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SPICKENS S. C., TIHURSDAY, MAY 9.19 No. 17.
"-Nevr, SO long as'nt is a bause, So
long as my brothers continue the strug
gj0 I will be with them. "
"Then so long as the Union army is
fightin ye Oi'll bo in its ranks."
"You'll do no such thing. You will
go home, whoro your presence is moro
needed-to your mother, to your ten
ants. Ireland needs all her landovnors
such as you at home. That is your coun
try. You have no interest hero. "
"And the United States is your Qoun
try. You have no other."
"Ratsl"
"Darlinl'
There was a silenco between them for
some moments. Ratigan laid his hand
on hors while she was lo9king, with a
pained expression, out of the window.
In her eyes was a far look. Her oem
"Darlin," he sald.
panion had strengthened certain doubts
which had at times come up to trouble
her as to the ultimate success, the real
motives which underlay her cause, and
with her intense, devoted nature had
led her to feel that all this vast effort
put forth by her people might in the end
avail nothing or would only, if success
ful, perpetuate a wrong. Her lover saw
her troubled expression. He did not at
tempt to comfort her by recalling what
ho had said. Ho pushed on further.
"Darlin, " ho said, "ye're right when
yo say Oi'n needed in Oiroland. Go with
me, darlin. Bo me wife. Let all this
intense effort, this sacrificeo yo're put
tin into a cause, which Oi foresee is
dooied, be given to me tonants. The
estato is a large one, and thoro aro hun
dtoos of people for yo to bofriend. There
yo can work to a purpose. There yor ef
forts in behalf of a really downtrodden
peoplo will be for good. "
"And loavo my brothers in tho midst
of this horrid struggle? I will stay hero
till the last gun is fired, till tho last
blow of the hammer has rivoted our
chains."
, Born and bred in the south, Miss Fitz
Hugh had never seen except with south
orn eyes. Hero was a Inali who was giv
ing her views never hoforo open to her.
She had a mind capable of grasping
them and saw the strength, the solid
senso, boneath them when properly pre
sented.
*"Darlin," said the young baronet,
"the world moves on quickly. If yer
peoplo succeeod in this wvar, in less than
a quarter of a century ye'll either free
oer slaves or be a blot on the lace of the
earth.''
"Oh, Rats," she exclaime~d, "why
lid I ever meet you? You've sapped the
strongth I possessed for my wo'rk. I can
pover again do my duty as I have done
it thus far. "
"Darlin,'" ho said, drawing her nearer
to him, "OI'll r-eplaeo what Oi've taken.
Oi'll give ye other duties, the duties
that belong to the mistress of a fine es
tate, the duties of a woman of high de
gree in a country wvhoro birth is re
spected far more than )ere. With your
vigor, your strong impulses"
''Guided by your mere steady light. "
''Ye may hocome one of the most in
fluential women in the three kingdoms."
In her eyes camne thamt humorous
twinkle ho had once seen before when
she steed in her buggy in the road upi
in Tennessee and tantalized him for hi~s
stupidhity in having boonm duped by her.
"'I6 would be nice to be'
"'To be what, diarlin?''
"'Lady Rlats,'' and s he hid her blushes
in the pillow on which his head rested.
* * * * * *
The sun setting over Leookout moun
taini shone directly in the faces of May
niard andl his party as returning from
Ringold they rode into Chattanooga. It
was a glorious October qvening, and the
heights towering them, covered by un
seen Confederates, reposed about thc
town like huge lions watching a wound.
ed animal, confident that at last it must
fall into their power.
Dismounting before his tent, Maynart
entered it, and thore found a lettel
from his wife. S3ho begged him to comn
to her if it w~oro possible, and if not ti
write to hor. HoI road and reread th
letter again and again, and then mad
an attemplt at a reply. After writin,
half a (d0zon, all of which ho tore uj'
lhe abandoned the task in despair. i
position was too uncertain. The ser
tence of the court martial hung ovc
him like a sullen cloud(. What could Ii
say to her to comfort her? Ilo we
knew that the onily comfortinig sli
needed was to know that lhe was ii
miserable, and of that ho could nmot al
sure her.
And so matters hung for a wool
Having no duties to performi, I lie tin
passed all the more slowly. The1 CIol
federates wvoro senidin~g occaisional shmel
froem Lookout mounitaini, and as the
were harmless the repiorts woero som
thing of a relief to Maynard, breakli
the monotony of the silence, Ie spe:
2much1 of the time thinking of what
would do in ease the sentencoe of ti
ourt wore approved and~ carried in
offeot. Ho formeod many plans, whi
were all abandonedl. At last hie setcl
paup
anQ,
1894 SY aMEnICAI* PRESS ASS5C6Mfigyp
down to the res6lvo thdt lie would go t
the army in the east, onlist under ai
assumed name and await the coming o
some missilo to end his career, as h<
had intended at Chickamauga.
