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A BOSQ OF LP VS. I do beltev her heart la onvUiln tltl to me; fih la th on that hud no art 8v love lht I to be. tMi la th on who mi ao dear , And caught ma with hr golden hair. My wwt remembrance make A melody ot herl No thrueto that atn In all the brake Would I-could I-tefrt Tot when ah apo lw lova'a sweet way All Um dear Mrd aang nurht and day, For Rent Free. M - - ....I. ....... .1.. I .. t' mansion, In th moat arleto- emtio neanoomooa 01 ne aristocratic city Wash Ington, and tnaamuch a It wa offered ront tree ft on year to anyor. wh would agree to occupy It for that time. I did not fcealtat long la mK in un my mind to tak It. Upon in quiring th reaaw why th place waa offered for rent en such easy terms, th agent Inform d me that It had th nam of being haunted, ami that the owner had been so unfortunate as to procure In auessaieon a. number of tenant all of whom were superstl- tloua, and all of w horn atralghtway moved out. .,- It had thua com to pas that the house had won for Itself reputation which had driven lt.i owner to deir. lie determined to have It occupied long enough to live down the Mlft that It wak haunted, and he had, therefore, concluded to offer It a before sUted. I waa pleased wi'h 4 he frankness of ' th agent, until I afterward learned that th owner had come to the aaiiw conclusion i to yeara b-f re. and that the only ten wH he had secured since then, a you.ur batchelor like my self, had been found dead on the draw ing room flow the' morning after the ttret nlght'a occupancy. Th police had been told to go there ami took for htm by the servant, who had fled from the houe when the ghost first put In lta appwince. Tha ei.roner'a verdict waa, "Died by heart failure." I am not superstitious, norhra I evei. nervous, and bo It waa but a few days before 1 had movei Into the haunted hou; but In that time I had nearly loat Moae, my colored servant and standby, who had been the one thing left me after thj settling up ot my father's estate. My father had bought aim years before up at Fairfax Court house, and he tried to buy his sinter, Call. Lilly, who was equally black, but aba was soil to a higher bidder from Alexandria. After the war ahe went 4o live In Washington with Mrs. 1m Nelson, , whom ah called one of her "chimin." Mrs. Lee NeUon lived at Ko. 1705, directly aero the street from my free mansion, and thus Moae learned all about Hie "ha'nts over to yondah house whvr you'se gwine to live at" , - . Poor Moee; after all he had heard ot th ghoats that had been seen there, I can scarcely blame him for hi un willingness to live with me In my free quarter, and I do not wonder that I found him hard to persuade and final ly reassure, aa I eventually did. The day after the furniture had been put In Moae and I were hanging pic tures, unpacking the library, and at th same time Investigating things, looking to see where this door went to, and that noise cam from. Moat of all we were curlouj about the great red stain on th floor in front cf the mantel In the front drawing room. It was during this time that Moee was telling me what "Lilly dun tole" htm. "Mahsa, Lilly ehe ay dat we-uns gwine be scared m bad dat our teef wine shaken ou'en our bald Lilly she say dat sh reck una she knows all 'bout dls yer house, cui he know'd de young gen'man what commit de sooslde yer, cus he war engaged to . her vounar Mlssua Charlltt. what mar ried her cousin Rtcna'd Moncure. Mis Charlltt's mammy she Insists she doan marry s no northe'n man, but must marry qual'ty people, and dat's how de trouble hit ail come about. "Prince Oholly, dat's what dey all ust to call him, cus he war ao spri'tly in his manmhs, he ut to lib yer be to de wah, an' he ust ta come down to Alexandry to coat Mlas Charlltt ail de time. And Lilly aha say she oaln't hope but think dat he was qual'ty, even ef he war a norSieah. T tlh I. . - - . . . i ..... man, and dat Miss Charlltt cert'nly sot a heap of sto' by him De pres dant what war de ores'dant befo' Mis . tah Lincoln war de pres' dant, he dun sent Prince Cholly's pappy away to England to be a iilndatah, and he take Prlnc Cholly's mammy along with him. Prince Cholly he tell nls pappy he come In de spring-. Lilly fche say dat all dat wintah he com pow'ful lost to libbln down to Alexandry, and Miss Charlltt she jest as smllln' as a basket of chips on a frosty mo'n Ing. "when all de chairry trees and everything was bloas'tnln, Prince Cholly he tells Mlas CharHtt he got to go to England an join his pappy and mammy fo' de sumnvah, an he ex Miss Charlltt ef she won't get married to htm then, 'ated of watt'n nuthrth yeah, we want ner to go long with him on a honeymoon and s'oriee his folks. Miss Charlltt she mighty glad to do this, cua her mammy dun tryln' all de time to get her to marry Mi h tah Moncure. : Lilly say her mammy Just put her feet down p'lntldly, an' 'fused to let Kiss Chariitt get married den, cuz ah aln' ole miff, and flndly Prince Cholly he have to go 'way toy hisself, and Lilly say she dun have de ml.ry In her side fo' a week, cuz he look so moanful when ' he ay good-bye to Miss Charlltt in de garden. Lilly say . dat the an' all de house niggahs was peepln', an' dey could see Prince and Miss Charlltt In de moonlight by de ltlao hedge, and den by'mby Prince Cholly he let go his holt of her, and mahch off down de street, Miss Char lltt eh stand In' looldn' aftah him tell he out of sight. Den she turn, and go into de house. "Lilly she say she caln't remembah ever seein'fMiss Charlltt smile 'gain ( aftah dat day. All de trouble came den, fo' de next mo'nlng yar come Mis tah Moncure, an' he try right 'way to make Miss Charlltt marry him, and Miss Charlltt's mammy che ; hope him all she know'd how. Miss Charlltt she wouldn't 'low him to coat her at all, ao, an' ehe tell him, ef he don't go 'way she 'splse him. Mlstali Moncure he stay right thar do' all do time; and de L&wd only know h.iw dey do hit, but in August he an" Miss Charlltt's mammy done make her marry him. Miss Charlltt she declare all de time she Jest hate him; an' Lilly she say she did too, cuz