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TilUIlE C()}iKS A '.'here comes ft time when we grow okl. ,At'd like a down the: eca Slops gruowtl, und the roM Ccmo whisffrts 8 -fl Hi:d c% illiugly Aii*l lock* are j^ray A» winter'* tl'i*. 4p! eyes of ii!d(j8t bine !nb i!il The leaven *!l weary drift And Iipe of f:t!e:l ccrai say. There come# a ticie when we grow old. There rome# a time when joyous heart*, Whtoh loftpi Atc aw leHpp. the laughiui main, (lend to all cave memory, A? preoner in bis (lurtKcori cbaln Aral dawn of day Hath |ap«cd uw«y, Tile noon hath into ('.arkr.tvH rolled, Ami by the eriilerj wan arid gray, I hear a voice in whiter siy, There comes a time when we yrow old. There cornea a time when manhood's jirino "hroudi-d in the mist of years, And beauty, fading like a dream, liath jjftfr't'd awny in silent tears And then how dark.! I?i)t, oh the tfpark TbRt klriflV'd yrnth to lnie« of gnM, Htiil Imni8 with c.ear and steady ray,'] And fund alw-ctlniiK, lipgetin cay, Ttoero coinoa a time wheu wu grow old. There comes a time when langhing Spring And goldec Summer ceasen to be, And wo pnt on the Autumn robe, To tread the last declivity J'ut now tins p!'•[)(•, With roty Iloj'e, 6eyond the tnn*et we beheld— Another dawn with fairer lij^h Whi'e watt he n whisper through the night There ccncs a time wLen wn grow old. whoso qH Fi/mrs B. pLYStlTOH. SllKISMAN AND LEE The current number of the North American Review contains anelaborato *rtielo by General William T. Sherman in the nature of a reply to General Lord Wolscley's article in Macmillan's Magazine of a few months sinco, a very full abstract of which was cabled from London at tho time of its publication. Gem. Sherman takes for the toxt of his paper the following extract from Gen eral Wolselev's article: When all tho angry feelings ronsed by se tfitooon are buried with those which existed when tlie Declaration of Independence was written, when Amcricajis can review the hLttory of their lust great rebellion with (Sim impartiality, 1 believe thut all will ad mit tliat (ienerul Lee towered far above all B:en ou either side of the struggle. I believe he will be regarded, not only as the most prominent ligure of the ('oiued.?raey,but as the great American of the Niueteeth Cen ^VF- statue is well worthy to stand an equal eIestal with that o? Washing ton, una whose tnemorj' is equally worthy le enshrined iu the hearta of all his C9Un try men. Concerning this General Shorman says: A3 I happen to be one of tho very few survivors of tho £^*eat civil war in America who had a personal and pro fessional acquaintance with the chief actors in that grand drama, I am com pelled to join issue with General Wolse ley in his conclusion, while willing to he is much my junior in years, I enter tain for him the highest respect and ad miration ho has deservedly gained Cain? by deeds here in America, in South Africa, Egypt and in Great .Britian. His estimate of the men whom ho has met in life will command large attention, but I trust his judg ment in this case will not bo accepted by the military world as conclusive and Siial. In all wars, in all controversies, there are two sides and the old Roman maxim applies,"Audi alteram inirtcm." A FEV MISSTATEMENTS. Wo all admit that General Robert E, Lee was, in the highest acceptation of fee term, "a gentleman and a soldier." He did not graduate at the head of his class at Wo3t Point, as stated by Gener al Wolseley, for "Cullum's Register" Shows that Charles Mason, of New York, afterwards of Iowa, was No. 1 of the date of 1*2!) that Robert E. Lee. OEf Virginia, was No. 2, and that Joseph B. Johnson, also of Virginia, was No. IS in that class of forty-six members. Lee was very handsome in person, gen tle and dignified in manner, cool and \9elf-posscsj»ed iu admit nearly all his premises. Though involved a continent and future genera Ilis Virginia was to him the the midst of confusion and battle, not seeking strife, but equal to it when it came and the very type of manhood which would impress itself on tho young enthusiast. General Wolseley. That special pliaso of his character, which General Wolseley thinks a "weakness," his invariable sub mission to the President of the South ern Confederacy, is probably better un derstood on this than the other side of the Atlantic, where from childhood to manhood is impressed on us the old fundamental doctrino that tho pen is mightier than tho sword and that the military must bo subordinate to tho civil authority. tution. Tho Southern people freely participated in that election. After