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A Russian Officer Protected By
Germany From Exile.
Capt. Schmidt, formerly of the Rus
sian
service, bat henceforth it is to be
presumed a German pensioner, may
thank the inflexibility of the German
ambassador to Russia that he is not
now on his way to Siberia. No one
doubts that the planB of theCornstad
fortifications found in his possession
were Intended for the use of tbe Berlin
war office, and no member of the
numerous family of Schmidt ever had
a narrower epcape from a fate worse
than death than the officer in ques
tion. The Germaa government, thus
mucb may be said to its credit, would
not abandon him and no more strik
ing proof of the czar's unwillingness
or unreadiness to go to war with Ger
many can be given than the reluctant
release of Shmidt, who was undoubt
edly guilty of treason of the worst
kind. Politicians are asking them
selves whether the triple alliance may
not include, for defensive purposes at
least, Russia and England. The aid
of England's fleet in the Mediterranean
may be regarded as assured, and
there seems to be no doubt that
the marriage of the czarewitch to
Princess Margaret, of Prussia, will
soon take place, all the differences of
religion to the
contrary notwithstand
ing. That this alliance is a settled
prd£ct of the czar's is well known.
The czarwitch is said, on good author
ity, to be at least indifferent to the
nuptials, and the fighting element in
the Russian looks with disgust on this
new assurance of peace.
Foreigners in Constantinople have
been warned to keep in the European
quarter, the military and populace
being intensely exasperated at the dis
appearance of four Turkish soldiers
who had committed an indescribable
outrage upon a German sailor. The
German ambassador, Von Radowitz,
threatened to demand his passports
unless the perpetrators were suitably
punished. Accordingly the soldiers
mykteriously disappeared. The regi
ment to which the soldiers wore at
tached became mutinous in conse
quence and has been sent te the inter
ior.
Experiments are being made with
American cotton seed in Turkestan,
and tbe Russian government is pre
pared to enter upon its cultivation on
a large scale should the results prove
favorable. In lower Russia, too, the
cultivators have been ordered to plant
the seed and report results to the
minister of tbe interior. There seems
to be no reason why Indian Egy
and many portions of Asia should
not perfect the staple, and Russia and
England appear to be willing to spend
any amount of money to produce it
in satisfactory quantities within their
own dominions.
THE CYCLONE'S WRATH.
Several people Killed and Whole
Villages Demolished In Texas.
About S p. m., on the afternoon of
the 4 th inst. a destructive cyclone
visited Salt Creek, in the eastern por
tion of Hood eounty, Texas. At the
residence of Mr. Lee Rhodes, twelve
miles east of that place, twenty per
sons were assembled when the cyclone
struck the building, The killed are:
Delia-tGarmichael, aged 17 Mary Car
miehael, aged 1 year a child of Mrs.
Gibbs. The injured are: Mrs. Rhodes
and her 12-year-old daughter Nora
Mrs. Gibbs and her 10-year-old daugh
ter Tillie. The above are seriously
hurt and may die. Other children in
the bouse were bruised. At Fall Creek,
a little farther south, John Manley's
house was wrecked and he was serious
ly injured Charles Houston's house
was demolished, and Mrs. Rushing
hurt Mrs. Campbell's house was
blown away, Mrs. Berkley's residence
was destroyed and her arm broken
in two placee Mr. McClung's house
was blown down and his wife and
child badly hurt Mr. Robertson's
house was demolished and Mrs.
Payne burt. Other houses wrecked
were those of Alf Massey, I. McPher
sonj^T. Woolen lift, M. C. Hersley and
Mr. Brook. The damage to out
houses, fences, crops and timber is
very great. At the little town of
Acton, on the line of Parker and
Hodd counties, four people were
killed and a number seriously injured.
Many houses were demolished in that
vicinity. At Robin Creek, in Hodd
county, eight persons were killed, five
of whom belonged to the family of
Dr. George Griffin. A very heavy
hail storm fell there. The hail com
pletely ruined crops and vegetation,
wheat, oats and corn being complete
ly beaten into the ground. The fruit
crop in that section will be ruined.
Lawlessness In South Carolina.
