ft '
i HERB wii bo skeleton In th
II armor who Hartpole found Us
only tome urn! tail a buucb of
tumble-weed, a rattle-tusk, tod U
rautula. Th tarantula scuttled off, b
killed tht rattlesnake, tod tb tumble
weed aud sand he emptied out Then
he bad tbt armor don up In a abeltr
teut and put upon a pack-mule. After
which, tb column moved ou. it should
not hav baited at all for It wai lu
pursuit of a band of Indiana. Hut there
were, baud of ludlani vry day, ami
the finding of a full suit of armor lying
under a uiesqult bush betid tbelr trail
wat rare.
Certaluly Hartpole had never heard
of auch a thing. And, so far aa h
knew, It was the only tult of armor
ever discovered ,nn the New Mexico
plains, but tils low on the subject was
not profouud.
When be got back to his two-company
post ou the bauks of the Gila, he
found the. Interest In life, which Und
been lacking for him up to then, lu eu
larglng that knowledge, lie seut Kant
, for books and histories aud treatises
concerning coats of mall, aud Hie titcn
who have worn them, n-td he etc a went
o far a to write to !he Suilthiculan
lu.cst' Uon, at the risk of lutvlcg a gov
wuit-t i nniat(,((Miu etfijl tw as. vawv
to selae his treasure, i nil to. the Inter
val of two months which eiupsed tie
foto he received a reply- M the rati-
be set slniut cleaulug the armor him
self, and with bhrowu hands Jolulug It
" together.
II was so occupied, what with that
and the histories and the other books,
that ho forgot to have Gllabottoiu ma
laria and bad no time to worry about
the dies. Then, when the steel was
once more bright as the aiure shield of
Achilles, aud be had proved to his own
aud to every oue'a satisfaction thai it
must once have protected the body of
one of Corooado'a men, and must date
froin the middle of the sixteenth ecu
" tury, or thereabout, be huug It up lu
his one-room adobe quarters, aloug
with the ludlno trophies that were as
nothing now and the bottled reptiles of
many sorts; and the fame of It spread
through the laud. An English lord. In
a pith helmet and gray lluen, who wss
going about the country, traveled miles
out of his way to look upon it; and a
scientific party from Boston did the
same. Uartpole was beginning to be
very proud, when, one day, he had a
visitor of another kind.
It was a man he bad seen sometimes
banging around the ageucy and the
poat-a small, lithe fellow, part Coyo
turo Apache, part Mexican, possibly a
very small part white, who bad some
reputation as a medlclne-man with the
tribes, but not much as anythiug else.
Uartpole was sitting under his ra
mada on a late summer afternoon, read
lug a book whose covers curled up with
the beat, when somethlug came be
tween him and his light, and, looking
up, be saw the medicineman peering
lu the opening. He snid, "Hullo, Clego,"
aud added, "What do you waut, eb?"
Clego was so called because he was
blind In one eye. He came In uuder
the ramada, and stood so close to him
that Uartpole moved a little. The Coy
otero'a cast-off uniform and red head
band were(not clean.
Clego spoke excellent Spanish, and,
aa Hartpole did, too, be bad no trouble
about making himself understood. lie
explained that be would like to see the
suit of Iron clothes which be bad been
told that the lieutenant possessed. The
lieutenant was so pleased to think that
It had been spoken of even In the fast
nesses of the Sierra Wanes and of the
Ton to Basin tbat be forgot bow dirty
Clego was, and straightway rose and
Invited him Into the oue room.
The medicine-man stood looking at
the armor with an interest and evident
appreciation that touched Hartpole
very much. After the maimer of his
kind, be said no word, but presently be
went neurer and felt of the plates and
chains with bis fingertips, and put bis
good eye close and looked Inside. Then
he turned to Hartpole. "Where did
you find It?" be asked.
The lieutenant explained at some
length.
"Is It very old?"
Hartpole said it was at least three
hundred and thirty odd years old, and
went Into a little history.
Clego nodded bis bead. "I know," he
snld. But tbat was so manifestly ab
surd that Hartpole did not pay any at
tention to It "It Is very fine," said
Clego. "For bow much will you sell It
to me?" Naturally, Hartpole only
laughed, but the Apache was In ear
nest, nevertheless. "No," be Insisted,
looking him sharply In the face. "No,
de veras, I wish to buy It from you."
' Well, I don't wish to sell," answered
the lieutenant, rather vexed at the mere
Idea.
"I have five hundred dollars," said
the Indian.
"If you had a thousand you could not
have It." "
"I have a thousand."
Hartpole laughed again, a little Im
patiently; "Vou do not believe me look here."
Clego drew a buckskin bag from the
folds of bis sash. It was full of gold.
"There are five hundred dollars here.
In three days I can bring you five bun
died more."
Hurt pole guessed bow be had come
by It, and his temper rose. "That Is
stolen money," he said, angrily; "put It
up. You can't have the armor. Uka
shre." "Vou let me have It" begged Clego;
"1 wish It very much. I will do muny
things for you."
Il.'irtnme swore this time men n.
Spanish ouths. "No," be said, "you
enu't have It Go to the Devil get
out"
- Even though Clego was only a dirty
Indian, the Wblte-Kye should have re
membered that be probably had feel
ings which could be hurt It Is well,.
. -however, for those who have the direc
t.on of children and savages In their
hands to remember that those simple
folk have sometimes reasons for the
things they do and say, good and suffi
cient unto themselves. But It never
occurred to Hartpole what this half-1
blind Indian's reasons might be. They
(tid not transpire until some weeks
Inter.
