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SONG IN SEASON.
PISCUfSttGJHE ENGLISH 8TABBOW.
Tfce Bobolink.
"The natty thing!
It cannot slag.
I heaid him eay he'd coane to stay
The thief seemi proud of it.
Oh tuiiluii. tra-la-letl
If you could cnly dog like me." .
The Oriole.
"He's here, he's there.
He's every where,
t'a my belief
The little thief
Will crowd ns out m.me dayl
I do not care.
I'm going where
He cannot find ine way.
Oh, sunny South, sweet dew and flowers,
Sweet balmy breeze and happy hours,
Without delay
I will away
And sing to joumy roundelay!
Chorus, of southward bound songsters:
Oh, here we go, away from snow,
To where no chill breezss blow,
Tfie baimy South will hear us soon
Rehearsing lor ensuing June,
Tee wit, too wit, we soar end flit,
Me whirl and fly
Up in the sky
Bye bye, you little thief, bye bye.
English Sparrow.
Ton heard me ay
I've come to stay;
I meant it, t jo,
I do I do.
I like your fields, I Lke your clover.
'I like to pick your orchards over;
I like your p'.ums, 1 like your berries, .
Your crapes, your peaches, and your cher
rle. Upon the tree
Look out for mc.
I will not flit
A little bit;
So here I'll sit
Ann twiiter twit."
A HINT AS GOOD AS A KICK.
"The club? Oh yes, I must confess
I'm getting tired of that.
You'd belter use, a fresh excuse;
Tnis one is falling flat.
At twelve to night, I saw a sight
Down on the avenue;
A man and maid, kissed in the shade
1 think I know th'm, too.
Vi hat makes you rek? I haven't said
My dear that it was you 1"
Golden Wand.
There was a merchant who traded in
the Indies, and who had three daughters.
Once when he set off on his journey to
the Indies his daughters besought him
as follows: The first to bring her an In
dian dress, the second an Indian turban,
and the third the golden wand. And
they adjured him by a spell, so that if he
did not bring the things his ship should
not reach the shore. When he got to
the Indies he obtained all the merchan
dise he desired, and also what two of
his daughters had begged of him, only
he forgot to get the golden wand for his
youngest daughter. When, then, he
prepared to leave the Indies, although it
was fair weather, his ship would not
leave the shore. Then he sat down and
considered, and a countryman passed by
and asked why he was so thoughtful.
The merchant did not wish to tell him.
'Then the countryman intreated him to
do so, and said to him: "Think, have you
not made some promise?"
The merchant thought and remem
bered what he had promised his young
est daughter, and asked the countryman
where the golden wand was to be found.
Then the countryman pointed to a road,
and said to him that he must waik for
three hours and he would come upon
the wand. And the merchant did as
the countryman told him, and walked
for three hours, and came to a place and
asked there," Where is thegolded wand?"
And they showed him a palace, and told
him that inside it was the golden wand,
and it was the name of the king's son,
He was afraid when they told nim it
was the king's son but, afterward he
plucked up heart, and went to the pal
ace and asked leave from the king to en
ter, and the king gave him leave. And
when the king asked him what he want
ed he told him that he wished to speak
with the prince. The king led him into
the room where the prince was sitting,
and the prince asked him:
"What do you want with me?"
And the merchant told all that his
laughter had said to him. Then the
Prince took him into a rcom where there
were pictures of a number of maidens,
and asked him:
"Is your daughter as fair as these?"
And he said to Him, "Oh, a thousand
times fairer?"
Then he took him into another room
where there was a picture of one whom
he had seen in his sleep and dreamt he
was to take to wife, and he asked him,
"Is your girl as fair as that?"
And he answered, "Why, it is she her
self!" Then the prince gave him a letter and
a cup and a ring to give to his daughter.
And the merchant took them on board
his ship, and forthwith the ship left the
shore and sailed away home. His daugh
ters asked: "Well father, have you
brought us the things you promised us?"
"I have," said he, and took them out
and gave each one what he had promised
her. He gave also the youngest the let
ter, the cup, and the ring which the
prince had given him, and Bhe took
them and went and shut herself up alone
in her room, and opened the letter and
read it and saw wha$ he wrote to her,
which was that when she wanted him
Bhe was to nut water in the cup and then
to put the ring into the water and to say
three times, "come, come came, my
golden wand 1" and thathe himself would
come in the shape of a dove, and would
wash in the water, and become a man;
and Bhe was to leave an opening in the
ceiling for him to come in by.
