Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1892, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY. ne SEPTEMBER 17, 1892-TWENTY PAGES. . jounting two wings on each sido and would ‘Ted MB Pepe pth Phe Be ‘While | BOB AND MIS BRE FANCIES OF FASHION. |cctcasiet aacoseaee MOBILE CAPTURED. a crcrwourea| A FRUITLESS JOURNEY SOEs ntennst oie ta eaeeeaseal seminar comfortable which rans Cigar Store Indian Ladies Should pag A Rj : rissa It is not the peceary, bu: Teasers | loop taaey coms axter Rime ee x Ro Young Ladies Should Not Make Dan- Some ot the Events That Led Up to to him. and when | By Pitpan Up the Seore and Tus- serger animal, woiching abot Stir or tatee | cuhen of tn epumesn eb onion aaa gerous Experiment in Dress. | ‘That Victory. he “ crewguas Rivers. Ticpeccary, which, scale tatice, (2ote °t| dummy with a cigar store Indian maiden. et 2 | % od ~ bs on Sree om enteal Pe cee. "With the | Here is the story as it is told and firmly be ; : . nea tears. . exception ‘manatee it is the | Jieved by the more superstitions remdents of WHAT Wiis, SOON BE WORY. A VETERAN’S EXPERIENCE. a ir raps mift, but | TRAVELING IN HONDURAS: ray onet 7 tbe mativen ever Kill and | Baxter street by luggish 3 feeb yy a4 them, | es : were little rows of dirt sho through although Ati one of dketr Somrmnaner’ woeete 44.02 Dark Row, Jost shove Baxter street they Many Neat and Natty Styles of Mat for the | ‘The Progress of the Siege and the Many At. | £f,tH6 to lines of rifle pi ood The ware besa fetid gland on the beck: just | 0" b fany At- | ting the situation and ¢ tors bask- | An Expedition to Rescue Traant Spanish | above the hips, which gives forth a very pow. Togulation Bowery clothing ates Farly Autum: and Late Fall—Colors Rich tacks Upon the Forts in the Harbor—The | speedily be reminded thal ver to pick | Girl and ts Result—A Crow of Indian | ¢*ul odor, which to the novice ie intensaly die- {ath recees behind and « vociferous and Warm for Trimming—Late Styles of Close of the War and Final Muster Out of | Peaceful as they seemed. up the fro boate and we kept! Girt walling on the ‘A Waree | SéTecable, often prejudicing him against the | # front. Then, to ime yy mar the Hiahac : -| , The men ip the pits were relieved at regular | popping at them all day with our revolvers, but Rageee— meat. It is by the oder from this gland that " “py on —~ yh - 4 Dreses Service. intervals, and while there the man knew he lon't suppose they ever knew they were be-| Hunt—The Retreat. the native hunts the animal. i hi aa “ iene _ muc+ look out for himself anc that @ few peces | ing In due timo we reached That night we rejoiced over a good. supper: | the: lng done business in pase By aide ahead was a wide-awake : Springficla spent a day or two in Camp embracing fried and roast waree, fapjacks and | {i*" tas done business in, cinco diesinsiaitied ih eae FTER THE BATTLE| Our camps in the rear wertsémowhat an- | Butler, then went to the city and on the after | Wpectal Correspondence dt The Evening Star, cocoa, in addition to boild wild turkey. by ey New Youre. September 16, 1892. of Nashville the west-| noyed by the shells from a couple of long-range | noon of September fell in line for a last roll Parvea, Hoxprnas, March, 1892, 4 in tee ‘of this store happened to be ICH AND GAUDY, ern army had but | Stns thrown at random. One of our horses was the mustering officer said a few words and Ge hak Lage Emab ALMOST MEPASSADtE, in Troy some five years ago, Ducing his stay for the sppatel oft pro- brief rest from active | Wounded one day at the picket rope and we | battery Gof the second Illinois artiljery as an 59 During the night the river rose two feet and | there he ran against « cigar store that was cays gacanpar el ah Fest from sctive | heard of a teamster or two hurt, while several | organization ceased to exist, F. J. Youxo. oicial orders were re- | in the morning it war a turbid, rushing flood, | *0l4 but by the sheriff. "it war & now store renga ge ja og service. The branch | times shells exploded near our tents, keeping . ceived by the alcalde | The water continued torise all day, makiag our New struck with the lonius, and he said well. | with which my regi-| uestirred up. Written for The Evening Star. here to second the| nrogresn slower and more diftcalt | — — ph ~~ ape een, Cer Bat how about the wo-| # ment was connected A WARM TIME AT THE OTHER PORT. GREAT GENERALS. Seore river to a Span-| We were much retarded by the overhanging | dismantled store and. mutely to the man? If we may para- left East Port on Feb-| While we were in front-of Blakely the forces — ish rubber cutter’s| bamboo and other tangled vegetation, which | by to eome inkide and cigara, to- phrase Pope and say, ruary 10, and followed | at the other fort were having a warm time. | ost cordially inscribed to the honored veterans frequently reached fro 1 bank to bank. Huge camp and bring back to “Clothes make @ man, EARLY AUTUMN. the coast of the Grand Army of the Republic.) the want of them the | extended black and fierce-looking win Me- the Tennessee to the Ohio, thence to the Canby had established lines not more than 600 had fallen across tho river, catrying with yards from the rebel works, and every day he ant ‘truant | chem mansses of clin, and cigarettes, He bought iy bay | bargained witha canal boatman boy | ing vies; large bunches down for €1, and upon its arriesl installed night robe when she ze- there will be many vivid tints of green, ing all our baggage, thousands of draft animals pits with their occupants, but of course they Crowning a nation’s zeai with victory, ve from her home with» all ite varied forms obstructed the narrow mustacke and #7 seen *o turn hi is bead and gaze wistfully at young Spat irl. ; fel'ow,” may we also phisto plumes in breast feathers and scales of Mississippi and thon | inounted new batteries and hammered