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VTol. 5, - C., )APRL2,185 AUT 0 / 6PVRGH wnere is a stream or gray in mno east The commander in chief of the men it gray listens for the sound of guns in th hands of those he has ordered to begi the attack at daylight and which are t be signal for others. The streak broad ens; day comes; the sun rises; it is( o'clock. Still all is silent along the line It is only a mistake, only an order no received or understood by the genera who was to lead off, but in that mis take is involved possible failure. Wit] all the vaunted generalship on the fiel of battle what is it, after all, that turn the tide except the mistakes? Mark Maynard on that Sunday morn Ing was lying with his body in the dir and his head on the root of a tree. Hi dreamed that he had just come in fror smaking a charge at the head of his bri gade and wAs approaching his com mander to report a glorious success that the general said to him after thank Ing him for his achievement, "Colo nel, it will give me pleasure to recom mend you for promotion to the rank o brigadier" "Generall" He awoke and saw Jakey Slack look ing down on him. It was he who had spoken the word "Genorall" "General, " said Jakey as he saw hit friend's eyes open, "it's ben a d bard fight." "For heaven's sake, my boy, wher have you boen, and what are you doin here? The battle will open soon agaii this morning.. I wonder it hasn't open ed already. You must get back." "I thort I war a sojer. " "Well, Jakey, you are a soldier that's a fact, and I'm not." "Reckon I'll git cashyored. I bei away 'thout any furlough." "Where?" "Waal, I thort I'd go 'n see Sour afore th' fight cos I imoughtn't hev I, chance after it. I mought git killed, ' then I wouldn't be no good nohow." "Have you seen her?" "0aYas. "t "And Laura?" he started up. " Yas. " "And you told her"-. "Reckon." Maynard paused in his questions. H dreaded to kniow how his wife had rt coived the news. Did she condemn hiii with the rest? Jakoy put his hand in the pocket c his coat and took out a card on whic was a picture of Laura holding he child. Maynard seized it, and in a mt ment his eyos were riveted on it to th exclusion of all other objects. His min drank in thirstily all it snggested. "Mark, " he exolaimed suddenly "for theso you must win back you spurs. " "Rockon she uns ud like fo' ter hon y' talk thet away," put in Jakoy syni pathetically. "Jakey, I'm a changed man. I fc that I am to have a chance to vindicat myself on the field today. For two day I have been fighting in the ranks. have had only a private's opportunity and that is to furnish material for th sacrifie demanded by the god of wai while the god only smiles on those wh lead the victim. Today-today'' "Somep'n'hl turn up she', y' bet. " "Come, we must get some breakfasi We'll noed it soon. This (day will di ode the fate of the Army of the Cun berland. " Going to a group of soldiers near b) from whose campfire emanated tL pleasing odor of boiling coffee, the tw asked and received a breakfast. A fog hung over the valley of t Chickamnauga which screened the tw armies from each other. Maynard an Jakey were ignorant of their surrounu ings a hundred yards distant, so the munched their ''hard tack'' and swa lowed their coffee, quito willing to I; hidden from Confederate fire while the were doing so. Meanwhilo Jakoy gav his friend an account of his trip an how ho had arrived on the field at nec the day before. "How did you find me, Jakey?" asi ed the hearer. "Waal, I ast a good many sojors,' none of 'em knew whar y' wvar. 