Ono morning an orderly rode up t
him and handed him an order to repor
in person at General Thomas' head
quarters. Calling for his horso and foi
his own orderly, Jakey, to follow, hi
mounted, and in a feverish nAood dartei
away to obey the order.
What did the summons mean? Some
thing definite in his affairs had comi
about; that lie felt reasonably sure of
Perhaps the papers of the court in hii
case had been found. Perhaps they ha
been mado out in duplicate. The latte:
supposition was the mo'st likely. Hii
offense could not be ignored. Indeed hi
could not afford to have it ignored. Th
sentence must be either set aside or car
riod into offect. Dismissal would be fai
moro desirable than living in suspense,
All these matters rushed through hil
mind while he rode to respond to th
suninons. The nearor he drew to head
quarters the less hopeful he became,
After all, was it not absurd to expeo
anything except that now papers ha
bon made, the sentence forwarded "ap
proved, " and lie was now to be inform
od that he was no longer in the army
General Thomas could do much for him,
but there was not a general in the arm3
who had a higher sense of a soldier'i
obligations than he. How was it possi
ble that so great a leader, so rigid a dis
ciplinarian, one with such high concop
tions, could do aught n his caso bu
approve the sentence? And now lie wai
sending for him to inform him of lii
degradation.
Following this reasoning, by the timi
he arrived at headquarters his expocta
tions were at the lowest ebb. He dis
mounted, and so preoccupied was ho tha
lie left his horso standing without fits
toning her, but Jakey rodo forward an
seized the rein. Maynard gavo his inami
to an orderly and in a few minute:
stood before the man w'hoso very pros
once was quite sufticient tostriko torr:
into tho heart o! a delin(glont.
But the first face on which Maynard'
eyes rested was not that of the general
Another was thero to greet hini, on
who, ho knew, whether ho woro honor
ed or disgraced, would never love hin
the less. It was his wife. Tio though
flashed through his brain, "She is her
to comfort o when the blow falls.'
Ho wanted to fly to her embrace. Th
impulso was checked. Ho saw that si
burned to fly to him, but she, too, ro
strained herself, for there, betweei
them, towered the figure of the general
Maynard gave hin a quick glance, bu
could discover nothing in his counto
nanco to indicato what his fate woul<
be. Theso glances, those surmises, last
ed but for a moment, for the genera
spoke:
"I have sent for you to inform you o
your status in the army."
Afaynard bowedl his he el andt waited
''The offense for which you wer<
tried, '' the geinral spoke slowly ai
impressively, "'vt i gievous to 1
overlooked. It would h: ve pleased nm
in the case of so bravo a man to set il
aside, but such a course would have con.
donod that which, if it should go unpun
ished, wouldl strike at the very founda
tion of military dlisciplino. In liberating
a spy intrusted to your care you violat
ed a sacred trust and assumed an au
thority such as is not accorded to any
one save the president of the Unite<
States."
Maynard did not raise his eyes fron
the ground. lie knowv what was coming
and a shiver passed over him.
"A nowv set of papers were prepare<
and sent; to me. I forwarded them"
Mayn ard 's eyes wvere almost startinj
from their sockets.
"'With my approval."
"Oh, general!'" gasped the strickei
man, catching at the tent poleofor a sup
port. Laura could wvithi difilty kool
her sent, so cager was she to fly to him
"'They have also been approved by th
president, and you have boen dismiesse
from the service of the United States
with forfeiture of all r.y and oimolu
ments."
Maynard triedl to speak. Ho wishei
to say that he could not complain of thi
sentence-that, considering the offense
it was merciful-but his tongue wouli
not obey him.
"'So much for your p~unishmont, '' th
general went on after a slight pause
"There are other matters, however, t
(saigo ne ccrs
be cnsidred.Thes areyouryou
besonsidoto. sav aihe and inu yobo
sonce to your owni intert 1wtation of u ye
yduty in rep)ayinmg a tsnereud oblligati(
a- Wilo these comnsiderat ions dlo not
gstroy the act or its pernicious effect
an oxamipho, they show conclusively ti
Sit did not spring from baso motives, 1
Srathe~r in ohedience to a strong sense
o honoer, whioh a soldier should hold
mhighest esteem."
A When the aonoral boaan to sok
theso palliathig oiruinstauceds, Maynard
did not hear him. As ho proceeded,
howover, his attention was arrested.
"Furthermore, thoro are your bril
liant services, both as a so'out and yet
moro recently in tho battle through
which we have just passed. I have taken
'ains to learn of your services in the
ranks on tho 10th of Soptombor and was
myself a witness to your gallantry on
the ridgo on the 20th. I cannot find it
in my heart to fail in my aoknowledg
monts to any man, however ho may have
erred, who engaged in that dosporato
strugfle, which was a turning point in
our fortune and may be said to have
saved us all from rout or capture.
