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EMORIES OF GRANT. managea to conceal nerseir in a blanket, and with me, who had secured a sombrero and blanket, escaped from the church. Crockett saw me going, and, recognizing me, threw me a not strange rJrat the stamp of ytcxs has left its marks upon hr. The admirers of Edgar Allan Pos may be Interested In learning that the General Grant received a note from General Lee asking for a meeting to confer in regard to the effect of surrender, and asking whether such surrender would lead to Grant replied that such a meeting could amount to nothing, as he was not authorized to treat in regard to peace. He suggested, however, that the laying down SOLE DJOH Of the "Alamo" Butchery, on the Sixth of March, 1836, piece or paper, upon which was writ old home of the author of "The Raven, ten, Thermopylae had her messenger of defeat, but the host Alamo had none.

Let the stones pak: r-mu Seme Unpublished Facts Regarding: His Career of their arms by the South would cer latlon not being forgotten. Blood, has IS "UNCLE JfflHLE" CANNON RELATED BY GEN. F.T. DENT on Kings-bridge road. In the upper portion of New York city, has been turned into a dentist's shop.

There have at times been recommendations that the cottage be turned into a sort of memorial to Poe. but there Is little sentiment in New York Just now, and nothing came of this. So the dentist, who thinks this especial neighborhood Is a growing one and conducive to toothache, has stepped In. This house Is not the one in which that much-discussed and quarrelled-over poem. "The Raven," was written, but It is the one he lived in for three years prior to his death in 1848.

and In which most of his later poems and fragmentary article were written. Poe has but few friend In New York who would care to preserve the house In which he lived. Indeed, aside from Richard Henry Stoddard, the venerable poet, and a very He Fought at the Side of Famous Captain Travis and Daye Crockett. Who Knew Grant Better Than Any Other Person Who Eyer Lived. March 3, 1836, Thursday, we saw the Mexicans coming from San Antonio, a few miles distant.

Santa Anna was in command and had 2000 Mexicans and some Indians with him. This was increased Friday to nearly 3000, and Saturday. March 5, the Mexicans were encamped opposite the Alamo on the San Antonio river. The Texans hadspent the last three days" in fortifying and strengthening the walls of the Alamo, In order to offer a better defence. We had three cannons, two of which were hoisted on the walls, which were ten feet high and about three feet wide and the third cannon was left on the ground to protect the entrance to the Alamo from the river.

A suclent number of steers were killed and corn enough brought into the fort to furnish provisions for a month. "We all expected the attack would be commenced Sunday morning early, as an attempt had been made to throw a pontoon bridge across the San Antonio river, but the forces of Santa Anna did not commence operation until about noon. As all of us were Catholics, we went to mass befor 'sun up, and at 7 o'clock A.M. were ready for business. The Mexicans again began preparations for bridging the river, after Santa Anna, about 8 o'clock, had put In an appearance In speaking distance with a flag of truce and requested the women and children to be sent out of the fort.

"No attention was paid to It, but Colonel Travis kept up a conversation long enough with Santa Anna to allow Mrs. Travis and baby, a Mrs. Dickinson and her newly born baby, and a negro servant of Mrs. Travis's to slip out of the fort unnoticed by the enemy. They were accompanied by eight Mexican women and a Mrs.

Hess. I met, passing along unnoticed, through the parlors of a New Tork hotel the other day, Mrs. Daniel Manning, the wife of the creator in politics of Grover Cleveland, the great opponent of John Kelly In New York politics, a man of extraordinary force and Influence in his day, and one whom Cleveland treated with the Ingratitude that he sometimes visits on his friends. Mrs. Manning was always a handsome and when her husband was secretary of the treasury she was among the most popular women In Washington owing to her genial manners and unfailing tact.

As she ap-P18 now she bears her years gracefully and welL Her hair la vet dark PARTICULARS OP THE BATTLE WAS UNKNOWN IN HIS OWN TOWN few others, scarcely any are now left who knew Poe. his virtues and his Which Was One of the Most Blood Thirsty In the History of Waes-o Ho Clerked Ik Tamoy OOct-lom Interesting lift History. frailties. stained us I still have the paper in my possession. "When we were finally secreted In the house of a priest, about 200 yards from the wall, we saw the smoke arising from the Alamo, and knew that Santa Anna had applied the torch which consumed all of the contents and occupants of the Alamc.

