a
, standing at the corner of a street in Na-
'I'HE SMALL JACK TAR.
His Contempt for a. Newly Arrived and
Decorated Officer.
“The average blue jacket, as I knew
him long ago,” says Admiral Colomb,
in the Pittsburg Dispatch, “was always
' a good fellow, but you seldom knew
where to have him. He was unques-
tionably a drunken fellow, and he used
to manage to get drunk faster than any
other class of 'men with whom I have
been acquainted. He was not‘steady;
. Apart from his officer, he seemed al-
_ most like a reed shaken with the wind,
though his personal courage was always
lion-like when aroused.
“He was proud of his officer, especial-
1y if the officer was hard on him. He'
was somewhat of a fatalist, quick to
imagine that fate was against him, and
to give up the struggle without it. He
was quanelsome in his cups, but always
distinctly witty out "of them. He pre-
serves his humor to the present day.
"A story is told of a certain ‘Bill’
tal during the Zulu war, when a certain
general, just landed, covered with med-
als and orders, equally hung with sol-
dierly knickknacks, the whistle, the
field glass, the compass, the notebook,
etc., passed near ‘Bill’ and his compan~
ion ‘Jack.’
“ ‘Who’s ’im, Jack?’ asked Bill.
“ ‘Dunno,‘ said Jack: ‘seems to be
one 0’ them new generals, just come
ashore.’
" ‘H’m ’ returned Bill, appearing to
put his pipe in his mouth again, ‘looks
like a bloo min’ Christmas tree 1”
He Achieved Distinction.
County Judge N. L. Bennett of Camp-
bell county, Ky., has achieved unique
distinction. When sitting in the fiscal
court last Wednesday he ordered that
his own salary be reduced from $1,700
to $1,400 a year, saying that the county
could not, in its present financial con-
dition, afford to pay. him so much for
his work. He explained that he had
given the magistrates composing the
court an Opportunity to act in the mat-
ter, but they would not cut his salary;
so he cut it himself.
1" Danger in the Female Vote.
“The time has come,” she announced,
“for women to be no longer trammelled
by conventions.” '
“That is one of the main reasons why
we don’t want you to vote,” exclaimed
the man who carries two wards in his
pocket. “The best thing about a man
is his habit of sticlmg to the decision of
the convention no matter whether the
ticket suits him or not. You women
would be making all sorts of bolts.”—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
' Fling—And did the stage have the ap-
pearance of a real garden in the gar-
den scene?
Storms—Oh, yes;, I hadn’t been on
three minutes before the place was
filled with vegetables—Yonkers States-
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A TH RILLING STORY.
OrO Cissy Fitzgerald ’Ad 3 Remarkable
Haccident.
There was a thrilling story published
in a newspaper the other day telling
how Miss Cissy F itzgerald, while taking
an early morning row on the Park lake,
leaned over the side of the boat in or-
der to gasp a wild flower, or a fish or an
idea, or something or other, lost her
bearing and fell overboard, and had to
swim ashore. This was an absolutely
tails were left out.
Unknown to the general public, the
Bow Bells beauty has had her alphabet
laid away in a hot house all winter. In
common with many British linguists,
Miss Fitzgerald, since her arrival in
this country, has experienced a long felt
want—in other words, she hadn’t an h
to her name, and as it is her intention to
become a citizeness, she was anxiousto
acquire a few as soon as possible.
Thanks to the hothouse treatment and
the early spring, Cecelia’s H’s blossom-
ed apace. Plucking the most advanced
blossom she attached it to her vocabul-
ary, and, championed by a young gen-
tleman who could not sing, she took it
out for a row on the lake.
It was this H which caused her to
jump overboard. She was, humming
“Home Sweet Home” to herself very '
softly when the H, slipped from its
mooring and fell overboard with a dull
and sickening splash. Being a British
H it had all the buoyancy of a London
joke, and before the despairing eyes of
Miss Fitzgerald it made rapid tracks for
the bottom.
It was a time for action rather than
wOrds. Before her friend at the cars
had time to utter a feeble “ ’Elpl ’elp!”
Cissy was overboard. . She dived in the
direction of the missing H, steering her
course with one hand while she removed
her glove with the other. She grasped
her treasure just as it was sinking for
the last time, and now, according to
the latest reports, both Miss Fitzgerald
and the H are doing as well as can be
expected—Evening Sun.
