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A LEGACY. Friend of my many years! If ban the great silence falls, at last, on me, Let me not leave to pain and sadden thee A memory of tears, But pleasant thoughts alone Of one who was thy friendship's honored guest And drank the wine of consolation pressed From sorrows of thy own. I leave with thee a seuse Of hands upheld and trials rendered less? The unselfish joy which is to helpfu'.uess Its own great recompense; The knowledge that from thine, As from the garments of the Master, *tole Calmness and strength, the virtue which , makes whole And heals without n sign; Yea, more, the assurance strong That love, which fails of perfect utterance ! here, Lives on to fill the heavenly atmosphere With its immortal song. ?John O. Whittier, in Independent. IN THE LIBRARY. They wore in the library, He and: She ?or Paul and Yirgiuia, if you prefer , to know them by their Christian names, j They were engaged. Their wedding ; day was not appointed, but some day in : the spring had been chosen. They 1 thought it was better not to fix any cer-; tain date for that blissful event. It j leemed more blissful ou account of this ! tame uncertainty. They had nothing in j particular to ao?tnis anernoon in me i library?yet in spite of their want of j ccupation the time passed so quickly | that they found when they readied j home that they hadn't said half the j things they intended to say when they left the house. This, however, was not a new experience with them. Nor was it with you. when you were young and frivolous, and happy, I fancy, unless you were the one exception, to the great majority of foolish young people. Having nothing better to do, they fell | to looking over the corpulcnt file of newspapers which hung on one of the racks in the very corner of the library where they were sitting. "What is this?" exclaimed Paul, glancing at an item stuck in one corner of the page. "What's what?" replied Virginia. "Read it dear." iiTii. _ J! :M lis 2* uis[>ai*;u iiuLu a iuiyu iu Texas." ,4Kead it, dear." ; "All right, if you insist This community was thrown into a furore of xcitement over the arrest to-day of Ralph Williams for tho murder of his young and | beautiful bride of a few weeks, and George Miller as accessory after the fact The murder was committed Novembers, 1SS6, and has been a profound mystery ever 8ince; altVi/siif?Vi cncnininn Vtoa Kaon OAiihirtvl on Will. ! iams from the first. A reward of $1,000 was offered by citizens for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator, and detectives have been at work on the cose for more than a year mud have finally succeeded in obtaining sufficient evidence to have Williams and Miller arrested. The affidavit upon which the warrant was issued was made out by John Cross, father-in-law to Williams. The excitement is intense. Williams belongs to oue of the best families in the couuty. "Do you think lie ever loved her, Paul?" asked V irginia, as her hand crept betweea * his aim and his coat, and clung very #w closely to the former. ^"Kot as I love you, dear,'" was his reply. "Here is another dispatch. Shall I read it?" "Yes, dearie." "It's not as bad as the other:" The culmination or a romance occurred last night in au Ohio town by the marriage of Mr. R. M. Plaskett and Miss Mattie Seeds at the residence of the bride's stepfather, John Hall, on Hall avenue. The home ot? the groom is at Jolem, Cal., where he ha? amassed a fortune in the business of polishing sea hells. A year ago through a business matter a correspondence sprune up between the couple, which was followed by an exchange of photographs and an engagement of marriage The couple decided to have the ceremony performed last eveuing, and the arrangements were completed by letter. Mr. PliwlrAft, xrrivnrl in t.hft pitv vofiterHrt v umi thn couple met for the first time a few hours before the wedding. Rev. J. A. Snodgrass officiated, the guests molu ling the near friends of the bride. "How foolish to fall iu love that way,1' observed Y'irgiuin. -'Do you think you j ever could h ive loved me had you met j me that way?" "It would have mado no difference to i me how I met you, dear. I should have loved you just the same. Don't you know that?" ? ''Yes, dear?hut it was foolish." "Here is another story George Anderson, a butcher who kept a hop on State aai Fortieth streets,Chicago, is anxiously sought for by several men,to whom he is indebted.and by a pretty Hebrew maid*n ?a M iuu Franfie?+r\ whnm liu urno fn Kn I married. Ander.-on went into the butcher business with a partner at Fortieth and State streets several menths ago. and prospered. So food was his business that he was compelled to secure the services of Miss Francis as cashier. To his pretty cashier he made love, and as a result they were engaged to be marriep Anderson secured his wedding suit, and it fitted him perfectly. He went out to pay a small bill and failed to return. An investigation was made and it revealed the fact that Anderson hud gone to parts unknown, taking with him his clothes and all his belongings, and leaving numerous unpaid debts. In the meantime the pretty casuier mourns tho lo^s of ber lover. "Hedidn't love her." "No. dear,*' replied Paul, "I don't thins nc uut; at least notaa i love yon." i The reply to this was a closer pressure on the part of the hand. i4Is there any thiugelse, dear, that you; ?ee?" "Yea, here is a story from a Georgia townj A young couutryman who had loved a girl j who lived a mile or two from him,was nearly j in despair about winning her hand, and was ; on the eve of selling out and leaving the coun- ! try. as cho girl had refused him three times, ! and it was out that she was engaged to an j other fellow. Our hero had noticed that his [ rival and the girl would walk in an old meadow field nearly every afternoon, and he ! grew nridly jealous. In his catt'e he had a I young tmll that whs always man with every thing but his master, bo anse he wa< an ! special pet. Now Dave, as he culied ihe bull, j was to be the object with whi ii to satiafr* liis ' revenge. Ho would turn him into theme d)?v, hide himself and sw his rival toss d 1 iice a football. So, on*> afternoon, calling Dave, who would follow hini like a do;r,he repaired to the meadow, let the fence down and turnvd the bull in. H<* the n strol ed off, and walked | around as miserable as a man could be who was committing an evil deed An hour or so later he le;r:l the deep muttcriius of tli bull. and. ha-te ling to tiit* m v.