"Besides for more than a year I have
watched your caroer with interest. I
am sure that you are possessed of un
doubted military talents, perhaps of a
high order. I believe it to be true wis
dom on the part of the government to
retain those talents for the country.
Therefore, in the interest of the United
States and for gallant and moritorious
conduct at the battle of Chickamauga,
I have suggested your uiamo to the presi
dent for tho appointment of brigadier
general of voluntoors. A batch of such
appointments, including yours, was yes
terday sent to the sonato, and I have a
telegram announcing that they were all
confirmed. "
Suddenly it seemed as if there had
been a loosening of invisiblo cords that
had been holding husband and wife
apart. In the fraotion of a second they
were looked in each other's arms. Tears,
the usual mode of expression of deep feel
ing in woman, did not come only to the
wife. Yet in a measure the sexes were
reversed. Laura was moro smiles than
tears. Maynard only wept.
Soon remembering in whose presence
he stood, Maynard disengaged himself.
Turning to General Thomas:
"General, " he said in a broken voice,
"I cannot-thanks are nothing-timo
must show how well I approciato what
you have done. Is there another man in
the army who could afford to take so
enlarged a view in such a case? Is there
one with so farsoing an eye, so keen a
sense of a soldier's duty, tempered with
so kind a boart?"
Maynard paused for a moment. Then
with a sudden burst of enthusiasm:
"But who shall reward the man who
on that terrible day held together the
Army of the Cumberland? Can the
president bestow an adequate rank?
Would the title of full 'general' avail?
NoI It is for the people to reward you
with a title, not given by an individual,
but by the common consent of vast
massos-not only for a day, but so long
as there shall bo a history of this war
the Rock of Chickamauga.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A SINGULAR CEM)NY.
Laura Maynard, after a long period
of solicitudo as to her hushand--detain
od at homo by a temporary illness of
her child-had at last found it possiblo
to go and eck him. She had arrived on
the morning of the news of his appoint
ment and at once sought Goneral
Thomas' headquarters. Thoro sho had
boon informed of the status, and a mes
songer was at once sent for her husband.
Leaving tho tent whero Maynard had
first been plunged in despair only to be
elevated to a condition of mind border
ing on ecstasy, the two sought a hotel,
where Laura could be made comfortablo
till the next day, and there passed the
time in going over the period since they
had parted and rejoicing at the outcomno
of the singular complications which fate
had been pleased to bring down up)on
the husband.
But all meetings must have an end,
and at last the husband, departing, redo
to his tent. There he found a messenger
waiting for him.
"'Flag of truce' wants to see you on
the picket line, sir."
Without dismounting, the newly
oreatod general rode in the direction of
Mission ridge and met "the flag" at its
base. There stood a mounted party of
Confederates, one of them bearing a
white flag, headed by an officer, a son
of the south whlo spoke every word as
though it were of momentous impor
tance, neovor omitting the word ''sir."
"Are yon Colonel Maynard, sir?"
"I am, or at least I was. I hardly
know what I am just now. I should not
be surprised to be informed that I was
to command all the armies of the United
States. "
The oficer looked puzzled.
"I am the bearer, sir, of a mnessago
from Corporal Sir Hugh Ratigan. Ho is
to be married at 7 o'clockc this evening
at General Bragg's headquarters on Mis
sion ridge."
"'The devil ho ist''
"That Is his intention, sir. Hie desires
your presence."
"Whom does he marry?''
"Miss Carolino Fitz Hugh.''
"I have been muoro surprised at other
announcements, I confess. I dlon't won
der ho invites me to his wedding, since
I helped him to a wife."
"Shall I transmit your acceptance of
the invitation, sir?''
" 'On one condition. ''
"'Please name it, sir.''
"I fear it will be unacceptable to
Colonel Fitz Hugh, who will doubtless
be the host or 0on0 of the hosts. He will
not likely 7iold in a matter of etiquette
which I miust insist on."
''Colonel Fitz. hUgh cainnot be pirOont,
sir. H~o is no0w in your rear with our
cavalry c'omlplet ing the starvation of
your armiy in Cha~ttanooga b~y destroying
your li nes of sulpply."'
"Hm I wais not aware of aniy hungcr
inl our1 ran1ks. Indleed lmy reqIuest is,
knowing tha~t your own larder in thoe
Confedleracy is not exactly abundant;
that thle horn of plenty is niot burying
you like 11Ierculaneumi under the ashes
Sof Vesuvi us; that~ the blockade'"
ro "Th b''i~ilockalde is nmot elective, sir,"
Sitterrupltd oth e oflicer stiiflly.
h' "Ha Is sometwhat, reduiced "our wino
ur cellars, liy condit ion is, I say, t hat. T
0- may13 bo permi tted to brinig hllf a dozeni
lo' cases of chiampagnio for t ho wedding
as feast."
mat "I assuro' you, sir, that it is not nec*
*ut essary. Wo are getting cargoes of wine
of from Hlavro by a regular lino of steamn
in oe. It is your own mecss tables at Chat
tanooga that are doubtless hoveft of hov
of eragos. owimr to the fact that our (Gen
oral Wheoolo f4 circus riding In 1i'
nossoo, leaving no road or railroad op
to you. "
"Do you consent that I shall bri
the wino?"
