that to relinquish .vy hold would ad PJGJ1T WITH SPIDERS
to my danger, ns th carriage would ,
THE DUEL ON THE f
I : : : MOUNTAIN. : : : I
VPs'l P;S4 P-.tV P!'v.-. i'U VrT-V 5"U fV CVtt P VWVii3V?'
UUING a visit to Ireland, I was
one of a very jovial party at the
hunting lodge of my couslu, Mr.
Farrel, whose generous and social dls
position was well known lu the neigh
bonuKHi 01 "iionow uien.
It was In S.pteml:or; the shootln;
season had just set In, and the entire
party, with a single exception, ami that
myself, was contiosod of Irish gentle
men devoted to the gun.
Among those assembled was Capt
Conau, who. I learned during the con
vers.itiou of the evening, was 'about
leaving in a few days to Join his wife
and daughter, then at Castlerot-k.
Unr, stralted by the socety of the
fair sex, we enjoyed ourselves exceed
ingly, and indulged rather freely In the
contents of our host's wine cellar.
The last thing I remember of that
night Is my making an offo:t to respond
to "our vM or." Te text I knew was,
when arous?d by the cheery voice of
Jemmy O'Xeill, my cousin's man-of-all
work, I found myself on the sofa in the
smoking-room, whither I had been car
ried some hours before.
"Hero 'a a letter foryei sir," ,saW
Jemmy.
.n rignt, i rep.ied, reaenlng my
, hand Tor it.
' Ue gave me the letter, then left the
room.
' I felt I must have slept a Ions time,
as the sun was streaming in at the
windows; and, as the light seemed to
aggravate my headache, I merely
glanced at the sup.rscrlpilon, and. lay
log the letter on a chair, proceeded to
draw down the blind. My next thought
was to take a bath; but, seeing the let
ter as I turned f:om the window, I con
cludt d I would read It first.
I sank into a halr and tore It open.
turuniug m euveiopcqn tbe table,
vnnc was my surprise on seeing It
begin:
"My Beloved Husband "
The next Instant Capt. Conan walked
In and passed me in the direction of the
fireplace. As he did so, his eye caught
the letter.
"You miserable, ill-bred puppy!" he
exclaimed, "now dare you have the
impudence to open my letters?" snatch
ing it rudely from my hand as he
spoke.
Smarting under his Insulting words,
I sprang up and replied:
"In justice to myself, I deny having
opened your letter Intentionally. Fur
ther," continued I, trembling with pas
sion, -you prove yourself ill-bred and
no gentleman by your vile language."
"Whas!" he scr.ame.1; "no gentle
man, no you say.'" Ketract instantly,
sir! Itefusc at your peril!" and he ad
vanced with uplifted arm.
"I never retract," cried I: "but I re
peatno gen:Ieinan would speak as you
tin "
"A duel without doubt," said my
cousin; "nothing less will satisfy him.
How did this all happen?"
I then told my cousin how the mis
take had taken place. I left my lutter
on the chair and had taken up the cap
tain's, which Jemmy had left tharo for
him, bel!e lug It to be my own.
On learning what tbe captain had
said to me, lie thought me very moder
ate in my resentment of the insult, ami
agreed with me that it was from the
captain an apology was due.
"The devil of It is," said he, "the cap-
tlan is such a good shot he generally
pois his man every time."
"I'oiw his man!" said I. "What do
jou mea,u?"
I mean that he will challenge you to
a duel, and if you do not accept it I
must, for I demanded that you bo treat
ed as a gentleman. Hut come," he con
tinued, "and see what Johu has In the
dining-room for us; for my imrt, I feel
as though a dozen of port would not
quench my thirst."
Whllo discussing our wine, a messen
ger came with a note addressed to me.
"From the captain, I'll bet!" said my
cousin. "You must co it. mv bo v."
I opened the seal and read as follows:
"Horace Morton. Ksq. Sir: Capt
Ocau has selected me to arrange a
meeting between you and h:m, that the
affair of this morning may be honor
ably settlod. nave a friend, for you, to
communicate with me during the day
Yours respectfully,
"Robert Sinclair."
"Sinclair, as I liver said my cousin.
when I showed him the note. "Just as
certainly cruli me b -neath It
While 1 did not succeed In mopping
the horse, I somewhat lessened Its Im
iH'tuoslty. and was at length conscious
of others coming to my assistance, and
knew wo were saved. I tainted from
exhaustion. When I recovered 1 founti
myself at my cousin's house, my nervea
Iwdly shattered by the excitement, and
my body considerably bruised; but l
yond this no material Injury had been
received.
