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HARDSHIPS OF AVAR. FORTY HOURS IN THE CONFEDER ATE TRENCHES OF YORKTOWN. An ex-Member of the Klglith Oeorsln Itpglntcnt GIvps An Interesting Hit at Kxpprlpiiep In tlio Chilly Water a I the Hitches. After McGruder lmd fortified Yorktown, Va., with n continuation of dams, called No. 1,2, etc., the Yankees changed their bac nnd concentrated their forces there, on their way to llichmond. I havo forgotten the date, but Imvo a feeling rccollectlou of the day that a North Carolina regiment was sur prised while building fortifications from dam No. 1 to No. !) and driven out by tho enemy. I belonged to Gen. Tigo Anderson's brigade, audit fell to our lot to recapture tho works and suffer hardships that oro not often nar rated even in history of war. When wo arrived at tho scene of conflict tho North Carolinians had boon driven from tho works they were constructing, and tho Federals had crossed tho lino that had been constructed with so much care and exjieiisoto tho Confederates. Tho duty devolved upon Gen. Anderson, with his handful of men, to recapture tho iutreiichmeiitfi. lie formed us in a line of battle, und rodo down tho front of the lino and told tho soldiers that ho did not wish to hear a shot from them. His words were, "Give them tho cold steel,'' und his orders were implicitly olioycd, except that a few shots were tired from Compnny K of the Eighth Georgia regiment nt Maj. Dun woody, of tho Seventh Georgia, uho got in front of our line, nnd was mistaken for the Yankees. Wo drovo the Federals from the works, and were charged by them soon after, but repulsod them, nfterallowing them to como up within fifty yards of tho trenches. They wero wading through tho headwaters of dam No. 1, and our close lire left tho heavy timbered swamp full of their dead bodies, most of them floating in water. Oh! tho disuinl timo wo spent in tho ditches we had recaptured! The weather was cold and tho water in tho trenches was from twelve to twenty inches deep. Wo were obliged to squat in this cold water for forty hours or havo our heads pierced with bullets, for tho Federal sharp shooters wero up in tho tree3 of tho swamp in our front, and to exposo a head aboco the low embankment was certain death. There wo crouched night and day without our blankots or tent cloths, which wo had left behind. My company occupied a low place where, tho water was up to our hips when wo squatted down, which we wero obliged to do newly nil tho timo night and day. A GIIATKKL'L RELIEF. After being in tho ditches for two nights and days wo wero relieved on the third night, and really enjoyed lying on tho wet ground Tho wholo company spooned together with our guns in our hands, without n blanket or overcoat, lying in the mud n few hundred feet in rear of tlie trenches, without lire nnd piled us closo together as po&siblo to keep warm. As tho man on tho outside of tho row would get too cold to endure it, some ono from the middle, would swap places with him, J mm uius we rcsicu mrougn ino long, ramy night. To a pei-son who has not experienced such hardships it will seem impossible tor men Lo enjoy such u position, but to us, after our continuous watch in tho water, it was a lux ury in comparison to squatting in tho ditches. The last night of our stay ut dum No. 2 was u trying one for me. The Warwick river was filled with ti succession of dams, ono backing water to tho ono ubovo. Tho dams wero made of earth, about ten feet high nnd ten feet wide on top, nnd about ISO yards in length. Wo had u cannon in un embankment at tho end of the dam, to rako tho wholo structure if tho enemy should attempt to cross or to break it. The Federals had three bat teries within 00 yards of tho dum, nnd their picket lines wero near tho water on their sido of the river. On tho night of our evacuation of the position 1 was chosen as a guard to go to tho enemy's end of tho dam (where wo never had a guard before), and if there was an i.t tenipt made to break it I was to llro my gun and jump into the water, or get out of tho way tho best I could, as our cannon would rako the top of the dum with gruio .sliot without waiting for my return. My position was a very critical one, in tho event of an attempt being made to break tho dam, and, as wo all expected tho attempt would bo made, it was tho most fearful watch that I over was called upon to maintain. I crawled .along tho dnm until I could hear the Yankee pickets, who occupied posts cloe to tho water, talking in a low tone. I hid in a hole made by tho Yankee cannon in their attempt to break the dam. 1 heard an officer in the battery that mado tho hole in which I wus hidden say, ''Get ready that caisson." I thought he intended to try to hit that liolo again, and it did not improvo my feel ings. But nil my fears wero groundless. I rested in safety until after midnight, and heard the welcome signal for mo to rejoin my -command, and with our canteens mulllcd so that thy could not rattle, wo stolo silently away from dair. No. 2, where wo had suffered to tile full extent of our endurance. J. XI. Brightwell in Atlanta Constitution. A'cntlltttloii In Iceland. Tho lcd I slept in, though exceedingly com fortable, was at the far end of tho littlo chamber tenanted by all the male members of tlio