Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1891, Page 7

PA ‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C, SATURDAY. JULY 4, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE FOURTH OP JULY PICNIC! PHILEMON races FUL CELEBRATION SLEEPY HOLLOW. WRITTEN areteervexy FOR THE EVENING | STAR. SUCCESS- AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. es, which you are te ae the instructions ac- package. Respectfully J.-M. RUSK, Secretary of Te PHILEMON FAGGS, Sleepy Hollow, Philemon Faggs was the official agricultural observer for Badger county. It was his duty fo watch and report to the Great Father the Movements of the cut worm, the coddling moth and the weevil; to note the acreage and yield of erops and to collect the mortuary statistics re- lating to cattle, sheep and hogs. These duties, however, were not so exacting as to de- Wand all his time, and upon Philemon’s shoul- ders devolved much of the labor of organizing | star and harmless amusements which mmunity of Sleepy Hollow its sole epice of life, namely, corn bushings, festival and socials. Sleepy Hollow had a visitor, Eleanor Fields, Abie date certain experis Airectet 10 eonpany | wire. Secon homie teem of the com- mittee. Philemon Faggs.” The picnickers speculated a great deal on what was in store for their ‘tion. It was nearly the middle of the afternoon when Phile- mon arrived with a covered wagon. On the front seat was a proud companion, Johnny Lynch. Philemon selected an open meadow at the edge of the woods as the best available “spot for the exhibition, To thet spot the entire party eet the Novel wore uahitched sal Fite. mon, beneath the cover of the wagon, poured chemicals into two earthen retorts, which fizzed and hissed. He threw two rubber tubes over the tailboard and Johnny Lynch spread on the grass a roll of yellowish brown mat To this was attached a tube. the stopcock turned, the oiled silk bulged and almost in one voice the crowd exclaimed: “It's a balloon {” ee A stake was driven ex- of hay it ‘Are you going up in it, Johnny?” said one of his schoolmates to the young assistant, who ‘as much inflated with pride as the th gas, rep! ina rebuking ton copie don't go up in them kind of baifoona* When the first gas bag was inflated another was laid out on the grass and the tubing at- tached. The retorts hissed and fizzed some more as they were recharged and agitated and it was not long before four balloons were an- chored «ide by side, swaying like monster bub- bles in the gentle breeze. From the wagon Philemon took a reel of fine He attached two threads of it to No. 1, which soared lazily aloft as it was released from its anchorage. The wire spun out merrily and the apparent size of the balloon diminished as it continued its upward flight. A blue tag whose Eleanor ws a tractive ii pme was Just across the Obio line. | atier-of-fact sort of a girl, at- ay ways, who received much edulation without apparent consciousness of | the fact. It had been the high privilege | of Philemon Faggs to appropriate to himself | for a period all fair and lovely newcomers to Sleepy Hollow and to keep othersat a distance until such time as he should choose to sur- render youth and beauty to common competi- tion. The arrival of Eleanor caused a hiatus i unbroken custom. Mr. Fi y. agreeable and | this nd impress them with the fact that in ire ta Sleepy Hollow he was both ng and balance-wheel. akable manner that d McAllister of the Sleepy Hol best way in which to do blem, but genius | n. He resolved ia ‘ourth of July pie- nic, bows the whole atfair himself, escort Eleanor there and let her share with him such honors as the occasion might afford to its promoter. She was to be driven to the groundsand back in his own sidebar buggy, the nattiest vehicle in Badger county. Organizing the picnic was not a matter of great difficulty. An announcement in the Badger county ¢ followed up by the ets at the cross roads’ the purpose, hilemon Fagg. This was a guarantee of the ices were signed, Chmn. of Com genuineness of the brand. ‘Miss Fielis,” said Philemon, when he called upon her the evening after the ng pie nic had been duly announded, “I hope to have the pleasure of your company at the Fourth of | July festivities which I have arranged. Not- standing Iam chairman of the committee arrangenients, you will not be neglected by reason of n1y official responsibility.” his was said loftily. kind, Mr. Faggs,”” said Elen- “but it is only a balf hour ago that I accepted Mr. Gimp’s invitation to attend the picnic. Any other time it will be « great pleasure.” 5 This was a knockout in “the first round. Any other time was no consolation. The occasion hed been arranged for a special pur- pose that ad J of no postponement. It was the more e rasperating. ase Charley Gimp, who bad taken time by the forelock, was a clerk in the village store, aud from this point vantage had more than once challenged filemon social dictatorship. It was even hinted that Charley had seeyetly ordered spe- cial vestments and would appear at the pienic ® striped teunis blazer, sed sash and tan shows. Eleanor’s announcement turned Philemon’s Fision of conquest i:to x picture black indeed. He bad tact enough to say that she was fortu- nate in accepting so agreeable an escort, ad- ding, with » bh of ‘malice, that Charley recreation, cooped up as he was kim and week out beiind the counter of a dingy store. When Philemon left Eleanor's presence he berated hix own tardiness and the luck which would result in turning his own enterprise to the glorification of his rival. That night he figured on ail sorts of impossible plans to break up the piemie, aud wished there had never been elaration of Independence of any Fourth of Juiy. On the morning following these bitter and unpatriotic reflections Philemon took from the post office the letter from the Agricultural De- partment. The mystery of its purport, which seemed to indicate thet be was about to be clothed with new and special responsibilities, was sufficient ww drive from his mind the jealous tortures Operating there. Curious to get at the bottom facts he bitched his team and drove to Hunts. Ville, the nearest telegraph and railway station, where he found « bulky pa: i of which be could not surmise. The express- men had evidently made s guess at the contents, for he said with « grin “Dou t forget me, Phil, when you parcel out them seeds. “That last tobacco seed You gimme and half cabbage plants. jepartiment kuows we smoke two-fer- Philemon paid no atte man's joke oF its ac made & rapid drive to Sleepy Hollow, and with- out con: to any carried the package to his own room and in solitude proceeded to investigate its cout ts. The first article to be revealed was apparently a mass of thin cloth. T ere alo spools of thread hike wire of mys visible objects gave no hint to their intended usefulness, but in the bottom of the case was a pamphlet of iustructions. This Philemon read ‘With interest and eagerness, As he Togressed: amazement sat upon his features. His eves grew big ud be turned the pages nervously, Geing back now and then to reread a para- sraph. His astonishment at the conclusion swomed u abated. more he went over the articles in case, this time comparing them illustrations and diagrams im the book. Finaily bis composure Feturned, and after putting the bouk of i wns in Lis pocket be locked his room. shade uf an apple tree he again read Ment with