she seed In Miss Charlltt's face, she look sc. conrtemptus like. Den dey move 'way, aown to Fredricksbu'g, an' ain't mo1 aan nanay gone, when yar come Prince Cholly home 'gain, an' he find de lettah wat Mlas Charlltt don write to him de mo'nJng she git married. Lilly ay de ebldence show dat, aftah he read de lettah, he drap hit on de flo' in front of de mantel Jn de front pa'la', an' go up stayahs an' fling hU self on de bade, an' he must been pretty near 'straoted, too; cuz de sheets waa tored all to piece. Den he roust gone Into de slttin.' room up stayahs an shot hisself, cuz dat's whar de blood commenced, an' hit war aplash'd all 'long de hall, an' down d atayahs, an' into de front pa'la whr de big red ataln la. Lilly say dat he ben tole dat, aftah he shoot trisself, he tlnk 'bout de lettah he drap on de flo', an' he drag hisself all de way down dare an' burn (t up' all ceptln' a little piece 'thout no wrltln' fun It, an' nobody ain't ever know what 1 Mis Charlltt dun writ to him. An' Lilly she aay dat Prince Cholly' ha'nt crawls down dem steps, an' ober to de pa'la fireplace, an' turn dat lcltah ev'ry night." "Vea," aald T, "I presume It does, but what of Mini CharUttr "Jeat gwlit to tell you dat. Ully the aay dat when Mix 0m HI It she heh what Prince Cholly dun gone an' do, U up an' eaito home to her mammy In Alexmuliy, an' doan eat nuthlu', but Jest lay on her bade an' cry an' cry o her heart would bieak. An' den de re van come an' h git 'stracted, an" doan know any body, not even her own mammy. 8he grow'd worse every day, tell she ain't look In" no mo' like Mls Charlltt dan anything. D doctor tell her mammy ah ain't gwlne llv long, an' aay ah botth aon to her huaban1 but her mammy any no, not fo htm. MWw Charlltt ah altwp right peacrul dat night, an' ah amlle right mUch'l like, an' look moat jt Ilk ah did bo Prince Cholly had o go 'way. Long towa'da mo'ntn' MlaCharlltt she dun raise up In bade, an' roach up hw arms lowt ao, an cry out real Jy fvit 'Prtnc Cholly -tout ah aint nvbt ay no mo'. She drap back on her pillar, an. d doctor aay It waa all over, an' he tay hit too bad her hu' band alnt thar, hut Mia Charlltt'a mammy ahe see the happy atreshmi on Mlsa Charlttt'a face, an' ahe aay. 'No; htt am bettah h aint heah.' An' Lilly he heerd dat Mla Charlltt'a ha'nt ia yer In dls house W The art'mKm faded litto ih daik- neaa of eveiUng. After my dinner I had to rmaln with Mose while he tin Ivhed waalilivg the dUhea, aa he waa afraid to be l;ft alone even for a mo ment. HI work over, we adjourned to the front parlor, and I permitted Moae to smoke a cigar with me. As no ghoats aeemed to com forth, I thought th y might object to lights, and much to' th dlgut ot Mose, 1 put them out In h hall and In the room where we aat. A soft radiance came In from the street, and ant and nmoked, and Moae, wUhlng to appear courageoua, waa saying that he guessed that half the houses 'that were supposed to be haunt od were not, and I waa thinking of the beautiful Mlsa Charlotte, when auddenly a fig ure paased swiftly and nolaebssly from the hall door to the fireplace and there varuaned completely, "For Ool, mahra, Jew aee datf crKnl Moae, clinging arotind my neck, beaecchlng me In or. howl to protect him, and tn-aitother calllnir on the Lord to make him a "better nigger." I have said that I am no; super stitious, nor even'nervoua, but I had Just seen what Moae had, and after hla unearthly howling in my ear, t was iHarly as much worked up a he was. V at once UghUJ the gaa, and started an Inveattgation, but dlacov wxhI nbthing unusual. The next came after a long night, In which Moss and I made mot un suceaiful efforta to sleep. Mose lay on th floor beald my bed, a compro mise on my flat refueal to allow him to h'de his head under my aheet. The nextmornlug he said to me, "Kf you'se gwine to atay yar In ills yar house eny longer, dls nlggah and yuu Is got to paht; I alnt gwine stay yar fo' any man and get conjured." I tried all my persuasion, but Mose was determined to go. We, howeve, settled that he should sleep at Lilly's and come to me early In the morn ings. I toll him there were no am things as ghoats, and that I ahould no doubt soon find out .all about the ap parition of the Mght before. That evening after he had finished his work and gone to aleep acroes the way, I again planted myself in such a poaitlon that I could easily watch the door leading Into the hall. I waa In the dark, smoking, and I had not been seated long when a tall figure, seem ingly that of a young man, passed hurriedly from the flriplace acrosa the room and out Into the hall. I cried to it to atop. My vole ethced through the house and fright ened m?. It sounded ao little like my own. I was about to start in search ot the retreUIng figure, when ther entered from the door two others trose of a man and a woman. They pass! slowly enough fur me to see then plainly, shadowy as they were, and I ran fom the room and out the front door to the sidewalk. No; I was not mistaken, there were the man and woman, two legroes In flesh and blood and down the hill at the corner of Second street waa an electrio light. I saw It all at once; anyone passing in front of the house would cart a deep shadow In my drawing room, I called out to the couple who had Just passed, "Hello, there! Wait" At my first Invitation to wait they Mopped, but as they located my voice and my figure there came a howl from the woman; "Fo, God, Ephr'am! Fo, de Lawd sake, look yondah, honey!" Approaching them, I aaked jf they would not please walk back past the house again, as I wished again to see the phantoms float across my parlor, I was compelled to wait for other pass ers-by, however, for the gentleman addressed as Ephr'am and the lady under his protection had put two blocks between us before I knew It, Upon re-entering the house and wait ing for more ghosts, I was rewarded, for when anyone passed while the room was dark, a corresponding fig ure or figure would be seen, passing either to or from the fireplace, The next morning I told Mose that the ghost racket was exploded, and ex plained to him what I had