family, ami toward midnight I was .aroused by un intense feeling of suffocation, owing to tlio presence of so many largo men in such a littlo air tight box. I remonstrated, und our host, with tho ut most good nature, jumped out of bed, ex -claiming, "1 understand." Going up to ono of tho tiniliers, which formed jiartof tho, support of tho wull, ho pulled out u cork from ono of tho knots, held it in his hand for half a minute, during which time perhaps six cubic inches of ftueh air may havo como in, and then, shuddering hor ribly, said wo should catch our deaths of cold, hammered tho coi l: in and jumped back into bed. Youth's Companion. A ClioriiH of Prophets. Says the Cleveland Leader: "If tho last trump should sound, above the uproar of a crashing universe would resound the voice of AViggins crying out, I told you so.' " And The Now York Sun adds thut DeVoe, of Ilackeii'flck, N. J., would breathe a fervent "Amen!" Aliout that time our own Pouter, of lown, would be heard shouting 'Chcstnutl" at tho top of his voice. Minneapolis Tri bune. IIiiiiih of the Ilurbccue. A man Is a fool who attempts to give n barlocue without shoats, kids, niggers, corn, light lH-oad, giblwt hash, rod lepiwr, roasting ears ami tomatoes, andall his neighbors, male and female, big and little. It J not safe, wise or proper to attempt to give a barbecue oast of Augusta, west of Columbu, north of Foraytb orsouth of Albany iu this stati. The territory iudlcatd is the natural homo of tho barbecue. Mucwi Telegraph. A now color just introduced ut London Is called jubilee blue. It Is eppropihto to the outlook lu Ireland. . -v, ..... AN AMERICAN IN LONDON. A Call Torn Ian Taken to Tusk by an Kng 'llslinintt Thunderstruck. It is a curious fact, and one as pitiable ns it is curious that but few Englishmen, us you meet them, have ever lieen Insido tho Tower of liondon or tho British imwum. I remem ber not long ugo speaking to a gentleman from San Francisco on this very subject, and tho apparent luck of interest which Knglis.li people display in regard to their own coun try. They w:ander all over the g!olo, from tho North" Tole to the Antarctic continent, in search of sights and wonders, nnd never once dream of investigating anything at home, either before they go or after they get back. He said: Do you know, tho same idea has struck me very forcibly. If you will pardon my saving so, I never met a people of any coun try, and I huo traveled considerably, who were mi ignorant of their native hind and all that makes it of inteiest to the foreigner. While they go rambling about the woild foi recreation, und can tell you about things worth seeing mother places, they know posi tively nothing about England. Ask Vm. and ice. When abroad they penetrate the jungle of imlia, crews the desert-of Egypt and South Africa, climb tlio mountains of Switzerland, and rough it on the plants of tho far west: but when at home they live the lives of stereo typed gentlemen, content to pass their days in their clubs or iu their country houses, doing the -nine thing every day from one year's end to tho other, nnd coring for nothing but their own immediate personal surroundings. 'lty play tenuis and cricket iu summer; go t a few horse races becau-o it is the fashion; shoot grouse, partridges, and pheasants in autumn, and hunt foxes in winter. iSoyoml these things they care not a button for any thing. Curiously enough, they don't realize it in themselves, though sharp ci.ough to do tect tho same defect iu others. One of the men I refer to asked mo tho other day some thing ulxnit the Yosemito valloy. i.i .i.,v..v 1mm there." I told him. Ho let his glass drop out of his eye, so great was tho elevation 01 ms oyeurons, s m held up his hand- in amazement: "Whntf ity dove : no e.iumm-i. ........ never seeing the Yosemite valley, and you've lived in 'Frisco (all Englishmen call it 'Frisco) how many years!" "Over twentv. You see, I could go any day. Wo think nothing of u hundred or two miles in California." "Why, man alive, I went six thousand miles there, and six thousand miles back iciiiii, don't vou know, to see the Yo-oinite myself." I'0 looked very proud of himself us he said this. "Ixxik hire," said I, after n minute, to let him enjoy his self complacency, "have you ever seen Stonehongef" "What? N-no." "Or the Giant's Causeway?" "No." "Or Shakespeare's house nt Stratford on Avonf "N-no." 'Or Hampton Court, or tho Tower J "N-no." "Then you mustn't talk to me about never going to tlio Yosemite. Tho Tower is about three miles from here. I've been there half a dozen times already, but 1 don't mind goiiis again. Let's jump into u hansom and dri thero now." Ho looked thunderstruck. "'1 he 1 ower, lu said; "isn't that the place tho 'Arrlcs go to on a bank holiday J Not today, please: I've an engagement to drive with a chup in the park. Ta-tn"." . , , That's pretty much the way it is with all of them. "Cockaigne" in Tho Argonaut. llaiiileiilt's U'lirti by .lolm lJrown. Mr. John C. Comfort, of Harrisburg, has added to his largo, interesting and valuable collection of relics of the war of the rebellion several objects which for hi-torical value and interest it would be difficult to equal. These objects are, llrst, tho handcuffs worn by John llrown, of Ossawattoniie, tho lien) of