increasing satisfaction. July pienie had been er mind loease his nerves be strolled toward the village store. As he ay suffered a sudden depression. ag the store, and immediately eesumed that Charley Gimp had been simper. ing All the bit- > He kicked ile keeping his eyes on the | m of Eleanor. Stopping = mo- 4s liberal-sized splint from a Bitebing rack beside him. Then a sudden trans formation came over him. With a jerk of his Whole body he muttered in denuish glee: SGosb bang we, Pll do it if they lynch me! “Did you call me, Phil?” said « voice bebind tion to the express- ackie. He the Startled that bis exclamation had been over- beard, Philemon turned about and saw Johuny Lynch, « bright-minded and active village buy io—yes—that is, Julinny, are you going to jienie?” w sez I kin go.” Weill, I may have something for you to do. Just wear your every- Your help 1 give you « dollar The boucr of being an assistant to Philemon Would have been a sufficient reward for Jobany, bughedid uot reject the promise of the dollar, fy dawned cloudless. An after- Fourth Boon show would not interfere with the Lynch's woods, the cmstomany ring agon that dar. The young and out. and the holiday was full of leasures afforded only at a cou: area of which seemed to be slowly enlarging. Charley Gimp, vainl) Eleauor, a needless task, by the way, as an ad. dittonal lake or two ot water could not creased her drenching. From the tail biazer dripped two streams, one red and one blue, representing the stripes in that garmen His sah ewated him like dishrag, and hie | long digression, Senor Smith's estate com- tan shoes were invisibl puddle of water | prises 500 acres, all inclosed within one fence, in whieh they stood. sepa gum boots. ox the running wire paused from the spool an: at this poiut Philemon checked the ascent. On the tag was “1,000 feet,” and the crowd knew that that was the altitude at which the gas bag floated. Cutting the wires Philemon attached ‘thy to instrument in the wagon. “Are your horses all well hitched?” he in- mired of the ing crowd. Being assured that they were, be touched the buttos. Bang ‘The crash was like that of » thousand dyne- mite blasts exploded simultancongly. Women and children screamed, and men nearly jumped out of their boots. By rights the girls ought to have fainted, but country girls do not faint. That 1s an accomplishment of the drawing room and boudoir. Philemon himself was conside ably startled, but be retained his nerve. Like dirty snow flakes little patches of the balloon descended, and in watching these the picnickers found something to divert them from the sur- prise of the shock. “Don’t do that again, Phil,” was the remon- strance that came from all sides, only afew wicked boys present manifesting any desire for a repetition of the territic biast. “the others will only give a display of fancy colors,” said Fhilemon, untruthfully, but it was reassuring, and ‘everybody, including Eleanor and her escort, wanted the exhibition to proceed. The remaining gas bugs were sent beavenward with electrical attachments simi- lar to that applied to No. 1. “Oh, loois at the smoke!” cried a voice. In the heavens where the balloon had ex- ploded there was a misty, nebulous cloud, the The vaporous mass in the eyes of the icuickers for smoke, but caused a grim and fevilish smile to ornament Philemon’s face. One of the balloons, drifted by a current of air, floated into the misty mass above, and Phile- mon again touched the button. Bang!!! ‘The explosion which followed was a counter- part of the first, but the shock in itself was by ho means 4o terrifying as the atmospheric dis- turbances it created in the heavens. The barm- Jess looking mist changed to a huge dark cloud, the edges of which seemed to be unroiling in black ‘smoke. Each upturned face felt the splash of a drop of water and terror reigned. Bang!!! balloons were exploded almost in the same second. The seething cloud above seemed to settle down and in an instant empty an ocean of water on the crowd. In blinding sheets the rain dashed downward, and there was a stampede for the shelter of the neighboring woods. So far us any protection was afforded the move was useless. From the branches of the trees the resistless downpour streamed in rivulets, addinga measure of twigs, bark and dead leaves, each moment the rainfall becoming more terrific. At the foot of a spreading maple crouched endeavoring to shelter have in- of his t Through tue blinding torrent of rain came Philemon. He had ona rubber overcoat aud fe also had an umbrella. “Miss Fields,” said be to the dripping Eleanor, pulling a dark object from beneath his coat, “here is a gossumer and « pair of overshoes. Please accept them, and I would be glad to drive you home in my covered spring wagon if Mr. Gimp will excuse you.” “Oh, thanks; you are too kind.” said Eleanor with such « look of unmistakable gratitude that the miserable Gimp could do nothing but surrender wwion. With the heaveus still raging Eleanor was lifted into the covered wagon and the curtainsdrawn. Jobnny Lynch, still heroic and proud of his personal connec- tion with the disturbance, occupied the front seat and did the driving. “How can I ever repay your kindness, Mr. asked Eleanor, her mind full of the je predicament of those they had left be- 0 Faggs’ terril hind. “Easily enough, Miss Fields—by » promise.” “What is it?” “Promise me you will never go to another Miss Fi—Eleanor, with a dude who blazer and a sash.” . Phil, that's easy. To tell the trath I only care for the society of men who are sensi- bie and thoughtful.” “Johnny,” said Philemon, “drive around by tf y of Huntsville. I want to senda tele- gram. And this was the telegram: Mon. J. M. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. ©. Your rain balloons are a grea! success. PHILEMOS FAGGS, spect ver. TCH —$————— NORWEGIA: GAGEMENTS. ‘The Men Instead of the Women Wear the King When Troth ts Plighted. From the Youth's Companton. “Leap-year reigns forever in this heathen land!” exclaimed an English tourist, stopping in Village. One evening he had been taking a lesson in Norsk from a young lady, a good-natured Norwegian being present, who had just walked sixteen miles across the moun- tains. When the lady rose to go to her lodg- ings in an adjoining house the Englishman offered to escort her through the darkness, She declined the honor and in wo abrupt a manner as to surprise him. When she had gone the Englishman asked the Norwegian if he spoke English. “Not much—only a few words.” he ai swered. “Tell mo what means that ring the Years. She is going to be—how you call asked the Norwegiau in scarlet perplexity. joing to be married? Yis, vis!” “But.” continued the Englishman, “what I am ignorant of ia the difference in your rings between married, unmarried, going to be mar- ried and never going to be married. “Oh, you will never tell that,” said the Nor- wegian, laughing loudly. “We cannot m: the women in this country as you do, but mark the men. Among usit is the man who wears the ring. hh, 1 eee! That isa new light,” said the Englishman, taking the man’s large left hand, on whose fourth finger was a plain solid gold ring. “That is your wedding ring, then?” pai.” be replied, laughing and blush ha married ! e put iton the right hand instead of the left.” said the Norwegian. holding out his hand to bid the Englishman “Godt nat.” Then, as he was closing the door behind him, he