discovered the night bfjre. I had expected to straightway ptirsuade him to remain with me nights from that on. Imug ine my feelings whan he said, "You keep on stayln' yar, and you git fool in de hald. You ipec' I'm gwine to llraen to any suh tork as dat? You cyant disqualify dem ha'nts by tellin dls yer nlggah no sech trash as dat.' A few days later Lilly told , Moso that "a ha'nt what look for all de Wort' like Prince Cholly dun come out from dat house last Chewsday night, an' hit dun chase Bruddah Ephr'am Joslyn an' his wife clean from dare to de P street bridge, where, beln' as how hit war a ha'nt, hit couldn't go no faddah. This flattered my vanity, but It was humiliated immediately, for Mose ut terly refused to believe that the ele gant flguro of the ghost was no other than my own. I occupied the house a year, rent free, and have had It for six years at a minimum figure, but Mose still gjes acrosa the way to sleep every night, A SPEEDY SPEEDKn. The World's Record Again Lowered by Tyler. Harry C. Tyler la the young bicyclist of Springfield, Mass., who recently lowered the world's one mile record at Waltham by a full second. He low ered the 'record of l:fi 3-5, held by J. P. Bliss of ChloiWro, to 1:53 8-5. Tyler's brilliant work 'two years ago, winding tip with breaking all the ahort dis tance records from a Btandlng :: atairt, him made him fa HARUYO. TYLER, mous from one end of the country to the other. : Laat year at Springfield, Tyler rodo a mile from a standing atari; In 2:013-5, breaking the world's record of 2:05 2-6 held by Willie Wlndlo. Tyler 1 quite' ycung, line looking and Intelligent and has long been the bosom friend of W. C. Sanger, tne noted cyclist , , . , . , MINI8TKH Or NAVY. Th Matt Who la Winning tattle for Japan, Owing to the fact that the moat Im portant ve:tta thua far th etrug- gle between China and Japan hav been naval engage ment. T. Httlgti, minister of Japan ese navy, la a per son In whom there Is manifested a great dat of Inter est. He la a man lit the prim of life, la Very intelligent, and hla experience In naval affairs t eAiuu, render him well Ai led to hit hi responsible position at thla critical time. In nearly all the naval engwgementa Japan haa lun-n victorious, it la stated that Chlnem hip ceo ying 1,100 aoldlera waa sunk by Japanese hatterltw a few days ago. It Japan cornea out victorious In thla struggle, the result will b th triumph of Japanese policy of eommerc and progress, but should It be China, th victory would probably be followed by the policy of exclusion and stagnation. CiOVKRNOU men. The Michigan Repuhlloana Want Him to Hun Agoln. John T. Hleh, recently renominated by th remrbllcana aa their candidate for govtrimr, la a farmer. Hla par ent.! were Vermont era, who removed to Crawford county, Pa., where the gov ernor waa born In Ml. Seven years later the family removed to Michi gan. lov. ltich waa elected to th suite toglalatur In 1873, where he served six year. JOHN KICK. bring twlc elected speaker. In l!W0 he waa a promimnt candidal for governor, in th same year h waa elected to the tt senate, resigning his potilUon upon his eloollon to con gress, where h served but on term. Heturning lo private life b haa been active In agricultural circle). In m and again In im he waa appointed Ktate railroad oommtslomr. , NOT AT HIS 1DHT. Our Minister to China Ja Off on Vacation. The war between Japan and China make -"nel Charlea Denby, l.nlted Htatea minister to China, a pvraonag of more than ordi nary lntert, al though he la abaent from China on a va cation. Colnel Hen by waa born m Vir ginia about sixty eight yeara ago, and educated at George town college and at the Virginia military Institute. In 1S51 b began studying law, CUABLR DSMBT. waa admitted to the b7 nd In 1 was sent to the legislature. Although a Virginian he espoused the caua of the Union when the war broke twt, and became colonel of the IHth Imllnna reg iment. In IS'13 he resigned and for taenty-two year devoted himseir to the nrartlc of law. In 1KS6 he waa appointed minister to China and has held the office ever sines. JU1M3K COO LEY. The American liar association. ' which Judge Thoa. M. Cooiey, of Ann Arbor, Mien., is president, will hold lis seventeenth an nual convention at Haratoga, beginning August 22d. Presi dent Cooiey, the subject of this sketch, waa born in Attica. N. Y.. In 18i!l, studied law, and was admitted to the bar In 18. ' In 1H57 he waa eleot- tiiomas a. cxkilky. ed compiler of the state laws and th following year be came reporter of the supreme court of the state and three years later was made chief Justice. For some time he was chairman of the inter-state com merce commission, but In IKitl 111 healtn compelled him to resign and since then he has practiced hi profession. ' PRESSED A IK. It May Succeed Electricity as a Uv Power. Mo- Erastua Nicholas of noston, who ia In tercated in several New Knglaml atreet railway companies, was in Washington on a flying trip yeaterday. Whether he had hla eye on any of the "Wash ington llnea or not couldn't be ascer tained. He ta on of the few street ralroad people who think there are other efllcaoioaa mode of supplying motive power for propelling cars be sides the overhead trolley. He told a party of gentlemen at Wlllard's about a test that was made In Weatfleld, Mass., on Independence day,' of a com 1 j-ckwhI air motor that was Intended for propelling street cars. "There were three cars used In the experiment, he said, in the course of the conversation, "and each on made 14 trips during the day, amounting to something like GO mile in all. Nearly 2,000 passengers were carried, and the general Impression seems to have been favorable to the teat. It waa found that a rate of speed could be obtained of 25 miles an hour, and that the mo tcrs could be easily controlled and the rapidity of the car regulated to suit all purposes. The motors were able to run about 15 mile without toeing re charged. The machinery waa not at all cumbersome, and the future !m provements on the motors which are now being made will be awaited with considerable Interest, I believe, by those who are studying the vexed jroblem of safe and economical rapid Krinslt fait thickly populated com mutinies," Washington Star. