FAREWELL
"I go to-morrow," I said, ns we sat
down on a (lnt stono beside the roiul.
"Yes, no I iindcrstnml."
"And is that nil yon have to say,
Bell?"
"I wish you a pleasant journey and
safe return," she said, bending over
her flowers to arrange them. ."When
do you think you shall bo back, Will
iam?" This was not what I wanted. Cous
in Bell was too quiet and calm. 1.
wanted her to feed my craving vanity
by some look or word, or tear of love,
that I could' carry away with mo to
feast on and she would not. I deter
mined to touch her some way, even at
the expense of the truth.
"Perhaps never, Boll! If I succeed
in business, I shall most probably set
tle there, marry there, and live and
die there."
She did not answer.
"Would you care for that, my pret
ty cousin?"
"Hum! I don't know. I wish I
, could find another violet to match
this. Look what a beauty!"
"You would care you do care
though you sit thero talking about
your Mowers!" I said, hastily. "Toll
me, don't you love me a little bit, dear
Bell?"
1 drew her nearer, and a softening,
yielding look came over her face.
"And if I did. William?"
"It would make me happier in one
way, Hell; for I should teel that mv
iotirnov was onlv taken foryourgood,
and that m time vou would thank me
for mukin" it."
"What do you mean, William? I lave
you lost your senses? What have I
ilone, or said, or looked, to make you
think what what you nave jusi
said?"
"I was savins it all for your good,"
I blundered out, sulkily. "And going
away for your good, too.
"Because you thought I loved you
too much was that it?"
"Yes!"
"And so you were kindly going to
take yourself out of sight till 1 had
forgotten you?"
I was silent.
"Oh, grant mo patience!" she ex
claimed; and then, as if I had stung
her to (ho very heart, she mined, her
face in her hands. At last she looked
up.
"I do not think vou are to blame for
this: I suppose all men are so," sho
said, so gently that sho took mo by
surprise. "But I think wo had bettor
part now. 1 hope, when wo meet
again, you will know women better
than you do now."
"Will you give me a flower, Bell?" I
asked, feeling with a strange perversity,
iust at (hat moment, that 1 would
have died (o win her.
She smiled, and pushed them toward
me with her foot .
"Help yourself, William."
I took up a daisy and a violet and
put it in my bosom.
f wrote to my cousin several times
after I bad established myself in my
now home in Ireland, but as she con
tented herself by sending messages in
answer in my sister Maggie's letters, I
took the hint at last, and followed
her example. Hut her silence and her
anger did for her what, her alTeotion
had never done; and if ever a dream
of a happy home came into my mind
as I sat alone, it was sure to be the
face and form of Bell that beautified
it. Sho still remained unmarried.
Three years, passed away, and during
the summer of the fourth I went for a
visit io my country homo, thinking
fondly to myself that I would bring
my cousin with mo when I returned,
and keep her there with me forever.
It so happened that Bell had just
returned lrotn her spring trip to town
when I arrived and my favorite sister
Mnggio was only too glad of an excuse
to call upon her and seo the recent
fashions she had brought.
"lam obliged to have an excuse,
now-a-days," sho said, with a merry
laugh, "for Bell is very proud, nn
seems to forget that wo used to play
together day after day at school. I
often think I should like to remind her
of it, bub she has grown such a lino
lady I hardly dare."
Hell proud and a fino lady! I could
hardly imagine that.
It was in the orchard that wo mot.
"Well, cousin," sho said, smilingly,
"when you have looked at mo long
enough, pot-haps you will talk to mo.
A penny for your thoughts!"
"Thoy wero not very gallant ones, I
am afraid, for I was thinking that
though you have grown very beautiful
Hell, you have also grown very heart
less." She laughed carelessly.
"And a' perfect woman of the world."
"Thank you, sir." sho added, with a
graceful bend of the head. "You nro
quite uh complimentary as you used
to be, I seo. But never mind what I
am, have been, or may be. Tell me
what you have been doing all these
years?"
