A STOKY OF I'KKDI-itlCKSllf KG.
Itwn fiftnr An liattlo of Fredcricksburs
The ground was Htrevvn with th ' fallen loe
Thev lav in ranks on the xiile of the hill
With their front to us: nnd a boy could
throw
A stono to the nearest rank, so close,
Hud they pushed their way to the frowning
edge
Of our rifle pits in tho Inst mad charge,
lien I hry struck our niiei uko nn angry
sieiige,
And fought iin under tho very sunn
Till the bluo lino wavered, and turned' and
b- owe,
And tho strncslcrs suddenly disappeared
Uohind tho mantlo of pitying smoke.
There wns one tull man intho nearest rank,
So tull ho had towered above tho rest
As wo watched kim bearing the tattered
llnii-
Ifo lav with a riflo ball through his breast
We thought him dead but he turned nt last,
And raised luinsell on Ins elbow tliero,
And looked down over tho bloody Hold,
Then back at us in a fierce despair.
We saw 1 1 i tn fumble beneath his coat,
Anil feebly draw with a shaking hand
A little package of letters stained
With uso and tiud with n faded band.
Hospread them out. nnd lie picked up one,
Tho smallest letter of nil tho store.
We know Hint his evis werelilled with tears
Hint blotted the tinv niicket o'er.
Ho tried to read, but his head dropped low
1.1 n ins DreiiRt, and Ins hand tell nervelessly
JJut tho stiffening iingors still kept their
grasp
On the words that his eyes no longer could
POO.
A t,11ll-m I, t ii tli.Mmli 41,n .!nrt ttif a
Wo had watched iiim tliero from ourshclter-
ed stand:
Wo fell to wondering whoso hand had
traced
The letter he held in his big brown hand.
"Jlis wife!" said one: "No, his sweetheart,
boys!"
fcuid another. "His mother!' said ono
whoso fnco
Was fresh and fair as a girl's; ho dropped
Jlis gun and clambered from out tlysplacc,
Ho ran to tho dead man's sido and rnised
.The hand and there in a childish ecrawl
Was written, "I lovo you, papa dear."
Tho hand had closed o'er tho rest, and all
That had cheered his soul m that lonely
phico
Was tho simple noto of a little child.
And yet, it had sweetened the hour of
death,
1'or it Hoemcd to me mat tho dead man
smiled.
Hkuiil-rt W. Colling wood.
MATTIE'S MISTAKE.
BY MK8. LOUlSi: CHANDLER MOULTON".
i'rom tho Youth's Companion.
Tho incidents in thestoryl am going
to toll you took place more than thir
ty years ago. Most of tho people
mentioned are- dead, or will havo for
gotten tho o vents that I shall narrate,
so that J am not violating confidence
or friendship in giving them for the
benefit of tho young people of another
generation. Of course I shall not give
their real names.
Mattie, Read had always lived in a
small village in Vermont. Her father,
when sho was a whild "kept" a country
store, bub after a few years, nob suc
ceeding in this, ho sold out his busi
ness and withdrew, with hissmall capi
tal, to his father's old brown house
on the hillside, which was comfortable,
if not picturesque, and became what
he had been in his younger days a
farmer.
Mattie went first to tho district
school, and afterwards, for a few
terms, to tho academy in Millvillo.
Sho hero "took lessons" in music, and
her father bought her a melodeon, and
endeavored, in such measuro as his
narrow income allowed, to make home
attractive to her. Her garden was
gay with marigolds and balsams and
sweet peas and old-fashioned pinks
nnd to ono who was unambitious and
contented, it possessed a homely
charm and beauty that were very at
tractive. Hub Mattio did not see or feel this.
Sho thought hor lifo was dull, and
longed to gob beyond tho green hills
about her, nnd to seo "the world."
This meant to her nico dresses, the
admiration of others, and thodovotcd
attention ot a mythical personage
whom wo will call "tho coming man."
