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Ont in the ohurahyard the grass grew deep Wher» the psaoeful l«ad were lying. fclver tfeeir qniet aj»d holy sleep

The botfanlteft whitwere flying. And one little ohild was playing there In the churchyard, sunny and still. 3He wandered. sVay i'ta his innocent play

From lhe little white house on the Mir, •'Butterflies, butterflies!" cried the child As b« played on the grassy sod. "You're the souls of the little dead children here

©ut in the dburohyard a place new mad* Waits for the innocent dead. Btill, for the doar little sleeper, there

Waited his quiet bed. And along farewell they say over him, With kisaes on lip and brow, And with flowers sweet at head apd fee\

He goes from his mother now. Butterflies flutter above her uead^ As she kneels on the grassy sod, And the little white soul of her precious one

Flutters away to God. Amelia Sanford in Ladies' Home Journal.

GOTHAM'S RARE BEAUTIES.

Kothing In the Old World to Match the f.s. Charm of the City. I do not fehlnk that as a class New Yorkers have taken a just pride in their city in the past, and I am sure they have thereby lost something well worth having. Perhaps In a measure this failure can be laid Bt the door of the offioial corruption that has disgraced it perhaps in even a larger sense the failure is to blame for the corruption. Let that para. I have seen some of the world's great cities, some of them tamed for their beauty, and this I inow— that I fcave oopie book each time more impressed with t&e oonviotion that there is none of thein tiv^t can 00mpare with New Yoj-k In pdfntj Ojf natural advantages and real attractiveness.

Wlien, two or "three years ago, I had returned from a summer spent in northern Europe, I used to go every day for a month from my office in Mulberry street over to the corner of Broadway and Houston street on purpose to look up and down Broadway and get the view of that royal thoroughfare to Grace church on the north, •with every detail of its beautiful Stray spire standing forth dear and distinot in the sparkling October air, and south two full miles to the tall buildings about Bowling Green. I did n«fc tire of admiring the brilliancy of the atmosphere, which seemed iittlo less than a revelation after the heavy sultriness of London's streets or Hamburg's or Copenhagen's.

I have never seen such suneets on sea or land as are to be had any fine sum'mer evening from the rear end of an Bast river ferryboat, with the towers and roofs of the city clear in outline and color, without the smudge of Chicago or London or Cincinnati, against a background of orange and pink and purple, blending in warm and changing tints as the sun sinks deeper behind the Palisades. And where is there a view like that of our matchless harbor, sailing up through the Narrows on a bright morningP The vaunted waterways of foreign ports become tame beside this majestio stream, in which the navies of the world might lie at anchor, with elbow room and to spare. The picture 1s not without its reverse, of course—where is there one that has none?—and it may be that In our new eagerness to render it tolerable we have not given ourselves time sufficiently to admire that which is really admirable. If so, we have at least the knowledge to comforb us that the effort has borne fruit. The better New York is already a oreditable and gratifying faofeJacob A. Riis in Century.

NOTED FAMILY OF SOLDIERS.

fourteen of the McCcoks Have Held Positions In the Army. At New York the groat Chinaman Chang was introduced to Colonel McCook fcs "General MoCook." "How did you all come to be generals?" Inquired Chang.

The Chinaman asked a good many hard questions in England and came near making himself unpopular by so doing. But if he chooses to ask questions in the CJnitod States about the McCooks he can bo answered without difficulty.

I. Daniel McCook was killed near the beginning of the war between the states by General John Morgan's raiders. He Was 68 years old and held a commission as major.

S3. John McCook, brother of Daniel, died In 1866, foon after the war. He was a surgeon in the war. Daniel's ten sons and John's five sous all served In the war. 8. Brigadier General George Waythe MoCook, son of Daniel, served in the Mexioan war and in the civil war. He was attorney gene/nl of Ohio and died in 1877. 4. Brigadier General Robert Latimer MoCook was killed in 1802. 6. Alexander McDowell McCook fought bis way to a brigadier generalship and is now a retired major general, residing at Pari a 6. Brigadier General Daniel McCook was killed on Kenesaw mountain in 1864. 7. Major General Edwin Stanton MoCook survived the war and was killed in Dakota, of which he was aoting governor. 8. Charles Morris McCook was killed at Bull Run. 9. Colonel John James McCook survlved the war and became a lawyer in New York. 10. Major General Edward Moody MqCook survived the war and was twice governor of Colorado territory.