"Thinking of you, Bell," 1 said,
bluntly but truly.
Sho changed color a little, but soon
recovered herself.
"It strikes mo that you might have
employed yourself better. I think the
air is growing chilly; shall wo join our
friends and go back to the house?"
I placed myaolf in her way as she
tun ed.
"Don't go just yot, Bell. You nro
not cold, though you affect to shiver,
and you must hear what I have eomo
nil this distance to say. Will you?"
Sho fchrnggod her shoulders, leaned
against a tree.nnd looked out towards
the sunset west.
"Do you remember our ovunings
long ago?" I aikod as our eves turned
toward the linking sun. "Those wero
pleasant days."
"Yud."
"Aim now, after so lone an noseneo,
T am standing hwru with you again.
Why did you not wrtU to mo, HuJIf"
She Mint- a t,lioworofl)loiOiiwto the
ground, and sold:
v "Don't know been liunv "
"Vou would not write, buthavcyou
over thought of me?"
"Sometimes when I have had noth
ing bettor to do."
"Ah, Bell, be serious, nnd listen to
me," 1 exclaimed; "I want to tell you
how stupid I was three years ago "
"There is no need," she said, with
a sarcastic smile. "I hope you are
wiser now.,'
"And do you quite forgive me for
wounding you, as 1 " must have
done?"
"Oh, dear, yes!"
"I ought to have asked forgiveness
long ago. I was but u boy then, and
little knew what I was throwing
away."
"And you think you know now,"
she said", looking mo straight in the
eyos with . indescribable glance.
"My heart beat fast; the blood flew
to my temple. Did she love me after
all? 1 caught her hand in mine, and
murmured:
"Oh, Hell, my darling, none can
know better!"
"Well, what do you think it was?"
"The noblest, purest and fondest
heart that ever beat in woman's
breast," I answered eagerly. "The
truest and tenderest love "
I stopped, amazed, for the blur
eyes grew dim with tears, and a deep
flush covered her neck and cheek and
bosom.
"Stop, then!" she said hurriedly.
"You nave said enough already to
humble me to the very dust. It
might have been all that when you
first knew me, but it is not now; and
because you have touched one of the
old chords, I spare you. You, at least,
shall never have it to say that
lieu Gordon lias trilled with yout
happiness. I meant that you should,
but you have brought back niv bettoi
nature. Now go, and leave me, Will
iam, and believe me, it will he bettet
for you to meet me no more."
"What do you mean, Hell?."
She laughed bitterly.
"(Jo ask anyone if 1 am all yoi! said
anyone who knows me well, and see
what they will say. They call me
flirt, a coquette, as well as a heartless
creature a woman of I ho world. And
it is all true. If anyone is idiotic
enough to give mo his heart I only
know how to break it. But vou are
the friend of my early years," she
said, laying her hand on my shoulder,
"anil tor the sake ol ot no matter
what, I give you fair warning."
"I tell you that I love you," I said
"I ask you to be my wife."
"It is too late,' she replied, dryly
"we nro not children to piny at this
game any longer, do. and forget me;
it is your better way. I am to he mar
ried soon. There is the pledge!"
She flashed a diamond ring in my
oyes, which --he wore upon the third
linger ot her Jolt hand.
She is still the wife of the wealthy
man she married, and a queen of fash
ion. She has one son. w ho bears my
name, and my eldest daughter isculled
Boll. I never hear from her I shall
never seo her in this world again; but
I often sit and think about her, as
have done to-day. Others have loved
me more fondly and mado mo hap
pier, vet the golden glorv ot my "first
love" lingers about her head, and
cannot, and I would not if I could,
forget her. There may bo many niort
beautiful and hotter far, but to my
life's end there will bo none so fair to
me." Farewell, sweet dream of my
youth, farewell!
Noses mid Fars.
