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THE CLOWN'S PHILOSOPHY. ST OWI ORROO&T OBBeS. While I'm no Gaarick, Keen, or Edwin Booth, And cannot hope to mates Joe Jefferson, I yet can hold the mirror up to truth, And paint a rooMl. though 1 seem in fun. I wear a snit oedecked Tithstiipe mad spot; And with a month that spreads from ear to ear. Crack jokes, hose birth old Time remember not. And sing o'd songs your grandpa mad to chair, lone time yearned among the wise to rule, And itahod to share their honors as a itar ; Bnt, see my tot it is to play the fool. And yell oufHowd'ye dor and 'Here wears;" Tea, "Howd'ye do." It isn't mnch to say, Regarded from a wise man's point of view, For every clown knows how he Is to-day. Bos "How. I've do' to-morrow's something new. And "Here are!" Tea, here indeed are we; Bnt when we wets not here, where were we then? And where, whe n somewhere else, when shall we be? Shan we next season singont: "Hera we are again?" Ah, in the dim and distant By and By, We shall he scattered in the realms of space. Where there'll no circus be for yon and I May find no sawdust in that far-off place, Botws may meetat any rate will try. Yet when we port, mayhap we part forever; For by the street they label "By and By," The traveler is apt to come to Never. Let's do oar beat, although we're as God made us, And have to take oar share of Adam's curse, Wemay, with jnst a little luck to aid na. Succeed in faOtcg to become mnch wosae ; And rise to wher;? an endless show Is tree.
And welcome many a gladsome Mend that
And know no more of this queer world where w
Are shifting tenants of a hundred homes. Yet I don't ache to chuffle off this coil ;
And hope, old Mend, your banner long TO U
wave; And may yon Hvu a hundred years to broil
The hen that scratches gravel o'er your grave,
THE STOLEN KISS. A Western Farm Life Versiea a It. BY SOMEBODY.
Pretty black-eyed MalJy Dev. farmer's daughter, in her calico dress, her raven tresses done up in a neat ball at the back of her shapely head, and b' os joining forward in the cunningest bans, Molly, in her father's kitchen.
her sleeves rolled op, revealing her
plump and dimpled arms, and literally remarked the old farmer, as John and vulgarly washing the dinner dishes I . - t of the spade, and he
the
trite', "I i at couldn't lepi;
temptation was too mnch for me.
"Wouldn't have been tempted it
you'd stayed at your work where you
ought to hare been," poutmgiy, atiii spitefully, bnt with a touch of playful-
in her tone. What creature of
the human species, young and feminine, could withstand such covert encomiums upon her beauty? Nothing; at least of the country kind; city femininity, of superior discretion, is not so susceptible, of course!
"Well, but you see I wasn't. And,
as I wasn't there, but was I ere, you are perfectly heartless in blaming me for what I cou'dn't help."
Maybe itll learn you to stay at your
work better. Gad-abonis always get themselves into trouble."
"Molly you are a little fraud! Ton
axe sot half as mad as you let on to be and you know it You are too kind end good natured twice over," said farmer
John very conciliatory.
He had got dangerously near again,
Molly standing with drooped eyes and
a mischievous smile playing about her lips, idly toying with the corners of her apron and more provokingly pretty
than ever; and bold as he was it s hard, telling what might have soon happened
again, had not the old farmer stepped in upon the scene just in the "nick of time.' In a "jiffy" the dish-cloth had
plunged back into the dish-water and the forks and spoons were noisily jostling one another again, while farmer John turned nonchalantly away to return the old man's hearty greeting. "Mr. Dey, I've come over to borrow your spade thia.afternoon, if you won't be using ft," explained John, ai er greetings and usual remarks upon the weather were disposed of. "All right, you can have it; won't be needing jt until in the morning. You will find it leaning against the paling near the garden gate," replied the old farmer, "guess spades must have been trumps, or something else to judge by
appearances as I came in upon nun;
What a heroine, and what a scene. . And yet it was a pretty picture! Blithe and graceful young country girl, taatefullv, if cheaply arrayed, her dark eyes bright and dancing with healthful viv. ciry, her cheeks dimpled and rosy, anil her lips, "two twin roses met," sure enough. Singing, too, for that matter, what sort of a voice I won't pretend to say, except that it was sweet and rich, sing ng some quaint old love aong to the not inharmonious accompaniment of clattering plates, cutlery and tinware. Not in a bad setting, either a farmer's ample and well arranged kitchen, polished stove, burnished safe, pans, and tinware, and floor, well not exactly waxed, bnt white and clean as a pair of strong young hands and soft soap and water could make it Nothing, howevev, very attractive to aristocratic poet, artist, blue-blooded lord, or society novel, but young farmer John Black, standing in the kitchen door-way, clad in his coarse overalls, stogy boots, broad brimmed straw hat, and moreover actually in his shirt sleeves vulgar wretch thought it good enough for him, at least. At any rate he stood and gazed silently upon it for some minutes, the girl's back towards him, gazed as if fascinated. Then as if wholly unable to longer resist the impulse, having probably struggled long a 'd valiantly against it, as lively did Father Adam before partaking of his forbidden fruit; with a mischievious leer, doffing his hat and
walrie up behind her, with a sudden coup (f etat, he planted a hearty kiss plump' upon one of the rosy, dimpled
cheeks!
"Whack! Quick as sash another coup tf etat; a dish-cloth, decidedly
wet and warm, planted slap dab in his
face! Then a pair of flashing black
eyes, dilated little nostrils, breast heavy-
hvr atorniilv, and little form all afire with suppressed emotion, confronting
him the embodiment of virtuous indig
nation. "I just wish I was dead." "
Be, standing with downcast head, arms hanging despairingly at his side,
the picture of mot hopeless, abject
wretchedness.
"Better go a little slow, I tell you, or you'll get your wish before you are
quite ready for it!"
Hot aid peppery, black eyes still angrily devouring h'm and voice with
no quaver of mercy in it.
