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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1894)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. rreprleter, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. H. mm In.llaa lira? CiraipUialf aluard a tala Frofeaaa. Professor Murh' Investigation of rxtturt animal wcrortiinlnctod year aft tryear In sect Ions of tho far west which hal (Kit been explored by white men. IIo had unmy adventure wliilo he wo dbonvcring hi 20 sialic of fiawil ver tebrates, but perhii tho mtmt interest ing wa an encounter with au Indian warrior in the Hod Land. Tlio irnfir, whilo searching ono in f tut hi trlrtnutic eis horned mam tual, cretaceous bird nnd pmdou pter odactyls, wu separated from the other mcmla-r cif tho cxtiodition. IIo wiu no IniHiIr inti nt uiu blsscicntiflo occupa tion th.tt ho did not hear tho stealthy approach of a (Military horseman. It was nu Indian buck im the warpath in full paint iiii'l feather. Tho professor i rnnn of high mtir-nil'-, hut In- involuntarily fonnil himself yearning for the (iiict and security of in mill 'go c! iKriiiii at Yulo when ho was suddenly confronted by thin star tliug iit p.u-itiotv. His companion were riot within call. IIo waa completely at tlm iiuTi-y of tlm snvago. Tim Indian molly dlsmomitnl from hiii pony, mid stotal motloulcs before him, rf ilonilciit in paint mid with ilume waving. Erect, sinewy und dig niflcd, ho wa a splendid piciiiieii of tl K 1 " ' 1 K l"i''k. 1( w "a "1,wt oiimin fortablo moment which tho jirufuMHif had ever known. "How?" wild tho profmsor ti rnus- ly when tho silcnco hud btmiuo intol crabhi. "In thin IWi-ssor Mandi?" asked the Indian In ch ar cut I'.iik' ''- "Yo." answered tho professor, com pletely Inkiti aback by tho unexpected identification. "Of Yule college.?" continued tho In dian briskly. "Tho same," confessed tho professor. "IIoW in lYofewtor Hadlcy." naked tlm Indian without a moment's delay. Tho naturalist wim nIinot siatrh leu. To l' suddenly interrupted in hi M-ii ntillc lalmrA by buck in warpaint mid f utli. r via sufllcicntly startling. To hiivu the warrior, in pluco of sculp ing him, call him by nnme mid then ask sympathi ticully for a rollcgn asso ciate sti-und nothing le than a mir acle. The profeMir win fairly trilled with astonishment Hut it was a iniraelo that won cosily explained. Tho Indian had Ix n sent ca.-l during la.ylnaal to bo iilucuted mid hud lain Id friended und iniitruetcd by Professor Dudley' father. Whin bin iiliK-iitioii won coiupleted, Im had parted pleasantly from the iladley household iiml hud retiirnid to hi tribe in tho res ervation. lu-dcud of profiting by bin low in and i rn iM inof ( is illut inn, he had grad ually Im t ii overMiwered by trihul pride, nlairiginul liioi im-tM mid tlm Irresistible faM'iiiiitioini of wild life and warpaint. Ho bad illKiipKiinted the txpcctutliilisnf the minsionnric by reverting to suvago Condition. Nevertheless ho paid civilization tho roiuplimi nt of rct-pcctlng acudemio as-lUM-iatiiiiiH. He did Hot scalp lrofcor M :ir li, but i.it dow n mi tho rock mid had n ilcuuut chut with him. Ho even made im attempt to lntcr t liinihelf in Koino of the bone which tho naturalist had exhiimeil. Ami when ho remountixl liiitpiny he n ut "bin kiudext n;anht to tho lladleyn. " YouiIi'h Compiuiiou. bl llnw Viia IMn la I'arla. Aptictizcr Veriuouth, with m (loco of hulphurio m id iu it Soii Tiipiix'0, madoof mtatont;ir'h, highly l pH'n (L Horn tl'u-tivre Ilutter miniumlel with venl fat mid mhrel with lend. Ho. t T'.ie wort meat procurable, with trulllm molded out of earth. Veuetaldi A nulud acidulated with nil of vitriol mid green ;hw verdant with copicr. )i'ert Chiicolato cream, wecteiii'd With kIuiiwo mid colored With tho ox ide of mercury und ochcr. (tTn lioiftel hir liver, with ina-lio(.-any Miwduit and caramel. Liipior Kinuh, lUvoird with print le in id. I'i rhapa Vou fancy that thin bill of fire i r:n.'KcratcL All you havo ti do la to look ut Chevalier and Ilcuudir inoiit'ii Soliimo entitled "ralNillculion of Alimeiiatry SuUl.inci ," and yon will tl ml the actual fact, 8uti Fran eiw o Argonaut. Tha Ira Watrr Habit. Tho ice water drinker in jnr-t m much of a "licnd" m the morphino cater. In many cumk tho habit of tho former U jiiKt uk htroiiK a Unit (if tho latter aud jin-t in hard to breuk. It ban inn-ii fro- queiitly demonstrated that tho drinLlnn of hit water in au aciiulrtsl habit ami not iiuo that mine naturally, tiivo an infant iin water, and you will notice by lis aril. .ii that tho drink in very due ta-li ful. It usually ban tho fame efTi-ct iil 'ii nu Indian or upon any ix'ii not ii.fiist.nnd in it. IU shim it in very tin hialthy, und any ienon who can avoid ilrmkiiiK iv water ahuuld do aa Chi cano II. ral.l. klual hhara I ha ftauta (irata. "A ouni( l.wlr w latti-e lo marrjr. She la vrrr laaulilul, Iiiu a Tmy rouiitc iiniir Iraiiietl In dark hulr, t i l.rowa In the form t.f tliv i r wviit moon and a niinll but in t i.m in.. old .