"I do, sir, but shall clahn for t
host, a general officer rolated to t
bride, the privilego of supplying :
equal number of cases. "
"Agreed. I will meet you hero at
0'clock this Ovening, when you canl cc
duct nio aid my party to tho place wh<
the coremony is to take place. You mi
say, if you please, that I shall consid
the invitation extended to my wil
whom I will bring with me. "
"Wo shall feel highly honored, s
at Mrs. Maynard's presence. Am I
infor, sir, that your wife has been at
to roach you over the burned bridg
and trestlowork in.your roar?"
"She has found no difficulty wha
over in joining me."
Maynard failed to add that Laura hi
only come a few miles to meet him.
"Good day, sir, " said the officer, ral
ing his hat. "I shall expect you at 6.
"Good day. I will be on time. "
And each rode away in the dirooti<
of their respective camps.
Maynard's offer of the wino had cor
about in this wviso: Jakey, during t:
previous wook, had been investigatii
such empty houses as lie could find
Chattanooga and had loaded hims
down with knickknacks, such as chi:
orniamenoii ts, pictures, crockery, cutler
including even daguerreotypes. On o:
occasion ho thought he had discoverod
box of muskets. This ho reported
Colonel Maynard, whom he persuad
to go with him to a -iellar near by at
mako a search for concealed arms. TI
muskets wore found, besides half a do
on casos of champagne, which had doub
less been there since the beginning
the war.
Upon leaving the picket line Ma
nard rode to the house where he hi
son the wino and secured it for t:
evening, placing a guard over it. Th<
he went to the hotel and bade Laura g
ready to attend a wedding.
There was consternation in the Co
federate camp when the ( -Arer return
with the information that the Yank
had tried to bluff him by claiming t
privilege of bringing champagne wi
him, and that ho had claimed the rig
for the hosts to furnish an equal amoui
The telegraph was sot in motion at on<
directing search to be made in all t
neighboring towns for the required be
erage. Dalton, Cloveland and oth
points wero ransacked without succo
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
despair was settling on the Confodoratt
a telegram was received that sor
chaimpagno had been found in Atlant
Tho authorities thero wero directod1
seud it by special locomotive, markii
it: "Annunition. Forward with di
patch."
At 7 o'clock Maynard, accompani
by Laura, and Jakey, who was alwan
with him, besides a wagon cointaini
the caso of wine, were at tho appoint
place on the pickot line, whero th
wero met by the Confederate "flag
Transferring the wino to the backs
pack imiles, all started up the side
Mission ridge to General Bragg's hea
quarters.
As they approached the crest a bo<
of Confederate officers, a gay cavalcae
in gray and gold lace, rodo out to me
them. They wore recoived by the rol
tivo of the bride-an uncle-referred
by the officer who brought the invit
tion. lHe was an elderly man, of a di
nified and serious mien. The party we
coniducted to a largo marquee sot up f
the wedding feast. There they alighte
anid the wine was unloaded and earri
inside.
A few minutes before '7 o'clock t
guests were conducted to a knoll, on t
summit of which had been erected
cainopy of flowers, and where stood
group of Confederates of high ran
On the eastorni horizon stood the ft
moon. Below to the east was the battl
field of Chickamauga. To the west, t.
Army of the Cumberland, besieged
Chattanooga, on half rations. As t
guests approached, the groom, still
his uniform of a corporal, attended
his best man-a Conifodorato noncou
missioned officer of good family, dota
ed for the occasion-was seen movi:
from the north toward the knoll..
the samio moment the bride, attired ir
dress miado of a coarse white stuff, me
ufactured in the Confederacy, and
tonided b~y several bridesmaids, who hi
come from a distance to officiate, 1
preached from the south. The two ni
oni the knoll under the canopy. An o1
cor of high rank, who was also a bish
in the church, stepped forward, and C<
poral Sir Hugh Ratigan and Caroli
Fitz Hugh wore made one. The on
lamp to light the nuptials was the ron:
moon in the east. The only canopy, sa
that composed of flowers, was the bro;
heavens above, in which the stars h
oiily just alpoared for the night. T
only wedding bells were occasion
booms from gunis on Lookout mountai
The ceremony over, the bride a:
groonm repaired to the marquee, light
with candles, where they took positi
to receive the congratulations of t
company. All gave way to Coloniel a:
Mrs. Maynard, who offered theirs fir:
" Wo must give you up, I suppIoso
said Laura to the bride, "just as
would like to know you bettor. You
abroadl, I suppose."
''No, I remain hero."
'But Sir Hugh will go?''