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Determine to sow a good-sized tur nip patch thla fall. Utilize all the home-made manure before apehding any money for com merclal fertilizers. A farmer suggests thut navy beans might be found a good crop to partly take the place of wheat. A farmer suggests that It is a good plrn to fumigate nil grain bine, and corn cribs, by burning therein behind closed doors and windows a good pot of brimstone. This will kill all Insects and destroy spores of disease that mlKht otherwise be perpetuated. T. 11. Terry cuts his clover early He doesn't call It tiny, he calls it dried grans, No matter what he calls It, as a writer snys, his horses are fat, his farm Is fertile, he. Is prosperous, and no doubt his family Is happy. All these do not follow the cutting of clover enrly, necessarily, but they do follow doing things at the right time and In the proper manner. Ex. A good farmer of our acquaintance says that he will never pasture a field of fodder again, lie tried this on seven acres the past season, to save the expense of cutting up the corn, and found that he received only a email proportion of the UHual benefit from the fodder. After this he will cut and feed properly every stalk of corn he grows. Western Plowman, S3 Si The Hero of Chancel lorsville a Recluse. Gen.Tleasontons Varied ' Career. Th Fiiimi Cavalry Lemlei Now 8e Few ami live Only In Hla Hooka rtnl hkrik Gen. Alfred I'leaaouton, the famous cavalry commander of th Army of the Potomac, whoa fam at one lime waa aa wide spread as that ot almost any leader of the civil war. atll Uvea In Washlrgtrnt. the cny of his binn, Ilia existence haa been almost forgot ten, write Allan !. lauan in th Washington Post, for h ha not left hla room for the last flv yeara, owing to painful bodily ailments, th result of the many yeara during which th great majority of hi waking hours were spent- In th saddle. He ndml'a only a few congenial friends to the aa credit f hi chosen privacy, which those who aerve him are careful to preserve Inviolate, , To stranger and to casual aeiiinlutaiice o( former days who call more out of curiosity lo ob serve hla present surrounding and mode of lire, he Invariably returns a polite refusal when their cards are sent up. Although th world ha lust sight of him he haa not loat sight of the world In which h one lived and moved, no brilliant a figure. Just half a block from the oltlc of the lot he Uvea, In a low eelitnged but most taaiefully fur nished room, from thn IMll old-faah-loned wlndowa of which h ran look out upon th busy thoroughfare that runa between th White Hons and the Capitol, at any hour of the day or night. In thla same building lo. haa lived for sixteen years, H I a quiet tittle hoatehy known na the fl rea son house, th furmer proprietor of which waa an old time friend of lien, t'leasontnn. Hlnr hla death It haa been kept by a daughter, Martha W. Orenwm. Th impretenllousneaa of the place, and th undisturbed privacy Which he la able to obtain there r very pleasing to th general. "It I becatv they obey orders," he said in sprttklng on the subject, "thut I lfv remained here ao long." lit wanta are few and welt sup plied, for his pay and pension from the government amounts to not lees than l- per month, and henldce he haa an Income from about W.iKK) worth of property left him some time ago by a sister at hrr death. Walking cauoa him great pain, and he move tbuut little more than from the bed to hi chair and back again. He Is surround d by books and pictures, and Is an omnlvenms reader. 11 ink- halt a doten dally paper aa well as some of th magaalne. HI books and papers are hla principal companions. Th alwaya entertain him, and he doe not hav to talk o them about mat ter that do not Interest him, an Ilk some task at any time, but moe es pecially at the present, for a throat trouble haa seised him, and at time make even articulation dlillcult. Though In constant pain he will hav mn of the dtirs, preferring to use old fashioned simples that give him temporary relief, to undergoing a srries of aurglial operMlons, th re sult of which might bo doubtful and might irv to shorten his trm of Ufa reilxr than prolong it. Hurgxm Genera! iillss was bis doctor for many yeara, and after his death he would lav no other. Prior to that time he underwent several surgical operations for relief from hla trouble, flutula, re fusing to accept the admlntMtratlon of anaeatheUca, lis army olwervatlons having given him the Impression thai Hnae the tics killed many men who would rave been saved If they had wllluttood the shock of surgery. His nurse and almost constant attend ant la a fait 1 fill colored woman of middle eg., who occupUs an adjoining room, and aniJcliatfea the must of the general's desires. Th death of Oen. A. J. Pleaaonton, at I'hllad-lphta, July ttth, caused some confusion in the minds of newspai olograph r throughout the country, a number of whom spoke of tha deud man aa belmt Uie famous cavalry leader of the war, when It was In reality his elder brother. "Ho I am dead, am IT" remarked lh sorrowing brother to his attendant, as he read some of the obituaries of himself, that being his only comment. Although lxth brottKTS bore the title of "gentral" before the world, there was a vast different Jn their careers. Ho.h were graduates of the United States military academy, but A. J. resigned oon after graduation and never again saw aervlce In the regular army. He wa made brig adier general of Iho petuuiylvanla mi litia soon after the outbreak of the civil war and given command of the home guard of 10,000 men, raised for th defense of Philadelphia.. Such was the extent of the eldor brother's aervlce aa a soldier, Hla advocacy of blue grass aa a means of Increasing health and longevity beoime famous In many part of the world end ha frequently been written about. ; Th younger brother, Alfred, won his spurs In the Mexican war, and . be came one of the most famous cavalry leaden Jn the war of the rebellion