UUih IMHAXS. So:u) C'p.racterinics of This Tribd of Red Men. Taoy C.in't Punish a Cripple Eo:i If ha Eji;3zzle3. "A'mMt n year djo tut summer, Mill A. H. Lewis, "I Hp.at day with the O-ues. It wns linvment iliv nt then i-iital, raiihusk.i. I suppose dome twenty buildings, stores anil geny structures, mivl up thj rapi till. Out in n shnllow valley, nhnut f Lalfa mile from the agency, were I miiiiic.I tho Indian. lucre nro sunn sixteen hundred Osu.'s. About four hundred of these art' liiif-liliimls, or white, admitted into th. tribe. Them wear store cloth" of an inferior sirt and attempt to distinguish themselves by civilized airs. The eiht htmtlrrd others wear blankets, don feather, decorate their faces with iininL ami in nrriii 1 of it .. - j These are the ftill-liliinda The Oxa.ro are a very wealthy outfit. They have ftflllllt I Tllll! fillip lnMl f9 thM ..n...llanili. ever slipped from tho Infinite. If any one were to buy it at anything like a Talue, it would bo worth fully 810 an ere as an average. "Aside from this, tho Oasn;ea have Atlld A 1 OHO OllO In 4L. . 1 . ...t- v,',iiii.i,iaiii in nits LIVHIlirV IU m nu nitron, 5-1,11111,0110 01 wnich la per annum. I don't know that the in terest is ever paid, but, whether aa in terest or a donation, each Osaa re ceive from hia great white father in it,.i.:...4.. a 1 1 1 ... w niiiiiiKiiMi iiu a year in iour pay ments. The head of a family drawathia money. If there are ten in a family, lio lim $1,400 a year, and spends it like a copper-colored lord. There are eveu trader in tho Osaire nation. To the extent of tho money duo them, every Indian has ' tiek' with these trader. "The politic of the Ost;e govern ment divided tho Osage into five band. They correHpond to the a ata of a nation, or the countie of a a-at?. Tho 0ngea have their head chief a Sort of president their chief justice, their treasurer, their attorney general ' ami their congre. This last is called I the national council. It ia made up rJ.i.s .l.,l,...t 1. : 1 ni.ti. .ii;gmT Hum ntl-ll liailll. poe of the oflleera of ths Osage get jrei n hundred dollars a year salary, le bjfu.se, and the opportunity it af fcUfor 'skinning' somebody, is re fiteA anfticieut without piling up any ier moiintary bait by way of sti d. Tim national couneil has fifteen mbeis, threo from each band. Alt theao ofliccrs were elected. And Indian election ia a great scheme, lie ballot box is inside of a sort of fecnrral. This rope fence, mido 'i!'k( t ropes and lariats tied to . tf prevent anybody from getting within forty foot of the voting table; that ia, any outside buck not employed in the actual bnsineaa of the election. Inside aie the judges and a few select friends of tho candidates, with the in terpreter and the clerk of elections. When an Indian vote, - the ballot ia opened and read, so that all tho world may Tiear read in English and in the Oaage language, so that none may com plain that it was not honest and un derstood. Aa a result, fraud would fteera impossible. "Theso Indians are very zealons politicians. They will rake a candi- ') date's past with a tine tooth comb, and every story tLey can tell on him, whether true or fulso, is told and re , told, talked over aud commented upon every campfire in Osagedom. They have a very good code of laws I am told. Home of the faults of their criminal laws are obvious. One was indicate I to mo as I stood looking on the day I waa there. A little dry, (lark, humpbacked Osage waa stand ing near. He wore the clothes of a white man, aud I took heed of him as the only crippled Indiun I ever saw. What Indiana do with their cripples is never explained, but there are never (HU nuuub at iiuj to-be xiiib particu lar distortion, who hud a shrewd, keen, weasel face, was namod to me as a for mer treasurer of the tribe. ' 'Ho 'lopod off with 830.0DD of onr money.' My informant was a full blooded Indian, with the commou plaoo name of Bill Connor, and waa much feared and rospooted in the tribe f6v intelligence, as well as for traditions touching his bloody fero city. low was that?' I inquired. Why, ho was treasurer,' coiitin- ted Connor, 'aud the cattle oomimti- Uh had just puiil their rents for our " fro land. Of comae this mau got iff ami the next thing we knew he was way off in Florida speudiug the noney like a drunken .sailor. We didn't, in fact, know of his where H odoum ior auuui a year auu a uau. M .. 