Vet In Clego's tribe there was a le
gend of a great white chief who hnd
' nee married one of their women, and
Lad ruled over them, and who bad
t' rn a suit of shining iron. And their
tradition ran tbat whosoever should
find and wear tbat garment again
would be Impervious to the bullets of
the White-Eye, would become the
greatest of medlclne-men, and rule not '
only over his own people but over all
the Apacie tribes and those of the
plains pf the North, nd the very
JEM 1 1!
fin
founder of that family to whlcb Clego
belonged was reputed to have beeu the
white chief In the coat of Iron.
The Coyoteroa believed thes things
and so did the medlcln man. So when
the news of the armor suit had reached
blm, he had levied heavy fee for bit
Incantatlout for some months, and,
adding these to the gold he had ex
changed for Mexican dollars, collected
from many raids, he took himself down
to the camp of the soldiers to obtain
fairly and by purchase tbat which waa
bla very own. But fairness aud the
offers of purchase had failed.
. Clego looked the Wblte-Ey officer
over from bit acalp to bis to, and up
again, and then with do sound, save
just one grunt, went out from the quar
ters and from the post
Hartpole told of It at the nvs that
night aud forgot all about It after that.
But Clego did not as Uartpole ought
to have foreseeu.
One night an Indian, his body naked
as It was born, a polaoued knlf In bla
baud, stole across the sandy parade
ground when the moon wat uuder the
clouds of a coming storm, aud slipped,
as silently as nue but a savage ran,
uuder the ramada of tlartpole'a quar
ters, and thence through the open door.
The Indian had missed nothing when
be bad been In that one small room a
month before, lie knew where every
thing In It was, from the chromo In a
blue frame on the wall to the cot In the
corner, across from the ore-place. He
bid himself behind the piece of calico
that curtained off the nook where Hart
pole' clothes hung, and waited until
the moon showed for a moment through
a break In the clouds, and be could se
the figure on the cot beneath. the mos
quito uet When the room wat dark
again, be slid out; aud (be blade of the
knife In hit hand went straight through
the heart of the man asleep. Then he
took the rattling armor from Its nails
and wrapped It In the calico curtain,
aud tied through the night, at silently
and swiftly at ouly an Apache can.
Now It happened that Uartpole bad
gone to another post a good many miles
to the east that very day, and he had
loft hit striker to sleep In bis quarter
and keep guard over hla things. So It
was Into the luckles aoldler't heart
that the knife was driven, and the next
day a telegram apprised Uartpole that
bis striker was murdered and bl suit
of mall was goue.
The day after that all the department
knew that the Coyotero were on the
warpath, and, having cut the reserva
tion, were killing right and left. They
were led by a medlclne-man called
"Clego," and the scouts reported that
be was dressed lu a garment of white
iron which no White-Eye' bullet could
pel roe. They also reported that the
Chirleahuas and the I'ab I'tet and the
Sierra Blancat were joining blm. It
promised to be an Interesting time for
the territories.
Hartpole began to bave a dim Idea of
why the uiedlclue-tuan bad wanted hi
Spanish mall, now. He was ordered
out, of course. Most of the department
was. Trouble of the sort tbat this
promised to be bad to be checked at
once, If at all. It was serious already;
but there was oue thing la favor to get
away. Their fanatical faltb In tluvlr
medicine man led them to seek battle
rather thau to shun It. And twice,
having done so, they bent off the
troops, because there were, as usual,
too few. But the third time they were
caught In a pocket of the Mogallous,
aud there were no less thau six troops
against them. Hartpole't wat of the
number.
The Indians fought from dawn of the
first day until twilight or the second, In
the opeu at first, then from behind shel
ter, then at last they retreated to a
shallow cave high up ou a hillside, and
there was no getting them out A
mountain howitzer might have done It.
but there was none with the command.
AH day the troops fired volleys Into so
much of the mouth of the cave as show
ed between the pine trunks aud the
walls of rock. They knew that the
slaughter within must have been pretty
severe, but there were no signs of sur
render, nevertheless. The hostile
might hold out until the last one was
dead; tbey certainly would until their
medlclne-man should full. The medl-cine-muu
could be seen from time to
time, a gleaming figure, moving clumsi
ly among the trees and underbrush.
And for all that It went so slowly and
was so bright, no bullet seemed ever to
hit it. Even the white men began to
consider It with awe. .
At sunset of the second day, when
the sounds from the cave bad all but
ceased and the Indians within It were
without ammunition and at bay, the
glistening form come clambering delib
erately to the top of a high rock,
whooping and yelling, calling the rem
nant of Its followers on. It stood so,
for a moment, the red tun rays striking
through the pine branches on the dent
ed steel, a weird slgfit In the depths of
the mountain fastnesses of the New
World; so odd and strange that the sol
diers hesitated with their fingers on
the triggers of their carbines.
But Hartpole, kneeling alone behind
a bowlder, remembered only that that
glowing armor was his, and that he
wanted It. The visor was up and be
could see the glitter of the one good
eye. He had won a sharpshooter's med
al In bis time, and he put his skill to
use now. There was a puff of smoke
from above his bowlder, and the shin
ing figure threw up Its arms aud stag
gered. Then It fell forward, down from
the pinnacle of rock, clattering and
crashing among the logs and stones.
