A fitVIEW OP THE WORK. WHAT THE riFTY-SKCONI CON. ORF8S DID FOR THE COUNTRY. . - - . A Summnrlistn; of the Action Hurt On tne Important National Measure. . The silver nnrl tariff questions, the Anti option bill unit the reduction or npproprla- 1 I ions ore the lcnillnit topic of consideration by the Fifty-Second Itonitrci which etpired lit noon MHn.li 4. Secondary only in im portance to these matter were measure relating to the World Kalr. equipment of railroad with automatic car coupler, National quarantine and Immigration, terms; sia and Hawaiian annexation. Nothing of an affirmative nature, ex cept to prevent two Item In the McKlit lev hill taking effect, wa actually ac complished o far a respect silver, the tariff or anti-option, the action taken on each ot these question In one branch of (!ongrrs being negatived by the action or non-action of the other branch. The result of the agitation of the necessity for a retrenchment of expenditure i not ap parent In any considerable change In tho aggregate appropriation car ried by the National Supply bills, for they amount to about as much as In the r'ifty-tlrst Congress, law on the tatute book preventing some large re ductions which otherwise would have been made, while the decreases, which It was possible to effect, were offset by In creased appropriation for penlons, and river and harbor. The condition of the public treasury however, though it did not result in 'the Klftv-second Con gress getting below the billion dol lar limit. undoubtedly Influenced legislation to a considerable extent and prevented the authorization of many pro posal new expenditure for improvement of the public service, tor public buildings, for payment of claim and other purposes. A notable Instance of the operation of tilts inllnence I seen In the fact that not a s.ngle public building bill passed the Hons-, and it was only bv putting a num ber ot them on the Sundry Civil Appro priation bill that anv authorization wiiatever for public building were arcu red. The silver question was kept steadily be lore the attention of Congress by the alternate effort of the advocates ot free fii nage and of the repeal of the Sherman .law. The Coinage Committee of the House. In the first session, reported a free iiver bill which after an exciting debate was saved from defeat by the casting vote ot the Speaker, but was afterward III. blistered to death, the friends of the bill failing to secure the signature of a majority f the Democrat to a petition ali.n,' for a cloture rule In It behalf. Tint Senate then passed a freo coinage bill, but when the free silver men renewed their tight In the House they were out nutn'i -red by 14 vote. The anti-silver men met a similar fate in their effort to necure a repeal of the present law. the Senate refusing bv a decisive vote to consider it. the House killing the An-liew-Cate bill by declining to vote so as to give Its friends the parliamentary right to move cloture on it, without which it concededlv could never be ton-ed to a vote In the closing hours of Congress. On the tariff the dominant partv In the House adopted the policy of attacking the Mclvinley bill In detail, largely for politi cal reasons, and partly for the reason that In view of the political complexion ol the Senate It was practically out of the question to pass a general tariff revision bill through the Senate, while special measures might stand some show of pas -isje. The result wa the enactment Into law of two bill, continuing block tin on the free list and tine linen at Bfi per cent, ad valorem. Under the McKinley bill large duties were to take effect on these Items In the near future. Other separate hill were passed through the House, only tii be pigeon-holed in the Senate as follows: Free wool and a reduc tion of duties on woolen manufactures, free cotton bagging machinery, free binding twine, free silver lead ore where the value mot the weight) of the silver exceeds that of the lead in any importa tion, free tin plate, terne plate and tag gers tin, and the limitation to 100 of the amount of personal baggage returning tourists may bring Into the United States. The Anti-Option bill passed both house but was killed by the refusal of the House to suspend the rules and agree, by a two-thlids vote, to the amendments put on the bill by the Senate, the opponents of the measure ma neuvering so as to prevent Mr. Hatch making effective his majority In favor of the measure and forcing him at the last moment to try suspension of the rules. The Pure Food bill, the running mate of the Anti-Option bill, passed the Senate, but was never able to get consideration In the House. World' Fair legislation comprised the grant of ta, 600, 000 in souvenir half dol lars in aid of the fair, the closing of its gate on Sunday, the appropriation of various amount for different fair pur poses, and the passage ot sundry acts of