She did as he wrote to her, and the
dove came, and after swimming in the
water it turned into a man and when
they had talked for a long time together,
it again took a swiiri in the water and
became a dove and flew away. As it
flew it left her a cactus-berry behind, and
told her to .break it open and put on
what she cculd inside.
When he was gone she opened it and
found within it a fine dress, on which
were embroidered the heavens and the
Btars. She put it on and went out.
When her sisters saw it they wondered
and began to ask her questions, and
grew jealous of her. She did the same
thing another time, and again golden
wand came, and when he went away he
left her a nut, and told her to break it
and put on what she found inside. And
when the dove was gone then she broke
open tne nut and found a dress which
had a picture on it of the sea with the
waves, and she put it on and went out
Again her sisters wondered as they saw
her, and were more jealous of her than
ever. Again she set the cup full of water
before her and said thrice: "Come, come,
come, my golden wandl" And he came
and swam in the water, and became a
man. When he went away again he left
her a fig, and told her to cut it open and
put on what she found inside. Bhe
obeyed, andfound another deM where
on was picture ui mjj ""?.
flowers. She put it on and went out.
Then the sisters wondered more tnan
ever, and took counsel together how
they might work her woe, and adn
to another that when they went to
bathe fne eldest should take a bag o;
pearls and make believe to spill them,
and stay behind therestto pick them up,
and -while the others went on to bathe,
she should turn back home, and do the
same as the youngest used to do-jror
they had watched her and seen what
she did and that herself out to be the
'youngest, so. She mignt give u
something, too. Ana m .-
when they went to bathe, the eldest took
the bag of pearls and while they were
walking along the road she made believe
to slip and spilled the pearls, and said to
UUn.a "(Znnn without We WbllO 1
pick up my pearls;" and when the oth
fa uba tah. on unme distance she swept
them all up in a moment, and put them
( i i i ... Vx-tmo arm tnnlc tnR
in ner nag " ., r a
key of the youngest one's chamber ana
went, in (for ehe had watched where she
put the key), and she opened the cup
board and took the cup and filled it with
water and put in the ring.
But her youngest Bister had a knife,
and she had forgotten it and left it in
tim mn anH when the other said ."Come.
my .golden wand!" the prince came and
swam, and when be was about to rise,
he cut himseli against tne anue, anu gut
upandfied. When she saw the blood
in the water she was much distressed
She left the cup with the blood in it in
the cupboard, and ran away to join the
other girls. And when they returned
she said, "Come, my golden wand!" And
when she took the cup she saw it full of
blood, she wept, and wailed, and cried.
"Alas! what has befallen me?" and after
weeping much she went out. But she
saw what her sister had done, and she
went to her father and said to him:
"Sire, cut me out a fine dress in the
Frankish fashion, and give ma a good
ship that I may go abroad."
Then ker father cut her outthe Frank
ish dress, and she put it on, and went on
board the ship to soil for the indies to
find him. And as she went in the way
she saw a bird who was overtaking an
other and the first bird, who, by the by
was a dove, said to him.
"Are you not grieved that theprince
is ill and that the doctors have given
him up?"
And the other bird said to him, "The
doctors don't know it, but the prince
may yet be healed."
The other bird asked him, "With
what medicine may he be healed?"
And hiB companion answered him:
"They must kill us, and take us and a
little water from that spring over there,
and make an ointment and annoint his
throat where he is wounded, and he will
be healed."
The maiden, when she heard the3e
words (for she knew the language of
doves from the golden wand) understood
what the birds said. Then she fired a
gun and killed both of them, and took a
little water from the spring they spoke
of and made the ointment, and went to
the palace and stood below and cried,
"A good physician! a good physician!
and good physic, too!" Then the king
heard her and called to her from over
head, "Can you heal my eon?" And she
said to him, "Let me see him," And
when she saw him Bhe said to the king
"In eight days' time I will have him
healed and send him out to hunt."
When the king heard that he was
glad. And the other doctors said, "If
he heals your son as he says, you may
cut off our heads."
But the "doctor" anointed the prince
with the ointment, and he got better;
and after two days he began to speak.