Harper's Ferry, when ho win hanged in Charlestown, Vn.,'ou Dec. lSVJ, and, second, two trian gular pigs of lead, winch were buried by Brown near the mouth of tho cave which he miido his rendezvous and hiding place on the Maryland side of the I'otoinac river, opposite Harper's Kerry, anil iroin wiiicu piaco lie made his descent on the nrsenai, which re sulted in the capture of the building and his own overthrow, tho slaughter of his sons and his trial, condemnation and execution. This lead was found where it lind lam lor thirty years by a littlo girl, Florence May Thomp son, while diagmg for daisy roots. Encoun tering tho metal while digging, sho called at tention to her discovery, further search was mode, ond three piles of lead, weighing 150 pounds, were unearthed. Of these two pigs have toen obtained by Mr. Comfort. It is thought Ossawattoniie obtained tho lead in tho mines in Missouri; that it was inn in rude molds made iu tho sand nnd transjiortcd thence to tho cave, to bo used iu the opera tious iiiiainst Hnrier's Ferry. Tho handcuffs which Mr. Comfort has added to his collection wero obtained at the time of tho execution of Ossawattomio by n Virginian, who bequeathed them to his daughter. Sho had frequently been ollcred 500 for them, as is stated iu tlio correspond enco Mr. Comfort had about them, but always refused to sell. Filially sho yielded, bow- ever, and Mr. Comfort obtained the coveted nrize. Thev uro of iron, stoutly nnd clumsily made, mid covered with rust. They are con nected with a sw ivel nnd two liuus and locked with a screw bolt. As compared with cuffs of the present day they are of thomost prinu. tivo character, though doubtless as effective for the purpo-o intended as tho more modern "bracelets.' Chicago i lines. Material lor Cigarettes. Anyone who is familiar with faces and Acm es down town will recall a little, bent up, shriveled llguro of a little old Hebrew who haunts the Bowery, l'ark row and the neigh borhood of City Hall pari;, carrying under his arm u dirty ennvus bag und armed with a short, crooked stick, wilii which ho pokes among tho rubbish in the ash barrels nnd gut ters. Ho is not after rags, as ono might sup pose, but if watched carefully will lo been to collect every scrap of tobacco in the shape of cigar and cigarette stumjis that ho can find und dejioslt them in the canvas ling. He lives In n dirty side street off tho Uowery, in u wiiserablo" littlo room, whiii f reeks with the odor of half burned tolmcoo. After a dayV work ho will have a good sized heapof stumps piled in one corner. A dirty loy sorts the stiiieti, as they mo called, strips them und the tobacco is washed and then dried near the Are. The pieces are again sorted and are then reaily for sale. One varioty, the Iwst, goes to make up fillers for ten cent cigars, another tlioo which will sell for five cents and the third will only do for cheap, all tobacco cigar ettes. Now York Graphic. lJueno A res Government Printing. In Buenos Ayres the government printing ia done by convicts. Most of the work con sists of ininitcrs' ronorU and official receipts. The manager, not a person in durance vile, it umy be well to state, but a practical, imtiv printer, showed several voIuiik of the) re ports, and tliey were iwlly well got up. All tha tnUitar mutter, however, whs fur from meritorious, HuWoriioHtioJitkHi bavin ben riven to the mitering of rules, etc Chicago News. SOME FAVORITE DISHES OF WHICH THE GREAT MILLION AIRES ARE VERY FOND. Jny Could' French Cools Cyru "W. ricld l'ond of Cblckpn UiimpII Sngo I.IUps Crullprs 1. O. Milt Infiitutitod With Autclnpo Steak. The habits of men who havo been lucky enough or successful enough to make a mil lion dollars or over are always a matter of interest to their less fortunato fellow citizens. That is why a reporter started ouu tho other day to find out what millionaires eat ilo?t peoplo havo an idea that tho majority of millionaires dine on some kind of extraor dinary fixxl of which the usual run of men know nothing about. This fallacy was ex loaed by tho reporter's informants, and it seems that millionaires eat pretty much the sumo kind of. food as do peoplo who haven't so much money, but who probably havo more appetite. As n mlo millionaires do not core to tell just what they eat, but tho biggest millionaire of them nil, Mr. Jay Gould, has no such scru ples. Without hesitation Mr. Gould informed the reporter that ho was an abstemious diner and had no desire for extraordinary dishes. MR. OOUI.D'S FHEN'CIt COOK. "I keep a French cook," said Mr. Gould, "who has been with mo for years, but ho is not required to exert his ingenuity in getting up novelties for tho palate." "What do you usually havo for breakfast?" asked tho reporter. "I usually cat on' orange ns a starter," re plied Mr. Gould, "and 1 am very fond of a nice porterhouse steak, an egg omelet cooked in a manner peculiar to my French chef, hot roll, coffee and any little knickknueks now in the market." "And for lunch?" "Oh, I eat very sparingly for lunch. Some times I go up on tho top floor of the Western Union building nnd havo some deviled crabs, of which I nin fond, or a slice of cold roast beef. Dinner is my principal meal. 1 man ago to worry through seven courses every evening at about " o'clock. One of my favor ite