reoelvimg before Its close , the brevet rank of brigadier general, Ho now wands, with the rank Of colonel, on the retired list of the noble deTimd ers of the nation. Alfred pieasontcn was btrn in the city ot Washington In 1624, and at the ege of twenty had completed four years' course at the government mil Itary academy. Ho did not have long to wait before his military training came Into active use. For gallantry r.nd meritorious conduct In the battles of Palo Alto and TtrsHca de la Palmn he was brevotted first lieutenant. ,Af forwards ho was sent upon frontlo duty, commlwlnned flit lieutenant In 1813, and captain In 1855. He was act ing assistant adjutant general to Gen William 8. Harney during thn Sioux expedition, bis adjutant general during tho campaign agalrst the Hcinlnolee In Florida, and during subsequent op eratlona of Qoneral Harney's command In Kanos, Oregon and Washington, , In tho autumn of isdl, when the na Won nweded all tin defenders,' he com mended Ms regiment In Us march from Utah to Washington,' Ho wa commlwslor.cd major of the Second cavalry In February, .18(, and served iurougli the Virginia peninsular cam palgu, becoming brigadier general of volunteer,! In July of that year. - He ftlso followed that famous cavalry dl vllon that followed Lee'a Invading army into Maryland. Hla no mo and fume are Intimately connected with ithe battlM of Bconegborough, South Mountain, Antletato, and the subse quint puwuit. In the bloody battlws about Fre-Jerlckburg in tho spring of 18t,3, he frequently engaged 'iho enemy, and at Chancollonsvllle, May 2nd, stayed the further advance of tho Con federate forces. ' , . . To General Plcnronton is due the credit of having eaved the Army of the Potomac from absolute rout at Chan- cellorsvlllo, when "Stonewall" Jackson, with hi entire corps of 22,000 men nam down upon' Hooker's right lUnk ami had already put to flight How ard' oorp. "IVaaonlfon with two regiments of cavalry and his Im-iUry," aaya a contBmporwry 'historian, "tir rived at Hasel (lrovi -where ttlckles had been e impelled to leav a portion of his artllUry Just a Howard's corps wo hurrying pat In fmli ntrwil. limprl1lng Hn M nation at glance, he hurled ithe l'JIgbth lVmi sylvanlnv on th pur.ukn colutmiH, The rgtment overwhelmed, and lta commander Inslently killwl. His catrous as wa th charge to th reg iment, It nevertheless accomplished Us object. The- Co fed rati were tempo irailly chcketl'. Jo a few minutes, what with lis own ImUwy of hme ai'lllley, ik m gun belonging to the looted Cofps, ami thrw Which Sickle had left behind him, he had thirty piece In poaitlon. A heavy cannon ade waa opened by Colonel Crutch field, from the Confederate bat'terte on th plank mad, hla object being to prevent th natloml tnsia from r. fi rming. PleaaonUm replied wUh tr. ntendi us tnergy, And a often aa the Coned(rate cam up to th charge their rrnka were decimated by hla doublw-ahotted guns." No trsps could pa through such a atorm of Iron hall. It ww now night, but not dark, for th moon waa bright and full. Want's brlgiule was ordered lo attack the enemy's tinea at II o'cha'k, Want's men ringed to the chars with tor rilla fury. . Ey wltneaae hav dea irlbel thla midnight bottle aa one of the gr.iiutit ant moat soul-ttrrtiig cena of the war. Th Confederals wer driven back half a mile, and Ocn, "HtirewalP Jaokson. In many respect tha gretet soldier of th Ctmfeleiacy, fell mortally wounded. Th i cat battle next day gave mill further advantage to th Confederates but tlni deatruction ot Hooker' army, which Jackson had planned ami al most eaicuteil, bud been avoided by th primp t action of (leneral 1'lwos onton, , "The vlctiry of Clmncotl.iraville," aaya MCub, a Confelerle tilatiirtan, "waa hi ught dearly by th Confeder ate. Out of an army or about fiO.OUO nun, lu,:'si were klllinl, wounded, and naptured, The d-nth of "Hionewall" JiH'kaott was a cost of fully u.sno men to their cause. At the moment of hla suimck agniiMt the Kederal right he was shil diwn by hla own men, who mistook his ewori for a party of Federal cavalry," (leu rl I'teasonlon received th brev H of llmrtinant colonel fur Anleliam In 1SU, was promoiwl major general of volunteer in June, isii.1, Mirtk-lpatd In the numeroua ai'tlons that preceded the I tile of tlettysburg, waa com mnuder In chief of caVttlr In that aotlon, and waa breveited colonel on July 3, lMiil. The next year h waa trnfefemI to Missouri, drove the force under Oen. Sterling Price from that a tit to. and In March, 1865, was brevetied brtgallr general In the I'oiied mates army for gallant and mirltorlou conduct In that campaign, and major gnl for services throughout the civil war. ' Ha rewlgned fnxn th army In 186. wna I'ittttnl Hi at cii ComilUasioner mT Internal revtnue for sevrral years, and subsequently president of the Terr Maine A CliK'InunM railed. In May, lt, he wa ieB.poutisl and placed or th nilr.nl list with the rank of major, U, 8. A. To those of hla friends who enjoy th honor of btlng ermitted to his ai'lHy be la a bhmi agreeable gen tleman, and when imh preventetl by hla throat trouble, a brilliant and en tcrtiilntng conversatkmalUt. It aeenis a great pity that, through his physical Ills, th world should be deprived of the presence and mental capacities of ct.e whose memory encmnpaases ao remarkablii 9 life of personal adven ture and varied experience, WOOL ' A N 1) mT'TTO N. prof wor lllckntan, of the Ohio Slate university, gives It as hi opinion that Il ls Impossible to produce th. beat quality of wool and the highest grade of wool frmn the same carcass. The Amefieim ! rmcr and Farm News Join mu with Prof. Hickman on this question. It suss: We believe that there are now bred In this country sheep that, while growing a very high quality of wool, are, when slaughtered, excel lent mutton. We refer to what are com monly called "mutton Merinos," Thy re of the lllncktnp type In shape, hav ing smooth, round bodies and plump quart -m, but the wool I not so black at the tips as the blacktop fleece gen erally are, Tliae sheep have never oiH'it boomed to any extent, but In central Ohio there are several