She applied the ointment many times,
and in eight days she had healed him
and sent him out to hunt. When his
father saw him he was very pleased, and
said to the "doctor," "What good thing
do you wish me to do to you for the good
you have done to me?"
And the "doctor" said, "I wish for
nothing else from your majesty except
that you should make a feast for me, and
call to it all the rulers of India."
Then the king said to him, "What you
ask for is nothing to me." And he be
gan to make ready for the feast.and call
ed all the rulers of India, and gave a
very great banquet. And when they
had eaten end drank, the "doctor" said
to the king, "Bid them be still, for I have
a tale to tell."
Then the "king commanded silence.and
the "dostor" degan to tell his tale as we
know it. And when he told how the
maiden had turned doctor he declared
himself, and said, "I am that maiden
and th bride of the prince, and it was
not I that wounded him, but my
sister."
Then when the prince heard that he
embraced her, and said to her.
"You are my bride," and thev had a
splendid wedding and became man and
m
New Houses om old Sites.
There are, no doubt, many persons
now living in Rome who have beneath
them the residence of some gentleman of
the Middle Ages, under which, perhaps,
is the home of the Roman family of the
time of the Caesars; and this may have
been built upon tbe foundations of an
other Roman house, which was consid
ered a good place to live in some five or
six hundred years before. It must be
a very satisfactory thing, when one is
going to build a house, to find beneath
the ground some good substantial walls
which will make excellent foundations.
It very often happens that these remains
of ancient buildings are built of larger
stones, and are firmer and more solid
than the houses which are erected upon
them. There is another side, however,
to this matter, and the remains of old
buildings are frequently very much in
the way of those who wish to erect new
housesj for it does not always occur that
the ancient walls are in the right places,
or of a suitable kind, to serve as founda
tions for the modern buildings. Then
they have to be dug up and taken out,
which is a great labor. There is a hand
some American church in Rome. When
this was built, the work was made very
expensive by the difficulty of getting
rid of portions of walls, arches, rooms,
and vaults which these Romans had left
behind them, never thinking that in the
course of ages there might be such peo-
Ele as Americans who would wish to
uild a church here.
Abilene Gazette: The revival at the M.
E. church is still progressing, and will
continue during the week. The attend
ance is very large each night, and much
interest is manifested. In addition to
the large number of convert! made dur
ing the last two weeks, twenty signified
a willingness to make the start one night
recently.
A COMEECTED JOSTAK.
How a Xewspaper M Iaiurtad e th. O
serraace of Old Caatom.
8ays a writer in the Kansas City
Tima: I saw in the Louisville Imes
last week an anecdote of George Gaston.
I saw the same story in print about a
year ago. In both instances the facts
were wrong, and to me the humor of the
thing was spoiled. I am tempted to give
the correct version.
When Gaston lived on Missouri ave
nue and dispensed refreshments, his
ploce was a favorite resort for the news
paper boys. Gaston was always hos
pitable to the press gang, and being a
kind-hearted and indulgent man, he
listened leniently to the stories-about
"My other vest" and "I'll be drooping
by to-morrow." Indeed, in those dayB
thre were verv few representatives of
the' newEciners who were not indebted
to Gaston for saving their lives in mo
ments of emergency.
One of the morningpapsr boys, now
pursuing the thorny path of journalism
in other fields, was a great friend of the
host, and so chronic was the journalistic
impecunioBity and so large the'Gaston
ian benevolence that in a camparatively
short time the journalist had run up a
bill of $100, more or less, probably more.
Well, one night after hours the journal
ist dropped in for his regular nightcap.
George was standing in his Napoleonic
atttude, trolling a Bavarian melody.
He was in the best of humors.
"Give me 10 cents," he said to the
journalist. The jourualist began to
hedge.
"Waat security do I get?" he asked.
"I'm a little particular about loaning
money."
"Never mind," lepKed Gorgo; "It's to
your advantage."
Unwittingly tho journalist produced
a dime and handed it over.
Gaston went to the drawer, took out
the journalist's bill, receipted it, and
threw it on the counter.
"What's tliiB?" asked the surprised
newsprper man.
"That," s.iid Gaston, with a flush of
conscious pride, "is your receipted
bill.
"And don't I owe you anything now?"
"Not a .cent."
''And have I paid my bill?"
"You have."