With tho astrologers a largo nose
was always a nigu of much charactot
of sonio kind, but what was determined
by other characteristic marks. A
Roman nose was a sign of a courage
ous temper and a disposition to fact
and overcome diflieultios, while a
more strongly aquiline nose was an
indication of rapacity; the idea being
evidently borrowed troni the similar
ity of this description of beak to that
ot the eagle, the most rapacious ol
birds. The snub-nose showed lit tie
chatacter but much temper, while the
Greek nose, even, straight and regular,
was a sign of the temperament of tlu
owner. Largo nostrils indicated good
lungs, health and long life, while swell
ing nostrils showed a warlike spirit
and lire. A very sharp nose was con
sidered an indication of a busybody,
while a blindness at the end ot tins
member was an outward sign of the
possessor's menial lack of acutness.
Largo ears wero always bad, the simi
larity between their owner and the
donkey being supposed to extend fur
ther than the ears, while small car
wero always good. The lobe of the
ear passing insensibly into the cheek
was a su ro sign of a thief and liar,
while an exceedingly sharp division
between the two indicated honesty
and candor. Thick ears meant thick
bniins, while thin, delicate oars declared
their possessor to be a man of refined
intelligence.
Victoria's Ceromoiiiou.siio.ss.
General Badeau, formerly American
Consul at London, writes thus about
Queen Victoria: She still exacts fo
herself tho punctilio of former centu
ries. Men and women of tho highest
rank kneel to her to-day; Cabinet
Ministers kiss her hand. Sho refuses
to receive any porsonal service from a
menial except at table. She nevei
opens a door or directs a letter.
Dukou nnd Duchesses cloak her in pub
lic, nnd commoners become 'honor
able' for life because they have waited
upon Her Majesty. At a garden-party
J have teen a Duchess walking behind
her to carry a bouquet or standing at
the intrance of a tent while- her mis
tress wont within to refresh her
self. The sovereign's own daughter
arrange her robes when she opens
.parliament; the Princo'of Wales pnj
homage as a subject on the same oc
casion; her children must be presented
at Court upon their marriage. In t lit
early part of her reign thew.ui visit ttij.
Louts l'liillippo, then Kiny of tin
French, at tho Chateau d Ku. and oik
dny asked for a glass of water. It
was handed hsr by a servant, but Hoi
MajtMty declined to reeolve it: where
upon the Kingdirocted one of his owe
eons to oiler thupobUt, whluh wasthoii
gracioiixlv accepted."
Lincoln's First Dollar.
W. P. Kollr In New York Stur.
One evening when a few gentlemen,
nmong whom was Mr. Seward, had
met in" theKxectitiveChaniberwithout
ollicial business, -and were telling of
the past, the President said: "Sew
ard," you never heard, did you, how
I earned v.iv lirst dollar?"
"No," said Seward.
"Well," replied ho, "I was about
eight years of age, and belonged, is
you know, to what they call down
South the scrubs. People who do not
own land and slavesarenobody there.
But we had succeeded in raising, chielly
by my labor, suflicient product, as I
thought, to justify me in taking it
down the riv?r to sell. After much
persuasion I had got the consent of
my mother to go. and had constructed
a ilatboat large enough to takethefew
barrels of things wo had gathered
down to New Orleans. A steamer was
going down tho river. We have, as
you know, no wharves on tho western
streams, and the custom was, if any
passengers wero a.t any of the landings,
they were to go out in a boat, the
steamer stopping and taking them on
board. 1 was contemplating my new
boat, and wondering whether 1 could
make it stronger or improve it in any
part, when two men cainedown to tho
shore in carriage, with trunks, nnd
looking at the ditTerent boats, singled
out mine and asked:' Who owns this?'
I answered modestly: 'I do.' 'Will
you,' said one of them, 'take us and
our trunks out to tho steamer?' 'Cer
tainly,' said I. I was very glad to
have the chance of earning something,
and supposed that each of them
would give me a couple ot bits. Tho
trunks were put on niv boat, tho
passengersseated themselves on them,
and I sculled them out to thestcamer.
They got on board, and I lifted their
trunks and put them on the deck.
