The Eugene City guard., June 13, 1891, Image 2

EUGENE CITY GUARD,
L, UCAMfHKLU . Tirlrlr,
EUGENE CITT. OREGON.
A Family I'utnle.
This U the fiftieth year of ei-Oovernot
Garcelon 't practice of medicine in Lewi
ton. Now 70 years old, he in constantly
at work, driving from fifteen to forty
mile every day. His heullli has not
been quite so good as usual this fall, hut
hii chaise ha been seen bobbing over
our roads juitt the name. Tho ex-governor
cat down the other day and figured
up how many miles he had ridden In
those fifty years. He found thut he had
gone around tho globe many times. His
long Journey amounted to a trifle over
800,000 miles! It further Impressed Uon
the doctor the fact that he is getting
long in years w hen he reflects that he
has been personally acquainted with five
generations of his own family, and is
now visiting professionally families in
Lewiston whom he has attended for five
generations. What a procession he has
teen go on and off the stage!
Over an evening lunch In his cor.y
home the other night the ex-governor
gave out a conundrum. "1 am now
visiting regulurfy." said he, "a family
composed of the following relatives, all
living under one roof : One great-grand-mother,
two grandmothers, three moth
ers, one grandfather, one father, three
sons, one great-grandson, one grandson,
six sisters, six daughters, one daughter-in-law,
two grei't aunts, live aunts, one
uncle, three brothers, ono widow, one
stepdaughter, four granddaughters, one
grcat-grundduughlcr. one great-grand-ton,
two wives, one husband, one grand
nephew, one grandniece, four nieces
two nephews.
"The question is," said the doctor,
"how many eople are there in the
bouse!1" Lewiston Journal.
Tlis furls EiimmIiIob.
The statistics of the 1'aris exhibition
are now being busily collected for official
publication. So far as at present kuown
23,808,000 persons visited the exhibition,
and used some 28.000.000 tickets of the
80,000,000 Issued to say nothing of the
80,000 passe belonging to exhibitors and
officials. In 1878 the visitors reached
13,010,005, and in 1807. 8,407,209. The
daily average in 1889 was 137,280 vis
itors, and on the last day 870,000 persons
entered and used 511,000 tickets, live bo
lug required for each entrance to tho
night fete. The entrance money to the
Eitful tower since May 13 amounts to
100,000, and the receipts of the Decau
vllle railway to 00,000, from 2 pence
faros.
The cafe and restaurants reaped an
equal harvest, the three llouillons Duval
alone making a net profit or 00,000,
and the exhibitors have sold their wares
largely, many several times over. Five
million provincials and 1,500,000 foreign
ers visited Paris for the occasion, and
while the frugal French only sent on
an average 4 dicing their stay, tho for
eigners' expenditure generally reached
;0 apiece, making the nice little sum of
nearly 50,000,000 Into the Parisians'
pockets. The English stood at the head
of the foreign guests, with 1)80,000 vis
itors, the Ilclgluna coming second with
823,000. London Illustrated Newt.
riiynlrul Culture at College.
Every student is entitled to ail exam
ination, and the most of them avail them
selves of it. The student Is then required
to go through certain exercises, and
measurements of the different portions
of his body are taken, 1 hese are kept
for comparisons, and to show what ad
vance he is making. The gymnasium is
now so managed thut a student is not re
quired to compete with men stronger.
than liimseir, but can exercise aione.
Uentle running exercise is recommended,
as it promotes circulation and starts per
tpiraliou. This renders bathing neces
sary, which is very important for the
health of thestudont Spongeor shower
baths are regarded as the best. Heavy
gymnastic are no part of the college
training, but are carried on uy the stu
dent belonging to athletic clubs. It is
believed that it is better to have 100 men
strong, healthy and athletic, than one
man, or a team, who can break records.
There are In Harvard college 213 students
today who ran surpass the tests applied
to the strongest men of 1880, Although
attendance on the gymnasium is entirely
voluntary there are 1,200 students who
make use of Its advantages. Dr. D. A
Sargent Gentian;'! rrltky Kiuperor,
The German emperor decidedly aston
ished the stolid Turk during his visit to
Constantinople. They expected to tee a
edale, grave personage, always moving
In solemn state, as be lit tod so great a
monarch, but instead they found a brisk
young man, w ho preferred to ride on
horseback with few attendants and
rushed about from morning to night
with his wife like the most curious tour
1st. Emperor William often vexed his
escort by turning suddenly Into by
streets which had not been done up for
Imperial eye, and would rido down steep
descent at breakneck seed, with lbs
cavalry jolting after him in mortal ter
ror. His majesty missed two of the
most characteristic features of Constan
tinople streets, for the dog and the beg
gar were closely thut up during bis
Uy. The dogs were housed in two large
building in the suburb and the beggars
inhabited a wing of the Stamlraul prison,
being well fed at the government ex
pense till the German sovereign depart
ed. London Urapnio,
The T-n latere.