II. Brigadier General Anson George MoCook survived the war and has been •ecretary of the United States senate. 12. Rev. Henry Christopher McCook, D. D., was a first lieutenant and chaplain.

IS. Commodore Roderick Sheldon MoCook, U. S. N., was retired from active service in 1885. 14. Rev. John James McCook was a lieutenant in the First Virginia regiment, U. S. A., and afterward a university professor.

Certainly the "fighting McCooks" de•exve their title. If Chang asked Colonel McCook the question, ho probably did not mean to be uncivil, but was really curious to know how so many of the family came to be generals. The answer Is easy—they fought their way.—New Orleans TimesDemocrat.

STORIES OF EMORY STORRS.'

Methods Employed by the Great Advocate In Confusing His Opponents. In the United States court one day a lawyer opposed to Emory Storrs, in arguing a motiofi, branched out upon a late European trip he had enjoyed and quoted largely from certain low French writera His quotations were sprinkled somewhat with excerpts in the Gallio tongue, and his entire talk smacked much more of his trip than of the matter before the court. When ho had finished, Mr. Storrs arose, briefly stated the law on the disputed point and thonproceeded to his opponent's argument. "He said he had been vastly entertained by the gentleman's pleasing »coount of his travels in La Belle Franco and exceedingly interested in those particular quotations evincing the gentleman's familiarity with the language of that country, but much as he admired the gentleman's erudition he deprecated the bringing into the case at bar of such extraneous matter, and speaking for himself he considered that the gentleman In so doing had committed a very serious "fox pass."

At another time, in aa arson case, B. F. Bullwinkle of the underwriters' corps, and well«known to Mr. Storrs, was called an-1 av» vgry damaging testimony against defen^^JDt. Mr. Storrs' cross examination was 84 follow* "What Is rout neund?" "B.

B^wiafcle."

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—this In a rather nettled tone as the jury had begun to smile at Bullwinkle's aggressive manner. "Well," said Mr. Storrs, "that isn't all of the handle to that name of yours, is it? Tell us what the 'F' stands for." "Benjamin Franklin Bullwinkle!" shouted the now Irate officer. "Well, Benjamin Frahklin Bullwinkle," Bhouted Mr. Storrs, imitating Bullwinkle's voice and manner to perfection, "that's all I want of youf sir."

The jury broke into laughter at, Bullwinkle's look of perplexity at the sudden end of the examination. The foundation was laid for a humorous analysis of "Benjamin Franklin Bullwinkle's" testimony, and Mr. Storrs won his ease, where a serious examination of the witness would have doubtless resulted in a conviction.—1 Exchange.

THE CONSTITUTION.

tJpon Three of Its Articles Are All Its Provisions Hung. "The makers of our constitution, instructed by the experienoe of the oolonies, by the state constitutions already adopted and by earlier lessons from British history, found an easy agreement upon the general principle that tfhe judicial power of the United States should be vested in a separate and independent department," writes ex-President Harrison in The Ladies' liome Journal. The division of powers will be made plainer by bringing together the opening sentences of the first three articles of the constitution: 'Article 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the tyhlted States.' "'Articles. The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.' "'Artlole 3. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme oourt and In suoh inferior oourts as the congress may from time to time ordain and establish.' "Upon this threefold frame the other provisions of the constitution are hung. The limitations upon the powers of the United States oourfcs will be more clearly understood if what has been before said in another connection isreoalled here—namely, that the powers of government in this country are divided between the nation and the states upon the principle that certain powers are setoff to the United States, and all other powers, save a few that are prohibited, are retained by the states. The constitution enumerates the powers whioh the people have given to the nation. 'The judioial power of the United States'.is, therefore, suoh power of a judicial nature as the constitution gives to the United States—no more. The residue of. the judicial power the people have reserved in the grant to the United States, and have given the whole or suoh part of this reserved power as pleased them to the state courts."