a special nature and minor importance. The Automatic Car Coupler bill, shorn ot It drastic features, was enacted into law, a was also a National Quarantine hill increasing the powers of the Marine Hospital Service to meet the threatened dangers from cholera, and an Immigra tion law imposing additional restriction on immigration, but not suspending it en tirely. The Senate averted trouble over the Bering Sea fisheries by ratifying a treaty of arbitration. It also ratified ex tradition treatle with Russia and other countries, but atill has before it a treaty ot annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. The opening of the Cherokee outlet was provided for In the Indian bill, under a clause appropriating 18,205.000 for lta purchase from the Indians, 1395,000 to be paid in cash, and H. 000,000 in Ave equal annnal installments. Approximately 425 House and 285 Sen ate bills and joint resolutions became laws, making 660 acts put on the statute books as the result of the work of Con gress. A majority of these measure! were of interest to only Individuals or lo calities, being for the relief of citizens, for the bridging of streams, for the District of Columbia, for rights of way, etc. An usual proportion of the claims bills were for the relief of Southern men. The House passed, In round numbers, 635 bills, of which 00 failed of passage in the Senate, and in the neighborhood of Olio bills passed by the Senate failed in the House, including a long list of public building bills, many private pension bills and other measures involving increased expenditures. Three bills were vetoed by the President, Tlx. : To refer the Mc Oarrahan claim to the Court of Claims, a second McGarrahan bill failing of action In the House; to amend the Court of Ap peals act and In relation to marshals in the United States Courts in Alabama. This last bill became a law by passage over the veto, Senator Hoar, Republican, stating that it had been vetoed through a misunderstanding of its provisions. The President subjected three bills to a "pocket" veto and two other bills failed of engrossment In time for presentation to him. All were of comparatively small Importance. The Pension and Census Offices, the Whisky Trust. Panama Canal and Pacific Mail Companies. the Wataon-Cubb charges, the Pinkerton system and Homestead troubles, and the Maverick and Spring Garden Hank 'failures, and the Ellis Island immigration station were Investigated by congressional commit tees, but nothing came of the repsrts sub mitted. . , ... Many measures of importance failed to get ibe lpdursemeat ol either. House, In- eluding bill for the creation of a sub treasury vtem; for an extensive system of fortifications; for a uniform system of bankruptcy; for the taxation of Federal note and the repeal of the tax on State bank; to transfer the revenue cutter ser vice to the navy; for an alcoholic liquor commission; constitutional amendments making the President Ineligible to re election; changing the time of meeting of Congress and for woman suffrage; an Irrigation and arid land bill; the Nicara gua Canal bill; to permit railroad pool ing I beaten on a test vote); to establish postal saving hanks; for an Income tax; to refund the cotton tax; to repeal the mall ship subsidy act; to repeal the Fed eral election laws. THE FIFTY-SEGONO CONGRESS Prooesdlngs of the Senate and the House Tersely Told. nrTY-SINTH PAY. .snatk The Pension appropriation bill ws pssseil by the Senate to-day without any amendments. It appropriate for Army ami Nnvy pensions, Including widows and tumor children. !M.".i 0 und about I ,."x ) K) In addition, for lees of examining surgeons, clerk hire at pension agencies, and sums small Items. .Air. liorniun, Democrat, ot Maryland, commented upon the magnitude of t ension appropriations, and gave it as his opinion thitt it would be necessaiy to appro priate f'JDO.flnO.iXil lor pension r.cxt session. There was a general expression of opinion Hint no material reduction could be affected, except through a repeal or modification of some of the laws on the subject, and that there was no probability of such a thing. The day clewed wilh the delivery of eulopiej ir on the late ronntor Kennn, of West Vir ginia. norsFIn the home to-day the Indian appiopriation bill was passed under sus pension of the rules, A motion tosupend the rule and non concur in the senate amendments to the sundry civil appn priation bill, including the Sherman bond aniHiidments, was an reed lo, and Messrs. Holinan. Savers and Cogs we I were appointed conferees. Mr. Wise moved to suioiid the rules and agree to the fenaie i nieiiilinent to the car coupler bill. Mr. Uichardson moved an ad journment, and the yeas and nays were ordered. For some moments there was great confusion and noise In the house, which compelled the speaker Anally to state in a stern voice: Gentlemen must understand that this is the house of repre sentatives and not a beer garden." 