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DOOM OF FORT SAN JUAN Dciugc of Eullctr, Then a Charging Line. HEROES TELL HOT7 HEROES FELL. A Crlala nni! n Crnitli When Wlkoff'a Ilriuntle Went In?DHnkln*' (irlttjr l.lne and the t'nvnlry In the nioody Rnee ? Another Hoy Hero. th? Sod of iv Gallant Veternn. [Copyright. 1S9S. by the Author.] X If ever soldiers <Z*$ Avq plunged unshak5T 'wit . f^P en through hell ^C\ ')! ''re to close with JX^ the enemy, these -A heroes did. Led ^fVhy vcterau geu1 *JW oral n,,d fiel<1 ?m" /{y /l cers, tho Ninth, u-. 1 JThirteenth and The blneks didn't scan , however .Jurl how 1 mp tin so r.u n halted at the | bank is uncertain, lor tin ro was no rev- | cation e f tiphtin::. and lapse of tune was | not noted. It was Kra^ .lorprnseu ! npuittst Manser in the attempt to subduo the Spanish lir f <r a charge. This stapo of tlie infantry !:;?!it wa* about eeineidental with the capture of "Kettle" hill by the cavalry, wl ich lias already been desert! i d. ; nil took place probably between I'JdlO a::d 1 o'clock. Meanwhile (1 rimes' Lattery, i:?> leapt r 1 anijiered by tiin balloon, was vip rously ehellinp tho hlockh msa and t r. tic In s, as xvas also Parkhurst's battery, Second artillery, which had taken position to the left anil front of drums, near 101 i'oso. The Hieoe-s of the cavalry in clearing "Kettle" lull, really an advanced positn n of the Spanish line, had allowed the HntchkKs pmisnnd Parker's I t iatliiifts to eri.s-- San .1 r.mi river at tlm I ford of t ho main mad and pet to hipli ' ) roil ml in the sontbi in si ;eef the hill. Parker's nd\ettr upon the mvi: matked a crisis in tile attack. He had thr o puns with liitn mid opened them all upon the I !i elilietoe wl.ii h Captain Ilouphtcu ct the Thud ea.valry pointed out to him. (Jrimt s and I arkhnrst, be it remembered, wtro pourinp in their shed Is, but the Spanish fire did m t abate. S'tartinp with a low rata of sped, Purker gradually turned his puns up to their hiphest capacity, and in the space nf ton minutes, the inti/rles < f tin* pans | sweeping prnhunliy nlonu tIm i'|t:i:i:.-!i j trenches. sift..I 'JO, 1)00 bullets into tho | crowded works. J'lfnr" the en. my r. a)izod what tho horrid Ir.til meant tho ominous found of the machine ki;ii- had already terrified theni, and they t.< ym to leave then pits, preferring ]..>s->sI !?> death outs-id" to eertaiu slaughter within. Then s'leuco fell upon tho hloekhouso, upon its lot phoh d ehuuihi rs, upon its batteries, upon its trenehes li! 1 ed with men. But all this; time neither the cavalry oor tho iufautry bad ' food idle waiting '."wenty-fonrth pushed their way along the trnil blocked with halting volunteers. First nu aid, running full speed r.rul swinging his hat, signaled tho coluiuii to hurry forward; next a staff i officer galloped up with Kent's second , message to YVikolT to rush his command to the field. Eager to do something, even at tho risk of disobeying orders, part of one battalion of the volunteers, Mid UaPFerty, with F company of another battalion, fi ll into line, anywhere, anywhere, touching elbows with blacks ;:ud whites, so long as they conld bo "in tho swim." Individual volunteers also 1 roke loose from tho stationary ranks and elbowed to the front among regulars. One of these independents was Austin Pardee, a hoy of IT, sun of a former nfileer ? f the Thirteenth, who had cried to take his father's place aud fight for the flag until his widowed mother yielded. Fording tho creek and giving their burning heads a cooling dip as they j assed. tho men of the brigade lined up on tho bank, leaving WikofF dead and Worth lying in his blood, tho last and most shining sacrifices to the Moloch of "Hell's Crossing." In the broad field cn the left of Hawkins' two rogimcutg TVikolY's column struck a zona ut pitiless lire, nuil there the third commander t f the brigade, gray haired Liscum of tho Twenty fourth, went down. Staff ?