said in confidential tones: “Yis, that young FARMING IN CHILI. Nowhere is Agriculture Found to Be More Profitable, STARTLING NOMENCLATURE. ‘How Our Plain Names Are Transformed Into Liquid Spanish—Native Cognomens Which Shock an American—Visit toa Model Farm— Labor and Amusements of the Peons. From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Santiago pe Cure, 1891. JOURNEYED DUE SOUTH ONE hundred miles—mostly by rail—to visit » model hacienda, for the express purpose of be- ing able to tell you how the typical Chilian farm is conducted. The estate in question is owned by a gentleman formerly from New England, who, as'his name will show, belongs toan exceedingly numerous and highly re- spectable family of the United States—Mr. Willlam Henry Smith; but, being married to a Chilena, it is here rendered Senor Don Guil- lermo Henrique Ferrerio. Speaking of nomenclature, the most common and cold-blooded of our northern titles become Positively mellifluous when translated into this Poetic language. For example: Our neighbor over the way—at home Mr. John James Tinker —is addressea as Senor Don Juan Santiago Latinero. Plebian William becomes Guillermo; Henry, Henrique: Charles, Carlos: Ned, Edu- ardo; ‘Jim, Santiago: Peter, Pedro;’ Dick, Ricardo, and so on to the end of the chapter. SOME NATIVE NAMES WHICH SHOCK. On the other hand, the native cognome: when rendered in English, are often comical if not abSolutely shocking. Not only people, but saloons, streets, factories and work sho} are named in honor of the Savior, the Blessed Virgin, the Holy Trinity and all the mints in the calendar. There is the Crown of Thorns street, and the street of the Body of Christ. I have seen a saloon dedicated La Madra de Di another to Santissima Trinidad (the Sacred Trinity), and another to The Love of Jesus. In Chili, asin other Spanish Catholic coun! every child whose anniversary com on which he or she and that is the reason why so irls have men’a names; and vice know a number of ladies named mina (female for William), Juanita John”), Antonia, &c.; while Maria, Isabel and other female names are equally common among men. The name Vaca (cow) oceurs as of-en in Santiago as Smith in the United States. A young lawyer of my acquaintance, who was probably born near Christmas day. is called jesus Christo Vaca and his beautiful sister ix Benedicta Rafaela Cow. We lived in a hotel whose barefooted errand boy was Jesus Maria Goyenecher’, and how wicked we felt whenever obliged to shout his name down the passage. Luckily for sensitive feelings, the word is pro- nounced tiay-soos, which makes it seem » little less like blasphem: SOME SAMPLE COGNOMENS., A former governor of the province of Valpa- raiso is named Domingo To:ro (Sunday Buil), and the belle of Copiapo was christened Dolores Digereis (Sorrowful Stomach). There are wee toddlers in the neighborhood who are weighted with names longer than themselves. What would you think of calling a girl baby Ubaldina Eduvijes Cituentes, or Echeverri Isidra Yazaza; and a knee-high little gentle- man Hipolito Leoncico Osvaldo Zantartu, or Eduvijes Gonzalez Lopez Luz? In Spanish- Americap countries the personality of women is not lost at_ marriage, a8 among us, by being merged entirely in that of her ‘husband. Though she may be wedded more than once, she retains through life her own baptismal and family name. For example—should Miss Mary Jones become the spouse of Mr. John Smith her ‘cards would ceforth be engraved Senora Maria Jones y Ferreiro;and her tirst-born son would inevitably be namedafter both parents thus: Don Juan Maria Ferreiro y Jones. When you inquire the name of « married lady you are as likely to be told the name of her father's family as that of her husband. SENOR SMITH'S MODEL FARx. But to return to the model farm from this is named in honor of the saint nearest to the day ppened to be born; many PRIMITIVE THRESHING. ‘When the enormous load was complete it was hauled to the threshing yard, where the wheat was carelessiy dumped in heaps without the trouble of stacking it, for here it rarely rains during the summer months, so there is little danger of the in spoiling. Meanwhile poco gc ee tong on tlowy sen gow A nn been swep' ‘upon Hwere pitches low Deatioet dee cps driven over and over them until the wheat was shelled from the straw. more bundles thrown down. When a consider- able quantity of shelled wheat was collected s wind mill was introduced to blow away the chaff. No wheat conld be of better quality. The plump, sound grains were fully one-fourth of ‘an inch long, and I was told tan ave yield here is twenty bushels to the acre. The corn crop is smaller, because the seasons are too cold. Oats return about sixty bushels to the acre, but, unfortunately, there is no market for them. Oranges, lemons, figs, peaches, ap- pears, grapes, melons, & aebe 4 crop, because—though the summers of Chili are seldom warm enough to make thin clothing necessary, there is never frost enough in winter to kill the flowers. All kinds of vege- tables thrive remarkably, and whenever a native plants beets he ties a knot in the end of each growing plant to prevent it from running beyond reasonable bounds. be PLOWING AXD PLANTING. The plows in general use are primitive imple- ments—a beam, with one long, stout handle extending far enough downward to attach a fiat piece of iron which has been hammered sharp on stone. Of course with such »rude machine the earth can barely be scratched. Wheat is sown broadcast and covered by dragging it over with a weighted plank. Corn land is fur- rowed into rows, in one direction. Holes are made at regular intervals in the rows with sharpened sticks, into which the corn is dropped and then covered with the foot. The hoes are about fourteen inches high by five inches wide, and each weighs not less than eight pounds. Every well-regulated hacienda has ite vine- yard and that of Senor Smith includes 100 acres. The crop is always abundant and the | *' grapes sell in market for about 1 cent per pound. They make good raisins as well ns wine. A superior quality of the latter costs about 8 cents per quart, but is too new to be desired by anybody but Chil Every native, old or young, drinks wine at all times of the day and night, at meals and between meals. He may not afford a more luxurious dinner than common puchero (which is composed of all the seeds and vegetables the cook can lay hande on, boiled witha bit of beef or bacon and flavored, if possible, with a few links of sau- sage), but he must wash it down with a glass or two of wine, and so must his wife and children. There is never a word heard he: perance question, rare than in the ited States. AGRICULTURE PROFITABLE. By dint of diligent questioning I gleaned the following facts relative to farming in Chil Nowhere is agriculture more profitable, be- cause labor is cheap, prices high and crops certain. It costs leas than one dollar to raise three bushels of wheat, and it sells for about $1.25 per bushel. Whatlittlecan be grown this year, since the laborers have mostly rushed off to the war, will bring a much higher price in market. Wheat and barley, however, are about the only profitable crops, there being no for- eign demand for anything else. I inquired of the gentlemanly administrador if all his harvests were gathered in with reap hooks and threshed by being trodden upon as we had seen that day. “Bless my soul, no!” replied he. “I