THE OREGON M 1ST.
U. 8. iil Cminty'.OfllPial Tnper.
WIT AND HUMOli.
Young Author "You liave no ldo
. how fluuutly I writo wlion I am tse
scribing sonio object I like something
I fairly doto on." Miss Flip "WUat's
- tlio niattor with writing your biogra
phy ?"2'cxas Siling), ,
Travors 'Yovi have actually tent a
bill with my ciotheii. Whit insult!
What iufamv!" 'Jailor "It was nil
our now bookkeeper's fault, sir. Ho
got you mixed up with thoso who pay."
Clothier and Furnisher.
. 'Tve lost my position," raid tho man
who had made application Tor assist
ance "What wore you cngod atf '
"I was director of the uiiut." "In
deed!" "Yes, sir; I used to mis
"julops." Washington Post.
A story at hand, describing a love
scene between tho hero and heroine,
ssys: "He wooed her with a will."
That's a good way, especially if the
wooer is old and the will is lu her fa
vor." ZftnffAamfon Leader.
Givo the averasro man three days'
- work to be done iu three days and he
will boast the first day, loaf the sec
ond, and show the amount of work he
has to do to prove that he is worked to
death on tne tuira. Mciuson uwoe.
"Did you enjoy it off in the country,
Jiinmie?" "D.d"l? Had a bully timo.
I used to get up before anybody in the
hotel aud change all the boots and ring
the lire-alarm, aud I broke nine panes
- of glass in one week. Harper s lituar.
Colonel Greytop "Miss Uptown, I
would like to introduce au old friend
of mine a soldier oue of the Ualnk-
lava Six Huudred." Miss Upiwn
"Une of tue six uunilreil! U. Uoloucl,
hadn't I better see mamma first?"
Life,
"What, my child! You danced last
night with the Colonel? And he goes
to balls while he yet wears mourning?
What a light man he must be!" "O
but, mamma, really you should hare
seen now beautifully sadly ho danced!"
FikgetuU Blatter.
Mr. Ticks "Adam was ccrtaiuly in
great luck." Miss Wickles "How
-, was that?" Mr. Ticks "Why, when
he got a wife ho had only to give up a
rib; and now it takes all "the backbone
a man has just to think of getting mar
ried." Boston Courier.
Husband "Anything you waut
down-down to-day, my deaf? Shall I
order some of that self-risiug flour?"
Wife "We have pleuty left; but I
wish you would stop at an intelligence
ollice and order me a scll-risiug serv
ant girl." AT. Y. Weekly.
"The difference between au enibes-
eler and a Napoleon of finance is
iirncticallr naught." "How do you
make that out?" "Well, it's a matter
of one or mo ? oauirlits. bteal thous
ands and Tou n.-e an embezzler: steal
millions aua you are tue oiUerthiug.
i t Joseph S ews.
Bilkins "Bothered by a'piano next
door, eh? Well, I have a dog which
always howls when my wife plays the
piano howls so that she has to stop
and I'd let vou have him if it wasn't
for one thing." Wilkius "Is he
cross?"- Bilkins "No; I can't spare
him." X. Y. Weekly.
Charlie, dear, what is a monopoly?"
he asked, looking up tenderly, as she
rusted submissively in his arms with
her daiulv bead nestled against his
coat-collar. "Well." replied Charlie,
manfully struggling to bring his mind
to cope with abstruse sumccu. aim tail
ing altogether to get bevond concrete
facts, "I sincerely nope that this is."
tiomerviitc Journal.
"Yes." said he, '"we must condnct
our affairs in a business-like manner.
Wife will be my private secretary; my
daughters, ivmeiine and Agnes, will
- direct my mail; our two sous will be
obedient little pages and every one
shall be paid a salary." Then the
rouugest son raised his chubby fists to
' .lleavcn and exclaimed: "I-at her is
out for Congress!" Dallas A'ews.
The Eleptiant'M Taste for Dainties.
Ono favorite food of the African ele
phant is the tender, juicy roots of the
mimosa tree, which grows in scattered
groups through most of the meadows
and Ion lands of Central Africa.
When an elephant finds a young tree
of this sort, it is not difficult, as a rule,
for him to get at the roots especially
if the surrounding soil is moist and
loose, as is often the case after it has
been soaked by the heavy rainfalls of
the tropics.