They found, when they dragged him
out, that Hartpole't bullet had gone
straight through the good eye, and that
Clego was clego In very truth now
and quite dead. San Francisco Argo
naut. Steam and Modern Navies,
A whole fleet in the days of Nelson
could be built and fitted out at little
more than the cost of a single Ironclad;
the coal expended on a single cruise
would pay for the refitting of bis whole
hnttlfi line, while the Immense shnita e.
quired to make any Impression on the
mniicrn armor uiuie cum more rnnn ma
whole armament But the modern line-1
of-bnttlo ship could neither be built, '
armed nor fought without the use of
steam, and Its evolution may be said t
to have commenced with the first appli
cation of tne steau engine to naviga
tion. Tnrkey' Order ftr Gun.
The order of 208 guus and two de
stroyers for the Turkish navy hat been
placed with Krupp of Essen, notwltb-
standing that the tender of Armstrong,
Wbltwortb & Co. of Great Britain wat
more than $400,000 lest than that of the
German flin. J
f IWWIWW,WHw,W tttt
I PROMINENT MEN WHO HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS!
HT is the very essence of presidential
election that some candidate must get
left. Sum oue must he dlsappoluted.
And la the history of the republic many
great uou bave sought aud lost tul cov
eted prise. Three gi vat uauies stuud out
proiuluvutly lu the lUt-Clsy, Webster
aud Ulalue each the Idol of bis party,
each the victim of political scheming.
Aaruu Bun, just a htiudred jears ago,
utlsted the .rveidvucy by the narrowest
margiu, lie was su adept lu pnUtuul
Intrigue, wltu a magnetic personality aud
a brilliant uiiud that wou nitu enual favor
lu the )e ot the voter with Jefferson,
black received seveutythrve votes aud
Ihia threw the vluctluu Into the House of
ltepreeiittlve. Ttil.lyov ballots were
takeu without rvnult.
The federalists were anxlou to defeat
Jefferson aud tiny gave their support to
Burr until the thirty-sixth ballot, Tbeu,
Burr refused to give pledge required ot
him, tlwlr support waa withdrawn and
Jvflfvrsou was chosea. In accordant
with the law of those days Burr became
Vlee-rresldent. But he was a disap
pointed tuau. Following hi detest for
the presidency came the fatal duel with
Hamilton, the Itlemierhaasct seaudiil, hla
traltoroua attempt to divide the country,
hia temporary exile and social obscurity,
I Witt Clinton was Mayor ot New
York City for several terms, as well at
United State Senator aud Governor ot
New York Btste. lie wss popular with
the people, but his strong character made
him many political enemies. Whea Pres
ident MsdUon wss renominated for t sec
ond terra Cllntuu took the field aalut
him and made a bard fight, but lust fur
Isck of the vote of one Htate, of which
he bad felt aure. Hi fame I secure,
however, aa the "father of the Erie
Canal."
tleury Clay, like Blaine, mad repeated
attempts to secure th presidency, nuly
to fail esch time. It Is a coincidence
tbst each would hsre succeeded were It
not for the blunder of too Scstoua up'
imrters. "Harry of th West" tried for
the prise In l.H'.N, when John Qulury Ad
ams wss elected, sUo In 1K3'.', when lis
BAVARIA'S HALL OF FAME.
Idea Crystallised in A mer'ca Is Not an
Orilal On.
America It not entitled to claim orig
inality lu her purpose, to erect a hall of
fame at the University of New York.
Bavaria originated the Idea long ago
aud a ball of fame exist In Munich to
day. It la known a "Die llnliuies
halle," and overlooks the newer part of
the clty and th Tbvretteuwle. The
hall waa begun lu 1M3 muter the su
pervision of th Architect, Kb'tis arid
was completed teu years llr. t H in
the form of a mliuiuail. .seventy me
ter lotig aud tlilrty t.vo meters wide,
and ha two projecting wlni; which
partly Inclose the l,tue of llnvatia,
Tbla It a gigantic irou (inure, HO feet
Aaruu Bun. jut a buudred j ears ago, . 1 ' ' vBt"' I I.
The federalist were anxious to defe.it JQ& i$r WSl V
MUNICH'S HALL OF FAME.
high, weighing 04,177 kilograms, de
signed by Kcbwauthaler.
Along the front eolouuade of the
Ituhuieshalle there are eighty busts of
famous Bavarlrus. These are exposed
to the air, but the Doric columns are
so arranged that they protect the busts
In a measure.
TRIFLES NOT LIGHT AS AIR.
Blight Causes that Have Resulted In
Momentous l.veuts.
Only a short time ago the ancient
Swan Hotel at Ipswich, England, was
destroyed by a fire, which originated
through rats gnawing matches.
The suddeu appearance of a hilarious ,
mouse among the occupuuta of the khI- i
lcry of the Victoria Theater, WesttiK1
ster, on boxing night, 1858, started a J
panic, which resulted In the death of
fifteen people. I
A mougtel cur strayed on the St.
Legor course some years ago, just as
the field swept by. Seven horses came
down In a heap, and of the Jockeys who
were1dlng them five were hurt three
seriously!
To win a bet of 2 pence a tittle pit
lad, employed at the Feiudule colliery,
In tLe Bhondda Valley, picked the lock
of his safety lamp with an ordinary
bnlrpjn. He himself, together with
nearly 200 of his mates, perished In the
e Union which followed.
At Sloeburyness some fifteen years
ago Col Francis Lyon Invented a new
kind of;, sensitive fuse for big caliber
shells, and Invited a number of gun
nery experts to be preseut at the trials.