Oh, if she could got away from all this
daily routine of housework, this con
stant helping mother, which had to bo
dono day aftci day! Sho hated to
swoop and dust, nnd feed chickens,
and make pies nnd fry doughnuts,
and help with tho butter and cheese,
nnd pub up luncheons for the men who
worked on tho farm. And all theso
things, which might have been pleasant
occupations, bocamo drudgery to her
uiyvilling spirit.
Rut at lasbMnttio's restless and dis
satisfied yearnings had their opportu
nity for being gratified. Sho received
a most welcome invitation from one
of her school friends, whose father had
removed to Massachusetts, to "make
hern good long visit." What a joy!
And Cambridge too, with the possibili
ty of "going into Boston every day!"
No wonder that sho wa3 greatly up
lifted at tho prospect.
Now camo tho dressmaking nnd all
the busy whirl of preparation. Her
Aunt Melissa enmo bravely to the
front, in spite of nil her other engage
ments in that line, and tho now plaided
silk wns bought nnd made, with all
the "shinings" nnd flouncingsot forth
in tho last number of Godoy's Lady's
Hook. Tho bonnet must bo right, lor
was it not Mrs. Hill's "pattern hat"?
And tho new black silk "visite," with
its pinked ruflle, was it not splendid?
As sho started ofl, tinder tho escort of
he.i father's successor, who wns ging
to that myaterotiB region called bv
country folks "dpwn below," to buy
goods, she was a proud and happy
girl!"
At Cambridge, hor country homo
became, for the first time in her lite, a
valuable possession, for sho could
talk about it. Sho was quick to catch
the'ptrilted speech of tho heroines of J
herstories, nnd her imagination en
veloped her home in new beauties.
"A nut-shell was a glided barge,
sheiling seemed a pnlace large,"
nnd sho drew such n picture of her
country "residence" that she nlmost
believed in it hcrsolf.
Tom Sherwood was her hero of tho
nour. He had always lived in Boston,
but thought ho should delight in tho
country, nnd she told him of her nn
cestrnl home and broad acres, nnd re-
nllv worked herself up to n lit t lo en
thusinsm on tho natural beauty of
her native place.
Every day brought new pleasures
with it. 'liicro were drives nnd pic
nics nnd "spreads," and nil tho be
wildering delights of a young girl in a
collego town. There were visits
to Boston, thnt wonderful cen
ter of everything attractive to tho
Now England mind! there was tho Mu
seum: thero wore tho shops, with ev
erything to tempt tho eye. and tho
concerts to charm tho ear. Oh, it was
"just lovely! as sho said; and Mat
tie had never dreamed of such a good
time in her lito. Hut tho visit came to
an end at last, and Mattie returned
homo, witli a sad consciousness that
tho bright vision was over, and tho
old life was to begin again just where
lb lett oil.
Tom Sherwood had a slight tender
ness toward tho littlecountry girl who
had given him such obvious admira
tion, and when sho told him that she
would like to show him hor country
homo, ho felt that ho should
bo nuito willing to accept tho invita
tion, though I may add hero that this
is not a love story, and .there was no
love in tho case.
Hut after all Mattie did nt begin
at homo just where sho left oil. We
never do this; and tho Mattio who
wont back was not just the samo Mat
tio who went away. Hor mother
feared that sho would bo more discon
tented than ever, and less suited to
tho homely details of everyday
lite. Whether this was so or
not, her horizon had widened,
and sho had more things to
think about. Contentment does net
reallv depend so much upon tho cir
cunistances in which wo aro placed, ns
upon what wo are in our own selves;
and Mattio had tho new pleasure of
living over tho visit in her imagination,
and in recounting her triumims to her
menus.
She talked very fast of what sho had
seen and heard, and what "I said,"
and "ho said;" and tho name of Tom
Sherwood, who was not a lover at all,
became quite prominent in her list of
admirers. It was always a pleasuro
to flattie to talk about herselt, and
her companions often said of her that
her talk had a great many largo I's in
it.
