A Buffalo, N. Y., jitdgo tin dn- J
dod that within tho meaning of tho
ri
law horses nro employes.
Cotton li 11 1 In and meal, it in claimed
ly Southern cattlemen, ni a inoro
economical (ooil tliitu tho grains foil iu
tho Wont.
Arizona linn a greater number of
varieties of forest trees than any of
tho other states or territories of equal
aron went of tlio Mississippi.
Tho Intent anthropological statistics
provo tlmt in America tho daily,
monthly nml yearly number of birth
exceed tho deaths in tho nil to of tlirco
to ono.
One of tin) Hungarian town linn
succeeded so well with its experiment
of employing women an letter-carriers
thnt n number of others linvc deter
mined to follow suit.
Tho occupation of Korea by Japan
in nlri'ii.ly beginning to chaugo tho
country. An elect ria riiilwny lins
been plnnneil from tho capital to tho
Ifnn River, which lien three miles
away.
Certain scientists my tlmt Mum is
like Holland. Its inhabitants nppenr
to hnvo drained tho whole of its sur
fnoo ns n measnro of protection against
ennronching waters, which threaten nu
invasion when Rummer's licnt melts
the polar ice nml snow.
A magazine, the tlmt to appear in
tho Went Indian, is to bo published
noon iu the Island of Antigua. Its
nnmo will bo tho Cnrib. Thoro is
enough unknown history and romance
iu tho islands of tho Spanish Main and
tho Antilles to mnko it interesting.
In some of the long-distanco tele
phono oflices it is now tho practice to
givo n person n stop watch when he
goes into tho booth to talk. Ho starts
it when ho starts conversation, and
stops it whoa through, so thnt he
keeps his own timo anil never has oc
casion for a controversy over tho time
occupied.
It is bclievod by some students ol
inusiu that tho science of musical com
position depends oil the simple prin
ciples tlmt governed tho composition
of primitive ballad verso. Thus, they
say that tin) long lilies of tho Ntniidard
ballad verso (ns in Hossetti, "She held
thruo lilies iu her hand") exactly
measure an octave when its syllables
nro pronounced in equal time, and
that a liko principle governs through
out Primitivo poetry nud primitivo
music
Mays tho Marino Journal : Now
York Harbor can bo no longer ridi
culed as defenseless against assault
from tho sea. A battery of sixteen
rilled mortors has been established,
concealed iu tho sand hills ut Sandy
Hook, cipublo, as was demonstrated a
few days ago, of throwing 800 pound
.shells by the shower a distanco of
llireo aud a half miles with perfect
accuracy. Tho shells, fired from all
tho mortars, lauded as aimed within
an urea less than the size of tho deck
of a battle ship.
The Chicago Times Herald ob
neiv. s: The fact that the War De
partment has actually advertised for
bids on 70,000 yards of red tape is
considered one of the best jokca of the
season. This would be a much better
joke, however, if it camo from the
Treasury Department, for of all de
)Ritmeuts of the government red tape
is most apparent there. The war de
partment people, considering the mil
itary oducation of most of thorn, are
remarkably oasy of ncoess and free
from that tedious formality generally
callod rod tape. This verdict against
the treasury is fouudjd on good au
thority, for no less a man than Mark
Twain has put their judgment on
record. In relating tho facts in "The
Great Beef Contract" ho says: "1 was
told that the treasury department was
the proper pluco for men to go to. I
went thore, I waited two hours aud
a half, and thon I was admitted to the
first lord of the trea-mrr. . . ,
"Go to the first auditor of the treat
airy," ho said. I did si. Hs sent ma
to the seoond auditor. The seoond
auditor sent me to the third, and the
third sent ma to the first comptroller
of the corned-beef division. This be
gan to look like business. Hs exam
ined bis books and all bia loose pa
pers, but with no auocess. I was en-
oouraged. During that week I got as
far as the sixth comptroller in that
division. The next week I got through
the claims department. The third
week I began and oompleted the mis
laid oon tracts department, and got a
foothold in the dead reokoning depart
ment. I finished that in three days.
'There was only one place left for it
mow. I laid siege to the commissioner
.of odds aud ends."