'"But surely a decent death! You
surely could not be so cruel as to exact death of me at the ignominious hands
of a dish-rag! Why, I'd rather be hung and Bent to jail ten times over!" "If yon are anyways choice about your mode of death, there's a piece of good sized clothes-line lying in the wood-box." "Thank yoa, Molly. I knew that you had at least one tender little spot in your heart for me," gathering up the clothe -line and examining it critically. "But where can I hitch it?" "Yoa will find e. very good place out there over the porch plate. Strong and very convenient " "Yes, but it isn't half high enough; my head touches it, and I have to 'duck' every -time I come in here I must certainly have the benefit of a fall of a few feet" "Then you can tie it at the side jnst ovir t he cellar way and when you are ready, 111 take pleasure in pushing you offi giving yon the df sired falL "Ahem! Bow very thoughtful and obliging! But see here; I must certainly take time to draw up my will; won't ever do to leave my property at bapbazzacd for my kin to squabble and law over." "We 1, for that matter, yoa might leave the particulars with me, and 111 have it carefully written our after you are gone." Then their eyes chanced to meet and both laughed in spite of themselves, he loud and heartily, she rather grudgingly, as if still far from being ap
peased. 'Jftfcr, see hero, Molly,'
turned away into the sitting-room.
A thrust, very evidently, at some ib near, but, unless a proud toss of
the head and the flash of black eyes after him indicated differently, it went
wide of its mark.
It was a warm day, a hot daj, in fact,
and clean cold water at a premium. Tery naturally the spade in passing stopped at the well for a cool drink.
Very naturally and quite incidentally of course, just then the dish-pan, the
dishes being done, came tripping ont by the well to pour its contents into
the slop barrel.
Mighty warm this afternoon," ven
tured the spade.
"Indeed it is," corroborated the dish-
pan.
A little shower about now would
help things mightily," the spade again venturing.
It would indeed, the dish-pan again
corroborating.
Then a moment's pause during whioh
the literal dish-pan was undergoing a
thorough polishing.
"How wouldyou like to go to meeting
at the Valley to-night?" the spade final
ly venturing. "They are having pro
tracted meeting there now, and quite
a good time.'
Don't know hardly, unless you was
sure yoa could behave yourself," said
dish-pan, as if in some doubt.
"Be just the best little boy in the
world." declared the spade, assuringly.
"Weill just' oughtn't to but if you wish to go 'I don't care," said dish" pan,
with a little pout
"All right, will be along just about sunset," said spade, walking off whist
ling light-heartedly.
While the dish-pan, having been
thoroughly dried, tripped lightly 'back into the kitchen and suspended itself
upon its accustomed nail.
Of course she ought to have been
terribly insulted, got real mad, complained to her father and big brothers, aad had a duel or so as the really fine ladies in the approved society novels
do. But John and herself had been
playmates and schoolmates when children; she bad tolerated such little liberties then of course, and it seemed
well nigh impossible to wean him off
since they had become "big." Beides he had such a way about him when taking them that it was next to impos
sible for her to get real mad at him as she ought, and then well, it don't
matter what, but all that busy fitter
noon she first basted him in the seams
she was 'sewing, and then shot myriads of holes through and through him with
the lightning darting point of her sew
ing machine needle.
While he well men are supposed to not so interweave their love and business affairs, but I suspect that more than once that afternoon her dark mischievious eyes peeped up at him from
the post-holes he was digging.
However, be this as it may, promptly on time to the minu'e that evening,
our "Knight of the Spade," in a fine buggy drawn by a pair of spirited ba s, drove up the road in a sweeping trot, and drew rein at farmer Dey's stiles.
Just then our "Lady of the Dish-pan,"
fairer and sweeter than ever, in a toilet at once tasty, neatly fitting, and bright with beautifully contrasted colors, tripped down the flowery lawn to meet him, and when he had helped her to a seat beside him, and the mettlesome bays sped away with them, there was not a fairer lady, or a prouder knight listed in the proudest book of peerage. Neither was there a handsomer and better matched young cony le in all the church, full of bright and happy faces, than they when they were seated together in the church. It was a beautiful summer's night, the full moon careering a globs- of molten silver in the sky, with the larger stars twinkling out of the azure depths like diamond points in the dis-
1 J ThA hnni nf fha lav wan ffnns
vtwy oon and a booLng zephyr bieataed lofty
in their faces as they drove homeward, the dusty road stretching away before them like a broad band of silver, A night to inspire poetio sentiment and to be poetically decanted upon; a night for love and romance par excellence. He saw it all, felt its beauty mutely in his soul, as did the girl beside him, but no fervid moonlight rhapsody escaped his lips. If there had, quick and intuitive as she was, I must confess that our lady would not have comprehended him; she had read farm ballads, Tennyson a little, and the current magazine poetry, but the more occult ravings of the poets she could never really understand. Life was indeed real and earnest with her and she had little time to dawdle away over Hash novels and the subtle beauties of the great poets, and who can say she was much the worse off in all real and substantial of this earth's life; while as to our hero, the pretty young girl at his side, aglow with warm life and vivacitv, was more to him than all
moonlight rhapsodies whatsoever and however eloquent As they sped along they laughed and chatted merrily, or rather she did, for through some inscrutible cause, our "Knight" was
rather moody and taciturn. Strangely enough this only seemed to make our
lady" the more vivacious; she scarcely
gave him "time to put in a word edge wavs" even had he been so minded.
"Molly," he at length broke in, at
the same time stealing away one little hand, "I oan't say it off as fine as some
of these oily-tongued city fellows
might, but I love you with all my heart
and strength, and I want you to be my little wife. I can't and won't promise that your life shall be one endless round of pleasure, that your feet shall
tread on nothing but roses, like these story fellows we read about, for that is all bosh. But I promise to do all that I can towards making your life happy
and be as good to yon as ever I know how. Will you Molly?" bending over her.
There was a little hesitancy, a little
feminine fluttering, a shy drooping of dark eyes and a bright blush.
"I I hardly know, John," at length.
still suffering the poor little hand to 1 naraish in its close confinement "I
don't half believe you, but I I guess I'll have to. Why John, what a fellow you are!" as a strong arm caught her
to him and a hearty kiss was planted
square upon the little rosebud mouth.
