Tho not debt of New York City now tcchcei!),i3i,iafl.ro. Thoro nro in tlio Unltod Htntes 4,000 )iil)lic libraries with moro llinn 1,000 Volume inch. A statistician has floured out that in New York Citjr tho suicides averago about buvcu n ilny througout tho year. The statistics iii1icnto tlmt tho farms of Ohio nro worth upwards of $30, 01)0,01)0 Icon thnn thry wcro n year ago, whilo tho indebtedness of their owners hna grown about JH, 00,000. The Herman statistician, llcrnhiird Jrnslein, has computed tlmt (Irouoo stands in tho flrHt rank nmomr F.tiro ioun countries in tho number of ecu tonnriaiis. llo nltrilmtjH thin to its climate. Now York's elevated cable mul horse railroad parry a good ninny inoro njiscncrs ill tho courso ofu year than thu lirooklyn trolley lines, yet thry killed only eight persons during 1 HI) 1, against tho hitter's forty-llvo. Attontion in called tiy Tho Presby terian to tho fact tlmt tho progress of Houthcru Presbyterian church in tho work of 1'orcigu Missions Ih hiioIi tlmt in tho )nHt Btvcn years it bus doubled tho number of missionaries iu tho field. Tho Indianapolis pooplo any their public schools arc not w lml they ought to be. A high school boy recently ttpcllcd ngcucy "ageshuncy," Btid nn other boy who was asked to defluo nud illiit-liiito tho word "Antedates" ro llied as follows: "Antedates menus going before Tho polieeninu nntf dntcs tho procession." A lending Pnriiiinn newspaper states that tho cordial reception given to tho retiring French ambassador by Queen Victorin nt Windsor, nn honor only accorded to favorite ofllciula or ropro- nentntives of very friendly nations, loads to tho hopo of n prompt solution of the different questions pending be twoeu Franco and England. Electricity has been utilized to color leather various Hhades, nud it is pro dieted that iu a fow years it will be used for tanning. Experiments de monstrate, announcos tho New York Mail and Expross, that in timo it will lio possiblo to tan a hide in twenty four hours, a process that required cloven months under tho old method. A German company has been or1 ganized to start tho first woolen fno tory in the Transvaal, Month Africa. Tho Transvaal government offers a utibstautiiil annual bonus for tho man ufacture of n certain quantity of cloth and blankets from wool grown in the country. Tho government of tho Orange Frco Statu Also offers a simi lar vcnrlv bonus to encourage tho establishment of a woolen manufac tory within tho republic Austin Corbin, tho New York rail way mngnnto,hns imported n family of 250 Italiau families to a 4,000 acre tract ho has sold them, noar Green sville, Chicot county, Arkansas, Ar kansus is filling up rapidly and before long will be one of the loading fruit utateti in tho Union. Rurally bred Italians are among tho best fruit far mors iu the world, and, tho St, Louis Star-Sayings thinks, tho coming col ony should bo quite a fruit factor in the state. 'The St. Louis Star-Sayings fools that "the fact that Southern farmers aro generously sending of their plenty to their starving brethren in Nebraska tnust not bo pormittod to pnss un noticed. Naturally enough, tho first point of observation is that no such call for aid as was mndo by tho suffer ing Western tillers ever goes unheeded in this grout country, and tho second is the liberality evidenced by the giv ers emphasizes tho ranowed and grow ing prosperity of the men of the Booth. Tho latter, it may joyfully be an nounced, have raised more than they need, and in graciously bestowing Borne of their recent advancement And advantages. Above all, how ever, tho happy circumstance re onoe more mado plain to the jsaople of the United States that 'theirs, after all, is a homogeneous .nation, .every part of which is in touch with every other part, all sectious, di visions and ends being bound together (immutably by the ties of a common ihamunity, a common generosity, a (common effoution nud esteem. The