WOMAN AND ARTIST.
I tnonght to win me a name
Hhoulil ring In the ear of the world I
Dow can I work with small pink uU)
About my fingers curladf
Then adieu to name and to famel
Tbey scarce are worth at tbe bettt
One touch of tul wet littlo, warnijlttlo mouth
With It lips ai;alnt 1117 breast.
I -Alice William Brother-ton in Tbe Century.
A FAMOUS DUELIST.
About half way up the- Ituo du Jour, near
tbe Bt Eustache church, iu Paris, ii au old
bouse, rendered conspicuous by a wide porch
and an extensive stock in trade or china.
Thin, two eenturie ago, wai tlie Hotel du
Royaumont, built by Phlllippe Hurault,
biabop of Cliarte and abbe of Itoyaumont
Later oil it wa occupied by Francoie do
Montmorency, Conito do Boutoville, who
made it a generous rendezvous for the Coul
1st iu Pans. All tbe gentlemen of tbe court,
eager to rhallcngo any of their peon over
,aome love intrigue, or who for tome personal
motive looked daggers at each other on tbo
Flace Royalo or tbe Cour la Itelne, met at
the mansion in tbe Hue du Jour. Here tbey
were hospitably received and entertained ;
tbey were offered a cold oollatien with wine
u'd liquors before entering tbe list, ana
Uiosewbo bad forgotten to brine weaponi
were provided with a goodly eelection of
, polished stoeL Throughout tbe morning there
' waa an incessant clash of blades, each thrust
and puny being watched with Intense In
terest by veterans, who, after old scores bad
been wiied off, ami the resident surgeon bad
bandaged the comlatautk' wounds, were in
vited, with the duelists and their second, to
luucbeon with tbe Conitu de Bouteville,
It would doubtleta be a vain quest to seek,
nowadays, for a single representative of this
defunct rive of duelist, a race to which Cbo
quart evidently belonged. He must have bad
ancestors among tbe exquisite of tbe reign
of Louis XIII, the swath bucklers of tbe
Hotel do Itoyaumont, or the splendid corps of
, musketeers of Louis XV. Choquart' mania
for dueling, bis ever recurring provocations
to decide a difforouoe at t-e sword's point
made of liim a public oharactsr; and bis repu
tation wo i imp beighUued rather tliun
diminished by tbe fact that bis moat terrible
challenges wero unable to withstand tbe offer
of a peaceful solution over a bowl of punch.
His guileless talk and southern accent, bis
peculiar way of lisping and other physical
oddities, gave to his daily Odyssey a smack
of tbo must genuine comia buffoonery.
When the muiiiu for fighting was strong
within blm It was difllcult to evade his mood.
- One duy ho would enter a coffee bouse, toko
seat ami say to a near neighbor:
"After you, Tho Figaro, please."
"Sir," tho oihor would politely respond, "it
(s not The Figaro but The Constilutionncl
tliat I am reading."
"Ob I you would give me the lie, would you?
Tako care, 'sir, or, by Oodl I'll teach you bet
ter manners."
On another occasion bo would introduce a
like sceno after this fushion;
"Now, don't keep staring at me in that of
fensive luiinner, please!"
"I," expostulated tho customer. "Lord bless
me, sir, 1 didn't even see you. I was looking
tho other way."
"Olil then 1 tun a linr, am If And Cho
quart would rise from bissoat in a threaten
ing attitude.
Even tho most peaceful person could
scarcely put up with such Insolence. They
felt like tucking up their sleeves and knock
lug Choipmrt down. Nor did ha fail, at
times, to meet with bis desert. lie more
than once stumbled 011 a Tartar. His best
known scriiHj that way is worth relating.
Choquart 0110 day entered a courtyard 'to
challenge a muster builder, who was pump
ing water at 11 fountain. The master builder
looked up surprised, caught bold of Cboquurt
by tho Kciutf of bis neck, doubled him up,
put him under the pump and soused bim like
a dead i nt.
Tho story of Choqunrt' adventures would
fill a volume, but 1 will relate only one,
wherein I acted as Ills second.
Ono night, nt a masked ball, Cboquart
quarreled with n Turk. Cards wero ex
changed. The followin,; slay Choipmrt, with
Ills two seconds, went to his adversary's
bouse, Tho Turk of Uia previous evening
turned out to lie a well to do upholsterer, who
carried on business in the Saint Martin
quarter. On entering the promises Choquart
inquired after JI. liuliu.
"What can I do for youl" nskcU a young
and pretty woman, wiiocamo forward from
the back of tho shop,
"Stuff and nonsensel I don't like Joking in
mattein of serious importance. My numois
Cboquurt I come for an affair of honor,. A
gentleman shouldn't be made to wait in this
maimer. Your husband is an ill bred dog."
"Oh, excuse me, now I know what brings
you. This is w hat I have to say. My hus
band went out yesterday to spond tho carni
val, mid it has mudo him ill. Ho is in bed,
aud spits blood," '
"Deiir me," remarked Choquort, turning
toward his seconds, "what a mischance) He
spits blood, did you say I"
"Alasl yes, sir," answer! the yoiuig
woman, who seemed much affected, "and the
doctor sayr that he bus not six months to live."