I staid at the priest's house a day or two, Senora Candelaria bringing me food and water, since, being a Spaniard, she could walk aboat unmolested. After a while, disguised -as a Mexican, for I talked Mexican like a native, I made my way to Gonzales, where I obtained work in the Mexican government service. I remained for two years, and then hired out to Uncle Sam, and have found him a good master up to the present time. "Out of the seventeen who went out from the fort that Sunday morning, but three are now alive, myself, Senora Candelaria and Mrs. Dickinson's baby, who is now a lady with many children living in Austin.

and with whom I eorrespont' regularly. Here is a letter from her showing1 the writer an envelope addressed to W. H. Cannon in a neat hand). Mrs.

Alsberry was never heard of afterwards, and she was supposed to have been killed in the fight by a stray bullet. The negro servant joined the Crow nation of which he became chief, and was known throughout the western country by the name of Beckwlth. Mrs. Hess made good her escape to the Comanche tribe of Indians, a chief of which she married, and it is said she was the origin of the red hair and blue eyes among the Southwestern Comanches. I am here still, young, vigorous, and shall remain in the West until I am called home." tainly hasten the event and save thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of property.

He pointed out the hopelessness of further resistance. On the morning of the 9th. Lee made an attack on the Union cavalry, but finding that they were supported strongly by Infantry, he sent a flag of truce and forwarded a note to Grant, asking an interview, in accordance with his note of the day before. I remember distinctly the receipt of that note. General Grant was on the road near Appomattox court house.

He replied that he would move forward and meet Lee at any place he might designate. "On the afternoon of the 1'th the two generals and their staffs met at the famous McLean house in Appomattox. How plainly I recall that picture! The Confederate General Lee and his staff were in full uniform, with their swords at their sides. Grant was the most unostentatious appearing Individual in the company. He did not have on the uniform of his rank, even; but he proceeded to prepare the document which, when signed, would practically end the war.

It took about three hours to do all the business. The Confederates evidently expected that they would be called upon to deliver up their swords and side arms. General Grant had been very sick the night before and that morning with sick headache, but when he was Informed that Lee would surrender he was Immediately cured. The room where the negotiations went forward, and where the papers were prepared and signed, was very plainly furnished and contained. simply a table and some chairs.

The surrender consisted, as everybody knows, of an exchange of letters. General Grant wrote a letter in duplicate addressed to General Lee, and when it was finished handed it to him. General Lee slowly put on his spectacles and read There Is one unction that aspiring' candidates for the presidency outside of New York state may lay to their souls, and that is that the state of Conkling and Seward and Fenton will not float any presidential timber In the next Republican national convention. Moreover, unless the complexion of affairs in New York changes radically In a short time the delegation from th Empire State will be a weak, divided While traveling recently In the western part of the country your correspondent fell in with a man who bears the distinguished reputation of being the sole male survivor of the "Alamo," where. In March, 18S6, bloodthirsty Santa Anna, with 3000 Mexican troops, ruthlessly slaughtered "172 Texans.

The man's name is "William J. Cannon, although he Is known far and wide as and her figure, though full and matronly. Is well preserved. She has all of her old charm of manner as when I first saw her with her husband -at Albany at the time Grover Cleveland was governor of New York. They were a strikingly handsome pair.

Manning, who was a talL stalwart man, black of hair and moustache, with a handsome face, was an admirable foil to his wire. Mrs. Manning Is now living quietly In Albany, her old home, and near her son, Daniel Manning. who for a time was manager of the Albany Argus, which, when Daniel Manning was alive, was a powerful political and Impotent one. As things stand.

It During: a residence of several years in Washington I became well acquainted -with General Frederick T. Dent, who was my neighbor, and from frequent conversations held with him, I learned many things in regard to the remarkable career of General Grant, which are not known to the public at large. The notes of these conversations, carefully preserved, have never been published. General Dent probably knew General Grant better than any other person who ever lived. Although two years older than Grant, Dent was in the same class with the great com is a case or dog eat dog.

Never In hi peculiar political career has exSenator Thomas C. Piatt been so hard pressed. It looks as though the elements combined against him wert organ. The young man has been some- getting the best of it. but Piatt Is nothing if not a finished fighter, and If he be pulled down he will still have the strength to pull down a good many of his enemies.