Poultry and eggs may not promise
much In the wsy of fame and fortune to
the average reader, but they would U
torely uihwed by his stomach on Thanks
giving and Christtuss days were the sup
ply unequal to the demand, la his fin!
report the secretary of th department of
agriculture demands the recognition of
the importance of this Interest, and placet
the farm value of poultry products in the
United State at I.HJO.000,000 for last
year, while no less than 192,100,000 eggs
were Imported at an average first cosUuf
over fifteen cent a doaen; and for tin
past four year we have averaged pay
menu of $3,218,320 per annum tor for
eign egg. Her are facU and food foe
reflection and Incubation.- -Albany Jour
A few year ago wild pigeons were un
known is this county, says the I H-l Norte
Jltrord, but within the past couple of
years, where one was seen then, bun
dred can lie seen now. Fanners thmmth-
out Klk Vallev, Smith river and at Ike
Karl report immense norks of the hints,
the grain fields St times being black with
them.
fEOll TBI DIARY Of INSPfCTOl t-TBffU.
Bj JULIAH HAWTHORNE, Author of
"Tbt Great Bank Robberj, Aa
American Penman Eta
(Ooprrl(ht by O M. Dun bun. ud pabUshsd,
Onufb special arraogetueol by lbs aJnenca
Mm AjmcuuIo wlU Cejeell A Oa,
U4 Loadua )
Martin' rooms were In a bachelor
apartment house, not far from the Junc
tion of Fifth avenue and Rroadway.
Tho roar of the strecU was audible as a
continuous sound; and to Percy, sitting
in an easy chair before the fire, and
wearied with the emotions and vicissi
tude of tho day, It had the soporific in
fluence of the wind among pine, or the
noise of surf on a shore. The sun had
set, and tho room became dusky. Percy'
eye closed, and he wa just on the point
of falling asleep.
The sharp sound of the electric beil
aroused him. Had Martin returned ni
ready? He must have left his passkey
to be obliged to ring. Still partly asleep,
Percy arose and went to the door uiei
opened it. A lady stood on the thres
hold, and as the door swung back she
stepped quickly Inside,
Percy recoiled a pace or two with a
disagreeable sensation, lie thought thut
the visitor was Mrs. Tunstall. Hut the
next moment, she spoke, and the voice
was that of his sister. "I am so glad you
are hero!" she said breathlessly. "I
feared I should miss you."
"Are you alone? How'did you come
here?" returned he. Ho closed the door
and led her into tho sitting room.
"Judge Ketello told us that you were
staying with Mr. Martin. I ho"-lie
glanced about the loom and hesitated.
"He ha gone out," said Percy. "Did
you come to see him?"
"I came to see you, Percy. I can under
stand why you kept away from us, but I
wanted to tell you that I am your sister.
I love you and believe In you, and what
ever happens you can trust me. Let me
do something for you!" She spoke with
groat emotion, though In a controlled
voice, and lie could perceive that a tremor
passed through hor now und then as she
stood before him.
A feeling of strong brotherly tenJer
noss and gratitude enme over the young
man; he put his arms round Pauline and
kissed leer. "I couldn't do that if I
wasn't Innocent, my deur," he said.
"Of course 1 know you are Innocent!'
sheexclaimed Indignantly. "What made
that woman accuse you? She know It
is false. Why is she your enemy?"
Percy hesitated. "Apienrunces wore
against mo, he muttered.
"What are appearunce to any one
who knows your broke out Paulino, Im
patiently. "She must have haled you.
Why did she hate you? Women do not
hate unless has she ever loved
vou. Percvr she demanded witli a
changed voice.
"She why, she's a married womanl"
ho roturncd, uneasily.
There was a pause. "Yes, I under
stand now I" continued tho girl, with a
sad laugh. "Oh, my oor brolherl"
She caught her breath and sobbed once
or twice. "1 am so sorry it is that," she
aid, tremulously.
"1 have been a fool, but nothing worso
than that," laid the young man. "1 here
is no actual sin on my conscience, Pau
lino, It is no thanks to me, but it is the
truth. It is all over now, and 1 thank
heaven it is overl"
"1 thank heaven, too, Percy; for
whatever you had dono I should suport
ycu and defend you; and if you were
wicked I should io wicked, too. I am
your sister" It seemed to give her satis
faction to repeat this "we are the same
flesh and blood; if we do not stand by
each other who else will? Hut what
shall you do, Percy? You cannot tell
that In court."
He took a quick resolution. "I shall
novor appear in court," he said
"Has the case been put aside?" she ex
claimed eagerly.
"No; I am going away. I am going
with Martin. He has gone to take our
liassnges to tho West Indies hy to-morrow's
steamer."
"Well, perhaps It Is best," alio re
turned, with a composuro that surprised
him. "Your hail bus to be aid, has it
not? I will do that 1 have money."
"Martin him dono it already. Ho will
pay everything. I shall leave, no debts,
thanks to him, I thank you just tho
tame, my darling sister."
"Ho is a good friend ho is a good
man," she said thoughtfully. "I can af
ford to let him do it, for 1 know ho doe
it willingly. So you are going away to
gotherl" She gavo a long sigh. "Well,
I will take care of mother."
"Poor mother!" said Percy, a great
wave of grief and remorse coming over
him. "Tell )ier the best you can of me,
Paulino."