"Dear mo I" went 011 relating Cboquart,
"spits blood. How shall wo tetilo mutters,
thenf Hasn't sis months to live. Well,
tnadiiuic, I'm not a bad fellow, whatever
othera may think. Now listen to what 1 have
to say.' Wo are iu January, aren't wel Just
six Well, I'll give your husband six months
to bo buried in. I ehull call around nnd puy
my respects six months hence. If, in July
next, your husband Isn't dead and buried, I'll
treat him as a knave and deceiver, and pla
card bis name iu all the barracks of Paris."
This threat, which constantly foil from
Cboquart' li, was a reminiscence of bis
aoldier life, 'llio thought never lucmihUxl
Itself that un upholsterer might not care the
Jingle, of a brass farthing whether his name
woro placarded or not iu all tho barracks of
tbe couutrv,
O110 tine afternoon In July of that same
year, Clioipiiii t took hold of my arm at tbe
V ancles coHoo house, and said:
"Come along with me, old boy; I have a
ninll mntu-r which I really must clear up
without further loss of time."
We took u mud which Ud toward the Saint
Martin quarter, and, as we walked along,
Choipmrt entered circumstantially iiiLi the
particular of tho cose. The upholsterer
nay 01 reckoning Had arrived, and Choquart
was taut in limling out whether his former
Turk had id the funeral draft indorsed six
months previously by his wife,
"If," solil.spiiied Choquart, "the rogue Is
still alive, I'd cut off both Ids ears, you know.
I'm justified in so doing, am I notf
"Of course you are, my dear fellow, Hut,
let me ask, the thing occurred long ago,
didn't it, and tilths carnival seavml And
again, w hat did the fellow do to warrant suuh
a leudf"
"W hat did he do, the Tillalnl Just listen
and I'll ted you. I was at a tna.ke.1 ball
given at the Renaissance theatre. I walked
iuto the greenroom in my dress suit I am
pare if limb, at you can see, Suddenly
a Turk stopped directly in front of me aud
Uwled out! "Halloo, Uwre gov the Fat Ox
Make way, please, for the Fat Ox f Every,
body roared at this sally, I was downright
vexod, a you may suppose. Bo I made up
to him aud suid: 'My merry menu, ac noou
to-morrow you shall be a dead ninnl' "
"He was in the wrong, certainly," I pleaded,
"to insinuate so Invidious a comparison be
tween a thin man like you aud a fat ox;
but"
We bad reached our destination. Enter
ing the shop, we came upon M. Ballu, the up
holsterer, who, all budding and blooming,
was busy working at a parcel of good.
"Oh, that's your little game, is itf" began
Cboquart, as soon as he act his eyet on bit in
tended victim. "You're alive, then) I
thought as much. But you don't ;f1ny the
monkey with me any longer, Mister Turk;
you've caught tbe wrong sow by the ear this
time, let me tell youl"
"M. Choquartl" exclaimed the merchant
"Yes, sir, my name is Cboquart Cbo
quart, do you bear, sir! who'll have none of
this tomfoolery. Your wife where is she,
your wife! She's young and pretty, but
want to run a rig upon me. Your wife, 1
say, averred that you were on your last legs
and would be as dead as a herring in less
than six months, anil here you are, alive aud
kicking. Now, is that the way you keep
your engagements!"
"Abl M. Cboquart," rejoined tbo merchant,
who had somewhat recovered from his first
fright, "I have been 111, very ill, Indeed.
You'll never see me don tbe Turkish garb
gain. 'Tis over now. Bo lot me ask you to
forgive and forget any Improper thing I Duty
have said on that eventful night"
"One moment," said Choquart, "not quit
so fast, pleas. Do you tender your excuses
In the regular formf"
"Faith, I don't quite understand what form
that is. But this I know, for I have inquired
about you ami learned that you were a rigfit
good fellow. Come, I have a roasted leg of
mutton with kidney beans. Will you do mo the
honor to dine with me, you and your friend)
My wife will be overjoyed. Aglae, why don't
you cornel Here is M. Choquart who accepts
an invitation to dine with us." '
Of course I nodded assent, while It was not
over difficult to rend on Cboquart's relaxing
countenance that the roasted leg of mutton
bad found the way to his heart
Then, again," added M. Ballu, who now
felt that he bad the game In his own hands,
1 have a certain Madeira about which I
would like to have your opinion, M. Cbo-
qtiart"
"You have no Madeira, sir," retorted Cho
quart, with a deep frown over his eyelids.
Hut"
'I say you have bo Madeira, sir." ex
claimed the duelist, raising bis voice and
gesticulating like a madman. "And please
take notice that I am not to be contra
dicted on this point I have drunk but one
glass of genuino Madeira during the whole
course of my life. Twas at the Tulleries,
Yee, sir, I bad Just recovered from sick
ness, and was on duty at the king's dinner.
A glass or Madeira having been poured out
for Louis XVIII, his majesty, turning to
ward the cup bearer, snid: 'Hand that to
Cboquart, nnd give him my compliment. '
Do you hear me nowT
"But, Monsieur Choquart, I assnre you" .