they were fairly beaten and Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, was duly elected, some of the Southern leaders, delving back into the old abstractions of 1770- General Lee was a typical American and knew that tho Southern States could only succeed in forming an inde pendent nation by united action under sembling General Lee a president armed with both military characteristics. General and oivii functions and he was unqucs- Thomas, probably less known in Enc tionably right in subordinating his con- land, bnt who has a larger following duct to the head, of tho government and holds a higher place iu the hearts which he had chosen and undertaken and affections of the American people to support and defend. than General Leo. He, too, was a There was a fair election in November, Virginian, and whtm Lee resigned from 1860, for a president under that eonsti-j the army in 1801 Thomas succeeded 1 7Sf, revived the doctrine of slate al legiance, that a mart happening to be born in a state (an accident which he cloud not control) hi* allegiance be I came due thereby to that state and not to the agregati«m of states, the Union. I have too high an opinion of General Robert E. Leo to believe that ho could have been humbugged by such shallow doctrine. No! many of us believe that Lee, in 1801, saw and felt the aproarh ing horrors and tortures of a civil war, resigned his commission in the army, hoped to hide away: first declined ser vice in the so called confederacy, and accepted temporary service to defend Virginia, his native state: but being possessed of largo qualities he was im portuned, dragooned ami forced to "go in," to drift over the Niagara, which was inevitable and which he must have foreseen. His letter of April 20, 18*11, addressed to Lieutenant General Scott, is iti that direction. "Since my interview with you on the 18th inst., I have felt that I ought no longer to retain my commission in the army, I therefore tender my resigna tion, which I roqurst you wiil recom mend for acceptance. It would have been presented at once? but for the struggle it has cost me to separate my self from the s. r\ ii e to which I have devoted all the best years of my life and all the ability I possessed. Dur ing the whole of that time-—more than a quarter of a century—I have experi enced nothing but kindness from my superiors, and the most cardial friend ship from my comrades. To no one, General, have I been so much indebted «s to yourself for uniform kindness and consideration, and it has always been my ardent desire to merit your approba tion. I shall carry to the grave the most grateful recollections of your kind consideration, and your name and famo will always be dear to mo. Save in defense of my state, I never desire to draw my sword. Be pleased to accept niv most earnest wishes for the continu ance of your happiness and prosper ity.'" His resignation was not accepted un til April 25,1861 (Townsend, p. 31). Yet, on the 23d day of the same April, ho issued his general orders No. 1 from ger. his headquarters in Richmond, Va.: In obedience to orders from his Ex cellency John Letcher, Governor of the state, Major General Robert E. Lee as sumes command of the military and naval forces of Virginia. To us in the United States of America this seems a sudden descent from the sublimo to the ridiculous. Virginia had neither an army or navy, and such were forbidden to state by the Consti tution which Lee had often sworn to maintain. (Article 1, section 10.) HIS SI'IIKUr. .V LOCAL OXE. Lee's sphere of action was local. lie never rose to the grand problem which tions. His Virginia was to world. Though familiar with the geogra phy of the interior of this great conti nent, he stood like a stona wall to de fend Virginia against the "Iluns and Goths" of thy North, and ho did it like a valiant knight that he was. He stood at the front porch battling with the llamos while the kitchen and house were burning, sure in the end to consume tho whole. Only twice, at Antietam and Gettysburg, did he venture outside on tho "offense defensive." la the first instance he knew personally his antagonist, and that a large fraction of his force would be held in reserve in the last he assumed the bold offensive," was badly beaten by Meade and forced to retreat back to Virginia. As an ag gressive soldier Lee was not a success, and in war that is the time and proper test. "Nothingsucceeds like success." Iu defending Virginia and Richmond he did all a man could, but to him Virginia seemed the •'Confederacy," and he stayed there whilst the Northern