-lie i alwi very rich rich t-nout.'li to s ml tho ilaj by tlie attlo uf her l l..til m1 in trltttr fl.'in ami to uum tlie Mcl.l lii hmkiiih to the ainra of henveii 1 In' Hem on w hom her cholee lotll fall must t. j.nitnf, lianilMime and ntumlitl. II" iiiiit nlxi ls wIIIIiik to aharn the antnv ki.ivi-." Tlm iwltartlM a girl in m Jap knot. uiwsp ia r A I'uMllila t ua.llllua. M.iuil I'rank l'lutun haa pr pMd to Cum.., but alio aa) ho baa uioro money tli. in 1 tuin. lMith Corio doean't K-m to mimid it that If ho hud morn brain than in. ley it 1 not likeiy be Would rTiT haV" prossi to hi r. Diaitoll TrMt rip t il Wax II.. Iiriglaai klrhar. In the tlri U k f luulM 1, at-rund chap tar ami Im hit nimli r. ra, "a man of I. .at" aati tu I II, Wli. n f .ra kli k at U7 aarrtliiv ui.J ol Iiilna ntli rlligf HIS AWFUL THREAT. That lllal AlMMt a(fcr Horf Bi tha Walaaiaa yuartr. "OtiiitlHim-n, " aald atmootb lookinfl man to the crowd In the Hirnr atore. "I law funny thlntf today. " "What wm Itf" aaked three of the crowd at the lame time. The imooth looking moo loaned afrninat howrae and beRan: "I wo (toing down tbo "treet thia afternoon, and aa 1 waa pawing the poitofTloe I livord quite racket imddu I went in. There waa one of the big Iriah women who arruh out diuiciug around In the middle of the lobby with a pulr of box ing glove on her hunda Hho wa hit ting out iu all din-ction aud had al ready Moored a couple of men. An alarm wm M iit in, and pretty aoon a police man camo running down and arretod her. Just a ho waa alxiut to haul her out to tho patrol box that atnnd on tho comer near by a dignified looking man tcppcd out of tho crowd and (aid, 'Let that woman go.' 'Why ahould I lot her go?' aaked tho policeman. 'Ueramie tho L'ulted Htate gorernmelit nay that alio ciui do what alio ho been doing.' '1 doti't catch on,' replied the tiolicemtaii. 'Then read that!" ahouted tho dignilinl looking man, pointing to tho ign on tho wall. Tho polici-mon turned and read anlgn, 'Utter iJox.'" The mnooth looking man atoppwlhero and looked around eiiH'tuitly. Ko ono laughed. After adepreaalng ailenre fora mnplo of minute ono of tho party naid, "Well, what' tho Joke?" "Why," naid tho amooth looking man, "U'ttor uox let ner uix, wi !( her box, meaning the woman who hud on the boxing glove." There wa a aurctioti of dinnal groan, and every ono wive tno ciera walked out into tho night Alter all hod gono tho ninooth looking man turned to tho clerk mid Huid hurriedly: "Hay, Isajt, I didn't mi-iui nothing by that I only wniited to get a chauco to talk with yon in private." "What do yon want?" Baked the clerk. Tho mnooth looking man approached him and aaid hoana ly, "I only want a quarter. " "Well, you don't get it" Tho mnooth looking man' fare took on a hard expression. "Then I will tell yon another utory," ho kaid firmly. "Not on your lire, you won t! aiiotit- el tho clerk, producing tho dcaired coiiu And that in tho way ono man got hi drink. HufTulo Kxpreaa Hacrad' Wiln AaaljraatL A arientitio analyai ho lately been mndoiu Eughuid of tho Zcm-Zciu water from tho aucred well at MiM-ca, which, according to tho Aralm, 1 tho well that tho angel allowed to Hugur, and wh wuter aaved the lifo of Ishmael. After reading the reault of thi auulyHi ono cannot wonder that pilgrim who drink tho wntcr are frequently attockinl by cholera. Tho aiMH-lmen examined, which wa hermetically K-nlcd in tin bottle 40 year ago by Kir Uieiiard liurtou during iiia visit to Ucrca in tho iliguiM of a dervish, coutaincd C'J grain of chlorino to tho gallon. W uter which ooiitain o little a 0 grain of chlorine to the gal lon i ordinairly regarded a acaroely fit for humnii consnniption. JloreoviT, In thocaao of thoZem-Zem well, it 1 believed that tho chlorino originate from tbo custom of pouring tho water over tho pilgrim and allow ing it to run buck into tho well. Tho auiTcd wuter wiu found to poMtca an extraordinary degree of "hurdiica," three timea aa great n that of average water. It ulwi held 20 time a much ammonia mmouiidH a drinking water ahould contain. No bacteria wcro diaeoveretl, but thia i accoiiubtl for by tho fact that tho water had remained for ao long time acaled up in entire dark no. Forty Teant of audi miitiiiement had mmpleto ly aterilized it, but the chemical im puritica rcmainiHL Youth' Compan ion. Uluotl aa a Mr.lk-laa. "Ia'I mo have thrtw ounce of that bottled bloal quick I" bid fair yet to Imviiuio a not uncommon order in tho corner drug atore. According to a Wtdl known I'hiladclphla ihyaiciun, atari ling iirogrcHN baa Nt'li made iu blood Iniiling, or hematherapy. "HUaal ia not only life, " ho ibvlariw, "but live itaa-lf In depeudeully. It in a highly organire.1 living tisane atmply in tho transition at ate. It can tie inude to live apart from tho laaly iinh llnitely in pixftvt condi tion and can then bo returned into any tissue by any oia-iiing nt any time, when it will Instantly resume it full creative activity. It can even Im awallowed when the tuiticut, auflVring from drain ing of IiIimhI or hemorrh.ipw, can tuko no other drink. IVuth from Mood alar Tutiou will ono day Iki rxcediiigly rare indeed, and thcae mrki.1 up vital corpm eh will Ut umsI not only for iiniul neiitly diuigcrou but fur intriictable liugeringcuM. " rinladelphla iiocoriL A WouuuT lalak Letter patent have liecn tukrn out by woman in Mudiaon, N. J , for an im provement in envelojiea. The invention ronaiata in printing a amall device of any iha on the under tide of tho flap of the gummed envelo iu a aenailive fluid, table when dry, but which will run or apread on the application of ateain or moisture, thereby allowing at once that the letter ha Wu tampeml witb. The government baa recently iuvited in ventor to aubmit their idea for mm mean of detecting tho unlawful opruiiig of tealed letter. Washington Star. Irntrii irn'ir iiiiiv ti i it I aaa IIIVIHI vaiBM aavaa A l'lilladlhU Itanrk. Mnry a Inan mIui ta Oai h'.nrat to alaAl will l rtvi mi. I f..rm-l all ala.ut It. Thua rtturaliaiai C.u.ii.Uui blitgvrly lu LU I'hll Krhora ot mm Allamlluia. 