Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1891, Page 10

ee ° A GREAT EXPLOSION That Shocked City Point and Wrecked Grant’s Headquarters. TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Some Facts in Regard to That Terrible Dis- aster That Were Never Before Made Pub- Me— Sergeant Frits and His Cargo of “Fixed” Ammunition—Fiying Missiles. ‘Written for The Evening Star. ‘TWILL BE REMEMBERED THAT AFTER the great battles of the wilderness, which ended at Cold Harbor in the spring and sum- mer of 1864, the Army of the Potomac, under ‘the command of Gen. Grant, took up a position in front of Petersburg and facing the army of Gen. Lee. The lines exterided on the right from a point between Harrison’s Landing and Deep Bottom, on the Wames river, to the Wel- don railroad, on the left, adistance of nearly forty miles, and on this line was erected by both armies probably the most formidable ar- ray of breastworks ever known to modern or ancient warfare. Hundreds of cannon, some of them of immense caliber, were mounted at va- rious points along the lines by both armies, and it was no unusual thing for us tobe luiled to sleep by the terrific roar of a general cannonade, which would often last the betigr part of the night and quite as often again resume opera- tions in the early hours of the morning and continue the better part of the day. were terrible days for both north and south and the “grim monster” death was busy. Dur- ing July, August and September the weather was very dry and almost intolerably hot. The dust, which was omnipresent. became atomized and the slightest breeze, the tramp of the bors in bine or the army mule and wagon would cause it to rise and envelope us like a London fog. and it was not an unusual thing to hear the most irreverent exclaim, as did the psalmist, “How long, oh, Lord, how long.” ‘THE BASE OF SUPPLIES AT CITY POINT ‘The base of supplies for Grant's army was at City Point on the James River,about sixty miles above Fortress Monroe, nine miles from Peters- burg and sixty-five miles from and below Rich- mond. Here was gathered probably the most unique, motley and often woebegone array of army transports ever seen in any war and robably the like of it will never be seen again. e patient and long-suffering ‘‘canaler” with his unsightly barge, or canal, boat was here, anchored on the shoals so that his boat and cargo only floated at high tide. I recollect the captains of these barges as being the most ‘Tae opperctdy areas from tne fact thet easdos 3) iy arose t under their pea from the goverament they were earning more greenbacks than at any other period in their whole nautical experience, with nothing todo but wait for the order to dis- charge cargos and be towed back to one of the many depots of supplies forafreshone. At night we could often hear the fiddle giving off in aernde way the airs of “Old Zip Coon” or the “Arkansas Traveler” from the decks of these same greasy old hulks, and at times a woman's voice could be heard wailing some intive ditty, as it was not an unusual thing for a “canaler® to be sccompanied by his wife and often children. A VERT VARIED FLEET. As I before remazked this fleet was remark- able for its variety, often numbering 300 ves- sels of all descriptions and but very few of them of the same pattern. The Jersey City and Brooklyn ferry boats were not infrequent visitors. Long Island sound excursion steamers were also to be found here,as also side wheelers well known in their day as the Daniel Brooks, Deniel Drew, Grey Hound, Pocahontas and a great number of ships, brigs, tugs, brig- antines, barques, schooners, men-of- pride of our navy, aris- ing largely from a little bit of history which she had but recently made quite early one morning in Hampton Roads at about the hour when the average Virginian is wont to take his quinine and whisky to ward off the “chills.” THE VILLAGE ON THE BLUFF. For a distance of nearly half a mile strong government wharves and immense government warehouses fringed the border of the river im- mediately in front of the village. These ware- houses were immediately adjacent to the wharfs and just back of them ran the railway which connected the “point” with the army and for- merly with Petersburg. Immediately along the tracks were a long row of board houses, which were used for various purposes, the first being the harbor master’s office, the sutlers’ stores, commissary office, &c. Just back of these was a bluff some seventy-five toa hundred feet high and of very abrupt rise, upon which the village of City Point is built. "'This bluff at that time was scaled bya broad stairway and was the fashionable thoroughfare of the point, as the headquarters of Gen. Grant and his steff, as also the chief and depot quartermasters, chief and depot commissaries and all other offices necessary to the supply and control of a large army were located on the plateau back of the brow of the bluff. Bermuds Hundreds, about three mile: City Point on the same side of the ri separated by the Appomattox river, which jo the James at this point. About a mile anda half from the mouth and up the Appomattox was a small cluster of old-fashioned houses and ing th john Smith. In fact the identical tree was pointed to by ancient Africans as being the one under which this world-wide drama was enacted. QUITE 4 LARGE POPULATION. ‘The base hospital was located on the banks of the Appomattox, between this landing and City Point. From the foregoing it will be in- ferred that the region in around City Point was at this period ig the great war rather densely | populated. Besides" the sick and wounded « conmderable force on guard duty and the inevitable military prison, or as it was termed “Bull Pen,” there were many thousand eoutrabands of all ages and sexes, many of the makes being employed in the © quartermasters’ commissary departments ite a num- Dercf the females as cooks and the laundresses of the several hospitals and headquarters at the The total number of souls within ‘the picket lines of the post at the date of which Jam writing could not have fallen far short of 3,000 consisting. as bas been before indicated, of one lieutenant general, officers of all grades, soldiers and civilians of nearly all conditions and avocations down to the contraband of tender Years just from the adjoining plantations. A LIST OF VESSELS WANTED. ‘These details are dwelt upon at some length fm order that the reader may havea fair con- ception of the wild panic, disorder and dis- may which, like a cyclone, but without the usual warning given by one, smote us hip and thigh on the'l2th day of August at 11:45 a.m. Zhe evening previous Thad been notified by Gen. P. P. Pitkin, chief depot quartermaster, under whose orders I was then serving, that it would be my duty to prepare a correct list of the im the harbor, showing class of vessel, date of arrival and’ the character of cargo and lay it before him for signaturein time for transmission to Gen. Rufus Ingalls, chief quartermaster of the army, who desired to transmit