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& r**:" IV •tars the awning, a few la/.y gulls •sailing, very white, over the wl?lto- angely an exceptionally lethargic, arlv every other resort of human ngs in the land was agitated by ox iment or held in the painful sus bo ol expectation, for the country on the eve of civil war. But mpden, quaint old Hampden, with goverum* nt school of disarmed ca C. its de'.ail of loaling officers, and »-o hotel, half full of Southerners, had been coming thore for gon r ns, was not in a condition to be ox d. Cn its military aide it had forty \ounted columbiuds on the sand one brass held piece for saluting, otary Floyd had removed almost thing but the eolumbiads, and v°re taken possession of by tho ^o1*' jiasure seekers, who spent most of 1 times that were just troing by up tho: e. 4 F("-1 he took no notice of »two or tlireo womon who wero i-trolling about, nor of Aunt 1' lutterlip, who was immersed •fX in hor novel, v/ith her ye low parasol on one side of her head, outirely ig norant of the deliciously bilious com l^Qxion that it ga,\e her. A""* 1suddenly Nobody answered. "What's th{^?'' sne repeated, taking vocal aim the Lieutenant. "That," said he, without turning his head, "is the crew of the absent school ship. crowing. When they are not drilling they are trilling." "Crow," repeated Miss Flutterlio, with some maiden astonishment, "crow?" "Ko," remarked the Lieutentant, "I said crew, past tense. I "Crewing," persisted Miss Flutter lip, with deliberate obtusenoss, "ab 1 surd." ,? "No, hang it, crowing. Those ca dets haven got any arms, so they drill their voices, Its a song of wel come they re rehearsing for tho new commandant of the post." The petulant manner in which thi9 information was given betrayed not so much the speaker's opinion of Miss Fluttorlip. as his general annoyance at the situation, '.fhe idea ol saluting the new commandant with a song iti pteaa of a sai.-. struck him as too .humiliating to be talked of pleasantly. Mi-a Flutterlip elapsed into her joy-el and Lieut. Ha- old foldod his ffji.rms and resumed his study of tho r*®ltea gulls, until his friend Charley )akland came UD the step- putlinglv, nd laid his hand on his shoulder. "I say, old follow, do they teach the ...dots music?" J* Yes it's to give the place tone. "Come over hore, out of tho reach of ijthat woman's cars. The two men walked to the end of ie parapet. "Its enough to make a -gMfcjinto the dry goods bu-iness," TmKofflcer. "I ook hero, Oakland, 5u do» take much stock in the coun /, I kn^KMjs an Kuslishman, but you ast tako gouij interest in tho game wit's going on here, merely as a hu 'an being." "Yes," taid Oakland, "it amuses mo." 'You knew Lieutenant Franklin '"67.6, you met him at Cowes?" r08»" IATION [N FIRL Ky !N j'm Crinlflo. *, .- I rHATTKR r. 4!,v,„ 1 .,, is a dazzling morning at Hampden state of 'cxciteraent^unri \v 11' "h 'i I'bor. 'lhe Mu: .viand un has woood C^nmrdo,^' •, Rssh^i 5^esj«8 b°ut iH _i ,, "".r niere isn't a hand grenade in ning a few la/.y gulls tho fort, and there are not muskets ovor tlle old j. catch it. Leaning against the tlag- King, mainly on account, no doubt, of ataff, musingly looking out to sea, 11|10 P.Viotechnical quality of his elocu •v stood Lieut Anson Harold, probably ^y a dandy darky, who kept thinking of his home in Northern New i' Preston's train and answe: ed & rf'' "^or^t and the jolly, g.iarp. Christmas women who wero h-trolling about, nor and, turning rounu. remarked, in a Suddenly the sound of voices in con cord came iloating up to tho parapot- °i} benefit of public in Jignatiou. e_nad° the doep enough to arm a squad of marines of the tranqiul Day. With the "AT.d if there were/ Ldd Oakland, them of the sens in your eyes and so,ft, zepbyrous touch of the air on tr/'heok, you would scarcely believe Wfis December. But these Maryland /s are common in midwinter, and old re-ort, half military post and If watering place, has long been )ed for them. this particular tinio I musingly, "you couWTH use against the Secretary of War." "Ho'.