Pittston Gazette

              i * AT I Uldtfct vewsoaiDer id the Wvommg Vallev PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1890. A WteKiv Local and ianalv Immiaj \ one (Menepntha) wno nau a disastrous series of interviews with Moses. Dr. I Talmage stood before this " imperishable type of evanescence" at least twenty minutes, inspecting it and making notes in his Bible. This, by the way, is his companion on every expedition. j Gently calling Mrs. Talmage, who accompanies him wherever he goes, he GO CHEERILY HOME. what 1 uow lieiieved 1 had fancied 1 sawwas one of those strange optical illusions, born of mental exaltation, and taking, as is usually the case, a most unexpected and unfamiliar form. 1 had been carried away by the music—by the preseuce aud close tytn pathy of the girl I deeply loved and I had seen—no heaven born vision—but something directly opixised to every image which, just then, should have jiossessed my mental vision. 1 hod seen a stealthy, creeping, lurking, tour derous—yes! murderous—that is what was written in every line of the evil face and crouching form—murder I DF. TALHAGE IN EGYPT. FORT MALL1STER. Upc. 8, the advance went into camp only eight miles from Savannah. ON JUG BIDGE. "Conjtjkeh g conglomeration" is a now name for bash among the facetious whoso gastronomic exercise is confined, to boarding-houses and restaurants. Inasmuch as the dish is even held to ba mysterious, "magician's mesa" mightd« as well. The dear little wife at home. John, » With ever so much to do. Stitches tD set, and babies to pet, And so many thoughts oC you; The beautiful household fairy, FUliog your heart with light; Whatever you uieet today, John. Go cheerily home tonight During Dec. 9 and 10 all the corps reached the fortifications of Savannah, and inre»tD--' A Wedding at the Bensons—A Progress of the Tour of the " " :i" ~ * Great Society Event. Brooklyn Divine. How Sherman Took It, After the March to the Sea. HE marriage of the lovely Miss Angeline Benson, daughter of our popular citizen, Peter Benson, was solemnized Thursday afternoon in a very gay manner. Bidge society has been looking forward to this RHYMES OF RECENT OAffc For though you are worn and weary. You needn't bo cross or curt; There are words like darts to gentle heart* There ore la0Ds that wound and hurt. With the key tn the latch at home, John. Drop the trouble out of sight; To the little wife who is waiting Qo cheerily home to-oight. CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN. FIGHT AT GRISWOLDSVILLE Winter. Oh, Spring's a dainty little maid; Polygamy and a Mussulman's Piety—Sun- A lovely, gentle thing Of budding leaves and waMng birds, 1 shuddered from head to foot. set at Sea—At Alexandria — Pompey's Pillar anil the Khedive's Gardens—Great Of love and dream, is Spring. But Winter s a lover most bo.'d. And his hearty embrace As it touches your face Make Spring' i gentle kisses seem ooVL Tlicn 1 pulled myself together again, and thankful that.my return to the drawing room had lDecn unobserved, I determined to depart as quietly us I had come. This 1 managed successfully, and lighting a candle this time at tbe bead of the staircase, 1 entered the passage leading to my room and reached it in my usual prosaic manner. Although now thoroughly convinced Uiat I had beeu tbe victim of a temporary hallucination, I felt by no means comfortable. My new accomplish inent was not an agreeable one, and my nerves were badly shaken. Setting Fir* to a Well—Unknown Cnlon Dead Uarled "In Batches of Fifty" at Quarters at Cairo—On Holy Ground FOIIT U'AL LISTER. tho city. The Fourteenth corps was on the left, at the Savannah river, next on its right was tho Twentieth, on Its right tho Seventeenth. Last on the right was the Fifteenth corps, which formed the right of the army, and rested on the Ogeechee river. THE GI1AIST 0' GHAIRLEE. [Copyright. 1890, by Louis Klopech, New York.] tho Confederate Prison of Mlllan—Hu- Cairo, Nov. 29.—When we left Athens it seemed to me as if we had left civilization behind. The experience was a sorry one, to exchange the bright and gay capital of (1 recce, and the friends we had found there, for the steamer which conveyed us to Alexandria. There is but one line of steamers between Greece and Egypt. It is known as the Egyptian Packet Steaniship company. There being n» choice in the matter, Alexandria having to be reached, we took the steamer Chakkieh from Piraeus, which is the harbor of Athens and a place of considerably over twenty thousand inhabitants. The ship was so crowded with passengers that our party was compelled to divide up, some members of it being obliged totravel, as far as sleeping accommodations were concerned, as second class passengers. An Egyptian pasha aboard had five of his wives along, and for their exclusive comfort and convenience had hired the entire ladies' saloon and dressing room, putting others to distressing inconvenience. Arabs crowded the decks. THE SPHINX. sen's Gallant Assault. Oh, Summer is a stately dam* With languid air and mein, With star-set irown and flower-decked robM ' As best befits a cneen. -r The incident I am about to relate occurred to myself whin on a visit to an old house far in the wilds of Rosshira Scotland is the land of visions. Few are the places that have not tradition attached to them. Gloomy and grim stand tbe old bouses, and there is a cause for their forbidding aspect. Tbe sullen shadow of past crimes hangs over them. and Mary and the child Jesus were fugitives from Bethlehem to Cairo. It i9 dreadful in its stolidity. Its eyes have never wept with tears. Its cold ears have not listened to the groans of the Egyptian nations, the sorrows of. which have never ceased. Its heart is stone. It cared not for Pliny when he measured it in the First century, as it will care nothing for the man who shall look into its imperturbable countenance in the world's last century " This characteristic soliloquy ended, we entered our carriages and were driven back to the hotel over delightfully shaded roads. The only Pght of any importance that occurred during Sherman's inarch to the sea, a quarter century ago, was tho battle of GVIswoldsville, Nor. 22, 1864. evont for some time, and it3 realization was all their anticipatory dreams had pictured it. The grcom was Mr. Wagner Wallace, one of our best-known young men. "Wag" never looked happier in his life, and well he might. Ah, "Wag," you are a lucky dog to thus capture such a charming bride! The scribe's warmest congratulations are extended to you and yours, and you have our best wishes for happiness and prosperity as you journey E3F" in t3T~ down the matrimonial sea! After inspecting the ample fortifications about Savannah, Sherman determined as his first move to communicate with tho fleet that was believed to be waiting with food and supplies at Ossabaw Sound. One of Howard's scouts, Capt. Duncan, had floated down the Ogeeclice in the night, in a cauoe, past Fort McAllister, to sigual the fleet if possible. Kilpatrick's cavalry was also again transferred to the right ami sent to tho south bank of the Ogeechee. But 'Wirite7,8 n merry young lad. And his jubilant airs, As be &o*ss and bo dares, Maw: Summer's sweet quiet seem sad. A Confederate division of Georgia militia, under Brig. Gen. Phillips, was marching past Griswoldsville towards Gordon. Gen. C. R. Wood's division of the Fifteenth corps of Howard's army was at Griswoldsville. "Fooll" I apostrophized myself politely, and glad, after all, that I had not absolutely appeared one in the eyes of Mavis and her family, 1 began to undress. First, however, I searched my sleeping and dressing rooms thoroughly