'Bot dark I hoard one o' th' cavalry of ti old brigade, our brigade, thet knew y f10 was a-tollin how y' went with 'ci in a charge. They all liked ter hey y< do thet away. I ast him whar I mougi find y', 'n hoe reckoned ho sor y' gel up this way. So I keom 'ni found y Thet's all. " As ho finished Maynard exclaimed: "Look i" The fog had suddenly lifted. The were on a ridge which had been fort fled during the night, the works roseni . bhing a horseshoe. Their position wva on the left side of the slhoe and coni manded a view up the Chatt. nooga roan which ran directly north from whe:~ they were. There a short distance en of the road and overlapping the Unka left the lifting mist revealed a line Confederate gray. As Maynard spok with a shout they rushed forward ai took possession of the prize they hii been trying to grasp for two days. The wore between the Union army and Chn tanooga. Leaving Jakey whore they were at instructing him to stay there till I shouldl return, Maynard~ went down take a hand in the fight. Ho foundi dead soldier, whose musket and c tridge box he seized, and Pushing on the line of firing took Position with infantry regiment. The enemy, misu ported, were driven from the Chattano ga road to a ridge near by, where th halted and gave their pursuers a despe ate fight. Then the regiment to whb Maynard had allied himself was ordo ad to another part of the field. and I T i A. r, e94 BY hMtRICAN PRESS ASsOCLATI0N. NN't i.. - thick firo of Int , wh ;with the larger isiles * f eniootntorod a i;;t ti . , been seen on 1t o field of r h ing under it log wsil' a I years Old, who, IVin among the disputoils, midst of a battictieId. forgot the cuntiarw!t hei child and the t:winc rondiig her. i in; was under nio int 's- t; chose to obry theinl. 1 ranks, ho w .:1 t tho cL in his arms, and wM I'' about them and IEt1 them carried her to Inl ho had left .Jahky. "Hero, Jakey, " I o t dowl by the boy , "i t ' swootheart, so I've I She comes to you frtin tle anld y wonl't ; sense. Soyou must tr . r . - deference. "G ly! xclnh .,-: I .o l y. in lug hin-elf liuforo ti avoeping gir with his hands in his pt' lp. "Tako her to tiat hou e o dolwn th and wait till I coie-that, is, if .v come, and if I don't toll iy wil 1 look out for this littlo one, and if nece sary provide for her. I must go. Thei is hard fighting at the front." Jakey took the little girl by the han and led her away, whilo Maynar(d wet over to the south slopo of I'lho ridg) I see what was going on at t ie rigr11 Standing on an oninoneco, h o down on the contendiI.r lines towar the south. The sun was now sum'lini midwa between the horizon andt he it The day had thus far io h especial advantago on eit 1.r iug the left strong, th C: if* - mauder was anising ir,,; of the line of bilue. h ;. thom marching into itn gantic effort. There wis a momnt' - firing on theright, aini that from a distsA' w faintest sounod of a ehi ' have been fancy, for c -i. not be likely to mer ni i.a b and tho continued iro.t inli he ct loft would likely lmve I- vt~ a being heard. At any r -, occurred to him that t r mornmig. Sunday morning! W: . - botwecn that midI oth 'ivi ings li had pa.ssed. 1: i i o'clook, tho hourJ whn -'4 somibling for -wor:-hip, tioi Jo' nt the neatly dresset(l.h ohuroh whilo bells N rih belfries. All over the 1 c . grogations were acc:h! of the struggle tiht w nt C hiokamanuga. The onomiy wero miovi 1 As Mhayniard glanedt to, n 1 line to seo if it wvas ini (a a l' : a division face to then lI, :'. bh n march inl roar of anot her '.. hH, hw Sing its place in the Iin itn da -le-ii yawvning gap. '"Great heavens4! Kon.. one hII bhu dored." are you doiing''" Who could hear him at :. ' istwcn Who would obey hit ii ,y r : agoiiy of a sight 1!: - h T.> Iv nmarobiingnot oiily to thr own a: Stion, but thu dt truet. isi rados, doubt less of th I owithout thpor ap-. for a battery with which to over that deathtrap-to< t''ce 0 fo ycooto blwduJ i 7h-'ys ths Confederates ( a nn-ihe tagoe. Myheii to blinddid! ('i , eti .terrible' . '"Therol T Ihey sio it.I Tin: arei aparing to march thbrough ii Thr ih .go. Hear theo. cheirs- : I , b iy IThoy'ro near it. Theyo'n: it. (>uro n Sare breaking on iho in a' uth g iThere goes a reginn it, :~ whol Ib . non the loft. 11 -avte ., :.o i - fcoats leap forward ! It - hi I :i'' If they aro Confedcrat I Tho kn jit's all up with uA. Tit who,; I d the army is giing wa It'a. y toring poilhnell ovr t > Ii', c . by the southernoers ponr. N v y up1; volley after them. d "Sto and( ralhly I N;! Nor. <0 0 tot rally troops oun the brie. t of ha-a But