TUB nOLt, CALU
With sound of martial muslo
Anil reverential tread,
The armies of tlio living
(lo furl h to greet the dead.
Around '" prnves they gather,
A lut- I every soul
Thnt li-ti lis In the silence,
While memory calls the roll.
From Imlle-tttalwil Antletnm,
From Missionary IIIiIko,
FroiiiIdcUyslmw nd Milloh.
From mountain, plain nml bridge,
They eonin n ho died on heroes,
They eomo from far or near,
Anil an the roll in counted
Each man makes answer, "Iluro!"
Not one In ot the missing,
Tim rnnkn are full to-ilny,
In nollil marching order
They stand, a clono array,
Tlielr faces lit with oourngo
An In thnt long ago,
When for tho lnv of country
They fell lief ore tho foe.
On every grave a garland
Ot sweet May tiloomn in laid,
Till ot the sad God's aero
A garden fair In Hindu;
And over with the living
Ily glndo or sunny knoll,
Tho notilo dead nro marching
As Memory calls tho roll.
They ennnot lio forgotten
To whom their eomrados pay
Tlio trlhutiis of alTcctloii
On Pecoratlon Pny.
Bill I dear to those who love them
Each loyal, faithful soul
Will hear their answer, 'Tronent!"
When Memory calls the roll.
Holon Ch-nui'-py, In Iudopondont.
A CHARGE AT SHIL0E
STOUT FOll DECORATION DAY.
OW Bam Harring
ton was my cousin.
Wo wcro both
born in tho spring
of 1810, just across
tbo Ohio from
AV ,,1 Cincinnati. We
ff ) WeBt BCh0'
iuuiuit, uuu were
at Harvard when
Fort Sumter was tired ou ; so I think
I can say I know Sam quito ns well
as be did himself, better indeed, as
this plain aud entirely unvarnished
story will prove.
Sam was rather a quiet follow, and
up to the breaking oat of the war, in
accordance with his good mother's
wishes, and I think his own desire, be
looked forward to tho pulpit as the
field in whioh bo oould uo his decid
ed talents and spend bis life to the
greatest advantage.
I must confess, I bad a hankering
for a military life, aud I was sorely
disappointed when, in my seventeenth
year, our member of Congress he
was never elected again went back on
bis promise to my father and sent his
own nephew, instead ot myself, to West
Point.
When I read Lincoln's first call for
men, I telegraphed to my father that
I was coming borne to enlist, no mat
ter whether Eentuoky remained neu
tral or not, and when I told my cousin
Sam Harrington what I had done, he
said in bis quiet way :
"Ism glad to bear you say that,
George,' for I have done that self
same thing."
We were prevailed on to remain at
Harvard till the close of the college
year, then we harried home, and as
they wore not enlisting men in Ken
tacky at that time, owing to Governor
Magoffin's Southern feelings, Sam and
I went over the, river and enrolled
onrselves in "Wilson's Troop" the
name was soon changed and full of
patriotism we felt prouder of our yel
low braided tunics than ever did i
major-general of his stars.
orrrrsa bib sprits.
Bnm rrns In lovo with Bally Wolilort,
a pretty littlo schoolmate of bis ouTy
sister, end he told me, in confidence,
that bo feared bis sflootion for this
girl would make bim coward.
"Tho tery thought of dying and
leaving Sally for tome other follow, be
said to me ono night as we lay tinder
the same blanket in camp, "gives mo
the cold creeps. I'm sure if I ever get
into a battle, I'll get thinking of that
girl and show the whito feather."
Thoso were tho days of grand sacri
fices. Our fathers wcro not only will
ing that wo should fight for the Union,
but they were ready to go themselves,
nud I shall never forget how our dear
mothers tried to choke back their teals
when tho order criiio for lis to cros
tho river and move South.