-doiv fen e h* saw Have a oit tw-.ni v yj?rls fncu ihe <*oup!e, paw ng.dirt an I shaking his heal. Thj man w. sXy:n< to net the g rt to run. but she "tts ii'i terrified t'.jnt she <oi!d no, move. The bu'l mado a dash and the fellow i mn shrir'idiu? for the fenc?. The bu 1 dasli"d on after the Hying fallow, while our disconsolate young mau. having jumped the fence. rushed ? ? to the giil and the hull das!ied on after the fugitive rival, and catching h?r in his nrins, told her that such a coward wa? unworthy of her. As l>uve saw his young master he left1 off pursuing the other man, returned and went to licking; his hand, while the in lignant girl vo?? 1 she would never more spuak to a man that was afraid of a cow. Sliesoon after married Dave's boss. "^o she didn't marry the cownrd." "Ilow could you expert her to'"' was Ph ill's reply. \ "Of course not, but it was a funny idea, his turning the bull on thorn, wasn't it, dear?" "Alt's fair in love or war," replied Paul, menially pleased that he did not have to resort to any such artifice to secure his prize. "Shall I read more?" "Ye*, dear." "This is from a town in this State:" John G. Maniere, a wealthy, middle asred banker at Oakland, Cal., and ten years ago cashier of a Wall street bank in New York city, and Miss Mary West, a pretty young lacty, were married at the bride's home in Walworth to.day. Miss West was riding on the cars on her way home from Albany early last June. While the cars were standing; at Syracuse she found that she had lost her purse and railroad ticket. The conductor was about to put her off the train. She sobbed and Mr. Maniere, who was in the nniH hnr fnr? He held a short conversation with her and went home to California. A few days later he received a letter from Miss West, inclosing a remittance for her fare. Some correspondence followed and at the end of three months the Californian proposed marriage. After the young lady had been assured by her friends on the Pacific coast as to Maniere's splendid social standing and genuine prop-wal, she accepted. To-day the happy couple started for a short visit amoug the groom's friends in New York, after which they will go to Maniere's home at Oakland. Among the floral gifts at the wedding was a beautiful and ingenious " 1 ? *1?? r\t o nDcuniwr I ; liurai ucdi^u ul iuu cavci ivi v*. w railroad car, on one side of which was the word "Syracuse" in blue immortelles. It was presented by several New York brokers to the " You see, dear, all love affairs do not turn out badly." l,I know of one that will not," was Paul's answar. " But here is another story," he continued. ''This one is from Arkansas:" News to-day from Conway brings particulars of a tragedy as follows: Two young men, named John Hardy and Thomas Willard, who live in Muddy Bayou township. ab .ut tivo miles from tne iini 01 vvnire County, havo tor the past year been rivals for the favors of a certain Miss Lillie Rector, who lives near a country church. Last Sunday Hardy called on Miss Rector, and in the evening accompanied her to a singing. Young W.'llara was there, and during the exercises of the evening managed to secure a seat by Miss Rector. He persuade l her to let hira accompany her home instead of Hardy. When the singing closed, Willard gave the young lady hi* arm and started to pass out of'the church. Hardy had noticed all this and his soul swelled with jealousy and rage. At the door he stepped up ana astcea oiiss Hector if he was not going homo with her. Willard answered him before the young lady had time to reply, and stated that he would take care of Miss Rector. The couple passed out atid started down the road toward Miss Rector's home. Hardy followed and overtook them about a quarter of a mile from the church. He told Willard to hold on he wanted to see him. Willard appeared to pay no attention to Hardy and walked on. This only enraged the jilted lover more, aud, stepping in front of the couple he ran his hand in his pocket and exclaim; d: " Willard, I am going to kill you!" At this Willard made a dive for his knife, j but before he could open it Hardy had caught I him with one hand and was cutting him with the other. Willard finally got his knife open and cut Hardy several times, but Hardy nad done the work for him and he fell down seriously wounded. . .T _ i. ;ui_ ?? ?A "now lurriuio, nuu Tilyuia ouuvidered. "He must have cared very, very much for her. Would?do you think? 110, of course, there will be no occasion for you to light that way for mc, dear." "Of course not, "and the elbow crooked again until the joint fairly creaked. " I.istcn to this. It is from Washington For some timo past there has beeu a report current to the effect that a handsome young j lady of this city was actually contemplating j in all seriousness the foolhardy act of allying ; herself in marriage to a member of the Chinese legation. At first little credence was C laced in the report, for similar ones have een set afloat so frequently during the past year or so that the public, wary of falling iuto the trap of a practical joke, have learned to disregard all such, save as illustrative of the susceptibility of almond-eyed celestials. The storv as now told is to the effect that the { infatuated girl has been in the habit for j months past of strolling past the legation I every afternoon on which the weather was I propitious for a stroll with the attache. Those interested in the progress of this little affair aver that'Sister Ann,''seated high I in her wad h l ower on the lookout for the res- I < uing horseman, was not more lynx-eyed ! than the China-nan, who rapturously bolted I c?