thore's a crumbi of omniiot' -I hit monei nearest. t his way am -t hndinog b:U -like wrought iron. TJhtt' ir' nt ii real ;o ing. Good. Thierot's a fa I hp fo lii Ii n left. Bunt, O L~ord, whi a it et ft wi . the right andt c'ent-er gonI .And nowv comes a pa : :(It, a t;'in i'rt y which must alw~ays stand ont at . pInd ri, RUOznment of herolo mit o i ni'ti'* I ) h great comiotory of war-: '. s '~' t. an army, 0one half rotiti I, ,. it, ''iN ~ in- dry .ey eootu.,~'id ~t tlu. hS ' ja I 1 ihr< IiC:1,v a 3-i hih whlo ih:il I n tm t n tend.3 1.u , 3.n' n t el I( I. 33.3I uit 3~~~~~~~ I3. I 3 ' ~ '~ ). <1i .,, - 3 -3 m. .33333 le AI ii1 - . j'- 3' 33 (t ,~ I 'I I 3. ~ ~ ( *l. 133'31 3333.' lol till I I 11h1e t-i -e 0a3 h3.'1t ' n s I:(1 v, (7of thlk- r p -will l 13c ;I I!A'3 d\33() u:1e biik otl.l I~~~~ r LAoh heCnet I3 m I ri..1lh(. err he h r rninidero 1333l ''' a - 1 m m , it ' (r 3 o1o3 they - .I3 , m hurl Thrn :. b - . A s <.od thI 3n13na1 Em d . . . a l d 1-h. 1 i a l . - urI?- w t 14 v.-I't i, -v 0 4t iiar Ih ijo)lay :- e Im.' It hd tilt t >a - *I vi for-31 int th O I'. he n -3313 - u 3 an 3 - I.m i 3(1dg 3333, ' T - * . I'' r':b 3r3 h i . The 33-(3,mi men3 \3((a bT (''.'') * 3b3 bis(3'V3 :3id ' . 'I 1 -io 3 '.3. . he .33 . 1 3( a3 ' -3' .1'z -- ....d hat 3- 3 - 1 t 3 Ii ' I'. u.. 3 33n 31 ' ' .s.1 33)ir3s -. ., - 3 'i1val33 .3.. ~ 1v, 33:3., .3~ . 3 , ei.. The3(3 13 tO ORIGIN OF THE AZTECS. Of A Recent Explorer Thinke They Camne ftom Scandinavia. Great Iarm Done by the Wanton Do structlon of llstorio Records of the Itae--ol-ntsta11ve Not Im proved Matters. -d. "I aim glad to note that scientists, h and particulariy philologists, are at last making good headway in decipher ?'' Ing the hieroglyphics of the Aztecs," a said Dr. Wendall Mees, of Ithaca, N nId Y., to a writer of the St. Louis Globe rd Democrat. "I have just returned from iz- an extended visit to our sister republic, ur during which I made the most careful researches, with results which are high ly gratifying to me. There remains no doubt in my tuind that the warlike and highly civilized tribes which Cortes found in Mexico were of Scandinavian origin and very closely allied to our a own Saxon forefathers. I believe we co shall soon be able to establish this fact t i beyond a question of doubt. Indica- I tion point to the Scandinavians having como over from the great northern t peninsula as early as the fourth cen I tury 11. C. t- 'Spealciug of Cortes and the Spanish conquerors raises a perfect storm of peut-up indignation within m every e time I hear the name, for the world ur will never be able to fully realize the harm they have done by their wanton ad destruction of the records they found and the stumbling blocks they have put !Or in the way of scientifio researchers. I There are not enough of the hieroglyh I to records of the Aztecs remaining to ed ever complete our knowledge of their to civilization, but, in my opinion, the n- worst barriers have been successfully h- passed. Many of our scientists have Vo befogged a very plain question concern g. ing Mexican hieroglyphics. There never iu was a uniform system of written or printed records anywhere. They all as contained the principles of several dis tinct systems. This is true of Egypt as well as Mexico. A majority of the a hieroglyphics of nomenclaiture in Egypt were based on the rebus, )r aym phonograph, where the pictures give the sound, but not the senso. This im plies the existence of two laugunges in to that country, one which gave the to ineaning and the other to which the do picture belonged. "The same system was used in Mex ico. The hicoroglyph Hvadte, Spronoullncd \Vashyc;s a twig of tue 4maso fruit comin o1ut of the nose 4)r 1e yne, of a humaiaco. "T')he m11eaiingt however, is in1ite he digerent. '11511 \a Wnshu II have been the ne11 of he god t, 1nd. of as- i1(ak, or CIC, fLenn1 , and Ihe rd .1uhras were ret. me11 Hu1asoy'nene must have meant t. d (u Godl of Var. mal The pecuhiiarity of the word is that it presents what wo may call the Scandi at navian dialectic forinula of ia namo of