Jf the tree is loosefie elephant,
knowing his stCfttfglb, winds his trunk
-Jiwtrfrp-ound the tree and plucks it
from the earth, a feat which is no
harder for him than the pulling up of
a (lower is for a child.
But the elephant does not stop here;
experience has taught him the most
comfortable way of enjoying his prize,
so without relaxing his hold, he turns
the tree completely over and stands it
with is upper brancnes thrust down
into the place where the roots were.
Then the earthy roots, now replacing
the branches, remain within easy reach
of the strong itnd deft trunk.
African travelers tell us of great
tracts of country almost covered with
these inverted trees. Seeing the dry
trees turned nnside down one would
be more likely to think a wood had
been reversed by mischievous fairies
than to suppose hungry elephants had
been feeding there. '
Sometimes an elephant will find a
tree which defies . his greatest efforts
and absolutely refuses to be uprooted.
But tho elephant docs not give it up.
Not at all. lie either brings another
elephant to help him a thing they
ofteu do when tho work is too much
for one or, if ho can not find a friend,
he sets his ovva wits to vrk. Ho
makes use of his tusks as levers,
thrustiug them as if they were crow
bars deep under the roots and pries
awny slowly and steadily until the tree
is loosened; and then with a great
wrench he completely uproots it and it
goes toppling over, leaving tlio clever
elephant victorious. SI tliclwUis.
- ' Cowhide Horseshoca.
In England and on many parts of the
continent they have been for a long
timo using a horseshoe made by com
pressing common cowhide. It is com
pressed of three thicknesses of the cow
skin pressed into a steel mold and then
subjected to a chemical preparation.
It is claimed lor it mat it is much
. lighter, that it lasts longer, aud that
split hoofs are never kuown iu horses
. uxine- it. It is oerfectlv sinnnth nn tha
bottom, no calks being mini red, tha
shoe adhering firmly on the most
i p (2io$ihji)ors". stops
A FAMOUS WAR SONG.
HOW "ALU QUIET ALONG THE POTO
MAC" CAME TO BE WRITTEN.
Tha Ramarkabla Caraar of Lamar Fo.
talaa, tha Uaro of Many Unr4-Fve(hl
" Itattlaa.
"Yes, Foutainowns a most remark
able character," said General Charles
P. Mattocks, of Portland, Me., as ho
handed mo a package of ' letters aud
other data. "Whoa I was a prisouor
in the Coufoderatos' hands at Charles
ton, S. C, a movemout was started to
exchange me for Fontaine, whom our
troops had captured. Each of us held
tho rank of major at tho time. But tho
scheme miscarried, aud ho was ex
changed for Major Harry White, of
Pennsylvania.
"This man, Lamar Foutaiuo." con
tinued the General, "is famous through
tho South for two things. It was ho
who, iu May. 1863, undertook tho seem;
ingly foolhardy, but, nevertheless, suc
cessful, exploit of carryiug a supply of
percussion caps from the Confederate
General Loring's headquarters at Jack
son, Mis, to tho belcagnrod General
Pcmberton iu Vicksburg, when that
commander was eutirely out of caps,
and consequently could not fire ft gun.
"Fontaine who theu, as now, was ft
Mississippiao had horses shot under
him, aud auy quantity of bullets tired
at him, making numerous boles in his
clothes and equipage, beside other
frightful dangers in that terrible'ex-
perience. He is the hro of tweuty
seveti hard-fought battles, and came out
of the war iniuus a leg aud bearing
other evidences of his war experiences.
He is still living in his native State,
where at tho ago of 60, he works hard
at his profession of surveyor aud civil
engineer.
The other thing for which he is
celebrated is as the real author of the
popular war song. 'All Quiet Along the
Potomac To-night.' To be sure, that
fact is disputed, but I notice in a book
of war songs recently published ho is
given the credit which to him right
fully belongs."
"But it is not my purpose to go into
the discussion of a question in which
the public is little interested; what I
do care for is the deeply interesting
narrative of a war-time episode iu con
nection with the poem, as told in his
recent correspondence with mo. These
are the letters. Read them yourself."
"Thank you. General."
It appears that not long after the
first battle of Bull Run, in which Fon
taine, as a private in Company li
the Burt Rifles Eighteenth Mississippi
Regiment, took part he was trans
ferred to the Second Virginia Cavalry,
and at tho time of which this narrative
treats was doing picket duty just above
the head of au island uear the Seneca
Falls ou tho Potomac. This was in
August, ltSCl oue mouth after Bull
Run.