- got his agents hero, watching us all." continued the officer, without deigning auy reply to his friend sug gested dilemma. "That woman Pres ton "(J don't lug hor into the political it was whirlpool," said Oakland. "She's an honor to a watering place, and her wit would havo done credit to a De Stael." "1 do not question her wit." said Harold, and 1 do not dony her beauty. hat 1 particularly object to at this time is her influence with the Secre tary: between us, she is the command ant. here." Tho two men sauntered along toward FlitterliD as they spoko, Oakland merely remarking with his superb nil adrnirari manner, "Well, old fellow, as a neutral party, I wish one side or the other would take control. It's awfully routih on us society men not to know in the morning what will take place before, night. If it worn't for tho was an uneasy feelin. among the charming womon hero I'd pack up and hern ofheor* that an order might got. outside of the Staton." at^ any moment to take the "Women," exclaimed Fluttorlip, "I to Georgia. On its social side the like that: as if there was more than rs were nearly all Secessioni ts, ono woman he:e for any of you. rosid nts nearly all Northern "Bv George, madatno,"'said Oi 4, and to pro.-erve anything like "you do yourself injustice. Wl: nf amnnit i» it timo »•«««,.. ii imri pearance of amenity it was nooot avoid referent to the e.xistiug affairs. who Oakland, .Vhen we are tired of tho raillery of ono woman we restore ourselves with the envy of another." broad, old-fashioned esplanade "That Pro ton turns your collective .rapet are still the mo.it delight- heads. I hopo the now commandant is aces in Hampden when the I ^le pi'oof." sr in pleasant, and at this time Just at this moment Master Ran \*.\ .was llalf in? 1 way over the cop- exclaimed, There goes tho Com- dljf time in chaffing each other and mudoro's pennant." MPitching tho 'sea gulls. The Hag-! The two men bowed, and were about was bare of any bunting, and tho -Gave the parapet, when thero ap- Mwrnales were guiltless of gun-. poared at tho top of tho stone stops .rap-stools were scattered about on three new comers. The first was a tall .• parapet under the awning, and an1 handsome brunette, elegantly ^iQt Randolf FhUterlip, whose aunt dressed, certainly not over twenty-live, Steading a novel, amused himself I wearing tho unmlstakablo air of a dangling a piece of the old halyards favorite. She was followed by Colonel /er tho battlement to a ea-emate bo- 'I'ecumseh King, familiarly known to ow, whore another cadet was trying guests at the iort as tho Fire liame °f Flick. Tho moment Colonol King stopped upon tho parapet he took a full breath lino oratorical manner: "This is tho airiest pliice on tho station: everybody comes hore who loves the t-ea." To which Miss Preston, without a moment's hesitation, and with delight ful flippancy, replied: "So I should cord otmo floating up to tho parapot—[ thing, by the numler of sailors 1 al boys' ^oices- and they curiously took! way_s find here they prefer it to the bn Bomething of the brightness of the tca U?eU." Bunahine. I thu sort of work Oakland was jfW. What's that?" said tho maiden lady, evidently not to be outdone, so ho and somewhat .sharply, as bowed and said: "To those who know if she brought her parasol up to a carry both, 1 a su:e you the sea is tho least I -w arms. dangerous." Whereupon the Preston, putting a pair ot glasses to hor handsome black eyes, and lookii stra'ght at the Flut torlip, remarked: "Why, there doesn't appear to bo anything very dangerous hero." "Dangerous?" cried tho explosive Colonol, as he waved his arm. "Danger ou-', bati: why even the dogs of war take their teeth out when they come here." "Some of tho dogs a so old they drop out before tliey get here," replied Miss Preston with a laugh. Lieutenant Harold turned away. "Infamou-." ho said. botw. on his teeth, and just then a gun was heard. "What's that.