The steamer was about to put on
steam again when I called out: 'You
hnvo forgotten to pay mo.J Each of
them took from his pocket a silver
half-dollar and threw it on thebottoni
of my boat. I could scarcely believe
my eyes as I picked up the money.
You inay think it was a verv little
thing, and in these days it seems to
me liken trifle, but it was a mo-t im
portant incident of my life. 1 could
scarcely credit that I, the poor boy,
had earned a dollar in less than a
day, that bv honest work I had
earned a dollar the world seemed
wider and lairer before me. I was a
more hopeful and thoughtful boy from
that time.
A Gambler's Family.
Some of tho tragedies of real life in
tho metropolis tire stranger than any
fiction 1 haveeverread. 1 knowofono
which has not yet got into the local
papers, but probably will some day.
More than a generation ago a man,
who was known as a banker in Louis
ville, Ky., married a beautiful woman
in that city, by whom ho had in a few
years stx ot tho most uoautitul daugli
tors, lie was indulgent to them in a
degree which was tho marvel of tho
city in which ho lived; ho brought
them up in comparative ignorance;
though all were unusually bright. One
day during the war he was suddenly
compelled to leave Louisville and fly
to Canada. Then it camoout that ho
robbed a Tinted States Paymaster
named Cook of ?1 05,000 ut cards, and
his wife learned for the lirst time that
his business of banking involved i.iin
ply the keeping of a faro bank.
She concealed (his fact from her chil
dren nnd fled to Now York with them
to hide in this great metropolis. Sho
succeede.L Sho reared these girls in
nn exemplary way, notwithstanding
she was compelled to receive from her
dishonest husband the fruits of his
swindling at cards. She boro it for
years until she had married off all her
six daughters; then she refused further
aid from her husband. All this time
the children remained in ignorance of
their father's character and business
and wero proud of him. Suddenly, a
few years ago, ho died, and tho New
York papers told the true story of his
criminal life, and tho daughters learned
what their father had been. Ono
died from the shock. The others with
drew themselves from all acquaint
ance with old friends. One, whose
husband was equally foml and proud
of her, refused to let her hide her head
in secrecy and pine away. The other,
her father's favorite, and who had more
than hersharo of family pridoand who
had notinfrequently twitted her hand
some husband with the fact that ho
was "in trade," while her father was a
banker, in tho first shock of the reve
lation of the real character of her fat h
er abandoned her home, turned to dis
sipation in drink to some extent and
to gambling desperately, and finally,
in tho course of only two years of
shame, has descended to the low level
of the mistress of a faro banker.
Oath Taken liy the Members of
British Parliament.
"I, do swear that I will be faithful
and bear true allogianco to Her Maj
esty Queen Victoria, and will defend
her to the utmost of my powerngninst
all conspiracies nnd attempts whatev
er which shall bo made against her
person,crown or dignity; and I will do
my utmost endeavors to disclose- and
make known to her majesty, her heirs
and successors, all treasons and trait
orous conspiiaeies which may be
formed against her or them; and I do
faithfully promise to maintain, sup
port, and defend to the utmost of my
power the succession of tin crown,
which succession, by an net entitled
'An act for tho further limitation of
tho crown, and better securing tho
rights nnd liberties of tho subject' is
and stands limited to tho Princess So
jdiia, Electrons of Hanover, and tho
Iioirs of her body being Protestant,
horeby uttorly renouncing r.nd abjur
ing any obedience or allegiance unto
any other person claiii.ing or pretend
ing n right to the crown of the realm;
and I do declare that no foreign prince,
person, prolate, state or lOtentato,
Iiath or o'iglit to have at jurisdic
tion, rower, pi e-eminence, oi nrhori
ty.ucclesinstic'al or uplritunl. within tho
realm; and I make thin doclm-atiou
upon tho trim faith of a ChrUtlan. He
help me God."
Personal UosHly
Tho Rov. Peter Crudden died nt T.orr
ell, Mass., recently, leaving an estato
valued at $500;000. Hegave onedol
lar to each of lnsfourbrothersand sis
ters in Ireland, and the remainder of
his property to onesister and her heirs.