'Cecil Rhodes is in hearty sympathy
with the work of the Salvation Army,
and has offered General Booth a plot
of land. in Rhodesia for the use of the
organization.
The Post Office Department hasn’t
made a profit in any year since 1883,
the year preceding the first election of
Cleveland. In that year the receipts
were $45,500,000 and the expenses
3542.81.0000.
\‘I’cylcr went to Cuba a poor man.
Now it is said that he has paid into
the twasury 2,000,000 francs toward
meeting the expenses of the Govern-
ment in prosecuting the war. TVhere
true story, only its most interesting de-
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"I’M THE MAN WHO SHOT YOU.”
Veterans llleet After Thirty Years my!
Identify Each Other.
J.” H. Wyman, of Chicago, went I"
Newport News recently, and While
waiting for a ferryboat a stranger, a
man about VVyman’s age, came up anti
shared his seat. They were waiting fm
the same boat. '
“You were in the Union arm1, 5111’.
the stranger, glancing at the button 0.,
Wyman‘s . lapel. “Where did you
serve?”
“I was in the First Wisconsin Heavy
Artillery, and put in a good share of the
‘7
,time guarding the big bridge over the
Green River in Kentucky,” answered
the Northerner.
“You did! I twice helped to blow up
that bridge. and was there when the
third attempt, which you fellows
stopped, was made. It was a black
night in winter when we went up for
the third time. There were only a few
of us, but enough to do the work if it
were done quickly, and We could past
through the Federal pickets. \VI
reached a point 1,000 yards south 0
where we thought your picket line wa—
and I was sent forward alone to loco.
the line and find some place throng '
which we could pass. I walked alou
freely until Ithought I ought to tak
some care, and then I dropped to 11)
hands and knees and went that way fr.»
a while. It was so dark I could see at
solutely nothing. All at once I struc.
a dry bush and snapped a stick unde:
my knee at the same time. Then a rifle
shot came from a picket at a point not
twenty yards away, and my right arm
was broken by the ball. The follow
had fired at the noise and made a good
shot. It alarmed the guard, and our
third attempt to blow up the biidge
was a failure. Were you stationed
there then?”
“Yes,” said Wyman; “I am the man
who shot you. I never saw you, but i
heard the moving of the bush and the
breaking of the twig. After I shot you
you walked straight to the right for 101:
yards and then ran back for your com
mand. "
.4.‘ That is exactly what I did,” said ”N
Southerner.
“We found your tracks in the san'
the next day. I did not know I hi.
you. I am glad I did not kill you, an"
mighty glad to see you. ”
Then they shook hands and took 1:;
the journey together.—Chicago Time;
Herald.
The “Tay it is in Japan.
When a young prince of Japan
WISIICS to learn the mysteries of chirog
raphy, young maidens bring paper,
others make the ink and prepare the
paint-brush. The master expresses ad-
miration by gesture and face, for no
words must be spoken by him to the
prince, his mouth even being bandaged
that his breath may not blow upon the
face of the prince.- The teacher must
move about in the quietest manner,
and give commendation only.
"If
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Asa. Ammons, a. well-known
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swollen and painful, and discharged 3.
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TERRIBLE BLOOD POISON.
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BRIEFLY PUT.
Two Instances of Napoleon’s Rewarding ,
Those \Vhom He Coilld Trust.
’1 hough the great Napoleon was not
accustomed to tolerate “talking back”
on the part of the people about him?
several instances me on iecord in
which he not only forgave 'but re-
warded a certain degree of bluntness
of speech from persons whose loyalty
he had no reason to suspect. Victor
Hugo tells a story of \Ionseigneur
M11'.icl in 11 Inch Napoleon asked.
“W ho is that little man 11 ho is staring
at mot“ and was aLs11e1ed by Myriel
liiiiisclf—"Y011,
little man. and I 11111 looking at a. great.
man, and it may be to the advantage
of us both.” The story is declared to
be true. The emperor made the little
priest a bishop the next day. It is re‘ ..
lated in a recent volume of Napoleonic-
reminisceuces that, as Napoleon was
one day reviewing some of his troops.
he rode by an old and faithful officer,
who—perhaps from want of brilliancy
on the man‘s part—had never been ad-
vanced beyond the grade of captain.
though he was well enough known- to
the emperor. The emperor was pass-
ing at a slow trot. As he came di-
rectly in front of the old captain, tho
oilicer 'saluted, and said loudly, but
without any apparent movement of
the muscles of his face, “Fifteen cam-
1_i.-Iigns—privatc, captain!" The em.
pcror, without turning his head or
slackening his pace. said, “Colonel,
brigadier, baron!" Then he was gone.