It was here that Fontaine and another
private named Mooro formed a close
friendship. Moore was a married man,
aud fairly idolized his wife aud their
two beautiful young children. Mooro
and Fontaine were together, whether
on picket or guard duty. They clung
to each other. They bought little
band-hooks of xiems Byrou, Burns,
and others and together they would
sit in the cool shade of trees or hang
ing rocks that lino! the Potomac above
tho Falls of Seneca.and read aloud to
each other passages from their favorite
authors.
At this section of the two army lines
the pickets on cither side of tho waters,
Federal and Confederate, had coran to
au understanding and agreement that
there should be no tiring at each other
while on picket duty. And but for a
treacherous violation of this contract
by a dastardly soldier, tlio incident
herewith related would not have oc
curred, and "All Quiet Along the
Potomac To-night" would never have
been penned. I give the story iu Fon
taine's own graphic words:
"We had to stand on a post six hours
at a time. That night I took my stand
at 6, and Moore retired to rest. The
nights were chiily.and we usually kept
some fire burning. There was a small
spring of Water close by, and a large
fallen pine tree that I used to sit on
and rest at times, after walking my
beat, and I have frequently stopped at
the spring and bathed my face when
the dreary monotonv of the still night
had a tendency to lull, u.-b iu iJieep.
As soon asXt'yuwlr'fl.at midnight bad
amveifl stepped to the fire and threw
on some pine knots, and roused Moore
to take my place.
"He rose slowly, picked np his gun,
stepped to the fire and stretched him
self, as a sleepy soldier will, and gaped
and yawned; and while his arms were
extended, aud his band grasping the
barrel of his gun, there was a flash
across the river, and the whiz of a
bullet, and he sank to the earth, with
a hole just above his eye on the left
side, from which flowed a dark, crim
son tide. Not a word, not a groan es
caped him. -
"I removed his remains from near
the fire where he had fallen. And a?
I did bo my eyes fell on the telegraphic
column of a newspaper, and it was
headed: "All Quiet Along the Potomac
Tonight1 And, oh, how truthful it
was! It was certainly all quiet with
mc, and with him whom I loved as a
brother.
"I could not help shedding a tear,
and my thoughts reverted to Ids home,
his wife, and his children, and to the
falsehood told by those whose guest I
had been, aud whoso treachery had
caused bis death, and they grew bitter,
and a demon of vengeance arose in my
heart, which was not stilled until the
white dove of peace had spread her
Btowy pinions over the whole face of
the laud and the bombshell rolled
across the sward the plaything of
child. '
When morning dawned the word
in that newspaper were burned in my
brain, xiicy rang m my ears, ana
were painted on every scene that met
my view. , I put my friend's effects to
getherbis letters, sword, bat, all
and expressed them to bis wife, with a
true and perfect description of his
death. And while I stood beside hi
cold form and gazed at his marlile face
and glazed eyes in the unbroken silence
of my lonely watch I felt what few
mortals ever feel in this shadowy vale.
I penned the outlines of the poem then
and there, but not as they bow appear,
for the first were biting and sarcastic
I read the crudo copy. to Ordorly Ser
geant W. W. Williamson (who was a
fine critic) aud Lieutenants Graham and
Depritt of my company, and William
sou Suggested that if I would only make
it more pathetic, instead of aarcastic.it
would take better.
'A did so, aud On the 9th of August I
now a
and received their highest commend,
tlon. I gave them copies of tho origi
nal, and they recopWd and tent them
homo, and soou the whole regiment,
brigade, division and army wore In
possession of it
"My father, whom I mot shortly
aftorthe completion of It, auggostod
that, Instead of 'stray picket, 1 ought
to say 'loue picket' But I did not
alter it The ladies of Leosburg, in
Loudou Couuty, Virginia, put the
wonts to music, and used to atug them
for us long before they wero printed.
I gavo one copy to a Miss Eva Lco.and
oue to Miss llempstoue. Also a copy
to John M. Orr, who at the time was
Mayov of the town. I gave copies to
many others, whoso names I can not
recall. '
A quartcr-contury has elapsed, and
now this champion of a "lost cause"
touchingly writes that the glory ho
fought for has faded; and lie enrca
nothing for what is In the eterual past
that he has no enmity iu his heart but
loves tho soldiers who wore the blue
and fought to maintain the Union
Jiriilijton (Jc.) Utter to tit Boston
IkrdJiL. !;
THE BUFFALO'S MUD BATH.