of great anitquity found ill many coul wt, tries a d not origlimlly belonging to ii, the reP'nen of Eufopo and northern Africa. InOe gjpeoples, who can be rid- directly traceTIo the mingling of the i(l three prinitive savago races with the getl; prehistoric whito racom of northern Eu Onm rope, the Azes, or Asar, we have the on. root Wash, as in Wushington, Washoe ely and liko words. The older form was Bas, as in Basinghall, Bashinstoke, Bass, ry- Basqueses, etc., in actual nomencla ture, and Bes, Bessaria, Bosna, in ill- ancient times. Huitzilipoctli was a mn title and not a Aame, and the lolling tongue is hicoroglyphic for the wvord . ,, Lap, showing that Ilnitzilipochtli was 'utedmon Lap, or the god of war, as lu- viewed by the red races. This hiero glyphic is based upon the Saxon word ofLap, to take up water with the tongue, Sand is proof positive of the Scandina vin origin of the Aztecs. "Going further into this we have .?" found that the hieroglyph for [sap was ,the rabbit, because Lepus rebuses &i with Lap, and we infer from that that the rabbit god of the Algonquins is a proof that the Aztecs must have had in att tercour-ae by seome meansfl with the civ ilized races from whom the Romans got their word lepus. In every nation that --refused to eat the hare there must have idsa been similar intercourso, no matter under what pretext it was dleclined as ust an article of food." bo: md|( THE MIKADO NO GOD TO HER. e.Empress of Japan l~a, a Mind and Will rv- of l~er Own. el Although Empress Hlaruko of Japan, se npbi tany rate, manifests the got samet degree of religious vener-ation for the sacred person of the mikado that Ldat is exacted from the reomainder of his et' subjects, yet ahe is credited with dis ICo playing In private somnething very much the akin to contemlpt for his semi-divine at tr-ibutes. WVhereas he is distinctly dull 1- and heavy, both physically and men to tally, his wife, on the contrary, is re Hoc nowned for her cleverness, her enlight 110 cned idleas, and for her str-ength of m7- charnactor In Japan, as elsewhere In oir, the orient, women am-c expeted to ro mI- main obsequiously in the background alndl to follow meekly in the wake of ,t, their husbands, but Emnpress Haruko rol takoes the lead, and, as the decidedly aN better half of the two, makes her hus meI band yield to her su~perior- intelligence iko a~nd influence. are To hemr more than~l any13one else belongs g.the cr-edit for the extraordinarily rapiidI on aidvanfce of Jaipanf in the paithl of wvest-1 ernm civil ization, and i her e ffor-ts i .)behailf of hers pictulresqueO coun~try sihe is greatly ais~ited by3 theC aidvice of 10m t to.- pr.-s i'rederic-h of (;er-Ina 1y, with who 111)sih is ill regublliIr week ly c-or re- -sponIdenceI('. Indtceed, omny of the neCw diepa11rtures( ill .1:n pane1 se life of N hie pr-es end ct daiy msay he traced to tihe recoml ))mendaions01 of thi~eldhest.-and ic by fur up-( the mtost alccomp11lished- --d1augh1ter of Queen Victoria. no0 iN nrutish Salmon. say The larigest Sahnmon calughut in British 31n1 wasters5 dur-ing the last twenty-five yesars, accor-ding to Mr. H. Ffucnell, fuil was one caught in the 'Tay which ho weighe~d seventy-one pounds. There l's arc plenty of instances of fish between ter fifty and sixty pounds, and a few above nig sixty. In Youell's "British Fishes" is [hi- the state ment that a salmon weighing Ieighty-three pounds was for sale hI London in 1821. It seems to be a fact that British salmon do not r-un as big Mformhr~ ..~. was the geiorat's tavorito'scout. I i nieil-riug 1115 disgraco, lno'Was alloul go away, not oaring, in his altered ei dition, to meot the man for whoi I all tho army ho felt the greatest rov - nee lit the genoral turned beforo o'(0 ( dt so awd looked int his dirootit to. late to go away unobse: dl, ; '. .;ynard folt a desiro to disc< er iI thi re v.tro nut. something, after ii in this great soldier so great that could azfor- to give him a kind woe 1o walbud toward he spot whero I euIral sIood. I What, aro you doing here, my mai .airl th commandor of all thoro v left. (f the Army of the %,humberla sternly, soing the begriol Maynr in privato's uniform and not rooogn ing himk. "Why are you not with y< regiment?"' I have no regiment, general." 