Gov. Richardson of South Carolina,
was notified that John T. Graham,
the attorney for tbe lynched negro,
Leappart, had fled from Lexington
from a mob that threatened his life,
and that there were many drunken
men in the town, some of whom were
surrounding the house of Graham,
where his wife and children were. The
temptr of the mob indicated that if
they attacked the house they would
have respect for neither sex nor age,
and the governor was requested to
send protection for these people. The
governor immediately telegraphed the
sheriff to guard Graham's house and
protect the inmates with apossee,
and that the sheriff would be held re
sponsible for the safety of Mrs. Gra
ham and her children. It is said that
Lawyer Graham left Lexington for Co
lumbia early in the afternoon, and,
as he had not arrived there, some ap
prehension is felt tor his safety.
Italian Masons.
A sensation was created in the
chamber at Rome a few days ago by
Deputy Imbriani, who demanded a
commission to investigate tbe Ken-
I'M item:
tucky charge that the Mionopoly of
supplying tobaco to Itajy was given
to tbe Hatjen-Toel company because
its agent in Rome, Adriane Lemmis,
was grand master of the Italian Free
Masons, and could use that organiza
tion in politics for or against the gov
ernment. He insisted that other
firniiB were ready to supply American
tobbaco at a lower price, but were ex
cluded from competition by Lemmis'
mysterious power. Some contracts,
involving many millions of francs,
have been controlled by the Masonic
grand master. Signor Imbriani says
he would produce documentary evi
dence to support his accusation. Tbe
minister of finance consented to the
proposed investigation, andthecham
ber passed Imbriani's resolution.
GEN. FREMONT'S DEBT.
A Tardy Investigation Shows the
Government to Be the Debtor.
A most curious incident, illustrative
of delay in correcting official mistakes
in the departments at Washington, has
just come to light as a sequence of
the passage of the bill placing John C.
Fremont upon the retired list of tbe
army, with the rank of major general.
The first republican candidate for the
presidency is a most picturesque pa
triarch, 71 years old, and has been
for yeara in circumstances, if not of
actual poverty, at least straitened.
In 1848, when a lieutenant in the ar
my, he seized and held with an iron
grip the region which is now the state
of California, and no one denies that
the nation is indebted to him for that
gilded member of the sisterhood.
While engaged in this service Lieut.
£]remont'B accounts with the govern
ment were left in such a state that he
has always been regarded as an offi
cial debtor to the government to the
amount of $19,000, and it has been
one of the cbief sorrows of Lieut. Fre
mont's later years that he was una
ble to square this balance against him,
the record of which was in the
office of the third auditor
of the treasury. The other
day Gen. Fremont called at the office
of Second Comptroller Gilkerson, of
the treasury, whose business it would
be to pass upon the balance against
him. The old man in trembling tones
stated to_ Col. Gilkerson that his
financial circumstances are such that
if his salary as a retired major general
were retained to meet this alleged
shortage, he would be tor some time
in actual want. At Jbis request the
second comptroller investigated the
accounts, and, greatly to his surprise,
discovered that instead of Gen. Fre
mont being a debtor to the United
States the government had actually
owed him for over forty years $21,000.
The records were perfectly char, and
it was proven beyond a dispute that
through a mistake in bookkeeping,
Lieut. Fremont had been charged
with $19,000 for which a voucher was
on file, and thai, by another clerical
error he had not been credited with a
voucher for $21,000 which he expend
ed under the direction of the war de
partment. When Gen. Fremont call
ed again to ask Col. Gilkerson whether
some arrangement might be made to
pay his supposed indebtedness by in
stallments he was so unprepared for
the glad news awaiting him that he
fainted. Subsequenty a warrant for
the amount due him was made out,
duly approved and signed.
Quite an Eldorado.
Senator Gilbert A. Pierce, of North
Dakota, in an interview at Chicago a
few days ago, said:
We are developing at least two new
industries in North Datcoca that the
world knows little about. Some of
our German farmers have been exper
imenting with the sugar beet, and they
have been so successful that hundreds
and even thousands will make like ex
periments this year. Tho tempera
ture and the prevailing degree of mois
ture seem to be admirably adapted to
the maturing of this vegetable to the
point where it contains the greatest
possible amount of saccharine matter.
All over North Dakota we have veins
of soft coal, from three to ten feet in
thickness in many places, cropping
out at the surface. It the beet crop is
what it promises to be, arrangements
to transfer it into sugar wilt be made
on a large scale, the coal supply be
ing an important factor. We have
also recently discovered that we can
raise the best barley in the world, and
indications are that we shall soon
raise vast quantities of it, make it in
to malt and ship it in that form to
the great markets.