one touoh ol nature which today is recorded, truly has made the whole nation kin, and its cflfeots will bo ifcnown and remembered loug after the ejvidenoes of the preseut occasion hav , llurrjr-t i anil Ilyand.Hjr, (Hurry-up nnt ly-nnd-ly Twining flowers on day ' llurry-up was very grave, lly-and-hy wns gay, "Walt a Utile, friend," ho snld, "t'oino nnd share niy play." Hut tho other illit not cause, "I must work," said hot "Work until my task Is done, And my mind Is freo." "Work will wait." ipmtlt lly-nud-by, "Hit down hero with inc. "I sliall Inluir pretty soon When tlil wreath Is lnee,l, There Is timo enough for ti II, Why tins fooll-di blister" Hurry-up snld, walking on, "Ilmo's too dear to tvaitu." Ilyund-by saw llmry-up Oiiik again, they snyt Kiw lilia sitting at Ills oaxu Iu the bright nnnu-ilny i lilossoms grew about Ills feet. And Ids air win guy. Ity-nnd ly, wild brooding eyes, I, hiking nut to ttl'l wl, lliirrylii1,' down tho dusty rond Anxleiii and depri'wi'il. Willi" l'i'll"lltll III herVolH feet Tii'li'd llowers lie preyed "(iurer," lie gruiiiMi'd, ns ho Went Hi'owllng on Ills way, "How luek favors lluiry-ujil l''a'e W ipieer, I mv." An I lie iIoim nut understand "Hlh'll i plllek" 111 W V. 1'm.a W. Wu.eox, 111 YoiiiirConipanloii. MARCELENA'S LOVERS. It was nt tlint timo of tho year when tho sky of Now Mexico is as blue na tho eyes of tho girl you lovo, nud tho scant herbage reminds you of tho Scotch heather, dry nnd vnri-colorod, but making nn exquisite harmony among tho lingo blood-red HundHtouo buttes, nud plains diversified by caves nnd canyons. And sprend ovorywhoro tho wonderful eaeti, with thoir mar velous flowers, liko tho scarlet blos soms of sin. Thrro in pence nnd plenty, live n pooplo w ho will nlwnys bo picturesque, tho uniquo nnd interesting Fueblos, who hiivo lost moro ni ts than wo ever possessed i whoso men nro bravo, peaceful and domesticated ; who livo in terraced houses and build difficult churches,aud wash themselves without government interference ; and who do not chooso for themselves Yankee sons- in-law, but nro often couipollod to no ccpt thorn as a penalty for having handsome daughters. Tho l'ueblo girls, liko girls tho world over, will marry ouly whero they love, nud no man duro trifle with tho affections of a l'ueblo maiden. All of which is incidental to tho story of JIaroeloua Zeuda, tho pretti est girl iu Now Mexico, who lived in ouo of tho torrnccd houses, nud had Spnnish blood in her veins, and was so boautiful thnt her uumo was a charm iu her tribe. Maroclcua had refused a dozen Mexican scuors, tho Colouol of a regiment stationed at Fort Ilowio, nnd a half dozen of her own pooplo, Thou slio mot a dark, melancholy man from Now England, who had coma thoro with tho principal product of thnt country, consumption, and ex pected to die. llo had no right to full in lovo, but ho did, and what was more remarkablo, his love was returned. Murcelona had lands and burros, and a tuuomont that was a wonder of architocturo in her own right, and could have mnrriod her lover off-hund, her people all be ing subservient to her slightest wish, but the Now England innn had a con science. After winning the girl's love ho decided that it would bo wicked for him to marry her, only to make her a widow. "llut you will dio not, Jamoz" his namo was James said Marcolena; "I mnko mysolf prayer to God in the thorn, that you live I suffer; then he make you to be well." "No, dear ono, you mistnkoj God does not ask that you shall luoerato your fair body with thorns that I may recover. If any one did that it should be mo. Promise me that you will nover agaiu go with tho Fenitontes promieo me, Marcolena, although I may not live to know that you keep your promise" So Marcelena promised, and tVn brought her guitar and played sweetly to her lovor, who watched her with intont gaze, longing for a new lease of life, that he might call her his own. Through the