"1 can manage her don't fearl It
will como right at last, I know. I will
go now, brother." She threw her arms
around him. "He good." she said; "do
the best you can. Oh, Percy, IVrcyl"
she suddenly cricd out, with a heart
breaking sob, pressing him to her with
passionate energy. "I must go now, or
never," she said, controlling herself by
an immense eirort; and the next moment
he was alone. Hut the ardor of her last
embrace had something more than sis
terly; it convoyed a message to one who
was absent.
CHAPTER XL
AT 6K.
A R T I N came
back about 7
o'clock. He had
secured a state
room with two
good berths; he
had paid Percy's
billsat the trades
men's and at his
lodging house,
and from the lat
ter place he had
brought the
trunk containing
the young man's
worldly poaae
iona, which were
fortunately not numerous, and consisted
chiefly of suits of clothe and underwear.
They went to a quiet restaurant and had
dinner, and then returned to Martin's,
and spent the rest of the evening in puck
big up bis effect.
Percy said nothing to hit friend about
Pauline' unexpected and hurried visit
that evening, not on account of any pre
determined purpose, tut because the in-
terview had ulli-ilcd him too deeply to
make it an eay topic of conversation,
because, knowing Martin's fit-ling to
wards her, ho was uncertain whether it
would be exK'ilii nt to mention her at
present; anil, further, bitwise he
doubted whether Martin would approve
of Ms course In admitting Pauline to a
kno. ledire of their ulans. In revealing
the secret to her. Pe rcy had acted on the
tpurof the moment; but he felt that the
Impulse was a wise one, and subsequent
reflection had not caused him to re
gret iu
Tbey went to bed at midnight trior
mis-hlv tired out; but were up again by
8 in the morning, and had some coffee
and eggs brought to them hy the Janitor
"The chance are." olmerved Martin.
a he cracked his ecu in the English
tvln and Dut some salt in it. "that the
authorities, who are pretty wide awake
in this country, may have conceived the
Idea that you contemplate giving mom
the slip When 1 went out yesterday
afi,.mnnn I noticed a man smoking a
pipe on the opwite corner of the street;
and when I return- I In the evening I
passed the same man under the gas lamp
just below. I hat may nave oeen a coin
cidence; hut then it may have been"
"A detective?" said Percy
"Something of that sort. At all events,
It 1 well to be on the safe sida Now
wlmt I nronose is this. We are of the
same height and build, and look not
unlike. If we were dressed alike, the
chief point of distinction between us, to
one who did not know us well, would be
the fact that vou wear a mustache and 1
whiskers. What do you say to a bit of
a disguise? You will find a razor In the
dressing case; shave off your mustache
and then put on these." As he sjioko. he
produced from hi ocket a small pair of
false whisker "All you have to do is
beat this inside surface at the go jet,
and they will cling to you as if they hod
grown. Then put on my cap and over
coat, and our detective will be a clever
fellow if he recognizes you.
"Hut what will you do?"
"I shall remain what I am. You will
tart an hour before I do. and. by the
way, you hud better turn up town when
vou leave here, so as to give tno impres
sion that you are bound anywhere rather
than to the United Stales and Hrazil
Steamship company' wharf, After
wards you can cross over to Sixth ave
nue and take the elevated down. I will
meet vou on board the steamer; the
trunks will go by express In my name."
"All right," said Percy, with a sigh,
for he was a good looking fellow, and
his mustache was not wholly Indifferent
to him. "And when we are safe ut sea
we can resume our natural selves."
"As soon as you like," returned Mur
tin, "though perhas It would do no
hurm If we exchanged names for a
while longer There is no telling what
may hapien. or where some Bpy may
turn up who might find it for his Inter
est or amusement to gossip about us in
tho wrong quarter."
Hreakfusl being over, nothing re
mained hut to lubol the trunks, which
Martin did by writing his name and that
of the steamer on tags, und attaching
them to the handles, an expressman was
then called and the trunks were removed.
Percy sacrificed his mustache und affixed
the whiskers, and finally, attired in his
friend's outer garments, left the house
without Interference and strolled up to
the Thirty-third street elevated station
From there it was a twenty minutes' ride
to his destination, und then all he had to
do was to go on board and wuit for Mar
tin. The latter arrived in due course,
and at 2 o'clock tho steamer moved out
into tho river and olnled her nosetowurd
the Narrows, much to tho relief of two
at least of her passengers. And yet both
of them were leaving behind what was
dearer than unything they could expect
to encounter. Hut those thoughts lay
deep; the more trilling ones only ap
peared on the surface. '
There were but few other passengers
on tho steamer, und those not being poo
plo whoso society was especially attrac
tive, Percy and Vultmtine passed the
greater purt of the time in each other's
company. Valentino had un almost in
exhaustible fund of anecdotes concern
ing his past life and adventures on hand,
and many hours were sK)iil in narrating
those experiences to Percy, until the
American had become utmost as con
versant with the Englishman's past career
as if it had been his own The episode
of his marriage interested him more than
anything else.