Not a Christian, But an Infidel.
There are many persons in Pitts
burgh, Pa., who are anxious to dis
cover the whereabouts of Miss Mary
Frances Cusack, tbe "Nun of Ken
inare." Miss Cusack went to Pitts
burg last winter and several newspa
per men and PresDyterian ministers
arranged lectures for her and she had
many profitable entertainments. She
left there rather unexpectedly and be
fore going back took subscriptions for
her book on "Reasons for Leaving the
Catholic Cburch," and collected a
handsome sum. The book was to be
delivered in January, but up to date
has not come to hand. A number of
persons who collected money for her
are now in an unpleasant predicament.
Tbey know neither where she is nor
when her book will be published. One
gentleman who was instrumental in
taking her to Pittsburg says that, in
stead of a Christian, they found her
an infidel, and that she told some
very scandalous things about priests,
nuns and converts, that her crusade
lost caste, and she can never lecture
in Pittsburg again.
A Prohibition Bill.
It is reported from Washington
that Representative Boutelle, of
Maine, has introduced in the house a
?U'-- -s
bill intended to repair the damage in
flioted upon state prohibition laws by
the recent decision of the supreme
court in the original package case.
The bill is ia the shape of an amend
ment which It is proposed to add to
the inter-state commerce act and
reads as follows: "That nothing con
tained in this act shall be construed
to authorize the sale or traffio in in
toxicating liquors in any state con
trary to the laws thereof.
HONORED IN DEATH.
Imposing Obsequies
rof
the Late
senatcfr Beok.r
Under a dripping sky, the mortal
remains of James Burnie Beck, late a
United States senator from Kentucky,
were borne, at 10 o'clock on the 6th
inst., from the residence of Represent
ative Breckinridge, of Kentucky, to
the capitol. They were accompanied
by the senate committee of arrange
ments and the honorary pall-bearers,
named by the Kentucky delegation.
Arriving at the east front of the sen
ate wing, the senators and pall-bear
ers left their carriages and, forming in
two lines, withSenatoi Blackburn and
Evarts at the bead, the casket was
borne from the hearse by a de
tail of eight of the capitol
police, up the steps and isto
the marble room, where it was visited
by several hundred persons hefore
itB
removal into the senate chamber.
The casket was covered with black
cloth, and bore a silver plate with
the words: "James Burnie Beck,
born Feb. 13, 1822, died May 3,
1860.
On the casket lay a buncb of roses
from Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Breckenridge,
and the glass through which the face
and bust of the deceased were visible
were wreathed with lilies of the valley.
The features ot tbe late senator were
unchanged and "How natural he
looks!" was the involuntary ex
clamation of all who looked upon
them who were acquainted with tnem
in lite.
A number of floral tributes were
brought to the senate chamber and
displayed on the clerk's desk.
At 12:45 the honorary pall bearers
on the part of the senate were an
nounced by President Pro Tem.
Ingalls, as follows: Messrs. Morrill,
Sherman, Hale, Allison, McPherson,
Vest, Pugh and Gibson. Five min
utes later the members of the house
of representatives were announced
and took seats at the left of the
president and in the rear of the
sanators.
The members of the house of repre
sentatives were followed by the chief
justice and associate justices of the
supreme court, preceded by Marshal
Wright and Clerk McKenny, who wei:e
seated at the right in front of the xep
resentatives. The diplomatic corps
was represented by Sir Julian Paunce
fote, the British minister, and mem
bers of the Chinese, Japanese and
Brazilian legations. Five minutes
later President Harrison and the
members of bis cabinet were received,
the assemblage rising. Secretary No
ble, wbo is not in the city, and Attor
ney General Miller, who is ill, were the
absentees.
Chaplain Butler and ex-Chaplain
Bullock: officiated at the servioe.
SUICIDE AND ACCIDENT.
Minneapolis Keeps up Her Reputa
tlon—Sad Accident—Assigned.
Another suicide at Minneapolis,
Minn., was added to the long list of
fatalities with which the last few
weeks has been freighted. August Kal
kenbevger, a farm hand is the latest
victim who has succeeded in over
coming an impulse to live. He has
been employed on the farm ot Thom
as Turry, just beyond Lincoln park,
and was always considered a gloomy
and morose man. On the 10th inst.,
he was paid the wages due him and
discharged, and on the 12th inst., he
was found hanging in a stable. No
cause is known save hereditary mel
ancholia. His mother had committed
suicide.
