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A Son* Bird la (bo Capitol. It happened during a vacation be fore congress convened that an un known lady etrollod into (he rotunda of tho capitol. There was nobody about but the guides and n.few tour ists, and a couple of friends who w re with the unknown suggested to her that she try tho acoustics of tho hall. At first she demurred., but the idea seemed to fascinate her. As 'die stood silent for a moment, as if coiling for her accompaniment, .omething in her easy pose suggest ed famiharity with the footlights. Then She lifted up her voice and sang —easily and unaffectedly as a Lii-d—and such ringing! It was only n simple old ballad, but', tho voice was pure and clear, the phrasing fine and elocution Excellent.,. ' '' But this was not all. ^ The echoes of the great dome awoke and joined in the song until it seemed magnified and expanded into a 'jvhple great chorus. Tho guards and’ guides crowded in to hear this impromptu concert, and even the anxious sight seers, who had allotted 15 minutes to ‘ do tho capitol," paused to listen." It was grand, it was inspiring, and. the singer seemed to enjoy this renl- Ixatiou of her art, which she could never attain iu an ordinary hall. When she jiaused, a round of ajv plause awoke other echoes until it sounded like the tribute of a great audience. And then situation, departed, and h I as she thanked the doorkeeper, that she had sung in many halts, bijt . none like this, gave rise to tho sur- mise that she was not unknown to fame.—Washington Post. SOME BIG EQUINE LEAPS. Thirty-four Feet Certainly Cleared In the English S(ce]>l.eeliase of 1847. One of tho moet^remarkable jumps by a horse on record, is that by Chandler, a steeplechaser, while run ning in the Leamington cup race at Warwick, England, in 1S47. Tho dis tance covered iu one leap has been variously measured. For a number of years it was thought to Lave been 29 feet, but tho editor of the sport- ifig paper in which tho record was first published afterward explained that' this was a printer's error and that the distance was. in reality 27 feet. This in itself is big enough— so big, in fact, that there' are many horsemen iu England today., who will swear that i£ is exaggerated. The portion of die: race in which this jump occuhed is reported.'as follows in a description of tho' ra,ce in the issue of March 2S, 1847. “This left tho lead with King of the Valley, but ho refused at the top of.tho hill and soon after Regalia caught up with him. They raced to gether to tho brook, with Chandler following them. Chandler's pdlled back as they apprbacbod it, ex pecting that Regalia would bring grief to somebody, and when they arrived at it sent the spurs into his horep and followed them with all steam ' pul Doth went into, the brook, and 'while they were there ten the singe* realizing her. ^Chandler, who was not ablo to stop, . departed, and her remark,! .whatever inclination 1 A Viiluablo (Stocking. Edward Hutchinson Robbins was speaker of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1793. Hisgrijnd- bon, who describes him qs a man of untiring kindness, “whoso desire was to bless and serve others,” says: Stephen Brewer, who knew him well, told me once that when lie was a clerk in a store in Boston the old gentleman walked in with a gray stocking in his hand, the foot of which was full of Spanish dollars.' “Stephen, my little man,’’ sjiid h.c, “take care of this for me; it's a new stocking, and my daughter Oassy knit it for mo.” So Stephen put it-away, arid grand father forgot it from that hour, hut three months later ho came into the store in much affliction. ' “Stephen, my little man,” said he, “I've lost a stocking like this,”show ing the mate, “and I'm so sorj-y ! "My daughter Gassy knit tbetn, tenderly, “and I would not lope £hcin for anything.” / '. “I produced the stocking with tho Spanish dollars tied up in the.foot," said Stephen, “and there was no af fectation about it. He really leafed fore about finding the stockihg ihat filter badHcnit for him than the money.”—Youth's Kurland. itetfee m*ycoh- xy travelers in ay traveling with vwote to the proprie- Injlivage hotel, Inter- Mf*f they could have rend floor. They ro- Iwer by telegraph that be reserved ais'desired, they found that ilieVoorns • them wore on tho third n their refusing to take preparing to depart, the emauded 60 francs. They pay, whereupon he re- >w their luggage to.be ey wont to a lawyer, y tho 50 francs before as released. At this relative appeared on sent a message to the I unless the 00 francs ’ y a specified time an jo commenced, which y being at once re-' tier. ho piay have had tq do so, madg au' 'extraordi nary jump and cleared, tho brook, horses and riders together.'" | " The, account goes on to say that i Chandler won tho race with ease. Tho length of. the leap was immedi ately measuml, but there was jsupio doubt as fo where tho animal had landed,'as'the ground was soft and a number.of hoof prints had been inado. £aptain Broadley', the rider, wkq 'seems to havo'been amodegt person, said that tho distance was 37 fpet. This beat tho recqHl’iis faj. as known,‘the best previous pm-fbrm- anco having been that of Lottery, . who cleared between 33 and 34 feet. . One of the witnesses of tho jump was William Archer, father of tho famous Fred and Charles. Archer, and ho was willing to swear over afterward that tho distance was 39 feet. F. Sawley, a. well known sporting writer in England, was also, on hand,,and he has declared, in.,i recent article that tho tape meapujred but 34 feet. This is the minimum estimate. Summing up. it may bo said that while there is some doubt as to the exact jiumber of feet cleared, .Chandler's performance waaauun- usual and important one.' « yhe samo may be said ot a horse called Proceed, who'is sqid to have cleared 37 feet while running in a steeplechase .about tho time of tho above event.. A horse called Culver- thorn is yeportod to have jumped 39 feet on ono occasion, and Lather, a buuter owned by ono Lord IngCstrio, is said to havo jumped 37 feet 5 inches over a pit. None of these measurements is absolutely autheu- tic.—Bell’s Life. , JOB Both Chicago and Philadelphia measured by square miles are bigger than London. Cigarettes to the number of 2,887,779,440 were manufactured in this country last year. R. G. f For Conkling. years ago Colonel or of the Washing- pital, offered a bottle to any one that' fa rhyme for Conkling, ■ weeks published uu- efforts, until one lied the following, By, and tersely added, vnni'O |Dunn, with eager test. 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