusa, but throughout tho provinceof Dalnnitio. Tho nowspapers, after nnniiuneing tho schooner's arrival, had hurried down to tlio prey which promised to yield such a series of sensational articles. The owner ol Savarona could not escapo tho honors nnd drawbacks of celebrity. His personality was tho order of the day. Legend had seized upon him for its own. No ono knew who ho was, whonco ho camo or whither ho was going. This was just tho thing to piquo public euri osity. And naturally where nothing is known tho liold is mora open and imagination has moro scope. The reporters, anxious to gratify their readers, had hurried in to Gravosa some of them even wont out to the schooner. But tho personage about whom tho rumor was so busy was not to bo seen. Tho orders wero precise. The Doctor would not receivo such visitors. And the answers given to tho visitors wero always tho same. " Whero does tho Doctor como from?" "Whero ho pleases." "AVhorois ho going?" "Whoro ho likes." "But who is ho?" "No ono knows, and perhaps ho does not kuowany moro than you do." Not much to bo gained for their readers from such auswers as these. And so they gave roins to their imagina tion. Doctor Antekirtt becamo all thoy pleased. Ho becamo all these inter viewers at bay thought fit to invent To somo ho was a pirate chief. To some ho was an Africau king cruising incog nito in quest of knowledge. Somo aflirmed that ho was a political exile, others that a revolution had driven him from his country, and that ho was traveling for purposes of science aud art. Tho readers could tako their choioo. As to his titlo of Doctor there scemod to bo two opinions; in the opinion of somo ho was a great physician who had effected wonderful cures in desperate cases ; in the opinion of others ho was a great quack who would havo had somo difficulty in producing his diplomas. Under any circumstances tho physi Bicians of Gravosa and Ragusa would havo no chanoo of prosecuting him for the illogal practice of modicino. Doctor Antekirtt maintained a constant reservo, and whonover a patient had dono him tho honor to consult him ho invariably declined. Tho owner of tho Savarena took no npartmonts on shore. Ho did not cvon enter any of tho hotels in tho town. During tho first two days after his arri val at Gravosa ho hardly got as far as Kagusa. Ho contontod himself with a few walks in the neighborhood, and two or three times ho took with him Point Poscade, whoso natural inteUigeuco ho appreciated. lint if ho did not go to Ragnsa, one day Pescado went thero for him. Ho had been sent on somo confidential errand, nnd these woro his replies to tho questions asked him when ho returned : "And so ho lives in tho Stradono?" "Yes, Doctor that is to Bay, in tho best street of tho town. Ho has a houso not far from tbo placo whero thoy show visitors tlio palaco of tho old doges; a magnificent houso with servants and carriages. Quito in tho style of a mil lionaire." "Aud tho other ?M "Tho othor or rather the othors P answerod Pescado. "Thoy live in the samo neighborhood, but their houso is down a narrow, winding, hilljr Btreot that tako you to houses that ato more thau modest." "And their houso ?" "Thoir house is humble, small nnd dismal looking out side, but I should think it was all right iiibido. It looks as though tho people that lived thero wero poor and proud." "Tho lady V "I did not seo her, and I heard that nho hardly over went out of tlio Buo Marinolla." .... ' ' NO, YOIT CAN STAT, BOUIK, YOU AltK "And her Ron?" "I saw him, Doctor, as ho camo back to his mother." "What was ho like?" " Ho seemed thoughtful and anxious. Thoy say tlint the young follow has secu sqrrow. And ho looks like it." "Hut, Pescnde, you have soon sorrow, and yet you do not look liko it. " "Physical suffering is not moral suf fering, Doctor. That is why I havo always hidden mine and even laughod over them." After this tho Doctor stopped his walks about Gravosa, He seemed to bo waiting for something that ho had not desired to provoke by going to llagusa, where tho news of his arrival in tho Savarona was of courso known. IIo remained on board, and what ho was waiting for happened. On tho 20th of May, about eleven o'clock in tho morning, tho Doctor was examining tho quays of Gravosa through his telescopo when he suddenly gavj orders for the whale boat to bo launched, entered it and landed at tho molo whoro a man seemed to bo