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■RW* -1 * V 1 Baainea letter* ud eonnranie*- j^tlooe tog|rfWfaled ifitild bewrtlfei ^p°D and the object of each *• Article* for publfoatiM, thoold be written in a clear, legible hand, and on onl j one aide of the page. 4, ^1 changes in adTertiaementa matt (tcbn* on Fiiadr. SVIIOOIr-DA Y. “Now, Joliii," the district teacher »ay*, With frown Hint scarce can hide The dimpling smiles around her mouth, Where Cu| id's hosts abide, “What havo you done to Mary Anti, That she is crying ro ? Don't say ’(was •nothing’—don’t, I say, For, John, that can’t be ao; “For Mary Aon would-never cry At nothing, I am sure; And if you’ve wonaded juatine, John, You know the ooK cure Is pniiMiment! So, come, stand up; Transgression must abide The pain attendant on the scheme That maTtesnjnstiflccL” So John steps forth, with inn-burnt face, And hair all in a tumble, IIu laughing eyes a contrast to HU drooping month so hnmb’e. “Now, Mary, you must tell me all— I see that John will not, And if he’s been unkind or rude, I’ll whip him oi^the spot.’' “W—we were p—playin' p—pris’ner's b— base. An’ b—lie is s—such a t—tea*e, An’ w—when I w - wasn’t 1—lookin’, m— - —ma'am, -— * H—h» I—i-Uaeii 7/i* - if yon ploaee !" Upon the teaelier's face the giniles Have triumphed o'er the frown, A ph rhoii'»lit rims tlirongh her mind Tiie stick comes ha unless down. But outraged law must lie avenged ! Begone, ye smiles, begone! Away, tc little dreams of love, Come on, ye frowns, come on ! “I think I’ll haw to whip you, John, . Such conduct breaks the rule; No boy,'except a naughty one, - Would kiss a girl—at school” Again the teacher's rod is raised, A Nemesis she stands— A primimn were put on sin, If •piiniitfied by such hand* ! As when the beC explores the rose We see the petals tremble, So trembled Mary's rose-bud lips— Her heart would not dissemble. \ V ‘T wouldn't whip him eery hard”- Tl»c si ie k stops in its fail— “It wasn't light to do it, but — It didn't hurt at all!” ^ “Wbutmade you cry, tbeu, Mary Ann?”— The school's noise makes a j/anse. And out upon tbd listening air, From Mary uom^w—“Because f” —11 di F. UcSparran, in Our Continent. FIELD, FORT AND FLEET. MISSION OF FIKI.D AKTII.I.KKY, Some siriktH* Fxnmiilra ol l uoisier.” Mirnpe * Jk ■ nd \ “Bring np the fmns I” Lot tlic order l>o heard by a regiment of infantry crowding to the rear in a panic ami it will halt the men in their tracks and make fighters of them again. There is fomotliinj* in the companion ship of a field battery that makes a foot ao’dicr braver than when his reginlent fights alone. The guns may be wasting ammunition as they roar and crash, but it setms to the regiments on flank or in roar that every discharge is driving great gaps through the enemy’s lines. Bo long, ns the battery remains the sup ports will remain. Even when the order is given to double-shot the guns and the infantry can see that half the horses' have l>ecn shot down he still carries the feeling that grape and canister will win the victory. Thelossof horses, wagons nml small arms is lightly mentioned in official repdris and the losers feel no degradation, but let n brigade lose a single gun from one of its batteries, -KHd^everv soldier feoNtho shame. It next to losing the flag presented to it marched from horns. position, but he must carry it to turn the Federal left. This seceud brigade had less than two thousand four hun dred men, and, united with Pender, the total strength wss not over five thou sand. Four times that number oould not have made an impression upon that position. When Pender had rallied his men, the two brigades advsnosd ist column of as sault, breaking cover with a cheer and on the double quick. The Federal guns were worked with terrible energy, but under cover of the smoke, and by crawl ing npon hands and knees, the Confed- ates reached the mill- race. Indeed, several hundred of them crossed it. Then, for forty minutes, there was a ter- tific struggle. So fierce was the Federal infantry fire over and through 4he abattis that it was gradually whittled away. Limbs as largs as s man’s arm were barked, chipped and splintered as if lightning had played over them, and the snrfdee of the mill-moe