Valentine had met the girl upon the
outward bound steamer from England to
New Zealand. Ho had previously known
nothing of her, nor heard her name; but
It afterwards transpired that she was
well acquainted with his family history,
a cousin of hers, with whom she corre
sponded, having been engaged as com pan
ion to Ludy Martin during several years.
She had thus learned a fact that was
supposed to bo known by few or none
outside the family circle that Valen
tine's elder brother, who inherited the
estate, was subject to a species of tils,
which, though not always incompatible
with long lifo, might bring his career to
a close at any moment. In such an
event, the property would descend to
Valentine. Meanwhile. Valentines Lon
done xtravagances were notsusecled by
tho girl, and she believed him to be pos
sessed of a comfortable fortune of some
thing like twenty thousand pounds a
sum not much in excess, to be sure, of
what he would have had. had he invested
his money to ad vantage and lived within
his income.
She was a handsome girl, of about the
same age aa Valentine, and w ith a man
ner and temperament exceedingly allur
tug to a young lellow wluwe blood (lows
warmly in his veins, and who finds the
Interminable leisure of a voyage to the
antipodes hang very heavy on hi hands
. She permitted him to acquire the convic
tion thut he was anything but indifferent
' to her; in fact, to use the colloquial
! phrase, she set her cup at him, and Val
entine, whosHkeof himself without re
serve as a poor man, and who was not
aware that she disbelieved all his asser
tions on that head, and interpreted them
. as politic attempt to conceal his real
j wealth and prospects Valentine w as
completely fascinated by the charm ol
, her person and conversation, and so far
committed himself with her, that by the
time the voyage was ended he felt Uiat
he could not do less tlian offer her mar-
l riage.
She consented, and the ceremony was
performed on their reaching New Zea
land. But she stipulated that the mar
riage was to remain for the time being a
t secret; for she had come on to visit some
relative of her and wa unwilling, fct
reason satisfactory to herself, that they
should know anything of the bop she
privately entertained of becoming Lady
Martin. Valentine, on his side, offered
I
no objection to this arrangement; he bad
his place to make In the colony, and the
necessity of providing a suitable borne
for his wife at the outset would have
seriously hampered him. She went to
ber relatives Jn Napier, and he, a ha
been already rllaled. cast in hi lot with
bis friend Brown, and visited her in town
whenever opportunity served.
Now that she was his wife, hov.ever,
she no longer felt any necessity of con
cealing from him her real belief as to
the extent of his means; she proceeded
from veiled Intimations to plain speech,
and he became aware for the first time
that she had married hiin. not for him,
telf, but for something that he did not
possess. Her plain sccch led to explana
tions on his part equally plain, and thut
they ipoedily arrived at a perfectly clear
understanding of their mutual attitude.
The consequence was a bitter quarrel
and recriminations. The woman ap
peared in ber true color, which were
not engaging; she called him a variety of
hard names, and if he had refrained
from retorting in kind It was not because
there was any lack of suitable expre
tiont waiting behind his lips. But they
were still husband and wife, and the
bond between them could notbeeevered.
At their marriage was a secret, however,
there was no difficulty about a separa
tion; and Valontine agreed to whatever
pecuniary conditions she chose to dic
tate. In case of his brother' death the
would come In for her shnre of the in
heritance; but here he stipulated that
the should receive the money .only on
condition that she forbore to assume the
title, or allow ber relation to him to be
known. She at first demurred to thl;
but on his offering to hand over every
thing except the real estate and lands
an offer extremely advantageous to her
from a pecuniary point of view she
finally consented, probably reflecting
that it would be difficult or impossible to
make such a contract legally binding.and
that when the time came if It ever
should come 6he would be able to repu
diate it with impunity.
This affair produced a bad effect on
Valentine; he became reckless and in
different to his business interesU, and ill
fortune attended him. He welcomed the
Maori revolt as an opportunity of ridding
himself of his troubles by stopping a bul
let; but though he stopped the bullet, the
bullet failed to stop him, and the legacy
that he received changed considerably
the complexion of affairs. He placed
iv.lf dm sum in the bank at Napier for
the benefit of his wife, and sailed for
San Francisco with the rest lie naa
had no settled plan in leaving New Zea
land, except to appease his restless desire
for chaugo and excitement The future
could hold nothing good for him, be
rniiM. however eood in itself it might be.
it would be defiled by the chronio and
inevitable necessity of sharing It witn
Hint wife of his for what is the greatest
blessing, stimulus and joy, to a man hap
pily married, is the dreariest or miseriet
to the man mismnted.
Una misfortune, however, he did not
look for; ono danger he did not fear;
ono emotion of all others he was con
fident ho could not feel And yet
this emotion, this danger, this misfor
tune were precisely those to which lie
was destined to fall a victim. Ho could
not foresee tho meeting with Paujine
Nolen. nor Hie effect that she would pro
duce on him. Up to that time his un
hanninoss had been chicflv negative the
ordinary disapXintmcnt and disillusion;
now he had to deal with a positive pain
tho iui)osibility of being united to
the only woman he had ever loved. It
was like tantalizing a prisoner for life
with scenes of freedom and felicity.
"I am talking a lot about myself," he
remarked one dav to Porcv. a they were
sitting smoking together on the deck,
"but it isn t entirely egotism cither. 1
have a motive in it, connected with you."