"I say that you have no Madeira, sir."
screoched Choquart, who hnd grown furious,
and brought his hand down with UrriQo
force on tbo wooden counter. "If you onoe
more dare to say that you have Madeira
wino I'll tear your head clean off from vour
shoulders! And what else did you say vou
had!"
"Woll,"ai(l the merchnnt, who was some
what staggered nt this sudden fit of passion,
"I've a leg of mutton with kidney beans."
A leg of mutton," snid Cbxiuart. In a
soft tone of voice, "tlmt's good, when woll
roosted. Uut I'm confident 'twill be over
done. Have yon got such a thing as a spit?"
-a spur 1 snouiu toy 1 Had,", burst out M.
Ballu, with kindling eyes. "Only Just doss
this way, gentlemen, and see for yourselves."
The merchant led us into a coinfortablo
back shop, which answered tho purpose of a
dining room. Thero on tho health, In front
of a bright blazing fire, a fine leg of multon
majestically turned ou a spit, like the planet
round tho sun.
That looks nice," remarked Chontiart.
after a momgiit of silent contemnlation.
"You aro not altogether an Idiot A man
ho knows the worth of a spit deserves to
live. But why don't you baste your leg of
mutton!" So shying Cboquurt took up the
ladlo and began pouring over the meat the
rich steaming juico. At that moment tho
merchant's wife cumo In.
"Ah, good day, madumo, good dnv to vou I"
said Choquart, its ho leant ovr ami doluged
tho savory roast " Well, you net what bos
happened. Your huslmnd isn't dead aftor
all. Dear me, how shall we get to arrange
tho matter! 'Tis very provoking, vory."
"Alas, sir, 'twns a severe trial. God, in his
goodness, has spared bis life, I trust the
lesson will lo of servico to him."
"Gal, iu his goodnessl" went on mtrtterimr
Choquart "That's all very well. But wo
haven't settled our little difllculty as yet"
"Com now, Choquart," suid I, interrupt
ing him pretty sharply, "we've had enongh
on that score. M. Ballu has tendered you his
best excuses in my proseiico, and cordially
invito you to dinner; what more do you
want 1
"Dear me," said Choquart, still fascinated
by tbo leg of mutton, "I do think it i be
ginning to burn at tho joint"
Tho difficulty was now over, and the duelist
completely disarmed. We all had dinner.
Choquart recounted big duels to the unhol-
steivr, and drank with great gusto bis
"spurious' .itad.'ira.
Choquart died in pouerty. For over
twenty yeara he had lived on a small pension
gi-niiUM mm iy luo uomto de Chambo-1.
W hen, however, he received 600 francs, his
wont was to give bis friends a supper winch
cost the same sum, so thnt on certain davs of
mo year no went supperless to bed. Still, he
he was extremely punctilious iu money mat
ters. Boston Cornier Translation from the
l reach of August) Villemot
Miootlns; at the Shah's Tacht
Tbe shah of Persia is comimr t,i Pumu
nen April, aim win visit all of the princq
clonals. niviiHLions navinp imwmi
Teheran from London. lYterslmnr nnd lWi.
Tho shah is to travel overland, as his dignity
win uot penult him to cross the Caspian sea
in a Hussiuu steamer. Th P.
lonucny imrnmouni in those watora. but
it
nns sewoin iwn seen in the Caspian since
a
tragical auair wmcu recently occurred
Backu. The shah's vacht to,,-ir.
at
the
harbor with tho Tersinn flaor flv
shot was llrcd from tho fort, which struck
tho water near her. The l'ersian captain
mougin 110 was uemg saluted by the 1
sinus, and pursued his course: but ir.,.
:U
ty
thiv mora shots came iu rapid successe
on,
wicn one 111 more ilungerinu proximity to
the
Vessel, wherew ith he ImnUI ,l., i, n
lag.
Tho Uuwians are morbidly tenacious on such
poims in eastern waters, but this mnnifesta
11011 01 iw was regarvle.1 as ill timed at I
Petersburg, the obnoxious vessel being
St
a
vm jm-iii, ami 11 is said that the shah
was
w enrage.! mat no caused his luckless
tain's head to be chopped off.-London Truth.
c.-iv
Russia will celebrate, on Oct S3, t!
anniversary of the owning of b, r
ro.id. The country has now 17,000
railroad.
fiftieth
first
rail
mile ol
HOTEL DETECTIVES.
ONE OF THEM GIVES SOME OF
HIS EXPERIENCES.
No raise Whisker and flair Dy DIs
galtesThe Class of Gueits Who Occupy
Their Attention Sneak Thieve and
6wlDdler In HotelsKitr Work.
One of the best known of the hotel detec
tive of New York Is Mr. David J. Larkius,
wbo, although young in years, ha had a
great deal of valuablo experience In tho do
twtive line. He is a fine looking man, but
could go anywhere without attracting special
attention for any peculiarities. Of bim, a
reporter recently made some inquiries regard
ing the work of a hotel detective.
"The very essence of good detective work
Is to b a good shallower," said Mr. Larkins.