was covered, with splinters, twigs and leaves. ; Pender and Ripley oonld not advance 'beyond the canal in foreo. They conld not long maintain their lines where they were. The fire from the Federals searched every foot of ground,‘and every minute their lines were melting • away. When the order was given to fall back, the artillery raked them again os they crossed the open ground, and when the men finally reached cover, the loss oi each regiment hffd become amaz ing. For instance, the_ Forty-fonrth Georgia, which numbered only about 760 men, lost 388 officers and men. Every field officer was killed, and of the ten captains and twenty lieutenants, only twelve remained. It was the same with the Third North Carolina and other regiments. AT FRAZIKRW-TABM. « At Frazier’s Farm, ditting this same eventful week, Randall's battery of six pieces was on McClellan’s right, and supported by the Fwurth Pennsylvania. The front was an old field, devoid of shelter, and the battery was playing into the woods half a mile beyond. This battery so annoyed the Confederates that a brigade was ordered to charge it. The Eleventh Alabama had the lead, and was to be closely supported by the other three regiments. Through some blunder the Alabamians, numbering about seven hundred and fifty, were per mitted to advance alone. They were seen as soon os they broke cover, and more than one hundred of them wero-killed by the artillery as they advanced across the field. The men were thrown into disorder one moment to be rallied the nex4; aud, finally, with muskets at a trail aud caps swinging in the air, they made a rush straight upon the'guns. As they came near the Penn sylvanians rose tip and delivered two or three vo'leys right into Ahem. These were returned, and then the final rush hoped for. It w» a forlorn hope indeed. Every man nraei have realised that there wonld be a terrible loss of life even be- foru the salient was reached, bat etoh one seemed to nerve himself for wluft was to oonux Daring the twenty min utes’interval between forming and the order to adtanoe there was almost dead silcnoe in the ranks. The men leaned npon their muskets and peered through tho Jorest in their front which hid the Confederate' position, and the supports on the flanks moved up and into position ns if fearing tha* their footsteps would disturb the dead of the day before. It was not positively known to the Federals that the salient Was defended by cannon. The hope that it was not gave the men more spirit, as tho lay of the ground—forest, thicket mid ridge— furnished fair shelter from musketry fire. Soon after 8 o’clock a single low spoken order brought every man to a front face. The moment had come. As the column hail formed under cover it was hoped to take tho defenders of the salient by surprise. The lines were dressed, and in a moment more were moving through tlic woods. < From .t^k£ vaU*-ys at (lie base <4 Tho—Komica* w. Lost or Rue Mountains to tlieir creato there is scarcely a 1 level s(s/t. The sides aro covered with forests ynd thicket, and the ground is almost a buc- Thomas B. Love, of was a Confederate Ek Gcii. Lyons, and was on the march n the winter of 18Cj, a y, Tex., Brig.- mmand •JK^iitucky, federal, who turned out to lie » nriiorious spy nud r j)U*hwhacker, was cnpfimL After the command vent into camp foe tbe^pight tho prisoner was senfepufed to "mo next morning. Love came tm guafa at 8 j’ck ck, mid the rest offhe story is given in his own words: By this time nil weri sound asleep, as the men were thoroughly worn out. Tho prisoner nnd f sat on opposite sides of 1 he fire. An hoar p«ssm1 and not a was spoken between u.