"Well, George," leaning over the coun
ter confidentially and smiling insinua
tingly, "I believe that in such a case it
is customary for the. house to eet 'em
up?"
The Second Bull Bon.
W.E.Crockett furnishes the Boston
Globe with his recollections of tbe second
Bull Run battle:
How well I rember the circumstances
and events immediately preceding the
last Bull Run battle. The fight at Slaugh
ter mountain; the great number of killed
and wounded; the midnight retreat
through the streets of Culpepper court
house that at that time so strangely re
minded me of the often quoted line, "On
with the dance;" the allnight rumbling
of heavy teams; the tramping of the
horses, so suggestive of anything but
success; the crossing of the river at early
morn and the short halt made at the
Sulphur springs, so famous as a pleasure
resort; the little fight at this point, where
both Bides, having the opinion that the
enemy's sharpshooters occupied the
hotel buildings, began artillery practice
upon the spot, until Boon the targets
looked like anything butfirst-class hotels;
the few days we remained at Rappahan
nock station; the confusion and general
disorganisation of the army it all seems
as but yesterday bo plainly does it come
to mind. Two or three days beforethe
second Bull Run battle I happened to
be at Catlett's station and had my bit
and sup with the headquarter teams of
the seventy-third Ohio regiment, the
wagons of the entire division being
parked there just to the northeast of the
Btone bridge which crosses the Occoquan
at his point. We had been blessed
with an abundance of wet weather for a
number of days and had had a regular
old-fashioned storm to wind up with.
It was in the height of this fearful rain
that we heard the first alarm of the at
tack on Pepe's headquarter encampment,
which was about one mile from us
directly northwest, the railroad running
between our camps, with the railroad
station at a point about halfway. A more
disagreeable night can hardly be imag
ined, and everybody was doing his best
to keep dry. At the first rifle crack our
camp was on the alert, and questions
were many and answers few. I tumbled
out of the comforteble shelter I had
secured for the night and ran towards the
quarters of our quartermaster, Weston. 1
had not proceeded a hundred yards be
fore I
BAN SLAP BANG INTO A TORNADO,
it seemed to be, but proved to be a half
dressed man, who was trvineto beat the
bast time on record as a runner. Verv
much excited, and completely busted up
as tohis stock of wind, I had hard work
to make out his standing. I took him
along with rte to the quartermaster's
quarters and there we managed to get
tne iouuwmg: xne re Deis naa run pell
mell into their camp, had found them all
undressed and comfortably tucked away
for the night, sd far awav from the front
and so confident of quiet that they had
prepared much like home folks for a
happy night's rest. His story was:'
"Tne first I heard was a rumbling sound
like unto thunder, then the order, 'For
ward Igallop! charge!' and they were
among us. It was every man for himself.
I started for my horse, had my saddle in
hand, when two men stood at, my side
and two pair of strong hands grasped my
shoulders. I said, 'Ail right, boys, I've
got this Yank's horse.' ' They both
dropped me. and I waB less than a second
dropping that saddle and less in dropping
out of that neighborhood, and here I am
just ahead of the confeds, for they are
coming, don't you forget it." It took but
a' moment for the man to tell us the
above, and then all was action. We mus
tered our wagon guard and all the camp
ollowers, making about twenty all told,
and, under command of Weston, marched
towards the scene of action. We had crot
only as far as the railroad and about a
Hundred yards from the bridge, when
we became aware of the approach of
the enemy and very quietly halted.
This quiet had been observed in all
our movements, as we wished to have
the advantage of seeing our visitors
before they should know of our being at
home to receive them. We halted in
line across the railroad and almost im
mediately saw the shadows of several
horsemen. Then the word from Weston,
"Who goes there?" and the prompt an
swer from
THKTOa-SUBBOUNDED PHANTOMS.