dishes is roast, turkey. I drink sparingly of claret nnd seldom touch anv other wine." Mr. Gould's bright eyes, healthy complex ion and springy step bear evidence to the fact that ho knows just what to eat iu order to keep in good physical condition. Cyrus V. Field is probably tho best liver among New York millionaires. As a result of this, Mr. Field is becoming somewhat stout, his face is growing more llorid. ami it is easily seen that ho is a luun who likes a good dinner. Mr. Field's breakfast is n simple meal, how ever. Ho is very fond of milk and drinks a good ileal of it. Fruits of all kinds are always on his breakfast table. Mr. Mela reaches Ins down town office nt 10 o'clock each morniii; At 1 o'clock he visits the restuuront on tho toi of his grand building. "Mr. Field is a sociablo man and usunlly has a couple of friends tit lunch with him," said the proprietor of tho restaurant yester day. "lie usually orders n broiled chicken for lunch and seems never to the of the dish. With a bottle of Madeira at his elbow lie can talk and joko through a five course lunch with ease. Probably owing to Mr. Field's English inclinations ho has a penchant for underdone roast Uvf. A PIECE OF TIE. To counteract this Mr. Field's New Eng land ancestry conies to the fore, and he rarely leaves either the lunch or dinner tablo without testing tho merits of a piece of pie. Mr. Field's dinner is always an elaborate affair. His guests aro numerous, and tho menu contains everything that tho most par ticular palato can desire. Ono of Mr. Field's favorite di-hes is mock turtle soup. Ho has been known to cut three plates of this deli cacy lieforo settling down to tho more solid delights of a bill of fare. Tlio ino-t sparing and economical of tho millionaires m regard to diet is Kusscll Sago, His breakfast consists of u bowl of oatmeal and milk, two slices of bread and a cup of tea. A inter or summer, Mr. Sago never varios in this respect. For lunch ho soinc times buys two crullers from old "Kuty," who keciw a lunch stand iu front of Mr. Sago's office, but more frequently a ono cent afiplo suffices tho cravings of his appetite. At dinner Mr. Sago is equally abstemious. Ho is a great lover of fish, esju'cially of fresh salmon, and is extravagant only on this point. Plain roast or mutton, topped off by bread pudding or a banana, completes the dinner of the millionaire. Austin Corbin, tho Long Island railroad magnate, is u good liver. His favorite dish is roast partridge, and it is said that ho lias several Long Islanders always on tho lookout for these fine birds. Ernstus Wiman enjoys tho good things of life, too. Ho has a big reputation as a most lordly host, and mi invitation to a dinner at his Staten Island homo Is eagerly sought for. Mr. Wiman learned to like moose meat while living in Canada, and ho frequently treats his guests to tho tender but rather strong food. D. O. Mills cats plain food and likes it. When in California he became infatuated with antelopo steak and frequently receives tho carcase of ouo of those animals from his western friends. Then ho iuvitos a few friends and surprises them with the rare und palutublo prairie product. New York Journal. Under u 1'lnu of Truce. One incident related by Gen. Averell was this: Ho was on duty with Col. Porter's com. maud nt Manassas atfer tlio llrst Bull Hun. Ono day tho colonel and staff, with a squad ron of cavalry, went out beyond tho pickets to reconnoiter, when thoy saw an equal body of horsemen in Confederate gray approaching from an opposite direction. Col. Porter gave tho order to charge, when tho other body displayed a flag of truco. Tho leader of tho Confederates wild to uen. Averell, who went forward to meet him, "I am Col. Taylor, of tho Confederate States army, and am tho bearer of dispatches from President Davis of tlio Confederate States to President Lincoln of tho United States." The disp'itclics wero received nnd forwarded to Washington, when Col. Tuylor said, "This ends our official inter view." Then tho two opposing forces wero surprised to seo Cols. Porter and Tuylor em bracing each other, with tho exclamations; "Andy, old boy I" 'Tom, old fellow, how nro youf ' A flask of old ryo was fished out und the two comrades fraternized. They bad been chums at West Point. The dispatches proposed un exchange of prisoners, and wero returned by President Lincoln with tho in doi tenient that tho United States declined to recognize tho south as belligerents. Alabama Juftnml. Klectrlo WhUtlea In I'runce. Eloctrio whistles, very melodious in sound and said to bo less expensive iu manufacture than electric bells, nro being favorably re ceived in France. Tho whistle h made by fitting a (Jiifill brass tubo with suitable aper tures to that it opens against the spring of a uitably formed commutator or circuit "wake and break." Boston Budget. New Alpine stocks have tho shepherd's rrool: und silver bands on which to engrave namti oi places viauea. THE REVISED VERSION. AVlint Wm Ktppctcd of ltltpnan Why It Tailed to llecomc I'opiitar. Six years have lwissed since tho revised ver sion of the New Testament was given to the English stroking world. For nlmost a de cade attcir.Ion had leon directed to the place where the scholars in charge of tho great un dertaking were pursuing their