On the night prior to the day pn which
the experiments were to be made he
locked up a number of the fuses In a
thed In which there were some fowls.
The chickens started scratching, and
the dust flew up and settled on the
threads of the screws of the fuses.
When, next morning, on unfortunate
gunner started to fjx one to a live shell,
the missile went off, killing the opera
tor, the Inventor and five other persons.
Burrowing rabbits so weakened the
foundations of a tall chimney at Cleck
beaton, Yorkshire, that It fell, crushing
to death fifteen people.
The gambols of a big retriever some
sny the playful antics of two children
sufficed to wreck the west conch Scotch
expre"" iagt yf,ar a luggage trolley
was started, ran down the sloping plat
form and toppled over onto the line In
front of the train.
The Espcranza was cast away on the
J ' e '
Wt t
wst overwbelmltiKly detested by Andrew
Jarkon, la 1MO the adoption ut the
unit rule prevented Clay's nomlnslion In
stead of William Henry llarrboo. fn
IHU the Whlit nominated blm If accla
mation aud Clay'a elect loo seemed cer
tain. But his Southern adherents blun
dered by Inducing blm to favor the an
nexation of Tesas, aud that lot him the
vote of thoimnmle of anil slavery men.
The Whig wnn In MH and Clny would
bave been their choice If Gen. Taylor's
newly made military reputation hud not
Itiveu the nomination to that hero.
Itatiiel Wc Inter la another great per
sonality anions' the uuucctful tsplr
sut for the presidency. Had he con
sented In INW to accept the nomination
coast of Chill through a toddler of 5
meddling with the compasses. Bite bad
ou board ninety-seven souls, and all but
eleven perished. Among the saved wat
the Innoceut cause of the tcrrlnio catas
trophe. A tire whlcb was directly rrxponslble
for the lost of more lives thau any oth
er single counngratlon, originated
through the vagaries of a tarantula.
Th scene was Santiago ami ayjrand
religious feithnl was taking pi In
the principal cathedral. The b. lUMng
was a sen of draper), Oov? d n :! ev
er virlfft" ' !ttiM,i"iti '
Tweniy thousand ,lv,-r 'Hi.,,
lu full blare ami the acolyte we swsy
llghttnir the 2,Cw ta'iers on tue I .rand
ailur w l.vii Ui enant spider shipped
luto the central aisle and alarmed a
Indy, who screamed. The acolytes, or
some of them, looked around to ascer
tain the cause of. the commotion and
one of the miked lights they 'carried
came lu contact with the drapery of a
colossal figure of tlto virgin. A fow
minutes litter the vast cathedral was a
raging furnace, In which were being
consumed more than 2,000 bodies.
Struy Stories.
HIS MINDJSTILL CLEAR.
Thouuh a Physical Wreck, Herbert
Rpencer Is H roriu Mentally.
The liiipi-Cis of the labors if. h pert
Spencer upon the plillosopl,' 4 r the
wifld will be felt long after ..-reat
itu'tlpir. ban wrob.M in(n tj;'j,
Kpene-er will be 81 next April.' lf'&n'k
that ,l.o' has shrunk to the pr,poftions
of a mummy unit Mini j sM-iidii. most
of his time gaitlng dreamily at the tea
from his house In Perelval terrace,
Brighton. Last year Mr. Spencsr flu-
1
lshed his work upon hla great system of
synthetic philosophy with the publica
tion of a revised edition of his Biology.
Although his body Is In a state of
desiccation, his mind Is yet amazingly
clear aud he Is Interested as of old In
the political and Industrial develop
ment of the time, Ills eyes retain their
Intellectual keenness and his health It
good except for the Insomnia - from
which he but never been free since ha
was a young man.
He sees no one save his most Intimate
friends, and the visits of even these
hurt him. The only person whom he
loves to have call upon him lg Mn.
IlKHUHHT SPKNCItn.
f M M M M
as Vice-President oa the ticket with
gachary Taylor he would, upon the tat
ter's destb In INftO, bave become Presi
dent. In 1M.VJ Webster's friends made a
determined effort to aeeure him the nomi
nation, but party Jealousy made their ef
fort tiarles. This great man felt keen
ly the disappointment of bl Imp, and
bis death occurred on Oct. U tbat ssme
year.
Cass, who wss very prominent
In national politics sixty years ago, hsd
Ifco narrow escapes from preideutlsl
Itahttiiug. In 1M4 an uneipected ad
journment of the Democratic convention
just a Css wss shout to be nominated
save time for a surre'ul combination
against bim In favor of James K. Polk.
Beatrice Webb, bit former ward. Mrs.
Webb was trained by tho philosopher
himself. This rcmarknblo lady, whose
Intellect Mr. Spencer prououuee to be
the finest possessed by any living
woman, Inherited a great fortune
which she I spending among the poor
lu Loudad. In spite of her distin
guished uiirster's repugnance to the doc
trines of socialism, bit brilliant aud
beautiful w ard became the wife of Syd
ury Webb and threw herself with In
tense devotion luitf the tauso of tlie
"CtilbT'lvlsK"
"'ft --T bnrtro' Of "Mr
Spencer's old ape Is added the d'i!
pututmer.t of '!ns; the woiii'tn wiiotu
be 1-SN-rV'V -Hire. I ..d whom he SuV.'d
as a child embracing the theories of a
school which, among all the phenomena
of social life, was alone capable of
rousing blm Into feelings of bitterness.