During the cvuting my cousin In
formed me that he hail seen Mr. bin-
clair, and had arranged a meeting be
tween the captain anil me the following
morning at S o'clock on the mountain,
where we were to right with pistols, at
thirty paces apart, oue shot only to be
exchanged.
Under the circumstances, though,"
said he, "I am Justified In having the
matter postponed until you are better
prepared, and will see Mr. Sinclair to
night for that purpesc."
ATTACKED BY AN ARMY
TARANTULAS.
OF
Two Ptowuwny in mo now m n
Ilniiniui-Citrryliiu Vcol from Hitv
nun Have n llnttlo fur Their I.lvcu-
Kc.ciictl Jimt In Time.
Joseph Mabry. of St. Louis. tollM tho
most remarkable tarantula Htory that
lias come to light for several months.
Mnbry has papers to show that he wiih
n member of a (loorglu company (lur
ing the Simnlsh war. and that ho wit a
In Cuba. If only one other man l thu
world wore living, and lived lu Ha
vana. Mabry says, he would dtoboforo
going to see him. lie In now In Hcnl
son, Texas. Speaking to a newsimpsr
man of that town, he ald;
"My home I in St. I.onln. iJist win
ter 1 left home mid chiiio south, pass
Not at all," cried I; "that would be Ing through Texas and tlnally going to
ttimtii.r ... .. Artb
HiirioKMK for help, w "
ed intention mid a,,,,,,, ." " Uttf
ciiiiio to our roue in- ,, , .,u hi
the an ora wo Inii,,, i ... """IK
Ol- Wllllllllip It .. ' 'r'"0U:
.... ...... .. . . . "Mir nil.
Ill llulll'llllil nml ..... ... 1 "Dill
closod'-Clovclatid n0 Y, 7'
WHERE QOLO Qll0Wa, '
Km it It Dihia.Hm n it.
v i r (i i is
M1I.-A t ... . i
or woniH, wuoro fn-Mt, ,i, M", ' '"ft
invviuim llll'llll lire 10 li. fi.1,.,1 "
H uliu An..... . HiiU i
ascribed to cowardlte. Anyhow, I will
be all right to-morrow."
The morrow came, and. true to our
appointment, Mr. Farrel and I proceed
ed to the spot Indicated on the moun
tain. We ware aconiMnled by a doc
tor, in case his services might lie need
ed, and Jemmy O'Neill, wlw drove the
car.
Though not yet S o'clock, wc found
the captain and Mr. S ticlalr awaiting
us. I noticed that the captain wan ex
ceedingly pa!c, and regarded me closely
as I approached.
The preliminaries were soon over,
and eaclj of us took our stand, and had
the pistol given us. No effort at concil
iation was made.
The signal for firing was to bo the
discharge of a pM.d by Mr. Sinclair.
Mr. Farrel stood to my right, (Hicour
aging me, Mr. Sinclair About midway
between us, to my left, while the cap.
tain and I, with arm tl.'vated. and
pistols presented at ach other, awitlted
the signal
(leorgla. I worked wherever I could
got employment, that blug my uitMtln.i
down this way. I was out of work In
St. I-ouls and was discouraged there.
In Georgia I iM work for a whllo, but
In the :rinri my employment gnvij
out. Compniilf wore being organlxwl
to go to the war and I offered uiyaulf
as a voluutcvr. I Joined a comimny of
Owtrgla voluntitri and went off to
camp. We did not get to the front,
and after tin- protocol was algnml I
and n friend f mine decided wo would
get out of tin- mtvIch. My friend was
from ICentu. ky. I was u imielilnlst
and my frhnd a Hteuographer. Wu
decldetl that If wo could get over to
Havana, w would prolmbly be able to
get In on tlx- ground Uoor. Wo ap
plied to a ( ongmMtniin who waa a
friend to my friend, and our tllacharKiM
finally came ami we wont to the coast,
taking a ho.it for Havana. Wc wore
our army uniforms, not thinking that
they would make any difference after
we were discharged, hut they did. Our
Ono Hiieli district ts i., n
... t.L' I.llf.i....
.u....,m.. ... ..... 'iii.m..
iiftirii. in iiif ,ii u.i.1. '.m
-I .-.. ..... c-lllllli. II, "
n,iinu iiitinn null "i...i.. - u
. in re nr. . . ,
every year eolmldt r.it "
gold by a few iliggerw
living out of the (mis
-.. ,i
out mv mom coiihp
CUllg't-l of tlllH -
near IpIimiik. In th. pr
In Cliltwi. For tnntiy i.
year gold has Ih-cii u
bunks of coarw grm . i
the Illror Ilau, and In
auriferous dlatrlet ti,.
town called Mkutim
"Oold niggera' Inn."