-" asked tho Preston, with unconcern, as sho dropped into a camp chair and gave her skirts a swish. "That's tho new Commandant put ting his teeth in, 1 suppose," replied Harold. "Who's ho going to bite, 1 wonder?" "Bito^" cried the ebullient Colonel. "Bite, nonsenso he's barking, bark ing up tho wrong tree. In the namo of General Jackson ar.d John C. Cal houn, bite what?" As ho wa-. looking at Lieutenant Harold with a glittering eyo thit bulged with interrogatii ns that officer felt ea led upon to remark that he nad said nothing about biting. "I shouid think not: I should hopo .. not," continued the Colonel. "Biting "Oh, come, now," broke in Fluttorlip means coercion, and coercion means immediately, hat, they' "Events -Aeutenant. on't dare to open his mouth here." A general laugh interrupted this "What's tho matter with you?" asked per-ration. When tho hilarity sub LOakland, "you look as blue as a fresh sided, ho finished the oration: "A replied (Jakland, rather tSS'nguitfly, "a lirst-class brick." psalm if "Well, i'ts his father that has been Wfdered to this po.-.,t, do you know what •for?" "I^on't ask me any riddles about your coiintrv. Fin blessed if 1 don't get myselt'in a muddle tho moment I try to comprehend the stale of affairs. "Commodore Brco c," said the Liou- Souilicrn man, sir. is never coerced by 'anything," and then seeing Fluttorlip lip looki:.g at him, he added, "but beauty," and took a camp stool besido her. It was just Hko akland to say with out any definito purpose, "But my dear Colonel, the now Commandant is celebrated for I eing a patriot," audi tho Pre-ton, lolling naelc in her chair and lifting her glasses siowlv, looked at 'akland and addressed tho ('olonel: I "Why, so ho is. What is patriotism, I Colonel?" "Patriotism," said tho Colonel, promptly, "why patriotism, if we've got to take tho delinition of a crew of inging-doughnut-eating, tract di-tributing. abolition fanatics, is making ether people think as you do at^the point of the lyonet." Tho glasses turned slowly round in the direction of Harold. "That isn't your definition. Lieutenant, is it?" "No, not exactly. Patriotism, as I was taught, is nothing more than keep ig tenant, "is one of the oldest and most ing your oath and doing your duty, distinguished officers in the navy, and Its a very common virtue." he's loyal to his country and to the "And only araded by very common Government in and out. That man people?" with just the slightest .-hade 1 Floyd hates bim a: has assigned him of interrogation. totnifl post to ruin him." "Perhaps so, for the T"On general principles,", remarked have the most at stake Oakland, "its a damned outrage, on tpacific lines its lacking in lucidity. ^•The t'ocretarv of War." continued "The fc'ocri the Lieutenant, "is removing all tho Tar material South: the cjinitry dos tot know it. but there are a few of us '1-Beers who coo the work going on. tec the C'ommi dr.re got hero these "ill bo ordered South: by that common people 'n the matter." It teems to me," ?aid Oakland, "that patriotism in this country is a good deal ii-ie co tum ai.d depends for its texture and color upon what part of tho country \ou happen to bo in." "Ho means by that." said Flutterlip, "that the farther you yet the thinner it grows." "No," rejoined the Preston, "he means that it's likn a" tile ot^er mas ?.ull°° virtues, you put it on ud take it on at pleasure I've soenan an weaif throe suits of devotion in one day. bo« cause he mot three women." "O, ho," cried Oak'and, "then I'll be •m? ,vou lv0,', n°t one of the women." But you dare not swear." ,sho re jOinod, "that, you were not the man." os, that's just what I shall .swear always, when you are present: my eoti stancy is hke tho needle to the pole." .U),reilke tho P°le tha!1 the needle, think: for nobody's been ablo tb dis cover it. If ever I find a man jwho loves mo for a week, I'll agree touove all men for tho rest of their lives.'