interference of friends be became an inmate of the Govern ment Hospital at the fort, and im proved so rapidly that ho scut for Marcelena to conio to him and be mar ried by the post chaplain. No," said Marcelena, in the prov erb of her people, "that would be the haystack going after the cow, I msry at home, or not at alL " Pretty Marcelena controlled her self as best she could, and in a mo ment of loneliness oonsouted to attend tall with a former lover Senor Filipe who had sworn to himself that she SlWUW acyer marry another $nl llut of this the Now Mexican girl was quito unconscious, Bho arrayed her self for tho ball in an claborato dnno- fug skirt of gny striped stuff, cmbrold- erod in tunny colored bends and silver sequin in strings down tho brendth, Iter dainty foet were encased in soft moccasins for this was nn occasion when slio wore her tribal dress and sho Carried tho enstnnots bequeathed to her by her Spanish mother. So ac coutred sho nccoinpnniod Senor Fil ipe. That night Marcolonn was ns usual tho bello of tho bull. It was not at nil surprising thnt sho should accept tho hoinago showered upon hor, but her heart was not iu it, nud nt midnight sho stepped to the open door of tho dancing hall nud looked fnr over tho shilling plain, nud thought of her lover lylii;r in tho ward of tho hospital perhaps dying under tho same glorious moonlight. Itiiinea her friend had takcu tho last daiico fur her, nnd sho stepped out to brentho tho wclcomo tonic of the night air. Homo ouo was singing "El llorrnchi to," giving tho refrain in English, badly broken: "And n pnHsiou for n woman caused it nil," Tho Jlorriieliito "tho innn who is a litllo drunk" was tho cavalier Filipe, who had brought Marcelcun to tho ball, nud who was now ready to tako her home, swung to tho same saddle, a modo of coiivi nieiiro not only proper, but popular nmotig tho Pueblos, Ho was looking into tier eyes with thnt dashing daring audacity which was her meed of homage. She curled her red lips just a littlo nt his too ardent gaze, but ho was nccustoluod to that ouly thero wns that iu his mind to-night of which sho know nothing. Tho rest of tho company wero out watching the pair on the fleet Mexican horse. "Some day," says ono of tho reject ed, "ho will run nwny with her I" "That fiery Filipo no. Sho is too tame. Ho knows sho will marry tho Y'aukco schoolmaster poor littlo ono." Tho flush of silver on tho girl's dross dazzled thoir eyes iu tho moon light. Her hnudsomo arms clasped the cav nlicr Filipo, but not too closely, sho was iu a hurry to got somo ono to pray for hor "Jnmez." They diishod into tho moonlight nnd ncross tho pluzn, through tho plain be yond, over fields of cactus, startling tho jack rabbits nnd tho piping quail, nud nwny like tho wind, but iu nn op posite directiou to tho homo of Mar colena. At first tho girl did not notico it, but Filipe, flushed nud fenrless, called out : "To Acomn, gazelle, to tho country of Filipo, aud you will uover suo your puny American again I" Thero was a wild cry of despair, as tho girl tried to throw herself from tho flying horse, but could not froo herself for a moment from tho pas sionato grasp of tho Mexican. "I'll kill you I" sho said bctwoon her tocth. "Kill away, my pretty ouo, but you shall bo my wife first." On and on, with the speed of tho wind, wont the fleet horso, aud thoy wore noariug tho little cemetery in tho valley when Murceleua's arms rolaxod, and her head drooped on the shoulder of Filipo. no bolicved she had fainted, and attomptcd to change his position, whon liko a flash of lightning, tho stool poinard in his belt cleft the air and descended not in his treacherous heart, but in the soft breast of the beautiful and desperate Maroclcna. At that moment a company of United States soldiers camo pouring out of an ambulance which was alowly passing on its way to Fort Bowie. Thoy captured the cavalier Filipo, and took tho apparently lifeless