'Dut Antonio cannot rswaibly hare aatd any audi thing!" "1 assure yon he rxprvaacd hiuuelf precisely iu tluxe term." "Aud I rea at that it i out of tho queatioii (getting excited). Were you prcaa ut when he aaid it?" "No, but" 'Very well, then; I wa preaent when tie didn't" Motto da Kidem. Kalara ! mm lailaral HataaUb rrof.aor C. 8. Sargent, the eminent botaniat and promoter of arboriculture, haareturneil from a trip to Jajwo. It U phaaut to know that he regaril hi ex ploration a a remarkably aucceaaful una. lie traveled nearly all over the empire, made very large herbarium and brought home number of wiea of tree and (hint, of which a cooaid rrable ra-rtien haaneveryet been brought into cultivation. Every lover of tree, plant aud general gardening will extend Cordial welcome to the pmfcaaor OB hi mU return. MtNthaa'a Monthly. Cheiro the Palmist Tells How Me Went Ghost Hunting. IYHTIKT OF A IIUSTED II0l.SE. fha ;hot Wa Thar Kara Kaoefh an4 Thoroaghlr rrlcbtaaad Iba fafcbM IU aramhvra l acwiay MaalfaaUllotM hf Ilaj aad Night. Cu right, IXH.bf Amarlcaa Ir Aaaorla. lion. Till Hocirrr Fob larcnict. Itraatacii, I llUalSUlUaMHltl, l-THllli, V IINIHIH. VV.C. t Mr )A Kiugm-M! ma lenlghl, lllark. k alii ataln.n. II u i lock l.ar. Itrlug )"ur re. t.irr-uiar want IU iJuu'l i)l-ai.lnt. la baala. Max .Mammiiam. Thi trnnge epistle arrived by iecliU meaacngvr ono ev( nlng Just a I waa pre paring to Join Mime frlond at a theater unrty at the (iitrrlik. Iu ono wny It wo dlMpMilntlng, Iu another pleasniit. Mark- ham waa alwaya on tho trail of ths Inter- eating, and aa tho drama uf life la ninr foaclnatlngthaii thoalnKtiuf art tho prom Im of an exciting evening were fairly good- The few word In Ma letter meant in mo another of the many gluwt hunt that wa hud lai n ao often ciififtKi'U in to(cilnT. Therommaiid.' llrinityiiiirn-viilver," wa not In tho least atartllnu or aurpristim. It wa In keeping with tho man' churaeUT. Thai wa all. Ho alway hunted ghnat with a revolver. It wna a necusiiry to him a holy water would Iw to a prh-t. However, ola-ylng instruct lona, I ll.s-d mr British IiiiIIiIok and aoiue ranrlilKua lulo my pia ket and atnrtixl for tho train. My friend .Murkham wuaiuioof Ihcinoat active iiieinlxmof IheSa-lety Knr I'syelde al Iteaean h. Hu devoted hi entire tliuB toeiamliilnit tlm trick of pretended mo illuini, ghoat or nolac of any kind In any part of the country, and yet at heart ho wa a aplrituallat. Ho llrmly l lli vl In the communion betwivn tha living and tho aplrlt of the dead. He wa a wlf elerted oenaor, and In hl neiiaindili, al thii(h he excited the enmity of the aplr ItualMa, ho wa In reality their friend hy hla eiMMo of fraud and the rvlcutlcaawuy III which ho pulled up weed of Imposture hy the Bait. "There U no auliject that lay Itiadf ao ni'n to deception," ho UmiI to any. "Ileeaiiau wo have proviil frnud In many caaea, that iha' net prove It in all. It ia my duty to deatmy the weeds, lest tliey, gcltliiK too atrong, deatmy tho Uowera nf truth." Max conaldenil me a arnsltlve a clair voyant althiuiKh only one did I ahnw him ony evidence In that dint-lion, and that wa wht-n he went without me to flip "aii, is noon tivk!" nr aid. Mancheater to riamiuo Into the enw of a Klrl Ihnv iiiontha In a I mint. Without knowing he waa returning I lc li'Kriiphcd: "Don't tako cxprcn tonight. Walt." And a It hapM-ned Dm exprcaathat night wa wni kitl and nearly all It puciigcr, Injurttl. At nil event, there at-mitl aomo laind of aympaihy U-tween us, and thu It oamo to pn-a that two very opposlto na ture lat-nlllO (list friends. A the train nulled Into the station I aw my friend, with a small block Iuik In hi hand, pacing the plat form from end to end. "Ah, In K'""! time," he aald aa I JuniHtl nut "NVo havo a gaal two in I lo Irnnip la-fore lis, ao don't nsk any que tlnna now. I'll explain on the way. Wo must reach our silnl of iim rf Is-furo I J trlki- " "Thi aoiind quite Rlmatly, Max," I aid. 'What' tho cnae?" "Well," he nn-wcnit, "If the funnleat thing I've met lately. What It w ill turn nut I another thing, but up to imw Hie evidence lli-a in favor of the ifisali.ltl fosh loiKtl glnmt that walk at lit. The story la to the elTivt that I ho house we are alauit to visit haa aa line a rttunluf l.l.aal aa any aneieut riutle. It I quite nnali rn, built In lt)7 by tho Kmndfathcr of It pre rut owner. It occupm a lonely alto with in a tone' throw of tliuruina of an old alila-y, and It la from thia very iihla-y that all the trouble come. It I n-Hirtcd to l bauntitl by the ulnxt of an nld monk, and llscartfr of erlmo I laid en the shaved head of till early and loiigdepartiil I'hria tlan. The rt I cannot rcconrllc 1 why an old monk who illiil a few liundntl year ago almuld turn up now to tmulilo well la-havitl aople at thoelid of the lilnv teenlh century. "Hnco It wo built murder ho fol lowed murder, suicide followed aulchlo, but yet there wua no talk ataitit