have twenty-five of the latest improved reaping machines, right from the United States, and two good thresh- ing machines. The reapers cost me #450 apiece and the threshers $3,200 each. The duties, freight and exchange make such things fright- fully expensive, because we have no direct line of communication with the United States. Most all the Chilian farmers are ready to introduce modern implements in place of their reap hooks and wooden plows, but they cannot afford the enormous expense of transportation, to mention the duties, which, on agricul- tural implements, are about 40 per cent of their original valuation. If we have Ameri- can machinery and it gets a little out of repair, from six months to a year are con- sumed in sending it back to be mended. Were there direct communication the clumsy carts of Chili would soon give place to American farm wagons. The timber of the country, though beautiful for furniture, is not fit for wagons, being too porous and swelling in wet weather. All we ‘and so pondefous is the latter—being ten feet hugh, three feet thick and roofed like a house— that it reminds one of the great wall of China. ty the way, barbed wire hus never been pat- ented in though the government is fene- ing its railways with that commodity. brought trom the United States, and if some enterpris- ing Yankee would come down here and secure patent on it his fortune would be made. Ruils are never used in this country for fenc- ing, except in the fur south, where timber is plenty. Stones are sometimes piled up into walls, but always in combination with lime and sand, making them solid. ‘hose that are uni- versal in Chili look strong enough to dety the tooth of old Father Time for centuries and as picturesque as indestructible. This of our friend Ferreiro is a fair sample. It is made of mud—a cheap and common article—which has been molded into huge squares and dried in the sun. ‘The huge adobes were then piled into place, and while yet moist earther. ware tiling imbedded in the top—of a rusty-red color, like that which roots the houses.” The object of rooting the wall is to prevent the Jong-continued, heavy rains of winter from soaking into the bricks and reducing them again to mud. OVERSEERS AND PEON. Like most gentleman-farmers of Chili, Don William Henry does not live on his country estate, but in the city, coming out once a month or so to see how things are going, and bringing his family for a few weeks in summer time. But there is an administrador de haci- , a “subadministrator,” several overseers more than one hundred peons. Farming is carried on this country much as it was in Europe in feudal times or as in Ireland today, each estate having its retainers, who are pro- vided with tenements, for’ which they pay by a stipulated number of days’ labor every year. As there is hardly any middle class in Chili—only the rich and the poor, the landlord and the tenant--the haciendas’ are generally very large and are owned by nabobs, who seldom’ visit them. Each has its big, rambling casa, wherein the administradore and their families reside, a chapel, a commissary depot, granaries, store houses, wine vaults and number of little cottages, surrounded by garden patches, where the peons live. The latter are paid for their labor, generally giot in money, but in orders on the supply “store, where, at prices optional with the administra dor, food, clothing, chicha and rum are sold. ‘enants are usuaily given small credits at these stares and are forever in devs to tieir land- lords. As the law prohibits their leaving the service of a man to whom they owe money, they are thus kept in perpetual slavery. When the men assemble in the morning at the tap of the sunrise bell an overseer writes each one's name in a convenient place, and when the day's work is faithfully done puts a mark be At the end of the week the marks are counted and each man receives his pay according to the score. Asarule, haciendados and peons get along well enough together, and the servant will fight for the master to the last drop of blood in big body. As in the old world cen- turies ago, feudal wars are kept up between os- tates through so many generations that the original provocation is entirely forgotten, and sanguinary conflicts are constantly occurring, for the peon of the Capulets is always.more than willing to cut the throat of a servant of the Montagues. THE DAY'S WORK. ante begin work at 6 a.m, having previously eaten desayuno of bread and coffee. Then each goes off to that part of the estate which is to be the scene of his day's labor, carrying with him a cow's horn of water and # email bag of lady who was talking to you is going to marry me next month!" Bathed on the 18th, Trenton Willie. Puneral Wednesda: P. 5. —"Westers Papers please copy.” As on other baciendas, Senor Ferreiros’ ten- | bart use for that pur- pose hus to bbe imported. These huge carts, with their ponderous wheels, are necessary. made smalier they would twist out of shape fore the rainy season was over, and the wood is so Brittle that the wheels would fall in pieces on the first journey.” TAXES NOT EXORBITANT. In reply to the question whether taxes are exorbitant the gentleman said: “As a general thing, no. Of course during these war times everything is out of joint. But I would gladly pay three times the amount to feel as sure of life and property here as jn the United States. Rich men residing in the country are regarded as lawful prey for every lazy rascal inclined to steal. Remote from cities, they are not under the eyes of the police, and therefore robberies of every description, but especially of horses and cattle, very common. The iendado cannot evel ure of his life from one day to another, and that is the reason why they so generally reside in the city.” The reason why horses K de- 1 mules are not more commonly used as draught animals is be- cause harness, if brought from abroad, ia very expensive, and that made in Chili, of tanned leather, is worthless. Consequently horses are used only for the coach and thesaddle. Chilia are extremely fond of horveback riding and » tolerable horse costs about $100. The best of mules bring only from $10to $15 and adonkey— the worst abused creature in Chili, yet the most hard-working and faithful—ean be bought for about $3.50. SOME VALUATION STATISTICS. The total valuation of Chilian real estate is estimated at $900,000,000. Statistics say that Jast year 14,000,000 bushels of wheat were pro- duced, 5,000,000 bushels of barley, 500,000 bush- els of corn, 900,600 bushels of beans, 3,000,000 bushels of potatoes and 11,000,000 pounds of wool—not a bad showing. considering the lim- ited area of the agricultural districts. But Chili's great source of wealth is in the product of her mines, which include all the important metals and minerals known. ‘The most interesting time of day on the Ferreiro estate is toward sunset, after the 6 o'clock dinner is done. First there are upward of 200 cows to be attended to, which are driven into the corral and milked by the women. The tawny, bare-footed milkmaids take no chances of being kicked, for every cow, however gentle, has her legs firmly tied to stakes before the milking begins. Cattle raising must be profit- able in C! A cow, comparing favorably with our Texas and Colorado cattle,-sells here for about #40, and a steer brings from 960 to #100—high prices considering that shelter is not necersary