^ lie sfiemod all the while thinking of t^e morrow, know ing hill well that if he jover saw the sun rise a prisoner it would Ins his last day .on earth. I was only J7 years old ami a little reckless, but striift to oliey orders. I ha<l no pity for bi£, aud perhaps he realized this and was silent. The pris oner sat beside n post of stump, somc- times leaning against it, and the distaiinn In-tween u* was not ot|r eight feet. About 9 o’clock a etRfetado, who h*4 m j no given. regiment as <7-1*1 18 a AT MECIIAMCSV1I.LE. When McClellan, iu his change of base, took position at Mechanicsville, his left rested near Ellison’s mill. . For three hundred yards in front the ground was open, a part of it being a plowed iieUV Two hundred feet in front of the Federal lines ran the mill-race, which then hail perpendicular banka and con tained four feat Of water. Thirty feet back from tbe race tho Federals had made an abattis of rails, tree-tops, limbs and sharpened stakes. Then came more than thirty field-pieces in line, and be hind them on tho slopes were infantry supports three lines deep. Pender’s brigade, of D. H. Hill’s com mand, advanced alone to assault this position, intending it as a flank move- in u/1 to turn the Federal leit l>ey had no sooner moved out into the open ground than the artillery had a full- sweep atr them. Grape, canister and bhort-foaed shell were hurled at them almost by the ton, and in five minutes the four regiments which had left cover in beautiful order were little better than a mob. However, instead of retreating in a panic, the men dropped to tlie ground, nihil began a. sharp musketry tiro. Thia was answered by volleys from beyond the mill-rnoe, which liter ally plowed the > ground. Pender hung until the sssanlt became a butchery, and then the order was given to retire. Pender’s brigade numbered less than 6;000 men, and yet in twenty- five minutes its loss was nearly one-six lb of its strength. It was an exception to And a man who could not show ballet holes through bis clothing, and some of the woundedwwg hit three and four tinea. Those who buried the dead said that of the 200 or more killed by tbe artillery Are at least 175 were so torn and muti lated aa to be little better than a bloody Am Pender was driven book he net Ripley’ • brigade, to hie eos of the Doming to his rapport. If* knew the was made. In a minute a wild mob was swirling 'round and 'round the guns— bayonets drinking blood—clubbed mus kets felling men—the wounded stagger ing np to clutch an enemy and pull him down. The guns were won. The Fourth was pushed slowly back, but as the cheers of the Alabamians drowned the noise of the battle to the right and left, the Seventh Pennsylvania came to the sup port of the Fourth. The fight which now took place was witnessed by at least two generals and half a dozen colonels, outside of the hundreds in the ranks. It wss two regiments to one, Alabmninns had wen the guns and were determined to hold them. Not a single company formed in line— not an officer had a command. Two thousand mad and infuriated men rnshed at aach other with murder in their hearts. No one asked for quarter —no one gave it. At the end of twenty minutes the Pennsylvanians gave way, not overpow ered by numbers bnt pressed back by such dare devil fighting as nobody had ever witnessed before. Tho gnus had been token, but-there were no horses to draw them away. The captors were making arrangements to draw them away when there was a rally on the part of the Federals. The smallness of the Confederate force suddenly became plain as the smoke lifted, and before a gun oonld be moved hot fire was opened from a whole brigade, followed by a charge. The Alabamians were picked np and hurled back in a broken mass, and the laat of them had not rcac’ the woods before the guns were playing npon them. The loss of the Confederate regiment was over 150 men, 100 of whom, including eight company commanders, died around the battery. TH> nEPT'LSK AT KXNNEHAW. The day after the repulse of the Fif teenth Corps at Kennesaw Mountain the Fortieth and Fifty-seventh Indians, Ninety-seventh and Twenty-sixth Ohio, Twenty-eigth Kentucky, and One- hnikdreth Illinois regiments, each num bering aboat 800 men, ware selected to nuk* an assault on a ridge 300 yards in their front. The lines were formed in regimental divisions, and while the front was only the width of two oom- pub* the depth was thirty lines of men in open order. It was in fact a giant wedge of flash and blood and steel whiah was to drive itself through the Confederate lines. At the mo etood in Hoe their officers to then in to* end earnest topis what was planned and what v* l»eeu out foraging, ret' a bag of apples just eeseion of rooky ten-aces. Over tha partly around toj>ick difficult ground tho great blue wedge forced