THE TRAMP'S APPEAL

It Worked All Bight the First Time and Then Failed. "Say, young feller," said Flowery Fields, the tourist, huskily accosting a reporter on street the other night, "I've got a first and I've got de Brooklyn boys besides. Dat's no lie. I kin see any old kind of a pink zebra or yaller monkey Jest •by closin me peeps fur a second, an I t'ink I must have 'cm bad. A good big hooker of booze 'udbe de handiest t'ing in life fur me jest right now. Dis is plain talk. How ts it for de dime?"

The plain talk won the day. The reporter, bewildered by the beauty of the unvarnished tale, produoed a 10 cent piece, dropped it into the truthful Flowery's begrimed paw and went his way, looking back to see the "straightforward hobo disappear into a ginmill. About half an hour later, as he was hurrying along the avenue near Eleventh street, he heard the husky voioe of a man following at his elbow saying: "Say, young feller,.I've got a t'irst, and I've got de Brooklyn"—

The "young feller" whirled around^and there was Flowery. "Look here, confound you," 6aid the reporter to the "bum," "you gave me that one up on street only a few minutes ago, and it went through all right. How many dimes do you figure on getting out of one man in the course of an evening?" "Well, now," replied Flowery sheepishly, "dis is where I get it in do neck. I must have de bugs, for a fact, to make a jay play like dis. Hut how kin you expect me to remember tbo looks of all the dead easy blokes I run ag'in' in de course of a night's graft? It jest can't be done, dat's wot it can't Howsomover, if on dis occashun you'd be willin to compromise on a nickel"—

But the dead easy one was hopping on a cable car.—Washington Star.

Customs of tlie Country.

"I saw something that surprised me the other day," remarked a man who was not an American to one who was. "Yes. This is a surprising country," answered the native born, "and it must strike you as something phenomenal." "Well, it certainly did in this instance." "May I ask what surprised you particularly?" "I stood on tho sidewalk and observed a woman with two little children of the same size, probably twins, as they were dressed alike, and half a dozen of your boasted Amerioan men who were crowded on tho roar end of that oar never lifted a hand to assist her. She climbed in alone." "Where was the conductor?" "Taking up fares on the inside." "I can (!a6ily explain it," said the Amerioan jauntily. "Each man waited for the other to move. Where there are several together at such a time, it would imply negligence in the rest if one man jumped to assist. We are very careful not to hurt each other's

feelings

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den a move in any emergency." "But I b^ve been informed, my dear sir, that you have a law whioh reads 'Get a move on you.' "We had, but it has been repealed," was the solemn answer. "I suppose the woipan managed to get on the car all right?'* "She did.'"And that is typical of our women. They like to help themselves. I think you will get used to our state of affairs—and like'it."—Detroit Free Press.

About Pins.

No woman likes to think what she would do without pins. They have been in use from the remotest periods of the world. In the book of Exodus in the Bible pins of brass are spoken of, and later they wero made of bone, ivory, wood or bronze. From specimens found it is seen that none of these varieties was as slender or perfect as our pins nowadays.

Up to this time women fastened their gowns with "ribbons, lace, clasps, books and eyes and skBwers of brass, silver and gold," these latter being pins without heads, pins were then somewhat ornamental, as we see from reading an acoount of a gown of a lady of the sixteenth century. "A fair train gown stuck full

ver pins. "—Boston JouraaL

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Denmark's Einp,

The present king of Denmark is Chifefttian IX, who amended the throne Nov. 15, 1868. The Danish historical records claim that their monarchy was established' B. C. 60 by Skiold, a son of the gods, but for many centuries the authentic history of Denmark and its royal family is uncertain. The history of the Danish kings may be said to begin with Canute the Great, who conquered Jtforway and England and reigned from 1016 to 10C8. From that time tp the prftMbt Denmark has had 80 kings. The rojtal family of Denmark is related by blood ctt marriage to nearly

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