and abundance of grass grows throughout the year. The milk is made into an excellent quality of butter and cl all for export at good prices, as the nor! If of the country, as well as Pern and Bolivia, depend entirely upon southern Chili for their supplies. DANCE OF THE CUACA. After the milking the men and women collect in the open courtyard for an hour of singing and dancing, and their “light fantastic toes” areasactive sa though they had not toiled from sunrise till sunset on scanty fare. The cuaca is the invariable dance—a mild and decent sort of cat-can in which only two per- formers figure at atime. A woman generally begins it, who selects _her partner by a handkerchief in the face of the man of 1er choice. ‘They Sravely stop out into the middle tio, and while the rest sing and make music by the rhythmical stam) ing of feet and clapping of hands, = couple advance and retreat around one another slowl; fally, meanwhile contin handkerchiefs, but mn as mutes at afuneral. They do not cl bands or touch each her and the space they amble over could ‘cove: a juare 3 have aon the Geni dancs of the "Nea Petced the Modocs and the Sioux of our own north- west, but never anything vo mirthless as this. apa single ewarthy ace ihey gta ups y nat ohe taking Up. the. refrain sed: thes Some.of words, nearly as I can waving Sihelr ‘them, were as follows: oe ein fteeersenek. DISPOSING OF HIM. A Hint for Wives Who Seek Green Fields and Babbling Brooks in Summer. ‘From the New York World. “My greatest anxiety in going away for the summer,” sighed Emma—Emma is an excellent name for the species—‘is what to do with ‘him,’ ‘Thus delicately doth theaverage middle class woman make clear to her audience the fact that then | to her there is but one lord in creation, Him. The rest of mankind are merely Psalme—or Toms, Dicks and Harrys, perhape—an inferior grade of creatures. “Drown him, dear,” laughed the Butterfiy. mporarily, of course “In that case”—with a surprised air—‘‘who would pay the hotel bills?” “True. Thad forgotten the meanest thing has use,” interrupting herself to pull Made- laine and Reginald from the depths of a trunk. “Haven't you nearly finished packing? I've rescued your children from death by suffoca- tion three times.” “Three, four, five! I've got one trunk more, with little things we may want—night lamp, oil stove, medicines and some of his clothes in case he should be up during the summer.” The Butterfly—who rejoiced in widowhood without incumbrances—smiled. “Where do you mean ‘him’ to stay when he doesn't come up?” “That's the trouble!” With a tired pucker between her eyebrows, Emma sat down on the oil stove to meditate. z 's really more economical to let Bridget g0 off for the summer. If she stayed here pre- tending to work she'd run up grocery bills and give parties. Ihave to take Ann with me on sccount of the children. He can sleep in the house and get his meals out—I suppose.” “Isn't that rather dreary?” For once the Butterfly forgot to laugh, and looked straight into her friend's eyes. '“Do you believe he always comes home after dinner?” don't know. How can I tell? I can have & woman come to sweep and make beds and take away washing!” aw! somewhere—at mother's—but he won't.” “Don't blame him “He could go to a hotel, but that's expensive. We could all board out of town and near enough to the city for him to come in every day. Aud he won't do that, Says it’s a nuisance to catch trains!” is. Oh, it ie!” “There are lots of men left at home!” ag- grieved by the Butterfiy’s persistent sympathy with the wrong party. “He's no worse off than any one else.” Then why do you give it a second thought?” ‘Because—because——" floundering for a mn. “The truth is that, like overy conscientious woman, when it comes to the point you can't help feeling it’s a mean thing to go off and en- Joy yourself and leave the party of the second Part toa dismally shrouded house and loneli- news while he stays in it. You would be indig- nant if you thought he went amusing himself elsewhere. You want him to stay in the house and feel lonely. Yet you are secretly con- scious that it is making a severe strain on human nature to expect it.” “‘T'm sure I don’t know what else to do with him!” (hopelessly.) ‘-He saya he won't mind. He'll get slong somehow. He'll be satisfied enough in the house till we get back!" {¥es, I believe they do say those things.” “I don't know what ‘they’ say” (with dig- “I'm telling you what ‘he’ says. Tha qpite different. It's a common enough case. There are six families away on this block and all the men are living “Six did you say? Friend “Oh, yes, acquaintance lived here some time. 2 .” quoth the But- terfly, with a twinkle in the corner of her eye, for them to keep house together.” “Six men together! In one house! Horrors! I wouldn't like it to be mine—when I got back an the fall. “But think how well off the dear fello could be. They could club together, keep a decent cook and other servants and have good meals and their rooma kept in some kind of womanly order. They could have their clothes attended to and matches and tobacco ashes oc- casionally brushed off the sofa pillows and the top of the clock. They could enjoy each other's conversation and social habiee’ Ant, gracious. think how Smith could sympathize with Brown’s wife when he came to know the man been putting up with so angeli- cally" fut consider the state of the house when one got back.’ “Of course—that's another st—I won't say it! Don’t throw that thing! You'll ruin my hat!” But the woman who sacrificed herself for the general good would be recompensed. Even in this world she would find her reward. ‘Think of the admiration of her neighbors’ husbands, the satisfaction of making her own ‘him’ happy and comfortable when his home was left unto him desolate !” “There!” with decision. “After all you've hit it squarely in the center. Don't you know that nota woman on earth would look with favor on such Quixotic plans for that very reason?” What!” said this demure, good, amiable, nscientious, dear, little domestic wife,Emma. “Who wants them to be happy and comfortable while their wi are awa: Who is willing for them to imagine such a thing possible? Am I, do you think?” “Great heavens, woman!” cried the Butter- fly, » strong Ii rit. They might be made too They might be so complacently set- that they wouldn’tcare a—hairpin whether you all come back or not!” “I don't know anything about ‘them,’ but I do know ‘him!’” ————+0---— Two Miles a Minut From the Springfield Republican. , A one-wheel cycle, eight feet high, that a greenhorn can learn to ride ina minute and then write his name in the dust with it in fif- teen feet of space, not to mention a speed ca- pacity of two miles in sixty seconds on a good track, is the astonishing invention which Vic- tor Beranger of Worcester, editor of Le Courrier de Worcester, claims to have produced after two years of hard work. Last week, he says, bis brother in Montreal rode she phenomenon seventy-three miles in one Hour on an ordinary highway, and that was at the rate of much more than a mile a minute. Mr. ger himself, ona wager of €100, will e Worcester some day next week in the presence of a number of witnesses, 60 he at the same time the new “Chicago flier” on the Boston and Albany railroad leaves for Bos- ton, and he promises toarriveat the Hub atleast fifteen minutes before the express train reaches there, notwithsta: that have