'Your troop, then?" "I havo no troop. I am not a a (er. " Who are you?" "IMark Malone." The sternness on the genoral's fa lightly relaxed. "Ah, Colonel li nard. Pardoni o. I did not rocogn you. " "No, general. I was Colonel Mi unard. I am now a privato citizen. would be glad to.assumto my old sco ing namo, Nlark Malono." "I heard of your-inisfortuno. I grotted it doubly, remomboring y< servico. when you were scouting. ' "Yes, geuoral. Thou my services h some0 value. I was fitted for i sco-al a spy. You thought I was fitted something botter and advanced me. was vain onough to think you right. did not know myself. As a spy I noed no consoienoo. I was not subservient any principlo. When as a brigade ooi imar.der I was obliged to choose on hi9 or ground, I failed in the choice. I ha proved myself unworthy of your con denco. I have sunk to the levol fr< which I started.," Tho general did not reply. He w watching the newly arrived divisi getting into position. "You connived at the escape of spy, I think?'' li said presently. "Worso. I assisted in that oscape. "A woman, was sho not?" "She was, general.'" "'Wm. It isJ't a pleasant task shoot a wonan. Yet a soldier must his uilty. iYnard lid not reply. "Clonie, t hero is going to bo a we 11' t h 1. I would liko you to go a Io i1 bt 1hat; gap iF elored. My siaff . II . 1. as , you se ', on Some duty. P oxr 1:nd. Thl7y aro Illarcling by I I e. Now it's all right. L w so inltnt u1poll tilt) forminp II. hat for a mm(1 t Mayl1 thoa he it had fo."ttci his presone " ,was this wollal?" the gene I .0inher wvhen I Went to ('h I l l la inog you infollation ov i.nitst it to Nt.uoky. I r - t r-ato ()hileer-a Captain 1 ho t wice gavo mt my life?' V', I remember. Thed*jo sta ; well down.-thero in the ctlor I wit h o little ammunition. They'll i m1 y 111!%v eartridges presently fi tho :e brought by the reservo divisi Thel VI anununiition comes as opportui s0 lo 11111." *They'ro making a good fight ev< where, " observed Maynird. "Lot milt see. You say you woro ci ed upo)fn to sioot a woman. She ' .(1)1 raohrativo to tils Captain'" .'"Now, Colonel Fitz Hugh. A sistoi '"That mado it pretty hard for yi .(colone1. But a soilier must (10 his "Hlauv the Coniferates possession that ridge, general?'' 'Thoy have. "' ''And aire our men01 going to retake il t''They're going to try.'' Maynard swept his eye over tile pc - "Theym sot ia. The teea t iht.a quick glance thme~ deradeid oflicer. "'You think it important?'' '"'I'he lfa ' of this~ part of anl arm' - ' ecale a whole one-dopei " You arie right, colonel. We mi take t hat ridge or before nightfall flying over this field liko the right (center, or, what is worse, be captur TPhis is not the first time I have obs( ed t hat your eye is muado for wvar."' Maynard had become so engros - thmat 1h0 dlid not hear. He almost for - is chief's presence. "'I haven't a command to lead up t hill. but I have arms to carry a mhusil I'll go in tihe ranks where I've been si: ithe fighlt begtan, '' and lhe started in idirection of tihe reservo. ''"Stay, colon10,'' called tihe genmorni Maynard tulrned and walked backl I wvhiero tihe genmerahl wast standing. waited for imi to spoakt further, but I (did not. Minutes passed, while M iiard watched the1( absorbed connnandhm~ I who in turnt was watching the lino for ''"Colonel Maynard, '' he said at It "d(1. you s00 thait regiment down the It seems to b)e short of ofilcors. So fi~t 1.c:ml -judtg from its mlovemenclts, no 0 n5il 'ommilan.d. I shai~ll haive to mn: ull inlfantrymlani of you, though you ofthe caIvalry. Go and11( lead t hat rn ii' 'inI t ho attaick about to be made ThSo (is ino liie for Imts, s-ir." a (iviliani, wvi~h no righ 81ro ini flh' srvice till thmo fi Ii u.i. court. tha111 combh mned0 w 1 e ui.P p at t hat nunnenllt: "' with Col("ionel Mayntard h 1 im ini comman11111d of tha~t r< iii ouinting. "'And Jot the~ro 1be