"Yes, as soon as lie can got his (1
charge, lie goes to Virginia from he1
whicre lie will pass through the lincs
Washington and will put his cas
the hiands of the British mini::ter.J
ant icipates no trouble in getting a d
charge from the Federal army and ho1
~to sail within a month for Ireland."'
''And you?'' asked Laura, in soi
surpriso t hat the bride couldl boar to pi
s0 500on withI lher husband.
"'I? I remiain with my people tillt
last gun has beent ired. We have argu
that (quest ion, anid such is miy dooisioni
"Moi decisiolis, '' observed the groo:
"'are a thing of the past."
L eaving the newly married pa~
C4oloniel M'ayniard approached the inns
of cereo~ies(, the bride's uncle.
"G(enecral," ''li said, "'I esteem i
privilege that you have waived y<
right to furnish all the viands for i
wedding feast and hatvonormitted
,n- to contributo. There," pointing 'to tbo
on boxes of wine he had brought, "are six
cases of champagne, which I bog you brol
1g to accept as a contribution from the witi
Army of Chattanooga. " the I
he At a signal from the officer addressed figu
[io a negro removed a blanket covering a otho
%i dozon boxes in a corner of the tent abo
which had como a hundred miles ana tioni
0 had not boon in position ton minutes. man
In- "I see your six cases, general, and go upor
ro you six cases better. " whoil
ly "Having no further resources at sion
or hand, " said Maynard, bowing, "I retire with'
o, from the gamo. " volu
"Hannibal," said the Confederate, ring4
r, "you may advance the force in the first Ply
to box to a position in line on the table." gon0
10 "Yes, sali, " said the person addressed. tion
es And seizing a saber standing in the cor- bofo
ner he unsheathed it with a flourish and
t- and pried open a box of the wine. In a arrai
moment a dozen bottles were standing the ;
id on the table liko'a platoon of soldiers. hus:
"Now, Hannibal, you may fire the life.
s- opening shot." nors
Hannibal b'oke the wires, and a cont
"pop," a far more welcome sound than brok
)n those that had bean so recently and fro. red..
quently heard by all present, announced
to that the feast was not only set, but TJ
to begun. capil
Ig "I must apologize for our glassware," than
In said the master of coromonies. "Our trou
If champagne glasses were all shattered by blo,
in the concussions at Chickamauga." and
y, And well he might. The array oon- cour
to slated of tin cups, wooden cups, glass pros,
a cups and tumblers, all either cracked, nOv
to broken or dented. And as a circle was migI
adpeol
A 'thor
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it Jakey stepped up to the bride and groom. for I
t. formed to pledge the bride and groom soul
e, one Confederate screened himself be- onoi
'to hind his comrades to avoid being soon of it
v- drinking from a gourd. When the con- in il
or tents of 18 cases-a regiment of "doad but,
s. soldiers"-lay on the table, the guests kooi:
1s prepared to depart. The last words had confi
., been spokon by General and Mrs. May- live,
10 nard and by Sir Hugh and Lady Rati
i. gnu. Jakoy, who had thus far wander
to od about unobserved, though not unob- It
ig serving, stopped up to tho brido and (ays
s- groom. Though ho had not tasted the ill I
wino, his eyes glistenoed with intoxica- it c
3d tion at tho union of his two frionds, mer<
ys whose attachment lie had noticed from ho h
ig the first. and
ed "Miss Baggs, air you uns 'n Sir Rats foot
Dy goin ter rido roun Tennessee some moro his .
" in the chicken coop?" coat
of There was a burst of laughter from ing
of the party, and Lady Ratigan, with a serv
d- blush, informed Jakey that the chicken cial
coop was broken in pieces. od a
'I " didn't know nuthin 'bout that. wori
le Reckon Sir Rats'd find it handy in Iro- to g
3t land. It's kind o' funny you uns start- they
1- in out way up by th' mountings 'n lyne
to fetchin up down hyar, nigh ontor th' lie c
% Georgy line." And Jakey surprised the It
company by giving the only "ha, ha" thor<
re that had to this moment ever beeni heard ouste
or to issue from his serious lips, field
r1, As the guests descended the side of tipt
>d the mountain a cheer was heard in the coat
direction of Chattanooga. They stopped ease
10 pnd listened. A man rode out from the to al
10 Union picket line to meet thenm. out
a "What's that cheering?" asked Gen- burd
a oral Maynard. oom
k. "Olo Pap's in command of the Army the
11 of the Cumberland." mea
-TBE END.
36The Mdission of the Newspaper.