*-.Iaaih? af H?a IflflfoHnn Qi'miilfn. I luril.l Lll'lll HID MWi O Vft WHV I neou-ily with the appearance o? the aforesaid j young woman, who possesses charms of face I and figure which have completely subjugated the Asiatic heart. Ever mindful of the happy stroll in the gloaming, the romantic swain never neglected to provide himself with u beautiful bouquet, which he presented to the object of his adoration each afternoon. Of :ate this peripatetic style of courtship has ; be.'n abadone 1 for tho more practical and satisfactory |one which finds expression in taking the beloved to the theatre and sitting beside her with that appropriate air which proclaims so plainly to onlookers that it is a caso of "two souls with but a single .thought, two hearts that beat as one." "Do you think that she will ever be happy with him? I shouldn't be." "Of course you wouldn't," answered Paul. Perhaps she may be, though." "She never saw you." ITcre looks of such absurdly foolish affection were exchanged that the filo actual'y blushed for them." "I have only one more, anil then we'll | drop this file and go out. It is about a poor German:" The shoemaker Friedrich, at Goerlitz. Prussia, had for years supported himself and his bed ridden wife by working hard at h s trade. At the same time he attended to the household and the sick woman. The other day the doctor told him that his wife was nearing her end, and that by next morning's dawn she would have breathed her last. Friedrieh stood thunderstruck. He battled against the feverish excitement of his blood an.! brains without success. His wife did not Irur.u- what-, tn mulrn of him. Toward mid ni;;ht he fastened a rope to a hook on the whII nii?i in the sight of his wife, who could only call to hiiu anil beg of him to desist, but was imab'e to rise from her bod, he hanged himself. In the morning the neighbors found two corpses. Tlicy had left the library possibly half au liour when Paul asked: ' Aren't you afraid to be married after hearing all these stories*" "Do I look afraid*" It was dark, and they were on a side street in a neighborhood little traveled. Tlw.v stonned under a tras lamn and . "J [ I C> 4 Paul took Virginia's face between his hands to better observe h -r look of fear. From the report which followed it is extremely likely that the statement was not entirely credited.?Mull aul Express. The Walled Lakes of Iowa. Along the water sheds of Northern lt?wa there are a great many small lakes, varying from one half a mile to one mile in diameter. One of these in Wright ouuty, and another in Sac County, have each received the nmne of "Walled J ake" on account of embankments that completely surround them. It has been if?MH::ally supposed tl<:?t these embankin nt-: were thrown up l?y the ancient inhabitants (<i the roantry. They are from two to ten feet high, and from tive to thirty feet in width. Some who have examined these, however, declare them to be the result of natural causes only, and ascribe them to the periodic action of ice, aided to some extent, bv the force * -? in - 1-1 " oi me waves, me iuki-s uru wry ?uar low. ami in winter they often freeze to the very bottom. The ice freezes fast to the Cisrtli b. low, find as in its expansion it acts in nil directions, from centre to . cir umfcre:K O, a certain part of alluvial do osit is forced to the shore, and this j;o'nir on from year to year, and from century to coutury, bus created the natural embankment. ~ BUDGET OF FUN. I ] HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM 1 VARIOUS SOURCES. All She Asked?What They Stole? i Dogs That Chum?Narrow Eg- j cape?Not Inquisitive?One Notch Better, Etc. "Itcannot be otherwise,"he muttered j hoarsely, "you must be mine. You and , T nnnM nn* ooftil? if if l?d IVrtlllH find lfit , WUlU "Vrv u'Wiu * " w ???.-, **-" ? j us thank the fates that our union will be ( cemented by love. You could never have been another nun's wife. There is ( a destiny hangingover you,"? "Oh, George," she gasped convulsively: "Brush it away, please do."? Merchant Traveler. , What They Stole. j "Darringer, I hear that some robbers , broke into your house last night. What did they steal?" ( "Nothing, Bromley. They didn't get i - .1 At ai ianner luttu me vcsnuum. inj auu womc , home at midnight and they ran. Well, , yes, they did steal several things." "What?" "The house dog, a spring gun I had set for them, and the burglar alarm."? Harper's Bazar. Dogs That Chum. "Is that your dog?" asked a passenger of the elevator boy. "No, sir. It's my dog's chum." "How is that? Do dogs have their particular friends.'' "Oh, yes, sir, dogs chum just like i' people. This is a black-and-tan, but ! my dog is a pug. When he was sick this one came to see hini every day. They'll eat off the same bone." he added proudly as he stopped at the lourth floor. ?Detroit Free Prexa. A Narrow Escape. "Speaking of mushroons and toadjtools, gentlemen," chimed in Dumley, " a friend of mine not long ago gathered a quantity or wfiat ne supposed were j mushrooms, aud took 'em home. His ! wife cooked 'em, and the whole family j ate heartily of 'em." " And did they all die ?" inquired the | crowd, very much shocked. "No, they happened to be mushrooms, ! you see," replied Duraley, with a far-! away look in his eyes, "but it was a narrow escape."?Neio York Sun. One Notch Better. As a train waa ready to leave the Central Depot the other day, a drummer, who occupied two seats, or had prepared to, l/iff Am mr fn on vr ornnrf Iitp tn rnma nn? When he returned lie found his luggage j on the wood-box and a strange man in | possession of the seats. "What does this?this 'er?meau'r" he demanded as he drew himself up and : took in the situation. "Drummer, ain't you?" queried the' other. "Yes, sir." i 4< n?-nmmor An fur/ilvft li'itwl Q VOfirV* i W- J , "That's my salary, sir, but what has that got to do with this case?"' "A great deal, sir. I'm a lightningrod man on fifteen hundred!" And he calmly crossed his feet and unfolded his newspaper, while the drummer gathered up his things and went into the next car.?Detroit iVee Press. Not Inquisitive. A gentleman once saw a boy peeling the bark from one of his choice trees ; with a hatchet. The ffentleman tried to --1 V?a 1o^4a? moo fAft I I'&IUU IUC UUJJ UUb tUC miiu n?o IUU , quick for him,so that the farmer changcd his tactics. I "Come here, my little son," he said, i in a soft, flute-like voice with counter-! Ifeited friendliness, "come here to me a j minute. 