llocka of them which, even with present low prices, are very prolllnbbs They are not claimed to be a pure breed, but are the result from selections from Merino grades, and bnve been bred in one di rection long enough Hint they breed quit true to type. Tlicy pear a heavy fleece, and the wool brings the very highest price always, and when ihe sheep are taken to market they sell as well as any other breed. A price Is tho only criterion by which Ihe value of anything can be Judged, Itsecms to us that these mutton Merino pretty nearly till the bill as mutton and wivil producers, A cross between the Shrop Mhlres and Merinos, using a Shropshire ram and high grade Merino ewea muke a crosa that Is proiltablu for either wool or mutton, and this cross Is large ly used In the central state. A POEM ON CHARITY. The Statesman Is In receipt of a lrlng p.x.m (evidently delayed by the flood and lbs) on the Kubject of "Charity." A (Tcait qwintlty of the subject la lndulgud th pint lent reader hence only the llrat stanza Is iWUInml. Charity cvers a multitude of sins but its mantle is perhaps not capa clou enough to embrace more than the opening Stanza. Here goes: One day as I wandered In the woodM sal aa.d lonely, I wit me to rewt on the ground, rough and stony; A tall old llr o'er my heart hung a limb, And I mourned and protested and talked long to him, I told him my tromblt. my sorrows -' and ceres, Told him of this world, Its tempia Hons and onare;. , I told him of ithe people, that need to be fed, , Whose need Is of shelter nnd raiment and broad; . But that about which my aoul most did grieve, Was, that I could afford ihem so little relief. ' A BIG MAN. , Tho editor of tho Ileppwr Oaseitte was pora willy acquainted with John Mairtcn Craig, who recently died In tho ipat, with the record of being the 'hnavluat mnn Irt the world, and says tho following atntement mtulo by Mr, Craig la correct: "I now weigh 007 pounds,' arid am now 31) years old. At birth I weighed 11 pounds, at 11 month I weighed 77 pounds, and ait 2 years 208 pounds, At that itlme I took tho $1,000 premium at Rnrnum's baby show In New York City, In 1S58. At 0 years I weighed (102 pounds; at 20, 551, pounds; nt 23, 725 pounds; at 28, 704 pounds; at 30, S3G pounds, with tha present weight of 007 poundB, I am 6 feot 5 inches high, memaura g feet 4 inches around the hips, 18 Inches around the ankles, 49 Inches around the thigh neat to my body, and re quire 41 "arda for a suit of clothing, and 8 pounds of yarn for a pair of atocklngs," , , , , , . A W TJ?e First Prisoner in Amlersonville. The Experience of Ralph 0. Bates. Kin Kscaiw Through Tunnel That v It Took Scvi'u Umg MoiithN to Dig-. A reporter met a man m national reputation, Ralph 0. Hate. II live at San LMego, Cal., where tie wrnt In 1873, but haa been traveling over the entire United Hiaea during all that time. He ha th distinct am of bng on of (It first Union toldler ever confined In Audersoiivill prison, and th first who ear pad from that hell hole, ' i In a long talk with him a story de veloped Ih.il rend Ilk a romance, and yet th acare and fact and dates he glv maka a real atory of so (Teeing and privation In th great civil war, that few men could undergo and live, Mr. Rate wa born June 20,11X0, aiul unlisted In the Ninth Ohio' cavalry, Company II. June 7, 1X02, at Defiance, Ohio, He waa captured November II, 1NBJ, whit on mooting expedition at Cumb.riand Oap, Tenn., by Kirby Smith' command. II wa taken to Ubby prison, iUWimond, for a short lime, after which h wa in Danville, V'a , Savannah, Ua., Macon, Ua and waa II mi I ly taken to Anderaonvllle, Where he arrtvinl February 11, MX It waa then a military camp, known as Camp Sumter, and it waa not umll February 10, lHtit, that it wa called Andoraonville prism. When Mr. Hales, who wa a prtvat M'lter, first went thn, only fifty union sol.ller were thi, togrther wlt'i 1,MH rvH coner1it and desert er. The and the inroe. built the tiHkado enclosing seven acri of gnmicl, which will go down to history a the great Ainleinoiivllle prison, where hundreds, yea, tltoUHunil of men lost their lives through hunger, alk neaa ami th brutality of th otTlcer In charge. Iiues, who by htt tnscna loyalty, hal Incurred th displeasure of ('apt. WlrU. the commander of th prison, waa subjected lo all auria ot brutal punbilimeiit. He ahow three wounds riH-Mvwi at thn hands of Wlrta him self. One la through th lift thigh; another through th left leg below Ihe kilt. Thla wound waa received while liates waa atruitg up by th thumb because a comrade had given him a drink of water. The r fellow who did the Christian ad waa klllct by Wlrta. While It tie was lying on the ground and Mug nursed back to health by hla conn-aim, Wlrta saw him and aald: "You damned Yankee, I thought I killed you," "No, Cailn Wlrta," replied Rates, "I shall live to so you hung yet," With that Wlrti drew hi revolver and ahot him In the breut, the bull going entirely through hla ; body, (till he got well and with on or two trunted comrad -a began digging a tun nel, For erven month and nineteen day they worked, covering the open ing with a pliie of sheet Iron on wht'h they did their cooking, and at last, when they had dug flf'.y-nlne feet, and reached the outside of the abn-k-ade he induced eighty men to make the attempt with him to eerap. This wa on March S, , 1M4. They were ImmxtdiUely puisiuhI and so far aa he could ever learn only himself, Klchurd King .f th Tetrth Pemuiyl vnuliv cavalry and Andrew lllbblua of thn FntiiVh Mlchogan Infantry, ever ruaeheil the Union llni-s, which they did at llrldgoport, Ala,, after being out twen4y-lx days, during eight of which they Wtre concealed by an old free colored woman called Aunt Eilna, on the tmks if the Chatachooeh nvw, firty-two mllea south of Atlanta. Five hirsemen with twenty-flv blood hounds wvre In pursuit, and when they were so close pressed that the men wire tiring upon thivm, they plunged into the bayou, excising only their ik res for breath, and finally crossed the river and reached the llnea. He wa aent to General Sherman's headquarter and finally went to Washington, where