watching for him. "Itishe," said the Doctor. "It is really ! I recognize him, though he is so changed." Tho man was old and brokon down with age, and although he was not more than seventy, his hair was white and hia head was bowed. His expression was sad and weary, his face was feebly illu minated by tho half-extinguished look that his tears often drowned. Ho remained motionloss on tho quay, never hnving lost sight of tho bo.tt since ho left the schooner. The Doctor looked as though ho did not see tho old man, still less roeognizo him. Ho took no notico of his presence. Hut before ho had taken many stops tho old man advauced upon him, humbly uncovered. "Doctor Antekirtt ?" he asked. "Yes," answered tho Doctor, looking at tho poor old man, whose eyes as they looked at his gave not the slightest sign of recognition. Thou ho added : "Who aro you, my friend, and what do you want with m ?" "My narao is Jlorik," answered the old man, "and I am in tho scrvico of Madamo Bathory, and I have been sent by hor to ask you to make an appoint ment for her to seo you." "Madamo Bathory?" repeated tho Doctor. "Is sho tho widow of tho Hungarian who paid for his patriotism with his life ?" "The samo," answered tho old man. "And as you havo never seen her it would bo impossiblo for you to know her, seeing you are Doctor Antekirtt" Tho Doc. or listened attentively to tho old man, who kept his oycB on the ground. Ho seemed to ask if tho words contained sonio hiddon meaning. Then ho resumed : "What does Madame Bathory want with me?" " For reasons you can understand, sho desires to havo an interview 'with you." "I will go and seo her." "Sho would prefer to como to you on board." "Why?" "It is important that tho interviow should bo secret." "Socrot ? From whom ?" "From her son I It is not dcsirablo that Mr. Pierro should know that Madamo Bathory had a visit from you. ' Tho reply seemed to surpriso tho Doctor ; but ho did not allow Borik to notico it "1 prefer to go to Madamo Bathory's house," said he. "Can I not do so in her son's absence ?" "You can, Doctor, if yon can arrange to come to-morrow. Pierro Bathory is going this evening to Zara, and ho will not bo bock for twenty four hours." "And what is Pierro Bathory?" "Ho is an engineer, but up to tho present ho has not boun able to securo an appointment. Ah 1 life ha been hard for his mother and him." " Hard 1 answered the Doctor. " Has Madamo Bathory been iu want ?" Ho stopped himself. The old man bowed his head uud his chest heaved with sobs. "Doctor," said lio at last, "I cannot tell you more. In tho interviow whioh the desires Madame Bathory will toll you all that you should know." It was evident that tho Doctor was thoroughly master of himself to oouccal hia emotion bo successfully. THE ONLY FltlF.ND OUIt FAMILY HAS. " Where docs Madame Bathory livo ?" asked ho. "At llagusa, in tho Stradono quarter, at 17 iu tho Hue Marinclia." "Can I see Madamo Bathory to-morrow between ono and two o'clock in tho afternoon ?" "You can, Doctor, and I will intro duce you." " Tell Madamo Bathory she can expect mo nt that tinio." "Thank you, iu her name," replied the old man. Then after some hesitation : "You "may think," added ho, "that she wishes some favor of you." "And what may that bo?" asked the Doctor, quickly. "Nothing," answered Borik. Then, af or an humble bow, ho walked away down tho road from Gravosa to llngusa. Evidently tho last words had boon rather a surpriso for tho Doctor. Ho remained motionless on tho quay, look ing after Borik as ho walked away. And when ho returned on board he shut himself up in his room and remained there during tho rest of the day. Point Pescndo and Capo Mntifou took advantage of tho holiday thus given them. Thoy did themselves tho pleas ure of visiting tho inir as spectators. To say that the active clown was not tempted to remonstrate nt tho clumsy juggler, or that tho powerful wrestler did not burn to take part in tho struggle between tho athletes, is to say what is contrary to tho truth. But both remembered that thoy had tho honor of belonging to tho crow of tho Suvuronn. They remained ns simplo spectators, and did not sparo tho bravos when thoy thought them deserved. Tho next day tho Doctor went ashore a little alter noou. After ho had sent tho boat back he started along tho road from Gravosa to Bagusa a lino avenuo a milo and a quarter long, bordered with villas and shaded