1 want to tell you something." j " Not yet," replied the recipient, "lit- i tie boys like me don't need to know ! everything."?Hi/ting.-. Sherman Saved .Joo Jefferson's Life. I Two plainly dressed men stood at the clcrk'8 desk in the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night. Everybody recognized them, ' for the names and faces are familiar everywhere. The one was tall and erect, ; with gri'.zled beard, old derby hat, and , carelessly arranged necktie; the other j was smoothed-faced, with regular features, merry sparkling eyes, and jet black . hair combed to points that project over ', his ears. They were William Tecumseh , Sherman and Joe Jefferson, the actor. : They were chatting gaily and evidently enjoying themsel vcs. The famous soldier |, onH ncm'fttnr wan tellinc stories. Turn- ' , ing to a third party in the group he said: j' "One of the most valiant achievements ( of my life, which I look back to with ; unalloyed pleasure, was the saving of . | Joe's life. It occurred last summer. We i were both in the parlor upstairs talking ( to some ladies. Joe had to leave early, !, and excused himself. After he went | ] out I noticed a bundle of manuscript on |, the floor. I thought at first it belonged i ] to me, but finding mine safe I hurried out to the elevator after Joe. Bat he had gone down by way of the stairs. I 1 halloed "Joe, Joe," but ) e didn't hear , me. I ran down after him two steps at i j a time. I finally caught up with him, ! . and, handing him the manuscript, said: | j 'Here, Joe, you've forgotten something.': "A srrious expression spread over his . face as he took it and said in tremulous- j j ly solemn and impressive voice: 'My heavens, you've saved my life!' "It was his autobiography, which he was engaged upon at the time."?New York S/i/i. A Fiendish Proposal. "Be mine, dearest Angelina," ex-; j I)e Vere. the handsome : i young dry-goods clerk, as he dropped ( on his knees at the feet of Angelina St. ( Clair, "be mine, nud make ine the hap- , piest raau the world contains." ''Are you sure you low. me?'' mur- j mured Angelina, as she gontly swayed ; ] her. ninety-nine cent fan, and glanced j < half ba-hfully, half coqucttishly at the ! < ardent youth prone at her feet. | i "Love you.' Angelina I would do any- j, thing for you. Be mine and I will do < your shopping for you, mutch your rib-1 t bons, your sewing silk " ] "Sir," exclaimed Angelina, drawing 1 ...?"?/l tvinr^ nrvnn Vnm 1 1 in.-i.tLii uj? iiauuuiiijr <iu>i II.MU^ , 1 ii stony glare, ''this is the proof of your I love, is. it! This is what you would do forme? Ha! I)o my chopping! Match I my ribbons, niy sewing silk!" and she! laughed a low, demoniacal laugh that I made his flesh creep. "Domy shopping! , Deprive me of one of the greatest f pleasures of my life, nay the gicatest? the solace, the joy of a womm's existence. Fiend!" she hissed, looking ma^tVio nvpfl first brimful of tenderness emitted flashes of i indignant flame, "fiend, wretch, demon, i begone?*' j And Kolaud De Vere retired with such ' precipitation that he overturned 11 "what- j not," and smashed to smithereens n ( crooked-necked bust of Shakespeare, the j \ man who. it wiH be remembered, was j < so long supposed to be the author of j the plays of Bacon. Roland De Vere will in futoro beware yf arouting a woman's wrath by such a Sendish proposal as to do her shopping for her.?Boat on Courier. Hnnting in Idaho. George Riebald, a pioneer of Idaho, since 1868 the owner of the Little Giant [jold mine at Warren and long a skil.ed nunter in the Sawtooth Mountains, is in towa, Mr. Riebald was for many years j * n . t*T_? iL? i contemporary 01 oeorgc weiser, tuo famed trapper and hunter after whom the busy young metropolis of Weiser City was named, and he was associated with him at times on some of the most perilous tramps. "Weiser was the Daniel Boone [>f that section," said Mr. Riebald yesterday. "but the naming of the Territory was done by Joaquin Miller. The word 'Idaho' is pure Bannock, and signifies 'the gem of the mountains.' As to game up there now, we've got plenty, and Kooil game too, but not a buffalo. There were uncounted thousands but a short time ago, but the Northern Pacific road, ind the hunting that ensued from it, drove what remained into tfritisn Columbia, where isolated bands, may occasionally yet be found. There is an abundance of elk and bear and myriads of mule deer. On all th? earth probably there is not another place where there are more deer. They weigh from 80 to 300 pounds each, dressed, and any hunter with any skill at all can easily get all he TT-nnfo Tho nnrl most exh la rating sport in Idaho is that indulged in by the Sheep-Eaters, a branch of the Bannock tribe. Tliey are known by this name because they subsist largely on the , huge mountain sheep. When the sheep are heavy they drive them far up on the cliffs, and then with their dogs make them jump down, where they are found dead at the bottom and made away with by these fellows. These Indians are first-class shots, too, and of course kill many of these sheep and other game that way. We've got an animal up there called the antelope goat. Did you ever hear of them?