/Hirer Tayntan of tho Twenty-fourth told mo that liin eyes wtro riveted on thonoldo leader, whoso fi rm could be eon cutting 'Is way through \tho tab' grass with giantstrides. Like flush of lightning ho was seen, then disappeared. In tho van of tho column tho Thirteenth regiment, led by Colonel Worth as far as "Hell's 1 'r casing, " climbed up tho bank and went through tho wire fence, where paps had already been made. Major Lllis was at its head, but was soon shot down. '1 her" was an open f.eld stretching away up to the blockhomo. This ri gimeiit had lost heavily at tho crossing, f nrticul irly hy Spanish shrapnel, bet moved resistless!}* uti until a galling volley tiro compelled it to tec It shelter utnit r a bank .some hundred yards from the birr Tho Ninth regiment, rn tho left of tho Thirteenth. ] usse l tho ordeal at tho crossing with but little. In climbing tho lank it was struck bv a heavy Mauser lite In m i-sin .lua:i heights and from the I rets, lift, right and in front. Pressing i n in liiicwith t he Thirteenth, tho iiginieut baited at tin* l ank and delivered its fro upon tho .^paniarda in tho tienckrs at th. I In: khcusn When tho Twt nty lor.rth regiment of blacks appeared in view above the crest ?f liio rivi r l ank, tho Spaniards appari ntly tnrui d all tin ir tire open them, hoping, as sla y said aftcrwaid. to demorali/.o lln 1:1 and p:ei ip.tato a panic. for iha artillery to do their work. Tb8 cavalrymen. who had not been ordered by .-'uniner to remain nu "Kettle" bill, formed lines of troops and battalion.! and plunged down tbo slopit, across tho valley and up the furthest slope toward the Spanish second position. When this movement hegau. San Juan blockhouse was still belching firo. and part of tho Third cavalry, together with tho Sixth, tinder Major Lebo, struck out in a diagonal liuo for tho stubborn fortress. Hawkins' mcu, nearest tbo cavalry at that time and separated from Wikoff's Km ?hMnkUn... 1 2 * pi III!" iil n CiJl lidUri > (UIM UlTH <121(1 tho elevatious of ground betvvveu. started forward, tho Sixteenth apparently fending and deflcctiug somewhat to tho left. At tha very head of tho Sixteenth regiment ran that stalwart negro, whoso powerful machete had cut through tho half dozen strands of barbed wiro with cue blow. Frenzied with his hatred of tho Spaniards and overjoyed that tho American nrniv was at his back, he plunged forward, howling likan demon. As the line tieared the crest an ofiicer of tlie cavalry warned Parker that lie was in danger of shooting his own men. "Not yet," raid Parker. "Tho range is too high. I'll stop when they are well up." Some e.ue in Parker's own regiment, the Thirteenth, signaled him with a vvhito handkerchief when to stop. Likewise Grimes and Parkhurst, over 2,000 yards in the rear, trained their glasses on the blockhouse, watched the advanciug infantry lines, and just hi the uicttof time ceased tiring, for the concussion t.f ace cf Grimes' shells, which fell shc.rf, stunned and knocked down Captain McFarland of tho Sixteenth regiment. The Hotcbkiss battery. from the same range as Parker? that is. the slope of "Kettle" hill ? poured 2 inch shell into the blockhouse over the heads of the charging infantry. The men .of the Sixth and Sixteenth aimed for the trenches <111 the Spanish tight and left of tho blockhouse, pull nig meiustives up wurrj me ground was mV:rtijit by grasping the thick, strong grass. Under the very etest they were