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DCNRAVEN HANOI a crorv of American Frontier A & Life. CHARLES KING. D a A, Bt Oapu iknt 0f"Thrl t""r' IXiMuhtrr. From U,, liunkt.' -Ihf iirtmm lo a I ... I. I. .1.1. ''( l.Hl'Il .lau - "i.v mid rapidilv of liin talk, lit' re tens") " 1 ," ii'. , ,rcd his ,lllt '"".'I""'1 lllH rjoe "M,l hlv with u I'W .i in.JUfri.lii.r. uii.l ,vn gla"'d aili" ut ,Vrr'- wl'" : leiicil with alwrinil interest und who nw silently thinking it over, look ,,.. curioiiKly at Eweii the while. Have I Iht'hI yu half lo donthr i-ri the Englishman, somewhat rut TV "I never told that story Ix-fore. bill it lia un """''-'''"K f"r years." lr-i-' N! ' never was more inter ,j in Uiy life- 1 was thinking what a ,j;,.rciit firt of felhiw you were from uVinaii I "llt ollt "l,,t,r tlie other day Ma ihcv never do utiyihing to clear (lie ttl,r',i,y la our country it never oiilJ have been allowed to rest there.' It was tw far gone; anil when n Imv killel hiinseir l!ie tin::;; was UJ lr all the government : th--j call them :::liiiiiiistiaaon orpins' -an a confession of jiidgm.'.'l. When the Lancers came home there was hhik (jjjj.hul it was no"" hushed. J!:ii:laiid hu.Tr.hlll P Pl:iw ''' tli;i1 ami Kne no one know where, hut 1 read it in one of the Loudon paers-Triilh, I I'mik-a Htory that two of the irr. gulms I'tfi'n.U'l l!nvn reu won i lit-111- hud quarreled Willi tlieir rellows and after the war was over told a tale that made a seusathui i" l;"lK' I'oloiiy. They siiil tli:it Ihe young ollieer was a ma-li.-m-d man; that up to midnight he had pallid on. hut every scout and patrol tin-T im'l warned them that thousands ut Zulus were uhead. and that it was nailness to try. The men begun whis pering wining tliemselves. and begged llie sergeant to attempt to dUs:iade the Lancer oliieer: and he did. and they all U"-.in t.i talk, but he it-fused to listen. At fcisl they halted ut a little stream anil flatly refused l go n step further IVnnlered, U-gged "d implored, lie iriiinised heavy reward to any one of their n ii mi 1 er who would come anil show Li, n the :: ' '"'' hi'ard the night tries or signals"! some war parlies across ihe lields. ami the sergeant and most of llic men put spurs to their horses; the others followed, and they rode hack live mill until they were within our patrolled lines, then they bivouacked. supHsing uf course, the Lancer had followed them Hut lie hadn't: he never joined them all next day. and likely as not he had done his liest to get through that strange country by night alone, and had tried to carry his dispatches to the detachment Ty knew they must tell a str.iiglil story or le severely punished They were twelve against one when it came to evidence, as the sergeant pointed out will so they ugreed on the one that sent hiai In Coventry. Some of the Lancer officers got hold of this and swore they believed It true, hm Meantime the government had had l!;eilevi' own time in tiding his lord :ii the general over the numerous iilumlers he had made in the campaign aiul the Lancers were summarily or il -n- l i;ff elsewhere.. There was no one I II to take up poor Archie's cause at haute, and the thing died out." ",".v the Lord Harry. Mr. Evven. il w.iiiMn't die out here! We Yankees nu!il resurrect such it thing if it were oiil us a mummy." "Snmi-timcs I think old Maitland v.iuld lie clad of the chance lo do il even linfkeii as he is; sometimes, Mrs (Wan says, he walks the Hour all uighl uml holds Archie's last letter in his li.ii-; s She thinks he charges himself villi having driven the hoy to suicide.' "Dii-s Miss Maitland never revisit the olil Imiiie?" usked I'crry. alter a mi n: -iit's thought. i'iie oes with her father every :iiTh lie is i:eer here more than twice year, and seldom for more than six eeks at a time Were ii not fur her. he oiiilhl Ki ttle down here. I believe lie it tnCnpe Colony and tried to lind tin' men who gave out that story, hut mieiir them was dead and the other had utterly disappeared There were still "is survivors of that escort, the sergeant inning theni, and he was a man of some wlum and proierty They stuck to Hh1 original story, and said the two men iiu lind started the sensation were mere klakiiuiiling vagrants. Maitland ad fi'rtiei everywhere for the missing man kittoiiiipurHse. I think he and Miss lilaihs have finally abandoned all hope ' ner righting Archie's name She was child w hen it all happened, but HorhjM.j him. and never for an Main has lielieved the story of his hav lnS funked She's out here riding souie 're this morning, by the way." "Who! Miss Mailiand?" exclaimed V". ith a sudden start mid a Hash of light 111 his blue eyes. E'wi smiled (inetl; as he answered. "V She needed exercise and wanted tocoiiif. down to the gate and meet l)r fritt She went on tin the valley, and londer she is not hack." TV bright light faded quickly as it the glad blue eyes clouded heavi Ewen looked at the young soldier, rjirise m Ins llorid face: surprise that S'ui'tly deepened intoconcern, for I'erry "wieii suddenly away, as though look H for his comrades of the hunt "I Ihink they're coming now," said " manager, peering up the valley uu Hie hading willows. "Yes Won't Jw 'top a "Nut now." was the hurried reply "nut you for that story; it has given ""lot to think about I'll see you sun " Tlt Uist words were almost W'-d hu k. for, urgwl by sudden dig le spur. Nolan fndignantly lashed l- , r - , " 'Ms. then