"You want to be able to follow a man from
the time b get up until he Is in bed again,
and never let bim know thnt bo is being fol
lowed; you must watch blm, but must never
attract his attention. And this is not don
by any petty personal disguises, such as the
story books and weekly pniwr toll nlmiit.
Detoctive don't go around with their pocket
Klled with false nlii-dicr anil huir dye, nor
do they chailgn their clothes every linlf hour
when they aro fol.owmg a num. If vou fol
low a man from ono city to niiot her it is some
times well to shave off your niiit.-iclio"rluiv
your hair cut a different s'.vle, but l-Jit re is r
limit to all thiit sort of hum. That d-
scrilies detective work in p-neii'l, mid tine
Is nothing which rtuiicnlly distiiigtii: lies ho'-
dutvetivrs from others."
"But what aro tho s leciul uud jxK-u'inr de
ties of a hoU'l deb-ctivc?"
"It is the busineHs of n hotel dctiftive, flr
of all, to keep an eye on nil n'Tivrln nt thf
hoteL Of course, it is Imponilile lor him !
stand at the door at nil hours aud ncniit !;
note tbe physiognomy of every man w ho up
proacbe with a griisnck in his hand. ln
ithin a few horns after a stranger bus or-
rived the detecti"e is supswed to havo scon
bim and sized him up. The greater pai-t of
the guest in any lintel are always cither per
manent resilient there, or, at least, very reg
ular transient. That is to say, of all those
person from out of town who mny bo stop
ping at a hotel at a particular time tho ma
jority have put up at tho sumo place before.
W ith all these regular guests the detective Is
supposed to be acquainted just as thoroughly
a the clerk Is, aud as soon as one of them
come into th house he is supposed to be able
to recall everything be ever knew about the
man. But every actual stranger is to be
bo noted and observed until the detectiv is
satisfied that h is straight 60 long as be
ha any doubt about a man at all he is to
keep that man under watch. Of course, how
ever, this doe not mean that a detective is to
make himself conspicuous in following tvory
man aiiotit whom be does not happen to
know, n is to exercise judgment in the
nmtter."
"What class of criminals frequent the big
hnb'lhp
"First of all, tho high grade class of sneak
thief. One of this class will take a room at a
first class hotel for the opportunities he may
have to go through the rooms of the other
guests. Such a man will post himself about
tho people in th house just as thoroughly as
a detoctiv would. Ho will observe the
people who have tho best clothe, th most
money and finest jewelry, and ho will learn
where each one has his room. Then ho will
team something about tho hours they keen,
and sometime when thoy are away he will go
through their rooms, the favorite time for
such ojierations Is dinner time. Having
selected the rooms to bo gone through he lets
hunseir in with a skelet m key, and selects
whatever he can best get away with. These
professional can tell very quickly just where
the ordinary man or woman will hide valua
bles, and it does not tako them long to go
through a room, Theu they skip out On
such expeditions crooks do not carry much
naggage, aituougu, for the sake of appear
ance, they may havo a big valise or trunk
ittiiTed with bricks and r,ld papers. Conse-
pientiy wiion they muke a haul they do not
hesitate to abandon nil their baggage, nnd it
is needless to say that tbey forget to pay their
hotel bill."
"And how do you look out forsuch fellows!"
"TV'ell, as I said before, if we seo anything
uspicious about a man wo watch him, and if
wo see that a guest is unduly Innulsitivo re-
gnrdingthe pWn of the house that is sus
picious. If we find a man wnndoring about a
hall where he has no business we watch where
he goes, and if we see him several times that
way wo set a regular wntch upon bim, and
caution the servants to look out for him. It
may lx that such a man is simply a masher,
trying to flirt with ono of the female guests,
or simply following ono of the chambermaids
about But it is always well to watch a man
when yon see him wandering about tho hall
ways a great deal with noapparentohioct."
"But you cannot keep a watch on a man all
the time."
'That is true, and, because wo can't, we
sometimes got loft I remember the enso of a
man who came hero several yenrs ago, and
had the name of Watson. I saw him when be
first came in, and, from the looks of his eyes, I
thought be was a thief. When bo was register
ing I tried to tell tho clerk not to let him have
a room, but the clerk did not notice me, and
ue gave turn a room now used for wnshinc
dishes. This room had a window near the
celling, opening into an adjoining room
where a lawyer was stopping. Well, I
watched that fellow close for nearly a week,
and saw nothing wrong, Finally the lawyer
went over to Baltimore, and in the afternoon
I was sent down town to cash a check. When
I got back I could not seo tho fellow Watson,
and after a time I went into his room. There
were scratches on tho wall under the window
1 1 poko of, and the dust had leen brushed off
from the sill. Two days afterward tbe law
yer returned and found that be was minus
$J00 worth of clothes. Watson had walked
right out tho side door, and as he was a gen
teel looking fellow, tho side door man never
bothered him at all. Well, I watched for
that fellow for a mouth, and then I saw him
one day just about to register nt the Grand
Central hotol. I touched him on the arm and
told him to conio with me. He was very In
dignant, end declared ho did not even know
where the New York hotel was. I showed
him where it wa, and when the clerk recog
nized him, too, ho weakened. We recovered
the clothes from a Philadelphia pawnbroker,
and one on the Bowery, and Watson went up
for three years. "-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Moroslnl's Home on the HutUon.