1 lie motion to adjoi rn was defeated. The mo tion to suspend the rules and concur in the repute amendment was then agreed to. The bill now goes to the President. A bill was pnsned continuing for olio year the present tariff on line linen good ot not loss than 100 thread to the square inch. ixTV-nnsT n.v. Bksath The posiortlce appropriation bill fame before the senate to day and wa dis cussed to some extent on the question as to Ihe route of the Southern fast mail. That Elicit ion was not disposed ol when the con erenee rei ort of the sundry civil appropria tion bill was presented. The report led to a long financial discussion on the .Sherman bond amendment, the result being, however, that the amendment was receded from by Ihe senate. The conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill having hcen read. Mr. Allison made an explanation of the report, and aimed that in relation to the Sherman bond amendment. ho would, ill or ler to test tho sense of I lie senate upon it, move In recede from it. The vote was taken, and the senate, without division, receded from thefbermnn amendment. The conference report was agreed to; ami a further confer ence wa ordered on veral amendment which bad not been finally disposed of. After a short executive session the Bena'e adjourned. Hoi'mk The time of the house to-day was consumed principally in considering li mo tion made by Mr. Hatch to susiiend the rules and pass the Anti-Option bill. The house derided l.v a Vote of 172 to 124 not to agree to Mr. Hutch's motion a two third vote being necessary under a suspension of Ihe rules. The hill is now regarded as practicallv dead thouuh it was shown by the vote that a considerable majority in the : house are in favor of the bill as amended by the senate. An analysis ol the vole shows that the hill was siipiuiried by lift Demo! crats. f2 Heinihlicans and 7 I'opu ists, and w:.s oppiweo by 102 Democrats, 22 Itepubli cutis mid 1 Populist, .lero Himimoii, Populist, ranged himself with tho opposition this I time. Mr Slump moved to subtend the rules and pass Hie Chandler senate bill to facilitate the enforcement of the immigra-, tion and contract labor laws, lint there was opposition by Mr. Crain and the home ad- 1 journed. SIXTY SSXOND PAY. Porn housks of congress held day and night sessions. Vice President-elect Steven sou was on the floor of the house this after noon, and received a hearty welcome. The roll was beinic called ut the lime, lint ther wa a noisy interruption to the monotonous voice of Ihe clerk. Mr. Sluvcnson held a reception in the rear of Hie c lainber. I In Ihe senate the poitomYe bill was coin- I plcted, the paragraph in relation to the I Southern last mail having been modilicd so as to leave Ihe whole question to the discre tion of the postmaster general The put otllee bill wa followed by the Indian appro- ; priation bill. This coiitair.ed ail amend ment appropriating H,. lo.ooo to pay the Cherokee lor lands coded bv them to the Indian Territory between Oklahoma and Kansas. The amendment wiu agreed lo. Then the deficiency bill, the last of the ap propriation bills was acted upon, ' Many umeudiuents are added and tue total ap propriations materially increased. Anions the iniKirtnt amendments are the follow ing: Kxpenses of llering sea arbitration. " ) 000; to meet the liabilities of the world a Columbian exposition during the fiscal year of 1S!, 27,I:W deficiencies In inland mail transportation, increased from 3l -Ota. as allowed by the house, to f 7)Ul7; senate expense, including salaries, investi gations, etc, M,00D; added to judgment, court of claims, I2.XN7 lllft; added to French spoliation claims, t"92,7jO. These were all agreed lo. The house spent the day and evening on appropriation bills. The gal eries were crowded and the sessions were very disorder ly, lloih houses were in session until after midnight. SIXTY-THIRD DAY. 8fnatk A long discussion occurred over the World's Fair amendments, bat Mr, Allison's motion that the Senate insist on in World'a Fair amendments was carried yeas 51; nays 11. My resolution the Vice President was authorized to retain for hi personal use the writing set and appendage used by bint during hi term of otiios. At 1:15 a.m. the McUarraban bill passed, and the deficiency report agreed upon. House '1'he session of the House to day war an unusually noisy one. The galleries were orowded by sight-seers and the gener al buzi of conversation several limes inter fered with business. There was also great disorder on the floor. The contest which attracted attention occurred over the Senate amendment to the Sundry Civil bill per taining to the World'a Fair. The amend Hunts were disagreed to and the bill was re tarned to conlerenca. Mr. Herbert submitted (lie conference re port of the naval appropriation bill, which was agreed