1. ... 1 1. I When wo did locate him lLm,!lJ Waa gone.' " 'Iid yon punish him wb.'ii h.; r turned?' wna asked. "Yes' replied Connor, 'ho w.n tried for what would be embezzlement under your laws, and found guilty, but we couldn't do anything with him.' " 'Why not?' " "We have only two punishments,' said Connor, 'whipping aud death, but the law excuses a cripple. If a man is crippled, the Idea is, I suppose, that he has been punished in advance by the (treat Hpirit for anything and cv erything ho can possibly do. Ho, no matter what crimes he may commit, the nation, under its law, punishes him no further. Alt we could do with this gentleman was to stop hi annuity. Payment day doe not mean anything to him, for ho does not get a splinter.' "The Osage, as a nstion, never made a tight against the w-hites, yet they are known a very warlike, a prone to steal horses and i-sMle, a. prompt to tike scalps as the spark to fly upward. They always had tho sense, however, uever to involv? them selves in trouble as a tribe." Wash ington Star. Exr-rc'se. All authorities that hao treated on longevity pliu-3 exercise, mo terate and regularly taken, as one of the main factors of a long life. That there ore many exemptions does not alter tho fact that physieal ex -rcise is as useful in keeping one healthy as it is to prolong life. U od walkers are seldom a!ck, and the same m-iy bj said of persons who d lily take a prescribe I a nount of exercise. Exercisi is both a preven tive and a rem 'dial m -'autre. In my own practice I have aM'n a cae of per sistent transpiration that followed the east bodily effort, and which annoyed and debilitated tho person at night this being a condition left after a severe illnms diaippenr ns if by ma gic after a day or two of exercise on a bicycle. Plinv relates that a Greek physician who took tip his reM b'lice in Rome was wont publicly to declare that In w is willing to be considered a charlatan if lit anv time he should full ill, or if lie f lil-'d to die of any other diseas; but idd age. Celus, in s;ei'i- itig of the same physician, observes that his faith in the benefit to la d rived from exercise was j grmt that ho had in a great meas ir aiu lotted the Rilmiu'srriition of interi.al rune dies, depending mos'I on hygtcnio measures an I exprcis.-s. Ah tin evi- d-neeoftbo corrctstueat of hia views. I'liny tells lis that this physician lived to Iij a ceu er'inm, anl tlien di.'d from au aceident. A Wins Birl. "There i a specie of the li'cl known aa the woodpecker iu the far West that has an unusual amount of reasoning faculty,' said Theodore Mayfield at the Laclede. "It is nin?u turner thin ths species of that b:.-l found farther east, ami frequnts the towns rather than the woods. Tin y make holes along the eaves of the dwellings, and in those holes they place acorns, not for ths pnrpoH of eating thn, as I am told that the birds do uot eat acorn at all, but for the purpoHs of devouring the grubs that germinate in the acorns. During a recent trip to the coast I was inter ested iu watching these birds, and was told by a number of people about the characteristics of which I apeak. This indicates a continuous train of thought, looking forward to the time of the cre ation of the worm aud ita desirability aa food. Ht. Louis Roptthlio. Fire Under Water. Fire under water may be produced by placing some small pieces of phosp horus in a conical-shaped glass tumb ler, and then covering them with fine crystals of potash. Next fill the glass with water and then udd a few drops of sulphuric acid the aoid to ba ap plied directly to the phosphorus and potash crystals by means of a long tube. If the experiment is properly oarriod out tongues of bright red flame can bo seen flashing np through the water, tho intense chemical heat produced by the actiou of the sulphide ucid on the potash and phosphorus being sufllciuut to inflame the latter, although entirely covered with water. St Louis Republic. Tit fur Tat. Mr. Constant Hipiabble. What kind of a suit do you think I hid butter get for Huudiiys? Mrs. C. H. Well, if you want one to match your usual Huuday disposi tion, you had better get a pepper-and-salt-suit. Philadelphia Life. Government officials hive ditoov ered uew counterfeits in circulation. One is a 82 treasury ujte, the ether a 1 silver certificate. BKIMSiiJOL!)II;RS. Tiey kn Jaunty Fellowa