Il . II tile order1 i qustioniod, I, ha il hex igencies of a critical mom11 denumd'l~ t hat It bo obeyed." Maynardiimi trlied to speak tile grate words 5t ihat ros0 to hiis lips, but oithier coul not or 1)o 'saw that thio genoern eye hadc cauight a no0w point of dani . I1' adwas absorbed inl it. Mounti Madgo, hie r'odo away with the staff o . cer. [TO ng OuerwrUn 1 -IAD PAST TRAINS EVEN THEN. 11hg Speed at Which tthe Expresnus Trav eled Fift.y Years Ago. If anybody were asked what compar son exists between the speed of rail 'oad trains now an( fifty years a-ro ho vould probably titay that hardly ainy man be made. The difference, however, is far. less tian is generally supposed. In .May, [848, the Great Western railway eineiie 3reat Britain was driven by lb;iiy 4 iniond fron Paddin>'on to Didtot, Ifty-threc miles, in forty-seven min1 ites, starting and stoppinig. Wileni wo :onsider that the brak1ces in hos 8 ays vere very crude tils is pretty fast trav Iling. Nor was this done once, but repeat dly. The broad-gaugo, expresses are frc tuently timed at the rate of a mile in orty-eight soconds, or seventy-fivo alles an hour, and Oven a higher max mum was attained for short distances. The Bradshaw for 1848 shows that he morning express was timed to leave laddington at 9:50 o'clock and start ,gain froi Dideot at 10:47. Allowing our minutes for the stop at Dideot the rain must have been officially timed at mile a mllinulite. The railway records shlow that the raiu often arrived under time. These facts should silence a great nany persons wio prato about the phe xomnenal progressrecently malde in rail -oad matters in general and rapid trai it in particular. THE "OROWNER'S 'QUEST." La Absurd Old Law Which Has some Very Undesirable Iesults. Dickens, who so often studied with lelighted interest the application of @nglish law to particular eases, would isave found a subject worthy of his rimnmest humor in the fact, cabled recently fron London, talit when the naster of a fishing smack, cruising near 6vhere the Elbe went, down, saw flo:at ng in the water at dead body, which vas doubtless that of ia vict !im of the freat disaster, he iade no effort to res ue it from the wlves a carry it tshore for ideutifieat ion 1nd burial. Instead lie sailed past. i nd a wa froi ,he doleful bit of lotsam its quietly as :ircuinstances would permit, not, as M0 Might suppose, hceaulse he waS IL martlilarly hard-hevartedI and cold llOded ilariner, but heovnse "recenlt y, after ilnding a he0. lit hIad hen . 'Celd to pay the fiuii-ral exses." f''urioin:4 iis thlit, expecrieml-e ha11d beil ild d light ui ly illui stra ii ee:: it, w ts )f "ervowneor's '<Is. wi ]wm -:hIe p-, nin1 had nit inlhmliltion to repoeal it. :)nt( l~ssonl hadl beenl venon rh 14o 1ech 11h1 the grevat, primilde that etumnonl iense cant ealoe oitrer evith consi:,teley in t1h en foristveii-i of t parliamentary iwf. anti vIiat, hi i ?1arisonl with that1, is the ontn LIgonized unver-tainity (of 'ome t iermlan 6vife or mother? One of Llnuoln's Aisswers. Speaking In a recent spet'.h of cer tain Washington experiences in in coln's time, Mr. Depew said: "Whilte I was there Mr. John tihmsoii, of iifiialo, was a imember of congress. iis face and his head were hairli-is and polished lice a billiard ball. lie was a demo crat, but supported the president.. Tl'hc conditions of tIhei army were very blue in the east and inl Ile west. (;ansonl caine in one day and said: 'Mr. P'resi dent, I am risking my reviettion in, sup porting your wvar masres. Te en m - paigni seems very unisaitisfactor'y. Of course I wvili niot give out alnyt hing you tell me. WVhat is the situ~ation at the front?' Mr'. Lincohn, ini his searching and sad way, looked at himn for' aL mo ment as if h1e were atbout to r'eveial the Becret of tile whole armmy, atnd then tumbled Ganson out of the reception room by saying: 'Ganson, howv clean1 youl shave.'" The First Me'tai. Gold, because it was found pure and fairly tractable, was probably the first metal used by man. Copper, it is true, is found as a metal, but only in one