* They grow very large. A bull antelope goat will weigh as much as 300 or 400 pounds. They remain in the very highest mountains?that is, above the snow line?at an attitude of from 700 to 1,200 feet. They stay there summer and winter. They have jet-black horns, live to thirteen inches long, sharp as a nencil. and denend altogether on fighting when attacked by wolves or dogs. They sit down just like a dog. I have seen them sit down on a rock and watch. They can't run much, and they can't jump more than six or seven feet. They are indigenous only to that country, and scientists don't know anything about them. I tried to get one of these queer antelope goats for the Smithsoninn Institution the last time I was out, but didn't succeed. The bald-headed grizzly bear is the only animal the Indians won't disturb. They ain't afraid of the others. I have myself driven an ordinary she grizzly awav from her cub, and she didn't attack me, being thus les9 dangerous than a sow. A sow wouldn't permit that. But these bald-headed grizzlies are large and extremely vicious The silver-tip grizzlies arc also very cross.? San Francis:o Examiner. . National Capital "Signboards/' Frank G. Carpenter, in one of his interesting letters from Washington, says of one of the ''signboards'* of the national capital: Another remarkable character here is a man who is always ready to take a drink, and who lives around Washington's hotels trying to squeeze one out of every new comer. There are a number of this class, and I recall the remark of ~e i-l??? ?Anoo miniator tn UI1B UI 111Cill, m utr noo uuvo .w Boliva. Eads's ship railway project was being discussed in the house, and the question had arisen as to the climate of tne ishraus of Panama and of the region about De I.essep's canal. I knew the exMinisler was acquainted with the country, and sitting down beside him, I introduced myself, and asked him how he liked his life in South America. He replied: 44 Very well; but indeed, T am not a hard man to please. I could live happily on tallow candles with the Esquimaux,and I could exist comfortably upon the jerked licef of the Patagonian imnfnra i UL-o tlif> mp.'ils of Delmonico's: I have dined very well at the Grand Hot?'l de Paris. I am a man of all times, nil c limates and all thing.-;. But there is one thing I like above all others, and that I :im always ready for." Here he looked me straight in the eye md, as he put one hand caressingly upon iny kuee. he concluded: "I always like to take a drink !" I returned his gaze without flinching, ind. after a full minute had passed, in a sore tone, he said: " Ah, my young triend, but you don't Irink!" "So said I coolly; " my doctor has , forbidden it." This bailie ex-Minister subsists largely )fF of free-lunch counters, and boards wherever they will keep hira longest. Hfow he continues to live on, year after fear, is one of the things which God only inows. Illoodicst Battle of the War. Twenty-three years ago, says tho i \ugusta (tia.) Chronicle, the bloodiest xittle of the war between the States was 'ought. At o'clock on that day the Confederates, under the command of General Hood, attacked the Federals, ....ir... ifiiinr.conpi-nl Si holield. at Frank- I . in, Tcnn. The Federals were intrcnched i it Franklin, on the Harneth River, and 1 ivere attacked by (Jcneral Hood, with I"),000 infantry. The Confederates were i unable to use any artillery, but the I Kederals utilized theirs to advantage i From behind their intrcnclunento and I From across the Harpoth. I'qtil night j ' the battle was fieri el v waged, the field : j i>eiug literally strewn with Confederate j I :iead. But the boys in gray finally con- i i juered the loe, and the Federals were i mirsiipd I'iorliteen miles to Nashville. "While the Confederates were success- I ; fill in t 1ms battle, adds the Chronic't, it : esultcd in the complete disorganization ' f if the Array of Tennessee. Five briga- | liers were killed and eight wounded, i 1 \mong those Generals killed were: The rallant Irish Confederate, General Pat Cleburne, the ' Stonewall'' Jackson, of j lie Army of Tennessee: (leneral States 1 i Hights Oist, of South Carolina: John j \dams, of Missi$>ippi; Srhoup, of j 'ndiuna, and Ceneral Palmer, of IJurke i ; ouuty, Ga. 'I'hc whole battle was ! ought in the space of i>tie-<juarter of u i i nile, and was without dnubt the very iloodicst of the Civil War. The f C'I (Rite loss was (5,000 killed | and voinnled, being over one-third of the i orces engaged. War on Carrier Hseous. The Russian Government has been tryng experiments in the capture of enrier pigeons by falcons, and they have noved as successful as the Minister of War expected. The falcon sees the pigeon at a distance, goe? for it, and i aptures it promptly. The idea is to ] itili/.e the birds in time of war to inter- ! jept messages sent from the enemy, and < falconry stations arc to be otabblished i it the different fortifications in Russia. _ WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. Tired Ones. So tired; Such weary mothers, love inspired But worn with love's demands Until the trembling hands Falter above their tasks, and stay While white lips pray. So spent, undone; On guard above each littie one As though each dyin^ day Carried no tired mothers far away From their fond world, and so They fain would go Bent to lovo's least behest? A child clasped to the breast. So weary; stooping low Above sweet, sleeping faces when the clow Of twilight fades, but not so tired as they Who have no care all day For loved ones, young or old; no cheeks To touch With kisses, as they sleep, or such Dear riches as love brings? Dearer than diadem of kings. The weariest h ind Is empty, having no command Of loving lips, no care of age or youth; Is'o lips to call for it, in truth, From purple dawn till night?no wealth io noia Dearer than fretted gold. ?George Klingle. An Appropriate Name. A woman lately returned from Europe brought a reception gown that must have 200 little brown birds fas.ening a rose-colored crepe upon n skirt of white Bilk. A circlet of these little feathered creatures is for the bead. "I believe it would be a good dress for a character to wear at a costume ball," aoirl ifa ntvn/ip* "nnlv T wouldn't knmv what to call it. What would you say for a name?" "Cruelty to animals," replied the friend. Marriage Customs. Among the Lolos of Western China it is customary for the bride on the wedding morning to perch herself on the highest branch of a larirc tree, while the elder female members of her family clustcr on the lower limbs, armed with 3ticks. When all are duly stationed the bridegroom clambers up the tree, assailed on all sides by blows, pushes and pinches from dowagers, and it is not until he Kna fhwMinrli tVinir fanno nnrl fnn tured the bride that he is allowed to carry her off. Similar difficulties assail the bridegroom among the Mongolian Koraks, who are iu