any kIuwI theory until within the lost U lu.niilia, and ilmti then tho old monk atviua to ave mwle hliuaclf mastcriif thealtuaiion. The pnwiil tiwner a year oro while tr.iv rlitiK In America one inornliin ntt-lveil the (lartllng new that hi father had hung bimn-lf In the cellar, ao ho hurried homo with a newly made bride to take poM--lon. Hi wife, a young and fearleaa American from aomo out of tho way place lu Texaa, a woman who never heard uf ghoata, wua the Oral to ace the nmrl lion, tiohm Into tho iiurwry one nltiht tu look after her child, alio found the nurae aaleep and I he form of an eld monk lean ing over the entile. Hie ft-renmed, fitlnt I, and when penplerame tolu r oaiiii.e the monk had dlsapiawnd, and the mark of a rnaw waa found on the child'! fore head. Krm that moment the monk via ktatl them regularly. Kvrn In the dayll,-hl he niliiht Iv aeen w.tlkiiiK down the cor rider and the stairway a, and a alruiige nula commenced every nltflit at 13 o'cliak thai aeemeil to shake the house to Its foun dation The acrvant of coumo thn w up their place and left, and the only tine that remained, an eld buthr, a few data after Yn.p' l'-.- fuund hUUalill tcUy the MalU place aa the owner' father. Coder tliea etrruiiistanit- 1 can hardly wonder at theieoplerlenrliieiit. Mm-elhen, though ... , i 'it. f rt lo n-vlv , .1 . . I. -nJ fdemnly, "I in . .."...IJ. ti.i. U l. aerloui a bulne for u to meddle with. I uw that thing rln today In brood darM't. and 1 never In all inyllfaw auch a d. vlll.h ha.klng face." "Oh, buh. Bian!" aald Max "It too late now to turn hack. W have Un ly IS minute lo M-a. h the hnue. A brisk walk will pull up your coiiroire. Come on." Making aome remark al-ut fa.U venturing where annela b r to tn ad, tho (ha tor put on hi coal, and In a few moment we were again under way. A U iiiinulea' walk broimht ui In alb of the old nlil-y. fold and a"aunt Hie rulm h.k. d In the I nllght, llkoa akele- ton of Hie I'd. At II law kawo-at of pine awnvi-d In Hie idiiht wind like an army of Khoat walllim b ra leader, and a t t ( lo farther mi. surroiinihtl by theahadow of the tri, stoal a di-atilole hsiklnir house, with empty window and broken pane, the v. ry picture of all that wa hMiinteil ami uncanny. Making our way under the shallow of I ho tree, we roochitl the li.-u k of the house and w ith a llttlo dif ficulty fi.ntd a window oan and were BtMin insld.i. Hy tlio lluht of tho In. am ahininir tiiMuuh the lilludh-a window wo moil r way to what appeared to bo the dlnllU ri'im, and then, closing tho abutter and lighting a olltary candle, we ant down on a emiplo of empty Ism to await n suit. We had not long to wait. Exactly aa a nelghlriiig eha k truck 11 we heanl a sound that made our very henrta stand still. Wo aprong from our eat and t"d baiting at one another In oonstematloii ami illsmay. It aeemeil aa If on the very stroke of U tho house liatl rttt-lvitl atuiie blow that alnaik It to it foonilal Inns. Kvery (hair aeeined In open and creak and luiug one after another a tho wind moaned and wept on it way from rami to room. Instinctively we turned oiirej i to theihair of theehamta-r wo iMt-iipled. It wa iia n. There waa aomelhing alandliiK there. Tho imam Ihudied nut fniui behind a cloud. It wa the monk. I could hear my heart l nt like a drum. I mo nlmit alnklUH with fright when iiildenly, with a hollow, grating laii(h, the fltfiiro (llaaiN'antl. In a attund wo I . ui tili kitl up our Ihlnifs, nH-netl tlm w in (low, Jumatl to the law n and were run nlng a fast aa h k would carry u In tlio llnt llnn of Appleton house. .Markham wua tlio unit lo rvover in ctimiaanin'. What dariietl bad we are," he aahl, "hut Uhiii my wonl I never got auch a frtifht In in v life." That sentiment wa heartily In- .l..r-Mtl by Appleton and inyai lf, aud we Hit li ao sinuitfly optMiaeii the idea of fur ther Invest lual Ion that Markham gave In, and the iha tor put Ui up lu hla pluce for the niulit. With theduyllulit, however, our conrnKo n'turnetl, and after a giaal breakfaat wo tiaik a walk around tho old house lai f.,re n turning to tho city and vowed that tho three of in Would make another at tempt that night to penetrate the mystery. Onvliuhl la a wonderful thing b r illa- pclllng ghost a and glmatly fear, mid wo could hardly believe that we went the iiino men who tho night la-foreran aa fust a leg could entry from that very room that tho following nmriilngwo ao con t.-nti illy examined. It waa exactly a we had left it. Them were the two laixi- on which we ant, there tho grease of the candle, and there tho open window through which we had lied. The dia-tor wa Inclflied to regard tho matter in a very grave llxht. I i to that moment ho had not given min li thought to the domain of Khmtlaiid. He therefore roiialilered the npmrt(loii a direct rebuke for audi negligence. Markham simply la' llevetl that hla rye had iliivlvnl him, hut how we three aaw the aamo thing and In-iirtl that aw ful laugh ho could not ex plain. Wo vlsltitl all the roonn, aw tho nursery where tho monk had la-en mi n benilliig over the child, nnd lastly turm-d on r nl ti nl Ion to the basement. The eel lar were lari;e aud freely admitted light, except one which faced toward tho alila y When we entered the latter and got act-UK toimtl lo the ilarkneaa, a gnWMimo aluht met our eyea, which atartled ua