and found them quite free from the presence of nff ill looking friend of the passage. Hie dressing room was a queer little place—one of the few rooms of the tower that had stood the ravages of time and the only one in the bouse that had not been, from laird to laird, added to and improved upon It was curious enough, and some of its old worm eaten oak had stood since the ear iiest days of Uhairlee. Oh, Autumn has the dignity Of good work nobly done, His golden haze on glorious days Makes life and thought seem one. A princely young noble is Fall, * But in spite of the bfest To be found in the rest. Sir Winter is king of them alL —N. Y. Telegram Last autumn 1 was invited by my dear old friend, the Laird o' Uhairlee, to make one of a shooting party assembling there. Sport is good there, if anywhere, and, moreover, the latrd owned acovey of pretty daaghVrs, who would be sure to make things lively and pleasant. Walcott's brigade was the rear guard of Union right wing. Phillips attacked Walcott's brigade. Phillips only retreated after several hours' fighting. He lost 600 in killed and wounded. Tho Confederate Gen. Anderson was wounded. Walcott lost 94. He himself received a severe wound. _C• -s IN TUB STREETS OF CAIRO. Kilpatrick was to ride along the coast and open communication with the fleet. said: '"Here visible are tlie very teeth Pharaoh gnashed against the Israelitish brick makers. Here are the sockets of the merciless eyes with which he looked at the over burdened people of God. Here are the locks of yellow hair that floated in the breezes as he stood on the banks of the Red sea. Hero are the very lips with which he commanded the people to make bricks without straw. Notice this uplifted arA. Thousands of years after the wrappers of the mummy are unrolled. Pharaoh lifts up his hand as if in imploration. But his skinny fingers can never again clutch his cruel The dance after the wedding )was a jolly affair and will long be remenJbered by our best people. It Is hardly expected that any first-class social event can come off in these parts without meeting with ungentlemanly interfer- A Cogitation. The frost-swept marshes seem to deep, The listless streams lie still and numb, The winds a charmed silence keep, The hills are mute, the woods are dumb; But nature wears a thoughtful frown I arrived, then, at Ghairlee station full of hope and prepared for enjoyment. 1 brought with me my guns and my beloved violin, without which I never travel. The m*xt morning we sailed up the Hardee's then ordered Wheeler to move in front of Sherman, hover about the roads on his advance, and delay and harass him as much as possible. Wheeler accordingly went to Sandersvillo Nov. 2H. Kilpatrick's cavalry was then detached to the Union left and front. Nov. 2U the left wing reached Sandersville. A negro was brought to Sherman to give him information. The man was from Teniile, six miles south of Sandersville. On the seacoast, a little northeast of Ossabaw sound, is Wassaw sound, and northeast of that is Tybee sound, as the widened mouth pf the Savannah river is called. About this portion of the coast Dahlgren's fleet lay, awaiting Sherman. Fort Pulaski is on Tybee sound; Nile on a dainty little steam launch. Dr. Talmage, Bible in hand, read tho prophocies concerning Egypt, and everywhere pointed out what appeared to his mind as evidences of their fulfillment. Suddenly the boat stopped. On investigation we discovered that we had run on to a sand banU. Tlie engines worked and reversed, but to no avail. Nubian negroes who manned the iauncli tried hard to push off the boat, but all in vain. iThen one of thfm stripped and jumped into the Nil®, and tried by main strength to clear the launch, moaning loudly with every effort, lie not succeeding, another negro stripped and followed his comrade's example; "then still another, but all in vain. The amount of audible moaning increased, but °the launch never budged. Finally Dr. Talrnage and the writer took long poles, and placing each one end in the sandy bed of the river began to push, at the same time ordering the engines to be reversed, while a union of the strength of all the men aboard was brought to bear on the work in hand. By these means gradually but surely the launch was freed and the journey continued in the more democrat and social spirit developed by the incidental delay. Then we remembered that the day was Thanksgiving Day, and led by Dr. Talmage, who performed the part of chorister, we all joined in singing "My Country, 'tis of Thee," and "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." We had a glorious time that morning, and a liberal allowance of "backsheesh" made the darkies happy enough to join in the general thanksgiving spirit that seemed almost to pervade the atmosphere, which was balmy enough for paradise. At noon we reached Memphis with all ita ancient ruins, including the palaces of the Pharaohs. Here we mounted donkeys for the first time, amid considerable merriment, surrounded by a hundred or more natives, these clad more or less, particularly less. Ghairlee itself is a curious old bouse; the passages run about it in an extremely complicated fashion, up one step to a room, down two steps into it, and so on. The hall is a portion of the old tower; the walls of immense thickness. Many additions have been made by different lairds, long since gathered to their fathers. As of surprise with anger blent (As one will cast ones eyelids down In sudden study, deep and brown. When met by problem strange, and bent On finding out just what la  So nature evidently sigha 1 went to bed and very soon, It seemed to me, I fell asleep Very soon, too, it soemed to me, 1 was awakened by—I know not what! CAPTURE OF FORT M'ALLISTER, DEC. 13. I sat up in bed and listened Intently, thoroughly awake. After Kilpatrick and Howard's scout had gone down thC? coast, Sherman, whose active mind could not rest, determined to assault Fort McAllister with his forces on the land side. For this difficult task he detailed Gen. W. B. Hazen's division of tho Fifteenth corps, Nov. 12. O'er some deep riddle, pondered well— I think it must be at the lies That disappointed sportsmen tell. —Madeline S. Bridget, In Puok. I did not see all this tho night of my arrival—in sooth, it was so dark that 1 could distinguish very little as the dog cart, spun op the avenue; but I did notice the black mass on my loft as wo turned a very sharp corner round a block of buildings, and on my right, a sullen roar as if angry waters boiled over in a torrent to dash upon rocks in the dark depths, far, far below. For several minutes 1 beard nothing Then the dismal howling of a dog came to uw, as if from the adjoining room—and yet it hod a smothered sound as if, although near me, its howls were being stifled. Suddenly this sound ceased, and then come a stealthy, creeping sound, and I saw a crouching figure against my wall—the same figure, the same evil face now turned straight toward me, the same murderous expression—all, as it had, just as suddenly, appeared in the hall Among them was a sheik very noticeable anywhere. He had a keen eye and a commanding look. Ashore he is'at the head of a force of fifteen thousand men; at sea he is surely the most devout of Mussulmans. He was nearly always engaged in prayer, or in. the ablutions preliminary and proper to this pious exercise. Dr. Talmage was greatly impressed with the unabashed absorption of the followers of Mahomet in their practice of the duties prescribed for them in the Koran. He expressed himself as of the opinion that not one in a hundred thousand Christians would venture in public places, with scores of spectators and under no undue pressure from exceptional circumstances, to thus openly demonstrate his religious faith. We survived the voyage *lo Alexandria, and will retain a strong impression of what it is to live two days in close contact with Arabs, penned up in narrow quarters, trying vainly to rest on miserable beds and being obliged to consume food and drink far from being to our liking. "Are there any Yankees there 7" asked Sherman. "Yes,'" replied the mau; "tlrst there come along some cavalrymen. They burned the depot. Next come 'long some infantrymen, and they tore up the railroad track and burned it. Then they sot liro to the well." scepter.