She didn't slap him with the dish
cloth this time, as of course she ought
to have done; in fact, I'll have to ad
mit, she didn't act like she would have
KEM1NISCEX0ES OF GRANT.
TUB D1JA1 LKADI3U. Brighter than all of the cluster of stars Of the flat' enshrouding Ms form t -day. His lace shines lortJi from the grime ol wars With a glory that shall not piss away. He rests at lust) Ho ha homo his part Of salntes. and salvos, and cheers on cheers -
Bnt, O. the sobs of his country's heart. And the driving wdn of a nation's tears! j S-iidlers! look on hit face the last. With vover a tremble of lip or lid! look on the hero, as you ale pat. And i rout his foe as your leader did -For still von may see in the deep -s, dole And t!io darkest nlcht of your discontent. The great while light of his loyal sonl Ablase in the midmost hrmamcnt. James Wniicvmn liilvu Gen, Horace I'ortor's Recollections. IMount WacGrcgor special. Gen. Porter snid he felt keenly for Mrs. Grant, for he know how very strong was the bond of affection between her an 1 her late husband. 1 hey were always together, except when the General was in the field, and there always existed between them the utmost harmony. Speaking of Gen. Grant's disposition, Gen. Portor said!: "It was one of the h,iupiest dispositions I ever knew. I was with him for nine couf ecutive years, never leav
ing his side but for a few hours at a time, and I never know him to be angry. The nearest approach to it was once when ho saw a teamt.r unmercifully beaitng a poor horse. The General dashed up to him and said: 'You scoundrel! you ought to be ashamed of yourself.' The teamstr made gome impertinent reply, and the General ordered him tied up by the hands. Gen. Grant never in his life uttered an oath. I never heard him even utter the mildest form of an imprecation, which is a most unusual thing in the free-and-easy atmosphere of army life. This tame happy dispos.tion was one of the reasons why all those who were immediately about l im, from the humblest dependent up, were so devotedly attached to him. An instance of this is shown in the case of Albert Hawkins, the coal-black coachman, who has asked permission to drive the hearse at the General's funeral. I don't kuow where the Geneial got Albert, but it was before ho was made President the fust time. Gen. Grant was pre-eminently a man of the people. His heait warmed to them, and he lilted to mingle in throngs. In his journeys by rail he loved to leave his private car and go out into the smol.er and sit down in the seat with somebody and chat. Yet he could very effectually crush undue familiarity. I remember once conii g up with him'from Long Branch. We were in the smoking-car, and a rough-looking fellow who sat in the seat in front of us glanced around aud ref opnwed the Gener.il. Tipping a wink to those about him, he turned around to the Geneial, and said: ' hay. Cap, give us a light, will ye?' Gen. Grant looked calmly over him with that imperturbable face of his, and then, taking out his match-box, he handed the man two matches. Thero was that about this simple little aotion whi-h definitely checked any further advances, and the man who had tried it, fror j that time on, was very much interested in the passing landscape. "I never in my life saw but one mau so cool under fire r.s was Gen. Giant," continued Gen. I'orier, "and that was a bugler in the Fourth Cavalry- Both the General and this ni,ui could look riht in the t'aco of the heaviest fire without even so much as winking. Not one man out of thousands can be fuund who will not involuntarily
i move when bullets whistle by his ear, but
tie re
done so even had she had one. And : Gen. Grant never moved a muscle.
in ennannnenen of this little remissness I was also a wonderfully ready man. I
ha rnnoatpd the offense or it looked member that second day s hgnt at the W line repeated tne onense, or n iookim ielaess wh(,n ju tho eTentn wort1 in like it, when he assisted her from the that shnUr had been captured, that Sey-
buggy at the end of their drive ; looked ! mour had been captured, and Si-dgwici's like it and sounded like it too, and she command driver. bac!c. Geu. Grant coolly ,., ,. . , . ,5. and swift'" gave his order.-, moving thoudidn't get properly mad this time Aa J bm ,.fl nn(1 thousand
there. It was as though he had known ihe situation for days ins-toad of a few minutes, and was basing his movements on caret ally matured plans. He was also equally quick in ex. ressing his opinions when suddenly called upon to do so, and when poople requested his views on certain points, nnd asked him to write them down when he had thought them over, he would .say: "I can write ihem down now for yon." Then he would take pen and paper, and quickly write page after page ho
cieuriy auu concisely iuut uut au uiietuuration would be required. He wrote his niensnge vetoing tho inflation of the currency in just this way. Ho sat down at a little round table in his bed-room aud wrote rapidly on until he hid finished, and the message contained one of
the most exhaustive analyses of our currency system ihat have ever been published.
"In the field the General usually wore a
common blue armr blouse and a slouch
hat He had two horses, one called Jell
Davis and the o ther Cincinnati. Jeff Davis was captnred down on Davis' plantation, I believe. It was a brown pony, and a very
easy-riding animal. Gen. Grunt rode this
horse when J accompanied him to the front at the time the mine was exploded in front of Petersburg. There was Rome
bungling about tho work, and the Gen
eral pushed on to the front 'ihe men
did not recognize him as he hurried through their l auks. Dismounting from his horse, he leaped over the works, crawled through the abattis, aud pushed on to the extreme front. Gen. Grant was one of the best horsemen I ever saw. Ho could ride easily on any horse, no matter how awkward his gait was, and he had the knack of
getting out of his horse all there was in
nim, too. 1 remember once when Mr. Bonner asked him if he did not want to drive one of his horses. The General replied that he did, and drove the horse over the course, getting out of hiin the seco.id fastest time he had ever made. He had a strong, friendly way of handling a hors.that at once won his confidence, just as a little chi.d feels confidence in the nurse
who holds him gently and securely."
get
either.
A little white farm house, nestled
down among rosea, lilies, hollyhocks,
and evergreens, and surrounded by all that goes to make up the residence of
a prosperous farmer. About the yard
swarm bevies of voung onicKens,
while in the doorway seated and lying on a pallet, is a black eyed, dark haired
cherub of a baby, busy in the vain en
deavor to swallow one of its big toes. Flitting about the rooms, singing lightheartedly is its mother, a young woman, who by the by much resembles our "Lady of the Dish-pan." Bank in
the field, riding a sulky plow, we spy a
young man whoa outlines much remind us of our "Knight of the Spade."