safe from Spanish fire, Lot at the top they encountered four strand barbed wire tslices, which the i.ien of the Sixteenth cut through, using their nippers. The sr.rviiurs say that the trenches were lined with dead and wounded Spaniards, whom they had killed by Krag-.lorgenson the, while halted,at tho eiulauknict.t farther down the field. They say also that Parker's guns did good work, especially in their moral effect upon the advancing infantry. One of tho artillery shells had cut down the Spanish Hag. which, tho men of the Sixteenth say, was lying on the roof whin they passed by the blockhouse, ir through it. for Lieutenant Carey of Company L did pass through. Ten minutes later ho saw the Thirteenth men taking the tlag from the root. The men ol the Sixteenth say that when they opened lire upon tho Spaniards retreating from t lie blockhouses and trenches eotko cno cried out, "They'r* Culans!" The liro was stopped, l'or the Spanish uniform and that worn by some Cubans was similar; otherwise more Spaniards could have bei n captured. When tho Spaniards began running. Major Aumau of the Thirteenth started ahead shouting: "The Spaniards are running, boys! Forward Thirteenth!" This speech of Aumau's, it was declared by odicers in tho brigade, was a general bracer for them all. Auman was a v? r eran. In the firing line of the Thirteenth was a gallant boy soldier, the son and namesake of General T. M. Audi t s, n. who is with tho army in the Philip pines. Young Anderson had won his way from the ranks to a lieutenancy As the line of tho Thirteenth start* d forward for that last spurt Audi tson called out to tho men nearest him, " Advance rapidly!" and with about a dr um others broke loose from tho line and rushed < n to the Spanish ditch which lay farthest down the slope. This ditch had been ouo of the targets of the lirag Jorgeusensof tho Thirteenth. Clamber . * \ra \ LIKI'TKNAXT T. M. AMiKIMtV, .11;. (Li'ailcr of a brave handful. 1 ing up, Anderson and his little liasif! moved on at uind the blockhouse to g? t within range of tho retreating Spaniard^. As tliev parsed the hloekhouso they sa v a Spaniard in the door, who quickly vanished, and supposing there w*i re <.th i rs also lcat:ng retri at. In pi d toeapture tin in I y going around the f< it At 111i time some of the Sixth cavalry i am up. and one of Andersen's men. I'rivaie Agnew if '.'oinpany II. climbed ip is the re f and to< k the ting down. Whi! the Thirtei nth men were slewing the th.ig to the eavalryini 11 two i.f Audi r si u's hand wire hit. AikUim :i say.- this lire c nine fn in Spaniards w ho wi i<- tin di r the lied <'rovs (lag in miiiic building on the i uislmis of Santiago. The Thirtrenth men thought that the raptured 11 ig was a .lonali, t< r.) it into hits and c'.istr11 11?(1 the pieces. The gallant Ma jar Auman was woundtd hi h ro he riai hid the I h eklu use. and the mm .r ollicir i ii the hill, ("sprain jMirnsnce, was rut down at the hitekhonsn with a wound which eao-ed his death next day. The Twenty-fourth regiment was led up the hill by (sptaiti Weigsnt, who tool: command after l.iscum lell. Tho charge of this regiment of negroes is laudtd by all who witnessed it. Guokuk L Ku.mer. !tiie ail ima ionstituiion! !. ? . i Somrthlnft About the Greatest Weekly in tl.e Coil??try. i ; RUD'JCCL) X \T!i FOR TWO PAPERS ' Take Your II >me Paper and Tlie Con* slitut'.oii and lid Happy. We eu'l special attention to our ! -i111>I>:11^ at ran^eiiicJits with The I Weekly Cotistituli >n, published all Vibiiil.i, lia. The clubbing price of lie two papers beiu^ only JJl.To per ear. subnet iptlons to be sent through nm Ooice and Jlio tonus to be c.isli It is a fact pci baps no*, generally known that The Weekly Coustnuiioii n;?s the lir^tst circulation of any ewspaper on the western hoinisidmi e 1 >niy a le* ucaiths ajjo a lur^^fKw.s ,? ?pei directory ipU'stionod the claim if circulation male by The Cousntu ion and put. up a for lei t of 3 J"" i.at it could be disproved iliat it bad J li n e than lOO.OUO circulation. . 