with trees. Tho avenuo was not as lively as it would bo a few hours later, when it would bo crowded with carnages and loungors on horse and foot. Tho Doctor, thinking all tho time of his interview with Madamo Bathory, followed ono of tho side streets and soon reached tho Borgo Pi He, a kind of stone arm which stretches along tho triplo lino of the fortifications of llagusa, Tho gato was open, and through tho three walls gavo access to tho interior of tho city. A splendid paved road is tho Stradono, extending from tho Borgo Pillu to tho suburb of Ploccc, after passing straight through tho town. It runs along tho foot of a lull on which rises quite an amphitheatre of houses. At ono end is tho pdaco of tho doges, a lino monu ment of fifteenth century nge, with an interior courtyard, Roni'issanco portico and semicircular windows whoso slender columns aro worthy of tho best period of Tuscan n rc h i t ee t u re. Tho Doctor had not to go as far ns this. Tho lino Marinolhv that Borik had mentioned tho day beforo turns off to tho left about the middlo of tho Stra dono. If his pace t-lackoned at all it was when ho throw a rapid glanco at a mansion built of granite, whoso rich facade and i-qunro out-buildings woro to thorightof him. Through tho open gato of tho courtyard ho could seo tho muster's carriage with superb horsos, with tho coachman on tho box, whilo a man-servant was waiting on tho flight of stops under tho olegnnt veranda. Immediately uf forwards a man got into tho carriage, tho horses camo out of the courtyard, and tho gato closed behind them. This was tho individual who tlireo days beforo had accosted Doo or Antekirtt on tho quay at Gravosa; ho was tho old banker of Trieste, Silas Toronthal Tho Doctor, desirous of avoiding a meeting, turned quickly back, and did not resume his journey until thocarringo had disappeared at tho end of tho Stradono. "Both in tho samo town I" he mur mured. "This is chance ; itia not my fault." Narrow, steep, badly paved, and of poor appearance aro tho roads which open on to tho lo't of tho Strndoiie. Imagino a largo rivur with tho tributariai on ono of its sides all mountain torrents! To secure a little air thd houses clustor on tho hilUsidu one above tho other and touch ono nnolher. Their eyon look into their cyos, if it is ullowiible, to to speak, of tho windows or dormers thai opeu along their fronts. Thus they mount ono over nnother to tho crest of ono of tho two hills whoso summits aro crowned by Forts Mincelro and San Lorenzo. No vehicle could travel thcro. If tho torrent was absent, except on days of heavy rain, tho road was none tho less n ravine, and its slopes and inequolitio? wero rendered passable merely by stops and lauding-places. There was n great contrast between tho modest dwellings and tho 6plcndid mansions of tho Stradono. Tho Doctor reached the comer of tho Rue Marinella and began to mount the interminable staircase whioh did duty for it. Ho had gone nlwut sixty yards when he stopped in front of No. 17. There was a door opened immediately. Old Borik was waiting for tho Doctor. Ho introduced him without saying a Avord into a room cleanly kept, but poorly furnished. Tho Doctor sat down. Thero wai nothing to show that he felt tho least emotion at finding hinmolf in this houso - not even when Madame Bathory entered and said : " Doctor Antekirtt?" "Yes," said tho Doctor. "I should havo liked to havo saved you tho trouble of coming so far and so high," snid Madamo Bathory. "I camo to call on you, Madame, and I hopo you will think I am quite at your service." "Sir," replied Mine. Bathory, "it was only yesterday that I heard of your arrival at Gravosa, and 1 immediately sent Borik to request an interview with you." "Madame, I am ready to hear what you havo to say." "1 will retire," said tho old man. "No, you can stay, Borik I" answered Mme. Bathory. " You nro tho only friend our family has, and you had better know all I nm going to say to Doctor Antekirtt," ITO EE COXTINUKD.I All Indian .Jury Trial. Recently n large number of Piutcs from the 'northern part of the county congregated here for the purposo of try ing Willow Creek, Charley for killing his wife. Court was convened by Naehes. iu the court-house yard, where the walls reflected the sunshine and sheltered the jury and spectators from the eool north wind. Twelve stalwart bucks, among whom wero two brothers of the deceased woman, wero