to travel 5 highway as against forty-four by rail. It he does it, in the face of the fact that the highway between Worcester and Boston is in no way prepared for such a lightning trip, “Monsieur” will have furnished the world the biggest sensation possible short of an actual flying machine. Mr. Beranger may bo an en- thusiast, but he has made applications f patents in five countries, and his patent in this country is already assured. Th. ve y make the fur fly in “bike” circles if will be sold for $70, and its it goes, for weight will be about fifteen pounds less than the ordinary Warwick:‘‘safety.” The inventor claims that to propel his ma- chine requires from seven to ten times less power than is required on the ordinary bicycle. indeed, the difficulty he seems to fear most is & vast ‘excess of machine unma practicable its availability for people who now- adays ride bicycles merely for pleasure may be questioned, unless it can be easily controlled and kept at a slo i the unt it that new in Peep hittin anlage gery way regulation are to ot own esaee pared a much greater’ bby locomotives MONGOLIAN GENIUS. They Have Some Very Clever Burgiars in China. ed From the New York Tribune. “Sy husband was, as you know, in the Aus- trian diplomatic service,” ssid an American woman whose experience of divers lands had been most extensive, “and of course the num- ber of incidents in our varying life has. been legion. But there was one adventure which occurred while we were attached to the em- bassy in China that 90 combined the Indicrous with really serious that I shall never forget it. After we bad been there about a year there occurred some grand {abilee oF other at the court to celebrate emperor's birthday oF some other festive occasion, and Baron H— had been sent from Vienna as. special envoy to tender congratulations, &c. He, of course, stopped at the tion. The night before he was to leave be returned very Inte for dinner. I could see during the evening that he was distrait and worried, and after our other gueste had gone he confided to the count and myself his “trouble. He was a nervous, fussy little man, and was idently greatly disturbed. ‘I have had some important jewels confided to my care,’ he told us, ‘to be given to our emperor as a memento of this occasion. Tomorrow I sail.as you know, in the goverment steamer for home, and as soon as I am aboard ship I shall not fei any anxiety, but I must confess that tonight I am nervous—whr, I do not know, but I bave the fecling, and I thought I would confide it to you. and perhaps you would share my respon- lity.” Irish mother a bold carelessness which has oftey stood him in good stead, although dis- astrous in this instance, said good naturedly: “Give them to me, if you like. I have an iron box by my bed where ‘I lock up any important Papers that I have in my room at night and I will keep them for you.’ ‘The baron, greatly relieved, gladly handed over the little case that held the costly trinkets, and whortly afterward we all retired for the night. The count’s room adjoined mine and the last thing 1, remember ig! ‘Was secing the glimmer of his’ light under the door as he sat writing at his desk, finishing up his dispatches for the morrow. I was awakened from a deep sleep by the noise of a scufile and immediately afterward the shout of my husband, and in a few minutes the whole house was aroused. “Catch the thieves! shouted the count and for a short time all was in confusion, no one understanding tho why and the wherefore of the uproar, the! count in the lightest of attire having’ torn | down the stairs and into the court yard. After a useless pursuit he returned, breathless, to tell his story. ‘The box was gone; that I bad seen at once, and had already communi- cated my fears to Baron H., who also appeared upon the scene and who was nearly frantic. Betwren gasps for breath—for what with the excitement and the chase and his embonpvint, my poor husband was completely exhausted—we finally elicited the following fac the jewels in the stron table at the head of his : After he had put box, which stood on a . he xat down at his desk and, finding that he had more to do than he expected, morning. hour he and did not fall into a sound sleep; so that the slight noise of the opening door aroused him at once, and by the dim light from the hall be saw muffled figure approaching his bed, while another form, also shrouded in drapery, stood by the door. Count A. is a brave man and a strong man, and has always been a famous athlete; so rather enjoy- ing the ideu of the denonement he lay quietly in wait, knowing by a flash of intuition that the re the object of the midnight maraud- he robber came steadily and noiselessly toward the box us if he were perfectly familiar with the location, while the count feigned sleep and allowed him to come near enough to lay his hand upon it. Then with » sudden move- ment he threw his powerful arms around the thief and shouted for help; but by an indescrib- able wriggle the creature slipped with the dexterity Of aserpent from under the heavy sheet-like drapery, leaving it in my husband's clutch. With a bound the latter was out of bed, and for the second time he had the miscreant in his grasp, but again he was foiled, this time by a new device,which { will venture to say has never been heard of ia the police reports of any civilized country. The man was com- pletely nude and greased from head to foot with a soft buttery substance that made him as slippery as an eel. Notwithstanding that the count caught him severa! times he made good his escape, never relinquishing the box. “Yea; the jewels are ontinued the countess, in answer to an in ‘And what 1s more-we could "neve! There is no detective service in China that amounts to anything. and the wretehes were completely successiul. Baron H., although terribly of the consequences of his having rel his trust to another, bebaved most handsomely end completely exonerated my husband from ail blame. Both gentlemen wished to give the money value for the loss, but this his imperial majesty would not permit. The story of the ‘greased Chinaman’ got about, however, and, we are told. vexed the Chinesé officials ‘not s little; and whether it was for this cause or for some other reason we were shortly transferred to another post. As it was in the path of pro- motion we were more than satistied and took no pains to discover the reason.” ——— Ammonia as a Motive Power. From the Philadelphia Record. A most successful test was made on Friday of the use of ammonia as a motive power to displace steam. ‘The test was the first that has ever been made on a marine engine, and the trial was most satisfactory. An ammonia en- gine plant has been fitted out on the tug E. W. fartley, which. made a trip up and down the river, subjecting the new scheme to a practical test. Itis known as the Campbell ammonia engine system, and its workings are novel and interesting, not only to the mechanical and scientific circles, but also to the laymen of the industrial world. Any ordinary engine can be converted into a Campbell ammonia engine simply by the addi- tion of a “generator,” which is much like » boiler. Steam is used simply for the purposes of heating the aqua ammonia in the generator. The heated ammonia expels a gas, leaving a weak solution of ammonia in bottom of this boiler-like affair. When, by raising the temperature of the ammonia, sutticient