nearly n much o did tie.' apparition of the prevloii night. Hanging from n la am lu the cell Inn wa the roa-and lusise hy which tha unfortunate butler luul hung hi mat If. Theru it had n inalintl. white with mold, winging soUlyln the draft, a grim trophy left vf fWINtllMi IN TIIK MatsKor liKATH. t crewsoiue pa-t. Without a word we tnmcit away from the horrtldo n llc, and having ngn-etl to come down that nlt;ht nil make one in.. re attempt to Interview the ghost .XiurUinm mid myself returned to tow n. NUlit came. Again I met my frlmd at Hlackhealh station. Ho hail a man with him- a detective from Scotland Yard, named Mitchell, who hail often ac roinpanietl ua on auch enailltloiia. So, without di lay. startingoff at a brisk aee. we crtata.il the loiit ly eoiiimoii and n-aehetl the doctor' hoiw. Aplilcton wa nt llrat I a Utile ainoviilat the preaeneenf adeteet Ive. He ilit-lantl that Markham' akepU rlun would provoke the apparition to do ua lulachlcf, and It waa only after consider able dlsfuaalon that we prevailed upou htm to aecoinpaiiy ua The pnaavnea of a r preventative of the law hntl. howrrcr, the t .Tot I of (ttiuulat Ing our coiirittfr ton gn at extent; ao, chat tltiK anil l.tUMhlng aa If It were a fox hunt and not tli.it of a ghost, we Ln.ke In upon the aib-nce of the abla-y. titling on a ill mantled tombstone, we lookitl toward the houae, th'liat Init uam our plan of attack. Mitt lo II wa for dlvidliiK the party, two lo tro to the cellar, where the rope hung, and two tokivpwalch In the dining rtaitn. Al is' the eournre of the Invatlera wo ii"t ftiial to ani-h a trial, and It waa eventual ly decided that wo ahould all kit-p t.v p-llier, but estal.llsh our guard In tlio lartre entnunv hull Instead of In the din but rta'in. tinoe more we burirlarlouly entered by a Iwk w ludow ami wire ..n eroutlutl ti vet lor en the 11. r In a dark corner of the nld bistih'netl hall. We were ao brave lh.1t we w.Mild m4 even have a lltfhl. but that waa not mvcury, aa the nuainllglit. ... ..... ...m. t Alter atmie dlseua- aloii we Bgpttl loeiruln reconnolur the cellar, and wlllioi.l HKiiuog our v........ w groped our way fnmi potige to pa aagti, but found, lo our lunirlae, the cellar door cloaed. MltclM-ll. looking through the keyhole, announced In an aweetruck whl per that oinethliig peculiar aeeined tot I . I . . .. In tl.a n.ltlr. Tha ductof Mt- rred. He h-nieniU-red that the only thing that could I in Hie center wa im.. ly trophy of death. Markham wa the next to peep through. We could we a .in uvaa ihroiiKh hla Ualr, and, while aaaahit-t, he turned away. Neither the doctor lior myselt canti io loan ma mi.-, I. o li wr made war for Mitch ell, who wo pn paring to bunt tho door open. JUt a lie waa aiann iu i"i..k. i .... it ..i.i..i.lv atriinif luu-k. and the altfht that lin t cur rye almoat paralyxed our at -us. -a. sinliiKiug In the nooae of deatll liung l... II. run. ,,f Ihtl lllllll It. Ill face. B loudly .....i i...rtn.i.. a.aiiii-,1 to if rln at u In Ml... ... ......... - w- ' aKiiiiy, a white and awful eoiitniat to the il.irkni-aa of the vault. lpciiouunu, wo eem.il nailed to tho ait, but wo (ilddeti- ly lafaine eoliaeioii in a new tt-rnir, met ...... .. .11 nnotsau-iuiiir. i nero vtcrv teiia coming la-hind ua Theaouiidof ll- . . . i ...... ti-- alnl aalltlal came neon r aim nearer. iiini.il. Mr heart failed me; my kmtw ih.s.k a if with aituo. Coming aleatllly toward ua In tho miatiillglit wa anoiner figure of the monk. In a few aecomU ho would touch us, but, swift a lightning. . .I.....I tl.n.tar tiiil-at'lvi' Itlltl all fllllitV Mini on our rluht, and ahnklng with fear wo four st rung men uiinii on racivca attains. Ihu thair to kei li It closed while that aw ful thing will, post litv ii'.uat- r. titniiitit rtiiiiiT, lint utuat . . . . . . , a k k k ti '"timing I hroujjh a largo w ludow over la httiiae at mldnlitht, and the form of the old monk wna s.i n no later than yeatenlar by a man w ho Uvea here and wh.tat word I have every remain to U-llere. I have ar rangitl with him that we rail at hla houae on our war, all three t.f u to aprnd the night In the old mansion, and then nt ma Terrona " To tell the truth. I did not quite fancy the Idcav Fortunately for me, I only half N llrvttl the alory. and so, atopplng out brlakly, we tunn reachett the pretty llttl buua beltwatluat to Mavt'i trUfid. XXM d.a.r, nia.li- the entire place a hrlirht day. Twelve o'el.a k camti. W e could h.-nr the nelflitsiriiig rhurrh dock chime the hour, but nothing hnp ned. The atillne ef death reinned In the old placet Mark ham wa Inl. nst ly illi.s.nT.ii, the doo tor att-ntttl re I if veil, while Mitchell evi dently considered o a party of bail and hlinaelf the an-ateat bad for coming. "Why, Mr. Markham." he aald, "w never had a .