to, as was the conference report on agricultural appropriation bill, Tua House then took a recess until 8 o'clock. In the report on the general deficiency bill the disagreement was to the Senate amendment for the payment of French spoliation claims. The bill was returned to tiie conference. The conference report on the deficiency bill was agreed to. This leaves but two appropriation bills.tli Sundry civ il and the Indian, to be agreed upon in con ference. Both house and senate are In ses sion at .uldiiight and will probably remain to until noon. stxrr rot-BTti Ann mt niv. Mkmatk Last night after the pasingn of the Mriiarrshan Claim hill, Senator Hill made a last stand for the llml-on River llridue bill, hut It was defeats I. Tho llou e Sheet Metal tiauge bill was pass d. The ronte-cme reports on the Sundry Civil snd the ndian Appmpri.t ton bib early In the morning ntsde a diversion for a time hut they were adopted without nunh discussion. At Vl a. m a recess was held until li to a. m. When the Senate reass-tnhled the tmisl resolution of thanks to the Vice President and President Pro Tern Mandersnn were adopted, and after that there wis an entire stoppage of Hie wheel of legislation, noth ing being luard hut the noisy hum of cm versntlott on ti o floor and in the crowded galleries j When the hour had arrived for the clos ing of the session Vice President Morton made a brief and touching farewell address. ! In which lie thanltel tho members and closed with hearttelt wishes for their future i welfare, happiness and tiroterttv. lie then declared the Senate of the Fifty second Congress adjourned sine die. Vice Presi dent elect Stevenson then took the oath of office, and upon assuming the duties of the presiding ollicer of the Senate spoke as fol low: SrxToa: Deeply Impressed with a sense of its responsibities and of Its dignity, I now enter niion the difchaiga of the duties ol Hie high otllee to which I have been called. 1 am not unmindful of the fact that a mom; the occupants ol this chair during the IDI vear of our constitutional hlstorv.have been Statesmen, ituinetit alike for tholr talent and their tireless devotion to public duty. Adams, Jell'erson and Calhoun honored its lneiinihencydurinrtheearlyd.lv of the Heptiblic. while Arthur, Hondrlrt and Morton have, at a later period of ourhitory shed luster tiion the otlb'e of President of the must august deliberative assembly known to men. I assume the duties of the great trust con tided to me with no feeling of self-confidence, but rather with that of grave distrust of my ability satisfactorily to meet it re quirements. 1 may be pinioned for ayi ng that it is shall be my earnest endeavor to dis charge the Important duties which lie be fore me with no less of iinpsrtialitv and courtesy than of tlrmnoss and lllelity. Earnestly invoking the co-operation, the forbearance, the charily of each of its mem bers, I now enter upon my duties us presid ing officer of the Senate. 1 he members-elect were sworn In and the new Senate organised, after which the Vice President read the call for the extra session of the Senate The Senate then adjourned lo attend the Inaugural ceremonies. Hot' The conferees on the Sundry Civil bill hist night reached an agreement as to the World's Fair items, the only remain ing points of dispute. The appropriations for that object are llxed as follows: Fur the liovernnient exhibit. 15"i,7od; for Commis sion, including StM.tXM for Hoard of l.ady Managers, 11,i10; for juror, uwords, etc, the appropriation of Is made, but s also made a charge agslnst the Kxposl tion. and the liovernnient he reimbursed by the first day of November next. The Sen ate adopted the conference report. It was hrosil daylight when the last two of the conference reports were presented In the House. They were the reports on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill and the In dian Appropriation bill and against them ail opposition failed and they wore adopted without serious obstacle, whereupon the House took a recess until 10.30, After the recess the Senate bill granting a right of way through the liutian Territory to the luler-Ocesniu Railroad Company was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Springer a resolution was adopted for the appointment of a com mittee of three member to wait upon the President and inform him Uiat the Congress was ready to adjourn. In a graceful, courteous speech. Mr. Heed, of Maine, olfi red the usual tesolutions of appreciation of the serviies of Spesker Crisp, and the latter, who was greetid with cheers, made a cordiul and feeling response. The House adjourned sine die at 12 1) p. ru. LATER NEWS WAIFS. WSSHtSOTOX. President Harrison approved the car con pier bill on Fridav and the pen with which he signed it was presented to E. A. Mosely, secretary of Ihe interstate commerce com mission. Mr. W. P. Orinstead. of Howling