This is not doing, and will not do any special good to the Republican party in the state of New mander at West Point and they were York. It won a great victory last falL it. He then proceeded to write a note addressed to General Grant, acknowl out in Its bickerings It is frittering away what It has gained. This, of course, will help the chances of Reed and McKlnley. Allison and the others, and finally New York Republicans edging' the receipt of his letter and accepting the terms mentioned therein.

During the progress of the negotiations, which lasted, as stated above. about three hours, there was a run ning conversation often drifting far away from the subject in hand. When the letters had been ex changed which made the surrender complete, a general handshaking and introduction took place. The Union officers were presented to General Lee and the Confederate officers to General ill Grant. Grant was not elated or excited in the least over the surrender.

As he rode to his camp he heard the firing of (iff JOHJC BALI salutes in celebration of the surrender. He sent immediately, ordering that it be stopped. The picture of that sur render scene has never been made yet. wnat prominent in politics, but he lacks the force of his father. Mrs.

Manning has lived practically In retirement since the death of her husband. 'ery little Is heard nowadays of General John Newton of New York, whom Grant. Sheridan and others held to be one of the great engineers of our civil war, and who was the man who succeeded In blasting Flood rock In the dangerous Hell Gate on the eastern shore of New York city, which had impeded navigation since the discovery of Manhattan Inland, and had been the cause of hundreds of shipwrecks. This feat gave General Newton a world-wide reputation, for the thing had not been thought possible of accomplishment. General Newton shows the passage of the years.

His hair and his beard, which he wears after the style of Grant and Sherman, are gray. The general Is a man of barely height and of kindly manner, though not much given to talking. Like ome other military men, he was forced into politics once and found the game unpleasant. Years ago he was made Commissioner of Public Works of New York, an important post, owing to the Immense patronage attached to It, General Newton was a man eminently fitted to this position, owing to his knowledge and training. But he was no politician, and could not learn to be one.

While he was engaged on plans for the improvement of New York's water supply, or some other Important affair, he did not want to be bothered by political heelers and beggars for positions. Moreover, he said so. When Tammany Hall, or some other organization, sent to htm men whose abilities enabled them to tell a beer glass from a water main, but carried them little further, and ordered him to appoint them to Important Jobs, he told them metaphorically to go to Belzebub. Of course, this brought the wrath of the bosses, big and little, down upon him. and they annoyed him so that he finally threw up his Job in disgust.

So New York lost a good and honest official. He is now engaged in a project to secure ship transit across All who have attempted It have filled tSINU VP DEAD HOUSES. Every Part of ttae Animal Hade Into Some I'eefnl Article. In France when a horse reaches the age of from twenty to thirty it is destined for a chemical factory; it Is first relieved of its hair, which is used to stuff cushions and saddles; then it Is skinned; the hoofs serve to make combs. Next the carcass Is placed In a cylinder and cooked by steam at a pressure of three atmospheres; a cock Is opened which lets the steam run off; then the remains are cut up, the leg bones are sold to make knife handles, and the coarser the ribs and the head are made Into animal black and glue.

The first are calcined In cylinders, and the vapors, when condensed, form the chief source of carbonate of ammonia, which constitutes the base of nearly all the ammonlacal salts. There is an animal oil yielded, which makes a capital insecticide and a vermifuge. The bones, to make glue, are dissolved in muriatic acid, which takes the phosphate the lime away; the soft element, retaining the shape of the bone. Is dissolved in boiling water, cast Into squares and dried on nets. The phosphate of lime, acted upon by sulphuric acid and calcined with carbon, produces phosphorus for our luclfer matches.

The remaining flesh Is distilled to obtain the carbonate of ammonia; the resulting mass Is pounded up with potash, then mixed with old nails and iron of every description; the whole Is calcined, and yields magnificent yellow crystals prussiate of potash, with which tissues are dyed a Prussian blue and iron transformed Into steel; it also forms cyanide of potassium and prus-sic acid, the two most terrible poisons known In chemistry. MAX O'RELI. AND THE MINISTER. it with fictions. The contrast between the Confederate vanquished and the Union victors was very marked.