General Middleton, who at last ac
counts was pursuing the Indians in tho
Norhiiwcst, is nn English ollicer of con
siderable experience, having served in
New Zealand against the Maoris in
1815 and 1S10, and almoin the Indian
mutiny. In the latter he took an ac
tive part in the siege of Lucknow and
was recommended for tho Victoria
cross.
The maiden law fee of a young attor
ney of Sylvanin, Ga., earned a few
days since, consisted of $S in money,
a sack of fodder, a silverwatch, anold
saw and a yearling steer, lie drove
his live stock into town himself.
A hammer with which General An
drew Jackson's horso was shod, while
on his way to light the battle of New
Orleans, is in the possession of R. T.
Sehmitton, of Dickson, Tenn. It is to
be sold for the benefit of thoHartholdi
statue.
It now appears that tho lhriM'ms
story told by a very young lady in Os
wego of having her hair cut off by
burglars, who committed the outrage
as a revenge on her father, was due to
a lively imagination, assisted by her
own hands. "The silverware she said
(he masked men had carried oft' has
been found hidden in a closet and tho
dime novels which incited the act
could probably bo found in the young
lady's room if a careful search was in
stituted. Robert .T.l)urdette,thelawkeye hu
morist, recently said to a reporter of
(he Hulfalo Express: "I began talking
(his season on the loth of November,
and have keptatitprettysteadilyever
since, making five nnd six talks a week
with scarcely a break. Got as far west
as Concordia, ICns., north into Minne
sota and Wisconsin, south as far as
Lynchburg, Va.,and downcast to Hal
ifax. Hulfalo closes thoseason. I will
now hang my chin up on a high and
lonely nail for till Summer."
Madame Barrios says that (ho only
monument she wants to see to her de
parted husband is a man to take his
place. This has a grand sound, but
theelfect has been impaired by a wick
ed newspaper man who predicts thata
pretty SS, 000,000 young widow will
not liavo to wait for tho man very
long.
There is quite a ferment in (he Kan
sas State University at Lawrence over
flie forced resignation of Miss ICato
Stephens, Professor of the Greek Lan
guage and Literature. She says she is
asked to resign, not because of incom
petency, but because of hersexandher
lack of religious convict ions. The stu
(lentsgenerally side with Miss Stephens
Boucicault claims that his famous
pJny, "London Assurance," was writ
ten when ho was IS years of age. By
placing (he appearance of i his produc
tion it a period in his life some ten
years earlier than chronological accu
racy would warrant, the veteran act or
(always an actor), appears to bo now
but (50, instead of his fully 70 years of
ago. It is a harmless stage imposition.
An Austin dude has been owing Col.
Verier $20 for a long time, so the oth
er di'.y he dropped the forgetful man a
note, requesting him to settle. Next
day Col. Yerger received a note from
(h6 cureless debtor. "There's no mon
ey in it," said Col. Yerger as soon as
ho looked at the address. "How do
you know?" askedafriend. "Hecauso
It is addressed to General Yerger; (hat
means that ho takes it. out in polite
ness." On tho letter being opened no
money was found in it. Texas Sittings.
"Willi More Than Horse Sense.
From tlio Lowiston (Me.) Journal.
Familiar to the eyes of all horsemen
in and about Lewiston for several
years has been a veteran whilo horse
formerly driven by a Lewiston tailor,
and more lately owned by tho driver
of a job team. The horso has always
been accredited with more- than com
mon horso sense, llocamo of a long
nnd valued strain of blood, whence, no
doubt, ho drew tho finer perceptions of
his nature. This horso was driven in
to tho barn at Reuben Morrow's in
Auburn, Saturday, before, tho ill-fated
funeral which was interrupted by a
fire. Mo wafj tied firmly out of reach
of tho hay, and tho barn doors were
closed behind him. They wore tho
old-fashioncs swinging Imrn doors, with
n pole across their center horizontally.