girl to the hospital, a temporary building then in use. Marcelena was not dead, not even fr.tally wounded. Cut she was a long time in the ward of the Government Hospital before she could be removed to her home, aud there was a pretty oeremony performed there when sho was able to sit up as a convalesoont, It was hor marriage to "Jamez," as she oalled him ; the Yankee sohoolmas tor, who, in the generous climate of New Mexico, had grown so robust that he Knapped his fingers at tho spectre which bad been a family ban shee for many generations. They talk of the hospital romance to this day, and the professor, as the schoolmaster is now called, lives just aoross the valley from Senor Filipe, who married Blanoa, and made a model husband. Detroit Free Press. The Massachusetts Cotton Company has determined to build a $01)0,000 plant, with a capacity of 30,000 spin dles, at some undetermined point in J the u'.licru SU'.eo. Jin; Utt ltld of tho ltahhir l'cst. Tho time seems rapidly approaching whon tho rabbit of Australia will cense to bo regnrdod ns a nuisance, siys tho Melbourne Lender. Whnt can bo dono with the rnbbit ns a mnrkotnblo commodity in tho way of preserving the meat In tins and utilizing the skin has boon proved, and a Syduoy firm is roportod ns having dispatched nn ngout to Loudon whoso mission is to oxtoud a trade in exporting rabbits ns frozen meat Ho is to do his best to push markets for tho millions of superfluous gaino of tho colony of New South Wnlos now being treated ns vermin, nud on tho extermination of which largo amounts of money nro annually expended. Hares nud rabbits nro to bo tho first consideration, nnd other game, such ns wallaby, thu elmleo parts of tho kangaroo, wild birds, etc., will follow. According to tho nniiager of tho company, a grent part of tho proposed export of rabbits will go to tho northern pnrts of England, tho peoplo in thoso districts having al ready favored tho trade. Last yenr tho company exported between 0,000 nud 7,000 rnhbits nnd about 10,000 hares. It is expected that tlio con signments of frozen rabbits will reach v fa r annually not less than 2.ji),0U0. I p to tho present tho rabbits havo been forwarded Iu bags, but for tho futuro it is intended to pack them Iu battened cases, fifty rabbits iu n case. Instruc tions will bo issuod to thoso who cuter into the business of procuring the mil limls how they nro to bo killed. No shot rabbits will bo taken. They must bo dispatched in such a manner thnt no blood is allowed to got on their skins, nnd so interfere with tho process of froezlng. Thu railway com missioners nro offering every facility for tho development of tho trado, which is likely to benefit tho colony iu moro ways thnn otic. In nil thero is n hint to Victoria ns to how a littlo of tho government money now waste- fully cxpetidod in poisoning might bo judiciously used iu tho directiou of subsidies toward making tho rabbits a sourc3 of profit. Wonder or Telegraphy, Another new invention iu telegraphy is reported iu a Washington letter. l)y tho new method two hundred wordi or moro pur miuuto can bo sent. It has reached tho speed of i)00 words per minute, nud is kuown as tho lingers system. Tho business man can, by this method, dictate n mcssngo to his stenographer who, in writing it out on tho typewriter, can proditco a per forated ribbon which may bo pres ented at tho telegraph oflico aud by it tho iii)i-a.f mi Iu n utomaticully for wurd-'d. In this way a retain copy is preserved, and tho astonishing speed mentioned is obtained. Tho pooplo who nro getting ready to put this wonderful invention into practical uso are putting up their first liuo between Washington and Balti more, over the sumo routo that was traveled by Professor Morse's trial iu 1811. Of courso it is now an old story thnt tho tulephono brings Chicago ami Bos ton into adjoining rooms. The pro poned phonoscope will let tho speaker at ono end of tho telephone