Tha RlntShpal Wallow No Lou jer m
Familiar Sight on tha I'ralrla.
A buffalo wallow, once one of the
most familiar objects on tho prairies, is
a circular depression, having a dia
meter of from six to thirteen feet the
average, perhaps, about twelve feet
Iu approaching a large herd during the
Summer the first judication of the
presence of tho huge animals was nn
immense cloud of (Yost rising high in
the air, for the buffalo, as do many of
the wild beasts, loves to revel iu the
tine sand or dirt which he furnishes by
digging it up with his horns. "Like a
buii in his wallow," was ouco a , fre
quent saying on the plains, and it had
a very significant meaning with those
who had ever witnsssed a buffalo bull
endeavoring to cool himself off in a
wallow.
Many years ago, in the early ds of
travel on the great plains, tho travel
lers believed these curious rings to
have been made by the Indians iu their
dances, but the idea prevailed for a
short time. The buffalo, whoso hair is
remarkable for its iuteuso shaggincss
and thickness, must necessarily suffer
severely from the heat and then he
will seek the lowest ground on the
prairie, where thero has been a little
stagnant water left, if he can fiud it; of
course the ground being soft under the
short grass, it is an easy matter for
him to make a mud puddle of the spot
in a very short time. He accomplishes
this by getting down on one "knee,
plunging his short horns, aud at last
his head, into the earth, aud he soon
makes an excavation into which the
water slowly filters. This makes a re
latively cool bath.whore.throwiug him
self on his side as flat as bo ran, he
rolls forciblvaround and, with his horns
and hump, fie rips up the ground by
his rotary motion, sinking deeper and
deeper, continually making the wallow
larger, which fills with water, in which
at length he becomes completely im
mersed, the water aud mud, mixed to
the consistency of niortar.covering him
perfectly, chauging his color and gen
eral appearance. When he roso the
mud dripped in great streams from
every part of his huge body, a horrible
looking monster of mud and ugliness,
too terrible to be accurately described.
It was generally the leaderof the herd
who look npon himself the business of
making thu wallow, or if he found
another had commeuccd the excava
tion, he would drive him away and
wallow until he was salished, standing
in a mass of mud and water in the hole
until he got ready to give tho others a
chance. It was always the uext in
command who stood ready, aud when
ho came out, the next, who advanced
in his turn, and so on according to
rank until all had performed their
ablutions. Frequently a hundred or
more would patiently wait their turn,
each one making the wallow 'a little
larger.
It required about half an hour to
make a decent wallow, and the depth
was about two feet The water natur
ally drains into these holes, together
with its accompanying vegetable de
posit and the result is a remarkably
rich soil, where the grass and weeds
grow with a luxuriance so marked
that a buffalo wallow can be distin
guished long before it is reached. The
prairies are covered with them all overr
the central and western pvi'iion of
Kansas, where the ploxign has not yet
distux'A 'ne primitive sod. The first
thing a Kansas farmer does after a
rain is to examine the buffalo wallows;
if they are filled with water the rain
has been a good one, and the saying
common in that region, both by the
individual and the newspapers, is,
when speaking or writing of a soaking
rain. "The buffalo wallows are full."
When the weather was dry the buffalo
had to content himself with the com
minuted dust he could make in the
hole, and, as the weather was gener
ally dry, the wnercabouts of a herd
could usually be located by the cloud
of dust rising above it Kansas City
Mar.
CHEAP AND SUCCESSFUL,
Hl.tory of
Stockholm Papar
Baa O.
tha American Flan.
We have an nltracheap paper here,
the success of which is truly of the
American sort writes a correspondent
I say its success is American because
the paper has grown np so quickly.
The paper is called the Stockholm
Nyheter (News). It is thoroughly rad
ical politically and advocate inces
santly the abrogation of the monarchy
and the state church.