aAfriend.M "Dismount, friend, ad
vance and give the countmipu." The
his horse, promptly moved towards
us. This act completely quieted out ex
cited men, all ot wnom had been ready
fora shot, and every pnn v?as at once
held by careless h md. AH ey os were,
fixed on the advancing man, and no bee
seemed to notice mat the ether had
vanished. Ahalfdreu jarda he rame
in our direction, ana then, hks a flash,
ne was in nis taaaie ana eon. For a
moment all were dmib. ard i hen snap,
snap, soap wei.t ten or fifteen bam mere
down on to wet cap-i before the ordpr
came from Weston L.ot to lire a shot. It
was a needless onr, as I do rot belie e
you could nave persuaded one of tbJRe
wetgunstoehoot the worst jebeliuthe
country, unless you had I given it a good
hot oath and filled iU stomach full, of
new powder mid b.il In the dense
woods and denstr top it would have
been worse than ncla a to hive made
an effort to pm sue the J2. VVp rec:aintd
long enough acro&d ih: : ail rend at that
point to frustrate any attemr.t to drsfc'07
the bridge, which was evidently tbeir
attention, and which woul-l havt been a
serious matter for array. As soon as the
first glimmerof the coining day dispelled
the fog ufficient I nuuafo d civ nore9
and rode towaids me point they had se
lected for attack. On my way I raised
the railroad station. There I mot an
old schoolmate, Q. D.TJImcr cf tne First
Maine cavalry. We halted tj examine
the premises. All was quiet as deatb.
There was a locomotive and a few cars
at the time of the attack, and they fled,
receiving a few shots from the raiderq,
no one being injured. We rode to the
l'ear of the station, and as we approached
the platform surrounding it we saw a
man under the platfoam, which wa3
about three or four feet from the ground.
Ho was on his hands and knees and
heading away from n. I spoke to him,
asking wiiat ne saw or what he was
looking for. I received no answer, and
spoke to him again, still receiving no re
ply. I WAS ABOUT TO DISMOUNT
and investigate when a stranger came up
who was on foot, and I asked him to see
wh at the man was after there. H e spoke
to the kneeling figure, and, receiving no
answer, reached out with his foot and
touched him on the hip, when the body
immediately fell over en its tide. He
was dead. Either shot and instantly
killed while seeking a shelter, or being
woanded had attempted to get away and
died as he was creeping on his hands and
knees and remained there in that posi
tion stiff and dead, the only life lost, I
believe, in this stupid affair. In a riae
of a few momentB we came to the centre
of attraction. I tell you it was a mixed
mess, sort of a headquarter hash. The
wagons, some twenty, more or lesp, m
number, were packed side by side with
intervals between sufficient to allow
men and horses to pass, were a S'gbt to
behold. The raiders had come pell-mell
down through and past the wagons,
stopping not until they reached the
camp, which was in a beautiful grove not
twenty yards away. To judge from the
looks of the wagon covers, they had
slashed right and left as they presed
through the park, and the canvass was
cut in shreds. They, evidently, had be
gun the plunder, if appearances are any
indication they were somewhat in a
hurry, for there wasa little of everything
scattered about. Everything but Pope.
I guess they must have got him. His
tory says not and I believe he was not
present, but somebody must have got
him, or else, being left behind
he was no good, for the confedshad it all
their own way and it was a walk over
for them in the next few days.
SOON CAME THE SECOND BULL BUN
and what a fight. Many fell, but of one
I wish to speak, a young officer of the
Seventh-third Ohio. Many times pre
vious to this fight had we in our chats
about the camp fire touched upon the
bravery of the troops in general, and In
diana troops in particular. It was un
derstood by us at that time, and I have
to yet learn to the contrary, that no In
diana regiment had ever run. Always
in these conversations this young man
would say: "Whoever likes to may run,
but I never will." To see him and hear
him say this would surprise us. A deli
cate little woman of a fellow, as fine as
eilk, with some of the best blood of the
country in his heart, the son of an ex
United States senator. When the battle
began to get hot the Seventy-third was
on the left. Anyone who was there
knows what that means. When the left
was pressed back by the overwhelming
force of the enemy all had to fly. No,
not all; this young man stood there;
stood as solid as a rock, as' one by one
fell away from him; in his hand a revol
ver, .firing shot after shot, until he
dropped dead in his tracks. When his
father, who went on from Ohio to get
the remains, found him, he had seven -teen
wounds in his honest little body.
A Drummer Check.
"Greatest man to jump into a town
and get acquainted with folks I ever
saw, Jap Johnson was," said a traveling
man.
"Give Jap a night and a day in a coun
try place and everybody there would
call him by his first name, and he'd call
everybody the same way, even the girls.
In forty-eight hours he'd know every
man, woman, child, horse, dog and cat in
the town, and could tell who married
who, who got drunk once in a while,and
who had fits and rheumatics.