away UN~| Cyrer captain of the armies of the fr0e, Saapeak aators, ot ds | eee Seont cherkiqaninnesat tien: | ELE eee "aiag tn The proclaims that the gown |i ots eet fee al wget ad og south. On the 2ist we | Poy Wy," oe aes wetuxned blow for |" Whces aword preserved « peoysein tea selght, toon years of age, the ad_wood and other drift lodged agninst | dnmmvatthe end-of the line, the representative makes the girl? I trow | Sites of breast feuthirs slomieting wren: reached Orleans, | held their ground and made severn! forties, | Whose dauntless spirit gave to wronged once BLE senorita had eloped forming formidable barriers across | of a od peur wan, ean oto not. Vietoriawasin her | horn, Colors will be rich and elegant, and | having traveled 1,800 miles in eleven days, tak-| once capturing 100 yarda or more of our rifle Tight, BRE, In fact, the luxariant vegetation in rubber cutter and gone ginabie manner. Every few at right bai ceived e d bie | magentas and red purples. Blacks will be re- | ™ a A could only hold it a few minutes. By the quick drum-roll, beat at war's decree, 3 ‘ nie ‘sinabve meant . EB new arrival on his thand. Weretofere the ved the deputation of | Hagnine “chores abd Poppy feds or in the fe; | 024 hundreds of wagons. When wo loft Cairo | Sould only hol Mocitn meted meses ig | Wanita ae i oon ee with him to live in his rude camp in tho eolitary n was atopped, while the dumm~ and boon well-conditioned repre: noblemen who informedher that she was Queen yer rd Vey madich will be buckles and | te Fiver was full of great cakes of ice from lanting six heavy guns within 800 yards of the || Making the foes of éoncord take thelr Might, forest. After nearly m year's trial of the life | bowman cut « passage wisn bis machote through | sent:<tve of his class, who had stood bolt ups of England, ant yet it is affirmed thatthe brooches in French gold set with mock jewels. | the north, but as we went south these disap- | fort, but tho enemy fought on bravely and | And all the world the Union's glory see; sho became weary of it and desired to return to | *° on eye anda number of =. we | right and gazed out straight before him, looked every inch a princess. Possibly; bat I pe peared and the green shores of Louisiana looked | caused considerable loss on our side. Until | This, thy proud name, {ustrious for aye, her home, much against the wishes ofher lover, | Scuris while the bes? want plied Weberiowls | gecmssly wuconscious of the on hia wouldn't counsel any young igdy to make dan- , 4 Rey as though they had never known winter. Thé| the evening of the 8th firing was! Embalmed In history shall the ages scan. who prevented her eseape. Hence the orders to | through some metas Re made by former rs gerous experiments in dress oa M siver was very high and was heyt in ite chennel | contisnous, snd shen Conby as Beer ygind qebrave Patriot-aoldier every inch a man, bring her away by force. travelers, We were constantly upon the loos- eiAhbG Met psiaiaainas smecienn meral way and have re 14 f by great nd our boats were jose fame 1s for all time, not for a day, onn i out, dodging this way and that to avoid certain article of your costume for the gratifi- & (( ats Sri land and we looked | Ponts. to, be followed ‘by an atta oe athe | Aboat thy brow the eternal lightnings play, Need econ viici deep neering ed bamped or ‘seratcheh, cutting a’ ina "aged THIS NOBBY SUIT FOR 67. cation of vos snite. Sut in, making chotes | GW wy) down upon the shore. Being a supernumerary | Situ sirtateprarty eee ean nog heey | Taat God onkindled when the earta began. felligence and knoviedge ef the civiliea world | PTESHNg a twig there. : ee, of an affectation be careful not to lay} A Iwas used to fill any place in our detachment ; \ " z n . i is an dificult to describe as it is impossible Siolent ‘hands upon the style of head-| \ 64 (CY ass bacame temaperedily vacant and when ome Se Soe eas Se Sek see —— than ‘the ignorant Mosquito Indians (or one who has never lived in the tropics to|, But mow all was changed, His head was pragma me Exercise | } of oar drivers was reported sick I was given | Pounders from the navy soon compelled the Sherman. Sambos) over whom he exercised oF rather pre-| imagine the choked and impamable appearance | Wrned sidewayy ||” 7 sar tie Set en toppene'te Bol eres horecs were crowded in ss close | Proofs Under cover of thisfirebn attempt Tis was a heart to overflow of a small river bere or the diticulties aad dan- le of apparel is than a hat, hence in that current query provided you put " A mistake that to make is to wear @ thereby to disguise in reality it has the ntuates it. The best ty stature of @ eht, when tit ac tthe error of wear- hone ter bonnets. They for the average-si a tall, stout figure ix mm mphasized by set- ws and a bit of ribbon on the top column of humanity. retty hats to show you to- bie for the supplementa. able space of time which lies 9 charminglr between the end of summer and the advent of cold weather. Take, for instance, the piquant bit of head- ar represented ix’ my initial illustration, a iege straw trimmed with chestnut-brown rib- forming « large bow, the strings starting from the crown. Under the flaring crown, which is lined with velvet, there is a bunch of * as they could stand and to get to their heads to feed or water then it was necessary to climb on the edge of the boat outside the rail. When we landed they were so tired of their cramped tion and so glad to get on shore as to be ‘almost unmanageable. A MANEUVER THAT FAILED, As we were moving away from the river a party of officers were passing, among them the corps commander, and the lieutenant in com- mand thought to show how well we wero drilled and euddenly gave the order, ‘Form scetion on the right. Ishould have kept my place and let the other gun dress on ours, but touched my horse with the spur and