A most distressing accident occur
red at Nineteenth avenue south and
Sixteenth street. A boy named Ander
son climbed on a four horse lumber
wagon while it was in motion. In
some manner he fell off and was run
over. The heavy wheels passed over
his head, killing him instantly. The
topot his head was crushed in and
brains bestrewed the street in a most
shocking manner. The driver was ar
rested and taken to the south side
station.
E. F, Webster, proprietor of the
Holly flouring mill bas assigned to
George H. White, lawyer. Attach
ments were issued against him on
notes aggregating $1,942 by C. A.
Smith & Co. Webster has been a
number ot years in the real estate
business. He bought Holly mill of C.
McC. Reeve on a basis it is understood
of $50,000. Webster, it is said, rated
himself as worth about $60,000, al
though he was considered worth $20,
000. He had no practical knowledge
of the milling business, but was repre
sented to be a keen business man. He
bought the mill last November.
Jefferson City, Mo., Visited by a
Heavy Rain,
A terrific hurricane accompanied by
an extraordinary fall of rain swept
over Jefferson City, Mo., on the 12th
inst., at 4 o'clock. The wind blew at
the rate of sixty-five miles an hour
and rain fell in torrents. A large sec
tion of the roof of the state house was
blown off, and the office below deluged
with water. The roof of the peuiten
tiary hospital was blown away and
muchinconvenience to patients was
occasioned. A hefty area of stone
on the top of the rUtt wall of St. Pat
rick's cathedral was blown down. It
crashed through the roof to the base
ment below and wrecked the altar and
ruined the sacristy. Small houses all
..It *.•
SOUTHERN CLAY-EATERS.
Description of a Remarkable Peo
ple Living in Alabama.
Among the rugged hills of Marion
county, in the extreme northwestern
portion of Alabama, live about 200
white families whose principal food is
white clay. When Western .Alabama
was first settled by the whites, 1830
35, their ancestors came frontiihe hills
ot North Georgia and South Carolina
The clay eaten by them is a pale
white color, very soft, and is found in
large quantities in various portions of
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee and Alabama. Recently it
has been largely used in the adultera
tion ot baking powder, cream of tar
tar, and even flour, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. It has just a faint taste of
magnesia and is by no means unpleas
ant even to a novice. When first tak
en from the bank or bed of the stream
where it is found it has an oily
appearance, but this disappears when
it is dry. The clay- eaters roll it into
little balls which can be carried in the
pocket, and when they are ready to
eat it water is poured over it until it
is wet and soft again. It is never eit
en dry, for in that state it is easily
broken into a very fine powder or dust
which would fill the throat and lungs.
Tbe home of the clay-eater is a log
hut, containing only one room, and
no matter how large his family may
be they all eat and sleep in the same
room. Around the cabin is a little
clearing, where a patch of corn and
one of potatoes are cultivated, abd
most of them have a small garden,
where thev raise a few beans and cab
bage. A few of them have horses, but
the majority have only oxeu for the
farm work. They somu times raise
fair crops of corn, as the soil is very
fertile and little cultivation is needed.
There is no market for the corn ex
cept at the nearest illicit distillery,
where it is converted into "mountain
dew" or moonshine whisky, ilogs
are owned by a few of them, but they
are small and of inferior breed. For
meat they depend on killing wild game,
deer, turkeys and squirrels, wh'ch are
round in large numbers among the
hills.
It is twenty miles
from the hills where
the clay-eaterB live to the nearest
country town, and almost twice that
distance to the nearest railroad.
Very few of them ever saw a train,
and they know absolutely nothing of
modern inventions, such as sewing
machines and cooking stoves. None
of them can read or write, and there
is no such thing as a school house in
their settlement.
Fifteen miles from the neighborhood
of the clay-eaters there is a country
store where they barter eggs, chickens,
moonshine whisky, deer 'and coon
skins to? coffee, powder and shot.