Ham's fnllior, who had a lurgo stock
fnrm, gnvo hint a beautiful, blooded
mare, for which ho had refused fifteen
hundred dollars; but in thoso days
nothing was too good for tho soldier
boys, nnd it was that samo equine
beauty that so severely testod tho cour
age nnd prenenco of mind of Sum Har
rington. This is how It was:
Up to April, 1802, wo saw but littlo
of the enemy. Wo had a few skirmishes
with Morgan and Forrest in Southern
Kentucky, but ns neither sioo Boomed
eager for a fight there was but littlo
dninago done. We drilled during tho
"TnouanT it
fall and winter, nnd Sam, who bad
gotten over bis clerical inclinations,
developed a great fondness for horse
racing, nud no wonder, seeing that bis
mare, Hello, could outrun anything in
either army.
Wo wcro in Kelson's ndvnnco in the
rush for Shiloh, then called "I'itts-
burg Lauding," whcroGrnut'd star was
in eclipse. Although it was near dnrk
when our battalion was ferried over
tho Tennessee, wo wero pushed up
Suako Creole, w here we joined tho Seo
ond Michigan Cavalry and tho frag
ments of other mounted regiment:),
and we had a brush with the Texas
Hangers, called on their rolls, "the
Eighth Texas," and commanded by
Colonel John Wharton. Up to this
time, we had had a sort of sneaking
dread of the be-bowio-knifod terrors
of tho Lono Star prairies, but the fact
that wo drove them in tbo first clash
gave us no end of comfort and confi
dence Sara was vory pale and nervous dur
ing the fight, but after it was over, I
saw bint despoiling a doad Texas
captain of a pair of large silver spurs
of Mexican fashion. Sam put the
things on, and their jingling gave him
a great doal of boyish satisfaction.
It will be remembered, the Confed
erates took a great many of our guns
that first day at Shiloh, and wo natur
ally felt like getting thorn baok after
Buoll and Lew Wallace bad put in an
appearance.
On the aftornoon of tho next day
all the mounted men were pushed up
Snake Creek, the ordor being, after
wo bad gone a certain distance, to
dash up the bunk, and charge on the
batteries posted at right angles to the
line ot our advance, and about three
hundred yards from the top of tho
ascent.
"I'm afraid I'm going to disgrace
myself," whispered Sam to me, as wo
formed for tho charge, within full
sight of the guns, now rapidly wheel
ing to receive us.
There was so time tor response.
The bugles sounded, "forward,"
trot," "gallop," then "oharge," and
with a wild obeer we were oft
The tendency o' horses galloping
side by side if to erowd together. It
was so in this ease, and the crowding
turned Sam's feet and drove those
cruel Mexioan spnrs into the satiny
sides of the spirited mare. Stang with
the pain, and no doubt believing
there was a great race on band, the
mare snapped her teeth on the bit,
and shot ahead of the line.
1 saw ths act, plainly as I see this
white paper, on which I am writing,
bnt while frozen with horror I was
helpless to aid Sam.
The bravo fellow was fully thirty
yards ahead, and we were thundering
and cheering behind him; and the
rnns In front were beginning to Open.
I saw bim rise in tho stirrups, lotting
his snbro bang by tho knot, whilo
with both bands ho jerked on the
reiiiH.
Instead of checking tho mare, be
broke the beadntall and pullod the
lirlillo over her bead.
He was now liolplesn. He looked
back, as if dobnting whether to leap
ofl or go on. He reasoned that no
matter what bo did, it was death, and
on tho instant ho decidod to die, if
possible, iusido the battery in front.
He seized bis sabro again, shouted
so thnt the staggoring lino hewd him
nnd responded i then nway dashed the
mare, straight for a gun, behind
which stood a tall Confederate with
lanyard in bin bnnd ready to pull.
I saw Ham disappearing iu n cloud
of flnmo nnd smoke, nnd on tho inula nt
homo and rider vanished and wo wcro
among tho guns, our sabres falling
liko gleaming flails.
Well, wo not tho pons, nnd, after
muoli searching, wo found the mare
nearly blown to pieces, nud Sam,
bleeding nnd powder-stninod, sealed
on n tumbril. Ho looked as if ho had
gono through a threshing machine,
yet uono of his wounds was severe.
He wus made a lienteiinut the next
day, though to do bim justice, be pro
tested to General Sherman that he
was a race."
did not lead tho charge, and that bis
to-called gallantry was forcod on him
by his mnre's running away.