work. Its completion was regarded us an epoch in re ligious history. Many Iwlieved that millions would bo interested in the new version who had never carefully studied the old. Some though; t would result in a general re vival i : ,.iin. The translation was almost univorsi onimended by biblical scholars nnd tlusil. ins. Great praise was liestowod on the men who wero so long engaged on the difficult work, lirgo sums were offered for early copies. The number sold during u few mouths was enormous. But the revi-od version failed to suix'rsede the old one. It has never loen synodieully approved by tho established Church of Eng land that took the initiative in its produc tion. It has never leen formally adopted by any Protestant denomination for uso In churches and Suni'ay schooK It is rarely read at family devotions. 1'ow writers or speakers, lay or clerical, quote it. It may almost bo said to have passed out or sight ami mind. Why was it doomed to such n failure! Mr. John Fulton undertakes to answer tlio question in tlio current uumlier of Tho Forum. Tho reasons be aligns aro that too many chanses wero introduced to suit some nnd not enough to satisfy others. Ho also thinks thut the poetry of many passages was impaired by giving them n too literal transla tion. A certain degree of obscurity serves to give a charm to tho expression of poetical sentiments. No one is pleased with a likeness of a person made by measuring his features and reducing them to a certain scale. These things mny have had something to do with preventinu Hie new version from be- coining popular. But obviously other causes contributed to its failure. Persons who are radical or progressive on other matters are apt to bo very conservative on everything that pertains to religion, i hen a certain veil oration attaches to tho authorized version of Kinir Juiiu-s as well us to tho subject matter itself. In every hou-ehold tho old family bible, in which aro recorded the births, mar. riaces. and deaths of several generations, is n sacred book. If neglected nt other times, it is read on occasions of alllietion and adversity Consolation is sought from it. Tho noblest sentiments cluster around it. Thousands of passages from tho old or es tablished version havo been incorporated into the classic literatureor the language, and they cannot bo revised. Still more passages have been engraved on tombstones, and nono but a vandal hand would erase them, for to do so would be a sacrilege. Old and well loved hymns abound in phrases taken from tho old version, and they cannot bo changed to con form to the new translation without destroy ing their molodv. Tho old version must re. main, for it exists in many forms. It will only go out of uso when tho English language ceases to bo spoken. It will live and help pre serve the fenv nnd vigorof tho laiiguaugo of liberty. Chicago 1 imes. A Story of (Ichiro Sand. There was u timo when Liszt was tho only man in the world who could withstand the charms of Mine. Dudevant, better known as George Sand. One day Liszt said to her, ".Madame, Si, Anthony itnd I are not theonly men beyond your reach. 1 can name scores who are iuniervious to your advances." "I chal lenge you to do it !" she cried, piqued ut the affront to her vanity. "U hero uro they, and who are they?" "The monks of La Grande Chartreuse, madaine," replied Liszt, with a smile, 'and now, may 1 beg a light for my cigari " George Sand, however, did not (lis- miss tho subject from her mind so carelessly What a scandal it would cause! But what a triumph it would be to enter that famous monastery, within whose walls no womai had ever set foot! Forthwith sho set about it. Sho disguised herself us a man and went thither. Tho disguise was successful. No one suspected her sex and bho was freely ad mitted. Three days sho spent thero undo tected. On tho fourth sho met a monk whom she had known. A few years before ho had been u gay ouug nobleman. He had fallen u victim to her charms. After n timo sho Inn cast him off for a new' lover, nnd, driven al most to madness, ho had lied to La Grande Chartriu-o and become a monk. Sho knew him the moment sho met him and ho knew her, and each recognized the other's know! edge. "Why havo you como hither?" ho ga-ped. Her quick wit supplied a ready an swer: "For love of you." "Impossible!" 'Alas, yes, Frnncoise, it is too true!" said sho. "I cast you off, I confess; but uf ler you had gonol found that I loved you better than my own soul. My life has been a hell without you: und, see, I havo como hitherat risk o my life to see you again and then die." He was terribly agitated. He still lo'.od her, but he could not break his vows und escapo lrom tho monastery. "If you nro discovered," ho exclaimed, "wo must both perish. hat cm wo do?" "Let me go in euco," said she. have looked iqKm your face once more, nn nm content." So that very day sho departei from tho monastery nnd returned homo. When sho saw Liszt again she said to him "You nro right, my friend. Tho monks uro lieyond my reach." And what became of tho monk who had known her? He lived many years longer, and was noted among his broth ron for his holiness of life and gentleness of spirit. When ono day word caino to him by chance that Georgo Sand was dead ho went to his cell unci shut tho door. An