I suppose in due deference to pre
vailing models, I should end this story with "and they lived happily ever after," but in this case it would be
wholly superfluous.
THE AMERICA. General Butler's article in Harpeis
Magazine on the America is timely and interostinar reading. He intended
to state in that part of it which describes the adventures of the yacht abroad that there was a general impression among people who were more or less ignorant that the America had a propeller which was artfully concealed, A similar opinion was also entertained by many persons of rank. "I would not wager a guinea against the Yankee craft," said a sporting clergyman; "I will give a hundred to see her bottom." The old Marquis of Anglesea invited one of the America's crew, Mr. Steers, (the builder), to sail with him in his yacht, the Pear, one of the best sailors
of the Koyal Yacht squadron. The
America, under only a mainsail and jib, passed the Pearl without difficulty.
"Your lordship knows," said the mas
ter of the Pearl, "that no vessel with
sails alone could do that"
When the America went slowly, he said, "Now it is stopped," and when
she went faster, "Now it is going."
These remarks were not unheeded by the marquis, aad Steers enjoyed the
joke too well to contradict them.
When the vessels came to anchor the
marquis' boat was manned, and he went on board the America. After saluting Commodore Stevens he went to the stern, leaned over so far that the
commodore took hold of his leg to pre
vent him from going over. He was looking for the propeller.
When the America went on the ways
at Portsmouth to repair some damage
to her keel, hundreds visited the dock
yard to see if she had a propeller. Exchange.
WHAT A WOM 41f C.IX'T DO.
"Is there anything more ridiculous than to see a woman throw a stone at anything?" remarked Jarby to Philbrick, as they stood on the steps watching a woman trying to hit a vagrant doir that had broken down her rose
bush.
"You ought to have seen your wife irvincr to cet tho cork out of a beer
1 ottle this morning with a fork, if you
call that woman ridiculous," replied
PhiL vary aokclTlS-6oMyn fi,
Grant at
to
Vlckshure: Ilia Kindness
Thofe About Him.
Dr. E. A. Duncan, in Louisville Courier-
Journal, j "How did General Grant appear before
Vicksburg?"
"As plain as an old stove. It was hard
to make the new troops believe that it was
him as he rode over the tied, tie wore a
common soldier a blouse fruzlcd out at the
bottom, and cavalry pants stuffed in his
boots. JUe wore a low-crowned, black hat, without so much as a gold cord. The simplest Major General's straps were tho only thing about his dress Hint told his rank. He always rode a splendid horse, however, and the trappings of the steed were always in f nil uniform But that was due to h s orderly more than anything else. He delighted in a good horse. He usually kept six of theni on hand two or three m the field at the same time. His favorite war horse was of the noted Lexington of Kentucky stock, and I think he called him Lexington, " "Was the General a luxurious liver?" "By uo means. He enjoyed a good meal as much a any one, but never complained of what was set before him. He would have been satisfied with hard-tuck and sow-belly. He did not drink a drop of liquor duriu the wege of Vieksbiirg. He had promised General lluwUns, al'lerwaid his Chief of Stall' and Secretary of War, at bhiloh. to abstiiiu. Ho never" broke over but once from that day to the close of the war, and that was accidental. A banquet was given to hiin nnd General Bunks after the fall of Vicksburg, at New Or cans, and in the conviviality of the hour ho took a few glasses of wine. " "How did (ho General treat thoso about hiin?" "With the greatent kindness and respect. He had less egotism than any great mau I ever saw. He was eager to give every man a full measure of praise and appreciation for what he did. He would even hunt out what each man merited. One element of bin greatness was his dosire to pull up his lriends with him. It never occurred to him lo claim the glory ox any campaign. Ho always sok'e b bis
victories as due to thi i, that, and the other
General. He was ihe best balanced man I ever saw. I never onoo saw hin exalted by the most glowing success nor expressed by failure, Ho took th ngs as they camo. He had more of the qualities that inspire heio worship than any one I ovr cauio in contact w.i;h. Such a man does not ap
pear but once in an ag-. He rare y ever used a pn-fane word. When angry, vhioh was rare, he was the opposite of oilier men. Ho would then knit hi brows, compress his th s, nnd speak slowly."
" What day did he outer Vicksburg? ' j "The 4th of July. Gen. l'emberton wanted lum to cuter the day b'.'fore, but he replied: No, I have been "wai ing to celebrate (he 4th.' The fiisi thing ho did was to issue abundant rations and parole tho prisoners. That was a master Btroke to parole them, for had he sent them Noith they won d have been n trenioiidoufi expense to the Government, and as soon as exchanged they would h ivo returned to the rebel ranks. As it was they were glad to go home and remain on their j arole. "Yon say Gen. Sherman was in full sympathy with Gen. Grant?" "Assuredly. .1 remember to have heard Gen. Sherman use n remarkable sentence in speaking of his chief. Said he: 'The thing that makes Gen. Grant so great is, that it is impossible to incumber him with men or responsibilities, He could command a million men if you could get a field big eno.igh. Geu. Grant comma ded the longest line of battle ever fouaht in the history of the world that is Mission liidge, seve i miies. Fighting was going on that entire length at mce. The General sat quietly by a lU!e telegraph instrument and ordered commnuder after commander to develop what was in front of him. He always knew what he Was doing. Ho once ordered a certain general, whose mime I will not give, to make an assault. The c.euc:al, who did not want him to succeed, replied: "I fully comprehend your order, but to carry it out is the destruction of my army." Gen. Grant instantly sat down and wrote: "I am g'adyou 'comprehend ray order;' obey it. " Victory was the result' "Gen. Grant was the first one to discover the brilliant fighting and commanding qualities of John A. Logan. It is a mistake that any of Gen. Log-m's preferment came from po itical eenters he won it all on the field vith his sword under Gen. Grant's eye. They had absolute faith in each ether, and were as affectionate as brothers. There vras no man north of Masrn and Dixon's lino that so quickly forgot the bitterness engendered
by the war. No oue had a hi gher apprecia- ' . " . 1 . 1 1 i in; 11. n
lion of uie vuior auu uiiuuuiot ui. mo
Southern soldiers. He said Leo's Aimy of
Northern Virginia had never been excelled on earth. " "Where did you first se Gen. Grant?" "At Galena, HI., before the war. He was sitiiuL' in front of his father's tannery whit
tling and smoking a small pipe. He cared nothing for business. He bid no idea of its details. He would not have kr. own a niece of bank raner from a Chiuese wash
bill. Cant Grant, as he was then called,
looked about as old then as he di( four
years ago. when I saw him last" "Did you live iu Illinois?"