Hub ono day a dreadtul surpriso
camo upon her. J for father came
driving up tho lull, with a letter for
Mattie, a manly but unknown chirog
raphy. "For me! Oh, what? Who can it
be from?" (Mattie's grammar was not
always quito correct) and a quick
glance ab the loot ol tho bnet page re
venled tho name of Tom Sherwood.
This was tho letter:
"W.vvnuu-.v. Auo. 15 IS.
"Im vu Miss Ui: v, I havo couio up to
theso delightful green hills to visit my cous
in, .Miss .Ma ii a .Smith. X llud that I am
only a few miles from your beautiful home
w Inch you so often described to me; and
as 1 find that Marin, knows you well, and
is quito intimately acquainted with tho
HHvu family in your villngo, nnd wishes
much toseo them, I havo persuaded her to
go to-morrow with me to Stirling, when I
shall givo myself tho pleasuro of accepting
your kind invitation to call upon you at
your nonio. As J nnvo coino to this decis
ion suddenly, and expect to return to Cam
bridge on Monday, I cannot wait for a re
ply to my note, but trust I may bo so for
tunatens to find you at home, und happy
to seo us.
"Very sincerely yours,
. "Taos. E. Siinnwoon."
Poor Mattie! What should she do?
How could sho let him seo tho old
farmhouse, with its rag carpets and
yellow-painted floors and braided
rugs; and granpa and Aunt Melissa,
and all the rest of it; and especially
tho unkempt, untidv, utterly unpre
sentable maid-of-all-work, who was,a3
sho thought, almost an idiot, yet who
must bo considered "as good as tho
rost," and cat with tho family at tho
table, and Hiram, the hired man, com
ing in from his work in his shirt
sleeves, and dripping with prespira-
hoik no muse havo a seat at tno
tablo, too! Oh no, tho could not; sho
would not; she should dio with morti
fication. In this dilemma sho thought of Mrs.
Silvu, tho mother of ono of her young
jriends, a woman of rnrograciousnoss,
in whom tho maternal instinct was so
strong that sho seemed liko every
body's mother, and resolved to con-
fido in hor. Sho could not bring her
self to confess to her own mother tha;
sho was ashamed of her and her
homo.
To this kind and wise friend sho went,
disclosing her aflliction, and begged
that sho might call herself a boarder
for tho time in her house, and receive
tho visit tliero.
"Your house is so sweet and nico
and cool, and you and the girls know
how to do everything, and make every
thing 30 pretty! If my homo was liko
this, and my mother i'ust liko you, I
would never feel a bib ashamed of it."
Hut this proposal was kindly but
firmly negatived. Mrs. Silva's upright
soul could not stoop to dissimulation.
"iSo, my dear, i cannot allow you
to do that. If your youngfriend does
not caro enough for you to bear seomg
you in your real home, and with your,
own tainily, his is nob tho lnendship
which you wish to retain."
Hero Ma4 tie burst mto boos of un
controllable emotion, and the sad re
frain,
" hat shall I do? ' burst over and
anon lrom her quivering lips. "Uh,
dear, I wish I had never seen anybody
outsido oi this townl l wish i had,
Hover been born hero or any where
eiso!"
At last tho brilliant idea Ptruck her
that she might forestall the visit by
going over to Waverloy, and meet him
there quito by acciocnt, aim pretend
to bo very much surprised, and never
to havo received his letter. Yes, that!
would do nicely; but sho had nobody
to tako her over. Father was using
tho horse, ami ne never woiim span-
lltt-ntu i1it-.. ,1 tul .ilitl 1ii,i. ln.P
sobs and tears began nlreli.
Her distress, which was real, undhv
this time communicated to the vvhol"
family, so wrought upon th" sympa
thies of a young lawyer, a prospective
son-in-mw of Mr.. rilvo s. that he Ii
nal'.y offered. At great inconvenience to
himself, to drive her over to Wn ver
ier early in the morning. Sho dried
her eves, went home and slept.
