, 1888-12-20

bent figure OF General Lee ia a master
piece. it seems to me though OF course
am not recognized authority on scult
ture. But the utter repose. the easy res,
ful strength and beauty Of the work appea
to every one.
Some time ago man was looking a
this figure and wanted to say sometbin.
pleasant about it to the artist, but he die
not know much about art.
"How do you like itp' Mr.. Valentin,
asked him.
"Oh, it suits me tip top" answered ths
man, foi he has made money rapidly by
the death of his father and has been
abroad.
What do you think Of the poise?''
"Oh, the poise is real slick"
And do you like the spirit OF the work
equally wellP"
Yes, should rather say did. 1t is
bully"
On the train we met Mr.. William
Blakely, frequently called "Old Bill Blake.
ly" by people who speak irreverently OF
seniors. We was telling me about Dixie"
In November 1860, he and Dan Emmett
were going down Broadway, and near
Niblo's garden they met Charles Sigel, u
cousin OF General Sigel. Bakely said to
around?"
NO" said Sgel, "what is itF''
"Well he calls 1t Dixie. said
Blakely, and so they stepped into Pond 8
music store, where they found copy, and
Emmett presented it to Sigel. In few
weeks IL became the rage, and in less
than a year minstrel company from
America played it in Berlin before the
digntaries of the country.
Sigel confirmed the statement and still
has the autograph copy of the old walk.
a L,pl. k,.a tlAr a..
identified with the South and its history.
At Danviile we found II tobacco expo
sition in full blast. II was called an
expo" We visited the warehouses in
which the display was made. Long lines
OF samples from the dark mahogany leaf
to the oId-9old cigarette stock, worth 81
or 50 per pound, stretched out
in long lines. To one who don't know
anything about tobacco except that u
mighty bad cigar bears it's name. this dis
play OF leal tobacco is as interesting as q
Browning club would be to cannibal.
But tobacco ia certainly great industry
here. and sometimes wonder that the
cuspidor was not emblazoned on the arms
of the state. Tobacco WAS emblazoned on
my arms the other day by q man here who
had an impediment in his splitter.
On board u sleepinR-car at IA late hour
the other evening going south from WASH
ington an odd thing occurred, as such
things are apt to, especially on board a
sleeping-car Most of the berths were
made up for the night, and the berth
marks attached to them by the porter so
that unscrupulous people would not get
into the erroneous berth. A party of us.
however. sat in u section on one side of
the car waiting for our turn to come when
the porter would drive us out and make
our beds.
All at once, on the opposite side of the
cor, slender foot and ankle clothed only
in isle.thread stocking and pink garter
shot out from between the curtains as we
rounded curve. Fearing that another
lurch might throw the proprietor of said
limb clear out OF the berth looked out the
window for some little time, but looked
back again directly, hoping, yet fearing.
You cannot understand how the silence
fell upon us. We broke off in the middle
of u story and no one spoke. The road
was very rough and we all waited for
another violent lnrch of the train. Evi-
IDENTIFY the owner of the limb was asleep,
for we could hear regular breathing In
that berth which indicated slumber. II
was trying time. | claimed that some
thing ought to be done and spoke to the
conductor about it, but he said be didn't
deserve the large amount of attention ii
was receiving.
But middle-aged lady took the matter
in band on behalf of her sex. Men on the
car had quit reading and playing cards
and were more wakeful than they had
been before. SO she slipped across
the aisle silently and touched the ex-
tended foot very gently, but it
didn't recoi!. Then che took hold
of it with the idea OF replacing it
inside the curtains, ! presume. Anyway
sl..l II.
that Jared the teeth in my head and
knocked everybody of his or her pins as
the case might be. II threw strangers to-
gether in a friendly way and mixed
up people so that the porter had
to come and identify them by their berth
checks and strawberry marks. 1t
was at this moment the middle.aged and
kind.hearted woman, whose name | did
not know sat down in my lap and in
her hand she held q beautiful cork leg,
with the straps Of which she involuntarily
welted me over the head BILL NYE.
z. ST. find the following excerpt in
the Lexington. KY, Leader:
MRS. LANeTRY's COOK scALDED.
About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon
while the Laugtry private car was being
shunted in the Louisville & Nashville
yards, another car smashed into 1t,
throwing Mrs. Langtry, cook, William
Nye, white, aged rs, to the floor
A kettle of hot water fell on him,
badly scalding his abdomen. He
was also severely bruised and badly
scared. The occasion caused a large num-
Der of dishes and bottles to be broken, en-
failing q loss of possibly $500.
''Mr. Nye, after having his injuries
treated in Mrs. Lanetry's car by DR.. +. q.
Young, was taken to st. Joseph's hospi.
| tai. where he will have to remain several
days before he joins the company"
print the above in order to add that
the William Nye referred TO. also the Will