Hut Sam demonstrated his valor on
other fields. He married boforo the
war ended, and afterwards I heard
him cayiug to his wife, jokingly :
"I was a coward as a lover, Sally,
but now that I know what married life
in, I nm indifferent to death."
Lieutenant-Colonel Ukowib Mooitc
NATIONAL CEME1EUIES.
Where Peacefully Sleep the Nation's
Demi.
And whilo tho lilnU are piping
Hweet strains In tho leafy bowers,
Aud the winds of May o r tho low mounds
play,
We strew our graves with flowers.
There aro at present more than
eighty National cemeteries for Federal
soldiers. Tho largest of these is at
Vioksburg, whero more than 1000
headstones mark the graves of brave
Boys in Blue who diod that thoir
eountry might live. Forty-seven
acres are ouolored in its Vioksburg
Cemetery, in tho improvement of
which tho Government bus expended
more than half a million dollan. Ten
men under charge of superintendent
are constantly employed in keeping
the grounds in order. On the most
elevated point stands a monument, on
the point where Grant and Pemberton
arranged for the surrender of the city
after the long siege. In Vicksburg's
Bilont oity thore are 12,710 graves
marked with headstones which bear
numbers only, the ocoupauts being
unknown. The bones of these uni
dentified sleepers wero gathered from
battlefields neur and far. Chalmette
Cemetery, just below New Orleans,
holds 12,021 graves, witu bU74 un
known occupants. This cemetery
covers fifteen and a half aores, and is
a part ot the side of tho battlefield on
which Taukson repulsed Paokenhum's
men, and saved New Orleaus during
the war of 1812-14, whioh event is
duly commemorated on the 8th of
January, every year, by the people of
New Orleans. The total number of
interments in the varions National
oemeteries reach the great figure of
808,831, of whioh tbtre aro 152,117
known whites and 119.496 unknown;
colored known, 13,005 and 2.0,503 un
known J and Corfederate prisoners,
21,661. Seventy-eight of the eighty
one National cemeteries are under
charge of superintendents. A list of
these oemeteries, with the number ot
interments, follow:
Alexandria, La., 1280; Alexandria,
Va., 8444 Andersonville, Ga., 13,
717; Annapolis, Md., 3471; Antie
tarn, Md., 4070; Arlington, Va., 16,-
'260; Ball's Bluff, Va., 250; Barran
cas, Fls., 033; Baton Rouge, La.,
2022; Beaufort, 3. 0., 6219; Beverly,
N. T., 1431 Hrownsvllle, Texas, 2f07
Camp Duller, near Springfield, III.,
CH7; Camp Nelson, Nieholnvillo, Ky., I
8.r2fl Cove Hill, near Louisville, Ky.,
0774) Chnlmette, La., 13,621 1
Chattanooga, Tcnn., 12.918J City
Point, Vit., 1)823 Cold Harbor, Vo.,1
1011 1 Corinth, Minn., t070 Crown
Hill, nenr Indinnnpolls, 709; Culpep
per, V., 1148; Custer's battlefield,
M. T., 259 ; Cypress Hills, on Long
Inland, N. Y., 3115; City of Mexico,
1001; Danville, Ve., 129:); Danville,
Ky., 11C9 ; Llmirn, N. Y., 8995; Finn's
I'oint, N. J., 2779; Florence, H. C,
2958; Fort Donelnon, (1.'I9; Fort Gib
son, I. T., 2152 ; Fort Harrison, Vn.,
250; Fort Leavenworth, 1108; Fort
Mcl'hemoii j 4 1.1 ; Fayeltcviile, Ark.,
1210; Fort Beott, Kan., 409; Fort
Smith, Ark., 1004; Fredericks-
burg, Va., GOOiJ; Gettysburg, I'etin.,
8.175; Glemlale, Va., 0:1(5; Grafton,
W. Va., 1220; Hampton, Va., 4181 ;
JefTersou llnrriekn, St. Louis, (HO;
Koekuk, Iowa, R9D;Knoxvilln, Tonn.,
3001; Lnnrel, Md., 2:)8; Lebanon,
Ky., 847 ; Logan's Cross Roads, Ky.,
094 ; London Park, M.I., 10:iG;
Marietta, (la., 10,053; Memphis,
Tonn., 13,8118; Mobile, Ala., 810;
Mound City, 111., C090; Nashvillo,
Teun., 10.5J8 ; Natohox, Miss., 8002;
Now Albany, Ind., 2753; Nowbern,
N. C 2818; Philadelphia, Pcnn.,
1819; Poplar Grove, Va., 5525; Port
nudnon, ysn., 8801: IlaleigV N. C,
1159; ItTohmond, Va., 4o7 Ttock
Island, 111., 289; Salisbury, N. C,
12,120; Shiloh, Tonn., 8590; San
Antonio, Tex., 481 ; Seven Pines, Va.,
789; Soldiers' Home, Ohio, 5238;
Springfield, Mo., 1518; Stono Rivor,
Tcnn., 0003; Vicksburg. Miss., 10,
000 ; WhiUhRll, Ponn., 00; Wilming
ton, N. C, 10,005; Winchester, Vs.,
4085 f Yorktown, Va., 1500.