Tho next morning thev started for
Waverley at an early hour, taking a
cross-cut over tho hills in order to
rcieh their destination in season to
prevent their friends from starting;
and after their departure, as it seemed
to be a broken day at the farmhouse,
the family thought it a good time to
go of! on a blackberrving excursion,
leaving only the obnoxious Sally at
homo to clear up after the Saturday 'a
linking, "right tip tho house get urn
ner for the hired man, feed tho chick
ens, and lookout for tramps.
Hut alas for Mattie's schemes!
Tom Sherwood and Maria Smith
took an early start too, "in the cool
of the day," but not being in anv
special haste they went by the usual
route, arriving at Mr. Head's soon
after the family departed, and befor
Sally's righting up of the house had
fairly begun. Sally saw the horse
turning ui) towards tho house, ami
was delighted with the prospect of
having her lonliness cheered by com
company. She rushed to the door to
meet them before thev alighted from
tho chaise, and greeted them with
great cordiality. Sho was barefooted,
and had on a very dirty and ragged
dress, and her red hair was scratched
up under a head-covering known in
those days as a log-cabin siinbonnet.
In this plight she was oven less than
usually prepossessing.
"Is .Miss Mattie at home?"
"Oh, dear, no! I'm awful sorry, but
sho heard tliero wns some dreadtul
grand folks over to Wavorly, and they
were coming here to see her;and sho said
ho wouldn't iiavo'omcomchcroiornll
the world, 'cause the house looks so
bad; and sho made Square Converse
take her over across l'omfret hills to
head 'em. I don't see why she didn't
want , em to come, but sho said sho
wouldn't havo 'em nohow, but she'll
be awful sorry to miss o scorn you.
Hut Sally v. as hospitable, if sho was
not clean, and insisted that they
should "come right m.
"O Tom!;' said Maria' "don't lot us
stop; wo will drive right down to the
village. 1 want to see Mrs. Silva, and
I know she will bo glad to seo us."
But this was too funny an episode
tor 'loin to givo up. Ho would go in,
and sit down and look at the prom
lsen. Sally camo in and sat
down too, and did her best to enter
tain tho company, hut when by way
of making herselt agreeable, sho ad
dressed him with the inquiry,
"Tom, are you goingto t liesnrcus?'
ho nearly went into fits over it, and
almost gave her an invitation lo next
week's circus on the spot.
At last Maria, who was too kind to
onjoy this- dreadtul mortification to
her friend, succeeded in getting him
started for tho village, and was glad
to introduce him to tho family ot her
dear Mrs. Silva, where they were so
cordially and kindly received that it
was uoj difficult to persuade thorn to
havo the horse put up. and stay until
after tea.
Maria was glad to havo this city
cousin seo this charming specimen of
a fanner's home in Vermont. Every
thing was so clean and appropriate
and well-cared-for, within and with
out. Tho garden, with its rows of veg
etables and ripening fruit, tho barn,
tho beehives, tno cows coining up from
tho pasture, the sheep crowding eager
ly about the farmor for their salt, the
hens and chickens, and even the pigs,
were interesting to the city boy, and
he asked so many intelligent quest ions,
and expressed so much admiration of
the horses and colts, and evinced such
hearty appreciation of the bread and
butter and everything else, that tho
family were delighted with him, and
gavo him a cordial invitation to coino
and see them again "in sugaring time."
Just before tea, tho other pair of ex
cursionists drove tip to tho door.
Mattio had lingered in Waverly until
sho was suro that Tom nnd Maria
must havo started for home, and then
camo back after a wearisome and un
successful day. Her embarrassment
was extreme at meeting theso friends,
but, luckily for her peace of min i, sho
did nob then know what had happened
at tho farmhouse, or the extent of her
misfortunes. Sho did feel, however,
that the had made an titter failure of
her well-laid scheme, and could not
help seeing that her friends regarded
her with a kind of contemptuous pity,
rather than with admiration. How
ever, she tried to forgot her troubles,
and join in tho general conversation
at tho tea-table, but sho thought that
"lorn had not improved sincohe saw
him, that sho did not think it was
very polite to burst out laughing at
tho table when thero was nothing to
laugh at."