"Yes; I practiced medicine within twenty
miles ot the uenera'. A C.euerous Offer. Washington special
"Gen. Grant has received the mosit delicate and heartfelt sympathy in his illness
and misforiunes from some of the Confed'
erate officers and sold ers who had known
him in the old army," said an intimate
friend of his tho other day. "And apro
pos of this is an incident which occurred
last year. When the news of his complete
pecuniary collapse beoaun public there w is a very pen nil expression of rearet all over the country, nnd
mmv offers of cssistauce were
tendered, none of which, however, he ac-
c nted. I was 8 t inr with him at h a resi
dence in New York one morning while he was guiug over his daily niai1, when he ' looked up with a curious expression, and said: "I want you to listen to this," and then he.proceeded ta read. It was a letter from an olu officer in tho United States army whom Grant had known in Mexico, who left the semce about the same time Grant did, and subsequent!' became a distinguished Confederate General. The letter, as well as I can remember, ran this way:
My Deab Grant: You and .1 have
known eai h other for many years, s.ud because of that long, and. in its early
days, intimate acquaintance and fuendship, I venture to ask you' to do me a favor. I have read in the papers Cut, by renso i of circumstances beyond yo ir control, you h ive lost the means you relied upon' as a maintenance during the balance of your life. The favor I wish to aBk is that you will allow me to send you $10,000, to be considered as a loan and repaid at your own convenience. I know yon will
receive this lequeat in tne spirit x inane
aud the only co iditiou. I coup e with it is
that the matter shall be kept a secret between us. I'pon a notice of your accept
ance I will send the omount to yoa in the
shape of my persona1 check on the tsanx of New York. Be assured, my dear Grant, that you will confer a personal favor on me by permitting me to ho of this slight service to yon." "Do you know who it was?" was asked of the speaker. "Yes," he replied, "bnt I cannot give his name. He is a man of large fortune and eou d easily have done it, but, respecting his friend's wish. Grant desired that his nam should not be made public. I have i ever seen Gen. Grant show so much emotion and appreciation as he did in this instance. Shortly after that Congress; passed the bill empowering the President to retire a former General officer of the army on full p iy, and Grant was at once noaiinated and continued, and thus was put beyond the need of availing hims'lf of the generous liberality of his friends." There is reason to believe that the person who wrote Gen. Grant the letter inentio ed was Gen. S. B. Bnckner, of Kentucky.
The Loyal Colors Mast Stand. From New Yorl; Tribune Notes.! When Major MoKinley, of Ohio, was here tho other day, fresh from tho Ohio Convention, lie said that the old soldier element in Ohio is being aroused to political antagonism against the Confed' urate administration ob intense as ani' mated that element in 18(11. One of his old comrades, General Samuel Beatty, was recently buried at Canton. The
attendance on his funeral was unprecedented, and over his grave boys in blue
Who had been separated for years by political differences shook hands ana
came shoulder to shoulder again as they
talked of the new reign of the uoufeder-
ates. "It is not that these men have office," said Ma1. McKinley "but it is the persistence with which they seek to elevate the cause for which they fought
into a holy one and to degrade the
cause of the Union. The men who fought the battles of their country will never permit such doctrines to be long promulgated as can be heard now at any time from the lips of Southern men in Washington. The llepublican party
has done all the forgetting of tne war that has been done ill this country. It
not only forgot, but it forgave, in that large-hearted measure that was jnst. Neither the Republican party nor the
Ohio platform is responsible for reviving the war issue. We had quit talking about it. Grover Cleveland is responsible for that. When he put into his Cabinet the sole defender of Jefferson Davis, and when that man raised the flag on the Interior Department in honor of the most despicable enemy this Union and this country ever had, he revived the war issue, and revived it in such a way that it will not down at bidding." As an incident of the feeling of the Ohio convention, he related the circumstances under whioh the ticket of Foraker and Kennedy was completed. General Kennedy was a candidate for the nomination for Governor. After Judge Foraker's nomination he was pressed for the second place, but refused. The convention was enthusiastic in its demand that he should accept Judge Foraker, passing down the aisle, halted and turned about by different delegates, came upon the General. They clasped hands for a moment, as Judge Foraker said, With great feeling: "You and I carried muskets together in the Third Brigade, under Old Pap Thomas, twenty-four years ago. We must shoot together again." The General couldn't withstand that appeal, and responded to the convention that it was all right; he would accept, but this was the first time he had been drafted.
PEKfi-WINJSERS.
Appointments by the President Xumeruus Poslni Mlcr.s Suspended.
TERMS, In OMft M. JV. Pear. OUR POET1UIT GALLEBf.
Simon Cameron's Tribute. (Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner. Sitting on the veranda of his residence Thursday evening, General Simon Cameron talked att'votion.tely of the dead soldier. "When at the beginning of the rebellion I was Secret try of War," he said, 'an Illinois member of Congress came to mo and said taut certain inftWnces were at work to drive Colonel Gr nt out of the artsy. He assured me that Grant was a good soldier and a promising mau, aud asked me to interfeio in his behalf. I issued :tn order that proec edings in the matter he stopped, and Gra t was thus saved to the army. (Jen. Ca:i:erou said ho never me t Grant until nfier Grant h d served temporarily as Secretary of War on the suspension of Stanton. "I disapproved of his position th re and told him so. I think he came to Washington with a deep-seated prejudice a ain85 me," the G.-eeral continued. Tut after h becamo I'rei-ident we became iutin:ate and the closest friends. 1 don't know what to suy concerning him, now that he is dead, except thrd in life he was tho greatest soldier this country ever produced, one of (he most illustrious civilians of his tiiao, and that ho was modest, kind and tiuthful. Ho committed errors bee use he wa; deceived by bad men, but they were, exceptions to his record, and on the whole he was a great success pure in his purposes, honest in his inipu ses, and truthful and siucere iu his pu'dioand private life. If Gt n. Grant or his wife wore in distress I would know what to say and how to act, but under i recent circumstances I can only do justice to his memory and my own i; oiiimtions by preserving silence. 1 will write to Mis. Grant to-morrow expressing my condolence in her bereavement."