rushed in wrathful gallop "Warily ii. . i .. nir t-imiern oiuiis. " ' Mul pan- his rider had inflicted on hit lud comrade; it was only the invol-1 'Bt-7 transmission of the shock to his " young heart a cruel, jealous stab, j came with those thoughtless words, 1 "anted to come down to the gate ! nwt Dr. Quin. and went on up the 7." He would not even look back her riding by that man' aide. a j ,' O USE the e.presrfon ol , Mr. Dana, "Ned Ferry seemed 06 hi feed" fo 1 a day or two. The hunt 7 -eess, despite the fact of Perry'i jir should k. repeated the Tii sT l.rlght da after muster. That cerenionr came of on Monday with due K.nipahd formalin and much rigidity of ins,mil,n :, th'. Iui oi uie K.,t coniniander. It tai 1 watched wit!, interest by the ladies. m ! Mrs. IV-lkna; even pmpose-.l that whei the barr icks and kitchens were Mm j visitinl they should go along. Dana ha.' been her devote., ever since the. day ..: ! the hunt, and announce.1 his willin tw ! J1' l':ir,'-v ,,,'r siigu'i-stion lo the colonel , I but U-lknnp declined. She wanted a few ! , words with I'erry. mid did imt know I how to ellect her purpose. When hi stopK-d and sK.k to her after intrude ot Saturday evening and would have mad. ; M-ace. she thought to complete hfr an : parent e.in.iiesi by a show of woumnli displeasure at his conduct, and uti as i suran. e that, thanks to Mr. Ian.i. (In i day had Iwn delightful UMd his failun to aecompaiiy her had been of no con-,. ; qnence at all. The utterly miesix-cut ; way in which he bxik it was simply j ' "Milliner" to the lit 1 1,, lady. So Tar from being pupicd and j. alou-! and huffy, us she expected, Mr. I'errv I justiiled tae oft expressed opinion of hel ! sisterhood to the elfect Unit men wen I simply p-isi nil comprehension" l, ! brightening up instantly uud exprenslnj such relief at her information that fori 1 uioiiie ut she was too dazed to sjieak. Ih j Hint lime he had pleasantly said goo'c j jHit and vanished, imr had he lieen i'ar her since, except to Ikiw and I.kiI ' pleased when she walked by with Dana She never thought of him as an aetoi More, but lhk said Mrs. IWlknan t herself, looks like consummate uctim? I j Had she known of or even suseelei (In i I exi.teiiceof a woman who had interio.-ei ! I and east her into the shade the explana j lion would have occurred to herut once j bu( that there was a goddess in tlieshan. i of (lladys Maitland within a dav's rid of IJossiter she never dreamed for an in stanl. Believing that no other womai could have unseated her. Mrs. Iielkna dmniy could not account for such utter sueii unutterable, i iphieency on tin part of her lately favored admirer in hi virtual dismissal. All Sunday and Mon day she lisiked for signs of sulking oi surrender, hut looked in vain. I I'erry seemed unusually grave and silent, was I'arke's report of the situa tion. but whatever comfort she miglil havederived from that knowledge wasut terly destroyed by the way hebrighlenei up and looked pleased whenever the chanced lo meet. Monday evening hi stopKd to sieak with her on the walk holding out his hand and fairly beaming upon her. she icily nreived these demon strations. but failed to chill them or him Then she essayed to make him suffer tin pangs of the jilted by clinging to Dana'i arm and smiling up in Dana's face, ant then she suddenly started: "Oil. Mr Dana! I low could I have been so thought less and this is your wounded side!' Dana protested that her slight weight was smithing balm, not additional pain and I'crry promptly asseverated that il he were Dana he would beg her not tt ipiit his arm. and her eves looked scon il him as she said. "How can you know anything about it, Mr. Perry? You'v. never been in action or got a scratch while Mr Dana" and now the dark eyes sHil;e volumes as they looked U into those of her escort "Mr. Dana it one of the herm-s of the lighting days ol the regiment." Even that failed to crush I'lin while it had the "licet of making Dai.afeel mawkish and alisurd. I'erry frankly rescinded that he only won de red the women ever could lind time U show any civility whatever to f.-llowt like him. when lliere were so many whe had records." She wascomnrtti ly at ii loss to lathom him. and when tattix. i-ame on Monday night, and they were Jl discussing the proj.s-l of a run with he hounds for the coming morrow u May day celebration "ii new principles Mrs IVIknap resolved un u change ol tactics Dana was ollieer . "he guard and ovc t the .inrd house, but nearly all the ther otliccrs were chatting about the eranda und the gate of the colonels liiarters. Thither had Capt. Helknap acorted his pretty wife, und she was, ji usual, the center of an interested ;roup. I'erry came strolling along nfler esirting the' result of tulloo roll fall m he adjutant, and Capt. Sin ker call.HI 0 him and asked some question aUmt he men on stable guard The orders of he colonel with regard to watching the Movements of the men lifter the night oil call were being closely oliserv. d. anil vhen the trumpets sounded "taps." a few noiuents later, several of the troop com minders walked away together, and this eft a smaller party It was just at this juncture that Mrs. Helliniip's sweet voice A-as heard addressing the commanding illicer Oh. colonell Ever since Thursday I ,ave been telling ('apt Helknap alsuit hose lovely albums of yours, and he is to anxious'to see them. Could he have 1 look at them to-night?" "Wliv. certainly," exclaimed