hour late his brethren went to seek him mid found him dead. Chicago Herald. rilt(,r Which Arn Useless. The Rhode Island Medical society has just listened to a puier by Dr. Hwui ts, of Provi dence, in which ho gives tho results of a series of exiK'riinents on various devices for niter- ting water nt tho mouth of tho faucet. These experiments wero carefully mado under tho conditions usually presented lu dwelling hoiwx-s. His conclusions uro wholly unfuvoi' able to any form of Illter within his know! edge. He report that tlio Jwst of them can only cleanse tho water of possible microbe, or dlseaM) germs, for a few hour uf ter their first nimlieation: that after thu time it U lin possible thoroughly to clean tho filter, and it liecoines a place of deposit nnd accumulation of the germs themselves, which nro liable to propuguto nt the ordinary tem)uraturu of iiitcbons at a very rapid raU. Thus tho filter is worse than none. He concludiM that the only safety in the matter is to Use thut whlel Is known to lie pure, or if this cannot bo known with certainty, to uso only water thut has boiled nnd cooled with pure ices, which is very conservative und sound advice. Boston Transcript, Three Kinds of Capital. To bo a first rule baseball player ono must Dossetu nt least three kinds of capital alert nest, strength und courage. Those are quail ties that the genuine American places an ex alted vuluo upon. When he find them com billed in one jhioou, the favored individual li iiromntlv accorded a High place lu Ills on tjBin. Whn he duds a gamo iu which all these qualities are absolutely necessary he f. . .! V..... V-...-I. JUUUIUIiy uuiiinm mo Oumo,--iion iut Tribune. MEXICO'S "WHITE HOUSE. A TRAVELER'S DESCRIPTION OF THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC. Itnntns of the. President's Omclnl Home. The "Knout oT Gump "Splendor of the State Dining Kuuiit Plotter lleds on u Kuof. Tlu a is a littlo more ceremony hero than in tho States about getting into the president's nt.-.nsion, but onco tho visitor U admitted ho is shown ten times as much as in the White House. In tho ante-room acquaintance is re newed with the Mexican coat of amis, n great agio ierched uikiii tho cactus and holding iu beak and talons a writhing snake. Then conies a room which would dazzlo President Cleveland's faitliful Daniel. It is the private secretary's room velvet cnriet, wall tapestry, desk top und plush upholster ing, all In deep red. A door opens into the billiard room, equipped with a table of tho latest American pattern, with a well tilled cue lack. l lie color of tho wall hangings and the chair ui- holstering matches tho table. It is dark green. The second tioor is oi liuaia nam w (KXlS. Quito appropriately "the room of games." os it is called, adjoins the last apartment. Purplo velvet tapestry covers the walls, while on the ceiling tho nrtist has given suggestions of the uses of tho room. In one panel there is displayed a hand at c.irds. In another there are scattered chessmen. A third shows kho dice, and iu tho fourth coiner aro de picted tho implement sf tho old parlor game of battledore and shuttlecock. Tho smoking room has stamped leather on the walls and chairs, a lloor of hardwood, nnd pictured on tho ceil.ug iuv cigars, cigarettes, and pqes. nnACiiixo Tin: climax. In the state dining room tho splendor of the palace reaches iu climax. Around a great mahogany table are arranged tho antique straight backed chairs, with upholstering of the famous Cordova leather. In the richly carved back of each chair is the monogram or tho Mexican republic. leather tntestry covers thu walls. The lloor is of inlaid woods, jud over the windows are hangings of deep red. On tho table is tho solid silver service of Maximilian, bearing the coat of arms of tho empire which was nev-r founded. Over tho fireplace is un elaborate woixl carving, the principal figures being tho lion, tho con dor, tho deir and tho snake. A question as to the ownership of tho silver service brings out a quick-, apt reply from tho attendant. "This nil belongs to thu peoplo, senor," is what ho says. There is an unto room to tho stnto dining room, nnd then conn's a sewing room, with silk iu yellow und light blue colors covering the w alls and tho seats of tlio carved chairs. Upon the lloor is a velvet carfK't in colors to correspond. Tho bath room, which is next, has a floor of porcelain tiles, light tinted walls, and an illuminated windows. Tho ve.-tibule, into which tho bath room opens, has n richly frescoed ceiling, with rep mentations of tho shields and coat of at ms of all tho different dynasties under which Mex ico has been governed, from Montezuma dow n to the republic of lo-day. Thero is a life sized Spanish cavalier iu bronze uphold ing tho chandelier. In tho parlor tho most notable feature is the embroidery of tho fables of Lafoiitaino in the light blue silk upholstering of tho chairs. The wall hangings and the velvet cai'iet are of tho same light blue. A now grand piano completes tho furnishing of this room. A toilet room, with great mirrors, pink silk on tho walls, pink velvet on tho lloor and pink portieres further demonstrates tlio tersatility of tho decorator. Tho state liedrooni is equipped throughout cabinet, chairs, tablo, bed and all iu Louis XIV