General Grant wore his usual soldier's blouse, and did not even have his sword. The Confederates were as clean and stylish as though on dress parade with their full uniforms and arms. GKNEELaXj rREDERIOK T. DENT. The unostentatious, natural, common- sense way in which Grant got at this important business will always live as one of the most picturesque as well as remarkable events in history.

WILLIAM J. CANNON. The sole male sor-river of the "Alamo." "Speaking of General Grant's unos tentatious appearance," General Dent "'Uncle Jimmie" Cannon, an he Is upwards of 83 years old. In height he measures nearly six feet and weighs continued, "reminds me of a visit which he made in company with President Lincoln to one of the battlefields near the capital. There were several people in the party, and finally they 190 pounds.

Notwithstanding his advanced age, he Is strong physically and met an old colored mama who said: I want to see General "The party were all amused, and In While the Mexicans were bridging the river, Colonel Travis ordered one of the cannons discharged at the men working, and this was the commencement of the famous battle of Alamo. I saw my poor mother and her two youngest children killed in the early part of the fight, as the women and children were huddled together In the southwestern part of the yard, which was nearest the Mexicans. The other women and children were also killed. These sights nerved every one of us, and al- has, apparently, the vigor or a man years his junior. "Uncle Jimmie" the only official Indian interpreter in chums.

They graduated In the class of 1843, and on a visit to the Dent home in Missouri the young second lieutenant. Grant, first met Miss Julia Dent, who was destined to become his wife. General Dent declared that it was practically a case of love at first sight. Julia was barely 18, and the young lieutenant was just past 21. He was stationed at Jefferson barracks near St.

Louis. General Dent introduced his friend to his sister, and he says that there was a marked effect Immediately which hastily ripened into an engagement. The Mexican war breaking out in 1844 postponed the marriage for four years. "General Grant had the most peculiar temperament of any man I ever knew." said General Dent. "In common and ordinary matters he always stinctively turned to the general to see the employ of Uncle Sam under the what he would say.

'Well, I am General Grant. he said. smiling. No, massa, you Is not de gen'L I knowse better, she said. the Isthmus of Panama by means of Well, if I am not General Grant, how does he asked the general.

canal and railroad, and his associates are sanguine that this will be his greatest feat in engineering. amused at the Innocence of his have only themselves to thank for thfl condition that prevails. There Is one ancient Institution la New York that has latterly become Indecent thai seems marked to go. and that may afterwards go in other localities, and that is the coroner's office. It is an ancient and it was an honorable ofiice.

a long time ago. Latterly In New York, at least. It has been a disgrace upon a civilized community. The office, too. was supposed to give its incumbent since under certain conditions it was within his power to arrest the chief magistrate of the city or the most powerful Judge or other official.

A generation ago the office was held by honorable men of good standing. It is not so now. Instead it is the refuge of broken-down politicians, liquor dealers or undertakers who can assist their own trade through it. It has not been at all rare to see a coroner sitting in important cases where murder or homicide had been committed. In a condition of drunkenness that should have confined them to a police station.

Moreover, able lawyers appearing beforo these absurd officials are not infrequently bullied and brow-beaten by tha Ignorant officials on the bench. The newspapers have again and again espoused the matter, but nothing ha come of it. Now there Is a movement on foot to root the scandal up. Tho sooner the better for the credit of New York. As the courts are organized now there Is no need for such officials.

A man who once filled a large epac In the public attention and who Is coming to the front again Is General Thomas L. James, who was postmaster of New York and later postmaster-general of the United States. Some little time ago he was elected mayor r.t Tanoiiv jprspv. This in Itself Why, Gen'l Grant, he be a biff. found it hard to interest himself.

If it had not been for the war of the re awf tall man, wi' long sword in he hand, all covered wi' brass buttons, an' wi big feather in he hat. He look like de ang'l Gabrl, and is big like old G'liar who broke de lion's bellion and the tremendous resoonsl bilities that were thrown upon him he And as the company moved on, the would doubtless have remained the ob scurest man' in the little town of Ga old mama stood looking after them, murmuring to herself, 'That be not Gen'l Grant. lena. As it was, when the name of Grant berrn to be talked of so much "The difficulties that stood in the way of General Grant and the remarkable way in which he met them in his administration as President can only A Southern author, very popular In New York, and for that matter generally, and who is much seen in the metropolis In these days. Is Thomas Nelson Page, whose stories of life in "Dixie." to use the old term, are particularly happy in plan and expression.