Oreen, Ky., has provided a gavel made from an oak grown upon the farm upon which Abraham Lincoln was born, to be used by Vice President Stevenson in his official duties. The President Friday evening affixed his signature to the hill known as the Chaudler Immigration and Contract Labor bill. I.rltSI.ATlVlt. The Arkansas State Senate passed with but one dissenting rote Ihe House bill abol ishing the convict labor sy,-tein, pvdti.iaTti'. At New Orleans, alter IS rounds of good hard fighting, F.d Smith of I'iltiburg put the hitherto unbeaten Harrier Champion Joe Ooddard to sleep by a ter rilic swing on the jaw. Smith was cheered lo the echo. The fluht was for a purse of 110,000 and a side bet or 12.300. The loser's end of the purse was 1,30) Fully 6,000 people saw the battle. ronwdji. Throe quar.eri of the city of Raub, Aus tria, ia tinder water, the river having over flown. Three hundred homes have been destroyed and 40, OW acres of land inundat ed, The river is carrying dead bodies of men women and children along In large num bers. Jiisrn.t.ANitotis. At Columbus. Ind., the grand jury Issued service on 101 society leaders or that city, being Ihe wives and daughter and heads ot prominent families, for playing progressive euch j In which prizes were offered. The profia ional gamblers, who are seeking re venge for being suppressed, are the lusti gators. THE NEW IMMIGRATION LAW. Provisions of the Chandler Act to Bar Out Objeotlonabl Foreigners. rb Chandler Immigration and Contract Labor bill, which Is now a law contains the following provisions: The terms of the bill require steamship companies to authenticate, at the port of departure, lists of their immigrant passeng ers snd deliver the manifests to immigrant inspectors on arrival. The bill increases the excluded classes of aliens as follows; Those oyer 18 years of age that are illiterate, cripples, blind per son or ol hen physically imperfect (unless they csn show satisfactorily that they will not become a publlo charge), and persona belonging to societies which favor tho un lawful destruction of property or life. Judge Stowe, at Pittsburg, refused a new trial to Hugh F. Dempsoy, convicted of complicity in thai Homestead poisoning. There is no hope now fur the Knight of Labor leader except al the bar of the Hu reme Court, where their case will be ap pealed. HEN BIT T. THUHBEH. Tho Man President Cleveland Chose for HI Private Becrntary. Henry T. Ihilrber, who accepted th rilace of private secretary fn President Cleve and, is the law partner of Don M Dickinson, a mem her of Mr.Cle veland's former Cabinet. He was horn lu Monioe.Mieh., uhoiit thirty eight year ai-o. II-is a graduate of Ihe University of Michigan, limned ately af ter leaving college Mr. Thnrber entered Mr. Dickinson' office at Detroit as a law stu. dent. That we eighteen years ago. His progress was rapid, and soon after his nil -mis-inn lo the bar he btcame Mr. Dirkin- IIXNR.T. T, THUHtlHB. son's partner. Mr. Thnrber' present In come from hi practice i said to be between I'.D.tHMand ll.'i.DOO a year. Mr. Thnrber has traveled and studied abroad, and I regarde t as among the lore most member of the bar in Detroit. His wife, a daughter of the late den- ral Hugh llradv. is one of the mi st popular and ac complished women in Detroit society. Mr. Thnrber made the acquaintance of Mr. Cleveland at Washington while Mr. Dickinson wa Postmaster General. The President was very favorably Impressed with Mr. Thurber's ability, tact and knowl edge of public iiflair. and the friendship which was then begun lis continued tip lo Ihe present. The newly appointed private secretary has never held any political otthe. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Tng new Senator from Nebraska weljhr t2- pounds. 8m RiCHARn Owns, th naturalist, left an estate valued at about t'i.W), which is a little unusual lor a scientist. IaygstToa Eomon' children by hli flrsf wife are familitrly callel "iot" ant "Dash," from the caaracters in the Morse alphabet, Oxa of th most prosperous Invjntor of Ihe day is George Westlnghouse, whose wonderitil brske has brourtit him iu a lor tune of S.D.DiM.oiXJ. Ginkral Grant oncedec'lnsd to serve as President o( the I'nivna Cinsl Company, with a salary ot ftt.O ) , becauie he thought Its scheme impracticable. Phcsipent Diaji, of Mexico, according to common rumor, is worth ii thirty mill ions, of which twenty are mveiteJ in Mixl ran railroads, telegraphs and electric Khl plants, Han Von But.ow, the pianist, who wai recently removed to a private Insans asy iuiu near Berlin, shows no sign of recovering bis mental equl ilirlum, an 1 doctor hold out very little hope. Frank Vinucnt, who has left Colombo ta continue his explorations In Africa, his at ready trave.ei over ani.OiHJ miles, an I, though he bas ha I many nsrr w es;a 1st, be never had a serious accl lent. Minot J. HaVaor, the o.debraM Boston