! In the burst of merriment that! fol lowed this sally, the Colonel's perora tion was heard above all: gad, r. there spoke the 1 un bounded enthusiasm of the Sunny South. There's no school-marm, skin liint spirit in that. By gad, sir, tho woman who has tho whole sex at hor feet, is indignant because hor foot is too small to plant it on all their necks." As the laughter subsided there was heard distinctly the roll of drums, and Master Cadet Flutterlip, who had taken no interest in tho conversation, suddenly shouted: "Thero comes the commandant." There was a general stir, immedi ately. Miss Flutterlip got up with dignity: everybody felt the importance of the ceasion but tho Preston. Don run, my dear," she said to lutterlip, "ho shan't hurt you." Before I- lutterlip could throw back the repartee that rose to her lips a file of marines camo upon the parapet, and as they fell on eitner side of the en trance way. Commodore Franklin Breezo entered. He wore his undress uniform, and his appearance was at once dignified, ommanding and ven erable. His bronzed face, his white hair and his flashing eyes betokened the veteran and his manner indicated the man accustomed to authorit y-. Ho cast a glance at tho bare pole, ac knowledged the salutes of the officer, and then his eyes fell upon Miss Pres ton. "Ah," ho said, "I cannot be mis taken: this is an unexpected pleasure. Miss Preston, 1 am delighted it is some years since 1 met any of the PreS tons of South Carolina." ,.."^ears -ometimes separate friends liKe differences of opinion," replied MifcS 1 reston. ".Neither evor separate true friends. I had tho honor of knowing your father intimately, ho was a soldier of the Republic." "He was a solJier of South Carolina," sai 1 Miss Preston. "Which by tho bond is part of tho Repubiic and by tho grace of Cod will remain so. I assure you, Miss Pres ton, that a State that produces suck women will never bo permitted to bo long to anything el6e," and the Com modore bowed in the courtly old-school style. There was a not very con for table foeling in the group that the Commo dore was getting the best of this fusil lade, and that the Preston would say something that would irritate his fiery1,^ spirit. With some vague idea of re-i lieving tho situation of this strain of badinage with a practical word, Har old asked with all the olMcial serious ness that he could command: "Are thero any additional orders, sir, about your quarters, or accommo dations The commandant turned from the ladies and moved a step or two away. "Why is thelli not on that stall?" he asked. "1 believe, sir," replied the Lieuten ant, "its r.bience is a concession topop- ular opinion." "See that it is hoisted at once," said the veteran. "One moment," he add ed, as his officer was about to obey, "Lieutenant Breeze will be here thU morning, I have wired him so that he reports to mo immediately." Lieutenant Harold saluted his su* perior otiicerw.th all the solemn for mality that he coula summon for tho recasion. He had some kind of a con sciousness that it was necessary to show tho group what was due the veteran. But he said to himself as ho turned, "Frank coming hero this morn ing. what does that mean?" The moment the C« mmodore was re leased the Preston et her skirmish lino again. "We shall have to throw out pickets on this parapot, Commodore," he said, "my hoadquartors arc on this side." The old warrior touched his hat. "I trust, ladies, 'he said, "that we shall havo no other battles than those in whi you are always victorious." "But this is a watering place, ro member I only wanted to warn you that if you were attacked you could call on me." "Mi:damo," replied the indomitable warrior, "you are an enemy that can bet-t b3 fought by keeping out of your sight." "lamn tfosure of it, Commodore. If your tactics are as clever as your compliments, deserve a bettor bat tlefield than a watering place." "All Colds are alike when it is a question only of duty to an otlicer." "We were Just discussing that when you arrived, and we couldn't decide whether an office's duty was born with him like his bones or laid on like a pipe clay." The Commodore had turned to go: ho paused, his scarred face showed a flush of indignation through ail its honorable veneer: but he only said with admirable elf-command: "Yes. I believe it is a watering placo notion that an officer's allegiance to his co.intry is shaped to the folly of every school district in which he may happen to bo stationed.'' There was another courtly bow, a word of command from the corporal of marines, a swirl of men, and tho Com mandant was gone. He left behind him a flippant burst of laughter, and Harold leaning against the postern to hear the last eal of irony. |IO BE CONTINUED. 