The home of Mr. Giovanni P. Morosini, nt
Riverdiilo, on tho Hudson, has many other
peculiar nnd attractive features besido the
museum of miliary arms, about which so
much has Iwn published, persons driving
along River avenue iu front of the house are
greeted by the cries of parrots and other
tropical birds. In the kennels are a score or
more of dogs, tho stables contain nearly as
many horses, whiln flock of sheep graze in
the meadow beyond along with a herd of rare
cattle. Sew York Tribune,
There are two ministers In the Fiftieth
congress-Stewart, of Georgia, and McKin
ney, of Sew Ilainpshir,
FOR KERAMICAL MANIACS.
There' Joy without canker or eark,
There's pleasure eternally Dew
Tis to u'os 00 U8 '1U8 an1 ,l,e mat
Of china that ancient anil bluoj
Cnchlpped all the eenturie through
It has passed, since the chime of it rang,
And tbey fashioned It figure and hue,
Ja tbe relgn of lb Emperor Hwang.
These drapon (their tall, you remark,
Iuto buncbe of gillyflowers grew),
When Noah earn out of bis ark
Did theae lay in wait for bl crew f
Tbey snorted, tbey snapped and they slew,
They were mlchty of fin and of fang,
And their portrait Olestial drew
In tbe Riga of the Emperor Hwang.
nere'i a pot with a cot In a park.
In a park wbsr peach blossom blew,
Where tbe lovers eloped in tbe dark.
Lived, died and were changed Into two
Bright birds that eternally flew
Through the bouhs of the may a tbey tang;
Tis tale was undoubtedly true,
In tbe reign of the Emperor Hwang.
Come snarl at my eestaslos, do,
Kind critic, your tongue baa a twang,
But a aoge nerer, nsver needed a shrew
In the reign of the Emperor Hwang.
Andrew Lang in Detroit Free Press.
BURDETTE.
Witty and Incisive Comment on Cnr
rent Vploa.
A Kentucky farmer boa trained a lot of
monkeys to work in bis hemp field. Well,
one towetb, another reapetb. Many a man
has reaped a k arrest of hemp because of
monkeying around too much,
CL08I AFTER Hill.
The great American condor lay it eggs on
the surface of rock 15,000 feet above the
level of tbe sea. That' pretty high for eggs,
but at tbe latest market quotation tbo com
mon American bea wasnt very far below
the condor. A rise of another cent or two
s dozen will put the ben on top,
A COLD PLA CI FOR ZMPEBORfl.
Scientist note a great diminution of forest
trees in Russia and say it is because the cli
mate is growing colder ail the time, Russia
bas always been a cold place to grow treason.
That is to ay, it has th Biberiast climate in
the world. Mow don't toy that' Don thin,
my son. Neva be Volga, sven for th take of
Rusfiia-in a joke. There now, hake tbe com
bination and run it out I like to see you
amuse yourself.
RIGHT Olf TTMB. '
Tm sorry I oant accommodate yon, Mr.
Papcrwait," said Mrs. McEerrel, shaking her
head resolutely, as she often did of a Satur
day evening, "but all my boarder settle
ekly; my motto is '"ay a you go.'" "Oh,
yes," exclaimed Paperwait, cbeerfully, "so is
mine, so h mine. But I m not gomg yet, you
know; 111 be her six month yet" And a
happier man never vetoed a bill
A REGULAR PINNACLE.
After leaving the railway station, which
was in tho middle of a prairie, the traveler
drove down hill half a day and at sunset
baited at Summit heights, tbe new summer
resort, "Groat Scott I" roiAsl th Indignant
tourists, "is this basin your idea of a moun
tain! Your prospectus say your house is
1.SU0 feet above the level of the sea." "60 it
is, gents," replied Barubbos, the host, for it
was he, "so it is; above tho level of tho Dead
Sea, That's nigh about 1,400 feet lower than
the bottom of the ocean, I reckon." Aud
when tho tourists thought upon their homes
in tho Catskills which they had abandoned
in search of summer board, they lifted np
their voices and wept, whereupon Barabbas
charged them extra bus fare for expressing
emotion. And it was so.
BEYOND THR BREAKERS,
"Tills is Pure Old Government Rio, is it,
Mr. LicbtweigMtl" asked the customer.
"Oh, yes," replied the grocer, "that's coffee
from Coffeeville."
"But you charge as much for it as you did
last week, and I have been told that the panic
inthecofleo market had reduced tbe price
greatly."
"Oh yes, I know," said tbe honest grocer,
abstractedly removing a handful of grains
from tho scales to make them weigh more,
"out you know a break in the coffee market
has no effect on the price of chicory. There
you are; IV cents a pound, and as you're an
old customer I've put up five pounds for $1 ;
the nutmegs 11 cents, soap IS, yeast cakes 4,
clothespins 23 that was a $3 bill you gave
me? Yes, yes, ?1. 81 out of $3; yes, yes, 11
cents, here you are; much obliged; call again.