lino soe the person addressed at tho other cud. Tho autograph completos this phase of invention by transmitting a photo graph over a telegraph wire and re cording it as received in tho shape of a finished engraving roady for the printing press. Akiu to this is the tel autograph, which records au auto graphic njefsago and carries i hi the uauuwmin'j oi me soutier. jus two last aro the inventions of Professor Elishn Gray of Chicago. But the new Rogers invention will go far ahead of any other iu rapidity of work and iu the fact thnt it does not need an expert recoiviug operator. It will in this way diminish tho cost a well as immensely increase tho speed of transmitting messages Farm, Field and Fireside Queen Victoria's (uill Harness. Tho greatest curiosity of the Queen's stables and harness rooms is a very beautiful set of harness for four horses. It is called "tho quill harness," being oue mass of thu finest embroidery of white quills ou black leather. The maker of th set brought an actiou against the Queen ou the question of the price. The cafe, when fought out, resulted iu a favor able verdict for Her Majesty, but Prince Albert would never allow the harness to be used, aud it hangs in glass cupboards iu the largest of the many harness rooms. New York Jo urual. A Change. Old Boarder What's for breakfast Hope uot ham nud eggs. Waiter Girl No, sir; not bam a no eggs this morning. "Thank the stars I What is it?" "Ouly ham." N si 1'u.k Ti'eeUy, THE BATTLE OF SHILOE GENERALS SURPRISED. A Battle That Was Not fouaht Aooord lo to ths Schools. Cmtrluilitl. It Was 8 o'clock boforo Ilia Inst of tlis Foil. Oral rKlinnts, thoso Iiearent to the atnam. Iioal laudliia, irm started to thn front. Mennnlilln, the outer Hun had lawn forced back at snvcral points, slid thn (.'nnfederaluK, cncouriifccl y tleilr sunenns, wnrn pulillu( tliliur Willi ibupiiriilo xnxrity. 'I hern m ro no ilefiinsi'S ol nay kind, Uut so miieli ns tho rudest earthwork, to Irmnn tlin ilaintnra nud ervn tlin ends ol strntniry. Thn truss and undnrhrimh afforded soma d"rmi of stinltnr, but they nl.o provided opiioriuultliM lor am buh, nud thus tended to Ikarxnm rnttmrthnn to diminish tlis Knniriil chnnoea ol nnsunlty. It wns prnetlenily a battle In which th around wns coiitnsted step by st, Innn nt'iilii't man. Thero wni no ehnnna bu ael eiitlllo ilinimuverllig. Tho two nrmles con fronted each other In mieli a Wny that tho bwtin depended upon direct nnd slmpln light ing, nnd tint upon any ol the thnorb s IhiikIiI In school ol military Instruction. In tlin na ture, ot thn raw, a eohcrhetit nnd systematic Ifcnornl plan ot operation was out el tlio ipiestloii, Tim conditions changed no rap idly, thnrn wns such a mieersiloii nluiiforseen reveals, that It wns ImpoMlhln to lollow a f liven course or to prescrvo a unity ol cnlou ntlom. There mis nothing to do bill to accept tlio Ingle i constantly shilling clr eiiiiinauee" mid to strike a blow whenever Slid wherever tlio ocenilon WM presented, (Iraiit arrived nhout R o'clock from Kiivnn linh, nine mill s distant, nnd assumed onm maud. Ho exjilaltied his nlwmeo by snyluK thnt ho ii-nj cxt'celliiij JJuell to nrrlvo at Ha- Veunali, aud wlsliul to uWl bliu there, but bo wns certainly not anticipating an attack, nr he would have been moro with bis army. However, he was acting la ancordanco with the science of war, which Justified tho opin ion that tho Confederate would not leave an ontreiiehnd position to bring on a battle with Ihn army Hint worn iireoiirlug to attack them. Tho lesson was useful to tiliri afterward, ami lie won bis greatest victory by nn mpially noiii uepitriuro iroiu au enmuiHiiei military theory. Ho organized ammunition trains as soon ss ho arrived, and hntened re-en to rconienn forward. Then bo visited each ol tho divis ion coinmnnders In turn, nnd was with Hhnr tnuu at IU o'clock, when the bitter wns en. inged In bis hottest fight, ami tho ono thnt