armies at the West were gaining the Mississippi, the Tennessee, the Cumber land, Georgia, South and North Caro lina—yea, the Roanoke, after which his military acumen taught him that fur ther tarrying in Richmond was absolute suicide. Such is the military hero which Gen eral Wolseley would place in monument side by sido with Washington, "the Father of his Country—First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." All that is good in the character of General Robert E. Lee is ours, and we will cherish it, and we will bo charitable to his weakness, but so long as tho public record tells of U. S. Grant and George H. Thomas we can not be at a loss for heroes for whom to erect monuments like those of Nelson and Wellington in London, well worthy to stand sido by side with the one which now graces our Capital City of "George W ashington." I offer another name more nearly re in personal Geonro H. Lim as colonel of the 2d Regular Cavalry. A graduate of West Point of the class of 18*10, who had .served his country in the Florida war, in tho Mexican wnr and in the campaigns against hostile Indians, rising with honor and credit through all tin? grades, at each stage taking the usual oath to defend tho United States against all her enemies whatsoever, foreign and domestic, when the storm of civil war burst on o country, unlike Lee, he resolved .o stand Wy his oath and to fight against his native t?tate to maintain the com mon union of our fathers. In personal appearance he resembled George \N ash ington, the Father of our Country, and in all the attributes of manhood he was the peer of General Lee, as good if not a better soldier, of equal intelligence, the same kind heart, beloved to idolatry by his Army of the Cumberland, exer cising a gentle, but strict, discipline, never disturbed by false rumors or real danger: not naturally aggressive, but magnificent- on the defensive almost the very counterpart of his friend, Gen oral Lee, but far excelling hint in the moral and patriotic line of action at the beginning of tho war. Lee resigned his commission when civil war certain, but Thomas remained true to his oath and his duty, always, to th® very last minute of his life. Of all governments on earth England is tho last to encourage rebellion against lawful authority, and of all men in England. General Lord Wolseley is the last who should justify and uphold treason. Ireland to-day has many times the cause to rebel against England which the South had in 1861. and when in some future Emmet manifests the transcendent qualities which scintillates and sparkle iu the Irish character, a»d some enthusiastic American applauds him and awards him national honors, then will Gen. Wolseley, or his success or iu office, understand the feeing of us in America, who though silent, watch the world's progress toward the conclusion in which truth and justice must stand triumphant over treachery and wrong. When the time comes to award mon uments for service iti the civil war, the American people will be fully prepared to select tho subjects* without hint or advice from abroad. W. T. Sim: II AN. Maulfeitiiilom ol Character. Tho following suggf stivo results of observation are contributed by a stu dent of the various outward manifesta tions 4t character: Eyebrows that are far apart show warmth, frankness, impulse, and a gen erous, unsuspicious nature. Whero they meet, the owner will be ardent in love, but jealous and suspicious. Eye brows which are higher at starting, and pass in long sweepinglinesover the eves, drooping slightiy downward at the termination, give artistic feeling aud a sense of beauty in form. When they are very close totiie eyes, forming one lino on strouglv detined eyebrows, they indieato strength of will and determination. Strongly marked at the commencement and terminating abruptly without sweep ing past tho eyes, they reveal an irasci ble and impatient nature. The slightly arched eyesbrows aro indicative of sensitiveness and tender ness. If arched at the temples, they show firmness of purpose and tender ness of heart. Tho eyebrows of per sons who are deficient ia the science of figures are very much raised at the ter mination, leaving a wide space between them and tho corners of the eves. If they are close to the eyes at the end, it is an almost invariable sign of mathe matical talent. "When the eyebrows aro of the same color as the hair, wo may look for firmness, resolution and constancv, but if lighter than than tlie hair," they signify weakness and indecision if darker, the temper is ardent,, passion ate and inconstant. When tho hair is ruffled and growing in contrary directions it accompanied an energetic, easily irritated nature. The hair is line and soft when the dis position is ardent but tender. Short hairs lying closeiv together and leaning one way show a firm mind, and gotHl^ unerring perceptions. Eyebrows whose hair is bent downward, almost mcet lng the e\ clashes when the eves are raised, indicate tenderness and melan choly. The nearer they are to the eyes the more earnest, deep, and firm his character. Tho more remote, the more volatile and less resolute.