Virginia has the largont number of
cemeteries fonrtocn. Virginia, Ton
nosBeo and Mississippi in their order
were tho battle States ot tho struggle
for tho preservation otthe Union.
Lincoln's Address at (Mtrtbur.
Fourscore nnd seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this conti
nent a now Nation, conceived in lib
erty and dodiuatod to tho proposition
thnt all men aro created equal. Now
wo are engaged in a great civil war,
testing whether that Nation, or any
Nation no concoivod and so dodicatod,
can long endure. Wo nro mot on a
grtat battloflcld of that war. Wo bavo
como to dedicate a portion of that
field as n final resting placu for thono
who hero gave their lives that that
Nation might live. It is altogether
fitting and proper thnt wo should do
thin. liut iu a larger son bo wo cannot
dodicute, we cannot consocrato, we
cannot hollow this ground. Tho bravo
men, living and dea l, who strugglod
here, have consocrated it fur above our
power to add or detract. Tho world
will little note nor long romombcr
what we say here, but it can novor
forget what they did here. It is for
ns, the living, rather to be dedicated
hero to the unfinished work which
they who fought here have thus far so
nobly advanced. It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining boforo us, that from these
honored dead we take increased devo
tion to that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of devotion; that
we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain ; that this
Nation, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom, and that govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people shall not perish from
the earth.
Decoration Dot Observances.
It was feared at the outset that tho
decoration of soldiers' graves could
not be continued as a permanent cus
tom ; that the work would be per
formed principally by veterunts of tho
war as a tribute to their fallen com
rades, and that as their ranks became
deplctod by death the custom would
be loss observed, and before long
ceaso. But experience bos proved
that when a soldier dies bis children
tuke up the work as a sacred logaoy
bequeathed to them by patriotio fath
ers, and each year the ceremony be
comes more imposing and greater
numbers participate in it.
While each soldier's grave is deco
rated by his comrades or by bis da
sceadants, the graves whioh mark the
resting places of tbo "unknown dead"
are never neglected. It is always a
touohing sight to witness the respect
and tender reverenoe shwn in deco
rating the graves of those whose
names are unkiown, about whom we
ean tell nothing exoept that they died
in order that the Republio might live.
General Horace Porter.
Tho long-distance telebpone betweea
Paris and London has aver 200 calls a
day. At the rate otl for each call
it pays, states tha.CluQ.ago Times-Her .
.i i I
aiiu
THE IIOt EVlFE.
now to mi nt:i.rsTr.K.
round well jour m-nt until thn fllmrs
hnnk,
,l0 '"" that next you hnvo to broil the
, ' , ,
mil turn It over thin way nnd then that t
Tho I -nn should tin quite rnro, not so thn fat.
Tho platter How nud thon the Julco receive.
I'nt on your Imtter, plaeo It on your moat,
Salt, pepper, turn It over, servo nnd nnd sat.
l'hllailelpliln l'resj.
kf.iiosrnk a noon timno,
Kerosene will remnvo tnr.