Tirosr: who are too proud to inquire what a thing costs when they buy it are the lirst to find fault wUeu they ootuo to pay for it
Beading for Colored Democrats. Richard T. Greener, a Washington negro, is writing letters to colored men in Ohio, urging them to vote against Judge Foraker, the Republican candidate for Governor, for the reason that some years ago he was employed as consul in a case involving the question of separate schools for white and black children. This fcme-serving colored politician, to satisfy a personal grievance, has treacherously turned his back upon the Republican' party, which fought for the rights of his people and secured them, and gone over into the camp of the party which fought against them, and urges his friends in Ohio to follow him. To any colored men who may be disposed to follow this sore-
headed, disgruntled traitor, we commend the following document which
recently appeared, posted up in Madison County, Kentucky, across the river: VAGHANTS. m SAI.& NOTICE.
Bv virtue of iudcrmont and order of sale
of the Madison Quarterly Court, I will unsniV. may 4. 181-5.
the same being; County Court day, expose for sale to the hishest and best bidder in front of the Court House door in liichmond, Ky., tho following named persona who were tried and conviotod or vagrancy iu said court the i;th day of April, 18o5. Emma West, lor the period of twelve months from the date of said judgment Albert Black, for the period of twelve mnntin fr.iyn ilm dam nf said iudirment.
Ottoway Stewart, for the period of three months from the date of said judgment Tho purchaser will bo required to g-ive bond with approved security, conditioned that he or they will provide for the convicts, durinir their time of service, wholesome
food, lodging, clothing:, and uiouleai aeten
Said parties are all between the ages of
81 and SO years. N. B. Deathbuaob, Sheiiff of Madison County,
Anril 22. 18S5. mease post up.)
At. the top of this preoious document was a picture of a negro, just as the old slaveholders used to place at the ton of their announcements of slave
sales or runaway slaves, a cut of i thus showine that the "vagrants'
who are to be sold into slavery for a
vear are colored people. This is
uemocratio sale in a Democratic State.
and it is in the intereats of a party like this that this man Greener is urging the colored men of Ohio to vote. Before they make their decision we com
mend to them thi document and ask them to read it carefully and then give
Greener their answer. Vlucago mo-
une. Commissioner Black.
As a Democratic idol we fear that Pension Commissioner Black has feet
of load, hands of gold, and a head of
clay. In the first place, he draws two
salaries, both monthly. One is a pen
sion for wounds received m action, the other is for inaction as Pension Commissioner. In the second place, he has
been routed by a woman, and this is
linth uncallant and utimilitary. Com
missioner Black on assuming his
office sounded what was supposed
t.n ba n bucle for reform. It has
proved a penny whisle, the echoes
ot whose squeak have cueu out already
He made a demand upon Miss Sweet,
of Chicago, for her office as Pension
Agent, but he was obliged to succumb to her sfronger and better re-enforced
position. It is not a very glorious record that Commissioner Black has made.
If a favoring chance will protect him
his "strong hold" will be in using his
office to protect Ins own pension, which.
is tho highest paid to any one on the
pension, list. It was socured no one knows how or why. He will have
cnousrh to do in defending his right to
drawmir so large a pension, when more
deserviua men get less, without pro
claiming what wonders he is about to do with the pension list. In colloquial
Enoiish. Commissioner lilac- is "no
good." Philadelphia News.
The Republicans of Virginia, who
embrace all classes opposed to iron-
bound Bourbon rule, soein confident of
success in the election this year.
ltewnblioan triumph there would do
mi. ;h toward redeeming the South
f . om tho reign of fraud and violence which lias disgraced thai, part of the I'nion ever since the war. The diffi
culty there, as in all southern States
is to get a fair election and au bateat
I'ttashliisrtoi special. J The folio .ilng appointment were ma '.o by President C.eveland dur.ng the week: fiauric! C. Wharton, ol Virjinia, to lie In61 cctor of Burvcror General an-1 d strict officcia: Chancrt (' hhackford, of Colorndo, to lw Special A-eiit tuj Lurid Offices H. Clinton fce'l, of Illinois, to to Chief of Division in the Pension Oliic-: :'lioa Cr 11. PattlUnar. of Indiana, to be t hief oi WfvlMon Is the l'ens.on Office, Vice W. i ttl, disiuarced; Theodore 1J. Jervev. to b? Coll -wide of t'stoms for t.io district, of Chariest i.KCJ Anthony Elckholf, 01 New ork, to uo 1- fth Auditor of the treasury Conrad Kre-, of iseonsin, Collector Customs lor the Dis.rk-i.of Milwaukee. Wis.! Samuel Mower, Aint 'isnt Treasurer of the tnttcd States at New t rlei.n-, l,a.: Truman EC. Allen, of Oakland. Cat, tc be I "re-ion Agent at ban I''ranois. o: Horrl A. Thomas of Ma viand, aad
Ocoi'Ke 11 l'eirscn. of lowa. to bo Indian snectors; ,T. h elcr. of rcson, to be Agent for the Indians of rni Springs axency in Art. oua; William U. Mo Tell , oi New Jersey, o be t onRiil of ihe United S ates at Athen-; John llov1 n, of Michigan, t l Consul at Windsor, Ontario; John 3. KIch t6 be Lieutenant Com mander United Statci niny; O. K. Lashand H.8.'arin: tole I ieutenants, and C C. ltoxe'M tohel.lentar.nnt innlnr m-ade: Joannh 11. Baker,
Appraiser ol Sleivli xnitise. district or i-nuaaei-phia. Pa : Pt rtiti J. Moore, Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise it! the district of New York; Colin F. Mnclhmald to h: lieeeiver ot Jrublie Hone; s at St C oud, Minn. . To Bo Agents lor the Indians Joseph B Kinnev, of Missouri, at the Uintah Aeency. in Utah; Thomas Jenn'nirs, of Wlstoasin, M the Or ta Bay Agency, In Wisconsin;
C. Osliornc, of Tcnn- asee, at tne l ones.
Pawnee, and Ot-jc .'genty, Indian Territory; '1.