Later, us is known, tho barn was dis
covered in flames. Out of tho flames
canio a pig with a circle of lito
around him from his burning bris
tles. Tho horso was supposed to
have p-n-ished, as flames wero is
suing in great volume from out
tho open doors. Tho horso had not
however, suffered such a fate. Ho was
discovered, face toward the fire, fifty
rods from tho yard, with nostrils di
lated and a brown ningo on his fore
lock. Ho wns scared and bruised, and
his liarnoss was hanging in pieces. The
horso seems to have reversed tho ac
cepted course of action which horses in
view cf lire nro said to pursue, u no
marks about his head show that ho
pulled upon his halter as thofiroswept
down in front of him, breaking finally
tho hits, and, in ho doing, falling upon
his side. Thou ho backed through tho
shut doors, knocking tho paint of
tho buggy, but finally escaping with
everything out uio naitor. J no uoors
must have given a firm resistance, nnd
it is wonderful that tho horse was
able to break through them. The
hat-no was repaired and tho team
driven homo to Lowiston whoro the
horso at niuht-fill ate a comfortable
supper out of hU own crib.
Sum Patch's Lust Leap.
A corrcspcidctit of tho Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, who describes
himself as nn eye witness of Sam
Patch's Inst two jumps, writes as fol
lows: "Sam Patch, tho famous cata
ract lcaper, who asserted that 'sonic
things could be done as well as others,'
took his 'final, eternal and life's fatal
leap,' as a local poet expresedit at the
time, on a gloomy dny in November
in tho year 182!)" He had 'jumped'
tho Genesee Falls at Rochester, their
natural height , one week before.and was
induced by the gamblers anil roughs
who vere grooming and managing
and living oil him to repeat thefeat on
thefat al occasion. They erected a sort
of scaffold on (he jutting rock whence
he had taken his departure on the pre
vious occasion, makincit 125 feet above
the rock, or 1120 feet in all, from the
sea Hold lloor to tho surface of the
river at the foot of the falls. Ascend
ing to the scaffold withsoinedillicitlty,
considerably inebriated, and by a
steep ladder, (ho unfortunate demon
strator straightened tip with a jerk,
bowed awkwardly on all sides to the
wit nossing thousands, and then pushed
a pet bear off he had with him and in
stantly leaped forwnrd himself. His
person 'canted over on th.i left side and
struck the water forcibly, no doubt
bruising him and forcing the breath
front his body. Nothing more was seen
of him till the next March, when his
corpso was discovered among some
bushes at tho mouth ol the river, seven
miles below, very much mutilated, but.
recognizable by a handkerchief tied
around thebody. Patch, beginningon
the schooneryardarinsat Paterson.N.
J., was a special lea per for twenty years
or more, jumped from amazing heights
at Niagara twice before ho .tried (ho
Genesee rapids, and challenged the in
spection ot admiring thousands to the
realities of his feats. If yet living ho
would bo about HO years ot age, but
who knows if he had not tackled John
Alkohol, his bear, and a great leap at
ono and the same time ho might not bo
jumping yet?"
A Crisis in Denmark,
from tlio New York Kvoniiif; Post.
Denmark, being a small country, is
trying (o be revolutionary on a small
scale. The folkething, or lower house,
has always had ti great animosity to
tho army, and has repeatedly refused
to vote (he money required for i(s sup
port. Now, it lias resolved upon a
still more radical course, and m or
der to emphasize its disapproval
of the ministry Estrup, has cut
down (ho ollicial budget by some u,
000,000 kroner. The government has
endeavored to persuade (he house (o
pass a provisional budget, hut (his re
quest has naturally been refused. A
complete deadlock is the result. Tho
King is alraid ot the leaders ottlioliCtt
or Liberal party, and does notdaroto
intrust the reins of government toany
ono who questions the divine right of
monarchs. ho ho prelers to keep in
)ower a ministry which has hut seven
teen followers in the folkething (oven
some of these being uncertain) and
which is detested by thegreat majority
of (ho people. Toaccountfor this sin
gular situation, it must bo remember
ed that tho Danish Left, since it mado
common cause with tho extreme Rad
icals, with Socialistic proclivities, has
lo.'.t tho conlidenco of the more con
servative middle class; and it is possi
bly this consciousness on the part of
the party leaders (Herg and Boisen)
that they have lost more than they
havegainedby thecoalition, which has
occasioned I lie recent split, of the Left
in two camps, the Danish party and
flic ICuropenns. Theforniercons'tituto
the more conservative wing, and ad
here to national methods and a pro
gressive national development, while
Ihe laUer have declared war against
Christianity and tho wholo existing
social order. Tho two Jews, Georgo
and Edward Brandos (tho former a
well known man of letters) are tho
most conspicuous men of this ultra
radical faction.