PASSION PLAY REALISTIC,
Lilian Hell Dewrlbe th Actlna: of the
rsant of Oueratnmeraau,
In the Womau't Home Companion
Lilian Bell wrltct of her experiences at
Obcram merge u and of the impression
made upon her by the great Christ
drama. She concludes with these vivid
words:
"As to the play Itself, I wish 1 need
sny nothing about It. My uiiud, my
heart, my soul, have nil been wrenched
and twisted with such emotion as Is
not plcasuut to feel nor expedient to
apeak about. It wits i too' real, too
heart rending, too awful'. I hate, I abhor
myself for feeling things so nctitely, I
wish I were a skeptic, a scoffer, an
atheist. I wish I could put my mind
ou the niechaulsm ot the play. I wish
1 could believe that It all took place two
thousand years ago. I wish I didn't
know that this suffering on the stage
was all actual. I wish 1 thought these
people were really Tyrolene peasants,
wood-enrvers aud (Hitters, and that all
this agony was only a play. I hate the
women who are weeping around me.
I hate tho men who are letting the tears
run down their cheeks and whose shoul
ders are heaving with their sobs. It
Is so awful to see a man cry!
"But no, It Is all true. It Is taking
place now. I am one of the women at
the foot of tho cross. The anguish, the
cries, the sobs, are all real. They pierce
my benrt. Tho cross, with Its piteous
burden. Is outlined agshw the real sky.
The gi;wn hill teyund u UnU-ary. Doves
flutter in and out? and bmtertllea dart
across iho shafts of. ptmllgl t, The ex
nrw.Alou 0! C'hr't' face -i ono of an
g .fish, fiM-ghnessand pity unspeakable.
Then his head drops forward on his
breast, it grow dark, tho weeping be
come lamentation, and as they ap
proach to thrust the spear Into hia side,
from which, I have beeu told, the blood
and water really may be seen to pour
forth, I turu faint and sick and close
my eyes. It has gone too far. I nm no
longer myself, but a disorganized heap
of racked nerves and hysterical weep
ing, and not even the descent from tho
cross, the rising from the dead nor the
triumphant ascension can console mo
nor restore my balance. The Passion
Play but once In a lifetime."
MUST BE A HEALTHY PLACE,
Washtnatton Man' Wife Spollel His
Chances of Hhtrklna Duty.
A young Westerner who nailed a Job
In one of the departments about a year
ago got Into the habit from the Jump of
putting In a time slip pretty frequently,
explaining each time to the chler of his
division that hit wife was very delicate
and that she had sent for him. Then
the young man would repair to his fa
vorite nialson de lush and put In a cou
ple of extra hours of enjoyment or cross
the river on the electric cart to that
large shed where even money, and even
money only, la given against race
horses that are 3 to 1 at the track, or
otherwise toy with the blithesome
hours.
During the past summer the young
Westerner tore one hour oil the dally
stunt every day, leaving the office at 8
o'clock, and put In a slip, Informing
the chief of his division tbat his Invalid
wife was staying out In the country,
near a small Virginia town, and that
la m Css wss United Btites Bea
st or, but resigned when the Democrat
nominated blm for the presidency. Ow
ing to th opposition ot the V re Hollers,
be did not receive the electorsi vote ot
New York Mist., and the Whig csodt-
dste, Tsylur, wou toe prl
llorsee Greeley's defeat In the prvsl'
deutlsl contest of 1872, with Its direful
ifleruistb, wss political tragedy. High
In tli ruimdls of the Hepabllcto party,
respected by th whole people, Grevley
put silde the bolltlcal principles of a
lifetime to become the caudldste of Dent
ocrsey. Overwhelming defrst broke bis
generous heart and was quickly followed
by datb.
Hsmuel J, Tlldeo's failure to be Into
gurated ss President of the fulled Htstes
la the one wesk Hub In the presidential
ehslu tbst connect the preseut with the
dawn of the republic.
Th result of the contest In 18711 wst
In doubt from the eluse of the polls on
electlou day until March 2, 1H77, when
the electoral coiihiiIimIou appointed to set
tie the matter decided that Itutherford
B. Hsye had received INS votes as
sgaluat IMs for Hamtiel i. Tlldeo.
It was t perilous period, sud the nstlon
owes much to the msn who refrained
from spesklng the 'w ord that might bsve
plunged the country Into civil wsr.
James G. Blaine, the "Plumed
Knight," Is perhaps the ssddest figure la
the galaxy of American slsr statesmen
who bsve sought the presidency, but
sought In vslu. for a score of yesrs bis
name was slwsys uppermost In the pub
lie mind whenever the Itepuhllcsn party
met lu convention. In 1N7U the nomina
tion wst hmt within his grttp. In
1K.SO be received a first ballot vote of
SHI, but he snd General Grsnt. bis
strongest rival, bad both to step sslde for
the compromise rsndldste, Gsrfleld. In
1HH be was certain of victory, hut fslled
through the loss of New York Ktste try
the narrow margin of 1,047 votes.
Among other well-known men who
tried to tie President sud failed were
Gen. McClellsn, Gen. Hancock, Benja
min K. Butler, Willism J. Brysa and
Admiral Iewey.
If be didn't ratcb the 3:15 train he'd
bave to remain In Washington ovci
night.