A. nu ns, it tne i sauna Ageacyi nw-mwn Territory, vice is. H. Me:roy. suspenaeuj J. I. Hall, of Texas, as tho Kiowa, Com; nche, a'.d Wichita Aaenoy, Ind'an Territory; Irederiok Hoover, at the t.'sace Aifency, Indian fo ritory.
To BB Survivor nf unsloms iticuara Dinnuia. for the port of i.etv Orleans, La. To Be Collect of CnStotllsPeter F. Go-
bill tor tho lifslrlc: of Petersburg, VX I Bsftjamin B. Tate for the District ot -ew London,
Conn.: Bradlsy B. Smaliey ror rue District of Vermont: Oliver Kelley for the district of Ptrth Arnhoy, N. J. I'ostiriaflt. r J -Slanual H. Buck to he roBtmn-tcratNcwOrlci.n-'.tiee W. B. Merchant, suspended; Benla-nin E. Russell, ftt BaiybrMgc, lis., vice J. A. Wilder, suspended; W. II. Dawley, at Antluo, Wis , vice lL Smith, suspended; Frank P. Crotj-sr, at Nantiooke, Pa. ; Simeon Sawyer, at fairnomt, Nob. ; George C. P.embangh, at Winh ild. Kan.: George F. Laskell, at
Larmiore, i'bkii a; i nomas ji. mwioju, Grand Junctic.ii. Cal.: Frank Shutt. at Ltteli-
lield. 111.; eor :.r. Spohn, at Superior, J-eo.;
W. is. Lewis, at Charito i, lowa, vise J. u. stewart, suspended; W illiam A. Heming, t Nashua, lowa, v.c-j .'. V. Gr.iwe, suspended ; John Dawe, at Kdgertoa, Wis., vice i.d A. Burdick, suspended; Vini. Ii. Alexander, at Pine bins. Ark., vice A. A. Hoirera, suspended; & B, Davto, atCreston, low , vice It. T. Tee-I. suspended: J. A Taylor, at Oj:forl, N C, vice M. B. Jones, suspended; T. B Deuthlt, at Salem, N. C.,vice J. Bleckemx-rfer, suspended! Samuel H. Smith, at W inston. N. 0., vice W. A. W aiker, suspend
ed; J. A. Bonuttt, at Ketdavtue. m. u., vroj n. H. W'rav, suspended ; William J. Heming, at Fort Smith, ArJ., vice J. K. Karnes, suspended; David G. Ha.-kney, at Fort Plain, N. Y., vice A, Hoirman, suspended; Hcury look, at Michiiian City. :nd., vice J. H. i?eters, suspended; Giorge J. Love, at Huron, Dakota Territory, vice John Cain, suspended: H. 1(. Hurl.-y, at Tal adegii, Ala., vice IV A. Mcsely, suipended: J. H. Bewly, atSmytni, Del., vice W'm, H. Bangs, suspended;
Charles w. iiowe, at uocncswr, n. vv, r man B. W'arr-n, su-pended; George W. Bell, at
Webster Oitv. lowa, vice jonn v. nuura, im
pended: Joknr Pyn-, at mton, lowa, vice Stephen A. Morlae. suspended; kbenezer M. Lockwood, at BLriinpton, Kan, vice A. J. Brown, suspendel: Willi im Backer, atMarys-i-ni., wan t-i,. wiiifam it. Sm th. susended:
Henrv K 'filav naker. at Lancaster, Va., vice
James N. Marshall, suspended; C. C. onge, Jr., at l'ensacola, Sla., vice John Egan suspended;
.1 Kh,.,nn .r. Her man. miss., vice tvii-
liam M. Hancock, suspended; tamnoi
nwnir iiiwhcste.r. Mtna.. vice ,ioeeun vr.
Wagoner, snsi ended; Frank L. Thayer, at Waterville, Me,, vice "WilUrd M. Dunn, anspendcd: Nathaniel .v. Swttt, at Saccarapha, Me.,
vice James M. W'ehb, suspended; Alexi-mter o.
Tlsllm at Ui'llinillR. va.. vice v. r. awa,
Mnm- fir.! ). ?.!iforri. at Grand Haven.
Mich , vice Sau.ncl C. Clover, resigned; Samuel
8. Luc -v, at JlnrshaH, alien , vi e iiuain n. t .!., i,,nnri..d- iindlnv ('. Brown, at Bran-
ha v, vi,.A.iMm I.. Kiiiffht. susncnded: W.
1,. Howard, at i'air Haven. Vt, vice Harris
Whi pie. suspended; Francis M. Sttzer, at Altn .1., A.irinn (V Case. snsDendcd:
Wiliiam'u.'ma.. at Gallatin, Mo., vice Jehiel
T. Day, sn?p rded.
His Ros-s K. Cleveland. Miis Base Elizabeth Cleveland, sister of President Cleveland, and mistress of the White House, is, by virtue of that relationship and position, tho first lady of the land. She has. however, a celebrity entirely independent of these accidents, one due to ci:-cnmstanee never before occurring to any person in the world. Her book, "George Eliot's Essays and Other Studies," went to the sixth edition before it was published Mi honor hitherto r.nknown in the history of literature. Tho seventh edition was issued within a week after the first pubbca-
A GEORGIA LTJlCMNG.
and
... . . .
t on. Miss Cleveland is tne youngest ox ftloe children. She was bom in Fayetteville, Jf. Y. She was-carefully educated, graduating at Houghton Seminary. Then she became a teacher in that institution; then Principal of Lafayette Collegiate Institution, Indiana, and then taaght a private
school in remiBylvania, oner wmcu commenced lecturing before classes. After v ..mivilin'ii rimith which occurred in 1882.
she resided at ths old home stead at HoUand
Patent, which sue purcnteea out oi inn
earnings of her own laoor, auu omwhu
the work or lecturing aum ku -j her brother to assume the duties of mistress (if the White House.