Are Strong Men Unsound?
from tlio Oloveliind T.wulrr.
Tho autopoy on tho body of Itohort
E. Odium, tho man who leaped into tho
East river, from tho Brooklyn bridge,
not only showed that tho fall had
crushed nearly all his vital organs, but
also disclosed tho fact that, in spite of
his magnificent muscular development
and stalwart physique, his body was
far from sound. Thero was a tubercu
lar deposit tit tho apox of the left lung,
his liver had been ruptured years bo
foro and healed again, and ono kidney
showed fatty degeneration whilo tho
other was full of cystic degeneration.
That is to say, ho was likely to becomo
a consumptive or to dio of kindey
disease, and yet, Odium was a
man of fino physique and ruggod
appearance. When Garfield died, tho
surgeons learned that his digestivo
organs wero not in good condition,
though ho wns a remarkably strong,
healthy man. It was tho saino way
with ono of tho athletio, hardy despe
radoes killed in tho fight near Shelby,
0., a year or so ngo. In fact, it seems
as if tho doctors could discover some
thing w rong in the body of almost ov
cry strong healthy man they get a
chnnco to cut up. Are wo all unsound?
Is a man who looks liko a model of
physical perfection always a shell, a
fraud upon tho eyesight? Perhaps, af
ter all, tho invalids aro tho ones hook
ed for long life, and tho weak and puny
ones nro provided with perfect internal
organs. Let inoro autopsies bo held
upon dead athletes, and the truth bo
known. Perhaps, howover, tho trou
ble is that organs unsound under a
surgoon's kuifo wero well after all, and
that strong men live to a halo and
hearty old ago without suspecting tho
horrible truth that their kidneys aro
full of cystsaud their lungs of tubercles.
A cow rarely fails in milk so soon as
nix weeks after calving unless sho is
cithora very poor cow or is sick. Tho
cause may bo garget of tho udder or
overfeeding; if it is neither of these, it
would bo well to fatten tho animal for
beef, which is tho best use for her.
Guarding; General Grant.
A Washington correspondent of tlu
New York Tribuno tells this story
about General Grant:
A retired army officer who was on
General Grant's personal staff during
tho war, speaking the other day ol
General Badeau's article in tho May
Century, said: "Badeau has made
ono mistake. He says General Grant
was in dnnger of assassination during
the last year of the war, while his
lieadqunrters wero at City Point, nnd
that his personal stall formed a plan
to protect him, one of them sitting up
every night as special guard. Now,
thero wasn't ono of his stall who
wouldn't have guarded General Grant
at the risk of his own life if necessary.
But thero wns no danger at City
Point. Nobody thought of it there.
Thero never was but one time and
place when we did think the pres
ence of our troops wns notasullicicnt
protection, orthatwe could add to his
safety by making ourselves his per
sonal guard. That was at Culpepor
before going tc the wilderness. Tin
rooms of the house we occupied were
so situated that General Grant's room
was somewhat isolated, and wt
thought that in spite of tho guard out
side it was possible for an enemy to get
to his room unobserved. Wo took in
tho situation and decided to placo a
sentry before General Grant's door at
night, after he had retired. This was
done without saying anything to the
General, who himself had no fears and
had thought nothing about it.