he gave a jump, jerked the reins from my hand and swung oat A Mops corrFURE. Asribbon garniture is now made use of in | dressing the hair, I show you such a coiffare in my last illustration. It is very becoming to young people when the scheme is artisticall orked out. You divide the entire head of hair into three strands, beginning at the fore- . “4 was furious. His maneuver had been a failure | ee ee ee ee es | eee Fonk Cee A, a sees ee | take the middle strand and coil it a little to | of line. I had a lead team, the man behind me was a few one and let his team follow. my horse slipped and fell, pulling down his mate, the team bebind piled on top, and we were & lot. I fell off toone side and was ut when straightened out my saddle that he jeut. Wilch mixed-uj unhurt, horse was found to be so badly lame: had to be taken from the team. was made to discover some weak place in their line and two'of our regiments charged on the rifle pits, and although the Texans opposed them stoutly they were outnumbered and fell back in confusion to the fort, closely followed by our men, who entered with them. A BUCCESSFUL, ATTACK. Tt was dark by this time, and the cheers of our men showing they had a foothold, they were at once reinforced, and amid the confu- sion the rebel general decided to evacuate and with most of his men he boarded rome boats and fell back to Mobile, leaving there the fol- lowing morning. Forty-two guns, a large sup- ply of ammunition and 600 prisoners fell into the hands of the Union troops. The next day the forces in front of Dials were Joined by the greater part of the men fom Fort Spanish. All day troops wero arriving and preparations were being made foran aseault. The new comers were placed in position to support au attack and behind every*piece of rising ground not already occupied was a battery with the to run up when needed, By 8 infantry of our division began to ake a chignon, after which you take the rand on the right, twist it and bring it over | let another man take the team and to walk to camp leading the lame gray and then to report tohim. We went some four miles down the riv aes through our works into the rifle p in an hour instead of a few hundred mei | ere | TRAVELIN: crimpe position and effect of the rib-| there will be a strongly developed liking tor the uine long wrap. ‘Theso garments “will be feng cloaks in good earnest, completely cover. ing the gown, and the material will be pure woolen richly lined with bright-colored silk. Velvet promises to be in high favor the coming season for dress garniture, applied as | bands, Inpels, collars, cuffs, yokes und lower | sleeves, the upper eleeves being in one or two b H found’ the thi fh | numerous obstructions, but all parte seemed es of Iberty. We stayed over night at Goff's trading and it was only after an bour’ of | Sure 21038 i _ e nt e thirteent! - 8 Obst e iu a . A “eg a a, 6 folle ‘Z morn- dedbing Y starli t Tn Other cases in widened aye» Tait qnite | Dettphine Inland wan not a plusant one. ‘Thore | word was xiven to go. patriot breast shall fils ing Fras cached and gindiy rosted for the | “°gyrelis ay In other cases it is widened é #0 a8 to fall quite Tuches are to be worn ¢ bottom of skirts. As over the hand. Gauge both for corsages and | bile tay. time we got there tho wrath of the lioutenant On the 6th of March we marched to Lake Pontebartrain, six miles above tho city. and embarked on steamers, which landed us_on a mall island in the gulf at the entrance of Mo- On this island was Fort Gaines, one of the works defending the channel, where Far- agut had himecif strapped to the mast on the day when he forced his way through with his ironelads in the face of forts, torpedoes and was no thade except where the ground was swampy, and the sand was deep everywhere. was 5o'clock. At4 the artillery opened, the which they knew would come. In front of their works was a deep and broad ditch, wires were arranged a foot above the ground to trip up a charging line, sharpened stakes and a few torpedoes were plunted and it was a difficult place to cross even if it had not been swept by the guns of the fort. Under cover of our can- | nonading a careful inspection was made to see if some passage could not be found through the When our infantry left the ehelter of the rifle pits our batteries ceased firing and the rebels at With merey for his brother man, ‘With justice ever toward the foe, For greatness througn his being ran. His was a mind by skill to win, By strategy to rout the host; ‘To onward march ‘mid deadly din, Forever faithful at his post. His was a hand extended wide In warning and in kindness, too, To stay the stern, relentless tide, ‘To welcome when the war was through. His was a soul of noble mold To struggle througa the anxious years; A nature generous, steadfast, bold, Worthy a sorrowing nation’s tears. His was a duty well performe His was a spirit calm and brave; Ours ts the pride his virtues warmed, ‘The heritage of an honored grave. Sheridan. Among the infiitary dead, ‘The marshals of great wars, ‘The bravest of the brave, Back from their rash retreat To win a glorious victory ‘With flashing federal sword, Forward thy spirit marches free In the squadrons of the Lord. A legacy of soldier fame ‘Thy country gatued from thee, And all the land shall hail thy name ‘The sword that waved at Winchester Was the sword of Bunker Hill. tended to exercise his authority. Like the rest of his race hi stock of physical courage was very limited and when danger threatened was wont to ebb fast away. Fearing that an attempt to seize and carry away the girl might be met with objection: resistance from the rubber cutwers, he kindly extended a cordial invitation’ to P- and myself, who were very anxious to explore and map the river, to go with him. As the trip would entail neither labor nor expense to us, we were quick to accept the