Mr. Page Is not In appearance the typical Virginian one might ordinarily expect to see. He is of medium height, has keen but kindly blue eyes and a sandy moustaehj. But he knows the South and the Southern people of both ante and post-bellum times as do few men. Mr.

Page, though much seen in New York on business errands, lives in Washington, where he has a charming home in which one may meet people very well worth the knowing. Mr. Page is now In his prime, and may yet Improve on the good work he has already done. at the rc there were many people in the town who were utterly unable to place him. They remembered that there was a person by that name who had modestly clerked in the tannery office -and that was all.

'Which Grant He Prayed for the Minister and the Ml ulster Prayed or lin. Max O'Rell tell3 this story about himself: I had Just returned to the hotel after having given a lecture on the Scotch at the town hall. I was half undressed, when there came a knock at my bedroom door. It was a waiter bearing a card. The Presbyterian minister of the town wished to see me at once on a very urgent matter.

I bid the waiter show the reverend gentleman up. A man of about 50. in the usual black ecclesiastical coat and white cravat, and holding a soft felt hat, appeared In the doorway, wearing a sad face. I recognized him as one of my audience that evening. "Excuse my costume," I began, "but you wished to speak to me on urgent business, and I thought it best not to make you wait." "There Is nothing the matter with your dress," he broke in.

"This is not an affair of the body, but of the souL I have come to pray for you." I was taken a little by surprise and felt a trifle discountenanced, but I quickly regained my composure. certainly," I said, "with the greatest pleasure. If it can make you happy He knelt, put his elbows on the bed, be ruiiy understood when the historian finally comes to write the dispassionate is was the common Question." record of the time and is able to esti title of "inspector or all tne xnaian tribes of the United States." He Is a natural linguist, spaking French, Mexican and Spanish fluently and the Indian tongue of 34 tribes, and in the last accomplishment he is said not to have an equal living. By studying a profile view of Mr. Cannon one can clearly see a likeness to Washington, a fact much commented on by Uncle Jlmmle's friends.

In character he also resembles Washington, being the soul of honor, and of a strong determination. He has spent the last 50 or more years among the Indians, and is said to wield a great Influence amongst them. He has met and personally known all of the noted pioneers of the western country of his time, among his most intimate acquaintances being Kit Carson, Phil Sheridan, General Logan, Fremont, Tom Benton, Samuel Houston, Colonel Bowie, Colonel Travis, Davy Crockett, Bill Cody and scores of others. He is probably better acquainted with the geography and topography of the West and Southwest than any person now living, knowing by name every stream, mountain or section of land of any importance. He has only the education born of experience, as he was born In the wilds of Texas in 1812.

when schools were not known in that country. He was "in a saddle" as, soon as he was old enough to mount a broncho, which was at a very early age, and spent his time hunting, trapping and going among the Indians, Mexicans and Spaniards, with whom he soon acquired the fame of being the best scout, guide and interpreter in the country. Two years after his escape from the Alamo massacre he went into the service of the United States and has been there up to the present time. Several years ago the offices of Interpreters, guides and scouts were "To what do you attribute General mate fully the causes and conditions. The remarkable executive ability and Grant wonderful success?" I asked.

great common sense or General Grant were brought Into excellent requisition. "To two things, principally," replied General Dent. "First to his wonderful common sense by which he was almost certain by the shortest route to arrive at the very heart and pith of a subject. An illustration or his manner of pro DAVID CROCKETT. cedure in certain cases where appli cation was made for office will be I Is a email matter, since Ttnafly ha 1.

a Col1t "There was a hard push beln? made by the Republicans of a certain town In these days, when strong-lunged preachers are attracting so much iiv reason of their various cru In Virginia to get out the postmaster that had been appointed by President and seoond, to the faot that his temperament was such that the gravest responsibilities, the most perplexing circumstances and the most dangerous situations instead of unmanning him and making him doubtful how to act always seemed to rouse him to the very best of judgment and made him capable of taking the most deliberate Johnson. It was claimed that this man sades, it is a relief now and again to tVio fashionable Presbvterian was really a Democrat and that the though feeling that our last day had come, we swore to sell our lives as dearly as possible. Colonel Travis and Harry Crockett, after a long Interview, deciding that our arms and ammunition would last but a short time, concluded to send a messenger to General Samuel Houston, 110 miles distant, at Gonzales, for. reinforcements. This was a dangerous expedient, but Nathaniel Bigf ord volunteered and was let down from the.