A lam t 12:45 on last pay day a splen
did buxom woman, who would prob
ably have tipped the beam easily at 175
pounds and whose cheeks werellkewlld
roses, walked Into the office of this
chief of division and sweetly asked If
she could tee her husband. She was
the young Westerner's wife. The chief
told her that her h unhand wat out at
I it. a. She tald she wouldn't wait, and
iv-ept out, regal, handsome, the very
me el and picture ot robust physical
i.i utth. ' ,.
"Say," said the chief of dlvlslon
vn'w Is malarious, dyspeptic and emaciated-to
the young Westerner when
the latter returned from his lunch,
"where did you say your wife spent last
summer?"
The young Westerner named the
place, not without wondering If any
thing had happened to put bit chief
"uext."
"Well." said the chief, "that must be
a rattling healthy place, and blamed If
I don't believe I'll move down there
with my family. Your wife wat In her
a while ago!''
"Tnlklng about feeling like a nickel's
worth o' strawlierrles In the middle o
winter!" remarked the young Western
er afterward, In telling the story upon
himself.-Washington Post.
One Against tho Other.
Oue of the duties of a private secre
tary Is to protect hi employer from
people who would waste bl time.
Sometimes a doorkeeper serves this
purpose. At the Republican natlonul
headquarters a valuable "fender," says
the New York Commercial Advertiser,
Is the man at the door of Senator Uan
nn's room.
The officer hns been guarding the
doors at political headquarters for a
long time, and Is able to discriminate
between those who should be let In and
those who should be kept out. Last
week one of the objectionable class ar
rived, aud asked to see the Scuntor.
"Busy now," said the doorkeeper.
"Take a seat In the anteroom, please."
Presently another visitor arrived. He
was a poet who had campaign verses to
sell. The doorkeeper "slxed him up"
at once, and took him to the door of
the anteroom. "See that gentleman sit
ting there?" be said, pointing to the first
unwelcome visitor. "Well, Just sit down
and say your poetry to blm.",
In nbout five minutes the first visitor
left the bulldlrigpWhen tho poet again
asked for Mr. Hanna It was found that
he hnd gone for the day.
Called Toddy a Lobster.
As Governor Roosevelt and two other
men were crossing 83d street, Now
York, from the Republican headquar
ters, they met Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff and the party stood talking
ou the car tracks until they were al
most run down by a street car.
"Get off the track, you big lobster,"
shouted the motorman to Governor
Roosevelt and Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff, as they were shaking hands,
"Are you trying to hold up this car?"
"That'a tho Governor," remarked a
man on the car.
"Take It all back, Governor; I'm the
lobster," said the motorman, taking off
his hat to the Governor, who waved hla
hand and laughed.
No Plaoe Like Home.
An Atchison man took alck Saturday
and decided to stay home till he got
rested. He was back at work Monday.
Ills wife had asked him within a few .
hours to take care of the baby, to chop
onions for pickles, to grind the coffee,
to dress the chicken, and to milk the
cow "while be was resting." Atchison
Globe. ' .
Teiittent,
Mrs. Good-It is drink that baa
brought you so low.
The Tramp Yes'm. It has brought
mo ao low that I can't get a drink.
Puck. ' - -
The chaperon la going out of style.
The custom waa Invented by the wom
en as a means of getting ugly old anata
In the push occasionally.
WOW LOVE IS MADE IN MEXICO. 1
I
Yoaa sad Women Fartty Meet,
Ouly la Prut of Ulrl'a k.ltl.
feuora Adslalda Vasquel Bcblsfflno,
a Mexican woman, lu a paper In th
Woman' Horn Companion, entitled
"Th Social Sphere of Mexican Wom
an," writes as follows of courtship be
yond th ttlo Grande:
"A Mexican girl reallzet she it i mist
of tome Importance wheu she bat at
tracted the attention of a would be cav
alier, wbo has seen her at mass or dur
ing a promenade on the plszu, Without
th formality of an Introduction be dis
patches letters glowing with words of
admiration aud devotion, aud nervously
awaits a reply. la the meantime he
Visits the locality of her home, hoping
to catch sight of the object of his ad
miration at th balcony or a she
emerget from the house to attend
church, lie pntlcutly but persistently
promenade buck ward and forward lu
the street, for custom forbid bis en
trance to th bouse, aud Is happy If
favored with a glance from her lustrous
black eyes, No ridicule 1 strong
enough to dampen his ardor, and no
objections of Irate parent tullicleully
powerful to subdue bis passion.
"Mexican lover rarely meet, for even
If the young man I related to the fam
ily of the young lady, aud has beeu a
caller at the home, tbe mere fact of his
paying atteutlon to her put a severe
restraint ou bis Intercourse with the
family. After a time, If things have
progressed favorably, he Is admitted
as an accepted suitor, and I received
by the girl alway accompanied by her
mother, wbo usually doe all lit ou--versa
tlou. But love finds many forms
of expression, and stolen glances, never
suspected, speak Volume for th lov
ert. At (lie tult progresses muny an
evening passes with tbe girl at the win
dow or balcony, and her lover lu the
street below, wholly oblivious of the
paaser-by or bis naive or caustic re
mark, The duration of a courtship de
pend upon the formality employed, tbe
means at command of the parties, aud
their age. Consent for tbe marriage It
demanded from the parents of the girl
by tbe suitor's father, who Is accom
panied by a priest. Hint the pledges may
be made the more binding."
ENGLAND' J GREATEST TENOR.
f ins Rev,W bo Uied Recently la Com
pur tire I'ov.-rly.