offer. Accordingly, one bright morning in October, we londed our rubber bags containing bedding and ten dayw’ rations ona horse and started, Frank, the alcalde, meantime having forced a fon and grandson of his most detested enemy to accompany us a paddlers. The alcalde’s twelve-year-old son went along, but was neither ornamental nor useful. ‘THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY was atwelve-mile walk on the bard, wet sand jong the shore of the Caribbean to Mocabilla, arriving there at 1o'clock. Mocabilla is sixapl, a pathway leading from the beach back through savanna land to the boat landing at the eestern end of Brewer's lagoon. Nearly ail the year water stands from knee to waist deep in various ting on the roots of the mangrov trees and fighting mosquitoes and vicious black flies, until the dug-out arrived manned by two Sambo girlk. ‘The girls were young, good looking and joyous, and we enjoyed the ‘six ight-mile suil across the lagoon, enlivened as it was by the laughter and songs’ of the light- hearted crew as they steered the novel craft. in its course and managed the single square anil, and, idden in the “‘onsh,” having heard of our mission, and fearing to be impressed into the at the first cock crow, with Sers of navigating such a stream tn a pitpan. During the day we saw tho first group of wild monukevs we had met on the trip. They were the small, white-faced variety, and red up and down the bamboo over our beads, some of the bolder approaching as near as they dared and shaking the limbs of the trees vigor- ously, while they chattered and scolded at us in monkey rage. Flooks of noisy aroquets, pairs of gaudy ma billed toucans flew over our and squawked i ween a lar chattered ads along the route, EASILY DiscovRacen, That night we made a late camp in the rain and everybody was wet and ill-humored. In the morning we renewed our journey, although old Frank deciared that if we did not reach the Spanish camp by noon we would give it up and Feturn hon rloo to his little crew, “Turn back! turn back!” and @ moment later, despite our strong protests, we were spinning down stream ata reckless rate, loaving the Spanish girl and the rubber cutters with their possible gans and machetes farther and farther behind, On we went, swinj thing but the pitpar to pass under, and making the waves safely. ater that soon it began to mpid bailing. Although 1 War infested by alligators ¢ jumped overboard in two A quarter mple of tiresome wad- ing and dragging the pitypan brought us to i ‘re-embarked. tropics was now upon twilight of th ability to procure a dory caused a de- lay of another day, but finally, after a ten days’ parrots and | the tree tops, and these were | had broken Bob's neck” mies are named to distinguish one from the other. Nothing more was thought of the thing at the time. sunny smile other | down. | Every | Indian girl, where, But now Baxter ih the figu surprising thing bi means at ham he could not be kept upright on his pedostal until put back in bis eld por neck that some of the careless clerke for all tailors’ dum- street knows Bob broke his neck himself so he could back in the was tried, bat m near the ry, he gazed all day, standing solid as a rock, into the fair face his rattan, inanimate roi {bis charmer, and so it was the clerks & themselves that Bob was stuck om burly “barker” took an inter- ce and refrained ating Bob by whacking bis legs with |, Time passed. The infatuation was known, but it was an old st pened. t | an awning just above, laughed a | been standing there an hour, be said. they couldn t have been taken away ea wagon, and no wagon had near in bewdineroan Here was a puzzler. | nd Mra. Cronb and hardly mentioned. But two wecks ago a strange thi It was late Saturday *night, ing bap A rain orm had come uy and the Bowery seemed deserted. The “barker” was joking with the Placing a bow of the ribbon on the | tol ata tekon ma tcoaket A general who armies led, places across the pass and at the lagoon end the | around bend after bend, ducking our head clerks back in the store, for ft = duing time ae ok ; e ' i ‘ice 3 y rd been jon over some fallen log too low for any- | srdena : Sethen put m “loony, the ends being slightly | where our forces defeated the British. surroundings to remind us of it. The hour set Peace a tee Veto are i year before, but was much de- | prdcred thet the figures, aafe from the storm a by an awning, be taken in. The “barker” ran . ; c : 3 timesin a surprising way compared to the slow | ot’ cute the order. He came back pale : : h of th newly arrived batteries as well as those which Defled the hostile bayonet’s brunt ‘otwithstand us i r and frightened, "Bob's gone’ he blurted |e are rated Jo the pict. ach-beloved | haq been through mud ana had to staggis | were entrenched, and iqmust ave been une Where fags of heroes wave. wo fnilly eachot the "waters cage without | "The nevi day anon eating i lagoon we [nd aguened. “abe pebe the ty | snort jacket will have's quite put ror ids | alobg leading a lame hioree he thought I bad | corafortably warm behind therebel works. For Phil Sueridan of Winenester, mishap, only to find that there was no dory | found it so roughened “by the nea | pAnuvestigation showed be spoke the truth, i coete cma Tela bata tec sete cot | oem punished enough for any possible care- | * time they replied vigorously, but their fire Who trampled on defeat, there.’ For half an hour we were obliged 10 | bres ‘that the "fs and” flat pitpan | tueagnt Soe then Ben ays ny | Semin spon, 1 has ds long reign of pop-| been pe soon ceased and they waited for the attack And turued unbeaten forces there bear on area pt coors, eae ie had Baxter street shook ite | put out at the loss of his | from Hoboken that the They've gone off!” was the . te " reb 5 2 servico, which is a little way these people have. | journey rounled’ off with a twenty-mile walk | fipwros tee old cenat oat nae an om usual, the new colors have fantastic name: A MOVE ON MOBILE. FR are A leat ___, GRAVID Guauam ADEB | This delayed us cne day, but the following | aions the beach, we tradged into Patuca, glad peapeteter af Go-cbething. atest oamanie ta given to them, such as paradise for bright yel-| By the middle of the month everything was | 4,008 morning we starte y low,eminence for deep red purple, alammbo for brilliant red, argent, nickel and platina for three shades’ of gray, and floxine for redish lilac. ———— ree IS SHE AN AMERI N WIFE? ready for a move on Mobile, the capture of which was the object of the expedition. G Canby was in command, and he sent Gri the mainland to march toward the cit soon after our corps was embarked on steamers, and crossing the bay we went up narrow | quarter of an hour before the works were Teachod, and to tho-e of us who were watching it seemed much longer. All along the line it was much the same. After pulling up stakes, | cutting wires and scrambling through ditches our men reached the works und in the face of a sharp fire of canister and musketry mounted “LA "BELLE AMERICAINE.” Blanche Koosevelt the Writer of the Mono- graph on Victorien Sardo From the New York Recorder. ‘The idol of the hour among the literary circles of London and Paris is Blanche Roose- four paddlers, having impressed two more from the town and alarge mahoguny boat called “pitpan. ‘No wind was stirring, and the lagoon was very smooth, and under the rap’ f the bowman the pitpan glided swiftly along. Slowly the stars faded o@tand day dawned, to be at home again. - soe AN EXCITING FOX WUNT. Graphie Dei ription of a Lively Sport in the Genesee Valley. From Harper's Monthly. Indian girl fre the wagon to bring them back. He started when ho read the name “Emma D. of Byracuse” on the stern of the dismantled old boat. It was the same one that brought the ‘Troy five years before. In the old cabin lay the missing pair close to~ gether, as if embracing. Bob's gorgeous suit 7 bs hem, and at 6 o clock the rebel flag in the cen- . i What a field! Fifty ride: res I of clothes was gone, but Bob's face seemed mar. Abusing American Husbands in a London | and crooked stream called Fish river and were | * i and shortly before we entered the riger mo: a fi y riders, as near as Tcan | ° Somewhat in the tourist's shape is the charm- Paper. Tuned soane eighteen los from the defenses | t#F of the parade ground hail been replaced. Ah dpelee es sane oineegy ac the sun burst from behind w mass of feathery count, and eis, seven, ight, nine ladies | De joncd, + Por’ the company of the one jing bat sho ine second picture. | A correspondent who signsherself “An Amer- | Of the city. Next day Granger's troops came TEE STARS AND STRIPES. : A - 5, | Clouds. At the mouth the Secre is perhaps 300 | mounted. That's a good Will they be| “And no matter what you say, the I saik ek Sole esis hp @ Seton GAM cca se thes Gast Motropote at | BP after & very tiresome march through swamps | Our Joss in the ascault was 118 killed and 13 | DIY Upon by that most caustic of critics, Sir| fect wide by eight or teu deep. Fora ball mile oF ae you have traveled with him orher. I'm incti to think there is Any way. you | ‘ never would learn under any other circ: .. first and foremost, you learn lady in question knows how to i Saith the preacher: “To season” and a time to eve en, but, strange to sa; sn't mention a time for however, people didn’t ¢ so much as they do in ours. Now- ya traveling is a necessity. If vou stay at rust out, you lose touch with the ittle better than a hermit. Bat ed rk, is, don't go traveling unless letters i sr it, for if you do you'll be your own aad other people's this extremely natty and bat: it in gli-h straw of black tulle with em- in place by a jet agrafe. ed as to fall a ‘little over At the back there is an INDIAN SUMMER. Sunshiny daye in Octobe n bring out the Brighton, England, to the London Daily Tele- graph in the following terms: Sir: I wonder whether any of you who are | rushing into print over the perfections and im-| perfections of the English matron have ever | given a thought to the superior advantage she enjoys over us? By us I mean American wives. Ihave had the advantage of studying your do- mestic existence and I must frankly admit your English wives start ueck and shoulders ahead of us in opportunities. Thave read with some interest the various ur paper, and expecially the grow! | from “A Brute” in your issue of Saturday. growls at the English wife—growls because he has to surround her with all. the pretty attri- | botes that make woman so charming a compan- ion: growls because be has to keep her, feed her, clothe her, humor Ler, pay her bills and give her up bis time and his society. it underlying it all there iy. the ill-con- | cealed growl of satisfaction that he bas to do it, ad, what is more to the point, he does it, and | then, particularly in the last part of this good- | natured growl, is where the English ‘brute’ | outebines any other natiouality. He does gi up his time to his wife, he surrounds her with a hom: that isa home in very trath, because he y over ali other nationalities as a It is the Englishman's love of his home, his inborn sense of reverence for the four walls | that shut out his little square of domesticity ¢ outside world, that make him a good the English wife what she a line of comparison between the lot of the English wife and our own. senee of the word the American ist. We have wives and hus- . and homes of a certain char- r, but the husband is wanting. He is fond | |of hia wife in a certain 08 her—when his means permit it—to perfection but she ix as much a stranger to the sweetness of your English home influence as she is to the ut of hor husband in a pair of slippers puding his evening pipe of contentment. ‘The American