How. A. E. Merasuoa. TTnn Arllni V. Stevenson, the newly ap
pointed First Assistant Postmaster General, 'vas born in Kentucky in 1835, and removed lo Bloomington, III., when sixteen years of Hge, where he studied law. He held various litate judicial offices, and was a candidate J'or Presidential Elector on the McClellan ticket in 1864. In 1874 he was elected to
TFife-Beatar Dntgswl from JH Strung; Up to a Tw by a Mob. I Bai abridge (Ga.) special. 1
A spot a few miles from Bainbridge, in
Decatur Couaty. was at 4 o clock this
morning tie scene of oae of the moat sen
sational lyuchings ever perpetrated in
Gcoreio. At :! o'clock fifty or sixty masked
men, armed with guns and revolvois, surrounded the jaU aud demanded the Rurron
der of Thou as il. urauity, .jr., a yonug
white man charsed wit.i ill-treating his w fe.
Jailer Dinner refused to deliver the keys.
and the mob brandi-hed crowbars nnd
other instruments availab! for catteriog
down doors aad forcing an entrance, lue
crowd miikir c a move as if to seize the
iailer aitd taks his kevs irom him by lone,
he ran to Lie rear of the jail-yard and leaped over the fence in an effort to es
cape, r ive or the lvneuers neaaea mm on and rushed to seize him, when he threw
the keys into a thicket where they coiuu not be found. The mob then battered
their wav iulo the iail to Brantly's cell,
whence they ! ed him to a distant field. He saw that renistance was useless, and
mi cnmiiletii!v rawed Brantlv had an
licinnted the visit of the mob. and becged
the other prisoners to stand by him, but they refused. Arriving at an eligible tree, the'lynchers threw a plow line over a limb, put a noose around Brantly's neck, and, every man taking hold of the rope, swung him off, with his fee; wiihin sereu inches of the fir. unit. All then leveled their guns and pisto!s ut their victim and ftred'three vniievs simnlinneonsiv. eoninletelv per
forating his body from" head to foot. The corose nunc until 8 o'clock this morniug
and greatly n' art led t e early users who
came upon it uLawar s. FEARFUL FALLS FROM A BALLOON. Tho Xorriblo Experience of Tw Ae.ronaats iu Conneell ut. ' INcw Haven (Conn.) special.) At Wiustod, Conn., a balloon ascension was made this afternoon by an aeronaut, Prof. Brooks, and t'rederio Moore, a wea'thy manufacturer of the town. The balloon was Ihe lnrg.st ever used in the State. It was eif-hty feet high aud 120 feetiu c'rcu nfereuee. ai:d was calculated to have a lilt ng capacity of I,5i (l pounds. All went will u til the aeronauts had reached an elevation of '2,500 feet. There, although tloy were above the o'.ouds, they were caught in a siouu which proved to be ihe heaviest txpe.iemel in that part of the i lata for years. Becoming terrified by the lightn h? they began to descend aiid j assed through tho cloud layers in safety, a though tha balloon suffered from the heavy ram, and tho cas began to escape. When within 100 feet of the ground tho mach ne was rocking violently from sido to side. As they fell the two men threw cut snndbigs and, losing two much ballast, tho balloon car.ened Wildly, tho gas escaped, and the oir was overturned. Bn.-uks and Moore lost their hold on the slippery rail and fell head o ig from tho car. '.I lw crowds that had been cheering wildly a few momonts before s ood out in thj v""ril S nim "n their isgoruess to see the d. wseut and did their best to catch tho iteroumt-i as they fell. Brooks was picked up very badly hurt. He is expected to d o. Mooiv'h iuuri- s are not so e ious. Both men hud had oi-usiderable experience in ballooning.
Wahm wniniT aiia term. He is a
of stalwart health, under fifty years " with business habits, and is a thorough-going Democrat. He is a great personil friend of Postmaster General Vilas. B is an eloquent orator, a fine lawyer, andan accomplished gentleman. He is a worthy descendant of the best Kentucky stock, possessing frank and cheery manners which ever win and make friends. Persons eoming before him on department business will always feel easy in his presence. James B. Kimball. James B. Kimball, the newly appointed Director of the Mint was bom Satem, Mass., in 1836. He i graduated t BJ TT:..-.. t at die Minute School ot
Freiburg, Saxony, and in 1857 graduated with the degree of Doctor ot fhiUphy
at tha famous umveiwci
ITEMS, Gen. Ghaut smoked his Inst cigar Nov. 20, loot. Thkoikiii.iut the war Gen. Grant never leceivod a wound. A Flit is in London rcoontly was estintiuguisbed with champagne. Snow 1b sid t be 100 feet deep in Ttkeiuaa'H ravini), White Mouataius,
During the war he served as Assistant Adjutant General on the staffs of Generals Patrick, McClellan, Bumside, Hooker, ana Meade, respectively. His reputation as a mining engineer and mehillurgist is estab-
usnea uuu wiueciprcuu. a w Kimball was Vice President of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. When he received his present appointment h-e was Pref essor of Economic Geologv at Lahlgn University, Bethlehem, Pa. He is President of the Everitt Iron Company, Pennsylvania. life on Other WoiMs, Whether we turn our thought, saya one of the ablest of modern astronomers, to planet, sun, or galax, ihe law of nature (recognizad as universal within tho domain as yet examined j, that tha duration of life in the individual ia indefinitely short compared with the duration of the type to whioh th individual belongs, assure, us, or at least renders it highly probable, that in any member of these orders taken at random, it is more probable that life it wanting than that life exists at Una present time. Nevertheless, it ia at leant as probable that every member of overy order planet, sun, galaxy, and so on ward to higher and higher orders endlessly has been, is now, or will nt after be, life-supporting "after itokind." Exchange. Go slow, young man. If jro tap both ends of your cider barreVt at onoa,. and draw out of the. buughob baMta.'
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