HUlHllvlde th gold I
among tliemwlvvs m,
out tlMlr claims with (1.
Illin(i..
to
,v W fcri
"" or iij
"1 'rwu
"i;iit f
,:,!y. itiuJ
tmy no reran v mum m... ...
UMim 1 tlM II M k,,i,. . '"rot
may be tlattblMl, as Jo
an adept at 'layln t
niitllu." Tha annual rlvi-r tto.
inilWo or ton of naai
the inountalHd, and r
which Ik chargwl wji k
aiMl In llakts, la d )
of six ltiche or more
gral. It la lu tin- v
gold U wvaheil. and it
' re, tqtltt
1 na;mji
' ninj
MUtjj
liang went the pNtol. and Uue next I t0 MU. ,lil)my ,Mi ot IMly my en men work Mlanit tx
Instant, though scarn ly conscious of It
myself, I d svbargetl mine.
As the smoke cleared away I Iwheld
the captain sianding Just as he was
before I fired, and still holding his pis
tol itreeented At me.
"Heavens!" said I. 'what suspense la
this? Why don't he lire?'
He did not do so. however, but,
throwing his pistol to Mr. Sinclair, ap
proached me and extended Ids hand.
"Mr. Morton," said he. "as It was I
who challenged you to this meeting, I
would say nothing to Interrupt the
duel; but now that you have had your
cltlxvn clothing got us
trouble.
"As toon as we reached Havana we
were told that wo mutt leave. We
were laboring under a grave mistake,
thinking that the United .State hud
some authority there In the fall ln'foro
the tflce treaty was alguiHl. We were
put under a guard and ordered to leave
on the first boat, as our prwnmce In
Havana might be dangerous to the
peace -nml safety of thu community.
AH wc could do was to wait our time.
Into Hfriout "VX JlrtM 1h day.
' ' IS
J n t a mm
"iuti in
' T luit k
When tha planet Mar js nrsrtit Ik
earth It Is 3,(K)0,000 tudti away.
An Italian inventor l is hin-otej i
A Itrltlsh Imnt touched at Havana,
, V ...tl JUIIll. . m . . ... . . .1. ' - M"'.
shot, I will sny I could not brine mr- . . .... miu a lom 01 ,K",t wb "'. vthuu h mvmM
self to shoot nt the man who had done in,P v mwi 10 Kul Itwige solely by the motion of the m watit
me such an Invaluable service as to
save the life of my beloved daughter."
heavens!"
SAID I, "WHY
pint?"
nox'T
"Your daughter!" said I, In astonish
ment.
"Yes," said ho; "it was my daughter
whose life you saved yesterday, so to
day I withheld my fire on that account.
ItesMos, I apologize for my rude words
of yesterday morning, and admit I was
wrong lu using them. For preservlnc
my beloved child, I thank you from my
lanit, and she herself will thank yon
in person ore long."
on the lont and were refused iKjIut
blank, ns the bout did not carry passen
gers. Our guards gave us to under-
stand, ns wo thought, that we must
leave or go to Jail. Wo decided to
leave. Ilefore the boat sailed wc man
aged to slip altoard by bribing a couple
of sailors. W c were told that we could
:11ml) Into the bins where bananas were
Hioreu nun wini tne sail would no a
short oue to New Orleans. The anllor
promised to smuggle food to iin on the
Journey and they fastened us up lu the
do,
"I say you shall, though, else I'll
cnoKe tne life out of you!" springing
xownru me as lie spoke.
How this would have terminated I
know not, for nt thfs moment Mr. Far
rel rushed Into the room In time to
catch him ere he rcjc'jcd me.
"Hold, Capt. Conan!" cried Mr. Far
rel. "Mr. Mprjtpn g, hgre as my guest,
andas'such I consider it my duty to
protect him from violence."
The captain seemed to see the Justice
of this observation, but his fury was
not abated. Turning to my cousin, he
cnld:
"Perhaps you will also consider It
your duty to teach him some manners.
Ho had the Impudence to open a letter
addressed to me, and Instead of offer
ing an npo:o?y, nddeJ to his misbe
havior by saying I was no gentleman.
Hero Is the envelope," taking It from
the table, "plainly addressed to me, and
I caught him In the act of reading its
conteuts."
"However that may be," replied my
cousin, "as n relative and frleud of
mine, I demand that you treat him as a
gentleman."
"Out of respect to you and ns your
relative, he shall be treated as a gentle
man," replied the captain, hotly. "So
I will begin by demanding nn apology
from him for opening niy letter; also
for saying I was no gentleman, and
that ho shall retract that remark."