its way at a rapid pace, bn: cheer was heard—no sheets “Crack ! crack t .oraek f ^ It is the alarm from tho Confederate sjurniiskers, who have crept down al- moat jfrj£|jj|gj| qj p * A1 n They are posted behind great rocks an denu de n behind kdge*. They <»nuot retreat; they must M-rendbr op fight it out/ They choose the latter course. Nine ont of every ten hold their positions un til the point of the bine wedge reaches them and brings a savage death with it. All along the sides of the grim moun tain the skirmishers bar the way, seek ing to detain the wedge and alarm the defenders of the salient. Hero and there a Federal throws np Iris hands and falls back, bnt the column makes no halt. Up, up, up, and now an officer in front waves his sword as the slopes of the parapet come into sight. Here the •cover suddenly ends. From the bushes to the salient, a distance of 900 feet, the ground has been swept bare of tree and busli, and rocks have been rolled mode. At the foot of tbe parapet is a palisade —outside of that an aliattis. Behind the works are a thousand muskets—a thou sand Confederates with fingers on trig gers. At regular intervals along this line—250 feet front—are six field pieces, each one loaded with grape and canister. The men within aro waiting, Not an order is given nor a head appears In sight until the first line of bine is out of cover. Now, as if one Anger had pressed the thousand triggers, a great sheet of flame leaps forth and scorches and blisters aud shrivels the advance. The second line crowds up over the dead and dying, the third and fourth cheer as they come. Now, with a crash os if a volcano was and rmpftori d me. I turned one and a* I dim-Uy at $0 lie was kll^ sound to arhaaeZ turned back I did not prisoner, fiar I was right, Fhnving heard my suspicions to the *contrniy. As my side was to Iihb whelT I picked up tbe* apples, he mnst have stolen away ns noiselessly as a ehadi*’, as soon as he canght my eyes off oLliitn. I can now imagine that he won tin a ?.:40 gait. I went on bating my fmplen, certain that the jxist he was Hitting by was tho pris oner himself and all rkfht. I suppose fifteen minutes linri passed whilst eating apples.About this time onr captain had occaarou to get up. He noticed that the prisoner was not there and asked mo-where he was. I almost jumped ont of my bofta—mute with as tonishment—when I realized what Ipul happened, and my tongue almost became paralyzed. Tlic Oftpt|uu motioned me to be siill. I finally asked him what' on earth I would do, knowing full well wliat a stem general we bed when duty culled for it, notwithstanding he carried a great big heart and none of us Vmt wonld have -rticri for Win in * mdihruT. The eaptein was satiifiod that I had not purposely let the prisoner escape, so ho told mo to take out a pair of my pistols and go up trereek that run through the lot and away from tho house, and fire os fast as I coulif, yelling halt! halt! halt! Ton may believe I obeyed orders promptly that time. The prisoner bail been gone, Tsuppose, at least twenty minutes. Tho firing raised Old Harry; all were np and in arms in an instead, thinking the Fed erals were in camp. Tbe general came out half dressed, and when I came back he asked roe if I thought I hit him. I told him I was almost sure I had filled him wiUt pistol shots, and while he The November report of the Depart mefet of Agriculture gives the total yield of the Indian oorn crop this year as ap- pntximately 1,677, this estimate is a year falls about 40,600,'MD'hflsIWIs Unfit of tiie crop of 1882, notwithstanding * large increase of acreage. This is the third crop “insuccession,” wo are told, “below an average, following six succes sive crop* above an average • yield,' or twanty-six bushels per acre,” and the quhlity of the crop, in the ffostqd bait is said to be vary poor. The* 6 !