It was only three years ago that the
publisher got what was, according to
the view of many, a mad idea of print
ing a paper for tho subscription of 1
care, or 8 crowns, per year. It would
be impossible Ut gel any lower. A
little over 3,000 subscriptions came in
en the start hut without advertise
ments it was printed at a loss. The
"ads" did not flow in liko the sub
scriptions. Well, the cere system waa
again set in motion in another direc-
r tion. After the paper had been going
for three months it commenced to have
a widespread circulation and more
comprehensive than any other Stock
holm daily. "
At the beginning of the publication
there were about 100 newsboys; now
there are over 250 little follows who
reap the farthings. The publisher re
ceives 1 oere -from the newsboys, and
they in turn sell them for 2 aero, the
cheapest price ever paid for a nows
paper in this country. The daily sale
of this paper on the streets and outside
is about 18,000 copies. The subscrip
tion list has grown to 13,000, making
tho total 30,000 and over. Now the
advertisement patronage has also he
roine irofitabla .
Sixty-three per cent of tho West i
Point cadeti fail on mental cxnmma-
MISSING LINKS.
It was lu Italy, after Flandei. that
the manufacture of taestry attained
the highest position during tho six
teenth century. Forrara appear to
have beou the most aiieieut ami most
inipoilaut manufactory lu Italy.
Lord Tennyson hits recited "The
Charge of the Light Brigade" aud the
"Ode on the Death of the Puko ol
Wellington" luto a phonograph, so
that tho sound of his voice may be
hoard "In summers that wo shall not
tne." :; "
Nearly 7,000 pounds of attar of roses
were exported from Turkey Inst year,
worth 360.000. Essouoo of geranium
has boon employed for adulteration,
and tho Turkish government has now
forbidden the importation of this es
sence. , -
A curious art Imposition " has been
discovered iu Paris. Au ingenioui
person stole bronr.o aud marblu busts
from the cemetery of Moutpaniosse,
Paris, touched them up and sold them
as effigies of famous heroes, statesmen
aud orators.
Graphite has been discovered noar
Santo Espiiitu. Cuba, and tho owner!
of tho initio intend to commuiico wcrk
Immediately in conucctiou with tomt
American capitalists, as thu mineral,
which is oe. good as that of Siberia, can
le advantageously disposed of iu the
United States.
Tho Bradly-Marlins, of Now York,
havo set a fashion which will possibly
fiud imitators among other rich Ameri
cans. Instead of spending the wlutet
iu New York or Florida thoy havo se
cured n palace at Cairo ami will give
some sumptuous entertainments In true
oriental splondor.
Gov. Francis T. Nichols of Louisiana,
who made such a fight against thu lot
tery in his state, is dismembered to
remaikablo extent Ho has lost a leg
and an arm aud is bliud lu one eye.
He lost bis leg at Chancollorsville aud
his arm was cairiod away by a caution
ball at Winchester.
The bop vino is said to be siuistrnrse
becauso it twines with the motiou ol
the sun, that is, from right to left
Beans, morning glories and all othel
species of climbing plants, with tin
exception of one of tho honeysuckles,
are dextroso, turning opposite to the
apparent motion of the suu, or from
left to right
King Humbert of Italy is a man of
nuusuai will power. After having for
years smoked to excess, he suddenly
and completely renounced tho habit
When his physicians advised him to
abandon tlio use of tho weed, it is re
lated that he pondered a moment and
said: "On my kingly honor I'll never
stnoko agniu" aud he has kept his
word. t
A very Interesting book will shortly
appear. It is Fanny Kemblu's "Last
Records," a sequel to "Recollections of
My Girlhood," which most persons
havo read and enjoyed. Mrs. Komblo
roust bo over eighty now, but her
memory is still unclouded, her intel
lect clear, and site is full of anecdotes
of the interesting persons she has
known.
Mrs. Burnett Is said to stand at the
head of our authors just now lu her
literary earnings. '1 ho London Daily
Hews says that she has received for her
American rights on tho plav of "Little
Lord Famitleroy." uo less that 17,000
(fSS.OOO), and that if wo were to add
her similar profits in . England on
"enormous sales" of this novel the
amount earned out of the book would
bo "quite startling."
Olivo Thome Miller has completed
two new books, both on subjects in the
treatment of which she is happiest
one on out-door studies of birds; the
other studies of pet animals iu the
house. The bird lover maintains a
rcgularbirdroom in bur cozy Brooklvn
home, and this is Mrs. Miller's study,
whero she often sits quietly for hours
watching her birds and gathering
material for her delightful books aud
magazine articles.
Hunting the Gorilla.