furniture, red und gilt. 1'I.OWKUH ON TUB HOOF. And after poreing through theso apart ments in tho order named, the visitor reaches another entresol, which, for tho occasion, docs duty as on exit. Hero is furniture, hangings, cariK't nnd all in mauve. A hull clock iu n covered oak caso stands on ono sido of the door. It has tho old fashioned square dial, and tho pendulum lnis six feet swing. On tho other side of tho door Is a carved oak stand, with card caso of solid silver, ono more lolic of Maximilian. A coat of mull hangs uimiii the wall, nnd oaken chairs stand about. Tho hands of tho attendants closo over a couplo of coins, nnd the visitor steps out through the door into tho sunlight. But the dream is not finished. Just around tho corner ijtho marble staircase leading up through tho heart of tho cnstlo to tho top.t It is well worth tho climb. Talk of tho bunging gardens of Babylon I On the roof of tho castlo of Cbapultepeo there uro flower beds, wallii, statues, nrlwrs, trees, fountains, arches, birds und elect no lights. This roof is of masonry and covered with thick cement. Gardeners go about with tholr hoes nnd trowels und watering pots, working as if they were on tho ground. Near thu center of tho garden, with u circular fence nboiiti: und rose hushes over hanging, thero yawns tho mouth of tho mys tery which tho hill of tho grasshopper con ceals. This passage drops down orendlcu larly for a dozen feet, then it slants, uud stejiH cut in the rock commence. At the bnso of tho mountain there is an outlet to the passage, but that is not all of tho mystery. Tho tunnel in tho solid rock lends off from about tho center of tho mountain m tho direction of tho city. Thero is a tradition that it extends all the way, two miles and moro underground, to t'.tj cathedral, and thut in tho olden timu thero was maintained tills secret menus of communication lietween tho two plucus. City of Mexico letter. Alniont it Utopia. A place on earth has leen found where taxes aro unknown. It is a territory border ing oiJ tho northern Hue of Lincoln county, Me., called "Hibbert's Gore." It contains 234 acres of land and ton flourishing famllios. It is liounded by tho lines of three counties, Knox, Lincoln und Waldo, but is not claimed by either. Tho inhabitants do not maintain a municipal organization, and cannot vote for president, governor, members of thu legis lature or towuofllcors, but they aro contented with their lot, havo lino farms and good roads, their pork barrels und jiotuto bins are ofieii to ono another, and they do not care a uapubout politics, tins community comes u "near to having n Utopia as community ever did. Lewiaton (Mo.) Journal. Jliinu Wanted to Stand. It isn't overy girl who will tell on horeclf, but one did. She came to the store und re turned a line pair of bungs she had bought the day previously, "Can you not sell mo some that Will not como offf" "Como off! Why, those will stay with very little care." "Oh, they aro horrid. They catch on col lar buttons nnd pull off." Tho proprietress fuintod. tho assistant fell on u chair and screamed ''Wliuti'' while tho young lady departed bunglcss and without diunga Xvunwis City Times. Policemen in Constantinople reccivo only fii per month for their wrvlit. SIGHTLESS CADETS AT DRILL, i llllud IJoj s Marching nnd fSotng TlirovgK the MiiiiiiiiI of Anns. Sixty boys in military uniform, vrlios slghtlesss eyes were blind to tho sunlight which trickled through tho leaves of tho treea above their heads, and who could not rocog nizo tho faces of the friends and kinsmen who. surrounded them, marched nnd drilled tho other lay in lhe grounds of tho Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of tho Blind with the precision of veterans. Tho drilling; of the cadets is a feature of this institution, and it is an original feature, to which thero is none similar in this country. Tho patience, the study and time sjient ik this branch ot instruction presents a rowmil lu tho improved Waring of tho little soldiers, nnd iu the health which tho exercise gives them. When the cadets marched from tho gym nasium to the playground it was nlmost im possible to believe tho miniature militiamen wero blind. Their shoulders wero squared, their heads erect and their step was firm and regular. The muzzles of their muskets inn do an unwavering line of light, and tho red stripes on their blue troucr legs roso und fell with the regularity of a machine. It wus tho final full dress drill of tho cadets, und nil oC their friends uud relations and the friends of tho institution were gathered around tha walls of the playground. But tho npplauso which saluted the cadets as they filed past tvo tho only knowledge they hud of tho near presence of hundreds of sjwetntors. Tho left baud of each boy rested, as he marched, oa the left shoulder of tho boy preceding him. Tho llrst boy iu each company could see. Loininadant .Moj. King directed tho bat talion to "ground tirms," nnd nt tho word every gun touched tho ground nt tho samo moment. The cadets separated nnd stood at two yards' distance. Then nt the spoken com mand they went through a calisthenio drill, clapping their hands, roi-ing their arms and swinging them like so many automatons work ed by tho same piece of mechauicistu. It was only when tho lioys bent