the colo nel, all heartiness and pleasure "Come l ight in. Helknap. come in-any of you -"ill of von-where it's good and lyjht. nd he hospitably held ojicn the screen Jisir IVrrv had seen the albums a dozen times, but he was for going in with the jthejx when he felt a little hand press me on his arm. and Mrs ltelkm.p' great d::Vk eyes were gazing up into his with mournful, incredulous apeal. -Don't vou know I want to see you, I ... .l...t ..nlv he could Hiie niuilliureo "" -Wail!" much bewildered, Mr Perry And. w aited. , . , wi... t,vu! where sin could look through the screen door in the parlor Is toml. watching furtively until the party were grouped under the hanging lamp md absorUd in looking over one an-.,,1,,-r's shoulders at the famous albums, then beckoning to him to follow, she rutted, like some eerie sprite, on tiptoe to Ihe southern end or the veran. . .i i.,., ..mi ' vines hid her iroui view from the walk along the parade view ipmu ,,r " , iVrrT be,-an to feel nueer. as he arter i ' ' " i ... l.o an II-o.l nloiiu i w ards expresseu u. " ! ,,UP declining t ,,,,. 'r his heavy heels upon there funding gallery. She put ner S ' " lux lip, and. after a nervous glance around, looked at him war.nngly. U- Yha! on earth', the matterr was... ,,e perplexed and callow youth could "jto iay.andln.M.ew utterly de void of romance. scntin.e.U. U-ndtsnes, -anything she wanted to hear-th. t in i;..p nrettv. wwiic-iim-i "" . " j " ' niJtlll,ls , ,u,u.I b.lw can you be so unkind to meT ,t List she whispered, in the tragic SJ she well knew ,0 be effective; ,. 1 . ml acain. But liVe one In a maze; then lie Unit over her in genuine concern: "Why, Mrs. Ik-lkimp! What has hap pened? W hat has gone wrong? Whal do you mean by unkindness?" i She faced him, indignantly now: "Is it possible you profess not to know?" "liy all that's holy, Mrs. lielkuap, I haven't an idea of what you mean to charge me with. Tell me, and I'll make every aiiit-ud I know how." He was bending over her In genuine distress and trouble; lie had no thought but to uviiire her of his innocence of any conscious wrong. She was leaning upon the balcony rail, and he rested out) strong hand upon the o!,tut the shaded corner, above her head, as he bowed his ow n to catch her reply. For a moment she turned her face away, her bosom heaving, her little huuds clasping uervoiudy, the picture of , wrongeu una sorrowing womanhood. Uis blunt, rugged honesty was some- thingshe had never yet had todeal with. This indeed was "game worth the candle," but something of a higher order than the threadbare flirtation she had found so palatable heretofore. She had expected him to be revealed by this time as the admirer who had only been play- lug a part in his uparent acceptance of the situation of the last two days; she expected lo be accused of coquetting with Dana, of neglect, coldness, insult towards himself; and this she would have welcomed; it would have shown him still a victim in her toils, a mouse , she might toy and play with indefinitely More bestowing the final coup de grace. ' um instead of it, or anything like it, here stood the tall, handsome young fcl low, utterly ignoring the Kssibiliiy of her having wronged him, and only beg ging lo be told bow he hud affronted her, that he might make immediate umeiids. It was simply exu-speiuting. She turned suddenly upon him, hiding her face in her hands, utmost sobbing: "And I thought we were such such friends!" Even that suggestive tentative did not lay him prostrate. Fancy the utter in adequacy of his response: "Why, so did U" This was too much. Dow n came the hands, and were laid iu frantic upM-al Ukjii his breast, lie did not bar the way; she could have slipped from the corner without difficulty, but the other method wits more dramatic. "Let me go, Mr. I'erry," she pleaded. "I 1 might have known; I might have known." Thu accents were stilled, heart rending. ."Don't go yet, Mrs. Belknap; don't go without telling uie what what I've done." And oor Ned imploringly seized the little hands in both hlsand held them tight. "I'lease tell me," he pleaded. . "No, no! You would not understand, you do not see what I have to bear. Let me go, 1 beg, please; I cannot stay." And her great dark eyes, swimming in tears, were raised lo his face, while with faint very faint struggles she strove to pull her hands away, relenting in her purpose to go the moment she felt that lie was relaxing the hold in which they were clasMd, but suddenly wrenching them from his breast and darting from his side, leaving I'erry in much bewil derment to face about aud confront the doctor. A little opening had been left in the railine at the south end of the eranda the same through which the post surgeon had passed the night Mrs. Lawrence had shown to Perry the answering signal light; it was the doctor's "short cut" be tween the colonel's quarters and disown side door, and soft, unbetraying turf lay there between. Absorbed in her melo drama, Mrs. Helknap had failed lo not the coming of the intruder; absorbed in his own stupefaction aud his fair pari ner's apparent depth of woe, Ned Perry heard nothing but her soft words uud softer sighs, until a deep voice at his shoulder a voice whose uccenl betrayed no apology gave utterance to this un compromising sentiment: "Mrs. Helknap, this is the thirtieth not the first of April." "And what has that to do with your sudden apK'urance, Dr. Quin?" an