There had indeed been no time for a
word more than had passed; but these
had sufficed for the captain to com-
municate a long story and a reproach:
ful complaint, and for the emperor to
set matters right with a military and
social promotion.
A COSTLY CURL.
The Duke of Orleans 1’nidfi:1,000 for His
Flattery.
Mr. G. .1. Sula, in his Autobiography
tolls the following story of Lady Han
riet D‘Orsay and the Duke of Orleans.
“Lady Harriet D'Orsay
in .11: least twenty forms of twenty dif-
ferent ladies of fashion. She was pre-
siding at a stall at a bazaar, held in
aid of the funds of some asylum or
another, when there came up the
young Duke of Orleans, son and heir
of King Louis-Philippe. The Duke,
after some polite s111ali-talk,~ began to
extol the beauty Of her hair; and in-
deed her Henrietta-Maria coiffure had
never looked glossier and softer than
it did this day. ‘Oh,’ said his Royal
Highness, ‘if I could only possess one
of those enchanting ringlctsl’ ‘How
much would Monseigneur give for
one?‘ asked Lady Harri-3t gravely.
‘Fivc thousand francs?’ "Five thou—
and francs! ($1,000)’ repeated the
Luke. ‘31 more bagatellel’ ‘Six thorn
sand francs?’ ‘Anything so charming
a lady chose to ask.’ ‘I will not be ex-
tortionate,’ pursued Lady Harriet; ‘We
will say five thousand} And then; file
very composedly produced a dainty
little pair of scissors, snipped off the
adorable Henrietta-Maria ringlet,
wrapped it in silver paper, and handed
it, with a smile and a curtesy full of
graceful dignity, to the Duke. His
Royal Highness looked very straght
down his nose, and, returning Lady,
Harriet’s salute, stalked somewhat
gloomily away. But his Privy Purse
duly fo1 warded the money the follow—
ing day.“
WIT AND HUMOR.
“Move forward a little!” roared the
street- -car c.0nductor
“I can ’t," gasped the man in front;
“I don't know how to ride horseback.”
Peak—«The way of the transg'ressor
is hard. -
Joak—True; but the trouble is it’s
generally hard on somebody else.—
‘Iruth.
“Which 11 ould you rather be, Willie,
a monkey or a giraffe? ’
“Giraffe every time. It would be
bully in summer time for lookin’ over
the baseball grounds fence."
Chollie—It’s
some girls’ eyes;
Dollie—How’s that?
“Why, they can be very dark'and at
the same time very bright.”—Yonkers
Statesman.
a strange thing about
a
Mr. Aiken—You see things in a dif~
lerent light since ‘you married, do you
not?
Mr. Nuwed—I ought to. There were
fifteen lamps among our wedding pre-
sents.——-Pearson’s Weekly.
“I should have brung my umbrella,”
remarked Mrs. Livewayte, a member
of the Chicago Literary Society.
“Brung?” asked Mrs. Laker, in a
gentle, corrective tone.
“How stupid of me! Of course, I
meant ‘brang.’ ”——IIarlem Life. ,
“Yes, that is
ceased husband," 'said the bereaved
widow “He is gone. but not fergot-
ten”
“How much nicer that is,” said the
sympathetic but cheerful fliend, “than
if he were forgottenbut not gone.”—
Truth.
“Father.” quoth the young son‘of Is-
rael, “why must we never seek re-
venge?”
“Because, my son,” returned the
gray-haired Jew, blandly, “you should
so manage all your adairs as to lease
the other fellow looking for revenge.”
—Truth. '
The Professor; “I have collected all
"the material for my work on ‘The De-
I shall begin
after to-mor-
211119 of superstition’
'ro unto the book day
:011.’
His Wife:
The Piofessor:
S 1‘ Lida).."
“‘i‘l’hy not to-morrow?”
“Um—a—to-morrow
sire, are looking at a. -
was really the _
.heroine of a story which has been told
a picture of my de-y
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