1 he j / nisiitiition | rouipily acceptCtl the flVr an l aubmmed its books tn ilie! I'eprcsen'ative ot the ti.ru. Mr t?eor^e l*. Kowell, publisher \ii tile .lew-pip-, r iiiiec uiv, aeiviiowioi^*'! is cuof | ublic'y unil jiaul the lorni. The C-iisti a ion, uliilc liein,* a <len.oer.iiic nea.sjmper, is first. and ih.xe a.I cl.i'igs a new sj> ijier. It is a twflxe pa ye, .'even column weekly, making li'ii'vTour eolu a <s eaeti ? O xtck-. It- Mii'serijitiou jir.ee i vcar l?u'. if taken under the .ii r.iiige tiei.l \x|t!i this p Mit'f wo e hi y.xe i.eia ho'It :r the j.r.ce above named. j The 1 ui.-titmioii lias a mecia I 1 j nii o'i" i?<i in every iuin< rt.iu' | ! city ia the I nitcd States :i:i< 1 a rep j I resent nix e in all of the !ea*i.:<? e-.u ' ters of the world, 1 >iii in?x the iv.it" h S:? iln. \x It i" \ uus ju>t Oven brought t ? a c.os", the i epulis of no i.ew.-jiaper iti the sou b < c mid Coiii|?are xx i a its nexvs j?r? sen ti i 'ii 1r mi i!ie front. lt-< special I | stall fejireseli'ative suite 1 \x i It the1 triny when it fir.-t cuibaiked IV >1.1 : j fuliipi, itlnl <-i the I J) Convspon- I j left s xxli) \x out t .> t.'ilhi. ne xx is oln [ <l mi v seven who remained to Mr lie tl iy l> is"I o?er the *??j*? .c i ud linys in Sanliuyo. Its >j ecn I ej.t es*. ii'ut ive ai< > arc >IU| anted tlic| leet in ti.e Caribbean se?, ami it' I iViisli.ngri.ui sj oeftl 'orv id covered I every detail t?l tlii- t;n: oi l mi w-tr re- I i nt' nriyiliutiiiy at tin- cap t 1. The weekly ('institution <1 trin. he late Spanish \\ ir m rve<l 'h > ne * fall the lotilile even s, loon Si - ! ro last, \v.th the |<r oiiji oes' *1':i?I iiy ! The victory of lie-xry ;.t Manila, ile j death ??f M. siyu U.y'cv, the move i incuts if t o'ps an I Meets, the do : strue ion <>t Cervcr.i s !l ?t t co ler.t ! tions in I'ofo K;c<, tie treaty, ami the n11i'urIii tT <-f the s is ai (i stripes ove.* M wi eistie, Ilivu.ui. . . ii . ... . :. -i < < . . i I \> crt; ??11 *j . \ i'ti im i t.'t k i v ol? | Mon<l iv, ?jh the \ory ?1 ?y thy new?- J liist appeared :n t 10 daily. ? 1 ho Weekly C> ?n makes :i special feature t it- ay o.iltU' j wliioli pi 1 1 o\i r i>\ ? , our! K. J. lloii-iioy. d.rector t t!.? j t jeoryi.n expc i*!l miT lire, anil ?| man who is recognized a> an exner on all agricultura' t pes. lie g v-> : a lull page ovorv w ?on ayrcni tural matters. A page i> d v t'-'l to tno 1 i women ami a pigo to -j:! ir-n. tli?? : ' two department- le ing presided over ' hy Mrs. Wnlian King. Among the regular staff uuitioioj of The Const tutioii are .1. el Ci'.at.1 dler Harris Frank K. Stanton a:,., others well known through-nt, tin country: while among u- - pi m coniriWutnrs are -m-h umn a < U lac- 1*. Keel, ii.ii Arp. S-.rg K.unk 1 ett. IJetsv Hamilton, It i .inn-ye ami others of ? ?li . 11 repiit.ot n 'J'he Cotftitu ion hi-? .i'l-t. eo n pleted the tiiiitiet i year- iM rs ex.. j tencr, CI.irk llowc'j lic.ng tie id j tor ami Col mcl 'A. A. ilenijj.iil is j business manager. is nam- is ; | hou-elioM word i i e.i rv s o h in ; ^ m .... \ ' M- . lias ahviivs l?Ofi* in << f.*; i 1 *' r'??>? . | toitcli Willi tin* ii.'Hc 11* . n 1:1 i>- < u; the south, ;iii<l in I ii.ii.; i ? < <i , j ciii'ulntiuii w hii'li > 11 ..-I ; 00 * li nines ir.ii i> wen ; :r < ]. .'i ! tlliirtlMti wliicli i r.:,? it !,. j ui Aim i. m:i w I ! . i,t w . ! 1 he < 'onstiiutso!! w .