selected ns jurors, and a large number of In dians, wrapped iu blankets, and several whites, were present as spectators. Tho jurors were sealed in two rows of six each, facing each other, the avowed friends of the accused being- on ono side, and those who were supposed to be indifferent as to his fate, and thoso who were to decide the ease according to tho evidence anil customs on the other. All smoked cigarettes vigorous ly, the accused furnishing tob.ieeo from a sack of the weed to all who desired it. Naehes opened the ease, and, though he spoke in his native tongue, ail who heard him readily perceived that he is a natural orator. "Words llowcd from his lips rapidly though emphatically, and his gestures wero graceful and dignified. IIo was followed by Doby John, dipt. Charley, Paradise 'George, Leo Winne nuicca, and Paradise Charley, a brother of the dead 'squaw. Knch and all of of Ihein made eiequont talks, and never hesitated for hick of words. Princess Sarah, the only woman, white or Indian, present, spoke in Eng lish, giving tho substance of tiie evidence given by the men. She said the murdered woman had lived on the Pyramid reservation many years ago, and acquired bad habits. She left her husband, went to Quia river, and took up with tho accused, who was then a boy. She lived with him for eight years, and frequently went to their wickiup drunk. Charley also became nddieted to drinking, because ho know his wife was unfaithful. While crazed with liquor, he killed his adulterous wife, and when he became solwr forgot what ho had done, uud supposed that she had run oil'. A month after ho committed the deed, it occurred to him that he had murdered her, and he told her brother, Paradise Charley. Char Icy approved the act, and as ono of tho jurors, advocated tho acquittal of his sister's slayer, on tho ground that he was justified in killing her. All the Indians agreed that "firewater" was a curse to the tribe, and thoy earnestly beseeched the young men to let it alone. Tho jury, by unanimous consent, ac quitted the accused, and then each In turn lectured him on the evil of drunk enness, and entreated him to bu sober and peaceable henceforth. Tho deliberations wero conducted with much gravity, and only when Doby John referred to his noso as an indication of his love for whisky, and told the accused and tho young men generally to follow his advieo rath or than his example, did the solemn visaged jurors Imjulgo In a laugh. ll'tH nemucca Silver Stale. Which? Tho board of directors of an Ohio bank held u meeting the other day, and after tho body had adjourned tho presi dent sent for the cashier aud said: "James, it has boon a long timo sinca vour books wero examined." "Yes, sir." "Tho board has deckled to employ an oxport to go through them. The re sult will ohow that you aro strictly honest or havo been embezzling from us. Aro you ready to accept tho situa tion?" ' "Of courso I am." A week after when ho wrote from Canada, ho kindly inquired: "Has your expert discovered tho which of it yotP Please charge my account with $9,600 additional, and believe mo yours truly." Wall St. News. In gazing upon tho forbidden garden that crowns some lofty hill Inaccessible, to us, wo mny forget the fruits aud (lowers that are ly ing In profusion at our feet uutasted aud un appreciated. It cost tho people of thU country (0,500,000 to feed nnd blanket tbo Indians last year. In 1S83 the cost of these wards reached nearly $10,000,000. It BaTCflFuol, Anyway. Old Settler In Tho I.owiston Journal. My health got run down, I failed in trade and I thought I would go to farming. I bought mo a pieco of land in Aroostook, built myself a cabin and Ect to work elenring it. This was for ty years nco. It was in tho fall. I didn't havo timo to build much of a house, so I just clapped shingles over tho cracks. It was rather cold for us my wife and mo. Wo didn't elcop very comfortable night3. A friend told us to get an air-tight stove, put a big chunk of wood in when wo went to bod, and the conls would keepall night and warm the cabin. Thoso round sheet iron air-tight stoves had just come in to fashion then. I got mo ono nnd set her up. A short timo beforo I turn ed in, I put in a heavy chunk of beech wood that I'd sawed riijht off a log. We turned in early nnd began to talk over our prospects in our new life. "What a grand thing that air-tight stovo is for us, Mary