divine, preaches exteuipjrineously, but hi thoughts are presents 1 ni well thit the stenographer's report raraly require any editing lor publlcition in ooog for.u. Captain John Adam Cooper is th Soungest veteran of tbs Mexican War, hav ing enlisted at toe age of twelve. H is also the pioneer horse car drivsr of Htn Francis co, having ben lu the business twenty-ulns years. Tbc clergyman who ba continuously oc cupied one pulpit longer than any other di vine in the world is Kev. Dr. Furness, of Philadelphia. Hi age is ninsty, and for s xty-eight years he bas beeu pastor ol one cburorj. It is not generally known tbat M. Pasteur, the great Frenoa scientist, is an "uuhesns! firauittioner," and cannot evan put a lancet uto a man' arm. He ha to keep a aurgeon to do this tor bim, iu order to comply with the law, Rvah Admiral Tf phbnkon, th new rommun.ler of the Untisi squadron in the Pacific, baa been in Her Msjtucy'i navy lor forty year and saw active service iu tiie iriiuea, iu uina auj aunng we iiiaiau mutiny. Tbxy aay that Ju Ige Willam Lindsay, of KeutU-'Hy, recently elected Uuitod tttate Senator in plaue of Mr. Carlisle, rarely uses an adjective, and does not rely upon rhet oric it his argument. His appeal ia to law and reason. Thi only two natives of Coloralo in th Pousa of Keprwontatives of tnat 8tste are Harry Sims, of Arapahoe, wno was th first white culld bora in Pusblo, and Cale tina Uarela, who reoresentsl Conajos Com fy, aud wao is of Mexican parentage. Ex Hkcretart William Maxwell Evarts, wuo oelebracei uis sevny.rlttn birthday recently, has long looked several years older than his true age, owinr to tu fact that be wa never puysicaliy atroag and ba alway been a barJ worker. Tag venerable banker, Dl-lehroedsr, ot Berlin, who died a lew day ago, hied him self to Dresden on his seventieth birth lay in order to escsps any demonstration that hi friend might arrange in Bis honor. But be left a f5U0u check lor the deserving poor ot nemo. It is related ot J. Sterling Morton, Cleve land's Secretary of Agrioulture, tbat woti hi wife died he bad a tombstone ereated over her grave bearing bar name and the name 01 dm turee son, wnen asxea wny ha had the names of the bov Inscribed on the marble, be replied: "Becsuss, if any ot them doe anything atsaonoraoie 1 will nave his name onueuea iron, the tomb- Iton." The Mr run. Tho scrub rise up in judgment Bgalnst nig owner, and 11 1 torn n. rnn riemnatlon from which there Is really no anneal. Every bone in hia luvle and everr hair in bl staring- coat pro cuum: "inou art trie man who vainly expects Uga from thistles and Dram uies. Something happens every da to Keep a tnao from becoming prou lie either runs across pictures of hi Itu self as a naked baby, or is shown sentimental verses be signed bis name to in a Birrs aiuum. Jones says the cholera is like traveling- man, because It never gooe anywoere wimoui its grip. SOLDERS' COLUMN PEACH TREE CHEEK. A. Comrade Bay the Grand Stamped was Not a Bout. COMRADE 0KO. K. Dolton some time agj requested fllffimmtlnn ahnnt iWliJ-what he terms a f - V , "grand ifaaipede" r "5fr fVV I upon Newton's lett Sttat m l.a 1 1 V1! i. t Teach Tree "lllll'l. IWU lis As the writer's regiment held the extreme left of Ihe Fourth Corps, with the f7th Ind., I.lcut.-Cot. Blanche, next to them, It must have been us falling hack across Ihe creek that caught his critical eye at the comparatively safe distance of over half a mile from the most advanced of Ihe enemy. I suppose his was the battery back of the cornfield (hat ilred over us as we advanced through it, crossed the crrek, and climbed the hill on the south side The battery ceased firing as we gained the top. The Johnnies falling back at the same time, we at once set about reversing their rifle pit and speculating about the chances of taking Atlanta that day. While thus engaged they cum ft back on the chargo that resulted so disastrously to them along the whole line, especially to the right of us, where our men wero in force, and had part ly constructed breastworks. Any one with an ere and half sense could see that oor position was one of extreme langer. Isola'eil as we were In an interval iet ween our corps and the twenty third. witli no troops In support, even back of the crei-k. As the enemv came on through the timber, our men began falling back, hinuinj it was but their skirmisli line try ng to recover their position. I. lent August Hlrsh. Mike Calalian anil tho wr ter did not run until convinced that It was death or capture to stay, as they were coming in heavy line tf battle, while we bad but a skirnrsh-line. The lull hack to the creek was ery brushy. It was yet there and ai.