Oil no, wo make no charge for delivering
joods."
ALL OCT FOR WAYBACKl
"Oh, Rowena," exclaimed Voltigern Tape
measure, dropping on his knees without a
itruggle, "your beauty fires my benrt"
My ikughter," said old Hengist Whent
Mi ner, entering the room, "I will divide tbo
yui tract with you;I will fire tho rest of him,"
Which he did.
wrrn one b out.
We have received a prospectus of "Seven
Gables," which is the name of a girls' school
It is an excellent school, but we don't take
much stock in the new spelling reform that
leaves out ono of all double letters.
A PILGRIMAGE OF SIGHTS.
"Life has been for me a succession of sad
blows," said Mr. Breather. "Ah!" said the
new pastor, sympathetically. "Yes, indeed,"
replied the parishioner; "I've had the asthma
tweuty-two years."
MIDSUMMER MADNESS.
"Bring hither, bring hither my red bandbox,
Bring hither my bandbox green,
And my bandbox brown from London town
And my box of silvern sheen,
"And It's oh for my trunk of leather tough
And my trunk of oak ribbed sine,
Anil my trunk so tough, of canvas Btuff,
That will bulge, but will not shrink.
"Oh, pile them high with the robes I wear.
Till their lids they overflow;
Sly lord be will stare, and eke he will swear.
But in they will havo to go."
"Oh, waly, waly, my ladye f air,
Now whither and will ye lleej"
To Mouut Saint Busballof-Worri-Ancair
On Oonyile by-the-Sea." "
rhey hare selzen her boxes one and all, ' '
In tho Tavern Lafltte do Kidd,
And loudly for help tho porters call,
as they stack them up in entry and hall,
And pile them high against bulkhead and wall:
But wherever they stow t'uem, great and small,
Far out of her reach they are slid.
Eer room Is a cell a fathom long.
Her bed is a thing of fears,
Where all night lonu the noiseless song
Of tbe s inglets bird she hears.
And ber lord he lies in a hallway lone
On a sleep destroying cot
R'tere sbo bears blm groan In a wrathful tone
"It's" (Hiub:) "it s" (-hl IlushiH'-hotr
And all this time io their home in town,
A mansion of cool gray stone,
There are peaceful gloonis in seventeen room,
Where the burglar sleeps alone,
Brooklyn Eagle.
More I'njust Discrimination.
Omaha Girl Oh I oh I
Chicago Girl 'What' the matterl
"That man winked at me."
"That handsome man over thereP
Yes, the brute,"
Brute; I should say be was a brute, E
iidu't ven look at me," Omaha World.
CAVALRY EXPERIENCE.
HOW DESERTERS WERE CAPTURED
NEAR THE END OF THE WAR.
ges-chlng Down Men tlka Beast and
Compelling Them to Do Further Duty
for th South-A Strange Hiding IMace,
Bucceitfully Dlsgulaed.
Among th southern soldior1 duties, not
the least important toward the close of the
war wa that of bringing in from tbe bills
and forest and habitation in the wilderness
deserter from th army aud slippery con
scripts who sought to evade the service. Tbe
calvsryman' soul delighted in this work for
a while. A detail for such on expedition
meant relaxation from the discipline of tbe
camp, exemption from the hardship of the
march, and variety in place of Irksome rou
tine. There was also a spice of adventure,
for deserter would sometime fight, though
skulking was their strong point Tbe writer
was ono of twenty men, under the command
of a lieutenant, sent during the early part of
IST.t into Scott 'and Like counties, in Missis
sippi, on a man hunting errand.' Game wa
abundant and our officer wo provided with
a formidable list of those to be tun down.
