National Republican., 1885-12-12
A c1rnK,e srppEN AnLur1oN.

Tie MoonIIt Fountain, tho InnbrIets,
asa, an. oo,d so,,ort,,,A p,,t,a,,a
'o NVV'
Arreal 10 Gen. Meigs'
"Perchance those grand old hoathens
h,,idod t,,tor no., ,rny k,o,v ,, s,ys n.
49, ,I,a,,I NJ. 49,. ,3.,I'
lD" .uss it'it' -. VI
'''v ',''ei .,o'." u,s".1 Wv
lOhuIy hupe they ulu' uueSS Iue ayes
have IL for although the fragments OK tho
Colossus Of Rhodes were sold for old bronze
TO some ancient Sbylock. hath not our mod
o,,, p..,t,ot,lt ,.o,I,,..,1 -, ,,,, r., a..
$500 ~ '''e'' q ~ o'l' STo
lour "inus vi heaven to cIect tneul grauliy
In our great northern harbor as Statue Of
Iiletty Enlghtehing the (New 1Orkl
worldly But whether our modern architects
have thus buildcd Is question upon which
the following yeracious chronicle may cast
lutid light.
MouRsER az AJouRNAItsrcF FusEaAL.
had. for lnck of mora ren,uperntIve ON
plnlmcnt assisted durnally in the Inst ex-
hiring strur,,les of a Wnshnginn now.
papeT: indeed / ofIicInted bIandiy AZ tho
iinni al srnuies. for the very Iast edltorini
wbi,b oraaed tbecnlumns III tb,t u,nrlhn,J
cnterpfise einnnated from, nv brilliant pen.
That great and rood nbslaincr. the lmmor-
inl HAYES. Ly yirtuo of nm olght, ,to.sovcn
flush Including The ,littlc inker.n ruieI
then in the land. nnd was translnied frnu
myImpecunious positlon as aotinlr ssxton
TO the Journal aforesaid 10 an humble
clerkshir IN The Interior Depar,nlent' wber,
the great British lion.teincr. Znehariab
Chandler. with his yarious supcs ond satci-
| lites, controlled hle Utbrce liitlo Iniun
| boysn and other miscellaneous intercsls
. rAsp w,ru nrpR 1ocoNp.xrtrSr
=, e.,,...,a,.-.', ',ls.
~ NAs SutuIuny auu B'la hlght at q
g,S ne'gn,uvSi'.g s'l'',leI tnIuen' ine lul' anu
fuuu'u f',,,.n moo n'oun ,VoSyu e,,, Vp"n upon thS
lesuno u,Iong .hat nlien Wy ga,lereS ali
vn 'no ,,aly ,r cOui siu Ni.l Tvs SolVteu
aunPs, Wuv,e ,, u auu.on,c s wal, walteis rusne9 10
, uhu ~ VIII VIZ, svUIes " .l"g3, gIuspeu rear
iJs1y ~ S,.n1I huI' iIou, mnenee wv roam
| VI u hipS pu.'u,'hu9 h'e,'' b,SuSVu hAe the
glehnlng Gtest upon 0reaklng wave. n
i pnnu oi Ihlnbllvls were Singing songs Oh an
elhlnenty unsapunlarinn chstaeter 70 tno
ni uynCinl'lphnI',e,n,. M ~ an eSScnent oicnest,a,
,o,,nj,oa 20 y'yn,,, n,noi0as to, ,h'.
te,iiies of the morrow by tnklnr fond and
festive grip upon the fast waning scculaI.
hours.
Sadly I bethoupht myself of some nm.
| recorded homestead entries and meaulered
over TO the department, where, after snow
ing my pass and registering my dlstin-
| guishcd name, was soon deeply Immersed
! In the woes Of Mr.. Dufunny from whose
homestead OF forty acres q ninty.hearted
railroad company was seeking TO eject him.
My task was finished, and, locking mp my
desk, j wandered into the great courtyard
to cool my fevored brow. il)od OF light
irradiated part OF the massive building,
While the rest was sunk In shadow.
The two fountains no longer shot heaven
| ward their vast Jets OF water to their usual
height OF seventy-hve feet six inches and
three-quafters, and one Of them shone like
basin OF FURNISHED silver in the mellow
moonlight. Fondly gancing ut my new
mohair suit recalled the time, n few
months back, OF my irst Introduction to
official life, and how, being seedy aud i'm
! pecunlous, hau borrowed pieco OF soap
and government towel, secluding them in
the MP pocket OF my throadbare inexpressi-
Dies, 90 that when the evening shades pre-
vailed was able 10 take furtiye but de-
ngntlui pain IN one oil tnose very FOUNTAINS,
Nhic 'he ""'cnlian houueu uro"shy at MS
post
MUSIC AND SACRED MELODIES.
The choir of an adjacent church was
now reheGrsing for the serylceso of the NOR
row, and as the music from the beer gar
den on the one hand and from the sane
tuary ON the other reached my calm retreat,
the result, II not inharmonious, was at
least peculiar.
o, l feel so very Jolly
When dot band Lerins to play!
sang the minstrels in the abodes of sin,
With a grand crescendo flourish
From Grppnlnnl'S iCy maintains
10 India's coral strand,
echoed the choir IN n plaintiye stro;p
Presently obsorvod n darir form sooted on
the edce of the mooniit fonntoin n,
seemed IN sway bocisword md forward
with supnressed emotion while some shin
jnp object cleaned occnsionally In the
mSonlight as his raised rirbt arm an
preached his throat. Thinking some poor
devil was meditatlnp suicide drew nearer
aud hcnrd him tnllSinp wildly tn him.alf
AT this precise juncturc the concert
changed.
Hal ha! you and me:
Little brown Jug, don't love thee?
caroled the pIofane, and the strange object
in my neighbor's hand flashed once more in
the mysterious light, while hollow "ylug,
glug, glug" seemed to issue from his throat
: There is n fount-theTe is q fourt-
) There Is a fountain filled with blood
sang the righteous in tho distance. Then
the lifted hand came slowly down. "I
,, know 1t, pard !'' murmured the stranger In
|, emphatic but somewhat husky tones. "Put
, It right thar I'll gamble on 1t every time 20
,, "Little Brown jug Little Brown jug ~
choIused the mlnstrels, and up with aour-
ish went the cleaning weapon, followed by
the emphatic ''glua glug! glug!' which was
onte more arrested by the calm refrain,
"llcre Is fount there Is fount ~ VI
to'u verso, sleneu my irienu sotto Vocel,
you uerneu orhety son-ol-t-guh never
irieu 10 JUMP .hat clainli nary tiine lhere
~, isa, you just Let yer sweet me there Is T. J.,
l ineis 10 II lpu,lI tnelo Is u iount
| .hinieu iu tiIe cioir' sure us shootn
4 erleu lhe Younger on lhe Daslh, ny this Tune
/ gleaty eHci.er, - III swore OH rom tnis
Oul, tHCTc lb lOult, you DeJ, you DeJ ~ ana