"What uavo 1 to do witn it.'
"You and Brown are about the only
friends I have in tho world. I want you
to know what mv life has been and what
my situation is in order that you may be
able to act intelligently in case anything
happens to me,"
"Come, Val, you're not contemplating
a premature end, are you?"
"Oh, my health ts good, ana 1 am in
rood shano eenerallv never better. I
am speaking of accidents, which are
linblo to happen to the best regulated
gentlemen. In case of my sudden tak
ing off occurring while I am in your
company, I want you to be competent to
act as my agent, representative or execu
tor: 1 want to cive vou mv unrestricted
power of attorney, hi short. And to that
end, ho added, taking a wallet from hi
pocket, "I have written out a paper
which empowers you to use the requisite
authority, and also Indicates what I
would like to have done in case certain
other things happened. Here's the docu
ment; put it in your pocket, and don't
bother yourself to look at it unless cir
cumstances should make it necessary."
"U i uau anything to leave or to man-
ago, said Percy, taking the paper wnjen
Valentine handed him, "I would retal
iate bv annointiner vou mv tola lecratee
, , - - w - SJ
and executor; but all I possess are my
ciotnesanu me receipted uiusyou paiu tor
mo. However, u i uie, you must aay
those whom it may concern that I main
tained to the last that I did not steal Mrs.
TunstaU's money. Send my love to my
mother and Paulino, and. if I die on
shore, get me buried if possible. I can't
no serious aooui it, ne went on, witn a
laugh, "and yet I have had a presenti
ment ever since we started that 1 shall
never see the end of this voyage. Of
course, presentimenu are all nonsense,
and 1 don't in the least believe in this
one; but it is there ail the tame. So,
if it comes out true, I shall say, 'I
told you so!' At least, you will know I
would have said it if I could!"
"I'll remember," replied Valentine,
"At for presentiments, I believe they do
come out true, though my theory of ex
istence assures me they must be coinci
dence. I have no presentiment regard
ing myself, only a business like solici
tude that, when 1 am gone, my dregs
shall not occasion any avoidable incon
venience." ' Just then the second officer sauntered
up and nodded to windward. "Looks
pretty nasty up there," said he.
"Shouldn't wonder If we had a blow be-'
fore night,"
-5r: as
To K CONTINCED.
The (lovernor-lJeneral of the A moor
region in Silsria has planned to employ
convicts at hard labor on the Transsibe
rian railniad. For every year such con
victs are emploved on the road they will
be credited with eighteen months ol the
term they have to serve.
F. W. Kennedv, President, and U.AV.
Kennedv, cashier of the suspended
Spring (iarden National Bank of Phila
delphia, have Uf n arrested.
HISTUIMC XOKWICH TOWN.
A GROUP OF BUILDINGS MORE THAN
TWO CENTURIES OLD.
Sub.Un.UI II..HIW Th Wsr. Old
r.r the H-tM'-'- whh
H.nwllrt ArwiM U.rl t t .-gLI-Jiihn
TnHfs Clilr -rilpfc"
While there are severul neglected and
laolated house scattered throughout va
rious parts of Connecticut of greater age
than any In Norwich, prol.al.ly nowhere
else In this country is to be found such a
croup of ancient dwellings as that in this
old town. The famous stone house of
Guilford, which was a fortress In Indian
times and the history of which rims back
to ICIIO. Is only twenty year older than
tome of this group They all stand in
historic Norwich Town, which a cen
tury or more ago was the town proper,
and when the present siteof the city was
known as "The Landing." Indians held
possession of the river in those days, and
kept the white settlers away Here gen
eration after generation of families have
been reared, and the house remain now
almost as they did then. The people
here have cared more to keep their pos
tensions Intact than to have modern im
provements, until Norwich is pre-eminently
the banner historical city of New
England.
THE BUSS MANSION.
Passing up the two aristocratic thor
oughfare of . the city. Broad way and
Washington street, to the "plain and
out upon the old road, the change is
most remarkable. Fashionable domiciles
give way to ancient looking rookeries,
whose weather beaten sides are marked
with tiina The first and most famous
of these old dwellings is the Bliss house,
a substantial two story mansion, which
Hands squarely on the main road to the
old town. It is the oldest house in New
London county, having been built in
IWB by Thomas Bliss, one of the original
teltlert of Norwich. It was, without
doubt, the first dwelling built in eastern
Connecticut The first town clerk had
his office in this house for years. From
the time of its erection. 230 years ago.
the old house remained in the uninter
rupted ownership of the Bliss family
until a few years ago, when it was sold
to Mr. Angel Stead, the present owner.
A few rods south of this old family
mansion stands another ancient build
ing, an odd. angular, unpuinted. gam
brel roofed structure, which is now used
as a dwelling by a very old lady. This
little building was erected long before
the revolution for the purpose of weav
ing stockings in. The sign which for
years hung over the door represented un
unsvmmetrical leg clothed in a gaudy
stocking Hut this industry was evi
dently unprofitable, and it was succeeded
by a newspaper, tho first in Connecticut
Separated from this building by a nar
row lane is the Reynolds homestead, and
above the front door are scrolled the fig
ures 10")9. representing the year in which
it was built This house bus remained
in the Reynolds family since the land
was set aside for them, and is now occu
pied by the family of the late Henry L
Reynolds.