Wo took a guide from 1 neighboring county,
who ki.ow the country and the people, and
he went disguised. '
Tho first house we visited wo watched In
vuiu for several days. Authentic informa
tion said thero should be two deserters there-
nliouts. Two of our party lay all night under
the building listening to the conversation of
the inmates, but not 0 wonl wa dropjwd of
advantage to our quest Openly iu daylight
tbe bouse was visited and diplomacy used in
vain. Tbe women would not be led into be
traying themselves on their lords, but re
ceived with keen suspicion and reserve all our
advances. Surrounding and searching the
bouse in the small hours after miduigbt gave
only our labor for our pains. Yet the men were
known to be at least in communication with
their homo and our orders to take them wore
Imperative, Tbe visible member of the
household were a bed ridden old woman, two
middle aged women aud a small army of
white haired scions. A second time sple
wero placed under tbe house and about mid
night one of them came to the rendrxvous
and reported that be aud his companion bad
heard whispering uQrhead and believed thoy
had detected a man's vo'ce. At once the
bouse wa surrounded aud admittance de
manded. Tbe door opened and the women
sullenly demanded to know why w con
tinued to persecute them. Tbey asserted, in
the strongest tonus, that the whereabout of
their husbands was absolutely unknown to
them, aud declared that they bad not seen or
heard of them for months. Disregarding all
their protestations we proceeded to turn tbo
cabin topsy turvy. The scant furniture was
moved mid the loft ransacked in vain. Noth
ing remained but the bed on which th help
less old woman lay. hen called upon to
rise that it might be overhauled she wept and
her daughters remonstrated violently. They
vowed that she could not get np and to move
her would kill ber. The lieutenant ap
proached to lift ber, when she sprang at bim
and attacked him with the ferocity and celer
ity of a tigress. Leaving b!ra to defend him
self against her long tt.lons, we tore away tbe
bed clothing and under the boards was re
vealed a box like structure wherein lay th
object of our search. Tbey were wretched,
craven looking creatures and shivered and
whined as we dragged their limp carcasses
out
We watched another house for days, and
passed a small field where two women culti
vated a crop of corn. The man we wanted
was not to be seen. The women gave no in
dication that they knew the nature of our
errand, but would talk at any time with ap
parent frankness. The wife of tho deserter
suid that her husband bad abandoned her and
thnt she and his sister, who lived with ber,
hnd a bard struggle to keep the wolf from
the door. We were all but convinced of this
fact, and should have been wholly so but for
the direct and authentic manner iu which we
hnd been informed to the contrary. Finally
we were compelled to abandon this case from
sheer lack of any clew to work upon, as, in
spite of constant and rigid espionage, we
made no headway and saw no suggestive ac
tions on tho part of the two poor women.
The detective instinct must havo been utterly
lucking in every member of the squad, for
we learned some time after that the alleged
sister-in-law with whom wo bad frequently
conversed and whom we had many times
seen nt work In the field, was simply tbe de
serter himself, clothed In one of bis wife'
homespun gowns.
Another caso was that of a man who hnd
no family. IIo was a shaggy bearded giant
and owned two old negroes, who guarded
l,im Ami f l. Bnnwf f i, ;.. 1 : . 1.
J 4..1.B CIV VI1C7 U13 1iaUUL3 WW1 (, fell
V gacity and fidelity almost superhuman. His
habit was to lie out in the woods, seldom ap
proaching tho house, and his negro servants
contrived to provide for his daily sustenance
in spite of all our efforts to prevent it It
would have beer? easy to prevent tbe negroes
from going to him by placing them in duress,
or by removing them altogether from the
scene. But this might havo defeated our
ends, for we knew not bow close tbo hider
might bo lying and bad no assurance that we
ourselves were not under bis observation, for
tbe dense woods and thickets encroached di
rectly upon tho small clearing in which the
bouse stood. In default of a better plan, we
at length took measures to keep tbe old
servant under close surveillance for twenty
four hours uninterruptedly. At break of day
their cabin was entered by two men and they
were given certain instructions and informed
that the slightest violation or attempted in
fraction would result iu immediate death to
both. But one was permitted to pass the door
at a time, and tbe dead lino, which lay near
at hand, must not bo crossed. They were
cautioned against any signaling and assured
that such an attempt would be promptly
punished. Men were lving in ambush all
around and at dark our line was drawn in to
closely encircle the buildings. Shortly be
fore midnight a stealthy form crept past me
in the gloom and the gamo was in the toils.
Swiftly passing around the cordon I notified
tbe men that Stowers had entered the bouse
and we at once took positions at every door
and window. As soon as the lieutenant's step
sounded upon tho porch the fugitive leaped
from a back window into tbe iron grip of
Sergt Howard. The man fought and bit
and swore and yelled like a demon, butstrong
arms bore him down and strong cords bound
bis writhing limbs. His hair and beard fell
down his back and breast in matted masses,
his bauds nnd face were black with the accu
mulated grime for months, and tbe nails of
bis fingers resembled the long curved talons
of some great bird of prey. His eyes glared
likea madman s, and every struggling motion
reminded us of those of a baffled, racing wild
beast The sight was terrible and ono who
witnessed it can never forget it
Weeks were spent in such work, but
unaliy, wnen orders came to rejoin our com-
mniid, we gladly obeyed, for all were sated
and willing to encounter all the restraints
and hardships of a regular campaign, rather
u.Hii juay moixiuoiimis longer. wuuam U.
r icid iu ru.iiaOelp.ua Tune.
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ECONOMY N ey
A Hew Proceu h- ... .
C..ii "." " Tut. . I
Imnrov(vt nii..j.
beat aro slw.?uMCoH,
noi-i..o. i .. JOflM .
thotmtogethatatiN
ble. The manufacture of
very successful. n,i 7. " M!
a very low price, with
" " made to run 5 , . " i
beuSe4forhe.UngwttlS
purposes. f y
Another method of he.H
Idly making it way ifT"LkH'
aro to be believed, is th. ,J
cess, a company has been flT
delohia within .;hTnInsl.
" SAll VAia.J
next sixty day. the procSK
general use. Thapllm.-.T1.tl,
are manv. and if ... L.iTvIlrtki!iI
founded there can be no doubtrfL!
One of the company said to?
country there aro nhn,,t m 3: " I
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annual!- v..."'!-
j ....owtj UVIIie lOO fin. I
tbo total coal mined it IZZfc
cent or waste Is made byblL
dline. aud that 6 V rr JT"
breaker. Many attempts bsT,'!