Who Laid a Kafl Lifo. Tiieir Tay Is Poor and Their Prob poets Worse. The trim, well-built English soldier I met with at every known corner of the earth, and one is simply a counter part of another. Outside of barracks, on tho promenade and mingling with the passing throng tho English sol dier is a marked and prominent figure. Erect and easy of carriage, chin-strap down, natty forage cap widely raking to 0110 side, hair nicely done; chest liko a peacock's, waist tightly belted, and boots shining clear as a mirror, not a trace of discontent in diseernable on hia sunburned features. Hi scarlet jacket fit like a glove, with trousers strapped, setting clean and smooth with scarcely a wrinkle, while in his sinewy right hand, a light bamboo stick is deftly twirled, which indeed forms the inseparable companion of tho English soldier. He get four shillings a week cleor money but out of that ho ha to pro vide butter for breakfast and tea, aud something for supper, and nil his un derclothing and cleaning materials. If ho becomes a sergeant, he will re ceive seveuteen shillings and sixpence a week mnrricd quarter coal and gas, and two shilling will buy from tho regimental stores enough provis ion to supply a family for a fort night. He ha about one chancs in forty to become sergeant-major, and one in eighty to ba appointed quartcrmaater. If he has aptitude for "drill," he may get the position of adjutant in some shattered, obscure regiment serving in deadly climates of the East or West Indie. But the soldier ia out of place, discontented, and although treated civilly by his brother ofliccrs, cannot hope to be received in their circle on terms of social equality. Aa an officer he receives ten shillings per day, deriving far less comfort from hia increased allowance than when Ue served in tho ranks. Atter serving twenty-one year the English soldier is supposed to be en titled to a pension of 0110 shilling per diem for life, and a sergeant to two shillings. But at the end of twelve years, hia first term, he is subjected to so rigid a medical examination that, if hia system ia in the least im paired by hard service, disease or dissipation, ho ia rejected and dis charged with a temporary pension of sixpence or tenpence a day for a couple of years. Not more than 30 per cent, succeed in holding out the prescrilted time, and escape being mercilessly turned adrift after having become disqualtted for the duties of a civil life. Every soldier of the English army must go to school until he has mas tered to a certain degree the nidi monts of rending, writing and arith metic, which largely transforms him from the slonchy, . illiterate clodhop per into a trim, smart-appearing sol dier. But despite the fact that Eng land's prestige, at home and abroad, has been largely through the deeds and prowess of the English soldier, he has no standing with the tradespeople or the massea generally in civil life. There are those who will drink and carouse with him at the public house, but he is nover invited to tho homes and family circles of those whose inter ests he defends. He is excluded from all such influences, is mad.) to feel, whether he be sergeant or private, up right or besotted, that for him outside of the barracks, there is a certain taint enveloping his scarlet coat aud trappings that stamps him as co.naing fro,. the dregs of the great city's drifting overplus of human lteiugs, with whom there can be no social com munion. Detroit Free Press. A Montana Uold Plate. Commissioner Merrill, who ia one of the owners of tho Liverpool silver mine, ten miles from Heleua, told a strange story of the finding of crys tallized gold, which illustrates the queer luck of men engaged 111 mining, and how close a call he had in the find ing of gold himself. "I was mining in Ht. Louis gulch," ho said, "and had got down four feet of tin seven' required ti reach the pocket, wheu I wont away to another locality to work some claims I had there. The stage tumbled in the next niaht, aud a fellow n?w from the states got oft'. Ho didn't know a thing ul.mit mining, aud had uever seen a miue, but ho went out the uext nioruiug, bought a pick and pan aud hovel, and struck out for the hilla. "He stumble ) that day on my pros pect hole, and without a word went to work. Well, be oulv du three fet till hi str uli :i p i vc it, afterward eel cbratod as the Uncle Ham's