"Itegarding the letter," said I, "I will
say I opened It by mistake for my own.
Itegarding the remark, I shall not re
tract It, and repeat no gentleman
would use your language, and not npol
oglzo for bo doing. It Is from you nn
apology Is due, and, If given, will be
accepted."
"Enough," said he. "Mr. Farrel says
you are a gentleman. I will soon provo
him either right or wrong, by treating
you ns ono. You will hoar from me
during tho day," and ho strode from
the house without another word.
hot-headtd as the cnntaln himself.
Whnt are you going to do, Horace V"
"Do?" said I. "What can I do?"
"Why, tight or apologize."
"Fight by all means, then," said I.
"I'll never retract."
"Who will act as your friend In this
matter?"
"You, I hope. I know no one olsc I
could ask."
"Very well. I shnll proceed direct to
Mr. Sinclair. Have you any Instruc
tions." "None whatever, except tho requost
that you will arrange the affair to come
off S3on; to-morrow, If you possibly
can."
My cousin departed on his mission,
while I, to calm the turbulent feelings
of my mind, took a walk along the base
of the mountain. My mind was filled
with the most gloomy forebodings, nor
could I banish the thought of my ln
mentable fate coming to Ireland on a
visit of pleasure, to be shot down by
an angry gentlemnn.
I was roused from these gloomy re
flections by the sound of a rapidly ap
proaching carriage. I looked up and
saw a horse und carriage como tearing
nt breakneck speed down the mountain
rond.
"What reckless driving!" thought I,
The only occupant 'of the carriage
was a young and beautiful girl, clutch
ing wildly the seat In front of her, not
knowing tho moment sho might bo
dashed down one of tho chasms of tho
mountain side. Tho anguish depicted
on her sweet countennuto went directly
to my heart, and I resolved to make an
cuori to savo nor.
As I write these linos nnw n ran,nin. ,,InH "r Imnaiina. dosing the liatchway
form hangs over my chair, and. lookin,. u 1111,1 not ""d "' ritl fr forty
up. I see the same sweet eniiii.mn,.7. K"1 """ "tI were dead on our feet
........ vw 111,. I.. .11.. . .
l ueUGiu la tlie carrlnce on tlu ovo nt "u lul,llu u i"'1-' niw mm
11 KOCS LK!l III rOlltl 1 Ul.lljrr.
Sufferers from neuralgia ore warsd !
by a medical writer not to drink n
but to partako freely of coffee lt
which the Juice of a lemoa baa ti
squeezed.
It Ik prolwbly not a matter of grant
knowledge that all the varlctlH ot
grape cultivated In the vuiejarihtl
Hurope and Asia have sprung froratai
one recognized sjiecle, wlr-c cultlti
tlon began lu the Kat; whir, on til
other hand, there are twenty orlhlnj
native siieelea of grapes In t!.- roaauy,
and tho 800 domestic variHUs ban
been produced by American t ultlratoa
til
iiv ui nuitll illtli la .,
the duel dn the mountain -Chicago ""'"""J' morning of " ". "''"'"S"" mraloi
Journal. 'e following day, when 1 was uwak-
Itlley's .JoVes on HalTon!.
J. Whltcomb It Hey did his first lite
ary work, In the early 70s, for the In
dianapolis Journal, under nn assumed
name. The first pay he ever received
for a poem was a suit of clothes frm
the late George Harding, of the Indlan
aiwlls Herald. About 1870 UHoy went
East and was welcomed by Holmes,
Whlttler and Longcllow. Tho New
England ncwapapcra made much of his
visit, ami when he roturued he was a
iiero.
oned by my friend calling to me.
" 'What Is that?' I heard him nslc.
"The light waa very dim anil I could
barely see the outline of his form near
mo.
" 'I don't see anything,' I ropllcd.
"'I thought you were tickling me
with a bundle of straw,' said hu.
"I did not waken till you called to
mo,' was my reply.
" 'I guess It wns a rat,' wild ho, and ermiin Imtaulst who first distilled tb
we notn dozed off. aromatic oil from Its wood.