-U' Ilk thi before. We havrn'l had even aa much aa (om tahl tapping. The Kltuat haaflJJ given tu fair Js H :W; . mi: II :i.lT i n I : , V. i l-v-wa: a . i . t i m . . , - v r - ' rt.fxo iiftfr'i vr auaint Tim noon' The aliuflllng aunilal camo nearer and nearer. They passed our thair. Wo could hear them enter the cellar w hero the mm hung, and then mint iiu.ru Hie atillnen of death occu pled the place. Kor a few mo ment WO did Hot dure to sa-ak. Then Mitchell noflly nM'liiil the tl.a.r, und peep Ing out Inf.. mini ua that them waa noth lug In aluht, mid that even tho wliii;lng Isily of the monk had illwips nnil. With out a word ho In I I he way. Wo follow til, one by one, and in a b w minute wo were outside the house and on our way to Ap plelon'. There wa very llttlo aald ttlsiut the matter. We had all mentally deter mlniil nt h nst to let our ghost ulone for the future; fonstitu nt ly no further rcaolu Hons were pieu-il the next morning, nnd hinly ment lolling the auhjift wo ro turiitil to town to the ilifTerelit walk of life to w hich we belonged. Ono day, three month later, picking up tho morning mcr, I read: bTAllTLIXll I)l-('OVKItY AT ULACK IIKA1I1. a n rrosxo mai mti o iiocsi tu mesoht or tolM.Ha. Ah, thi la Intercut ing, I thought, and I wa not disappointed. It turned nut to ho an account of a raid by tho police on tho house wo vlsittil Our glnaita went nothing iiioru than a di-pcrato gang of collier. The terrible nolac had barn pro diiettl every night by their letting fall in the Imsein. nt a. In in. iiiloti Inui wclirht iimiii Iho foundation stone of the house The laaly of the monk that wo had mvii hanging by the link In the cellar wa nothing men' than a well made dummy. With it clothe st.i-ail In phoaphorilA. Aud inch waa tho end of tho Hlack heath mystery. Cllklllo TIIK 1'ALMIaT. Li!'J THE HOHSE PtAY TH13 TRICK! luw Twe "aislt falUataa llaepaaetl le r.ifgti I F TMiritwei. There U a ni.ill all night rcetannuit In n Twenty-eighth itretl oaacmeni wIito gt nt lemeu of more or lcaa bo h.iiii.iii Instinct ometiniea go for inlet bottlo and laato of aeaouablo lU-licacica. A I aut tlitTO ono night I obaenred lint two aharn featured celltlemell in ilres suit w ho mt at the tublo next 1 1 mine hutl already diintched their nu t .i.l la.iile of Chateau Yuuelll. bcaid' lila-ral array of tiaitliwimottlibic. Tin y were now chatting over tlicir cigarette. Tlio griulcr nrt of thomtivcrautioii wa hi Kiiuniah. Finullv thcT Kathercd np their overitiut to go, and aa they tcp- ped toward tlio tieak, appaniitiy to at t tle the bill, one of them (aid to the waiter, "Call in our cab driver and give him a drink. " Tho John Mitcrcd promptly. "I'll h avo tho door open if yon don't mind, mi a to keep an eye on tho boa, " be tuld. "IIo pluy trick on rue aome tiinm." The benmlnr"n!gbt hawk" bad raitl bl gin, of a liberal three finger of whiaky, and wa Juat retnarking. " 'Ero' baiking at ye, gciitlemcii," when ho glanced out tho oja-n (hair and realized that the "htMthut play trick minctiini-" wa leisurely ambling off toward Ilroadway. Dropping tho ghu-a oucinptieil, ho bolted for the door, chari ly followed by the two getitlcnuu who wore dree uit and talketl Hnniali. The bitter were laughing merrily, a though the whole affair were good jokn. They didn't come back right awny, and when tho cashier, aomewhut um u ily, went ontidde and baikcd down tho trift, night hawk, "ho," hMiuiah geiitlemen and all hud diNuppcnrcd. Then the cashier camo luick Uhind hi (leak. IIo baiked rut fully at tho fig ure on tho unpaid check, bntipcd tho cnnh rcgtcr viciously a ho nuig np an other customer' 13 cent for a cocktail aud rcmarkiil, "I'd like tokuow wheth tr that 1im' waa taught to play thueo trick nr whether my Hpauiah friend simply took advantage of whut wa really an aivideiit" Tho worldly wiao bartender Mopped ringing a glasa, dipiod a towel disdain fully over hi ahoulili r and Kaid with n peaaimiMio griii: "There" more way than one to la-at tho houxe, I never miw that trick doiio befort but I'vo heard tell of it" New Yolk IIcrahL (iarllmliU'a Island. Tlio roiuniitio I.-duiid of Cuprera, foe which, according to common return, (turilHildi uiid lea than (.I.ixm), wu oltl to the Italian government, which want ed it for fortification luirptmce, for f m, 0U0. Among the heirs wa the general' daughter Tereaita, in wlmae lieluilf her htiHluiud, (ictiiTuI Cunzio, aignul the dttsl of mile. Tereaita now claim that she did not authorize General Cunzio to deed awnv her ri'lit. and that a In r own signature wu not uflixed to th dttil the rale i Void. Mio ba brought tlit against the govemmeiit, and the case will l trieil in the mipn-me emir of Sardinia. The ;rovenimeiit will claii.. that, a under Italian law the fortune of the wife gia a to tho hiicluuid in the nl enco of uny provision iu the tntirriugo contract to the contrary, the govern ment' tillo ia ta-rfii-t. Tlio (Kise i at tracting grout iutertttt tlmmghout Italy. Chicago Tribune. Ta Trll Ilia Kpt-rd uf llallrt.atl Tralna. Arthur O. Leonard, privute mvretary to II. Walter Wt lib, third vice preaideut of tho New York Central railroad, ha invented a watch which i auid to en.iblo tho holder to measure the rate of speed at which ho or alio may 1 traveling on a railroad train, a steHinboat or any other conveyance. It i thu deacrilatl: lu tho haiuls t.f jfratin on a iwiftly roving train tho watch may by prc ing tiny lever bo darted at a given (oiiit, nay a mile poet, and when foe next mileast i reached a quick pn-aaure i n tho lever fill (top tho hand of the watch on a figure which accurately in iticutc the ruto of lattl per hour at which tho train i moving. Uuffalo Courier. Insaa rrnm I" irraa of VVrtltlnl toy. Dr. N. A. Key of Kamui City nnd Mi Kuto Cameron of Priuifton, Ky., a'nl rvapevtivcly OJ and 51 year, were marrinl here List wet k. They hud never teen each other until they met here one week before marriage and were drawn together by their belief of aauctifica tioii. In her e jce of joy over the event the bride of three day lu hevoine a lu natic, pnuiouiiced o by phyaiciuna. She had to la.' eut away from home. Mis Camenm wa a very estimable lady and well off in tin world' g.xl. Prince ton Cor. St. Louis (J lol-Democrat A a an all Ttre) CaHrb4. The heir t Char lee P. Knight. mil lionaire, who died in Brooklyn Jn Sj-tetnU-r, live In Whitneyville, Wualiing ton mnnty, for the tnoat part, and the little community i greatly agitated over thi uuexptvted great actpuiaition to it wealth. The will i now being probatcL and the nv'cetasary rertinl have la-en forwardeJ from Waahington county f it I ,i ! n I T i I, , I . . V. . 