Poor Tom had really such a sense of
tho ludicrous that ho really could not
holp it. though ho did trv faithfully
and was more shocked athimself than
she wns at him.
We do not know what nccount Sally
gavo of her visitors, but wo may bo
suro thnt Mnttie heard enougn to
give hor a good lesson for all the rest
ot her life. Whether sho learned it or
not, history does not say, but wo
may tako it for ourselves, remember
ing what tho Irishman said, "Tho
wickednoss of the wfi-r-r-ld is mighty
improvin', if ye'll only tako vftir-r-rning
by it."
Had Mattio had nn eve to tho real
worth of horcountryhomo.andsoiight
to have made it tho ideal one she had
roprosonted it to be, Tom doubtlos
would havo admired her spirit, cer
tainly ho would have respected it.
While tho Rev. Dr. C. II. Pnrkhurst,
of tho Madison Squnro Presbyterian
Church, was preaching ono Sunday
night on tho subject "Is Life Worth
Living?" his, voico gradually failed,
and when ho had reached the middle
of liis sermon ho was obliged to usk
tho congregation to excuse hiin from
finishing it.
A NOVKtTY IN UAUOO.NA
Its Construction nwl tlm Principle Ujion
Which If D'pomK
Wlion tho members of tho Military
Service institution entered the museum
building on Governor's island Thurs
day, says The New York: 'Ywc, they
found two wires stretched across tho
museum Hull in front of 5he stage.
Hosting on them, near tho south win
dow, was nn elliptical object about
thirty inches long-, covered with black
material, and with projecting points
in front and behind. Small wheels at
tached to a framework kept it upon
the wires. Its resemblance to a crush
ed umbrella on a play truck was strik
ing. A blackboard on the platform
disnlajod several designs, one of them
a very flattering outline of tho
umbrella-like contrivance. The draw
ing was intended lo illustrate the
principles of a dirigible balloon, or a
balloon that can bo directed without
any connection with the earth. Tho
design on wheels was a model of a
dirigible balloon not wholly independ
ent of tho earth, and operated along
wires by electric power. When tho
party had assembled, Con. Russell
Thayer, of l'hiladolp'.iia, stopped upon
the platform and began to explain tho
workings of these balloons in a paper
entitled "Dirigible Ralloons for War
1'urpcne?."
(ion. Thnyer said that little real
progress had been made in balloons
for ono hundred years until, in No
vember last, Capt. Ronard ascended
from Mcminn, Franco, sailed in the
air in a nino-niilo breozo for three
quarters of an hour, and landed safe,
ly whero ho had started. The balloon
had been scientifically constructed,
and it turned out to bo what it had
been in theory. Cen. Thayer has ap
plied Kenanl's principles and devices
of his own lo the ballooiu that ho ex
plained yesterday. "Tho motor
which 1 havo devi-od," lie said, "con
sists essentially of a high spued air
compressor, coupled directly to a spe
cially designed carbonic-acid gai en
gine and a reservoir, into which tho
compressed air is forced until the re
quired pressure per square inch is ob
tained. Tho i oar end of this reservoir
is so arranged that at given intervals
tho -confined energy is suddenly re
leased, thus producing a powerful
motive thrust forward. Tho amount
of power thus rendered available is
dependent upon the discharge. Hy
tho use of tho carbonic gas engine wo
havo no coal or water, and wo avoid
all danger from lire. Another form of
motor consists of powerful blower
drawing; in air from forward, effecting
tiie continuous discharge of a largo
voluino through a nozzle pointing
stornward, by this means developing
a powerful continuous force acting
forward. If a hollow, truncated eono
can bo placed over the nozzle and tho
air discharged through it, outsido air
is drawn in through tho annular opon
ng, and, mixing with tho jot, lias ve
locity imparted to it. Ju experiments
Hindu with water and using live cones
it was found that tho forward thrust
of tho motor was Increased at once SO
per cent.
