Who Kissed The Admiral

The Washington Capital tells the following story, which will excite the enviou8 regrets of the entire navy, with the exception of the one rear-aduiiral ref erred to : " Quite a startling event occurred to one of our gallant naval officers who has sailed the salty seas, carrying our banner in the days when the stars and stripes rloated in honored recognition on every ocean. The gay old Eear-Admiral P., of I street was calling on New Year's day, and as the shades of night carne on he found himself descending the steps of a house where the bevy of beauty made the Adrairal dizzy. He was feeling his way down and had jast gained the bottotn step when suddenly a pair of female arms were thrown about his neck; and two soft lips imprinted a kiss upon his seafaring mouth that souudcd like the explosión of a Dahlgren. The astouuded Admiral was so duiubfounded by the salute that he went down, to use a nautical phrase, on his beam ends. He hinged on his center, and seated himself somewhat violently on the bottom step. Here, before he could recover his breath or understanding, the violente upon him was repeated, and a sweet voice said : " There, take that for a parting !" And then voice, kisses, female arms, and all disappeared in the night. The Rear-Admiral P. ascended the steps, re-entered the mansión, and resolved himself into a naval board of inquiry. He stated the case and put the question : 'Who kissed the admiral'r" Tliere was soiue musical laughter and a rogui&h twinkle in bright eyes, but no satisfactory answer or explanation was elioited. From that until midnight the gallant Admiral went among his friends wanting tü know who kissed him, but in vaiu. And to this hour it is involved in mystery. When the question of who kissed the admiral is auswnred, we have one other and that is : Why in the Old Scratch did she kiss him:"'