lompelled him to rotlre and select another lino ol iletetiso. It wns In this right thnt (Jleburn s (.'unfodornto brlgndo ol six regl Dienls made repented charges upon a wooded ascent and lost mora thnu ouo-thlrd ol It uipiiiIhts, tho flth Mississippi having 300 kill ed nnd wounded out ol a total ol ii6. Thoro wero repoated engagements ol this desperate order in wincn me reg wero so bndly shattered that they could not tenner nuy nirtiier service miring tlio uny. At about i o'clnok In tho aftornoon. aceorit lug to tbo Coofedornto records, Drecklurhlgo roue up to Jutinstun uuuer greni eieltemeut, nud said: "I have a rogltaent ol Tennessee- an who refue to light, though 1 havo been lining my uuai 10 raiiy mem aivi aei. metij in. Johnson turned it) "oV. llnrrllr. who waS s uicpibjrol. Ml staff, saying: "llo you hoar that, aoveitjoTV'' Harris rcVllodi "I will whit ciui Jo." asd galloped away, followed ny iirnekiurnj.'O, who leiurlieil in a low mo ments, reporting that the men could not bo Induced to mnko a chnuX "Then, I wlil help you," snld Johnston, and he rodo Into llowen's lines, holding on ono of his fingers a bright tin cup, from whloh be bad been drink, lug. "Men nl Texas and Arkansas," he ex clnlrpnd, "theeuemy Is stubborn, and I want you now to show what you enn do with your bnyonet nnd toothpicks. I will lead you. Forward!" The men went In with a yell, and gained the coveted position, but their uecesi was a very costly ouo, as it Involved tho death ot Johnston, who was struck by a shot that severed an artery, and Dosurgeon being pres old, tho loss ol blood soou ended his life. Newt of this misfortune spread rapidly through both armies, dispiriting tho ouo and encour aging the other. Thero wns a short lull on that pnrt of the Held whero Johnston bad beon klllcdi and then tbo lighting was re turned wllh access of fury along the whole Hue. lleauregard having succeeded to the commnnd of tbo Confederate forces. When llragg heard ot the death ot Johns ton, ho quickly assembled all the troot within his reach and termed them for a gen eral advauco against the fatal slope known ns "the hornet's nest," whom tho divisions ol Prentiss nnd Wallace bad beea bearing the brunt oi tho bnttlo for several hours and re pelling all attacks made on them. Iu conse iUenco of the cbnuglug of lines by Sherman, n gap wn left between tlieso divisions and tho supporting onm, and the (,'outederutes pass ed through It to Wallace's rour. Hurlbut mado an effort to keep them back, bul Ibey were too strong fnr him aud fas bad to retreat. This sharp light was tho one Iu wblcb Hurgeon (altoward Colonel jCornyo, ol Missouri, distinguished himself by throwing awny til medical outllt and taking charge ol a battery. As soon as the fact ot Hurlbut's withdrawn) became known to Prentiss nnd Wallaco they consulted aud resolved to hold their position at all hazards and keep tbt enemy Irom passiug on to the landing. llut tuey were Uuialeu Irom tue rest ol tbe arm ami surrounded by a superior force. Al length Wallace ordered bis command to re tire and out a way through, and two regi ments succeeded In doing so. Wnlluoe fell mortally wounded, front in made a final herolo struggle to bold his ground but It was futllei and when he saw that further reals tanco was usiluss be surrendered tbo remain ing (raiments of tbe two divisions 2, Noumea in ii,jliu louy wero sum ijuuin as pruouers tue ofll rers woo reported to him after tbe cent!) of Johnson found him holding a live quail in hit hnnd wblcb be said be bad pick ed up on tho Held, and was keeping as a trophy, -Ibis little fact made quite an lmprejloo ou mo at tbe time," observes tbe officer; "it struck me as luopporuoe to to be petting a poor frigbtonod bird when there were two good hours of daylight left for pursuing tbe flying enemy. ' llut In fact tbe pursuit was kept up until It ended In a repulse tbat left the victory with tbe Federals. It was nearly 0 o'alock