*' Repression. Every burden bravely borne Lifts the striving soul, not crashes; Grief that shrieks is soon outworn; Nobler is the soul that hushes Its fierce sC#bs, with lips death-pale Forcing back the rising wail. •Do the white stars in the heaves Wail for very loneliness? Or the mountain peaks, storm-riven, • Sigh for bloom their snow to blessf Strong souls do not rail at fate; Self-contained and oalm they wait. ••Alice Williams Brotherton, In Christian Beg* lster. From the museum we went to tho place whither Mary and Joseph are said to have fled with the child Jesus to escape the wrath of llerod. The identity of the spot seems to be well authenticated and is accepted by many of tho ablest students of the age. Here for the first time we set foot on holy ground. Dr. Talmage removed his hat, and with head uncovered stood a few moments in silent meditation. "My visit here shall form the subject of tho first chapter of my 'Life of Christ,'" said he. "Why others have passed this scene over entirely or simply touched lightly upon it I cannot say; but to me it is one of the most sacred spots on earth." After examining it thoroughly we left it to return to the hotel; but after about fifteen minutes Dr. Talmage insisted 011 returning to it at once, saying: "I must see it again, and must see it now." Fourteen and a half mi'es southwest of Savannah was King's bridge, across the Ogeechee. It was 1,000 feet long. The Confederates hod destroyed It but left the posts still standing. Sherman's first order was to rebuild it, so as to afford easy communication between the north and south sides of the Ogeechee. Fort McAllister was on the south side of the Ogeechee. Nov. 27 Sherman himself wont to Tenille Station and found a portion of the army of the right wing. It was Corse's division that had "sot fire to the well." The well was the railway water tauk. The next moment we drew up before the door, barred and studded with great iron nails. Light was pouring from the hall, and the laird stood in the doorway surrounded by a howling bodyguard of terriers. And my room was in perfect darkness. When the left wing marched from Milledgeville, Nov. 24, Kily.-atrick, with the cavalry, was ordered to move rapidly eastward, strike the railroad between Augusta and Millen, and break up the railroad towards Millen. That done, he was to riie rapidly to Millen and rescue the Union prisoners in the stockade fort there. But though the man contiuued to gaze straight into my eyes he moved from, not toward, me slowly and stealthily until he reached the door leading into the dressing room, and through this be disappeared. "Whist, dogs! Come in, laddie!" All night Dec. 12, Howard's engineers labored at tho bridge, and finished it by sunrise. Then Hazen's division crossed and took the road to Fort McAllister. —y W 1 3 •H And my old friend gathered me Into his ancestral hall with highland .hospitality. We passed up a low stairway, and across a thickly carpeted corridor furnished with strange pieces of antique workmanship—frowning cabinets and carved chairs from which uncanny faces leered in the firelight. The drawing room was at the far end and there were again two or three steps leading to it alone. By the side of these steps and against the wall stood a fine old press of marquetrie, quaintly inlaid and used, as 1 afterward learned, for the stowing away of odiis and ends, of nothing and all things. It was hero that my violin soon found a place, and 1 laid it, in its modern embroidered case, by the side of a quaint old lute about which was twisted a faded, moth eaten ribbon. With one bound 1 followed him. I forgot the deadly fear that had seized upon me at sight of this monster, as 1 believed him, of my imagination. 1 rushed after him and would have- thrown myself upon bun in another instant, hod not sohiethiug rooted me to the threshold powerless. In va»n 1 endeavored to move hand or limb, in vain 1 attempted to cry aloud when 1 found, myself incapable of motion—I stood as if chained— gagged—helpless—speechless. And before me crept the man, always skulking along the wall. THE HAPPY COUPLE. Sherman followed on down the Ogeechee on the left bank, till he caiho to Dr. Cheeves' rice mill. On the roof of this Iloward had established a signal station. Tho commander climbed to this and with his glass watched Fort McAllister, now in plain sight, two miles across the river. ence from the vulgar crowd who call themselves the best society (heaven save the mark!) of Stover's Mill. Even a wedding does not appeal to their sense of decency, and for good reason. Envious of th6 brilliant event at the Bensons, at which was assembled fair women and brave men, they gathered about the house like so many hyenas and made the welkin ring with their untimely yells and catcalls. Their uncouth references to your correspondent are passed by with withering scorn. Whether or not we changed our socks for the wedding is none of their affairs. It 1D presumed we know the usages of good society or we would not have been there. Looking at it In its most charitable light, it was an Impertinent question to shout through the open window, and we take this occasion to say that the wretches who did it do not know the first principles of what constitutes the true gentleman. A Beautiful Moth. Doubt and I one summer day Through green wood and meadow gay Chanced in random mood to stray. From Nov. 27 till Dec. 3 there was daily fighting between Kilpatrick and Wheeler, with varying fortune. All of Wheeler's three divisions—Hume's, Dibrell's and Anderson's —were engaged in these skirmishes. God was in the brooding air, Round about us everywhere, Thrilling, shaping all things fair. But the will and way Divine Were too subtle, deep and fine For those careless eyes of mine. Kilpatrick found that the Union prisoners had already been removed from Millen two dayB before he reached there. The dead bodies of a number of them were found lying uuburied and stark upon the ground. Seven hundred prisouerj' graves were there, too. These were in batches of fifty, without a name to mark any of the dead, lying there unknown in all time to come. Hazen's division was the one Sherman himself had commanded at Shlloh and Vicksburg, and ho now watched it with deep interest.So back we went and a new inspection was begun, in tho coursc of which Dr. Talmage drew over his shoes a pair of rough heavy sandals, and stepping down into the water that covered the ground he carefully took the dimensions of the place, the girth of the pillars and their distance from each other. He theu drew a diagram so true, as it appeared to me, that it would have done credit to an architect. Having finished tliis he said: "I have seen all I care to see today. I shall not leave the house again until tomorrow." . Lot; is KLopsch. It is a historic picture, Sherman on the platform built across the ridgepole of the roof of tho rice mill, beside the Ogeechee, watching the storming of Fort McAllister. Farabout us, then, as still, Woven threads of