( -liri I I >a1111?1 e '! H-i I'll".! i\ < I \; to jiuv ui'i* svn-i In* 11w 11 i ?iin an I I tic nan.is of in i(. I a |io>t ii <">r !. hvt ry TMit'i -iioiM t:ik I r-ri'i \ ROW?p:i| ci' I" i . i > ? i : ..!i i next l<> tin- In- >u. l :.i. .1 < >, jcuoral iicvv-j>? r. i< i ;i * i i ? ; (_\>i s i U'..??n. i i .s r ii' t . r jj.Vt > lil'ii l')r ti <*;?I in. if | \\ itur'i i.? Ii : 11 I i? < ??V it l ? -j> i i < r l.inn- "in ; tn ; ?. i ii u v- s ;-.i n ! til }? i S" t - ill I III i' Ii.irv :?!i I I i i. ?vci tin* wui I I. i . r i : i ,n ? i, 1 ! 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I., Dec. 31, 1S1J8, To the E'iiior of the Ti.mk.s : The American Historical Association, u n itioual org mi/, it.on which is adili tted to the Smithsonian Institutioii. ami whose annual volumes ^ are jointed by the Government Printing Oilive, has undertaken, through ( ttie agency 01 tins t_,otumi.?sion, to h p ibli^h <i cotnprchens.vo anil scholar y ! e iition of the Correspondence of j John C. Cilhoun. The importance of this project, its vital interest to all j who care for the history of the United States, of the South, ami j -pee ahy of South Carolina and her ^ "rout statesman, will, I am sure, be obvious. Persuaded of the imp -r ( tance of aiding the project, the trus toes of the Clemson Agr.cultural College have been so kind a-JJto entrust to mo the Calhoun papers in their possession,?a collection of priceless value lor this purpose, embracing more than four hut.d'cd letters of Mr. Cilhoun and about three thousand letters addiessel to him. .Mr. Patrick Calhoun and Miss Mar traret Calhoun, representing Mr , Caihoun's oldest son, have sent m i their valuable collection of the* j] grandfather s letters. Mr. Ivl*var-> ^panti llaniuimd hat tbrwndedt me the important correspon lenco he iween his father. Senator and G >* crnor llatnmotid, and Mr. Calhoun Similar aid lias been rendered b Mrs. J. V. Calhoun, Gen. K. W ' Simpson, Mr. Yates Snow den. ano Col. .J. i". Robertson. Other collet- ' lions of much interest (as, for in- < stance, what renams ot the cor re poudencc of Mr. Calhoun with G?*n Dull Green.) have been st-nt to m V irent'eineii outside of the sti e. It is, however, t'ue desire of tinCouimu-sioii to base their edition on as complete a colleivioti of -nateria > is po-sible. To this end, I a-k th i;d of all persons in the State win |i issess letters of or to Mr. Ca bom or who kn >w where such letters m?; be found, iftliey ai.l cominunicit with me at tli; aho.e address. I >hai be greatly obliged; still more so, p they wilt le id me their letters, t promise to scud tuim ulia'cly. in eaci ease, an itemized receipt; to keep tin papers securely in the lire-pro d li. Orary building of liro.vn Cniver-itv; to give full credit in the publish* it volume for tiie opportuu ty to uili.-m; and to return them prompt! when the work is done, .?r earner it de.-ired. I also | rotnise mosf em pluitieally that the work s!ia 1 In done, as a n it tonal seicntifi : w -rk should ho, without tra;-o ofp.i' Usan or sectional bi;*s. It may not be im proper for me t> add, that the work d me by members of ihis Commission is voluntary and unpaid, and taat t ie proposed ehiuon is in no sense a i om im-rcia! venture. 1 in i pennifed to u-e the name-j ol* I ii-? lixcell -m-y, Governor \Vf. II ! I !! r'-e. ot S'etiu'rsr 1?. II. I idui -hi. j f t ll<* K? VCMMitl I >i\ C.ipiTS. ili-li"]! ? t ^otitis Carolina, ami ot I loll. '?'? . A. Con" tfllHV, lor III.