Pocket from which ho took $110,01)1) worth oj gold. Mirk V03, hi! didn't get tuovi than a third or a quarter of what th crystalized gold waa worth. Ho did not know that it was wortli throe 1 fom times as much as ordinnry goUJ, no took t T. C. Kloinehsmidi. Tho latter, with V- experience, saw kt once what it was, and snapped it l s The pocket was in tho shape of t pumpkin seed, 6 feet long and 8 fe. high, and about fl inches wide, in iw widest part. Ti was pretty full a gold, nnd made a bonanza of Brown. Ho took an early stago out of Oma ha, bought a livery stable and settled down. I heard from him not long ago. He waa atill in Omaha and run ning hia livery stable Hun Fran cisco Chronicle. (ilrt for Aquarium Tanks. One of the remarkable features of the new aquarium down on the Battery wall is the glass which forma tho front of tho tanks. On ordinary inspection, when the tanks are filled, it appear very thin indeed ; but it ia iu reality an inch in thickness. To a person un acquainted with the reflective tendency of glass.thia may not soem strange, but eveu the uninitiated will open their eyes when told that the test which proved this glass satisfactory was to place twenty slabs, each one inch thick, on top of each other and try to rend ordinary newspaper print through them all. Certainly the fishes cannot escape tho inspection of the multitude through such crystal as this. The glass is made in England. It was found impossible to make it in this country, owing to influence of cli mate and temperature. Neither the French nor American article wa able to stand the test of strength to which each slab was put before it could be trusted to hold the water in the tank. Why this should be so, the makers do not explain ; they are handicapped by nature, they say, and cannot help themselves. H. T. Woodman, who has charge of the inst illation of the aquarium, has been endeavoring to obtain some slabs of glass one and a half i 11 lies thick. H far he hiia not been able to do so, though he had e.iblcd to a dozen fac totiewin Europe. They all reply that it is impossible to make such largo slabs, of that thickness. Mr. Wood man, however, who knows about glass for aquarium tanks sny it can be made, and hope yet to be able to ob tain, it New York World. The Chinaman's Miirn. A Washington Htret Chinaman changed hi Hign the other dy, unme and all. Ev-etyone lins the hign fever nowadays wild ho thought be mould be in line with tho M dicnuiiutu. Cue of his customers stepped in to see if a new Chinaman had taken possession of the place. He found the laiindryman that had been, there for a good, many month. "Why dlid yiwi change the name oa your sign" he asked htm. "Oh, that uot bin". Only sign name That's nlL'- " Why don't you put your own uauia on the sign V "Oh, see, if I aelloe place can't sellee sign, see? Any name good sign. That's all.- He then explained that it wnmaeom ma practice among Chinamen to change their sigus freqiiently.and that tlwy believed it encouraged trade and thiita reimbursed them for theexpendi tare in red mint and ttnprouoauccublo characters. Buffalo ExpresM. A Crow. led ( eruer hi the Metropolis. Mulberry Bend ia a narrow bend in Mulberry Street, New York, a tor tuous ravine of tall tenement houses, and it is so full of people that the throngs going and coming spread oil the sidewalk uearly to the middle of the street. There they leave a little lane for the bibies to play iu. No, they never get run over. There 'a a perfect understanding bctwaen tho babies and the peddlers who drive their wagons iu Mulberry Bend. The crowds are in tho street partly becaime much of the sidewalk and all of the gutter is taken up with venders' stands, which give its characteristic teaturo to Mulberry B.jnd. Murihner. A Sincere I rave;-. A little boy in Woodford County got into trouble with a school-fellow the other day and agreed with him to ''have it out" beforo school ne.it morning. That evening when Dick knelt to suy his pr.iycrs, after the usual "now I lay me," ho added this special petition; "Aud () God, please make ina as strong as linns and things, 'cause I've got to lick a boy ia the morning. Amen' LiuUviUt Courier-Journal. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS KII.I.E!) IS A WrtECK. 1 rST IT.KIOHT OS TBS P. B. B. HBKAK DOWS) KKAB TYanNK. rrnnsr..