swered the lady, with smiling lips but flashing eyes. She rallied from the shock of sudden volley like the veteran she was, and took the brunt of the fight on her own white, gleaming shoulders needing no aid from the young fellow who stood there, flushed, annoyed, yet too perturbed to say a word even had there been a chance to get In one edge wise. Hlunt as he wus, he could not but realize the awkwardness of the situation And to Ih? so misjudged by such a man as Dr. Quin! All this was flashing through his mind as the doctor answered: "Nothing with my upearance, Mrs Belknap, it was yours 1 remarked upon You seemed to think il All Fools' day." "Far from it, doctor, when 1 thought you mfles away." "Well, well, Mrs. Belknap." said Quin shrugging his broad shouldersand laugh ing at her undaunted pluck, "I've known you fifteen years, and never have found you at a loss for a sharp retort." "In all the years you have known me. doctor, as child, as maid, as woman vou are the only man in the army win ot-..- nut me on the defensive. I ae clearly that you would taunt me because 1 of ibis interview wilh Mr. Perry. Honi j ;. ...,.l . nense. Dr. Ouinl You are 1 the last man in this garrison cavalrr ! and all w ho can auord to throw i ,,,,, "Whew-w-wr whistled the doctor ( ...i: iiHtniiilii'inri "ittBuiiiiieD,lu,,;w"" j ; ...-..( Mr Prrr." said he. turnin it nin n iIia voune officer, "let me suddenly Vl?JfTf- at once adogue for . observation. lien I "" known Mr. Belknap fifteen year, st w instantly thought I meant to make he , oiit very lllUCII oiuer in" one hence these recriminations. She aiwayi J objected to me Ix-cause I useu 10 leaw fw onl(.f..H,,t.it,rSii on account of her when she was in her first long known w(aUh lnd exU,niilve dresses-the prettiest girl at Fort j rcpuUtion for charity. Not long ago enworth-and she's never gotten oyer it , h(J went throu(fh , v,,ry trying ordeal. But her father and I were good friend Jn llul() wn ,n Maryian,i thcro and I should like to be an honest one te 1 we;e tbr(ie canJlll!lU., tot the office of his daughter Good night to you both. I .m,,, amj the thn candidate ' "One moiucnt. Dr. Quin. said Perry 1 an carnP t see the Postmaster-On-springing forward. "You have seen Pi 1 eraj ()n(, wai aui)Ui thirty-fire. un. to make rommeiits and insinuation thai j marriotji n(j g,IU.ht masculine in have annoved Mrs. Belknap at a liwt ulA.arance. Ju.utUtr hen she was under uiy ecort" , forty, and the third a pretty brnnetu "Oh Mr Perry, no! no!" exclaimed ' hardly twenty-five years of age. Now, Mrs Belknap laving her hand on hi instead of each one coming and presenV Trm. "Not awo'rd of that kind, I im j ing their letter and recommendation! lore' Hush! here come ray husband '; and then going home to wait tha out Ah lielknap " aaid the d-1oi ; come they would come ia all together, klandlT a the big captain came hui i wait for a chance to see the Potmatr blandly, iu in . General, and then all Ullc at once. .'i I Ivnltef -ISryou'fLvI mlra 1 t to' beTevoted to Mra B usual, trying to oe ueTuwru a-1.0nf.rfr I ct in get you OUIOI tinv 1 - Why ti e j'-" taD 1 ou "'"J7" iTO HE COSTINftD. MICAWBE11S OF WASHINGTON Still Thousands ofOffloe-Sookora at the- Capital 8nrUrls lllslita and Trartjr llnlrftil bf Tlirm, Hut lit l'oatailir.(irnirl Suffer M.nt-A Cnutrtt for OrHe Tint IUJ Konisolle tnJIng. cl'riil0IIT, IWO. Special WmhinKlon CcrrrsH)inl.'ncr.1 "rni le.lerrv"lt'.:sU U a philosopher of no mean order, despite the fact that his departmental duties have chiefly to do with "bt-eds uud garden sass," as Con gressman Martin says. I wssln Secretary Rusk's olhVo tlio other day when that dignltury wan In a mood both communi cative and philosophical. "I tell you m I. 1. I- l.l 1... n.,lnllnAlin.u.l..n. jy at a iuf olllo!, ..thlll ,ow o( Wash. ln(?,on ,,., ,noro discontented peoplo within Its limits thun any place of ius Bizo in tho world. More peoplo come here on hopes than go to Kurope on the steamers. It's just awful to think of how many ambitious people coine to Washington and go away disappointed within six mouths or a year after tho installation of a new administration, Why, 1 know" hero tho Secretary's flow of sympathetic rhetoric wa stopped by tho udvent of a lot of Western farm Pr w ho wanted to talk "crops" and his tory, and I lost a valuablo reminiscence, The Idea that struck "Undo Jerry" is a correct one, and inquiry revealed a good deal about the people who come hero for Ministerial positions or fat Consili ates and Anally go away with nothing or stay to take a S?.10 clerkship N ash ington is a reservoir of disappointed am bitions whose possessors stay hero in very much the state of mind of Micaw ber, and with very much the same sue cess. The army of otilee-seekers of whom ono hears so much do not come with a swoop and then depart. They trickle in steadily from tho month after election and stay us long as their finances allow, dust now thoy are real ly thinnin? out, and not a few are right hero in Washington without money enough to go home. A brilliant example of the class called on Secretary lllalne the other day. llo was from tho West. Nearly three months ago he had come to Washing ton secure In tho belief that bis letters and "pull" would secure, him a good place. Week after week passed, during which time he went through all tho grades between the F.hbltt Hon so and a six-dollar-a-week hoarding-house. When he entered the otlleo