In The clergymen of the period have had gatl
y much to say, first and last, about the sede
ai- mission of the publiconewspaper. None, be f
LI- however, has better set forth its work suit
ig than the reverend gentleman who was trac
it the orator at the Attloboro celebration. is a
. a Said Mr. Wales, with perfect truth: plot
n- "It is the mission of the newspaper whoc
it- to publish news. NoTw, it is a fact that, cent
id from the miani who wvators his milk to and
p. the cold blooded murderers, all degrees vontl
ot of criminal mankind want news sup- for t
ri- pressed. Liars, thieves, scandal mon- we
op gors, deceivers, burglars, fighters, adul- has
ir- terers, gamblers, drunkards and gentlo- tianu
no men rascals all cry out against the neOws the
ly publishers. Their business is disturbed laci
ad by the enterprise of newspapers. But no o
ve one who is open and honest and free it,
id from any taint of transgression wants A
id news suppressed." erati
'io It would be a blessed thing for morefat
ual than one congregation if those clerics Chir
n. who are acoustomed to carp at modern am
id journalism, in season and out of season, to
3d would put themselves in possession of conm
m1 Mr. Wales' remarks on tihe province of ste
do the newspaper and read, mark, learn --F
id and inwardly digest them.-Boston
;t, Globe. -_______
ye The Air We Breathe. en I
go A now and novel instrument is the pcoo
koniscope, or dust testing apparatus. It tihe
is not a complicated scientific machine, final
being solely intended for estimating in shar
s- an easy and simple manner the amount own
o, of pollution and number of dust parti- tho
to ales in tho atnmosphioro. The action of Worl
in the instrument is based on certain color som
Jo phlonomona associated with what is call- mist
is- (d ''cloudy condensation of air, '' and stor
'Cs which canl be produced by stoami jets, boy,
high or low temperature of the air, tile Not
no increased anumbeor of (lust niuoloi, etc. of c<
rt In working the koniscope the air is reil
drawn into the apparatus by moans of fu~
bie a comimon air pump and quickly pass- utoi
ed ed to the ''test tubes,'' which are fitted the
"with glass at both ends. When the tube os
n, thus chargedl is 1hold toward the liIght, It 01
various colors, from pure white to near
ir, ly black blue, according to the purity or lie
or impurity of the sample under test, are tihe
inidicatod. The dust particles also formi 1
a an important factor in thoe tests, the war
ur variation in their number causing the trul
he mirror to throw all the colors of the vid,
rainbow.-...M Louni -nannunLo.
Genoa Mlarriage Brokerm.
I (enoa thlero are regular nlltrriLgo
:res, who have pookftooks tilled
i the names of marriagonblo girls of
:lifferont classos, with notes of their
:es, personal attractions, fortune and
r circumstancos. Thoso brokers go
t endeavoring to arrange connco
i in the samo offhand mercantile
nor which they would bring to bear
t a merchandise transaction, and
ix they eucceed they got a commis
of 2 or 8 per cont upon tho portion,
such extras or bomuses as may be
Litarily bestowed by the party. Mar
) at Gonoa is thus oftentimes sim
matter of business onloulation,
rally settled by tie parlents or reol
i, who often ldraw up the contract
ro the partios havo soon one another,
it is only whon overything else is'
uiged and a few days provious to I
uarriago ceremony that the future
'and is introduced to his partner for
Should he find fault with her man
or appearance he may annul the
ract on condition of defraying tho'
erage and any other expenses incur
-London Sun.
Lovo Letters.
ioro ought to be a law making it a
tal crime to kool) any letter more
six months. More than half the
blo in this world-tho sort of trou
I mean, that breaks peoplo's hearts
is occasionally aired in the divorco
ts-is caused by letters foolishly
>rved. Of courso sonsiblo peoplo
.r writo letters that all the world
it not re d. But all tho sensible
lo are de d, for I venturo to say
D is not one of us who has not at
period of his lifo-pourod forth his
in a letter he'd give his oars never
we written. If you are a man, it
n't so much matter, for ovon if
' letters to your old swootheart do
Into the hands of her presont huis
it isn't at all likoly he'll rend them.
haven't enough curiosity in the
or. Honorable soruples? Noti a bit
-simply lack of curiosity. But if
are a woman doesn't it make you
be in spirit to think of thoso letters
wrote Jack or Will or (eorgo
a you were sure he was the only
in the world? Of courso the girl ho
riod has road them-trust a woman
uhat-and she has made fun of your
's out-pourings, and-woll, it's
igh to turn ono's hair whito to think
. Love lettors ought to be written
ik that would fade in a fortinight,
so long as they are 110t; people wiho
thei ought to be lut( into solit:ry
noment. for all the rest of their
--~Washington Post.
hesterfleid anid tie Valls yl em.
will bo renmmhered tihl; i the
of the great Lord Cisvterfield vii is
ondoni had reached sich a pit ici ti hit.
st a inan11 of position 1 or 1) guimn:e;
4y to dine out. As ho left the h use
ad to run tho gantlot, of tihe bIl hor
un(lerbutlers and half a6 dozen
11111. One han110(dd hii his caIn, on
hat, another his gloves, a fourt h his
, and so on, and so on, ('eh (XpeCt
a crown in acknowledgmont; of his
ices. Lord Chosterilold saw that so
intercourse was boing ruined, vall
meeting of the chief peoplo ill tihe
ld of fashion and got theml to agroo
ive nothing to tho servants when
dined out. It is truo 110 wois nearly
(ed by a mob of irato footmen, but
rried his point.