*** flattering, bnt it wilHie well if the pres ent deficiency of the corn harvest tarns out to be no greater than the depart ment estimate's it. The Chicago corre spondent of the Journal o/ Commerce evidently fears that tha erep is gen erally overestimated, and states that “Iowa has not enongh com for home consumption,” while Minnesota, Wis consin and Michigan are virtually in tho same predicament. thongh it is not likely that there will be any scarcity of com in the country before the crop of 1884 is secured, the fact that -for-three^ successive years this most important of all onr cereal crojis should have l>een cut short by untimely Ndilhwthlein frosts emphasizes the ex- pa'.ienry of extending its 'bs^ivation sotitli of the thirty-eighth parallel.' • Hn- loss the spring oi>ciih early in the North- west and the corn can get a good start so os.tu mature Indore the middle of Bap- tember, it is always linblo to injnrialtis frosts. The great al*|mef tropical va por traversing the UnitcfllHatee in sum mer (under which alone can be found the tempesaturo and rainfall necessary for the perfection of this troyrimlplaat) is. projected from the Oult omBl. aim) after reaching the Missouri and Ohio valleys is deflected eariwardly to the west end of Luke Erie. Within the area overspread by this “vapar pten^Faiid • small rain belt BoutlifceetriAajte IBek- ignu, we must look bereaftcr ior our chief supply of corn. 1 Njft year espe cially it is to Ik giMfttl acreage ot corn within largely increared. looked wit^i pi d a bit d< doubtful I escaped* censure. •ached atf&m breaking through the crest of the moun tain, the six* guns lielch their contents, into that mass of men sixty deep. The ejffect was horrible. What were men,a moment ago are now bloody shreds blown against the rocks and scat tered far over the ground. Borne of the gory fragments fall upon the lines yet half-way up the slope. The advance halts iu confusion—thf rear lines crowd np. There is another bloody feast ready as soon as the cannon can be charged. Then comes the order to break lines and divide to the right and left to get out of range of the artillery. The men rush forward to tho abattis— some lie flat down—others take cover behind rocks. __ For fifteen minutes heroic carnage holds them before the salient The Con federates- have them at their mercy. Men take deliberate aim and send a bullet through the heads of the living targets. When the burial party comes to do its work it will find that seven ont of every ten Federals lying before that aliattis has been killed atone dead by a single Iwlfol - ..-I- - The fire of musketry might have checked the assault, but aided by artil lery the check became a butchery. Grape and canister searched out spots secure from ballets, and men in the very rear ranks, who did not even catoh sight of the abattis were struck dowpby the iron missiles. No assault oould have-brought out more nerve and hero ism, bnt it was tho wave dashing against u'rocky olift. When the men had fallen back to their original positions the roll of dead and wounded was a shock to those who had escaped. No one had blundered. John ston’s lines were there, and they mnst lie carried by assault. Sherman was looking for a weak spot to drive a wedge into. That salient was one of tbe strongest points on the Confederate fine. M. Quad. Trimming. A Bbioasd.—Black Bart has robbed more than a score of atagee in California aingle banded. He had a habit of writ ing doggerel velvet aud pinning them to rifled express boxes. The rewards offered for his capture amounted to nearly $15,000, and a stray hit of tys venifloation finally betrayed him. Modern C< Five men were kept busy all day in Bridgeport, Conn., trimming the feet of two elephants. Tho operation is performed once on the road, once in the fall, and again la the spring. The sole of an elephant’s foot is covered with a thick horny substance, which, as it grows thicker, tends to contract and crack, often laming the animal. At the time of trimming, the-elephant stands on three legs and places the foot to be operated upon across a largo tub, Two men held the leg down, nnd omj stands at the animars head to prevent him from turning. Then with a two- foot drawing knife one man t-haves ofl great pieces of bone from the sole of the foot. The elephant held tho foot high of Lis own accord, seeming to under stand what the men were doing, and after the operation he flourit-lud his trunk, trumpeted, nnd expressed almost in words bis sincere thanks. TOE DRTTMMKU. There is a country editor not a thou sand miles from Ionia, Mich., who takes produce or