Diagonally across the street from the
Bliss place," partially hidden by shrub
and trees, is a brown two story dwelling
known as the Thomas Leflingwell house.
It Is fully 2W years old. The old stone
chimney, which is twelve feet square at
its haw. and the stones of which , were
laid in clay instead of mortar, the ma
terial that is used in the construction of
walls today, still performs its service.
THK OU DRUQ RTOHE.
Almvethis place is another but move
unpretentious house, also once the prop
erty of the Leffingwells. It is, if any
thing, a trifle older than the former and
much smaller. The Leffingwells wero a
hi? familv and verv prominent in early
history. Col. Christopher LedngweU's
miuwive mansion is next in order. The
colonel was methodically correct, and the
bouse stands due north and south, one
anele of its frame protruding partially
out into the road. Col. Leflingwell was
the first postmaster or the old town,
niwnited the first ouuer mill in eastern
Connecticut, and carried on various other
industries.
These six places are all within a radius
of fifteen rods, whilesometuty rods fur
ther on another line of ancient dwellings
is approached. ! First comes the resi
dence of Mrs. Laura Thurston and Mr
Henry McNelly. which was the home of
Dr. Joshua Latbrop long before the rev
olution. Directly opposite is the dwell
ing of the family of the late William C
Oilman, which was occupied by Dr.
Daniel Lathrop at the tame time that
Joshua occupied the other. These broth
ers kept the first drug store which was
opened between Hartford and Boston.
Their old store was in existence until
two years ago and was popularly known
as the "Benedict Arnold drug store,"
because within it Arnold was trained to
be a druggist Just above these two
places stands an immense, gambrel
roofed, venerable looking two story
structure which was the residence of
Uen. Jabez Huntington prior to and dur
ing the revolution.
The house is on land that was deeded
to ancestors of Oen. Huntington by the
Indians, and the mansion has keen in tiie
hands of the Huntington family for two
centuries. The general and all his tons
were prominent in the revolutionary war.
Nearly opposite the Huntington place is
another old house, built for Uovernor
Samuel Huntington.
Surrounding Norwich town green is
an endless chain of these venerable man
sions, all 200 or more years old. One of
the most notable is the old Trott place,
wmcn was occupieu oy jonn i roil as a
tavern prior to and during the revolu
tionary war. and where (tens. Washing
ton and Lafayette and others often drunk
hi famous cider "flips." The Tracy
bouse, too, is quite conspicuous and quite
well preserved, as are also theSylvanus
Jones and the Lathrop places. Cor. New
York Times.
How to Thaw Fttw-m Cm Pipes.
Mr. F. II Shelton says: "I took off
from over the pipe some 4 inches or 5
inches, just a crust of earth, and then
put a couple of bushels of Line in the
space, poured water over it. and slaked
it, and then put canvas over that, und
rocks on the canvas, so as to keen the
wind from getting underneath. S'ext
morning, on returning there. I found
that the frost had been drawn out from
the ground for nearly three feet You
can appreciate what an advantage that
was, for picking through frozen ground,
with the thermometer below aero, is no
joke. Since then we have tried it sev
eral times. It is, an excellent plan if
you have time enough to let the lime
work. In the daytime you cannot afford
to waste the time, but if vou have a spare
night in which to work. It is worth while
to try it bcientifio American.
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
A It. ' w..r T,," b"mU
tMIIIIH
Stori.havH 1-f.i afloat Mr .me time
. . ...I . r..i ill-Ill llf COIII
which naveexriii-ii .. - -
.....l. reHiilchtsof the esi r.nu.
and which have given employment to
the tongues r the gossip "
1 , . .. il while the iucredu
tame Ullim ni.., j . -
lotis have smiled und affected a coir
tempt for what they term nonsense of
thut kind, the fact remains that the tale
continues to go the rounds aim
crease In interest as the days go by
The house which is tne scene oi u.
.i tr., I,i Hlleired chostship stands on
the south side of Chestnut street, west
of Twenty-ninth, and is just such a look
ing place as might be selected for such a
strange inhaiiiiani it is uui b.v...,
looking structure, rearing its solemn
front above the street in strange contrast
to the cheerful aspect of its neighbors
From week to week the somber shutters
which hide Its windows from the eyes of
the curious are never opened to admit
the cheerful sunshine, and no noise of
i. ,.r riiiPof children at play
ever greet the passer by An air of my
tery pervades the piace. aim .v...s.
uncanny feeling comes over those who
lTlie weird visitor is said to be the ghost
of a young man who, in day gone by
blew out his brains upon the very thresh
old of the house. A young lady, with
whom he fell In love and who had
plighted him her troth, grew tired of hi
attentions, and broke her engagement
with him. By every means within his
power he sought to regain her affections
but in vain. She turned a deaf ear to
his most earnest entreutiea, and finally
forbade his visits entirely
Still clinging to the hope that he might
In time regain her love, he sought an in
terview. which was denied him. and.
filled with despair, he resolved to end his
t.ra fl,-llml to see her. but finding
that she had gone to visit a neighbor he
repaired to the house wnere it was sup
.nri .da liml cone. and. reaching the
door, lie placed a pistol to his head and
coolly blew himself into eternity.