Give him three dsys m a town and
he'd have every bit of the gossip and old
nusty scandals that ever went over the
back fences of that town down finer'n
silk.
He was a wonperful man, Jap was, and 1
he could Bell goods like a house anre.
The biggest thing he ever did, though,
was 'bout four years ago. He had four
hours to spend in a little town out in
western Iowa. In that time he sold two
bills of goods, was invited to dinner by
the mayor, decided four bets, was referee
in a dog fight, proposed marriage and
was accepted by the bell of the place,
borrowed $5 from her pa, beat another
man two games of billiards, and, it hap
pening to be election day he capped the
mansard, by sailing in and having him
self elected town clerk by a majority of
eleven votes."
Longview, a three year old colt re
cently purchased by Mr. F.E.Case of
Lyons, Rice county, won the $5,000
Breckenridge purse at Baltimore last
week,beating"Richmond" and"Wamda,"
two noted runners. "Longview," upon
this occasion, ran two miles in three
minutes and thirty-eight seconds.
Phoenix, Arizona, talks of establish
ing a fruit cannery.
IN MIXOBI OS M 'MTOKTrjUJC
Dcdla .ttoa at Mlaa pelfci et a Mmt at
Erected la Hoesr af Men KUJa te
Great DJaatr.
At Minntaonli Minn., the other day.
s large assembly gathered in Lake wood!
cemetery to witness the dedication of
monument erected ia memory of the
eighteen men who porinbed iui he great
miildsaaeroflS78. Kev Dr. U.S. Van
Anda formerly ot St. Lonia opened the
exercises with prayer, and, ws followed
by Matt. Walaii, Esq., president of the
Head Millers' association, who spoke
briefly of the disaster which thin monu
ment was to commemorate. He thon
introduced Rev. Dr. Tuttle of the TJi.i
vcrsa'iist church who delivered an elo
quent address in xnemcryofthe men
who perished in the ruins. A quartette
choir renJued sc7erj tine detections of
muoic and the exercises closed ith the
benediction hy Rv. A. E. Graves. Tho
deeire to erect a monument to the mem
ory of tf.cirdcad comrades vas one of
tbe c&uscs that led to tbe organization
of tho Head Millers' association. A pre
liminary organization was effected Au
gust 22, 1881, and a permanent one in
1833. The association now numbers
thirty members. The monument cost
abom $6,000. Ic rests on afoundation of
800 cubic feet of stone and cement laid
below the eurface of the ground. The
fii st gran te base resting on masonry is
over eight feet square, and weighs about
twelve tons. Above this is a smaller
base or plinth bearing an inscription,
which is also on the present Washburne
mill: "Labor wide as the earth hath its
summit in Heaven." Resting on these
blocks is a heavily moulded base eloping
up gracefully to a large polished die in
scription block which contains the names
of tne victims and a brief history of the
explosion. On this rests a projecting
moulded cap with emblems cut in bas
relief on gables. Above this is a plinth,
beautifully polished, euppnrtine the sur
mounting o'oelisk, which ritesthirty-five
feet.
The mater ial is Yermo u t granite of a
rich grey olor. The monument occu
pies n commanding posi'ion iuthe ceme
tery. Following i a brief review of the
disaster. At 7 o'clock p. m. of Thursday,
May 2, 1878, the city was startled by an
explosion that shook the earth and
buildings for many miles around. The
first explosion was almost instantly fol
lowed by a second and heavier one, that
levelled the great walls of the Wash
burne mill and raised a great mass of
debris high in the air, heavy stones be
ing carried as far as St. Anthony hill.
The powerful vibrations shattered panes
of heavy plate glass at a distance of ten
blocks, this damage extendingas far a
Nicolet avenue and Third street. The
loss by the breakage of glass alone
amounted to several thousand dollars.
The walls of the big mill fell outward,
involving in its destruction that of ive
other mills in the vicinity.
The force of the explosion was so com
plete ii its destruction that scarcely any
two stones of the Washburne mill were
left in their former position. It is sup
posed that some slight flame first caused
a moderate explosion that thew flour
dust into the air and that this, filling the
mill, immediately exploded with irresis
tible power. The other mills destroyed
were as follows: Pettit -Robinson, Gal
axy, Zenith, Hennepin, Humboldt,
Washburne. Several others were dam
aged. The mill loss was nearly $1,000,
000, and other damage made the total
loss of property about $1,500,000. The
mills have since been rebuilt larger and
better than before. In the Washburne
mill were fourteen men who perished,
one man in each of three other mills and
one man outside of the mills.