labor in pay for subscription to his paper, and as a matter of fact, he receives alsmt all a human being wants, in this world except, maybe, money. He had been sending his paper to a cer tain party for a year and then sent him a bilk The party responded promptly and then asked the oJitor if he would take it in trade. “Certainly. What is your trade?” “I am a bass drum player,” solemnly replied tho man. “I presnmejou will work where"! want you?" “Certainly,” answered the man. “Well, eome down at onoe, bring your drum, I want you to play two days in front of my esteemed contemporary’s room across the way. 1’vo been want ing a drummer for some time.” The man played about an hour. The un dertaker took his drum on account The editor is out. Tub Exfobts or Pbtbolbuic.—The total values of the exports of petroleum and petroleum prod acts from the United States for September, 1883, were $4,773,490; September, 1882, $3,410,958, Bine mouths ended September 30th, 188$, $8&»U8ft; uiM months ended September 90th. 1881 $8U57,811. , " And yon really asked, as ho coiled wasp-like system. lovrJrttenei* A “ Always, Frederick; ever so.” “ And yon pledge me to sew but—” “Sir I" “ You pledge me to so beautify my life that it will always be as happy as now ?” “ With my last breath, Frederick.” “ And, darling, you will mend my stock—” • > “ Your what, sir ?’’ “ You will mend my stock of knowl edge nnd draw me upward and onward to a better existence?” “ It will be the pride of my life so to do, Frederick. I will sacrifice nil for jour complete happiness." “ I know that, sweet heart. But sup pose iu the fullness of time iome acci dents should happen to—to—say tlu’ tron—” “ You forgot yourself, air. To tht what ? ’ “To tho trousseau ; wonld it defer the hour that makes yon mine?” “Never, Frederick. I am yours, miua nmV heart, nud .naught eon separate us." “,Uul yoixwill caro for me ever, my soul, aud I for you ; for thongU I may never have n shir——” ‘ ‘Em ntgli! Leave me forever. ” “But listen. Though I may never have a shirking disposition, I shall some times, perhaps, in the struggle of life, argot the plain duty ” And so on. That's modern courtship. Lots of abstract swash, but a manifest disinclination to contemplate sifeh con- venicrcis as buttons, socks, trowsers iiiid shirts.—Chicago Trihune. Fancy the Bride’s Feelings. At the Church of Bt. John Nepomnk there was an occurrence of singular, and, to most people, awful solemnity, says the Bt Louis Rflmtdlcan. A^eight o'clock there -was a high mass celebrated, at which were married a young couple. When the ceremony was nearing its close, the brida and groom, with their attending bridesmaids and groomsmen kneeling on the steps of the altar, and the church crowded with friends and relatives, the church bell pealed forth, not the merry iflarriago chime, but the alow and dolorous toll for the dead. To ihe door of the church there osxne a hearse, and into the middle aisle, down which the newly-wedded ones were compelled to pass, there was brought the long bier with all its somber display. When they had received the blessing of the priest, the bride and groom turned, and in moving to the door of tHe church, had to separate and pass one on either side of death’s pedestal. • In tho choir the organ trentbled with the joy ous strains of the ’'Wedding Marchiu the belfry tha iron throats belehed forth the monody of death; at tbe door, in plnoe of the floach which was to convey those who had just been made one to tho festive joys of a wedding breakfast, there stood the vehicle which conveys all that is toft of man after dissolution to the dark sod narrow boose. WrMrm K4l«*r !»