power ig generated the throttie valve 18 opened and the gas passes into the cylinder of the engine and propels the piston rod in every way the same as steam. It ie here exhausted the same as steam, but at this point the gas is cooled and conducted back to the generator. Before it reaches the latter vessel it is carried by a “spray coil” to a point where the gas comes in contact with the ammonia solution which has been re- jected from the generator, and here the solution is recharged by absorption and by the natural aflinity existing between water and ammonia. By this means the same body of ammonia is used constantly, exhausting iteelf only to be recharged with new life and to be returned to the generator. The same is true of the water used. ‘The steam in the generator imparts its heat to the ammonia and is thereby condensed and carried back to the boiler to be used again. In the ammonia engine there is absolutely mo Yaste. Qu the other hand there is a saving of coal, as the engine can be operated on the amount of fuel. On the Hartley only one of the two furnaces was used, and there was all the speed and pressure that could be desired. ef the Remarkable Inctruments of ‘From the San Francisco Chronicle. The ordinary Mongolian orchestra, such as is to be found usually dispensing tanes for the delectation of celestial ears at the Chinese theaters in this city. is composed of ten pieces, and each player has bis peculiar instrument. on which he is an adept. He also performs | upon it with an apparent stoical indifference ‘as to the scores of his fellow musicians. Thoroughly to equip an orchestra with | Proper instruments entailea cost of $69.50, which amount any nervous householder bas ever had the misfortune to reside within earshot of one at practice would be wi advance twice over in order to have it moved instramen’ on. After pure! are See and th Some from 5 to €20 per night. ' The drum, in the estimation of the Chinese | musician, is the most imj t instrament, | which opinion is shared likewise by the Juve- | pile American. A Chinese dram costs #13 and | much the same ox a kog con- | structed of light sonny with cowhide. | This instrument is beaten with a pair of heavy | wooden sticks and produces booming sound, | which grows extremely monotonous when it is continued for several hours. | The alarm, or taps, is a Chinese musical de- | vice of peculiar construction. It consists of a framework of wood, upon which 18 set a conical | top of hard wood covered with calfskin. Pro- | Jecting from the top of the frame is a hollow square the size of a cigar box, covered with | rawhide. Sounds are produced by striking the | top, which emits bass notes, and the projecting , hide-covered square with drumsticks. This tuneful instrument costs £3.50. ) | ‘The cymbals of the Chinese are of hammered brass, similar in design to those used by Amer- ican bands, and cost €18. { | Brass shaped much like « tambourine | | are used by Mongolian musicians in the makeup of their orchestras. A first-class gong can be bought for #15. { A gong of concave form and of very light weight, that gives forth a tingling sound, isan- | other orchestral instrument. 1t costs €2.50. Mongolian fiddies are of peculiar construction | and emit sounds which, from a musical pojnt of view, are as inharmonious as the instrument is uncouth in appearance. Divested of its strings a Chinese fiddle bas the same appear- nce as a mallet, with the handle long and fist- tened to about an inch in width and an eighth | | of an inch in thickness. In the lower part of | the handle are inserted two keys, one above the j other. ‘To each of the ke: attached two strings of horsehair or catgut; the other ends are firmly wound about the mallet head. What | varied und discordant sounde are produced when the Chinese fiddler runs his bow across thestrings! And besides the Chinese have the | temerity to ask $7.50 for such a device. | The banjo of the heathen, may be very ap- | ropriately likened to a small-sized frying pan ith a vory long handle. "The dram ie covered with snake skin drawa tight. Three keys and four strings complete the instrument, which is othe bac jo is of a large-sized e banjo the size of a | snare drum and about half the depth. Four keys and the same number of strings are used. The sum of €2.50 will buy one for or- dinary use. ‘A Chinese flute is purchaseable at 75 cents if of ordinary make and without ornamentation. {thas ten finger holes and gives vent to abrill | and discordan: notes, which delight Chinese ears, but grate upon those of the Caucasian. eral flutists, who, when together, appear with each ‘other in the emitting of the most dismal and shrill tunes that ever lacerated human nerves. The clarinet is to the Mongolian what the cornet is to us. Its evident use is to add va- riety to the clamors of the drums and cymbals aud the discordant sounds of flute and fiddie. | It is a sort of mediator between all those revo- | lutionary instruments and has a tendency to | veneer the discord, which apparently ia the basis of all Chinese music. | The Mongolian ear has become inured to | goch strains and to the child of ‘the Sowers ingdom it sof home, tragedy, love an revenge alia tng are dows $ ake waa mary vengeance upon his musically inclined fellow countrymen let him wack Meegetion or the agonies of sound chestras produce. for Metrimony. From the Boston dmmong the graduates of the year one brave young woman has ‘® course frankly taken in preparstion for matrimony. Like many girls who make society amusements their chief existence, this young woman ¢id Rot realize the deficiencies in her education | | until she had won the friendship and love of | ‘one who was her superior in intellectual ac- quirements. With the realization of her igno- rance came the determination to study for self-improvement. Entering as a pupil at | & wellknown school for “girls “silo took | courses in literature, philosophy and other | studies, which would enable to write and speak with accuracy and would teach her the best methods of thought. She entered classes of political economy and studied the newspapers under competent di- rection. Urging her teachers to corrett all imperfections in her speech and manner, she made see to attain the nde which might bright her nearer to an ity With her future husbend. ‘The struggle was not easy. — —_ trials of pride in study- ing with ® more youthful wie many “moments of morta: cation from the exposure of ber Determination to succeed won its usual reward. | The society girl, whose t mind had been | < rt | ecliy yy the routine of became re- nowned in the school as one of the most earnest and satisfactory pupils. Whenshe graduates this | year into the refined home that has been in prep- | aration for her she will meet her husband upon | an equality, and entertain bis friends with a) feeling of cheerful confidence. She ways tiat | the whole world secms more stable eince bas been sure that her sentences are gram- matical and her pronunciation according to the best authorities. ——_—_~ee_—____ ! John Gung Surprises a Melican. i From the St. Paul Globe. | John Gung, » Chinese laundryman on Mis- siseippi street, branched out inst evening ina new role. The Chinese are not a success as pugilists a8 a rule, but the pigtailed hero of this incident must have been lessons from some one, because he showed himself weil up in the latest style of the art in an en- counter with a