he appeared before President lim-oln, and ottuf- high oltlclnla, April 21, lStli. The result waa a general exchange of prisoners, and In Siptembcr of that year there were released from Ander son vllle 1,600 men; from Thomasyttle, (In,, 1.2M; frn Hello n!e,, 3,200, and from Florem-e, 8. C, 900, all of whom, It has been sull, qw) their live to Hates' Bfpearance In Wraahlngton, ami hla vivid picturing to the president of tho horrors of outhera prtnon pen. He was known aa "Hilly" in prison, and King, hla chum, waa known as "Dkik." They became Inseparable, Ulcers Broke Out SLUGGISH LIVER. UUretl Dy USing Vr. Grant's Sarsaparilla. PtarSirs: I wish to thank J)r. Grant by letter for the wondorttil cure effected upon me by using his Sarsnparilla and Crape Koot. LaBt suiumor I was taken sick with what the doctors called la grlpp. I did not socm to got any hotter, My liver was in a horrible condition, as I was coiintantlv throwing up bile.' My legs commenced to swell and in a short time ulcers broke out all over them and I Biiirorod terribly, A traveling man whom I knew advifiod me to try Dr. Grant's SarHiiparilla and Grape Root, , I did so, and uftor taking seven bottles I was completely cured, scars all heuled up and I felt like a new man. I highly recommend Pr, Grant's Sarsaparilla and Grape Root to all afflicted. , Yoursfruly, REUBEN WARNER, Colfax, Wash. Price 50o.i 6 bottles $2.50. rI ter Dale h4 Mrved to th ckw of tn war in '"T" reglmnt, acting orderly a' ml Moitiereon's uff. they together went to Ann Arbor unlvrfty M m wu.ih.nu tt4r cuTrjr they had contracts In prlmm, brok out upon thsrn. King bt hi rW arm, and fln.ll W Kates waa man of cale and sorea friwn head II wrote a lec ture entuitd f'"'1:" d,2; grdher they traveled over th. United State, telling h story t their lm priMoiuneiit. '' , . Hate, attend! sh trial nf CapUJn Wlrta and saw him dally. H wit neased hi exutlon In Wahtngton on Noveml-et 10, IMS, u waking giaid hi words when Wlrti tu him In Anilereonville. King ha jute wr a badge, pinned on him by President Oarfletd, which bn th name of h various P" he was confined. To story would inquire volum. Mr. Hat l " ' th ,rW mln; tug men wiw can 411 from personal exjrlent of that awful prison pen. Ht, Jo H.-ald 8WINR HAW1MO KOH QUICK PHOFIT. In many respects wl rMng the leading animal Induatry .f Ihl cimntry. and It give, quicker and surer returns than any other. For the two rnsr. fclon. It Is n Industry that Is of th greatest Importance to the ma . Irity of farmer. Horn may claim that th dairy business I one that miual that of swln raising In these wii'ct,i. but to make dairying a great nucce It l neceary to Pd ume In building up herd of valuable nlmal. and the return at first are atwaya slow. It might b further ad ded, say K. V, Smith In an exchange, that awln hubandry ran b started with the least Invested capital of any other, and thai even tli poorest farm r can afford to start with half a doaen swine. Itelurna are always at nolutely sure In swln reialng. for there Is no loss. Should the market be overstocked, the mmf 1 alwaya of value to th farmer for family us, o later lb pork may Ml well. In win husbandry a ieliilty. there Is, however, a vast difference be tween that and ordinary raising f me or two hog on the farm. In order to go Into Hi busiuees for money Hie ciwner must understand considerable about th science of brawling and feedlrg, On of the great '"" f failure In swine husbandry I due to general Ignorant of the two point Nearly every one raise few hogs, and consequently. Ilk editing a paper, every one thinks that he can make th tiunlne pay when conducted un a larger scale. Many reason that It Is an easy matter to writ and edit a pa per, and that It la also an easy mat ter to raise hogs by giving them swill and th general refuse and garhwg of th farm, with some corn to fatten them. Such people generally tall III making money with awine. and are Ihe ones that complain about the buslneea Another gret cau of failure Is overstocking, This may b considered from several points .f vl.'w. , A clover and grasa are essential lo the cheap production of hogs, It ta poor policy to keep ao many swine on the place as to make It InipooKlble to give them their share of clover. The farm t over stocked when It Is neceary to buy clover lo- feed them, or to depend en tirely upon corn and grains. Where a farm Is overstocked with awine Iher will generally be found plenty of In feiior animals. The tendency Is lo pay more attention to quantity than to quality, and the herd consequents)' soon (legem 'rales, Overe'ra-klng In any sense of the word Is unprofitable. Quick returns and quick profit should be the aim of the swine breeder, and thla is such an Important thing to farmer, that they should consider It well. Most of th labor of the farm er are puld for only after yars of waiting. From the lime that the hogs are brought Into thla world unlit they are sold, th-y should tie fed liberally so that they will grow rapidly. The quicker the animals mature, the better the meat ia which they produce. Forc ing is alwaya good, provided that It ts not carried so far as to Injure the dl gcKtlve organs of the animals. That la the danger line. Forcing with' rich fooda tends to Injure the stomach, but plenty of clover and coarse fodder counteracts the danger. . HTOltTor 'TUB BRIXS." Henry Sartaln, son of th famous engraver telle thla story, ways the Philadelphia Heoord, of how Poe'a pom of "The B.lls," waa first pub lished In Sariuiu's Magaalne: '-is came irnto the office one day, and, handing father a atanaa In manuscript! aaked htm what he thought of It. Fath er look-! it over and aid he thought It pretty good. 'ia Wortn Mr B(tkeil Poe. Father said ho thought It was, ami paid him th money. The poen was th first stansa of 'Tho IMIa.' a wek or so later Poe again aauntwred IntoKh little, with th remark. 