husbapd does not growl at feed- | ing us, clothing ux or supplying us with money. | He rather iikes it, for he is generally as proud | of hie wife as he is of fast trotter, but he | draws the line at , and it is a pretty safe es- timate to make that gine-tentha of them seldom q ‘here they had to out their road and bridge the streams. On this side of the bay were two strong earthworks. The one nearest us and directly opposite Mobile, some five miles dis- tant, waa Spanich Fort, garrisoned by 6,000 men and provided with forty gins, two of them very heavy long range oues of the Armstrong make, bearing a British trade mark. ‘The b: nd the mouths of the riversin the vicinity we: thickly planted with torpedoes, but our gun- boats moved up slowly, removing the obstrac- tions, and one ironclad and three tugs were sunk. but they finally got into position to cut off all communication between the city and the forts and rendered untenable two batteries on small islands. On being joined by Granger men we at once moved toward Spanish Fort and threw our forces around the three land sides. Fort Blakely, twelve miles away, was a strong work manned by 3,000 men and defended by heavy guns. When onr forces invested Spanish Fort and planted batteries and dug rife pits our division was placed in line in the rear to guard against an attack from the rebel cavalry who were in the vicinity under Gen, The slege of this place begun March 26, and witil the evening of April $, when the carried by assault, the fighting was TORPEDOES USED ON LAND. This is the only place where I ever saw tor- pedoes used on land. 4 shell would be buried with wires attached toa primer in such a way that any one passing within two feet of either ide would explode it. Others were placed in the road with percussion caps on them, to be exploded by a blow from a hoof or wagon wheel. We lost a number of horses and several men through these cowardly contrivances, After three or four days guarding tho rear our division moved over to Fort Biakely, leaving our other. two divisions before, Spanish Fort and driving before us a small body of rebel cavalry, and the next day we were joined by part of the thirteenth corps, and the infantry t once proceeded to dig ritle pits and throw p earth works, "That day the batteries remained in the rear, but places were chosen for them, and at dark a large force of, mon was set to work to prepare the ground. Sear morning we were aroused and the guns moved forward. A hill sloping back from the: fort and about bulf a mile trom it had been selected, and for exch piece a place fifteen feet square had been dug, with a six-foot ditch leading from gun to gun; the muzzles jast cleared the brow of the hill and we were in & sort of rootiess cellar. The antmunition cheats wounded. We captured nearly 2,800 prisoners, | which was all the garrison. Their works were | strong and they had lost lese than 300 during the siege. . The general in command had made his escape on a tug boat, but the road to | Mob 2 open and the last rebel stronghold | in the ronthwest was ours. The prisoners were taken to the rear and surrounded by our troops, | and it was curious to see the good feeling that | prevai aptured and captors, Our ade was formed into a square around a lot and we mixed freely with them, gave them coffee, which was a luxury to them, and talked the events of the last few days. A regi- ment from Missouri found itself guarding a rebel regiment from the same part of the state, | and to hear them talk one would suppose it wan | a friendiy gathering of old neighbors and would never think that a few hours before they had been | shooting at each other. I did not hear one un- pleasant word from either side, but the talk was all about home matters, MOBILE WAS OCCUPIED. Next day Mobile was evacuated and the thirteenth corps moved in. ‘This was the last siege of the war, and the day we stermed Fort Blakely Lee surrendered to Grant, On the Jith our corps started for Montgomery, the capital of Alabama and the first capital of’ the confederacy. In a day our two dispatches over- took us telling of the collapse of the rebellion and we felt that our work was done. Our road led through pine woods where the people were few, the soil sandy and poor and pitch from the trees everywhere, and the smoke from the knois that we used for fuel mado s black as negroes, and ourdrip was a mo- notonous one, but I ‘remember an incident worth mentioning. One morning six of us mounted and under charge of a sergeant were sent with two wagons to get some corn. Wo were appronching Greenville and the sergeant was told to rejoin the column there. The loaded wagons siarted, the sergeant and two men with thom, and the rost of us decided to avoid the | | pi mounted and stretched out in the Soon we heard the sound of galloping and two men in gray viding mules came out of a path near and ut sight of us drew up quickly. Hay- ing heard that the war was over it did not oc- cur to any of us that they might be enemies, one of our fellows asked some questions about the way to Greenville, a few words were ex- changedand they started slowly down the road when one of our boys eaid, “I wonder if they Hubert Stanley, in the Saturday Review. He accords to it the eredit of being written in per- fect taste, v1 in so tactful and graceful a way that “no living, no, nor even dead, soul could take a grain of offense at any line of it.” The first edition was published a year ago under the American copyright law, with an appendix on “Thermidor” by F. T. Low. and the second, which bas just been iseued abroad, is prefaced by afew graceful introductory lines by W. Beatty-Kingston, the war correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, one of the very ablest of extant journalists, who can write leaders in nine different language: ‘This study of Sardou ia ove of 0, series of “Familiar Faces” from the pen of Miss Roose- velt and the eecret of the indispmable charm of her biographies is accredited by Beaity- Kingston to the fact that she knew “and knew well the persons about whom she wrote; that she is gifted by a Boswellian memory, si Jarly retentive and exact,” He also adds that her “Life of Gustave Dore” is ‘one of the most Fenmarkable and attractive books of the pust de- cade. It was Victor Hugo who applied to her the epithet of “La Belle Americaine” and it was at his table, where she was always placed at the right hand of the illustrious host, that her first meeting with Sardou took place. There, also, she became acquainted with the leading lights of belles letters and the fine arts and umo: whom she was recognized as “the beauty an genius of the new world.” ‘This gifted American is still young and more than ordinarily beautiful, with deep violet eyes and “a profile that might have been designed by Apelles or Zeuxis."” She was the first American woman to be decorated for literature by the French Acaderay, which also entitles her to on free scholarship in France. Besides ait 8 voice of rare sweetness and cultivation, abe & linguist of no mean order, being able to trans- late and converse in five different languages, as well as the variows Italian dialects, and ut the suggestion of Lord Lytton has added Greek to her repertory. The study of Sardou, her latest biographical sketch, has earned for her the gratitude and unqualified approval of the great ramatist, and it may be of interest to that he is coliaborating with the fair authorese on the dramatization of her novel of the ““Cop- per Queen,” which has been rechristened by rdou with one of his characteristic titles of one word ending in “‘as.” es Love but a Disease. its banks are lowand swampy, covered with a growth of low mangroves. Soon these give place to Santa Maria and other tall trees, which grow upon higher soil. ‘Then the long, slender, fern-like sprays of bamboo, bending gracefully over the stream, come into view, and trom then on are never out of sight for a week's travel on | the river. ‘The bamboo grows ouly on the rive panks, close to the stream, and is a sure indica~ tion of good banana land. BEAUTIES OF THE TORTUOUS RIVER. Aswe rounded bend after bend of the ec- centric and tortuous river new and novel beau- ties and vagaries of the vegetation attracted our attention, the bush upon either side became heavier, the ‘trees of more massive size, the lamboo grew to greater length and in larger clumps, long vines of many *azes and varieties wound and twisted from limb to limb and tree slender cords, traiiing bunches of vibrating rootlets in the current, Walled in to the height of 100 feet upon either side by euch a curious entanglement of verdant vegetation, the river looked truly tropical. During the morning we came upon a planta- tion, which the men soon robbed of half a dozen bunches of green bananas, as they had no means of providing other rations for the trip. Green bananas, usually boiled with meat, form the principal article of diet of the Sambos. @After an uneventful day we camped at the mouth of the “pass to the Secre.” Above the five-foot banks of stiff red clay the river was lined on both sides by a forest of heavy timber. It began raining as we reached the spot, and P— and I stood around in our rubber coats while the mon gathered poles and “monkey- tail” leaves, of which thes quickly made shel- ters for the night. As soon as the leaf roof completed we tied upour cheese-cloth mos- quito net, with which every traveler in these wilds soon provides himself, and sprend our blankets. With some dificulty a fitful fire was ted and after a time we produced a pot of boiling cocoa, ‘This and some crackers made a frugal repaet. ON THE RAPID ToscREWovAs. During the afternoon of the following day we entered the Tuscrewguas, which was about fifty foet wide, but not over five or six feet deep. ‘The current was constantly becoming swifter, and the overhanging bamboo meeting across the stream frequently forthed handsome urches, affording a grateful shade. At noon we stopped to tree, or hung from overhanging boughs like | in the run? One of them will be for sure; see, brown habit, onan iron- back turna plenty of good cor them. Three or four other horsewe follow the hounds, and the rest of to go by the rond with carriages. But there come two that don’t. Our friend. the sport- nker from Batavia, has brought hi lite girls over today, and bless me if he hasn't put them both on horseback! They are chil- ing hounds, and the field is starting. A score of riders are from t ers, and as many more from tributary cities, | Buffalo 1s out six or seven strong: Rochester Jand Batavia send nine riders between them; Geneva sends a may, and there is doubie handful of New Yorkers, Come along! It is more fan to ride in the front of the field than the rear; and it is safer, besides being less crowded. There go the hounds on the trail at a pretty good pace from the start. Around here through the orchard there's a good place; those ruils make pleasant jumping. A Sour wena fence, four-boarded from end toend. No choice of panels until somebody breaks ono, and no time to wait for that. The ground is yood, though, and looks level on the other side. There's love, Pilate! foot board fence in this valle: it, Ten of usin this field. a company. think: it looks like = gate there. Then off here to the left. Give him time, Over now! Across the road. What, not do it? Now egain—there! That was more like it ‘Alady down! ‘But he's up again. Not bart And so on, and so on, for about four miles, when, if Pilate holds out well and doesn't come to any grief, the exhilarated reader finds him- self in company with a dozen other men in @ the river. The hounds are panting and are streaming with eweat. It is fun to watch the field como straggling in