Rice street tough named Mur- phy, which occurred near the saloon owned by aman of that name. Murphy weighs fully 140 pounds and the Chinaman will scarcely go more than 125,pounds. The latter, however, uesting Murphy to es rithout effect, sailed into him like a eye! ing & scientific swing on his neck, and brought him to his feet with a left-handed upper cut that Simply paralyzed the beboldere and placed the redoubtable 1y hore de combat. John Gung is the most admired Chinaman who ever appeared an Rice street. After encounter be accepted an invitstion to drink, and as he quaffed Spa elses; | could “lickee Melican time.” PRACTICAL RECIPROCITY. ‘to | tract the | authorities that every shop. id ANCIENT HOUSES. Ruins Which Prove the Luxury of Early Roman Rabitations, From the Louisvilie Courter Journal The diligence with which in recent years the work of excavating ancient cities and ruins bas deen prosecuted has given us much valuable information concerning the babite and bouse- hold equipments of the earlier world, but it lenves still open that question, deeply inter- esting to students, scholars and aatiquarans, if not to the general publi, namely, whether the ancients attained a bi of civil- ization than the present possesmes. | That it is problem that can pever be decided does not check the discussion, nor docs it de- from the interest that it excites among ® ‘special cinsa, Ignoring the comparative degree of intel- lectual developments attained by the ancients and the moderns, about which one could arg@e forever, the question of production in material Matters affords more substantial basis for de- cision. | For instance, we now have « very good idea of the construction and furniture of @ Ro- man house, and it is easy to conjecture how the Roman citizen of wealth lived anc had his be- ing. Among the most interesting of these developments are the excavations of Rowan Villas in England. The history of the Romans in Britain is bat fragmentary, but it is well known that the island was once one of the most important rovinces of the empire. Hadrian visited it. ‘onstantine was declared emy diers at York and the ‘or by the sol- foughi to retain that showed e. That the been exaggerated by the conjectures of bis- torical writers ix now sufficiently proved At Woodchester, in Gloucestershire, = Roman villa of the grand type bas been iid entirely bare, and the magnificence of its ruins shows that it was equal to many « modern yh this was merely the residence Of a private citizen. Everything is ona great scale. There are sitting rooms fifty fect square, ranged about courte or gardens, them- selves 130 feet square. ‘The floors are sp tesselated pavements; the walla are ¢ 2 ered Mith fresco paintings, and scattered about are fragments of marbie grow 2 statues, rick Samian: ware and numerous other evidences of art and luxury. n Britain, as well as elsewhere, wherever Roman dominion lo ough is left to indicate that the n citizen bad an ease and plenty that the world was unfamiliar | mith after the fall of the Roman empire, until Venetian merchants began again to acca- mulate from every region the products of taste and luxury. Although the rich old Romans lacked some things that are modern inventions, Yet their houses were in many nespects superiot to the best of today. They were larger, built with more solidity and adorned with more taste and richness. Very few modern ium: after 1,500 years, would remain in as rs ervation as are the Homan ho Britain. And if they reached such sple Britain, which was merely a prov must they have been in Latium, whi seat of empire? ancient architect planned and the ancient contractor built for ali time. We'll wager our last sesterce that there were no Bud- densieks in Rome. When Cicero gave a dinner party he did not stand in mortal fear of the roof falling in or the walls tumbling down on his guests. Seriously, when one coutempiates the magnificent architecture of the Komans, whether expressed in houses or bridges of aqueducts, though exposed to the decay of many centuries, he cannot withhold admira- thon for the solid character of their work, nor | cam he avoid reflection that we Americans and English and Germans and others have many things to learn that were known well enough | 2,000 years ago. ——— nip ‘The Way It Blew on the Lake, From the Rochester Democrat A party of yachtsmen were becalmed out om Lake Ontario last Sunday afternoon, and while waiting fora breeze the time was occupied in spinning yarns, There were two or three old salts on board, and they did all the spinning, While the younger and less experienced tars sat end smoked and listened. Finally one of the. old salts took his pipe from betweeu his teeth Jong enough to draw breath, and eaid “You fel give me # pain talking about big storms. Why, I was out ina storm in the summer of °69 that was so much bigger than any that you have ever seen that they are like cat's paws compared to it. ‘Then he stopped and began industriously to dra is pipe again. “Tall-ub about 1y°""aid the young fellows tn chorus. “It was in the month of July in the year 1868, and I was out on the lake ina yacht of mine,” he said, after pausing long enough to fill bis pipe afresh and light it, “and the wind be- gan to get pretty fresh. Ipaid but little at- tention to it, but it kept blowing fresher and fresher, and one ot my crew usked if we bad not better shorten sail. I thought that there was no and said thet there was time enough. of a sudden the wind began to blow harder than I ever saw it in this latitude and we all began to get badly scared. Igave orders to take in sail, but before the men could Jay hand one rope a big puff came and away went the suils into ribbons. There we wereout in the middle of the lake with no suils, and the situation began to look deerate. How we were going to get in I did not know, but the Very storm itself furnished us a way and we rode safely to shore.” Here he stopped and began to smoke. “How did you get in,” asked the youngest sailor of the lot. “Why,” said the old salt, “‘the wind blewse hard that it blew the ropes out ‘fat aud they served for sails.” ——_—s-—_—__— One Needed It, the Other Did Not. From tbe Illustrated Auierican, General Sherman related the following anee- dote of his experience in Memphis “It was in July, 1862, when we entered Mem- phis. Before the first of the troops reached the town orders had been issued by the rebel tavern, hotel, thea- ter or public place should be closed, aud we entered city he still as the den: “I sent for the mayor and explained to him that Memphis was being visited by American soldiers, his countrymen—that such a reception was inhospitable and must be changed, and that he must order and instruct every Louse to This was complied with, to tisfaction of everybody. red, however, at headquarters am named Dr. White, who “I explained to him that the phis greatly needed Christian enlightenment, ‘4nd be must promptly open his church doors and administer to their wants. “ ‘But,’ said Dr. White, ‘do you know that the ritual of the Episcopal church bas been changed since the war? «No, said I; “it hasn't, that I know of. How so? ““We now pray for Mr. Jefferson Davis and not for Mr. Lincoln. I suppose I mustno longer pray for Mr. Davis?” “Yes, sir! Pray for bim, by all means. He negds it if anpbody dows.” “Bat am T required to pray for Mr. Line jn “Oh, no! He's all He don't need “Ob, no right. le of Mem-