At this store one day recently the
writer had an opportunity of study
ing the clay-eaters. The first arrival
from the hills of the clay-eaters was a
one-ox wagon containing a woman
and a basket. A short distance be
hind the wagon came the woman's
husband with a long rifle on his shoul
der. Tbe woman drove up near the
front door of the store, and in re
sponae to a "whoa," the ox stopped
and immediately attempted to lie
down. Another "whoa" from the
woman brought him to his feet and ha
stood still, a picture of brute patience
and resignation worthy the brush of
an artist. The man was dressed in
rougb homespun clothes badly worn,
his hair was long and uncombed,
while his thin sallow face was covered
with a straggling growth of beard. It
was evident that the man had never
been shaved in
hiB
life. His face was
dirty, his eyes deep set and watery,
which gave his face a look of hopeless
indifference, ignorance and indolence.
"Howdy!" was his salution to the
store-kEeper, and with a curious glance
at tbe stranger, he seated himself on
a barrel.
"What's aigs bringin' now?"
"Fifteen cents in trade, a bit cash."
"Got any powder?"
"Plenty ot it. Just opened a new
keg."
"Fetch them 'ar aigs her, Sal," said
the clay-eater, turning to his wife.
The woman slowly' clambered out
of the wagon, picked up a small bas
ket and entered the store, glancing
around her nervously as she advanc
ed.
"Good morning, Mrs. Smith," said
the storekeeper.
"Howdy," answered the woman.
"How many eggs have you?" asked
the storekeeper.'
The woman glanced at her husband,
who answered: "'Bout four dozen,
ain't thar, Sal?" Iaintcounted'em,"
and from her evident embarrassment
it was plain that she could not count.
While the storekeeper counted the
eggs the man on the barrel drew a
small lump of clay from his coat pock
et. It was wrapped in a flannel rag
and was still damp. He unrolled it
slowly and carefully, broke off a small
piece and put it in his mouth. With
a jerk of his hand he passed it to his
wife, who also broke off a piece and,
laying down her snuff stick, placed the
clay in her mouth.
"Four and a half dozen," said the
storekeeper when he had finished
counting the eggs.
Another grunt from the man on the
barrel and a nod from the woman was
the only reply. Then the clay-eater
slowly rose, and, laying down his ri
fle selected the powder and shot he
wanted. When these had been wrap
ped up there was still enough due on
the eggs to pay for a half pound of
coffee.
Other customers came in then. I
produced a plug of tobacco and invit
ed the man on the barrel to take a
chew, which he did and then passed it
to "Sal."
"We'uns don't git much flat ter
backer up our way," said my new ac
quaintance, as he bit off another piece
before hand in it back. I cut a large
piece off the pluz and handed it to him,
and then gave the other piece to his
wife. Such liberality was new to him
over town were demolished and much
damage was done to trees and shrub
bery.
In the country northeast of the city
many bams were demolished and miles
•.•n
offences leveled to the ground. No
lives were lost in the city, and so far
as reported no loss of life occurred in
the track of the storm.
and they soon bepan to talk freely.
"Can you do without this clay?" I
asked.
"Dunno, haint never tried. Thar'a
plenty ov it up our way, and their
haint no need to do without hit 'cept
in' er fellers too lazy to go an' git it."
"Do you like the taste of this clay?
"Wouldn't be eatin* it if I didn't."
Next day the merchant was going
up into theirneighborhood and 1 ac
companied him. From him and the
clay^eaters themselves I learned much
of thair habits and peculiar customs
and superstitions. They have signs
for everything and almost worship
the moon. The average clay-eater
has a moral dread of an owl. As soon
as the hoot of an owl is heard a chair
is overturned. If the hooting ceases
it is a sign that the threatened danger
has been warded off, but if it continues
there is weeping and wailing. In ev
ery fireplace will be found a piece of
flint rock. Tbis is supposed to keep
foxes and owls from catching the
chickens. If they start on a journey,
no matter where, and a rabbit is seen
to cross their path, the journey is at
once abandoned, because a rabbit
never runs directly across a man's
iath except to warn him of death,
jike the negroes ot the South, they
are all firm believers in the magic
power of the left hind foot of the
graveyard rabbit. To sweep trash
outdoors would sweep some one out
ot the family.
Eunice's Twins.
"*No, I can't say that I've hail a pros
perous season," observed one passenger
to another. "Last spring me and my
old woman thought we'd keep summeij
boarders and make some money. Wa
have a big house, able to accommodate
eighteen people beside our own folks,
so we writ to our son? and darters in
the city, tellin' 'em what we had de
cided on, an' askin 'em to say a good
word for us to their friends. Well, wa
fixed the old house up in fine shape and
waited for our boarders. Purty sooq
our darter Mary came down from
town with her three children, and saicj
she had spoken to all her friendq
about us. In about a week Darter Em
came with her four children. She saic
the same thing, an' though they wasn'l
profitable boarders we hoped for a new
kind, and felt muoh encouraged from,
what they told us. Tbe next arrival
was my wife's sister Sal and her two
nearly grown-up' children. I was si
good deal discouraged then, but my old
woman braced me up by sayin' soma
payin' boarders was comin'" and wa
could 'commodate six more anyway.