of the Secretary of State Mr. lilalno was talking to Sir Julian l'a ii nee fo te. When tho Kngllsh Minister bad gone Mr. lllalne turned to the suppliant from tho West with an in quiring glance meant to signify "what can I do for you'.'" Nervously coughing tho man stepped forward, llo was not a common political heoler by any means. His black frock coat showed considerable wear and his hat needed turning, but for all that the man looked like a rellnrd and educated individual. '.Mr. Blaine," he began, "I am an ap plicant for a position. When I came here I wanted uu olllco, but now I sim ply want a position where I can make enough to livo on." After some little conversation he pro-' duced a lot of letters showing that his claims for recognition wore not un founded. "Why don't you ask your Congress man to help you?" inquired the Secre tary. "I have done so, but to no purpose," was the reply. After a litllo Mr. lilalno promised to see what he could do for him, and the applicant left Then t irnlng to me the Secretary said: "Do you think that's an unusual circumstance hnre? Well, It's not by any means. Visitors like that average, half a dozen or more a day. Ask any of the Cabinet officials and they will tell you the same story, and then you can estimate for yourself how many such peoplo there are in Washington." I then went over to Secretary Tracey and asked him if there were any oflioe seekers left in the city. "Thousands." was the emphatic reply. "They stroll In here every day." Hero Mr. Tracey thought a minute and continued. "There is a man who has coino hero every other day since I have been in olllce, except for the past AN OFFICK-HUNTIMO TltlO. two weeks. When he first came his ap oearance was that of a well-to-do busl ness man. I could not give him what he wanted, as it was not within my power, but ho kept coming all the nme. Finally ho told me he had spent his last dollar and could not even get home. That was a little before Christ- mas. I lent him enough to get home snd four days airo the money was re- . . .. - . turned to me. The return of the money made such an Impression on me or hi" ,nd Wi pancrs to bim th other daj." P q( er. but is them as the Secretary of the Navy. The p0!1,IniU(t,.r.(;,.nerai U the favorite Albert, the colored messenger who .lands at the door. U autborit, for tb. candidate would -- - - 1 - V. - ..n n Ah jkvldpntltr nut aporr uno uj "' - - j -! wanting either of the other to pet t 1 word with Mr. Wanamaker alone. When all three arrived they would descend 00 tb I'oatmaster-Oeneral in a bnnch. Finally the fut one gave out an, men! home. Then the reinaiuliig two worked things for awhile, but the money of I In' elder gavo out, and the young one alone remained. A few weeks ago she went home disappointed to all upe araurc. for a young man was finally appointed, whereupon the last one to leave prompt ly married the young man and they sent ranis to Mr. Wanaiuaker a duy or two ago. Not all tho office-seekers. However, come from outside the District of Col urn biu. Dp the contrary, eve,rjr. resident of it WHAT CAN I PO roll Vol".' th t.ty looks upon himself or herself ni awaid of tho (iovernineut. There are over 111.000 employes of the (ioverninent: in the city of the city of Washington, of which I over 4.1)00 are women. At least one out ot ten of these women have children und every woman wants to get her son or daughter into (iovernuient service. With this end in view they besiege Congressmen und Senators until they succeed. .Many ol the residents of Washington have enough to live on and only want a Oov eminent job to enable them to live more comfortably. Congressman Joseph Cannon of Illinois, llutlf rworth ol Ohio, Snlnola of New York aud Me-1 Klitley of Ohio are the favorite targets for applicants on account of their readi ness to listen to the stories. On an average these gentlemen have from six to ten callers a day who are anxious to draw salary from the (iovernuient. The local office-seeker cares nothing for geography and does not bother hnnsell as to whether or not he is a conslttuonl of the Congressman or Senator to w hum heapplies. A great many of the omce-seekers from other towns and distant States stay until their money is ull cone and then aclually beg for tickets to their liouies. .Major Moore, tho chief of police, has had dozens of applications from purtl. s who claim to have been promised positions under this adminis tration, but who eonio here only to lind that they must go home at their own expense. I he wives of the memls-rs ot Congress have the hardest kind of times with tho oMlce-seekcrs, and now und then ure brought into exceedingly mor tifying positions through the nerve of the female olllce-hiinter. Bust week a woman exceedingly well dressed ap plied to the wife of a Senator for In fluence in securing a position. She was to all appearances a well-bred and edu cated woman, and, the Senator's wife not liking to treat her brusquely, took tho trouble to talk to her about the mutter. On the next Senatorial recep tion day the woman called und sut around the parlor until some one spoke to her, whereupon she spoke of the hostess most familiarly, and, some ladles thinking she was a guest of the Senator's, exchanged cards with her mid invited her to cull on them. With thut us a start the office-huntress begun a heavy social career, and last week, bucked by some of her newly-maile friends, was about to secure her