—Tid Hits. Economy a NceesUtj. Omaha man—"I thought yon were engaged to Miss Bcauti, who is so di vinely tall and fair,as you used to say." Kansas man-—"I was but that was before the real estate boom bean. have married Miss Petite." "That little lady scarcely four feet high?" "Yes you see whon a man's wife dies a grave must bo bought for her. and with land at present prkos, I could not a fiord a full-sized woman." Oma ha World. Legislative Jtequirementa, "Have you got a copy of tho laws passed by the last Texas Legislature?" asked a stranger of an Austin station, er. "No, sir the laws of the last Le^isljw ture have not been published, but wo have 'Sc he nek's Handbook on Poker jjockct flasks, and almost every other iegisiat.ve requirement you can think ot.-—lexas Hi flings. KOMANCE PHOM LIFiC. The account of the decision of the Snpromo Court Illinois, says the Nahliville, To.i.. American, in the case ot Ann Mary ('. well against Daniel H. Caswell, a prominent geutlcutau of that city, confirming the decree rendered by the lower court, which .declared a divoreo obtained b\ tho defendant nineteen years ago 1'roiu the plaint ill to be null, void and fraudulent, created a sensation yesterday. Mr. Caswell is a well-known millwright, whose office is on Cherry street, anfl has been a citizen of Nashville many years. Ho and his res«*nt wife and family have won the pi'vatMit esteem ami respect of every one here and in this great calamity the expression of sympathy for theiu is universal. They have hi\ children, one a girl just blooming into womanhood. On them the blow falls heaviest. The story of Mr. CasweH'soonnection with the woman who has caused all thUi trouble is nio--( remarkable and strange. Twer.ty-e'ght years ago Daniel Her husband, of eonrs-e, oame with her. About this time tho trouble bo giin. Mr. Caswell, went to California with Mrs. Caswell, who, however, de serted him and went to Brooklyn, her maiden home. He went East and per suaded her to return with him to the Western slope. She did so, but staved only a short time before leaving "her spouse once more. Mr. Caswell moved to Illinois, where his wife came and lived a y ear or two With him, during which fh .1 time a daugh ter, living now and whose name is Kate, w us born. Not verv long after the little girl came into the worTd Mrs. Caswell deserted her husband, llo at oneo instituted proceedings for a divorce. While action was pending ho met and loved a beautiful and True woman, Miss Mary Broodwell, from •Laton, U., who was visitin* ici-itive^ in IWUcviH,, IU. Wl,„n dJvoi CO was declared he went to Miss Bioodwell s home in Dayton, 0.t and won her for his second wife. He soon afterwards moved to Nash ville and entered business and has 0 sl'° hor face.. puw sh® does ui% wp as affair. CaHWell, then a"young man, and a friend named Hixbv, "who has since died, went to South America for tho purpose of seeing the country. Tin y were l*th millwrights and hoped to make money in their business as well as to have pleasure. They located for some time at Montevideo. One day a ship from tho United States came into the port. Among the passengers on board was a fair young lady of prepos sessing appearance and sprightly man ner. She was the only lady except the captain's wife onboard and was under the charge of that jn-rsonagc. Caswell and Bi\by went down to the vessel before the passengers came off and met the young lady, Mis« Ann Mary Willis, who was from Brooklyn, N. Y., and on a pleasure trip with iter friend, tho captain's wife. After Miss Willis hail gone into the city the two young men weut to see her several times. Caswell was especially struck with her and sounded her praise to ail (he circle of his acquaiutainco. liu.si n»ss called him and his companion off for a week or more to a point in thr interior. Several days after they had been there news was received that the captain of the vessel had, after selling the cargo aud ship, abscond**!, taking his wife with him. There was no re port of what had become