1 Seaweeds. The longest plants in the world are the seaweeds. One tropical and sub-tropical variety is known which measures in length, when it reaches its full development, at least 600 feet. Seaweeds do not receive any nourishment from the sediment at the bottom o'r borders of the sea, hut only from air and mineral matters held in solution in the sea water. Can't Kuril It. Paper indestructible by lire has been invented by M. Meyer, of Paris. A specimen of it was subjected to a severe test—148 hours in a potter's furnace—and car.ie out witll itd ulaze almost perfect. '••A ,-,-^2'' THE BATTLE-FIELD^ OLD SOLDIERS "TALK OVE|? ARMY EXPERIENCES. Tho Blno and tho Gray Review Incident ot the I.ato AVar, and In a Graphic anl Interesting Manner 1ell of Camp, Marct| and Battle—Thrill ing Incidents. A I.nnj Nf-cli-eted Hero. OHN DIIUMMOND saved the Asliuelot, armed with twelve rifled guns in bat tery and two carronades. Her com mander was Adam Barret, a worthy but somewhat narrow-minded seaman. The Ashuelot had been sent a few miles up tho .Tames to put a stop to some fortifications which 'the Confed erates had begun upon a long narrow spit of land running well out into the stream and commanding the channel for a considerable distance. An hour's vigorous sholling hail accomplished the work. The enemy were dislodged, tho guns suiked, and, t.lie lookout re porting iiio smoke of several other steamers around the bend of tho river two mile3 above, tho Ashuelot was head ed down stream. At this point the Jamos is full of dangerous shoals and the channel is tortuous. Sailing vessels drawing as much water as the Ashue lot at full speed was a task of infinite diiliculty, Capfc" Jordan, who was in charge of the ship on this expedi tion, had beon an old James River pilot. "Capt" Jordan knew everv sand-bar, spit, snag, rock, curve anil turn in tho river and no one better, except, perhaps. John Drummond, likewise a James Kiver pilot iu the old days before the war. Drummond, however, was also an experienced engineer and when the Ash nolo was put in commission lie had been given cliargo of her engines, with his two assistants he was now in the engine room of the ship and when the boll rang for "full speed" he took the starting bar iu his own stalwart hands. No sooner had the Ashuelot opened the point above than three ves sels camo steaming around the curve in full view, lliey were the three most powerful members of the Confed erate fleet on the James—the York town, the Potomac and the iron-clad ram irginia the latter destined, a few days later, to work such terrible havoc among the federal vessels at Hampton Iloads. The Ashuelot was not a match for the smallest of her pursuers in men and metal. Her onlv hope was in her heels. As tho pur suors came sweeping around the bend two puffs of smoke arose from the bow guns of tho Yorktown and tho Poto mac. A solid shot sang far over the mainmast of the Ashuelot then a heavy shell crashed into the port bat tery, and, exploding, killed and wound ed half the gun's crew. The Ashuelot replied with her stern guns and the forw ard smokestack of the Potomac disappeared. For the next fifteen minutes a rapid exchange of iron salutations took place between pursuers and pursued with out noticeablo effect. liy this time the slower moving but much more heavily armed Virginia had rounded the point and now took a hand in tho duel by discharging both of her ten inch bow-guns. Both shots took effect. One, a solid shot, struck the pilot house, carried it overboard and killed Capt. Jordan the other, a shell, ex ploded aft the mainmast, a fragment severely wounding Commander Bar rut another ono, entering the engine room, took off John Drummond's left arm and broke his left leg. The second officer, a young man, who happened to be in the engine room at the time, immediately gave orders to strike tho colors. "With the pilot killed, the captain insensible and tho