over to. touch the ground with their linger tiis that thero was any irregularity; then thodifferenco in height of the cadets made it impossible, for the long limited boys to recover themselves 113 quickly as did their younger comrades. Tho guns were picked up and tho command was given. "Twos, threes and fours, forward.1 Thu ranks broke and thero was a scattered movement to tho right; tho right hands and arms of the cadets held their muskets firm, and tho left hands moved anxiously in search of a'eoinpauion'sshotilder. By some instinct finer tln sight itself, the moment tho wandering lingers of a cadet touched thu person of it comrade ho seemed to know instantly that it was the man ho sought. In a few seconds the battalion wns formed in closo ranks of two. As tho ranks marched and countermarched, broke and reformed, thejother inmates of tho institution sat and stood lu groups around tlio walls, guessing from the words of tho command what their companions were doing. Among them was a large, heavily built man, who sat with ono. hand over his sightless eyes and with tlio other clasped in both of those of a littlo girl. Sho called him father, and as tho drill went on told him as graphically as a child could what her black pretty eyes saw before her, and how and what the cadets wero doing. Philadelphia Press. KUslug on tlio Slii;n. Thero is nothing more talked about in the atrical circle) than the kissing of Charles Coghlan and Mrs. Langtry in "Lady Clan catty." It was so deliberate, so utterly ob livious of the big fiddle, so unconscious of tho lus.1 drum. Tho seemingly rapturous kissing; that Hnmia Abbott used to bestow on Custlo never stirred a hair on Husband WethoroH's head, Tho kissing of Mary Anderson was the most transparent mako believe in tho world. Whon Clara Morris used to kiss Charley Thorno iu "Cauullo" she would tako him on his knees before her, iiuks his hair, devour liliu with loving looks, dip down upon his face, and kiss him liiigeringly on his nose, to his Intense amusement. When Kignokl wns in the country ho nwoko the town kissing Susan when ho played William. Tho women in thu audience used to admire, but Susan, suffered. Hlgnold wns n wiry, red bcurded man, who shaved twice a week and no of tener. He would powder tho stubblo on his fuco till his complexion was lovely, but poor Susan! A section of sandpaper could have hurt no worse. When ho got homo from sea iu tho play and met Susan sho would fly Into hi nrins very much ns tho victim sentenced to tho inquisition to undergo the virgin's kiss knowing she had to nnd was going to gets hurt. He would hold that poor girl's head, back, make a rush, kiss both eyes, root a sec ond under her ear, mid then kiss her straight: in the mouth, und all tho while this adjacent field of cheek and mound of chin were taking; oil' her cuticle like a nutmeg grater. But this kiss of Coghlan's Is realistic, Tho remarks it elicits are funny. The other night, as the lingering kiss was pressed upon tho up turned mouth or thu famous Lily, a lady said, with a sigh: "What a pity it's in a play." An old fellow, who looked through a palroC glasses and over a lot of gray cliln whiskers, just ns Horace Greeley used to do, slapped his leg with a big freckled hund, ami ejacu lated: "Whovvl" Kverybody laughed almost us much us they did another night when a small boy, half over tho gallery rail, cried, just as Coghlan's lips met Luiigtry'a: "Let her go, Gallagher" Now York Sun. A ltiihluu fieneinl' Hulcldo. A Russian general Indulging In thocurloat name of Kork, in command ut Wursaw, com mitted suicide the other day. In a note which ho left ImIiIiiiI him he stated that his son, Lieut. Kork, had been arrested a short timo. lieforo for lielng implicated iu a conspiracy, with several of his brother officers, to kill tho czar. "I know," ml did tho heartbroken father, "how such criminals nro treated in our country. I know what tortures they aro compelled to undergo, and I fear lest my son, In a moment of weakness, may bo Induced to mako pretended revelations which may com promise ino and threaten n life passed lu tho service of the czar. I will not submit to such a fate and put an end to my own existence, witli the solemn declaration that I havo over Ix-en thu emjieror's faithful servant." Paris Cor. New York Graphic. i A Very I)iiiioniint Practice. "This pitictlco of putting suspicious pack nges iu water," said Lieut. Zallnski, "is not to ho encouraged. It is foolish and dangerous, esH.'cInlly us it is very eusy to muku un in fernal machine thnt will explodo by contact I myself invented ono, uud if Capt, Williama Lad duelled it in ti tub ho would never havo Uen able V) send tho thing to police head quarters afterward, nor to liuvp found tho tub, the water, nor anything but small pieces of himself. No, don't put your Infernal ma chines to soak over night. They're likely to rise u good deal more suddenly than yeast." New York Commercial Advertiser. A Deidrublo Kesldencu. "It commands," says a house agent's adver tisement of a "desirable residence," "not only a view of tho pretty little railway station, but also of people who miss tho trains," EmIIlu Charlotte langtry, of tho Island qC Jersey, has invested $0,000 mora In New York real cstuto. She now hold mortgagM worth nearly tiWO.OOU.