The next arrival was my darter Eunice
with her husband and two children. TheJ
all settled down as if they 'lowed to stay
all slimmer, an' I was purty badly broken
up about it. I told my old woman thing*
were getting down to a fine point an' no^
much left of the garden truck. She en^
couraged me by sayin' we still had room
for two boarders, an' we'd charge them
enough to run the whole house. Two
days afterward I saw a strange man
stop and go in, an' I thought Iurk bed
turned at last, and killed two chickens
before I got to the house. When I did
get there I discovered he was my broth
er, Jim, who I badn't seen for twelva
years, come to spend the summer with
me. That settled me on the summer
boarder business, though the old woman
said we still had room for one boarder,
and by making the hired man sleep iq
the barn we coud take in two, an' that
would clear the house. When I coma
in from work the next night my dartel
Em met me on the porch, and said
smilingly, 'Father,' says she, 'we've gol
•two new boarders. They came this
afternoon. Come up stairs and see
them.' 'Wait till I dress up a bit,' saya
I. So I washed, put on a collar, and,
feeling a good deal encouraged, went
up stairs. There was all the girls and
my old woman. 'Pap,' says she with
tears in her eyes, 'the house is full at
last. Eunice has got twins.'
The Green-eyed Monster.
"But, for the love of heaven, hear mq
before you drive me from yon. I will
go far away where you will never sea
me more, but before you drive me from
our little home where we have been sa
happy, before you tear me from youl
heart, listen to me. O, George 1 my
jhusband, my love, hear me! I am not
bad, George! I am your own true littls
iwifel O, George kill me if you will,
jbut do not, O, do not say such awful
things to me!" and with a cry of pain
May Hartman threw herself at her hus
band's feet and clasped his knees.
"I have heard enough," replied lie*
husband with cold indifference. Thera
is all the* money I have in the world.
Take it and gol Take your child witlj
you 1 I never want to see either of you
again!" and pushing her rudely from
him he left the house. Long she la
with her face buried in her hands, heed
ing not the baby fingers that lifted the
masses of golden hair and crowed with
delight as the sunlight glittered upon
it. She did not weep or cry out sha
silently prayed for death. Only three
years a bride! Three years of happi
ness such as angels might envy. Threa
years with George, brave, manly^
generous, the idol of her heart,
the king of her dreams. Thera
was no bitterness in her heart toward
the designing woman with her God
like face and devilish malignity who
had filled her husband's ears with skill
ful falsehoods. She only crouched
like a wounded fawn and prayed that
she might die. Out in the cold Decem
ber sunshine with her babe in her arms
she wandered on and on until the river,
with its floating ice and sullen splash,
was at her feet. Clasping her ohild
tightly to her bosom, with a prayer for
the man whose smile was life to her,
she—heard him say: "May, I wish you
would put this yoimg kid in his crib.
How in thunder can I sleep when ha
keeps kicking me in the back and put
ting his fists in my ears
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Two Anecdotes of Grant.
An officer who
served on Gfrant'sajbafl
during the war said to the Traveller's
correspondent recently: "The first
time I ever saw Grant was when h«
came to take command of the army.
This was at Brandy wine station. Wa
had been accustomed to seeMcClellan,
Halleck, Burnside and the other gen
erals go about from brigade1 to bri
gade, and division to division, attend
ed by a cloud of gorgeously uniformed
staff officers, and, of course, we expect
ed that Grant's arrival would have a
great deal of show in it. We were
awaiting his arrival, knowing that ha
was on his way, when a frieght train
rolled in. There was a caboose on
the end, and out iumped two men.