matchless will Twirled the stars with awful skill. But I stood owl-eyed at gaze. Blinded by the noontide blaze, Witless of tlw stellar maze. Now my eyes traveled beyond him to divine his destination, and there—before the mirror of the old dressing table, with her bonny brown hair all unbound nnd her little, whito bare feet, showing beneath her loom night -robe, and in her bands the old lute with a pale ribbon wound about it, there—oh, my God! stood Mavis! Kneeling beside her was an old waiting woman. Even in my speech less agony I knew 1 paused, trying to place her, but she was some one 1 could not remember to have seen about Ghairlee. She stroked and kissed her lady's hand—my lady's hand— and seemed to say soma soothing word, but though 1 saw her lips moved, try as I would I could hear no sounds. I am modest in my attempts at description, and possibly should have noticed less the splendors of a Mediterranean sunset had my immediate surroundings been agreeable. These were un-American enough, but the retirement of Old Sol was a strong reminder of home. Yes, there were • the streaky clouds, neither rosy red nor golden in their tint, but an indescribably beautiful blending of the two; below them the delicate green, which all too soon disappoints the admiration of the observer, and, surrounding the glorious orb, the saffron splendors which characterize in a pre-eminent degree the sunsets of America, and, as I now know, of the Mediterranean also. "This," said the laird's pretty daughter, touching it reverently, "has a history. We keep it here—pretty as it is—because none of ns like to look on it"— But all this belongs elsewhere in my story. On the water front, the defenses of the fort were formidable, but comparatively weak on the land side, whero the wildest stretch of the Confederate imagination had never dreamed of an attack. Torpedoes had, however, been planted in the river, and a lino of them was in the road on the land side also. The locality of these was 1 earned from a Confederate prisoner captured a mile from the fort. They were removed, and Hazen pressed on to tho assault. wfPCy -A I rlitinr? Marvel not tc hear that I Learned of matters deep and high From a gorgeous butterfly. " Sure," I said, "some master mind Such a dainty shape designed- All these hues arranged, contained." Doubt was sttent. "Yes," I said, " 'Twas an artist's hand that laid These fine lines, these colors spread. " He was one that dipped his brush " In the dawn time's virgin blush, In the gray of twilight's hush. " Here are tints that die or swoon. Oold of sun and gold of moon. White of winter, green of June. " This symmetric, dainty thinir, This divine imagining Chance ne'er fashioned"—Doubt took wing. Report had not exaggerated the charms of the old laird's daughters. Four of them he bad—the youngest, a charming child—the eldest, already appropriated But there remained the adorable second and the exquisite third, and after a day of painful uncertainty I fell before the first of these two, who was called by the tuneful name of Mavis, and who bad a musical fever akin to my own. Together we trilled and tumined and turned leaves and played love songs and madrigals, serenades and sonatas, and when we did not play we talked music, and when we did not talk music, we talked—ah well! suffice it to say that the days hurried by and the weeks flew after them and 1 had been a guest at Ghairlee ni™b on to a second month, and my heart belonged to Mavis. Hazen had with him three brigades. Three regiments wcro detailed from each of these to make the assault. The rest were held as reserves. . An abatis had been hastily built against tho breastworks. The trunks of the trees from which tho branches bad been taken "for this purpose rt:!I i_y upon tho ground, however, and formed a shelter for the advancing assaulters. On our journey many incidents perhups too trifling to mention, but very amusing at the time, helped to keep us in excellent humor. One was the frequent braying of the donkey rdde by Miss Slay Talmage. His vocal performances reminded her father of his experiences in a church choir in his younger days. Commenting on the donkey's efforts he said: "When that vociferous beast opens his mouth to sing, he pours forth the filing of saws, the screeching of peacocks, the creaking of ungreased wagon wheels, the howling of mobs and a chorus of moans, sobs, yells and horrible discords. The fact is he cannot sing at all, although from the way he keeps it up ho evidently - thinks he can. Perhaps he takes the excitement ho makes among the people as applause, and feels that his performances are redemanded, and so resumes them again and again. Perhaps he is trying to carry all the four parts at once. I have heard bass voices trying to cross over to tho soprano, and soprano trying to wade through to the bass, which is very much like braying. The most dis- The bride's costume was tasteful and becoming, made largely, we tenderstand, by her own fair hands, and the remarks of these would-be sooial leaders of Stover's Mill concerning it were out of place and insulting in the extreme. "Get onto der Jug Ridge wcddin' slippers!" "Smell de bar's grease on d« bride's flowin' ringlets!" were expressions that these low Ignoramuses seemed to think was the essence of wit aa& good humor. We do not so regard them. 1 struggled frantically for the power to cry aloud, but my tongue was held by some terrible force I could neither save nor warn my darling of that ghastly shadow that is creep ing nearer, ever nearer! Jkkl.salem, Dec. 4.—I ended my last letter with Dr. Talmagc's intention to remain at his hotel in Cairo tho balance of the day, after liis visits to the place saered in tradition as that where Joseph and Mary and the infant Saviour resided while in Egypt. This, however, he was not permitted to do. On his return to the hotel he found the notice of a funeral to take place at 3 p. m. from the American mission church at Cairo, the wife of Professor Q. Lansing, an American scholar of note, eminent Egyptologist and clergyman, haying* died the day previous, after active service in this missionary field of over thirty-two years. The voyage of forty-eight hours exhausted Dr. Talmage, who did not sleep a wink throughout the time. He maintained his habitual cheerfulness, however, living out his doctrine that people who travel should find something better to do than complain of the discomforts of the way, and vex their friends with the recital upon their return. Between ourselves I think there would be little to complain of with regard to this trip even were one so disposed. We have made the fastest trip on record across the Atlantic, have lived up to the very hour of our itinerary as originally laid down, have not had a drop of rain since we left home, unless it happened at night to lay the dust for us on the day following, have found good hotels, and very good ones at that; and have managed to travel over •,600 miles in twenty-eight days, besides seeing all the sights, being presented to royalty, and what not. CONFEDERATE PRISON AT JflLLKN. Merciful Gcdl On learning that the Union prisoners had been removed from Millen, Kilpatrick re joined the left wing, then at Louisville. H« rested his men and horses two days, then re turned to tho conflict with Wheeler, taking with him this time Baird's infantry division. The whole left wing followed on toward' Millen. Without a sound—noiseless as fate—merciless—death giving—the figure rose from its crouching posture and stood behind the two women. With some hideous gleaming weapon uplifted to strike, with his evil face distorted by the passion and intent to kill reflected in all its ghastly horror in the long, dim glass, into whicb my poor, lost Mavis stared as if already stricken, the man stood for an instant—enjoying in anticipation this dark *and bloody deed Then there was a midden flash as the thing he carried descended— a dull, crushing blow, and at last—too late— my voice came to ma It was afternoon before preparations for tho assault could be completed. Sherman, watching with Howard from tuo rice mill 'to miles away, could not control his imparlance. A few cannon shot had been heard p-.ily. The cream of the (hooting was over and the party much diminished. Oue or two men only remained beside myself, and a pretty young woman—a neighbor of the laird's who had come for a two weeks' visit. We were gathered in the drawing room and somebody asked for music. 