comparatively restricted locality. Oc casionally gold fish hooks( have been discovered in graves in New Granada. In milling a tunnel in Caneca a gold hook was found in 188i fifty feet under the surface of the groumnd anti beneath what must have the bed of a river. Copper fish hiookcs have beien found in many of the ancient burial mtouinds of Peru. SURNAMES IN IRELAND. Muiaphy the Commnonent, hut, Smith Hlolde reS Own. One of the curiosities of recent philological literature Is the alpendix to the 1898 report of the liritishi registrar general, whioh bears the suggestive title: "Surnames in Ireland." Fromn that compilation one who has an eye for' the curious miay glean facts and figures for a most interesting article. FIor instance, it is shown that tile most common name on thle Emerald Isle is Murphy, the numberci of peLrsonls, great and small, wvho bear that cognomen being 632,600. The following come next in frequency: Kelly, 55,000; Sullivaln, 48,00; Walsh, 41,700); Hmiith, ,70 O'lirien, 33,400; lByrne, V;,;t00; Iityan, 82,000; Connor, 31,2001; O)'Neil, :V,.110, and Reilly, 29,000. The c:ompjilers of thle ::rtile under considleration, says I lie AbI aniiy Argus, hlave vr'y acconnuiiiiodain gly mxade at iompanirison of the abov1 e wvithm I he tomn wh'iiebi shiowse the folhlowvinr intere'st inig figure'as: Commonii,'i,0 miones1 ini Great itainm, e'xcliusive of Ntol land ami 'Tauylor', Davies and Irowni, in thet order itobertsonI, Stewairt, andii Campbljlell. Th1e( tables shmow that ini I relanad manny of the 01(1 Celtic names appear~~~ I both with and1( withmout prelixes "5)' and "'Mae." F'or tihe benelltI of I hose iof our readers who may never' have seen the explatnation I will say I hat as a rule, "'Mac" or "Me imean '"son of," and that "0" stands for' "descendant of." As far as locail distibuiitiom is con cerned, the Murphys are most nimlieri ous in Carlowv anti Wexfor'd, IByrne In DublinI andi Wicklow, I(ally in Kildare, aind Snullvan In (kl nd ery... POOR BOB WHITE. A Plea for the Sby Game Bird When Cho Weather go Had. When snow covers the ground and sleet envolops trees and slirubs many birds of various kinds seec the farms ,house and its vicinity. .Tley :seeu to know thait in their extremity ian is their friond. Thoir'conilklence is not misplaced; they are liherally fed by dif firent liemllbers df I lIt m:.ehold until the ciWuergeivy I t- - "'; z'1d Ii Iey ire again able to , ' ir o-..n living. These birds 1on: ' ,: :n abode for protection a. well t- fail. aid tl'er the crav'ings of h'--, :-- per ed - they stay tIroun.1 I.. fla;l . feei' that the prediatory ha 1v fox. owl and the leatless, bm 'ous ''er of this SeaRO will not r' -kle.v venture to assail themi l1-'r Il the e tbirds roturn season a f er s :. n' t I hsami'1 homnesteads. . n, t'4Cir appeal toiinkind birds ,,r i, . die fron the efm. f I winters, says the Baltimore 8un That the great gan s' bir. the part ridge, excessively wild aid aiimd, does not, when privation come.. ,--I mana's homestead like the bird., mentioied above, though itn extrems or weittlier a covey of partridges aanmy be seep. about the strawy ords where cat tl dre housed and fed. T'ei'rpresene alrait such places is proof of theilr su1ll'erings, for they only leave t'heir accistoined haunts and faritniesses when sorely pressed for want of food The'e birds have been found dead ti severe wm'ath er, poisoned from eating laureL to sat lity their hungor. Clotied in beaut ful plumtage of hues iI necord with the ground, they escaple fairly well fr'omi the hawk in ordinary times, buat they stand out in bold relief on the snow and fall an easy prey to the tireless, in satiate hawk, as well ua the fox anl owl. It is against, the law to eitler shoot or trap this noble3 bir iat. this - 6eason, and farmers and otlaers should see that no marauding in tit!, line is done. In addition to preserivin'ia: this gallinaccous bi rd the agnri-iclultut'ist knows that the partridge is the fin-m er's fri-d, and that lie destroy s myri ads of injurioui Insects, thus prat-et ig the graiin crops antd the friuit frlom'ta maueh injaury INveryone. wehaet her resi dlnt of the city or outary, loves to iear the call lih Whoi ite,"on brlaigit suiaaminer danys hrouh arve*t t hnae 1 tad araly la I lie fall. whena t lat yon oanes at r! lei 1*y grown ia. aid to wit t ;:h t h a1m Iu, 1ar1 ridiige aelperi-helI oan t lo fI'ei'n ai lie ik'ives ()It Ihe ot1. I L i , hip.assible to I a lt atl.1uthim tIen witih iut, feealing love a tad 11 amirati a sit th l a rt. lie is inl I it .