"Tho dirigible balloon consists of
two portions. The buoyant pari,
which correspond to tho hull of a
water ship, is made of superposed lis.
sues of strong silk and rubber, ami
tho shape is that cf a circular spindlo,
in which tho long horizontal axis is
33, the length of the diameter amid
ships. This .structure is filled witli
hydrogen gas, and is porfoctly rigid.
No yielding can tako place in this as
in the ordinary form of balloon, and
broad bands shot. Id preferably bo used
lo netting to support tho deck. Tho
deck of the ship upon which the ma
chinery is placed is bolow the buoyant
part of the structure, and is firmly
supported and braced. Opposite tho
center of tho ship is a lowor dook.coni
plotoly inclosed and separated from
thorc3tof the structure. From the
motor a pipe leads all or part of the
energy ut nzou m tno production ot
mot. on to the sturn of the ship, and is
there terminated by a noz.lo littod on
a ball and socket joint. This arrange
ment permits tho nozzle to bo moved
In any direction at pleasure, and hy a
inovoiiiont of the nozzle from tho
wheel tho ship may bo steered in any
direction, thus avoiding the uocossity
for a rudder.
Gen. Thayer's assistant touched tho
battery and ran the model across tho
hall oif wires. Gon. Thayer said ho
would have brought tho model of tho
independent balloon from 1'hiladelpliln
only It was thirty feet long and Ion
feet in diameter, and might make
trotiblo in u small room. Ho quoted
figures lo show that tho independent
balloon encountered a proportionately
decreased reistauce as It increased in
size, and that theorists thereforo
thought an ideal balloon should bo
thruo thousand feet long. The size
approved by tho ordinary board for
test was 337 foot long ami 100 foot in
diameter. It could carry lifty-livo
tons, or a good a'zo locomotive. Such
a balloon could lay n lurgo olty or a
fioot under tribute by dropping dyna
mito bombs down from the sky. Tho
olootrle balloon, coubtrtioted on the
tmnio plan, ought to bo ballasted ho as
to Itcop il on the wires. I olograph
wires would bo strong enough to carry
such a balloon, but cables would be
bettor, bocnuso they could convoy
moio electricity. The wires could bo
run on supports stout enough only to
hold tho wires. Such balloons could J
be propelled sovenly miles an hour
against forty as a present maximum in
calm weather for the independent
balloons, They would bo useful in
carrying men and supplies for the
rear of an army to the front at short
notice. (Jen. Thayer says ho has
proved by experiment that his designs
will work.
Liability- of Auctioneers.
The following statement of tho lav
as to the liability of auctioneers upon
sales made by them without dis
closing the names of their principals
was made bv .hid no llobiuson, of the
Maryland Court of Appeals:
"Wo take the law to bo well settled
that one selling properly as an agent
without disclosing tho name of the
principal binds himself personally. In
such cases the purchaser has the right
toroly upon tho responsibility of the
agent by whom the sale is made, and
is not obliged to rely upon the respon
sibility of an unknown and perhaps ir
responsible principal. The same rule
applios to sales made by auctioneers.
Whether tho doctrine of implied war
ranty of title attaches to a sale made
by an auctioneer, for the breach ol
which ho would ho liable for unliqui
dated damages, is a question not neo
essary to bo decided in this case. Ho
this as it 111:13', as it is clear, we think,
both on reason and authority, that if a
sale is made by an auctioneer without
disclosing tho naino of tho owner, and
the property is afterward claimed by
a superior title, the purchaser may, in
an action of money had and received,
recover the purchase nionov of tho
auctioneer, there is 111 such a case
an entire failure of consideration, and
the sale having boon made by tho auc
tioneer, tho only person known as
vendor, it is but just nnd right that ho
should be answerable to the purchaser.
Thero is certainly no hardship in thi
rule of law, because tho auctioneer
knows the por.son tin account of whou
the goods are sold, and has it in his
power to protect himself against loss.
Any other rule would not only bo a
fraud on the purchaser, but destruct
ive of all confidence in auction sales.