when Cbnimert' brigade made Its famous obarge across tbe ruviue la front of the position near the lauding where remnants ol various rsgl meats numbering some 4.000 men, with fifty piece of artillery, bad been stationed. Grant al on his borss a hundred yards up tbe bill watching tbe movement. An officer noar blra ventured to say, "General, things are going decidedly against us to-day," aud he replied, In bis characteristic wny,' Not at all, sir; we are whipping them there now." Ha was right, Tuat wide and deep ravine, swept by tbe fire Id front and from tbe gun boat 011 the flank, was tbe last ditch ol tbe Confederates, nod wbentheircbarge failed tbe battle wa decided against them. It la well kuown ol ooure, t at Buell's army began to arrive tbat evening, but not lu time tu participate in tbe battle, and tbat Lew Wallace also came la with hut delays division. ' Tbe next day's Ogbting, therefore, was In every sense favorable to the Federals. It opeued at an early hour, and tbe Confed erates were driven back with heavy lus over tbe ground which they bad so dearly captur tured on tbe previous day. At 3 o clock In the afternoon it became evident that Beaure gard was merely continuing tn battle to -"ure a retreat to Corinth. Grant placed blm elt at tbe head ol several parts ol regi ments and ordered a charge. "I knew tbe euemy was ready to break," he says, "aud only needed a little encouragemeut from us to go quiokly and Join their friends who bad started earlier." The cbarge vu made with loud cheer, and the battle ended then and there. But tbe pursuit was aut eontiuued alter t o'olook. "1 wanted to pursue." says ueiurx eji Uj3 n-iiwquariiirs genr ujj BUiion Pi,.,..tM-uuli..,, was 11 great ,.3 ., aunug me alternoon over what bu J.'rs Ifi : , 1 TT lo an assured Confederate vlctorv. One ol 1 v"-1'6 Ul ' yrant, "but 04 ot Um beau te order tbe men, who had fought despo'ntnly tor t, days, lying In tho mud and rain whenever not lighting, and t did col feel disposed to positively order Uuoll, or sny pan In till oominnnd, to pursue." Nevertheless, the op portunity wns lost to destroy Henuregnrif'r army, and thus materially shorten the war, Just as a liko opportunity wns missed alter Gettysburg and In neither caso nro tbo - ruinations sunlelont to lustily tho coinmnnd ers woo thus let well enough alone when IU07 eould surely bar dons much bettor. TOUOH, BUI DIDN'T LAST LONG Wcnburn Wur ot fturiprntmlrisi a Hail Mnn from tlio Knet. "It In Interesting to tibsorvo," snld n mnn from Colormlo, "how amnll tha tiitiglt mnn from tint lOnst Is apt to slug: In thn fur Wwtt nftor ho bus) hud nn tx porleiieo or two In niniiliig tip ngnlnst tint mon of tlmt region, llo flmls out thnt nn nltcniitlon Is likely to bring 1 1 1 111 up faring Ihn mur.7,li! of n pistol lis tlin Imiulrt of it mini miieli moro n-ndy to pull tho trlggor ofT-liiind Hum to wash) time In preliminary tnlk. Ho soon leiirns thn li'wxiti of I'lrctnnspvc- Hon, nnd, If ho survives tho process, Ills ladnivlor Is nstinlly IiunIIIIimI to fit his1 now surrounding. "A tingle Illustration of tho rcKiiltn thnt limy eotiio from n tfitidmfoot's at tempt to mnsitieriilo na a tmd man west of tlio Mississippi Itlver cniiiH un der my olmervntloti Iu tho winter of lKKt-'ri In New Moxleo. I lionnled the soutliiviiiil I1011111I Atelilsoii trnln ot I.ns Vegas nnd soou found that 0110 of tho pnwtengersj vtus terrorizing thn others. IJij lind Is-etj tli'ltiklng, nnd hn pnrnilotl ihn en is, talking loudly nnd profanely, trying to pick ipmrrola with passenger and freipietitly flotitlHliliig a revolver. Thu trnln hands did uot seem liu lliie J hi Interfere with him, mul nrnong tlm people nttoiird whom hn dlreetly Insult ed he did not happen to hit any oue who Imd tho mind or tlm dlssmltlou to cull blm down, I "Towiird tlm memlwra of a theatrical comimny traveling In one of tlio coneli en ho piirtlctilnrly tllroetod his vlolenrp Mini IiihiiIK Ills