- An east-hound fmltftit, running fast nn tho Pennsylvania roail, left the track at Tipton tower, a few miles westof hern, In volving one of ths most disastrous freight wwk of rent year ww'-s "hmiImt x. HtvMiitu 71V'', An axis hrok undnr a ear close up to thn lender, and 84 car were piled together. Most of thsm were loaded with coal, but there was some merchandise. Vront Ilrake man John Hnflssermnn, of Altoona, was eaunht In the. wreck and killed at his post. Harry Marks, a eoal mlnnr llvlnir nt ItolxTtsdiiln, Hunting-dun county, wasterrlhly mashed nnd will die In the hospital ;at Altoona, where he now Is. A unmet oives wat. HcjiTixrinoM-A township wooden brldRS near Cypher. In Bedford county, blew down during a terrllle hnll nnd wind" storm Huliir day night. Hsven men returning from a del egata election at niddleslmrg and one horse wer on thn stni'-tiim nt tho time. I.evl Itin ard was fntslly Injured and Oeorgo Itlnard. his smb. Cyrus Rlnnrd. V. T. Young. Jesln Voting and J. D. Hmlth wnra badly Injun-d. Heorge Young escaped Injun-. The animal was killed. rBOMlSKST, Bt T AS Al.l.Elir.D -ruitr. HiiABox-On receipt of a telegrnm from Contabls Cornelius, of Nw Castle, Chief of Pollen l.'raln arretted Chnrlc V. Fury, a prominent W bent land cltlr.cn, on a charge of highway rohlwrv. The crime of which Fury Is ait' used Is holding up and robhing James Abraham, a picture aent, at Dolton, ll-aver county, a wei-k ago. Abraham was relieved of ilj and some vnlunbln papers. Fury wn formerly constabln at New Castle. He will ee taknu to Lawrence county for trial. an Emma's bkteshk o socibtt. Ei.i.wiMn City. In February, 1H8S. F.dltor W. H. Faulkner, of ths Ellwood A'nj'p. wns sent to the Westnra Penitentiary by J'lilgn Mi-Michael, of Nnw Castle, tor shooting Into a crowd of young frllowa who were harrying him with a Hallnwn'on serenade. H was re leased last Fnkrunry, and now hn has taken lo thn plntform to lecture "Prison I.tte as as I Have Found It." ah txonus to TnrrxARAasn. Br.Avr.ft Fall.-Frank I.indermsn and John Cress will leave for the Topotohnmpo colony at Hlnalo, Sim. They wlli Iw Joined nt Pittsburg by IS others, fnim other places. These men are the advance guard of nn eo dns which Is expected to take yliun this-stunner from the Beaver Valley. KXAMINIXO rt'LTOa'S MISER'AA. OIM.IS. Mi CuNxn.i.sBiimi. E. C llosenal, a resl d.mt of Philadelphia, with an om.-n In Pitts burg, has been of late looking up the mineral resources of Fultou county. He Is favorably impressed with the surface Indications anil iiredd-ts an Influx of capital when, railroad facilities are afforded. HKW CASTI.ll HAS SCKD FOR SI AXI'HR. New Casti.b.-Thomas I,. Morehend.nn lm-siiram-n man and real estate agent, has been lied for slander by J. P. Hyers, a wealthy fanner of this countv, who asks 10.000 for defumntion of character. It is alleged Mom- iieail siiii nyers had set nis house ou lire to. ptt his insurance money. Alkxamhcr Bi.air, who was found dead, along the railroad tracks near Larimer, the other morning. Is now bellevml to have been murdered. His gold wat'-h was gone as-well as his pocketbook and money. Ai.kbkd O. Phillips sued tho New Castle steel company for 10,000. He was nn em ploye of the company and while at work was severely burned. He holds his employers responsible for the accident. Judos Piitv, of flreensbiirg, has renewed I be injunction grunted against the New Kens ington eounctl and contractors from proceed ing with the work on the town ball. Tea clothing of John Hpringer's 7-year-old daughter caught Are from the stove in !ier home at Ltgonler, Hunilny night nnd she was burned to death. Mhs. John Daniki.s died at Nnw Kensing ton. An autopsy showed that death was caused by cherry sends which she swallowed several years ago. 8EEN-rn-oi.n Laura Hpringnr was burn ed to death ut I.lgonlnr. Hhe was lying asleep lieslde a stove. A spark from the lira ignited her clothing. Tis safes In Oreensburghavn been cracked by robbers during thn past fortnight. No big kuuls have been made by the robbers Buscii.abs heat John Iliimgarner. neat B-aver Falls nn Tuesday night and got ti which were hidden in an old boot. Hksby Hah, aa undertaker of S!onocn,on Tuesday night killed himself because hit uareuU objected to bis marrying, A hxavt order for rods has resulted, lm the closing of thn Carungin nail aud wire mill, at Beaver Falls until next Monday. J. M. McDowell's general store snd dwelling house