- Iv M i;. < r "I > Itarl* st m. i s rvuieHC'* t t a; ooi tiil iico :i-i 1'ivur with which iny i I'tjt'i't i* r> ^ inh-ii hv titMii?kz? 1 -I iiio-t j rornii irii'. )> 8'liuii within , .".'n' A i'o v me' to tiM; your:, i. i in making juiMa: my <1 ??:r?? to j i.ii.l.oiii mateiiaU IA'it a -in/. , I . tier, of ' t ? Mr CaiuouH, ma\ w : j; e :?t?, > I v >t i of :.f , j; i v. a ] till *? iiaM i? iillt-t at fill 11 r. hit ? I houa - t i?; i* ictf.u a i I iu ? . r w h ch i it ii'M*.h fai' :i:.|i ar to have who i l>o ] ii el. I iio that, all v. ho rovyiv In- ni' iiioiy of Mr Ca'houo ami . ! I, i I I ie III t!|o hiltorv of ,S mt'i ! ( i'll' JiM.i wall feci It tllfir ilu'V. f , o f. t i : -j oi i[ t i my aj>:> a ? i ih-l.i vo iu-1. >t\ j ! \ ry ri sj? Cf,illy y nr.-*. .). i :: \,\i !.:n .J \mj <';111?ii! in i?! t ! i i-' i i ;i M mil ! , m-i.vt- < i:;ii -- hi, -Hi 1 ! 1 ur.i';ir\ 1 J i* f !i i i . < 11 I iiIMM ? ?" ' I ' Th i- 1 ? ?' n N'.i'ne ' ! '| ' P" ; I t ',< i ? i ?} it ? if..- in 1 t (lie I I" ' 'c I < i* I ?i1 ] \V . . ' ry i .lull'. \'l MH "II - 51 li UtOn. j J ell* M'.'ii, .'line I! ndolf. ' Ma lis >n, Nellie Conway. Monroe, Eliza Jonee. J. Q. Adams Abigail Smitb. A n Irew Jackson, Elizabeth HutcLnson. Van Burcn, Maria Hoee. W. 11. Harrison, Elizabeth Basted. Tyler, Mary Armistc&d. P<>lk, Jane Knox. Taylor, Sarah Strother. Fillmore, Phoebe Millard. . P'erce, Anna Kendrick. Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer. Lincoln. Nancy llanks. Johnson, Mary McDonough. Grant, Hannah Simpson, llayes, Sophia Birchard. Garfield, Eliza Ballou. Arthur, Malviua Stone. Cleveland, Aunie Ncal. Benjamin Harrison, Elizabct [rwin. xt n ? i ? ? i iuci\.miej, i>uncy Vyampueii ai ilon. Thoro is much ado about Lieuren int Ilohson's osculatorv proclivities >ut nothing id said of the girls who teek hitn out to be kissed. It is oip >pin:oa that thee omplaiits coimVom men, on the one hand, vts< nvy Ilobson so much honey, and rom women, on the other hand. ?ho have never hud a whack at the lero of the Merrimac. For our >art, if women want "bussing," let ;hem have it; and if Ilobson cau lil heir "bills," we arc willing that he ihould do it. The only danger we leo about the whole matter is, if the linking of one vessel will raise s< nanv kisses, we need not be surnrix y , " I ?(l if the entire navy of the next eno ny who attempts to scrap with us is :urned upside down.?Exchange! CHAMBER OF CATS. "Thcro's only one reason I hato to have him couio," said Mrs. Blackstone. "Only one, and that's enough, goodness knows!" "Tli? cats?" inquired Mr. Bluckstonc. "Thi darned cats!" rejoined his wife, wiili vindictive emphasis. "I'll tell liini about the cats when 1 write," said Mr. Blackstouo. He did. Here is the letter: Df.au Rwiri.re?Of course we want you to route, n*ul of course there Is plenty of room, though *t isn't the best kind of room, the good wife fears. You must know our flat is as narrow ami Ions as the lane between your own mansion nnd that where you house your eows. Oe.r suest ehaml>er is the last room of all at the r?ar. It is the biggest and the lightest, hut we dt n't use it to sleep in because of the cots. Tin- internationn1 cat dueling ?ground for the borough of Manhattan is under tho windows. Why don't we kill 'em? When one dibs, six come and bewail his death. So wo evacuated ihe room for night use and live in the place the landlord calls Ihe guest chamber. Thcro j.sn't time la-fore you ootne to take the bedstead. down nnd transpose them. It tnkes ten days to do that, including tho time spent in hospital. ii juii i-nn mnnu mo rnrs, come, and we hope yea will win your rose. Wneorely, WII.1.1 AM BUCKKTOM. To tlu> lion. Ropulus McShnno, District Attorney 's Oflico, County, N. Y. Tlio Hon. Rcgulus JMcShnno arrived 'Hi a Saturday evening, and was conducted to liis room. Thero wcro windows (>n two si Hon nf thn T-nnin Tim bed run obliquely into the room