;., amount 01
u.i d now nothing ha. been woorf
"Until nowonlyaverysniiT
this fine dust has been
. u uro, urai, simple ud
cblneryto reduce the eni 1- iJJ
small cost; second, reduction ton w
rvu..u, an eutonulic It
coal dust and air. each Mn.u. r7'
ulated at will; fourth, th njJj
coal and tbe simultaneous fMdiiT'
air into the fire boihvfiJZ? 1
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clesof conl d nst. with . i
cle shall be surrounded by air u h ?
... iima insuring COmpIeto ,.
TI,x .i,-.i..- 1 , r
"J " Jrucess. IMmetl,!
the dust is as follows: TTia i .
what size it is, is fed into 1 nL,
uitu 11, is grvmna 10 an impalptb
This is done by means of tl mJ,
particles, one against the other, ft
coal is ground it trasses thrnnuh s. !
izer, and on coming out it ismetbji(J
ui air irom a mower, which aetxli kfe.;
a nozzle into a combustion chunta '
neath the boiler. This combuitiooii;
bas to be specially constructed, sod i,
alxmt as long as the ordinary Mtifa
is used. Tbe arch will last jar
sido walls two Years. TliesimnlT
and air is automatically regulated, aj J
pieie com uus 1011 is the result. Hons
capes from the chimney, and tbert a
of heat in that wav. We feel mAW
at least thirty-five per cent of fuel t;
saved bv iisinc the machine.
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"In Philadelphia the past month, o
moms nave been mane with Um jm
the ilumson safety boiler Vorku, ml:;
gmeer mndo the statement that wbm
pounds of coal per day were med u
small boiler, at a cost of t3 ner ton. 900r-
of dust were used at a cost of about I
ton. Tho machine for that boiler out
about $1C5, and ho thinks there biu
at least fiftv tier cent The cost of m.
tbo machine will not exceed f 10 pet 1
One result of using the refuse coal wilt
the price of ordinary coal will hart It
aown.' isew xonrast
The Tlebe at "the Point
"Fall inl" the command wasshaiplj. 5
should have seen those green boji trmj
get in ranks. There were no m
beasts," and they looked like aherdoiy
steers, thouch more subdued. Atteriu
tbe "beasts," including my tremhliaj
wero strfins out into a long, wavenaj jj
and a cadet corporal commenced to oil
roll of candidates. Each one '
to answer "Here I" Some who iml
"Present" were nipped in the bud andfc.1
a lesson in cadet discipline. Unepra 1
low, who was rather tardy in repljiHH
union, wns commanded to "step OOlWl
swerto bii name," "Step out"
Point slang to "make haste," and ij
"beast" actually did step out of ruk
surprised nt the celerity with wliai"
mnrlo to sten back. The forroatloon! 1
dinner, and wo woro retained until "-f
tulion of cadets bad started. 1
off. beaded bvthe drum comiH
accuracy and beauty of a vast iw-J
Finallv our timo came, Tb pM 6 1
head of tho column interpreted tbe nwj
of the command, "Forward, marcn, j
procession started for tbe Jarg 1
structure known as the mess ball
Tr. waa lilm lunnliicr the gauntlet
cadet in the rear of the line hollered M
a vniisa of Knecinl envv: "Drag IB J"
nliraik n vnrd mister) I WOJlt t0 "
slouching among you beasts; stands
I tried to obey. Each plebe had tm ;
toned full up, the palms of hiib";
front, nnd all the while bis toe digrj
....... ' okiwlo noil -
me gravel 01 mo area. 1 ui--i-What
a nnmorirt ST
I think my jokes build themlv - j
get even into my business wnr,,,l
however bravely I resist their encl
Why, I assure you that they havo f 1
into letters of condolence wn.cu .
have recently obliged me to write f
reaved family of a wbiiom mr-r
I.W . ... IM
I can say, though, that 01 ur
stvles of humorous writing, the rf.
graph is the hardest A colun r
graphs daily would put any man w
r,i .. . i. .!,. whereai eu.
OIA 111 inCHD IUUII.U-, tpO I
sketches, especially if they are to I
the easiest work a professional nun '
t . ,imle of eolBCB.
W UO. Jl call niiwBi-r- till I
sketches without any great mental j
-..., -..Kt male' I
a nan column 01 jKiiniiui'-- - I
to bo a popular preacher going tf I
turce months' rest at tue eip" ,
mii-in!? concretration.
Working up ideas for cartoons a
hard as paragraphing, 13 . e
ceive the general idea, but to n ,
uus narmoniouj is 'ai" . ji
quently happens that before yw f.
picture conipieve 111 j rpoT
est ill its subject has died out aM -
bas gone for nought Alt"111"
Now York Commercial Adverts-
of?
A California rap ta,tJi'
tooth of a shark wat Pick ..Jfe fc?
rrv-v .tm rfnnth of thirteen f' " v.e
a well at Nipomo a short time S
i.. ...o.iv.l ana "
uo3 rcuuueu its m.,,
iclied,