A Beautiful Incident.
A poor Arab traveling in the desert
met with a spring of clear, sweet, spark
ling water. IJsed as he was only to
brackish wells, such water as this ap
peared to his simple mind worthy of a
monarch, and filling his leather bottle
from the spring, he determined to go and
present it to the caliph himself. The
poor man traveled a long way before he
reached the presence of his sovereign
and laid the humble offering at his feet.
The caliph did not despise the little
gift, brought to him with so much
trouble. He ordered some of the water
to be poured into a cup, drank it, and
thanking the Arab with a smile, ordered
him to be presented with a reward.
The courtiers around pressed forward,
eager to taste of the wonderful watpr,
but to the surprise of all the caliph for
bade them to touch a single drop.
After the poor Arab had quitted the
royal presence with a light and joyful
heart, the caliph turned to his courtiers
and thus explained his conduct:
"During the travels of the Arab," said
he, "the water in his leather bottle be
came impure and distasteful. But it was
an offering of love,and as such I have re
ceived it with pleasure. But I well knew
that had I suffered another to partake of
it, he would not have concealed his dis
gustjand therefore I forbade you to touch
the draught, lest the heart of tbe poor
man should have been wounded."
A Hnnted Home.
Wyandotte is in a high state of excite
ment, at least those people living in the
vicinity of Dugarro avenue between
FreBcott and Tauromee streets, on ac
count of a haunted house. The particu
lars of the ghostly mystery are these:
About four months ago the house was
occupied by M. Lewis, his wife and two
children. Mr. Lewis was for a long time
in charge of the St. Charles reatauraunt
on Onion avenue, and was well known
bv a large number of business men in
West Kansas and Kansas City, Mo.
While attempting to get off the street
cat on St. Louis avenue Borne time in
July, he slipped, the car passing over his
thigh, rendering amputation necessary
shortly after he arrived at home. How
ever, he did not long survive the opera
tion, dying on tne loiiowmg morning.
Sometime previous to his death he took
from his home all the valuable papers,
such as insurance policies, bills ,notes
and a number of private letters. These
he deposited with a friend for safe Keep-
intr in his vault, being much afraid of
fire. When he found that death was
near ne commenced leuing uis wue
where the papers, etc., were deposited,
but his speech failing him his secret
died with him, and although she has
advertised and made all manner of in
quiries she could not learn, nor has not
learned of their whereabouts and to this
day cannot discover where they are.
Ever since this occurred, or rather since
he left the house, very mysterious sounds
have been heard, but nothingparticular
was thouzht of them till C. Tubbs and
family moved into thepremises when the
trouble began. Mr. Tubbs states that
when the table was laid over night for
breakfaftthey would be swept on the
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aJwtJ1atatifht,rJetwethe bow.
u ua 3 i. a, some person woid
whkper in his ear to get up and look for
those papers, ako that ahortlv aftarwMi 7
J he would hear, with the balance of hfc
nupily, papers fidl on the floor in the
adjoining room, and some person endear
onnc to get them np. Finally thie
together with the banging of doors etc
c used them to frtvs, and there liih
in seen at unusual hours and unearth!
noises are heard. Yesterday raorrriag
about 3 o'clock the noire of a gentleman
who Uvea near the haunted house,. began
kicking, and on hu go:n to the stable,
rhich is situated on the alley just in the
roar of the haunted hnose, he found the
animals trembling with tear, and heard
an unusual noise about the premises as
if some parties were moving in and out
of the house. Hundreds of, persons
visited the premises yesterday and a
party consisting of Newton Fry and
friends were there last night to solv the
mystery, and the result of their- night's
vigil is anxiously awaited by all. The
property ia owned by M. L-on, Kansas
City, Kas.
Beltagaerrd Chattanooga.