1 went out to the fire lighted ball to the old cabinet to get my violin, and Mavis went with me. We lingered there, alone, for a moment just for the sake of lingering. It was then Mavis spoke about the lute. I took it in my hands and, as 1 did so, a thin, faraway wail of melody seemed to sweep past us and lose itself in the dimness beyond the glow of the firelight. So It ofttimm haps, I wis, They Whose eyes the great sea miss, Hear the shoreward brakers hiss. God has writ our rightful creed- Both for wise and simple need- Even they who run may read. —George Horton, in Chicago Hen Dec. 2, Kilpatrick, now backed by Baird, had the opportunity he desired of once more meeting Wheeler. The two forces met near Waynesboro, at Briar creek. There was a severe fight, at the end of which Wheeler was finally driven off northward towards: Augusta. Kilpatrick usually dismounted bU men to fights Dec. 3 S&ermaii himself entered Milieu with Blair's torps of the right wing. There ho waited #day to find out where all part? of his army were. The first stage in his Journey to the sea ended at Milledgeville. The second stage ended at Millen, and it had now been finished. Two or three of the better people from Stover's Mill were present at the wedding by Invitation, and their efforts to excuse the conduct of the gang on the outside led, as a matter of oourse, to some high words. Luckily their nefarious attempt to get our fiddler intoxicated was discovered and nipped in the bud. Soon after this discovery ono of the supposedly better people from the Mill was promptly knooked through a dining-room window. He had tho effrontery to want his wedding present handed out to him through the window, but the bride, with true spirit, declined to yield it, and instead hurled a chair leg at his offending head. Served tiim right, say we. While they watched, « tugboat steamed cautiously up the Ogeechee, beyond the fort, miles awav. "Look, Howard, there Is the gnnboatl" exclaimed Sherman. Signals were opened with it. Winning Rosalinda. Bright and lovely as a dream, Unto mo her dark eyes seem, Sweet and winsome— None so handsome As my Rosalinda. "Who are you»" came from the boat. One shriek that should have rallied long forgotten lairds to the defense and then—unconsciousness."Gen. Sherman," was the answer. At that moment another signal flag was seen, one on the land. It was from Hazen. It said: "I havo invested tho fort and will assault immediately."Wben I opened my eyes, Mavis, my own jiavis, stood beside me. Then I saw the kiudly face of the laird. "What was thatf" I asked, sharply Then, seeing that Mavis only trembled in reply, 1 added, quickly "I must have jarred the old thing." Stars do pale unto her eyes, Winter melts before her sighs; Very striking— To my liking— After a while, 1 told my story. Then he told his. Then tho tog signaled: "Is Fort McAllister oursf Sherman answered: "Not yet, but it will be th a minute." / "Put it down," said Mavis; "it is uncanny. We never touch it. It belonged to the Ghaist o' Ghairleo!'' Many years ago there was a Laird * of Gbairlee who had a cruel, wicked brother. This brother plotted to overthrow all who stood in bis way, but the laird was too tyrong for him and found him out for a wicked, murderous dog, so the gates of Ghnirlee were closed upon him. But though be said nothing he waited until the laird was away, and then be stole into the little passage leading to the tower :00111s and hid there, and that night he murdered the laird's young bride when none was within coil but the feeble old serving womm. "Her picture hangs below, poor teddy," added the laird, "Mavis is enough like her to be herself! But you should have told us of the warning in the pannage, laddie, and 1 my self should have muuied.wbat night it was, and told you to sleep with Diigald. For who pCsws the night in the tower rooms on the ?Ui of October, must aye see the Ghaist o' Ciijairlee!"—London Society CROSSING THE OGEECHEE At the same moment the commander saw Hazen's line leaving the woods, and advancing to the assault. Not a man wavered, and their regimental flags were flying. Charming Rosalinda. Night's fllumlned by her glanoe. And she holds In fatal trance; Shoulders gleaming, Tresses streaming- Dashing Rosalinda. Yet tis all the worse for me, For my love she'll no more be; Near doth hover Dearer lover— The passage of the Ogeechee is considered a very brilliant piece of military strategy. While Kilpatrick was demonstrating against Augusta and Waynesboro, the infantry of both wings was crossing the Ogeechee. Dec. 8, when Sherman entered Millen, the only part of his army still south of the Ogeechee was the Fifteenth corps, of the right wing. Sherman now had his army well in hand for the final descent on Savannah. • . •*' "To the ghaist!" cried I, laughing—perhaps not altogether heartily—for thoagh 1 certainly did not believe in ghosts, there had been something in that wailing strain to set one's nerves on a quiver; "you 8cotcb lassies, forsooth, must still believe in your ghauts! There was never a decent bluided Highland body without a ghaist in his castlol You must introduce me some day to yours!" And so, laughing and teasing her to bring back the roses to her cheeks, if, indeed, I could, 1 led her again to the drawir~ room, where a merry xrowd and an hour or two of my boloved music with my dear vicliu soon chased the Ghaist o' Uhair loe from tny thoughts. Professor Lansing being an old friend of Dr. Talmage, the Brooklyn orator attended the funeral with Mr. Eugene Schuyler, the American consul at Cairo, Wilson Bey and Dr. Grant, of Scotland. The body, clad in white, lay in front of the pulpit; a congregation had assembled, about 700 in number. People were divided into three sections—on the one side sat the women with veiled faces, bitterly weeping; on the other side sat the men, in their national garb of flowing robes girdled at the waist and wearing the turban, while the center aisle was occupied by foreigners. Every seat was taken, and the entire audience was deeply and visibly affected. The services were in both Arabic and English. NEARINO THE PYRAMIDS, "There they go, grand, grand," said Sherman. He waited a minute, and said: "The flag still goes forward." The gallant young bridegroom stopped ont on the porch and announced in no uncertain tones that he could whip, one time, any two curs in the crowd, and it is noticed that his peremptory challenge was not accepted, notwithstanding he offered every inducement in the way ol fair play. The Stover's Mill yellow-hammers bark a great deal about their fighting qualities, but with very few exceptions there has been no social event on the Ridge this season when they did not get the everlasting daylights knocked right out of them, and the same can be done again. In proof of our assertion we have only to cite the Brayfogle nuptials, the Dobson dance and the Applegate taffv-pull. Their game now appoars to bo to lay out in the grass and howl until such timo as the beautiful chocolate color fades out of the vicinity of their eyesight.'