the habit of celebrating their marriages in large tents, divided into numerous separate but communicating compartments. At a given signal, so soon as the guests are assembled, the bride starts off through the compartments followed by her wooer, while the women of the encampment throw every possible impediment in his way, tripping up his feet, holding down the curtains to prevent his passage, and applying willow and alder switches unmercifully as he stoops to raise them. As with the maiden on the horse, ana tne virgin on me tree top, the Korak bride is invariably captured however much the possibilities of escape may be in her favor. ?Blackwood's Magazine. Teaching a Bird to Stand on Your Finger. Set the cage on the table near where you wish it to sit; after a little conference with the bird, introduce a finger between the wires near the favorite perch, holding it there patiently, yourself occupied with book or paper the while. Presently as it shows no disposition to harm him, he cautiously goes up to examine it. Then he pecks it to ascertain its quality; maybe he fights it. That is well; he no longer fears it. Pay him with a little bird food; put him away. Next day try mm turtner. lie may go lartner anu light on it, or hejmay be several (lays getting thus familiar. Be patient. Ouce this step is attained, vary the program by introducing the finger in other spots. He will soon light on it auy point or angle. Then try the door, at first thrusting the finger under it; next time fasten it open, blockading egress with the rest of the hand as one linger extends within. When he perches on it, draw him forth a little. Next time tempt him to the iic-rcli outside a little, and so on. In a short time you have but to open the cage door, uplift a finger, and he is sure to ily for it; and he may thus be called to any part of the room to rest on the familiar perch. Most birds learn this familiarity in a few days, yet there are those who will be two to four weeks. An Eye foi Color. A gentleman who was invited out to dine lately observed that the chandelier over the dining room table was of pe* culiar construction, so that there was a light over the head of each guest. The globes were of various colors, some amber, some red and some blue. "What is the object of having the globes of different colors?" the guest asked of his hostess. "Why, you see," said she, "when one gives a dinner of ten, one must invite some people whom one perfectly hates. Now, last Tuesday I gave a supper and I had to invite two women whom I despise. But I had to invite them or some of the young men I wanted T ViafJ mv rArpiu/A nn mv fair enemies, however. I placed each of these two women under one of those pale blue lights at the table. They're usually considered beautiful women, but under that li??ht they h id the most ghastly look you ever saw. They were perfect scarecrows. They seemed to have aged twenty years the minute that they sat down. The men noticcd it. of course, but they did not divine what caused it. They were quite taken aback and awfully jluin at first. Hut finally one of them turned with a sigh and began talking to u real homely little thing that was sitting under a ruby-colored light. Why, she was "perfectly charming under it. ?o, you sec, that when I want people to look perfectly hideous I put (them under the blue lights. It kills everything." The gentleman looked up. lie was under the blue light.?Hoft'a o Cvrier. Mrs. Cleveland's Notes. It is a rule rarely if ever broken in any of the departments and bureaus of the Government at Washington a< '.vol! as in the Executive Mansion that all let to s ! received which do not in themselves violate the rule of courtesy shall be an swered in some manner, even if only to till* xact mat uicy mciv i f< t*i v?ril, says IItrpeJ.i B unr. Mr. Cleveland, on whom no official obi i <ja I ions rest, voluntarily follows this rule of replying to all the letters she receives so far as is possible. She is very prompt, too, iu writing licr answers to ' letters whenever prucli able, ami has! remarkable facility in expressing herself in a tew worcis, wnue Mrcmmjj iu sjij uu | that is necessary. Ilcr handwriting, j while as stylish in appearance as that of i the ultra fashionable quill pen a'.Vccting FCrawiere, is still (unlike that of the ladies of that class) perfectly legible. She noes not lay h-rself open to the charge a bright man recently preferred against the fashionable women whose writing no one can easily read, if at all, ' **.' .;' . \ to wit, that, "not knowing how to spell, they purposely write so that their fea! tires in orthography cannot be readily detected." A gentleman who was taken through the White House by Mrs. Cleveland last winter saw her private desk piled high with letters she had re.ehed, and said to her: "Surely you don't expect to answer all of thesef" "Indeed I do,''she responded. "All these persons have written to rae in good r *.!_ 3 -1 1. 4 1 luuii, hnil are uuuuuufes uxcciiuulpcupiu, who will appreciate a reply directly fron: me. I wouldn't hurt their feelings or disapoint them for the world." The oiTicial note pa] er used in the President's offices has "Executive Mansion. Washington," printed in small blue letters at the head of the paper, and on the upper left hand corner of the envelope, beneath "Executive Mansion," in the same characters as on the note paper, is the word "Official." The paper used is smooth, some thick, some thin, but all tough. Fashion Xotes. The large pouf at the back, so long disfiguring draperies, is now pronouncedly bad style. " A wide front-panel,or one at each side is newer and better style than the single one that has become chronic. The inerry-thought, and peacock's feathers in diamonds and cmoralds, are among new designs for broches. In front draperies, a go-as you-please j centre, with somo pleats, either hand, is ; the correct thing for silk or woolen. A new bangle is elastic?opening for j the hand, then springing to the arm? yet warranted not to get ont of order. Smart looking fur capes are either | plastrons across the chest or in shape of j a habit-skirt with epaulets and loops