between tlii-m. On each of the uuwiudowed sides wus a closet door. Cue closet ran through to the bedroom of the Ulackstoues. It continued n tlxed washstaud and the fan:i ly medicine shelves. Tho shelves of the other closet were piled high with discarded shoes, empty mineral water bottles and fragments of broken furniture. "Th *re!" said Mr. Blackstone, as ho opened the door of this closet and pointed with prido to tho display on tho shelves. "That is your only relief from cats. That is the magazine. When they begin to howl, bombard thetu. Use tho Spanish method. Don't hit. If you do, they'll only niako twice as much noise." The district attorney smiled grimly. "I rather think I'll stay awake for fear I shouldn't wako up when they begin to sing." "Don't you think, my dear," iter husband said, "don"t you think it is time to let tho weary traveler within our flat go to the chamber of cats? You tint to bed and I'll take Itcgulus and show him what beautiful decorations there are inside the refrigerator." Hho went her way and they went I heirs. Ho well did the up country dignitary appreciate the refrigerator that it was n< ar midnight when ho parted with his host at the door of the chamber r?f cats. As they passed her door, Mrs. Clackstono noticed that tbo district attorney's feet seemed to drag a little. "Poor thing," sho said to hersolf, as she winked solemnly at her pillow. "He is tired. Perhaps ho can't help dragging his feet, the responsibility of carrying tlioso lovely shoeB is heavy? In avy"? As sho dozed, sho heard hor husband saying: "if you can, old man, you hotter unrtn ss in tho durk. The mosquitoes are iv. tnl up here. Wo would have put in -rriens, but if wo had you couldn't [save got at tho eats." [f W1K tu rltunu on Uamw 1 ? U~ ? !'? a ..? J,r> WU UUUl latui WUCU Mrs. Ulnckstone awoke. The night was tary still. She wondered what had waked her. In n moment sbo knew. ' r-r-ow-wow !M came the chal; live from a half block away. "Pr-r-riw!" "Kr wiiwu!" came the answer from .tali r the back window. "Will," said Mth. Illnckstonohonr.sey t' i tin- next pillow, "Will, wnke up. i in y'ro coining." She sat up uud clup, (I la r hands softly in her glee. "Lciunio know when they get here," nmabled Blnckstouo as ho dug his head nto the pillow again. Mrs. BUokstone ut up and listened, "Pr-r-r-ow-wow!" The challenger was draw in K nearer. Not one, bat three voices answered him. For a moment, as they converged, all was silent. Then ii mnctnvl V Ko^ftn/?l*v Ti ttvna 11 Wa vnmc 1 liiunwv A% n?D IIAU that of a O-iucuths-old infant who has swallowed his bib pin. " Will," said Mrs. Blackstone, "wake op! They've come." He eat up and tabbed his eyes. in the next room they heard the bump and pounding of baro feet on the floor. They beard a door open and the clinking of glass. "Goodness, Will," whispered Mr*. Blackstone, "I'd forgotten that 70a could hour things in thut room 60 clearly." "It's a very still night," her husband mumbled wisely. The footsteps moved softly across the room ngaiu. "Slum-chunk!" The fragments of bottle tinkled on the hard surface of the yard. This noise had not died away beforo there arose the long wail of the overtures to cat battle "W-o-o-o-o-o-o, wow wow!" Softly and cautiously the footsteps crossed Iho room ugain. Again a bottle DroKO aud scattered. Aguiu rose the wail of war. There was nothing cautious about the footsteps this time. Instead of the olink of buttles heavy boot soles clattered together. The time consumed iu gathering ammunition indicated that au armful was being collected. Swat?bang?biff?swat?boom 1 "T-f-f-t, wiokok!" yowled a victim. "Thank tlio Lord !" shouted tho Hon. Mr. McShano. "Whoop!" .