it to the Secretary of War by the steamer Daniel Brooks, then plying between the marters and Washington as a mail an passenger —_ transport. As she was to leave her wharf at 10:30 a. m. as the list would cover about fifteen closely ritten pages of foolscap, it was necessary for me to get an extremely eary sturt, as the fleet was anchored the river reaching from Wilson's Point below to Bermuda Hundreds above, a distance of about five miles. as EARLY starr. Notifying the captain of one of the swiftest (naar Leon eet wharf at daylight, I prepared a list, so far as it was possible to do so from the office records, and at the first ap- steaming to ‘the lower end of the tleet to commence my at skippers. My task of for s report was brought to Hundreds, at about 8:30 i : in iH i : ii FEF 4 H Eis Fae in Hit ‘ll tel i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1891--SIXTEEN PAGES. IRL R. HICKS FORECAST. HE CAN SHAVE HIMSELF, What He Hes to Say About the Weather for | But His Experiences in barge I was made the recipient of » military ea- Inte from a tall, straight military man, who looked every inch a soldier. and Scommpenring He Wears Hie Cast-Of Hands for Gloves Jrarning How Were the slate came in cheerful tone the tion, i eA tae Desk een Mrnentan, February. | Rather Trying. “Bon jour, Monsieur le Capitaine.” A glance: ‘From the Chicazo Tribane. Rev. Irl_R. Hicks, the St. Louis weather | From the New York Times. the figure disclosgd the familiar form and fea- prophet, has this to say for February’s| “Ihave learned to shave myself quite satin fares of Ordnance it Frits, as he was ther: factorily.” said a young broker down town the familiarly known post. Ido not Ss a pen | remember that I ever heard him called b; The general storm movements organizing | otber day. He had just finished an exeelient other name rgeant Fritz, and during the last two days of January, will grow | luncheon. He rabbed Lis sraooth-shaver chin he had had man; of in the Ger- in violence as they eweep eastward, reaching | and seemed to feel triumphant. “I am quite man arm ted in the uso of French y society. We have striven for over a year to find a hundred people who are fit to become members of it, Our terms of admission are | follow. A reugh experience two years ago un- very exacting. A member must undergo &| doubtedly had something to do with his desire thorough examination before board of cen-| to avoid publicity. He wasin a mining camp ros oe ee en ane, when his queer disease paid its annual visita- wo out falling into more ve | tion, and he went out of his head through fear ake om the Sua, {22d excitement. He was unable to leave the , he terms in his greetings, possibly because the lan- guage sounded more polite in his ears, as he was the pink of politeness and all the ethics of military etiquette radiated from his every ac- tion when in the presence of his superior offi- cers. Poor Sergeant Fritz! How little did I dream that I should never see him or any part ot him again. Ishall never forget him as he stood there with alittle “tally book” in his their worst between the Ist and 3d, inclusive. | Proud of the achievement, too. It is true thet On the Inst day of Jantary Mercury passes its | it took me about seven years te © the art, disturbing point, combining on the same day | and it is also trae that a that time T with a regular Vulcan period, and on February | *pilled a good deal of blood. I not only eet my 1 with a disturbing moon phase. A warm wave | face with rogularits, but I alsshed myself im developing rain storms and attended by electri- | the back of the neck several times. I made cal phenomena is sure to result. On the south | Painful gushes in the ends of my fingers, and £ side of storm areas dangerous storms need not | Fecal that on one occasion, by a mysterious unpleasant notoriety which would unavoidably mm Descending the stairway with great difficulty, owing to the wreckage that had been cast upon a] tly waiting for me to pass across 1d t i Set but ‘be of his own composition. W. camp for treatment, and when the miners saw | sn: while to the northward destructive | Combination of unfortunate circumstances, I oe eee aad mooleclst cmp cea escasee? The ine Bim in monologue snd we try bmn dilogua. his condition they thought be was « leper and | sleet » | gnow bitzzards are apt to result. Pre- | took a slice from ms left ankle. . '¢ donot form any judgment upon his opinions, | and decided to shoot him. The mob advanced | Pare for toend in one of the most | “To questions by my ‘HANDLING FIXED AMMUNITION. but watch closely grammar. We have ‘had on him, but his brother, with his revolver eee itter cold waves of the winter. how I received #0 many I saluted him in the same cordial manner and just in it, bi + r ious thatI tremble for our reputati fe | to reject so many applicants for membership | cocked, stood over the afflicted man and drove ‘he wires will suffer woefully during the per- | plied that I was learning ¢ turbations of this period. Mark our warking |sttention to their gibes 7 for heavy sleet. The cold will generally relax | alone except on the rare oc and much local storminess will follow on and | peared unscathed, and ther next to the reactionary 6th aud 7th. was feeling real well. My mother ‘The 12th is the central day of the next regu- | were seriously alarmed for my personal appear- lar storm period. This period will begin to | ance. But T persevered, the cuts healet up feel severely the disturbing power of the grow- | and now I may say that I am about a» pearly ing Venus perturbation. Very warm tempera- | perfect as I could wish to be in the use of @ ture—enormous rainfalls with thunder and | razor. lightning in many places, turning to snow, | “My motive in learning to shave and followed at the close by extreme cold, | the broker, “prang from a longing f will be the natural order for this period. We | from the tyranuy of barbers. live or six times name the 12th, 13th and Mth as the days of |e woek Iwasa barbers by Ipless Sreatest activity and danger. The extreme | thumped m cast may not fecl the full force before | they talked to the 15th. Phenomenal fluctuations of tem- own barber. Iwas siso nctuated by the con= while doing soa glance showed me that he was engaged in discharging cargo of ammunition from the barge and storing it in the warehouse which stood at the end of the wharf. This am- munition was packed in wooden boxes, about = foot square, and was being handed up from hold of the vessel by a gang of colored laborers, toa similar gang who stood around the hatch- was to receive it; while still another gang would place the boxes on trucks and wi them to the point of storage in the warehouse. Although pressed for time, for some reason to myself unexplainable, I turned for # moment to the sergeant as to the character of the ord- nance he was handling. He informed me that it was what was known as “fixed” ee broken out in several places and there | eats butier at dinner right under thi that we are almost in our work, | them off by