From Gen. Grant's paper, in the No
vember Century, describing the campaign
and battle of Chattanooga, we quote the
following account of the condition of the
supplies that reached the besieged city:
All supplies for Roeecrans had to be
brought from Nashville. The railroad
between this base and the army was in
possession of the vovernmont up to
Bridgeport, the poiui c which the road
crosses to the sohth. tide of the Tennes
see river, but Brrgg, holding Lookout
and Raccoon mounf wp -ot of Chatta
nooga, commanded me lailros'1. tho
river, and tbe shoitpt and best .vagon
reads both 6 nth Bud north of th Ten
nessee, between Chattanooga and Bridge
port. The distanc- hrc-rnn thef two
Elacesisbut twenty-mx nnles by rail;
ut owing to this) a..n uf Bragg all
sii .plies for Rosea .no had to be hauled
by a circuitous route north of the river
and over a mountainous country, in
creasing the distance to sixty miles.
Th is country afforded but little food for
his animals, near 10,000 of which had
already starved, and none were left to
draw a single piece of artillery or even
the ambulance to CDnvey the sick.
Tho men had been on halt rations
of hard bread for a considerable time,
with but few other supplies, except beef
driven from Nashville across the country
The region along the road became so ex
hausted of food for the cattle' that by the
tirn9 they reached Chattanooga "they
were much in the condition of the few
animals left alive 'there, on the lift.1 In
deed, the beef was bo poor that the
soldiers were in the habit of saying, with
a faint facetiousness, that they were liv
ing on half rations of hard bread and
'beef dried on the hoof.' Nothing could
be transported but food, and the troops
were without sufficent shoes or other
clothing suitable for the advancing
season. What they had was well worn.
The fuel within the federal lines was ex
hausted, even to the stumps of trees.
There were no teams to draw it from the
opposite bank, where it was abundant.
The only means for supplying fuel, for
some time before my arrival, had been
to cut trees from the north bank of the
river, at a considerable distance up
the stream, form rafts ef it, and float it
down with the current, effecting a land
ing on the south side, within our lines,
by the use of paddles or poles. It would
then be carried on the shoulders of the
men to their camps."
She Took offHer Hat.
Clara Louise Kellogg has given enter
tainments enough to audiences, one
would suppose, writes a New York cor
respondent, to have earned the right to
enjoy herself as an auditor when she
chooses. But I sat next to her in a the
atre the other evening when two fellows
directly behind her would not let her
have a good time. She was handsomely
dressed, and on her head was one of
those towering hats that are now in
high favor, except with those whose
view of a performance is by them ob
scured, and to this class of objectors
belonged the chaps at the - rear of Miss
Kellogg.
"I say, Jim," one remarked in a thril
ling whisper, "did you ever try to mark
the height of a stovepipe hat from the
floor up the side of a room by estimate ?
Yes! THen you made it as high as a
flour-barrel, likely. Now, I'll bet you
the drinks that this millinery construc
tion is a silk hat and a half tall; and I'll
hold mine up by it for measurment."
Tho wager was made, the hat was up
lifted for comparison, and it was settled
without dispute that the height from
brim to crown were exactly the same. A
glance around the theatre shewed that
tbe same surprising fact was realized on
dozens of women's heads. But the bet
was not ao readily decided, forfrom Miss
Kellogg's hat uprose two feathers six or
eight inches further, and the wagerers
could not agree whether they were to
be considered as part of' the structure
itself. The prima donna grew fidgety
in hearing the dialogue, and her color
reddened considerably.
"Do you remember," said one of the
tormenters, after an interval of silent
endeavor tosee past tbe constantly-shifting
obstruction to what was going on in
the stageshow, "an apparatus that Heller
used to exhibit for looking through a
brick? There was an arrangement of
little mirrors, so that, although the bstck
was right in the range of vision, solid
and opaque, you could clearly see what
was directly on the other side."
"Well, what of it?" responded the
other.
"Oh, nothing; only I was thinking
that the contrivance would make good
trimming for ladies' hats this season."
There was such an outburst of laugh
ter from all of us within hearing that
the stage preformers must have thought
that they had made a phenomenal hit
in exclusively one spot; and then Miss
Kellog?, smiling, but crimson, removed
her hat, and sat during the rest of the
evening bareheaded, after the foreign -fashion.
A soston man in England has been ex
amining the original charter map of
Massachusetts, and finds that 'the little
rocky islet called Middle Brewster, of
Boston harbor, lies outside of the boun
dary and was never claimed by Massa
chusetts colony. It was therefore, not a
part of the United States, and must now'
be deemed the property of Great Brit"
ain, from which apparently, it ha" never
been cut oft
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