place when a conversation between one of her new friends und the Senator's wli'e led lo un explanation, which resulted in the ambitious woman losing alt tin advan tage she had gained und her new friends beside. Had her sehemo not Is'en discovered sne would have cerlainly succeeded, as social prestige here will do more for an applicant than ull the poll Ileal Influence Imaginable, us It is shown forth through the elfortH of home Congressmen. Kvory now and then some wlso olllce-seeker comes here with a lot of money and reg ularly enters the soctul swim wlih a view to getting a position, and If the la dles of his house are bright and enter- tuinlnir the chances are a hundred to one that he will succeed. His tho army of otllce-seekers from out of tho District that is prominent now, ow ing to the rant-that they nro "on the move." Congress has settled down to work for tho session, and the offices are nearly ull full. Tho fow vacancies will lie filled too slowly for the Hnanclul abilities of tho remaining applicants, so they must leave. The hotel-keepcrsure to some extent the only mourners, and even their grief is not overwhelming, for they have had to cut down a great many bills to meet the purses of the de partingguest whiso political ambitions have been "doomed to disappointment," as the Secretary of Agriculture puts It. The owner of one o! the largest hotels hero told me that he had been forced to let no less than nine men who had come hero for positions leave without paying their hills because to his certain knowledge they had spent all their money in their dreary wait for thu positions which never came. "Much of thisoftlmes sad disappointment," says Secretary itusk, "is duo to a political condition which centralizes the giving power and makes (iovernuient posi lion a reward for political services." Ii I'j - YoaiiK Forrpituiili'i Mimkt-r". Three or four years ago young Adam I Forepaugh was over in london. He had ' spent about IO,OUO, and didn't darn ask for any more money, ho he wire over o the governor that he bad a great cham-e to get some new attractions for the show, lie said that he could get two monkeys that were larger than hors-s for S-VJOIJ. The irovemor con gratulatad himself on having sueli a smart boy. and cabled him the imiiiey He was li'dling every one about his new attractions, and if anyone doubted the reailty of the alleged big monkey he would answer angrily, "Pshaw! What io you know about the Interior of Africa? Of course they have monks there as big as horses. Next day came a eahleifram saying: "Money received; monks dead; much obliged. PP-" The Governor never could stand a joki about nonkys after that Chicago Herald. Theokra plant is likely to come for ward in prominence a a substitute for jute, the fiber being superior, and lbs cost of production much less. One's eyes are regular educational Institution. We learn a great deal by their aid, and they Lave pupil, too. rfauiiMtowa New. NATURAL INEQUALITY. fto l.ons; Mtii Are Mrn lluii.sii K.tiHlHy Will Uu lirroiii. What is the meaning of the famoiH phrase that "all men are Imen free and e.iiul," which gitllii'1..'d Americans, who were as much "iiliil.Hilis" a tlieir Inherited comm. ill sense und their priie tlcal ai-nualntanc.i w ith men uud with tilfalrs would let I hem b". put forth as the foundation of Ihe "Deehirntlun of Independence'.'" I have seen a con siderable number of new Ixirn infants. Without wishing lo sieak of them with the least disrespect a thing no man can do, without, as tho proverb says, "foul ing bis own nest"- 1 fail to understand how they run be affirmed to have any political qualities ut all. How can it be said these poor little mortals who have not even the capacity to kick to liny delliille end, nor indeed to do liny IliInK but vaguely squirm and squall, we equal politically, except as all zeros limy be said to he equal? How can little creatures be said to bo "free"' of whom not one would live for four and twenty hours if it were not Imprisoned by kindly hands and coerced Into applying Its foolish wandering mouth to the breast it could never find for Itself? How is the being w hoso bruin Is still too pulpy to hold an Idea of any description to bo a moral ugent either good or bad? Surely tt must lie a joke, and rather a cynical one, too, to talk of the political status of a new-horn child! Hut we may carry our questions a step further. IMt I4 iiinro iibi-iteiidiibrik til sneak tif , , , . state of uollllcal , .. . . thus fallaelouslv confusing positive equality that is to i say, the equality of powers with thu ' equulity of Impotences; In what con ( ceivuble state ot society is it possible , that men should not merely be born, j I but pass through 1-hildhoiHl and still re 1 main, free?' Has a child at fourteen 1 I lc cn free to jhoose Its language and all ; thu connotations with which words be came burdened in their use by genera tion after generation? Has It been free to choose the habits enforced by precept and mom surely driven boinu by ex ample? Has it been free to Invent its own standard of right and wrong? Or, rather, has It not been as much held in bondage by lis surroundings and driven hither and thither by tho scourgo uf opinion, us a veritable slavo, although the fetters and the whip may he Invisi ble und intangible? Surely, Arlstotlo was much nearer the truth in this mut ter than Hobbesor Kousscau. And If the predicate "horn slave'Vould more