at Percy, Fayette county,. wat destroyed by ft re. Losa 10,000. Kkvkn furnaces at Hlinrpsvllle are Idle through lack of coke. The HharoaClay. man ufactory ii also Idle. Bexjamim WoLr, of Hliarou, has bnnmpro ocuiiced insane. Tne loss 01 'i.OOO u stated to be the cause. John Rtoltz, of Cnrrollton, hanged, him. self at his hotel bam the other night. The annual meeting of ths Lake Erie- deo,- lal aksociatton la in session ut W arreui PL01IINENT PEOPLE. An. in O. Tecum is eighty years nM; Mm. r. 8. Qbaxt ba an annual income It .'4,000. Thk Astor family Is going In expensively 'or literary pursuits. Mas. Okoboe W. CaiLDs wilt make harper nsuent horns in Washington. The composer of "Nellie Oravv." JHmes It. falne, Is now Professor of Music at Harvard. HxxAToa Calvin 8. Brio, of Ohio, wear tut a watch chain In about two years, by cou Mantly fingering it. Jamu A. ClAnriEi.D, a nephew of the lata President Garfield, has liseu sleeted a jus lion of the pnnoe for Jamestown,. Mich. A World's Fair souvenir qnarter. inotosed n a silver ess, has been sent to thQueea Uegnnt of Spain by Sirs, Potter Palmer. Ths late Owieral Hlooum't fortuna Is esti mated nt l,0O,000. Hn was at his death the richest of ah the generals of thn late war. Prksidknt Harbis, of the Stains State Col lege, Is said to tm the youngest college presi dent in the country, being only thirty year ot age. The hMro'bal of the Cxsrowllant Prin cess Allx of Iless is rngardnd in Onrn.any ns voucher for Oermauy'a frioalsUip for (tUHSis. .Tohx Jacsb Asroa has written a novel In whle'i he glorlltns elsetrloilv as the control ling force In the world at the olose of the twentieth century. Ret. H. Wkli.rsltt Tlset, who has besn rpo'ntii'l ny Qussn VMoria tutor and gov raor to thn Oaks of Albiny, la a lineal ds loeudant of John Waal?. Eiobt ysara ago Prnsldnnt fl'meland's weiltb aruMatnd pnrlispi la tJO.000. Now his propyl v. as eubnaled by ths aasnaMtrs' hooks of New York, will amount to qtw a fu icter of a million. SOLDIER! Th Valley of I .Wli till- Till. It eW ever during 1 . s BS.v( .-w ' 1 war. If fv 6k' We were pi ILKiL .VlAC.V s head downs VI,.?. t SI Ail VT. 1.,., - 1.11 1 onw a niusiiie. with a battery or more of guns at Ita -- f ' 4B top. We are fne .f,"Jk .ra" '"H the West. " through the oicn- ings. the sun-bins falls bright and clear 011 vrylblng. Looking to the right or left w !e bn'lalnns fornilng and artillery going in to poiillon. A lull in the crash aiuf roar of buttle: Us stillness Is opiircssive. Look away nit yonder neetht flashing, glenmlng sun ihlne on the polished steel in front and on the flanks It Is the coming of th" enmnv! Ill close columns by division, with flags lliiller Ing. nnd Its army moving rn rt-hrltm. ttce how distinct every rtlln linrrel, bsvonnt.and sabre, like the glenm of silver and shimmer of brass! In the very front Is a regiment of Zouaves. A grander sight no man ever ssw than this coming of the Confederate army. Weses the swinging motion notlcsnble when great bodies of men move together. Thus comes this human battering ram, with artil lery trailing In Its ranks, presenting thn ap penrnnoe of a huge nionter clothed In folds of flashing steel. On comes the enemy In Its firand, full pride, sum of crushing ths bnuten iroknu Army of thn Tenncsi-c,iu ticrfoet step with arms nt right nhoulder-shilt, secmiug conscious of lis might. With hlnm ot baud and bugle the line ad vance! wn son It coming nud wonder If some one will ralsn a white Hug. I load my gnu nn I lie down Hat on the ground hnad down ward: with teeth lightly closed I await what seems our sure defeat. ' Behind the Iront linn comes another, and still mother, thn woods are allvn with tlimn. On thev come: soon their line liegln lo unfold and 'develop: those movements are nxmsjted wltti exa"t step, and arms still nt light-nhoulder-shlfl. t live an age In a moment. We are startled by a cannon shot n'ove us -a signal for more. It Is answered by a blinding tlnsh a mighty roar. Tho earth trembles; some thing strlk'-s me; ailarkn-ss fulls about me; smoke, and leaves and twigs, aud gravel, and snrth. Mil thn air. i start up affrighted, wondering if lle heavens and iarlh ant com ing together. It l thn "good evening" of Webster s grent gun alxve us lo the bold, defiant Confederate hoot. Artillery along the linn opens, and thn ft on I struggle has begun. No white Hag there! Our