northeast part of the wall Into a heavy grove of trees, sur- office belonged to a Republican. There church on upper Fifth avenue, where were two candidates whom we will buried his head in his hands, and began: "Lord, this man whom Thou seest near me is not a sinful man; he Is suffering from the evil of the cen and accurate action. call, for convenience, Smith and Jones. Dr. John liail preacues.

ur. jiaii preaches to pews full of millionaires, but his are the plain, old-fashioned, orthodox sermons that our fathers it-stsn tr (hourh thev are de "This "was remarkably Illustrated in the battle of the Wilderness. During that terrible Btruggle General Grant tury; he has not been touched by Thy grace, he is a stranger come from a was the least conspicuous and appar They were working very hard for the place. General Grant had listened to both sides. Finally a delegation in favor of Jones came in and pressed that candidate's claims to the President In person.

'There is another candidate In vnur livered with rare force and eloquence ently' the least excited person in the whole Union army, tie wore a com that did not mark tne enons oi many of theolder school of pulpit orators. Dr. Hall is an admirable type of that vimmua race, the Scotch- mon soldier's blouse and slouch hat. place for this office, is there asked but a lew nunurea innaBuanu. sun most of these are olid.

substantial New York business men. as Mr. Jame himself is. In addition. Mr.

James' election was a first move In a well organized fight upon the gambling and other rings so powerful in New Jersey. Small as the election was the New York press gave it much attention, and It has made ex-l'ostmaster General James a moving figure in politics. There Is really no position for which he Is not available. He has always been a popular man In New York and he was the first man to make the great New York postoffice a practical working concern. His work at Washington also strengthened "hlra.

Mr. James Is one of the public men whom success has not spoiled. A large, good-looking man. a good orator, a man of fine business training, and moreover, a man of the people, who worked hi way from a country printing office. Mr.

James is not an unattractive character. He Is not a facUonlst In politics, nor a seeker after office, yet there Is no office for which he would not be an available candidate. And "availability" means a great deal la politics in these days. FOSTER COATE3. and sat much of the time at the foot of a tree whittling.

He had carefully planned and carefully directed the abolished, and those employed as such were dismissed from the- service, but Uncle Jimmie registered; a kick at movements of the whole army, how Irish. Though well on In years he is as well preserved a specimen of manhood as one would wish to meet. Of good height, he is sturdily built. He the President. "'Oh, yes, said 7 the spokesman, there Is a fellow by the name of Smith.

But, Mr. President, we assure you that his appointment would be a. Washington, saying that he was still ever, and only a few of his leading too young" to give his lire up to en generals Knew mucn or wnat was go disgrace to your administration. He is forced idleness, and his name was allowed to remain on the books of the a low fellow and would be sure to Insult ladles, and besides he is utterly incompetent. For mercy's sake, do not War Department.

one considers a history of Texas complete without the ing to happen. I well remember at the most critical time in the battle of seeing an aide ride up excitedly and deliver the message that the Union forces were retreating and were likely to cross the river. The general received the message with the utmost has the strongly raareea ieaiures common to men of his blood, and they are made the more pronounced by reason that his clear-cut features are free from any beard. Dr. Hall is in no way faddish.

You scarcely ever heard of him figuring In any gathering fit a. political character. He appoint him. None of the best citizens narrative of the Alamo massacre, in which the names of Crockett, Bowie and Santa Anna are commingled. coolness and continued to whittle, and in which the 173 Texans, like Is an enthusiast as to the record and heroes, fought against great odds until Everybody else about him thought that the situation was serious and that achievements or tne in this country, but for the rest he de-oil nf time and talent to they were killed: one oy one.

aver that not one escaped, but the day was lost. The aide seemed ut terly unable to comprehend the gen Uncle Jimmie has indisputable proofs in his possession that three escaped- the affairs of his church and congregation, and though he Is one of the best paid clergymen In this country he i alsn one of the most plain In his himself, a messenger namea uigiora eral mQuierense. "In a few moments there was sharp and vigorous firing off at the right. For the first time he stonned whutiintr -T and his old nurse, Senora Candelaria. who was living a short time since near methods and manner of life.