nearly agree wltli raft than -uorn iree, wnav is to be said about "born equal? Kous scau, like the sentimental rhctoriaun that he was, and half, or morn than half, sham, as all sentimental rhetor leans are, sagaciously fought Bhy, as we have seen, of the question of thu in fluence of natural upon political equal ity. But those of us who do not care for sentiment und do euro tor truth, may not evade the consideration of that which is really the key of the position. If Uousseau, instead of letting his chil dren go to thu fiiniiU trourr, hud taken tho trouble to discharge a father s duty toward them, ho would hardly have talked so fast about men being born equal, even in a political sense. For, if that merely means that all new-horn children are political teres, it is, as we have seen, though trim enough, nothing to the purpose; while, if it means thai, in their potentiality of becoming fac tors in any smdal organization cltl 10 ns In Uousseau's sense all men are born equal, it is probably the most astounding falsity that ever was put forth by a political speculator; and that, as all students of political speculation will airrce, is saving a good deal for it. In fact, nothing is more remarkable than the wide Inequality which children, even of the saine'famlly, exhibit, as soon as tho mental and moral qualities begin to manifest themselves, which Is earlier than most people famry. Kvery family spontaneously becomes a polity. Among the children, thero are soni" who con tinue to he "more honored and more powerful thun the rest, and to make themselves obeyed" (soinotlmes, Indeed, by their elders) In virtue of nothing but their moral and mental qualities. Hero, "political Inequality" visibly dog tho heels of "natural" inequality. The group of children becomes a poetical body, a Wri'n,wlth it right of prop erty, and its practical distinctions of rank and power, And all this comes about neither by force nor by fraud, but as tho necessary nonsequenno of the in naUi inequalities of capability. Thus men are certainly not born free and equal in natural qualities; when thoy are born, tho predicate "free" and "equal" In thn political sense are not applicable to them, and as they dovolop, year by year, tho dlfforonoo in the po litical potentialities with which they really are born, become more and more obviou.'.ly converted into actual differ ences the Inequality of political faculty shows Itself to lie a necessary conse quence of tho Inequality ut natural faculty. It is probably trun that tho earliest men were nomads. But among a body of naked, wandering savages, though there may be no verbally recog nized distinctions of rank or olllco, su perior strength and cunning confer authority ol a more valid kind than that secured by acts of Parliament; thero may be no property iu things, but the witless man will bo poverty stricken in ideas, the clever man will bo a capitalist in that same commodity, which in the long run buys all other commodities; one will miss opportunities, tho other will make them; and, proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will servo his brother Ku long as men are men and society is society, human equality will be a dream; and the as sumption that It doe exist is as untrue in fact a it sets the mark of impractica bility on every theory of what ought to be, which start from it I'rof. T. II. Huxley, In Nineteenth Century.. THE AMERICAN BISON. 4 rtojrrt Alining to I'rntni Ih Anlotal from Total Kitruilnstlnti. Mr. I'lumb, of Kansas, in the Senate, nd Mr. Peter, of the 'same State, in the House, have introduced measure letting apart a tract in No-Man's-Land for the propagation of buff aloe. Mr. Plumb goc to the extent of proposing to reserve for that purpose during twenty year all the land in the so-called Neutral Strip, on the bonier of Texas, by leasing to Mr. J. C. Jones, of Kansa. who ha already a herd of bison and cross-breeds, and would put It on the reservation. Those who want that land open to settlement will oppose soexton ! live a scheme. As to the particular method of trying ; tardily to repair a damage already ao , eoroplished, it may fairly be said that I the Yellowstone Park 1 practically a : National presenre, somewhat analogous i to that which Mr. Peter and Mr. Plumb j would establish in No-Man'-Land. ' verwbere out of that pot th bison fit fii'l vanishing from tho Sew World. Last spring Mr. Satterthwalto, making up an estimate from hi personal ob servation and from Informat'on which was furnished to him, concluded that there were fewer than three hundred buffalo. within the Yellowstone Park, and not more than three hundred in the w hole I'nlted Statesoutside of that tract This may look liko an exaggeration, but he gave the details from which his esti mate wus made up. lie noted about a hundred bulTalocs In Montana, some at the head of Dry creek and the remainder at the head of Porcup'ne creek; In Wyo ming, a few stragglers from the Nation al 1'ark; In Colorado, "two bunches of mountain bison, one of t!.'i head and the other of II." which probably no longer exist; In Dakota none, although there had Is-en 33 two years la-fore, and at the same pcrlid In Nebraska and about Ml more In the Indian Territory and Kansas;" In Texas, "Si head near the Batons, In the northwestern part of the Panhandle, and 8 In tho sand hills on the Slaked Plains north of the Peco river." I'orrect or not, this Is the detailed counting, and, at