'Well, John, I hco you haven't printed my poem yet.' lather replied that he had not because of lack of apace, 'Well, I've got another alan, here. AV'llt you mi me nave a five on Mr Th man looked aa utterly wretched that father paid him the money r.d took tho stnnaa. Will another Installment of two additional stanxaa followed with in a month, and then It waa that the poem wna first printed." ELMIRAJRECOH. Bo Ton Inow Whero It Is? MRS- W. T. KAYSER, LlTOi There and tells la tha Folio ing Letter of the Wonderful Benefit aeooiTeo rrom ujing Dr. Grant's MediolD.es. EbMtR. Ohroon, April ftUi, m Pr,,auK"rant' PiwIiluMt o. w. R Mfg. Co., lWHaml, Oregon. . n'rJit wii,b toexprcMH mv heartfelt hanks to you for the' great Jne" I have been a constant sulTerer for Twelve Years with spinal trouble nnd the complaint o peculiar to women I hZ a ! with several d i ire m t .Wtore 1 n i T fptneof themlrecSr' i'T net, nut Irom iinnu i ' remedies. Connn O; lvre ie:; ,,, t instant- laSifihiiftii. r. YC; Dcr Si 1 -arcely realiI half lamjea of Cong,, ,M S wo u".S T " "enr Mt Awr th 8ult of ' SI 1 Kike, nthul tt" th-y. My urine wa, bloody and terrl Si MJ?i Pftin" neRr the 8Plno- 1 tetl averal and I am l I h Tnlhs remet,ie". got no relief, When I K.i for U, w,rlfh th"n 1 8ufferin tu"i"l7 copy of your more nnd can' wtKhhu ?Ti,?h al AdviH6r Wl" ' though I should , M,l,uul twl,"8 e in our household. After rending Drop De ,d ,"!rt 0,,t 1 8eit for a bottle of Dr. Grant's every minute, nnd it Ih dim to . 7 7 antl Uwt Care' and ftt,r fiv loin,,, that i feel thin fenSn 1 felt W,,eved' I continued taking b Staf T W tod Unt",1 ""I11 t,lken t,,re bottles, and wa, yowmeSirs rful Mm (ro' UHing cured. . Respoctfvillv, Gratefully yours, M8.W.T.KAYSKR.. .: J.A.ALEXANDER, f3ot,D EvRHywiiRKR. 773 ny troot, Portland, Oregon. . wn, unue ouo. and tl nn 0 soovarv V' SAMUEL B. TJIURSTCj osb or oRKuvs's most atnn PI0XKKK. A Betiwpefllv View of t Man tU Devoted HU lt Knrrrle fur Orcfon. 'Tl welt lonally to Uk a ng. ronpucUv vlt w and to call to tmm. tiranc th nam wf Oregon't tn,H noted men) mtt who hav ot.oupi fr igh and hotKsatds ixmkUnm; mi hav dietingiilahl tbenMvm by it. voting thetr et enwgl to pmuit , Uie welfare of their ad iptd aiu, and by m owing hv or should Kat reclv4 th appfeuft of a graitf people, Th name ut Kamuel It Thuravo ti1 fonrmfpt mg ihort a through their effort awird to tai crly il tit r of Oreapm, bensAt what hav proved highly InatrumeMai bringing thla beautiful land of oi from a ta4 of daolattn to a ctm. turn ot Indiirtry and 4vtltxaikn that will owpr with any oHar In ih u. KteltuMon ta slot. ! waa th nrt frc44 delegat from Oregon to Wash. Iiigbm to r preetrt hw in lb hath of fitgrt, and he, wllhit DM with tndefaUgalil energy, tabornl mm. reaafully to srtir 4li passage of th Donation swt, th act SBcuilng m. tier a home; a how wherein roultl enjoy their noclal and poHtkal n-latums pranl by th arm of tat parent government. II It waa whs first advocated th rights of worn to homestead on th public dnta, cur from th liaMllty fur the dsbti ut her husband should h by indUcnw tion or miirfiaiun beeotn Ineii rlratily Involved. In June, 1M, h WM rloted dte gate, 3. W. Nenmllh being his ton. jtitr In th rac for th high dl. tin i4n and hoi.' Ii was a must clouted aitenkcr, fllW with pmri.Kie ardo. which brouglit to hla aundsril an ovrwtn lining support. Th Nki. Ing wonts uttered by him while In th (Uncharge of hi duty lend to show with what a spirit f diwotlon o tb titcrt of the peopl he waaaninistel when nf t otmlbllliy ret4 upon him: "Many a night hav I retired to bed ami ruinln ite.1, and rolltd and lunrtiM, tilt my fcratn and whut r. tem b'ame feverish, to devise plug by which 1 could run th gaunita, or lwl mioooifutl th frtim hot;, with th meaaure of Oregon by my Ude. Te healtat under the ctrcumatanrea ww itvU and to move might be ruin. My Judgment dictated but on course, tail that waa to haaard alt, even myaMf and my reputation for tho who bad entruated in with their interts, com muting th resuH and mytelf Inte Ihetr handa who are aver generous la charity, kind tu afipreclsvte, tncllwd to forgive but alow to condemn." These word were uttered at a time when a few ptreon her In Oregoa were making attmpt to deatroy hla lnftunc at Waibtngtoiu Noble wia-ds, but utiiH-ed at a time when bare-faced corruption had not bt tune ao attached to the ginnenta of officials mini fti kseif in thf latter da Samuel It. Thurston ha km sine paed th jiortal t th grave, but hi deed live after him, and it ta due to hi memory that hi name should be held In grateful remembrance. Tot words jf hi inesented in this artk't were ured nearly half a century ago, and when considered In their full and rinriite significance' prove him to have b.m a man poHsed of thus high iu iMflcatlon which rendi hU S'tUna Immortat a connected was the detlnie of Oregon. Yea, many of th early pioneer revvr hi name and can lok bark to the time when with a aoul full of enthusiasm, and aa elo quence never since excelled, he pre sented hliioHf a candidal for their suffrage. All lnnor to the name of Samuel H Th ure;, .n. Among pionrer. eapecialty, may bis name and utfd lie traas miUtd rrim, father to enn, and hit ! memory be ever green In the heart of hla countryim-n.-taata. In the Rose burg Malndealer. SMILKS I'ETWKKN SEftMONa Jllla.. aaya it ts queer how frequent ly Idle talk gets in It work, Buffalo Courier. The moat consistent person crosses Ma path over and over again during a abort lifetime.-Dallas New. Student of language would confer a favor by deciding whether an ad vanced and a forward woman are th Mme.-Phlladelphla Time. HOP INTELLIGENCE. Geo. rtoe has contracted to take nine tona coming crop from Mr. Stllley, of Hucklcy. at 7e. He Mlttfi hlli fliaant "picking money to advance on chattel "."i.unicc, nut mere seema to be no great rush for It.. ..In the local mar keta of the Northwest there ta nothing dolng-no contracting no chattel mortgaglng, no nothing everybody waiting tin after hnrv,.i j growers talk as though they were going I to leav their hopa unpicked. Put It I . ,h fmp ' year, and prob , ably before harvest come arrange- m. nu of some kind will b made for pu King money, and an , ----- " wse tnnnr V tsiv .rei yarda will be picked as usual.- v ummerce. NEAR n c a T H ' s n n n r "ii i ll f uuuii FROM 'ai r'o ei.uu. Prico $1 per Bottle