-oss Ihe lies! way wo could. As we came to the creek a large mall of Co. B. jilliiied in and waded across, Heelug that the water came nearly lo his arm-pits. I turned to get back up (lie bank. ' The creek bad been very high, mid fulling recently and had left the banks very slippery. Instead of going up the bank, my leet slipped and I slid into tiie w iter, sera united nut up me bank and ran up stream to a drilt, where most of the iiicn bad crossed, thus getting behind everybody but one man. Mike Cala lian, who was captured. This place of crossing was n little below Ihe cornfield, where the high ground came 1 1 reef I v to the creek on the north, and as more sloping than on the south side and less brush. At the ton there was a ravine running down to the bottom land, ihe cornfield was in this, forming a ridge next to the creek. As I ran up the slope bullets knock ed the dust all around, as the rebels bad a fair new of me for about IU1) vards distant e. As I not over the crest Mai. Hammond. of our regiment, who was In command, was there, forming the line again under shelter of the ridge, and said to me: "King, you are a goi d man! (.lo back to that rifle-pit and see if they try to cross." 1 he pit was a rod or so duck down tiie hill. I said: "I will, if I can get a drink of water. Someone handed me a canteen. and I took a drink aud went back. Matt Hoots, of Co. I. who bail a Mpencer rifle. also going. As we did so many of the en emy wero then lu sight, about 150 yards distant. As we commenced firing they got under cover for a lew minutes, and then came out to cross. Col, llluncbe, with Ins regiment and some of our, came up the ravine from the corntle d, forming on our left. Our po sition there as all we could ask. Bullets Hew thick and fast from hoth sides until thev gave up the attempt to cross and went back into tho woods, (he charge having failed in its object lo pierce our hue, which would not have peen tne case 11 we nail made a "grand stamiieile" as staled by Dol- lon. If the 11111111 attack had been further to the right. Kiev would have gone through the wide gap between the Fourth and Twenty thi'd Corps like a knife. Two small regnnents, Mattery M, (ien. Thomas and all creiitioti wi uld not have stopped them until there had been a hard a battle, with as much loss 011 our side, as there was wodays later, when Hood tried the same ian with better success on Mcl'herson. As it was. the recollectio 1 of the ion rounds 1 lired ami many more of my comrades did that same dav leads me to believe that we were no more stainpeders than was (ten. 1 hoinas. Some people who pever got very far to the front, and saw other troops come back over the ground where no order could be kept. are liable to he unjustly critical; Din it was not the case that day with en. Thomas. Vt hen l-en. .Newton told film tie thought we were captured, he said: "(), no! 1 havothem fighting in splendid style over there." Such at least is what we are told be said, but I did not hear him ssy it. as I cannot locate Ins whereabouts that dav. As Comrade Dolton d sires, who I am afraid is too apt to toot his bugle, disparag ing others, which is th case iu his letter re ferred lo und one published some time ago, where he saks of the retreat of the right wing of our army at Cbickamauga, I tell Ivm what troops he refers to. When men do as hard lighting as Wood's and Sheridan's DlvWoiisdid there, suffering the loss they did and inflicting stiil greater on the enemy, and having to retire before a largely superior force for lack of proper di rection from General who failed to do their duty, they are not deserving ot cen sure from any one of the Reserve Corp, who simply look part in the tuil-end of the tight. I am tired of hearing of inglorious re treats, and grand stampedes when there was none. It gives our children a wrong impres sion. Our former enemies and their present allies do enough of that, without aid from nny comrade. Hknhy C. Kimi. in National Tribune. ormal Ending of the Kansas Revolt, tion. At Tope k a on Tuesday morning the Popu list members of tb Kansas House, headed by Mr. Dunsnore and their Hergeant-at-arms, marched into the House and took tbeir seats, being received with respectful silence. In answering for the first time to the Republican roll call, protests were oc casionally tiled to the decision ot th Su preme Court. A few ot these were bitter, ard some were insulting to the Court. Aside from these there was no specie' incident to the surrender. Referred Kloa to an Animal Painter, A remark made by a clever Lon don woman the other day is worth recording. A man whom she much disliked said to her: "I know that you have a great and deserved repu tation for artlstlo taste. Now, would you kindly exercise it on my behalf by telling me whom you would recom mend me to have my portrait painted by?" The reply was prompt: 'By liouk Booheur. Mertentary Ifeeupatlone. An Intercstlno; lossin Is offered t do student of longevity In the tables iiiiulo up by life-insurance eoinp.inlpsj, showing the chances of lire or death 11 ulTerted by urloiu occupation At tlr.st sight