from various directions, singly and in and threes. Some were outrun, some The least delay in n drag hunt is fatal, iti fashionable gir! new freshness and beauty | spend an svning at Lape arama ey wero taken from the limbers and placed in| are rebels,” and called to them to stor. They | Frm the St. Louis Giobe-Democrat. the hounds once get ——— fast as yo © seo stray roves blooi eet ee eateat pel a. eameey cee & holes dug in the side of the hill. and we were | replied by two pistol shots and putspursto| ‘What is love?” Such was the conundrum were r her to bloom in i grette ged girl + girl is a genuine rose- | home can be a bapp no woman ean ma word, a good wife. I take it that women are at heart protty much alike all the world o tis national custom that makes such differences as may exist, and it is this difference between the habits and’ train- ing of the Englishman and the American that in its turn marks the advantage of the English wife over the American wife. I pay tribute to your English matron; rhe is, as a class, the purest, most noble of all women increation; but i envy ber the English pusband who has made her so. py one. and without which . in the strict sense of the —— Oh! To Re a Waller Just Now. retty well sivusted, as it was hard to reach us. Bat the rebels did their best, and, having our range, they shot uncomfortably closer SHELL RETURNED. Several times dirt was scattered among the gunners by shells raking the brow of the hill. A number of pieces struck inside, but fortu- nately without a shell f heir males, ‘Iwo. of our patty st once mounted and started after them, we heard a number of pistol shots and soo our men re- turned londing one of the males, having killed tho rider. ‘These man had probably been ab- sent from their command and had not heard of Lee's surrender, eke On arriving at Montgomery the infautry was Aistributed emong tho towns for twenty, tailee around and¢he nine batteries of the corps were camped near together in the edge of a pine grove a couple of miles from town. We mad ourselves as comfortable as poasible and en- tered upon the dreary monotony of camp lite. ‘Twice a day our horses were taken three miles to the Alabama river to water, and roll call, over which half adozen young knights of the grip pored in vain in the Lindell corridors Sun- day afternoon. It was finally decided to in- quire of the oracle in matters amatory, Major Henry Ryder. “Love, ch? What is it? I guess it must be electricity. Whenever we cannot understand exactly what a thing is we class it with electrical phenomena. Ae we do notknow what electricity is, such a definition is about as satis! as that water is wet. At the danquet of Plato a number of ON THE LOOKOUT For Game. On the morning of the third day on the river distinguished we shot talked very learnedly about the tender passion, but they do not to have known, green gosling who is suffering with bis first attack. I say first at- H 5 3 é i i s F J the Indian girl, And From Gotey‘s, it planned by fact of the @7 suit as evidence of theft, Baxter street still believes it an choy pement 7 Bob and his bride now F | stand side by vide the object of awe to all that know this tale, ——— A Small Child's Way. “Say, Bow,” said little Whitt Wright to hie sister one morning, “do you know that we're ously, “this ain't any tukes only one day. back the othe: we clapping her hands, ‘that’s going?” thes going to have lots of f “Oh, isn't that nice?” the little girl replied, “What's it going to be? I thought all the birthe ie > days was gone for about balf « year?” en, obvio y | dron, obviously; bus I am told they ride with = | Sy es Sor echoed the brother, pretty soon! his yacht ready wa’ take us along trip around the ba: ‘out one way and we li have lots of fun before vody, goody, goody'” exclaimed the child, we the only people “Oh, I don't know. Papa and talkin’ last night about invitin said any +wear word)at all.’ “that wi he knows a.) ebout This announcement within herself for a li accustomed men meadow on the Genesee flats close by a bend in horses | Lknow, J F 8 i i FE needn't try to make me believe my papa ever the brother, 1 manima said it would be « very good thing to have Mr. Gaybert along, because Managing 1 boat, papa: e. 4 4 i guard duty end. an occasional was | tack, for it is becotning quite fashionable ‘and are telling about it, | 8°08 there wotlaa’t be anybody y° ateh‘nl mother, | From the Pall Mall Gazette. our tion. Every day or two we heard a edays to. experience the delightful sensation arm warns back the ‘ald. <. You must remember rumor that we were to be mustered out at several times, But perhaps we are not more ‘The cry toward ua. The hounds will ‘Trontment of Ravache, a ‘and August 12 the welcome order was receit fickle than were our ancestors, for come out yonder, and we are not to get there | 7rom London Tid Bits. — Isher pt hipaa esac h setataimabenre mates SeThsres'to tec!” hove be geist And tech > gang | s Ma-eweathearts sith heaves , P blacks lace. is trimmed wick bi red lace butterfly and wn m is of orchids. ish walking hat will be much ina of all styles will be in with low square up of nearly equal If, howev to be believed.’the safest trade during an epi- demi: is that of the waller. What .:awaller? He isa man who attends to the vans in Cheshire wherein the brine from which oar salt ix extracted boils and | daylong. ‘The waller, one is accident. Ho sometimes falls in fever rendered it cross an open for a couple of bi feet in full view of enemy, ‘used to amuse themselves by ing at any one in sight. i ee relat c B il EE] i ef &s tl E e E after fellow birt, ite lH § E i f i I [ iit i iv if 1H fa fl I i gt F. f i i ft fi f | ‘* i H i i t ? f HI i “i Ste jgme tes oe ae en _ hunting i Fs 5 Hot st ti say anythir’ except just ‘the devil,’ an’ that's ‘an awful bed word, you know.” it caused Bew to retire -——— She was not