is said that at tio present imoelt
is a tendoncy to re~vive the odious
)n thus put down by Lord (Chester
and that the mallsher has1 begunm to
he 11o01 whlo put hinm into his great
after dinner. If that is so, a clear
exists for a c~~lommo agroomnt niot
low the infootion to spread. Dininlg
wvould become a more intolerablo
on than it is already if it also wore
plicated by the question, "What is
least I can give without looking
n?'"-National Review.
Eisuing of Stones.
round the center of Jerusalem,
ro the religious growths of centuries
icr like crystals around a rod, a half
ntary, half floating population is to
uiund, whose chief object is the pur
of piety and the veneration of the
os of Jesus, the Nazarone. Hero
world within a world, a CJhristianl
ure in a Moslem framol. In this city,
ro the religion of Mohmanlunod, 18
urios ago, overcame thnat, of Chrlist,
whlere at presenit its fol lowers pro
the rival Christianls fromn figihting
ho possession of tihe voneratod spots,
nave a little area of grouud wvhich
been arranged by the sects of Chris
ity to suit the brief descriptions of
restamnent, but in which no single
m exists thlat can be proved to have
the sconIo of the events ascribed to
1 things which are offered for yon
en are venerated in this place of
i, where both native and European
stians become seized with whlat I
~onstrained to torm a lithophilomnat
nania, since they iaro seen1 to ho).
tantly ongaged in kissinlg ennshrinod
os of the most doubt ful authout icily.
ortnightly Review.
Stea~ing Hfs Own) P'roperfy.
reckless manm left an1 a1pp)1( ini a bag
nis d10sk in a room where several
>lo sat. An offloo~ hoy "pleeped"~l into1.
bag, hovered longingly aroundli it,
lly brought alnot her bory arloun~d to
o the temnptaition, asked0( if anlybody
ed thin apple, and( then(1 a5ssured that0
applo beilngedl to nlobod~y iln thlo
.a prompjtiy fell. Tlhoiri 5seems to hio
ry, loves comnpany, for the5 younig
divided tile apple withi till otiher
making him1 party' to tihe theft.
COnltent withi this, lie placedl a picco
>al in tile paper, closed t ho top iand
[1c(d the bag Onl the dlesk. Th'le right
>wneri of tihe app1)o camo10I i a11min
latter, and seeing~ the ofico boy and11
bag containling thlo apple, as. lhe sup1
il, ho( picked up tile latter and held
it.
Hero's an apple I saved for you,''
aid, and lhe hlanded over tile hag to
boy,
onlesty' is tihe-hunt every body knows
it it is, anid that oflico boy looked
y conscience stricken that iho had di
>d the applle when~l ho miight have
it all t-Now York Tribunn.
The Stork's Devotion.
Tho storki hns given numerous proofs
of bor maternal afoctions. Sio propnres
her nest with caro, linos It with dowp,
deposits her eggs, haLtcho theo tenderly.
and nover for a moioment leaves her
ohorishled progeliiture. Wlon tho littlo
ones oemrgo from their sholls, other
labors begin. Tho father undortakes to
provido their food. Tho niother takes
oliargo of their education. First they
havo to ho taught to fly, which is no
trifling affair. When inl attempting to
walk our own chibidrin fall, thero is no
groat harmi, but the( little storks havO to
try thmir wings by leaiving their nosts
and venturing into qmvv. Thoroiforo
how timid aro the young ones and how
anxious their iothnr! And yet the first
losson passos ot wit hIout aclcident, and
1oon you Will so the youig generationi
gayly fluttering around their airy homo.
But thioso motherly instincts aro coin
mon traits. Tho stork carrios hor dovo
tion much further. Sho loves her ohil
dron enough to givo up hr lifo for thom,
of which hore is a muomorablo oxamnplo:
At Dolft a houso is oi Jiro. Tho flainos
haivo reachod the roof. A young brood
of storks havo just como to light. They
aro still undo alid unablO to fly. T110
mot her understands the p 8ri1. She moves
about, flaps her wings aid Iakes a des
perato chatter to attract assistance, and
when at last her nest catclies firo sho
reorlutely settles down into it and por
ishes with her children. It is only just
that in return for such devotion the
young ones should love their paronts.
Thoreforo, when old ago has Comtie,
whon the old storks, eri ppled with rhum
imiatisii, Coi 1 loiger veituro far out
in soarch of food, the cibiriin provido
it for hini.--French of Alaurico Ealigle
hart.
-An OdIty.