The death of Sim Reeves, whlcb oc
curred not long ago lu Sussex, En
gland, removed oue of the greatest
singers of his day. For
many yeurs he ranked
as the first of F.iigllsb
tenors. He bad a voice
or wonderful purity
and sweeiuot that cap
tivated all who heard
It, and although 70
when he died It had
Sim HKKVK. lost but little of its rare
quality up to a short time ago. Reeve
was born near London aud early dis
played great musical talent. Before he
w as 14 he could play ou several musical
Instruments, but nnturc had endowed
blm with a magnificent voice which
needed but little training to bring out
Its richness. He made his public sp
pea ranee lu 18.TJ and met with Imme
diate success. Later he studied undet
French and Italian masters and while
In Milan be appeared In "Lucia Lam
mcrmoor," his singing winning the
highest praise. lie returned to bis na
tive laud In 1847 and was Immediately
recognlKod aa Knglaud's leading tenor,
tie never s choired the great fortune
Hint lay within I.I gra.'p and died In
comparative poverty. In ISO he mar
ried Miss Luccombn, an opera singer,
aud started on a singing tour of Aus
tralia. He became bankrupt and was
recently granted a civil peuslou of $5IK)
by Queen Victoria, which saved blm
from utter destitution.
He Found What He Wanted.
Some Indians from Buffalo Bill's
Wild West, arrayed In bright-colored
blaukets and an exceptional amonnt of
face paint, were taking lu the sights of
the city the other afternoon. They
strolled dowu Walnut street, single file,
and, bended by a buck who nqw and
then gave a grunt of satisfaction wheu
something that pleased blm caught his
eye. they halted In front of a drug store
and gazed at the window display for
a moment. Then the band tiled luto
the establishment aud began to look
around.
The clerk thought the place was go
ing to be besieged, and that he was
likely to lose his scalp, but when the
"big chief," who acted as spokesman,
addressed blm with the customary In
dian greeting of "How!" the clerk re--
gnlned tils composure enough to osk the
Indian- what he wanted.
"Heap smell," was the reply.
Directed by the Indian's finger to s
showcase the clerk produced a bar of.
soap. The brave .took it gingerly, re
moved the wrapper, sniclled It and bit
Into the toothsome-looking article. With
a deep grunt of displeasure he handed
It back to the drug clerk. With a ills
gusted look, he remarked, "Heap
smell."
The clerk besnu to tremble ntnl point
ed to n perfume bottle lu the show
case. The bottle of perfume was hand
ed to him. The Indian held It In both
hands for a moment, closely semt lull
ing It. Ho slowly removed the stopper,
closely watching It ns If he expected It
to explode, nud took n long sullt nt the
botthv srnva n grunt of satisfaction,
handed tho clerk some money and led
his band of brave out of the store, to
the delight of the frightened clerk, who
had uot been In tho practice of waiting
on renl Indians. Kansas City Journal.
Carried Grandma.' Picture.
Somo time ago wheu Prince Henry
of Prussia, who, ns all know, h the
grandson of Queen Victoria, w,n at
Hong-Kong, the captain of a British
trading steamer sailing out of that port
was walking rotiud the graving duel: in
whlcb the Prince's flagship was being
brushed up, wheu be saw an olllcor
standlug near the gougwny leading
from the quay to the ship, jind, being
curious to have a look over the vessel,
he saluted with a "Good uiorulng, sir."
aud asked if he had nny objection to
his having a walk through the ship.
"Not at all," replied tho olllcor. "1
Bhnll be delighted to escort you round."
After 8h0vlifghTru over the different
parts of the warship the officer took tho
captain into his cnbln. He offered lihu
a clgnr and a glass of wine, suul they
had quite a friendly chut together. Be
fore leaving the captain happened to
glanco round the cabin aud saw a photo
of Victoria. Said ho to the officer: .
. "I notice you have a photograph of
tbe Queen of England."
"Yes," answered the officer, "I al
ways carry one of my grandmother's
pictures with me."
What the captain's feelings were
when he found he had been- en cama
raderie with the admiral. Prince Henry
of Trussln, can be better Imagined than
described.
There's always room nt the top but
few men car to dwell In an attic.
T WA8 N0T CONSCIENCE,
Mad ltoDSt by tbe Sight of a Dllp4
I dtlil Umbrella.
Here is a highly moral tale whlcb Witt
mak good reading for both old and
young. It I a valuable Illustration ot
th text, "The wty of tbe transgrewor
It bard." it Is story of a wotnio and
an umbrella. It la apparent that th
umbrella has been the cause of th fall
from strict honesty of many otherwise
Irreproachable Individual. Tbe woman
lu this story, up to the occurrence of
this puitlculiir event, however, bad
found the umbrella to be the source ot
,.- . 1 . t . . . m . ' t
tue uinny uu uer pan 01 oiuj rstci-
leut virtues add had suffered many
things because of tliein. She bad been
snlpolly treated by women, barely
thanked by men aud openly snubbed
by the autocrats of the surface cars' In
her efforts to see that absent-minded
people did not lose tLeir umbrellas. And
In some way she seemed always to be
finding unattached umbrellas, and ber
conscience forbade her leivlug them
without an attempt to find the owners.