%u km I t.t, 41i-v IOne who ..Ila n h el p ItiIn. 1hait, I lo hliits the pa r a id e inl y u, at r vivitn ity daily w ith ar corna- aml a whIa.. U, Y"1ur, gun1 On te hlI aawl0 and owls iand puit you.r pacC of hounad:, on thie foxes. A BRAVE GIRL. 3Heroiaa of a Watirae-a lin a iurting It does not requicio either manture yeairs or an exalted posAtion Ii life to develop tho qpualities that mtake a hero or heroline. Oi of the bravest, ant most resolutu deeds thiat we havo ever read of wats performed only reent ly by a girl of Mi:xtecen whot WaS SC'r'vitg ian a dinig-room girl in . hoiel at liar per, Kan., Salys Youith's Colmanionl. At four o'clock ol f h(- moni ng of the 16t of Novebter ai fire brokto oilt at this hotel. Inl its ro"ms slapt thirty sevena gatests. A st \-g wind was blowing, andI~ thIe lIre -;p.v';ald' rpidly. In one of the rooit t wo dlining-r'oom girls were asleep. On o~iaf themj, whose nae Is M~auad Scholermerh ornaa, wvaelce hal f aufiocated bay smtoke. I N-r'copanxion wvas inseansiblo; and Mitaud, thu igh hierself half-suffonted, helped the ot heri out of the wind(ow, and her'iself Ieatped out, cutting hot' flesh badly oin thle glaiss as she did so. She dlragged he c(omipanfioni to a place where she woauld be safe. Then she sawv that the flames woero enveloping the house, and1( that the guests had not been alarmaaed. Thes task of dloinig thais sheo took upon herself. . Breaking tharouatgh a fastenedl lower window, andI agalia iutting lier self severely, shmo er'ept back into thle hotel, the halls of whtieh werie thieck wvitha choking smnoke. ;he couhi( not walkc upright againist the samoke; but Igetting dowvn on hier handas aind knees, her face to the floor, she. crept thrioaugh the corr'idors, from roomala to room, alarmning all in the house. Everywhiero she left a trail of blood behaind her from ll'herleediang flesh. Whien the last guest Intid opeined the door of hIs roomt in respons;) to her call, lhe found her lying helpless in a pool1 of her owvn blood. Thuhoh himsaael f was htalf-smnoth groping lisa way, reaehed tu street Iwith hor in safety. No lire was lost ini Ithe fire; but is is said thant several p~eo p)1e would undoubtedly hiave lperishedl but for this heroic girl's eff'orts. L eft His aFortunaaa to science. Count Victor lioworowskcy, an eccen tric Polish nobleman, hasn left his en tire estate to be admninistratedh by trusntecs in the interaest of tscienee, art tandi literatura. The estate is deCscribed tis amnouting at prese!;nt to "several mil. lioni Ilorins," baut as it is to atccumaulhato util t hei totail amou~t~ls to twenutjy mril lionts, thte 'oun tt hiad evidently sonmo feartt that te gaove'rnmaient of lailicia wuld retfutse to act ; in whlcha eause tho~ tmuaseam. TIhe' counut had~ bteen atfilicleted w.it~ihm bldness for manny year-, and a fo rtoatght aigo commliittedl suaicidq at tatmbur tg.I (4atuamaa of thha 'ipaalapi Thea wveailthaier Sp)anis~h 'vomecn dress very platinly, few wear'ing L..emets in he street, ador'ning their heatds with lace aistead, a'.though thiost who draess for state occasionls followv the latest l'arisian~ styles. The mnt ar.o dlark eyed and usually wenta a sort, of .cape in winter, wrhich throwvn overa their shoul 'ler's gives thom a mlitiany rapp;;ar'nce Ilatfaroomas Twvo Th'iouanitam'Yeakr (ici4 A villa has been uanarthed aft lis corealo, on the slopes .of. Vesuvius, wvhero the decor'ated bathraooms ate In such a good state of preservatio'9. that even the pipes and taps are In their original places, and the toptdarium could alnost be uased to-day iNit~hout any assistance from the plumber. *. '