threatening to shoot the first man Nas great danger that it would reach the maga-| Fepronchful eyes, and once be served himself | and there is but a poor prospect of getting 10 | wens dew Sin ‘with soup: I could see that it was an | Ramee on our roll, In one of the rooms of St. Elizabeth's the army was stored, but fortunately, by |awfal shock to James, though, of course, he | “We havo had twenty lawyers under exami- | Hospital hangs the strangest. picture that can prompt action, it was extinguished. was too well trained to say that—— nation by the board of censors, which gave bo ceen fn Clings, ot tn So Dated States for at u &pon nd, so that | that matter. Within the frame are four photo- they might not prepare themselves in advance. Tepresenting aman in the act of ‘shed- They were req oe ling his skin. The most characteristic parts tinctly, which was trying business for most of | of skin are in the frame also—both hands them. Their words were taken down by a ste- | perfect, with the exception of the finger znils, nographer, so as to be brought under the | und ths soles and heels of beth fert. with a little e as I remember, numbered about | board gules. Her mother wes my laundress naif of tho eye ax well as thecar. One- | of the upper portion—in fact a perfect pair of one hundred and the wounded moro than twice | half a dozen years ago, and caused a tragedy in | half of them spoke very inaccurately; seven | gloves ani « pair of moccasins. In the center as many more, and would ha iy exceeded | my family, too. My'dear old maiden aunt, | made blunders and only, three, were found | of the picture are balf » dozen perfect nals, that number iad the catastrophe happened an | Botsey Swift, was sitting on the side porch one | Worthy to be admitted to the society. Several | which formerly belonged to this skir:-shedding hour and o quartet earlier in the day, as the | night at dunk, and old Col. Chavex had just | of the rejected applicants were anxious to de-| man. ‘Then there are sevcral large plates of the rods and leaving great sheets of pasteboard all over the nate comrades, but with all that could be done | city. Her carringe has a coat-of-arms, too,they with this immense force it was fully six hours | say. If it's appropriate, it ought to bea pair before the work was completed. of red, Irish arms bare, rampant on a wash- -teagy taken her withered white hand to help him to | fend themselves, but wo permit no debate or | cuticle taken from various parts of tue body. | PeFature—warm here and zero yonder—with | ideration of expense. I figured that berbers tion, in the form of shells so constructed the et ee soe eee Pos Ohne 2 lai bates Meee chen a ke ettfogeing, for ‘the Of grammar are| One of the photographs shows this ecange atoniehingly rapid changes, will characterize | Cost me about #100 8 year iy This, Obetacle an ‘cuploa jon was sure to follow. As he | carried over four hundred gers to Wash- Perea shen a bow! ‘made him start and shrink | 8xed and cennot be violated under any pretext. | human being ‘with his arms cuietcetcked, ihe | ll the disturbances ‘during the remminder of | reflected, would purchase many little articles made these few explanations he was almost con- stantly warning the men, both on deck and in the hold, to be careful ‘of the way the boxes were handled and remarked tome that the Wi ry imosa. There stood that tipsy old , | “We had @ score of Wall street operators | old skin peeling off and hanging from his body | "¢ month. Low Jands and narrow, gorged | It would help pay my cigar bill, and it i hey ies Bets omg emia eek aoe ay fe cae a ee under examination. Nearly all of them |in shreds like'n tattered skint’ while the nec | Water channels are apt to be suddenly and dan- | pay for two, perhaps three, comfortable GEN. GRANT'S GENTRY KILLED. in the air and trying to explaina tear or aburn. | Seemed to be in a hurry, ie very rapidly | skin can be detected by the whiteness of the seronsl jooded. Regions to the northward DerK. The: sentry in front of General Grant's tent | Betsey gave one look and fled, and tho colonel | and made blunders that would have promoted | photograph. All the skin has been oiled, and | Will have heavy snows and. blizzards, with ex- ppers. Rcmewhat tomy surprise when Tannownced mover ack aut i laughter if laughter were not forbidden during | some of the-pieces are perforated, while others | "me and sudden drops of the mercury that | my determination to my barber he offerel mo Ping of one of these bores back into the hold | way pitted while pacing his beat by a{falling | crasishamicand { thinke en TUT Tt * | examinations.“ Ouly one taan among nem all | Cont her esek oan oe ee | will call for pradent vigilance: “Onend es | oie "Thad postponed telling hice epveneh Je oead meager a Se ope “argo | cannon ball, as were many other soldiers who| Miss Douglas—The Humane Society ought to | ¥1s able to pass muster. water escaping. The hands and feet are of a | the 18th T temperature and reactionary | times, fearing bis high dimpleasure. But be ex- ere were « large number of — ‘off duty but inthe immediate vicinity. | remonstrate with him. He has disciplined that | _“"We examined a score of preachers, and I| yellow tint from being ban storms will be due. | hibited none. I dimly recall now that, and an enormous quantity apa —— ee oe tee et a Se toe re po miserable dog of his until he hasn't a sponta- | ust praise the cloth by telling you that over | and from being used ‘as gloves ana Dy enus is at the center of her disturbing | turned away to get some Tan expression Doe ne eet ee ccald well be, bus to me, | demolished for a great distance, and stores of | heows moment of existence. He won't sliow | One-bulf of them are now siong us. They | the former owner, the rest of ing of | Pericd on the 25th: about the same day a Vul- | of sorrow. evidently due to the lom of o circumspect as poy: ota: wee be es te ee | ees ee dutroyed. Large quan-| im to snore nor turn round but once before | Spoke more deliberately than the lawvere. They | a milky hue. can disturbance will reach the central parts of | Temunerative a customer, passed Plosven Trelt some senso of relief when I had | tities fell into the river and were carried aff by | Me lies down, and as for the Joy of fleaor two | Nero, careful of their influitives. “They knew | ‘The man who once wore this skin for natural | tls continent, with moon at ite full on the 334, | face. Bat it was gore, when he the current. Nothing was ever seen or heard | to hunt! he has left that hope behind long ago. | bow to use their prepositions. They under-| purposes is now at work in full posseasion of a} VUican's central day. At this time the earth's me again, and he proceeded then and there | Why, his maste stood moods, tenses and cases, verbs, adverbs, | hewakin, which will leave next sumer. | Yerual equinox, also, will begin to send ite|to get as much’ m out of me as re Gees cincionsl Mace cikecs wes | be) saga. his Siar Sopot = nouns and pronouns. ‘They hud been painstak- | He has