"So far back as Hanson vs. Kobor
doai., realm's N. 1'. C. l'-'O, Lord Ken-
yon said, 'that though where an auo
ueer names his pr.ucipal, it is not
proper that ho should bo liable to an
action, yet it is a very dill'orent case
when the auctioneer sells the commo
dity without saying on whose behalf
ho sells it; in .such a case the purchas
er is entitled to look lo him personally
for the completion of tho contract.
"Wo havo not been able to find a
single case in conlliet with the rule
thus la'd down. On tho contrary, it
is sustained hy all tho .subsequent de
cisions, both in England and in this
country: ilones vs.Littledale, (i Adolph
&FII1S, 180; Mills vs. Hunt. L'O Wend.
131; Frank vs. Lainoud, 1 C. It. (i!17.
And in all the text-books the principle
is laid down in the broadest term. In
his work on Agency, Judge Story
says: 'Thus where a contract is made
with an auctioneer for the purolia.su of
goods at public sale, and 110 disclosure
is made ot the principal on whoso be
half tho commodity is sold, the auc
tioneer will be liable to tho purchaser
to complete Hie contract, although
from the nature of public sales it is
plain I hat ho aets as agent only.'
ry on Agency, Sec. ii(J7.
"In Unbingion on Auctions,
Lib. Vol. 1), Sec. 185, tho rule is
laid down: 'Whore an auctioneer
Sto-
Law
thus
docs
not disclose the 11:11110 of his principal
at the lime of his sale ho is personally
liable to an action for damages for 110
coniploting the contract.' "
Carl rrelzel's I'liilosopliy.
Lif ouco mil yourself liko dor peace
fill oyster. Make obon your mouth
vhou you did want to said sometiiig,
und oxclaim it, vlien you hnfo consult
ed yourself.
You vil been a trinket on soeledy,
oferyou done mit fellers vat you like
pool' veil dot dhoy vas done on you,
cfery loodlo vhilo, ulso.
Der man dot vas foorst lo blunt dor
cabbage lied to make der sour kraut
come, shood got a toomb shtouo so high
liko a shteobio, und mine muddor vood
dook der bromium.
Ofor you got soino goot robtilations,
gcob id lock out. Id vas yoost
like some oombrcrrola, vlien you lose
him you nofer dond got Itpootygwiok
back.
It vas a bully firluc (o boon so
shtrong like an oxen, but vhou lirtue
got mixed mil dor butter up, I got
to dink about dot. Dot was a pad
example to saw a much olt man gom
mciice to boon Urinous onui)'. Nation
al
A (luo:l SueircHtioil.
A corres pondont suggests tho fol
lowing remody for tho nervous trouble
oiigondered by two persons sleoping
together: A partition lengthwlao of
tho lied. This partition might hoof
boards, handsomely painted and
touched ofl' with a few happy designs.
To which niiotiior poison remarks,
"that it would be ohoaper in the long
run to build it of brick, with marble
facings and granite cap. At the option
of the owner of tho wall, a layer of
glass could he spread 011 the top to
prevent any climbing ovor."- - National
Weekly.
Moliamiuudanlem
Africa.
nittkes great etriilsi to
Tim ouhTKit massacre.
A Jloiloc Indian P.irticlp.-uit'i Account of tlio
l'lcht.
A centloman of Kenosha. Wis., for
many voars connected with the United
States army, and more recently (in
the fall of 18SI) engaged in trapping
ami shoot ing near Cot on wood Crook,
Northern Wyoming, lotind an oppor
tunity lo interview one of the Indians
who participated in tho terrible fight
in which (Jon. Custer nnd his bravo
companions perished. The interview
took place, through an interpreter, in
a Sioux topee, and was a fow days
ago reported in a Kenosha newspaper
the ('!; er.
The information rcsoivod fiom tho
Modoc warrior was freely given, and
bore the semblance of truth. In sub
stance he said:
Sitting Hull was not thoir chief
when Hen. Crook struck their trail
and chased them across tho Hoso Hud
Kiver, but Hnin-in-the-Fa e, a warm
friend of Sitlinj; Hull, was in com
mand. After crossing tho Hose Hud
a council of chiefs was held to decide
whether they would light Cen. Crook
or run to tho Hig Horn Mountains aed
make a stand. Some of tho warriors
wanted to light at once, ami vvhilo the
council was in session a Sioux scout
brought in word thnt Gon. Custor was
advancing into thu Hig Horn country.