"But he got even with us for keeping
him out of the secret. The first morn
ing after thosentryhad paced back and
forth all night before his door, the
General did not como down to break
fast. It was unusualforhiiiito belate
at breakfast, and after waiting some
time 1 said to Raw-lings, 'What in the
mischief is keeping the old man in bed
so late?' After waiting some time
longer wegot rather fidgety, and I think
it was Rawlings who finally said he'd
go to tho General's room and seo what
was the matter. Well, Rawlings went
up and found General G rant all dressed
and sitting quietly in his room.
"'Why, General, breakfast has boon
ready some time,' said Rawlings.
" ''Well,' replied Gen. Grant, with
perfect seriousness, 'a sentry has been
guarding my door all night, and 1 sup
posed I was under arrest. Now, what
have I done to be placed under arrest
in this way?"
"Of course Gen Rawlings appreciat
ed the joke, and when they came down
together he pretended to bo as serious
as tho General, who with dry humor
said: 'Gentlemen, I'm sorry to have
kept you waiting. But a sentry
has been pacing before my door all
night, and as I thought I wasunder ar
rest I couldn't come down till releas
ed.' For an instant there was a queer,
puzzled look on every face, and then
wo all burst out laughing. Ho didn't
sharo our fears, but let us have our
way. Every night while nt Culpepper
an armed sentry paced before Gen.
Grant's door, guurding him whilo ho
slept."
Something of Modern Greece.
from tlio Contemporary Kovicw.
Greece, including the area ceded in
1881 , comprises about 25,000 square
miles of territory, inhabited by about
2,000,000 people. Tho population is
thus only about eighty to. tho squaro
mile. Of tho total area one-half may
bo treated as uncultivated, (though
much of it is capable of cultivation,)
consisting of pasture lands and moun
tains; ono-seventh consists of forests,
whilo tho balance, five-fourteenths of
the whole, is cultivated. Tobacco, cot
ton, vines, cereals and olives form the
principal crops. Thero aro no manu
factures of any importance, and tho
prosperity of tho country may there
fore bo said to bo wholly dependent
on agriculture that is, on tho
fineness of tho season and tho
mtiintcnanco of the prince of produce.
Last year, for instance, tho currant
crop, which is exported to an average
value of nearly 12,000,000, was ruin
ed by excessive rain, and the actual
export is said to have been less than
the average by nearly one-half. Olive
oil is exported to tho averago value of
250,000 and tho only other exports
of importance nro wine, zinc and lead.
Thoivorago gross value of imports
and exports amount, roughly speaking,
to AM ,000,000 and 2,000,000 re
spectively. Sixty-two per cent, of tho
wholo population aro engaged either in
ngriculturo or in tho enro ot flocks and
herds; but tho inhabitants aro too few
to extend tho area of cultivation nnd
too poor to niako tho most oven
of the land occupied. Thosoil, which is
rich in many parts, would easily sup
port doublo or treble tho present num
ber if tho methods of agriculture wero
improved and more capital put into tlio
land. Between 1870 and 1879 tho
population increased nt tho rato of
1.00 per cent, per annum but tho in
crease took placo principally in tho
towns, and I understand that tho in
crease in tho interior has been signifi
cant. Nor is it likely to bo othcrwiso
until tho moans of internal communi
cation have been considerably aug
mented. It has been conclusively
proved, if proof of such self-evident
truth wero needed, that given a popu
lation mainly dopendent on agricul
ture, nothing is so certain to improve
its condition as tho dovelopmont ol
roads and railways. But until the
last few years this axiom was unrecog
nized in Greece. There wns only ono
lino of railway from tho Pirrous to
Athens and roads wore practically
non-existent. Tho tracks that did
duty for roads wero in so execrable a
condition that Kdmond About de
clared, in his "Rol des Montagues, "
that tho brigrand had to spend a por
of their plunder to maintain thwn, so
as to rejidor It at all powdblo for neo
plo to travel and bo vtctimlwl.