conduct with them lit liunt hcciiine utihcaruhlo, and when, af ter threatening two tu tors with his re volver and frightening the women to tho verge of hysterica, he pussed onward Into Another enr, n hurried council of war won held In tlm conch he I1111I vn cintcri, nnd every mnn who had a pistol gut It lu rcnrilimwi, with the iiiideisljind lug thnt If ho returned he wns) V bo sin. I down at tlm first nggrcsxlvo move liHMit Hut that phiiae of triMibtu was averted, for, as It happened, ho remain oil In thu car nheiid until, lit dusk, tho truly, rolled into Albuquerque, "Hero Wcott Moorcj tlio proprietor of tlioArrulVo Ilouao wii n yiu. nJ'jU'Mi with litsi hiLL'kuiuii n will ting tho truln t arrlvtil. Ho called out thu noma of hi I1014M) ftt Jhu diH-r ojjthe car In which I was Hitting, and ilun turning to' the huukuiuu (gild: " Tom tnko caw of tho pawtcjigors !n this uirnnd I will go ou to thn next' "Thti-so InilfeiiHlvo words anight the cir of tlio tough mnn from tho Kant, who woh poshing Ills way to the car (iluXfoniL J In drow IiIh pitUol and attirt ed fur tho neurext mini on tho station pint f m iu, shouting: " 'You'll take en roof lis, will yout I'll show yon smart fellows out hew thnt you're uoLniilu to tnkn enre of me.r "lie flotirlKhei his revolver os he sisiltii, aud JiiHt as Ids; fift struck the second step of tlio car lie llreil. tliu bull (gLsaliig wit tho head of the mnn ou thu. stiitum phitfonn. Tho wniud of tils plHtol wus liiHtmiUy followed by two ipib:lt reports, nnd tho tough man fell forward upon tho plutform dead- Tho mnu at whom he. had apparently fired Iiu4 drawn his revolver and shot him twica through the tutirt. "A crowd gathered as tho train rolled on, leaving tho tough man lying where ho had fallen. Of courso I learnod In cldontnlly nfferwuriVthe man who kllioU blm. a gnniMer of the town, was fully exoinrnuxl nt tho Inrpiest, nnd wdm iipwi Indlctiid for tho killlnaW following Line of Ieast Iloslntance. n-oofs of thu truth of this proposition are coustuntly passing under our eyea. If wo upset a Jug of wuter ou table or floor, the stream of liquid does not fol low a straight line, but moves lu little curves and bends, caused by tho exist ence of obstructions very likely so minute as to be unnotlceable, yet of sufliclcht Importance to Influence the direction of the stream of water by making lis passage over tbe spots where e . . 7 V t slightly moro difficult than iv ijo Mot. ,y Wo observe the same PhenomeuoU 01) u large scale in the beud of rivers, and tho udvautiige of Ughtnliig conductors Is also due to the principle of least re-sh-tuuee. Though lu this iustuncu there Is no tluld strt-uui, yet there Is a mo tion of something mid the motion U mere easily transmitted by means of metal than by stone, brick uud wood of buildings. Consequently, If the latter nre provided with well-coustructed lightning conductors, the electric dis charge will taUe place by their meant mid without utTuvtiug the rest of the eultlce, although the accident which still occasionally occur Indicate that protection from lightning is not yet completely understood. Orgunlu growth also takes the direc tion of leant resistance, though hers the conditions ure so much more com plicated than In tbe case of luorgania motion that the principle Is less read ily distinguished. Uood Wordn. He Squared Himself. Elder Charles Iloldeu, pustor of the church In Wurwtck. It. I., at tho time of the Declaration of Independence, had been accustomed to pray for "the king and all in authority" In his public ser vices. The elder was patriotic, aad tue new order of things Interfered with his set forms of speech.- At one time, vvbllo praying, he came to the place, "We pray for the king and all tn authority," and before be was aware of It, tbe words were uttered. He stopped short, and, after an Instant's hesitation, added, "U Villi U. lUiiS IshAPsV
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