Yet he San Antonio, in an adobe, at the mar Cnrlositir of Divorce. Curiosities In divorce are always Interesting and sometimes instructive. Illustrating as they do the manners, customs and failings of the times. In ancient Home, among the not uncommon "reasons" given by the husband for a divorce were those of his wife h.ivlne skeleton keys made to fit his manages to remain among tne mosc velous age of 108 years. Uncle Jimmie THE ALAMO.

Where many heroes were butchered. desire to have him for postmaster. 'What is the matter with the present incumbent? asked the President. "'Oh, he is a Democrat, and we think that the office belongs to a 'He is competent? "'Yes, fairly so. 'He does not Insult lady patrons of the office 7 "'We have never heard that he does.

'Well, now, I will tell you exactly what I am going to do in this case' said the President. 'You can go home and feel perfectly certain as to what will happen. You have given Mr. Smith, the opposing candidate, a very bad name. The people who are here in the Interest of Smith say almost identically the same things about your man Jones that you do about Smith I do not know the facts.

I am unacquainted with either of these candidates. I assume that you are all telling the truth. You all agree that the present incumbent is competent an and spokV The rebels probably know by this time what that retreat was for. That is a flank movement by our people. Gentlemen, let us eat our dinner.

And sure enough, that was what it did mean. The retreat of our cen has a wonderfully retentive memory. popular pastors in tne -resoyicrian without any special tooting of not only remembering Individuals and horns or beating of tom-toms. country where religion Is turned Into ridicule. Grant that his travel through our godly lands may bring him into the narrow way that leads to everlasting private drawers, and drinking his wine Two statements which rhow that the honesty of a Roman matron was not cultivated to a great extent.

However, it may be there was a skeleton in the cupboard, and the natural shrewdness of a woman's mind suggested th use of a key to match. tre was a part of Grant's well-planned tactics, and it had been executed with the accuracy of a mathematical problem. The rebels had been drawn into a pocket where they were unable to stand our enf alading fire only long enough to permit them to draw out. It was the turning point of- that de cisive Dattie." "You were present at the final sur- flow lie XJred, Don't you find It ouch! pretty hard render or at Appomattox court that the business of the office Is e-nino- Mouse, were you notr' "I was. and I saw all that went en.

pulling to make a tiring at thia business asked the disagreeable man. Most of the descriptions of that event Yes. sir," said the ontist. applying that nave been written. exceDt that in the forceps arain; I live principally uu vjiiLy tailing is that he is a Democrat, which Ir probably a serious one, but not so serious as that I should make the mistake of appointing a man who would insult ladies and disgrace the government service being incompetent to perform hold still! froca nana to mouuu cago Tribune.

events with remaricaDie accuracy, dui dates and details to an astounding degree. His wife lives in St. Louis with her son, and Uncle Jimmie lives wherever Uncle Sam sends him. Uncle Jimmie loves to talk, and when asked about the Alamo, his sharp eyes glistened, and his hand Instinctively went to his side as if to once more grasp the musket he held on that "So you would like to know about the Alamo," he said. "Well, I am the only man who was present at the siege and lived to tell of it.

JTes." he' continued meditatively, "I remember it as clearly as though it was only yesterday. There were 173 men under command of Colonel B. Travis of the U. S.A, and all but myself was killed. I was born in 1812, so you see, being 24 years old, I could perform a soldier's work and did my share.

"The Alamo," he said, "was a fort near San Antonio, and had been constructed out of a stone church, surrounded by walla on three sides, and the San Antonio river forming a natural wall on the west. During the Texan war of independence, after considerable fighting between the Mexicans and Texans, Santa Anna, with 2000 Mexicans, drove 150 Texans and their families into the Alamo. Colonel Travis sent for but only a score or so reached him, and finding that th Alamo would in all be we rounded by a thick underbrush, and succeeded in making his escape, but was killed two months later at San Jacinto, where Santa Anna was routed. About 9 o'clock the Mexicans got across the river and were soon coming in on us 4n such numbers that we were driven from the yards into the Alamo. Ladders were procured by Santa Anna, and the walls were scaled.