—New York World. A thunder of cannon, a roll of musketry, and then nothing but smoke. As-it cleared away the commanden, straining his eyes to catch sight of his own flags, exclaimed: Witching Rosalinda. Meantime, more than 100 miles of Georgia Central railroad had been demolished. Sixty miles of the Georgia road, from Atlanta to Augusta, had been treated in like manner. The railroad bridges of the Georgia Central, over both the Ocmulgee and tho Oconee, had been burned. On the branch road from Augusta to Millen the track had been torn up and tho bridges across Buckhead and Briar creeks annihilated. "Look! tho line has halted. They waver; uo, no, it's the parnprt. They're over. There goes a flag rn the works, another and another. Tho fort is o»irsI It's ours 1" But a railroad owner, I— Ho—the porter, that Is why Me she's shaken, Him she's taken, Fickle Rosalinda. —Boston Glob*. The arrival of our steamer created great excitement in the harbor. It was soon surrounded by boats containing fellows of many nationalities, yelling for dear life. These amiable beings were agents for boats and hotels, porters, beggars and touters for jobs, and were a less agreeable reminder of home than the beauties on which my ambitious pen commented a few moments ago. IN ALEXANDRIA. The assault mu over in twenty minute* after it began. Hor.est, at Least. Thought Odor*. Not what we do, not what we say, speaks for us To fine souls hore, or to the throne of Light. Tho' words and acts be fair, gois will abhor ua And men distrust. If our hearts are not right. My rooms were in the tower—in that same black pile of stone round which 1 swept on the evening of my arrival, and my windows looked out over the torrent which roared its way ceaselessly from rock to rock to a shuddering depth, and then tore on in a dark sullen stream. Very fow of us have the courage of our convictions in making comparisons or in selecting objects of admiration. The woman who said that a bouquet of natural flowers was as "handsomo as waxwork" did not select a telling simile, but sho at lw»st uttered what the thought. The same encomium applies also to the traveler who remarked that the Alps resembled bustles. Are Them littler Ilm Tlixn Italian*? "Is a better race of bees needed than the Italians we now have?" was u query propounded and answered not long ago iu The American Boo Journal. Following are expressions of opinion from some of the more prominent apiarians; DEFENSE OF SAVANNAH. Hardee hail available for the defense of Savannah about 17,000 men. They were mostly Georgia militia, though Gen. Lafayette McLaws had been detailed with his command to the aid of Hardee. Our secret aim, our hidden wish or longing, Our silent thoughts of men or worlds above These are the tell-tale forces that come throngingTo point to us as ones to loathe or love. At the request of the family Dr. Talmage took part in them, and in tho course of his remarks expressed the sympathy of the entire American church. The name of Lansing, he said, had for years been synonymous with scholarship and Christian consecration. Tens of thousands of hearts in America would bleed at the news of this good woman's departure. For thirty-two years had she, far from her native land, been toiling for the elevation of a race so different from her own in feature, in color, in custoniH, in habits, that nothing but an entirely unselfish love could have inspired her. As Dr. Talniago alluded to her quiet, gentle and effective ministrations, loud weeping frequently interrupted him. The scene, so full of pathos and weirdness, so sad and yet so uplifting, cannot be described nor even imagined. It must be experienced to be realized. I bade Mavis good night with a hurried pressure of her little fingers—for they all stood around us In the drawing room and she did not offer to go out into the hall, and then 1 sprang lightly up the steps, humming • strain of the bit of Beethoven we bad teen going over We stopped at Alexandria only two hours, pursuing our way to Cairo with only this inconsiderable break in the journey. However, we did manage while at Alexandria to eat a substantial breakfast, to see Pompey's Pillar and to drive over to the palace of the khedive. His highness happened to be at Cairo and we did not see him. We were taken through the beautiful palace gardens, which were in full foliage, and ate fruit from the trees, while an attendant made bouquets of roses for tho ladies of the party. « Our thoughts are odors and we can not seal them So close with actions but the? will creep out; And delicately-fashioned souls will feel them. And know'them sweet or vile, beyond a doubt. "Yes," says A. B. Mason. "No," says M. B. Chaddock. "I think so. I don't like pure Italians."—R. L. Taylor. "Yes, if they can be found."—C. H. Dibbern. cordant sound on earth is a donkey's vociferation.-. Perhaps he may be practicing" to jret back the power of speech that one of his ancestors had in Balaam's time, but this attempt to -learn a dead language is a dead failure." ON A SAND BANK. Gen. Richard Taylor proved of invaluable service iu this time of forlorn hope by his activity and fertility of resources. Ha had aided hi bringing "Governor Browns army," as the Georgia militia was called, to Savannah. They had a flglit and won a victory at Honey Hdl, near Grahamville, 8. C., not far from the Atlantic coast. Ouce, in crossing the Atlantic, the passengers of a certain ship were summoned to look at an iceberg. The sun threw a shower of rays upon it, which was reflected by the glittering mass, and the effoct was something magnificent. There arose a chorus of delighted exclamations. Little Johnny's Gentle Hint. Johnny (during temporary absence oi his sister from tho parlor)—Going to stay here very late this evening, Mr. Hankinson? The large corridor was illuminated by a lamp. A smaller passa-o led away from it, and my room opened into tliis passage—uotv in profound darkness There were candlesticks on a table at tho head of the flight of steps, but after 1 found out the way to my rooms and bad grown accustomed to it, 1 rarely stopped to light one. To-night 1 made no exception to thi*custom, nifl went swinging down the passage toward inv door. 1 bad fouud it, and was about to turn the handle when 1 saw before me, u few feet distant, a man crouchiug, with his ear close against the wall level with my door. He slowly turned his bead and stared straight at me. A more evil expression I had never encountered, so full was it of threatening hate and devilish purpose. Good deeds fall dead if selfish causes gnlda them, "A better race would be desirable, but a better race I know not of."—J. P. H. Brown. "I doubt very much if the Almighty ever made a better bee."—Mrs. L. Harrison. "Most assuredly we ought to have a race with all the good points of all the races."—A. J. Cook. "In my judgment, and I have tried them side by side for several years, tho Syrians are a better race than the Italians."—M. Mahin. "All progressive persons arc look ing for something better, and in the near future I look for better strains of bees than we have at present—H. D. Cutling. "Yes. Just give us a bee of the bumble l»e© size, and with all tlie perseverance and good qualities of the Italians, and I will invest ?100 in the first queen you have to spare which will an•wer the description."