been pecling off his skin from the crown | @eCtic, equatorial currents northward to bat- | he could while be had se. | meekly allowed never accounted for, and for days after labor- | ‘There, that'll do, Chesterfield, her | ing in their study of philology. They keptcon-| of his head to the soies of his feet for thi: tie with Boreas, Therefore, the period run-| him to inflict upon me all of the operations ara eeis atoun wil. tage thering and bury-| tho tonb or the name hus the desired effect, | tl of their tongues when they wero speaking. | three yenrs, the sims dey of crch year, aud it | Ding from ebout the 22d to the 2th. inclusive, |in the kuowinige of a barber aud E in bein, idden Fritz good morning and retreated toa distance which ing fragments of huma: gs. The vessels at | You see, bis owner is one of the New England | Nearly all of the preachers who were admitted | was only On the last occasion that publicity | one that will bear watching. All we have | bonghtfrom him personally two razors Be = Dwigh! rredicg ing, | belong to a single denomination, but I will not | followed and the medical profession became | *id of characteristic storms and temperatures | said that they were his best and declared hat ee oe ae ae Gee nan oe about everything, | «<u you which Senomination, becouse Ido not | wave of tare i canornionpt earmrgag for Febracry will apply specially to. this | he would have parted with them to no ether through from the hurricane deck to the keel of | Mrs. Wilton—His own identity! Why, dear balang ts it myeelf aud you would probably | He is the second eldest child of a family of | Pétiod. Keep your eye on it. man in the world. He handed them tome when binck stevedores, accompanied by -ythmic sing-tong lingo which, w minsical, is to an on-looker more oF some. ‘THE REPORT WRITTEN UP. 5 oman, he hasn't any, "Hele fetatre Coc cats | make haste to join it. thirteen, all of whom are living, and his gronl- t ‘was loc of the window. The Twas in the harbor master’s office in a | en are aantity of ammunition | husband and maid ofall work, Hie picks the | _ “The board has examined mang college grad- | snother is nine'y-seven Jenes oli. Tn the oo BARON HIRSCH. ‘bows,’ be said. would discharge him if be beard moment, where Ibad decided to write up my | that Was known to be on poor Fritz’s barge, | camphor out of her furs, heats her curling irons | ¥4%e8 Who could not speak 500 words grammati-| of i857 the home of his parents in Franklin, —— of the sale. He charged me for them eight report in order to avoid the interruption inci- but the destruction wrought would signify a| and they even say manicures her finger nails. cally. They had in bygone times studied the | Mo., was burut down during the Kansas-Mis-| The Princeof Wales’ Friend and His Mi times the amount they were worth, though he dent to the main office. I had a herculean task i ne large amount. Both armies distinctly heard | I am going to ask him up to dine and bring his | Latin and Greck as well as the English grammar, | souri troubles. His father was away and his Power. couvinced me then that I wns obtaining seme- : Wife's new book, “Petals of Passion.” I'll try | but, having associated for years with people | mother escaped to the banke of the Meredensen | Prom the London Truth, thing that money alon: The Hs Unciee ae nak Teeet te veces bine te sweety mines ditiat, Sroope were from) tiiteut. the fringe off his cuts while he euis | Of inexact speech they ‘had. wnsconsciously | river. where’ this remarkable. mun was bors leaven,” said mpioess — mano of may oust I bought Stem the pega | ‘ill and became’ so absorbed in my task that the leaves of the book. Of course he is an in- | fallen into habits of inexactitude. exposed to the open air. This may or ma; side of the heavy ba > oad ge —— recpchodtohent tha “ubabeset” whaillnel ee ferior seventeenth, but superior women ought | “The board of censors has examined scores | have had something to do with his skin shed- . wy battalions.” Socially it| “I thought Iwas free then. ‘I will remem- bo wpren aoe ‘with some pages of the report yet A great deal has been said and written about | never to_— of business men and artists and mechanics At any rate at six months cf age his first | Seems to be on the sideof the heavy purses. I said to myself as Iwent home, ‘ss I the cause of the explosion, and in the Wirtz) Mrs. Wardor—Listen to another woman’s | #8d clerks and coach drivers and janitors. A peared all over his body for several years afterw ught it was only — "Soc Bence r p of new ski unwritten. Bh pepenin, ae = a — Mas | Sclabaé Washington: the war was over evi- | love letter. Sho may have to pretend to like it, | few of them have won admission to our ranks, | At that time a Work, Atl130am, I had the extreme satic-| dence was produced to show that it was the re- | DUt in her heart she writhes at it. Men are just | Dut the great majority of them could not | his mother " me's nm, which he increased subsequently by | : faction of writing the last of the seemingly in-| sult of infernal machines which were placed Suck tootlsas ‘blundorers’ os to xéed 9 letter to | Se Cotes of sombermip. One of, the | tover ot childhood end paid Tstie ittention $0] et cn te ehh changeable earch on bakes rt : . CC inns, was admi © yearly vent. le remembers dist iv a wt is 4 ee eres enon feces Stern om gor on agen pret Pah Theismuiling and. doheg’ ths | to our ranks itmedintely atter his examin | ehedding ‘his akin at five pears of. age wiile | eociety didnot preciedly take te him, oo be | Well developed. A certain Bavarian Semite named Hirsch made pation dag.” I thoaght I caus ver again enter a barber's «bh t except te a } 4 huge fortune by transactions with tie | Sv" my hair trimmed. That woul 7 ive snte np tee age ope Bd ¢- Tayeernter om Bs ‘of the explo- | Correct thing externally she is really mangling | on, is shoemaker. He delivered his S00 words | playiug Ground bis old homie. He has always| came over to England, where he became a | i!t0 Which l intended to drop 25 ccuts every my desk’ an stopping, into. the outlets near | Srevertand shes 18 was the result of the explo- | sod raging st every word. “If mun wees ns | Without once. breaking “the rules of Proper bcm healthy in other respects z member of the Marlborough Club, the en- | Mmy EMMA a ante by obtmined, » glase of lemonade, | sis euller | cidentally dropped from the deck to the hold | lons-Rewied oe last novel. Th pete peers oping en mat | betelebe Stet kirciae to tases “hows fui, | rtainer and the bosom friend of royalty | ciously. "After a few weeks I comeluied that Cape pe — ee . oe ne =aiek - liad and | sorbid, twinied op, introspective, conselence- admit writers for the papers to our society, but | well-proportioned man of eplendid physique,}®8d by spending freely, buying race | My razors were becoming dull. I gave them a eas anatag, Gad grand ueraber: whe lest thake pape con ysl ri report, of | Fidden women make me inexpressibly weary. | 1 cannot tell you tho reason of their exclusion. | his