Joubert, the Fronch moralist whosO
"Thoughta'' had great suocess, waS so
odd and original that i witty wotman
deolared ho gave her the idea of a soul
which had met by chamico with ia body
that it had to put up with and (10 with
as well as it Could.
His friend and editor, Chateaubriand,
described himi as ant egotist who was
always thinking of others. I is ambi
tion was to bo perfectly calm, yet no
ono betrayed Ho m hu gitation as ho.
In itilgy iid ilI aintg oerciso ho
was as incoistatit. as a coquette. For sov
eral days he would livo eli uilk; theni
for a week he would eat nothing hut
hash. Ol one day It would be jolted In
a carriago a full trot over the rouglost
roads; on the nex le wobd h1. drawn
Slowly throngh tiht sit bst allevs.
-1h a lia t a l 'tu if U1 1 il hoks,
for whlii h re I . t ' i l i-ar )it; of
a book t lit Imues t Itileasd him(.
youth's Comluparitiz.
Thero art numy h:Whmrs who will not
towl a whiit h1iuolb- ratr becauso of
an old suipit'itioni that h:1(1 luck go's
with it. A razor is to 0w h hrhe. what a
locomitiv i<t~ t ihe .amir, :n1 thero
aro moro thing',s to lem-n about it thau
on( would suppose. ' 'or instanco, thero
aro razors thato will (ut crtiin qualities
of hair bot ter at certain st01eas than at
others. Climato an'd wea1t0he' havo a
groat deal to do wit I razors. 80oM will
cut bet-tor in cold we"ather and so1o In
hot. Thes are only a fewr of the onuses
that affect razors, and they and many
more alt toetul to natike the harbor whb
does iuch work keep acculnulating ra
zors until he hats all sorts to pic0k from.
--Kansas City Jounrnal.
Our naturail and hap11piost life le why~
we lose ourselves in the oxquisi torbh
Sorptioni of home, the dlelicious ret ir
moent of independenit love.
THE BRAIN AND THE HE'ART.
If Properly Ulsed 'Wic'y 1.arnely Esaep
setilie FanlurnI.
In1 hIs work onl the senile heart Dr.
BalfourL tells uts that there ar~e t wo
parts of the hiimiatn orgisi:m, whtich,. if
wisely used, "largely esca pe :;il e fail
uire," says the Troy Tl izmes. Tl h ese t wo
are the brahind 1( he hwa rt. P'ersons
who think have often worttlered whyt
brain workers, grea t st a t esmien uinid
others, sihouild contf it tO woruk wvith
almost un iitimpired mntaln act ivityV anti
energy up3 to ai peiodu (1 wen moi st o
the org.anis antd fiunct i, nis of th bt' ody
1ro ti a condtit ioniit o it mvt ed senile
dec(a y. Theire is ai pih .s l ial r;.on
for this, and. 1)r. laltfom- t0it-; ii:4 wvhat
"'remitints v'igorus. to the la:," ~ andu
that " becautse its numtrvi i t isI , 'sially3
provided for." Abot mbhillie tlieor (i'
little later thle genterm 1a: arteri sof t he
body biegini to lo.se I heir 1hN ieii y anrd to
slowly but. siurely (diiti'. Th1ey tb. iome,
ot the nut riet blood t o - tihe en ihiIary
areais. lut thIt is ntiet h e eni:,i wit hi thle
nut ertnal ('rotfids, wihl suplyt: f h li pil
larv atr(asof the brini. Oni t the coot rary'~,
thoise large vecssels "continu:' tosr
er thaniiiwithtin the iiapilary areai of
loods pathIs binig I thui kepit topen, theo
brta in tissute is k ept h1ter ~li i nouied
thani the other fisss oiCf ihe btody."'
Whlo is there amon thi~ ose whoe hauve
reaciihed( ori passed c mbbiltI i; e hiat will
niot hte rejoicesd to find sneh aira~iiiblo
p~hy. siogiI a warrantt for1 thIo belief
thtit the brain ma:y iton:tiue to werk,
and iehven toi impirouve, ahnoitst to the
very.\ last. hsour of Iile
An Obes'tit*~a (tina.
.\lottheri ~.\l pi nitn sr! Ar ou Yti i
than1 iit andy againi. I tol yotu not to
en t caii t y oni til ciiptiy at omtach.
b it~tle l'et-I in't. My 'tmuiilc la
full.
An ingeioit wittimver.
A priactical mant la'tely btcame aL widl
owier. lie wasi devoited, in his owni self
Ishi way, to his; wife, so thlist her friends
were'(. surpiised whint they heard that
lie load sold( alil her weddingf gifts-prin
ciplally silver-without delay. Iils 11n
genlius excuse wals this: "I ncdod a
gootd wvatchi, as she well kcnow. The
pr-esenit s wvere of no uso tot me, an~d I
thought that, If I sold them and used
*thie prI~ocds to get la watch, it ys~ould
be like having It comio from her." Ce
* .la~ly a cuirious way of getting around
the fInOt