It chanced, however, that lie had mis
taken the house, and the story is thut
his spirit, which had gone in search ol
the lady he had loved and failing to find
her, has from that time, as each recur
ring day brings back the hour at which
i,,lipit. returned to renew the fruitless
search. Inhabitant of the house were
startled by strange, unearthly noises
and on more than one occasion the weird
visitor was seen to ascend the steps lead
Inir nn from the cellar and go wandering
about the house a if vainly searching
for some one. It groped its way from
room to room, and after accomplishing
iU rounds would disappear. So thor
mif hlv friehtened did the inmates of the
house become, that, overcome at last by
fear, they removed to another locantj
and for a time his ghostship was left in
sole possession of tho premises. Then
the property was sold and tue new own
op u lm liml hoard the weird stories that
were told, resolved to remodel the house
tt-itli a view to driviiiL' out the inwel
come visitor. The cellar fioiu which
the phantom had arisen on theoccasion
of his visits was tilled completely up, in
the hope that when its hiding place was
gone it (the ghost) would take its depar
ture. und the interior of thy house was
carefully rearranged, but without avail
TI,o irhrwtlv visitant still remained. It
......-
is said thut it still wanders through the
bouse, and rumors go abroad of strange
eights and sounds to be seen and heard
at night. However it may be, no one
has been able to solve the mystery, and
the inmates of the house are seldom
seen. They hold themselves carefully
aloof iron tne outer worm, uuu uium
t.-iin nn air of mvsterv that lends cred
ence to the tale. No one is seen to come
or go across the mysterious threshold
,ln-lrn.iil hvtllf IlllWulnf tllAfiClf llllir
dered man. and the neighbors glance at
the house significantly and relate the
story with an uir or general oeuei.
A reporter, in order to learn the exact
f.-u-i. culled at the house, but was de
nied admission. Inquiry among the
neighbors, however, verified the state
ments here made. tst. Louis ttepuuiic.
Proddimtlitl Tralu.
"We don't like presidential trains,'
said a railroad man. "Why?" "For
several reasons. They are very expen
tive. The best cars, the most compe
tent train men are employed. The pres
ident seldom is aware of the fact that
his train is guarded by detectives, but
we have our secret service men there,
just the same. Every other train must
keep out of the way of the president's
train Fast freights thut usually run
within ten minutes of ordinary paasen
ger trains are not allowed to be within
thirty .minutes of the president's special
You can see. it costs considerable to
side track a train for thirty minutes
Passenger trains must lake the siding
and mail trains lay by. In the case ol
mail trains, we are under heavy bond to
make a certain time, and just imagine
how a mail car must run to make up
time lost on side tracks. Bridges must
be guarded and inspected, and nothing
left undone that will insure the abso
lutely safe passage of the presidential
party. Then the strain un every man
employed is ' severe. We aiayt feel
greatly relieved when the presidential
train leave our division, and the fel
lows on the next division or the other
road have to do the sweating. You
never heard of a presidential train being
wrecked, did you?" -Indianapolis News
Scenery for the Pmlen Plat.
The Oberainmergau Passion plays are
fast becoming modernized. Hermann
HurghaNll, of Vienna, has received an
order to ainl the scenery for the new
stage, and cull bells will be introduced
The scenery is taken for the most part
from the old masters '"The Last Sup
per" of Leonardo, and "Ibe Crucifix
ion." after Itaphael, etc. Two drop
scenes, which are painted upon wood
are also being prepared, and will be
shifted backward and forward by meant
of rollers. The stage receives all iu
light from above, being covered by a
glass roof. London Graphic.
fortr-four Miles of CbIn.
The spectacle of forty-four odd miles
of cabs is enough to make any one shud
der, vet that is the length to which the
London calis would extend if hey were
placed in a line. We owe this interest
tlUZ calculation to Sir Oi.-irl, U'omm
It cannot be said after thin that he died
, no good as chief commissioner. But we
, are also told tlint there is only standing
'Rm iur memy-uiree miles cl cabs, so
tliat we have twenty-one mile of cab
always Wandering about the streeta of
London. No wonder there are numerous
complainU about "crawlers." London
Court Journal.
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Thomas tdison, the
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hip career, and it would U
sarcusiu in i.uu ii
hoiild make him
to the growing generation.
iration r- .
laboratory at Llewellyn park U uT -vention.