"Shortly I wna awakened by a shriek A recent meotlng of the Hlologlcal
from my friend. Ho had Jumtied im Society lu Washington was d-volwl U
At a recent meeting of the f.lnneit
Socluty lu Iridoti Mpeclinni of a nn
oil producing plant from W-nwudi
wero exhibited. The oil rc-i mlilca tint
of sandalwood, and Is nlrc.nly known
In commorce, but the plant has littlicrti
remained undcscrlhcd. It prove to It
a new genus of the rue family, lo wulcb
(he common prickly ash belongs, and
It has been named Schlmim lia. after a
'I can remember," said an old Tour. . "8 Hll,n" nt 11 "lack, fuzzy ob- lo wont Dismal Swamp, ami the faci
nnl man the other day, "whon Illley ' nnv 1 rt'C0W"t It at w'18 "rought
out that, at present, tin
Tho light was not "rwi ot awamp Is slowly slnklns
come around the olllce and sit on mv " W"8 Jol"0,1 "lier and nnother, Krowlng larger. Similar changes lw
dosk and dash off nonsense versos In 111 ,l fww !l0l"'H 11 lowlwl wo occurred In tho past, periods of elcw-
won ami subsidence gradually sucree
with his smooth, bovlah fn,. oi.. ...I oneo n a '"niutuln.
figure, clad In sacerdotal irarb ni (n f. ' mu umt ,micl1 WUH I1'"'"- Soon "d Uiko Driimmond, In Its center.
Tho
Uint same conner-nbitn ,,,in.-,c "ure n-oumied with tarantulas
handwriting that he usos to-day. i t J K 8I,,,lo,'8 regarded us as Impostors, MK one another. The average ( U-vntloo
1, now a major In tho United liZ "Tl?1 1'('"t.." ""'"-king ns!
army and President Harrison'- . " ",uu 11 u'"' K," '"y, and
secretary, was tho editor, an101"'"1 ulom wu" our
above sea level Is so slight that natural
drainage l Insufficient to remove lli
rainfall. Tho swainp Is a kind of fron
tlor station whero northern and south'
Halford,
States army
private secretary, wns tho ciHnr ,i
it used to be Itllov's oiiif ,iniii'. "Did you cvor see nn nm.i...
submit eomo of his most meuninirlesa tulft? If yo" nevor (1,,1 on't go look- t,rn l,,nnts mwi '""'O' northern sieclci
Jingles to Halford for the editorial K ono' nnd " J'ou ,111 one don't ,mvin U101r Hoiilhcrn limit Here, u
page. The Major, who never had tho look for a '"""'red. I supposo It is no fiovt-'r"' outhorn types their mod
slightest sense of humor, spent many a cx,IKSorntlon to say thnt wo were faced nortllory nlddlng place. It coiitnlnt
weai-y hour trying to comprehend l,y 11 '"""'red of thoso angry Insects ,nnny ,),r,'rt ,u"1 """'''8 which
them. Thoy spring like ruts or fm,. 0...1 ..il distinct characters.
Truant l,aw Knliirt'ed.
Tho absence of n child from scliool
In Switzerland, unless In case of Illness,
Is punishable by a fine, the amount o
which Is dally Increased. If It Is sus
pected that tho child's illness Is sham
med a doctor Is sent by the scliool au
thorities, nnd, when ho is convinced
that tho suspicion Is correct, tho par
cuts lmvo to pny his fee.
" 'You'd better draw a diagram to go ?' ",l,w ft 1Inck obJt would como
with this,' he would say. Thou a shout B,,,r,,l,K through tho air, and la uinc
" "'Kier irom tne boys would show , , lL" u wmm trlko hoiuo
lilm l.r. .!... ... . uu" I 11 tl I'll H flwl u.i I....... .. -
.wu wus n joko loose some- 1 7 , ' "1JLtl ltH venom. I
where, nnd ho wnnii r.i,. .. I was bitten In half n in.. ..1 ...
Why should I hesitate." thoinrht t olllce to avoM it Bn V . tho face, nnd ns 1,,..,.,.
"when to-morrow I may fall a prW to Post " m" ban., nnd arms, , d Vho InsectH would
Luuiu mo rriglUened liorsn. nnrl RmiIi... im.i -,i... UllO US. I o 1 nf in il.,,.,. 1 .... . .,
when within a few yards of mo' iTn- When a 'splr 1 " " over ou7 persm I ""X "
n nil i t , .
1 Miiiiurni fn otnn.l -' "
down. hi 'J : r ?.w uu "na but no
thus
Itllr ii'ltnf ttm I ti . .
M Kltb iUB II1V I TIT lRR 1 T BllrMi 1.. nil.
strength compared with the force that nrounr-o 1 " 8"ct 0,1
E5E H
wounds were swelling d or7hro7tBr
After n girl passes 25, If a serenad
ing pnrty stops at her house, sho H
conceited If sho doesn't decide that tl'fl
young men lmvo mndo a mlstako lu
tho house.
Whon a mnn is noted ns a bore, otliei
men try to got by him without beini
seen.