1 1 n mte Il.n. ...... . ... . ...v.u.., . wup.i M.) CottuuerciaL A I amoaa llradla ut IWrla. Discoura, the beadle of the Church of St. Koch, in I'uris.died on Saturday. He wa almoHt fainoiu for his tall stature, ituMiiug air mid jairtly figure, and wn st once tho tallest of the I'urU beudlc ind the senior of them ull. Prevoat, the la-adle of the Madeleine, stood next in ituture, and after him enme the beadle nf Notre Dame, an ex-drum uiujnr, who was engaged two year ago by ArchbUh up Kichurd. Diacour wn a tuuwionute lover of bil hard and went every evening to play It the Cufo Kegence, where ho ned to measure hi skill with 11. Urt-vy before the latter wa president of the republic. lie constantly saw there tnan taller than himself, Mr. Theodore Tilton, the American K.-t, who went to La Ke cenco to plav chea and wu more than a mutch for U retry. The pot of beiullo In a Paris church is a much envied one aiuomr the clua of men who eoin-te for it. At Notro Dame, the Madeleine and St. Clotilde the sulury is iOo, and there re jfrnuisite at grand wetlditig and funerals. In smaller churches the pay is 140. The gorgeous uniform and sil ver headed wand are provided by tho vestry. London New. rtt.llrr Kralr. Tho uso of oil iu preventing boiler scalo now so prevalent i met with the objection that in using other thmi sluml ord oil of 1.10 to 800 degree tiro test there is danger of tho formation of whut is culhtl oil scalo. This, according to (In micul authority, is owing to tho fact that when tho higher flro tot-t oils uro lntnsluccd they rise and float uam tlio top of tho wuter, and tho latter, impreg nated with sediment und mud, boil and bubble up through tho oil scum oil top, and on tho water hemming vnpor I znl it liberate tho particle of mud and scale contained, which full luck upon this layer of oil upon tho top of thu water. After uwhilo tlm layer of oil IsvomoH so impregnated with mineral sulistuuifN that it sink to tho bottom of tho boiler, forming mi iucruatutioii, or oil scale, which is a injurious to tho boiler ii i tho lime or inngmvium scale. Hut tho Kline objection, it i re marked, ha nl x la-en made to crude petroleum. New York Sun. Ht. Trrraa la Hi Tolled blalra, Teresa I'rrca, the living patron tuint of the Y'aqui In. Hans, who wa banished from her mountain home in Mexico sev ernl months ago by order of government authorities, the charge against her being that she wa working np spirit of war faro among the Indians, is making her home at Nognlea, A. T., just across the Mexican line. Shecontinue to perform many niirnciilou cure by simply laying on of hands, and thousand of ignorant Mexican and Indian have visited her since she was cxiletL The people of No gale have taken kindly interest in the remarkable girl, whose power of heal ing the ick and afllicted are mysterious "bt." Tenia i a beautiful girC 17 years of age. Cor. St. Loui (J lobe-Democrat A Onlary From Cabot to Lodg. Henry Cats it Lodge I the 30th man who hu been honored by the state ol Ma.ssachtis.-tts with a seat in the L'uited State senate since congrea was organ izttl in 17v9. It i an interesting coin cidence. by the way, that the great grandfather of Mr. Lialge, George Cabot was United State senator from Ma sachiisetts juxt a century n-o, he having been elected in IT'Jl to serve until I'M His grandson's term will expire lu 1W9 so that there will lie three year In the two centnriee when the great-grand father and the great-grandson will have been wearing the same toga, with a ccn tury between thorn. Ration Herald. Oaarf taoagk For a Xaatara Book. The British museum ba a book pub lished by an anonymous author in 17A0. It ha the odd title, "Hid Yon Ever See Such Stuff: or. So Much the Better. Be ing a Suiry Without Head or Tail, Wit or Humor." WUV awlClaaaa. The African traveler, J earn Tie, aaar-rt thai In their natural condition the negrue of Africa obaerr the rule of personal aleanllnea much nor carefully mot of the laboring clumi la Europai Harrowing Experience of , wnaung Crew In Dcrir.j Sea. C.ISSID.IMSM OR STftlVUlo' rtwAwrul AllrruatliaTlial '..t,rr..r.i lk fMauf III. J.ii.m 1.1 . tr, Jraa, llarrra Islaiid-Talr. ol rrt Tol4 k Itta Surrltora. ' Koiirttt-n aurvlvlng m.-m'. r. ,.t .. whaler .Inmo Allen, whl.h n... .i w-nt'Lnl til lUrln a. .. .. ... 'r hit ntly nrrlvnl In .-aii Krun. i l.itnl tale of hanbhlpa and . .i,ii.i r .n i.. ti... i... . .. Ulnae w ho brave Iho tlatuen, , r tl.,. and the rliiora of the Ir... n n r: li Tho ship foundered In tl..- i,,..,t the en'W, iiumla-riiig I J m. n, (.. k i o A..