chief engineer apparently dying, no one aboard to carry the ship "through the intricacies of the channel, what, indeed w:is left for him to do? But as tho order to striko was about to be transmitted to tho deck, John Drum mond struggled feebly to his feet, and while one of his assistants knotted a piece of waste about his bleeding stump to check the blood he said "No, no. Don't give her up, lieu tenant! I can pull her through." And pull her through he did by an exhibition of grit, skill, experience and fortitude probably never excelled in the history of onr'navv. Propped up on his seat by the" valve roils, ghastly, sick, and racked with agouv, he ursed tho ship from the engine room. His firemen, stimulated by his superhuman courage, worked like de mons. Coal, resin, hams, fat, grease, waste were poured upon the furnaces. Tho drafts wore wide agape and the blowers working like cyclones. Clouds of smoke poured from the chimneys every pound of steam which the boilers would generate was admitted to tho valves. And tho Aslielot es caped, albeit badly hurt in many places and with twenty-one of her crew dead or wounded, among the former hor pilot, her commander bad ly injured and her chief engineer maimed for life.—New York "World. *s£i£SSL Tho story appeared iu the newspapers at the time but lias long sinco been forgotten. Tiio Ashuelot was a sido wheel wooden steamer of one thou sand tons burden, an ICnemy. thine enemy hunger, feed him if he thirst, give him drink," is the text which found many a fulfilment during our late a on li sidos. Tho fol lowing example is quoted from tho "History of tho lOtith Pennsylva nia Regiment," and tho occurrence took place alter tho battle of Fair Oaks. Such reminiscences can do nothing but good. During the day Adjutant Pleis asked Captain Ford to take a walk with him over the field. Tliev had not gone far, however, before the Adjuant said: "I cannot stand this it makes me sick to see such terrible sights." The dead lay piled on top of each other just as they had fallen, all man gled and torn, while the groaus of the wounded and dying were agonizing to' hear. So the Adjutant turned back but tho Captain kept on, and soon came to an old man sitting up against a tree, while across his lap lay a young lad, whose line features, pale face and light, waving hair would readily have ibeen taken for a young girl's. I Addressing the old man, the Cap tain inquired hip regiment. "Ham])ton Legion," he replied. Being asked where he was wounded, ho unbuttoned his coat and displayed an ugly wound in his right arm. 'llie. Captain asked the lad what •egiment ho b^onged to, and he re plied, "Hamptjn Legion." "Then you kliow each other?" "Yes, he's my boy," said the old man 'he fell, badly wounded in the leg, and 1 came to help him and was bit myself. I have tied his wound up as well as can, but we have both lost so much ilood that I'm afraid we can't stand it :uch longer." He then told how he had dragged lis boy to the tree, taken off his own lirt and torn it into strips, tied up :io wound ns well as he could, and ien sat down, with the boy's head in lis lap, waiting to be taken to the hos pital. |The captain explained that he had oil- own wounded to look after first, and that as soon as possible he would raceive attention. [He then made his way back to the hcispital and related the circumstance to|our surgeon, who gave him a stim ulant to take to them. Thence he w^nt to the pump but here a guard wis Jplaced to prevent any but sur gijons and nurses from taking water. Ai first they would not let Captain Ford have any, but lie said: 'I want this for a Confederate for father and son lying out in the woods, ho^li^ badly wounded, and perhaps dy- he guard immediately filled the cup and accompanied by a nurse, whom tile surgeon had detailed to go with him, the captain returned to the woods. Raising tho boy, ho gave him half the contents of tho cup, and tho old man tho remainder. The father thanked him, and said. "Captain, you have saved our lives. I did not think a Yankee could be so kind." Guilty I'icketH Kscape Punishment. \NE of the members )of