«• •• Har •« ■ (Jbmf It* Maw. (From look's Rnn.] Over in Mi^iigau tlnf ffitjtebf one^pl road held a consultation as to the teest method of taking cheap and healthful out of door exercise for tho promotion of, and building np their muscular sys tem. Walking matches, horseback riding and several other plans and methods were discussed, but all .w.ere voted too cfunnsonplsor. Finally OM of the young InflioAwhixhfcd- biei to Mss- fon, and for that reason was considered sntliority, proposed that they organize a base ball nine, Shying that sbe wonld see to it that the girls of a neighboring town did the same and then they eould combine Imsinc*? ^ with pleasure jfcff challenging the Hral dnh to - plgy to match game. 8$& kne# that Ileflihb' could “everlastingly pulverize” the other girls and thus they wonld not only lie gaining health and glory to them selves but would bring their jittle vil lage Into an enviable notoriety and prosperity. Tbe scltcme took, and jn lesa than a month the two clubs had lieeu organized and were practicing be fore the friends of ths members of the club were fairly aware of it. In faet the organizations .were not known to exist until it was announced that a match game lietween tho two chilis was to lie played. ; /The day of tho game' arrived. Old 8^1 arose bright and early, evidently de termined to see the fnn, as not a cloud of tronhle crossed his silent path. In fact, he did exactly what lots of oilier old sports did—arranged himself in smiles aud tgpk^thc ganie i*i- The first *clnb drg4bi|» < J'* aa Ynt wny, innioSy conld cxncfly tell, as (wo-thints of the members were brun ettes. It may have been so named on account tf the ©uptnincss having hair of rathe* a tRshy eolar, and was what is now called a terracotta blonde. The rival club was called the “Yellow Jack- prfflgibly beuteise / tbe v member* >o|p *k*uo basque#. ^Tho tip* tot to 'play‘Uro*giuuo arrHfedpmd so did a Mg crowd. Tho Blondes went first to bat Tho pitcheress proved her sex by firing tjnrtm. <1*1*1 field. The ball was recovered, and with a motion like hitting a belated husband wife » brapm, she seat Mi&balL forward wtnr ft*pwhlmf* swrvto Aft sent i* mto the mouth of tho umpiress. "Foal,” shouted the umpiress. You mean, hateful thing,” excitedly _£xcteimed the catchoaa, as she ran otter to wipe the blood off the urapireat’s nose. “You ought to be ashamed to call her an old hen, she didn't mean to hit you.” “You hateful thing, I didn't call her a hen. f shouted foul, just as the men do when they pluy, because the umpire al ways does when such a foul Caper as that pesky pitcheress cut up by throwing the ball at me.” Finally tho pitchcreas sent a ball through aud the batteress hit it and sent a liner' toward center, and started on aj-un for first base. I) was an inspiring* spec tael* to ago bar blue stockings hopping toward second base and toeing in with the violence of her ^motions, while every girl on the hoses was jumping up "algid ifoin screaming wildly aud swinging their arms like a windmill. By this time the pitcheress sent the ball toward the catchercm again but the girl at the bat hit the ball a clip that sent it high into the air and the ecu ter flcldereas caught it in her apron, while tbe crowd was yelling catch that fly This rather aroused the curiosity of the umpiress who asked: “Where is the fly anyway? I don’t see any fly. It s too late lor flies to be out doors, any how.” A gentleman standing near tried to explain but retired in a humble frame of mind when told that he needn’t liothor himself about Ihe gome. Then one of the favorites went to the bat and several of the girls crowded around to encourage her. She swung the club around in great style and hail she hit the ball it wiuld Lave knocked the cover off. 8he hit a girl that was standing by, on her bustle, nearly knocking her dowu, and all her friends eongrntnlated' her splendid base Mt. The next time the, ball come she hit it and sent it against the belt of tho short stop who liked to choked herself to death by getting a lump of gum she was chewing into her throat As quick ns she oould speak she called “ judgment ” and tbe nmpirees declared the girl at the bat “ out.” This raised a row and the whole nine took ofler Ihe umpiress and chased her dow n to tlie other end of the fair ground where she dodged through a hole in the fence just as a cow came nronnd a building and scared her pursuers off. Tho game and beta were declared off. - - v— "qnrtehlp Stone. F fe the ofeeflflWte aiifeteH V . v>r orphan an the oikur wituM .< ly love me dearly? he fri.