This intelligence naturally created an
excitement. Wain in-tlio-Faco made 11
groat speech, telling the chiefs that
thoy wore between thoir white enemies
(Crook ami Custer), and eloquently
urging thoni to march across tho,
country as rapidly as possible, kill
Custer and thou turn upon Crook.
After this "big talk" tho Sioux war
riors wetc ready to go anywhere with
Hain-in tlio-Faco, who told them that
"Crook was a walk-a-hoap and a very
bad man."
"If the above statement is truo,"
adds tho correspondent, "it is evident
that Uain in-tho-Face, although an tin
lettered savage and scarcely knowing
tho difference between a parapet and
a (Jailing gun, had grasped tho situa
tion, and with tho intuition of military
genius had determined to destroy his
foes in detail, and that he went to his
task wilh the cunning of a wolf and
the ferocity of a tiger. Tito necessary
delays of Crook, the rapid advance oi
Custer into the valley, and tho divis
ion of hi.': command almost within
sight of tho battle-ground, aided tho
Indians' design, nnd whon tho blow
camo it was crushing."
The warrior further statod in an
swer to questions, that in tho light
with Castor's force a party of about
twelve soldiers shot their "own horsos
and fought behind theiiiina "bunch;"
that Gen. Custor was one of that par
ti', and that thoy all fought liko groat
soldiers, and would not givo up tho
struggle.
hi reply to tho query wholhor Gon.
Custor was the last white soldier, tho
warrior said that tho smoico of tho
contest was so donso when the Indians
rode rapidly around the "bunch" and
finished thoir bloody work they could
not seo whothor Custor was then kill
ed or not. Whon askod how many
Indians were killed in the light tho
warrior declined to answer. Tho in
terpreter said, in re fore neo lo this, that
although he had boon with tho Sioux
several years ho could got no dolinito
idea of tho number of warriors killed
In tho Custor battle; that tho Indians
are superstitious and' do not liko to
speak about thoir dead, but ho
thought their loss was small, as tho
Indians "had tho drop." and tho fight
lasted only twenty minute J.
Tho correspondent, roforrin; to tho
oonsuro which was passed upon Maj.
ltono, for his part in the unforlunato
affair, defends the course of that of
llcor, and says: "That Maj. Rono
saved any of his men, onvironod as ho
was by a horde of savagos flush
od by victory and oagor for rovongo,
should redound to his credit." Thus
far the correspondence.
At this late day no ono will wish to
disparage the valor, tho judgniont,
und tho military skill of the laniouted
Custer. That ho should full into a
fatal ambush is n mistako that an offi
cer with loss bravory would bo liKoly
to iimke; but Custor was daring and
impulsive. It Is said that Reynolds,
his scout, told him to "go slow;" that
the valley was full of Indians, and
that thoy were in the bush. The op
portunity for a fight overruled all oth
es considerations, and the bravo sol
dier rodo gallantly to his death.
Chicvjo Journal. '
Arsenic as 11 Huutitlficr.
This talk of a porson with a ghastly
white look being an arsonio oalor is
all bosh. I was at a social tho other
night and a young lady who looked as
if sho had boon blouohod for a your
was pointed out to 1110. 1 got near hor
and in ado an examination. It was
bismuth and notliing elso, though sho
must have groasod hor faco well with
mutton tallow beforo she used tho
bismuth. Denvir (Col.) News,
Just a Hint, us it Wore.
A lady was speaking to a fashiona
ble soeloty reporter and closed with
tho following portlnont suggestion:
"Sneak of me in vour soolotv nows it
you wish, but do it in the samo way
that my drossnmker cuts my evening
drosses so as to revoal a little and
leave a great doal to bo divined."
Sim t'ranoisco l'ot.
Etch lidglum hu u currinUwiii lit.