—G. M. Doolittle. After awhile tho doctor got very tired of his donkey and decided to exchange him for a camel. As camels are plentiful in Egypt his wish was gratified at the first stop we made. His experience on camel back soon led him, howevw, to admire the donkey's gentle gait. No one who has not seen a camel walk can understand the ludicrous figure the illustrious preacher cut on that awkward creature's back. First he jogged forward, then he fell backwards, and just found his position only to have hi3 nose tossed violently against the curious saddie that forms part of a camel's outfit. Ho looked so inexpressibly comical that we whisked out our Kodacs in a jiffy, and before he could straighten out the broad grin with which he tried to cover his embarrassment it was immortalized. "How like au old gothic cathedral!" cried one passenger. Mr. Hankinson (somewhat embarrassed—H'm—why do you ask mo that question, Johnny? Good words fall flat that but from lipa hara birth; And eloquent and noble seems, beside them, The silence or inaction of truo worth. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in N. Y. Independent. Beaufort, S. C., was the principal Union depot on this part of the coast. Gen. John G. Foster was in command hero. Ho shipped a large quantity of army supplies to Port Royal, at the mouth of Broad river, to await the coming of Sherman's army. "Do you think so?" remarked an American lady. "How it looks to me just like one of our grain elevators. "--Youths' Companion. Johnny—'Cause Mr. Ferguson—he's Irene's other feller, you know—is goin' to give me half a dollar if I stay in here to-night as late as you do. (Yawning.) I'm gettin' mighty tired.—Chicago Tribune.Our arrival at Cairo was on the evening of Nov. 26. We were all pretty well fagged oat, and more than ready for the really superb accommodations 'awaiting us. We found our hotel surrounded by a garden which flourished in tropical luxuriance. What, was more iothe purpose, an excellent dinner awaited oar attention, and comfortable beds the occupancy of people who never needed them more. Tbe hotel was a surprisingly good one. 1 think I should not exaggerate in describing it as equal to the best in New York, but the management was not equal to the task of excluding from it flies and mosquitoes. I don't suppose the people are to be found who would be able to cope successfully with these enemies of human comfort A Wide Awake Milk Prtliller. Lost and Found. The low-browed clouds, with sullen metal, . Repulsive la their rags and dun, Hung threatening o'er a rural scene, Which shuddered ere the storm begun. Pent np within that blackened sky, Crouched flood and whirlwind for theli leap. While murky outposts eastward fly, And cyclone is the scythe to reap. The railroad from Savannah to Charleston crossed tho Savannah river fifteen miles north of the fjrmer city. Hardee prepared to defend this j. Savannah is approached by causeways through the marshes. Theso were heavily guarded by Hordee and obstructed with timber.One of Scranton's wide awake milk peddlers is a single woman, £4 or 25 years old. She drives around in a covered wagon with windows in front and sliding doors on each side, and she doesn't leave her i/*at when she serves her customers. The lines run through a couple of holes in tbe wagon's front. She drops them and rings a bell us soou as her liorse stops at a customer's bouse, and the servant comes out and gets served by the rosy cheeked milk maid. Her borse knows every customer's place as well as she does, and the jolly young woman seems to enjoy her life tip top. It makes no difference what the weather is, she is as regular as the sun tbe year round.—National Stockman and Farmer. Gave Himself Away. Boarding- Mistress (after watching u boarder eat three sausages with great celerity)—You mast be an Odd-Fellow, sir? The next day wo started early for tho pyramids. After a three hours' trip we reached these great monuments of antiquity. some of which are five thousand years old. Dr. Talmage insisted on climbing to the top of the great pyramid of Cheops, called Ohizeh. In this the whole party joined him, and, with the aid of twelve dragomen- and two boys who carried drinking water, we ascended the pyramid, climbing or being pushed up as occasion required. We made the ascent in twenty minutes. As soon as tho top was reached Dr. Talmage, with all the joyous exuberance of a boy, waved his hands and shouted at the top of his voice: ''Hurrah for the American eagle!"' After his enthusiasm had sub sided he had his photograph taken as one in tho group resting on the vast tomb up which he had so laboriously clambered. We then descended, partook of a substantial lunch which we had carried with us from Cairo, and proceeded to interview the Sphinx. Tlii-, was a rather one aided arrangement, Dr Talmage performing the solo act as follows:1 rtood fascinated, watching tbe ruan. Presently, with baud out«prepfi feeling along the wall, he began creeping toward m»; at tbe same moment the dismal howling of a dog, apparently in one of the rooms, became audible. This soind and tbe action on bis part seemed to release my facult ics. I dashed at him-rmade a grab at his coat—struck tbe wall; the man was gone I I stood stupidly; the passage was dark as pitch. Could he have slipped aside, and be waiting to strike? The Ogeechee and Savannah rivers come near together at Savannah, being uo more than fifteen miles apart. The widened mouth of the Ogeechee is called Ossabaw sound, wbtr® 't Sad been promised that Admiral Oahigren's fleet should meet S Herman. On )ssabaw sound was Fort McAllister. The leash is slipped, and tnmult reigns, The gurgling brooks are ahoklng fast, And woodland giants, torn with pains, Are swaying like a vessel's mast. Boarder—You've guessed it; but how did you know. Mistres3—I knew you must be by the familiar way in Which you handled those three links.—Lowell Citizen. But, low! against the dingy fleeoe Floats, whiter than a seraph's wing, A hovering messenger of peace, As if to tempt the birds to sing: Ontmtal Versus Bran. Professor Henry, of the Wisconsin agricultural station, writes as follows regarding the substitution of oatmeal for bran: To make my story short, the necessity being imminent to save my illustrious friend from sea sickness—for isn't the camel the ship ef the desert?—the owner of the brute tickled it on the knee of one of its forelegs. Down it went on them. He then scratched its hindlegs with the same effect, thus bringing the animal's body on a level with the desert, which enabled the doctor to alight in time to avoid a catastrophe much better not described. Louis Klopsch. Hardee bad constructed a line of fortifications from the Savannah to the Ogeechee. GASTRONOMICAL GRINS. The Union army marched on without incident till Dec. 8, except that off to the rear left the sound of guns could be beard, where Mlpatricu was stui siiimiisuuig wita » Heeler's cavalry. Wheeler followed the army all tbe way to Savannah. As tho march neared the sea rice fields began to appear. At night tbe soldiers went into camp, made blazing Ores of fragrant pine knots, and cooked their suppers of rice. Evidence of terrapin unsophisfic* tion is failure to consume the eggs. Diamond-back terrapin probably come under the head of brilliant gastronomy.