„v.ii „ his arm about her "Da <Mm >*f dent as Uto otab aama-to < man Birch euin ober to cried bekaae ba had not beeum a _ and famous man. Dot sot tos to ftnUn/ - ‘tSeero waa a great man, bat I can not find it on record dft ba aber took any mo’ comfort dan Samuel Shin does. Samuel has ’nnff to eat an’ drink an’ w’ar, an’ of an ebenin’ ba kin tot dawn in a snug co’ner an’ eat snow apples ah read dc paper. He urn harmless to de community as he am. Make a great k pollytics, or do southin' or other to fpiot de minds of half Ae people. “Demoatbanaa waa a great mm, btet I oau’t And dat a afetelm|m'a coUsbtor could put his l)|^i|dSi|glben wanted, as he kin dl ffiM^^^HBpes. You can’t] or dat he ^ or acupaioi his dinner any 'Jonto does. w$ite he had de chilblains an’ head irlics an’nightmares. As’direadam now libs an' cirolffiftteC children kin play with him, wood-piles in his nayborhood am safe, an’ mo’ daa one poo* fam’ly am indebted to him far a shillin’ in money or a basket of latere. Make him « great philosopher an’ who kin tell how many rows an* riots gt* broken heads oonld be laid to his door. “Plato was a great man, but I ain’t find dat he he waa fed on pertiekkr Alia beef or mutton, or dat his tailor gin him an extra fit, or dat he got a ditooant when he bought ten pounds of sugar all to onoe. When Waydown Bahaa gita sot down in front of his ooofc atove, a checker-board on bis lap an’ a panful of pop-corn at his right hand, wid five pickaninnies roUm’ ober each odder on de floo’, ha am takin’ a heap mo’ com fort dan Plato ebar dreamed ef. fie has no Marin’ ambisban. fia i -to mva the world m spfta it. Ha no prediekshuns for people to ober, m’ his theories naber jar da i ha aota hiareaif i _ an’ baoom ebsrj body's antagonist. “Da man who sighs to trade fa’r irages, a warm boosa an* a k’arthstuu for de glory of! a dolt. “Da man who aanifinn Ua bumble cabin—bia easy ole eoat, his oo’n-odb pipe an’ his pitcher o’ aider for da gab of an orator or de dcluahuna of a philosopher tndas his ’tstere for wind fall apples.”—Detroit Free Free*. -f .'tt# 4 V J. Ut \§T A Legal Oampfientlan. The first legal oompUoatton nrom the change of time occurred fat Boston. On the 18th a notice Jor the examination of a poor debtor waa 4* sued from theoffios of that of Insolvency. It w the 20tH test, at nine o’clock in the fore noon. According to etatom the poor debtor is allowed one hour’s great. He appeared before the flommiarionm at forty-eight minutes past standard time, but the ruled that it eras after ten o’clock, end defaulted him. The case will probably be brought before the-Ajapwma Oonrt BBOBXATIOXS DI “The son is 16,000,000 will last 15,000,000 yean iety and alarm. An impression had got abroad that tbe sun wonld only laat 14,000,000 years Ibnyer. Tha ran botds its age welL Oldest habitants say it does not look a day diet than it did sixty-five years ago. The temperature of the moon ie at least 200° below aero, and it k highly edifying to mingle oldest inhabitants who congregate around the village bar room stove in midwinter, and listen to their lies about tbe cold January of 100,781 years B. 0., when water (rone while boiling on the stove. • The hy pothesis, however, that the tom psratore of the moon k 900° below aero k evi dently a fake one. If the theory ‘ tenable, the United States would have sent an exploring expedithm there to freeze to death. Some stem are ao far away that thsfr light, moving with a velocity of 191,000 miles per second, require 50,000 yearn to reach our eyes; but ly “coilidfag” wfth a half-open door, whan groping abort a dark room at midnight, the light oi 199,640,000,000,000 will reach our eyas their first appearance.—PucA. -“I bxlixvb 1’U have to reduce your wages, John,” said a miserly-employer to one of bis help the other day. “What for ?” was the query. "Because things ore coming down. The necessaries of life are cheaper, and you ean afford to get along oft smaller pay.” “I should like to know what neeereaciea of life fee cheaper,” said Joh^ ; “beef k aa high as ever, floor hasn't dropped a cent, and coal k as dear as ever. ” ^ “Well,” said the employer, sf hr tented aVtey, any rate, tha pries of poategt bt whui ft has been yadnaad one-third,” 9k * ’> “Mr, Smith, do you acter of Mr. Jones T “Wall, I rather gwre I do, )sd|fc* “Well, what do you say about itf* . “WaD, he ain’t so bad a' Mfe'Mfcr *1L” /|g| “Well, Mr. Smith, what wa «nM» know k: iilfe. Jonas of ml and dangnmas dkporitionr - *v. It