all events, no one questions that only a remnant of the millions of this line race of animals Is left Hide hunters and sportsmen have been futal to It, when tho subsistence which it furnished for uncounted gener ations of the Indians of the continent left its enormous niimlif r not material ly Impaired. The extent to which the aborlgln. s were dependent on tho buffa lo and a few other animals for their sup ply of food wus show n by (ieneral Sher man's proHsul, in days when tho idea was current of an Impending conflict between tho rod men and the white, to bring the former to term by making war on a grand scale upon the buffalo and exterminating It. It was too soon evident that tblsoriranl.ed attack would have been superfluous. Tho wanton slaughter of buffalo, elk and antelope throughout tho West speedily reduced many Indian bands almost to starvation, and they became mendicants, supported on the (iovernuient reservations. Colonel lodgo once declared that in (ie years 1 ST'J, IS73 and 1874 alone "more tlian live millions of buffaloes were sJauglitiTcd for their hides." Thlsstate ment may be difficult to believe; but It is certain that during ten years after the close of the civil war a prodigious slaughter of these animals occurred. Hunters for skins to sell were helped in their work of destruction by British tourists and others who merely sought to kill as muny as possible without even taking away tiio hides. Y'et more than half a century ago Congress prohibited by law the reckless slaughter of game In thu Territories; and the extermina tion of the buffalo has been carried on in violation of that statute. The animal was destined, of course, to gradually re treat and disappear before the march of settlement, but indiscriminate and wanton destruction settled ils fate' generations too oon'. Washington Cor. N. Y. Sun. A QUESTION OF RANK. How a Muileiit l.earnr.1 a I.moiih In Dlalit trrratr.1 ll.inealy. To he honest upon tho ground that It is thn best policy la the most ignoble of motives, und yet tho proverb which put honesty at tho bead of the list in mat ters of practlco Is wise in its way, asex perlence is continually showing. It Is to be supposed that a student in a boys' boarding school not a hundred miles from Boston has some notion of this fact as the result of a recent ex perience. He bad during all the first half of the year been shockingly oaroleM In thn preparation of his lessons In alge bra, theconseqiienco being thnthls rank, of course, was. very low. While he was at home for the vacation at thn end of the fall term of the school, bis father prom ised him a w atch if at tho end of the yenr hi rnnk came above a certain av erage. The lad reflected that his poor rank In algebra would probably spoil hi chalice to gain tho prize, and on bis re turn to school ho hit upon a plan to niend,matters. Ho went to the teacher in mathematics and asked him if he was willing to let bim make up thl branch of study as If ho hnd been out of school when the class went over it "I feel," be said, "I did not do It a I should have done, and I am anxlou to really master it; so that If you are will ing to examlno me, I will do it as extra work this term." The teacher assented, and the hoy went diligently to work to make np for past neglect of the hated study, secretly upKislng that in so doing be was put ting himself In a fair way to win the coveted watch. In duo tlmo ho went to the teacher and passed a very good ex amination In thn wholo of the work for the term before. The instructor ex pressed his approval, and the student, greatly pleased, said to him: "And what will my rank be now, sir?" "Your rank?" the other repeated. "Oh, this doe not change that I thought you wanted to go over the algebra for the sake of knowing it If you had said that It was tho rank you was after, I should have told you in the first place that 1 could notobange that" The student went away sadder and in nioru sense than one wiser, but his chances of winning the watch are still In doubt Boston Courier. Th I'ropsr Wlg ht of Man. Prof. Huxley asserts that the proper weight of man Is 154 pounds, made up as follows: Muscles and their appur tenances, fiS pounds: skeleton, 24 pounds; skin, 10 pounds; fat 88 pounds; brain, 3 pounds; abdominal vis cera, li pounds; blood, which would drain from the body, 7 pounds. The heart of such a man should beat 75 time in a minute, and he should breathe 13 times a minute. In 24 hour he should vitiate 1,730 cublo feet of pure air to the extent of 1 per cent a man, therefore, of the weight mentioned should have 800 cubic feet of well-ventilated space. He should throw off through the skin 18 ounces of water, 300 grains of solid mailer and 400 grains of carbon ic acid every 84 hours, and his total loss during that period should be six pound of water and about two pounds of other matter. 8t Louis Republic. -- - "Yes, sir yes, lr-we are being taxed to death In this country!" he thouted, as he stood on the rear plat form of a street car. "How much taxes do you pay. for Instance?" quietly anked one of the group. "How much? How much do I pay? I I well, I'm not talking for myelf, but for my brother. Ill taxes would have been at least Sl'i thl year if hi Uade'old out" De troit t'ro Presi. We hear from time to time of e yere norm that do vast damage to fish men's boats, but the number of smack lost at sea is nothing to the number lost a land. Rochester Express.