It has been tried and f""
,wrfect. and H Is a phonograph
which, Instead of chiming t lT
calls them out at every Qu.rt-. ,
voice full of clearness. It nisy '
with any set to suit the punvJlf4
Inch it may be intended. T . "
porter it was exhibited yesterd
The Inventor wasoheery and pu., ,
he always is. "The clock." said kl
an improvement, and if It were oS?
the market now it might save you ,Jr
ers a great deal of worriment. vZA
ttance, say you are at a politicaj Jl
ing with a dozen speakers carded.
are each to have a half hour. Von v.
what a fiction thut is. But now, if,
had a clock like this, see how U
work," and here Mr, Edison placed i
within it He pointed the bandi..1!
quarter of au hour and a voice cameriT
titi nut. "Thin nrwnltpp la .1 f
...B v-.. 1 mu uirourji'
At the half hour the clock blurted
"The audience will please not
The gentleman now gives way to
"The only fear I have," continued t,
Edison, "is that the young unoiwrW
folks may not relish it You are marrief
No? Well. I don't give this out asabribt
but when you get entangled in the
liminaries come to mt and I will rn,
you one that you may present to t
family Into which you aspire to be 14
uiitted. It will he a libber, I'm (
in doubt about the popularity of
parlor clock with the younger people.'
Mr. Edison has good reason to few, 1
more tantalizing ornament to a pair 4
ardent lovers than k'matriinonial put,
phonographic clock cannot be imagine!
Fancy, for instance, a Sunday evening
a cozy parlor with two hearts beating 1
one startled by the voice from the au.
tel: "Good night, a fond good night b
another hour it will be midnight," Hg
dolefully at a quarter past and each
ceeding quarter comes out its horn.
croukings, until 1 1 :;, when itblurUoa
"In five minutes more it will be a
morrow," and every ten minutes wW
quently the air U filled with itsmauldia
such as: "Ah! how still the hour. " '
bel, 1 am watching thee, lis, liar "Kt
thinks I hear the spirit of thy imam)
upon the stairs." "Please don't heed at.
it is my misfortune that I must warn tk
thut the hour is half-ast 13." "Dv
hear you ask me to get that hat?" Wt
you kindly remember me in your prti
ers?" "Look out 1 hear a footstep. Bi
iiat I was only fooling thee!" 'TIIin
have to call father to go to hii office.'
And so the clock jabbers on most u
asperatingly. Of course the wordi n'
set to suit the circumstances. 114
wooer be a favored person of course 6
language will be much different, the to
of the clock will be sweet and siaipeti
and the words coy and captivating
New York Press.
A lllnturla Mark.
An order has been passed by th tro
tees of this city which, if carried intotf
feet, as we believe it will be, will ton
the demolition of all that remains of i,
buildinirs thut once stood within then.
sades of Sutter's fort. The order dino
thut the streets be opened tlirough u
property. Not only will the last renat
ing relic of the historic spot be thus oil:
erated, since a street line cuts through!:
but the plat will be divided into mu.
narcels and iU identity lost to historrt.
to human interest The owner of ti
proerty is a non-resident of the city;
derives no rental from it, unless a nw
pasturage pays him a'small sum, and
will not sell to those who wish tonsw
the fort and con vert the plat into a pu
If all anneals to the owner fail, if b"
mains deaf to the hundreds of reqiw
that have been made, and still teM
to name his price, we piopoee wnettr
streets are cut through, that at the'
section of the highways tnereaiuu
nlanted a simple enduring atone to w
the spot where John A. Sutter raWuj
American flag and gave shelter
eurlv nioneers of California, And tb
on the stone there be inscribed thefsfi
that a certain citizen of Chicaeo
him stubbornly refused to sell the k
toric spot to the people for a rMem
any price. Sacramento Kecora-uw
Th Erratic 8t Lawrence.
Tim Sf I.auTBiicn river." said ad
ton member of the Coghurn clubUl
evening, "is a most erratic as
hpantif nl bnd v of water. You hr"
ably noticed several items in the f'V
papers 01 vessels sailing un 71
aground because of low aster. i
think of W low water with tne tj
had tf f
vuuktuuuuo tuissv , 1
spring, summer and fall! But j
the fact. And in some other
l.a Sr.. Tjtwrence DM 1
unusually high. It is said that tbefM
old river lias one or those low -r-t
sinking fiU, so to epeak-every n
years, but 1 can t voucn ior m -
that The fact remains, howei.n.
U'lo llnlit-a anv nt.hpP body Of
know of, and when other f.l
neighboring lakes are high tue
rence is apt to make acontrary
Utica Observer.
Vtnomom Bin Gummed Hep
Tho hit a r,t a hi lift IrlllUIUed ttf ,
said to be poisonous, and the oUtf5
fact would seem to confirm eM"
the truth of the belief: About U
ago. in a difficulty iar Gosport,
Hill was bitten on the finger by n,
Savis, colored, of the blue gum pf
Inflammation set in, and in h(f
amputation of the finger wMrrj
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necessary to save the arm. -
poison was not arrested, nd "i j
and arm toon showed a fearful p
of the disease. The arm has t
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Clarke County Democrat
The first hearse owned In BnJ?(
Me., lias been stored for many.'T
the barn at the town almshouse.
tort of a two storied affair. and
It was purchased by two Ca04,
covered it with old canvas, P J
f ,
!.e I;
small cooking atove and tneir.'
harnessed up their old horse u"1 1
started on a tour toCanada.
l-.m
a'.rs-.-arour
It has just been found out tbr
on. but as one must eat ve'il t
twwvnn, ftt refill OK 1
not naniah the flavor.
EDISON'S FIENDISH