On this particular day she was resting
quietly In one of the parlors of a big
New York shop w ben quite according to
'her custom she espied beside ber an
umbrella. It was rather dark lu tbat
corner of the room and she could not
see tbe umbrella distinctly, but the put
her band on It, found that It wst tilk,
and w ith a weary sigh rope to find tome
one w bo would take charge of IL Why
should sb be ni'id" tl nnbll" en-
tod at! of UlulTi llnsl , yeiU c!( M .'i
trted f, It nd the ;brd wouiau in
..1 , .1 I.. . .1. I. .,.,!
, Ms- . -, .-i ,--ir'o,v-,, t i.-y-M
, wn !. ., lut not one t.s hi i'ht. la
out urf''!ui counter ! walked
' Veti-lfy.'.ij.n not a .Mr wsiifcer to, bo
I '"!!. I .., i '.Itf U4iMIIWII . ...
"What a goose yon are!" said the In-
wnrd voice. "Here you spend your time
looking up people to take charge of lost
umbrellas, sud 1 don't believe that once
In a thousand years they ever reach
their owners. Take that umbrella
home with you snd don't be a fool."
The voice was growing emphatic.
It was probably because sh waa
tired, but, anyway, without a moment
resistance the woman stopjied her
search aud walked out of the shop with,
the umbrella which would now be hers.
She walked on with conscious careless
ness, not venturing to give glance st It
She did not do this until she was in the
car on her way home. Then she did
look down and saw In ber hands a silk
nmbrella, to be sure, but old and
ragged, an umbrella wblcb would be a
disgrace to the poorest costume. Some
.woman had bought a new umbrella
aud discarded this rag. And now the
finder must get rid of It. She hadn't
felt like a thief before, but now she did.
How could she get rid of H? She did
not dare throw It In the street, for that
would be conspicuous. She laid It on
the neat, as far hack as possible, looktd
unconscious again, and at Inst sneaked
that wat the way she felt out of that
car and actually ran until she wat
srouud the corner and no one could pos
sibly return to her the umbrella she had
voluntarily stolen.-New York Times.
THE HEROINE OF TO-DAY.
the lagelf-Rellant, I'll y lea! ly F Iron a,
and Kitted to 1 e Man' Companion.
The heroine of modern life and flc-
llnn la cruilrastUiLtt LLh..LliO-hi!Xulue Xtt.
the ccntury't. Ci ginning by Robert
Grant, in the Woman' Hi rue Compan
ion. In the f.Miowlug passage. Judge
Urant loaves iiulo doubt as to which
of the two be preim.- v - -- -"Not
ouly , ;uau herself, but the
universe, rejol rlt iu the new heroine ot
reul life aud coutempotary fletiou--lb9
elf rellaut, Incredulous, sphere-seeking,
critical, yearning modern woman.
Even tbe rose on her bosom wears a
prouder demeanor, us though conscious
of her changed estate. Who would re
maud her to her Insipid servitude?
Certaluly not man. She has become bis
true companion Instead of his adoring
doll. The Amelia Sedleys have passed
away from the face of the earth for
ever, and the Marcellas rule In their
place. And yet, with the swinging of
the pendulum lu mind, a philosopher
may be pardoned for droppfbg a few
violets on the grave of the heroine of
the past; even ou poor Amelia Sedley's
Amelia, who would certainly have
bored this philosopher to the point of
weariness.
"Amelia Sedley was the sheer heroine
of the past without lights and shadows.
But her more attractive sisters He also
u their graves, and memories' of some
uf them come back to us fragrant with
virtues in spite of their limitations,
which, It seems to a philosopher, the
new heroine the Gibson girl cannot
afford to disregard. They had no minds
to speak of. It Is true. That Is, they
were parrot-like In their repetition of
what their husbands and fathers and
brothers told them was so; and their
energies were devoted to household
concerns the generation and rearing of
babies, the production of delectable
food, to darning, nursing, church-work
and small charities. They were gener
ally timid and afraid of mice, dis!
cllned to athletic exercise and heroic
undertakings; they had no clubs, and
did not aim to be original. But think
how daMy and pure-minded and ten
der they were! Dainty with the nlce
ness of dolls, pure-minded with the In
nocence of the moated grange, tender
with the loving forgiveness and foolish
Infatuation of tdolntora, It may beand
yet dainty, pure-minded and tender."
Did the Handsome Thing.
In a volume of reminiscences Just
published entitled "The Wedding Day
In Literature and Art," a minister re
lates bis experience with two weddings
In the same town on the same day, one
iu the morning, one lu the afternoon.
"The first wedding fee I received was
$10," he says, "a very large remunera
tion for the place and people." After tho
second wedding the best man called me
Into a private ro m aud thus addressed
me: ' ..
" 'What's the tax, parson?'
" 'Anything you like, or nothlne at
all,' I answered. (I have frequently re
ceived nothing.).
" 'Now,' said he, 'we want to do ITTT"
thing up In style, but I have had no ex
perlence in this business and do not
know what Is proper. Y'ou name yen
figure.'
"I suggested that the legal charge,
was $2.
"'Pshaw,' he said; 'this ain't legul
We want to do somethlug handsome.'
" 'Go ahead and do it,' I snid. Where
upon be reflected a moment and then
asked me how much I had received for
the wedding In the morning.
" 'Ten dollars 1 replied.
"His face brightened at once. Here
was a solution to the difficulty. '
" 'I'll see his ante,' he remarked,
'raise hlra $5 and call' Whereupon he
handed me $15."
We hope we do not lack sympathy
for the enthusiasm of youth, but we
don't like to hear a college "yell."
If you would know a man as he really
laou must diue with htm occasionally.