of tho fair girl, but both friends thought with alarm wlvat must be her situation in the foreign city alone. Deserting their places thev hurried back to Montevideo, wh-en they found all they had feared realised. The )ung lady was almost penniless, the unscrupulous captain having taken all her money along with the other boodle. Her condition iti this city of strangers may better l*» imagined than told, "she welcomed her two countrymen as friends indeed, as they proved to be. Thev provided her with all tlie funds neccs F.try, and paid her every attention. In three weeks from the uay on which he first met her, Caswell, whose svnivathv, added to his admiration, hail grown fit to lova, asked her to marry him and was accepted. That same night the nuptials were celebrated. They lived together fur Several years in South America, and then tho wife, on the death of two sous which had been born to her, announced her decision of coming back to her native land. iieeeh,,,.. TV D. Applelon & Hshed "Proverbs froffi pit," partly revi^ b.' himself. The foll0wi, the great ptcaeher's dom will be read with i The more imp0rtuilt be the lower is its Man' blcHt of all, is torn Flowers are \}U) S,V(,, Cod ever made iUllj soul into. Every farm *!,,,„m nier The greatest ev,-,,! made up of an and eagles never cackle. A cow is the saint of She could be fat if she selfish. But she that she may be profu* !No city-brtMl tii'to hi to expect satisf u-tion ii life for two month* nn) ius for leisun. md t.Veti The elms of M,.w as much a part of her columns c[ the p,,^. glory of v's architecture It tak»'s Ion.r, for man th»tii l::) othtr made..- A proud man man., for he nev much as he deserves. A man is a great 1 lie is born into this 1. knowledge of how to i cation is the prociss use, and dangers ai God's whetstones with them sharp. A man w ho s :n not a full man. A man must a k l. av. to 1k a happy .. Clotluw and mantic the man, but, when greatly improve his ap A man who ran is like a stream that that is always turbid, dignation is as good as in summer, ci.-ariag i. air. Thi-i world i? (h niaking men in. A man withon' s. barrel w rJ.u,.t h. pieces. Theology j* nothing osophy applied to the the divine jjrovenimeiit. One of the original 1 human mind, fundaino sal, is thy h\ e ol i. h.: affairs. In tilings pcituiniiic no man is sane ho dix to be insane on pmj.er It takes a man to iru the fittest man for hh. snarling, v. aspi-h, re.1-1 Debt rolls a man ovo: iug him baud and foot hang upon the fatal long-legged interest dw livery mechanic miou a respectable nmfhcnn»t This Is a good been here ever since. Three years ago this spring the first wife made her appear ance in the city, claiming she had just Ir'.l'r, »"i Mr" c»s»oU was ar.ll cioatcd sons,iti™, tl.o of wind, were«.!|.prcs*..l from publication. S,°, '"I rom thB "a""! still I lore, fixing tile ZrUMat^,-00°- Sl,° lodging near Mr. Caswell-, houso J\-™»«n ",«« early morning in ir h0 J/'Kl talking to .1,0 into tin. Imuso without knocking and noar'v If 11,0 cllil'U'"' lo f'.?,1!,r' i»"o lit". n v ,r:'1 si'" suit' to '1 r°i",'S„UJ?!li"oi3 Instituted su •!"„,' II'!! ®,dlvorcB with ti'« r°- kho keeps a novelty store iu Lrooklyn N. Y.. „nd f„.r a man named Cl.„,U,r, u, di livcs un °1,enl3' £,bL a'imil9 tll!" W v" l'iw,n i' tott anyone '""noy K w.t i».e„.i n i?[ itHido i, oolv to another with alimonv. i-S a md on« \,ui, l)rc1:ty woman, kivous character marked world so far as men are concf.: hard world to repent ii world it is a cn: 1 w--: A I Itmk ol At the coronation of in 1.S88, writes a eorr Honolulu, ho wore tbc Kamehamcha I., one ot" emblems of royalty "vol or kaiser. As may be 1 carefully kept at the semi-circular cloak aU length, covering an arc., feet when spread out, a the small golden-lined O-o. These leathers, size of one's little ii fastened to a tine nf made from the bark ef laying each other. o0O0 of lh"se feathers u there are but two taken which have to be snare', woods, tho feathers birds released it «asr them. Tho birds art) abundant, necessarily tJ cloak is very great, ftBtl it an endless task. worn only by the reig Thero are shorter worn by Alics or chicl* being regulated by wearer. tU N""'' Maxio was the l*ttl» daughter of a clergyni'11 greatpains with hoi"rcli£ and had held before her' a Supremo Being, po have in her mind a'^ ness nnd mercy as well morning her mother, door of the room ia was playing, saw before tho mirror, witii it, scrutinizing her httlfl earnestness, and with a remarked, "I don't see have given me such a 1 knows how partienh't DitAWEii, in llv'lxri Mitt}.