cannoneers are planting their shrapnel where It will do tllo most harm,. and It falls amid the crowded mass of the enemy, as true as if it had Imea carried by hand. The smoke Ixtfor us lifts, and wn sen honnnf h It thn Hues of thn enemy with great gass torn li them, closing up and still advancing. Wn opea npou them a llne II re. the guns behind us am still throwing eas'-shotthe row deafens and thn smoke till nils us for a time-. Again It lifts and wn sen the gray lliw staggering under tile awful Are it face-,. Thn giuilHMits tskn upthe light, hut on cotnesthat determined II n until only a corpal's guanl remains. Wil liiok again. It has- vanished gone! An other pushes on. to dlssiHnr like thn llrst. Our linn Isa blaxe of lire It is a tolcauo. II hurls defiance witn its shots at the proud, splendid bravery of the enemy, who din bill refuse to retreat. The tight become. Ilendlsh:tth enemy eon nentratesi his lire,, and bring l;lo action every syllable man and gunt Anus are nc longer nt thn right shoulder,, but ant beini nsnd by exiinrienefld men. Ttwslubborn re slstenne of the seemingly IssUnw Federal army Is a surprise to thn leglotm x lleaurs gard, who cau neither crusii nor WsliMign ths blue. Ths gray line-trnmlilesw nlmr-t, as II halts, wavers for moment, and I lien sud denly falls back, the lew that are left are flriuc. nathny go untilthe supporting Hue is reached. Then we. see real dlsi'lpline iu ballbi. Tim retiring linn halts, closes up. cvtormson its support. Hoe how delllmratn and full ol action It henomns, maddened at llm repulsn, and burning to avenge that fallen oomradsl The fiery sons of thn Month, am- again In wr feet form, ready tot hurt thasnnelvns with their angry Impetuosity again their tlre.1 but undaunted foe. For a montoat ths gray lins Is motionless, then all a once It loam forward wflh a mighty ynll. awl swenM aeroM the bloody space' separating the blue from thn gray. Following the yell oomes a storm of lenden hail full iiitiwu laces. It is a battln of the giants. A wild cheer from our line-1 hurled back upon them, aud shot answer shot. The roar of thn arlllery is- Incessant. The crash ol musketry Is deafening, anil tile earth trem bles from the concunnloui snd shock. Watch the play on the faces -of th meu! Theeya flashes, thn fa?e grows wild and grand, tin form round out to Its fullest limit, an I thn plain, dull soldier boy rise Into the grandeur aud glory, of so' Homeric god as he springs to-hls feet, with' aw thought of white Hag or (Infest, full ot ajisrsire lo meet nud destroy the coming enemy. All individuality is lost in. this wild diuuie of dealh. The gray line agaiui halts,, trembla. ai is gone, foi lowMt' by ai wild cneer rna burst from ths heroic line In blue, telling in its own glad ws that they are victors on the bloouy Meld, lou may point to the skulkers that line the river bank, with a flippant expression of dls daiu. I answer by pointing to the heron who met tim shock-is1 Beauragard's battiilloiu un that Monday ulghr aad rolled them hock ia bloody route asd defeat. No braver meu ever faced an nnouitr. Itlnr and (Iray. Kcals f Ilvers. ATjbt fabulous stories liavo been Mil about (jWlng. It 11 man Iu a state-of nudity should undertake to dive with tbe assistance ot weittht aurttclent to carry him to the depth that a diving-bell or other upp.iratua reaches, he would most probably die (a tbe effort, because the actual pres sure attains t blm Is greater than bo ran sustain. .Siebe stales the great Ml depth lo which a man baa ever descended to be 204 feet, equivalent to a pressure ot SS ounda era tuare inch The depth, however, tt which a diver can descend and tho Ionian of time he cau remain under water, do pends to some extent, on personal physlnue. One hundred and fifty feet la considered the ordinary limit for safe worlc. Slight men of runs u lar build, wilb good circulation, sound hearts, steady nerves and teuiDorate habits make the host dheri. Tho greate t il vinj leat ever achieved wan in removing the cago of the ahip Cupe horn, wrcckci nIT tho coast of South America, where u diver named Hooper inada seen desceota to a depth or lio l feet, and at ono t me remained uuder wa.;r il oxnute. lux'oklyn Kaglo. Most men look out for number one; most women claim to look out for number two ut tho tiuo) slioro, . Tcxai tfKtlDgl rm
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