From a recent lecture by Pun! du
Chaillu at Uryn Mawr College:
I continued my travels all alone
from ono tr7-s another, learning
theip .-'languages." wn'a'll camuh me
through a couple of tribes, when I
would have to stop and learn another
language. I finally got to the canni
bal conufry, the laud of tho gorilla. I
here heard some startling stories
about this man-ape, but could not at
first get any of the natives to go with
me to hunt the gorilla. At last I gavo
three cannibals as many beads as they
could carry to go with mo. On the
night before we started they danced
around the idols and bled their bunds
in about twenty places and rubbed the
blood over their hearts. They then
scraped the bones of thoir ancestors
and swallowed the scrapings, under
the belief that it would get into their
blood and make them brave. We then
went into the forest. The silence was
wonderful. Not a sound broke the
stillnoss. We. saw nothing for two
days. On the third day I was about
100 yards ahead of the party when I
heard the sound of a branch breaking.
I gavo the signal of danger. The
others came up to me and we heard
the noise again. . The branches of the
trees near us were loaded down with
red berries. Mv heart was bcatl.ig
and I was forced to stand still to calm
myself. I waited for a few minutes
and there was no sound. Suddenly
the noise was repeated and a huge
monster stood before me.. He had a
black face, short legs and body covered
with hair. His deep-sunken gray eyes
looked at mo, as lie sat twelvo feet
awav. With a howl ho wtft getting
ready to coino for mo when I shot him
through the heart. Tliis was tlio first
gorilla killed by a white man in 2,000
years.
"This beast measured 5 feet 11
inches, and the spread of his arms wus
9 feet A iuches. Tho circumfuienco of
his chest was 7 feet lie seemed to be
constructed of bones aud muscles of
wires."
Disgrace In Ireland.
Sho is an Irishwoman, bright witty,
entertaining, ai an educated Irish
woman cannot help being. Bho wus
telling me of a gathering iu a certain
hotel parlor in the Green Islo soon
after one of the periodical uprisings
among the Irish people against land
lordism. In mentioning certain facts
regarding the persons present at this
meeting she spoke of the Imprisonment
of this one or that as a matter of course.
I rcroorked that It was a straugo con
dition of affairs that In which tho
prison had lot its tniut. "Talut!" sho
cried. "Not to have been lu jail is a
disgrace!" 'Iwenluilh Century. , ,
Dundee shout-builders
get 7 pence
t KAISER WlLHELM. ,
na I Fmt or tl.n UlrU and Llkat ta
, I'lajr l'mollval Jukaa,
In spite of Iho fact thnt tho young
Gorman emperor has n shi'lvulod arm,
necessitating tho use of au Instrument
which Is lu reality a combined knife
and foi k, or fork sharpened on oue
edgo for milling purposes, ho Is, among
his Intimate, a jolly good fellow, fond
of nil tho pleasures of life and much
f;lven to pruutloal joking aud nousonse
n general, snya n correspondent of the
N. Y. Sun. Ills left arm, tho shriveled
one, is not only considerably shorter
thau tho other, but Is almost absolute
ly without strength. Tho ouly use he
can put it to is to removo his cigar or
cigarette. However, the right arm li
endowed with extraordinary strength
aud vigor, fiud this youthful monarch
Is uot averse to putting it to a very no
ble use nt timesto-wit, encircling a
taper waist During the trip to Nor
way last summer hu took great pleas
ure in ranging nbout incog., ami one
day au officer of the Imperial yacht had
tho misfortune to come face to face
with the young emperor when the lat
ter had a very pretty girl by his side.
What was to ho iloneP It was too late
to turn back. To halt, face front, and
salute would put tho youthful monarch
in a bad tlx. under theso circumstances
tho officer turned tils back and pre
tended to bo gaxlng into a shop win
dow. Suddenly lie felt a sharp pinch
ou his nrm ami hoard a voice Whisper
ing. "You did that very nicely. Try
to find as pretty a girl as I have. You
have leave of absence until ip-morrow
moruiug."
The emperor's special chum Is Count
Riileiihorg, and the two friends, nt
lirod iu the style of well-to-do clttaout,
take groat delight lu knocking about
the streets of Berlin, nrm lu arm, smok
ing cigarettes and ogling the girls.
Nor is ho above tho indiscretion of
coming to a halt aud having a friend
ly chat when ho hears a cocotte cry
out: 'Oh, look at that handsome
blonde!"
The young Gurimtn emperor Is fond
of practical a Joke, and scarcely a day
passes that some niinhbur of his per
sonal household doesn't fall a victim
to this penchant for harmlc&i mischief.