a Maine regiment told a story of "Hon est John Wood." Tho incident oc curred in very cold weather and at an important crisis. "At night time," said tho narrator, according to an exchange, "when we pickets arrived at the outposts Capt. Wood said: 'It is too. severe for the men to face this storm all night.' "There was a small house close by, and the Captain directed that we should build a fire in it and shelter ourselves as best we might. "We did so, and weary with marcli ina^and lulled by the warmth, we all fen fast asleep. When tho officer of the guard rounds came our way he found a regular Sleepy Hollow. "Of course we were reported, and in the morning we wore summoned to headquarters. Naturally, we were terribly frightened, for sleeping on picket is a serious offense. "We were ushe.-jed into Gen. Wil son's tent. He sternly repeated the charge. Had we been guilty of sleep ing on our posts? Wo had. It would havo been useless to attempt any ex planation, but Capt. Wood, who was present, anticipated any that we might have attempted. 'General,' he said, 'the blame does not rest upon these men. am re sponsible for it all. I gave them or ders to take shelter in that house and build a fire there, and I am to blame. They would not have been asleep but for ira.' 'How long have you been in the service, sir?' asked the General, stern ly. 'A few months, General.' 'I thought so. If you had been here longer, you would have como up hero full of excuses, and ready to shift the blame on any one at hand. You can go. Your honesty has saved you.' Evidently tho men wero forgiven as well as their officer, for the narrator of the story subsequently became a lieu tenant.—Chicago Inter Ocean. DiflVrfnt IJuKiness oil Hand. The late Count de Paris once, while a member of tho military staff of Gen eral MeClellan, went to visit General Pleasauton at his headquarters on the York River. Pleasauton was waiting for orders, and to economize somewhat on rations, as well as to kill time, he had taught his troops to dig up the oysters along the river bank and roast them. When the count reached camp, tho first supper set before him was a mess of York River oysters. His ride had given him a keen appetite, and the oysters, hot from the pan, were the most delicious food he had eaten for a month. Whore did you get these?" he asked, pausing between mouthfuls "from New York?" "Oh, no,"answered tiie general "from the York River, right at your feet. My men have had several weeks' practice at oyster fish ing." The count was silent for a mo ment, looking up from under his eye brows to see whether the general was jesting. "Well," he remarked, "if I wero to go back to Paris and tell that story, they would stamp it as an Amer ican lie dragoons don't catch oysters in war times." In Creon^and, .Sibeiv^"!l!'"'!'' he A ro ta: i- ands li: and F/' frozen and eaten in tlrn -~by or knifo AJi.i,/ decomposed a the Eskimos pm GOOD FOR fllui'lKno IjessncB Need Pay Csarloafe Pcnaltl.i*. A decision of he! Supreme C'otd in the suit of the Goodyear S)/ Manufacturing Company against Sel/.-Scliwab company is of genl interest to all manufacturers utl leased machines and of particular* tercst to wholesale sniuemakers wl rent the machines used in their factil ries. The Goodyear company controls' most of the patents on shoe ma chinery and leases plants to big shoemakers all over the country, who pay a tixed royalty as rent. It makes uniform leases, all of which provide that the lessees shall reader an ac count on the 1 Oth day of each mont'/ of the number of pairs of shoes madj by the ditierent machines during tl" yjreccding month. The most materi provision of the lease is that tp rent shall be due on the lirsjt or month and stu^l he paid with iuonih theieaV'jr, but if the,, are paid on the 15th a discouni1 'r cent, is granted. In the"presel case, while the machines wcrra^eitig, operated by the Selz-Schwaer^^u pany, certain parties disputed the ownership of the patents and gave noti to manufacturers not U, rent to the Goodyear company, the result of this notice, tho .Schwab company dkl ,t pay its rent on the th of the month. After ward the conflicting claimants set tled with each other, and then the Goodyear company demanded the feili rent, refusing to allow the ..o per cent, discount because the rent had not been paid in time to get the discount. Goodytflfcfr Itiln Suit was begun by the company lor the fnli schedule rates* under the lease. The lessor claimed that the lease was to be construed as a li ense to use the machines, and that the provision lor a discouut did not, constitute a penalty, and that the Sclz-iSc'nwab Company was bound to pay the royalty contracted for in the lease Tee Sel/.