< Boom?slam?smash?slap?biff! "There, by damn!" they heard Mr. McShano mutter. Tho silence of Bundav morning settled down again. Tho Blackstones slept righteously into daylight, but not so lato as they hod intended. At about tho timo folks up the state go out to feed tho stock before preparing for church thero came a rapping at their bedroom door. "Bill! Say, Bill!" said a worried voice. "Wassermat?" asked Mr. Blackstone. "Did you send anybody into my room to take my shoes cut to clean them?" asked Mr. McSliaue. "No." responded Mr. Blackstone. "What's up?" "They're gone, that's all," was the melancholy answer. ' Iput thorn in the closet when 1 went to bed?theouo that isn't the magazine, yon know?-so that in the excitement of battle I wouldn't get mixed up and throw them, aud now they're gone." Mrs. Blnckstono slipped out of bed ami irincerlv nni'urd H?? dnnr lli? uariow closet that connected the two rooms. "If ho put thrni in here," sho said, peering iu tho darkness, "they certainly must Lo here," tShc opened the door a littlo wider &nd shrieked. Her husband was beside her i:i an instant. "Leek!" she cried, pointing into the closet. "Look!" "For goodness* sake, you people," paid a wondering vcico in tho nail, "what's the matter?'* Tho voice of Blackstono answered him, enunciating rlctvly and solemnly recounting a catalogue of things. "One quart tr.ttlo of mucilage, one quart bottle of red ink, one quart bottle of green ink, one-half gallon jug of vvhk.ky, mo bottle of Pond's extract, ono bote of dry plates, two bottles of developer, c no largo bottle of lime water"? "Gue pair of russets, one pair bicycle -hoes," Mrs. P.laekstono took up the list. "The skirt frame. Your big shoes, your patent leathers, your winter shoes' "Gone, all gene!" they said in chorus. "Have you found my shoes, yet:'* asked a vcico front tba hull. "Your shoes!" bawled Mr Blackstone. "Yon good for nothing hut shark bait, steam snnvvplows. Oh, yon"? "William!" said Mrs. Elnckstone. Her husband strode out into the hall. He took his guest by the scruff of the neck and led him to the window. There in the area they look<d down upon such an ink bespattered gummy wreck as seldom man is privileged to look upon. On the stcuo steps lay one dead cat, and by his side a huge, yellow, gore stained Syracuse boot. The other rested under the largest fragment of tho ink bottle. "I must have got iuto the wrong clo:et, alter all," raid tho IIou. Mr. I\J< Slime after awhile. "And they cost |:8.50." PTi:, case went against him by default the i.t ?:t clay because ho had to wait for Black, tone to go down town, his own feet c lad in t< uuis shoes, and order a c full assortment of shoes sent to the house "for a gentleman with the bigft, ,11 " f..? IVf n% > w v . II Minn. ii(U iUl. JJiUUJfc-t'. i:c was unlet ling enough to say ho Ii?lu't much tare.? New York Sun. Hoi'Ki'lin?*li r.ldlni;. Horseback exercise possesses, nctmling to some physicians, the facul>y of both increasing and reducing weight. This is nil apparent contradiction, but it is explained by the difference of the time at which the riding is done. If meals are taken immediately after riding, additional flesh Is gained, but if a space of an hour and a half is allowed to intervene between the ride and the meal a decrease of flesh results. Care of ttir I'oor. A regularly organized system of re lievtng poverty has been in vogue in China for more than 2,000 years. It Is said that an orgunized system of charity prevailed among the Egyptians 2,? 500 years B. C. r Oar Ton Atcfenr. A meteoric stone weighing four tons fell on a warehouse in Flume, Austria, and set it on fire. The stone crashed through the house and was found burled in the collar. _