One of them was a short, stumpy man,
with a full brown beard. He wore a
black slouch hat, tipped down on his
eyes. As he picked his way over the
railroad tracks to the station a sol
dier who had been at Fort Donelson
shouted: 'Here's Grant, boys.' On
the platform was Gen. Ingalls,thecom-
missary general of the army, and who
was one of Grant's classmate. He
recognized his old comrades, and they
shook hands for a moment. Then In
galls invited his commander to take a
seat in a four-in-hand which was wait
ing. It was raining, but Grant stood
a while and looked over the turnout
then he got inside and drove to head
quarters. Gen. Ingalls had provided
a most magnificent dinner for the
commander. Grant sat and ate hearti
ly, and after he had finished heturned
and inquired 'Ingalls, where did
you get all the stuff?' The com
missary general replied with some pride
that he had had it brought down from
Washington expressly for the event.
Then Grant wanted to know if the sol
diers were in the habit of gettinga lay
out like that. Upon being answered in
the negative,Grant said: 'Ingalls,I have
been in the habit of eating a soldier's
rations. Wliat'sgood enough for them
is good enough for me'. Ingalls didn't
neglect to take the hint, and there were
no more gorgeous banquets after that
in the headquarters of the army of the
Potomac. After this episode Grant
smoked, and finally said: 'One more
question, Ingalls. Where did you get
that four-in-hand?' 'It has been at
tached to the headquarters fortheusa
of the commanding general for a long
time, sir,' was the response. Grant
never changed his expression as he re
plied: 'Idon't want it here, Rufus the
next time we need it it will be used in
the field as an ambulance'—and it
was."—Washington Letter to the Bos
on Traveller.
Hardy Flowers That Will Pay
For the Trouble of Care.
From Vick's Magazine.
The snowdrops are a host in them
selves, and then comes the very large
family cf narcissus, or daffodils. If
we are looking back among the pleas
ant scenes of the past, which are hid
den away in the memory, it is not the
zrand conservatory we think of, or
the magnificent orchids that the mind
loves to linger over. No it is that old
orchard full of daffodils, clustering
under the apple tree and in the hedges,
or that old fashioned garden so full of
snowdrops, and where the scent of
violets, white pinks, musk amd mig
nonnette fills the air in their respect
ive seasons. With the summer came
many things suitable for cutting—the.
columbines, all the dianthus family,
the carnation, picotee, pink and sweet
william, the Canterbury bells, delphin
iums, pyrethrums, single and double,
and roses in endless variety. In
special situations pseonies and pop
pies are useful where show rather
than sweetness is demanded, they are
excellent. For large vases in the cor
ridor or hall they are valuable. All
the iris family are excellent for cutting
they are not so lasting as many things,
but fresh flowers are opening daily,and
the effect is gorgeous. Everlasting
peas, though not so nice as sweet peas,
yet they are very showy. How beauti
ful the old white hlium candidum is in
very large, tall glasses or vases. All
the spirceas and the pirennial sunflow
ers are good for cutting. The phloxes
are bright and showy, and do not last
ao long as a good, cutting flower
should. The same may be said of the
pentstemons and veronicas, but the
redbeckias and the astors or stal
worts are very valuable in autumn.
The Japanese anemones, though good
for cutting, are hardly lasting enough.
Foxgloves, though not generally used
in a cut state, associate well with tha
poppies and other things for larga
bold groups.
Justice Duval's Wife.
"Carp" in the Cleveland Leader.
Speaking of Stanley Matthews's mar
riage reminds me of a story which Ogla
Taylor tells of Justice Duval who was
on the Supreme bench for twenty-five
rears, serving from 1811 to 1836.
Judge Duval was a Representative
irom Maryland to the 1st Congress,
and while there he and William B.
Giles, of Virginia, boarded in Philadel
phia With Mrs. Gibbons, who had a
daughter who was neither young nor
taciturn. Giles and Duval became
great friends, but after they left Con
gress they lost sight of each other for
time. They met again in Washing
ton at the beginning of Jefferson's Aa
aiinistration, when Giles was Senator
ind Duval Controller of the Treasury.
They were happy in the revival of old
times, and were enjoying themselves
in chatting about them until Senator
Giles inquired of Duval. "What has
become of that d—d cackling old maid,
Jennie Gibbons?"
"She is Mrs. Duval, sir," was the re
ply and it is needless to say that the
:onversation after this was for a time
rather strained.
The eenate has passed a bill introduced
by Mr. Pettigrew two months ago tor an
Indian training school at Pieire, 8. D.
The secretary ot the interior is authorized
by this bill to expend $5,000 in the pur
chase ot not more than one hundred acres
ot farming land near the Indian training
school as an industrial tarm to be ran in
connection with the school.
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