-Schwab Com pany contended that the actual roy alty agreed to be paid was the fo per cent of the specitied rate, and that the excess alio.e that amount was a penalty, and that having paid the i0 percent., though after the tn or the mouth, the debt was dis charged. The court held that the reasonable construction of the contract is that the parties intended that 50 per cent, of tho rate specitied in the schedule should be the full amount ot loyalty to be paid: that the pro vision for the discount was part of the scheme lor llxiug the amount of the rents, ard that 50 per cent, must be consider the real royalty to be paid both the maximum and the *"ount rates being Q^-jd in the lease, it was idle to contend t.'^f the maximum amount is the real rent agreed upon and that the smaller amount is a. mere discount price. The court held that where by the terms of the contract a greater sum of money is to be paid upon default) of payment of a lesser sum, at a given time, the provision for the pay ment of the greater sum will be held a penalty. That being a penalty the court held that, according to the terms of the contract, the 50 per cent, stipulated damages woulkl be regarded as usurious aud would not be considered as binding. In conclusion, the court held that from the terms of the lease itself the 50 per cent, must be considered the amount for which the lessor was willjtig to lease the machines and did lease them, and that the greater sum was simply a penalty to induce a ptompt payment of the rent. The decision is a far-reaching one, as it affects a large number of manu facturers in other lines who arc using rented machines. WRITTEN IN HIS DREAMS. Carious Story Coneuriiliig iio Inception of "Bonnie l^ora MtirCoy." A curiou= story is that concerning the inception of the new sea song, '.•Bonne Lora Mac.'oy." The ques tion of thought translerence might be raised. Theosophists may speculate over the story, you can laugh at it, but it is absolutely true, says Stan ley Wood in the Great Divide. Now C. Ii. Haruiin, the dramatic and mu sical, critic of the New York Adver tiser, composed the music and Alan Dale, the keen blade of the Evening World, figures as a sort, of spiritual godfather of "Ronnie Lora JVlacCoy," although he does not clsirn nnjfg, knowledge of the song's origin. liefS?1"""1 is the story: One Sunday Mr. Hai|f lin worked himself out trying to g!" inspiration from an unsympatheth piano and he fell asleep. But nis* mind dreams was he met sayi some music lor HI'S." 4 !and Frozen Fo^.te? ax '"vlf or Si p[Q The Kur (IAN Oili compose Mr. Ilamlin dreamed that he sat# down at a piano in Marcus Mezp offlce, buL the inspiration still f.| to come, iand in disgust, Alan broke out saying: "Oh!. I can better luusic out of Marcus' de: So saying he opened Mr. Mel desk, and with a rap of his Iiacd verted the pigeon des into hanV' keys like an organ. Then he tied and two men appeared, ea ia banjo, and with Alan \)vA sang played a weird air in tty minor. .Suddenly they broke off /£o a rol licking refrain withwordftGo nonsen sical that Mr. Hamlin w/Ke up with a start laughing, but wyth the mel ody ringing in his head/ He returned to the piano, and why" he played it his family instantlyflasked what the tune was. When J/oc, McDonough of the Imperial r\ius/cllall heard the story, he said lie would bet a basket of chrysanthemums that "Bonnie 'Lora MacCoy" would make ahit and he won his waeer h'undav night. "It's the new 'Nancy Lee,he says, and the town will whistle it before the week is over.