As tho emperor is a grant lover of art
being a painter of uo menu ability,
as is attested by tho many excellent
pictures which ndotn tho cabin of the
imperial yacht Hnhunr.ollcm, one and
all his owu work he never neglect to
have some artist of acknowledged
ability ou board when out on a cruise.
Tho business of this artist is to make
sketches of places visited, aud, above
all, of fetes, reviews, triumphal entries,
etc, iu which the young emperor
figures as the bright particular star.
One morning while the imperial yacht
was at anchor tho emperor summoned
his artist and expressed a desire for a
sketch of tho landscape. The artist
pleaded indisposition 4or work. The
emperor, however, insisted on one
hulf-hour. But uo sootier had the
artist settled down iu bis task than
William gave tho signal to get under
headway. At first tho artit was too
intent upon his canvas to notice his
landscape wassllpping away from him,
but suddenly ho realized tho position
he was iu, and, turning suddenly about,
found his royal tormentor with a group
of choice spirits all convulsed with
mirth. Tho painter mnde a motion as
if to stop, but William railed out:
"No, no; one half-hour was the time
set"
"Hut the landscape, your majuslvf"
"Will bu a panorama," cried Wil
liam, amid shouts of laughter.
A STORY OF BOSTON CORBETT.
How and Why Ha Trli.it t Kill II. I
llrawn, of C-luu'l I'mintjr, K
D. L. Brown, of Concordia, Kas., was
nt the Union Depot, gays tlio Kansas
City Star, on his way to tlui southeast
ern part of Kansas.
It'was in the latter part of Decem
ber, 1HS0, ou a Union Pacific passenger
train, that nn attempt wits made by
Boston Corbett tho slayer of John
Wilkes Booth, to take Mr. Brown'
life, Corbett was a superstitious sort
of a fellow, and believing God had
commissioned him to caro for the
spiritual welfare of the people of Cloud
County, they wore harrassvd with hL,
sermoijA'iyJi'Vi.'.'ig, the horror. "tlie
'i!,-)!iuric regions and commnuiing
everyone to Ileo from tho wrath to
come. Forbearauco with thoso good
people had ceased to bo a virtue, and
the feasibility of incarnating Corbett
in the Stale Insane Asylum was talked
of.
At that time Mr. Brown was the
Probate Judgo of Cloud Comity and
Corbott would necessarily have to b
brought before him and his sanity de
termined by Jury before he could be
removed to the asylum. Corbott
imagined that his oft-consulted frioud
was at tho head of the movement and
ho resolved to kill him ou sight Ao
cordingiy he made, sure that his old
army Colt's pistol, the ono he used jn
shooting Booth, was iu good trim and
awaited Ids opportunity. About flint
time Corbett received notice from
some df tlio Republican leaders of the
state thai if ho would present himself
at the opening of the legislature he
would be given nn appointment as
doorkeeper, lie boarded tho train at
Concordia ono Monday morning for
Topeka, on tho same day Mr. Brown
had decided to pay a visit to tho capital.
Corbett walked into the coach with his
mammoth horse pistol strapped around
his waist. Suddenly ha saw Brown
hurpedly coming down tho sidewalk,
grip in hand, toward the train. Cor
bett was wild In au instant and vocifer
ously announced his intention of shoot
ing as many leaden bullets into Mr.
Brown's corpulent frame ns it would
hold. The latter stepped onto tho
platform of thu train just us It wns
pulling out with not the least intima
tion of his danger. Corbett with his
revolver iu his hand stood in the cen
ter of tho couch, his face livid with
rage, wailing for his victim to turn the
knob of Iho door und enter. The pas
sengers in tho car, notmoro than hull
a dozen Including the news agent were
greatly frightened at tho impending
danger. The Jailor, a boy of 18 yours,
summoned up enough courage to
puss Corbett and go out of tho front
door and warn Brown. The latter
entered the conch ahead and with n
handsome but deadly looking double
action revolver In hand luvnllcd an at
tack from Corhott. The latter en
deavored to forco Ills way through the
door, but the conductor appearing on
the see no finally persuaded him to re
turn to ids seat. Corbett kept his
hand on his revolver nil tho way nn
the journey. The excitement of the
sessions of tho legislatures und his re
hearsing of tiie killing of Booth al
most completely unbalanced Ids mind.
How ho adjourned the senate, at the
point of his revolver Is well known.
Many of the best English jockey
larn over fSOD a weok.
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