- It is believed that cold fried oysters will sometimes induce a man to commit suicide. Never look a gift donkey in the heels, nor a restaurant chicken salad in the ingredients.An American plum pudding made in an English mold is just like the toso under another name. Jokes based on one oyster in a stew and disasters incident to the earring of a duck are in annual circulation. Consomme, as a name, continues to cover enough hot water to float tho Great Eastern, it being represented as soup. Not fleck of vapor, silver-curled, A truant from ethereal vale— But' something snapped and high had whirled A weekly washing in the gale! —Boston Transcript. To tbe member of con grew a committee place means almost everything. Upon tba assignment to committees depend in larga measure his usefulness, bis prominence in tbe affairs of the body of which he is a member, bis success as a statesman. If he wants opportunity to make speeches, he will do well to get on one or other of tbe committees in control of important legislation. If he wants influence in the department, lot him be careful of bis committee assignments. A curious illustration of the power of committees in tho : executive departments is found in the fact that Mr. Randall, as 1 D inocrdtlc chairman of tho committee on appropriations, was able to securo many appointments of friends to office under Republican ad ministrations, while ; Mr. Cannon, a prominent Republican mem ■ ber of tbe samo commit tee, was ablo to find j places for several of his followers under a Democratic regime.—Washington Letter. • j 11ie Committee* in Congreai. Experiments at this station with oats show them to he remarkably fine feed for dairy cows. There seems to be a principle in oats that gives them value beyond that shown by chemical analysis, Much of the Minneapolis bran, of late years, contains considerable foreign matter in the shape of dirt and worthless material blown in, apparently, to give it w'eiglkt. The ruillers of Minneapolis can hardly expectaur farmera to regard their bran with favor if they continue shipping out such stuff as is now too often received. People who pay for bran are entitled to get what they pay for. and can get dirt nearer home and at lower prices. The manure from a ton of bran is worth more than the manure from a ton of oats, but at the prices named I should use oats for a large part of the ration, giving some bran for variety. In the morning bright and early we all met at the breakfast table greatly refreshed. "Thank God for sleep," said Dr. Talmage, who as a philosopher seems always equal to the occasion. "Sleep puts a bound to weariness. It says, 'Thus far shalt thou go and no further.' It puts light into the eye, and geniality into the disposition, and faith into the heart, and makes a new world every morning." An amusing incident at the breakfast table was the emptying of an entire bowl of sugar by the doctor, who eats more sugar than any man I ever saw. He says his system seems to demand it, and that he eats sugar on almost everything excepting honey, and of this he can eat a hiveful at every meal. Jams and all kinds of sweets disappear before him with amazing rapidity. A few days ago he was claiming to have had the best meal of his life because three kinds of jam were included in its menu. Then—then, with a revulsion that sent my blood curdling back to my heart, it shot through me: How did 1 see him, being in the dark» That be was there for no good was sufficiently demonstrated; but how could 1 ba?e seen hinW 1 ex[Derienced a curious sensation as it broke upon me that tbe man 1 hod lieheld wa3 not included iu the ceusus of this planet. I felt a tingling in my limbs and a buzzing in my earn. The sensation was physical only—mentally, 1 may say there was a complete and instant blank. A Slight Difference. Bagley — Yes, Haskins is a great student. You should see him poring over his old roots. Deo. 8, as Sherman rode along, he observed that his head of column bad turned off from the main route and were marching through tbe field. Riding up to ascertain the cause, he found a handsome young officer lying in tlie road with his foot blown off and the flesh torn from bis leg. His horse had stepped upon a hidden torpedo m tbe road. The horse had been blown to atoms and the ofilcer wounded in tho manner described. It was the army's first experienco of one of tho modes of defense adopted for the city of Bailoy—Old roots and herbs? Bagley—No; old roots and verbs.— Judge Scotch Collie Doj. Mr. Felch, the well known poSltryman, has a Scotch collie dog, which he has trained to be of great use to him in driving and catching his fowls whenever ho has occasion to Oil an order. The intelligence shown by this dog in driving the fowb without frightening them, and in singling out from the flockany bird pointed out by his master, is quite remarkable and very pleasant to but, says Mr. Felch, the collie, though tho most intelligent and usefu; ■Di all dogs when well trained, is also  most mischievous and troublesome vrtieii not taken care of, just as the most in telligent rogues arc the most dangerous. A Cordial Invitation. As the shock passed over 1 pulled myself together and retraced my steps down tbo passage and into the drawing room. It seemed strange, that lighted room and" the commonplace occupants His Honor—What made you steal this gentleman's door-mat? Prisoner—Sure, yer honor, it said "Welcome" on it, in letthers as long as your ar-r-i*m.—Puck. My step had been almost noiseless on the thick carpet of tbe corridor, and no one had noticed ray approach .1 stood, perhaps, for five minutes in the doorway, shadowed by a portiere, and gradually tbe perfectly natural and human expression of tbe room and the people, chatting pleasantly, with the clear lamplight full upon their faces, sobered my excited senses, and i began. to feel that 1 had come very near making myself supremely ridiculous. What 1 saw—or rather "What a wonder of sculpture! With a cold smile the Sphinx has looked down upon thousands of years of earth's his tory, Egyptian civilization, Grecian civ ilization, Roman civilization, upon the rise and fall of thrones innumerable, upon the victories and defeats of all the armies of the centuries. It took three thousand years to make one wrinkle on its red cheeks. It was old when Joseph Savannah. A Good Example. _ 4 Canvasser—Tes, it is early, but I'm a morning-glory—open out early. Victim—I hopo yoa'fl emulate that flower, too, in shutting tip before noon. —Munsey's W uekly. j "This was not war, but murder," said Sherman, "and it made me very angry." In a plate of griddle cakes, tho cako A Royal »uk,N stamps. ! on toP and next the plate are Tho duke of Edinburgh is an ardent stamp one8 best to avoid' for f00d and 8uf" collector. When in Lisbon, during tho obse- ttcient reasons. quies of tho lato king of 1'ortugal, ho visited Aitybodt can toll tho difference bea shop in the Praca de Luiz do Camoes, ami tween black and white, but he must uiado a considerable purchase of rare speci needs be a connoisseur in gnme who can inens which lu had not hitherto been able to j tell by the eating a redhead from a canobtain. Be has now one of the finest collec 1 vaaback duck in those days of sumptuoui tions extant Pall Mall Gazette. I gastronomy. lie immediately ordered a nuintDer of Confederate prisoners to be brought to the front. He made them take picks and s|lades ami inarch iu clouc order along tho road ahead of tho army, "so as to explode tlieir o.vu torporloes." They might find them aad diy; them out, if they could, but march iu front thov must, aud march they did, though begguif. —i al thu ijuTnralilo ShtT—au to be let off. A well ktiowi, pLjucmii uD At w York si*l-wD all his patients that suffer with Coughs' d C 1 s 10 u e PuntK, Cough and C1 'umpuou urn 26 a, a 60 cU Trial bottles tee at J. H. Ho uak, drag gat. After breakfast we visited the Boulak museum, where are the mummies of many ■Thing kings of Egyjtf, including the 1 jm» « V t Mi D rCv. away IDJ"P psis, Bil-1-lifts s, 0D • P or Api+I t« and a l .yi s a isine fri-m a tPd Liver us- Dr. Le» 's L'ver R Bul»t«r. Trial boitles free at J. H, Houck. druggist