"Colonel Travis, Just before the retreat into the Alamo, was on the outside of the building, and when the rush for the Alamo was made he attempted to gain an entrance, but was shot before he could close the door. Crockett was on the walls with the others, and encouraged us with his ringing voice. We soon found that so many Mexicans had gained an entrance that all we could do was to engage in a hand to hand encounter with clubbed muskets, it became too hot for us on top of the walls, and we descended to the ground below. Colonel Bowie was sick, and was being cared for by my old nurse, Senora Candelaria, who was holding his head in her lap. In a few minutes the Mexicans were swarming the old church fort, and then followed a scene which beggars description.

Several Mexicans stepped over to the helpless form of brave Colonel Bowie, and with bayonets transflxed f'lp-g no attention whatever to Pueoua of his nurse. I saw Mrs. Henry Ward Bee-her at a public meeting the other Jiiyht for the first time in a long while. Of course It was In the Interest of Plymauth Church, to which she has remained devoted since the death of her famous husband. The neighborhood about the old.

church has run down at the heels very much of late years. Cheap tenements and lodging houses are crowding it overmuch. Standing on its roof one can scarcely throw a stone in any-direction without striking a liquor store, and a bad one at that. Recently a new aspirant for fame as a seller of mixed drinks tried to set up a saloon In the shadow of Plymouth and this aroused the fighting wrath of Mrs. Beecber.

Her appearance was at a meetias to protest aga nst this. Foi an hour or more she sat In a prominent place on the platform, but she was not strong enough to stay it out, Mrs Beecher Is aging fast. She retains all the vigor or her strong mind, but physically the wear and tear of the years has told upon her. The strain that was placed upon her at different periods in her husband's lifetime during the civil war. and later, at the time of his trial, and when he was living down the scandal that hung about his name, ail were such as to have broken down a woman weaker In body or less and eetrln4 a duties of the office.

Now I am enln? tn Grant's memoirs, have had more or less of fiction mixed with them. At no time in all General Grant's career did his wonderful common sense stand him In better than in the hour of victory. He always had such a direct way of arriving at the real thing to do, and, while he was very exacting of Getting Mixed. Things Is get tin' mighty mixed. life." The prayer, most of which I spare you, lasted at least ten minutes.

When he had finished, my visitor rose and held out his Tiand. I shook it, "And now," said "allow me to pray for you." He signified consent by the movement of the hand. I did not go on my knees, but with all the fervor that is in me I cried: "Lord, this man whom Thou seest beside me Is not a sinful man. Have mercy upon him. for he Is a Pharisee, who tloubts not for one moment, and that without knowing me, that he is better than I.

Thou "who has sent in vain Thy Son on earth to cast out the Pharisee, let Thy grace descend upon this one; teach him that the foremost Christian virtue is charity, and that the greatest charity is that which teaches us that we are no better than our brethren. This man is blinded by pride; convince him, open his eyes, pity him and forgive him, as I forgive him. Amen." I looked at my good Presbyterian. He was rooted to the floor, amazement written on his face. once more took his hand and shook it, "And now." said I.

"we are cults. Good He went away somewhat Mandy," said Farmer Corntossel, "miKhty mixed." siniijr ic uwi tiieut incumbent right where he Is till such time as you Republican voters can all agree on the proper man to take his place' such direct and common-sense methods as these General Grant, in toe Resident, solved "What the mattery Th rmlitlclanH air all trrln' to tf3 an enemy in ia essentials, was ex ceedingry UDerai- ana considerate in small and non-essential particulars. To those who understood the situation, it the farmers about fanr.ln'. an" the farmers air tryln ter tell the politi nuuiy uiuitun pruuiems or appoint- cians about politics," was perfectly apparent on the 8th day of April, 18G5, that the surrender of In the Reset-re. Lea must come soon, Yet few were prepared to prophesy that it would come on the next day.

That day Lea's sUAVUs UU luauagcuiCUl, GEORGE A. ROBERTSON. Xeeds Watching 'In Miss Hicks as shy ana backward as she used to be?" "Well, if you don't think nice girl! What are y9u doing wlta two sweethearts? comroana was approacmi-tg Acoomat -t to f.nd Itself practically in a nocirer. Maid Oh! ma art. I f.sve Ur'on forces were In large numbers oa only one.

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