- I fl-l... I . . l,J IWl anil fivo laiat. Tho ItMla Ui'anie 1 mut is tho darktiea, and In the liiumin,- tw dlaapia-nntl. Ono of thin wa pi. kn ua by the steamer Dora alsiut a in. i.iliUi,t anil mo aeven uii-ii wiki lu.in ,( n , all alive. 1 he other has m i. r i from. rfa II li.-.l The reiiuiliiln lst, ,i. ... tain Huntley mid s.,5un 11. I n..! . I , ur fix na k. one of the Aleutian i- t!.,w ()n the inorninu of the third . I , .liirt K liiatlo for Cnalaska lu Hie I,. .-, y, .f day later, after eight of the . 1, pertshttl from cold and privut 1. n a bindicy wa mnilo at I'liuiak l-l.u. l, m4 t hands suffered terribly throu,;li tlio n: .,t from cold and hungiT. When daylight enme, it w.i (.. t),4 Harry Taylor, another of 1 . - uM; , (. Iiatea, had ellditl his mlaery. an I a p,,, of the men setaipul a t . 1 . - 11. i. and hurled tho laaly. W lul.- .1 --;nt tlc grave a few niusa. Is were foun.l a- .l .a all hands went hunting for tV- - l- 1 1 11 -h. A short distance hack from il.. they found a small dmrout, aid tlutt1 starving nnd shivering men s. ...ni.-i-upi, Ono of the sailor found s- n..- imi. that had not lai n asiil.i I i- H .- w it. r. and they soon had a lire. r s.ok.d drift wiaal wa all the fuel tl.. 1 ..ul, and It luiwle a MMir lire. A llttlo lake In the center of i'k l.hnj pruvidod plenty of fresh wa .r, l.ut tbt CAPTAIM III XTI KT. men could not remain Indefinitely ..n tie barren Island nnd live on ll-h 11 1 1 Aft er a n st of n few days Captain llniiti.y dechhtlto muko another start fur I iials kafor relief. Ho picked out three of the strnst men nnd mnilo a start. Adier-- miiiUi drovo Mm Iwtck after ho had Uvu awayi day. The cold was lattnning 1 11 1 n . nisi along with hunger mid cold an. I weather tho men were sufferiiu' fnm fn.t bitten finger and feet The slurp rta k had worn out their slna a, ill. I atrtp down to the laa. h from tho hut hhu J start scores of stirca bht-ding lu the mini swollen bi t. Dally their suffering grew In In: ti-lty. and lafore the captain made a hi nil at tempt to lea vo the bland two lie rem. Joaepli I'eiia and Joseph Ham t b.id Ut-n laid a nay under n pile of e M r-- U Again (.'aptalii Huntley and !.. -v. .11 crew went fonitl to n-tiirn. A t! .::.! irnl pmved unsucii'ssful, but on the I at tempt, nfter la'lug 011 tho I I.ii.il f. r :3 duys, ho nnd hi crew of 'I n- m. n ,; l away with a fair wind, and tl." I" watched tho small still Iom.m ..- -n I'.t horizon with mllighil liu " aii.l ir-. Tho aeeoiid day after the 1.1; '.; i b ' tho final gave out, mid tolnen-.i- 'I tr 'i hie of the men one of the I,..-.;.-1 . .im.i caught In the na-ks, and In ait. ni;.:ii..' w extricate It the llnehnike, nnd 11 i-1 1-jirly tho next morning the oi' r l " k wn lost In tho same way, and si.i.iatle tnnil tho men In tho face. Tho next night Austin Cul.-on 1 i:!"r. died, but the men wen- t'si wiai. t" l ury tho btaly. It waa tlnu.-J.il a few f. 1 aT fnim tho hut, and then' It ' That wa 011 a Monday nl.-ht I ' until tho next Thursday the 1" unto sailor bat tlnl with start. im. all hope of leaving the bland al.' rd them. One after another ti.. y Into the hut to tile, and l.iv tin n-1 William Andrew, one of the n. hnttr I Lev llv.il- "llnu of the lie n ' 'r " thair moved, and presently he ' wa ttai weak to pay any uiore to him, and I ilo.. (iff, prat In; I low long I waa that way I !' but for a long time I fancied I ladling meat. It waa s rli.i - 1. before 1 could bring my s iih It, and when I did I no up. and '' re the center of the hut wa a sin Are, with tho kettle over It. I" phvo of meat, eoventl with s. ' bllng water. Ia nn Instant I had it fnnu the fail and wa isam .1 1 shntl of It that I had torn fr ..1 n ctaikttl Jdece. Other grahlsd t fmm my hamK nnd aaiii eagerly devouring Iho moix 1 Us asked where It came fn.ru rami. After tho mud life i an.. n, and wo dnnd not fornwl.ie t where our meat came from, tln i knew. "I got up and walked down t-. tie gully lu which Uidenn' I""!.1 ' lulled. Moth leg were nils-liifc' 1 luu-k into the hut and sh pt ag " ently I got up nnd gathcr.il 1 wiaal while the renewtil stn t -' Tho next day more of ttldn.n' missing, and again we all l.a -1 Horrlblo and all that It was. t!.e fn-shlng, and we all Is-gan . : fornncue. Nine da' ' lain hail lai n away, and ull I- . la-en given up of ever seeing I-1' 1 Once 111. ire a visit waa made to t i.f the dead Portuguese, nnd an uf the btaly of our late al.lpnia" Ing In tho pot when tl.etap:-t' wa bt-anl oulslde. It w.i a j' : ' and with him wcro several of t: he Iler. with provision f. r us " Talking Throogh His T.I. . Oeorge M. rullman w. .o' COO, 000 told a news;uper M llieve that I w as for h.ipi r . dayt when I hadn't a dollar t . . now." That is all Very fine. 1 wa happier then, why n. t g ' thoee halcyon ami dullarlt ii disposition of his great weal::! i -bother him. The fact that Pn'tlman is working early and 1 add to hi "bunlm" of w ah u spnosibilities i evidence th.tt tie car king 1 "talking through L: PUlade 1 phia Prvaa, ailirtt in t.Vti , nf .nu ll until ,!.rt , - .m I' J r l.'-l.rv . nt 1 n;..B r .Lath knew, ..: I -::i.ll h.i;:f 1. n .iil.e in niif .i ;v l.uls .-r.,".J nnna ', Ut ... liir.il .re si S "f ..-ef U 1 i. k to l.k.f ,,-s.l , lit ...I !" , r..l"l Jr ft- : ,-t.d. . r aa , n.'.a. . ! n J ; i . , ..; iJl i ,-..t ' Ljr . . - I . t a . ...k a..f I " "1, -- I ! 1 0