there aocm to beatutia glaring Inconsistencies in such tables. Tlio profession of tni'dlclnc, for c iiiiiplp, which might, be expected to net nny a pluco among t he occupations tending to lotii(ct lire, is found, on the contrary, ninong those tending to -omnnrntively short 11. e. if we leavo out of account tho) uctlve occupations which arc of ne cessity peculiarly unhcatthftil, as, rur Instance, that of the stoker, which Involves the performance of labor In u very hot atmosphere, It appears to ho certnln that occupations of pro fessions which call for lung- hours at Ihe desk, or at other sedentary work, p otltico victims of disease sooner than which necessitate muscular activity. All persons therefore, whose oc cupations aro sedentary should make It a matter of duty to counteract the unwholesome tendency of their daily employment by some form of exercise. Athletes do undoubtedly die some times of heart disease, and college students arc sometimes seriously in jured while playing foot-ball, but many more die or become, disabled from disease superinduced by lack of bodily activity. Of all the possible means of coun teractlng tho effects of conflnemcnt In the office, or of other sedentary employments, walking Is one of the surest and easiest. With many per sons It would be a great gain to health If they would walk to and from theli places of business In preference to riding. It docs not seem posslhle to cm. pbaslze too strjngly tho Importance trhlch, indeed, amounts to a ncces. lity, of freeing the body of some of Its waste products by physical excr :lse performed dally. It is true, that tnany animals never take exercise for its own sake. The muscular system of animals Is kept In the most perfect condition, how ever, by their search for food. With them exercise is natural, and there fore perfect of Its kind. A sedentary occupation Is, to a cer tain degree, unnatural, und must ba offset by exercise. In walking, the lungs should ba expanded and tho whole musculai system brought into play as far a possible. A buoyancy Is obtained by this means which makes tho exercise especially beneficial. Youth's Com panion. Cannot 'lake His Bit. The chief of the Kama City (Mo.) Pira Department has invented a new bridle for horse, tha use of which makes it impossible for the horse M take tba bit between his teeth. It has do bit to take. It is arranged with s strap over the hone's nose, Snd a ateel eurb under bis jaw in melt a way that s bard pull on the rein make tha animal very uncomfortable indeed. Tba new bridle works to 'perfection, it is laid, 00 a practical tost, keepiog the horss per feetly uoder control, while giving bits tha minimum of discomfort. One great advantage of tha contrivance is that it enables the animal to eat and drink it comfort without displacing the bridle. New York New. ( nrinns Heath tu toms of Fiji. The Fijian believe that in case a mar riageable youth or maiden dies without having gone through with tba elaborate) nuptial knot-tying ceremony of tbs islands his or ber soul ii doomed to wander about forever in an intermediate region between heaven and the lowei region. When anyone die, man, woman or child, a whale's tooth is placed in tha hand of the corpse, the missile to ba thrown at the tree wh e'a stands at a guide post to point out the road that lesdi to heaven and the one that leads to ibeo!. St. Louis Republic Knffllsh iDtioranne of Aiiiprlra AiA nni begin with this generation. Goldsmith's inscription 01 Niagara Fallt includes tbs naiement mat "some InUnn In their canoe, as it is said, have ventured Hn It in sulety.' X A Powerful rUnls Mllnv i 1 can iviciivGis A process that kills the taste of cod-liver oil has done good service but the process that both kills the taste and effects par tial digestion has done much more. Scott's Emulsion stands alone in the field of fat-foods. It is easy of assimilation because part ly digested before taken Scott's Emulsion checks Con sumption and all other wasting diseases. A Iranarirl hv Kantt. A ttnmwtm. PkaivMlaLsL na i or, sou ojr oruwuuimyitatrt, P N U 10 HOTH IMG LIKE I I BWIKT'8HPK('iriC is totally nnlikeanr J other blood uiedlelne. It e ures disease a m the bluod and skin bv removing tho poison ind at the saute time sumiHe good blood to tat wasted parts. Don't be Imposed on by substl tutes, which are sultl to lie just a (rood, it i nottru: No lliedU'ln TUT Wnj has iierfornied as many 111 Ink llUslkl wundarful cures, or relieved so luuub sulferuig. " My blood was badly poisoned last year, whiot Itot niy whole system out of orilerillseiued aat a constant souri ot sufTerhif:, no spixot'e no enjoyment ot III. Two buttle of 1"""""! broiitit 1110 right out. There I no - -' - better remedy lor blood disease. wsssi "John Gavin, Dayton, Ohio." Treatise on blood and skin dlas mailed frs Win arCCUriO CO., Atlanta, Qa.
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