muscles standing out like those of a prize | horses und rearing pheasants he acquired some | ® ae a, gh _ lives a few moments later. which we could never find a page or line (and | He can do better when he trier, too. There's | “We have had several sapplicants from the | fighter. He has an intelligent countenance, | sort of social currency. But he was not satis- ye me ee > 44 m ‘ a — ~4 = Heturning to the ofice T made a cursory in-| it was afterward suggested by some of the boys | Veet healthful independent Aims Leighton, | cirole of the Four Hundred. They are at this | wearse wnall light musiacise and. is without | Ged with having British gremtees groveline nn (Cece oe "Seediediy welehen. ie a spection of my work, with the prospect before | aaa joke that possibly I'did-not make it), my | With her “intentional prettiness” and her big, | time under grammatical examination by the | spot or blemish. Last July he left his home at 4 and p iy wo tear | board of censors, which is a body that gives no | Phillipsburg, Mont., intending to go to Fhil i ee ot a aarp reprimand from yarigut quar. | hat and gold pen, which was probably more | Rrare hetrt, No, mush of coiseslon, ther! favor to any man on acconn of is sect ‘dis | dey ee ite ect nC sco the latter part | shouldered and in Paris be was determined to | wait ‘were two ae office for not complying with the injunction to | to the destructive qualities of gunpowder un- | Howells would have— ‘ de fs nae etal LE oe ee ee ee oe feng able club. “So he bought the house | lie wanted to know what sort of a ett present the report in time for the mail. But I | der certain conditions. pen pr prepengg eed ag ea perme wy Ne oer vel ale eae di freer epee paw. mgeny Ark bora [OP pert poet olde 74 I deseribed , P ° My girl Mildeed a - , y | will enjoy the honor of belonging to the Soci- | decided to use a letter of introduction from a atened to turn it out. described mine been amigned tata impowate tank. No man | extents extstence win each eads ets te | itd eat em nd pretend to be ever eo mch | St or ve Bropegaion of Catan Amoog | Nonta frtond to Dr: Jaco frank, 17 Lincs | Ete saute be had ndranced money tothe | tA wore would pat on could perform it in the time allotted. I had | conclusion that in time of war an army may be | More easy like, but’ I'm getting to be au oid | Nespectable People, — : leans farnily, aud ‘very possibly he bad per= ri worked since daylight and knew Iwas not | likened to the army mule, of which iv may be | Woman and I like the feel o' skirts ‘round me, | _ “If we get the 100 members that we desire we | | Wien he quiotly informed Dr. Frank that he | !e Rponctheg A nemgre Puegberm 205 . among the ‘snails of the office: "Thad | Geant send te ey mt BNF Be | Te'would. soem wort of strange and, indecen: | shall then provide for the organization of ala: | wanted tobe advuitted fo. h glassed among the mails of the offce, Thad fully anid thatthe grea SAE" | without ‘em "it" my mother could look down ice branch of the socal. think sat from | could shed his ain, the li fore his moneybags. In Paris he had beencold-|me a pair at good prices tal, so that he | £ermed a like service to come of the members , which afterward became bald s& good in was incredu- | Of the family. y beard continued e it i] : a matical point of view the feminine sex | lons, but whe: iner we It is now announced that the united efforts of | obdurate. My complexion was the high reprimands, I carefally attached the sheete soe ees berms main anything lke pants 1 would £2 |S cuperior (0 tbe watvaline oss, bus Gheachd | any that be thace doa betoean dn Lennar ts | en Rttends of the Oniouns Sumalty aod of the [cond to cule, Ltheeed the san My ego- ioeetiee suas peep aes, ee papers THE GILT-EDGED TRUTH. aoa ad male ae Girl can do as ahe | facts in the case cannot be given, as no proper | noon and 6 p.ta.,he would be taken sick with fe- | FXinee of Wales are being exerted to effect a | tisia kept from me. th: ge that the Frerph omer desapenng tore tye as rane hts daa lid comparison between the sexes in that respect | ver and vomiting and would Lesickall that night | ‘Tety of peace. Hirsch agrees to renew the | trouble was due to my in ink preparatory to inscribing regulation | 4 geven-foot Reptile Attempts to Swallow Pre Gordon—She ought to be perfectly | 888 Yet been instituted. Our sisters seem to | and within a aay or two an eruption resembling | !€as¢ of the club for a long term of years, with | wardness. Ihad cut my stropsin my fite of indorsement. a Baby. sauce treme Ge Grownoe straight | have a finer apprehension than we have; they | scarlatina would appear, that the skin of the |&" Understanding ‘that he will, at a fu-| anger at cutting my face so that they could wot A TERRIFIC SHOCK. rom the Yakima Herald. from Paris, an educated poodle that can talk, | 8*¢ less hurried than we are; they guard their | hands and feet would come off first like gloves | ‘te ballot, be elected a member. I am | be used. Up to this point my recollection of the events andi divorce: o language more carefully than we f cf td Gacy aoe an loa a tt acy Neal occa ores Wharton ce haw Sesser ers ie rs. Hooper dei meted ciel they take pride in 4 aad Sank Wi Ailes cae come off, Dr. oe ab are Fosisting this person being | my face henled and took all of my ra.ors—they but yesterday. Just here, however, there is a | Hoetuy site ine log salto, was eeakine anen | ‘bing was Propinguity, kisses, afd stumbling | Ht will not be dific aioe a eaus sD oeeciet pe. an See | be Shersnsa wn cial Rows bien pion Bhs oe | keooes e aoe: aioe Gaon Oe hactiahadiadk’ cdl tar aiead atin y, living 5 noe Jover fances in dim corners. I wasn't but | find ® bundred grammatical members. Tho | either n lunatic or a practical joker, Dnt the | be tolerated we sla poze be tagta Ab P ; Would takes grandiather's clock to cheek off | in back yard, having kissed her sweet little | twenty-one, but they actually thought mo | only qualification for membership is the abii- | doctor arcaged for the Patient, to be given a| Ma rerpectsble English clubs am made the entire three beats I experienced a complete stasis of | 8ix-months-old baby to slcep in the cradle. | quite “an old thing.” Then I went directly to | ity to speak continuously to the extent of £09 | room at St. Elizabeth's Hospital and mvited rao ow up tis te 9 . mental methods and al evolutions of thought | Presently the baby screamed and she rushed in | the Adirondacks {0 visit ‘Helon—twenty-eight | Words seine Saltisg neato ewe time Aye eas Minny, Mesiaeee, Meksiewe, OS, | Eas aceeey. mud oats, maker oe toca kien oe eae oe ae ee ‘ 2 i a rammatical errors. ford, Authou: o specialist vs a » under a : Were suspended. There was, it seemed, about | and was horror stricken to find s hideous black | ¢1'4 marticd_and there was, #0 young that | EnWVROn Gn Con saches of the society are | cteacrr tins cron ond other skin specialists to | toreclocure, on being received in them asa | stand at all. Put he sold me two more Tagore shock, “Ina quarter