Kerosene will removo fresh pnlnt.
Keroseiio simplifies lnuiulry work.
Kerosoiio is a good counter-irritant.
Keroseiio will remove ni.it from bolts
and Inns.
Kerosene iu starch prevents iln st irk
in K.
Kerosene ou a cloth will prevent
flatlrons from scorching.
Keroseiio clonus brass, but it should
bn afterward wiped with dry whiting.
Philadelphia Times.
'AIIR OP IIAItDWOol) FI.OOHH.
If possible hall flours should bo hard
wood or tiles, nud when this is not
practicable thn boards may bo stained
and a rug or strip of carpet then laid
down, which should bo held iu placo
by slots of brass, if liccesmiry. A floor
of iriturn wood shoujd (ifst brightly
Covered with linseed oil, and when
ilry should be rubbod smooth nnd
cleaned; it should also bo polished
oiioo a month with beeswax anil tur
pentine, or it may receive a coat ot
shellac varnish. If tho wood is soft
pine, several coats of colored varnish
will be host. Constant oaro is nee
coMsry to koop a wood floor looking
well. It should bo dusted daily and
wi puil otioo a woek with a soft cloth
and clean water. When needful wash
it thoroughly with hot suds mudo from
castilo soap, adding a toaspoonful of
oil to every quart of suds. This mix
ture should bo stirred well evory time
tho cloth is dipped into it ; and aftor
it is applied tho floor should be wiped
dry with a soft cloth. Tho samo treat
ment should bo applied to tho stairs.
Now York Telegram.
A KKW t'HR POIl (il.ll PANS.
Tho doors and sides of cupboards,
bookcases and shelves may bo vory
eloverly and prettily decorated with
Jupniieso funs. Tlicso aro glued ou
flatly, tho handles Wing cut ofT, and
tho wooden part of them nisi,, no ns
to inako them quite flat. When ar
ranged witii taste u it 1 skill they pro
duce a delightful effect of color, and
ono is puzzled to iiinlorslaiid how it is
produced unless it is explained. Jap
auoso scraps, such as mats and screens,
are cheap and may bo bought any
where. A coat of varnish is sometimes
applied, but unless it bo lxiok binder's
varnish it is likely to tnrn the whito
of tho paper yellow. The snmo treat
ment may bo also applied to tho
panels of tho doors, and to the frieze
of tho drawing or dining room walls,
with excellent effect. The plan of
putting tho fans quite (lately on the
walls or doors produces a better ap
pearance than simply fmtening the
fans up without doing anything to
them. Brooklyn Eagle.
. IIECIPF.H.
Turnips Now, as to turnips. The
smnll whito onos should be boiled, if
cut iu thin slices, for thirty minutes,
but if they be cooked whole forty min
utes' time will be needod. Yellow tur
nips, when sliced, need forty-five min
utes' cookiug.
Etcullopod Choose Ono toaeup of
breadcrumbs, ono pint grated cheese,
two eggs, one-half teaspoon suit and
milk enough to moisten the mixture
nicely. Pluco in a buttered carthou
dUli, sprinkle the top with bread
crumbs and bake.
Corn Cake One cup of yellow corn
meal, ono cup of wheat flour, one cup
of sugar, one aup of sour cream or one
cup of milk and throe tabUspoonfuls
of melted butter, one teospoenful of
cream of tartar and half a teaspoonful
of soda, a teaspoonful of salt, two un
beaten eggs. Bake twenty minutes.
Macaroni with Cheese -Break the
macaroni ia short pieces, cover with
boiling water. When full and tender,
drain off the water, a. Ming fresh water
and milk. Boil again season with
salt, butter and cheese, cut in thin
slices. Put in bakiug; dish, having
the macaroni well covered with the
milk and water. Bake an hour.
Maple Sauce Grate half a pound of
maple sugar and dissolve it in a cupful
of oream or riek milk. Let it boil,
stirring it frequently, so that it will
not burn, keeping it on the back of
the stove. When it is ot tho consis-
. ol thin V UM MU09 fu
I k.O.. nn.l.linn. .
hare not muoa flavor ot their own.