of ! cord passementeries. Hats are segicgating themselves into two distinct species?low, with wide brin-.s, and steeple-like, with a bare bus picion of projection. Ked riding habits are the latest elegant economy of Parisian equestriennes, who must otherw.se sport the color of the entertainer of the hour. We are promised in the near future new gloves of the favorite tan and gray, wholly without stitching,and in thought of them take heart of grace. Mask veils of all colors show vines and flowers upon the thinnest net, while for wear with cloth suits come fine tissures exactly matching their shades. The feather fur is a trimming which is bound to become very popular, not only j because it is very pretty and novel, but j because it takes the place of real fur. The only beautiful silken fabric which i has the charm of rovelty this season, excepting always the brocaded moires, is the plush and velvet striped skirting. A bonnet of mouse green is bordered with a close row of small green wings, j above which soars a vulture's plume, and the effect must be strikingly rapacious. Angora sheep furnish the fluffiest of boas and muffs. The white, fleecy, fringe-like fur is also used in trimming evening wraps with very quaint effect. A rather bizarre fashion is that of having one side of the corsage of one color and the other side of another provided of course that two colors are used in the toilet. Lower skirts are plain ana straignt, without foot pleating,and often bordered with a deep band of velvet or brocade, above which appears braid or passementerie. Mature women wear wide bonnet 6trings folded narrow, and tied in lone loops that are pulled out to the ear ana pinned with jeweled pins, leaving ends ronsnicuouslv absent. -j *r Tulle bonnets arc again seen for reception occasions. White, pink, blue and com color are most fashionable and they are covered with tinsel figures giving perhaps rather a gaudy effect. Pearls, which have been sacred to young and pretty women from the day of the Montespan or Anne of Austria,are higher than ever in favor. Rosebuds wear a single row, with bangle to match. A brillant cfiect is produced and a stylish one, by using chenille fringe, j which comes half a yard long in rows on the tablier of bright colored silk. The fringe is finished by cut jet beads. The color most depended on for evening effccts are the different shades in tender greens?the linden and moss shades particularly, as tnese comDine very artistically with the pinks and lilacs so very fashionable. The pretty fashion of making lace gowns over a color is a fashion which still holds Its popularity and is destined to for some time to come. Green is the i most popular color for the slips to wear under such gowns. ! Great Age of Fishes. It is not generally known that there is nardly any limit of the age of a fisb. ; The late Professor Baird, of the United ; States Fish Commission, is the authority 1 for the statement that there is authentic J evidence to sliow mat carp nave mam- i tained an age of 'JOO years. There is a tradition that within fifty i years a pike was living in Russia whose , age dated back to the fifteenth century. . There are gold-fish in Washington that ! have belonged to one family over fifty years. They do not appear much larger than when they were originally placed i in the aquarium, and are every bit as j lively as when young. | The Russian Minister says that in the ; ; royal aquarium at St. Petersburg there arc fish to-day that have been known by j the records to have been in them 140 j years. Some of them are, he says, over : five times as large as they were when rtrhUn anmn Knvn tir;f J IIIM, UUJU.III W\?| ??i?v ov*mv mi??v .. .. frown an inch. An uttachc of the ( hi nose legation says i that there: are sacrcl tf*h kept in some of the palaces in China that are older tl an any of those in Russia. The Shortest an I Longest Railroads. The longest inilrond, including all tli- 1 visions and branches, is the Chicago, i Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, whose total length of lines operated Dec. :tl, , 18^G, was 5,297.74 miles, thouyh its j main line is only 420 miles in length, i But the longest single line of road oper- | ateU by one company is me nne wi mu , Northern Pacific from Dulnth, Minn., to j Wallula Junction, Washington Tesritory. at stretch of 1,(>.*>I miles. The smallest regularly incorporated railroad in this country is saM to be the j New York Central, Hudson River and j Fort Orange i'niiroa'il, built for the pur- | nose of ca rvmir treight to and from the Fort Orange Taper Company's works. i The main track is but lt?8 feet in ; length, and the rolling stor k consists of a locomotive and one passenger coach, i The road, however lias a full set of ofti- ! cers and bmrd of directors, and issues a ! yearly official report. The gross earn- j ings of the road amount to nearly $:!,000 i u year, but all of this, except about -iiGO i or so, is consumed iu paying the expenses of the road. DaBHHaMBHHHBHHaBBHHHBBf HH9 Story of a Carrier Pigeon. WW A remarkable instance of intelligenct BB9 in a homing pigeon occurred recently a- H|HB Shelby, N. C. The lird was of A H^Rj Perry Baldwin'! strain of Newark. H? ^HH9 is a magnificent pigeon, and known the National Federation by the name of " General Kearney." Like all 'of Mr. Baldwin's long-distance flyers, he was marked in big red letters, " A pilgrim from Newark, New Jersey;' feed and 9H0 liberate," on the feathers of one wing, and " An honest man is the noblest work rvf Drtrl " An tVio rvfVior winnr Thft' htfH ^H^lD was returning from an ?t6-mile fly to Newark, when he became exhausted and alighted on the little Post Office at Shelby, N. C. Mr. B. F. Logan, the Post- HHM master, caught him, fed and watered H^N him, and then the bird again perched on Ij^^H the roof. That afternoon he took a twohours' fJy, but returned. The next HEM morning, after being again fed, he took a three-hours' fly, but again returned. In BKH the afternoon he made his third fly, but, H9H after being gone four hours, came back. IN The following day he made lo morv at- I tempts to comc north, but each time, not HIR leeuug Birung cuuu^u, uc iciuiutu w hospitable Shelby. fl|^D The next day, however, After receiving EflHj his food, he circled over Postmaster Lo- BBMI gan's head and then darted northward: HH Mr. Logan sent a postal card to Newark describing the bird and its marks, but before the card was received bj Mr. Baldwin the General.was. back safe and sound in bis loft. Mr. Baldwin says he |HB made the little flies at Shelby to guage his strength; that the bird knew ne H wnnld hfl rnrnd for while he staved H9B there, and would not attempt to leave there for Newark until he was positive Hm| he was strong enough to make tne jour- Hfl ney.?New York Sun. BHHM Brave Boys. . . 