of the time came the roar | ake of enormous size trying to swallow the | noticed me. ‘Through all the. six weeks of may | thoroughly organized and their rolis of mem- | As predicted—and this is the most remarka- | §U¢st. | This “man in porsession” mode of get- | at what he call~d a sncritice. a reulation tar- of a thousand cannon, and with it the terrible | Child. It had engalfed the hand, swallowed it | siay they preserved the What's-lecuba-to-me. | bership are fail we shall set to work in our | ble feature of s remarkable caso at 3 e-clocs | 88s into ror bal Se ee ok and syane | Das tavep Der G8, wits be Secsceudehe penend tha: Srantant anies ies | te tie ocngltendl was withing ic ite contoc: | oc t-totieiabe aoiitane witaont tance Bact, | ove aye Se community. Us would of | on the aftenpen of July 35 the patient had te | P= "0 Sots Ser plstoumate with enclal expla | enubody cee Ot, bettie - ould little office which I was in to atoms, carried the | tions and efforts to make further progress. | “241 went home a blighted biossom. Helen | Course be a delicate business to correct the | be put to bed. Then came a fever, foliowed | Hons water whic the and moceasing, that his hair would fall away | §!@4 to hear thet some of the members of | “I concluded to allow my beard to grow whtil =) al i pg a. | admitted, ated. that the ‘henidion grammatical errors of our friends or ac: by vomiting, and the neck, face and bands be- PRR ccc gOS TTS He proposed to teach me to use the sirop for Foot ng cone ever knew where, and laid the | Grasping the hideous reptile in the middle it folltet a akties HCL. were maaan Ca | exees, and 1 do mot bellovawe, will atiempt lexmensredana labeler ls tock tre dt oe 4 GOOD ACTIVE ENEMY, G5 010 te anybody elec—and thet evening Suk, deere, totes ss Prone | seemed to relax its hold and disgorge the child's | fiad I but known it I * | anything of that kind. Perhaps we might ex- | the old skin to resume its normal color. After Pee ev cmc then terealapeniiamotier. the ducked ira. Crittendon-_W ercise a powerful influence merely by letting it | the sickness the old skin began to loosen and a | 4 Relentless Foe the Best Means of Making | le . Cee oe eee ceed Seenitn a aes, | 16 60 the floor, end in ber wild fremny stamped Sin ell ramp ariel dtr oat pol, | become Enown that wo aro membere of thee: | whole new skin tock itspiees rothie tre cee @ Man Brace Up. . “The benefit of this trying pod Belf-preservation scemed to demand ac- | it to death. It proved to be of the black racer | of the Bowditch household. How these prim, | iety and_by telling its objects when we are | it takes between two and thiee weeks for the “‘Ambro” in Chicaco Heralé. peng <4 me = “ three om tion, and without any well-defined reason I did | *Pecies, seven fect two inches long and meas- | big, long-waisted, dowdy girls stared at me! i|ked for information about it. Thus we | nailstocome off. He is able to be up andj “What ehall I do?” wrote somebody to me cf bi nog Gee ng wary what we are all most likely to do in a moment | Uring six and one-half inches in circumference. | felt like a monkey in a red jacket and as lond | Would lead people to think about their gram- | about after the frst day's sickness, and as his | not long ago. “Ihave a relentless and bitter suns aid meh Gamm ous eee Eek on of peril when we have no plan of action— | The baby lived, and the only inconvenience it | es a fire alarm. "They belonged to the Society | ™F and try to be accurate in their expres- | feet and hands are tender he uses the old ekin part did not turn out quite as Texpected. Aly : re alarm, d to th : aaa h y; what shall I do aboat it?” Culti- | Pouipment y exper suffered from its terrible experience was that | of Christian Endeavor and believed in the fu- | “ious. for protection. The minute that he takes sick | SNO™2; Whe 3 an sprang to my feet and ran. eatand lend pass tiiseed a tenkd in |e ee pt steel dep dase haga “Bad grammar is the cause of untold evils. | he stops perspiring and no medicine can make | Ye him, is my answer. There is nothing | How about the fund you were to start?” he A RUN FOR LIFE. ae - there now in sign of ponitence, though T jock | The ing of @ preposition, the improper | him perspire except between the old skin and | better for the development of the brawn of | ¥#5 asked. . ‘As the house was down Ihad no obstacle to es eee eo ae like an inspired idiot in it. Dick eays—— use of an adjective, the wrongful construction | the aew one which is forming. He returned to| your soul than @ good, active, open enemy. | “When that had amounted to about $50, impede my path. A few bounds brought me ‘A Ship Preceded by = Billfish. Mise Phillips—The undertaker didn't know | of & sentence often causes a listener to misun- | another tinting camp in Montana before all his | Do you remember, if you ever lived on a farm, | NCTE the broker, “L invested iim some th to the foot of the stairway heretofore men-| grom the San Francisco Examiner. that he was to be cremated and so he put on | derstand the opinion or the sentiment we have | old nails bad come of, and whea they did he beg at our house dropyed ser how the hoe acted on the cornhills and the ing the bottles down au elevator pruning knife on the vines? A sure way to | shaft—tivestorios. It v set the green tassels flying and the clusters ripening on the trellis is to call in the active ” and aggressive action of the cultivator and the | From the New York Sun Pruner. I wouldu't give a snap of a sore| There were five orsix of “as bors” in s cosh finger for a person who never had an enemy. | on an Erie train one Cay last summer when @ You might as well be dead. It is a sign that | young man wearing abig diamond pin esme ee very actively alive if somebody hates ‘As he ecmed to take epecial poins to show off " ‘i ( one of those ghastly suits that onl; in |expressed. Bad grammar implies inaccuracy | forwarded thern by mail to Dr. Frank. erty peeaided ockoeg: Sivas I Tainty | ppUring the long eruiso of the whaling bark | ictves, | Whion they took him out to place him | Of thought. It may produce grevious reuults, | His case ix the tecond of its kied which is rast how many of there stairs 1 touched in tie | Z¥iton this year Capt. Gifford has been puzzled | in the retort all the things fell off anf it swede | {t may beget wrong and suffering. It may | known to exist in the world, aud in respect to andre feet I had to climb, for at the instant | bY ® small but persistent leak that commenced | a perfect scundal. He wasa horrid old brute | lead to personal — It is one of the | its occurring the eame day every year it stands Treached the stairway I realized that I was | near Honctula in the apring and continued un- | and nobody mourned him, but the widow said | Plagues of mankind. z alone. ‘The medical name it has been given is menaced with» freab danger. Cannon balls, | til the craft was docked at the Union iron | ve, did want him burned in a whole wut of | tn avtuiad ot tes coe aa ee Sane Bie, saddles - es. ‘Tho choir