Ellen," says 1. "Yes." says she, '"but ain't it get ting a little too warm for comfort?" I told her I didn't know but it was and so I turned down ono quilt. Be foro wo got to sleep wo had to turn down another quilt. It was a cold night but that now nir-tight seemed to heat up tremendously. "I never saw such a heater, Jerry," nays Mary Ellen. "Neither did I," snys I. In tho night I woke up nnd it was so warm that I turned down another quilt nnd left nothing but a sheet over us. Well, in tho morning I got up and went to tho stovo to stir up tho coals and put on sonio more wood. Coalsl Bless ye, there wasn't a spark in tho stove! That big beech chunk wasn't oven charred. Thero hadn't been enough firo in thnt stove, nil night, to tech oil my pipe with. Tho beech log was too soggy to warm us up, bub that new air-tight stovo and our im agination did tho business iust ns well. ABoy Hero of Gettysburg;. 0. C. Collin in a I.ecturo in lloaton. Thero camo upon tho screen tho manly countonanco of a boy of 10, Lieut. Bayard Wilkcrson, conimand iiiR Battery G, Fourth United States Artillery. When tho war began his soul was on firo. His father obtained for him a lieutenancy in the regular service After Fredericksburg, in tho absenco of tho, captain, ho becamo commander and carried tho battery to such efficiency that he was honored with tho right of tho line. On tho af ternoon of tho first day on Bar bour's Knoll, north of Gettysburg, ho was under n severe liro from thirty-six rebel cannon. To encourage his men ho eat on his horso amid tho tcrriblo Htoiin nnd directed tho firing. A shot crushed his leg, and ho was laid upon his blanket. With his sword ho twist ed a tourniquet to stay tho flow of blood, then severed tho mangled Hosh nnd torn cords with his own knifo.and went on directing tho firo of his can non. Pin ched with thirst and burning with fever, ho sent a soldiur to tho almshouse to fill his canteen. When he returned a wounded soldior said: "O that I could hnvu a taste of thatl" "Drink, connade, I can wait,"1 said Wilkeson, and tho soldior, unablo to stop when onco tho cooling draught touched' his lips, drank it all. Lieut. Wilkeson was takon to tho almshouse, fell into tho hands of tho rebels and died that night because thero was no ono to ministor to his necessities. "To mo," said tho lectur er, "Bayard Wilkeson for patriot ism, heroism and sacrifice will bo ov er an inspiration." Tho Trials of Youth. "Tommy, will you have somo moro pudding, my son?" asked Mrs. Smiley at tho Christmas dinner. Thcro was a largo company prcsont, and sho Bpoko very pleasantly to Tommy, for sho was afraid ho might bo disagreea ble Tommy was in the habit of mak ing disngrecnblo remarks when thero was company. "I don't know whoth er I will tako any moro pudding or not. You aro always saving that I eab as much as four boys.' "Why, Tommy, you know bettor than that." "Yes, you and pa aro always sayijig I'm no hotter than a pig. Aro you suro enough in earnest when you ask mo if I want somo moro pudding?" "Tom my, I'm ashamed cf you. Won't you have samo moro pudding, just a little moro? Come now, that's a good boy," said Mrs. Smiley, looking at him as if sho would liko to skin htm nlivo. "Well," replied Tommy defiantly, "I'm in a fix. If I say I want some pudding, then you'll say after tho folks aro gone that tho littlo pig had to havo pudding twico. Jf I don't tako any more pudding, then you'll say that I ato so much turkey thnt I couldn't eat any moro puddin' when you offered it to mo. Darned if I know what to say." Texas Siftitigs. A Disgusted Soldier. From Toxas Sittings. An Irshnmn serving in tho United States army in Texas and belonging to tho infantry was in tho habit oi stand ing with his toes, pointing inward, to remody which tho Sergeant continually addressed him whilo on parade with, "Stick out your toes, Patrick." It took Patrick years to acquire tho habit of sticking his toes out. Just about tho timo ho had succeeded he was transferred to tho cavalry, where his habit of sticking out his toes inter fered much with his usefulness as a horseman. Tho Sengeanb was con tinually calling to him: "Stick In thoso toes, Patrick," much to his dis gust, nnd he oxclaimed with tome em phasis: "Divil tako such a service. For fivoyears itwnsnothlnjs but 'stick out your toos, Patrick,' and now it'u stick In your toes, Patrlok.' Thwrii is no plana tho blackjuftrda."