9K There is something grand in the opera- |mB| tions of the Royal Humane Society of London. It casts a glance over the-vast | extent of the British Empire, noting |HH every instance in which a human life saved by generous bravery. It investi- I H gates the circumstances and bestow |^H| upon each hero the honor of its rocogni tion, which is the more precious because it is not vulgarized by any kind of material reward. . ., The last list of persons thus distin-'.^HH guished contains thirty-seven names, and KB among them are, as usual, those of several IH| brave boys. One of these was Stanley ^^9 Dawson Smith, aged twelve years, who,in 'H^H August last, rescued from drowning nil two sisters, aged seventeen and thirteen. I H The elder girl was teaching the younger BBb to swim, when the retiring tide carried I H both beyond their depth. The gallant EHH boy, who was bathing near them, swam ^HH to their assistance ana happily succeeded BD in helping both to regain their footing. H^H To him the Society uwi.rded'Its bronze HU medal. HH In the same month a Hindu lad of HQM eighteen, named Talladhur Dhareee, HH I saved from drowning, at far-off Bombay, I I another Hindu boy, who had] fallen into ! a well. To him also a medal wai | j awarded. Besides medals, the society B| ( gives testimonals on vellum or on parch' I ; ment for gallantry in attempting to uvc HD I life, even when the attempt, is not sue- HH j cesslul.?Tout/Si Companion. , A Colony of Lunatics, . |E9H The strange colony of lunatics at Gheel, Hj in the Belgian Campine, has long engaged the attention of specialists,- and so IBB satisfactory has been its working that HH duplicate Of it-has lately been formally Hm established. In these colon'es the Inns- ?| tics are boarded out with the inhabitants, live as members of the family, assist in ! their work and have liberty to -move ^D| ' about at will. The regularity and health! iness of the life led by the afflicted inhab| Hants of Gheel r.-storcs a considerable proportion of them to their right mind. i Gheel, however, is in the Flemish-speak- ; lH| ing portion of Belgium,and it has of lat? years been fouud that patients from th? BSB Walloon country who speak only French, |^H or the Walloon patoi ?, were awkwardly placed and their recovery retarded by th< jSQK absence of ready men fix of communica- . BRA tion with those about them. 1 he experi- BE i ment was therefore made of establishing a French-speaking colony at Licurneux, BBi . . ,i ? ? cu H9 I in tne rvauoon country, uvar oj/u, auuu ! has been so successful that it has now been placed upon a pe:nnnent basis. The I cost of pauper lunatics to theit conmunet B does not exceed a franc a day. Neither at Gheel nor at Lieurneux has it been j^H found that constant intern) irse with lun* M : tics has iucrcascd the tendency toward : insanity among the natives.?tif. Jameft E^H j Gazette. ? - A Quiet Game in Chinatown. | The Chinese are what we call inveterI ate gamblers. The few thousands of GHM them who live in New York work hard, BEj 1 mostly at laundering, but have abso* lutely no distractions, save smoking sHH opium, going to Sunduy-school to learn English, and playing games of cbanc?. Mott street, of which several blocks art 9 entirely given up to Chinese stores, restaurants, laundries, and more or leal masked gambling-rooms, affords abun- KSff dant facilities for this latter amusement. HH The horrible dons of highbinders and ^^9 desperadoes, sometime* pictured by the, diurnal sensationalist, do not exist; or, fi^Hj if they do, no Caucasian has ever had an HW opportunity to study and describe them. 'HM Fan-tan and other games, however, ^H| abound; and the occasional raids mnd? by the police necessitate a certain amount HH of secrecy, as well as provision for spirit:? ontirs 'Iftroiil," at a mo llig ttWUJ frftTO CUH.V - ment's warning. The brass coins are used merely as counters in the game, which ^^8 consists in betting upon the remnant of HI a heap of pieces, after removing them by fours until nut mure thau four remain. The holes in the center enable the croupier to rake or poke them about on the table with his magic wand. The oblong HH bits of pasteboard are playing-card-*.? |Q| Frank Leslie's. Killing an Ox to Save the Diamonds. A story from the diamond fields. A Katiir was suspected of being in possession of uncut diamonds, and was pursued by the officers of the law. \\ hen eH| they came up with him he had just shot HH one of his oxen. Then they proceeded to search him. They ransacked his j^H scanty clothing, thev combed his woolly BE t. ?'1 4 ?11 4\\n tiounl rvrn^actftfl Ilt'UU^ (Ut'J i 1 1VU ail Uib UOUUl J/1 W WUVW| but never a diamond did they find, and hB finally they had to retire discomfited. m Then the Kaffir proceeded to pick wit from the dead ox's carcass all the dia- 9H monds with which hi.s gun had been flH loaded, and which he had fired into the ?BS unfortunate beast when he saw the offleers approaching. Mexican hogs, which are a cross be- Sh tween the sp:?n:sn anu inc wnu nug oi B9H tho Mexican mountains, arc raised with HI profit in Mexico, but not in any consid- BM erale numbers. Thcr average 17.3 pounds RN iu weight, aud are killed chiefly for their lard, which is worth twenty cents BH a pound. Fresh po;k is worth twelve fijn and one-half cents a pound, but is eaten very little, for most persons can't afford HH it. It is said that Monterey, which hat 50,000 people, cats only about five hogs a SH day. . J