at “Refin- nd make | Sear! Poa planks, muskets, s — 2 wea yt | works. Then the managing owner, William | {7y'Fires,”' und we all hoped thet be gout gel Fite more agreeable than it is we have founded | In 1876 a French physician reported to the me and as f ascended the stairs the shower of | Wing, discovered the cause and obtained an | some kind besides those of the crematory. I| the Society for the Propagation of Grammar | Academy of Paris a case of skin shedding missiles increased, but,providentially,I escaped interesting relic of the fury and force of things | was brought up a good Universalist, but I'con- | Among Respectable People. nis peo ma have | which occurred three or four times in one year, to the top of the bluif. To cover, the. distance | 12 the sea, which the ordinary Inndsman wois | fous I don't see what wo are Boing to do with been guilty of some grammatical erzors during | in auother year seven times. The only siinilar somet is > not of. Well down toward the keel on the star- | all these disugreable saved. wish | this long discourse, and if Ibave 1am ready | case to the American one is that reported by] Did you eversee traant schoolboys clubbing | ¥¢ Presently began to talk about diamonds end pram erg ie meg Nepean ion IBY | board side Capt. Wing found ahole in the ship's Ilene to submit to the discipline of the society.” rot, Bemner, profesor, of dermatology in the | scrub oaks for ap; % No, sir: it is the fruit | bow people were deceived in them and be #t il hatin of nasectols anadiooaananuanatons copper: ‘The copper was ripped off andthe | ire. Crichton—Mre. Kendal! She is the ez jC University of Paris. Betwcen March and Muy | treesand the nut-be trees that get the | once cocked up both cars and became ints hole followed the three-quarter inch | dearest woman in the world, of course; but she Reminiscences of Dr, Holmes. of evory year this patient throws off the whole stones and the slskings every time, and the | ested. The agent of a Buffalo wall-paper hows riper and sweeter the fruit wil maps ony pcm poner pend Pine shen thing. “ aaaeesy a isn’t the only good or clever or gracious actress | Some pleasant reminiscences of Dr. Oliver face and the concussion of what afterward | Tith® Sedge aud imbedded im ited to a tenth | ect pera The, andy doth protest too | Wendell Holmes are given by Mr. L. F. Anetin eins uancneenas ove | the slender, bony enout of « billfh. ‘The piece | when she wore a thick, black veil the might ais | €UPS-” “Don't ask me how T am,” said Dr. ot his skin, but he wus not attacked until six- teen or seventeen years old and his skin doesn't come off in as large plates. H'ersonal idiosyn- crasy is the only reason the profession can give for this mysterious visitation, and influ- the more plen- | had a magnifying glass with him and the | lected him as an expert to test what i afraid, then, | could He passed all the st of an enemy, providing he fights you according | to molten, and then the stranger came foward to the tactics of white man, rather than an | and said: of snout was about five inches long and in- | spoke to the G Mab. J it Holmes a year or two ago. | “It isa dangerous | ence of the mind is the only way the professors of | Indian. God pity you if your foe is a liar | “I'd like your opinion on this stone. I got it Of the event. creased from half an inch in diameter at tho | Porat Qe joW eae ape hovel net, ‘te | thing to show a sympathetic interest in my | medical jurisprudence cagaccounetoriteyeceis | and shoots frome ambush All the bravery | at shat f ecmadere bergeine A PARALYZING SIGHT, top toan inch at the point of fracture. Near | with her gcloshes to mect her adored Augustus, | health, as if you thought I must ie beewuso I | recurrence in the American case. [and pluck, in the world never availed a man| | “Do you call this a diamond?” scked our Passing rapidly on to the office I here met | by was found the lip of another snout, im- | under her ancestral elms, in a rain storm. i | ™ “Heaven forbid!” eaid I. “Well, —_—_-rr—____ when a savage laid for him behind a bush. rt,” after a long look through the glues. sight that was sufficient to paralyze any one who | bedded about an inch and a half in the oak | heard, too, that— young people make that mistake sometimes, to How Ice is Formed. EET EY + LA SAT . had sufficient nerve power left to fully com-| Planking. This oak iv about as hard as lignum | Miss Hobertson—He tried to kiss her in the | their cost,” he proceeded, with a wonderful ‘The Lady and the Liver Pad. From the Pittsvurg Dispatch. prehend the trride ‘power of the shook to rite. and the force exerted by the fish to pene- | conservatory, and when I told. her I hoped she | ‘Winklo in his eye. | ‘They write to mo like From the New York San. trate it as far as it did is inealculal Pree ttag ofllew ton this: ‘Dear Dr. Holmes, as in the ordinary | A percon who has never closely observed the | "A cause of complaint was one of our fashion- ? eiioh we Sadi a heen sebisoied Tho gute te gece 2 aoe Pay nller fl aber melas ite eee course of nature you cannot live much longer, | operation of nature's great ice factory will be | able ladies ange last summer at ber | | “Oh, well, I might as well tell yon. I gaye front of the — torn ae PR Queer Place. froid, “Dear Edith, when you are my age you | Please send me your autograph by return of | surprised to find how interesting it is. You comity at Island, and th him 140, aud it’s worth £250 or ¢300.” preston co vinere. solid: shot had | From the Now York Herald will Be gratefal tony mad whu showed desire | Bost What happens? Why, they” dio before | cot set ey couide of « comtensctl heated " itl p RE a cated Stopped throagh both and buried. therssehes| "That wes a very pretty incident that oc-| !0 kise you.” be is very plain and over forty, | ‘De ere co eee STORK ed ht & pple arr omerer snd fever. | $8. ou have been mates victim.” i heal in remedies failed and vsician, in de- t that « diamond?” in. the (ground, Heneath, | The windows were | curred at the Newark police headquarters re-| {qg70"? Dut 1 Mink her anewer was Tang: Mote cont oa asieinee car teaes =e = pa spair, prescribed a liver pad. Now, liver pads | | “Yes, such & diamond as my house sells Wy are not pleasant things, and especially is a Not subject, my Young hinges, desks upset, ink, pens and papers, | BUY: Mrs. Covill (toher hostess)—Late! Why, it's | friend: it isa bad omen—for you." Ani é chats and all the paraphernalia of the sacs | Peter and Frank are youngsters of fourteen | almost dark. Good-bye, dear: we have’ hnd | @ughed with the glee of five-and-twenty. was knocked all to pieces ty w) « the information, and after considerable ewear- dark. ; ™ + liver pad not s pleasant thing to take to an thrown into a confused heap. But what | and sixteen, who have lost their parents. They | sucls a uice, instructive time. Do have it coon | yg ghey eons Pron tabpoenr ee peal ny entertainment, for the heated atmos- | ing he went off and eat down by himerlf. at seated wn mast of all a om —- of a | started on foot for Florida, where they have an erthe cobain cals their adieus by | COUnt nine townships. “A San Francisco man phere makes itexhale an odor which the in- nca he saw some one on the platform section of what apy of a/ uncle. Worn and weary after a long day's ind make their adieus by | called the other day, and I told is, and he knew and hurried out to speak with him, canal boat, about tramp and having ‘no money they applicd “to | tWos and threes, and in ten minutes the rooms | {sary tons pene ins md that pe Feturne pin wes gone, ond feet in leng with mud and slime, lying peace the police for a place to sleep. mech Arn, 2d Dr. Holmes was certainly failin for he 8 mass of office wreckage in the large ofice |" Captain Corbitt, who. gave them a couple of Mies ised slowly, and with dramatic em-| imagined he could, see nine. towns from Is room, It had evidently ‘come in through the | cots, thought it well to keep an eye on the lads, | Phusis)—Aunt Leslie, 1 thought this was ©) window, when, of course he meant stocples.” window. It was clear to us afterward that it | Hen that before they turned in they went | 4rowning tea! ‘Atrocious!’ Texclaimed. ‘And is he dead, came from either the barge from which Sergt. | down on their knees. It was a very remarka- |, (Al0ok of horror flashes into Mrs. Chapin’s | tg)" Fritz was taking the orduance stores or the | ble proceeding and had probably never occurred | £4¢e. She clutches the girl by the arm and When he returned the pin was gone, and one of crowd asked if be bad lost it. “Not any lost!” he ied. “When I found out that I bad been taken in snd done for I determined peas Ae one immediately alongside of it. before in that whispers hoarsely: | Elizabeth Russell, don't A Tale of a Cat's Frozen Tail. tragic style, when wishing to paces sear stone what Gey Sih for ant epeofied [ee | gm eran Cinta fabs contined td's Bet The office was entirely deserted and passing w yy knelt for, a Y TO) A gentleman was passing near Houghton through to the verandah in the rear Idiscovered | with timid modesty, “Our mother taught us to L veleapanmmineans Square just after the recent storm and discoy- Sk bef edminecs appressed we eejoy’ a toe. ail the clerksand officers from the various offices at fen't the kind of ie! pee ‘Tes Dor Hives om our Yarm, he's wot ered cat ensconced on the stringer of a ment's quiet conversation, and she gave the fnytning’ could, ever be. azpecied to excite | Fomei'n’ compan comer ci egand, they ene] Agta gh ake ta pe 6 tok peaperobermapirg deme rn py ler ‘ind'sn engagement to wale with any’ could ever ex 7 er pace, er ru "4 i gnything could, ever be. capected to excite | joyed @ new ond somewhat starting senas- eee Sales the attention of «neighbor to it, aud together, <o aa So entts wih which I had of that procession would But the upshot of it was that money enongh inant death, procooded to stir it up. ‘The cat got up io. 3. | They hurried away uncere- do so. The chief clerk of Gen. Pitkin's office, | was raised to pay the youngsters’ way to Flor- ‘Xn roastia’-ears an things. and in attempting to jump off the fence hung | tir more the lady strove to be fs long legged Scotchman, was in the lead with | ida, and two more graieful ‘or bappier fellows Suspended like as iclelsty the end of tte causal entertaining and the more .he pressed Gen. P. well up, the officers and clerks bunched | have seldom been sxen. Two horsea is “a team,” he says; a ‘which was frozen to the fence. The | °%2.8,8! her vaporizer the more urgent their engage- with the exception of Gen. Ingalis,who, though An’ when you drive er hitch, a: crawled in for shelter from the Her vanity was deeply of- overweighted with flesh and at a disadvantage eihatan Cees on tue Mean MAL The riyne un's a -neur” horse, I guess, storm, the heat of the body melting the mow fended. She must be losing her attractive- ante Soba Oe eS Se | piston ens The Bet lvanon car Ducasse ola and then enough to freoze the tail to their increase in temperature, | "Wis Vigurews mansec making © placky ree. The | ™e Mie, wo, at he cal wee,” the fence. As, it hung eurpended the genile- | Busiihere is to tho rule in | yameniné $0, test the apie sight brought abeat nervous ‘and Isat} Ate national bank Wednesday the following * . tan began to look around for warm water oF ieee sees 0k eonees Myer oie dw vb down on bees 9 the porch and laughed | conversation occurred. Said the visitor, pre- ‘A horse is, to a i: some ‘means of tha it out. but before | tity of water when exactly at the freer ing until I eried. & moment the ranning | senting a check just indorsed: “I see by the they succeeded the weight of the body caused Sabon sreand cane ae ficen sud the wharle: Inavery brief Grae due | Dapers that bank officals complain that people oer coger | o eee be eles ‘will con- swotschan vias tot Sempeere: & toongee i | salah GUN tat io. elk Se soareente omae ~ st sven dagrece haa " wonde t it ec iow, serange that some of thewr did not ask me abous | shoald think azy foci would know thet.” ‘Welting at the Junction. it. [still sat on the too weak from the re-| “Which * wid the rip pe gse pee it action to move, when I Gen. Pitkin ask | cashier. ‘We had an hour to wait ata railroad junction for me, | Tealléd to the general to say that I “Why, thie course,” poking an in- in Louisiana and four or five of us est down in was present; he came and peered from one end | dorsed check ‘There it was, the shade on the edge of the platform and hung of the.porch to the other. then a step of ‘what would be ores: toward! me, exclaimed, “la that you? How te | the sight hand face of the check by oi el eh doe pap mted me the name of heaven Sa zon qethent, What | lay up, #0 would have to read rope in his hand, has happened? | Get, up look in the | the name backward, from the end of the check glass.” This I did and discovered that my face | he couldn't see when filed away. = wasas black as the blackest contraband at the} “It is strange,” said the “T take to post. Smoke from the powder and dust bed | check when handed, in, road the face, hand it Co entirely disguised me in the short tripfrom the | out, turning it right ‘and indicating exactly "You all, there = where to write the signature, and people in- “Well?” SEEKING THR CAUSE. yariably turn it around, reversing the ends, “Hist Just what had been the primary cause of all nanny ane't pes ll tem $8 a wrong?” We the ruction was at that moment s profound cpelh in ore patina es eopeiiet ead: web cad Gem Joched overtn: mystery. A great deal of smoke and dast was | to tell ‘their business; you can tell them after seen to hang over the river and bottom if you want to, It would peed the ware were located, and it at save trouble if they knew.” cahim, end ooo of life aiwending ‘ail this’ destrestions et | Good advies- bee specialist iz want to bee eo . We all at once moved for the river | be rather s dentist jan om surist, for toan bas for bias these days ot ft a tooth and only two ears."—Fliegends ‘the appalling loss was the body of s large